[pt] Este trabalho trata o Método Híbrido dos Elementos de Contorno com vista à análise de problemas que envolvam simetria ou antissimetria. Nestes casos, apenas uma parte da estrutura, que pode ser a metade, um quarto ou um oitavo, deve ser discretizada e capaz de representar o todo. Os métodos de contorno apresentam a vantagem, quando comparados com os de domínio, de não ser necessário nenhum tipo de discretização ao longo dos eixos ou planos de simetria, sem a introdução de mais aproximações, visto que apenas o contorno é discretizado. Embora estas simplificações venham a restringir alguns deslocamentos de corpo rígido (para problemas de elasticidade), no Método dos Elementos de Contorno convencional (colocação ou Galerkin) a ausência de tais deslocamentos não acarreta alterações na sistemática do método. Nos Métodos Híbridos de Elementos de Contorno, por outro lado, os deslocamentos de corpo rígido são necessários direta ou indiretamente para a aplicação de condições de ortogonalidade e avaliação das propriedades espectrais que são essenciais na obtenção da diagonal principal de certas matrizes inerentes ao método, tais como de flexibilidade, de deslocamentos e de tensões. Esta necessidade de avaliação é uma característica de suma importância do método e, quando não houver possibilidade de fazê-la, deve-se procurar uma forma substituta conceitualmente equivalente. Verifica-se que, apesar de este método ser baseado em funções singulares de Green, é capaz de representar estados simples de tensões, tanto por trabalhos virtuais quanto por interpolações no domínio. Como objetivo principal deste trabalho, será demonstrado que para cada deslocamento de corpo rígido perdido, devido às restrições impostas pela simetria ou antissimetria, poderá ser utilizado um estado simples de tensão (constantes na maioria dos casos), que permitirá o estabelecimento de propriedades espectrais apropriadas. De forma a se garantir uma sistemática estruturada para o trabalho, faz-se uma abordagem de conceitos fundamentais aplicados a problemas da elastostática e potencial estacionário, na formulação variacional do Método Híbrido dos Elementos de Contorno com posteriores considerações especiais de estados simples de tensão (representados polinomialmente), para elasticidade tridimensional em geral, visto que para problemas bidimensionais o caso se torna uma particularização. Todas as combinações de simetria e antissimetria são avaliadas com a implementação numérica. Diversos exemplos de problemas bidimensionais ilustram a formulação teórica. / [en] The boundary element methods are suited for the analysis of symmetric and antisymmetric problems - in which only a part (half, quadrant or octant) of the structure needs to be explicitly considered - since, as an additional advantage when compared with a domain discretization method, no interpolation is required along the symmetry axes (for 2D problems) or planes (for 3D problems) and, consequently, no approximations are introduced thereon. Although such computational simplification may prevent some of the structures allowable rigid body movements (elasticity problems considered), this fact may be completely ignored as concerning the implementation of the traditional (collocation or Galerkin) boundary element methods. In the hybrid boundary element methods, on the other hand, special orthogonality conditions, directly or indirectly related to rigid body displacements, are required for the evaluation of elements about the main diagonal of some matrices (flexibility, displacement and stress matrices). Then, a central issue in such methods is the assessment of these matrices spectral properties for any combination of symmetry and antisymmetry and, most important, the investigation of conceptually equivalent, substitutive properties. As presented in this work, the hybrid boundary element methods, although based on singular Green s functions, are able to simulate, in terms of both virtual work and field interpolation, the simplest stress states. Then, one demonstrates that for every missing rigid body displacement - brought about by some symmetry or antisymmetry consideration - one may lay hold of a simple (in most cases constant) stress state, which enables establishing appropriate spectral properties. This work introduces the underlying variational concepts of the hybrid boundary element method and outlines the special consideration of simple (polynomial) stress states, as generally formulated for 3D elasticity, since 2D elasticity and problems of potential may be dealt with as particular cases. All combinations of symmetry and antisymmetry are outlined with the aim of numerical implementation. A series of 2D examples for problems of potential illustrate the theoretical

[pt] Este trabalho faz parte de um projeto para a implementação de um programa que possa simular problemas com milhões de graus de liberdade em um computador pessoal. Para isto, combina-se o Método Fast Multipole (FMM) com o Método Expedito dos Elementos de Contorno (EBEM), além de serem utilizados resolvedores iterativos de sistemas de equações. O EBEM é especialmente vantajoso em problemas de complicada topologia, ou que usem funções fundamentais muito complexas. Neste trabalho apresenta-se uma formulação para o Método Fast Multipole (FMM) que pode ser usada para, virtualmente, qualquer função e também para contornos curvos, o que parece ser uma contribuição original. Esta formulação apresenta um formato mais compacto do que as já existentes na literatura, e também pode ser diretamente aplicada a diversos tipos de problemas praticamente sem modificação de sua estrutura básica. É apresentada a validação numérica da formulação proposta. Sua utilização em um contexto do EBEM permite que um programa prescinda de integrações sobre segmentos – mesmo curvos – do contorno quando estes estão distantes do ponto fonte. / [en] This is part of a larger project that aims to develop a program able to simulate problems with millions of degrees of freedom on a personal computer. The Fast Multipole Method (FMM) is combined with the Expedite Boundary Element Method (EBEM) for integration, in the project s final version, with iterative equations solvers. The EBEM is especially advantageous when applied to problems with complicated topology as well as in the case of highly complex fundamental solutions. In this work, a FMM formulation is proposed for the use with virtually any type of fundamental solution and considering curved boundaries, which seems to be an original contribution. This formulation presents a more compact format than the ones shown in the technical literature, and can be directly applied to different kinds of problems without the need of manipulation of its basic structure, being numerically validated for a few applications. Its application in the context of the EBEM leads to the straightforward implementation of higher-order elements for generally curved boundaries that dispenses integration when the boundary segment is relatively far from the source point.

[pt] Neste trabalho obtém-se a matriz de espalhamento de obstáculos cilíndricos em guias de ondas retangulares. O método de análise utilizado é o método dos momentos juntamente com o método das imagens. São analisadas descontinuidades formadas por um poste vertical inteiro, postes verticais contendo um gap central, postes horizontais contendo um gap central e postes localizados nas quatro paredes do guia de ondas retangular. Os resultados obtidos são comparados com valores experimentais para as 4 geometrias descritas acima. Além disso é feita a comparação dos resultados obtidos com os do método variacional para o caso do poste vertical inteiro. / [en] In this work the scattering matrix of cylindrical obstacles in rectangular wavwguides is obtained. The analysis method adopted is the moment method in junction with the image method. Discontinuities formed by a single vertivcal post, vetical posts with a central gap, horizontal posts with a central gap, and posts on the four waveguides walls are analyzed. The results are compared with experimental data for the four geometries described above. Moreover the results are also compared with those obtained by variational method in the case of the single vertical post.

A defining feature of quantum many-body systems is the presence of entanglement among their constituents. Besides providing valuable insights on several physical properties, entanglement is also responsible for the computational complexity of simulating quantum systems with variational methods. This thesis explores several aspects of entanglement in many-body systems, with the primary goal of devising efficient approaches for the study of topological properties and quantum dynamics of lattice models. The first focus of this work is the development of variational wavefunctions inspired by artificial neural networks. These can efficiently encode long-range and extensive entanglement in their structure, as opposed to the case of tensor network states. This feature makes them promising tools for the study of topologically ordered phases, quantum critical states as well as dynamical properties of quantum systems. In this thesis, we characterize the representational power of a specific class of artificial neural network states, constructed from Boltzmann machines. First, we show that wavefunctions obtained from restricted Boltzmann machines can efficiently parametrize chiral topological phases, such as fractional quantum Hall states. We then turn our attention to deep Boltzmann machines. In this framework, we propose a new class of variational wavefunctions, coined generalized transfer matrix states, which encompass restricted Boltzmann machine and tensor network states. We investigate the entanglement properties of this ansatz, as well as its capability of representing physical states. Understanding how the entanglement properties of a system evolve in time is the second focus of this thesis. In this context, we first investigate the manifestation of topological properties in the unitary dynamics of systems after a quench, using the degeneracy of the entanglement spectrum as a possible signature. We then analyze the phenomenon of entanglement growth, which limits to short timescales the applicability of tensor network methods in out-of-equilibrium problems. We investigate whether these limitations can be overcome by exploiting the dependence of entanglement entropies on the chosen computational basis. Specifically, we study how the spreading of quantum correlations can be contained by means of time-dependent basis rotations of the state, using exact diagonalization to simulate its dynamics after a quench. Going beyond the case of sudden quenches, we then show how, in certain weakly interacting problems, the asymptotic value of the entanglement entropy can be tuned by modifying the velocity at which the parameters in the Hamiltonian are changed. This enables the simulation of longer timescales using tensor network approaches. We present preliminary results obtained with matrix product states methods, with the goal of studying how equilibration affects the transport properties of interacting systems at long times.

The deformation on cylindrical surfaces of holes in tensile loaded laminated composite specimens was measured using new moire interferometry techniques. These new techniques were developed and evaluated using a 7075-T6 aluminum control specimen. Grating replication techniques were developed for replicating high quality diffraction gratings onto the cylindrical surfaces of holes. Replicas of the cylindrical specimen gratings (undeformed and deformed) were fabricated onto circular steel sectors. Narrow angular regions of these sector gratings were directly evaluated in a moire interferometer. This moire interferometry approach eliminated potential sources of error associated with other moire interferometry approaches. Two composite tensile specimens, fabricated from IM7/5250-4 pre-preg with ply layups of [0₄/90₄]_3s and [+30₂/-30₂/90₄]_3s, were examined using the newly developed moire interferometry techniques. Circumferential and thickness direction displacement fringe patterns (each 3 degrees wide) were assembled into 90 degrees wide mosaics around the hole periphery for both composite specimens. Distributions of strain were calculated with high confidence on a sub-ply basis at select angular locations. Measured strain behavior was complex and displayed ply-by-ply trends. Large ply related variations in the circumferential strain were observed at certain angular locations around the periphery of the holes in both composites. Extremely large ply-by-ply variations of the shear strain were also documented in both composites. Peak values of shear strain approached 30 times the applied far-field axial strain. Post-loaded viscoelastic shearing strains were recorded that were associated with the regions of large load-induced shearing strains. Large ply-grouping related variations in the thickness direction strain were observed in the [+30₂/-30₂/90₄]_3s specimen. An important large-scale trend was observed where the thickness direction strain tended to be more tensile near the outside faces of the laminate than near the mid-ply region. The measured strains were compared with the three-dimensional analysis technique known as Spline Variational Elastic Laminate Technology (SVELT), resulting in a very close match and corroborating the usefulness of SVELT. / Ph. D.

Many nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations have been studied numerically, and in a few cases, analytical solutions have been found. We used the variational method to study three different equations in this family. The first one to be studied here was the linear equation, Utt - Uzz + U = 0, where U is a real Klein-Gordon field. Attempts to find non-stationary radiative-type solutions of this equation were not successful. Next we studied the nonlinear equation Utt - U:= ± IUl 2U = O, with U complex, which represents a nonlinear massless scalar field. Here we searched for possible stationary solutions using the variational approximation, however to no avail. Next, we added a linear term to this second equation, which then became Utt - Uzll: ± IUl2U + µU = 01 whereµ can always be scaled to ±1. Here we found that we can find approximate variational solutions of the form A(t)e^i{k(x-z0(t))+a)e / 2w2(z) . This third equation is a generalization of the tf,4 equation, which has many physical applications. However, the variational solution found required different signs on the coefficients of this equation than are found in the O4 equation. Properties and features of this variational solution will be discussed.

Neste trabalho estudamos existência, multiplicidade e não existência de soluções não triviais para o seguinte problema elíptico: { - \'DELTA\' = f(x, u), em \'OMEGA\' u = 0, sobre \'\\PARTIAL\' \'OMEGA\', onde \'OMEGA\' é um conjunto limitado de \'R POT. 2\' com fronteira suave e a função f possui crescimento exponencial. Para a existência de soluções são aplicados métodos variacionais combinados com as desigualdades de Trudinger-Moser. O resultado de não-existência é restrito ao caso de soluções radiais positivas e \'OMEGA\' = \'B IND.1\'(0). A prova usa técnicas de equações diferenciais ordinárias / In this work we study the existence, multiplicity and non-existence of non-trivial solutions to the following elliptic problem: { - \'DELTA\' u = f(x; u); in \'OMEGA\', ; u = 0; on \'\\PARTIAL\' \'OMEGA\' where \"OMEGA\' is a bounded and smooth domain in \'R POT. 2\' and f possesses exponential growth. The existence results are proved by using variational methods and the Trudinger- Moser inequalities. The non-existence result is restricted to the case of positive radial solutions and \'OMEGA\' = \'B IND. 1\'(0). The proof uses techniques of the theory of ordinary differential equations.

[pt] Este trabalho visa à implementação de um programa de elementos de contorno para problemas com milhões de graus de liberdade. Isto é obtido com a implementação do Método Fast Multipole (FMM), que pode reduzir o número de operações, para a solução de um problema com N graus de liberdade, de O(N(2)) para O(NlogN) ou O(N). O uso de memória também é reduzido, por não haver o armazenamento de matrizes de grandes dimensões como no caso de outros métodos numéricos. A implementação proposta é baseada em um desenvolvimento consistente do convencional, Método de colocação dos elementos de contorno (BEM) – com conceitos provenientes do Hibrido BEM – para problemas de potencial e elasticidade de larga escala em 2D e 3D. A formulação é especialmente vantajosa para problemas de topologia complicada ou que requerem soluções fundamentais complicadas. A implementação apresentada, usa um esquema para expansões de soluções fundamentais genéricas em torno de níveis hierárquicos de polos campo e fonte, tornando o FMM diretamente aplicável para diferentes soluções fundamentais. A árvore hierárquica dos polos é construída a partir de um conceito topológico de superelementos dentro de superelementos. A formulação é inicialmente acessada e validada em termos de um problema de potencial 2D. Como resolvedores iterativos não são necessários neste estágio inicial de simulação numérica, podese acessar a eficiência relativa à implementação do FMM. / [en] This work aims to present an implementation of a boundary element solver for problems with millions of degrees of freedom. This is achieved through a Fast Multipole Method (FMM) implementation, which can lower the number of operations for solving a problem, with N degrees of freedom, from O(N(2)) to O(NlogN) or O(N). The memory usage is also very small, as there is no need to store large matrixes such as required by other numerical methods. The proposed implementations are based on a consistent development of the conventional, collocation boundary element method (BEM) - with concepts taken from the variationally-based hybrid BEM - for large-scale 2D and 3D problems of potential and elasticity. The formulation is especially advantageous for problems of complicated topology or requiring complicated fundamental solutions. The FMM implementation presented in this work uses a scheme for expansions of a generic fundamental solution about hierarchical levels of source and field poles. This makes the FMM directly applicable to different kinds of fundamental solutions. The hierarchical tree of poles is built upon a topological concept of superelements inside superelements. The formulation is initially assessed and validated in terms of a simple 2D potential problem. Since iterative solvers are not required in this first step of numerical simulations, an isolated efficiency assessment of the implemented fast multipole technique is possible.

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In qualitative theory of differential equations, an important role is played by special classes of solutions, like periodic solutions or solutions to some boundary value problems. When a system of ordinary differential equations has equilibria, i.e. constant solutions, whose stability properties are known, it is significant to search for connections between them by trajectories of solutions of the given system. These are called homoclinic or heteroclinic, according to whether they describe a loop based at one single equilibrium or they "start" and "end" at two distinct equilibria. This thesis is devoted to the study of heteroclinic solutions for a specific class of ordinary differential equations related to the Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation and the Swift-Hohenberg equation. These are semilinear fourth order bi-stable evolution equations which appear as mathematical models for problems arising in Mechanics, Chemistry and Biology. For such equations, the set of bounded stationary solutions is of great interest. These solve an autonomous fourth order equation. In this thesis, we focus on such equations having a variational structure. In that case, the solutions are critical points of an associated action functional defined in convenient functional spaces. We then look for heteroclinic solutions as minimizers of the action functional. Our main contributions concern existence and multiplicity results of such global and local minimizers in the case where the functional is defined from sign changing Lagrangians. The underlying idea is to impose conditions which imply a lower bound on the action over all admissible functions. We then combine classical arguments of the Calculus of Variations with careful estimates on minimizing sequences to prove the existence of a minimum.