Submitted by Eunice Novais (enovais@uepg.br) on 2018-06-28T19:18:21Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Talita Rosas Ferreira.pdf: 3918159 bytes, checksum: 3af8401f079b1540a49f10a3f6fd3b2d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-28T19:18:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Talita Rosas Ferreira.pdf: 3918159 bytes, checksum: 3af8401f079b1540a49f10a3f6fd3b2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-23 / No presente estudo, foram investigados os efeitos da calagem superficial sobre: os atributos químicos, as propriedades de interação com a radiação e a estrutura (sistema poroso) de um Cambissolo Háplico alumínico. A estrutura do solo foi analisada em escala micrométrica, considerando monólitos (8×8×8 cm) e pequenos agregados do solo (2-4 e 1-2 mm de diâmetro). O experimento consistia de cinco faixas, uma delas em área de pasto, considerada como referência (REF) e representando as condições do solo antes da implementação do sistema de plantio direto (SPD), e as demais, sob SPD, receberam as seguintes doses de calcário: 0 (C0), 10 (C10), 15 (C15) e 20 (C20) t ha-1 aplicadas na superfície do solo. A coleta das amostras se deu aos trinta meses após o procedimento de calagem, nas camadas 0-10 cm (A) e 10-20 cm (B). Os atributos químicos do solo foram caracterizados de acordo com procedimentos experimentais padrões e a composição de óxidos do solo, obtida por meio de análise de espectroscopia de fluorescência de raios X (FRX), foi usada para o cálculo do coeficiente de atenuação de massa do solo (μm), por meio do código computacional XCOM, para as energias de ≈ 60 keV (241Am) e ≈ 662 keV (137Cs). Os valores de μm foram utilizados para calcular as demais propriedades de interação da radiação com o solo e para simular as variações causadas na densidade (D) e porosidade total (Pt) do solo. Para a análise da estrutura do solo, foram utilizadas imagens 3D de microtomografia computadorizada de raios X (μTC), com resolução espacial de 60 μm (monólitos), e de μTC utilizando radiação síncrotron (μTC-RS), com resolução espacial de 1,64 μm (agregados). A visualização, processamento e análise das imagens foram realizadas com o software Avizo Fire. Foram determinadas as seguintes propriedades micromorfológicas e geométricas: porosidade baseada na imagem (P’), número de poros (NP), distribuições de P’ e NP em função de intervalos de volume, comprimento, alongamento, formato, conectividade e tortuosidade dos poros (monólitos); e: P’, distribuições de P’ e NP em função de intervalos de volume, conectividade, tortuosidade e dimensão fractal (agregados). Complementarmente, a composição elementar dos agregados do solo foi avaliada por meio de medidas de FRX. Na maioria dos casos, os efeitos da calagem concentraram-se na camada A, onde houve melhora nos atributos químicos e, portanto, no grau de acidez do solo, bem como houve aumento nas propriedades de interação da radiação em função das doses de calcário. O aumento nas propriedades de interação da radiação foi mais acentuado para a energia de ≈ 60 keV em relação a ≈ 662 keV e, no primeiro caso, as mudanças causadas em μm promoveram variação considerável na D e Pt do solo, demonstrando a relevância do estudo. A exemplo dos efeitos da calagem sobre o sistema poroso de monólitos do solo, na camada A, ressalta-se o aumento de P’ e do número de poros em que o poro principal foi separado, os quais foram identificados como sendo mais alongados e mais conectados devido à calagem. A calagem promoveu ainda alterações no arranjo dos poros separados, em ambas as camadas, com a formação de poros cilíndricos na direção horizontal, o que pode ser atribuído ao estímulo da atividade da fauna do solo. Para os agregados de solo, na camada A, a porcentagem de cálcio foi elevada a um valor mais alto em agregados de 1-2 mm em comparação com aqueles de 2-4 mm, em função das doses de calcário. A calagem afetou negativamente a estrutura de pequenos agregados do solo, diminuindo a P’ e aumentando a tortuosidade de poros para agregados de 1-2 mm. Além disso, a calagem reduziu a dimensão fractal em agregados de ambas as classes de tamanhos, em acordo com o fato de que, com a calagem, poros maiores foram substituídos por poros menores em agregados de 1-2 mm, conforme análises de natureza quantitativa e qualitativa. / In the present study, effects of surface liming on: chemical attributes, soil-radiation interaction properties and the structure (porous system) of a Dystrudept soil were investigated. The soil structure was analyzed in micrometric scale, considering monoliths (8×8×8 cm) and tiny aggregates (2-4 and 1-2 mm in diameter). The trial consisted of five stripes, one of them under pasture, considered here as reference (REF), representing the soil conditions before the no-till system (NTS) implementation, and the remaining, under NTS, received the following lime rates: 0 (C0), 10 (C10), 15 (C15) and 20 (C20) t ha-1 on the soil surface. Samples were collected thirty months after the liming procedure, at the 0-10 cm (A) and 10-20 cm (B) soil layers. The soil chemical attributes were characterized according to standard experimental procedures and the soil oxide composition, obtained by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), was used for the calculation of the soil mass attenuation coefficient (μm), by means of the computer code XCOM, for the energies of ≈ 60 keV (241Am) amd ≈ 662 keV (137Cs). The μm values were used to calculate the remaining soil-radiation interaction properties and to simulate variations caused on soil density (D) and total porosity (Pt). For the soil structure analysis, 3D images of X-ray computed microtomography (μCT), with spatial resolution of 60 μm (monoliths), and 3D images of synchrotron radiation based X-ray computed microtomography (SR-μCT), with spatial resolution of 1,64 μm (aggregates) were used. The image visualization, processing and analysis were performed in the Avizo Fire software. The following micromorphological and geometrical properties were determined: image-based porosity (P’), number of pores (NP), distributions of P’ and NP as function of volume intervals, length, elongation, shape, connectivity, and tortuosity of pores (monoliths); and: P’, distributions of P’ and NP as function of volume intervals, connectivity, tortuosity, and fractal dimension (aggregates). Additionally, the elemental composition of the soil aggregates was evaluated by XRF. In the majority of cases, liming effects were concentrated at layer A, where there was an improvement of soil chemical attributes and, therefore, of soil acidity level, as well as there was an increase in the soil-radiation interaction properties as function of lime rates. The increase in soil-radiation interaction properties was more accentuated for the energy of ≈ 60 keV in relation to ≈ 662 keV and, in the former case, the μm variation promoted considerable variation in D and Pt, demonstrating the relevance of the study. Highlighted instances of liming effects on the porous system of the soil monoliths, at layer A, were an increase in P’ and in the number of pores into which the main soil pore was separated, which were identified as being longer and more connected due to liming. Moreover, liming promoted changes in the arrangement of the separated pores, at both soil layers, with the formation of cylindrical pores in the horizontal orientation, which can be attributed to stimulation of the soil fauna activity. Regarding the soil aggregates, at layer A, calcium was raised to a higher percentage in aggregates of 1-2 mm when compared to those of 2-4 mm, as function of the lime rates. Liming affected negatively the structure of the soil tiny aggregates, decreasing P’ and increasing the tortuosity of pores for 1-2 mm aggregates. Besides, liming decreased the fractal dimension in aggregates from both size classes, in accord to the fact that, with liming, larger pores were replaced by smaller ones in 1-2 mm aggregates, as both quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed.

Ce mémoire présente une méthode mise au point pour caractériser et analyser des fissures de fatigue présentant un fort caractère tridimensionnel dans des matériaux métalliques opaques. L'analyse consiste à déterminer avec précision la position du front de la fissure étudiée et à mesurer des valeurs de facteurs d'intensité des contraintes le long du front par projection sur les séries de Williams du champ de déplacement issu de la corrélation numérique d'images 3D obtenues par tomographie aux rayons X. La corrélation d'images 3D numériques est utilisée afin de mesurer le champ de déplacement en volume lors de la mise sous chargement d'une éprouvette fissurée fatiguée. La corrélation d'images nécessitant un mouchetis, le matériau retenu pour les expériences est la fonte à graphite sphéroïdal car il présente un mouchetis 3D naturel (les nodules de graphites) parfaitement imagé par tomographie aux rayons X. Le cyclage est appliqué à l'aide d'une machine de fatigue in situ permettant d'alterner des phases de propagation de la fissure avec des acquisitions tomographiques sous différentes charges. L'introduction d'un défaut artificiel (une entaille obtenue par usinage laser) permet de maîtriser l'amorçage et la propagation de la fissure in situ. La méthode de corrélation d'images 3D numériques employée dans ces travaux étant basée sur des éléments finis, nous avons cherché à tirer profit de différents outils développés dans le cadre de cette méthode. Les surfaces libres sont spécifiées afin de bien conditionner le maillage et un enrichissement dans l'esprit des X-FEM permet de renseigner la fissure dont la position est repérée grâce à la trace laissée dans le résidu de corrélation entre l'image avant cyclage et la dernière image acquise. Une régularisation mécanique est également introduite dans le calcul sous forme d'un filtre de longueur d'onde choisie. Le champ de déplacement mesuré avec précision est ensuite projeté sur les séries de Williams augmentées des termes correctifs de Leblond et Torlai qui prennent en compte la courbure du front de la fissure. L'annulation du terme super-singulier d'ordre -1 des séries de Williams est utilisée pour détecter la position du front de la fissure. Une procédure itérative a été mise en place afin de concilier l'enrichissement et la courbure du front avec la projection sur les séries de Williams. Une fois la position du front 3D de la fissure déterminée et les valeurs des facteurs d'intensité des contraintes associées calculées, les résultats obtenus sont confrontés à la littérature. / This manuscript describes a methodology used to compute Stress Intensity Factor values along the curved front of a fatigue crack inside a nodular cast iron. An artificial defect is introduced at the surface of a small sample. The initiation and growth of a fatigue crack from this defect during constant amplitude cycling is monitored in situ by laboratory x-ray tomography. The method for processing the 3D images in order to compute SIF values is described in detail. The results obtained show variations of the stress intensity factor values along the crack front.

L’objectif de ce travail est d’étudier les couplages entre les propriétés hygroélastiques des papierset leur microstructure. L’exploitation d’images de papiers modèles acquises par microtomographieà rayons X a permis de caractériser de manière inédite l’évolution des propriétésmicrostructurales de ces matériaux en fonction de leurs conditions d’élaboration ainsique lors d’essais où ils ont été placés sous atmosphère à humidité relative contrôlée.Ces résultats constituent un apport nouveau pour la connaissance de la nature statistique desdescripteurs des propriétés des fibres (dimensions et orientation) et de leurs contacts (surface,degré de liaison), de l’architecture des réseaux fibreux que forment les papiers (nombrede contacts entre fibre) et pour la taille des volumes élémentaires représentatifs des propriétésmicrostructurales et élastiques de ces milieux. Sur la base de ces informations, différentsmodèles, plus oumoins raffinés, ont été élaborés dans le cadre de la théorie de l’homogénéisationdes structures périodiques discrètes, pour décrire les propriétésmécaniques des papiers.Cette approche apporte un éclairage nouveau sur le rôle des liaisons entre fibres sur leur comportement mécanique. / The objective of this work is to study the coupling between the hygroelastic properties ofpapers and their microstructure. The use of images of models acquired by X-ray microtomographypapers allowed the characterization in an unprecedentedmanner of the evolutionofmicrostructural properties of thesematerials according to their production conditions andduring tests where they were placed in atmosphere at controlled relative humidity. These resultsprovide a new contribution to the knowledge of the statistical nature of the descriptorsof fibre properties (size and orientation) and their contacts (surface, bonding degree ratio), ofthe architecture of fibrous networks that papers constitute (number of fibre-to-fibre bonds)as well as of the size of the representative elementary volumes of microstructural and elasticproperties. Based on this information, various models, more or less sophisticated, were developedin the framework of the theory of homogenisation of discrete periodic structures todescribe the mechanical properties of paper. This approach sheds new light on the role offibre-to-fibre bonds on themechanical behaviour of thesematerials.

À partir de la fin du Pléistocène, une réduction de la taille des dents humaines et une simplification morphologique ont été observées et débattues en lien avec des changements culturels et environnementaux. Suite à de nouvelles découvertes et à la révision des contextes archéologiques de certains gisements, une réévaluation de la nature des variations de plus de 1900 couronnes dentaires est proposée pour 176 individus de la fin du Paléolithique, du Mésolithique et du début du Néolithique provenant du Bassin aquitain et de ses marges. Particulièrement, les variations de la structure interne (épaisseur de l’émail, proportions des tissus dentaires, morphologie de la jonction émail-dentine) ont été évaluées de manière non invasive grâce aux méthodes d’imagerie 3D (microtomographie) et de morphométrie géométrique afin de caractériser et d’interpréter l’évolution des couronnes dentaires selon une approche intégrée. Les résultats des analyses morphométriques montrent une discontinuité entre les populations de la fin du Pléistocène et celles du début de l’Holocène. Une réduction des dimensions externes, des épaisseurs de l’émail et des proportions des tissus est mesurée entre la fin du Paléolithique et le Mésolithique, alors que des différences majeures dans les types d’usure et la distribution de l’émail sont observées entre le Mésolithique et le Néolithique. Ces données suggèrent que les modifications induites par les changements environnementaux de l’Holocène ont eu un impact plus important sur la réduction dentaire dans les populations humaines et que les changements culturels néolithiques ont surtout affecté la distribution de l’émail. Enfin, une corrélation entre le type d’usure occlusale et la distribution de l’épaisseur de l’émail a été mise en évidence et associée à des changements de régime alimentaire. En particulier, l’épaisseur de l’émail peut évoluer rapidement comme une réponse sélective aux changements fonctionnels dans la biomécanique de la mastication. / Since the Late Pleistocene, a reduction in size and a morphological simplification of human teeth have been observed and arguably linked to cultural and environmental changes. Following new discoveries along with the revision of key archaeological contexts, a re-assessment of the nature of crown variations on more than 1900 teeth is proposed for 176 Late Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Early Neolithic individuals from the Aquitaine Basin and its margins. In particular, a non-invasive assessment of internal tooth structure variability (enamel thickness, dental tissue proportions, enamel-dentine junction morphology) has been performed using 3D imaging methods (microtomography) and geometric morphometrics in order to characterize and interpret dental evolution from a whole crown perspective. Results from the morphometric analyses show a discontinuity between Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene populations. External dimensions, enamel thicknesses and tissue proportions are reduced in Mesolithic individuals compared to those of the Late Paleolithic, while major differences are observed in occlusal wear patterns and enamel distribution between Mesolithic and Early Neolithic samples. These data suggest that environmentally-driven modifications during the Early Holocene had a major impact on dental reduction in human populations and that Neolithic cultural changes had mostly affected enamel distribution. Finally, a correlation between occlusal wear pattern and enamel thickness distribution is observed and associated with dietary changes. In particular, enamel thickness may have rapidly evolved as a selective response to functional changes in masticatory biomechanics.

Dynamic soil water repellency is an important soil phenomenon in the vadose zone as it is now recognised that most soils in the world are likely to express some degree of reduced wettability and/or long term hydrophobicity. Fractional wettability and contact angles are, however, rarely discussed or quantified for natural systems. This is particularly the case in the presence of dynamic contact angles. Soil water repellency remains a persistent impediment and challenge to accurate conceptual and numerical models of flow and storage in the vadose zone. This dissertation addresses the opportunity and pressing need for contributions that develop better quantifiable definitions, descriptions, and understanding of soil water repellency. Using materials collected from post wildfire sites, this work employs water and ethanol to identify, isolate, and quantify contact angle dynamics and fractional wettability effects during infiltration. Varied concentrations of water and ethanol solutions were applied to soils and observed through X-ray microtomography, tension infiltration experiments, and moisture content measurements in the laboratory and field. Several analyses from lab and field investigations showed that applications of ethanol and specifically, water-ethanol aqueous solutions provide unique additional insights into proportions of media that remain non-wettable and how those proportions affect overall hydrologic processes, which are not readily observable through water infiltrations alone. Observations include the wetting up of microporous structures, reduced storage, and changes in unsaturated hydraulic conductivities. Challenges which develop as a consequence of variable fluid properties including changes to operational pore assemblages, slow down of wetting fronts, and non-uniqueness relative to infiltration responses are addressed. Important insights and contributions were developed through this approach and water-ethanol mixtures are valuable tools for developing greater quantification and mechanistic data to better inform our models and understanding of dynamic soil water repellency. / Dissertation / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / Quantifying fluid behaviours in soils is important for a host of environmental, social, and economic reasons. Over the last 25+ years, one soil phenomenon has garnered increased attention because it interferes with our ability to carry out this work. Soils that are or become water repellent develop all over the world and where hydrophobic or non-wetting substances can enter soil and remain in pore spaces or as coatings on particles. To assist in the tracking and management of its complex effects on water storage and infiltration, the goals of this work were to develop fundamental insights into the manifestation and effects of this variable soil property on key hydrologic properties and processes. This work tests a new conceptual model for understanding these systems through both field and laboratory work and using a number of different technologies. These include X-ray microtomography (μXCT), tension infiltrometry, and more regularly applied techniques which are sensitive to changes in repellency. The works shows how combining fractional wettability and contact angle dynamics generates a stereoscopic conceptual framework which facilitates increased capacity for quantifying and understanding of soil systems expressing dynamic soil water repellency.