Nesta dissertação emprega-se um método simplificado de análise elástica baseado na técnica do meio contínuo para edifícios altos submetidos a terremoto formados por painéis paredes, pórticos e núcleos de seção aberta de parede delgada. Na ligação dos diferentes painéis, supõe-se que existe uma considerável quantidade de diafragmas horizontais rígidos em seu próprio plano, distribuídos continuamente ao longo da vertical 0z. Levando-se em conta a equação constitutiva dos painéis individuais pode-se obter a solução de analise estrutural para o edifício mediante equações diferenciais acopladas para deslocamento e rotações ao longo do eixo vertical do edifício. Com base nesses resultados, todos os esforços internos podem, então, ser obtidos. O método de análise proposto oferece um simples e rápido meio de obtenção da deformada e das forças internas dos diferentes painéis do edifício alto em fases iniciais do projeto. A utilidade e a aproximação do método são examinadas mediante exemplos numéricos, sendo a solução aproximada comparada com aquela obtida com o emprego do método de elementos finitos elaborado pelo programa SAP2000. / This work presents a simplified method of elastic analysis based on the continuous medium technique for tall building structures formed by shear wall panels, frames and core thin walled sections. In order to connect the various panels, it is assumed that there exist a considerable amount of rigid diaphragms continuously distributed along the vertical 0z. The building is subject to lateral earthquake load. Taking into account the constitutive equation of the individual panel, one can achieve a solution through coupled differential equations for displacement and rotation of the building. Based on that, all of the internal forces can be obtained. The analysis is extended to structures formed by singular panel configuration. The proposed method offers a relatively simple and rapid way to obtain the displacements and internal forces of different structural systems of tall buildings, especially indicated for preliminary stages of calculation. The usefulness of the approach and method are illustrated by numerical examples, where the approximated solution is compared with that obtained by finite element calculations.

Nesta dissertação emprega-se um método simplificado de análise elástica baseado na técnica do meio contínuo para edifícios altos submetidos a terremoto formados por painéis paredes, pórticos e núcleos de seção aberta de parede delgada. Na ligação dos diferentes painéis, supõe-se que existe uma considerável quantidade de diafragmas horizontais rígidos em seu próprio plano, distribuídos continuamente ao longo da vertical 0z. Levando-se em conta a equação constitutiva dos painéis individuais pode-se obter a solução de analise estrutural para o edifício mediante equações diferenciais acopladas para deslocamento e rotações ao longo do eixo vertical do edifício. Com base nesses resultados, todos os esforços internos podem, então, ser obtidos. O método de análise proposto oferece um simples e rápido meio de obtenção da deformada e das forças internas dos diferentes painéis do edifício alto em fases iniciais do projeto. A utilidade e a aproximação do método são examinadas mediante exemplos numéricos, sendo a solução aproximada comparada com aquela obtida com o emprego do método de elementos finitos elaborado pelo programa SAP2000. / This work presents a simplified method of elastic analysis based on the continuous medium technique for tall building structures formed by shear wall panels, frames and core thin walled sections. In order to connect the various panels, it is assumed that there exist a considerable amount of rigid diaphragms continuously distributed along the vertical 0z. The building is subject to lateral earthquake load. Taking into account the constitutive equation of the individual panel, one can achieve a solution through coupled differential equations for displacement and rotation of the building. Based on that, all of the internal forces can be obtained. The analysis is extended to structures formed by singular panel configuration. The proposed method offers a relatively simple and rapid way to obtain the displacements and internal forces of different structural systems of tall buildings, especially indicated for preliminary stages of calculation. The usefulness of the approach and method are illustrated by numerical examples, where the approximated solution is compared with that obtained by finite element calculations.

Les procédés de gazéification de bois à lits fixes étagés sont adaptés à la production d'électricité de petites puissances. Dans ces procédés, la pyrolyse est opérée dans un réacteur continu à lit fixe descendant. La particularité de ce type de réacteur est son fonctionnement autothermique. L'énergie nécessaire au chauffage, au séchage et à la pyrolyse est apportée par la combustion partielle du bois : on parle de “pyrolyse oxydante”. L'injection d'air par le haut du réacteur provoque la propagation d'une zone d'oxydation dans le milieu poreux à contre-courant des écoulements des solides et des gaz. Les travaux présentés dans ce manuscrit visent une meilleure description de cette étape du procédé. Le problème posé est de type multi-échelles. Ainsi, nous avons préalablement mené une étude à l'échelle de la particule isolée avant de s'intéresser au comportement global du lit fixe. A l'échelle de la particule, nous avons quantifié l'effet de l'oxygène et de la taille des particules sur la cinétique de la pyrolyse oxydante. Cette étude nous a guidés pour la mise en place d'un modèle cinétique de cette transformation. A l'échelle du lit fixe, la propagation de la zone d'oxydation a été caractérisée par des approches expérimentale et numérique, offrant ainsi une meilleure connaissance de cette étape du procédé étagé. / Wood Multi-staged gasification in a fixed bed reactor is suitable for small-scale electricity generation. In these processes, the pyrolysis is performed in a continuous downward fixed bed reactor. The main feature of this reactor is the autothermal operation. Energy for heating, drying and pyrolysis is supplied by partial combustion of wood, known as “oxidative pyrolysis”. The air introduced from the top of the reactor induces a combustion front that propagates countercurrent with the solids and gazes flows. The work presented in this document aimed to achieve a better description of this process. A multi-scale approach was considered. Therefore, we have firstly studied the behavior of an isolated particle before focusing on the overall fixed bed. At the particle scale, we have quantified the effect of oxygen and of particle size on the oxidative pyrolysis kinetics. This led us to the setup of a kinetic model for this transformation.At the fixed bed scale, the propagation of the combustion front was studied considering the experimental and numerical approaches, which provides a better understanding of this step of the wood staged gasifiers.