The content of work is to determine modal characteristics of bridge construction over the Dyje river near Břeclav. That is done in ANSYS software and AxisVM software. These characteristics are compared with results from dynamic loading test and they are compared between themselves. In thesis is also an assessment of response to static traffic loads because of decision about dynamic analysis necessity. Then there is a simulation of dynamic traffic loads and results of this simulation are compared with results of dynamic analysis which was done by the project. The aim is to do a few static and dynamic tasks and compare results with the real dynamic test and with calculated results and to determinate the effect on certain variables.

[pt] A topologia do sistema elétrico de potência vem se modificando devido à inserção da chamada Geração Distribuída ou Geração Dispersa, permitindo o atendimento da demanda crescente e, muitas vezes, mais próxima aos centros de consumo. Este tipo de geração tem sido explorado especialmente a partir de fontes renováveis não convencionais, como a eólica e a solar. Esta nova configuração do sistema traz questões de operação, controle e proteção. As ferramentas computacionais atualmente aplicadas nas análises dinâmicas terão que ser revistas de forma a incluir modelos que contemplem o comportamento estático e dinâmico dos novos elementos e seu impacto na rede interligada. Esta dissertação estuda, através de simulação dinâmica, o impacto da geração eólica, no comportamento dos esquemas de detecção de ilhamento diante de contingências que geram condições adversas na sub-rede ilhada com a geração dispersa. Para tanto, os geradores são modelados, considerando seus respectivos controles, de forma a aumentar a acurácia nas simulações dinâmicas dos sistemas com geração dispersa em situações de ilhamento, tendo em conta a seletividade e coordenação dos dispositivos de proteção. Finalmente, o trabalho propõe novas técnicas de implantação dos esquemas de detecção para este novo cenário nos sistemas elétricos. / [en] The typical electric power system topology has been changing as the so-called Distributed or Dispersed Generation, often located closer to the load centers, has been inserted into the power grid in order to meet the power demand growth. Some renewable sources, such as wind power and photovoltaic panels, are the most representative types of Dispersed Generation in this scenario. However, this new system configuration brings up operation, control and protection issues. The computer tools currently applied in dynamic studies will have to be revised in order to include models that represent correctly the steady state and the dynamic behavior of these new elements and their impact on the interconnected power system. This dissertation assesses, through dynamic simulation, the impact of dispersed generation, including wind power, on the islanding detection scheme behavior for events that generate adverse conditions on an islanded sub-grid with dispersed generation. The generators are modeled with their controllers in order to improve the dynamic simulation accuracy of the system in islanding situations taking into account the protection devices selectivity and coordination. Additionally, the work proposes a set of new techniques for the implementation of detection schemes applied in this new power system scenario.

[pt] A constante busca pelo desenvolvimento sustentável, com o uso de fontes de energia limpa e renováveis, tem fomentado o crescimento da energia eólica no cenário mundial. Como resultado, a produção de energia elétrica por meio de aerogeradores atingiu um estágio de maturidade que a coloca como participante da matriz energética em vários países onde esse recurso natural é disponível, com projeção para vir a ter participação expressiva na matriz energética mundial nas próximas décadas. A integração de grandes usinas/parques de energia eólica ao sistema elétrico tem despertado preocupações em relação a seus impactos sobre questões de controle/estabilidade de frequência, visto que os parques eólicos com gerador de indução com dupla alimentação (DFIG) e turbinas com conversor de potência não contribuem para a inércia do sistema. Como resultado disso, a substituição de unidades geradoras convencionais por fazendas eólicas resulta na redução do momento total de inércia, acarretando uma deterioração da qualidade da frequência frente a grandes distúrbios no SIN. A indústria de energia eólica desenvolveu um controlador para permitir a resposta inercial em geradores de turbinas eólicas, chamada de Inércia Sintética. Logo, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é descobrir o impacto da integração da energia eólica na estabilidade/manutenção da frequência do sistema e avaliar os efeitos da emulação de inércia em turbinas eólicas com base em conversores de potência e seu impacto no momento de inércia total do sistema após a ocorrência de distúrbios de frequência. / [en] The constant pursuit of sustainable development through the use of clean and renewable energy sources has fostered the growth of wind energy on the world stage. As a result, the production of electric energy through wind turbines reached a maturity stage that places it as a participant in the energy matrix in several countries where this natural resource is available, with a projection to have a significant participation in the world energy matrix in the coming decades. The integration of large wind power plants and wind farms into the electricity system has raised concerns about their impacts on frequency control and stability issues, as wind farms with doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) engines and turbines with power converters do not contribute to system Inertia. As a result, the replacement of conventional generating units by wind farms results in the reduction of the total moment of inertia, causing a deterioration of the quality of the frequency in front of major disturbances in the SIN. The wind power industry has developed a controller to allow inertial response in wind turbine generators, called Synthetic Inertia. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to discover the impact of integrating wind energy into the stability / maintenance of the frequency of the system and to evaluate the effects of the inertia emulation in wind turbines based on power converters and their impact at the moment of total inertia of the System after the occurrence of frequency disturbances.

Flexible beam structures are popular in civil and mechanical engineering. Many of these structures undergo large displacements and finite rotations, but with small deformations. Their dynamic behaviors are usually investigated using finite beam elements. A well known method to derive such beam elements is the corotational approach. This method has been extensively used in nonlinear static analysis. However, its application in nonlinear dynamics is rather limited. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the nonlinear dynamic behavior of flexible beam structures using the corotational method. For the 2D case, a new dynamic corotational beam formulation is presented. The idea is to adopt the same corotational kinetic description in static and dynamic parts. The main novelty is to use cubic interpolations to derive both inertia terms and internal terms in order to capture correctly all inertia effects. This new formulation is compared with two classic formulations using constant Timoshenko and constant lumped mass matrices. This work is presented in the first appended journal paper. For the 3D case, update procedures of finite rotations, which are central issues in development of nonlinear beam elements in dynamic analysis, are discussed. Three classic and one new formulations of beam elements based on the three different parameterizations of the finite rotations are presented. In these formulations, the corotational method is used to develop expressions of the internal forces and the tangent stiffness matrices, while the dynamic terms are formulated into a total Lagrangian context. Many aspects of the four formulations are investigated. First, theoretical derivations as well as practical implementations are given in details. The similarities and differences between the formulations are pointed out. Second, numerical accuracy and computational efficiency of these four formulations are compared. Regarding efficiency, the choice of the predictor at each time step and the possibility to simplify the tangent inertia matrix are carefully investigated. This work is presented in the second appended journal paper. To make this thesis self-contained, two chapters concerning the parametrization of the finite rotations and the derivation of the 3D corotational beam element in statics are added. / QC 20120521

More and more pressure is exerted on railway infrastructure due to an increasing transportation demand and population density. Instead of expanding the net, a possible solution could lie in the enlargement of the capacity by operating longer trains rather than more short ones. However, close attention has to be paid to the behaviour and the lifetime of the infrastructure under these changed loads. In special bridges are delicate aspects in this matter. In the current thesis the simply supported Banafjäl bridge located on the Bothnia Line in the North of Sweden is studied more in detail with regards to this aspect. It is a high-speed composite railway bridge with a span of 42 m. A detailed 3D finite element (FE) model is made available. However in order to make reliable predictions about the behaviour under increasing train length loads, it had to be further improved. Different methods of calibrating measured response data to an existing FE model, finite element model updating (FEMU), are available and a detailed overview is given at the beginning of this thesis. Next a sensitivity analysis was performed to select the material parameters which are most influential for the result and will be updated. In the following, FEMU is carried out by means of two iterative updating methods, genetic and gradient-based optimization, after which also a combination of these two is implemented. Two objective functions are chosen and it is shown that all methods converge to a global optimal solution. After adjusting the initial model with the updated parameter values, a fatigue analysis on this updated model is carried out for high-speed trains of multiple lengthsby means of the Palmgren-Miner rule. The fatigue is found to increase with increasing train length and in particular when the speed approaches resonance speed. By extension an operating chart is created to indicate the maximum amount of train passages per day in function of speed and train length for a type 4 fatigue train. Furthermore, damping has been shown to have a positive effect on the fatigue, the larger this effect for shorter trains. The static behaviour has been proven not to be a problem and so will solely the weight of trains induce little to no fatigue problems in this particular bridge.

In the light of today’s effort to achieve sustainable future of the planet, timber as building material makes a comeback on the construction market. Since the requirements on the buildings and the internal comfort increase, there is a need for finding new solutions and products; one of them is cross-laminated timber (CLT), which has the potential to be used for high-rise buildings due to its mechanical properties. The aim of this work was to study the vibration performance of CLT floors as it is often the governing factor in design of CLT structures unlike for other common building materials. The orthotropic mechanical properties of CLT were determined by the shear analogy method and verified with a finite element (FE) model of a simply supported beam compared to hand calculations of shear forces, bending moments and deflections. The properties based on Timoshenko’s approach were evaluated as less precise regarding the deflection. The non-composite structural behaviour of a steel-CLT hybrid floor structure was predicted for FE dynamic analysis based on a comparison between modelling exercise and hand calculations. Two different methods, the Concrete Society (SC) and Steel Construction Institution (SCI) methods, both seemed to be applicable for determination of the response factor first since the mechanical properties are not used as input in the calculations. These two methods differ in certain aspects, and based on FE analysis of simply supported slab even the resulting response factor for the CLT differs significantly. Moreover, the hand calculation results were similar to those of the FE analysis for the CS method, but in less agreement for the SCI method. Nevertheless, it is not recommended to reject the latter method based on this study and further studies should be performed on real structures with response factor known from on-site measurements. A part of the first floor of Canary Wharf College was modelled and analysed, and previous measurements of the frequency and response factors enabled a validation of some assumptions. The SCI approach showed to be inadequate for this type of structure and therefore only the CS method was applied further. Analysis of the floor structures supported by walls demonstrated similar results from both the measurements and the dynamic analysis. However, if the floor slab was supported by beams, the response factor was significantly overestimated although on the conservative side. This difference suggests that the modelling of such conditions are not satisfactory. The CS method appears to assess correctly the magnitude of the response factor for CLT floors supported by walls but overestimates it in case of beam supports. The first finding shall be confirmed through analysis of other structures and a more extensive research should focus on the latter one to determine more exact behaviour of the model under different conditions.

La presente investigación propone un procedimiento alternativo de análisis para edificios altos sobre la base de los requerimientos de la Norma Peruana E.030. Primero, se definen las configuraciones estructurales de los edificios a desarrollar, se delimita el número de edificios y la cantidad de niveles, así como el sistema estructural predominante. Luego, se precisan las características de los materiales, las cargas y las combinaciones. Los casos de estudio que se desarrollan se basan en edificaciones altas peruanas existentes como el Hotel Westin Libertador y el Banco de la Nación. Para la configuración estructural se utilizó el sistema estructural de núcleo rígido debido a su gran versatilidad y funcionalidad. Después, se describen los métodos de análisis de estructuras altas y se procede con el análisis de la verificación de derivas y realizar una comparación de la cortante en la base mediante el análisis estático, análisis dinámico modal espectral y análisis lineal tiempo historia. Para el análisis tiempo historia se emplearon cinco registros sísmicos peruanos, mientras que para el diseño de las placas de concreto armado se usó el análisis modal espectral. Asimismo, se analizaron los valores de los ratios de la cortante basal. Finalmente, se propuso un valor de C/R para cada tipo de edificación. / The present investigation proposes an alternative analysis procedure for tall buildings based on the requirements of Peruvian Standard E.030. First, the structural configurations of the buildings to be developed are defined, the number of buildings and the number of levels are delimited, as well as the predominant structural system. Then, the characteristics of the materials, loads and combinations are specified. The case studies that are carried out are based on existing Peruvian tall buildings such as the Westin Libertador Hotel and the Banco de la Nación. For the structural configuration, the rigid core structural system was used due to its great versatility and functionality. Afterwards, the methods of analysis of tall structures are described and we proceed with the analysis of the verification of drifts and make a comparison of the shear at the base using static analysis, dynamic spectral modal analysis and linear time history analysis. For the time-history analysis, five Peruvian seismic records were used, while the spectral modal analysis was used to design the reinforced concrete plates. Likewise, the values of the basal shear ratios were analyzed. Finally, a C / R value was proposed for each type of building. / Tesis

V dnešní době jsou vícevláknové programy běžné a s nimi i chyby v souběžnosti. Během posledních let bylo vytvořeno mnoho technik pro detekci takovýchto chyb, a i přesto mají vývojáři softwaru problém nalézt správné nástroje pro analýzu svých programů. Důvod je jednoduchý, fungující neznamená vždy praktický. Hodně nástrojů implementujících detekční techniky je obtížně použitelných, přizpůsobených pro konkrétní typy programů nebo synchronizace, nebo špatně škálují, aby zvládly analyzovat rozsáhlý software. Pro některé typy chyb v souběžnosti dokonce ani neexistují nástroje pro jejich detekci, i přesto že vývojáři softwaru na tyto chyby často narážejí ve svých programech. Hlavním cílem této práce je navrhnout nové techniky pro detekci chyb ve vícevláknových programech. Tyto techniky by měly být schopny analyzovat rozsáhlé programy, umožnit detekci méně studovaných typů chyb v souběžnosti, a podporovat širokou škálu programů s ohledem na to, jaké programové konstrukce používají.

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As timber structures become increasingly relevant and sought after – since they enable improvements in building time while reducing a structure’s life cycle impacts – streamlining their design can have meaningful economic and environmental implications. For timber footbridges, its design is frequently governed by serviceability criteria linked to excessive vibrations. To address this in design, it is necessary to correctly characterize the structure’s dynamic properties and understand what the leading parameters in its behaviour are. This thesis studied an existing timber arch footbridge, aiming to evaluate its dynamic behaviour both with experimental measurements and with theoretical models. The influence of temperature change over different seasons was considered, particularly around its effect on the asphalt layer – whose stiffness is highly correlated to temperature. The experimental results showed high correlation between temperature and natural frequencies: a variation of +21°C reduced the natural frequency for the 1st transverse mode of the deck by as much as 30.6% while the 1st vertical mode was reduced by 17.7% (variation of 0.029Hz/°C). The damping ratio was also measured, though a definitive correlation between its value and temperature was not identified. This change in behaviour cannot be explained by the influence of the asphalt layer alone however, as there is a high degree of uncertainty around many other components of the bridge and their interactions, such as the connections. Thus, to fully characterize the influence of each component with changing temperature, further experimental tests would have to be performed, or simpler structures with fewer connections should be considered. In designing a new structure, considering the asphalt layer as an added mass is a straightforward way to treat this material at the most critical condition (i.e. no contribution to stiffness). This strategy lead to sufficiently similar results between the computational model and the experimental results at warm temperatures. The asphalt stiffness could perhaps be considered for the 1st transverse mode of the deck, since it is in this mode that the asphalt layer plays its largest contribution.