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Johnston, William F. (William Francis). "A low dispersion 2-GHz comparator." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36781.
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Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-41).
A low dispersion 2-GHz comparator is an essential part of the latest automated VLSI tester by Teradyne Inc. With each new and faster CMOS logic VLSI microchips, faster and more precise comparators are needed to verify that the static discipline is being met on the many pins of the integrated circuit. As the error in the comparator is lowered, the VLSI production yield is greatly increased because of greater certainty of the measurements. The comparator described within is designed to test a variety of CMOS logic levels at the expected logic levels and rise-times of the near future. The result is a Si-Ge integrated comparator with 12psec of dispersion by detailed simulation awaiting fabrication. Index Terms-Complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistor technology (CMOS technology), very large scale integration (VLSI), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), silicon germanium (Si-Ge), integrated circuits (IC), automatic test equipment (ATE), personal computer (PC), digital signal processing (DSP), direct current (DC), alternating current (AC), device under test (DUT), pin electronics (PE), bipolar junction transistors (BJT), complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET).
by William F. Johnston.
M.Eng.and S.B.
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Hao, Ran. "Wide-band low-dispersion low-losses slow light in photonic crystal waveguides." Paris 11, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA112351.
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Cette thèse apporte des contributions à la résolution de problèmes actuels concernant les effets de lumière lente dans des guides d'ondes à cristaux photoniques dans le but d'obtenir une large bande passante, une faible dispersion, et de faibles pertes de propagation. De nouveaux types de guides à cristaux photoniques sont proposés ayant une large bande passante, une faible dispersion de vitesse de groupe, et permettant un contrôle flexible des propriétés d’ondes lentes avec des exigences raisonnables en terme de fabrication des structures par les technologies de salle blanche. Une approche globale visant à améliorer le produit délai×bande passante des dispositifs présents est proposée. En utilisant cette approche, le produit normalisé délai×bande passante a été amélioré d’un facteur 15 par rapport à l’état de l’art des guides conçus pour fonctionner avec un indice de groupe moyen de 90. Les pertes induites par la fabrication ont également été étudiées. Nous avons modélisé quatre types de désordre dans la fabrication des structures réelles. Les résultats obtenus ont permis de quantifier combien la région à proximité du centre du défaut linéique a une influence dominante sur les pertes. Enfin, tous les résultats de conception ont été utilisés pour la fabrication de plaques de silicium sur isolant préparées pour la démonstration des effets prévus de lumière lenteThis Ph. D study brings contributions of solving present problems for slow light in photonic crystal waveguides, aiming to obtain wide-band, low-dispersion, and low losses slow light. Novel kinds of photonic crystal waveguides are proposed having large bandwidth, low group velocity dispersion and allowing a flexible control of slow light properties with reasonable requirements to clean room fabrication. An overall approach to improve the delay-bandwidth product of present slow light devices is proposed. By using this approach, the normalized delay-bandwidth product of previous waveguides has been improved by a factor of 15 if compared with regular photonic crystal waveguides with a group index maintained at the high value of 90. The fabrication induced losses have also been studied. We modeled four kinds of structure disorders in real fabrication. The obtained results quantify how much the region close to the line defect center has a dominant influence on the losses. Finally, all design results have been used for the fabrication of silicon-on-insulator samples prepared for the demonstration of the foreseen slow light effects
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Nazari, Farshid. "Strongly Stable and Accurate Numerical Integration Schemes for Nonlinear Systems in Atmospheric Models." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32128.
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Nonlinearity accompanied with stiffness in atmospheric boundary layer physical parameterizations is a well-known concern in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. Nonlinear diffusion equations, furthermore, are a class of equations which are extensively applicable in different fields of science and engineering. Numerical stability and accuracy is a common concern in this class of equation.
In the present research, a comprehensive effort has been made toward the temporal integration of such equations. The main goal is to find highly stable and accurate numerical methods which can be used specifically in atmospheric boundary layer simulations in weather and climate prediction models, and extensively in other models where nonlinear differential equations play an important role, such as magnetohydrodynamics and Navier-Stokes equations.
A modified extended backward differentiation formula (ME BDF) scheme is adapted and proposed at the first stage of this research. Various aspects of this scheme, including stability properties, linear stability analysis, and numerical experiments, are studied with regard to applications for the time integration of commonly used nonlinear damping and diffusive systems in atmospheric boundary layer models. A new temporal filter which leads to significant improvement of numerical results is proposed.
Nonlinear damping and diffusion in the turbulent mixing of the atmospheric boundary layer is dealt with in the next stage by using optimally stable singly-diagonally-implicit Runge-Kutta (SDIRK) methods, which have been proved to be effective and computationally efficient for the challenges mentioned in the literature. Numerical analyses are performed, and two schemes are modified to enhance their numerical features and stability.
Three-stage third-order diagonally-implicit Runge-Kutta (DIRK) scheme is introduced by optimizing the error and linear stability analysis for the aforementioned nonlinear diffusive system. The new scheme is stable for a wide range of time steps and is able to resolve different diffusive systems with diagnostic turbulence closures, or prognostic ones with a diagnostic length scale, with enhanced accuracy and stability compared to current schemes. The procedure implemented in this study is quite general and can be used in other diffusive systems as well.
As an extension of this study, high-order low-dissipation low-dispersion diagonally implicit Runge-Kutta schemes are analyzed and introduced, based on the optimization of amplification and phase errors for wave propagation, and various optimized schemes can be obtained. The new scheme shows no dissipation. It is illustrated mathematically and numerically that the new scheme preserves fourth-order accuracy. The numerical applications contain the wave equation with and without a stiff nonlinear source term. This shows that different optimized schemes can be investigated for the solution of systems where physical terms with different behaviours exist.
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Sodhi, Hemraj Singh. "Measuring and modeling low frequency dispersion in GaAs MESFETs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38134.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (p. 79).
by Hemraj Singh Sodhi.
M.Eng.
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Biasi, Verner de. "The application of low dispersion liquid chromatography in the pharmaceutical industry." Thesis, Open University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259485.
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Nance, Douglas Vinson. "Finite volume schemes optimized for low numerical dispersion and their aeroacoustic applications." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12110.
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Wang, Gang. "Study of a low-dispersion finite volume scheme in rotocraft noise prediction." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12395.
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Zhao, Min. "The Development of Spray Dried Solid Dispersion Systems for the Formulation of Low Tg and Low Solubility Drugs." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527643.
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Medeiros, Nicholas J. "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Radial Dispersion in Low N Fixed Bed Reactors." Digital WPI, 2015. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1306.
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Fixed bed reactors are widely applicable in a range of chemical process industries. Their ease of use and simplified operation make them an attractive and preferred option in reactor selection, however the geometric complexities within the bed as a result of the unstructured packing has made the design of such beds historically based on pseudo-homogenous models together with correlation-based transport parameters. Low tube-to-particle diameter ratio (N) beds, in particular, are selected for highly exothermic or endothermic reactions, such as in methane steam reforming or alkane dehydrogenation. Due to the large fraction of tube to catalyst particle contact in these low N beds, wall effects induce a mass transfer boundary layer at the wall, and in the case of thermal beds, a simultaneous resistance to heat transfer. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been shown to be an accurate tool for experimental validation and predictive analysis of packed beds, and may be used to derive more accurate design parameters for fixed bed reactors. More specifically, the elucidation of dispersion, or the transport of reactant and product within the bed due to molecular diffusion and convective flow is of fundamental interest to the design of fixed beds. Computational Fluid Dynamics was used in this research to study solute dispersion in eight beds of varying N at a range of particle Reynolds numbers in the laminar flow regime. In the first stage of research, flow development was simulated in three-dimensional packed beds of spheres. Then, the reactor wall was sectioned to include a boundary condition of pure methane, from which the solute could laterally disperse into the bed. In the second stage, a two-dimensional representation of the bed was created using the commercial Finite Element Analysis software COMSOL Multiphysics. In these models, axial velocity profiles and radial methane concentration profiles taken from the 3-D models were supplied, and a fitting procedure by use of the Levenberg-Marquardt Least-Squares optimization algorithm was completed to fit radial dispersion coefficients and near-wall mass transfer coefficients to the CFD data. These optimization runs were conducted for all N at a number of bed depths in each case. Two sub-studies were conducted in which a constant velocity profile and a local velocity profile were supplied to the 2-D model, and the optimization re-run. It was found that this two parameter model did not fully account for various mechanisms of dispersion in the bed, namely the increasing rate of dispersion from the tube wall boundary layer up to the bed center, but only accounted for a diffusive-dispersion at the wall and a constant-rate, convective-dispersion everywhere else in the bed. Length dependency of dispersion coefficients were also noted, particularly in the developing sections of the bed. Nevertheless, the combined CFD and optimization procedure proved to be an accurate and time-efficient procedure for the derivation of dispersion coefficients, which may then lend themselves to the standard design of packed bed reactors.
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Nidzieko, Nicholas James. "Dynamics of a seasonally low-inflow estuary : circulation and dispersion in Elkhorn Slough, California /." May be available electronically:, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Mørtsell, Eva Anne. "Dispersion hardening during annealing at low Temperatures in four 3xxx Al-Mn-Fe-Si Alloys." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for fysikk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-16808.
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3xxx aluminiumslegeringer har Mangan som hovedlegeringselement, og får sin styrke fra plastisk bearbeidelse. 3xxx legeringer har tidligere blitt ansett for å oppnå neglisjerbare endringer i hardhet og styrke som følge av presipitering av dispersoider.Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg hardhetsutvikling ved lave homogeniseringstemperaturer i fire 3xxx Al-Mn-Fe-Si legeringer som følge av presipitering av dispersoider. Legeringene ble homogenisert ved forskjellige temperaturer og holdetider. Utvikling av antallstetthet, gjennomsnittlig ekvivalent diameter og volumfraksjon av dispersoider er koblet til blant annet elektrisk ledningsevne, hardhetsmålinger og strekktesting. Oppgaven belyser teoretiske utregninger av volumfraksjoner, i tillegg til eksperimentelle målinger av disse gjort ved hjelp av transmisjons- elektronmikroskopi (TEM). Scanning elektronmikroskopi (SEM) og NanoSight partikkelanalyse har blitt brukt for å undersøke pulver ekstrahert fra aluminiumsmatrix. Den gjennomsnittlige diameteren av dispersoidene ble sammenlignet med resultater fra TEM-statistikk, disse ble ansett for å være konsistente med hverandre. Identifisering av en konstituent partikkelfase og en silisiumfase ble utført ved hjelp av diffraksjon, disse ble sammenlignet med faser som allerede var kjente legeringen. Det konkludert at økende volumfraksjon av dispersoider førte til en økning i styrke for alle legeringene. En homogen distribusjon av dispersoider i fast løsning, der dispersoidene var relativt små med kort gjennomsnittlig avstand mellom hver partikkel, ga størst effekt.Det ble klart etter flere undersøkelser at en økning av Mn i fast løsning resulterte i en klart minkende elektrisk ledningsevne, samtidig var legeringene med høyt Mn og Si innhold de ledende i presipitering av dispersoider ved økende holdetid.
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Abdala, Mohammed Ahmed. "Characterisation of traps in GaAs MESFETs by low frequency noise, gM dispersion and oscillations methods." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315539.
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Pölder, Robert. "Wage Dispersion and Employment for People With Low Skill : Sweden Compared to Six European Countries." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-55590.
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This paper investigates in what way employment for low-skilled workers is connected to the wage dispersion in a country by comparing Sweden to six European countries. Previous research on this topic used cross-section analysis, but this essay takes another approach by comparing the changes in the wage dispersion and employment and by breaking down the change in the wage dispersion into parts and studying the change in the wage for different percentiles. The paper finds that wages in Sweden have not converged, which likely contributed to the increase in the employment gap between people with high and low skills. Two countries with different development were Germany and Norway. In line with recent research, in Germany, wage inequality increased and the employment gap between people with high and low skills decreased. In comparison, the case of Norway has not received much attention among researchers. Wages converged more in Norway than in Germany, yet employment increased more in Germany. The paper suggests a potential explanation: wages for the bottom percentiles of the earnings distribution fell in Germany, which it did not in Norway.
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Suherman, Phe Man. "A novel dielectric technique for monitoring the lyophilisation of globular proteins." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369908.
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Velez, Dianna M. (Dianna Maria). "System level dispersion analysis examining program benefits to a low-thrust interplanetary CubeSat from autonomous guidance and navigation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107055.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-165).
Ground based measurements through the Deep Space Network (DSN) are unlikely to be available as often for CubeSats as for prior deep space programs because higher priority missions will take precedence for access to the limited and expensive DSN resource. Consequently, to make the most of CubeSats in deep space, dependence on the ground must be minimized. In this research a closed-loop Linear Covariance (LinCov) analysis was performed to quantify the effects of the guidance and navigation (GN) system on trajectory dispersions for a low-thrust CubeSat in route to entry-interface conditions at Mars. Applicable mission plan concepts, appropriate analysis settings, as well as required mission performance used in the analysis were based on input collected from industry as well as criteria from prior Mars missions and the Deep Space 1 mission. Information was gathered regarding expected ground-derived orbit determination accuracy levels as a function of decreased DSN use. Optical navigation based on line-of-sight measurements of Mars was then investigated as a means to maintain onboard navigation accuracy despite reduced DSN coverage. The ability of onboard optical navigation to reduce needed ground tracking frequency and associated costs was found practical for interplanetary cruise. The expected resulting financial benefits from decreased DSN were quantified. Recommendations for onboard GN system capabilities and mission goals are made. LinCov was also explored as the core of a basic onboard mission planner that could enable more autonomous CubeSat interplanetary trajectory management.
by Dianna M. Velez.
S.M.
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Gustafsson, Stefan. "Electromagnetic dispersion modeling and analysis for HVDC power cables." Licentiate thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, fysik och matematik, DFM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-32525.
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Derivation of an electromagnetic model, regarding the wave propagation in a very long (10 km or more) High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power cable, is the central part of this thesis. With an existing “perfect” electromagnetic model there are potentially a wide range of applications.The electromagnetic model is focused on frequencies between 0 and 100 kHz since higher frequencies essentially will be attenuated. An exact dispersion relation is formulated and the propagation constant is computed numerically. The dominating mode is the first Transversal Magnetic (TM) mode of order zero, denoted TM01, which is also referred to as the quasi-TEM mode. A comparison is made with the second propagating TM mode of order zero denoted TM02. The electromagnetic model is verified against real time data from Time Domain Reflection (TDR) measurements on a HVDC power cable. A mismatch calibration procedure is performed due to matching difficulties between the TDR measurement equipment and the power cable regarding the single-mode transmission line model.An example of power cable length measurements is addressed, which reveals that with a “perfect” model the length of an 80 km long power cable could be estimated to an accuracy of a few centimeters. With the present model the accuracy can be estimated to approximately 100 m.In order to understand the low-frequency wave propagation characteristics, an exact asymptotic analysis is performed. It is shown that the behavior of the propagation constant is governed by a square root of the complex frequency in the lowfrequency domain. This thesis also focuses on an analysis regarding the sensitivity of the propagation constant with respect to some of the electric parameters in the model. Variables of interest when performing the parameter sensitivity study are the real relative permittivityand the conductivity.
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Chiu, Yu-yeung. "Environmental radiation monitoring at the low level radioactive waste storage facility in Siu A Chau and development of a particle dispersion model in marine environment." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38573611.
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Correa, Loup. "Measurement of the generalized polarizabilities of the proton by virtual Compton scattering at MAMI and Q² = 0.2 GeV²." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016CLF22727/document.
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Ce travail présente la mesure des polarisabilités généralisées (GPs) électrique αE(Q2) et magnétique βM(Q2) du proton à Q2 =0.2 GeV 2. Les GPs sont définies dans le contexte de la diffusion Compton virtuelle (VCS), γ*p → γp, où Q2 est le quadri-moment de transfert du photon virtuel. Les GPs sont la généralisation des polarisabilités mesurées en diffusion Compton réel (RCS) en considérant leur dépendance en Q2. Ce sont des propriétés dynamiques du proton définissant sa déformation lorsqu'un champ électromagnétique lui est appliqué. αE(Q2) (ou βM(Q2)) donne accès à la densité de polarisation (magnétisation) locale du proton déformé. L'effet des GPs ne contribuant qu'à 1 – 15 % de la section efficace ep → epγ une mesure de haute précision est requise. Ce travail s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une expérience conduite par la collaboration A1 de MAMI à trois valeurs inédites de Q2 : 0.1,0.2 et 0.45 GeV 2. L'analyse de premier niveau comporte une calibration détaillée des données expérimentales et l'utilisation d'une simulation de l'expérience. L'extraction des GPs requiert la mesure et la renormalisation des sections efficaces ep → epγ et la correction des effets radiatifs. Les résultats obtenus par le fit « LEX » et « DR » sont en très bon accordThis work presents the measurement of the generalized electric αE(Q2) and magnetic βM(Q2) polarisabilities (GPs) of the proton. The GPs are defined in the Virtual Compton Scattering (VCS) context, i.e. the reaction γ*p → γp where Q2 is the four-momentum transfer of the virtual photon. The GPs are a generalization of polarizabilities measured in real Compton scattering (RCS) by taking into account the Q2-dependency. They are dynamical properties of the proton when it is deformed by an applied electromagnetic fiels. αE(Q2) (or βM(Q2)) gives access to the local polarization (or magnetization) density of the deformed proton. The studied VCS process is accessible by the photon-electroproduction reaction (ep → epγ). The GP effect is a 1 – 15 % contribution to the ep → epγ cross section, requiring a high-precision mleasurement. The present work is a part of an experiment conducted by the A1 collaboration at MAMI at three new Q2 values : 0.1,0.2 and 0.45 GeV 2. This thesis details the extraction at 0.2 GeV 2. The experiment uses the 1 GeV electron beam, the 5 cm liquid hydrogen target and spectrometers A (B) to detect the final electron (proton). The first-level analysis includes a detailed calibration of experimental data, and the use of a simulation of the experiment. The measurement of the unpolarized ep → epγ cross section is described with two of its important features : the correction of the radiative effects and the renormalization. Two differents frameworks are used to extract the GPs : the Low Energy Theorem (LET) and the dispersion relation model (DR). The two extractions lead to results in good argument. The world data still raises question about the Q2-behavior of the Gps
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Pathak, Mihir Gaurang. "Thermal dispersion and convective heat transfer during laminar pulsating flow in porous media." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34738.
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Solid-fluid thermal interactions during unsteady flow in porous media play an important role in the regenerators of pulse tube cryocoolers. Pore-level thermal processes in porous media under unsteady flow conditions are poorly understood. The objective of this investigation is to study the pore-level thermal phenomena during pulsating flow through a generic, two-dimensional porous medium by numerical analysis. Furthermore, an examination of the effects of flow pulsations on the thermal dispersion and heat transfer coefficient that are encountered in the standard, volume-average energy equations for porous media are carried out. The investigated porous media are periodic arrays of square cylinders. Detailed numerical data for the porosity range of 0.64 to 0.84, with flow Reynold's numbers from 0-1000 are obtained. Based on these numerical data, the instantaneous as well as cycle-average thermal dispersion and heat transfer coefficients, to be used in the standard unsteady volume-average energy conservation equations for flow in porous media, are derived. Also, the adequacy of current applied cycle-average correlations for heat transfer coefficients and the inclusion of the thermal dispersion in the definition of an effective fluid thermal conductivity are investigated.
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Wannberg, Veronica Elaine. "Quantitative Uncertainty of Chemical Plume Transport in Low Wind Speeds Using Measured Field Data and Stochastic Modeling." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2570.pdf.
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Wu, Jiedi. "New Constraints on Fault-Zone Structure from Seismic Guided Waves." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28873.
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The structure of fault zones (FZs) plays an important role in understanding fault mechanics, earthquake rupture and seismic hazards. Fault zone seismic guided waves (GW) carry important information about internal structure of the low-velocity fault damage zone. Numerical modeling of observed FZGWs has been used to construct models of FZ structure. However, the depth extent of the waveguide and the uniqueness of deep structure in the models have been debated. Elastic finite-difference synthetic seismograms were generated for FZ models that include an increase in seismic velocity with depth both inside and outside the FZ. Strong GWs were created from sources both in and out of the waveguide, in contrast with previous homogenous-FZ studies that required an in-fault source to create GW. This is because the frequency-dependent trapping efficiency of the waveguide changes with depth. The near-surface fault structure efficiently guides waves at lower frequencies than the deeper fault. Fault structure at seismogenic depth requires the analysis of data at higher frequencies than the GWs that dominate at the surface. Adapting a two-station technique from surface wave studies, dispersive differential group arrival times between two earthquakes can be used to solve for FZ structures between the earthquakes. This method was tested with synthetic data and shallow events recorded in the SAFOD borehole in the San Andreas Fault. A pair of deep earthquakes recorded in the SAFOD borehole indicate a ~150 m wide San Andreas Fault waveguide with >20% velocity contrast at 10-12 km depth. With additional earthquakes, the full FZ structure at seismogenic depth could be imaged. Subsurface FZ structure can also be derived from a surface source and receiver array analogous to a body-wave refraction survey. Synthetic seismograms for such source-receiver geometry were generated and verified that FZGWs are refracted by the increase in velocity with depth. Synthetic data from a surface array were successfully inverted to derive FZ structure in the subsurface. The new methods presented in this dissertation extend the potential of FZGWs to image deeper FZ structure than has been uniquely constrained in the past.Ph. D.
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Souzy, Mathieu. "Mélange dans les suspensions de particules cisaillées à bas nombre de Reynolds." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AIXM4719/document.
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J'ai étudié expérimentalement, à l'échelle de la taille des particules, les mécanismes à l'origine de l'intensification des transferts ayant lieu dans les suspensions cisaillées de particules non-inertielles et non-Browniennes. Dans un premier temps, l'expérience de Taylor est revisitée en étudiant l'évolution d'une goutte de colorant soumise à un cisaillement périodique. Au-delà d'une amplitude critique de déformation, la présence des particules brise la réversibilité du système et induit une forte dispersion de la goutte de colorant. Ensuite, en m'intéressant au transfert en proche paroi, j'ai montré que la rotation des particules sur la paroi induit un transport à flux constant d'un scalaire jusque dans le bulk de la suspension, brisant la couche limite diffusive. Une solution analytique du profil de concentration dans cette zone est proposée, en bon accord avec les expériences. Finalement, des mesures PIV haute résolution du fluide interstitiel dans le bulk de la suspension ont été réalisées. A partir de ces champs de vitesses, on a reconstruit l'historique d'étirement de lignes matérielles du fluide et ainsi déterminé les lois d'étirement, information fondamentale pour la compréhension du processus de mélange. La présence des particules change les lois d'étirement qui passent de linéaires dans un fluide pur, à exponentielles en présence de particules. Un modèle d'étirements multiplicatifs est proposé, qui prédit quantitativement l'évolution de la moyenne, de la variance, et la forme log-normale des distributions d'étirements mesurées expérimentalement. L'inhomogénéité des étirements dans les suspensions cisaillées implique une large distribution du temps de mélangeMainly based on experiments, I investigated at a particle scale the mechanisms at the origin of the transfer enhancement in sheared non-Brownian and non-inertial particulate suspensions. First, I revisited Taylor's experiment, investigating the evolution of a drop of dye in a periodic shear. Beyond a critical strain amplitude, the presence of the particles breaks the reversibility of the system and the drop of dye is rapidly dispersed in the surrounding medium. Then, investigating the transfer process in the wall vicinity, I showed that in this region, the rotation of the particles convectively transport a scalar at a constant rate directly from the wall towards the bulk of the suspension, breaking the diffusive boundary layer. An analytical solution for the concentration profile in this region is proposed, in good agreement with experimental measurements. Lastly, high-resolution PIV measurements of the fluid phase were performed in the bulk of the suspension. Using these velocity fields, we reconstructed the stretching histories of fluid material lines to determine the stretching laws, crucial for the understanding of the mixing process. The presence of the particles changes the very nature of the stretching laws from linear, in a pure fluid, to exponential in the presence of particles. A multiplicative stretching model is proposed, which quantitatively predicts the experimentally measured evolution of the mean and the variance of the elongations of the fluid material lines as well as their evolution towards a log-normal distribution. The strong stretching inhomogeneity in sheared suspensions results in a broad distribution of the mixing time
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Ljubica, Dokić-Baucal. "Uticaj molekularnih svojstava maltodekstrina na tehnološko ponašanje niskoenergetskih prehrambenih emulzija." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Tehnološki fakultet Novi Sad, 2002. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=71467&source=NDLTD&language=en.
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Apstrakt je obrađen tehnologijama za optičko prepoznavanje teksta (OCR).Maltodekstini, hidrolizati skroba niskog stepena konverzije (dekstrozni ekvivalent manji od 20), imaju široku upotrebu u prehrambenoj, kozmetičkoj i farmaceutskoj industriji. U prehrambenoj industriji koriste se u niskoenergetskim prehrambenim emulzijama (majonez, salatni prelivi, namazi) kao zamena za masne materije da bi obezbedili viskozitet, poželjne senzorne osobine i smanjenje energetske vrednosti proizvoda.Viskozitet razblaženih rastora maltodekstrina različitog dekstroznog ekvivalenta i botaničkog porekla meren je kapilarnim viskozimetrom i izračunate su vrednosti unutrašnjeg viskoziteta za pojedine maltodekstrine. Vrednosti untrašnjeg viskoziteta i molekulske mase pokoravaju se zavisnosti Štaudingerove jednačine, iako su molekuli maltodekstrina relativno kratki i ne spadaju u grupu polimera. Utvrđena je mogućnost odredivanja DE- vrednosti viskozimetrijskin putem i izvedene su jednačine za dva opsega DE (5-10 / 10-20).Da bi se ispitalo ponašanje emulzija sa maltodekstrinima (emulgovanje) u procesnim uslovima, kao i osobine fmalnih proizvoda (tečljivost, mazivost) ispitivana je dinamika emulgovanja, veličina kapljica i reološko ponašanje, tj. uticaj različitih faktora na disperzione karakteristike emulzija suncokretovog ulja u vodi stabilizovanih prehrambenim emulgatorom, sa dodatkom maltodekstrina u kontinualnoj fazi.Utvrđeno je da osobine maltodekstina kao što je stepen konverzije (DE-vrednost) tj. veličina molekula maltodekstrina, utiču na dispezione i reološke osobine emulzija. Uticaj koncentracije ulja i maltodekstrina, kao i delimična zamena ulja maltodekstrinom, na osobine emulzija su takode ispitivane. Sa povećanjem koncentracije ulja, pri istoj koncentraciji maltodekstrina u kontinualnoj fazi, emulzije menjaju tip proticanja od pseudoplastičnog preko tiksotropnog do antitiksotrpnog. Atitiksotropija izazvana smicanjem rezultat je formiranja unutrašnje strukture emulzije usled povezivanja kapljica ulja preko molekula maltodekstrina kao i orijentacije i deformacije kapljica ulja i maltodekstrina.Dodatkom maltodekstrina za pri istoj koncentraciju ulja i vremenu emulgovanja dobijene su se emulzije sitnijih kapi.Emulzije sa niskom koncentracijom ulja (30%) sa maltodekstrinom u kontinualnoj fazi bile su nestabilne i pokazivale efekat isplivavanja na površinu (creaming), što je posledica interakcija molekula maltodekstrina i molekula emulgatora Tween 80 u kontinualnoj fazi i na površini kapi.Abstract was processed by technology for Optical character recognition (OCR).Maltodextrins, low converted products of starch hydrolysis (dextrose equivalent less than 20), have been subject of various investigations due to their wide application in food industry, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. They are used in various low energy food emulsions (mayonnaise, salad dressing, spreads) as fat replacer to provide desirable viscosity, texture and sensory fat-like mouthfeel.Viscosity of diluted maltodextrin solutions of different dextrose equivalent and botanical origin were determined by capillary visometer and intrinsic viscosity [q] of each tested maltodextrin was calculated. The values of [q] together with molecular mass M have shown applicability of Staudinger equation, regardless maltodextrin molecules are rather short. The possibility for the determination of DE-values of maltodextrins by viscometric method has been deduced and the equation was calculated for two ranges of DE (5-10/ 10-20).In order to assess behavior of sunflower oil in water emulsions stabilized with food grade emulsifier with addition of maltodextrins in continuous phase in processing (emulsification), as well as end products in application (pouring, spreading) the emulsification dynamics, globule size changes and rheological behavior, as well as, the influence of different factors on dispersion characteristics of such emulsions were studied.Dispersion and viscous properties of emulsions were influenced by certain specific maltodextrin characteristics such as degree of conversion (DE value) i.e. size of maltodextrin molecules. Influence of oil and maltodextrin concentration and partial substitution of oil with equivalent quantity of maltodextrin were investigated too. With increase of oil concentration at the same concentration of maltodextrin in continuous phase, emulsions undergo changes in flow type from shear-thinning to thixotropic and antithixotropic. Antithxotropy induced by shear, was result of formation of network due to two competing factors; linking of oil droplets through maltodextrin molecules as well as orientation of deformed oil droplets and maltodextrin molecules.Addition of maltodextrin, at the same oil concentration and emulsification time, resulted in formation of emulsions with smaller oil droplets.Emulsions with low oil concentration (30%) with maltodextrin in continuous phase were unstable, showing so called creaming effect. This was mainly due to interactions between maltodextrin and emulsifier Tween 80 molecules which took place in continuous phase and on droplet surfaces.
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Taudt, Ch, T. Baselt, B. Nelsen, H. Assmann, A. Greiner, E. Koch, and P. Hartmann. "Evaluation of the thermal stability of a low-coherence interferometer for precision surface profilometry." SPIE, 2017. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34883.
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Manufacturing of precise structures in MEMS, semiconductors, optics and other fields requires high standards in manufacturing and quality control. Appropriate surface topography measurement technologies should therefore deliver nm accuracy in the axial dimension under typical industrial conditions. This work shows the characterization of a dispersion-encoded low-coherence interferometer for the purpose of fast and robust surface topography measurements. The key component of the interferometer is an element with known dispersion. This dispersive element delivers a controlled phase variation in relation to the surface height variation which can be detected in the spectral domain. A laboratory setup equipped with a broadband light source (200 - 1100 nm) was established. Experiments have been carried out on a silicon-based standard with height steps of 100 nm under different thermal conditions such as 293.15 K and 303.15 K. Additionally, the stability of the setup was studied over periods of 5 hours (with constant temperature) and 15 hours (with linear increasing temperature). The analyzed data showed that a height measurement of 97.99 ± 4:9nm for 293.15 K and of 101.43 ± 3:3nm for 303.15 K was possible. The time-resolved measurements revealed that the developed setup is highly stable against small thermal uctuations and shows a linear behaviour under increasing thermal load. Calibration data for the mathmatical corrections under different thermal conditions was obtained.
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Флюнт, О. Є. "Залежність параметрів низькочастотної дисперсії від одновісного тиску у кристалах GaSe." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/40691.
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В частотному діапазоні діелектричного спектра, в якому домінує низькочастотна дисперсія (НЧД), дійсна та уявна частини відносної діелектричної проникності зростають з пониженням частоти змінного електричного поля відповідно до степеневого закону 1/1-n з малими значеннями n. З пониженням частоти на декілька порядків дійсна та уявна частини діелектричної проникності матеріалу можуть
зрости на, приблизно, таке ж саме значення порядків. Не зважаючи на великі значення діелектричної проникності та діелектричних втрат на низьких частотах, детальні дослідження НЧД часто вказують саме на об’ємний характер процесів поляризації.
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Potier, Clément. "Caractérisation et modélisation des pièges par des mesures de dispersion basse-fréquence dans les technologies HEMT InAIN/GaN pour l'amplification de puissance en gamme millimétrique." Thesis, Limoges, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIMO0033/document.
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Les transistors à haute mobilité d’électrons (HEMTs) en Nitrure de Gallium (GaN) s’affirment aujourd’hui comme une technologie essentielle à l’amplification de puissance à haute fréquence. Les HEMTs GaN étudiées et développées reposent essentiellement sur une hétérostructure AlGaN/GaN mais une alternative à base d’une barrière composée en InAlN, réduisant les contraintes sur les mailles cristallographiques de l’ensemble, est étudiée par certains laboratoires. Ce manuscrit de thèse rapporte une étude des potentialités de la filière HEMT InAlN/GaN développée au III-V Lab, en s’intéressant tout particulièrement aux effets de pièges induits par des défauts présents au sein de la structure. Une méthode de détection de ces défauts est proposée, basée sur la mesure de paramètres [S] en basse fréquence. Un modèle de HEMT InAlN/GaN électrothermique comprenant la contribution des effets de pièges est rapporté et sert de base à la conception d’un amplificateur de puissance en technologie MMIC, fonctionnant en bande Ka, présenté au dernier chapitreNowadays, High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) in Gallium Nitride (GaN) take the lead in power amplification at microwave frequencies. Most of the studies and developments on those HEMTs concern AlGaN/GaN structures but alternative transistors with an InAlN barrier, which reduces the strain in the crystal lattice of the whole structure, are investigated by few laboratories. This thesis presents some advanced studies on the new InAlN/GaN HEMT developed by the III-V Lab, focusing on the trapping phenomena induced by defects inside the crystal structure. A new method for the characterization of these defects, based on low-frequency S-Parameters measurements, is proposed. Furthermore, a non-linear electro thermal model including trapping effects for an InAlN/GaN HEMT is detailed and used to design a MMIC power amplifier for Ka-band applications
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Závacký, Jakub. "Technologie úpravy nanočástic pro zlepšení jejich dispergovatelnosti pro využití v cemtových kompzitech." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-432484.
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The diploma thesis deals with the possibility of using the addition of nanoparticles to improve the properties of cement composites. The theoretical part summarizes the findings of research in this area with a focus on methods of dispersion of nanoparticles and their treatment for use in cement composites. The experimental part focuses on the comparison of methods of dispersion and plasma treatment of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoparticle solutions from the point of view of the agglomeration process. During this work, a method of systematic optical/visual monitoring of sedimentation/agglomeration was developed to complement sophisticated methods such as spectrophotometry (UV/Vis) and electron microscopy (SEM). Furthermore, the effect of the addition of rGO on the properties of cement mortar, in the form of aqueous solutions prepared by the dispersion methods determined in the previous section, was investigated.
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Taudt, Ch, T. Baselt, B. Nelsen, H. Aßmann, A. Greiner, E. Koch, and P. Hartmann. "Two-dimensional low-coherence interferometry for the characterization of nanometer wafer topographies." SPIE, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35105.
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Within this work a scan-free, low-coherence interferometry approach for surface profilometry with nm-precision is presented. The basic setup consist of a Michelson-type interferometer which is powered by a supercontinuum light-source (Δλ = 400 - 1700 nm). The introduction of an element with known dispersion delivers a controlled phase variation which can be detected in the spectral domain and used to reconstruct height differences on a sample. In order to enable scan-free measurements, the interference signal is spectrally decomposed with a grating and imaged onto a two-dimensional detector. One dimension of this detector records spectral, and therefore height information, while the other dimension stores the spatial position of the corresponding height values.
In experiments on a height standard, it could be shown that the setup is capable of recording multiple height steps of 101 nm over a range of 500 µm with an accuracy of about 11.5 nm. Further experiments on conductive paths of a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) pressure sensor demonstrated that the approach is also suitable to precisely characterize nanometer-sized structures on production-relevant components. The main advantage of the proposed measurement approach is the possibility to collect precise height information over a line on a surface without the need for scanning. This feature makes it interesting for a production-accompanying metrology.
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Gopalakrishnan, Priya. "Effects of the reacting flowfield on combustion processes in a stagnation point reverse flow combustor." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22682.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Seitzman, Jerry; Committee Member: Gaeta, Richard; Committee Member: Jagoda, Jeff; Committee Member: Neumeier, Yedidia; Committee Member: Yoda, Minami; Committee Member: Zinn, Ben.
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Karam, Hugo Abi. ""Estudo do Jato de Baixos Níveis de Iperó e das Implicações no Transporte de Poluentes no Estado de São Paulo"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2002. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/14/14133/tde-29052003-161622/.
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RESUMO Neste trabalho, a origem dos Jatos de Baixos Níveis (JBN) noturnos de Iperó (SP) e o seu papel na dispersão de poluentes no Estado de São Paulo são investigados. Para tanto são utilizados os dados coletados nas quatro campanhas de medidas em Iperó. Utilizou-se também um modelo numérico de mesoescala não-hidrostático TVM para simular a estrutura espacial 3-D do JBN em resposta as forçantes topográficas e associadas ocupação da superfície. Os resultados observacionais indicam que o JBN ocorre em Iperó com bastante freqüência nas noites de céu claro, com intensidade variando entre 8 e 10 m/s e localizado em torno de 350 m acima da superfície. Os JBNs em Iperó caracterizam-se por um cisalhamento direcional, com ventos de SE na superfície e de ENE na região de máximo. Ocorrem tanto no inverno como no verão, e afetam o ciclo diurno médio do vento observado nos primeiros 100 metros na região de Iperó. Os JBNs são responsáveis pelo máximo noturno (21:00 HL) existente no ciclo diurno médio do vento na região. Os resultados numéricos indicam que o JBN de Iperó é resultado da ação combinada de quatro fatores: (1) circulação anabática no setor paulista do vale do Rio Paraná; (2) oscilação inercial; (3) circulação catabática noturna e (4) brisa marítima. Estes quatro fatores combinados sustentam um JBN com intensidade de 5 a 10 m/s, localizados a uma altitude de 100 a 400 m acima da superfície, durante maior parte da noite. O JBN simulado numericamente encontra-se localizado no setor oeste da região de convergência da circulação anabática e da brisa marítima. Esta região de convergência em baixos níveis se forma durante o dia na parte mais elevada do Estado de São Paulo que acompanha da linha do litoral (Serra do Mar e da Cantareira). O efeito do JBN sobre o transporte de poluente foi investigado com um modelo Lagrangiano de dispersão de partículas. Verificou-se que o JBN aumenta a dispersão horizontal das partículas, transportando o poluente atmosférico emitido na superfície até 250 km da fonte.ABSTRACT This work investigates the nocturnal Low-Level Jet (LLJ) in Iperó, Brazil, and its role in the pollutant dispersion on the State of São Paulo (SP). Data of four field campaigns in Iperó-SP was used in this investigation. A mesoscale and non-hydrostatic TVM model is also used to simulate the 3D structure of the LLJ, which is a dynamic response to topography and land use. The observational results indicate that the LLJ is frequently found during clear air nights, with a maximum between 8 and 10 m s1, located around 350 m above surface. The LLJ in Iperó is characterized by a directional wind shear, with SE winds near surface and ENE near to the maximum. They occur during the winter and summer, and can modify the diurnal cycle of the mean wind in the first 100 m in the Iperó area. The LLJ are responsible by the nocturnal maximum (21:00 LT) in the mean wind in Iperó. The numerical results indicate the Iperó LLJ is a result of four factors: (1) anabatic circulation in São Paulo sector of the Paraná River Basin; (2) inertial oscillation; (3) nocturnal katabatic circulation and (4) sea breeze. These factors, together, sustain a LLJ with jet core intensity between 5 and 10 m/s, located between 100 and 400 m above surface during the major of nighttime period. The simulated LLJ numerically is found in the west sector in the convergence zone of the anabatic and sea breeze circulations. This convergence flow area appears during the daytime above the more elevated areas in the State of São Paulo, i.e., along mountains aligned parallel to coastline (Serra do Mar and Cantareira). The effects of the LLJ in a pollutant transport were investigated using a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion model coupled to the mesoscale model TVM. The results show that the LLJ increases the horizontal dispersion of the particles released near surface in Iperó and is able to transport the pollutant up to 250 km downwind the source.
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Buske, Daniela. "Solução GILTT bidimensional em geometria cartesiana : simulação da dispersão de poluentes na atmosfera." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13448.
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Na presente tese é apresentada uma nova solução analítica para a equação de ad-vecção-difusão bidimensional transiente para simular a dispersão de poluentes na atmosfera. Para tanto, a equação de advecção-difusão é resolvida pela combinação da transformada de Laplace e da técnica GILTT (Generalized Integral Laplace Transform Technique). O fechamento da turbulência para os casos Fickiano e não-Fickiano é considerado. É investigado o problema de modelagem da dispersão de poluentes em condições de ventos fortes e fracos considerando, para o caso de ventos fracos, a difusão longitudinal na equação de advecção-difusão. Além disso, foi incluída no modelo a velocidade vertical e avaliada sua influência considerando-se o campo de velocidades constante e também geradas via LES (Large Eddy Simulation), para poder simular uma camada limite turbulenta mais realística. Os resultados obtidos por essa metodologia são validados com resultados experimentais disponíveis na literatura.In the present thesis it is presented a new analytical solution for the transient two- dimensional advection-diffusion equation to simulate the pollutant dispersion in atmosphere. For that, the advection-diffusion equation is solved combining the Laplace transform and the GILTT (Generalized Integral Laplace Transform Technique) techniques. The turbulence closure for Fickian and non-Fickian cases is considered. It is investigated the problem of modeling the pollutant dispersion in strong and weak winds considering, for the case of low wind conditions, the longitudinal diffusion in the advection-diffusion equation. Moreover, it was considered in the model the vertical velocity and its influence was evaluated considering velocities field constant and also generated by means of LES (Large Eddy Simulation), to simulate a more realistic turbulent boundary layer. The results attained by this methodology are validated with experimental results available in literature.
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Prochazková, Zdeňka. "Numerické modelování šíření zvuku pomocí diferenčních metod." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-231394.
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The goal of this thesis is to introduce the finite difference method (FDM) adjusted for usage in modeling of sound propagation, and other approaches that are used together with this method. These approaches include selective filtering and time integration using the Runge-Kutta method, which has low computer memory requirements. An important topic in modeling sound propagation are boundary conditions. The thesis examines and verifies several types of boundary conditions. Included in the thesis are solutions to example problems implemented in Matlab.
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Taudt, Ch, T. Baselt, B. Nelsen, H. Aßmann, A. Greiner, E. Koch, and P. Hartmann. "Measurement of surface topographies in the nm-range for power chip technologies by a modified low-coherence interferometer." SPIE, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35098.
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This work introduces a modified low-coherence interferometry approach for nanometer surface-profilometry. The key component of the interferometer is an element with known dispersion which defines the measurement range as well as the resolution. This dispersive element delivers a controlled phase variation which can be detected in the spectral domain and used to reconstruct height differences on a sample. In the chosen setup, both axial resolution and measurement range are tunable by the choice of the dispersive element.
The basic working principle was demonstrated by a laboratory setup equipped with a supercontinuum light source (Δλ = 400 ̶ 1700 nm). Initial experiments were carried out to characterize steps of 101 nm on a silicon height standard. The results showed that the system delivers an accuracy of about 11.8 nm. These measurements also served as a calibration for the second set of measurements. The second experiment consisted of the measurement of the bevel of a silicon wafer. The modified low-coherence interferometer could be utilized to reproduce the slope on the edge within the previously estimated accuracy. The main advantage of the proposed measurement approach is the possibility to collect data without the need for mechanically moving parts.
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Benvegnù, Agostino. "Trapping and Reliability investigations in GaN-based HEMTs." Thesis, Limoges, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIMO0064/document.
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Les transistors à haute mobilité d’électrons (HEMTs) en nitrure de gallium (GaN) s’affirment comme les candidats prometteurs pour les futurs équipements à micro-ondes - tels que les amplificateurs de puissance à état solide (SSPA), grâce à leurs excellentes performances. Une première démonstration d'émetteur en technologie GaN-MMIC a été développée et embarquée dans la mission spatiale PROBA-V. Mais cette technologie souffre encore des effets de pièges par des défauts présents au sein de la structure. L’objectif de ce travail est donc l'étude d’effets de pièges et des aspects de fiabilité des transistors de puissance GH50 pour des applications en bande C. Un protocole d’investigation des phénomènes de pièges est présenté, qui permet l’étude des dynamiques des effets de pièges du mode de fonctionnement DC au mode de fonctionnement radiofréquence, basé sur la combinaison des mesures IV impulsionnelles, des mesures de transitoires du courant de drain avec des impulsions DC et RF et des mesures de paramètres [S] en basse fréquence. Un modèle de HEMT AlGaN/GaN non-linéaire électrothermique est présenté, incluant un nouveau modèle thermique de pièges restituant le comportement dynamique de ces pièges et leurs variations en température afin de prédire correctement les performances en conditions réelles de fonctionnement RF. Enfin, une méthodologie temporelle pour l’évaluation de la fiabilité et de limites réelles d'utilisation de transistors dans l'amplificateur de puissance RF en régime d’overdrive (très forte compression), basée sur la mesure monitorée de Formes d'Onde Temporelles (FOT), est proposéeGaN-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are promising candidates for future microwave equipment, such as new solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs), thanks to their excellent performance. A first demonstration of GaN-MMIC transmitter has been developed and put on board the PROBA-V mission. But this technology still suffers from the trapping phenomena, principally due to lattice defects. Thus, the aim of this research is to investigate the trapping effects and the reliability aspects of the GH50 power transistors for C-band applications. A new trap investigation protocol to obtain a complete overview of trap behavior from DC to radio-frequency operation modes, based on combined pulsed I/V measurements, DC and RF drain current measurements, and low-frequency dispersion measurements, is proposed. Furthermore, a nonlinear electro-thermal AlGaN/GaN model with a new additive thermal-trap model including the dynamic behavior of these trap states and their associated temperature variations is presented, in order to correctly predict the RF performance during real RF operating conditions. Finally, an advanced time-domain methodology is presented in order to investigate the device’s reliability and to determine its safe operating area. This methodology is based on the continual monitoring of the RF waveforms and DC parameters under overdrive conditions in order to assess the degradation of the transistor characteristics in the RF power amplifier
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Pathak, Mihir Gaurang. "Periodic flow physics in porous media of regenerative cryocoolers." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49056.
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Pulse tube cryocoolers (PTC) are a class of rugged and high-endurance refrigeration systems that operate without moving parts at their low temperature ends, and are capable of reaching temperatures down to and below 123 K. PTCs are particularly suitable for applications in space, guiding systems, cryosurgery, medicine preservation, superconducting electronics, magnetic resonance imaging, weather observation, and liquefaction of gases. Applications of these cryocoolers span across many industries including defense, aerospace, biomedical, energy, and high tech. Among the challenges facing the PTC research community is the improvement of system efficiency, which is a direct function of the regenerator component performance. A PTC implements the theory of oscillatory compression and expansion of the gas within a closed volume to achieve desired refrigeration. An important deficiency with respect to the state of art models dealing with PTCs is the limited understanding of the hydrodynamic and thermal transport parameters associated with periodic flow of a cryogenic fluid in micro-porous structures. In view of the above, the goals of this investigation include: 1) experimentally measuring and correlating the steady and periodic flow Darcy permeability and Forchheimer’s inertial hydrodynamic parameters for available rare-Earth ErPr regenerator filler; 2) employing a CFD-assisted methodology for the unambiguous quantification of the Darcy permeability and Forchheimer’s inertial hydrodynamic parameters, based on experimentally measured steady and periodic flow pressure drops in porous structures representing recently developed regenerator fillers; and 3) performing a direct numerical pore-level investigation for steady and periodic flows in a generic porous medium in order to elucidate the flow and transport processes, and quantify the solid-fluid hydrodynamic and heat transfer parameters. These hydrodynamic resistances parameters were found to be significantly different for steady and oscillatory flows.
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Jobic, Yann. "Numerical approach by kinetic methods of transport phenomena in heterogeneous media." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AIXM4723/document.
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Les phénomènes de transport en milieux poreux sont étudiés depuis près de deux siècles, cependant les travaux concernant les milieux fortement poreux sont encore relativement peu nombreux. Les modèles couramment utilisés pour les poreux classiques (lits de grains par exemple) sont peu applicables pour les milieux fortement poreux (les mousses par exemple), un certain nombre d’études ont été entreprises pour combler ce manque. Néanmoins, les résultats expérimentaux et numériques caractérisant les pertes de charge dans les mousses sont fortement dispersés. Du fait des progrès de l’imagerie 3D, une tendance émergente est la détermination des paramètres des lois d’écoulement à partir de simulations directes sur des géométries reconstruites. Nous présentons ici l’utilisation d’une nouvelle approche cinétique pour résoudre localement les équations de Navier-Stokes et déterminer les propriétés d’écoulement (perméabilité, dispersion, ...)A novel kinetic scheme satisfying an entropy condition is developed, tested and implemented for the simulation of practical problems. The construction of this new entropic scheme is presented. A classical hyperbolic system is approximated by a discrete velocity vector kinetic scheme (with the simplified BGK collisional operator), but applied to an inviscid compressible gas dynamics system with a small Mach number parameter, according to the approach of Carfora and Natalini (2008). The numerical viscosity is controlled, and tends to the physical viscosity of the Navier-Stokes system. The proposed numerical scheme is analyzed and formulated as an explicit finite volume flux vector splitting (FVS) scheme that is very easy to implement. It is close in spirit to Lattice Boltzmann schemes, but it has the advantage to satisfy a discrete entropy inequality under a CFL condition and a subcharacteristic stability condition involving a cell Reynolds number. The new scheme is proved to be second-order accurate in space. We show the efficiency of the method in terms of accuracy and robustness on a variety of classical benchmark tests. Some physical problems have been studied in order to show the usefulness of both schemes. The LB code was successfully used to determine the longitudinal dispersion of metallic foams, with the use of a novel indicator. The entropic code was used to determine the permeability tensor of various porous media, from the Fontainebleau sandstone (low porosity) to a redwood tree sample (high porosity). These results are pretty accurate. Finally, the entropic framework is applied to the advection-diffusion equation as a passive scalar
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Butterworth, Sean. "Shape and chemical anisotropic particles in low dielectric constant media." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/shape-and-chemical-anisotropic-particles-in-low-dielectric-constant-media(d8ace7a1-8993-4a6b-a50d-2a2ea71c10f8).html.
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Electrophoretic displays (EDPs) are an attractive low power technology for small to large area displays. Such display technology has seen a surge of research interest with the launch of successful e-readers in the market place, owing to their lower power consumption and paper-like quality. This work aims to look at the influence of shape on the electrophoretic mobility of particles for such devices. Crosslinked poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) precursor particles with a narrow size distribution were produced by non aqueous dispersion polymerisation utilising a pump-feed method. To produce shape anisotropic particles an adapted version of the dynamic swelling method for polar media was chosen. Suitable monomers were screened by the use of Hansen solubility theory to find monomers which interact with PMMA but not the solvent. It was found that 2- hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide (HEAm) were two such suitable monomers, methyl methacrylate (MMA) was also used as a control series.It was found that cluster-like particle morphologies could be produced by the MMA system by the inclusion of small quantities of crosslinking monomer. This was due to precipitation of higher molecular weight polymer segments to the seed particle surface. The cluster-like morphology could be enhanced by use of a polar crosslinking monomer and by sequential reactions. For the polar system, it was found that the reactions with pure monomer were unclean, due to the solubility mismatch of the monomer and the solvent system. This was overcome by a copolymerisation with MMA. The system showed different particle morphologies could be produced by varying the polar monomer content. In one case a sample of pure dumbbell-like particles could be produced. These dumbbell-like particles are thought to be chemical as well as shape anisotropic owing to monomer composition. EPD evaluation for the particles was undertaken and showed that all particles can become highly charged in low dielectric constant media, but that the shape anisotropic particles are prone to adsorption to the cell walls and electrodes.The work outlined in this thesis shows the first reporting of shape anisotropic polymeric particles produced in low dielectric constant solvents system.
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Jafarpour, Aliakbar. "Ultra Low-Loss and Wideband Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Dense Photonic Integrated Systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11598.
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This thesis reports on a new design of photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs) to achieve large guiding bandwidth, linear dispersion, single-mode behavior, good coupling efficiency to dielectric waveguides, and small loss. The design is based on using the linear dispersion region of one PCW in the photonic bandgap (PBG) of another PCW.
While perturbing the period can result in a PCW with linear dispersion and large guiding bandwidth, it introduces an odd mode at those frequencies, as well. By using another perturbation scheme, it is shown that single-mode behavior can also be achieved. The linear dispersion of these waveguides and their operation at lower frequencies of the PBG, where the density of states of radiation modes is smaller, gives rise to very small loss coefficients as verified experimentally.
Full characterization of a waveguide requires the measurement of not only the transmission coefficient, but also the dispersion and spectral phase. We have developed a real-time characterization technique based on spectral interferometry with femtosecond laser pulses at optical communication wavelengths to measure the spectral phase of waveguides. This haracterization technique can be used to study fast dynamics in timevarying structures and makes the alignment easy.
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Klein, Amélie. "Analyse du profil vertical de l'ozone dans la basse troposphère à Paris." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2018. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=https://theses-intra.sorbonne-universite.fr/2018SORUS192.pdf.
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Les mesures de l'ozone en surface ne sont pas suffisantes pour comprendre les mécanismes de formation de l'ozone dans la partie basse de la troposphère. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons utilisé les instruments de la station QUALAIR, située à Paris, qui permettent d'obtenir des mesures de profils verticaux d'ozone ainsi que des mesures de dynamique atmosphérique et de colonnes intégrées de NO2 sur les premiers kilomètres de l'atmosphère. Une première approche statistique, à partir de quatre années de mesures consécutives de LIDAR ozone (2011-2014), a permis de comprendre les mécanismes responsables du gradient vertical et de la variabilité saisonnière de l'ozone à Paris. Afin de mieux évaluer l'influence du transport sur la variabilité spatio-temporelle de l'ozone, un deuxième travail a consisté à étudier les résultats d'une campagne instrumentale, organisée à Paris, et durant laquelle des mesures en continu d'ozone, de champs de vent et de turbulence dans la couche limite atmosphérique ont été réalisées. Ce travail a permis d'étudier l'impact de la réincorporation de la couche résiduelle sur l'évolution de l'ozone en surface à l'échelle locale. De plus, un modèle lagrangien de dispersion de particules (FLEXPART-WRF) a été utilisé afin d'évaluer l'impact du transport nocturne d'une couche appauvrie en ozone sur la variabilité de l'ozone en surface à l'échelle régionale. Enfin, le développement d'un modèle de chimie-transport à une dimension (PACT 1D) a permis de quantifier l'influence du transport vertical et de la chimie sur l'évolution de l'ozone dans la couche limite au cours de la journéeSurface ozone measurements are not sufficient to understand the mechanisms of ozone formation in the lower troposphere. In this study, we have used instruments from the QUALAIR station, located in Paris center, that can measure vertical profiles of ozone, atmospheric dynamics parameters, and integrated contents of NO2 in the lowermost troposphere. First, a statistical analysis, using four years of ground based ozone LIDAR measurements (2011-2014), is done to understand the mechanisms responsible for the vertical gradient and the seasonal cycle of ozone in Paris. Then, in order to better assess the influence of transport on the spatial and temporal evolution of ozone, we focus on the results obtained from an instrumental campaign, organized in Paris, and during which continuous measurements of ozone, wind and turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer were performed. The results show the impact of the entrainment of the residual layer into the mixed layer on the surface ozone variability in the morning at the local scale. A Lagrangian particle dispersion model (FLEXPART-WRF) is used to better assess the impact of the nocturnal transport of a clean ozone layer via nocturnal low level jets from Paris on the surface ozone evolution at the regional scale. Finally, a one dimensional chemical transport model (PACT 1D) is used to quantify the influence of vertical transport versus photochemistry on the evolution of boundary layer ozone during daytime
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Hitchins, Jane. "Dispersion of particles from vehicle emissions." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2001.
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Li, Yan. "High-efficiency Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Displays." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5399.
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Blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) have a delicate lattice structure existing between chiral nematic and isotropic phases, with a stable temperature range of about 2 K. But due to short coherent length, these self-assembled nano-structured BPLCs have a fast response time. In the past three decades, the application of BPLC has been rather limited because of its narrow temperature range. In 2002, Kikuchi et al. developed a polymer stabilization method to extend the blue-phase temperature range to more than 60 K. This opens a new gateway for display and photonic applications. In this dissertation, I investigate the material properties of polymer-stabilized BPLCs. According the Gerber's model, the Kerr constant of a BPLC is linearly proportional to the dielectric anisotropy of the LC host. Therefore, in the frequency domain, the relaxation of the Kerr constant follows the same trend as the dielectric relaxation of the host LC. I have carried out experiments to validate the theoretical predictions, and proposed a model called extended Cole-Cole model to describe the relaxation of the Kerr constant. On the other hand, because of the linear relationship, the Kerr constant should have the same sign as the dielectric anisotropy of the LC host; that is, a positive or negative Kerr constant results from positive or negative host LCs, respectively. BPLCs with a positive Kerr constant have been studied extensively, but there has been no study on negative polymer-stabilized BPLCs. Therefore, I have prepared a BPLC mixture using a negative dielectric anisotropy LC host and investigated its electro-optic properties. I have demonstrated that indeed the induced birefringence and Kerr constant are of negative sign. Due to the fast response time of BPLCs, color sequential display is made possible without color breakup. By removing the spatial color filters, the optical efficiency and resolution density are both tripled. With other advantages such as alignment free and wide viewing angle, polymer-stabilized BPLC is emerging as a promising candidate for next-generation displays. However, the optical efficiency of the BPLC cell is relatively low and the operating voltage is quite high using conventional in-plane-switching electrodes. I have proposed several device structures for improving the optical efficiency of transmissive BPLC cells. Significant improvement in transmittance is achieved by using enhanced protrusion electrodes, and a 100% transmittance is achievable using complementary enhanced protrusion electrode structure. For a conventional transmissive blue phase LCD, although it has superb performances indoor, when exposed to strong sunlight the displayed images could be washed out, leading to a degraded contrast ratio and readability. To overcome the sunlight readability problem, a common approach is to adaptively boost the backlight intensity, but the tradeoff is in the increased power consumption. Here, I have proposed a transflective blue phase LCD where the backlight is turned on in dark surroundings while ambient light is used to illuminate the displayed images in bright surroundings. Therefore, a good contrast ratio is preserved even for a strong ambient. I have proposed two transflective blue phase LCD structures, both of which have single cell gap, single gamma driving, reasonably wide view angle, low power consumption, and high optical efficiency. Among all the 3D technologies, integral imaging is an attractive approach due to its high efficiency and real image depth. However, the optimum observation distance should be adjusted as the displayed image depth changes. This requires a fast focal length change of an adaptive lens array. BPLC adaptive lenses are a good candidate because of their intrinsic fast response time. I have proposed several BPLC lens structures which are polarization independent and exhibit a parabolic phase profile in addition to fast response time. To meet the low power consumption requirement set by Energy Star, high optical efficiency is among the top lists of next-generation LCDs. In this dissertation, I have demonstrated some new device structures for improving the optical efficiency of a polymer-stabilized BPLC transmissive display and proposed sunlight readable transflective blue-phase LCDs by utilizing ambient light to reduce the power consumption. Moreover, we have proposed several blue-phase LC adaptive lenses for high efficiency 3D displays.Ph.D.
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Sallet, Marieli, and Marieli Sallet. "Desenvolvimento de um modelo lagrangeano para dispersão de poluentes em condições de vento fraco." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2007. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br/handle/ri/2183.
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Previous issue date: 2007-02-23Currently, the search for analytical solutions for the dispersion problems is one of the main research subjects in the pollutant dispersion modeling. These solutions become important due to the intention to obtain dispersion models that generate reliable results in a small computational time, which are of great interest for regulatory air quality applications. Lagrangian particle models are an important and effective tool to simulate the atmospheric dispersion of airborne pollutants. These models are based on the Langevin equation, which is derived from the hypothesis that the velocity is given by the combination between a deterministic term and a stochastic term. In this work is presented a new Lagrangian particle model to simulate the pollutant dispersion in low wind speed conditions. During low wind speed, the diffusion of a pollutant in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is indefinite and it has been observed that the plume is subject to a great deal of horizontal undulations, which are called plume meandering. The method proposed leads to a stochastic integral equation whose solution has been obtained through the Method of Successive Approximations or Picard s Iteration Method. The integral equation is written in terms of the real and imaginary parts of the complex function before performing the multiplication of the integrating factor, expressed by the Euler formula, inside and outside of the integral solution. To take account the meandering effect, the Frenkiel s Eulerian autocorrelation functions for low wind conditions is included naturally in the model. The new approach has been evaluated through the comparison with experimental data and other different dispersion models. Particularly, the results obtained by the model agree very well with the experimental data, indicating the model represents the dispersion process correctly in low wind speed conditions. It is also possible to verify that the new model results are better than ones obtained by the other models. The analytical feature of the technique and the natural inclusion of the Frenkiel s Eulerian autocorrelation function become the model more accurate than other models.
Atualmente, a busca por soluções analíticas para os problemas de dispersão é um dos principais assuntos de pesquisa na modelagem da dispersão de poluentes. Estas soluções tornam-se importantes devido à intenção de obter modelos de dispersão que geram resultados confiáveis em um tempo computacional pequeno, que são de grande interesse para aplicações no controle da qualidade do ar. Modelos de partícula Lagrangeano são uma ferramenta importante e eficaz para simular a dispersão atmosférica de poluentes do ar. Esses modelos são baseados na equação de Langevin, que é derivada da hipótese que a velocidade é dada por uma combinação entre um termo determinístico e um termo estocástico. Neste trabalho é apresentado um novo modelo de partícula Lagrangeano para simular a dispersão de poluentes em condições de velocidade de vento fraco. Durante a velocidade de vento fraco, a difusão de um poluente na Camada Limite Planetária (CLP) é indefinida e tem sido observado que a pluma está sujeita a grandes ondulações horizontais, que são chamadas meandro do vento. O método proposto leva a uma equação integral estocástica cuja solução é obtida através do Método das Aproximações Sucessivas ou Método Iterativo de Picard. A equação integral é escrita em termos das partes real e imaginária da função complexa antes de realizar a multiplicação do fator integrante, expresso pela fórmula de Euler, dentro e fora da solução integral. Para considerar o efeito do meandro, as funções de autocorrelação Euleriana de Frenkiel para condições de vento fraco são incluídas naturalmente no modelo. A nova aproximação foi avaliada através da comparação com dados experimentais e outros diferentes modelos de dispersão. Particularmente, os resultados obtidos pelo modelo concordam muito bem com os dados experimentais, indicando que o modelo representa o processo de dispersão corretamente em condições de velocidade de vento fraco. Também é possível verificar que os resultados do novo modelo são melhores do que os obtidos pelos outros modelos. A característica analítica da técnica e a inclusão natural da função de autocorrelação Euleriana de Frenkiel tornam o modelo mais exato que os outros modelos.
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Lattaud, Cecile. "Synthesis of low density foam shells for inertial confinement fusion experiments." Thesis, Dijon, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011DIJOS033/document.
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Ce travail porte sur le processus de fabrication de microballons en mousse basse densité et le contrôle fin de leur forme (diamètre, épaisseur, densité, sphéricité, non-concentricité). Durant cette thèse nous nous sommes concentrés sur le critère de non-concentricité qui doit être inférieure à 1%. Les microballons sont synthétisés en utilisant un procédé de microencapsulation conduisant à une émulsion double, suivie d'une polymérisation thermique à 60°C. Selon la littérature, trois paramètres majeurs, la densité des trois phases, les déformations du microballon pendant le procédé et la cinétique de polymérisation ont une influence directe sur la non-concentricité des microballons. Les résultats obtenus ont montré que lorsque l'écart de densité entre la phase aqueuse interne et la phase organique augmente, la non-concentricité des microballons TMPTMA s'améliore. Un écart de densité de 0,078 g.cm-3 à 60°C conduit à une non-concentricité moyenne de 2,4% avec un rendement en microballons de 58%. Il a également été montré que la synthèse peut être considérée comme reproductible. Pour une même phase aqueuse interne, les résultats de non-concentricité sont équivalents en utilisant soit un tube droit, un tube à étranglement ou un serpentin court. Le temps requis pour fixer la forme des microballons est d'au moins 20 minutes avec la polymérisation thermique. Ainsi, il semble que le temps passé par les microballons à l'intérieur des bouteilles de réception permet le centrage de la phase aqueuse interne à l'intérieur de la phase organique, quel que soit le processus de circulation précédemment utilisé. Afin d'obtenir des vitesses de polymérisation plus élevées et d'éviter les phénomènes de déstabilisation, nous avons alors concentré notre étude sur la photopolymérisation. Lorsque la synthèse est effectuée en utilisant une lampe UV avec une intensité lumineuse efficace, les microballons ont une épaisseur légèrement supérieure à celle des microballons synthétisés par voie thermique. Par ailleurs, un rendement plus élevé, environ 80%, est obtenu avec la polymérisation UV. Toutefois, la non-concentricité moyenne des microballons synthétisés est environ de 20%, ce qui est vraiment élevé par rapport à la non-concentricité moyenne de 2,4% obtenue par polymérisation thermique. Il serait intéressant d'exposer les microballons à la lumière UV, à différents moments après la collecte afin d'étudier l'influence du temps d'agitation sur la non-concentricité des microballonsThis work deals with the fabrication process of low density foam shells and the sharp control of their shape (diameter, thickness, density, sphericity, non-concentricity). During this PhD we focused on the non-concentricity criterion which has to be lower than 1%. The shells are synthesized using a microencapsulation process leading to a double emulsion and followed by a thermal polymerization at 60°C. According to the literature, three major parameters, the density of the three phases, the deformations of the shells along the process and the kinetics of the polymerization have a direct influence on the shells non-concentricity. The results obtained showed that when the density gap between the internal water phase and the organic phase increases, the TMPTMA shells non-concentricity improves. A density gap of 0.078 g.cm-3 at 60°C, leads to an average non-concentricity of 2.4% with a yield of shells of 58%. It was also shown that the synthesis process can be considered as reproducible. While using the same internal water phase, equivalent non-concentricity results are obtained using either a straight tube, a tube with areas of constriction or a short wound tube. The time required to fix the shell’s shape is at least 20 minutes with thermal polymerization. So, it seems that the time spent by the shells inside the rotating flask allows the centering of the internal water phase inside the organic phase, whatever the circulation process used. In order to get higher polymerization rates and to avoid destabilization phenomena, we then focused our study on photopolymerization. When the synthesis is performed using a UV lamp with an efficient light intensity, the shells have a slightly higher thickness than the shells synthesized by thermal polymerization. Moreover, a really higher yield, around 80%, is achieved with UV polymerization. However, the average non-concentricity of the shells synthesized lays around 20%, which is really high compared to the 2.4% average non-concentricity obtained with thermal polymerization. It would be interesting to expose the shells to UV light at different times after collection in order to study the influence of the agitation time on the shells non-concentricity
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Allain, Florent. "Evaluation of the Classical Reaction Engineering models in terms of mass transport and reaction rate distribution for low tube-to-particle diameter ratio beds." Digital WPI, 2011. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/374.
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Packed bed reactors are widely used in the chemicals industry and have been studied carefully in the last century. Several reaction engineering models have been developed in order to predict the behavior of such reactors under specified conditions, in order to assist in the sizing during an industrial process conception.
These reactors can be categorized using different parameters, and the bed-to- particle diameter ratio - N - is one of them. It has been shown that this parameter influences greatly the transfer phenomena that occur in the bed, and that for ratios under 10, particular attention is needed when considering the wall effects. An impor- tant point that has to be evaluated is the accuracy of the actual chemical reaction engineering models when simulating such beds as it is valid to question the hypoth- esis of a pseudo-continuum model when considering a low bed-to-particle diameter ratio bed.
Through high precision Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations, several beds of particles are modeled and studied in term of mass dispersion and reaction rate distribution. Two reaction engineering models - a simple pseudo-continuum model with effectiveness factor, and a model we refer to as "Single pellet" model - and several correlations regarding Peclet numbers are then evaluated under the same conditions in order to determine their accuracy and reliability for that particular kind of bed.
Two beds of N = 5.96 and N = 7.99 are studied for dispersion phenomena, and the bed of N = 5.96 is studied for reaction rate distribution. It is shown that the pseudo- continuum model of dispersion stands valid for the higher N, but that none of the correlations we used were able to correctly predict the behavior of the N = 5.96 bed at any of the Reynolds number we considered, only giving close behaviors. We were confronted with some difficulties regarding the reaction simulation under Fluent, but some comparisons were successfully made regarding species and reaction rate distribution in the bed.
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Azim, Riasat. "Low-Storage Hybrid MacCormack-type Schemes with High Order Temporal Accuracy for Computational Aeroacoustics." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1515720270119389.
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Lattaud, Cécile. "Synthesis of low density foam shells for inertial confinement fusion experiments." Phd thesis, Université de Bourgogne, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00692058.
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This work deals with the fabrication process of low density foam shells and the sharp control of their shape (diameter, thickness, density, sphericity, non-concentricity). During this PhD we focused on the non-concentricity criterion which has to be lower than 1%. The shells are synthesized using a microencapsulation process leading to a double emulsion and followed by a thermal polymerization at 60°C. According to the literature, three major parameters, the density of the three phases, the deformations of the shells along the process and the kinetics of the polymerization have a direct influence on the shells non-concentricity. The results obtained showed that when the density gap between the internal water phase and the organic phase increases, the TMPTMA shells non-concentricity improves. A density gap of 0.078 g.cm-3 at 60°C, leads to an average non-concentricity of 2.4% with a yield of shells of 58%. It was also shown that the synthesis process can be considered as reproducible. While using the same internal water phase, equivalent non-concentricity results are obtained using either a straight tube, a tube with areas of constriction or a short wound tube. The time required to fix the shell's shape is at least 20 minutes with thermal polymerization. So, it seems that the time spent by the shells inside the rotating flask allows the centering of the internal water phase inside the organic phase, whatever the circulation process used. In order to get higher polymerization rates and to avoid destabilization phenomena, we then focused our study on photopolymerization. When the synthesis is performed using a UV lamp with an efficient light intensity, the shells have a slightly higher thickness than the shells synthesized by thermal polymerization. Moreover, a really higher yield, around 80%, is achieved with UV polymerization. However, the average non-concentricity of the shells synthesized lays around 20%, which is really high compared to the 2.4% average non-concentricity obtained with thermal polymerization. It would be interesting to expose the shells to UV light at different times after collection in order to study the influence of the agitation time on the shells non-concentricity.
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Ferreira, Júnior Elmo de Sena 1989. "Gas jet modeling using large eddy simulation in a low momentum cfd code = Modelagem de um jato de gás usando simulações das grandes escalas em um código cfd de baixo momento." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/266050.
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Orientador: Sávio Souza Venâncio ViannaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química
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Resumo: A simulação numérica é de grande importância em diversas áreas da engenharia, tais como otimização e manutenção de processo químico, bem como na indústria do petróleo e segurança do processo. O Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) é um código de Fluidodinâmica Computacional com base na simulação das grandes escalas. Este foi desenvolvido pelo Instituto Nacional de Padrões e Tecnologia (NIST). O código FDS foi originalmente projetado para modelar baixo fluxo de velocidade comumente encontrados em cenários de incêndio. Assim, o FDS não é adequado para simulação de casos onde o número de Mach é elevado. Para superar esta limitação, este trabalho propõe um novo modelo dedicado às características próximas da saída do jato a fim de permitir o FDS simular cenários de jatos e dispersão de gás. A abordagem também reduz significativamente o tempo da simulação computacional. A ferramenta proposta é uma alternativa livre e confiável para a modelagem de dispersão de gás. Os resultados são amplamente discutidas e um estudo de caso de uma plataforma é apresentado. A comparação com os resultados experimentais, bem como um pacote CFD comercial mostram boa concordância
Abstract: The numerical simulation is of great importance in various areas of engineering such as optimization and maintenance of chemical process, petroleum industry and process safety. The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code based on Large Eddy Simulation (LES) modeling and developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FDS code was originally designed to model low speed flow commonly found in fire scenarios. Hence, FDS is not suitable for modeling high Mach number cases. To overcome this limitation this work proposes a novel model dedicated to the near field jet characteristics in order to enable FDS to simulate jet scenarios and gas dispersion. The approach also reduces the computational time significantly as far as turbulent jet flows are concerned. The proposed tool is a free and reliable alternative for gas dispersion modeling. Results are extensively discussed and case study for a typical offshore site is presented. Comparison with experimental results as well as commercial CFD package show good agreement
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Sistemas de Processos Quimicos e Informatica
Mestre em Engenharia Química
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Patwari, Neal. "Measured and Modeled Time and Angle Dispersion Characteristics of the 1.8 GHz Peer-to-Peer Radio Channel." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32201.
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In an extensive outdoor propagation study, low antenna heights of
1.7 m are used at both the transmitter and the receiver to measure
over 3500 wideband power-delay profiles (PDPs) of the channel for
a peer-to-peer communications system. Rural and urban areas are
studied in 22 different transmitter-receiver links. The results
are used to characterize the narrowband path loss, mean delay,
root-mean-square (RMS) delay spread, and timing jitter of the
peer-to-peer wideband channel. Small-scale fading characteristics are
measured in detail by measuring and analyzing 160 PDPs within each
local area. This thesis shows the measurement setup for the
calculation of fading rate variance and angular spread and reports
the first known attempt to calculate angular spread from track
power measurements. New analysis presented in this thesis shows
the effect of measurement error in the calculation of angular
spread. The expected characteristics of angular spread are
derived using two different angle-of-arrival (AOA) models from the
literature. Measurement results show initial validation of
Durgin's angular spread theory. A new measurement-based algorithm
for simulating wideband fading processes is developed and
implemented. This simulation technique shows promise in the
simulation of high-bit rate peer-to-peer radio communication
systems.Master of Science
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Suyitno, Budhi-Muliawan. "Etude du comportement en fatigue d'aciers à dispersoïdes." Poitiers, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988POIT2342.
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Etude experimentale sur un acier micro-allie dans deux etats microstructuraux bainitique et ferrito-perlitique, soumis a des essais d'endurance, de fatigue oligocyclique et de fissuration. Comparaison avec les resultats obtenus sur un acier conventionnel dans un etat trempe-revenu. Influence de l'environnement (air, vide, azote et traces de vapeur d'eau) et de la frequence d'essai. Discussion du role fragilisant de la vapeur d'eau. Proposition d'un modele de propagation sous environnement actif
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Shiran, Vahid. "Design and optimization of terahertz waveguides with low loss and dispersion." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12090.
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Electromagnetic waves in the terahertz spectral range have gained significant research focus due to their applications in various fields of science. To effectively
generate and integrate terahertz waves in systems, appropriate waveguide
design is critical. Conventionally waveguides have been used to control the propagation
of electromagnetic waves. A waveguide with low loss and dispersion is always
preferred. But achieving these characteristics is quite challenging especially if operating
in the terahertz spectral range. There are inherent material and geometric
limitations that exist for terahertz waveguides. It is therefore important to optimize
the design to enable their use in applications efficiently. This thesis investigates the characteristics of three primary terahertz waveguides
based on the underlying theory and results obtained from simulations. The three
waveguides are parallel-plate waveguides, two-wire waveguides, and coplanar striplines.
The work in this thesis mostly focuses on coplanar striplines, optimal for building a
highly efficient commercial and portable terahertz system-on-chip (TSOC). The contribution of the thesis is around the use of different types of passive components
mounted on a thin commercial Silicon Nitride membrane. A bias tee is introduced
which is a combination of interdigitated electrodes and a meander inductor.
The length of the interdigitated electrodes and the gap between them are 55 um and
5 um, respectively. The S21 parameter for this structure ranges from -24 dB/mm at
near-zero frequencies to -0.8 dB/mm at 1 THz. This indicates that the designed bias
tee can appropriately block low frequencies. Split-ring resonators are also used to act
as band-stop filters. The resonant frequency of the resonator depends on the radii of
the split-rings. In the optimized design, the internal radius of the outer ring is 25 um
and the external radius of the inner ring is 20 um. This results in a narrowband
band-stop filter with its resonant frequency centered at 701 GHz. The optimized
final TSOC design discussed in this work uses these passive components placed on
the Silicon Nitride membrane and is shown to have a total loss that is 3 dB/mm less
than any of the previous work for terahertz frequencies.Graduate