The design and implementation of a morphing unmanned aircraft using smart materials is presented. Articulated lifting surfaces and articulated wing sections actuated by servos are difficult to instrument and fabricate in a repeatable fashion on thin, composite-wing micro-air-vehicles. Assembly is complex and time consuming. A type of piezoceramic composite actuator commonly known as Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) is used for wing morphing. The actuation capability of this actuator on fiberglass unimorph was modeled by the Rayleigh-Ritz method and quantified by experimentation. Wind tunnel tests were performed to compare conventional trailing edge control surface effectiveness to an MFC actuated wing section. The continuous surface of the MFC actuated composite airfoil produced lower drag and wider actuation bandwidth. The MFC actuators were implemented on a 0.76 m wingspan aircraft. The remotely piloted experimental vehicle was flown using two MFC patches in an elevator/aileron (elevon) configuration. Preliminary testing has proven the stability and control of the design. Flight tests were performed to quantify roll control using the actuators. Force and moment coefficients were measured in a low-speed, open section wind tunnel, and the database of aerodynamic derivatives were used to analyze control response. / Master of Science

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is the process of using measurements of a structure's response to known excitations and trying to determine if damage has occurred to the structure. This also fits the description of non-destructive evaluation (NDE). The main difference is that NDE takes place while the structure is out of service and SHM is intended to take place while the structure is in service. As such, SHM provides the opportunity to provide early warning against structural failure. This thesis intends to advance the state of the art in SHM by examining two approaches to SHM: vibration based and impedance based, and to associate these with the NDE method of stress intensity factors. By examining these methods the goal is to try and answer some of the important questions in SHM process. The first is to experimentally validate a crack model and to see how small of a crack can be detected by vibration methods. The second is to use the concept of stress intensity factor to perform an SHM type of measurement to determine the remaining life of a structure once the impedance method has determined that damage has occurred. The measurement system considered consists of using several different piezoceramic materials as self-sensing actuators and sensors. The structures are a simple beam and a more complex lug element used in aircraft applications. The approach suggested here is to use the impedance and vibration methods to detect crack initiation and then to use the proposed stress intensity method to measure the stress intensity factor of the structure under consideration. / Master of Science

Im Luftfahrtbereich haben sich kohlenstofffaserverstärkte Kunststoffe (CFK) wegen ihrer hohen spezifischen Festigkeiten und Steifigkeiten längst als Konstruktionswerkstoffe etabliert. In der Großserienfertigung von Automobilkarosserien kommt diese Materialgruppe jedoch nur zögerlich zum Einsatz. Offensichtlich sprechen noch viele Argumente für den Einsatz von metallischen Werkstoffen: Denn auch Leichtmetalle und pressgehärtete Stähle ermöglichen immer höhere Leichtbaugrade, ohne dabei signifikante Kostensteigerungen zu generieren. Zudem sind Fertigungs- und Montageabläufe für Metallkarosserien etabliert und weitgehend frei von Entwicklungsrisiken. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint es schwer, mit neuen Leichtbaumaterialien und den zugehörigen Bauweisen einen Durchbruch erzielen zu können. Dabei zeigt das Produktsegment der Supersportwagen schon deutlich, dass zusätzliche Leichtbaupotentiale durch beanspruchungsgerecht gestaltete und optimierte CFK-Strukturen für den Automobilbau eröffnet werden. Bislang lassen sich derartig optimierte CFK-Strukturen jedoch kaum wettbewerbsfähig in Großserie realisieren. An dieser Stelle ergeben sich Chancen und zugleich neue Herausforderungen für die Produktentwickler: Zum einen sind Faserverbundbauweisen zu erarbeiten, mit denen die Leichtbaupotentiale von CFK weitgehend ausgereizt werden. Zum anderen ist die automatisierte Fertigung bei hohen Taktraten zu ermöglichen. Die Lösung beider Teilaufgaben setzt den Einsatz geeigneter materialspezifischer Konstruktionsmethoden voraus.

abstract: This dissertation presents the development of structural health monitoring and prognostic health management methodologies for complex structures and systems in the field of mechanical engineering. To overcome various challenges historically associated with complex structures and systems such as complicated sensing mechanisms, noisy information, and large-size datasets, a hybrid monitoring framework comprising of solid mechanics concepts and data mining technologies is developed. In such a framework, the solid mechanics simulations provide additional intuitions to data mining techniques reducing the dependence of accuracy on the training set, while the data mining approaches fuse and interpret information from the targeted system enabling the capability for real-time monitoring with efficient computation. In the case of structural health monitoring, ultrasonic guided waves are utilized for damage identification and localization in complex composite structures. Signal processing and data mining techniques are integrated into the damage localization framework, and the converted wave modes, which are induced by the thickness variation due to the presence of delamination, are used as damage indicators. This framework has been validated through experiments and has shown sufficient accuracy in locating delamination in X-COR sandwich composites without the need of baseline information. Besides the localization of internal damage, the Gaussian process machine learning technique is integrated with finite element method as an online-offline prediction model to predict crack propagation with overloads under biaxial loading conditions; such a probabilistic prognosis model, with limited number of training examples, has shown increased accuracy over state-of-the-art techniques in predicting crack retardation behaviors induced by overloads. In the case of system level management, a monitoring framework built using a multivariate Gaussian model as basis is developed to evaluate the anomalous condition of commercial aircrafts. This method has been validated using commercial airline data and has shown high sensitivity to variations in aircraft dynamics and pilot operations. Moreover, this framework was also tested on simulated aircraft faults and its feasibility for real-time monitoring was demonstrated with sufficient computation efficiency. This research is expected to serve as a practical addition to the existing literature while possessing the potential to be adopted in realistic engineering applications. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Mechanical Engineering 2019

Le présent travail de thèse a pour objectif de développer un outil de modélisation par transition d’échelles sous forme de machine d’essais virtuels. Celle-ci, utilisée conjointement aux codes de calculs de structures, permet de déterminer le comportement anisotrope complexe de composites à matrice polypropylène chargés en fibres de verre courtes sous sollicitations dynamiques. La microstructure en cœur-peau induite par le procédé d’injection du matériau est investiguée expérimentalement par μCT. Le comportement dynamique est caractérisé pour des vitesses de déformation allant jusqu’à 200s-1 au moyen d’une une méthodologie expérimentale basée sur l’utilisation d’un joint d’amortissement et d’une optimisation des éprouvettes. Les mécanismes d’endommagement sont analysés expérimentalement par essai in situ. Ils mettent en évidence le phénomène d’endommagent prépondérant qui est la décohésion de l’interface fibre matrice. Basé sur ces résultats expérimentaux, l’approche multi échelles développée consiste en une méthode de Mori Tanaka incrémentale appliquée à une matrice élastoviscoplastique et des renforts enrobés intégrant l’évolution de l’endommagement à l’échelle mésoscopique. L’endommagement introduit dans les enrobages perturbe le transfert de charge entre la matrice et les renforts. De plus, la dépendance à la vitesse de déformation, aux orientations et aux taux de fibre du modèle sont corrélés par des essais. La machine d’essais virtuels est validée par modélisation de structures. L’outil prédictif ainsi développé prend en compte le minimum nécessaire à la description de la microstructure tout en étant fiable et pertinent dans la modélisation de composites sous sollicitations dynamiques modérées. / The current work focuses on the development of a micromechanical modeling tool in the form of a virtual test machine which, used with the structural calculation codes, allows to determine the complex anisotropic behavior of polypropylene matrix composites reinforced with short glass fibers under dynamic loading. The core-skin microstructure induced by the material injection process is investigated experimentally by μCT. The dynamic behavior is characterized for strain rates of up to 200s-1 using an experimental methodology based on the use of a damping joint and specimen optimization. The mechanisms of damage are analyzed experimentally by in situ SEM testing. They highlight the importance of the debonding phenomenon in the damage scenario. Based on these experimental results, the multiscale approach developed consists of an incremental Mori Tanaka method applied to an elastoviscoplastic matrix and coated reinforcements integrating the evolution of damage at the mesoscopic scale. The damage introduced into the coatings disturbs the load transfer between the matrix and the reinforcements. In addition, the strain rate, orientation, and fiber rate dependence of the model are correlated by testing. The virtual testing machine is validated by modeling structures. The developed predictive tool thus takes into account the minimum necessary to describe the microstructure while being reliable and relevant in the modeling of composites under moderate dynamic stress.

The fuel system is a very important part of the vehicle and the engine. The main function is to deliver the fuel- air mixture into the engine cylinder. This thesis describes the design of the Formula student car fuel system. The first part is an introduction to Formula Student competitions. The next section describes the options of the fuel systems structure and options for individual components. Those rules limit the possibilities for us FSAE that in the next chapter. The following parts are major chapters dealing with the actual design of the fuel system and analysis of selected components. The last part are chapters that deal with the production possibilities of parts and subsequent incorporation into the fuel system of the car.

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The influence of long-term load on the reinforced concrete beams strength-ened with a carbon fiber composite layer in the tensioned zone is considered in this dissertation. The evolution of deformations in the layers of the beams and the evolution of beam deflection is analyzed. The load carrying capacities after a long-term load action are also determined herein. The built-up-bars theory for calculation of deflections and the load carrying capacity after a long-term load action is presented in this dissertation. The thesis consists of an introduction, four main chapters, the results and conclusions and a list of used literature. The introduction describes the major objectives of the dissertation. It pre-sents the aims, the methods of research, the scientific novelty and defended pro-positions. The first chapter reviews application of carbon fiber composite polymer in strengthening structures. The influence of a long term load on concrete, polymer matrix, carbon fiber reinforced composite, strengthened concrete beams is also considered. In addition, it considers the calculation methods that evaluate the long term load influence. The second chapter is dedicated to applying of the built-up-bars theory in calculation of deflections and the load carrying capacity, including long term load action. Also, variation of concrete and carbon fiber composite contact stiff-ness is presented in this chapter. Chapter three presents the carried out experiments. It describes the experi-mental... [to full text] / Disertacijoje nagrinėjama lenkiamųjų gelžbetoninių sijų, tempiamojoje zo-noje sustiprintų anglies pluošto kompozitu, elgsena esant ilgalaikiam statinės apkrovos poveikiui. Disertacinio darbo tikslas – atlikti eksperimentinius tyrimus ir nustatyti ilgalaikės apkrovos poveikį sijos laikomajai galiai bei įlinkių vysty-muisi; apskaičiuoti sijos įlinkį pagal sudėtinių strypų teoriją įvertinant ilgalaikės statinės apkrovos poveikį bei betono ir anglies pluošto kompozito jungties stan-dumo pokytį dėl šlyties valkšnumo deformacijų prieaugio. Disertaciją sudaro: įvadas, keturi pagrindiniai skyriai, rezultatų apibendri-nimas ir išvados, naudotos literatūros sąrašas, autoriaus publikacijų disertacijos tema sąrašas. Įvadiniame skyriuje nagrinėjama tiriamoji problema ir darbo aktualumas, nurodytas tyrimų objektas, suformuluoti darbo tikslai ir uždaviniai, pateikta ty-rimų metodika, aptarta darbo svarba ir praktinė rezultatų reikšmė, pristatyti gi-namieji teiginiai. Pirmajame skyriuje atlikta literatūros apžvalga. Čia nagrinėjamas ilgalaikės apkrovos ir aplinkos poveikis anglies pluošto kompozitui, kompozito ir betono jungčiai bei gelžbetoninių sijų elgsenai. Pateikiami sustiprintų sijų elgsenos eks-perimentinių tyrimų, veikiant trumpalaike ir ilgalaike apkrova, rezultatai. Apta-riamos skaičiavimo metodikos, vertinančios ilgalaikį apkrovos poveikį. Antrajame skyriuje pateikiama skaičiavimo metodika, grindžiama sudėtinių strypų teorija. Skaičiavimo metodika skirta sijų, sustiprintų anglies... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Other properties, depending on the function of the component material or construction, among these thermal and acoustic performances, are of great importance in the context of buildings and could be improved, that is, having better performance with this embodiment. Conduct a comparative study of physico-mechanical, thermal and acoustic composite gypsum incorporating dry coconut fiber, in the form of blanket, constituted the main objective of this work. Improving the thermal and acoustic performances of precast gypsum, used for lining and internal vertical fences of buildings, was the purpose of development of these composites. To evaluate the effect of fiber content on the properties of the composites were used to manufacture the composite layer with different thicknesses. The composites were fabricated in the form of plates with dimensions of 500x500x24mm. To facilitate the comparative study of the properties were also made with material gypsum boards only. We then determined the physico-mechanical, thermal and acoustical plaster and composites. The results indicated that the composites were significant gains in relation to thermal performance and also acoustic, in certain frequency range, increasing the thickness of the blanket. Concerning other physical-mechanical properties, the results showed that although the compressive strength was lower than for the composite did not occur after a fracture catastrophic failure. The same trend was observed with regard to resistance to bending, since the composites have not suffered sudden rupture and still continued after the load supporting point of maximum load / A utiliza??o do gesso, um dos mais antigos materiais de constru??o, pela ind?stria da constru??o civil no Pa?s, vem experimentando um sens?vel e constante crescimento, em fun??o do seu baixo custo e de algumas de suas propriedades que lhe conferem vantagem comparativa em rela??o a outros materiais ligantes. Sua utiliza??o compreende diversas aplica??es entre as quais o revestimento de paredes e a confec??o de veda??es internas e de forros. Por outro lado, as fibras v?m sendo, cada vez mais, incorporadas em matrizes fr?geis, na tentativa de melhorar as propriedades do comp?sito, atrav?s da redu??o do n?mero de fissuras, da abertura das mesmas e da sua velocidade de propaga??o. Dependendo da fun??o do material ou do componente da constru??o, os desempenhos t?rmico e ac?stico, assumem grande import?ncia no contexto das edifica??es e tamb?m poderiam ser melhoradoscom a incorpora??o de fibras. Dentre as fibras vegetais, a fibra de coco seco apresenta um grande potencial, superior ?s vantagens comparativas das demais fibras, tal como uma maior resist?nciafrente ? alcalinidade caracter?stica das matrizes ciment?cias. Realizar um estudo comparativo das propriedades f?sico-mec?nicas, t?rmicas e ac?sticas de comp?sitos ? base de gesso com incorpora??o de fibra de coco seco, sob a forma de manta, constituiu-se no objetivo geral deste trabalho. Para tanto os materiais comp?sitos foram confeccionados em forma de placas, pain?is sandu?ches, com dimens?es de 500x500x24mm, sendo as camadas externas constitu?das pelogesso e a central (recheio) pela manta de fibra de coco seco. Para avaliar a influ?ncia do teor de fibras nas propriedades dos comp?sitos foram utilizadas na confec??o dos mesmos mantas com espessuras de 8 e 10 mm. Para possibilitar o estudo comparativo das propriedades foram tamb?m confeccionadas placas apenas com gesso. Foram ent?o determinadas as propriedades f?sico-mec?nicas, t?rmicas e ac?sticas do gesso e dos comp?sitos. Os resultados indicaram que para os comp?sitos ocorreram ganhos significativos em rela??o aos desempenhos t?rmico e tamb?m ac?stico, na faixa de frequ?ncia de 102,28 Hz a 1.150,00 Hz, ganhos esses crescentes com a espessura da manta. Em rela??o ?s demais propriedades f?sico-mec?nicas, os resultados mostraram que embora a resist?ncia ? compress?o tenha sido inferior para os comp?sitos, as fibras apenas evitaram um rompimento brusco, uma vez que as mesmas n?o atuam como refor?o para esse tipo de solicita??o. O mesmo comportamento ocorreu em rela??o ? resist?ncia ? flex?o, uma vez que os comp?sitos n?o sofreram ruptura brusca e ainda continuaram suportando carga depois do ponto de carga m?xima

Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia de otimização topológica de atuadores piezelétricos em estruturas compostas laminada com o objetivo de atenuar as vibrações estruturais induzidas por excitações externas. Para isso, utiliza-se técnicas de controle ótimo, como o regulador linear quadrático (LQR) e o controlador linear quadrático gaussiano (LQG). Os estados não mensuráveis são estimados através do uso de observadores de estados de ordem completa, usando o filtro de Kalman para a escolha ótima da matriz de ganhos do observador de estados. O problema de otimização topológica é formulado para a localização ótima do atuador piezelétrico composto MFC (Macro Fiber Composite) na camada ativa da placa, determinando a localização mais vantajosa do material MFC através da maximização do índice de controlabilidade. Para o modelo estrutural, é proposto neste trabalho um modelo para a interação entre o atuador MFC e a estrutura. Assume-se que o MFC é uma das lâminas de material ortotrópico que sofre uma deformação inicial a partir da aplicação de um potencial elétrico e que essa deformação terá efeitos sobre o restante da estrutura. Dessa maneira, não é necessário modelar o campo elétrico gerado através dos eletrodos, uma vez que o efeito eletromecânico é considerado analiticamente. A rigidez e a massa do atuador MFC são considerados no modelo estrutural. Os resultados numéricos mostram que o modelo estrutural proposto para representar a interação entre o atuador MFC e a estrutura apresenta boa concordância com resultados experimentais e numéricos encontrados. Além disso, os resultados mostram que a partir do posicionamento ótimo do atuador MFC na estrutura, a técnica de controle implementada permite atenuar as vibrações estruturais. As simulações para uma força de um degrau unitário permitem concluir que a estratégia de controle usando o controlado LQG apresenta melhor desempenho em termos de tempo de assentamento, sobre resposta, amortecimento e sinal de controle, quando comparado com o controlador LQR. / This work presents a topologic optimization methodology of piezoelectric actuators in laminated composite structures with the objective of controlling external perturbation induced by structural vibrations. The Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) optimal control techniques are used. The states are estimated through of the full order state observers, using the Kalman filter to the observer gain matrix. The topology optimization is formulated to find the optimum localization of the Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) active piezoelectric patch, determining the most advantageous location of the MFC, through of the maximization of the controllability index. For the structural model, this work proposes a simplified MFC/structure interaction model. It is assumed that the MFC is one of the orthotropic material layers which has an initial strain arising from the application of an electric potential; this strain acts on the remainder of the structure. This way, modeling the electromechanical interaction between the piezoelectric material and the electric field is unnecessary because this effect is considered analytically. Both the stiffness and the mass of the MFC are taken into account in the structural model. Numerical results show that proposed MFC-structure interaction model presents good agreement with experiments and numerical simulations of models that uses the electromechanical effect. Actuator location optimization results show that the technique implemented improves the structural vibration damping. The response simulations to an unit step force allows to conclude that the control strategy using the LQG controller presents better performance in terms of settling time, overshoot, damping and control signal energy when compared to the LQR controller.