[pt] O objetivo deste trabalho é o estudo das características de propagação de ondas eletromagnéticas em guias de onda dielétricos contendo materiais arbitrariamente não lineares representados por uma distribuição de índice de refração que depende da intensidade local do sinal. Os guias de onda considerados neste trabalho podem ser analisados por meio de uma equação de onda unidimensional. Devido à presença de materiais não lineares, esta equação admite solução analítica apenas para certos tipos de não linearidade. De modo a permitir um estudo mais abrangente, uma solução numérica é desenvolvida para a equação de onda não linear. Esta solução numérica é então utilizada no estudo das características de propagação de guias de onda dielétricos em diversas configurações e diferentes tipos de onda dielétricos em diversas configurações e diferentes tipos de distribuição de índice de refração não linear, tanto em polarização TE como TM. O estudo mostra que estes guias de onda apresentam propriedades de propagação de potencial aplicação em dispositivos para um processador ótico de sinais ou para um computador ótico, como por exemplo histerese e bi-estabilidade óticas. É feito ainda um estudo da estabilidade das soluções da equação de onda não linear, sendo verificado que certas porções das soluções são instáveis, isto é, sofrem alteração à medida em que se deslocam ao longo do guia de onda. Além disso, foi observado a possibilidade de ocorrência, nas soluções instáveis, de rotas para o caos quando a potência do sinal é aumentada gradativamente. Em todos as etapas deste trabalho, os resultados foram comparados com outros métodos existentes na literatura. / [en] In this work, the propagation characteristics of electromagnetics waves in dieletric waveguides with arbitarily non-linear materiais, represented by a distribution of refractive index that depends on the local intensity of the signal, is presented. The waveguides here considered are analysed by means of an unidimensional equation. Due to the non- linearity of the materials this equation has analytical solution only for few types of non-linearities. To permit a more abrangent study, a numerical solution for the non- linear wave equation was developed. This solution is applied to the study of propagation characteristics of dielectric waveguides with different distributions of refractive index, either for TE and TM polarization. It is shown that these waveguides have propagation properties, like hysteresis and optical bi-stability, that fine applications in optical devices and optical computers. It´s also made a study of the stability of the solution of non-linear wave equation, showing that some portions of the solutions are usntable that is, they are a function of the observation point in the waveguide. The possibility of CAOS for unstable solutions, when the power is gradually increased, was also observed. At each step of this work, all results are compared with those of other methods of the literature.

The thesis consists of two parts, a theoretical part and an applied part, and in addition an Appendix. Except for a very short chapter in the applied part and the appendix we only present previously unknown results leading to a very concise style. In the theoretical part we study rates of decay for vector-valued functions and semigroups of operators depending on a real and positive variable. Under boundedness assumptions on the function/semigroup itself and under analytic extendability assumptions of its Laplace transform/resolvent across the imaginary axis we provide (almost) sharp rates of decay. Our results improve known results in this very active area of research. In the second part of the thesis we apply our results to specific examples (from the field of PDEs): local energy decay for wave equations on exterior domains, energy decay for damped wave equations on bounded domains and decay for a viscoelastic boundary damping model for sound waves. Many more examples can be found in the vast literature.

Dans cette thèse, nous étudions la stabilisation de certaines équations d’évolution par des lois de rétroaction. Dans le premier chapitre nous étudions l’équation des ondes dans R avec conditions aux limites dynamiques appliquées sur une partie du bord et une condition de Dirichlet sur la partie restante. Nous fournissons des conditions suffisantes qui garantissent une stabilité polynomiale en utilisant une méthode qui combine une inégalité d’observabilité pour le problème non amorti associé avec des résultats de régularité du problème non amorti. L’optimalité de la décroissance est montrée dans certains cas à l’aide des résultats spectraux précis de l’opérateur associé. Dans le deuxième chapitre nous considérons le système sur un domaine de Rd, d ≥ 2. On trouve des conditions suffisantes qui permettent la stabilité forte. Ensuite, nous discutons de la stabilité non uniforme ainsi que de la stabilité polynomiale. L’approche en domaine fréquentiel nous permet d’établir une décroissance polynomiale sur des domaines pour lesquels l’équation des ondes avec l’amortissement standard est exponentiellement ou polynomialement stable. Dans le troisième chapitre nous considérons un cadre général d’équations d’évolution avec une dissipation dynamique. Sous une hypothèse de régularité, nous montrons que les propriétés d’observabilité pour le problème non amorti impliquent des estimations de décroissance pour le problème amorti. / In this thesis, we study the stabilization of some evolution equations by feedback laws. In the first chapter we study the wave equation in R with dynamical boundary control applied on a part of the boundary and a Dirichlet boundary condition on the remaining part. We furnish sufficient conditions that guarantee a polynomial stability proved using a method that combines an observability inequality for the associated undamped problem with regularity results of the solution of the undamped problem. In addition, the optimality of the decay is shown in some cases with the help of precise spectral results of the operator associated with the damped problem. Then in the second chapter we consider the system on a domain of Rd, d ≥ 2. In this case, the domain of the associated operator is not compactly embedded into the energy space. Nevertheless, we find sufficient conditions that give the strong stability. Then, we discuss the non uniform stability as well as the polynomial stability by two methods. The frequency domain approach allows us to establish a polynomial decay on some domains for which the wave equation with the standard damping is exponentially or polynomially stable. Finally, in the third chapter we consider a general framework of second order evolution equations with dynamical feedbacks. Under a regularity assumption we show that observability properties for the undamped problem imply decay estimates for the damped problem. We finally illustrate our general results by a variety of examples.

This thesis deals with propagation of pressure and flow pulsations, which are strongly affected by the tube flexibility. There are two mathematic models introduced, which are derived from basic physical relations. First model assumes velocity only in the axis direction. Second one assumes also non-zero radial velocity. Kelvin-Voigt model for viscoelasticity was used. Furthermore, experimental measurement was designed and evaluated. Measured data was used to calculate material properties. In addition, dynamic transfer was determined.

Dans ce travail, nous allons établir des estimations de dispersion et des applications aux inégalités de Strichartz pour les solutions de l’équation des ondes dans un domaine cylindrique convexe Ω ⊂ R³ à bord C∞, ∂Ω ≠ ∅. Les estimations de dispersion sont classiquement utilisées pour prouver les estimations de Strichartz. Dans un domaine Ω général, des estimations de Strichartz ont été démontrées par Blair, Smith, Sogge [6,7]. Des estimations optimales ont été prouvées dans [29] lorsque Ω est strictement convexe. Le cas des domaines cylindriques que nous considérons ici généralise les resultats de [29] dans le cas où la courbure positive dépend de l'angle d'incidence et s'annule dans certaines directions. / In this work, we establish local in time dispersive estimates and its application to Strichartz estimates for solutions of the model case Dirichlet wave equation inside cylindrical convex domains Ω ⊂ R³ with smooth boundary ∂Ω ≠ ∅. Let us recall that dispersive estimates are key ingredients to prove Strichartz estimates. Strichartz estimates for waves inside an arbitrary domain Ω have been proved by Blair, Smith, Sogge [6,7]. Optimal estimates in strictly convex domains have been obtained in [29]. Our case of cylindrical domains is an extension of the result of [29] in the case where the nonnegative curvature radius depends on the incident angle and vanishes in some directions.

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I [Mattson, Journal of Scientific Computing 51.3 (2012), s. 650–682] konstruerades partialsummeringsoperatorer för finita differensapproximationer av andraderivator med variabla koefficienter. Vi tillämpar framgångsrikt dessa operatorer på vågekvationen i två dimensioner med diskontinuerliga koefficienter, utan särskild behandling av diskontinuiteten. Närmare bestämt undersöks (i) operatorernas fel och konvergensordning relativt ”korrekt” hantering av diskontinuiteter genom blockuppdelning med kopplingstermer; (ii) ifall mycket komplicerade koefficienter orsakar instabilitet eller icke-fysikaliska fel. Vi visar att hoppet i våghastighet i simuleringen sker ett antal punkter ifrån hoppet i koefficienter, där antalet punkter beror på operatorernas ordning och storleken av hoppet i koefficienter. I (i) får dessa två faktorer plus blockets form och antalet punkter en stor påverkan på både storleken av felet, samt metodens konvergensordning som varierar från ca 1–2,5. Annars sker i både (i) och (ii) inget större icke-fysikaliskt fel eller instabilitet, vilket gör denna relativt enkla metod tillämpningsbar på komplexa verklighetsbaserade problem.

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The derivation of centered compact schemes at interior and boundary grid points is performed and an analysis of stability and computational efficiency is given. Compact schemes are high order implicit methods for numerical solutions of initial and/or boundary value problems modeled by differential equations. These schemes generally require smaller stencils than the traditional explicit finite difference counterparts. To avoid numerical instabilities at and near boundaries and in regions of mesh non-uniformity, a numerical filtering technique is employed. Experiments for non-stationary linear problems (convection, heat conduction) and also for nonlinear problems (Burgers' and KdV equations) were performed. The compact solvers were combined with Euler and fourth-order Runge-Kutta time differencing. In most cases, the order of convergence of the numerical solution to the exact solution was the same as the formal order of accuracy of the compact schemes employed.

This report presents a comprehensive investigation into the accuracy and stability of Finite Difference Methods (FDM) when applied to the acoustic wave equation. The analysis focuses on comparing the classical 2nd order FDM with highly-accurate computational stencil of order 2p = 2,4 and 6 with Summation-by-Parts (SBP) and Simultaneous Approximation Term (SAT) technique of the Finite Difference Method. The objective of the study is to investigate complex numerical techniques that contributes to highly-accurate and stable solutions to many hyperbolic PDEs.  The report starts by introducing the governing problem and studies its well-posedness to ensure stable and unique solutions of the governing equations. It continues with basic introduction to the classic spatial discretization of the FDM and introduces the SBP-SAT implementation of the method. The governing equations are rewritten as a semi-discrete problem, such that it can be written as a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) only dependent on the temporal evolution. This system can be solved with classic Runge-Kutta methods to ensure robust and accurate time-stepping schemes.  The results show that the implementation of the higher-order SBP-SAT Finite Difference Method provides highly accurate solutions of the acoustic wave equation compared to the classic FDM. The results also show that the method provides stable solutions with no visible oscillations (dispersion), which can be a challenge for higher order methods. Overall, this paper contributes with valuable insights into the analysis of accuracy and stability in finite difference methods for acoustic wave equation.