Les évènements survenus dans le bassin ferrifère lorrain durant cette dernière décennie sont venus souligner les problèmes engendrés par la cessation d’activité minière et l’abandon des concessions comme la sécurité des personnes ou des biens. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons étudié le rôle que peut jouer la morphologie sur le comportement mécanique de la couverture sédimentaire par rapport au phénomène d’effondrement brutal et d’affaissement progressif. Nous nous sommes attardés sur les situations de vallée et de plateau, pourvues ou non d’une fracturation verticale, et à celle d’une reculée de vallée à travers un ensemble de modélisations 2D (UDEC) et 3D (FLAC3D). Ensuite, nous avons simulé le développement de la fracturation dans un pilier de mine à travers une approche associant des codes de calcul continu (FLAC) et discontinu (PFC). L’ensemble de ces modélisations permettent d’appréhender le rôle de la couverture dans un souci de gestion des risques / The events which have occurred in the lorrain iron basin during this last decade came to underline problems generated by mining industrial cessation and concession surrender like people or goods security. In this study, we studied the role which can play the geomorphology on the mechanical behaviour of overburden in relation with the violent collapse and progressive subsidence phenomena. We have examined valley and tray situations with the presence of vertical fractures and postponed valley situation through 2D (UDEC) and 3D (FLAC3D) modelling. Next, we simulated the fracture development in a mine pillar through a continue (FLAC) and discontinue (PFC) approach. These numerical modellings allow to apprehend the overburden role in a concern for hazard zone control

Ce mémoire de thèse est consacré à l'étude expérimentale du comportement hydromécanique d'un lœss naturel non saturé effondrable provenant d'un site proche de la ville de Bapaume (nord de la France) dans une zone où des problèmes de tassement le long de la ligne nord du TGV ont été attribués à l'effondrement du lœss, du fait d'infiltrations d'eau. Un nouvel appareil triaxial permettant de mesurer localement l'ensemble des caractéristiques du loess non saturé (déformation, teneur en eau et succion) a été développé. La courbe de rétention d'eau, déterminée à l'aide d'un tensiomètre de haute capacité et de la méthode du papier filtre a fait l'objet d'une attention particulière : elle présente autour de la teneur naturelle une zone sans hystérésis bordée par deux boucles d'hystérésis des côtés secs et humides. L'analyse de la courbe de rétention et du phénomène d'hystérésis a été approfondie grâce à une étude microstructurale réalisée à l'aide de la porosimétrie au mercure et de la microscopie électronique à balayage. Une structure assez complexe composée d'un arrangement métastable de grains de limon secs (probablement liés par la recristallisation du calcaire) et d'une phase argileuse répartie de façon hétérogène a été mise en évidence. L'étude du comportement hydromécanique a compris une investigation de l'effondrement à partir de faibles valeurs de contraintes proches de la contrainte in-situ, à l'aide d'essais oedométriques à taux de déformation constant avec mesures de succion. Le maximum d'effondrement et une dépendance fonction de la vitesse de chargement ont été identifiés. Une campagne d'essais triaxiaux à différentes teneurs en eau constantes avec mesure de succion a permis de déterminer l'allure de la limite élastique du limon naturel dans un diagramme p/q, ainsi que ses variations avec la teneur en eau et la succion et confirmer l'écrouissage en succion / The hydromechanical behaviour of an unsaturated natural loess from Northern France has been studied. Collapse-on-wetting phenomena under constant external load are observed in the in-situ conditions, related to some stability problems detected on the loess foundations of the high speed train line that links Paris to Brussels. A new triaxial apparatus with complete local monitoring of unsaturated properties (strains, water content and suction) of this loess has been developed. The water retention curve of loess, obtained by using an in-house constructed high capacity tensiometer and the filter paper method, shows a special behaviour, with a non-hysteresis zone detected around the natural hydric state bordered by two hysteresis loops at the dry and wet sides of the curve. Further analysis of the water retention curve and of the hysteresis phenomena were conducted by means of a microstructure study made by mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanning electron microscope observations. The complex structure of loess is highlighted, composed by a metastable arrangement of dry silt grains (possibly related to carbonate re-crystallisation) and a heterogeneously distributed clay fraction. The hydromechanical behaviour study includes the evaluation of the collapse sensibility of loess at stress states close to the in-situ one, by a series of suction-monitored oedometer tests performed at different constant strain rates (CSR tests). A maximum of collapse and a time-dependent behaviour of loess were observed. A triaxial testing programme at different water contents with suction measurement, allowed to obtain the yield surface of loess in a q/p diagram, and the water content and suction evolution upon loading and to confirm the suction hardening in this material

Following some incidents in high-rise buildings, such as Ronan Point London 1968, in which collapse of a limited number of structural elements progressed to a failure disproportionate to the initial cause, consideration of robustness was introduced in British Standard. The main method of preventing progressive collapse for providing robustness to steel framed buildings with precast concrete floor slabs focuses on the allowable tying forces that the reinforcement in between the slabs and in hollowcores should carry. However there are uncertainties about the basis of the practical rules associated with this method. This thesis presents the results of numerical and analytical studies of tie connection behaviour between precast concrete floor slabs (PCFS). It is shown that under current design regulations the tie connection is not able to resist the accidental load limit applied on the damaged floor slabs. By establishing the capability of a finite element model to depict and predict the behaviour of concrete members in situations such as arching and catenary action against several experimental tests, an extensive set of parametric studies was conducted in order to identify the effective parameters in enhancing the resistance of the tie connection between PCFSs. These parameters include: tie bar diameter, position, length, yield stress and ultimate strain; the slab’s height, length; and the compressive strength of the grouting concrete in between the slabs that encases the tie bar. Recommendations are made based on the findings of this parametric study in order to increase the resistance of the tie connection. Based on the identified effective parameters in the parametric study a predictive analytical relationship is derived which is capable of determining the maximum vertical displacement and load that the tie connection is able to undergo. This relationship can be used to enable the connection to capture the accidental limit load on a damaged slab. The identified parameters are examined in a three dimensional finite element model to assess their effect when columns of the structure are lost in different locations such as an edge, corner or internal column. Based on the findings of this study methods for improving the connections performance are presented. Also the effect of alternative transverse tying method is evaluated and it is concluded that although this kind of tie increases the load carrying capacity of the connection, its effect on the catenary action is not significant.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第21557号 / 理博第4464号 / 新制||理||1641(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)教授 柴田 大, 教授 田中 貴浩, 教授 井岡 邦仁 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

Failed supernovae are the implosive final fates of massive stars, where ablack hole is formed. During the collapse, the proto-neutron star emits a huge number of neutrinos, and when the black hole is finally formed, it engulfs theneutrino-emitting material and the signal is cut off. Inspired by the recent work of Nagakura & Hotokezaka (2020), this thesis improves on some parts of theirs imulation work and further explores the neutrino signal from failed supernovae, using a supercomputer to perform Monte Carlo simulations. In particular, we realized the neutrino flux’ time evolution around black hole formation hasn’t previously been studied well, and so it is investigated here, as well as the plausibility of measuring the black hole mass through the shape of the decay. A new component of the signal is presented, an echo of neutrinos emitted before black hole formation that, due to scattering in supersonic material around the black hole, arrive with a time delay of up to 15 ms, and with a significantly higher average energy, for heavy lepton neutrinos around 50 MeV.

Using the classical molecular dynamics simulations, the interfacial partitioning of selected aromatic species, namely benzoic acid and neutral and zwitterionic form of L-phenylalanine, was studied in the three slab systems: a) aqueous organics solution, b) palmitic acid monolayer in tilted condensed phase at aqueous organics solution and c) palmitic acid monolayer in tilted condensed - 2D gas phase coexistence at aqueous organics solution. The surface activity and the tendency to aggregate in particular at the air- aqueous and palmitic acid-aqueous interface was confirmed for all of the investigated aromatic species. The results of the simulation performed for the system of palmitic acid monolayer at benzoic acid solution were compared with the literature results of a similar simulation that employed a different parametrization. The comparison showed that the behaviour of the aromatic species at the fatty acid monolayer-aqueous interface strongly depends on the force field. The structural properties of the palmitic acid Langmuir monolayers were evaluated by means of the chain tilt angle and the headgroup region dihedral angle distributions analysis depending on the surface film density and the adsorbed aromatic species. The simulations mimicking the isothermal compression of the mixed monolayer in the...

Diploma thesis "The collapses of distant worlds" deals with interpretations of the conquista of Mexico and Peru (i.e. the conquests of Aztec and Inca empires). The basic question, which all the works considering the conquista deal with, is: how could the arrival of small groups of Spanish conquerors disrupt great Indian empires in such a short time? My thesis has two main goals: to define the typology of interpretations of the conquista and offer my own interpretation which places emphasis on the role of mentalities and cultural complexes. I have distinguished four basic types of interpretations of the conquista: 1. the metaphysical ones; 2. the technological ones; 3. the environmental ones; 4. the mentalistic ones. I used the conception of mentalities (derived from the work of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl) and the system conception of cultur, where I worked with the term "cultural complex" especially. After my approach the conquista represented the clash between two different types of mentalities: the archaic one (which Indian societies featured) and the literary one (which was developed in European societies). Differences in mentalities and cultural complexes provided advantages to the Spaniards in their struggles with the Aztecs and the Incas. So finally the Spanish conquest of Indian empires is...

For the protection of wetland and water resources it would be beneficial to understand when collapse conduits function as recharge points to the underlying aquifer. Inexpensive, noninvasive methods to detect recharge are desirable. Previous studies show negative self-potential (SP) anomalies over sinkholes that correspond to the expected electrokinetic effects of groundwater flowing downward through a conduit. SP surveys are less labor-intensive than high-resolution 3D GPR and resistivity, and continuous long-term monitoring is possible. However, before SP surveys can be reliable indicators of flow, SP contributions from ET, conductivity changes, redox reactions, thermoelectric effects, cultural noise, and lateral flow must be understood. A year of continuous SP monitoring was combined with high-resolution 3-D GPR surveys, and intermittent water table monitoring over two small covered-karst sinkholes in Tampa, Florida. Positive and negative SP anomalies episodically manifested over conduits, suggesting that conduit flow is dynamic, not static. Three distinct SP flow regimes in the conduits are postulated: fast flow open to the aquifer, slow flow open to the confining layer through the collapse conduit walls, and a conduit, plugged high enough to behave like the rest of the confining layer. SP responses after rain events also appear to measure the effects of two moving Gaussian wetting front curves, one striking the monitoring electrode, one the reference. viii The wetting front volumes are differently dispersed by traveling different distances. By comparing curve shapes for all possible pairs of electrodes, it may be possible to establish surficial infiltration and flow patterns. Temporal SP response clearly shows SP is also affected by soil conductivity, rainfall history, and cultural noise. Ultimately, SP changes too frequently to rely on measurements many hours or days apart. Over the course of the year, the electrodes became less responsive to rainfall and more erratic. Extremely wet and dry conditions seemed to affect responses. The porous faces of the electrodes or the bentonite clay gel used to enhance contact may decline. It appears a better design for electrodes and electrode contact needs to be developed. To test the intermittent behavior hypothesis, more conduits need to be studied, and moisture and SP must be studied concurrently. Several reference electrodes placed in various topographic, vegetative, geologic, and climatic settings could help distinguish groundwater flow from other SP sources. SP is a valuable research tool; however external complexities such as cultural noise, sinkhole lithology, and the state of the unsaturated zone make SP data difficult to interpret without ancillary information.

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The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has been since its early beginnings accompanied by the spread of the so called 'infodemic' of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the virus in the media. This infodemic swiftly started to present a matter of significant concern especially in the dynamic landscape of digital media which due to an ease of sharing and content contribution allowed for Covid-19 conspiracy theories to continue to gain momentum. Because of the severe implications that the potential ill-informed actions of conspiracy theory believers could have on the public health, it is necessary to gain a better understanding of the conspiracy theory believers and the way that they spread Covid-19 conspiracy theories. With this in mind, this thesis through the use of qualitative interviews probed into the worldviews of Covid-19 conspiracy theory believers in the Czech Republic. The analytical scrutiny of the interviews through the lens of the theories of network society, context collapse and echo chambers provided important insights into how Czech Covid-19 conspiracy theory believers use digital media in order to learn about and disseminate Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Additionally, this thesis provides an understanding of how the way the conspiracy theory believers navigate context collapse on Facebook drives them to seek echo chambers on e-mail which strengthen their beliefs in Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Moreover, my thesis also sheds light onto how the echo chambers are instrumental in the individuals' distrust in traditional media.