It the thesis, we study retarded functional differential equations. As a result of the Banach fixed point theorem, it is easy to show that there exists a unique solution to such problems. Alas, this theorem gives us no information on the form of the solution. Therefore, we are particularly interested in expressing it. We achieve that by applying Laplace transform to both sides of the equation, we get a solution to this modified problem and subsequently claim that we can apply the inverse Laplace transform to express the solution of the former problem. At the end of the thesis, we formulate and prove the exponential estimate of the solution. 1

A model is developed to describe solute transport and retention in fractured rocks. It accounts for the fact that solutes not only can diffuse directly from the flowing channel into the adjacent rock matrix composed of different geological layers but can also at first diffuse into the stagnant water zone occupied in part of the fracture and then from there into the rock matrix adjacent to it. Moreover, the effect of radioactive decay-chain has also been studied in the presence of matrix comprising different geological layers. In spite of the complexities of the system, the analytical solution obtained for the Laplace-transformed concentration at the outlet of the flowing channel can conveniently be transformed back to the time domainby use of e.g. De Hoog algorithm. This allows one to readily include it into a fracture network modelorachannelnetwork model to predictnuclide transport through channels in heterogeneous fracturedmedia consisting of an arbitrary number of rock units withpiecewise constant properties. Simulations made in this study indicate that, in addition to the intact wall rock adjacent to the flowing channel, the stagnant water zone and the rock matrix adjacent to it may also lead to a considerable retardation of solute in cases with a narrow channel. The results further suggest that it is necessary to account for decay-chain and also rock matrix comprising at least two different geological layers in safety and performance assessment of the repositories for spent nuclear fuel. The altered zone may cause a great decrease of the nuclide concentration at the outlet of the flowing channel. The radionuclide decay, when accounted for, will drastically decrease the concentration of nuclides, while neglecting radioactive ingrowth would underestimate the concentration of daughter nuclides. / <p>QC 20140224</p>

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In this manuscript we study the action of one-dimensional integral operators on rearrangement-invariant Banach function spaces. Our principal goal is to characterize optimal target and optimal domain spaces corresponding to given spaces within the category of rearrangement-invariant Banach function spaces as well as to establish pointwise estimates of the non-increasing rearrangement of a given operator applied on a given function. We apply these general results to proving optimality relations between special rearrangement-invariant spaces. We pay special attention to the Laplace transform, which is a pivotal example of the operators in question. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Les chocs thermiques provoquent, en général, l’endommagement et la fissuration des matériaux. Ces phénomènes sont observés, par exemple, dans le revêtement de barrière thermique pour les moteurs des turbines, le traitement des surfaces ou la soudure par laser etc. Plusieurs travaux de recherche ont été réalisés au cours des dernières décennies dans l’objectif d’améliorer les performances thermiques et/ou mécaniques des matériaux sous chargement thermique. L’étude des dommages et de la fissuration des matériaux provoqués par les chocs thermiques, tels que le décollement des interfaces et de décohésion de revêtements, a reçu également une attention considérable par les chercheurs. La majorité de ces travaux utilisent les théories classiques, tels que la loi de Fourier de conduction thermique et l'hypothèse de quasi-statique. Malheureusement ces théories ne sont pas adaptées dans le cas de charges extrêmes provoqués par le choc thermique et dans le cas des matériaux micro-fissurés. En conséquence, les théories conventionnelles doivent être enrichies.L'objectif de la thèse est de montrer le rôle crucial des termes non Fourier et les termes inertiels dans le cas de choc thermique sous conditions sévères et dans le cas où les fissures sont petites. Pour cela nous avons mené des études sur deux structures particulières soumises à des chocs thermiques. Chaque structure contient une fissure parallèle au bord libre de la structure située au voisinage de ce dernier. L’influence de la présence de fissure sur la conductivité thermique est prise en compte. Nous avons utilisé la théorie Hyperbolique de transfert de chaleur par conduction pour les champs thermique et mécanique à la place de la théorie traditionnelle classique de Fourier. Pour mener cette étude, nous avons utilisé les Transformées de Laplace et de Fourier aux équations de mouvement et à l’équation de transfert de chaleur. En s’intéressant en particulier aux champs de contrainte au voisinage de la pointe de fissure et aux facteurs d'intensité de contrainte dynamiques. Le problème se ramène à la résolution d’un système d'équations intégrales singulières dans l'espace de Laplace-Fourier. On utilise une méthode d'intégration numérique pour obtenir les différents champs. Nous résolvons ensuite un système d'équations algébriques linéaires. En effectuant des inversions numériques des transformées, nous obtenons les champs de contrainte de température et les facteurs d'intensité de contrainte dynamiques dans le domaine temporel.Les résultats numériques montrent que la conductivité thermique du milieu est affectée par l’ouverture de la fissure ce qui perturberait fortement le champ de température ainsi que l'amplitude des facteurs d'intensité de contrainte dynamiques. Les amplitudes sont supérieures à celles obtenues à partir de la théorie classique de Fourier ainsi que dans le cadre de l'hypothèse quasi-statique. On constate également qu’elles oscillent au cours du temps. La prise en compte simultanément de l’influence de la fissure sur la conductivité thermique, de l'effet non-Fourier ainsi que les effetsIVd'inertie induit un couplage entre les trois phénomènes qui rendrait le problème de choc thermique très complexe. L'effet de barrière thermique induit par la fissure affecte d’une manière significative les champs de température et des contraintes. Les effets d’inertie, et des termes non-Fourier joueraient également un rôle non négligeable lorsque la longueur de la fissure est petite. Comme dans de nombreux problèmes d'ingénierie, l'initiation et la propagation des micro-fissures sont des mécanismes dont il faut tenir compte dans les prévisions de la rupture des structures. Ces effets non conventionnels ne sont plus négligeables et doivent être inclus dans l'analyse de la fracture des structures soumises à des chocs thermiques. / Thermal shock problems occur in many engineering materials and elements, which are used in high temperature applications such as thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), solid propellant of rocket-engine, pulsed-laser processing of materials, and so on. The thermal shock resistance performances and the thermal shock damages of materials, especially the interface debonding and spallation of coatings, have received considerable attention in both analysis and design. Some conventional theories, such as the Fourier’s law of thermal conduction and the quasi-static assumption of the thermoelastic body, may no longer be appropriate because of the extreme loads provoked by the thermal shock. Therefore, these conventional theories need to be enriched or revised.The objective of this thesis is to develop the solutions of the transient temperature field and thermal stresses around a partially insulated crack in a thermoelastic strip under thermal shock loading. The crack lies parallel to the heated traction free surface. The thermal conductivity of the crack gap is taken into account. Hyperbolic heat conduction theory is used in solving the temperature field instead of the traditional Fourier thermal conduction theory. Equations of motion are applied to obtain the stress fields and the dynamic stress intensity factors of the crack. The Laplace and Fourier transforms are applied to solve the thermal-elastic governing equations such that the mixed boundary value problems are reduced to solving a singular integral equations system in Laplace-Fourier space. The numerical integration method is applied to get the temperature field and stress fields, respectively. The problems are then solved numerically by converting the singular integral equations to a linear algebraic equations system. Finally, numerical inversions of the Laplace transform are performed to obtain the temperature field and dynamic stress intensity factors in the time domain.Numerical results show that the thermal conductivity of the crack gap strongly affects the uniformity of the temperature field and consequently, the magnitude of the dynamic stress intensity factors of the crack. The stress intensity factors would have higher amplitude and oscillating feature comparing to those obtained under the conventional Fourier thermal conduction and quasi-static hypotheses. It is also observed that the interactions of the thermal conductivity of the crack gap, the non-Fourier effect and the inertia effects would make the dynamic thermal shock problem more complex. The magnitude of the thermal barrier, non-Fourier and inertia effects is estimated for some practical cases.

A aplicação de uma sequência de pulsos com tempo de repetição muito menor que os tempos de relaxação Tp << T2; T1, faz com que a magnetização atinja um estado estacionário descrito por H.Y. Carr como Estado Estacionário em Precessão Livre, Steady State Free Precession (SSFP). Nessa condição, o sinal é composto pela complexa sobreposição das componentes FID e eco. Sequências tipo SSFP são utilizadas na aquisição rápida de sinais, resultando em uma boa razão sinal ruído (s/r) em curto intervalo de tempo, porém introduzem fortes anomalias de fase e amplitude devido a complexa interação das componentes que formam o estado estacionário. Neste trabalho, desenvolvemos sequências de pulsos tipo SSFP para RMN em alta e baixa resolução com alternância e incremento de fase. Em alta resolução desenvolvemos as sequências SSFPdx e SSFPdxdt com incremento de fase linear e quadrático respectivamente. Os resultados mostram que espectros de núcleos com baixa sensibilidade podem ser obtidos com mesma razão s/r em menor tempo experimental e as sequências desenvolvidas removem as anomalias espectrais. Em baixa resolução, os resultados mostram que a introdução de alternâncias de fase na Continuous Wave Free Precession (CWFP) possibilita a remoção da dependência da sequência com o offset de frequência e com o tempo entre pulsos. Além disso, mostramos que a sequência CP-CWFPx-x com ângulo de refocalização pequeno (5&deg; a 10&deg;) possibilita a estimativa rápida do tempos de relaxação longitudinal. Apresentamos também resultados dos estudos e desenvolvidos no estágio de pesquisa no exterior, onde as sequências de pulsos no estado estacionário &ndash; DECPMG e Split 180&deg; &ndash; foram estudas numericamente e implementadas nos sistemas magnéticos compactos: mini-Halbach e MOUSE-NMR. Por fim, são apresentados resultados com os métodos de processamento de dados Krylov Basis Diagonalization Method (KBDM) e a Transformada Inversa de Laplace aplicados na análise de sinais SSFP. Resultados mostram que KBDM é uma ferramenta útil no processamento de dados em alta e baixa resolução, tanto na obtenção de espectros como na determinação da distribuição dos tempos de relaxação. / The application of a pulse sequence with repetition time much smaller than the relaxation times, Tp << T2; T1, causes the magnetization to reach a steady state, described by H. Y. Carr as a Steady State Free Precession (SSFP). In this condition, the signal is composed of the complex overlapping of the FID and eco components. SSFP type sequences are used in fast acquisition of NMR signals, resulting in a good signal to noise ratio (s/r) in a short time interval, however, they introduce phase and amplitude anomalies due to the complex interaction between the components of the steady state. In this work, we develop SSFP type pulse sequences for NMR in high and low resolution, with alternation and increment of phase. In high resolution, we develop SSFPdx and SSFPdxdt sequences, with linear and quadratic phase increment respectively. Results show that the low sensitivity nuclei spectra can be obtained with the same s/r ratio in smaller experimental time, about an order of magnitude, and the developed sequences can remove the spectral anomalies. In low resolution, the results show that the introduction of a phase alternation in the Continuous Wave Free Precession (CWFP) allows the elimination of the dependence of the sequence with the offset frequency and the time between pulses. Besides, we show that the CP-CWFPx-x sequence with a small refocalization angle (5° to 10°) allows the fast estimative of the longitudinal relaxation time in a single experiment. The results of the studies conducted during an international research internship are also presented. Steady state pulse sequences &ndash; DECPMG and Split 180° &ndash; were studied and implemented in compact magnetic systems: mini-Halbach and MOUSE-NMR. Finally, the results of the application of the Krylov Basis Diagonalization Method (KBDM) and the Inverse Laplace Transform for the analysis of SSFP signals are presented. The results show that KBDM is a useful tool in data processing for low and high resolution, both for obtaining spectra and determining the relaxation times distribution.

Characterization of distributions has been an important topic in statistical theory for decades. Although there have been many well known results already developed, it is still of great interest to find new characterizations of commonly used distributions in application, such as normal or gamma distribution. In practice, sometimes we make guesses on the distribution to be fitted to the data observed, sometimes we use the characteristic properties of those distributions to do so. In this paper we will restrict our attention to the characterizations of gamma distribution as well as some related studies on the corresponding parameter estimation based on the characterization properties. Some simulation studies are also given.

[pt] Este trabalho apresenta um novo modelo térmico analítico que acopla poço e reservatório, constituído por um sistema combinado de reservatório, revestimento e coluna de produção. As soluções analíticas consideram fluxo monofásico de fluido pouco compressível em um reservatório homogêneo e infinito e fornecem dados transitórios de temperatura e pressão ao longo do poço para testes de fluxo e de crescimento de pressão, considerando efeitos Joule-Thomson, de expansão adiabática, de condução e convecção. A massa específica do fluido é modelada como função da temperatura e a solução analítica faz uso da transformada de Laplace para resolver a equação diferencial de fluxo de calor transiente, assumindo o termo aT⁄az totalmente transiente. Com relação à análise de transientes de pressão (PTA), dados de pressão impactados por variações térmicas podem levar à interpretação de falsas heterogeneidades geológicas, pois a perda de calor durante a estática proporciona um aumento da pressão exercida pela coluna de fluido, devido ao incremento de sua massa específica, além de uma contração da coluna de produção, provocando uma mudança na posição do registrador. Esses efeitos podem fazer com que um reservatório homogêneo seja erroneamente interpretado como um reservatório de dupla porosidade, resultando em conclusões inválidas para a modelagem geológica. Os resultados deste trabalho são comparados com a resposta de um simulador comercial não-isotérmico e impactos nas interpretações são extensivamente investigados. Adicionalmente, um estudo de caso de campo é fornecido para validar as soluções analíticas propostas. Comparado à Literatura, o modelo proposto fornece perfis transientes de temperatura mais acurados. / [en] This work presents a new coupled transient-wellbore/reservoir thermal analytical model, consisting of a reservoir/casing/tubing combined system. The analytical solutions consider flow of a slightly compressible, single-phase fluid in a homogeneous infinite-acting reservoir system and provide temperature- and pressure-transient data for drawdown and buildup tests at any gauge location along the wellbore, accounting for Joule-Thomson, adiabatic fluid-expansion, conduction and convection effects. The wellbore fluid mass density is modeled as a function of temperature and the analytical solution makes use of the Laplace transformation to solve the transient heat-flow differential equation, accounting for a rigorous transient wellbore-temperature gradient aT⁄az. Regarding pressure transient analysis (PTA), thermal impacted pressure data may lead to the interpretation of false geological heterogeneities, since the heat loss during the buildup period provides an increase in the pressure exerted by the wellbore-fluid column, due to an increase in the oil mass density, and a change in tubing length, consequently causing a change in the gauge location. These effects can make a homogeneous reservoir be wrongly interpreted as a double-porosity reservoir, yielding invalid conclusions to geological modeling. Results are compared to the response of a commercial non-isothermal simulator and thermal impacts on PTA interpretations are thoroughly investigated. In addition, a field case study is also provided to verify the proposed analytical solutions. The proposed model provides more accurate transient temperature flow profiles along the wellbore when compared to previous models in Literature.

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A aplicação de uma sequência de pulsos com tempo de repetição muito menor que os tempos de relaxação Tp << T2; T1, faz com que a magnetização atinja um estado estacionário descrito por H.Y. Carr como Estado Estacionário em Precessão Livre, Steady State Free Precession (SSFP). Nessa condição, o sinal é composto pela complexa sobreposição das componentes FID e eco. Sequências tipo SSFP são utilizadas na aquisição rápida de sinais, resultando em uma boa razão sinal ruído (s/r) em curto intervalo de tempo, porém introduzem fortes anomalias de fase e amplitude devido a complexa interação das componentes que formam o estado estacionário. Neste trabalho, desenvolvemos sequências de pulsos tipo SSFP para RMN em alta e baixa resolução com alternância e incremento de fase. Em alta resolução desenvolvemos as sequências SSFPdx e SSFPdxdt com incremento de fase linear e quadrático respectivamente. Os resultados mostram que espectros de núcleos com baixa sensibilidade podem ser obtidos com mesma razão s/r em menor tempo experimental e as sequências desenvolvidas removem as anomalias espectrais. Em baixa resolução, os resultados mostram que a introdução de alternâncias de fase na Continuous Wave Free Precession (CWFP) possibilita a remoção da dependência da sequência com o offset de frequência e com o tempo entre pulsos. Além disso, mostramos que a sequência CP-CWFPx-x com ângulo de refocalização pequeno (5&deg; a 10&deg;) possibilita a estimativa rápida do tempos de relaxação longitudinal. Apresentamos também resultados dos estudos e desenvolvidos no estágio de pesquisa no exterior, onde as sequências de pulsos no estado estacionário &ndash; DECPMG e Split 180&deg; &ndash; foram estudas numericamente e implementadas nos sistemas magnéticos compactos: mini-Halbach e MOUSE-NMR. Por fim, são apresentados resultados com os métodos de processamento de dados Krylov Basis Diagonalization Method (KBDM) e a Transformada Inversa de Laplace aplicados na análise de sinais SSFP. Resultados mostram que KBDM é uma ferramenta útil no processamento de dados em alta e baixa resolução, tanto na obtenção de espectros como na determinação da distribuição dos tempos de relaxação. / The application of a pulse sequence with repetition time much smaller than the relaxation times, Tp << T2; T1, causes the magnetization to reach a steady state, described by H. Y. Carr as a Steady State Free Precession (SSFP). In this condition, the signal is composed of the complex overlapping of the FID and eco components. SSFP type sequences are used in fast acquisition of NMR signals, resulting in a good signal to noise ratio (s/r) in a short time interval, however, they introduce phase and amplitude anomalies due to the complex interaction between the components of the steady state. In this work, we develop SSFP type pulse sequences for NMR in high and low resolution, with alternation and increment of phase. In high resolution, we develop SSFPdx and SSFPdxdt sequences, with linear and quadratic phase increment respectively. Results show that the low sensitivity nuclei spectra can be obtained with the same s/r ratio in smaller experimental time, about an order of magnitude, and the developed sequences can remove the spectral anomalies. In low resolution, the results show that the introduction of a phase alternation in the Continuous Wave Free Precession (CWFP) allows the elimination of the dependence of the sequence with the offset frequency and the time between pulses. Besides, we show that the CP-CWFPx-x sequence with a small refocalization angle (5° to 10°) allows the fast estimative of the longitudinal relaxation time in a single experiment. The results of the studies conducted during an international research internship are also presented. Steady state pulse sequences &ndash; DECPMG and Split 180° &ndash; were studied and implemented in compact magnetic systems: mini-Halbach and MOUSE-NMR. Finally, the results of the application of the Krylov Basis Diagonalization Method (KBDM) and the Inverse Laplace Transform for the analysis of SSFP signals are presented. The results show that KBDM is a useful tool in data processing for low and high resolution, both for obtaining spectra and determining the relaxation times distribution.