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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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A Runge Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin-Direct Ghost Fluid (RKDG-DGF) Method to Near-field Early-time Underwater Explosion (UNDEX) Simulations

Park, Jinwon 22 September 2008 (has links)
A coupled solution approach is presented for numerically simulating a near-field underwater explosion (UNDEX). An UNDEX consists of a complicated sequence of events over a wide range of time scales. Due to the complex physics, separate simulations for near/far-field and early/late-time are common in practice. This work focuses on near-field early-time UNDEX simulations. Using the assumption of compressible, inviscid and adiabatic flow, the fluid flow is governed by a set of Euler fluid equations. In practical simulations, we often encounter computational difficulties that include large displacements, shocks, multi-fluid flows with cavitation, spurious waves reflecting from boundaries and fluid-structure coupling. Existing methods and codes are not able to simultaneously consider all of these characteristics. A robust numerical method that is capable of treating large displacements, capturing shocks, handling two-fluid flows with cavitation, imposing non-reflecting boundary conditions (NRBC) and allowing the movement of fluid grids is required. This method is developed by combining numerical techniques that include a high-order accurate numerical method with a shock capturing scheme, a multi-fluid method to handle explosive gas-water flows and cavitating flows, and an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) deformable fluid mesh. These combined approaches are unique for numerically simulating various near-field UNDEX phenomena within a robust single framework. A review of the literature indicates that a fully coupled methodology with all of these characteristics for near-field UNDEX phenomena has not yet been developed. A set of governing equations in the ALE description is discretized by a Runge Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin (RKDG) method. For multi-fluid flows, a Direct Ghost Fluid (DGF) Method coupled with the Level Set (LS) interface method is incorporated in the RKDG framework. The combination of RKDG and DGF methods (RKDG-DGF) is the main contribution of this work which improves the quality and stability of near-field UNDEX flow simulations. Unlike other methods, this method is simpler to apply for various UNDEX applications and easier to extend to multi-dimensions. / Ph. D.
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On the Formulation of a Hybrid Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method (DG-FEM) for Multi-layered Shell Structures

Li, Tianyu 07 November 2016 (has links)
A high-order hybrid discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DG-FEM) is developed for multi-layered curved panels having large deformation and finite strain. The kinematics of the multi-layered shells is presented at first. The Jacobian matrix and its determinant are also calculated. The weak form of the DG-FEM is next presented. In this case, the discontinuous basis functions can be employed for the displacement basis functions. The implementation details of the nonlinear FEM are next presented. Then, the Consistent Orthogonal Basis Function Space is developed. Given the boundary conditions and structure configurations, there will be a unique basis function space, such that the mass matrix is an accurate diagonal matrix. Moreover, the Consistent Orthogonal Basis Functions are very similar to mode shape functions. Based on the DG-FEM, three dedicated finite elements are developed for the multi-layered pipes, curved stiffeners and multi-layered stiffened hydrofoils. The kinematics of these three structures are presented. The smooth configuration is also obtained, which is very important for the buckling analysis with large deformation and finite strain. Finally, five problems are solved, including sandwich plates, 2-D multi-layered pipes, 3-D multi-layered pipes, stiffened plates and stiffened multi-layered hydrofoils. Material and geometric nonlinearities are both considered. The results are verified by other papers' results or ANSYS. / Master of Science
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A Contribution in Stochastic Control Applied to Finance and Insurance

Ludovic, Moreau 25 September 2012 (has links) (PDF)
Le but de cette thèse est d'apporter une contribution à la problématique de valorisation de produits dérivés en marchés incomplets. Nous considérons tout d'abord les cibles stochastiques introduites par Soner et Touzi (2002) afin de traiter le problème de sur-réplication, et récemment étendues afin de traiter des approches plus générales par Bouchard, Elie et Touzi (2009). Nous généralisons le travail de Bouchard {\sl et al} à un cadre plus général où les diffusions sont sujettes à des sauts. Nous devons considérer dans ce cas des contrôles qui prennent la forme de fonctions non bornées, ce qui impacte de façon non triviale la dérivation des EDP correspondantes. Notre deuxième contribution consiste à établir une version des cibles stochastiques qui soit robuste à l'incertitude de modèle. Dans un cadre abstrait, nous établissons une version faible du principe de programmation dynamique géométrique de Soner et Touzi (2002), et nous dérivons, dans un cas d'EDS controllées, l'équation aux dérivées partielles correspondantes, au sens des viscosités. Nous nous intéressons ensuite à un exemple de couverture partielle sous incertitude de Knightian. Finalement, nous nous concentrons sur le problème de valorisation de produits dérivées {\sl hybrides} (produits dérivés combinant finance de marché et assurance). Nous cherchons plus particulièrement à établir une condition suffisante sous laquelle une règle de valorisation (populaire dans l'industrie), consistant à combiner l'approches actuarielle de mutualisation avec une approche d'arbitrage, soit valable.
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Litteraturstudie om faktorer som påverkar familjehemsplacerade barns psykiska mående / Literature review on factors that affect children's psychic health placed in foster care

Hyllman, Therese, Eriksson, Josefine January 2016 (has links)
Background: Placed children have a higher risk of mental illness and negative development but it does not mean one can predict that it will go in a certain way for a certain child. Children belonging to a risk group can do well and vice versa, but it is the community and family care to balance the risk of a negative development Purpose: In this paper, the authors want to draw attention to the problems of children placed children's mental-being. The focus is on three different factors to get a broader picture of what may affect the mental health of foster children. Method: Descriptive literature review of scientific articles and literature. Results: The factors that form the basis of our study is continuous / discontinuous contact with the biological parents, interrupted foster placement and school outcomes for foster children. Theories selected to connect the various factors related theory and risk and protective factors. The results that have emerged show that foster children and young people feel worse than other children and young people who have not been children placed. School results are adversely affected by foster placement which has emerged in our study, and it is of great importance to the social, school, and family home cooperating to act against this. Conclusion: Reports and literature has been quite agree that foster children feel worse than other children in the community. The various factors that the study has highlighted, there was very little empirical data to collect, why did the authors broaden and think internationally. It would be desirable if it could be researched further in this area of ​​research the more there are, the more knowledge is given to social workers who work with disadvantaged children in their everyday lives.
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Utilisation des méthodes Galerkin discontinues pour la résolution de l'hydrodynamique Lagrangienne bi-dimentsionnelle / A high-order Discontinuous Galerkin discretization for solving two-dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamics

Vilar, François 16 November 2012 (has links)
Le travail présenté ici avait pour but le développement d'un schéma de type Galerkin discontinu (GD) d'ordre élevé pour la résolution des équations de la dynamique des gaz écrites dans un formalisme Lagrangien total, sur des maillages bi-dimensionnels totalement déstructurés. À cette fin, une méthode progressive a été utilisée afin d'étudier étape par étape les difficultés numériques inhérentes à la discrétisation Galerkin discontinue ainsi qu'aux équations de la dynamique des gaz Lagrangienne. Par conséquent, nous avons développé dans un premier temps des schémas de type Galerkin discontinu jusqu'à l'ordre trois pour la résolution des lois de conservation scalaires mono-dimensionnelles et bi-dimensionnelles sur des maillages déstructurés. La particularité principale de la discrétisation GD présentée est l'utilisation des bases polynomiales de Taylor. Ces dernières permettent, dans le cadre de maillages bi-dimensionnels déstructurés, une prise en compte globale et unifiée des différentes géométries. Une procédure de limitation hiérarchique, basée aux noeuds et préservant les extrema réguliers a été mise en place, ainsi qu'une forme générale des flux numériques assurant une stabilité globale L_2 de la solution. Ensuite, nous avons tâché d'appliquer la discrétisation Galerkin discontinue développée aux systèmes mono-dimensionnels de lois de conservation comme celui de l'acoustique, de Saint-Venant et de la dynamique des gaz Lagrangienne. Nous avons noté au cours de cette étude que l'application directe de la limitation mise en place dans le cadre des lois de conservation scalaires, aux variables physiques des systèmes mono-dimensionnels étudiés provoquait l'apparition d'oscillations parasites. En conséquence, une procédure de limitation basée sur les variables caractéristiques a été développée. Dans le cas de la dynamique des gaz, les flux numériques ont été construits afin que le système satisfasse une inégalité entropique globale. Fort de l'expérience acquise, nous avons appliqué la discrétisation GD mise en place aux équations bi-dimensionnelles de la dynamique des gaz, écrites dans un formalisme Lagrangien total. Dans ce cadre, le domaine de référence est fixe. Cependant, il est nécessaire de suivre l'évolution temporelle de la matrice jacobienne associée à la transformation Lagrange-Euler de l'écoulement, à savoir le tenseur gradient de déformation. Dans le travail présent, la transformation résultant de l'écoulement est discrétisée de manière continue à l'aide d'une base Éléments Finis. Cela permet une approximation du tenseur gradient de déformation vérifiant l'identité essentielle de Piola. La discrétisation des lois de conservation physiques sur le volume spécifique, le moment et l'énergie totale repose sur une méthode Galerkin discontinu. Le schéma est construit de sorte à satisfaire de manière exacte la loi de conservation géométrique (GCL). Dans le cas du schéma d'ordre trois, le champ de vitesse étant quadratique, la géométrie doit pouvoir se courber. Pour ce faire, des courbes de Bézier sont utilisées pour la paramétrisation des bords des cellules du maillage. Nous illustrons la robustesse et la précision des schémas mis en place à l'aide d'un grand nombre de cas tests pertinents, ainsi que par une étude de taux de convergence. / The intent of the present work was the development of a high-order discontinuous Galerkin scheme for solving the gas dynamics equations written under total Lagrangian form on two-dimensional unstructured grids. To achieve this goal, a progressive approach has been used to study the inherent numerical difficulties step by step. Thus, discontinuous Galerkin schemes up to the third order of accuracy have firstly been implemented for the one-dimensional and two-dimensional scalar conservation laws on unstructured grids. The main feature of the presented DG scheme lies on the use of a polynomial Taylor basis. This particular choice allows in the two-dimensional case to take into general unstructured grids account in a unified framework. In this frame, a vertex-based hierarchical limitation which preserves smooth extrema has been implemented. A generic form of numerical fluxes ensuring the global stability of our semi-discrete discretization in the $L_2$ norm has also been designed. Then, this DG discretization has been applied to the one-dimensional system ofconservation laws such as the acoustic system, the shallow-water one and the gas dynamics equations system written in the Lagrangian form. Noticing that the application of the limiting procedure, developed for scalar equations, to the physical variables leads to spurious oscillations, we have described a limiting procedure based on the characteristic variables. In the case of the one-dimensional gas dynamics case, numerical fluxes have been designed so that our semi-discrete DG scheme satisfies a global entropy inequality. Finally, we have applied all the knowledge gathered to the case of the two-dimensional gas dynamics equation written under total Lagrangian form. In this framework, the computational grid is fixed, however one has to follow the time evolution of the Jacobian matrix associated to the Lagrange-Euler flow map, namely the gradient deformation tensor. In the present work, the flow map is discretized by means of continuous mapping, using a finite element basis. This provides an approximation of the deformation gradient tensor which satisfies the important Piola identity. The discretization of the physical conservation laws for specific volume, momentum and total energy relies on a discontinuous Galerkin method. The scheme is built to satisfying exactly the Geometric Conservation Law (GCL). In the case of the third-order scheme, the velocity field being quadratic we allow the geometry to curve. To do so, a Bezier representation is employed to define the mesh edges. We illustrate the robustness and the accuracy of the implemented schemes using several relevant test cases and performing rate convergences analysis.
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Numerické řešení rovnic popisujících dynamiku hejn / Numerical solution of equations describing the dynamics of flocking

Živčáková, Andrea January 2013 (has links)
This work is devoted to the numerical solution of equations describing the dynamics of flocks of birds. Specifically, we pay attention to the Euler equations for compressible flow with a right-hand side correction. This model is based on the work Fornasier et al. (2010). Due to the complexity of the model, we focus only on the one-dimensional case. For the numerical solution we use a semi-implicit discontinuous Galerkin method. Discretization of the right-hand side is chosen so that we preserve the structure of the semi-implicit scheme for the Euler equations presented in the work Feistauer, Kučera (2007). The proposed numerical scheme was implemented and numerical experiments showing the robustness of the scheme were carried out. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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A posteriorní odhady chyby nespojité Galerkinovy metody pro eliptické a parabolické úlohy / A posteriori error estimates of discontinuous Galerkin method for elliptic and parabolic methods

Grubhofferová, Pavla January 2013 (has links)
The presented work deals with the discontinuous Galerkin method with the anisotropic mesh adaptation for stationary convection-diffusion problems. Basic definitions are included in an introduction where we also present the used method. The following parts describe various methods for evaluating a Riemann metric, which is necessary for anisotropic mesh adaptation. The most important part of work follows - numerical experiments carried out with ADGFEM and ANGENER software packages. In these experiments, we compare different approaches for the definition of Riemann metrics and compare their efficiency. The main output of this thesis are subroutines for evaluation of the Riemann metric including its source code.
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Couplage pour l'aéroacoustique de schémas aux différences finies en maillage structuré avec des schémas de type éléments finis discontinus en maillage non structuré / Coupling between finite differences schemes on structured meshes with discontinuous Galerkin schemes on unstructured meshed for computational aeroacoustics

Léger, Raphaël 05 December 2011 (has links)
Cette thèse vise à étudier le couplage entre méthodes de Galerkine discontinue (DG) et méthodes de différences finies (DF) en maillages hybrides non structuré / cartésien, en vue d'applications en aéroacoustique numérique. L'idée d'une telle approche consiste à pouvoir tirer profit localement des avantages respectifs de ces méthodes, soit, en d'autres termes, à pouvoir prendre en compte la présence de géométries complexes par une méthode DG en maillage non structuré, et les zones qui en sont suffisamment éloignées par une méthode DF en maillage cartésien, moins coûteuse. Plus précisément, il s'agit de concevoir un algorithme d'hybridation de ces deux types de schémas pour l'approximation des équations d'Euler linéarisées, puis d'évaluer avec attention le comportement numérique des solutions qui en sont issues. De par le fait qu'aucun résultat théorique ne semble actuellement atteignable dans un cas général, cette étude est principalement fondée sur une démarche d'expérimentation numérique. Par ailleurs, l'intérêt d'une telle hybridation est illustré par son application à un calcul de propagation acoustique dans un cas réaliste / This thesis aims at studying coupling techniques between Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and finite difference (FD) schemes in a non-structured / Cartesian hybrid-mesh context,in the framework of Aeroacoustics computations. The idea behind such an approach is the possibility to locally take advantage of the qualities of each method. In other words, the goal is to be able to deal with complex geometries using a DG scheme on a non-structured mesh in their neighborhood, while solving the rest of the domain using a FD scheme on a cartesian grid, in order to alleviate the needs in computational resources. More precisely, this work aims at designing an hybridization algorithm between these two types of numerical schemes, in the framework of the approximation of the solutions of the Linearized Euler Equations. Then, the numerical behaviour of hybrid solutions is cautiously evaluated. Due to the fact that no theoretical result seems achievable at the present time, this study is mainly based on numerical experiments. What's more, the interest of such an hybridization is illustrated by its application to an acoustic propagation computation in a realistic case
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Numerical simulation of depth-averaged flows models : a class of Finite Volume and discontinuous Galerkin approaches / Simulation numérique de modèles d'écoulement type "depth averaged" : une classe de schémas Volumes Finis et Galerkin discontinu

Duran, Arnaud 17 October 2014 (has links)
Ce travail est consacré au développement de schémas numériques pour approcher les solutions de modèles d'écoulement type “depth averaged”. Dans un premier temps, nous détaillons la construction d'approches Volumes Finis pour le système Shallow Water avec termes sources sur maillages non structurés. En se basant sur une reformulation appropriée des équations, nous mettons en place un schéma équilibré et préservant la positivité de la hauteur d'eau, et suggérons des extensions MUSCL adaptées. La méthode est capable de gérer des topographies irrégulières et exhibe de fortes propriétés de stabilité. L'inclusion des termes de friction fait l'objet d'une analyse poussée, aboutissant à l'établissement d'une propriété type “Asymptotic Preserving” à travers l'amélioration d'un autre récent schéma Volumes Finis. La seconde composante de cette étude concerne les méthodes Elements Finis type Galerkin discontinu. Certaines des idées avancées dans le contexte Volumes Finis sont employées pour aborder le système Shallow Water surmaillages triangulaires. Des résultats numériques sont exposés et la méthode se révèle bien adaptée à la description d'une large variété d'écoulements. Partant de ces observations nous proposons finalement d'exploiter ces caractéristiques pour étendre l'approche à une nouvelle famille d'équations type Green-Nadghi. Des validations numériques sont également proposées pour valider le modèle numérique. / This work is devoted to the development of numerical schemes to approximatesolutions of depth averaged flow models. We first detail the construction of Finite Volume approaches for the Shallow Water system with source terms on unstructured meshes. Based on a suitable reformulation of the equations, we implement a well-balanced and positive preserving approach, and suggest adapted MUSCL extensions. The method is shown to handle irregular topography variations and demonstrates strong stabilities properties. The inclusion of friction terms is subject to a thorough analysis, leading to the establishment of some Asymptotic Preserving property through the enhancement of another recent Finite Volume scheme.The second aspect of this study concerns discontinuous Galerkin Finite Elementmethods. Some of the ideas advanced in the Finite Volume context areemployed to broach the Shallow Water system on triangular meshes. Numericalresults are exposed and the method turns out to be well suited to describe a large variety of flows. On these observations we finally propose to exploit its features to extend the approach to a new family of Green-Nadghi equations. Numerical experiments are also proposed to validate this numerical model.
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Produção de biodiesel a partir do óleo de palmiste: aplicação de combi-lipases como biocatalisadores em reatores descontínuo e contínuo / Production of biodiesel from palm kernel oil: application of combi-lipases as biocatalysts in batch and continuous reactors

Júnior, Rodney Helder Miotti 13 November 2018 (has links)
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo o aprimoramento da transesterificação do óleo de palmiste por rota etílica, por meio da atuação simultânea de lipases de diferentes fontes microbianas, visando a produção de biodiesel com teores residuais de monoacilglicerol (MAG) e diacilglicerol (DAG) dentro dos limites exigidos pela legislação ANP no 45/2014 para biocombustíveis. Para tal propósito, as lipases foram imobilizadas em suporte híbrido sílica-hidroxietilcelulose (SiO2- HEC) e os ensaios foram iniciados em regime descontínuo em reator de tanque agitado, temperatura fixa de 45 °C e razão molar óleo:álcool de 1:8. As lipases de Burkholderia cepacia, Pseudomonas fluorescens e Thermomyces lanuginosus, foram utilizadas de maneira isolada e em associação, com base no conhecimento prévio do bom desempenho destas enzimas para a produção de biodiesel. Conforme a capacidade de atuar em diferentes posições da molécula de triacilglicerol, as associações formaram combi-lipases de mesma especificidade (B. cepacia e P. fluorescens) e de diferente especificidade (B. cepacia e T. lanuginosus), com proporções de cada lipase variando de 75, 50 e 25% em relação ao seu par enzimático. Os melhores resultados foram observados quando utilizadas ambas as combinações em proporções equivalentes. Nestas condições, foram obtidas conversões similares (?98%) e ausência de DAG, com redução da viscosidade cinemática do óleo de palmiste de 30,35 para aproximadamente 4,00 mm2/s. Embora as conversões tenham sido próximas, a combi-lipase de diferente especificidade apresentou menor teor de MAG (1,68%, m/m), sendo escolhida como biocatalisador para o estudo em reatores de leito fixo em regime contínuo. Nesta etapa, foram realizados ensaios para testar os efeitos da razão molar óleo:álcool (1:12, 1:10 e 1:8) e do tempo espacial (16 e 14 h) na conversão, qualidade e produtividade do biodiesel. O melhor desempenho foi apresentado pela razão molar de 1:8 com tempo espacial de 16 h, proporcionando teor em MAG residual de 0,62% (m/m), conversão de 98% e produtividade de 30,9 mmolésteres.gcatalisador -1.h-1. Com relação à qualidade do biodiesel formado em termos de viscosidade cinemática (4,22 mm2/s), massa específica (870 kg/m3) e teor residual de MAG (0,62%, m/m), foi verificada adequação aos parâmetros exigidos pela ANP (3-6 mm2/s, 850-900 kg/m3 e <= 0,7%, m/m, respectivamente). / The objective of the present work was to improve the transesterification of palm kernel oil by ethanolic route through simultaneous action of lipases from different microbial sources, aiming to produce biodiesel with residual levels of monoacylglycerol (MAG) and diacylglycerol (DAG) within the limits required by ANP regulation 45/2014 for biofuels. For this purpose, lipases were immobilized on silica-hydroxyethylcellulose hybrid support (SiO2-HEC) and the assays were first carried out in a stirred tank batch reactor, at fixed temperature of 45 oC and oil -to-alcohol molar ratio of 1:8. The lipases from Burkholderia cepacia, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Thermomyces lanuginosus isolated and in association were used, based on the previous knowledge of the good performance of these enzymes for the biodiesel production. According to the ability to act at different positions of the triacylglycerol molecule, the associations formed combilipases of the same specificity (B. cepacia and P. fluorescens) and different specificities (B. cepacia and T. lanuginosus) at proportion of each lipase ranging from 75, 50 and 25% relative to their enzymatic pair. The best results were attained when both combinations were used at equivalent proportions. Under these conditions, similar conversions (?98%) and absence of DAG were obtained, which was consistent with the kinematic viscosity reduction of the palm kernel oil from 30.35 to 4.00 mm2/ s, approximately. Although similar conversions were attained, the combi-lipase of different specificities provided lower MAG contentes (1.68 wt%), being chosen as a biocatalyst for performing continuous runs in packed-bed reactor. In this step, the effects of the molar ratios oil-to-alcohol (1:12, 1:10 and 1:8) and space-times (16 and 14 h) on biodiesel production, quality and productivity were evaluated. The best performance was achieved by using molar ratio of 1:8 and space-time of 16 h, yielding residual MAG contents of 0.62 wt%, conversion of 98% and productivity of 30.9 mmolester.gcatalyst-1.h-1. The quality of biodiesel produced in terms of kinematic viscosity (4.22 mm2/s), specific mass (870 kg/m3) and residual MAG content (0.62 wt%) was found in accordance of ANP resolution (3-6 mm/ s, 850-900 kg/m3 and <= 0.7 wt%, respectively).

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