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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Establishing Relational Non-Arbitrary Distinctive Responding Through Multiple Exemplar Simple Discrimination Training in Young Children with Autism

Lang, Lauren M 01 May 2018 (has links)
Currently there is limited published literature on procedures for teaching distinction to individuals who are diagnosed with autism. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the procedures outlined within the PEAK T curriculum to teaching participants to respond in terms of the non-arbitrary property of distinction (i.e., “different”). The procedures that are described in the PEAK T program- 3D- Distinction: Picture Discrimination was replicated across three young males diagnosed with autism using a multiple exemplar simple discrimination training. Responding to non-arbitrary features of stimuli other than sameness is pivotal in the development of more complex forms of language. All three individuals achieved mastery criterion. The results continue to add to the need for research on the different frames of RFT.
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[en] SEATTERING OF PLANE WAVES BY PERFECT-CONDUCTING TRIDIMENSIONAL BODIES WITH ARBITRARY SHAPES / [pt] ESPALHAMENTO DE ONDAS PLANAS POR OBJETOS CONDUTORES TRIDIMENSIONAIS DE FORMAS ARBITRÁRIAS

ALEXANDRE REGIS NOBREGA 14 August 2006 (has links)
[pt] O presente trabalho estuda a interação entre objetos condutores perfeitos tridimensionais, de formas arbitrárias e campos eletromagnéticos harmônicos no tempo incidentes sobre os mesmos. Pretende-se determinar os campos espalhados pelos objetos, caracterizados por uma malha de elementos de contorno planos e triangulares. Através de um tratamento numérico aproximado da Equação Integral do Campo Magnético, a densidade de corrente induzida na superfície do condutor perfeito é obtida. De posse deste resultado, determina-se o campo magnético espalhado (campo distante) e calcula-se a seção reta radar em várias direções. As vantagens e desvantagens da utilização do Método dos Momentos serão apontadas. Os resultados obtidos pelos mesmos serão comparados entre si e com aqueles disponíveis na literatura. / [en] This work studies the interaction between tridimensional perfect conducting objects of arbitrary shapes and incident time-harmonic electromagnetic fields. The fields, scattered by these objects, are determined using a finite number of plane and triangular boundary elements. The induced current density on the boundary is obtained using the Magnetic Field Integral Equation, applied approximately in a numerical approach. With the result mentioned above, the scattered magnetic field (far-field) is determined and the Radar Cross Section is calculated. The advantages and disadvantages of the use of a numerical method (moment method) are pointed out and the results compared. With those in literature.
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Detection and tracking of unknown objects on the road based on sparse LiDAR data for heavy duty vehicles / Upptäckt och spårning av okända objekt på vägen baserat på glesa LiDAR-data för tunga fordon

Shilo, Albina January 2018 (has links)
Environment perception within autonomous driving aims to provide a comprehensive and accurate model of the surrounding environment based on information from sensors. For the model to be comprehensive it must provide the kinematic state of surrounding objects. The existing approaches of object detection and tracking (estimation of kinematic state) are developed for dense 3D LiDAR data from a sensor mounted on a car. However, it is a challenge to design a robust detection and tracking algorithm for sparse 3D LiDAR data. Therefore, in this thesis we propose a framework for detection and tracking of unknown objects using sparse VLP-16 LiDAR data which is mounted on a heavy duty vehicle. Experiments reveal that the proposed framework performs well detecting trucks, buses, cars, pedestrians and even smaller objects of a size bigger than 61x41x40 cm. The detection distance range depends on the size of an object such that large objects (trucks and buses) are detected within 25 m while cars and pedestrians within 18 m and 15 m correspondingly. The overall multiple objecttracking accuracy of the framework is 79%. / Miljöperception inom autonom körning syftar till att ge en heltäckande och korrekt modell av den omgivande miljön baserat på information från sensorer. För att modellen ska vara heltäckande måste den ge information om tillstånden hos omgivande objekt. Den befintliga metoden för objektidentifiering och spårning (uppskattning av kinematiskt tillstånd) utvecklas för täta 3D-LIDAR-data från en sensor monterad på en bil. Det är dock en utmaning att designa en robust detektions och spårningsalgoritm för glesa 3D-LIDAR-data. Därför föreslår vi ett ramverk för upptäckt och spårning av okända objekt med hjälp av gles VLP-16-LIDAR-data som är monterat på ett tungt fordon. Experiment visar att det föreslagna ramverket upptäcker lastbilar, bussar, bilar, fotgängare och även mindre objekt om de är större än 61x41x40 cm. Detekteringsavståndet varierar beroende på storleken på ett objekt så att stora objekt (lastbilar och bussar) detekteras inom 25 m medan bilar och fotgängare detekteras inom 18 m respektive 15 m på motsvarande sätt. Ramverkets totala precision för objektspårning är 79%.
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Dynamic Modeling of Rankine Cycle using Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method

Ranade, Vishakhdutt 16 June 2017 (has links)
No description available.
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A finite element method for ring rolling processes

Dewasurendra, Lohitha January 1998 (has links)
No description available.
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Using image-based large-eddy simulations to investigate the intracardiac flow and its turbulent nature / Utilisation de simulations aux grandes échelles à partir d'images médicales pour l'étude de l'écoulement intracardiaque et de sa nature turbulente

Chnafa, Christophe 21 November 2014 (has links)
Le premier objectif de cette thèse est de générer et d'analyser une base de données pour l'écoulement intracardiaque dans des géométries réalistes. Dans ce but, une stratégie couplant simulation numérique et imagerie médicale est appliquée à un cœur gauche pathologique et à un cœur gauche sain. Le second objectif est d'illustrer comment cette base de données peut être analysée afin de mieux comprendre l'écoulement intracardiaque, en portant une attention particulière aux caractéristiques instationnaires de l'écoulement et à sa nature turbulente. Une chaîne numérique pour simuler l'écoulement dans des géométries spécifiques au patient est tout d'abord présentée. La cavité cardiaque et ses mouvements sont extraits à partir d'images médicales à l'aide d'un algorithme de recalage d'image afin d'obtenir le domaine de calcul. Les équations qui régissent l'écoulement sont écrites dans le cadre d'un maillage se déformant au cours du temps (approche arbitrairement Lagrangienne ou Eulérienne). Les valves cardiaques sont modélisées à l'aide de frontières immergées. L'application de cette chaîne numérique à deux cœurs gauches, l'un pathologique, l'autre sain est ensuite détaillée. L'écoulement sanguin est caractérisé par sa nature transitoire, donnant un écoulement complexe et cyclique. Il est montré que l'écoulement n'est ni laminaire, ni pleinement turbulent, justifiant a posteriori l'utilisation de simulation aux grandes échelles. Le développement instationnaire de la turbulence est analysé à l'aide de l'écoulement moyenné sur un nombre suffisant de cycles cardiaques. Les statistiques de l'écoulement, l'énergie turbulente, la production de turbulence et une analyse spectrale sont notamment présentées. Une étude Lagrangienne est aussi effectuée en utilisant des statistiques calculées à l'aide de particules ensemencées dans l'écoulement. En plus des caractéristiques habituellement rapportées, ce travail met en évidence le caractère perturbé et transitoire de l'écoulement, tout en identifiant les mécanismes de production de la turbulence. / The first objective of this thesis is to generate and analyse CFD-based databases for the intracardiac flow in realistic geometries. To this aim, an image-based CFD strategy is applied to both a pathological and a healthy human left hearts. The second objective is to illustrate how the numerical database can be analysed in order to gain insight about the intracardiac flow, mainly focusing on the unsteady and turbulent features. A numerical framework allowing insight in fluid dynamics inside patient-specific human hearts is first presented. The heart cavities and their wall dynamics are extracted from medical images, with the help of an image registration algorithm, in order to obtain a patient-specific moving numerical domain. Flow equations are written on a conformal moving computational domain, using an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian framework. Valves are modelled using immersed boundaries.Application of this framework to compute flow and turbulence statistics in both a realistic pathological and a realistic healthy human left hearts is presented. The blood flow is characterized by its transitional nature, resulting in a complex cyclic flow. Flow dynamics is analysed in order to reveal the main fluid phenomena and to obtain insights into the physiological patterns commonly detected. It is demonstrated that the flow is neither laminar nor fully turbulent, thus justifying a posteriori the use of Large Eddy Simulation.The unsteady development of turbulence is analysed from the phase averaged flow, flow statistics, the turbulent stresses, the turbulent kinetic energy, its production and through spectral analysis. A Lagrangian analysis is also presented using Lagrangian particles to gather statistical flow data. In addition to a number of classically reported features on the left heart flow, this work reveals how disturbed and transitional the flow is and describes the mechanisms of turbulence production.
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Spectrally Arbitrary and Inertially Arbitrary Sign Pattern Matrices

Demir, Nilay Sezin 03 May 2007 (has links)
A sign pattern(matrix) is a matrix whose entries are from the set {+,-,0}. An n x n sign pattern matrix is a spectrally arbitrary pattern(SAP) if for every monic real polynomial p(x) of degree n, there exists a real matrix B whose entries agree in sign with A such that the characteristic polynomial of B is p(x). An n x n pattern A is an inertialy arbitrary pattern(IAP) if (r,s,t) belongs to the inertia set of A for every nonnegative triple (r,s,t) with r+s+t=n. Some elementary results on these two classes of patterns are first exhibited. Tree sign patterns are then investigated, with a special emphasis on 4 x 4 tridiagonal sign patterns. Connections between the SAP(IAP) classes and the classes of potentially nilpotent and potentially stable patterns are explored. Some interesting open questions are also provided.
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Schémas numériques mimétiques et conservatifs pour la simulation d'écoulements multiphasiques compressibles / Conservative and mimetic numerical schemes for compressible multiphase flows simulation

Vazquez gonzalez, Thibaud 17 June 2016 (has links)
Dans certaines simulations numériques exigeantes de mécanique des fluides, ilest nécessaire de simuler des écoulements multiphasiques impliquant de nombreuses contraintes simultanées : nombre de fluides important, évolutions compressibles à la fois isentropes et fortement choquées, équations d’états variables et contrastées, déformations importantes et transport surdes longues distances. Afin de remplir ces objectifs de manière robuste, il est nécessaire que la cohérence thermodynamique du schéma numérique soit vérifiée.Dans le premier chapitre, un schéma de type Lagrange plus projection est proposé pour la simulation d’écoulements diphasiques avec un modèle squelette à six équations et sans termes de dissipation. L’importance de la propriété de préservation des écoulements isentropiques est mise en évidence à l’aide d’une comparaison avec des résultats issus de la littérature pour le test deRansom. Ce chapitre souligne aussi certaines limitations de l’approche Lagrange plus projection pour simuler des modèles multiphasiques.Afin de pallier à ces limitations, une nouvelle procédure de dérivation est proposée afin de construire un schéma mimétique pour la simulation d’écoulements instationnaires compressibles dans un formalisme ALE direct (Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian). La possibilité de choisir a prioriles degrés de liberté permet de s’inscrire dans une continuité avec les schémas historiques décalés, tout en imposant les conservations au niveau discret. L’équation de quantité de mouvement discrèteest obtenue par application d’un principe variationnel, assurant par construction la cohérence thermodynamique des efforts de pression. Cette approche est appliquée au cas d’écoulements monofluides comme preuve de concept au Chapitre 3, puis elle est étendue au cas d’écoulements à Nphasescompressibles au Chapitre 4. Des tests mono et multiphasiques montrent un comportement satisfaisant en terme de conservativité, versatilité aux mouvements de grilles et robustesse. / In some highly demanding fluid dynamics simulations, it appears necessary tosimulate multiphase flows involving numerous constraints at the same time : large numbers of fluids, both isentropic and strongly shocked compressible evolution, highly variable and contrasted equations of state, large deformations, and transport over large distances. Fulfilling such a challengein a robust and tractable way demands that thermodynamic consistency of the numerical scheme be carefully ensured.In the first chapter, a Lagrange plus remap scheme is proposed for the simulation of two-phase flows with a dissipation-free six-equation bakcbone model. The importance of the property of isentropic flow preservation is highlighted with a comparison with Ransom test results fromthe literature. This chapter also also point out certain limitations of the Lagrange plus remap approach for multiphase simulations.In order to overcome these limitations, a novel derivation procedure is proposed to construct a mimetic scheme for the simulation of unsteady and compressible flows in a direct ALE (ArbitraryLagrangian-Eulerian) formalism. The possibility to choose a priori the degrees of freedom allows to obtain a continuity with historical staggered scheme, while imposing conservativity at discretelevel. The discrete momentum evolution equation is obtained by application of a variational principle, thus natively ensuring the thermodynamic consistency of pressure efforts. This approach is applied to single-fluid flows as a proof of concept in Chapter 3, then it is extended to N-phasecompressible flows in Chapter 4. Single- and multi-phase tests show satisfactory behavior in terms on conservation, versatility to grid motions, and robustness.
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Schémas ALE multi-matériaux totalement conservatifs pour l'hydrodynamique / Conservative multi-material ALE schemes for hydrodynamics

Marboeuf, Alexis 08 March 2018 (has links)
Ce sujet de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre des études actuellement menées au CEA/DAM concernant des schémas numériques ALE (Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian)de type « Lagrange + Projection », dans le contexte des simulations hydrodynamiques mutli-matériaux en grandes déformations. Ces schémas doivent respecter les équations de conservation de la masse, de la quantité de mouvement et de l’énergie totale.Les schémas décalés en temps et en espace sont très utilisés dans les codes industriels. Ils sont robustes et permettent une bonne approximation des comportements complexes, mais sont connus pour ne pas conserver exactement l’énergie totale. Cela pose un problème dans le traitement des chocs, sur maillages raffinés ou dans la simulation des milieux réactifs.En 2016, des travaux originaux on été proposés par A. Llor et. al. pour rendre conservatif ce type de schéma dans un contexte lagrangien (sans projection), notamment en proposant une correction pour retrouver la conservation de l’énergie totale.Le travail de cette thèse a été d’étendre ce schéma lagrangien dans un contexte ALE multi-matériaux (avec interface), en garantissant la conservation de toutes les quantités, le respect du second principe de la thermodynamique et la robustesse. De nombreux cas tests ont été menés (en 2D plan et en 2D axisymétrique) et comparés aux méthodes existantes afin de montrer la pertinence de cette approche. / This PhD subject comes within actual studies managed by CEA/DAM about ALE (Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian) schemes (with a splitting of Lagrangian and Remapping steps) in the context of hydrodynamic simulations. These numerical schemes have to respect mass, momentum and total energy conservation, which are the fundamental equations of the studied systems.Space- and Time-Staggered are widely used in industrial codes for their simplicity androbustness despite their known lack of exact energy conservation. This is a major drawbackin presence of strong shocks. Among all existing schemes, none of them meet the expectations of robustness, conservation,thermodynamic consistency (both shocks and relaxations capture), accuracy andadaptibility to complex behaviors. Recently, some novel works have been proposed by A.Llor et. al. in order to make conservative this type of scheme in a Lagrangian context (without remapping step). Current remap methods, necessary in large deformations, donot guarantee simultaneously total energy conservation and thermodynamic consistency.This work aims at extending this conservative Lagrangian space- and time-staggeredscheme to a multi-material ALE methodology, keeping its good properties (conservation,accuracy, thermodynamic consistency, robustness) intact. Classical, but demanding, test cases have been performed (both in plane and axisymmetric 2D geometries) and have been compared to existing numerical methods in order to assess the relevance of our approach.
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An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Method for Shock Wave Propagation: Validating Simulations of Underwater Explosions / En finit elementmetod med ALE för stötvågsutbredning: validering av simulerade undervattensdetonationer

Sandström, Sebastian January 2021 (has links)
Underwater explosions are often modeled with Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Finite Element Methods. The objective of this thesis is to validate the simulation method, with respect to the propagating shock wave. A two-dimensional axisymmetric model of a spherical TNT charge submerged in water is simulated using LS-DYNA. The explosive is modeled with the Burn Fraction technique and the Jones-Wilkins-Lee equation of state. Water is modeled as a non-viscous fluid, with the Grüneisen equation of state. The convergence for different mesh resolutions, the effect of different advection methods, and varied constants in the artificial viscosity are examined. Generally, the simulations agree well with empirical results, but the maximum pressure diminishes more rapidly with distance compared to experiments. The excessive dampening is most notable in the early stages of the propagation. Also, unexpected oscillations are observed near the discontinuity. The choice of advection scheme and constants in the artificial viscosity do not resolve the issues suggesting that other numerical techniques for treating the discontinuity should be considered. / Undervattensexplosioner simuleras ofta med ALE-baserade finita elementmetoder. Detta examensarbete avser att validera simuleringsmetoden med hänsyn till stötvågens utbredning i vattnet. En tvådimensionell axisymmetrisk modell av en sfärisk TNT-laddning nedsänkt i vatten simuleras i LS-DYNA. Laddningen modelleras med hjälp av brinnfraktioner och Jones-Wilkins-Lee tillståndsekvation. Vattnet modelleras som en inviskös fluid tillsammans med Grüneisens tillståndsekvation. Nätkonvergens, val av advektionsmetod och ändring av konstanter i den artificiella viskositeten studeras. Övergripande resultat stämmer väl överens med empirisk data, men stötvågens topptryck avtar fortare än väntat. Denna dämpning är tydligast i utredningens tidiga skeden. Dessutom observeras oväntade oscillationer kring stötvågens diskontinuerliga tryckprofil. Val av advektionsmetod och konstanter tillhörande artificiella viskositeten verkar ha liten betydelse för resultaten. En alternativ numerisk metod för behandling av stötvågens diskontinuitet bör implementeras.

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