In this study we tried to design a microstrip antenna, to get a suitable radiation pattern for a LEO satellite. Our aim is to get a radiation pattern that has a maximum power which is not in the broadside direction to the antenna surface / instead broadside radiation has a relatively lower power density. Maximum power radiation is desired to be at about 30 &ndash / 50 degrees angle beyond the normal to the antenna surface. We desire circularly polarized radiation. We used two concentric antennas / one is a circular patch at the center and the other is an annular ring which is used at the outer region. By using Ansoft Ensemble 8.0 software, we design an antenna which has a resonance frequency at 8.2 GHz. Using the result of the program we design the real antenna. The measurement results are compared with the simulation results.

In satellite applications, a circularly polarized satellite antenna is desirable with a pattern that results in constant received power while the distance between the transmitter and the receiver is changing. The Circular Disk - Annular Ring (CDAR) antenna satisfies these requirements along with other requirements for the satellite antenna. The CDAR antenna is a combination of a Circular Disk and an Annular Ring patch antennas. In this thesis, a circularly polarized CDAR antenna that is fed from a single point is designed at the center frequency of 8.2 GHz. This antenna is investigated and optimized to ease the fabrication process. The design parameters are defined on this report and optimized by using an Electromagnetic Simulation software program. In order to verify the theoretical results, Circular Disk - Annular Ring Antenna is produced as a prototype. Measurements of antenna parameters, electromagnetic field and circuit properties are interpreted to show compliance with theoretical and simulation results. The values of deviation between theoretical and experimental results are also discussed.

Cold bosonic atoms trapped in optical lattices formed by standing wave interference patterns of multiple laser beams constitute excellent emulators of models of strongly correlated quantum systems of bosons. In this thesis, we develop and deploy strong-coupling expansion (i.e., an expansion in terms of the ratio of the inter-site hopping amplitude of the bosons to the strength of their interactions) techniques for studying the properties of three different instances of such systems. In the first instance, we have used strong coupling expansion techniques to calculate the density pro le for bosonic atoms trapped in an optical lattice with an overall harmonic trap at finite temperatures and large on site interaction in the presence of super fluid regions. Our results match well with quantum Monte Carlo simulations at finite temperature. We present calculations for the entropy per particle as a function of temperature which can be used to calibrate the temperature in experiments. Our calculations for the scaled density in the vacuum-to-super fluid transition agree well with the experimental data for appropriate temperatures. We also discuss issues connected with the demonstration of universal quantum critical scaling in the experiments. Experimental realizations of “atomtronic" Josephson junctions have recently been created in annular traps in relative rotation with respect to potential barriers that generate the weak links. If these devices are additionally subjected to optical lattice potentials, then they can incorporate strong-coupling Mott physics within the design, which can modify the behaviour and can allow for interesting new configurations of system generated barriers and of super fluid ow patterns. we have examined theoretically the behavior of a Bose super fluid in an optical lattice in the presence of an annular trap and a barrier across the annular region which acts as a Josephson junction. As the fluid is rotated relative to the barrier, it generates circulating super-currents until, at larger speeds of rotation, it develops phase slips which are typically accompanied by vortices. We use a finite temperature strong-coupling expansion about the mean- held solution of the Bose Hubbard model to calculate various properties of the device. In addition, we discuss some of the rich behavior that can result when there are Mott regions within the system. Rubidium-Cesium dipolar molecule formation through Feshbach resonance is an area of great current interest, for, the dipolar molecules, once formed, interact via v long range dipolar forces, leading to possibilities of novel phases. Experimentalists currently make such systems mostly using trial and error, and the resulting efficiencies for molecule formation tend to be low. With a goal to assist cold-atom experimentalists to achieve higher e ciencies of molecule formation, we have estimated the trap parameters for Rb and Cs atoms in a 3D optical lattice required to create single occupancy per site Mott phase for both the species in the same regions of the trap. We thus identify the ne tuning of the external magnetic held near Rb-Cs Feshbach resonance required to achieve highest probability for creating single Rb-Cs Feshbach molecules in the system. We have used the Falicov-Kimball model to describe the relevant system and strong-coupling expansions about the mean- held solution to calculate the density pro les for both species and efficiency for molecule formation, determined by overlapping regions of single occupancy for both Rb and Cs, up to second order in the expansion. We also calculate the entropy per particle which serves as an estimation of the temperature in the experimental system

[pt] Escoamentos bifásicos no regime anular são caracterizados pela formação de um filme de líquido ao redor das paredes do duto com a fase gasosa escoando na área central do duto. O presente trabalho consiste na simulação numérica de um escoamento anular em tubulação horizontal, com e sem transferência de calor através de um código unidimensional baseado no Modelo de Dois Fluidos. São considerados dois pares de fluidos, sendo o primeiro ar-água, o qual é vastamente estudado na literatura e um fluido típico encontrado na produção de petróleo formado de gás natural e óleo. Parâmetros característicos do padrão de escoamento anular como gradiente de pressão, fator de atrito da interface e espessura do filme de líquido são determinados e comparados com dados experimentais e numéricos, apresentando boa concordância. O gás natural é modelado como gás real, através da aplicação da Equação de Estado de Peng-Robinson e comparado com a modelagem utilizando Equação de Gases Ideais. Para o fluido típico selecionado, este efeito é muito pequeno tanto com relação aos parâmetros hidrodinâmicos como velocidades das fases e queda de pressão como nos parâmetros térmicos como campo de temperatura, perda de calor para o ambiente e coeficiente bifásico de troca de calor. / [en] Annular two-phase flow is characterized by the formation of a liquid layer spread around the pipe circumference with gas flowing in the core area of the pipe. The present work consists in the numerical simulation of an annular flow in horizontal pipe, with and without heat transfer through a one-dimensional code based on the Two Fluid Model. Two pairs of fluids are considered, being the first air-water, which is widely studied in the literature and a typical natural gas and oil fluid from production oil fields. Characteristics parameters of annular flow such as pressure drop, interface friction factor e liquid film height are obtained and compared with experimental and numerical data, showing in both cases good agreement. The natural gas is modeled as real gas, using the Peng-Robinson Equation of State, and compared with the ideal gas modeling. For the typical fluid selected, this effect is quite small on the hydrodynamics parameters such as phases velocities and pressure drop and on the thermal parameters such as temperature, heat loss for the environment and heat exchange coefficient.

La conception des turbines à gaz est aujourd'hui contrainte par des normes d'émissions de plus en plus draconiennes, couplées à l'urgente nécessité d'économiser les ressources en carburant fossile. Les choix technologiques adoptés pour répondre à ces exigences entraînent parfois l'apparition d'instabilités de combustion. Dans les chambres de combustion annulaires, ces instabilités prennent souvent la forme de modes azimutaux. Prédire ces modes reste un défi à l'heure actuelle et impose de considérer la totalité de la géométrie annulaire, ce qui n'est rendu possible, dans le domaine de la simulation numérique en mécanique des fluides, que par l'avènement très récent des supercalculateurs massivement parallèles. Dans ce travail de thèse, les modes azimutaux pouvant apparaître dans les chambres de combustion annulaires sont abordés avec plusieurs approches: un modèle analytique 1D, un solveur acoustique de Helmholtz 3D et enfin des Simulations aux Grandes Echelles. Combiner ces méthodes permet une meilleure compréhension de la structure de ces modes et peut amener à considérer des solutions innovantes pour concevoir des chambres inconditionnellement stables. / Increasingly stringent regulations and the need to tackle rising fuel prices have placed great emphasis on the design of aeronautical gas turbines. This drive towards innovation has resulted sometimes in new concepts being prone to combustion instabilities. Combustion instabilities arise from the coupling of acoustics and combustion. In the particular field of annular combustion chambers, these instabilities often take the form of azimuthal modes. To predict these modes, one must consider the full combustion chamber, which, in the numerical simulation domain, remained out of reach until very recently and the development of massively parallel computers. In this work, azimuthal modes that may develop in annular combustors are studied with different numerical approaches: a low order model, a 3D Helmholtz solver and Large Eddy Simulations. Combining these methods allows a better understanding of the structure of the instabilities and may provide guidelines to build intrinsically stable combustion chambers.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-02-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:53:31Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 abud_cv_me_rcla.pdf: 2091525 bytes, checksum: f8a3b24150a2a718ad53ff294a3c6844 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Procuramos nesta dissertação, entender e desenvolver estudos relacionados com o movimento de trajetórias caóticas num sistema dinâmico não linear. Esses estudos, envolvem uma abordagem sobre a quantificação de recorrências de trajetórias a uma região e sobre o transporte no espaço de fases. Nós escolhemos como modelo o bilhar anular em duas configurações: primeiramente com as fronteiras estáticas e posteriormente, uma dependência temporal (pulsante) e introduzida. Inicialmente reproduzimos os resultados sobre aprisionamentos para caso do bilhar estático, existentes na literatura, a fim de ganharmos experiência para estudar o sistema pulsante. Nesse caso, a topologia dos dois planos de fases possíveis constituídos de variáveis canônicas, apesar de bastante complexas, apresentaram resultados interessantes. Os principais resultados obtidos foram: a observação de regiões de aprisionamentos nos dois planos de fases conectadas entre si; a aceleração de Fermi caracterizada por vários regimes anômalos; ( uma explicação para a diferença desses regimes e dada por aprisionamentos no plano do bilhar) e a evolução do espaço de fases, dito geométrico, que tende a se recuperar conforme a velocidade relativa partícula-fronteira aumenta. Estudamos ainda os efeitos de dissipação no sistema pulsante através de colisões inelásticas. Os resultados indicam que qualquer dissipação desse tipo, independente da magnitude, é suficiente para saturar o crescimento de energia. Porém, em situações especiais essa mesma dissipação pode ser usada para que na média o sistema ganhe energia. / We reach in this dissertation, understand and develop studies related to the motion of the chaotic trajectories in a non-linear dynamical system. These studies require an approach on the quanti cation of the recurrences of trajectories to a region and on the transport in the phase space. We choose as a model the annular billiard with two con gurations: rstly with the static boundaries and next, a time-dependent (pulsating)is introduced. Initially we reproduced some results about stickiness in the static case in order to gain experience to study the pulsating system. In such case the topology of the two possible phase space of canonical variables, showed interesting results. The main results were: the observation of sticky regions in both connected phase spaces; the Fermi acceleration characterized by di erent anomalous regimes ( an explanation to this diferent regimes is given by the stickiness on the billiard plane) and the evolution of the phase space, called geometric, which tends to be recovered as the relative velocity particle-boundary increases. We also studied the e ects of dissipation in the pulsating system through inelastic collisions. The results show that this kind of dissipation, regardless of its magnitude, is enough to saturate the energy growth. However, in special situations the mean average of the system can increase with the introduction of inelastic collisions.

O escoamento bifásico é muito importante para vários ramos industriais. As misturas bifásicas podem escoar em diversas configurações, as quais são chamadas de padrões de escoamento, e que, ao longo dos anos, receberam diversas classificações. Neste trabalho foi estudado o padrão bolhas dispersas em duto anular. Os trabalhos sobre escoamento bifásico em geometria anular são mais escassos, especialmente quando se trata de dutos anulares de grande dimensão. Dentre os modelos existentes para a modelagem do escoamento bifásico, trabalhamos com o modelo de mistura (Drift Flux), pois, apesar das altas velocidades superficiais, o escoamento em bolhas não possui um comportamento homogêneo, já que a fase gasosa ainda escoa na região central e com uma velocidade maior do que a velocidade da mistura. Foi utilizado o modelo de mistura unidimensional para a modelagem do escoamento bifásico água-ar, pois, além de bastante preciso, é de baixo custo computacional e fácil implementação. Neste trabalho empregamos, a princípio, equações elaboradas para dutos circulares, as quais foram adaptadas para a geometria anular fazendo-se uso do conceito de diâmetro hidráulico. As equações foram implementadas no software Mathematica® e as previsões para o holdup e queda de pressão foram comparadas com dados experimentais próprios. O trabalho experimental foi realizado no laboratório de escoamentos multifásicos do Núcleo de Engenharia Térmica e de Fluidos (NETeF) da EESC-USP, o qual conta com uma instalação experimental em estado operacional para a simulação de escoamentos bifásicos vertical e inclinados em duto anular. Foram colhidas medidas de holdup e queda de pressão bifásica. A concordância entre os dados experimentais e as previsões foi muito satisfatória. / Two-phase flow is present in a wide range of industrial processes. Such flows occur in many geometrical configurations known as flow patterns. In this work is presented a study about bubbly flow in annular duct. Works on two-phase flow in large annular geometry are very scarce. Among the existing models for modeling two-phase flow we chose the drift flux model because the bubbly flow does not behave as a homogeneous mixture, despite of the high superficial velocities, since the gas phase flows faster in the core region in comparison with the mixture velocity. The onedimensional drift flux model besides to be accurate is of low computational cost and easy implementation. The goal of this work is to analyze the prediction of holdup and pressure drop in annular ducts of large diameter. The set of equations used was adapted from those of circular ducts by using the hydraulic diameter concept. The equations were implemented in Mathematica software and holdup and pressure drop prediction were compared with experimental data taken in the experimental facility of the Thermal-fluids Engineering Laboratory of EESC-USP. It was collected measure of holdup and pressure drop. The agreement between experimental data and model predictions is encouraging.

Multiphase flows are of great interest to a large variety of industries because flows of two or more immiscible liquids are encountered in a diverse range of processes and equipment. However, the advent of high viscosity oil requires more investigations to enhance good design of transportation system and forestall its inherent production difficulties. Experimental and numerical studies were conducted on water-sand, oil-water and oilwater- sand respectively in 1-in ID 5m long horizontal pipe. The densities of CYL680 and CYL1000 oils employed are 917 and 916.2kg/m3 while their viscosities are 1.830 and 3.149Pa.s @ 25oC respectively. The solid-phase concentration ranged from 2.15e-04 to 10%v/v with mean diameter of 150micron and material density of 2650kg/m3. Experimentally, the observed flow patterns are Water Assist Annular (WA-ANN), Dispersed Oil in Water (DOW/OF), Oil Plug in Water (OPW/OF) with oil film on the wall and Water Plug in Oil (WPO). These configurations were obtained through visualisation, trend and the probability density function (PDF) of pressure signals along with the statistical moments. Injection of water to assist high viscosity oil transport reduced the pressure gradient by an order of magnitude. No significant differences were found between the gradients of oil-water and oil-water-sand, however, increase in sand concentration led to increase in the pressure losses in oil-water-sand flow. Numerically, Water Assist Annular (WA-ANN), Dispersed Oil in Water (DOW/OF), Oil Plug in Water (OPW/OF) with oil film on the wall, and Water Plug in Oil (WPO) flow pattern were successfully obtained by imposing a concentric inlet condition at the inlet of the horizontal pipe coupled with a newly developed turbulent kinetic energy budget equation coded as user defined function which was hooked up to the turbulence models. These modifications aided satisfactory predictions.

La conception des turbomachines à haute densité énergétique nécessite de plus en plus la maîtrise d'un plus grand nombre de paramètres fonctionnels. La moindre défaillance d'un composant conduit quasi immédiatement la machine à la rupture. C'est en particulier le cas pour le comportement des composants à films minces.L'appellation "film mince" correspond à tout espace de très faible épaisseur situé entre le rotor et le stator de la turbomachine. Leur but est soit de limiter les fuites de manière à optimiser les performances intrinsèques de la machine, soit alors à supporter et stabiliser le rotor. Ces derniers cas sont plus appelés communément "joints lisses ou annulaires" et "paliers fluides".Lorsqu'un fluide circule dans un espace de très faible épaisseur, typiquement quelques centièmes de millimètres sur une distance très longue, son champ de vitesses, donc de pression, dépend fortement des phénomènes visqueux aux parois dont l'une est mise en rotation et l'autre est immobile. Les efforts fluides sur ces parois peuvent être alors importants et doivent être pris en compte dans le dimensionnement de la machine.La connaissance précise de ces écoulements très complexes est indispensable pour déterminer les efforts statiques et dynamiques appliqués au rotor de manière à pouvoir dimensionner un fonctionnement calme. / The design of high performance aerospace turbo pumps requires more control of an increasing number of functional parameters. Any component failure led almost immediately to a machine failure. This is particularly the case for the behavior of thin film lubricated components.The term "thin film" means any thin space between the rotor and the stator of the engine. Their goal is either to limit leakage to maximize the machine intrinsic performance, or to support and stabilize the rotor. These cases are more commonly called "smooth or annular seals" and "fluid film bearings".When a fluid flows in a space of very small thickness, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter, the velocity field, hence the pressure, are highly dependent on the walls viscous forces. Fluid forces on the walls (which one is rotated and the other is stationary) can then be important and should be taken into account in the design of the machine.The precise knowledge of these complex flows is essential to determine the static and dynamic forces applied to the rotor to ensure a quite functioning of the turbo pump.

Les COV présents en air intérieur sont une source d’inconfort pour les occupants et peuvent être nocifs pour la santé. La photocatalyse apparaît comme un procédé prometteur pour l’abattement de ces polluants. ArcelorMittal Liège Research développe à cet effet des films minces de TiOB2B déposé sur acier qui peuvent être intégrés dans des systèmes de purification d’air. Les objectifs de cette recherche sont, d’une part, identifier les paramètres influençant la dégradation photocatalytique de ces COV avec ce type de catalyseur et d’autre part, valider la possibilité de prédire les performances d’un réacteur photocatalytique par un modèle couplant l’écoulement et la réaction photocatalytique. Pour réaliser l’étude cinétique à des teneurs de quelques ppm, un dispositif expérimental adapté a été conçu ; il utilise un réacteur annulaire continu. L’acétaldéhyde a été choisi comme polluant modèle. La conversion dépend de la concentration en polluant, du taux d’humidité, de la température, de l’intensité lumineuse en UV et de la présence d’autres COV. La réaction est modélisée avec un modèle théorique surfacique de la réaction photocatalytique. Afin de prédire les performances d’un réacteur photocatalytique utilisant des films minces de TiOB2B, une méthodologie consistant à coupler l’écoulement et la réaction photocatalytique a été développée et validée. La distribution spatio-temporelle de la concentration en polluant est alors déterminée par une approche de mécanique des fluides numériques. La comparaison des résultats expérimentaux et des simulations obtenus avec un réacteur photocatalytique de laboratoire et un autre à l’échelle semi-pilote est très satisfaisante / VOCs are a source of discomfort for occupants and can have harmful effects on health. Photocatalysis is a promising process to remove these compounds. ArcelorMittal Liège Research has indeed developed TiOB2 Bthin film coated on steel which can be easily integrated into purification air systems. Objectives of this research are firstly, identifying parameters which influence the photocatalytic degradation of these VOCs using of such catalyst. Secondly, validate the possibility to predict performances of the photocatalytic reactor by combining fluid flow and photocatalytic reaction. An experimental set-up including an annular reactor has been designed and realized in order to conduct kinetic studies. Acetaldehyde has been chosen as a pollutant model and studied mainly with concentrations of few ppm ranges. Its conversion yield depends on pollutant concentration, relative humidity, temperature, UV light intensity and presence of others VOCs. Based on a theoretical surface model of the photocatalytic reaction, and using experimental data, this reaction is modelled. In order to predict performances of the photocatalytic reactor packed thin film of TiOB2B, a methodology which consists to combine fluid flow and photocatalytic reaction has been developed and validated. Space-time distribution of pollutant concentration is then determined with a computational fluid dynamics approach. Comparison between experimental data and numerical simulations obtained with a photocatalytic reactor at the laboratory scale and another one in semi-pilot scale are well satisfactory