[pt] As tecnologias de manufatura aditiva (MA) tornaram-se alvo de grande interesse industrial para fabricação de componentes e peças finais destinadas a inúmeras aplicações em diversos setores da indústria. Estes componentes, em sua maioria, são projetados para apresentar vida em serviço superior à 107ciclos, fazendo com que a análise do comportamento em fadiga no regime de altíssimo ciclo (VHCF) se tornasse um critério de projeto imprescindível. O aço inoxidável AISI 316L é um dos materiais mais processados por MA, com inúmeras abordagens na literatura. Contudo, ainda não há um conhecimento consolidado a respeito do comportamento deste material quando submetido a longas ou super longas vidas em fadiga após processamento pelas distintas técnicas disponíveis, nem tampouco dos mecanismos de iniciação de trincas predominantes. Em geral, no regime de VHCF as trincas tendem a se iniciar internamente ou em regiões subsuperficiais a partir de defeitos internos presente no material. Esse fato resulta em uma característica na superfície de fratura conhecida como fish-eye. Outro fenômeno que ocorre na superfície de fratura, mais especificamente dentro da região do fish-eye, é a formação de uma camada fina granular (FGA) ao redor dos sítios de iniciação de trincas. O presente trabalho analisou a resistência à fadiga de longa duração do aço AISI 316L manufaturado pela técnica de deposição por energia direcionada a laser (L-DED). Corpos de prova de duas condições de pós-processamento do material, com e sem tratamento térmico, foram submetidos a ensaios de fadiga em equipamento ultrassônico (frequência de 20±0,5 kHz), com R = -1 e tendo como alvo 109ciclos. Após o levantamento das curvas S-N das duas condições microestruturais, as superfícies de fratura foram analisadas. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram que o tratamento térmico reduziu a vida em fadiga do material em função da população de defeitos metalúrgicos encontrada, bem como influenciou a formação de fish-eye e FGA durante a iniciação e propagação das trincas. Por fim, o tamanho do FGA foi quantificado experimentalmente, para permitir a comparação com dimensões de FGA estimadas por equações empíricas presentes na literatura. / [en] Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have become a target of great industrial interest for manufacture of components and final parts intended for several applications in many sectors of the industry. Most of these components are designed to have a service life higher than 107cycles, making the analysis of the fatigue behavior in the very high cycle regime (VHCF) an essential design criterion. AISI 316L stainless steel is one of the most processed by AM, with numerous approaches in the literature. However, there is still no consolidated knowledge about the behavior of this material when subjected to long or super long fatigue lives after processing by the different available techniques, nor about the predominant crack initiation mechanisms. In general, in the VHCF regime, cracks tend to start internally or in subsurface regions from internal defects present in the material. This fact results in a characteristic in the fracture surface known as fish-eye. Another phenomenon that occurs at the fracture surface, more specifically within the fish-eye region, is the formation of a fine granular area (FGA) nearby the crack initiation sites. The present work analyzed the long-term fatigue strength of AISI 316L steel manufactured by laser directed energy deposition (L-DED) technique. Specimens of two post-processing conditions of the material, with and without heat treatment, were subjected to fatigue tests in ultrasonic equipment (frequency 20 ± 0.5 kHz), with R = -1 aiming 109cycles. After surveying the S-N curves of the two microstructural conditions, the fracture surfaces were analyzed. The research results indicated that the heat treatment reduced the fatigue life of the material as a function of the population of metallurgical defects found, as well as influenced the formation of fish-eye and FGA during the initiation and propagation of cracks. Finally, the size of FGA was experimentally quantified to allow comparison with the dimensions of the FGA estimated by empirical equations present in the literature.

[pt] A determinação da vida à fadiga para projetar estruturas e componentes mecânicos é extremamente importante. A curva S-N pode ser afetada por diferentes condições operacionais e alguns fatores são mais pronunciados no teste ultrassônico de fadiga, dependendo do material. A influência da alta frequência nos fenômenos de autoaquecimento e o efeito da frequência são discutidos. Um aspecto relevante em VHCF é o mecanismo de iniciação e propagação de trincas. Os fenômenos como olho de peixe e área fina granular (FGA) foram encontrados nas superfícies de fratura. Esta tese está dividida em 3 tópicos: evolução da temperatura, amplitude de deformação da microplasticidade e investigação da região FGA. Os materiais em estudo são os aços DIN 34CrNiMo6 e DIN 42CrMo4. O teste de fadiga ultrassônica foi realizado em diferentes condições de carregamento no modo intermitentes e acompanhado por câmera termográfica infravermelha. Esses resultados obtidos para a câmera termográfica foram usados para desenvolver um modelo de inteligência artificial usando aprendizado de máquina para prever a curva temperatura-número de ciclos. O modelo foi capaz de prever a temperatura e os valores do coeficiente de determinação estão acima de 0,98. Para prever a vida à fadiga, foram escolhidos parâmetros baseados em tensão, curva S-N tradicional, temperatura no início do teste, (razão de Rayleigh), dissipação de calor, Qcyc e gradiente de temperatura. A temperatura em estado estacionário foi atingida em aproximadamente 5E+04 ciclos em ambos os aços. Observa-se que o número de ciclos até a falha aumenta à medida que a inclinação da temperatura (fase I) e a dissipação de calor diminuem. (razão de Rayleigh) forneceu melhor concordância com os resultados experimentais seguido por Qcyc. Além disso, grãos ultrafinos na seção transversal do FGA entre 500 -700 nm dentro da superfície da fratura foram detectados pela análise FIB e EBSD. O local grain refinament foi escolhido como o melhor modelo para explicar a formação de FGA. As inclusões não metálicas Al2O3 foram responsáveis por todas as iniciações internas da trinca de fadiga. / [en] The determination of fatigue life to design structures and mechanical components is extremely important. The S-N curve can be affected by different operational conditions, and some factors are more pronounced under ultrasonic fatigue test, depending on the material. The influence of the high frequency in self-heating phenomena and frequency effect are discussed. A relevant aspect in VHCF is the mechanism of crack initiation and propagation. The fish-eye and fine granular area (FGA) phenomena were encountered on the fracture surfaces. This thesis is divided in 3 topics: temperature evolution, microplasticity strain amplitude, and investigation of the FGA region. The materials under study are DIN 34CrNiMo6 and DIN 42CrMo4 steel. Ultrasonic fatigue test was conducted at different intermittent driving and loading ratios, accompanied by an infrared thermographic camera. These results obtained by the thermographic camera were used to developed an artificial intelligence model using machine learning to predict the temperature-number of cycle curves based on the fatigue life. The model was able to predict the temperature and the coefficient of determination values to be above 0.98. In order to predict the fatigue life, parameters were selected based on stress, the traditional S-N curve, slope temperature at the beginning of the test, (Rayleigh ratio), heat dissipation, Qcyc, and gradient temperature. A steady state temperature was reached approximately in 5E+04 cycles with both steels. It is noticeable that the number of cycles to failure increases as slope temperature and heat dissipation decreases. (Rayleigh ratio) provided better agreement with the experimental results followed by Qcyc. Moreover, ultrafine grains in the cross–section of the FGA between 500 - 700 nm within the fracture surface were detected by FIB and EBSD analysis. Local grain refinement was choose the best model to explain FGA formation. The non-metallic inclusions were ultimately responsible for all internal crack initiations of Al2O3.

Ce mémoire par article s’intéresse aux relations entre les jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage en formation générale des adultes et leurs parents, en s’appuyant particulièrement sur le concept d’ambivalence intergénérationnelle. Il s’insère dans l’Évaluation réaliste du Programme d’aide pour favoriser le retour en formation des 16-24 ans (Bourdon, Bélisle, Yergeau, Gosselin, Garon et Thériault, 2011a), l’un des projets de recherche du Centre d’études et de recherches sur les transitions et l’apprentissage (CÉRTA). L’article découlant de ce mémoire a été soumis à la revue internationale Enfances Familles Générations. Au Québec, de nombreux jeunes adultes non diplômés, ayant interrompu ou non leurs études secondaires, privilégient la formation générale des adultes pour obtenir un premier diplôme du secondaire. Il n’est pas rare qu’ils rencontrent des difficultés les amenant à interrompre leurs études une fois qu’ils y sont inscrits. Afin de favoriser la diplomation de ces jeunes adultes, le Programme d’aide pour favoriser le retour en formation des 16-24 ans cible notamment leurs parents. La littérature scientifique montre que les parents peuvent avoir une influence notable sur la scolarisation de leurs enfants, que ce soit pendant leurs études secondaires ou postsecondaires, mais, du côté des jeunes adultes inscrits à la formation générale des adultes, les résultats sont plus timides. On sait par ailleurs que les relations entre les jeunes adultes non diplômés et leurs parents sont susceptibles d’être affectées, positivement ou non, par les différentes transitions de vie (décohabitation, fin des études, parentalité, etc.) vécues par les jeunes adultes, incluant notamment les transitions scolaires moins typiques. Dans un contexte d’allongement de la proximité et de dépendance des jeunes adultes vis-à-vis leurs parents, la question suivante est posée : Quelle est l’influence des relations parents-enfants sur le parcours scolaire des jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage à la formation générale des adultes? Le cadre d’analyse examine les relations parents-enfants sous l’angle de l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle (Lüscher, 2002; 2005; Lüscher et Pillemer, 1998). À la suite du cadre d’analyse, un objectif général de recherche est identifié : Comprendre l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle entre les parents et les jeunes adultes non diplômés de 16 à 25 ans et son lien avec le parcours lors du passage à la FGA. Celui-ci se décline en deux objectifs spécifiques : 1) Décrire l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle selon le type de parcours scolaire : a) les jeunes adultes étant passés directement du secteur des jeunes à la FGA, et b) les jeunes adultes ayant interrompu leurs études secondaires avant de passer à la FGA, 2) Identifier et décrire les formes de gestion de l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle. Pour répondre à ces objectifs, une méthodologie qualitative a été privilégiée. Par ailleurs, la technique d’analyse des données est l’analyse thématique séquenciée. Le corpus est composé de 30 entrevues semi-dirigées de jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage à la FGA lors de leur participation au Programme 16-24. Des données sociodémographiques ont été recueillies à l’aide de questionnaires. Les analyses montrent que les parents demeurent bien souvent impliqués affectivement dans la scolarisation de leur enfant. La plupart du temps, ils ne sont jamais loin derrière, que ce soit pour les soutenir et les encourager scolairement ou pour leur rappeler, voire leur imposer, directement ou non, leurs attentes scolaires. Aussi, les relations avec les parents des jeunes adultes étant passés directement du secteur des jeunes à la FGA présentent peu d’ambivalence comparativement à celles des jeunes adultes ayant interrompu leurs études secondaires avant de passer à la FGA. Dans l’ensemble, on observe la mise en œuvre des quatre grandes stratégies de gestion de l’ambivalence de Lüscher, mais la nature de celles-ci semble en grande partie dépendre du fait que le passage à la FGA se fasse en continuité à la suite des études au secteur des jeunes ou après une interruption significative de la scolarité.

I detta projekt analyseras utmattningsbrott orsakade av ytdefekter i höghållfast stål som utsätts för fler än tio miljoner cykliska belastningar. Vanligen orsakas utmattningsbrott i denna region av interna materialdefekter där brottytan ofta innehåller ett område med grövre morfologi - fine granular area (FGA). FGA är en ackumulerad skada som bildas under sprickinitieringsstadiet och utgör cirka 99 % av den totala utmattningslivslängden. Resterande 1 % utgörs av spricktillväxt. På grund av detta är mekanismen som initierar sprickor i detta skede essentiell. Om FGA kan observeras vid ytinitierade utmattningsbrott för material som utsätts för fler än tio miljoner cykliska belastningar, är ännu inte fastställt. . Det här projektet syftar till att undersöka om FGA kan observeras i ytinitierat utmattningsbrott gällande material med väldigt långa livslängder, samt till att utreda hur ytinitieringar påverkar utmattningslivslängden. För att söka svar på dessa frågor utförs utmattningsprovning med ultraljudsutrustning, följt av karaktärisering av brottytorna i svepelektronmikroskop för att studera de morfologiska förändringarna. Vidare utförs finita element analyser med mjukvaran ABAQUS för att jämföra den maximala huvudspänningen mellan prov med, respektive utan ytdefekter. Resultatet från ABAQUS visar att proven med hårdhetsintryck utsätts för en större maximal huvudspänning än proven utan hårdhetsintryck, därigenom kan skillnaden i livslängder förklaras. . Testresultaten från utmattningsprovningen presenteras i ett S-N diagram som visar spänningsamplituden i förhållande till materialets livslängd. De analyserade bilderna från svepelektronmikroskopet av ytinitierat utmattningsbrott visar en antydan till FGA i två av 20 prov. Däremot tycks sprickorna, i samtliga fall, initiera på grund av ackumulering av plastisk deformation i ytan. Interna materialdefekter orsakade inte utmattningsbrott i något av de 20 testade proverna med ytdefekter. Två prover utan ytdefekter genomgick samma process och för båda dessa introducerades en spricka på grund av interna materialdefekter, båda innehöll ett tydligt FGA. Sammanfattningsvis indikerar resultaten från denna studie att FGA inte är lika uppenbara och eventuellt lika vanligt förekommande vid ytinitierat utmattningsbrott av höghållfasta stål med mycket långa livslängder. Även att ytdefekter introducerar en högre maximal huvudspänning i provets centrum, vilket resulterar i en kortare utmattningslivslängd.

Le comportement en fatigue de l’acier à très haute résistance (THR) X23NiCoCrMoAl13-6-3 étudié est caractérisé par une dispersion dans les performances de tenue en fatigue. Deux modes d’amorçages de fissures sont observés sur sa courbe de Wöhler : le premier mode correspondant à des amorçages de fissures à partir d’inclusions non métalliques en surface des éprouvettes menant aux plus faibles durées de vie. Le second mode correspond à des amorçages de fissures en interne sur inclusions menant à de longues durées de vie et à des fissures en forme d’œil de poisson (« fish-eye »). Le lien entre les conditions d’essai (niveau de sollicitation, température et environnement), la nature et la localisation du site d’amorçage et la durée de vie résultante n’est jusqu’alors pas clairement identifié. L’objectif de ce travail de thèse est donc de mieux appréhender les mécanismes physiques à l’origine des différents types d’amorçage et de propagation en fatigue menant à la dispersion en durée de vie.La première partie de ce document présente la caractérisation microstructurale multi-échelle de l’acier THR avec l’identification des entités microstructurales et de leurs dimensions caractéristiques. Ensuite, l’analyse des faciès de rupture a permis de caractériser de manière approfondie les zones associées aux différents stades de propagation de la fissure de fatigue. Pour l’amorçage en surface, on trouve : 1) la particule rompue 2) la propagation sous air 3) la rupture ductile finale. Pour les amorçages en interne deux stades supplémentaires sont observés : 1.a) formation d’une zone à grains fins (« fine granular area, (FGA) ») autour de la particule si sa taille est inférieure à une taille critique et 1.b) propagation sous vide. La mécanique linéaire de la rupture est utilisée pour estimer le facteur d’intensité des contraintes de la fissure, Kmax, pour chacune de ces zones.Le facteur Kmax associé à la transition entre FGA et fish-eye se révèle être constant à une température donnée. Cette transition se caractérise par une taille de zone plastique en pointe de fissure de l’ordre de trois fois la largeur des lattes de martensite. Lorsque la température augmente, le Kmax en fin de FGA diminue mais la taille de la zone plastique reste constante. Le caractère cristallographique, pseudo stade I, de la propagation dans la FGA est mis en évidence. Il a été de plus confirmé qu’une FGA pouvait se former en cours de propagation de fissures à partir d’éprouvettes entaillées (SENT), sous vide sollicitées à Kmax faible. Le caractère cristallographique a été confirmé par analyse EBSD 3D du faciès de rupture. Un calcul de durée de vie en propagation pure sous air et sous vide a montré que les durées de vie peuvent varier d’un ordre de grandeur en fonction de l’environnement. / The fatigue behavior of a very high strength steel X23NiCoCrMoAl13-6-3 shows a large scatter in fatigue life. Two fatigue crack initiation scenarios are found. They are separated by a plateau in the Wöhler curve: the first one corresponds to crack initiation at the specimen surface from non-metallic inclusions leading to short fatigue lives. The second scenario corresponds to internal crack initiation from particles leading to so-called fish-eye cracks. The link between test conditions (load level, temperature and environment), the nature and location of the crack initiation site and the associated fatigue life has yet not been clearly established. The objective of the present PhD project is to better understand the physical mechanisms leading to the different fatigue crack initiation and propagation mechanisms.In the first part of the thesis the microstructure of the very high strength steel was studied at multiple scales and its main constituents and their respective sizes were identified.Further, the analysis of the fatigue tests by fractography has permitted to identify the different characteristic fatigue crack propagation stages. For surface fatigue crack initiation, the following stages were found: 1) a broken particle 2) fatigue crack propagation in air 3) the final ductile fracture. For internal fatigue crack initiation two more fatigue crack propagation stages are observed: 1.a) formation of a fine granular area (FGA) for small particles and 1.b) propagation in vacuum. Linear elastic fracture mechanics are used to evaluate the stress intensity factor, Kmax for each of these zones.Kmax revealed to be constant at the end of the FGA. The size of the plastic zone at the end of the FGA was calculated and corresponded to three times the width of the martensite laths. Tests at different temperatures (20°C, 200°C and 400°C) revealed a decreasing FGA size with increasing temperature at constant applied stress amplitude. As a consequence, the critical stress intensity factor varied as the FGA decreased with temperature. In contrast, the critical plastic zone size remained constant and equal to the sizes of microstructural features. This represents a strong similarity between crystallographic, stage I-like, crack propagation and FGA formation in a vacuum. This was further confirmed as an FGA was formed during crack propagation using SENT samples in vacuum and for low Kmax levels. The crystallographic character was verified by an SEM/FIB analysis of the fracture surface. A fatigue life prediction, assuming propagation only, showed that the fatigue life can vary by an order of magnitude as a function of the test environment corresponding to surface and internal crack initiation.

The InGaN system provides the opportunity to fabricate light emitting devices over the whole visible and ultraviolet spectrum due to band-gap energies E[subscript g] varying between 3.42 eV for GaN and 1.89 eV for InN. However, high In content in InGaN layers will result in a significant degradation of the crystalline quality of the epitaxial layers. In addition, unlike other III-V compound semiconductors, the ratio of gallium to indium incorporated in InGaN is in general not a simple function of the metal atomic flux ratio, f[subscript Ga]/f[subscript In]. Instead, In incorporation is complicated by the tendency of gallium to incorporate preferentially and excess In to form metallic droplets on the growth surface. This phenomenon can definitely affect the In distribution in the InGaN system. Scanning electron microscopy, room temperature photoluminescence, and X-ray diffraction techniques have been used to characterize InGaN layer grown on InN and InGaN buffers. The growth was done on c-plane sapphire by MOCVD. Results showed that green emission was obtained which indicates a relatively high In incorporation. / Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)

Classical fatigue models teach that there is an intrinsic fatigue limit for steels, representing a level of stress that is too low for regular crack growth where every cyclic load propagates a fatigue crack through the material. Modern application with extreme lifetimes has shown that fatigue will still take place in steels with stress levels well below the expected fatigue limit. This relatively new area of study has been named Very High Cycle Fatigue, or VHCF, and describes fatigue failures with a number of load cycles exceeding 107. Fractography of steels that has suffered VHCF tends to reveal an especially rough crack surface adjacent to where the fatigue crack originates, which is typically some form of defect in the bulk of the steel. This area is believed to be critical for VHCF and has been referred to in a number of ways by different studies, but will herein be called Fine Granular Area, or FGA. The aim of this study is to try and get a better understanding of VHCF. This was done by fractography analysis of test specimens of high strength tool steel that suffered fatigue failure at lifetimes ranging from about 106 cycles to 1,9x109 cycles. The lower lifetimes were achieved using hydraulic testing equipment, while the specimens in the VHCF range suffered fatigue failure in ultrasonic testing equipment allowing the application of a cyclic stress at a rate of 20 000 Hz. The resulting fracture surfaces were then investigated using a scanning electron microscope, or SEM, taking special note of the fatigue initiating defects and, in the case of VHCF, the rough area found adjacent to it. In combination with the SEM an elemental analysis of the fatigue initiating defects as well as the bulk of the material was done using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, or EDS. This was done to find out what the defects consisted of; confirming that they were slags and checking that the composition of the material of the bulk of the specimen matches what was expected. Using light optical microscopy in combination with acid etching of the surface of samples cut out of the test specimens the structure of the steel was investigated. Calculating the local stresses at the location of the fatigue initiating defect was done using FEM in combination with displacement amplitude gathered from the ultrasonic testing equipment. The data gathered was then measured and compared to that of previous studies, using models of prediction and seeing how they match the experimental results. The results suggest that the stress intensity factor at the internal slags is critical for VHCF and that with lower stress intensity factors one can expect longer lifetimes. Another observation is a relatively consistent stress intensity factor at the edge of the FGA combined with the original defect, likely signifying the transition from the creation of FGA to traditional crack propagation. There also seems to be a connection between the size of the FGA and the number of cycles to failure, with larger FGA with increasing lifetimes. The most glaring shortcoming of this study is the amount satisfactory tests conducted, and thus amount of data points, is very low due to the majority of specimens suffered failure at the threading used to connect them to the ultrasonic testing equipment at lifetimes far too low to be relevant. / Klassiska utmattningsmodeller lär ut att det finns en utmattningsgräns för stål, vilket representerar en spänningsnivå som är för låg för regelbunden sprickväxt där varje cyklisk belastning sprider en utmattningsspricka genom materialet. Moderna applikation med extrema livstider har visat att utmattning fortfarande äger rum i stål med spänningsnivåer långt under den förväntade utmattningsgränsen. Detta relativt nya studieområde har fått namnet Very High Cycle Fatigue, eller VHCF, och beskriver utmattningsfall med ett antal belastningscykler som överstiger 107. Fraktografi av stål som har drabbats av VHCF tenderar att ha en särskilt gropig sprickyta som ligger intill där utmattningssprickan har sitt ursprung, vilket typiskt är någon form av defekt i stålets bulk. Detta område tros vara kritiskt för VHCF och har hänvisats till på ett antal sätt av olika studier, men kommer här att kallas Fine Granular Area eller FGA. Syftet med denna studie är att försöka få en bättre förståelse för VHCF. Detta gjordes genom fraktografianalys av testprover av verktygsstål med hög hållfasthet som drabbades av utmattningsbrott vid livstider från cirka 106 cykler till 1,9x109 cykler. De lägre livslängderna uppnåddes med hjälp av hydraulisk testutrustning, medan proverna i VHCF-området drabbades av utmattningsbrott i ultraljudstestutrustning som klarar att applicera en cyklisk stress med en frekvens på 20 kHz. De resulterande sprickytorna undersöktes sedan med hjälp av ett svepelektronmikroskop, eller SEM, med särskild fokus på utmattningsinitierande defekter och, i fallet med VHCF, det grova området som hittades intill det, FGA. I kombination med SEM utfördes en elementanalys av utmattningsinitierande defekter liksom huvuddelen av materialet med energidispersiv röntgenspektroskopi, eller EDS. Detta gjordes för att ta reda på vad inneslutningarna bestod av för att bekräfta att de var slagg samt kontrollera att sammansättningen av materialet i huvuddelen av provet matchar det som förväntades. Med användning av optisk ljusmikroskopi i kombination med syraetsning av ytan på prover som skars ut ur testproverna undersöktes stålets struktur. Beräkning av de lokala spänningarna på platsen för den utmattningsinitierande defekten gjordes med hjälp av FEM i kombination med förskjutningsamplituden som samlats från ultraljudsutrustningen. De insamlade uppgifterna mättes sedan och jämfördes med tidigare studier genom att använda diverse modeller och se hur de matchar de experimentella resultaten. Resultaten antyder att stressintensitetsfaktorn vid inneslutningarna är kritisk för VHCF och att man med lägre stressintensitetsfaktorer kan förvänta sig längre livstid. En annan observation är en relativt konsekvent stressintensitetsfaktor vid kanten av FGA, vilket sannolikt markerar övergången från skapandet eller utbredning av FGA till traditionell sprickutbredning. Det verkar också finnas en koppling mellan storleken på FGA och antalet cykler till fel, med större FGA med ökande livslängd. Den mest uppenbara bristen i denna studie är mängden tillfredsställande tester som genomförts. Därmed är mängden datapunkter mycket låg, detta på grund av att majoriteten av proverna misslyckades vid gängningen som användes för att ansluta dem till ultraljudstestutrustningen vid livstider alltför låga för att vara relevanta.

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This thesis deals with the theoretical description of the qualitative characteristics and parameters of some modern active elements, also discusses the theory of signal flow graphs at the level applicable for the following frequency filter design methods. The thesis is also generally discussed the issue with the circuit simulator PSpice modeling theory and voltage amplifiers on the basic 6-levels. The practical part of the work is divided into two parts. The first practical part is dedicated to design four levels of simulation model of components LNVGA element. The second practical part contains detailed theoretical proposals for three circuit structures implementing the frequency filters 2nd order (based on the basic structure of the OTA-C) using signal flow graphs with configuration options of Q and fm based on the parameters of active elements in the peripheral structure and their verification with prepared LNVGA model layers.