Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Self-orthogonal'

Hydrogels are of great interest due to their ability to encapsulate and deliver bioactive molecules, mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) and act as an artificial 3D scaffold. Here we report multi-component hydrogels based on low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs) and polymer gelators (PGs) incorporating heparin that can bind to self-assembled molecules, and their potential for controlled release and to mimic the ECM. These multi- component systems were characterised and the orthogonality of each individual component investigated. Firstly, three cationic surfactants were synthesised and their ability to self-assemble and bind to polyanionic heparin was investigated. The systems consisted of an amine-based head group connected via an amide linkage to different saturated fatty acids. Self- assembled C14-DAPMA and C16-DAPMA formed highly organised polycrystalline assemblies with heparin, proving that the micelles remain intact during the hierarchical assembly process. C16-DAPMA proved to be the most charge-efficient heparin binder, also with the lowest critical aggregation concentration, with high stability when free and solution and when electrostatically interacting with heparin. Two dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol (DBS) derivatives capable of forming hydrogels are then introduced: a pH-activated LMWG (DBS-COOH) and a thermally-activated LWMG (DBS- CONHNH2). The incorporation and release of heparin from the LMWGs hydrogels in the presence and absence of C16-DAPMA, and from hybrid hydrogels consisting of one of the LMWGs and a PG - agarose is reported. The rate of heparin release can be controlled through network density and composition, and control of the release surface area to volume ratio, while the presence of C16-DAPMA inhibits heparin release. Characterisation of this multi-component complexes (LMWG + Heparin + C16-DAPMA) showed the orthogonal self-assembly of each individual component within one single system. Cytocompatilibity of the multi-component hydrogels is reported. Heparin was then incorporated and released from three different hydrogels based on triamide cyclohexane derivatives. From these, a positively charged LMWG able to directly interact with heparin, resulted in the triggered release of heparin by hydrogel disruption through enzymatic cleavage.

The theories of orthogonal cultural identification and self-categorization are offered as links in examining the possible racioethnic differences in job satisfaction. It is posited that racioethnicity (Cox & Blake, 1991) is multidimensional with at least three conceptually distinct dimensions. Since there is a need for consistent terminology with respect to these distinct dimensions, the following new terms are offered to differentiate among them: " physioethnicity" refers to the physiological dimension of racioethnicity; "socioethnicity" refers to the sociocultural dimension; and "psychoethnicity" refers to the psychological dimension.

In this thesis we study the application of trace maps over Galois fields and Galois rings in the construction of non-binary linear and non-linear codes and mutually unbiased bases. Properties of the trace map over the Galois fields and Galois rings has been used very successfully in the construction of cocyclic Hadamard, complex Hadamard and Butson Hadamard matrices and consequently to construct linear codes over integers modulo prime and prime powers. These results provide motivation to extend this work to construct codes over integers modulo . The prime factorization of integers paved the way to focus our attention on the direct product of Galois rings and Galois fields of the same degree. We define a new map over the direct product of Galois rings and Galois fields by using the usual trace maps. We study the fundamental properties of the this map and notice that these are very similar to that of the trace map over Galois rings and Galois fields. As such this map called the trace-like map and is used to construct cocyclic Butson Hadamard matrices and consequently to construct linear codes over integers modulo . We notice that the codes construct in this way over the integers modulo 6 is simplex code of type . A further generalization of the trace-like map called the weighted-trace map is defined over the direct product of Galois rings and Galois fields of different degrees. We use the weighted-trace map to construct some non-linear codes and mutually unbiased bases of odd integer dimensions. Further more we study the distribution of over the Galois fields of degree 2 and use it to construct 2-dimensional, two-weight, self-orthogonal codes and constant weight codes over integers modulo prime.

We are at that moment of network evolution when we have realised that our telecommunication systems should mimic features of human kind, e.g., the ability to understand the medium and take advantage of its changes. Looking towards the future, the mobile industry envisions the use of fully automatised cells able to self-organise all their parameters and procedures. A fully self-organised network is the one that is able to avoid human involvement and react to the fluctuations of network, traffic and channel through the automatic/autonomous nature of its functioning. Nowadays, the mobile community is far from this fully self-organised kind of network, but they are taken the first steps to achieve this target in the near future. This thesis hopes to contribute to the automatisation of cellular networks, providing models and tools to understand the behaviour of these networks, and algorithms and optimisation approaches to enhance their performance. This work focuses on the next generation of cellular networks, in more detail, in the DownLink (DL) of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) based networks. Within this type of cellular system, attention is paid to interference mitigation in self-organising macrocell scenarios and femtocell deployments. Moreover, this thesis investigates the interference issues that arise when these two cell types are jointly deployed, complementing each other in what is currently known as a two-tier network. This thesis also provides new practical approaches to the inter-cell interference problem in both macro cell and femtocell OFDMA systems as well as in two-tier networks by means of the design of a novel framework and the use of mathematical optimisation. Special attention is paid to the formulation of optimisation problems and the development of well-performing solving methods (accurate and fast).

Orientador: Vanessa Avansini Botta Pirani
Resumo: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar o comportamento dos zeros de alguns tipos de polinômios auto-recíprocos gerados a partir de polinômios quaseortogonais de Chebyshev de ordens um e dois. Os zeros dos polinômios auto-recíprocos que construímos estão ligados aos zeros de polinômios quase-ortogonais. Os polinômios quaseortogonais podem ser obtidos a partir de uma sequência de polinômios ortogonais. Neste trabalho, usaremos os polinômios de Chebyshev para obter polinômios quase-ortogonais e usaremos resultados sobre o comportamento de zeros desses polinômios para obter informações sobre o comportamento dos zeros de polinômios auto-recíprocos.
Abstract: The main objective of this work is to study the behavior of the zeros of some classes of self-reciprocal polynomials related to Chebyshev quasi-orthogonal polynomials of order one and two. The zeros of self-reciprocal polynomials are linked to the zeros of quasiorthogonal polynomials, which can be obtained from a sequence of orthogonal polynomials. In this work we use the Chebyshev polynomials to obtain classes of quasi-orthogonal polynomials and from results on the behavior of their zeros, we obtain information about the zeros of some classes of self-reciprocal polynomials.
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Des matériaux ayant des propriétés émissives spécifiques peuvent être obtenus par l'organisation contrôlée de fluorophores aux échelles moléculaire, nano- et micro-métrique. Dans ce travail, l'émission de lumière bleue polarisée est obtenue par l'auto-assemblage hautement anisotrope de n-acènes alcoxylés en nano-rubans. Des techniques de microscopie de fluorescence ont été utilisées pour déterminer le mécanisme de leur croissance et ont été combinées à la cristallographie aux rayons X pour déterminer l'empilement moléculaire dans les nano-objets. L'étude a révélé que la formation des nano-rubans est induite non seulement par le mécanisme de maturation d'Ostwald très commun, mais aussi par une croissance par attachement orienté rarement démontré dans des systèmes organiques. En plus des techniques plus courantes, la microscopie en polarisation de fluorescence de molécules uniques a contribué à caraxctériser l'emplilement moléculaire, bien que les nano-objets à haute densité en chromophore constituent des échantillons très difficiles à étudier. Dans ce travail, les propriétés des nano-rubans ont été contrôlées au niveau microscopique par les conditions de croissance, ainsi que par l'addition de dopants. Ainsi, en combinant différentes molécules et une réaction photochimique sous microscopie, des rubans à motifs colorés sub-micrométriques ont été obtenus. Par ailleurs, l'assemblage orthogonal a été exploité pour développer des réseaux interpénétrés. Ces derniers se distinguent par une émission à double couleur, un transfert d'énergie entre objets et une électroluminescence aux jonctions
Materials with specific emissive properties can be obtained by the controlled organization of fluorophores at the molecular, nano- and microscales. In this work, polarized blue light emission is achieved by the highly anisotropic self-assembly of alkoxylated n-acenes into nano-ribbons. Fluorescence microscopy techniques were used to determine the growth mechanism and were combined to X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular packing in the nano-objects. The study revealed that the formation of the nano-ribbons is induced not only by the very common Ostwald ripening mechanism but also by an oriented attachnment growth, rarely observed with such evidence in organic systems. Besides more common techniques, single molecule fluorescence polarization microscopy contributed to characterize the molecular packing, although the nano-objects with high chromophore density represent very challenging samples. In this work, the properties of the nano-ribbons have been controlled at the microscopic level by the growth conditions, as well as by the addition of dopants Thereby, combining different molecules and photochemistry at the sub-micrometer scale under the microscope, colorful patterned ribbons could be obtained. In addition, orthogonal assembly was exploited to grow interpenetrated networks. The latter demonstrated dual color-emission, as well as inter-object energy transfer and electroluminescence at junctions

Avec des prévisions de milliards d'appareils connectés, l'Internet des objets (IoT) est le moteur de l'évolution des réseaux de communication sans fil. Cette augmentation exponentielle du nombre d'appareils connectés s'accompagne d'une prolifération d'applications hétérogènes et de nouveaux cas d'utilisation sans fil très différents des services multimédias classiques. Par rapport aux systèmes de communication classiques, les systèmes de communication sans fil de prochaine génération devraient offrir des débits de données très élevés, une grande fiabilité, une faible latence, une amélioration de la qualité de service (QoS) perçue par les utilisateurs ainsi qu'une augmentation du nombre d'utilisateurs pris en charge. Pour répondre à ces exigences, certains des éléments clés que les futurs systèmes de communication doivent exploiter comprennent de nouvelles techniques d'accès au spectre telles que l'accès multiple non orthogonal (NOMA) et l'accès au spectre non coordonné, les réseaux auto-organisés (SON) et les réseaux de communication assistés par des drones (UAV). L'objectif principal de cette thèse est d'exploiter ces éléments clés pour fournir de nouvelles solutions d'allocation de ressources et de configuration de réseaux qui visent à optimiser l'utilisation des ressources radio disponibles dans ces systèmes de prochaine génération. Diverses configurations sont considérées, comprenant les systèmes sans fil avec trafic hétérogène, l'accès non coordonné au spectre dans les SON et les systèmes de communication assistés par des drones. Pour chaque configuration, une solution exploitant la technique NOMA est proposée. Les résultats ainsi obtenus montrent que les solutions proposées surpassent les techniques de l’état de l’art
With a forecasted number of billions of connected devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving the evolution of wireless communication networks. This exponential increase in the number of connected devices is accompanied by a proliferation of heterogeneous IoT applications, resulting in the emergence of new wireless use cases that greatly differ from conventional multimedia services. When compared to previous communication systems, next generation wireless communication systems are expected to provide very high data rates, high reliability, low latency, improvement in the quality of service (QoS) perceived by users and an increase in the number of supported users.To meet these requirements, some of the key elements future communication systems must leverage include novel spectrum access techniques such as non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and uncoordinated spectrum access, self-organized networks (SON) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-aided communication networks. The main objective of this thesis is to exploit these key elements to provide novel resource allocation and net-work design solutions that aim at optimizing the use of available radio resources in next generation wireless communication networks. Different settings are considered, spanning wireless systems with heterogeneous mobile traffic requirements, uncoordinated spectrum access in SONs and UAV-aided communication systems. For each setting, a solution leveraging NOMA scheduling is proposed. The obtained results of the proposed solutions are promising, where these solutions are shown to outperform existing techniques from the literature

This dissertation addresses the synthesis mechanism of mesoporous titania thin films with 2D Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP) cylindrical nanopores by an evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) method with Pluronic surfactants P123 and F127 as structure directing agents, and their applications in photovoltaics and lithium ion batteries. To provide orthogonal alignment of the pores, surface modification of substrates with crosslinked surfactant has been used to provide a chemically neutral surface. GISAXS studies show not only that aging at 4°C facilitates ordered mesostructure development, but also that aging at this temperature helps to provide orthogonal orientation of the cylindrical micelles which assemble into an ordered mesophase directly by a disorder-order transition. These films provide pores with 8-9 nm diameter, which is precisely the structure expected to provide short carrier diffusion length and high hole conductivity required for efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells. In addition, anatase titania is a n-type semiconductor with a band gap of +3.2 eV. Therefore, titania readily absorbs UV light with a wavelength below 387 nm. Because of this, these titania films can be used as window layers with a p-type semiconductor incorporated into the pores and at the top surface of the device to synthesize a photovoltaic cell. The pores provide opportunities to increase the surface area for contact between the two semiconductors, to align a p-type semiconductor at the junction, and to induce quantum confinement effects. These titania films with hexagonal phase are infiltrated with a hole conducting polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), in order to create a p-n junctions for organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, by spin coating followed by thermal annealing. This assembly is hypothesized to give better photovoltaic performance compared to disordered or bicontinuous cubic nanopore arrangements; confinement in cylindrical nanopores is expected to provide isolated, regioregular “wires” of conjugated polymers with tunable optoelectronic properties, such as improved hole conductivity over that in bicontinuous cubic structure. The kinetics of infiltration into the pores show that maximum infiltration occurs within less than one hour in these films, and give materials with improved photovoltaic performance relative to planar TiO2/P3HT assemblies. These oriented mesoporous titania films are also used to develop an inorganic solar cell by depositing CdTe at the top using the Close Spaced Sublimation (CSS) technique. A power conversion efficiency of 5.53% is measured for heterostructures built using mesoporous titania films, which is significantly enhanced relative to planar TiO2/CdTe devices and prior reports in the literature. These mesoporous titania films have a great potential in inorganic solar cell development and can potentially replace CdS window layers which are conventionally used in inorganic CdS-CdTe solar cells. The last part of the dissertation addresses layer-by-layer synthesis to increase the thickness of mesoporous titania films with vertically oriented 2D-HCP nanopores, and their use in lithium ion batteries as negative electrodes because of advantages such as good cycling stability, small volume expansion (~3%) during intercalation/extraction and high discharge voltage plateau. The high surface area and small wall thickness of these titania films provide excellent lithium ion insertion and reduced Li-ion diffusion length, resulting in stable capacities as high as 200-250 mAh/g over 200 cycles.

The importance of quantum error correction in paving the way to build a practical quantum computer is no longer in doubt. Despite the large body of literature in quantum coding theory, many important questions, especially those centering on the issue of "good codes" are unresolved. In this dissertation the dominant underlying theme is that of constructing good quantum codes. It approaches this problem from three rather different but not exclusive strategies. Broadly, its contribution to the theory of quantum error correction is threefold. Firstly, it extends the framework of an important class of quantum codes - nonbinary stabilizer codes. It clarifies the connections of stabilizer codes to classical codes over quadratic extension fields, provides many new constructions of quantum codes, and develops further the theory of optimal quantum codes and punctured quantum codes. In particular it provides many explicit constructions of stabilizer codes, most notably it simplifies the criteria by which quantum BCH codes can be constructed from classical codes. Secondly, it contributes to the theory of operator quantum error correcting codes also called as subsystem codes. These codes are expected to have efficient error recovery schemes than stabilizer codes. Prior to our work however, systematic methods to construct these codes were few and it was not clear how to fairly compare them with other classes of quantum codes. This dissertation develops a framework for study and analysis of subsystem codes using character theoretic methods. In particular, this work established a close link between subsystem codes and classical codes and it became clear that the subsystem codes can be constructed from arbitrary classical codes. Thirdly, it seeks to exploit the knowledge of noise to design efficient quantum codes and considers more realistic channels than the commonly studied depolarizing channel. It gives systematic constructions of asymmetric quantum stabilizer codes that exploit the asymmetry of errors in certain quantum channels. This approach is based on a Calderbank- Shor-Steane construction that combines BCH and finite geometry LDPC codes.

[ES] El principal desafío en los motores turbina de gas empleados en aviación reside en aumentar la eficiencia del ciclo termodinámico manteniendo las emisiones contaminantes por debajo de las rigurosas restricciones. Ésto ha conllevado la necesidad de diseñar nuevas estrategias de inyección/combustión que operan en puntos de operación peligrosos por su cercanía al límite inferior de apagado de llama. En este contexto, el concepto Lean Direct Injection (LDI) ha emergido como una tecnología prometedora a la hora de reducir los óxidos de nitrógeno (NOx) emitidos por las plantas propulsoras de los aviones de nueva generación. En este contexto, la presente tesis tiene como objetivos contribuir al conocimiento de los mecanismos físicos que rigen el comportamiento de un quemador LDI y proporcionar herramientas de análisis para una profunda caracterización de las complejas estructuras de flujo de turbulento generadas en el interior de la cámara de combustión. Para ello, se ha desarrollado una metodología numérica basada en CFD capaz de modelar el flujo bifásico no reactivo en el interior de un quemador LDI académico mediante enfoques de turbulencia U-RANS y LES en un marco Euleriano-Lagrangiano. La resolución numérica de este problema multi-escala se aborda mediante la descripción completa del flujo a lo largo de todos los elementos que constituyen la maqueta experimental, incluyendo su paso por el swirler y entrada a la cámara de combustión. Ésto se lleva a cabo través de dos códigos CFD que involucran dos estrategias de mallado diferentes: una basada en algoritmos de generación y refinamiento automático de la malla (AMR) a través de CONVERGE y otra técnica de mallado estático más tradicional mediante OpenFOAM. Por un lado, se ha definido una metodología para obtener una estrategia de mallado óptima mediante el uso del AMR y se han explotado sus beneficios frente a los enfoques tradicionales de malla estática. De esta forma, se ha demostrado que la aplicabilidad de las herramientas de control de malla disponibles en CONVERGE como el refinamiento fijo (fixed embedding) y el AMR son una opción muy interesante para afrontar este tipo de problemas multi-escala. Los resultados destacan una optimización del uso de los recursos computacionales y una mayor precisión en las simulaciones realizadas con la metodología presentada. Por otro lado, el uso de herramientas CFD se ha combinado con la aplicación de técnicas de descomposición modal avanzadas (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition). La identificación numérica de los principales modos acústicos en la cámara de combustión ha demostrado el potencial de estas herramientas al permitir caracterizar las estructuras de flujo coherentes generadas como consecuencia de la rotura de los vórtices (VBB) y de los chorros fuertemente torbellinados presentes en el quemador LDI. Además, la implementación de estos procedimientos matemáticos ha permitido tanto recuperar información sobre las características de la dinámica de flujo como proporcionar un enfoque sistemático para identificar los principales mecanismos que sustentan las inestabilidades en la cámara de combustión. Finalmente, la metodología validada ha sido explotada a través de un Diseño de Experimentos (DoE) para cuantificar la influencia de los factores críticos de diseño en el flujo no reactivo. De esta manera, se ha evaluado la contribución individual de algunos parámetros funcionales (el número de palas del swirler, el ángulo de dichas palas, el ancho de la cámara de combustión y la posición axial del orificio del inyector) en los patrones del campo fluido, la distribución del tamaño de gotas del combustible líquido y la aparición de inestabilidades en la cámara de combustión a través de una matriz ortogonal L9 de Taguchi. Este estudio estadístico supone un punto de partida para posteriores estudios de inyección, atomización y combus
[CA] El principal desafiament als motors turbina de gas utilitzats a la aviació resideix en augmentar l'eficiència del cicle termodinàmic mantenint les emissions contaminants per davall de les rigoroses restriccions. Aquest fet comporta la necessitat de dissenyar noves estratègies d'injecció/combustió que radiquen en punts d'operació perillosos per la seva aproximació al límit inferior d'apagat de flama. En aquest context, el concepte Lean Direct Injection (LDI) sorgeix com a eina innovadora a l'hora de reduir els òxids de nitrogen (NOx) emesos per les plantes propulsores dels avions de nova generació. Sota aquest context, aquesta tesis té com a objectius contribuir al coneixement dels mecanismes físics que regeixen el comportament d'un cremador LDI i proporcionar ferramentes d'anàlisi per a una profunda caracterització de les complexes estructures de flux turbulent generades a l'interior de la càmera de combustió. Per tal de dur-ho a terme s'ha desenvolupat una metodología numèrica basada en CFD capaç de modelar el flux bifàsic no reactiu a l'interior d'un cremador LDI acadèmic mitjançant els enfocaments de turbulència U-RANS i LES en un marc Eulerià-Lagrangià. La resolució numèrica d'aquest problema multiescala s'aborda mitjançant la resolució completa del flux al llarg de tots els elements que constitueixen la maqueta experimental, incloent el seu pas pel swirler i l'entrada a la càmera de combustió. Açò es duu a terme a través de dos codis CFD que involucren estratègies de mallat diferents: una basada en la generación automàtica de la malla i en l'algoritme de refinament adaptatiu (AMR) amb CONVERGE i l'altra que es basa en una tècnica de mallat estàtic més tradicional amb OpenFOAM. D'una banda, s'ha definit una metodologia per tal d'obtindre una estrategia de mallat òptima mitjançant l'ús de l'AMR i s'han explotat els seus beneficis front als enfocaments tradicionals de malla estàtica. D'aquesta forma, s'ha demostrat que l'aplicabilitat de les ferramente de control de malla disponibles en CONVERGE com el refinament fixe (fixed embedding) i l'AMR són una opció molt interessant per tal d'afrontar aquest tipus de problemes multiescala. Els resultats destaquen una optimització de l'ús dels recursos computacionals i una major precisió en les simulacions realitzades amb la metodologia presentada. D'altra banda, l'ús d'eines CFD s'ha combinat amb l'aplicació de tècniques de descomposició modal avançades (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition). La identificació numèrica dels principals modes acústics a la càmera de combustió ha demostrat el potencial d'aquestes ferramentes al permetre caracteritzar les estructures de flux coherents generades com a conseqüència del trencament dels vòrtex (VBB) i dels raigs fortament arremolinats presents al cremador LDI. A més, la implantació d'estos procediments matemàtics ha permès recuperar informació sobre les característiques de la dinàmica del flux i proporcionar un enfocament sistemàtic per tal d'identificar els principals mecanismes que sustenten les inestabilitats a la càmera de combustió. Finalment, la metodologia validada ha sigut explotada a traves d'un Diseny d'Experiments (DoE) per tal de quantificar la influència dels factors crítics de disseny en el flux no reactiu. D'aquesta manera, s'ha avaluat la contribución individual d'alguns paràmetres funcionals (el nombre de pales del swirler, l'angle de les pales, l'amplada de la càmera de combustió i la posició axial de l'orifici de l'injector) en els patrons del camp fluid, la distribució de la mida de gotes del combustible líquid i l'aparició d'inestabilitats en la càmera de combustió mitjançant una matriu ortogonal L9 de Taguchi. Aquest estudi estadístic és un bon punt de partida per a futurs estudis de injecció, atomització i combustió en cremadors LDI.
[EN] Aeronautical gas turbine engines present the main challenge of increasing the efficiency of the cycle while keeping the pollutant emissions below stringent restrictions. This has led to the design of new injection-combustion strategies working on more risky and problematic operating points such as those close to the lean extinction limit. In this context, the Lean Direct Injection (LDI) concept has emerged as a promising technology to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for next-generation aircraft power plants In this context, this thesis aims at contributing to the knowledge of the governing physical mechanisms within an LDI burner and to provide analysis tools for a deep characterisation of such complex flows. In order to do so, a numerical CFD methodology capable of reliably modelling the 2-phase nonreacting flow in an academic LDI burner has been developed in an Eulerian-Lagrangian framework, using the U-RANS and LES turbulence approaches. The LDI combustor taken as a reference to carry out the investigation is the laboratory-scale swirled-stabilised CORIA Spray Burner. The multi-scale problem is addressed by solving the complete inlet flow path through the swirl vanes and the combustor through two different CFD codes involving two different meshing strategies: an automatic mesh generation with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) algorithm through CONVERGE and a more traditional static meshing technique in OpenFOAM. On the one hand, a methodology to obtain an optimal mesh strategy using AMR has been defined, and its benefits against traditional fixed mesh approaches have been exploited. In this way, the applicability of grid control tools available in CONVERGE such as fixed embedding and AMR has been demonstrated to be an interesting option to face this type of multi-scale problem. The results highlight an optimisation of the use of the computational resources and better accuracy in the simulations carried out with the presented methodology. On the other hand, the use of CFD tools has been combined with the application of systematic advanced modal decomposition techniques (i.e., Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition). The numerical identification of the main acoustic modes in the chamber have proved their potential when studying the characteristics of the most powerful coherent flow structures of strongly swirled jets in a LDI burner undergoing vortex breakdown (VBB). Besides, the implementation of these mathematical procedures has allowed both retrieving information about the flow dynamics features and providing a systematic approach to identify the main mechanisms that sustain instabilities in the combustor. Last, this analysis has also allowed identifying some key features of swirl spray systems such as the complex pulsating, intermittent and cyclical spatial patterns related to the Precessing Vortex Core (PVC). Finally, the validated methodology is exploited through a Design of Experiments (DoE) to quantify the influence of critical design factors on the non-reacting flow. In this way, the individual contribution of some functional parameters (namely the number of swirler vanes, the swirler vane angle, the combustion chamber width and the axial position of the nozzle tip) into both the flow field pattern, the spray size distribution and the occurrence of instabilities in the combustion chamber are evaluated throughout a Taguchi's orthogonal array L9. Such a statistical study has supposed a good starting point for subsequent studies of injection, atomisation and combustion on LDI burners.
Belmar Gil, M. (2020). Computational study on the non-reacting flow in Lean Direct Injection gas turbine combustors through Eulerian-Lagrangian Large-Eddy Simulations [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/159882
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國立中山大學
電機工程學系研究所
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Self-excited resonant inverters are widely used in electronic ballasts for driving fluorescent However, the operating characteristics of the self-excited resonant electronic ballasts depoend on not only the circuit component values but also the storage-time of the used power switches and the saturation point of the self-excitation transformers. All these effects are mutual-interactive leading to difficulty in circuit design. 　　This thesis proposes a design method using consecutive orthogonal arrays. The design of a self-excited series-resonant electronic ballast is used as an example to illustrate the arrangement and presiding of the orthogonal arrays. It is proved that the proposed method can find the circuit component values meeting the required specifications through few steps of experimental tests.

Balanced Incomplete Block Designs and Binary Linear Codes are two combinatorial designs. Due to the vast application of codes in communication the field of coding theory progressed more rapidly than many other fields of combinatorial designs. On the other hand, Block Designs are applicable in statistics and designing experiments in different fields, such as biology, medicine, and agriculture. Finding the relationship between instances of these two designs can be useful in constructing instances of one from the other. Applying the properties of codes to corresponding instances of Balanced Incomplete Block Designs has been used previously to show the non-existence of some designs. In this research the relationship between (16,6,3)-designs and (25,12) codes was determined.

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國立交通大學
理學院應用科技學程
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To achieve an orthogonally polarized dual-frequency self-mode-locked laser, a diode-end-pumped monolithic Nd:YAG crystal is utilized. According to the influence of mechanical stress and thermal stress, property of the birefringence in the isotropic gain medium can be observed and will spilt the laser frequency into two orthogonal eigenstates. The beat frequency between two orthogonally polarized mode-locked states is experimentally obtained and measured. It is experimentally verified that the beat frequency can be tuned by the external force and the cooling temperature on the Nd:YAG crystal.

Supramolecular Chemistry plays an important role in attaining levels of com-plexity in chemical systems that would not be available otherwise, this includes design of complex chemical signalling networks. Here a report is made on the discovery of a host-guest complex of a catalyst—OsO4—in an Fe4L6 tetrahedral imine coordination cage which enables the regu-lation of its activity without covalent transformations. The remarkable stability of the assembly hosting this powerful oxidizer is studied as to its stability and dy-namics by NMR. Due to the sensitivity of the work, improvements were done on the previously known the synthesis of the guanidinium salt of the cage. The analogues with 2,5-dihydrofuran and benzene as guests were also charac-terized. Using these competing guests as signals, the principle of orthogonal regulation of dihydroxylation with OsO4 was demonstrated. However, no signifi-cant deviations from the normal dihydroxylation kinetics were detected in the conditions tested.
A Química Supramolecular desempenha um papel importante na obtenção de níveis de complexidade inatingíveis pela Química “clássica”, a sua função inclui a criação de redes de sinalização intricadas. Neste trabalho é feito um relatório da descoberta e caracterização de um com-plexo supramolecular contendo um catalisador—OsO4—cuja encapsulação numa gaiola do tipo Fe4L6 de ligandos imina permite a regulação da sua catálise de forma não covalente. A surpreendente estabilidade da estrutura supramole-cular contendo um oxidante tão poderoso foi estudada e a sua dinâmica caracterizada por RMN. Devido à sensibilidade deste trabalho foram feitas me-lhorias à síntese do sal de guanidínio da gaiola. Outros dois complexos hóspede-hospedeiro análogos foram caracterizados contendo 2,5-di-hidrofurano e benzeno como hóspedes. Embora não tenha sido conseguido, isto teve em vista o design de sistemas mais complexos que apre-sentassem uma variação significativa da cinética de di-hidroxilação normal e demonstrassem regulação ortogonal da catálise.
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