Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:14:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeonardoMB.pdf: 494253 bytes, checksum: e942f2631cbf177866f92a4c5472b4a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-15 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic Ising model on a two dimensional inhomogeneous lattice characterized by two exchange constants (J1 and J2) is investigated. The lattice allows, in a continuous manner, the interpolation between the uniforme square (J2 = 0) and triangular (J2 = J1) lattices. By performing Monte Carlo simulation using the sequential Metropolis algorithm, we calculate the magnetization and the magnetic susceptibility on lattices of differents sizes. Applying the finite size scaling method through a data colappse, we obtained the critical temperatures as well as the critical exponents of the model for several values of the parameter α = J2 J1 in the [0, 1] range. The ferromagnetic case shows a linear increasing behavior of the critical temperature Tc for increasing values of α. Inwhich concerns the antiferromagnetic system, we observe a linear (decreasing) behavior of Tc, only for small values of α; in the range [0.6, 1], where frustrations effects are more pronunciated, the critical temperature Tc decays more quickly, possibly in a non-linear way, to the limiting value Tc = 0, cor-responding to the homogeneous fully frustrated antiferromagnetic triangular case. / Investigamos o diagrama de fases do modelo de Ising, com intera??es feromagn?ticas e antiferromagn?ticas, emuma rede bidimensional inomog?nea caracterizada por duas constantes de troca (J1 e J2), a qual permite interpolar cont?nuamente as redes quadrada (J2 = 0) e triangular (J2 = J1) uniformes. Utilizando o m?todo de simula??o de Monte Carlo, atrav?s da din?mica deMetropolis aplicada de forma seq?encial, calculamos a magnetiza??o e a susceptibilidade para redes de diversos tamanhos e aplicando t?cnicas de escalonamento para tamanhos finitos obtemos, atrav?s de um colapso de dados, valores para a temperatura cr?tica e expoentes cr?ticos em fun??o do par?metro α = J2 J1, contido no intervalo [0, 1]. No caso ferromagn?tico observamos que a temperatura cr?tica Tc cresce linearmente com α em todo o intervalo de varia??o deste par?metro, enquanto no caso antiferromagn?tico, o comportamento linear (decrescente) de Tc ? observado somente para pequenos valores de α; no intervalo [0.6, 1], onde os efeitos de frustra??o s?o mais pronunciados, a temperatura cr?tica sofre uma redu??o mais significativa, possivelmente n?o linear, para seu valor limite Tc = 0, que corresponde ? rede triangular homog?nea, antiferromagn?tica, completamente frustrada.

This work is concerned with the response of a Blasius boundary layer to dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for the purpose of using these devices in bypass transition control. The plasma actuators consist of a spanwise-periodic array of high voltage electrodes, which are oriented to produce streamwise vortex pairs. The structure of actuator-induced streaks is measured using hot-wire anemometry over a streamwise distance of approximately 100 boundary layer thicknesses, and is decomposed into 4 spanwise Fourier modes. The modal content and corresponding streamwise growth characteristics are discussed for ten plasma actuator geometries over multiple excitation voltages and freestream velocities. Actuator power consumption was found to control the streak amplitude, whereas freestream velocity affected both amplitude and streamwise extent of the streaks. A common relationship between disturbance energy and power consumption was found among actuators of different dielectric thickness and similar electrode geometry.

This work is concerned with the response of a Blasius boundary layer to dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for the purpose of using these devices in bypass transition control. The plasma actuators consist of a spanwise-periodic array of high voltage electrodes, which are oriented to produce streamwise vortex pairs. The structure of actuator-induced streaks is measured using hot-wire anemometry over a streamwise distance of approximately 100 boundary layer thicknesses, and is decomposed into 4 spanwise Fourier modes. The modal content and corresponding streamwise growth characteristics are discussed for ten plasma actuator geometries over multiple excitation voltages and freestream velocities. Actuator power consumption was found to control the streak amplitude, whereas freestream velocity affected both amplitude and streamwise extent of the streaks. A common relationship between disturbance energy and power consumption was found among actuators of different dielectric thickness and similar electrode geometry.