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Muhamed, Hassan. "Le rôle des interactions biotiques dans la régénération des chênes au niveau des communautés de forêts dunaires de la région Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France)." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR14576/document.
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Bien que les interactions biotiques soient connues pour être déterminantes dans l’établissement des espèces, il est encore difficile de savoir quels facteurs sont impliqués dans l’équilibre entre interaction positive et interaction négative. Il est de fait difficile de savoir sous quelles conditions les interactions biotiques peuvent favoriser ou empêcher la régénération des espèces. Cette thèse vise à étudier le rôle des interactions biotiques d'arbustes avec des semis de chêne sur la régénération de trois espèces de chênes sur les forêts des dunes côtières d'Aquitaine en testant comment l’effet net de ces interactions varie le long d’un gradient d’aridité, sur deux étages de canopée et en fonction des stratégies fonctionnelles de trois espèces de Chêne dans un contexte de changement global. Ce travail a été effectué en utilisant deux approches, une approche descriptive en utilisant un patron de points répartis dans l’espace et une approche expérimentale en transplantant les semis cibles. Les résultats montrent que la variation spatiale, en terme d’interactions biotiques, est fortement corrélée avec la sévérité environnementale, avec des interactions entre jeunes pousses de chêne très sensibles aux sécheresses estivales et aux trouées dans les canopées. Les interactions testées étaient de nature facilitatrice dans les plots découverts dans les dunes sèches du nord de Soulac et tournaient à la compétition sous le couvert forestier dans les dunes plus humides du sud, à Seignosse. La nature des interactions était constant entre les stratégies fonctionnelles des espèces cibles de chêne. Les résultats de cette thèse montrent de manière générale une confirmation de la formulation originale du SGH qui prédit une augmentation de la facilitation en lien avec une augmentation de la sévérité environnementale et souligne le fait que la réduction du stress hydrique atmosphérique par des arbustes est nécessaire à la régénération des semis de chêne. Dans cette perspective, le sylviculteur doit conserver les arbustes du sous-étage, en particulier dans les trouées, afin de permettre une meilleure régénération des plants de chêne. Cette thèse met en évidence la nécessaire considération des interactions biotiques dans la régénération du chêne dans les actuelles sévères conditions climatiques et le rôle prépondérant de ces interactions dans la réponse aux changements climatiques futurs probables dans cette région AquitaineAlthough biotic interactions are known to be important determinants of species establishment, it is uncertain what factors determine the net balance between positive and negative interactions thus, under what conditions biotic interactions could enhance or impede species regeneration. Bien que les interactions biotiques soient connues pour être This thesis aims to study the role of biotic interactions of shrubs with oak seedlings for regeneration of three oak species on the Aquitaine coastal dune forests, by testing how the net effect of these interactions vary along aridity gradient, between two overstory canopies and in respect to the functional strategies of three oak species in the context of climate change. This was done by using two approaches, descriptive approach using spatial point pattern data and experimental approach by transplanting the target seedlings. The results show that the spatial variation in the nature of biotic interactions is strongly relate to environmental severity conditions, where the shrub-oak seedling interactions were very sensitive to increasing summer drought and canopy opening, the interactions strength was facilitative under gap plots in the dry northern dunes in Soulac and switch on competitive under forest plots in the wet southern dunes in Seignosse. The nature of the interactions was constant across the functional strategies of the targets species of oak. For the most part, results of this thesis show general support to the original formulation of SGH which predicts increasing facilitation with increasing severity and underscore the fact that atmospheric water stress reduction by shrubs is required for oak seedling regeneration. In this perspective, silviculturist should conserve understory shrubs, in particular in gaps, in order to allow a better regeneration niche of oak seedlings. This thesis highlights the importance of considering biotic interactions in oak regeneration under current harshness climatic conditions and with expectation to have an ambitious role in alleviation future climatic change consequence in this region
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Rande, Hugo. "Effets du niveau de pollution métallique et des stratégies fonctionnelles sur les types d’effets en jeu dans les interactions entre plantes au niveau d’anciens sites miniers des Pyrénées." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bordeaux, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024BORD0032.
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Les interactions entre plantes dans les milieux impactés par les métaux/métalloïdes dépendent de nombreux facteurs et sont encore très peu connues. Tout d’abord elles semblent dépendre du niveau de pollution métallique du milieu, mais aussi des stratégies fonctionnelles végétales des plantes interagissant. D’autre part, les plantes peuvent avoir plusieurs types d’effets sur leur environnement proche, effets s’exprimant à des temporalités différentes. En effet, les plantes ont un effet immédiat via leur canopée et racines sur les ressources et le microclimat à proximité. Aussi, au cours d’une saison de végétation, les plantes peuvent avoir des effets liés à la production de la litière et sa décomposition dans les sols sous leur canopée. A plus long-terme, lorsque ce cycle de production/décomposition est répété au fil des années, les plantes vont avoir un effet lié à la dynamique de la matière organique dans les sols. Dans cette thèse, notre objectif principal était de différencier ces effets, et de comprendre comment les stratégies fonctionnelles végétales des plantes pouvaient influencer les différents effets en jeu le long de gradients de pollution métallique. Nous avons étudié ces effets pendant trois années (entre 2020 et 2022) dans une ancienne vallée minière des Pyrénées Ariégeoises (Sentein, France). Dans cette zone d’étude, nous avons étudié les interactions entre plantes par des méthodes observationnelles et de transplantations de cibles avec contrôle de la présence de canopée et/ou de la litière des plantes, sur trois sites d’étude : un terril avec une pollution homogène et deux zones de résidus miniers avec des pollutions hétérogènes créant un gradient de pollution. Le long des gradients étudiés, les effets de canopée et de prélèvement racinaire ont suivi l’Hypothèse du Gradient de Stress, passant de la compétition à la facilitation avec l’augmentation de la pollution. Cette facilitation était d’autant plus forte que les espèces produisant l’effet sont dites « exploitatrices » (en lien avec l’exploitation des ressources du sol et Leaf Economic Spectrum), et bénéficiait le plus aux plantes les moins tolérantes aux métaux. Les effets positifs étaient surtout liés à l’amélioration des conditions microclimatiques lors d’épisodes chauds et secs en été. Concernant les effets liés à la production et décomposition des litières, des effets négatifs sur les plantes cibles ont été démontrés, suggérant des effets dits d’allélopathie élémentaire, et liés à la forte concentration en éléments métalliques dans les litières en décomposition. Ces effets négatifs de litière étaient maximums dans les milieux les moins pollués où les plantes métallophytes accumulatrices (qui ont des fortes teneurs en métaux dans leurs feuilles) et les plantes moins tolérantes aux métaux interagissaient. Ils étaient particulièrement marqués pour les cibles sensibles à la pollution métallique. Les résultats de cette thèse donnent des pistes potentielles pour utiliser la facilitation dans un cadre de phyto-management de milieux pollués par les métaux/métalloïdes, en prenant en compte explicitement les stratégies fonctionnelles végétales des plantes en interactions et le niveau de pollution en jeu. Des résultats obtenus pendant la canicule de 2022 nous donnent aussi une bonne vision des évolutions attendues des différents effets impliqués dans les interactions entre plantes dans les écosystèmes métallifères dans un contexte de changement climatiquePlant-plant interactions have been overlooked in metal/metalloids-impacted environments and are likely driven by several factors whose influence is barely known. First, plant-plant interactions depend on the level of metal pollution, but also on the functional plant strategies of the interacting plants. Furthermore, plants can have several type of effects on their immediate environment, acting at different timescales. Plants canopy and roots have an instantaneous influence on the microclimate and available resources in their immediate vicinity. Then, during a growing season, the production of litter and its decomposition beneath their canopy can influence soil chemical and physical properties. In the longer term, when this cycle of litter production/decomposition is repeated over the years, the dynamics of the organic matter will influence soil conditions even more. In this thesis, our main objective was to delineate these effects, and to understand how plant functional strategies can influence these various effects along metal pollution gradients. We studied these effects during three consecutive years (from 2020 to 2022) in a former mining valley in the French Pyrenees (Sentein, Ariège, France). In this area, we studied interactions between plants using observational and target transplantation methods controlling for the presence of plant canopy and/or plant litter, in three study sites: a slag heap with homogeneous pollution and two mine tailings areas with heterogeneous pollution creating a gradient of pollution. Along these gradients, short-term canopy and root-uptake effects followed the Stress Gradient Hypothesis, switching from competition to facilitation as pollution increased. This facilitation was stronger when the species producing the effect were acquisitive (in relation with soil resources and the Leaf Economic Spectrum), and benefits more the low metal-tolerant plants. These positive effects were mainly due to the improvement of micro-climatic conditions during hot and dry episodes in summer. Concerning the effects linked to litter production and decomposition, negative effects on target plants were found, suggesting the so-called “elemental allelopathic” effects, in relation with the high concentration of metallic elements in the decomposing litter. These negative litter effects were more important in the least polluted environments, where metal-accumulating metallophyte plants (which have high concentration of metals in their leaves) and less metal-tolerant plants interacts. They were particularly marked for targets sensitive to metal pollution. The results of this thesis give important perspectives regarding the use of facilitation for the phyto-management of metals/metalloids-polluted environments, given that the functional strategies of interacting plants and the level of pollution involved are explicitly considered. Additionnaly, the results obtained during the 2022 heatwave provide useful insights regarding the expected evolution of the different effects driving plant interactions in metalliferous ecosystems in a climate change context
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Karkkainen, Ryan. "Stress-gradient failure theory for textile structural composites." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013704.
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Hopkinson, David P. "Development of stress gradient enhanced piezoelectric composite unimorph actuators." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16372.
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Wolfe, Christopher Edward. "Damage accumulation in a gradient stress field in graphite/epoxy laminates." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39360.
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Bonello, Kenneth John. "Damage accumulation in graphite/epoxy laminates due to cyclic gradient stress fields." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42999.
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Batista, Daniela Miranda. "" Impacts of Warming on Freshwater Decomposers Along a Gradient of Cadmium Stress"." Master's thesis, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/26239.
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Ferry, Barbara Marie Céline. "Study of the stress gradient and the size effect in fretting fatigue." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2017. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/31283.
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Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, 2017.Texto parcialmente liberado pelo autor. Conteúdo restrito: Capítulos 4 e 5.
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A fadiga por fretting está relacionada com o processo de dano, localizado na fronteira de contato entre dois corpos submetidos a cargas de fadiga. A previsão desse fenômeno é de grande importância na análise, por exemplo, da vida de lâminas de discos de turbinas. Na fadiga por fretting, o campo de tensão é máximo na superfície de contato, sendo observado um alto gradiente de tensão sob essa superfície. A diferença de escala entre experimentos realizados em laboratórios e os sistemas industriais, motivaram, nessa pesquisa, uma investigação da influência do efeito de tamanho na previsão de vida em fadiga por fretting. Para quantificar o efeito do gradiente de tensão e o efeito de tamanho, diferentes testes foram realizados na Universidade de Brasília em um equipamento servo-hidráulico com dois atuadores especialmente desenvolvido para ensaios de fadiga por fretting. Os parâmetros de testes foram definidos de forma que induzissem diferentes gradientes de tensão nos corpos de prova e posteriormente foram ajustados de modo que o volume solicitado sob a região de contato fosse o mesmo. Após os ensaios, para investigar os mecanismos de dano, os corpos de prova foram analisados por meio de um microscópio confocal laser. Foi demostrado nesta tese que para a liga Ti-6Al-4V, uma abordagem não local, baseada no campo de velocidades em uma determinada área ao redor da região de contato consegue prover boas previsões de vida em fadiga por fretting. Uma análise da influência das forças de fadiga nos processos de iniciação e propagação de trincas foi realizada e indicaram que essas forças não podem ser negligenciadas. De fato, se cerca de 75% dos mecanismos de iniciação de trinca em fadiga por fretting são controlados por tensões de contato (cisalhantes e pressão de contato) a consideração das tensões normais possibilita realizar previsões de vida mais realistas. O estudo do efeito do tamanho foi dividido em duas fases. A primeira investigou a influência do volume solicitado, reduzindo a largura de contato, porém, o gradiente de tensão sob a área de contato e a área de dano dentro da zona de deslizamento foram mantidas constantes. Na segunda, mantendo os parâmetro experimentais σB,max/p0 e Q/fP constantes, a influência da área de dano no interior da zona de deslizamento foi isolada enquanto que a área de dano sob a zona de deslizamento foi reduzida. Os resultados experimentais foram analisados utilizando o critério de fadiga da Curva Modificada de Wöhler em conjunto com a Teoria da Distância Crítica. Foi observado que nenhum desses dois parâmetros influenciam significativamente a vida em fadiga por fretting. Assim, o termo “efeito de tamanho” deve ser analisado somente com base no efeito do gradiente.
Fretting fatigue refers to the damage process localized at the frontier of the contact between two contacting bodies subjected to fatigue loadings. The prediction of this phenomenon is of major importance in determining, for instance, the lifetime of fan’s disk. In the vicinity of the contact front, the stress field inherited from the contact loads is maximal at the surface and displays a strong gradient under the contact. The difference of scale between the laboratory’s experiments and the industrials’ system motivated the study of the impact of the size effect for the determination of the lifetimes. To quantify the effect of the stress gradient and of the size effect, tests were carried out on a two vertical-actuators fretting-fatigue rig at the University of Brasilia, with experimental conditions ensuring different stress gradient and later different volume solicited under the contact. Damage mechanisms were studied using post-mortem analysis with a confocal microscope on some contact elements tested. It was shown on this thesis, for a Ti-6Al-4V alloy, that a nonlocal approach, based on equivalent velocity field on a determined area around the contact, leads to good expectation for the determination of fretting fatigue lives. The influence of the bulk stress for the description of the fretting fatigue crack initiation and propagation was also determined and it appears that it could not be neglected for the determination of the crack initiation boundary. As a matter of fact, if around 75% of the crack initiation mechanism in fretting fatigue is controlled by the contact stresses, i.e. shear stress and contact pressure, the consideration of the normal stress allows to obtain more realistic prediction. The study of the size effect was divided into two phases. First the influence of the volume stressed was investigated by reducing the width of the contact but maintaining the stress gradient under the contact and the damaged area within the slip zone constant. Then, the influence of the damaged area within the slip zone was isolated by maintaining the experimental parameters, i.e. σB,max/p0 and Q/fP, constant while the damaged area under the slip zone was reduced. The experimental results were analysed by applying a fatigue criterion, the Modified Wöhler Curve Method, in conjunction with the Theory of the Critical Distance. It was found that none of these two parameters influences significantly the fretting fatigue lifetimes, and so the term ‘size effect’ usually referenced in the literature as a damaging effect should refer only to the gradient effect.
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Batista, Daniela Miranda. "" Impacts of Warming on Freshwater Decomposers Along a Gradient of Cadmium Stress"." Dissertação, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/26239.
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Bellecave, Johan. "Stress Gradients In Fretting Fatigue." Thesis, Cachan, Ecole normale supérieure, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015DENS0036/document.
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Cette thèse fait partie d’un programme de recherche international (IRG Cognac). Lancé par le motoriste SNECMA (groupe SAFRAN), ce projet regroupe l’ENS Cachan, UnB, ENSMA, CNRS, Snecma, Turbomeca et Messier Bugatti Dowti, et se concentre sur l’effet du gradient des contraintes sur endommagement par fretting fatigue. Le fretting-fatigue se réfère au processus d’endommagement localisés en bord de fuite entre deux corps en contact soumis à un chargement de fatigue. La maitrise de ce phénomène est d’une importance cruciale dans la détermination des durées de vie des disques de turbine. En bord de contact, le champ de contrainte hérité des forces de contact est maximal à la surface mais présente un fort gradient en s’éloignant du contact.Il a été montré dans cette thèse que pour l’alliage Ti-6AL-4V, les approches locales, basés sur le niveau de contrainte au points critiques ne sont pas applicable dans ces conditions. Une approche non locale, s’appuyant sur la théorie de la distance critique a donc été utilisée. En effet, des fissures courtes initiées au point critique peuvent propager jusqu’à rupture ou peuvent s’arrêter si la diminution des contraintes est suffisamment sévère. Une seconde difficulté réside dans la nature multiaxial et localement non proportionnel du chargement. Le fretting fatigue est généralement créé par la superposition d’un chargement de fatigue cyclique, d’une force normale à la surface souvent considérée constante, et d’une force cyclique tangentiel à la surface mais dont la fréquence peut être différente de celle de la fatigue.Les résultats des essais réalisés ont mis en évidence l’effet du gradient des contraintes sur la fissuration et ont étaient utilisés pour évaluer le potentiel de diffèrent critères pour le dimensionnement en fatigue des structures. La simulation du phénomène a en effet été réalisé en utilisant différente approches. La première s’appuie sur la Théorie de la distance critique et utilise un critère multiaxial. La seconde utilise l’amplitude du facteur d’intensité des contraintes, ΔK, pour prédire l’arrêt des fissures courtes. Finalement un récent modèle construit comme un critère de plasticité en pointe de fissure a été appliqué au problème de fretting fatigue. Ce critère a pour particularité de prendre en compte la contrainte T dans le développement asymptotique en pointe de fissureThis thesis is part of an international research program (IRG Cognac) initiated by the engine manufacturer SNECMA (SAFRAN group) involving ENS Cachan, UnB, ENSMA, CNRS, Snecma, Turbomeca et Messier Bugatti Dowty. The thesis focuses on the effect of a stress gradient in fretting fatigue. Fretting-fatigue refers to the damage process localized at the frontier of the contact between two contacting bodies subjected to fatigue loadings. The prediction of this phenomenon is of major importance in determining, for instance, the lifetime of fan's disc. In the vicinity of the contact front, the stress field inherited from the contact loads is maximal at the surface and displays a strong gradient from the surface. It was shown in this thesis, for a Ti-6AL-4V alloy, that local approaches, based on local stresses at the most critical point, are not appropriate to predict fretting fatigue lives. As a matter of fact, short cracks initiated at the most critical point may stop if the stress decay from the surface is strong enough or may continue their growth, up to the failure of the component, if the stress gradient from the surface is not string enough. A second difficulty is the multiaxial and non-proportional nature of the loading conditions. Fatigue-fretting stems from the combination of loads that have neither the same spatial distribution nor the same time-dependency. In fretting-fatigue tests, three loading components are considered, the fatigue loading of the component (cyclic), the normal part (assumed to be constant) and the in-plane part (cyclic) of the loads between the two contacting components. To quantify the effect of the stress gradient, tests were carried out on a fatigue testing contact bench developed at the University of Brasilia, with experimental conditions ensuring different stress gradient while keeping the maximal stress the same. Damage mechanisms were studied using post-mortem analysis and optical microscopy on the contact elements tested. The prediction of the fretting fatigue life was done using different approaches. The first one is based on the Critical Distance Method and a fatigue criterion. The second is based on a K-based short crack arrest method. Finally, a new criterion was proposed. This method considers a generalized von Mises yield criterion for the crack tip region and accounts for the T-stresses in the asymptotic LEFM development
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Ting, Chi Man Roger. "Controlled gradient consolidation of soft soils with reference to the development of Kâ†o." Thesis, University of East London, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.258762.
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Kumar, Abhishek. "RKEM implementation for strain gradient theory in multiple dimensions." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002163.
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Strasser, Erin Hennegan. "Reproductive failure and the stress response in American kestrels nesting along a human disturbance gradient." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2010. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/86/.
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Růžičková, Kateřina. "Mezidruhové interakce v mokřadním společenstvu v závislosti na vodním režimu: dlouhodobý test stress-gradient hypotézy." Master's thesis, Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-258647.
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The Stress-gradient hypothesis predicates a change of interspecies relations from negative to positive according to the stress gradient. The basic assumption is that the presence of one species (the facilitator) makes the growth of other species easier. In this study was determined based on the 5years experiment, whether the interspecies interactions (i.e. the importance of facilitation and competition) changes according to the hydrological conditions. Three wetland species (Calamagrostis canescens, Carex elongata and Deschampsia cespitosa) were planted in experimental pots with the presence and absence of the dominant species (Carex elata). The hydrological gradient (= the stress gradient) was simulated by three types of hydrological conditions: dry, fluctuating and wet. The success of the species within the specific conditions was correlated with the fitness-related characteristics of the plants including the biomass, the number of ramets and the height of the plants. Following hypotheses were tested: i) at a low intensity of stress (with the wet treatment), the C. elata represents a competitor for other species. On the other hand, at a high intensity of stress (with the dry treatment), the C. elata represents a facilitator, making it easier to the other coexisting species to grow. This presumption was confirmed only with the D. cespitosa, which was more successful under dry treatment with the presence of a dominant species, which facilitated it. With the other two species the change of interspecific relations was not observed and the relationships remained negative. Furthermore the results showed, that in the dry treatment with the presence of a dominant species, there was a lower intensity of competition among the coexisting species. The experiment showed, that the interactions of particular species with dominant species can vary according to the stress gradient. The hydrological gradient also influences the character and intensity of interactions among the species.
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Liang, Y., C. Zeng, J. J. Wang, M. W. Liu, Yeh T. C. Jim, and Y. Y. Zha. "Constant Gradient Erosion Apparatus for Appraisal of Piping Behavior in Upward Seepage Flow." AMER SOC TESTING MATERIALS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625214.
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Seepage direction is crucial for understanding the critical state and development of piping erosion. A stress-controlled apparatus was designed to investigate the piping behavior of cohesionless soil under upward flow condition. The components of the new apparatus included a loading chamber, a vertical and confining loading system, an upstream water supply device, a soil-water separating system, and a water collecting system. The loading chamber provides space for a soil specimen setting and loading. The combination of a vertical and a confining loading system was designed to apply complex stresses to a soil specimen. Under the stresses, the specimen was then eroded by the gradually increasing hydraulic head supplied by the water supply system. The eroded particle and spilling water were collected and detected by the soil-water separating system and the water collecting system. A series of experiments were carried out using the new apparatus. Results demonstrated the repeatability experiments and usefulness of the apparatus. The new apparatus allowed us to investigate the piping behavior under different stress states and hydraulic gradients. With this new apparatus and experiments, we found that lower and high critical hydraulic gradients (CHGs) should be included as the criteria of piping development based on the relationship between the hydraulic gradient and the seepage response. In addition, the stress state on the CHG and the particle erosion rate played important roles in the piping development. The outer pressure on the specimen can retard the development of erosion. In contrast, the hydraulic gradient was found to be positively correlated to the erosion rate. Results also indicated that a specimen would collapse once the amount of eroded small particles exceeds the critical value of 46.5 % of the soil.
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Keogh, Teri M. "Changes in competition intensity, herbivory and stress along a soil depth gradient in an old field." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0021/MQ58467.pdf.
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Peng, Jun, and 彭軍. "Effects of strain gradient on maximun concrete stress and flexural capacity of normal-strength RC members." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43085787.
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Peng, Jun. "Effects of strain gradient on maximun concrete stress and flexural capacity of normal-strength RC members." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43085787.
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Goulding, A. "Small fatigue crack growth in a near alpha titanium alloy : crack closure, stress gradient and temperature considerations." Thesis, Swansea University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637082.
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The effect of fatigue crack closure in IMI 829 has been addressed for cracks growing from plain surfaces and under the influence of a stress concentration. Several test-piece configurations were employed, incuding thick and thin section double edge notches and standard corner crack (CC) geometries. All types incorporated an ultra fine corner slit to bias the crack initiation site. A thin double edge notch (DEN) specimen with a through section starter slit was also tested. Crack closure loads were measured using direct current potential drop (PD) and replica techniques. The primary closure mechanism was found to be a plasticity induced closure. The results indicate the dominance of surface effects. They also permit near tip and wake related closure effects to be resolved. At the higher stresses, notch root plasticity in the thick DEN dominates closure. At lower stresses where elastic conditions prevail, the results were comparable to those found in the plain CC specimen. Much work was carried out to characterise closure of part-through and through thickness cracks in the thin section notch. The transition between the two crack types invoked a complex closure response. A secondary closure mechanism was also identified, for all specimen types. This was roughness induced closure. On the basis of the PD measurements, an effective ΔK was derived which improved correlation of data over the range of stress levels and R values tested. At room temperature, crack lengths were measured using the above PD system and an existing photomicroscopic arrangement. A study of crack shape morphology was carried out using optical and SEM techniques. The observed complex stress and crack length dependency of shape development in thick notch specimens at higher stresses, was explained on the basis of enhanced plasticity induced closure in the notch root. Other deviations from expected shape characteristics, could be rationalised in terms of microstructural interactions.
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Montebello, Claudio. "Analysis of the stress gradient effect in Fretting-Fatigue through a description based on nonlocal intensity factors." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLN019/document.
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Nous proposons dans ce manuscrit une nouvelle méthode pour prendre en compte l’effet du gradient en Fretting-fatigue. Les champs mécaniques présents à proximité du front de contact sont décrits à travers des facteurs d’intensité non locaux. L’objectif est d’aboutir à une description du champ de vitesse sous la forme d’une somme de termes exprimés chacun comme le produit d’un facteur d’intensité (Is, Ia, Ic), qui dépend des chargements macroscopiques appliqués à l’ensemble et d’une fonction de forme (ds, da, dc), qui est liée à la géométrie locale du contact. Cette description est obtenue à travers un processus non intrusif de post-processing des résultats obtenus avec des calculs à éléments finis. De plus, elle a été pensée pour être implémentée dans un contexte industriel. En pratique, pour chaque chargement macroscopique et pour chaque géométrie, il est possible de calculer un ensemble de facteurs d’intensité non locaux qui permettent de décrire les champs mécaniques locaux près du front de contact. Cette description non locale a l’avantage d’être (i) indépendante de la géométrie du contact employé et (ii) utilisable dans des modèles à éléments finis utilisés dans l’industrie qui sont caractérisés par des maillages plus grossiers par rapport à ceux utilisés pour étudier le fretting-fatigue dans des milieux académiques. Une étude est menée pour vérifier que les facteurs d’intensité non locaux peuvent être utilisés pour transposer les résultats expérimentaux d’une géométrie à une autreIn this manuscript a new method to describe the stress gradient effect in fretting-fatigue is proposed. It is based on the description of the mechanical fields arising close to the contact edges through nonlocal intensity factors. For this purpose, the kinetic field around the contact ends is partitioned into a summation of multiple terms, each one expressed as the product between intensity factors, Is, Ia, Ic, depending on the macroscopic loads applied to the mechanical assembly, and spatial reference fields, ds, da, dc, depending on the local geometry of the part. This description is obtained through nonintrusive post-processing of FE computation and is conceived in order to be easily implementable in the industrial context. As a matter of fact, for any given macroscopic load and geometry, a set of nonlocal intensity factors is computed that permits to characterize the mechanical fields close to the contact edges. Such nonlocal description has the advantage of being (i) geometry independent so that the nonlocal intensity factors can be used to compare laboratory test with real-scale industrial assembly, (ii) applicable to industrial FE models usually characterized by rougher meshes compared to the ones used to describe fretting-fatigue in the academic context. The procedure is applied to fretting-fatigue test data in order to verify whether the nonlocal intensity factors can be used to transpose experimental results to different contact geometries from the one in which they have been obtained
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Akther, S. M. Lovely. "Effects of water stress on Alnus glutinosa populations across the species distribution range." Master's thesis, ISA, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19572.
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Mestrado em Gestão da Floresta e dos Recursos Naturais no Mediterrâneo (MedFor) - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaAlnus glutinosa (Black alder) is paramount species in the riparian ecosystem for supporting ecosystem functioning and the services it provides. This species is declining in an alarming rate which is a prominent threat to devastate native priority forests across Europe, so understanding population responses to environmental change is key for its proper management. In this study, we characterized vegetative phenology and investigated morphological, structural and physiological responses to imposed drought across five populations from countries ranging the species distribution limits (Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Morocco). First, we registered 5 stages of budburst of the 120 seedlings of alder (24 by population) in open space. Then, we established a greenhouse experiment where we imposed progressive (Field capacity-FC, 75%FC, 50%FC and 25%FC) water stress (17.06.2019 to 01.08.2019) on 40 seedlings (S), keeping 40 at field capacity, as control until the end of experiment (CE). During 45 days, we performed physiological and morphological measurement at different percentages of FC to compare treatments and populations. Destructive harvest was performed on 40 seedlings (from the total 120) at the onset of the experiment (CO), and then, at the end of the experiment control (CE) and stress (S) seedlings were also destroyed to analyze the structural and functional responses of alder among CE, S and CO and also to compare the variations among populations. We found significant differences among populations on the number of days to reach each phenological stage where northern populations displayed delayed budburst than the southern. As a result of imposed drought, growth and development of A. glutinosa was generally reduced under water restrictions compared to control plants, yet none of the parameters reflected severe plant stress. Conversely, we observed that several of the studied parameters were significantly different among the studied populations likely reflecting intraspecific diversity and environmental conditions
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Li, Maoxin. "Seepage induced instability in widely graded soils." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/862.
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Internal instability of a widely graded cohesionless soil refers to a phenomenon in which its finer particles migrate within the void network of its coarser particles, as a result of seepage flow. Onset of internal instability of a soil is governed by a combination of geometric and hydromechanical constraints. Much concern exists for embankment dams and levees built using soils with a potential for internal instability. Migration of finer particles to a boundary where they can exit, by washing out, may cause erosion or piping failure and, occasionally, induce collapse of these soil structures. There is a need, in professional practice, to better understand the phenomenon and to develop improved methods to evaluate the susceptibility of a soil.
A series of permeameter tests was performed on six widely-graded cohesionless materials. The objectives are to assess the geometric indices proposed for evaluation of susceptibility, and examine hydromechanical factors influence the onset of internal instability. A modified slurry mixing technique, with discrete deposition, was found satisfactory for reconstitution of the homogeneous saturated test specimens. The onset of internal instability was founded to be triggered by a combination of effective stress and hydraulic gradient. The finding yields a hydromechanical envelope, unique for a particular gradation shape, at which internal instability initiated.
Three commonly used geometric criteria were comprehensively evaluated with reference to these experimental data and also a database compiled from the literature. The relative conservatism of each criterion was examined and a modified semi-empirical geometric rule then proposed based on the capillary tube model. A theoretical framework for plotting the hydromechanical envelope was established based on an extension of the α concept of Skempton and Brogan, and subsequently verified by test data. Finally, a novel unified approach was proposed to assess the onset of internal instability, based on combining geometric and hydromechanical indices of a soil.
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Zhang, Bohua. "The Influence of Porosity and Its Modeling on Fatigue Behavior of High Pressure Die Cast Aluminum including the Effects of Mean Stress, Stress Gradient and Specimen Size." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1556259677391458.
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Braccia, Amy. "Quantifying the environmental factors that determine benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams by analyzing stressors associated with a gradient of cattle grazing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29326.
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Relationships between macroinvertebrate assemblages and environmental stressors were assessed from fall 2002 through spring 2004 in five small streams that represented a study design that involved a gradient of increasing stress (increased cattle density). Macroinvertebrate assemblages were related to environmental factors that were quantified at the sample scale. Environmental factors and macroinvertebrates were concurrently collected so that assemblage structure could be directly related to environmental variables and so that the relative importance of stressors associated with cattle grazing in structuring assemblages could be assessed. Macroinvertebrate metrics showed significant and strong responses to cattle density during most sampling periods. The majority of metrics responded negatively to the grazing gradient, while a few (total taxa richness, number of sensitive taxa, and % collector filterers) increased along the gradient before declining at the most heavily grazed sites. Total number of sensitive taxa and % Coleoptera had the strongest relationship with cattle density throughout the study period. Based on sample-scale, quantitative measures of environmental variables, measures of physical habitat (% fines and substrate homogeneity) were most important in structuring assemblages. Detrital food variables (coarse benthic and fine benthic organic matter) were secondarily important while autochthonous food variables (chlorophyll a and epilithic biomass) were not as important in influencing assemblage structure. Based on a comparative analysis of reach-scale habitat measures and estimates, quantitative measures of % fines, collected from within an enclosed sampler concurrently with macroinvertebrates, were the best predictor of macroinvertebrate assemblages. Quantitative measures and visual estimates of riparian and channel characteristics had strong relationships with macroinvertebrate metrics but the relationships were never as strong as those detected with instream measurements of % fines. The channel characteristic, bank height, was the best predictor of % fines.Ph. D.
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Twycross-Lewis, Richard. "Micro flow chambers for studies on effects of the spatial gradient of the fluid shear stress on cultured endothial cells." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417841.
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Nguyen, Le Thu Ha. "Effet bottom-up du stress hydrique sur la gamme d’hôtes des parasitoïdes de pucerons." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AZUR4132/document.
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Le contrôle biologique (C. -B. - l'utilisation d'ennemis naturels pour lutter contre les ravageurs) est durable, écologique et rentable pour contrer la résistance des ravageurs en augmentant l'utilisation des pesticides. Les parasitoïdes des pucerons sont des ennemis naturels communs des pucerons, les principaux ravageurs mondiaux dans l'agriculture. L'étude de la spécificité de l'hôte parasitoïde contribue à (1) comprendre les mécanismes écologiques et évolutifs de l'écosystème et (2) évaluer l'efficacité des agents de lutte biologique et les risques écologiques pour les espèces non ciblées. Cette étude porte sur la spécificité de l'hôte fondamental des parasitoïdes sur les niveaux individuels, en matière de besoins en ressources et dans le contexte des interactions multi trophiques sous stress abiotique environnemental, c'est-à-dire la limitation de l'eau. Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidés: Aphidiinae) a été choisi; ce parasitoïde puceron est largement utilisé comme modèle écologique et comme agent de lutte biologique commercial (BCA). D'une part, l'indice de spécificité de l'hôte A. ervi a été mesuré sur une large gamme d'espèces de pucerons. D'autre part, les impacts indirects de la limitation de l'eau ont été étudiés sur la spécificité de l'hôte du parasitoïde. En outre, les modifications induites par le stress hydrique dans la plante et les traits de vie des pucerons ont été mesurés. A. ervi s'est avéré être une espèce intermédiaire spécialisée qui a attaqué toutes les espèces de pucerons à des taux élevés, mais n'a pas pu se développer correctement sur toutes les espèces. Les quelques espèces qui se développaient bien étaient phylogénétiquement proches et appartenaient à la tribu des Macrosiphini. En outre, une corrélation positive de préférence - performance a été trouvée. Sous stress hydrique, la préférence et la performance des parasitoïdes ont été affectées, causant la perte de la corrélation. La limitation de l'eau a modifié négativement la qualité nutritionnelle de la plante, ce qui a entraîné une faible performance des pucerons sur les plantes hôtes. Ceci à son tour a diminué la convenance des hôtes pucerons pour le parasitoïde. Les effets de la limitation de l'eau n'étaient pas similaires pour toutes les combinaisons plantes-pucerons et dépendaient de plusieurs facteurs, à savoir les mécanismes végétaux adaptés au stress et la spécialisation de l'hôte des pucerons et des parasitoïdesBiological control (BC - the use of natural enemies to control pests) are sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective methods to counteract pest resistance by increasing pesticide use. Aphid parasitoids are common natural enemies of aphids, the major worldwide pests in agriculture. The study of parasitoid host specificity contributes to (1) understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving the ecosystem and (2) evaluating the efficiency of biocontrol agents and the ecological risks for non-target species. This study focuses on the parasitoids fundamental host specificity on individual levels, in terms of resource requirements and in the context of multi-trophic interactions under environmental abiotic stress, i.e.water limitation. Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) was chosen; this aphid parasitoid is used widely as an ecological model and commercial biological control agent (BCA). On the one hand, A. ervi host specificity index was measured on a broad range of aphid species. On the other hand, the indirect impacts of water limitation were investigated on the host specificity of the parasitoid. Furthermore, water stress-induced modifications in the plant and the aphid life-history traits were measured. A. ervi was shown to be an intermediate specialist species who attacked all aphid species at high rates but was unable to develop well on all of them. The few that developed well were phylogenetically close and belong to the Macrosiphini tribe. Interestingly, a positive correlation preference – performance was found. Under water stress, both preference and performance of parasitoids were affected causing loss of the correlation. Water limitation negatively altered the plant nutritional quality resulting in low aphid performance on host plants. This in turn decreased the suitability of aphid hosts for the parasitoid. The impacts of water limitation were not similar across all plant-aphid combinations and depended on several factors, namely stress-adapted plant mechanisms and the host specialization of both aphids and parasitoids
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Amargier, Rémi. "Amorçage de fissures et gradient de contrainte en fretting et en fatigue." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00728236.
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Cette étude traite de la prise en compte du gradient de contrainte et du frottement pour calculer l'amorçage de fissures en fatigue. On s'intéresse notamment au dimensionnement d'une manille en Inconel 718 munie de bagues en Inconel 718montées avec interférence. Pour cela, on réalise des essais de fretting et de fatigue pour étudier les conditions d'amorçage de fissures en présence de gradient de contrainte et de frottement. Les résultats expérimentaux mettent en évidence l'effet du gradient des contraintes sur l'amorçage de fissures et justifient la prise en compte du gradient pour le dimensionnement en fatigue des structures. A travers ces essais balayant une gamme de gradient de contrainte étendue, on confirme que la présence d'un gradient de contrainte retarde l'amorçage de fissures. Les avantages et les inconvénients de plusieurs approches de fatigue multiaxiale intégrant le gradient de contrainte sont étudiés. De cette analyse, une proposition est faite permettant de décrire au mieux les résultats expérimentaux de fatigue et de fretting. Cette approche s'appuie sur l'utilisation d'une fonction de poids dépendant du gradient de la pression hydrostatique. Cette approche est similaire à des approches mises en oeuvre sur d'autres problématiques de fatigue ce qui permet de dégager quelques points de convergence pour traiter le problème du gradient de contrainte en fatigue. Un essai de fatigue sur une manille munie d'une bague montée avec interférence est réalisé. L'effet du gradient de contrainte sur l'amorçage de fissures dans ce système est trop faible pour que l'utilisation d'une approche intégrant l'effet de gradient soit pertinente. Cette observation est cohérente avec les résultats expérimentaux précédents obtenus dans cette étude. L'inconel 718 apparaît donc comme un matériau peu sensible à l'effet de gradient de contrainte. Une approche de fatigue multiaxiale de type Crossland permet une description raisonnable de la durée de vie du système. Une analyse numérique montre que la tenue en fatigue du système est peu sensible au coefficient de frottement alors que l'interférence a un impact beaucoup plus important.
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Bray, Jonathan Peter. "The ecology of algal assemblages across a gradient of acid mine drainage stress on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1492.
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Physicochemical factors, algal diversity, taxonomic composition and standing crop were investigated across a broad gradient of AMD stress in streams and rivers. 52 sites were surveyed in the vicinity of Greymouth, Reefton, Westport and Blackball, on the West Coast, South Island. Seven sites in the Reefton area were sampled from April 2006 - February 2007 to establish changes over time in benthic algal communities of AMD and reference streams. Longitudinal change and ecosystem recovery were also investigated by sampling eight sites down Devils Creek, Reefton, and two of its tributaries. AMD has negative impacts on algal diversity, generally increases the dominance of certain taxa and, where metal oxide deposition or hydraulic disturbance are not great, can lead to algal proliferations. These proliferations were chlorophyte dominated, predominantly by filamentous Klebsormidium acidophilum. From the general survey a total of 15 taxa were identified from the most severely impacted sites (pH <3.6), which included both acidophiles and acidotolerant algae. Multivariate analyses strongly suggest that pH was the dominant factor controlling taxonomic occurrence of diatoms, macroalgae and the structure of the total assemblage. Other factors such as conductivity, metal oxide deposition, temperature, depth, month, geographic location and altitude were also important. Algal communities changed over time and this became more marked as AMD impact decreased. This was presumably due to AMD stressors reducing diversity, and thus the available scope for assemblage change. Longitudinal differences in assemblage structure within Devils Creek appeared to be in response to dilution of AMD in upper reaches and to changes in natural physical features such as gradient in mid and lower reaches. After a distance of 7.2 km the physicochemical effects of AMD and suspended clay inputs were minimal. At this site and at several previous sites, the assemblage exhibited a degree of recovery towards that found at unimpacted sites. A range of algae found in the broad scale-survey are potentially useful 'sensitive' indicators. These included: Heteroleibleinia purpurascens; Achnanthes oblongella; Oedogonium sp. and Spirogyra sp. In contrast: Euglena mutabilis; Navicula cincta; K. acidophilum; Microspora quadrata and Microthamnion kuetzingianum may be useful 'tolerance' indicators. These data show that AMD has a range of negative impacts on algae, and algae may be a useful tool for monitoring these impacts in West Coast streams.
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Rhymer, Donald William. "Stress Intensity Solutions of Thermally Induced Cracks in a Combustor Liner Hot Spot Using Finite Element Analysis." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7515.
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Thermally cycling a thin plate of nickel-based superalloy with an intense in-plane thermal gradient, or hot spot, produces thermally induced crack growth not represented by classic thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF). With the max hot spot temperature at 1093 C (2000 F) of a 1.5 mm thick, 82.55 mm diameter circular plate of B-1900+Hf, annular buckling and bending stresses result during each thermal cycle which drive the crack initiation and propagation. A finite element analysis (FEA) model, using ANSYS 7.1, has been developed which models the buckling and as well as represents the stress intensity at simulated crack lengths upon cool down of each thermal cycle. The model approximates the out-of-plane response at heat-up within 5% error and a difference in the final displacement of 0.185 mm after twelve thermal cycles. Using published da/dN vs. Keff data, the number of cycles needed to grow the crack to the experimental arrest distance is modeled within 1 mm. The number of cycles to this point is within 5 out of 462 in comparison to the experimental test.
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Nguyen, Le Thu Ha. "Effet bottom-up du stress hydrique sur la gamme d’hôtes des parasitoïdes de pucerons." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AZUR4132.
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Le contrôle biologique (C. -B. - l'utilisation d'ennemis naturels pour lutter contre les ravageurs) est durable, écologique et rentable pour contrer la résistance des ravageurs en augmentant l'utilisation des pesticides. Les parasitoïdes des pucerons sont des ennemis naturels communs des pucerons, les principaux ravageurs mondiaux dans l'agriculture. L'étude de la spécificité de l'hôte parasitoïde contribue à (1) comprendre les mécanismes écologiques et évolutifs de l'écosystème et (2) évaluer l'efficacité des agents de lutte biologique et les risques écologiques pour les espèces non ciblées. Cette étude porte sur la spécificité de l'hôte fondamental des parasitoïdes sur les niveaux individuels, en matière de besoins en ressources et dans le contexte des interactions multi trophiques sous stress abiotique environnemental, c'est-à-dire la limitation de l'eau. Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidés: Aphidiinae) a été choisi; ce parasitoïde puceron est largement utilisé comme modèle écologique et comme agent de lutte biologique commercial (BCA). D'une part, l'indice de spécificité de l'hôte A. ervi a été mesuré sur une large gamme d'espèces de pucerons. D'autre part, les impacts indirects de la limitation de l'eau ont été étudiés sur la spécificité de l'hôte du parasitoïde. En outre, les modifications induites par le stress hydrique dans la plante et les traits de vie des pucerons ont été mesurés. A. ervi s'est avéré être une espèce intermédiaire spécialisée qui a attaqué toutes les espèces de pucerons à des taux élevés, mais n'a pas pu se développer correctement sur toutes les espèces. Les quelques espèces qui se développaient bien étaient phylogénétiquement proches et appartenaient à la tribu des Macrosiphini. En outre, une corrélation positive de préférence - performance a été trouvée. Sous stress hydrique, la préférence et la performance des parasitoïdes ont été affectées, causant la perte de la corrélation. La limitation de l'eau a modifié négativement la qualité nutritionnelle de la plante, ce qui a entraîné une faible performance des pucerons sur les plantes hôtes. Ceci à son tour a diminué la convenance des hôtes pucerons pour le parasitoïde. Les effets de la limitation de l'eau n'étaient pas similaires pour toutes les combinaisons plantes-pucerons et dépendaient de plusieurs facteurs, à savoir les mécanismes végétaux adaptés au stress et la spécialisation de l'hôte des pucerons et des parasitoïdesBiological control (BC - the use of natural enemies to control pests) are sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective methods to counteract pest resistance by increasing pesticide use. Aphid parasitoids are common natural enemies of aphids, the major worldwide pests in agriculture. The study of parasitoid host specificity contributes to (1) understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving the ecosystem and (2) evaluating the efficiency of biocontrol agents and the ecological risks for non-target species. This study focuses on the parasitoids fundamental host specificity on individual levels, in terms of resource requirements and in the context of multi-trophic interactions under environmental abiotic stress, i.e.water limitation. Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) was chosen; this aphid parasitoid is used widely as an ecological model and commercial biological control agent (BCA). On the one hand, A. ervi host specificity index was measured on a broad range of aphid species. On the other hand, the indirect impacts of water limitation were investigated on the host specificity of the parasitoid. Furthermore, water stress-induced modifications in the plant and the aphid life-history traits were measured. A. ervi was shown to be an intermediate specialist species who attacked all aphid species at high rates but was unable to develop well on all of them. The few that developed well were phylogenetically close and belong to the Macrosiphini tribe. Interestingly, a positive correlation preference – performance was found. Under water stress, both preference and performance of parasitoids were affected causing loss of the correlation. Water limitation negatively altered the plant nutritional quality resulting in low aphid performance on host plants. This in turn decreased the suitability of aphid hosts for the parasitoid. The impacts of water limitation were not similar across all plant-aphid combinations and depended on several factors, namely stress-adapted plant mechanisms and the host specialization of both aphids and parasitoids
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Belluau, Michaël. "Traits fonctionnels, tolérances et distributions des espèces herbacées sur un gradient de disponibilité en eau : une approche prédictive par modèle d'équation structurale." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/11584.
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L’assemblage des espèces (leurs présences/absence) dans une communauté naturelle est la conséquence de plusieurs mécanismes de filtrage réalisés par l'environnement. Parmi ces filtres, le filtre abiotique sélectionne les espèces capables de tolérer les conditions environnementales locales. La variation de la disponibilité de l'eau dans le sol est l'un des principaux gradients environnementaux selon lesquels les espèces végétales sont différemment réparties. Considérant l’hypothèse que les traits fonctionnels et leurs relations sont hiérarchisées, les préférences d’habitat des espèces le long de gradients environnementaux devraient être déterminées par une combinaison de traits physiologiques et morpho-anatomiques hiérarchisés.
Au cours de ce doctorat, mon objectif général est d'identifier les traits fonctionnels morphologiques, anatomiques et physiologiques de tolérance à la sécheresse qui peuvent prédire la présence des espèces le long d'un gradient d’hydrologie des sols. Plus spécifiquement, nous cherchons à savoir : (i) Quels sont les traits physiologiques qui reflètent le mieux la tolérance à la sécheresse ? (ii) Quelles sont les relations entre les traits morpho-anatomiques et les traits physiologiques de tolérance ? (iii) Quels sont les traits morpho-anatomiques en conditions optimales permettant de prédire la tolérance des espèces herbacées à la sécheresse ? (iv) Quelles formes ont les relations qui existe entre les traits morpho-anatomiques de tolérance en condition optimale et la présence des espèces en cas de sécheresse ? (v) Peut-on prédire les présences des espèces en cas de sécheresse à partir de leurs traits morpho-anatomiques?
Nos résultats montrent (1) qu’il est possible de prédire la distribution des espèces sur un gradient d’hydrologie des sols à partir de cinq traits physiologiques de tolérance à la sécheresse. Ces cinq traits sont la photosynthèse nette maximale, la conductance stomatique maximale, le potentiel hydrique du sol au point de flétrissement, la conductance stomatique au point de flétrissement et l’efficacité d’utilisation de l’eau au point de flétrissement. Nous avons montré que (ii) les traits physiologiques de tolérance à la sécheresse sont prédits par les traits morpho-anatomiques en conditions optimales (surface spécifique foliaire, teneur en matière sèche des feuilles, teneur en azote foliaire, longueur spécifique racinaire et surface stomatique). (iii) Les traits morpho-anatomiques seuls ne sont pas de bons prédicteurs de l’hydrologie des espèces et (iv) que la séquence « traits morpho-anatomiques → traits physiologiques → hydrologie des espèces » donne les meilleures prédictions. Cependant, (v) le modèle ne donne pas de prédictions fiables si l’on utilise des traits morpho-anatomiques mesurés en conditions naturelles. Ces résultats confirment, au moins partiellement, l’hypothèse que la distribution des espèces sur un gradient hydrologiques peut être prédite à partir de leurs traits de tolérance à la sécheresse eux-mêmes prédits par leurs traits morpho-anatomiques.
En résumé, nous avons utilisé une approche fonctionnelle en construisant un modèle causal prédictif qui nous a permis de nous intéresser aux mécanismes de filtrage environnementaux et plus précisément au rôle de la niche hydrologique des espèces dans l’assemblage des communautés végétales.Abstract : Species assembly (their presence/absence) in a natural community is the consequence of several filtering mechanisms made by the environment. Among these filters, the abiotic filter selects species able to tolerate local environmental conditions. Variation in water availability in the soil is one of the main environmental gradients according to which plant species are differently distributed. Considering the hypothesis that functional traits and their relationships are hierarchical, habitat preferences of species along environmental gradients should be determined by a combination of hierarchical physiological and morpho-anatomical traits. During this PhD, my overall goal is to identify morphological, anatomical and physiological drought tolerance functional traits that can predict the presence of species along a soil hydrology gradient. More specifically : (i) What are the physiological traits that best reflect drought tolerance? (ii) What are the relationships between morpho-anatomical traits and physiological traits of tolerance? (iii) What are the optimal morpho-anatomical traits for predicting tolerance of herbaceous species to drought? (iv) What forms of relationships exist between optimal morpho-anatomical traits of tolerance and the presence of species in drought condition? (v) Can the presence of species in drought condition be predicted from their morpho-anatomical features? Our results show (1) that it is possible to predict the distribution of species on a soil hydrology gradient from five physiological traits of drought tolerance. These five traits are maximum net photosynthesis, maximum stomatal conductance, water potential of the soil at the wilting point, stomatal conductance at the wilting point, and efficiency of water use at the wilting point. We have shown that (ii) the physiological traits of drought tolerance are predicted by optimal morpho-anatomical traits (leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen content, root length and stomatal surface). (iii) Morpho-anatomical features alone are not good predictors of species hydrology and (iv) the sequence “morpho-anatomical traits physiological traits species hydrology” gives the best predictions. However (v) the model does not provide reliable predictions using morpho-anatomical traits measured under natural conditions. These results confirm, at least partially, the hypothesis that the distribution of species on a hydrological gradient can be predicted from their drought tolerance traits themselves predicted by their morpho-anatomical features. In summary, we used a functional approach by constructing a predictive causal model that allowed us to focus on environmental filtering mechanisms and more specifically on the role of the species hydrological niche in assembling plant communities.
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Todd, Nicolas. "Effets sanitaires à long terme des stress de la Première Guerre mondiale." Thesis, Paris 6, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA066452/document.
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Cette thèse explore la Première Guerre mondiale comme modèle historique de stress psychologique subi dans l'enfance. L'Hypothèse d'Origine Développementale des Maladies (DOHaD) prévoit une susceptibilité accrue aux maladies chroniques à l'âge adulte des individus exposés à des événements traumatiques aux premiers stades du développement. Nous avons constitué une cohorte d'orphelins nés en 1914-1916, et ce grâce au statut de "pupilles de la Nation", créé par une loi de 1917 et accordé sur requête à tous les orphelins, quel que soit le statut socioéconomique de la famille. L'attribution du statut de pupille était inscrite en marge de l'acte de naissance. Les registres de naissance ont donc permis un recensement exhaustif de tous les pupilles nés dans les villes incluses ainsi qu'un suivi de la mortalité à l'âge adulte. Les actes de naissance de 7,250 pupilles ont été transcrits à ce jour. L'appel à la Base des Morts pour la France a fourni la date de décès du père, et donc sa position dans le calendrier de développement de l'enfant. Des matched non-orphans (MNOs) ont été sélectionnés dans les mêmes registres. Le critère d'intérêt était la longévité de ceux ayant atteint l'âge de 31 ans. Un écart orphelin - MNO de ~ 2.5 années a été trouvé en cas de perte prénatale du père, mais aucune différence n'a été mise en évidence dans le cas d'une perte postnatale. La conjonction de ces deux résultats suggère qu'un traumatisme in utero a un effet de programmation de la susceptibilité biologique à l'âge adulte assez fort pour altérer la longévitéThis thesis explores the First World War as a historical model in early life psychological stress. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis predicts increased susceptibility to chronic diseases in adulthood for those exposed to an extreme psychological trauma in very early life. We collected vital information on French orphans born 1914-1916 thanks to the “pupille de la Nation” distinction, a legal status created in 1917 and granted upon request to all orphans. Notification of “adoption by the Nation” was by law inscribed on the birth certificate of a newly adopted child. Birth registers thus provided a census of all pupilles born in the included cities during the inclusion period as well as long-term mortality follow-up. The birth certificates of 7,250 pupilles have been digitized. Call to the Died for France Database enabled us to retrieve the paternal date of death. Matched non-orphans (MNOs) were drawn from the same birth registers. For each orphan, his MNO was therefore chosen born in the same district at the same time. The outcome of interest was longevity of those who survived to 31 y. An orphan-MNO difference in adult longevity of ~2.5 years was found for orphans who had lost their father before) birth (prenatal orphans), but no difference in adult longevity could be measured between postnatal orphans and their MNOs. These two results suggest early trauma in utero has programming effects on biological susceptibility in adulthood strong enough to alter longevity. The fact that no loss of lifespan was found in the case of a postnatal loss of father further suggests efficient buffers to early postnatal stress existed in French society
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Lai, Zhi Cheng. "Finite element analysis of electrostatic coupled systems using geometrically nonlinear mixed assumed stress finite elements." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05052008-101337/.
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Coelho, Fabricio dal Cero. "Maîtrise de la tenue en fatigue des cordons de soudure." Thesis, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Ecole nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ESMA0016/document.
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Les châssis automobiles sont composés en majorité de pièces mécano-Soudées soumises à deschargements multiaxiaux complexes. Par leur géométrie particulière et les transformations induites par leprocédé de fabrication, les joints soudés sont des sites privilégiés d’amorçage et de propagation de fissures enfatigue. Une méthode de calcul fiable et maniable représente un enjeu majeur pour l’industrie automobile, carelle permet de détecter les points critiques dès la phase d’avant projet, d’éviter le surdimensionnement et deréduire le nombre des prototypes physiques.Afin de découpler les incertitudes et permettre l’analyse isolée des effets induits par le chargementmultiaxial lui-Même et par les caractéristiques particulières du joint soudé, cette étude est divisée en deux parties.La première partie se concentre sur le chargement multiaxial complexe. Le comportement d’un « matériauécole », l’acier C35, est étudié sous spectre de chargement de type « automobile ». Différentes méthodes deprévision de la durée de vie sont ensuite comparées sous deux critères : la qualité de prédiction et la simplicitéd’utilisation. La deuxième partie est centrée sur l’étude du comportement des assemblages soudés et lasimulation de leur durée de vie. Pour ce faire, une éprouvette représentative des pièces de liaison au sol et duprocédé de fabrication a été conçue. L’étude micrographique de l’assemblage combinée à des essais instrumentésa permis de construire un modèle EF représentatif de la structure. Deux modes de sollicitation sont utilisés lorsdes essais de fatigue dans le but d’activer différents mécanismes de dommage en amplitude constante et enspectre « automobile ».Finalement, la méthodologie « Weld Stress Gradient » est proposée pour intégrer l’effet du gradient decontraintes en proximité des points critiques du joint soudé au calcul de fatigue. Cette méthodologie, associée aucritère de Vu (prise en compte du chargement complexe) et à la règle de cumul de dommage non linéaire« DCA » (prise en compte de l’interaction entre les blocs de chargement du spectre), permet d’obtenir desrésultats encourageants pour l’assemblage étudiéAutomotive chassis are composed mostly of welded parts subjected to complex multiaxial loadings.Welds are potential sites to initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks because of their particular geometry andtransformations induced by manufacturing process. A reliable and tractable fatigue design methodology is achallenge for automotive industry designers because it allows detecting the critical points from the upstreamphase, avoiding oversizing and reducing the number of physical prototypes.This study is divided into two parts allowing the distinction of effects induced by multiaxial loadingsand particular characteristics of the welded joints. The first part focuses on the complex multiaxial loading. Thebehavior of a “well known material”, the 1045 steel, is studied under "automobile" spectrum loading. Differentfatigue life prediction methods are compared under two criteria: quality of prediction and simplicity of use. Thesecond part focuses on the study of behavior and fatigue life simulation of welded structures. To achieve thisgoal, a representative specimen of chassis parts and manufacturing process has been designed. A representativeFE model is constructed, based on micrographic observations and instrumented tests. Two loading modes areused in fatigue tests in order to activate different damage mechanisms at constant amplitude and under"automobile" spectrum.Finally, the methodology "Weld Stress Gradient" is proposed to incorporate in fatigue analysis theeffect of the stress gradient at the vicinity of weld joints critical points. This methodology, combined with Vucriterion (taking into account complex loadings) and "DCA" nonlinear cumulative damage rule (taking intoaccount interaction between spectrum loading blocks), provides encouraging results for the studied specimen
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Kulkarni, Anish Niranjan. "Energy and Strength-based Criteria for Intralaminar Crack Growth in Regions with High Stress Gradients." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-87384.
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Cross-ply composite laminates can develop very high density of transverse cracks in the 90-layer under severe thermal and mechanical loading conditions. At such high crack densities, two adjacent cracks start to interact, and a stress gradient is created in the region between these cracks. Due to the presence of high stress gradients, thickness averaging of longitudinal stress becomes obsolete. Thus, a detailed analysis of stress state along the thickness direction becomes necessary to study growth conditions of fiber sized microcracks initiated at the interface between 0-layer and 90-layer. Stress analysis at various crack densities is carried out in this project using finite element analysis or FEM as the main tool. This analysis is coupled with strain energy release rate (ERR) studies for a microcrack which grows in transverse direction from one interface to the other. The growth of this microcrack is found to be strongly influenced by the stress gradients and a presence of compressive stresses along midplane under tensile loading conditions at high crack densities.
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Grau, Fernàndez Oriol. "Interaccions planta-planta en gradients d'estrès en ecosistemes freds / Plant-plant interactions along stress gradients in cold ecosystems." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/101146.
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En aquesta tesi presento quatre capítols, en els quals es discuteix com diferents espècies subarbustives interactuen amb plantes coexistents, sota règims variables d’estrès. Aquesta recerca ha estat centrada en ecosistemes de gran valor ambiental, ecològic i de conservació, i alhora sensibles als canvis ambientals, en quatre regions distintes situades en zones de latitud o altitud elevades. Per ordre latitudinal, els ecosistemes estudiats han estat: 1) el límit supraforestal dels Pirineus Centrals, situats en una zona temperada; 2) el gradient de successió primària d’un ecosistema situat en una zona boreal, a Finlàndia,; 3) el límit supraforestal situat a la zona subàrtica de Lapònia; i 4) la tundra situada en una zona de l’alt àrtic, al nord‐est de Grenlàndia .
Els dos primers capítols es basen en una aproximació experimental i se centren en investigar com els subarbustos més comuns trobats prop del límit supraforestal interactuen amb plançons d’arbres de les espècies que formen el límit del bosc en dos ambients contrastats, i.e. el límit supraforestal subàrtic, i el límit supraforestal dels Pirineus Centrals. A més, donat que els arbres que viuen prop del límit de distribució són molt sensibles als canvis ambientals , especialment a l’augment de temperatures durant l’estació de creixement (Körner 2003), també s’ha investigat com podrien afectar el creixement dels plançons d’arbre i la seva supervivència al llarg de l’ecotò, diferents escenaris de canvis ambientals. El primer capítol es titula ‘Les interaccions arbre‐arbust i els canvis ambientals dirigeixen la dinàmica supraforestal a la zona subàrtica’, i s’hi exposa l’experiment de tres anys de durada que es va executar al ‘Parc Nacional d’Abisko’, en els Scandes subàrtics, al nord de Suècia; les plantes estudiades varen ser plançons de Betula pubescens i el subarbust Vaccinium myrtillus. En aquest estudi es va certificar la importància de les interaccions arbust‐arbre, tant facilitatives com competitives, com a elements clau en la dinàmica supraforestal subàrtica. A més, vàrem demostrar que la gran sensibilitat dels plançons a l’escalfament tenia fortes implicacions per la dinàmica supraforestal, tenint en compte l’escenari previst d’augment de temperatures en latituds elevades. També es va observar que les interaccions complexes entre arbusts i herbívors són claus per preveure canvis futurs.
El segon capítol es titula ‘Els plançons d’arbres situats als límits supraforestals Pirinencs i subàrtics mostren respostes semblants a la presència d'arbustos i a les simulacions de canvis ambientals’. Aquí es presenta una comparació entre els resultats de l’experiment presentat en el primer capítol i els obtinguts en un experiment paral∙lel dut a terme durant un període de temps semblant prop del límit supraforestal en el ‘Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu’, als Pirineus Centrals catalans. Aquest experiment es va basar en el mateix disseny factorial que l’anterior estudi, però amb diferents espècies (i.e. plançons de l’arbre Pinus uncinata i l’arbust Rhododendron ferrugineum). Segons ens consta, és el primer estudi que avalua experimentalment les respostes de les plantes vers diferents escenaris ambientals en un ecosistema d’alta muntanya als Pirineus. En aquest capítol es presenten alguns mecanismes que ajudaran a comprendre la variabilitat recentment observada de les respostes locals de límits supraforestals de zones temperades i subàrtiques com a resultat del clima canviant, i també identifiquem alguns paral∙lelismes que poden utilitzar‐se per generalitzar les respostes a gran escala dels límits supraforestals al canvi climàtic.
El tercer capítol se centra en els efectes d’un subarbust dominant (i.e. Empetrum nigrum) en plançons de Pinus sylvestris al llarg del gradient de successió primària en un ecosistema boreal en una illa emergent de la badia de Bòtnia, a Finlàndia. Aquest capítol s’anomena ‘Un arbust ericoide exerceix la doble funció de reclutar pins i els seus simbionts fúngics al llarg d’un gradient de successió primària’. Aquí hem mostrat que els efectes facilitadors i competidors dels subarbustos determinen fortament l’establiment de plançons i la seva colonització fúngica al llarg d’aquest gradient de successió. Segons ens consta, aquests són els primers resultats que demostren que un arbust ericoide micorrízic pot millorar tant el desenvolupament de l’arbre hoste ectomicorrízic com el dels simbionts fúngics de l’arbre.
L’estudi presentat al quart capítol es va realitzar al llarg d’un gradient de nivositat en un ecosistema extrem de tundra àrtica al ‘Parc Nacional del nord‐est de Grenlàndia’, el Parc Nacional més gran del món. El capítol es titula ‘Interaccions vegetals i composició de la vegetació àrtica al llarg d’un gradient de nivositat al nord‐est de Grenlàndia’. Aquest ecosistema és probablement el més sensible i fràgil de tots els ecosistemes estudiats en aquesta tesi, donat que s’espera que a la costa est de Grenlàndia s’hi esdevinguin canvis substancials en el clima com a resultat de canvis destacables en els règims de precipitació de neu i de les temperatures (Brown i Mote 2009). Aquí es va avaluar la riquesa d’espècies de plantes, així com els patrons d’establiment i composició de diverses formes de creixement existents en comunitats vegetals àrtiques associades a una variació de la cobertura de neu durant els mesos d’hivern.
Aquest estudi ajudarà a preveure la diversitat potencial i els canvis en la vegetació a la zona de l’alt Àrtic, si els règims de precipitació de neu canvien en el futur com es preveu.In this thesis I present four chapters, and in all of them I discuss how dwarf shrubs interact with co‐occurring plants under varying regimes of stress. This research involved ecosystems of great environmental, nature conservation and ecological value, yet highly sensitive to environmental changes, in four contrasting cold regions at high altitude or high latitude. Following a latitudinal order, the selected ecosystems were: 1) a temperate alpine treeline in the Central Pyrenees; 2) a primary succession gradient in a boreal ecosystem in Finland; 3) a subarctic alpine treeline in Lapland; and 4) a high‐arctic tundra in north‐eastern Greenland. The first two chapters are based on an experimental approach and focus on how shrubs commonly found near the treeline interact with tree seedlings of treelineforming species in two contrasting environments, i.e. in a subarctic forest‐tundra ecotone in Lapland, northern Sweden, and in a more southern, temperate forestalpine pasture ecotone in the Central Pyrenees. In addition, since trees living near their limit of distribution are very sensitive to environmental changes, especially to increased temperature during the growing season (Körner 2003), we also assessed how distinct environmental change scenarios may affect tree seedling growth and survival across the ecotone. The first chapter is entitled ‘Shrub‐tree interactions and environmental changes drive treeline dynamics in the Subarctic’, where we explain the three‐year‐long experiment performed in the Abisko National Park, in the subarctic Scandes, Northern Sweden; the species studied were Betula pubescens tree seedlings and the shrub Vaccinium myrtillus. In this study we showed the importance of facilitative and competitive shrub‐tree interactions as drivers of subarctic treeline dynamics. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the great sensitivity of tree seedlings to warming had strong implications for treeline dynamics under the predicted warmer scenario at high latitudes, and we identified that complex interactions between shrubs and herbivores are critical to predicting future changes. The second chapter is entitled ‘Similar tree seedling responses to shrubs and to simulated environmental changes at Pyrenean and subarctic treelines’. Here we presented a comparison between the results obtained in the experiment presented in the first chapter and those obtained in a parallel experiment performed during a similar period near the treeline in the Alt Pirineu Natural Park, in the Central Pyrenees, Catalonia. This experiment was based on the same factorial design but with different species (i.e. Pinus uncinata tree seedlings and the shrub Rhododendron ferrugineum). To our knowledge, it is the first study which experimentally tests the responses of plants to distinct environmental scenarios in a high mountain ecosystem in the Pyrenees. In this chapter we presented some mechanisms for understanding the recently observed variability of local responses of both subarctic and alpine treelines to currently changing climate while identifying some commonalities that can be used to generalise large scale response of treelines to climate warming. The third chapter focuses on the effects of a dominant dwarf shrub (i.e. Empetrum nigrum) on Pinus sylvestris tree seedlings along a primary succession within a boreal ecosystem on an uplifting island in Bothnian Bay, Finland. This chapter is called ‘An ericoid shrub plays a dual role in recruiting both pines and their fungal symbionts along primary succession gradients’. Here we showed that facilitative and competitive effects of shrubs markedly determined tree seedling establishment and their fungal colonisation along this succession gradient, but in this chapter we did not relate these findings to any environmental changes. As far as we know, we presented the first finding that an ericoid mycorrhizal shrub may enhance both the performance of the ectomycorrhizal host tree and the tree’s fungal symbionts. The study presented in the fourth chapter was performed along a snow‐depth gradient in an extreme arctic tundra ecosystem in the Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world. The chapter is entitled ‘Plant interactions and higharctic vegetation composition along a snow‐depth gradient in NE Greenland’. This ecosystem is probably the most sensitive and fragile among the ecosystems studied in this thesis as the eastern coast of Greenland is expected to experience substantial changes in climate due to marked changes in snow precipitation and temperature regimes (Brown and Mote 2009). Here we assessed plant species richness, establishment and composition patterns in distinct growth forms occurring in common arctic plant communities associated with varying snow‐depth during the winter season. This study will help to predict potential diversity and vegetation changes in the high Arctic if snow precipitation regime changes in the future as anticipated.
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Lévêque, Louis. "Nouveaux matériaux composites à gradient de permittivité structurés par un champ électrique et leur application pour la gradation de potentiel." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU30004/document.
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Les développements récents en électronique de puissance visent à augmenter la densité de puissance totale dans les systèmes de conversion d'énergie. Cela contraint alors de plus en plus les matériaux isolants, tels que l'encapsulation dans les modules de puissance. Si les renforcements de champ électrique au sein des polymères isolants atteignent des valeurs critiques, cela peut entraîner une activité de décharges partielles, des arborescences voire la rupture totale de l'isolation. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier l'adaptation des propriétés diélectriques d'un polymère composite isolant afin de réduire les contraintes autour des zones de renforcements de champ électrique. Nous proposons une nouvelle approche de gradation de potentiel pour minimiser les renforcements de champ à travers une structuration locale du matériau composite sous forme d'un gradient de permittivité auto-adaptatif localisé là où les contraintes sont les plus intenses. Cette structuration est réalisée via l'application d'un champ électrique DC lors du procédé d'élaboration du matériau composite, permettant le déplacement par électrophorèse des particules. Le composite à gradient de permittivité est composé d'une matrice époxy chargée en particules à forte permittivité (titanate de strontium SrTiO3 ou titanate de baryum BaTiO3). L'action d'un champ électrique DC sur la résine liquide chargée en particules engendre leur accumulation vers l'électrode de plus fort potentiel, formant ainsi une couche fortement chargée, qui confère à cette région une permittivité plus élevée. Chaque région du composite structuré (zone de la couche accumulée et zone faiblement chargée en particules) a été caractérisée en termes de propriétés diélectriques (permittivité et pertes). Alors que la région des composites faiblement chargée en particules conserve une permittivité voisine de celle des composites homogènes, la couche accumulée présente une augmentation importante liée à l'augmentation de la densité de particules. Les concentrations en particules de chaque région du matériau structuré ont été déterminées précisément, et les valeurs de permittivités associées se corrèlent bien avec les valeurs de permittivité des matériaux composites homogènes de taux de chargement équivalent. Cela montre que la couche accumulée ne s'est pas organisée d'une façon particulière. Concernant la rigidité diélectrique de la couche accumulée, elle présente des valeurs suffisantes pour tenir les contraintes rencontrées et ses valeurs suivent la loi de puissance classique en fonction de l'épaisseur. Des simulations par éléments finis confirment l'intérêt de ces matériaux pour la minimisation des renforcements de champ électrique au niveau du point triple dans les modules de puissance. Ces résultats montrent tout le potentiel applicatif de ces nouveaux matériaux à gradient de champ. Ils pourraient permettre l'amélioration de la fiabilité et de la robustesse des modules de puissance et autres systèmes électriques travaillant sous fort champNew developments in power electronics allow increasing the power density of the conversion systems. This means that the insulating materials, such as the encapsulation in power modules, are more are more stressed. If the electric field reinforcements in insulating polymers reach critical values, this can lead to a partial discharge activity, electrical treeing and eventually a complete breakdown of the insulation. The objective of this thesis is to study the appropriate matching of the dielectric properties of insulating polymer composites in order to reduce the electrical stress in the regions of field reinforcement. A new approach to minimize the reinforcements is proposed through a local structuration of the composite material allowing an auto-adaptive permittivity gradient where the largest stresses are present. This structuration is achieved thanks to the application of a DC electric field during the elaboration process of the composite material, leading to the displacement of the particles by electrophoresis. The field grading material is an epoxy matrix filled with high permittivity particles (strontium titanate SrTiO3 or barium titanate BaTiO3). Applying a DC electric field on the liquid resin containing the particles induces their accumulation on the high voltage electrode, building an accumulated layer highly concentrated in particles, conferring to this region a higher permittivity. Each region of the structured composite (accumulated layer and low concentrated region) was characterized in terms of dielectric properties (permittivity and losses). While the low concentrated region of particles keeps a permittivity close to that of homogeneous composites one, the accumulated layer exhibits a significant increase due to the increase in the local particle content. The particle concentration in each region of the structured material were precisely determined, and the related permittivity values are in good agreement with the permittivity values of the homogeneous composite materials of the same filler content. This shows that the accumulated layer was not organized in a particular way. Regarding the dielectric strength of the accumulated layer, its values are large enough for the applications and these values follow the typical power law versus thickness. Finite element methods prove that these materials are appropriate for minimizing the electric field reinforcements at the triple point, between the metal, the ceramic and the encapsulation. These results highlight the interests of these new kind of field grading materials. They could allow improving the reliability and the robustness of power modules or other electrical systems working at high field
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Dieltiens, Baptiste. "Contributions à la gestion des risques en assurance vie." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Lyon, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021LYSE1135.
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La gestion des risques est un enjeu majeur pour le pilotage d’une compagnie d’assurance. Les données toujours plus nombreuses, les modèles toujours plus sophistiqués et la puissance informatique croissante permettent aujourd’hui aux actuaires, risk managers et data scientists d’affiner la connaissance de leurs portefeuilles d’assurés et des risques sous-jacents. C’est dans ce contexte que se situe cette thèse, qui a pour objectif de contribuer à la compréhension et à la modélisation des risques biométriques et comportementaux en assurance vie, par le biais de trois chapitres introduits et contextualisés dans une introduction générale. Le Chapitre 1 s’intéresse aux versements libres sur les contrats d’assurance vie. Nous proposons une méthodologie basée sur l’apprentissage automatique pour les piloter efficacement : le modèle, construit via l’algorithme de Gradient Boosting, s’appuie aussi bien sur des variables liées aux versements passés que sur des variables liées au produit en question et au business plan, et nous montrons qu’il donne de meilleurs résultats qu’une méthodologie plus classique fondée sur l’utilisation de séries temporelles. En outre, l’analyse du modèle via le cadre proposé par SHAP (Shapley Additive Explanations) permet de mettre en évidence certains faits stylisés; enfin, l’étude à une maille plus fine complète les travaux et interroge la relation entre les versements et les rachats et arbitrages. Le Chapitre 2 concerne les transferts en assurance vie, qui offrent la possibilité à un épargnant d’investir de l’argent sur un nouveau contrat tout en conservant une partie des avantages afférents à son contrat d’origine. En particulier, nous nous intéressons aux transferts Fourgous et PACTE que nous présentons et dont nous mettons en exergue les principaux points communs et différences majeures. Nous proposons alors une modélisation de l’amendement Fourgous via une régression logistique dynamique et analysons, au vu des premières observations, dans quelle mesure les enseignements que l’on peut en tirer sont applicables à la loi PACTE. Enfin, nous élargissons la réflexion en discutant du cadre législatif et de ses impacts potentiels en termes de comportements des assurés. Enfin, le Chapitre 3 est consacré au risque de longévité, et s’intéresse en particulier à une hypothèse extrême, peu considérée en actuariat : le transhumanisme. Cette hypothèse envisage une potentielle amélioration gigantesque de la longévité par l’apport de la science et des technologies. Après avoir rappelé l’état de la connaissance sur la longévité et tous les sujets y afférent (espérance de vie, âge biologique maximal en particulier) et les principales hypothèses sur son évolution future, mettant ainsi en évidence l’absence de consensus et la complexité du sujet, nous analysons plus en détail l’hypothèse transhumaniste et discutons de ses tenants et aboutissantsRisk management is a major issue for the piloting of an insurance company. The increasing amount of data, the sophistication of models and the growing computing power now allow actuaries, risk managers and data scientists to refine the knowledge of their policyholder portfolios and the underlying risks. This is the context of this thesis, which aims to contribute to the understanding and modeling of biometric and behavioral risks in life insurance, through three chapters introduced and contextualized in a general introduction. Chapter 1 focuses on free payments on life insurance contracts. We propose a methodology based on machine learning to pilot them efficiently: the model, based on the Gradient Boosting algorithm, relies on variables related to past payments as well as variables related to the product in question and its business plan, and we show that it gives better results than a more classical methodology based on the use of time series. In addition, the analysis of the model via the framework proposed by SHAP (Shapley Additive Explanations) makes it possible to highlight certain stylized facts; finally, the study at a finer scale completes the work and questions the relationship between payments and surrenders or arbitrages. Chapter 2 deals with life insurance transfers, which allow a saver to invest money in a new contract while retaining some of the advantages of the original contract. In particular, we are interested in the Fourgous and PACTE transfers, which we present; we highlight the main common points and major differences of those transfers. We then propose a model of the Fourgous amendment using dynamic logistic regression and analyze, given the initial observations, to what the extent the lessons that can be drawn from it are applicable to the PACTE law. Finally, we broaden the reflection by discussing the legislative framework and its potential impacts in terms of policyholder behavior. Finally, Chapter 3 is devoted to the risk of longevity, and focuses in particular on an extreme assumption, not really considered in actuarial science: transhumanism. This assumption considers a potential gigantic improvement in longevity through the use of science and technology. After discussing the state of the art on longevity and all the related subjects (life expectancy, maximum biological age in particular) and the main hypotheses on its future evolution, thus highlighting the lack of consensus and the complexity of this subject, we analyze the transhumanist assumption in more details and discuss its ins and outs
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Villaret, Flore. "Développement d’une jonction austéno-martensitique à gradient de composition chimique par fabrication additive." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSEI104.
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Ces travaux de thèse concernent la problématique des liaisons bimétalliques acier austénitique/acier martensitique. Cette action de recherche se focalise sur une liaison acier austénitique 316L (X2 CrNiMo 18-12-02) / acier martensitique Fe-9Cr-1Mo (X10 CrMo 9-1). L’objectif est de comprendre la problématique métallurgique liée à l’assemblage de ces deux types de nuance et d’évaluer les possibilités de réaliser par métallurgie des poudres et par fabrication additive des transitions aciers austénitiques/aciers martensitiques. Une soudure obtenue par faisceau d’électrons sert de liaison de référence pour cette étude qui se focalise sur l’intérêt de la métallurgie des poudres pour réaliser une transition entre deux aciers. Des matériaux à gradient de composition chimique ont été consolidés par CIC et par SPS et montrent de très bonnes propriétés mécaniques et une excellente jonction entre les deux types de nuances. Par fabrication additive (DED-LB ou PBF-LB), nous obtenons aussi de très bonnes liaisons entre les deux aciers mais les microstructures sont beaucoup plus complexes. On observe curieusement que plus la vitesse de refroidissement du procédé est importante et plus la présence de ferrite dans l’acier martensitique est importante. Différents calculs basés sur la germination et la croissance de la phase austénitique ont permis de proposer un scénario cohérent pour expliquer les fractions de phases présentes dans les matériaux. La zone de transition entre les deux aciers présente, elle, de fortes variations de duretés. Ces variations sont expliquées par les changements de composition chimique, entrainant des modifications dans les températures de changement de phases, et les cycles thermiques particuliers vus lors de la fabrication. D’un point de vue technologique, les matériaux obtenus par fabrication additive présentent en traction des performances très semblables à ce que l’on obtient par soudage par faisceau d’électrons. Il est montré que la fabrication additive permet aussi de piloter le gradient de composition entre un acier martensitique et un acier austénitiqueThis PhD work concerns the problem of bimetallic austenitic/martensitic steel connections. This research action focuses on a 316L austenitic steel (X2 CrNiMo 18-12-02) / Fe-9Cr-1Mo (X10 CrMo 9-1) martensitic steel connection. The objective is to understand the metallurgical problems related to the assembly of these two steels and to evaluate the possibilities of using powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing to produce austenitic/martensitic steel transitions. A weld obtained by electron beam is used as a reference for this study which focuses on the interest of powder metallurgy to achieve a transition between two steels. Materials with a chemical composition gradient have been consolidated by HIP and SPS and show very good mechanical properties and an excellent junction between the two steels. By additive manufacturing (DED-LB or PBF-LB), we also obtain very good bonds between the two steels, but the microstructures are much more complex. Curiously, we observe that the higher the cooling rate, the higher the ferrite fraction in the martensitic steel. Different calculations based on the nucleation and growth of the austenitic phase have made it possible to propose a coherent scenario to explain the phase fractions present in the materials. The transition zone between the two steels shows strong variations in hardness. These variations are explained by changes in chemical composition, leading to modifications in phase change temperatures, and the particular thermal cycles seen during building. From a technological point of view, materials obtained by additive manufacturing have tensile performances very similar to those obtained by electron beam welding. It is shown that additive manufacturing also makes it possible to control the composition gradient between a martensitic and an austenitic steel
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Fernandez, Rodrigo da Silva. "Diversidade florística e estrutura filogenética de ilhas arbustivas em uma restinga subtropical." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/55910.
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Neste trabalho, avaliamos como arbustos pioneiros regulam comunidades lenhosas em uma restinga subtropical. Arbustos têm grande capacidade de modificar ecossistemas, pois alteram o fluxo de nutrientes e água do solo, aprisionam sementes transportadas por água ou vento sob suas copas, e oferecem recursos a dispersores. A combinação desses processos leva ao surgimento de ilhas de fertilidade em áreas de vegetação herbácea, aumentando a diversidade local. Interações biológicas são fatores determinantes na coexistência de espécies nessas ilhas arbustivas. Portanto, utilizamos atributos vegetativos de arbustos e distância filogenética média (MPD) entre as espécies para avaliar como a riqueza, a abundância e a diversidade (i.e. Entropia Quadrática de Rao, EQR) são reguladas em moitas de restinga. Também comparamos esses mesmos parâmetros nas áreas de vegetação predominantemente herbácea circundantes às ilhas arbustivas. A fim de entender a estruturação filogenética nesse ambiente, calculamos o net relatedness index (NRI) de cada moita. Nossos dados reforçam a importância de arbustos pioneiros sobre a vegetação de áreas predominantemente campestres devido à sua capacidade de modificar o micro-habitat sob suas copas e pelas interações com espécies que colonizam as ilhas arbustivas.In this work we tested how pioneer shrubs regulate community structure in woody islands of a subtropical sand-dune (restinga) environment. Shrubby species show a great ability to modify ecosystems, since they change the flux of nutrients and water in the soil, they retain under their crowns seeds carried by water or wind, and the seeds in turn attract new dispersers. The combination of these processes leads to the formation of fertility islands in areas with herbaceous vegetation, increasing the local diversity. Biological interactions are determinant factors in the coexistence of species in these shrubby islands. So we used vegetative traits of shrubs and mean phylogenetic distance (MPD) between species to evaluate how richness, abundance and diversity, i.e., Rao‟s quadratic entropy (RQE), are regulated in sand-dune woody islands. We also evaluated the same parameters in the surrounding areas with predominantly herbaceous vegetation. In order to understand the phylogenetic structuring in this environment we estimated the net relatedness index (NRI) in each woody thicket. Our data reinforce the importance of pioneer shrubs in a matrix of the predominantly open grassland vegetation because of their ability to modify the microhabitat under their crowns and their interactions with other species which colonize the shrubby islands.
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Dona, Marco. "Static and dynamic analysis of multi-cracked beams with local and non-local elasticity." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14893.
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The thesis presents a novel computational method for analysing the static and dynamic behaviour of a multi-damaged beam using local and non-local elasticity theories. Most of the lumped damage beam models proposed to date are based on slender beam theory in classical (local) elasticity and are limited by inaccuracies caused by the implicit assumption of the Euler-Bernoulli beam model and by the spring model itself, which simplifies the real beam behaviour around the crack. In addition, size effects and material heterogeneity cannot be taken into account using the classical elasticity theory due to the absence of any microstructural parameter. The proposed work is based on the inhomogeneous Euler-Bernoulli beam theory in which a Dirac's delta function is added to the bending flexibility at the position of each crack: that is, the severer the damage, the larger is the resulting impulsive term. The crack is assumed to be always open, resulting in a linear system (i.e. nonlinear phenomena associated with breathing cracks are not considered). In order to provide an accurate representation of the structure's behaviour, a new multi-cracked beam element including shear effects and rotatory inertia is developed using the flexibility approach for the concentrated damage. The resulting stiffness matrix and load vector terms are evaluated by the unit-displacement method, employing the closed-form solutions for the multi-cracked beam problem. The same deformed shapes are used to derive the consistent mass matrix, also including the rotatory inertia terms. The two-node multi-damaged beam model has been validated through comparison of the results of static and dynamic analyses for two numerical examples against those provided by a commercial finite element code. The proposed model is shown to improve the computational efficiency as well as the accuracy, thanks to the inclusion of both shear deformations and rotatory inertia. The inaccuracy of the spring model, where for example for a rotational spring a finite jump appears on the rotations' profile, has been tackled by the enrichment of the elastic constitutive law with higher order stress and strain gradients. In particular, a new phenomenological approach based upon a convenient form of non-local elasticity beam theory has been presented. This hybrid non-local beam model is able to take into account the distortion on the stress/strain field around the crack as well as to include the microstructure of the material, without introducing any additional crack related parameters. The Laplace's transform method applied to the differential equation of the problem allowed deriving the static closed-form solution for the multi-cracked Euler-Bernoulli beams with hybrid non-local elasticity. The dynamic analysis has been performed using a new computational meshless method, where the equation of motions are discretised by a Galerkin-type approximation, with convenient shape functions able to ensure the same grade of approximation as the beam element for the classical elasticity. The importance of the inclusion of microstructural parameters is addressed and their effects are quantified also in comparison with those obtained using the classical elasticity theory.
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Deboucq, Julien. "Caractérisation ultrasonore de structures à couche et à gradient de contraintes par ondes de surface haute fréquence générées par capteurs MEMS de type IDT -SAW." Thesis, Valenciennes, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012VALE0017/document.
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L’utilisation de revêtements et de couches minces déposés sur substrats est très recherchée dans de nombreuses applications. Les objectifs de ces revêtements et dépôts sont multiples (améliorer la durabilité des structures, leur résistance à l’usure et à la fatigue, etc.). D'autre part, les matériaux à gradient sont également développés en vue de répondre à de nouvelles exigences fonctionnelles, comme de meilleures tenues en température, en usure, en corrosion. Pour toutes ces applications, la caractérisation de ces revêtements et de ces matériaux à gradients, afin d’en déterminer leurs propriétés (épaisseur, constantes élastiques, adhérence, contraintes résiduelles, …etc), est déterminante pour le contrôle santé des pièces et pour leur fonctionnement optimal au cours de leur utilisation. Pour caractériser ces structures, nous avons choisi d’exploiter la dispersion des ondes de surface sur une large gamme de fréquences (10 à 60 MHz). Afin d’exciter ces ondes, des capteurs MEMS de type IDT-SAW ont été réalisés à différentes fréquences couvrant la totalité de la gamme fréquentielle considérée. L’excitation quasi-harmonique a été privilégiée dans le but d’obtenir des mesures précisesde vitesses de phase. Nous avons montré les potentialités de cette approche en caractérisant premièrement des structures à couche mince allant jusqu’à 500 nm et deuxièmement des structures amorphes à gradient de contraintesThe use of coatings and thin layers deposited on substrates is highly sought in many applications. The objectives of these coatings and deposits are multiple (improve the durability of structures, their wear resistance and fatigue, etc.). On the other hand, gradient materials are being developed to meet new functional requirements, such as a better resistance to temperature, wear and corrosion. For all of these applications, the characterization of these coatings and gradient materials, in order to determine their properties (thickness, elastic constants, adherence, residual stresses, etc…), is decisive for the health control of pieces and for their optimum operation during their use. To characterize these structures, wechose to exploit the dispersion of surface acoustic waves over a wide frequency range (10 to 60 MHz).To excite these waves, SAW-IDT MEMS sensors have been carried out at different frequencies covering the entire frequency range we considered. The quasi-harmonic excitation was preferred to obtain accurate measures of phase velocities. We showed the potential of this approach by characterizing, first, thin layers structures (500 nm) and second, amorphous structures with a stressesgradient
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Pham, Tuan Hiep. "Modélisation analytique et simulation numérique de la nucléation et de la propagation de la fissure cohésive couplée avec la plasticité." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLX001/document.
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L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier l’évolution de la fissure sous les effets de plasticité et du champ de contrainte non-uniforme à l’aide du modèle de zone cohésive. Dans un premier temps, l’évolution de la fissure au sein du matériau élastoplastique est explorée dans le cadre de l’approche variationnelle. Les solutions sont explicitées dans le cas d’une barre 1D sous traction simple grâce aux conditions de stabilité locale d’énergie au premier ordre et au second ordre. Cette étude nous permet de mettre en lumière l’effet de la plasticité sur le comportementadoucissant du matériau dès que la fissure cohésive apparaît. En effet, la réponse globale de la barre sous déplacement imposé est stable seulement si la longueur de la barre est inférieure à une longueur critique. Cette dernière est démontrée indépendante du module d’écrouissage plastique mais dépend du module Young et de la dérivée seconde de la densité d’énergie de fissure. Les formulations énergétiques peuvent être généralisées pour la structure 3D. Dans ce cas, les critères de plasticité et de cohésif deviennent les courbes dans le plan des contraintes de Mohr. La comparaison des courbes nous permet d’étudier la nucléation de fissure cohésive au sein du domaine plastifié. Dans un deuxième temps, les effets de la non-uniformité du champ de contrainte sur la nucléation de la fissure au sein de la structure élastique sont mis en évidence. On construit la solution analytique en utilisant la technique à deux échelles et l’analyse complexe. L’évolution de la fissure purement cohésive et partiellement non-cohésive est contrôlée par le gradient du champ de contrainte lié à une longueur caractéristique. L’utilisation des différentes lois cohésives dans le problème est explorée. La sensibilité de la solution à la taille du défaut préexistant est également étudiée. Finalement, des résultats analytiques sont validés par les simulations numériques et le modèle de zone cohésive en mode mixte est implémenté dans Code_AsterThe aims of this work is to study the cracks evolution under plasticity and nonuniform stress field effects by using cohesive zone model. Firstly, basing on the variational approach, the crack evolution in the elastoplastic material is investigated. The solutions for 1D beam under simple tension is expressed explicitly through the first and the second orders stability conditions of energy. This study shows us the plasticity effects on the material softening behavior as soon as crack appears. In fact, the global solution of the beam under described displacement is stable only if the beam length is lower than a characteristic length. This length is independent of plasticity hardening module but depends on Young modulus and on the second derivative of crack energy density. The energy formulations can be generalized for 3D structure. In this case, the plasticity and cohesive criteria become two curves in Mohr’s stresses plane. The comparison between theses curves allows us to consider the crack nucleation in the plastified domain. Secondly, the non-uniform stress field effects on the crack nucleation in the elastic material is highlighted. The analytical solution is established by using two-scales techniqueand complex analysis. The evolution of fully cohesive crack and partially non-cohesive crack is controlled by the stress gradient, which is related to a characteristic length. Different cohesive laws are used in our study. The sensitivity of solution to preexisting imperfection size is also explored. Finally, analytical results are validated by numerical simulations and the cohesive zone model in mixed mode is implemented in Code_Aster
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Castanho, Camila de Toledo. "Facilitação entre plantas e suas implicações para a dinâmica e restauração de restingas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-24082012-151906/.
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Nas últimas duas décadas estudos empíricos têm demonstrado a importância da facilitação entre plantas, especialmente sob condições ambientais severas. Tal constatação inspirou a proposição da hipótese do gradiente de estresse (HGE), um modelo conceitual que prediz que a freqüência relativa entre facilitação e competição deve variar inversarmente ao longo de um gradiente de estresse, sendo a facilitação mais comum sob condições extremamente severas. As restingas (ou planícies costeiras arenosas) são ambientes caracterizados por condições ambientais limitantes para o desenvolvimento das plantas, fazendo-se então um ambiente propício para o predomínio de facilitação. Além disso, o gradiente de intensidade de estresse e perturbação relacionado à distância do mar faz ainda deste ecossistema um modelo ideal para testar a HGE. O objetivo geral desta tese foi estudar facilitação entre plantas de restinga através dos seguintes objetivos específicos: i) Apresentar uma revisão sistemática dos trabalhos já publicados sobre facilitação entre plantas de restinga em escala mundial, assim como investigar, através de meta-análise, que fatores influenciam a presença e intensidade da facilitação entre plantas; ii) Testar se os padrões de associação espacial entre árvores adultas isoladas e plantas de distintas formas de vida se alteram ao longo de um gradiente ambiental praia-interior, conforme esperado pela HGE; iii) Testar a HGE através de experimentos de campo envolvendo transplante da espécie potencialmente beneficiada, assim como manipulação de recurso limitante ao longo do gradiente praia-interior; iv) Testar se o sombreamento é um mecanismo de facilitação na restinga. Para os testes empíricos (objetivos ii-iv), as observações e experimentos foram realizados em um gradiente de restinga arbustiva do Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso (PEIC) localizado em Cananéia, São Paulo, Brasil. Os resultados indicaram que: i) diversas condições e aspectos da facilitação entre plantas de planícies costeiras têm sido pouco exploradas, como por exemplo, há poucos estudos nas regiões tropicais e poucos estudos que consideraram estágios de vida de semente ou de adultos da espécie alvo da interação. Dentre os estudos publicados, fatores como precipitação, região geográfica e estágio de vida da planta alvo definitivamente influenciam a existência e magnitude da facilitação entre plantas de restinga; ii) para a maioria das formas de vida, o padrão de associação espacial com árvores adultas não se altera ao longo do gradiente ambiental conforme predito pela HGE. Apenas árvores jovens apresentam associação espacial positiva com árvores adultas, o que sugere efeito de planta-berçário entre árvores da restinga arbustiva; iii) tanto a intensidade quanto a importância da interação entre árvores foram negativamente relacionadas ao estresse, rejeitando então a proposição clássica da HGE. Além disso, o sinal da interação foi dependente do estágio de vida da espécie alvo, uma vez que a presença do adulto vizinho foi predominantemente negativa sobre o estágio de semente mas positiva sobre a sobrevivência das plântulas; iv) o efeito de planta-berçário entre árvores da restinga é, pelo menos parcialmente, explicado pelo sombreamento gerado pela copa da espécie facilitadora. Dessa forma, concluimos que a facilitação via sombreamento é uma interação relevante entre árvores adultas e jovens na restinga. Entretanto, ao contrário do previsto pela HGE, o efeito de planta-berçário tende a ser mais intenso em condições ambientais mais amenas. Estes resultados sugerem a existência de um ciclo de retroalimentação positiva gerado a partir do estabelecimento das primeiras árvores isoladas. Este ciclo positivo apresenta implicações importantes para a compreensão da organização estrutural da vegetação da restinga arbustiva, em que moitas de espécies lenhosas estão distribuídas em uma matriz predominantemente herbácea. Adicionalmente, a facilitação entre árvores e sua dependência em relação às condições ambientais locais devem ser mecanismos essenciais para explicar o gradiente de fisionomias vegetacionais sobre os cordões arenosos, a qual inicia-se em uma vegetação aberta e termina em uma floresta, assim como para entender a dinâmica temporal desta vegetação ao longo do tempo. Por fim, nossos resultados também apresentam implicações práticas, relacionadas ao uso potencial de plantas-berçário e mímicos de sombra como técnicas de manejo para aumentar o estabelecimento de mudas transplantadas em projetos de restauração de restingas arbustivo-arbóreas.In the last two decades, empirical studies have shown the importance of plant interaction, especially under harsh environmental conditions. These observations led to the proposition of the stress gradient hypothesis (SGH), a conceptual model predicting that the relative frequency of facilitation and competition will vary inversely across gradients of stress, with facilitation being the dominant interaction under highly stressful conditions. Coastal dunes (known as restinga in Brazil) are environments with limiting conditions for plant performance, which makes them suitable for facilitation predominance among plant interactions. Furthermore, there is a gradient of stress and disturbance related to the presence of the sea, making this environment an ideal model to test the SGH. The general goal of this thesis was to study plant facilitation in coastal dunes with the following specific objectives: i) to perform a systematic review of published studies on plant facilitation in costal dunes around the world as well as to investigate, using a meta-analysis approach, factors that affect the existence and magnitude of plant facilitation; ii) to test if spatial association between isolated adult trees and understory plants of distinct life forms changes along a beach-to-inland gradient, as expected by the SGH; iii) to test the SGH through field experiments involving target species transplantation coupled with manipulation of limiting resource along a beach-to-inland gradient; iv) to test if shading is a facilitation mechanism in coastal dunes. The empirical tests (objectives ii-iv) were conducted in an open scrub coastal dune located at Ilha do Cardoso State Park, Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil. Our results indicate that: i) several aspects and conditions of plant facilitation in coastal dunes have been little studied. For instance, few studies were conducted in tropical regions and few of them studied the effect of neighbor presence on seed and adult life stage of the target species. Precipitation, geographic region and target life stage affect the existence and magnitude of plant facilitation; ii) For most of the understory life forms, the spatial association between adult trees and understor plants do not change along the environmental gradient as predicted by the SGH. Among all life forms, only young trees were positively associated with adult trees, suggesting a nurse plant effect among trees in coastal dunes; iii) Both intensity and importance of the interaction among trees were negatively related to stress, rejecting the classic proposition of the SGH. Furthermore, the signal of the net interaction depends on the life stage of the target species since the adult neighbor had mostly negative effects on target species seeds but positive effects on seedlings survival; iv) The nurse plant effect among trees was, at least partly, due to the shading provided by the facilitator crown. Overall, we concluded that facilitation driven by shade is a relevant interaction between adult and young trees in the studied coastal dune. However, contrary to what was expected by the early propositions of the SGH, the observed nurse plant effect tends to be more intense under mild conditions. Our results suggest a positive feedback relationship started with the establishment of the first isolated trees. This positive feedback has important implications to understand the vegetation organization on open scrub vegetation, where patches of woody species are scattered in a matrix of herbaceous plants. Furthermore, the facilitation between trees and their dependency on local environmental conditions could be fundamental to explain the gradient of vegetation physiognomies from open vegetation to forest observed along the beach-to-inland gradient, as well as to understand the dynamics of this vegetation over time. Finally, our results also have practical implications, highlighting the potential use of nurse plants and artificial shade as techniques to restore shrubland or forest physiognomies in coastal dunes.
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Landron, Thomas. "effets des gradients de porosité et de contrainte sur le comportement en fatigue à grand nombre de cycles de l’alliage d’aluminium AlSi9Cu3 coulé sous pression." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris, HESAM, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023HESAE091.
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Ces travaux de thèse traitent de l’effet des gradients de porosité et de contrainte sur le comportement en fatigue à grand nombre de cycles (FGNC) de l’alliage d’aluminium AlSi9Cu3 coulé sous pression utilisé par l’industrie automobile. Ce matériau contient une population de défauts distribués de manière hétérogène avec un gradient de porosité entre la surface et le cœur des pièces. Une large gamme de taille et de nature de défaut (Pore gazeux, retassure, voiles d’oxydes…) est observée avec notamment des défauts formant des réseaux complexes tridimensionnelles de porosités.Afin d’étudier les effets des gradients de porosité et de contrainte, une méthodologie d’essai ayant recours à des éprouvettes de différentes épaisseurs, toutes obtenues par usinage à partir d’un même échantillon brut, est développée. Quatre géométries issues d’une même éprouvette brute sont testées en FGNC sous différents modes de sollicitations : flexion et traction avec un rapport de charge R=-1. L’analyse des faciès de rupture combinée à celle des courbes de Wöhler montre que le comportement en fatigue est contrôlé par l’interaction entre les gradients de porosité et de contrainte. La position de l’amorçage, interne ou en surface, la nature du défaut critique, ainsi que les niveaux de résistance sont entièrement déterminées par ces deux gradients.L’effet des défauts sur le comportement en fatigue est d’abord analysé sous l’angle d’une approche du type diagramme de Kitagawa-Takahashi et seuil du facteur d’intensité de contrainte (Kth). Cette analyse montre que la résistance en fatigue du matériau est pilotée par la taille des défauts au sens de Murakami (√aire). La large gamme de taille et de nature de défauts permet de caractériser le comportement du matériau en fissure courte et fissure longue. Peu d’effet de la position de l’amorçage, interne ou surface, est noté. Grâce à la comparaison des comportements en fatigue de l’alliage étudié avec d’autres alliages d’aluminium de fonderie coulés gravité, il apparaît que le niveau de résistance en fatigue et le comportement de propagation fissure courte – fissure longue est en partie contrôlé par les caractéristiques microstructurales des alliages telles que la taille de grain et l’espacement des bras de dendrites secondaires (SDAS) et par le comportement mécanique monotone et cyclique.La complexité de la distribution des défauts (définie par les paramètres taille, position, géométrie, type …) rend très difficile la caractérisation et la modélisation de la cinétique de propagation des fissures et de leurs interactions avec les défauts. Des essais de suivi de fissure in situ sur défauts naturels sont conduits en flexion à R=-1 à l’aide d’un dispositif adapté de corrélation d’image. L’analyse de la cinétique de fissuration et des faciès de rupture relatifs aux fissures observées révèle une forte interaction entre les fissures de fatigue et les défauts présents. Ces interactions provoquent de fortes accélérations de la fissure qui réduisent drastiquement la durée de vie en fatigue. Une modélisation de la propagation en FGNC est proposée grâce à une approche en moyenne qui fait appel à la loi de Paris. Les coefficients associés sont ajustés à partir des essais de suivi de fissure. La comparaison des courbes de Wöhler simulées à iso-taille de défauts initiaux et les courbes de Wöhler expérimentales montre que l’approche en propagation ne suffit pas à rendre compte de toutes les étapes conduisant à la ruine en fatigue. Il est clairement mis en avant la nécessité de la prise en compte d’une phase d’amorçage et la très grande complexité des mécanismes d’endommagement en fatigue dans les défauts de type réseaux de porosité.Mots clefs : Fatigue à grand nombre de cycle (FGNC), hétérogénéité microstructurale, gradient de porosité, gradient de contrainte, alliage d’aluminium, coulée sous pression, réseaux de porosités, durée de vie, interaction fissure – défautThis research deals with the effect of porosity and stress gradients on the high-cycle fatigue behavior (HCF) of the high-pressure die-cast (HPDC) aluminum alloy AlSi9Cu3 used by the automotive industry. The components produced by HPDC are characterized by a high level of porosity compared to other casting processes. In addition, the porosity or defect distribution within a component is highly heterogeneous and the existence of a porosity gradient between the surface and the in-bulk material is notable. Defects of different nature and size are present, including defects formed by complex three-dimensional pore networks.To study the effects of the porosity and stress gradients on the HCF behavior, a test methodology based on reducing the thickness of as-cast specimens by machining was developed. Four geometries machined from the same as-cast specimens were tested in HCF under different loading modes: plane bending and tension-compression with a load ratio R=-1. The analysis of the fatigue failure surfaces, combined with fatigue results in the form of Wöhler curves shows that fatigue behavior is controlled by the interaction between the porosity gradient and the stress gradient. The position of the crack initiation site (surface or in-bulk), the nature of the critical defects, as well as the fatigue strength are entirely determined by these two gradients.The effect of defects on the fatigue behavior was analyzed using an approach based on the Kitagawa-Takahashi diagram and the stress intensity factor threshold (Kth). This analysis shows that the fatigue strength of the material is controlled by the size of the defects in terms of the Murakami parameter (√area). The wide range of defect size and the variety of defect types makes it possible to characterize the behavior of the material in both the short crack and long crack regimes. It is observed that the position of the crack initiation site (surface or in-bulk) has only a small effect on the fatigue behavior. Thanks to a comparison between the studied alloy and other gravity-cast aluminum alloys, it is shown that both the fatigue strength and the crack propagation behavior, is partly controlled by (a) the microstructural characteristics of alloys (grain size and secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS)) and by (b) the monotonic and cyclic mechanical behavior of the materials.The complexity of the defect distribution (type, size and spatial distribution) complicates the characterization and modeling of the kinetics of crack propagation and their interactions with defects. To investigate this, in-situ image correlation was used to monitor crack growth during fatigue tests, with the aim of observing the crack interaction with natural defects, in bending at R=-1. The analysis of the crack growth kinetics and the fatigue failure surfaces reveals a strong interaction between fatigue cracks and defects. These interactions cause rapid crack accelerations, which drastically reduce the fatigue life. A HCF crack propagation model is proposed using an averaging approach with the Paris law. The coefficients are adjusted using the crack monitoring tests. The comparison between the simulated Wöhler curves at initial iso-defect-size and the experimental Wöhler curves shows that the propagation approach is not sufficient to account for all the stages leading to fatigue failure. It is clearly highlighted that the initiation phase must be taken into account and that the fatigue damage mechanisms, associated with defects comprised of complex three-dimensional pore networks, are extremely complex.Keywords: High cycle fatigue (HCF), microstructural heterogeneity, porosity gradient, stress gradient, aluminum alloy, high-pressure die-casting, porosity networks, fatigue life, crack – defect interaction
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von, Stillfried Florian. "Computational fluid-dynamics investigations of vortex generators for flow-separation control." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Turbulens, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-94879.
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Many flow cases in fluid dynamics face undesirable flow separation due to ad-verse pressure gradients on wall boundaries. This occurs, for example, due togeometrical reasons as in a highly curved turbine-inlet duct or on flow-controlsurfaces such as wing trailing-edge flaps within a certain angle-of-attack range.Here, flow-control devices are often used in order to enhance the flow and delayor even totally eliminate flow separation. Flow control can e.g. be achieved byusing passive or active vortex generators (VGs) for momentum mixing in theboundary layer of such flows. This thesis focusses on such passive and activeVGs and their modelling for computational fluid dynamics investigations. First, a statistical VG model approach for passive vane vortex genera-tors (VVGs), developed at the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm andthe Swedish Defence Research Agency, was evaluated and further improvedby means of experimental data and three-dimensional fully-resolved computa-tions. This statistical VVG model approach models those statistical vortexstresses that are generated at the VG by the detaching streamwise vortices.This is established by means of the Lamb-Oseen vortex model and the Prandtllifting-line theory for the determination of the vortex strength. Moreover, thisansatz adds the additional vortex stresses to the turbulence of a Reynolds-stresstransport model. Therefore, it removes the need to build fully-resolved three-dimensional geometries of VVGs in a computational fluid dynamics mesh. Usu-ally, the generation of these fully-resolved geometries is rather costly in termsof preprocessing and computations. By applying VVG models, the costs arereduced to that of computations without VVGs. The original and an improvedcalibrated passive VVG model show sensitivity for parameter variations suchas the modelled VVG geometry and the VVG model location on a flat plate inzero- and adverse-pressure-gradient flows, in a diffuser, and on an airfoil withits high-lift system extracted. It could be shown that the passive VG modelqualitatively and partly quantitatively describes correct trends and tendenciesfor these different applications. In a second step, active vortex-generator jets (VGJs) are considered. They were experimentally investigated in a zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate flow atTechnische Universitä̈t Braunschweig, Germany, and have been re-evaluated for our purposes and a parameterization of the generated vortices was conducted. Dependencies of the generated vortices and their characteristics on the VGJsetup parameters could be identified and quantified. These dependencies wereused as a basis for the development of a new statistical VGJ model. This modeluses the ansatz of the passive VVG model in terms of the vortex model, theadditional vortex-stress tensor, and its summation to the Reynolds stress ten-sor. Yet, it does not use the Prandtl lifting-line theory for the determinationof the circulation but an ansatz for the balance of the momentum impact thatthe VGJ has on the mean flow. This model is currently under developmentand first results have been evaluated against experimental and fully-resolvedcomputational results of a flat plate without pressure gradient.QC 20120511
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Ferré, Romain. "Etude expérimentale et modélisation de la durabilité d'un contact représentatif de l'interface aube / disque de soufflante grenaillé soumis à des chargements de fretting / fatigue / usure." Thesis, Ecully, Ecole centrale de Lyon, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ECDL0012.
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Ce travail porte sur l’étude du risque d’amorçage de fissure en fretting/fatigue du contact aubes/disque de soufflante en alliage de titane Ti-6Al-4V d’un turboréacteur civil. De part les vibrations du moteur et le passage du flux d’air, le contact aube/disque est sujet à de microdéplacements: le fretting. Ce problème complexe concerne des zones en contact de faibles dimensions subissant des pressions de contact importantes et des micro-déplacements associées à des structures soumises à des chargements eux-mêmes complexes. Des essais de fretting simple, fretting précontraint et fretting fatigue sont réalisés en vue d’identifier les conditions d’amorçage de fissure pour plusieurs géométries présentant des gradients de contraintes différents. Les résultats expérimentaux mettent en évidence l’effet du gradient de contrainte sur l’amorçage. Ainsi, via des essais présentant une gamme étendue de gradient, il a été confirmé que les gradients de contraintes retardent l’initiation de fissure. Une approche non-locale couplée à un critère de fatigue multiaxiale et identifiée sur une unique condition expérimentale de fretting simple a permis la prédiction de l’ensemble des résultats expérimentaux. Ainsi, une méthodologie prédictive des durées de vie à amorçage a été proposée. Cette approche numérique intègre la multiaxialité du chargement, l’effet du gradient des contraintes, la réponse élastoplastique de l’interface et les limites de fatigue en traction/compression et torsion alternée du matériau. L’interface aube/disque grenaillée du moteur subit une alternance de sollicitations de faibles amplitudes générant l’amorçage de fissure, et de grandes amplitudes favorisant l’usure des zones en contact. Le phénomène de compétition usure/fissure a alors été étudié via les courbes en cloches (durée de vie en fonction de l’amplitude de déplacement) ainsi que l’influence des contraintes résiduelles de grenaillage. Une première conclusion sur l’effet bénéfique de l’usure a pu être apportée dans le cas d’un matériau sans traitement de surface. Si les contraintes résiduelles de grenaillage permettent d’apporter un gain notable sur les durées de vie pour des sollicitations de glissement partiel, à l’inverse, il a été observé que le matériau avec le traitement de surface de grenaillage présente des durées de vie plus faibles pour des sollicitations favorisant l’usure. À travers d’essais inédits avec un dispositif expérimental à trois vérins, le chargement complexe de l’interface aube/disque du moteur a pu être reproduit à l’échelle du laboratoire. Ainsi, la durabilité globale du contact représentatif de l’interface aube/disque de soufflante a été étudiée. Une synergie des sollicitations oligocycliques et polycycliques à l’interface a été constatée provoquant des phénomènes de réorganisation de contraintes résiduelles et l’accélération des cinétiques d’usure. Cette étude a montré l’importance de prendre en compte les sollicitations polycycliques dans le dimensionnement des structures aubes/disque. Ces sollicitations couplent les aspects de fatigue « fissuration » aux phénomènes de cumul de dommage et de cinétique d’usure des interfacesThis work aims at studying the crack initiation risk of a blade/disk contact under fretting/fatigue loading. The fan stage of a civil engine is studied and the material used is a titanium alloy: Ti-6Al-4V. This complex issue concerns small contacts which are subjected to high contact pressures and micro-displacements. Thus, a complex multiaxial loading occurs on the structure. Fretting, static stressed fretting and fretting fatigue testing are performed in order to quantify the crack nucleation thresholds. In addition, several geometries which present different stress gradient values are used. The experimental results show a stress gradient effect on the crack initiation. Thus, using a wide range of stress gradient, it has been confirmed that stress gradient delays crack nucleation. A multiaxial fatigue criterion is used to determine the equivalent stress field under the contact. Then, a non-local approach, identified thanks to one fretting experimental condition, is employed in order to consider the stress gradient effect. This approach provides the prediction of the whole experimental results. In this way, a predictive method of the initiation fatigue life has been introduced. This numerical approach takes into account the multiaxial loading, the stress gradient effect, the plastic-elastic behavior of the interface and the fatigue strength limits of the material. The blade/disk contacts of the engine are shot-peened. During the flight, interfaces are subjected to low displacement amplitudes leading to crack initiation. On the other hand, during landing and take-off, contacts are submitted to high displacement amplitudes leading to the interface wear. As a consequence, competition between wear kinetic and nucleation one is studied and “bell curves” are plotted (i.e. fatigue life time versus displacement amplitude).Moreover, the effect of the shot-peening residual stresses on fatigue life time is observed. In case of un-treated material, a beneficial impact on the fatigue life time is observed due to wear process. Compressive residual stresses of shot-peening increase the fatigue life when fretting/fatigue on partial slip regime occurs. Nevertheless, a decrease of the fatigue life time is observed when wear process is activated by the gross slip condition. Finally, the complex loading of the engine blade/disk contact has been reproduced in the laboratory. To achieve this, a new testing, using an experimental machine composed of three hydraulic actuators is developed. Thus, the global life time of the representative interface of the fan stage is studied. Oligocyclic (low frequency) and polycyclic (high frequency) solicitations interact themselves and lead, firstly, to a rearrangement of the residual stresses, and secondly, to an increase of the wear kinetics. This research work highlights the interest to consider the polycyclic loadings to design the blade/disk structure. These solicitations reproduce the “cracking” fatigue phenomenon, the cumulative damages and the wear kinetics of the interface
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Parmigiani, Renan. "Diversidade funcional ao longo de um gradiente de estresse: um estudo de caso na restinga." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-23102018-141149/.
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Entender os processos que definem a montagem de comunidades é uma das questões centrais na ecologia. A influência de processos como o filtro ambiental e a competição pode ser observada na diversidade funcional das comunidades vegetais. A competição, através da exclusão competitiva, limita a similaridade de estratégias presentes na comunidade. O filtro ambiental, por outro lado, restringe as espécies que estão aptas a se estabelecer no local, diminuindo a diversidade funcional. É razoável pressupor que a influência desses processos varia em gradientes ambientais, onde o filtro ambiental exercerá maior influência em locais mais estressantes, e a competição, em locais menos estressantes. O objetivo deste trabalho é compreender a influência do filtro ambiental e da competição na diversidade funcional numa comunidade vegetal em um gradiente de estresse. Esperamos uma relação inversa entre diversidade funcional e estresse. O gradiente de estresse estudado ocorre na restinga do Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso (Cananéia - SP). Amostramos 41 parcelas, com 104 espécies de plantas vasculares. Focamos a diversidade funcional em três dimensões: forma de vida, área foliar e atributos associados ao espectro de economia foliar (LES). Representamos o filtro ambiental utilizando variáveis edáficas associadas às restrições na restinga. Utilizamos a classificação de estratégias de Grime (CSR) para extrair o componente associado à competitividade de cada espécie, e a partir dela calculamos a média ponderada de cada parcela (CWM), para representar a competição. Construímos modelos lineares mistos (LMM) representando diferentes hipóteses relativas à diversidade funcional e selecionamos os melhores modelos pelo critério de Akaike (AIC). Avaliamos a diversidade funcional através das métricas: riqueza funcional (FRic), dispersão funcional (FDis) e CWM, que foram incluídas separadamente como respostas nos modelos. Na seleção de modelos o CWM de cada atributo, FRic das formas de vida e FRic para todos os atributos foram preditos pelo filtro ambiental. O FRic do LES, FRic da área foliar e todas FDis tiveram como modelo mais plausível o nulo, descartando a influência da competição e do filtro ambiental nesses componentes da diversidade funcional. A concentração em determinadas estratégias ao longo do gradiente explica a ausência de diferença na dispersão funcional. Inferimos que o filtro ambiental restringe certas estratégias, diminuindo a riqueza funcional ou deslocando o espaço funcional das comunidades. A ausência da competição afetando a diversidade funcional sugere que a limitação de similaridade exerce pouca influência na comunidade estudada, ou que a consequência da limitação de similaridade é compensada por outros processosUnderstanding processes underlying community assembly is one of the main questions in community ecology. The influence of processes such as environmental filtering and competition can be observed in patterns of functional diversity patterns in plant communities. Competition, through competitive exclusion, limits similarities in ecological strategies in a given community. Environmental filtering, on the other hand, constrains the species that can be established in a given community, restricting the functional diversity. One can reasonably predict that the influence of such processes changes across environmental gradients, where the environmental filtering will exert more influence in more stressful environments, whereas competition will exert more influence in less stressful places. This study aimed to understand the influence of environmental filtering and competition on functional diversity in a plant community across a stress gradient. We expected an inverse relationship between functional diversity and stress. The stress gradient studied occurs in the restinga of the Cardoso Island State Park (Cananeia, SP). We sampled 41 sites, in which we found 104 species of vascular plants. We measured three traits: life form, leaf area and leaf economic spectrum (LES). We represented the environmental filter using edaphic variables that represent restinga environmental restrictions. We used Grime\'s strategies classification (CSR), to extract the component related to competitiveness of each species, and therefore, calculated the competition community weighted mean (CWM) of each plot as proxy of competition. We built linear mixed models (LMM) to represent different hypothesis related to functional diversity and selected the best models by Akaike Criterion (AIC). We evaluated functional diversity through three response variables in the models: functional richness (FRic), functional dispersion (FDis) and CWM. In the model selection of CWM for each trait, FRic for life form and FRic for all traits were predicted by the environmental filtering. The FRic of LES, FRic of leaf area and all models of FDis had the null model as the most plausible, discarding the influence of competition and environmental filter in functional diversity. The fact that there is a concentration of abundance around certain strategies explains why there is no difference in functional dispersion. We infer that environmental filter restricts some strategies, reducing functional richness or displacing functional space of the communities. The absence of competition affecting functional diversity suggests that limiting similarity exerts little influence on community assembly in the studied gradient, or that the consequences of similarity limitation is compensated by other process
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Tardif, Antoine. "Prédiction des taux de décomposition des litières végétales par les traits fonctionnels agrégés." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2014. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/84.
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Sommaire : Comprendre le fonctionnement des écosystèmes est un enjeu crucial, en particulier dans un contexte de changements globaux. Afin de mieux prédire les processus écosystémiques, j’ai testé la précision et les limites des hypothèses du biomass-ratio de Grime (HBMR) et de l’annulation idiosyncratique (HAI), cette dernière étant une hypothèse originale de cette thèse. Pour cela, j’ai appliqué le principe du biomass-ratio aux traits fonctionnels, en employant la méthode des traits agrégés en communauté, pour estimer la réponse globale des espèces en mélange.
La décomposition des litières plurispécifiques constitue un bon modèle biologique, pour lequel je me suis posé les questions suivantes : (1) est-ce que l’HBMR prédit bien les taux de décomposition en mélanges plurispécifiques ? ; (2) est-ce que le degré de variabilité de ces taux diminue pour des raisons biologiques avec l’augmentation de la richesse spécifique (RS) des mélanges (HAI) ? ; (3) est-ce que la variabilité des taux entre mélanges diminue quand les conditions abiotiques du site deviennent plus limitantes ? ; (4) considérant que les mélanges plus contrastés fonctionnellement sont susceptibles de développer plus d’interactions, est-ce que la déviation à la prédiction augmente avec la dispersion fonctionnelle des mélanges (« FDis », Laliberté & Legendre 2010) ?
Cette thèse inclut deux expériences de décomposition en sachets à litières : (1) à Sherbrooke (QC, Canada) avec des microcosmes, impliquant des litières de six espèces d’arbres, décomposant seules et en mélanges et (2) sur trois sites au climat contrasté dans la région de Clermont-Ferrand (France) avec des litières de quatre espèces d’herbacées, décomposant seules et en mélanges.
Les résultats montrent des déviations positives et négatives par rapport aux taux prédits, mais l’HBMR décrit bien la réponse moyenne des litières plurispécifiques. Bien que l’HAI ait été rejetée, les résultats montrent une convergence des taux observés vers les taux prédits quand (1) la RS des mélanges augmente, (2) l’échelle spatiale augmente et (3) le climat est plus limitant pour la décomposition. Enfin, malgré des corrélations entre FDis et interactions entre espèces dans les litières, cette relation n’est pas généralisable et l’hypothèse de corrélation positive entre FDis et déviation à l’HBMR a été rejetée. // Abstract : Understanding ecosystem functioning is a key goal in ecology, especially in the context of global changes. To better predict ecosystem processes, I tested the accuracy and the limits of Grime’s biomass-ratio (BMRH) hypothesis and a novel idiosyncratic annulment (IAH) hypothesis. I applied the biomass-ratio to functional traits, using the community-weighted means (CWM) to estimate the global response of species in mixtures. I studied the decomposition of litter species mixtures as a biological model and asked the following questions : (1) does the BMRH predict well the decomposition rates of mixed species litters? ; (2) does the degree of variability of these rates decrease with increasing species richness (SR) beyond that expected from purely mathematical causes (IAH)? ; (3) does the variability of rates between mixtures decrease with less favourable abiotic conditions for decomposition? ; (4) as more functionally contrasted mixtures are expected to develop more interactions, does the deviation from prediction increase with increasing functional dispersion in mixtures (« FDis », Laliberté & Legendre 2010)? This study involves two decomposition experiments using litterbags: (1) at Sherbrooke (QC, Canada), in microcosms, involving litters from six tree species, decomposed alone and in mixtures and (2) in three climatically contrasted sites in the region of Clermont-Ferrand (France) with litters from four herbaceous species, decomposed alone and in mixtures. Despite both positive and negative deviations from expectation occurring at all levels of SR, the BMRH well described the average response of mixed species litters. Although I rejected the IAH, the results showed a convergence to the predicted values based on CWM with (1) increasing the SR in mixtures, (2) increasing the spatial scale of the study and (3) a less favourable climate to decomposition. Finally, although there was a correlation between litter interactions and functional divergence, this relationship was not generalizable and I rejected the hypothesis of a positive correlation between FDis and the deviations from BMRH.
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Niamchaona, Wichian. "Modélisation de l'influence des défauts de surface sur le comportement en fatigue de nuances d'acier innovantes." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019CLFAC086.
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L’innovation de l’industrie métallurgique des aciers pour le secteur automobile passe par la fabrication de nuances d’acier à haute résistance telle que le grade CP800. Les nuances d’acier sont très sensibles, du point de vue de leur comportement en fatigue, à la présence d’un défaut de surface comme ceux générés par la mise en forme des pièces ou par la découpe des tôles. Des défauts de plusieurs types et de différentes tailles, similaires à ceux rencontrés lors du poinçonnage ou de l’emboutissage des tôles, ont été reproduits par électroérosion sur des éprouvettes de la nuance d’acier CP800. Ces éprouvettes font l’objet de notre étude en fatigue sur les plans numérique et expérimental. La modélisation de l’influence de ces défauts en fatigue utilise les deux approches globale et de type plan critique de la fatigue multiaxiale, et avec prise en compte du gradient des contraintes.La simulation numérique vise à établir les champs des contraintes et leurs gradients au voisinage des défauts analysés expérimentalement. La prise en compte des gradients des contraintes permet aux critères de fatigue multiaxiaux une prévision du comportement réel en fatigue beaucoup plus juste de cette nuance d’acier en présence de défauts de surface. Prendre en compte l’influence du gradient de contrainte est indispensable pour une prévision correcte de la limite de fatigue du matériau à haute résistance en présence d’un défaut de petite tailleThe steel manufacturers develop nowadays high strength steels as CP800 grade for automotive applications for the purpose of lightening vehicles. Such steels are strongly sensitive from the fatigue behaviour point of view to the surface defects generated by metal forming or cutting of steel sheets. Surface defects of different types and sizes were machined by electroerosion on CP800 specimens so that they are similar to the surface defects observed on steel sheets after stamping or cutting. The present study deals with the numerical and the experimental fatigue behaviour simulation of these specimens.The defect influence modelisation about the steel fatigue behaviour uses either the critical plane approach or the integral approach in multiaxial fatigue.The stress gradient influence contributes also to the fatigue life prediction of the defective simples.The numerical simulation aims to assess stress states and stress gradient fields within the tested specimens in the vicinity of their own surface defects. Accounting for stress gradients strongly improves the ability of multiaxial fatigue criteria to accurately predict the actual fatigue resistance of defective specimens. It shows also that multiaxial criteria have to be calibrated over fatigue test results with high stress gradients to properly predict the fatigue behaviour of high strength steel with surface small defect