Dans cette thèse on s'appuie sur la simulation numérique discrète pour étudier le comportement mécanique d'un milieux granulaire immergé dans un fluide visqueux. Le calcul de la dynamique du mélange est rendu possible grâce à un couplage fort entre méthodes des éléments discrets (DEM) pour les grains et Lattice Boltzmann (LBM) pour le fluide. Pour une large gamme de valeurs de vitesses de cisaillement, contraintes de confinement et viscosités, les résultats montrent que le coefficient de frottement interne et la compacité sont bien décrits par un unique paramètre adimensionnel "visco-inertiel" associant les nombres de Stokes et d'inertie. Le comportement frottant, obtenu à pression de confinement constante, est mis en correspondance avec le comportement visqueux obtenu sous conditions aux limites à volume controlé et qui conduit à une divergence des viscosités effectives normales et tangentielles en inverse du carré de la différence entre compacité et compacité critique de l'assemblage. Les résultats numériques montrent un excellant accord avec les données expérimentales de Boyer et al. (2011). L'évolution de la connectivité et de l'anisotropie du réseau de force en fonction du nombre visco-inertiel montrent que l'augmentation de la résistance au frottement est une conséquence directe d'une anisotropie de structure renforcée à la fois par les effets de la viscosité et de l'inertie des grains. En vue d'une contribution à l'évaluation des risques consécutifs à un accident nucléaire, nous nous sommes également intéressés à l'étude de la fragmentation et de l'écoulement d'agrégats poreux confinés et soumis à une surpression locale exercée par un fluide. L'étude de l'écoulement sous gravité d'un matériau granulaire immergé à travers une constriction a également fait l'objet d'une campagne d'essais numériques. / We investigate the behavior of granular materials immersed in a viscous fluid by means of extensive simulations based on the Discrete Element Method for particle dynamics coupled with the Lattice Boltzmann method for the fluid. We show that, for a broad range of parameters such as shear rate, confining stress and viscosity, the internal friction coefficient and packing fraction are well described by a single "visco-inertial" dimensionless parameter combining inertial and Stokes numbers. The frictional behavior under constant confining pressure is mapped into a viscous behavior under volume-controled conditions, leading to the divergence of the effective normal and shear viscosities in inverse square of the distance to the critical packing fraction. The results are in excellent agreement with the experimental data of Boyer et al. (2011). The evolution of the force network in terms of connectivity and anisotropy as a function of the visco-inertial number, indicates that the increase of frictional strength is a direct consequence of structural anisotropy enhanced by both fluid viscosity and grain inertia. In view of application to a potential nuclear accident, we also study the fragmentation and flow of confined porous aggregates in a fluid under the action of local overpressures and pressure gradients as well as gravity-driven flow of immersed particles in an hourglass.

[pt] Com o aumento do preço do barril de petróleo nos anos 2000 e acrescente demanda por essa commoditie, tornou-se mais atrativa a exploração de petróleo em águas profundas, favorecendo oportunidades em plays subsal e pré-sal em diversas áreas do mundo. Como consequência desta tendência, os desafios da indústria de petróleo se tornaram cada vez maiores. Um dos desafios na perfuração de poços em evaporitos é minimizar a fluência deste tipo de rocha, a qual pode fechar o poço ou colapsar um revestimento ao longo do tempo. Além disso, cenários geológicos com presença de estruturas de sal podem ocasionar problemas de instabilidade mecânica, também, durante a perfuração de poços nas rochas adjacentes ao sal. Os principais problemas associados a esse cenário são causados pela mudança em magnitude e a rotação das tensões principais em torno dessas estruturas salinas, principalmente nas interfaces entre o sal e as rochas adjacentes, coloquialmente denominada de rubble zones. O presente trabalho propõe uma avaliação geomecânica do estado de tensões em região subsal onde foi constatada a instabilidade mecânica durante a perfuração de um poço. Essa avaliação foi feita a partir de simulações numéricas do estado plano de deformação de uma seção geológica 2D da área, onde foi imposto um comportamento viscoplástico para os evaporitos; e elastoplástico com critérios de plasticidade CamClay e MohrCoulomb para região abaixo do sal. Como resultado serão discutidas as trajetórias de tensão obtidas na simulação com os dois tipos de materiais elastoplásticos, evidenciando uma abordagem metodológica para subsidiar a previsão da janela de estabilidade de poços em regiões com estruturas de sal alóctone, uma vez que as tensões in situ nessas regiões se encontram significativamente alteradas, sendo impossível predizer com acurácia a magnitude dessas tensões a partir de modelos analíticos convencionais. Uma melhor previsão das tensões in situ se traduz em uma melhor previsão da janela operacional, com consequente diminuição os riscos operacionais e melhoria na segurança e economicidade dos projetos de poços. / [en] The rise in the price of a barrel of oil in the 2000s and the increasing demand for this commodity, deepwater oil exploration became more attractive, favoring opportunities in subsalt and pre-salt plays in several areas of the world. As a consequence of this trend, the challenges of the oil industry have become ever greater. One of the challenges in drilling wells in evaporites is to minimize the creep to avoid the well collapse. In addition geological scenarios with the presence of salt structures can cause problems of mechanical instability also during drilling of wells in the rocks adjacent to the salt. The main problems associated with this scenario are caused by the change in magnitude and the rotation of the principal stresses around these salt structures, mainly at the interfaces between the salt and the adjacent rocks, colloquially called rubble zones. The present work proposes a geomechanical evaluation of the state of stresses in subsal region where the mechanical instability was verified during the drilling of a well. This evaluation was made from numerical simulations of the plane deformation state of a 2D geological section of the area, where a viscoplastic behavior was imposed for the evaporites; and elastoplastic with Cam-Clay and Mohr- Coulomb plasticity criteria for the region below the salt. As a result, we will discuss the voltage trajectories obtained in the simulation with the two types of elastoplastic materials, evidencing a methodological approach to subsidize the prediction of the well stability window in regions with allochthonous salt structures, since the stresses in situ in these regions are significantly altered and it is impossible to accurately predict the magnitude of these voltages from conventional analytical models. Better prediction of in-situ stresses translates into better forecasting of the operating window, thereby reducing operational risks and improving the safety and cost-effectiveness of well designs.

[pt] Os problemas na perfuração associados à instabilidade do poço são geralmente agravados quando camadas de folhelho são atravessadas, as quais constituem uma alta porcentagem do total das rochas perfuradas no mundo. O folhelho, quando submetido às tensões in situ, pode atuar como uma membrana semipermeável à passagem de íons através do seus poros. Este comportamento e o desenvolvimento de pressões osmóticas ao redor do poço, desempenham um papel fundamental no balanço das forças que instabilizam a rocha. Neste trabalho, um modelo computacional baseado na teoria da poroelastoplasticidade com formulação numérica pelo método dos elementos finitos, é utilizado para avaliar a influência da interação rocha-fluido na estabilidade de poços perfurados através de folhelho. Simulações efetuadas para diferentes cenários esclarecem a maneira como o modelo acopla e trata os mecanismos de transporte envolvidos (difusão hidráulica, osmose química, difusão iônica, advecção). Resultados mostram a pressão de poros e a resistência da rocha adversamente afetadas à medida que o folhelho fica exposto ao fluido de perfuração. É discutida a instabilidade do poço segundo os dados obtidos da variação da pressão de poros, tensões efetivas, área plastificada e deslocamento radial do poço. / [en] Drilling problems associated with wellbore instability are aggravated when shale beddings are drilled, which constitute a high percentage of drilled rocks in the world. Shale in contact with water base mud (WBM), when submitted to the in situ stresses, could have a semipermeable membrane system behavior. This behavior and the osmotic pressure developed around the wellbore have a fundamental role in the force equilibrium that makes the formation unstable. On this document, a computer model based in the poroelastoplasticity with numerical formulation based on finite element code is applied to estimate the influence of rock-drilling fluid interaction on the stability of borehole drilled through shale. Modeling conditions explains how the model couples and deals with driving forces involved (hydraulic diffusion, chemical osmosis, chemical diffusion, advection). Unfavorable consequences about the pore-pressure and rock strength are showed with the time rock exposure. Wellbore instability is discussed according to pore-pressure, effective stress, plastic zone and radial displacement results obtained in this document.

O Princeton Ocean Model foi adaptado ao Canal de São Sebastião (CSS) para estudar as variações sazonais de sua circulação e estrutura termohalina. Três grades numéricas foram aninhadas. A de menor resolução na Plataforma Continental Sudeste (PCSE) e a de maior resolução no Canal de São Sebastião (CSS) com uma grade de resolução intermediária na região adjacente ao canal (PCI). O modelo numérico partiu de condições termohalinas médias sazonais e teve como forçantes, ventos, fluxos de calor, de sal e de radiação de ondas curtas mensais. Nessas condições médias, o modelo representou razoavelmente bem as condições típicas de primavera, verão, outono e inverno, preenchendo o fundo do CSS com a Água Central do Atlântico Sul na primavera e no verão. No outono e no inverno esta massa de água não se encontra no canal, porém, seus sinais mais fracos são obtidos no outono sendo que nesta estação são encontrados os sinais mais fortes da Água Tropical. O modelo aponta o sul do canal, no fundo, ao lado da Ilha de São Sebastião como entrada preferencial de águas mais frias e a simulação numérica da passagem de uma frente fria pela Plataforma Continental Sudeste sugere a rápida resposta das águas do canal com o recuo para o largo da Água Central do Atlântico Sul e pronto retorno assim que a frente deixa a plataforma. Ventos de nordeste na grade da PCSE são imprescindíveis para que a Água Central do Atlântico Sul penetre o Canal de São Sebastião; todos os experimentos com ventos de outras direções nesta grade ou ventos de nordeste somente nas grades média e do CSS não colocaram esta massa de água no canal. A circulação de fundo obtida no CSS é basicamente para nordeste e associada à intrusão da ACAS forçada em primeira instância pelo vento de nordeste na PCSE e em um segundo momento pela força do gradiente de pressão (com destaque para a componente baroclínica), sempre maior na entrada sul do que na entrada norte e sempre maior no verão do que no inverno. A circulação superficial é para sudoeste com relaxamento no outono, intensificando-se em direção ao verão com máximo nesta estação. / The Princeton Ocean Model was adapted to São Sebastião Channel (SSC) so as to study the seasonal changes of its circulation and thermohaline structure. Three numerical grids were nested. The coarse grid on Southeast Continental Shelf (SCS) and the fine grid on São Sebastião Channel with an intermediary grid on the region adjacent to the channel. The numerical model started from average seasonal thermohaline conditions and average monthly data forcing such as wind, heat flux, salt flux and short wave radiation flux. Within these average conditions, the numerical model simulated reasonably the typical conditions of spring, summer, autumn and winter, filling the bottom channel with South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) in spring and in summer. In autumn and in winter this mass of water is not found, nevertheless its weaker signs appear in autumn, which season one finds the stronger signs of Tropical Water (never more than 50%). The model points out the bottom south entrance of the channel, next to the São Sebastião Island (SSI) as the natural gate of colder water and the numerical simulation of a cold front through SCS suggests the quick answer of the water channel with the falling back offshore of the SACW and immediate return when the cold front is gone. Northeasterly winds on the SCS grid are essential so that the SACW enters the SSC; all the experiments with another direction winds in this grid or northeasterly winds only in the intermediate and in the fine grid failed to get in the SACW in the channel. The bottom circulation obtained in SSC is essentially to northeast and associated to the intrusion of the SACW forced in first instance by the northeasterly winds in SCS and in second instance by the pressure force (with emphasis on the baroclinic component) always bigger at the south entrance than in the north entrance and always bigger in summer than in the winter. The superficial currents are southeastward with weakening in autumn and intensification towards summer with maximum in this season.

Ce travail est consacré à l’étude des interactions entre dispositifs de désenfumage naturel et systèmes d’extinction (sprinkleur). Deux campagnes expérimentales à grande échelle utilisant conjointement sprinkleur et désenfumage naturel ont été menées dans des halls d’essais du CNPP. Au total, 98 essais instrumentés ont été réalisés en faisant varier le type et la position du foyer et les temps d’activation respectifs des deux dispositifs de sécurité. Les données recueillies incluent principalement des hauteurs libres de fumées, des champs de température et des temps de déclenchement automatique des sprinkleurs. L’ensemble de ces résultats permet la constitution d’une base de données pour la création de cas de validation en utilisant le logiciel FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator). Des simulations utilisant les données d’entrée relatives aux différents essais sont réalisées et les résultats numériques sont confrontés aux mesures. Le bon accord entre ces résultats permet d’utiliser FDS pour effectuer des bilans de masse et d’énergie pour les différents scénarios étudiés. En utilisant les connaissances accumulées au cours de ces campagnes, des simulations de scénarios incendie dans deux bâtiments existants ont été réalisées. Pour chaque géométrie, différents temps de déclenchement du désenfumage sont testés et les résultats (niveaux de température, temps et nombre de déclenchements de sprinkleurs, transfert de chaleur et de masse) sont comparés / This work is devoted to the study of interactions between smoke and heat exhaust ventilation systems (SHEAVS) and automatic fire sprinklers. Two real scales experimentation campaigns involving sprinklers and SHEAVS have been carried out in fire test facilities at CNPP (France). A total of 98 instrumented tests have been conducted with various fuel type, experimental configuration and activation time of both systems. Collected datas include smoke free layer height, temperature field and automatic sprinkler activation time. These results are used to build a database in order to create a validation case for the software Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). Numerical simulations of several tests are conducted using experimental data as input parameters. Results are then confronted to measurements. A good agreement between these results allows us to use FDS in order to realize mass and energy balances for various scenarios. Using knowledge acquired during both campaigns, numerical simulations of fire scenarios in two actual facilities have been conducted. For both configuration, various SHEAVS activation time have been tested and results (temperature levels, time and number of activated sprinklers, heat and mass transfer) have been confronted

A bacia hidrográfica do rio Amazonas abrange uma área de 6 × 106 km2 da região norte da América do Sul. O seu canal mais longo, com quase 7.000 km tem origem nos Andes peruanos e cruza todo o continente até chegar na foz, no Atlântico Equatorial. Apesar dos diversos esforços científicos, os processos que guiaram a evolução da paisagem na Amazônia ainda são discutidos, assim como a data do estabelecimento dessa grande bacia hidrográfica que culminou com a forma¸cao do rio Amazonas como um rio transcontinental. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar como se deu a evolução da paisagem na regiao norte da América do Sul, com foco na forma¸cao do Rio Amazonas, através de simulações usando um modelo numérico que incorpora orogenia, flexura, isostasia da litosfera, clima e processos superficiais de erosao e sedimentação. Diversos experimentos numéricos foram realizados alterando-se a topografia original, taxa de espessamento crustal nos Andes, erodibilidade das rochas, entre outros parâmetros. Constatou-se que o instante da formação do rio transcontinental é muito sensível a modificações na paleotopografia inicial do modelo e erodibilidade das rochas. Porém, em todos os modelos, o instante da formação do rio Amazonas ´e marcado por um aumento expressivo na taxa de sedimentação na foz do rio Amazonas e uma correspondente queda no aporte sedimentar na foz do rio Orinoco. Adicionalmente, um aumento na taxa de espessamento crustal na região andina não modifica expressivamente as taxas de sedimentação na foz do Amazonas. Isso ocorre pois o aumento no aporte sedimentar proveniente do Andes é essencialmente depositado nas bacias de ante-país devido ao aumento no espaço de acomodação gerado pela carga adicional sobre a placa litosférica. O aumento da taxa de precipitação sobre a cordilheira dos Andes se reflete em um aumento nas taxas de deposição nas bacias de ante-país, na Bacia do Solimões e na foz do Orinoco, porém na foz do Amazonas as taxas de sedimentação sofrem um crescimento pouco expressivo. Já um aumento na precipitação sobre todo o modelo faz com que, em todas as bacias sedimentares, as taxas de sedimentação sofram um aumento gradativo. / The Amazon hydrographic basin is the largest in the world, covering 6 × 106 km2 of northern South America. Its longest channel, with almost 7000 km, brings sediment from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean, in brazilian equatorial coast. Despite the scientific efforts, the timing of origin of this hydrographic basin is still debated, as well as the processes that guided its evolution and shaped the landscape in this region. In my research, I used an adaptation of the numerical model developed by Sacek (2014) to study the landscape evolution of the north of South America, focusing on the establishment of the Amazon River as a transcontinental river. The numerical model accounts for the contributions of orogeny, climate, isostasy and flexure of the lithosphere, and surface processes (erosion and deposition of sediments). I performed dozens of experiments, testing a range of values for the different parameters of the model, and I was able to reproduce, in many aspects, the evolution of landscape in the region, as hypothesized by others researchers. I also observed in my results a changing in drainage pattern, that corresponds to the onset of the Amazon River. Furthermore, it was predicted by the simulations, at the moment of the onset of the Amazon River, a great increase in sedimentary deposition at the Amazon Fan, simultaneously with a fall in sedimentary deposition at the Orinoco mouth. However, in the simulations, the moment of the onset of the Amazon River is very sensitive to changes in the initial topography of the model. I also tested the influence of crustal thickening rate in the Andes, precipitation rate, and resistance to erosion of sediments of the model, in the sedimentation pattern of the region. I concluded that an increase in precipitation rate in the model can significantly alter the rate of deposition at the region of Amazons mouth and in others sedimentary basins in the model. However, an increase in crustal thickening or precipitation rate in the Andes does not expressively change the rate of deposition at the region of Amazons mouth, but changes occur at foreland basins and at Solimoes Basin.

<div>Gerotor units are widely used in low-pressure (up to 30 bar) </div><div>fluid power applications, injection and lubrication systems, due to their compact package and low cost. Their performance in terms of volumetric efficiency, flow pulsations, internal pressure peaks or localized cavitation depends on many parameters, such as the rotors profiles and the manufacturing tolerances. In this work, a multi-domain simulation approach for the numerical analysis of the performance of Gerotor units is proposed. The model can be used for analysis and virtual prototyping of units considering the actual geometry of the rotors, their geometrical tolerances and the properties of the working fluid and materials.</div><div><br></div><div><div>The approach is based on the coupling of different models: a numerical geometric model evaluating the instantaneous volumes and flow areas inside the unit; a lumped parameter fluid dynamic model describing the displacing process of the tooth space volumes; and a mechanical model evaluating the internal micro-motions of the rotors axes according to their tolerances. In this way, the model determines the actual loading of the rotors, considering also the actual location of the points of contact. Advanced 2D CFD models for the analysis of lubricated interfaces have been developed to study the axial and the radial gaps. This approach allows an accurate prediction of the power losses and radial micro-motion of the rotors taking into account fluidstructure interaction effects. A line contact model is used to describe the contact interface using an elastohydrodynamic approach and non-Newtonian fluid behavior for the prediction of the friction between the rotors.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Specic experiments were performed by connecting the pump outlet to a variable loading orifice and by measuring the delivered flow, pressure ripple and required torque under dfferent operating conditions of speed and outlet pressure. These experiments allowed a detailed model validation through the comparisons with simulation data in terms of signicant steady-state as well as transient pressure, flow and torque features. After the model validation, gaps compensation solutions to minimize the volumetric losses are developed and studied showing the potential improvements on the performances of a prototype unit by reaching up to 55% volumetric effciency at high pressure (pmax > 100bar).</div><div><br></div><div>The approach used in the current work along with its proven accuracy through experiments can be considered a valuable tool when studying the impact of real-life technological clearances and gears geometry on the fluid-dynamic performance of the pump.</div></div>

L’évolution historique des types et techniques de production agricole a causé celle de l’organisation paysagère, via les parcellaires notamment. Les bordures de parcelles créent des discontinuités dans les processus d’érosion-dépôt de sol. L’objectif est ici de comprendre l’effet du parcellaire et de son évolution sur la distribution actuelle des sols et la morphologie des versants. Un versant cultivé (16 ha) dans le SW du Bassin Parisien a été étudié. La distribution spatiale de figures morphologiques linéaires et de l’épaisseur des sols a été analysée. Les deux types de figures identifiés correspondent à des épaississements de sols (dépôts) induits par des bordures de parcelles, pérennes depuis plusieurs siècles pour les premières, et disparues en 1967 (remembrement) pour les secondes. Ces épaississements ont été cartographiés grâce à une analyse statistique (CART) de la morphologie du versant. L’étude de traceurs granulométriques et minéralogiques (SEDI) a permis d’identifier les processus d’érosion-dépôt impliqués. La solifluxion périglaciaire puis le ruissellement auraient affecté l’ensemble du versant avant la pérennisation d’un parcellaire. Puis, des processus hydriques et aratoires ont agi dans des unités (parcelles) fixées par des bordures : les plus pérennes (1000 ans) montrent les dépôts les plus marqués (banquettes). La distribution spatiale du 137Cs et sa conversion en taux d’érosion (modélisation numérique) ont permis d’évaluer l’implication relative des processus hydriques (15%) et aratoires (85%) depuis 1954. Le remembrement parcellaire de 1967 s’avère avoir favorisé l’érosion des sols, convertissant des zones de rétention en zones sources (ondulations). / The historical evolution of agricultural practices is associated with a concomitent evolution of landscape spatial organisation, especially through field-border networks. Field borders create discontinuities of soil erosion-deposition processes. The aim of this PhD is to understand the effects of field-border networks and their evolution on the present spatial distribution of soils and hillslope morphology. A cultivated hillslope (16 ha) of the SW Parisian Basin was studied. The spatial distribution of linear landforms and soil thickness was analyzed. The two types of identified landforms correspond to soil thickenings (deposition) induced by field borders, that have existed for several centuries in the case of the first ones, and disappeared during a land consolidation (1967) in the case of the second ones. These soil thickenings were mapped through a statistical analysis (CART) of the hillslope morphology. The study of granulometric and mineralogical tracers (SEDI) led to identify the involved soil redistribution processes. Periglacial solifluxion, followed by runoff, probably occured over the whole hillslope before the establishment of perennial field borders. Then, water and tillage processes occured within areas delimited by field borders. The more developed soil depositions (lynchets) are linked with the most perennial borders (i.e., 1000 yrs). The spatial distribution of 137Cs and its conversion into erosion rates (numerical modeling) allowed to assess the relative implication of water (15%) and tillage processes (85%) since 1954. The land consolidation that occured in 1967 rised soil erosion when converting soil retention areas to sources (undulations).

Au cours du dernier siècle, plusieurs séismes majeurs ont affecté l'Himalaya. Cependant, la taille maximale de ces événements et la probabilité d'occurrence de méga-séismes avec des magnitudes proches de 9 sont toujours matière à débat. L'étude de la segmentation de l'arc Himalayen est donc primordiale afin de comprendre les mécanismes qui contrôlent ces séismes ainsi que leur extension spatiale. La compréhension du cycle sismique en Himalaya est aujourd'hui essentiellement basée sur des études menées au Népal central, ce qui limite notre connaissance de son fonctionnement tri-dimensionnel. Ce travail de thèse permet d'apporter de nouvelles contraintes sur les variations latérales de la déformation crustale dans la zone comprise entre l'ouest Népal (~80°E) et l'est Bhoutan (~92°E). La première partie de cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude des variations latérales de la structure lithosphérique. Quatre campagnes gravimétriques ont été réalisées entre 2010 et 2012. Elles ont permis d'étendre le réseau gravimétrique Népalais jusqu'à l'ouest Népal et d'établir le premier réseau gravimétrique Bhoutanais. Ce nouveau jeu de données, combiné avec les données sismologiques disponibles, permet de contraindre des modèles thermo-mécaniques de la flexure de la plaque Indienne sous l'Himalaya. Les résultats suggèrent qu'il n'existe pas de variations latérales majeures du comportement mécanique de la lithosphère Indienne entre le centre et l'est Népal contrairement au Bhoutan où une rigidité flexurale plus faible est nécessaire pour expliquer les données.La deuxième partie de cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude des variations latérales des déformations récentes dans le prisme Himalayen. Les études paléosismologiques menées depuis 15 ans en Himalaya ont permis d'étendre le catalogue des événements majeurs sur le dernier millénaire. En intégrant à la fois les contraintes disponibles sur ces séismes majeurs et le chargement séculaire, nous étudions les variations spatiales et temporelles de l'état de contrainte du chevauchemlent Himalayen principal le long de l'arc. Nos calculs montrent que même dans la cas où un méga-séisme se serait produit en ~1100 en Himalaya, le chargement séculaire a quasiment compensé la chute de contrainte associée. Les modèles montrent aussi que le séisme du Shillong ne joue pas un rôle majeur sur les contraintes accumulées sur le chevauchement Himalayen depuis 1897 au niveau du Bhoutan. Enfin, nous présentons les premières contraintes sur la tectonique active au Bhoutan. L'étude morphotectonique réalisée au centre du Sud-Bhoutan a permis de montrer que la majeure partie de la déformation Holocène est accommodée au niveau du front Himalayen, comme au Népal. Nous montrons aussi des évidences de ruptures de surface avec des décalages verticaux de plusieurs mètres associés à deux séismes majeurs sur le dernier millénaire. Ces évidences remettent en cause l'interprétation d'un méga-séisme en ~1100. / Several major earthquakes have struck the 2500 km long Himalayan range during the past century. However, both the maximum size of such earthquakes and the probability of occurrence of a magnitude 9 megaquake are still a mater of debate. In this framework it is of key importance to investigate the lateral segmentation of the Himalayan arc in order to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms that control such events as well as their extents. Besides the remarkably uniform tectonic set-up and the fact that most studies on the Himalayas have focused on Central Nepal, several indications of along strike changes can be gathered.This thesis brings new constraints on lateral variations of crustal structure and of deformation between western Nepal (~80°E) and eastern Bhutan (~92°E).The first part of this thesis focuses on the lateral variations of crustal structure. In the past three years we have carried out four land gravity campaigns. We have established 366 new gravity measurement points to fill the data gaps in central and western Nepal as well as in Bhutan. This new dataset, together with available seismological data, is used to constrain thermo-mechanical models of the bending of the India plate underneath the Himalayas. While the inferred crustal geometry does not exhibit major along-strike variations over central and eastern Nepal, the shorter wavelength flexure of the lithosphere in Bhutan is associated with a weaker upper mantle rheology.The second part focuses on the lateral variations of recent deformation in the Himalayas. Fifteen years of paleoseismological investigations have extended the catalogue of major Himalayan events over the last millennium. Combining these information with secular loading, we assess the spatial and temporal stress changes on the Main Himalayan Thrust along the orogen over the last nine centuries. Our calculations indicate that inter-seismic loading has now nearly overcome the Coulomb stress decrease caused by the great ~1100 medieval earthquake. Our results also point out that the 1897 Shillong plateau earthquake does not have a major influence on the stress accumulated on the Main Himalayan Thrust since then. In order to better characterize active tectonics in the Bhutan Himalayas where no studies were done so far, we carried out a morphotectonic analysis in the south-central part of the kingdom. We show that the same amount of Holocene deformation is accommodated on the frontal thrust in Bhutan as on the neighbouring portions of the Himalayan arc. We also find evidences for two major (M>8) earthquakes on this thrust in the Bhutan Himalayas during the last millennium. Our results therefore show that Bhutan cannot be considered as a seismic gap. They also challenge the interpretation of one single ~1100 medieval mega-event that would have ruptured the Main Frontal Thrust from central Nepal to eastern Bhutan.

O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a importância relativa de ondas e correntes de deriva litorânea no processo de migração das desembocaduras de Icapara e do Ribeira de Iguape. O clima de ondas foi obtido a partir do modelo Wavewatch III. As taxas de migração do sistema foram estimadas através de uma série temporal de imagens Landsat. Através da aplicação do modelo numérico Delft3D, as ondas foram propagadas para águas rasas, nas proximidades dos pontais da Ilha Comprida e da Praia da Juréia. Assim, as características de das ondas extraídas do modelo, permitiram a estimativa das tendências da deriva litorânea nestes segmentos. A extração da linha de costa de imagens entre 16/06/1985 e 07/07/2016 exibiram a continuidade do processo de acresção lateral dos pontais da Ilha Comprida e da Praia da Juréia, cuja variação total foi de 852 e 669 m respectivamente, que ocorreram a taxas anuais de 27 e 21 m.ano-1. Neste período, o crescimento destas feições promoveu o deslocamento das desembocaduras de Icapara, para NE, e do Ribeira de Iguape, para SW. As componentes de transporte exibiram rumo resultante para NE em ambos pontais, com valores maiores na Praia da Juréia. Os resultados mostram a relação entre a deriva litorânea e a migração das desembocaduras, indicando sua importância relativa como processo controlador da morfodinâmica local. / The objective of this work is to evaluate the relative importance of waves and longshore drift currents in the migration process of the Icapara and Ribeira de Iguape inlets. The wave climate was obtained from the Wavewatch III model. The system migration rates were estimated through a Landsat image time series. Through the application of the numerical model Delft3D, the waves were propagated to shallow waters, near of Ilha Comprida\'s and Juréia\'s Beach sand spits. Thus, the characteristics of the waves extracted from the model allowed the estimation of longshore drift trends in these segments. The extraction of the coastline of images between June 16th 1985, and July 7th 2016, showed the continuity of Ilha Comprida Island and Juréia Beach lateral accretion process, with a total variation of 852 and 669 m respectively, which occurred at annual rates of 27 and 21 m.year-1. During this period, the growth of these features promoted the displacement of the mouths of Icapara, for NE, and the Ribeira de Iguape, for SW. The transport components exhibited a resultant NE direction at both points, with higher values at Juréia Beach. The results show the relationship between the longshore drift and the inlets lateral migration, indicating its relative importance as a controlling process of the local morphodynamics.