Sheet metal forming processes, especially deep drawing processes give diverse results by various materials. Extreme differences occur between steel sheets and aluminum sheets. The main causes of this variance are anisotropy, elastic modulus and microscopic material properties. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the deep drawing properties and also to develop suitable process parameters for aluminum and steel sheets by finite element simulation. In the simulation, the commercial dynamic-explicit code PAM-STAMP has been used. The reliability of the finite element package was verified by a comparison with the NUMISHEET 2002 benchmarks. Additionally, a commercial part is numerically simulated for experimental verification. The results of the simulations have been compared with several experiments that were performed in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments. Finally, the simulation results are compared with analytical expressions for verification of results. The materials investigated for the deep drawability comparison is a deep drawing quality mild steel and an aluminum alloy designated as 6111-T4. For experimental verification St4 steel is used. Results are in agreement with the fact that aluminum and steel materials behave differently upon deep drawing in terms of the onset of failure, wrinkling and final shape. Aluminum is found to be less formable than steel for cup drawing operations.

Master's thesis deals with the analysis of the impact of transport vehicle on a building structure. Transport vehicle is represented by an airliner and building structure is represented by a containment of a nuclear power plant. The aim of thesis was to explore the possibility of numerical simulation of an impact of transport vehicle on a building structure utilizing the RFEM program and evaluation of the damage extent.

ABSTRACT THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT METHOD OF PROBLEM SOLVING ACCOMPANIED WITH ANALOGIES ON UNDERSTANDING OF MOLE CONCEPT &Uuml / NL&Uuml / , Yal&ccedil / in M.S., Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education Supervisor: Prof. Dr. &Ouml / mer GEBAN September 2006, 56 pages The aim of this thesis was to analyse the effectiveness of explicit method of problem solving accompanied with analogy instruction over traditionally designed chemistry introduction on understanding of mole concept and attitude toward chemistry as a school subject. Participants for this research consisted of 53 students at ninth grade level from two classes taught by the same teacher in Atat&uuml / rk Anadolu Lycee. The study was carried out during the second semester in the 2004-2005 school year. During the treatment, students in the experimental group were instructed with explicit method of problem solving accompanied with analogies. Students in the control group studied only with traditionally designed chemistry instruction. Both groups were administered Mole Concept Achievement Test and Attitude Scale toward Chemistry as a School Subject as pre-tests and post-tests. To analyse the data, statistical techniques paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test were used in this study. Statistical analyses were carried out by using the SPSS 10.0. Results of the study showed that explicit method of problem solving accompanied with analogy instruction caused a significantly better acquisition of scientific conception related to mole concept but produced no significant positive attitudes toward chemistry as a school subject than the traditionally designed chemistry instruction.

Magistrinio darbo tikslas yra sukurti kompiuterinį amperometrinio biojutiklio su chemiškai modifikuotu elektrodu modelį ir ištirti jo savybes. Modelis papildo egzistuojančius modelius mediatoriaus sluoksniu. Mediatoriaus koncentracija sluoksnyje nėra konstanta, tirpsta biojutiklio veikimo eigoje. Darbe apžvelgiama medžiaga apie amperometrinius biojutiklius, biojutiklio modeliavimo aspektus, mediatoriaus tirpimo priežastis ir veikimo principus. Vėliau suformuluojamas pasirinkto biojutiklio matematinis modelis. Matematiniame modelyje pateikiamos diferencialinės lygtys su dalinėmis išvestinėmis, aprašančios biojutiklyje vykstančias reakcijas ir difuzijas. Pagal matematinį modelį yra sudaromas skaitinis modelis. Pagal žinomus analizinius sprendimus modelis yra ratifikuojamas. Remiantis skaitiniu modeliu buvo sukurta programinė įranga įgyvendinanti diferencialinių lygčių su dalinėmis išvestinėmis sprendimo metodą (išreikštinę baigtinių skirtumų schemą) ir simuliuojanti biojutiklio veikimą. Programinė įranga yra karkasas, leidžiantis nagrinėti sumodeliuoto biojutiklio savybes bei charakteristikas. Buvo ištirtos substrato ir mediatoriaus koncentracijų, mediatoriaus, fermento, difuzijos sluoksnių, bei mediatoriaus sluoksnio difuzijos koeficiento įtakos biojutiklio generuojamos srovės tankiui. Be to gauti dviejų modelių palyginimo rezultatai parodė sumodeliuoto biojutiklio modelio skirtumus ir panaudojimo prasmingumą. / The aim of master thesis is to model amperometric biosensor with chemically modified electrode, introducing into existing model one more additional mediator layer. Mediator concentration inside the layer is changing during the biosensor action. Master thesis content consists of: enzyme kinetics introduction, biosensor modeling peculiarities exploration, chemically modified electrode information, biosensor action aspects description. Following chapter concentrates on mathematical modeling of particular biosensor type. Mathematical model represents differential equations with partial derivatives describing the reactions and diffusion inside biosensor. Next, numerical model is formulated. The explicit method technique was used. Based on numerical model software was made and validated. Using software the biosensor action was simulated in order to investigate biosensor properties and characteristics. In this work several properties were analyzed: impact of substrate and mediator concentrations, size of mediator, enzyme and diffusion layers, mediator layer diffusion coefficient on biosensor response. This model was compared with previous introduced model and it was shown that there is some difference between them and there is a reason to use new model.

L’objet de ce travail est de proposer un modèle adapté pour la simulation du remplissage de moules qui réponde au meilleur compromis entre temps de calcul et précision des résultats. La difficulté est double. Il faut prendre en compte le phénomène de remplissage qui est un problème complexe à frontières libres et les spécificités liées au Verre : viscosité fortement thermodépendante et température de fusion élevée qui nécessite de prendre en compte le rayonnement. Le Chapitre I est consacrée à la partie écoulement du Verre liquide. La bibliothèque numérique Aquilon/Thétis, adaptée pour traiter ce type de problèmes et les couplages thermique air/verre/parois, a été utilisée (Méthode V.O.F pour le suivi de l’interface, méthodes de type Lagrangien augmenté/Projection vectorielle pour le couplage Vitesse-Pression). Pour l’aspect radiatif, différentes approches sont proposées : conductivité radiative équivalente (Chapitre II), méthode explicite directe pour la validation (Chapitre III) et méthode d’harmoniques sphériques ou méthode PN (Chapitre IV). Dans le Chapitre V, la méthode PN retenue est validée dans des cas simples et est appliquée ensuite à des cas avec couplage convectif en géométries complexes et obstacles semi-transparents (1D, 2D et 3D, 2D axi-symétrique et milieu non gris). Une version P1 modifiée est présentée. Les résultats sont assez proches de ceux donnés par la méthode P3 avec des temps de calcul modestes. L’intérêt de ce modèle est qu’il est facilement intégrable dans des codes numériques existants : une seule équation différentielle du second ordre stationnaire à résoudre en 3D / The aim of this study is to propose an adapted model for the simulation of mould filling that must be a compromise solution between computational time and results accuracy. The double difficulty is to take into account the filling phenomenon that is a complex problem due to the presence of free boundaries and to the Glass specificities: viscosity that is highly thermal dependant and high melting temperature that requires taking into account radiation effects. Chapter I is devoted to the melting Glass flow. The numerical libraries Aquilon/Thétis, adapted for solving such type of problems and the thermal coupling between Air/Glass/Walls, has been used. (V.O.F method for front tracking, Augmented Lagrangian/Vector Projection methods for solving Pressure/Velocity coupling). For radiative aspect, different approaches are proposed: equivalent radiative conductivity (Chapter II), direct explicit method for validation (Chapter III) and spherical harmonics method or PN method (Chapter IV). In the Chapter V, the selected PN method is validated through simple cases and is then applied in other cases with convective coupling in complex geometries including semi-transparent inclusions (1D, 2D and 3D, 2D axi-symmetric and non grey medium). A P1 modified version is presented. The results are close to those given by P3 method but with reduced computational time. The main interest of this model is that it can be easily implemented in existing numerical codes: a single stationary second order partial differential equation to solve in 3D

Cílem diplomové práce je vytvoření 2D numerického modelu pohybujícího se řezu s proměnnými okrajovými podmínkami skutečné geometrie plynulého odlévání a chlazení předlitku v prostředí MATLAB. Model se zabývá vysoce nelineárními termofyzikálními podmínkami oceli během tuhnutí a chlazení. V práci je simulovaná nejen nelinearita termofyzikálních podmínek, ale také nelinearita při fázové změně. Fázová změna je modelovaná pomocí metody entalpie, metody zdánlivé kapacity a metody teplotního zotavení. Všechny výsledky práce jsou porovnány z více hledisek, jako např. z hlediska přesnosti, rychlosti výpočtu, nebo vhodnosti časového diskretizačního kroku pro nelineární problémy, a paralelizace.