Orientador: João Antônio Pereira / Resumo: O uso de ferramentas computacionais atualmente está auxiliando o aprimoramento dos processos e procedimentos de análise e simulações em inúmeras áreas do conhecimento humano. A tomografia computadorizada (TC) é uma ferramenta de diagnóstico já consolidada na área médica e atualmente começa a ser utilizada como uma ferramenta para algo ainda mais inovador, a geração de modelos tridimensionais de órgãos ou estruturas ósseas do paciente para uso na criação de biomodelos e fabricação de próteses personalizadas. Biomodelos são cópias físicas das estruturas anatômicas de regiões ou orgãos do corpo humano utilizados para diagnóstico e planejamento cirúrgico. O uso de imagens tomográficas para geração de modelos 3D tem despertado um grande interesse na área médica e de bioengenharia. Além da criação do biomodelo é possível, com o uso das imagens, a geração de modelos computacionais representativos, possibilitando com isso, a realização de diversas simulações e análises biomecânicas da região ou órgão de interesse, visando a fabricação de próteses ou órteses personalizadas. Neste trabalho é apresentada uma metodologia para a geração de modelos matemáticos tridimensionais a partir de tomografias computadorizadas com o objetivo de estudar e analisar um implante personalizado da ATM (Articulação Temporomandibular), solicitado mecanicamente e fabricado em liga de titânio (Ti6Al4V) pelo processo de manufatura aditiva rápida do tipo DMLS (Sinterização Direta de Metais a Laser). Através do m... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The use of computational tools is currently helping to improve the processes and procedures of analysis and simulations in many areas of human knowledge. Computed tomography (CT) is a diagnostic tool already consolidated in the medical field and is now being used as a tool for something even more innovative, the generation of three-dimensional models of organs or bone structures of the patient for use in the creation of biomodels and Manufacture of customized prostheses. Biomodels are physical copies of the anatomical structures of regions or organs of the human body used for diagnosis and surgical planning. The use of tomographic images for generating 3D models has aroused great interest in the medical and bioengineering field. Besides the creation of the biomodel it is possible, through the use of the images, the generation of representative computational models, making possible the accomplishment of several simulations and biomechanical analyzes of the region or organ of interest, aiming at the manufacture of customized prostheses or orthoses. In this work is presented a methodology for the generation of three-dimensional mathematical models from CT scans in order to build, study and analyze a custom implant TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint), requested mechanically and made of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) by the prototyping process of type DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering). Through the model created for the TMJ region, computational simulations of stresses and deformations were ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Resumo: No presente trabalho desenvolve-se um modelo constitutivo baseado na mecânica do dano contínuo para representar o comportamento de materiais que apresentam diferentes respostas quando solicitados à tração ou à compreensão. obtem-se uma representação constitutiva através da composição de modelos simples e específicos para tratar cada tipo de solicitação. Este modelo combinado é capaz inclusive de lidar com carregamentos alternados (tração e compreensão), envolvendo fechamento e reabertura de fissuras existentes. Para modelar o comportamento em compreensão emprega-se o modelo constitutivo que tem como critério de degradação o segundo invariante do tensor de tensão desviador (critério de Von Mises ou J2). Para simular o aparecimento de fissuras de tração, usa-se o modelo de dano com critério de degradação baseado na energia de deformação da parte positiva do tensor efetivas. A integração dos modelos é feita com base em tensões efetivas associadas a duas escalas distintas (escala grosseira e refinada). O modelo é apto para representar a formação de descontinuidades no campo de deslocamento (descontinuidades fortes) em materiais quase-frágeis. Nesse caso, a região de localização de deformação (zona de processo da fatura) pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano combinado, com lei de abrandamento de tensões (softening) exponencial, que estabelece dissipação compatível com a energia de fratura. A região contínua pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano J2, com parâmetros ajustados com base no comportamento não linear à compreensão. Valida-se o modelo proposto mediante testes básicos, focando a capacidade do modelo em representar os principais aspectos do comportamento de materiais quase-frágeis. A aplicabilidade do modelo é demonstrada através do estudo da capacidade de rotação plástica de vigas de concreto armado, confrontando-se os resultados numéricos com os experimentais / Abstract: A combined constitutive model based on the Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) is presented to represent the nonlinear behavior of quasi-brittle materials, which present different response when subjected to tension or compreession. The constitutive model is a composition of two simple and specific models designed to treat each type of behavior. The combined model is able to deal with alternating load (tension-compression), involving formation, closure and reopening cracks. To model the compressive behavior, a degradation criterion based on the second invariant of the deviatoric part of the effective stress tensor (Von Miser or J2 criterion) is used. To simulate cracking, a damage model with degradation criterion based on the strain energy associated to the positive part the effective stress tensor is adopted. The combination of the models is made on the basis of the effective stresses associated to two distinct scales (coarse and fine scales) The model is able to represented the formation of discontinuities in the displacement field (strong discontinuities) for quasi-brittle materials. The region of strain localization (fracture process zone) is described by a softening law which establishes dissipation energy compatible with the fracture energy. The continuous region is described by the J2 damage model, with parameters ajusted to describle the compressive nonlinear behavior in compression. Some basic tests are performed to asses the ability of the model to represent the main aspects of the behavior of quasi-brittle materials. The applicability of the model is demonstrated by the study of the plastic rotation capacity of reinforced concrete beams, comparing the numerical responses with the experimental ones / Orientador: Osvaldo Luís Manzoli / Coorientador: André Luís Gamino / Banca: Leonardo José do Nascimento Guimarães / Banca: Edson Antonio Capello Sousa / Mestre

La cavité abdominale présente des organes nobles richement vascularisés qui possèdent une mobilité et une inertie importantes. Au cours des AVP, le niveau élevé d'accélération peut conduire à des arrachements de leurs systèmes d'attaches (dont les vaisseaux sanguins). L'objectif de ce projet est de comprendre comment prendre en compte les interactions et la mobilité des organes abdominaux pour évaluer leur influence sur les mécanismes lésionnels. Pour cela, nous avons tout d'abord caractérisé le comportement du ligament gastro-colique en traction jusqu'à la rupture. Son comportement hyperélastique a été relevé ainsi que sa sensibilité à la vitesse de déformation. Ensuite, nous avons étudié l'avulsion de la rate avec une approche couplant expérimentation et simulation numérique. Cela a permis d'identifier le comportement hyperélastique faiblement non linéaire du ligament pancréatico-splénique. Au travers de l'approche numérique, nous avons pu conclure que la modélisation de la jonction pancréatico-splénique doit s'appuyer sur la modélisation des structures vasculaires, mais doit également intégrer les tissus connectifs et leurs interactions avec les organes adjacents. Enfin nous avons amélioré la modélisation des interactions et de la mobilité des organes dans le modèle préexistant MELBA sur les résultats obtenus précédemment. La cinématique des organes a été évaluée par une étude comparative de la mobilité avec la première version du modèle. Ce modèle ainsi amélioré permet une meilleure représentativité des mécanismes lésionnels de la cavité abdominale en soulignant le rôle prépondérant de leurs systèmes d'attaches lors d'un traumatisme. / The abdominal cavity presents noble and richly vascular organs which have an important mobility and inertia. During road accidents, the high level of acceleration may lead up to tearing of their attachments systems (including blood vessels) and therefore to serious haemorrhages. The target of this project is to understand how to take into account the interactions and the mobility of the abdominal organs in order to be able to assess their influence on the mechanisms of injury. Therefore, we have first of all characterized the performance of the gastro-colic ligament in uniaxial tension until the failure. We noted down its hyper-elastic performance as well as its sensitivity to strain rate. Afterwards, we studied the splenic avulsion with an approach combining experiments and numerical simulation. This has made it possible to identify the slightly nonlinear hyper-elastic performance of the pancreatico-splenic ligament. Through the numerical approach, we could conclude that the modelling of the pancreatico-splenic junction should rely on the modelling of the vascular structures, but should also integrate the connective tissues and their interactions with the adjacent organs. At last we improved the modelling of the interactions and of the organs' mobility in the pre-existing model MELBA upon the results obtained previously. The organs' kinematics was assessed through a comparative study of the mobility with the first version of the model. This model thereby improved allows a better representativeness of the mechanisms of injury of the abdominal cavity by highlighting the important role of their attachments systems during trauma.

[pt] O presente trabalho apresenta a implementação computacional pelo método dos elementos finitos de procedimentos para análise de problemas de escavação e de fluxo permanente bidimensional, não confinado, para solos saturados. Tais procedimentos, particularmente indicados para investigação do comportamento mecânico/hidráulico de barragens de terra, vem completar o trabalho iniciado por Parra (1996) para análise do comportamento de barragens sob carregamentos estático e sísmico. Foram implementadas duas técnicas para simulação de escavações, obtendo-se, em ambas, resultados numéricos praticamente idênticos. O procedimento para análise de fluxo permanente foi baseado na proposição de Bathe e Khoshgoftarr (1979), a qual considera a situação de fluxo não-confinado como problema não linear, porém conservando a configuração original da malha de elementos finitos. Os resultados numéricos obtidos neste trabalho foram detalhadamente comparados com os valores publicados na literatura, numéricos ou analíticos, como forma de assegurar a confiabilidade das implementações computacionais. A previsão do comportamento da barragem de terra Macusani, a ser construída no Peru, foi estudada neste trabalho, nos aspectos referentes às fases de escavação, construção, primeiro enchimento do reservatório e determinação da superficie de infiltração de fluxo permanente. Os resultados assim obtidos podem ser eventualmente úteis no detalhamento do projeto final da obra. / [en] This work presents a computer implementation for finite element analysis of excavation problems and unconfined steady state flow through saturated soils. These computer routines are particularly useful for the study of earth dams and they were written with the aim to pursue the development of a numerical model (Parra, 1996) devised to investigate the behavior of earth dams under static and seismic loading. Two techniques were implemented for excavation simulations, with both yielding the some numerical results. For the unconfined fluid flow problem the technique proposed by Bathe and Khoshgoftaar (1979) was adopted, which recasts the problem in a non-linear form but keeps the same basic finite element mesh. The results computed in this research were compared with other analytical and numerical values published in the literature, in order to ensure, as much as possible, the feasibility and efficiency of the computer implementations. The behavior prediction of the Macusani earth dam, to be built in Peru, was also studied in this research, focusing on several aspects related to its planned construction: the excavation, the construction itself and the first reservoir filling. This results may eventually be useful for the final engineering design of the Macusani dam. / [es] El presente trabajo presenta la implementación computacional de procedimentos para análisis de problemas de excavación y de flujo permanente bidimensional, para suelos saturados utilizando el método de elementos finitos. Tales procedimentos, particularmente indicados para la investigación del comportamiento mecánico/hidráulico de represas, completa el trabajo iniciado por Parra(1996) para análisis del comportamiento de represas bajo sobrecarga estática y sísmica. Se implementaron dos técnicas para simulación de excavaciones, obteniendo, en ambas, resultados numéricos prácticamente idénticos. El procedimento para análisis de flujo permanente tubo como base la propuesta de Bathe y Khoshgoftarr (1979), que considera la situación de flujo no confinado como problema no lineal, pero conservando la configuración original de la malla de elementos finitos. Los resultados numéricos obtenidos em este trabajo fueron detalladamente comparados con los valores publicados en la literatura, numéricos o analíticos, para asegurar la confiabilidad de las implementaciones computacionales. La previsión del comportamiento de la represa de Macusani, que será construida en Perú, fue estudiada en este trabajo, especifícamente los aspectos vinculados a las fases de excavación, construcción y determinación de la superficie de infiltración de flujo permanente. Los resultados obtenidos pueden ser eventualmente útiles en el proyecto final de la obra.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'étude des parois de domaines dans des nanofils magnétiques. Nous avons étendu le diagramme de phase des parois de domainesdéjà connu pour des géométries allant des nanobandes aux nanofils. Les différents types de parois et des transitions de phases sont présentés.Nous avons introduit de nouveaux estimateurs s'appuyant sur des grandeurs physiques connues, pour mieux caractériser les configurations magnétiques des parois et prédire leur type en fonction de la géométrie.Pour valider notre approche théorique, nous nous sommes ensuite intéressés à les observer par microscopie.Nous avons choisi le Dichroisme Circulaire Magnétique des rayons X associé à la Microscopie par Emission de PhotoElectrons (XMCD-PEEM). Ce type de microscopie permet d'atteindre une résolution spatiale suffisante pour observer les parois de domaine. Les configurations expérimentales (échantillons et dispositif expérimental) permettent d'avoir accès à la fois à l'aimantation de surface maisaussi à l'ombre du fil projetée sur le substrat. Cette ombre contient l'information sur l'aimantation dans le volume, moyennée le long du chemin desrayons X dans le matériau. Cette configuration donne lieu à des contrastes magnétiques complexes. Nous avons donc développé un modèle permettant de simuler le contraste XMCD à partir de configurations micromagnétiques à l'équilibre. La comparaison entre les contrastes expérimentaux et les contrastes simulés donne lieu à un très bon accord quantitatif.De plus, les paramètres expérimentaux ont été étudiés afin d'obtenir le meilleur contraste réflétant au mieux la configuration micromagnétique de l'échantillon.La suite de ce travail consistera, notamment, à étudier la propagation de la paroi point de Bloch dans les nanofils. / The work performed during my thesis was based on magnetic domain walls in magnetic nanowires. We extended the phase diagram of domain walls already known to a geometry ranging from nanostrips to nanowires. The various types of domain wall and transition phase types are presented. We introduced new estimators based on physical known features, in order to better characterize domain walls magnetic configurations of domain walls and then to predict the type of domain wall according to the geometry.To validate our theoretical approach, we were interested in imaging these domain walls. We chose the X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism along with the PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy (XMCD PEEM). This microscopy method enables to reach spatial resolution required to observed domain wall configuration. The experimental conditions (sample and set up) enable to have access both the surface magnetization and also the shadow of the wire projected on to the substrate. This enable caries information about volume magnetization, averaged along the path of the X-ray through the wire. This experimental configuration gives rise to complex contrasts. Thus, we developped a model that enables to simulate the XMCD contrast from steady state micromagnetic configurations. Comparison between experimental and simulated contrasts gives rise to a good quantitative agreement. Moreover, experimental parameters were studied in order to get the best magnetic contrast, reflecting the true magnetic configuration of the sample.For the future, the work consists in the study of the domain wall propagation in nanowires, particularly the propagation of the Bloch point wall.

Le tricotage est une technique d'obtention de textiles ancestrale qui est encore couramment utilisée de nos jours. Cette technique permet de produire des textiles possédant une forte déformation élastique, un comportement mécanique anisotrope modifiable simplement en jouant sur la géométrie de la maille, la possibilité d'obtenir des formes générales (préformes) ou internes (trous) durant le procédé de fabrication, rendant ces textiles particulièrement attractifs et rentables. Plus récemment, l’utilisation des alliages à mémoire de forme (AMF), en particulier de fils de Nickel-Titane (Ni-Ti), pour produire ces tricots a permis de proposer des textiles aux fonctionnalités nouvelles, telles qu'une très grande déformation élastique, un changement de forme sous l'effet d'un échauffement, une forte capacité d’amortissement, etc.Cependant, le comportement mécanique de tels tricots AMF reste encore assez mal connu, et bien qu'un certain nombre d'études aient déjà été proposées dans la littérature concernant la caractérisation du comportement mécanique de ces tricots, l'application aux tricots NiTi reste insuffisamment faite.Dans ce travail, un ensemble d’outils expérimentaux et numériques a été mis en place pour étudier la déformation des tricots NiTi, en particulier pour évaluer l'influence des paramètres matériaux, géométrie, frottements, etc., sur le comportement mécanique. Un montage expérimental a été développé pour caractériser le textile en traction biaxiale. Il s'inspire des techniques utilisées pour les membranes souples visant à obtenir un champ de déformation le plus uniforme possible dans la zone déformée. De plus, sa conception ainsi qu’un programme de traitement d'images permettent la mesure de la distribution des efforts aux frontières ainsi que la mesure de la morphologie des mailles du tricot au cours de la déformation.Le comportement mécanique du tricot a été modélisé par homogénéisation numérique en réalisant des simulations numériques par éléments finis sur une maille représentative sous conditions périodiques. Les prédictions des simulations sont validées en regard des résultats expérimentaux obtenus sur les tricots NiTi, en traction simple et traction biaxiale suivant les directions chaine et trame. Elles sont ensuite utilisées pour analyser l'importance des différents mécanismes de déformation en fonction de la sollicitation étudiée. / Knitting is an ancestral textile manufacturing technique which is still commonly used nowadays. This method allows to manufacture textiles possessing high recoverable strains, an anisotropic mechanical behavior easily tuned by varying the knit loop dimensions, the ability to obtain general forms (preforms) or internal forms (holes) during the manufacturing process, and more, making those textiles particularly attractive and cost-efficient. More recently, the use of Shape Memory Alloys (SMA), notably Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) wires, for producing those textiles allowed to propose textiles with new functional properties, such as very high recoverable strains, shape-shifting effects under temperature changes, high damping capacity, etc.However, such SMA knitted textiles mechanical behavior remains relatively unknown, and even if a certain number of studies have dealt with the knitted textiles mechanical characterization, the application to NiTi knitted textiles remains insufficiently done.In this work, a set of experimental and numerical tools have been developed to study knitted NiTi textiles deformation, especially to evaluate the influence of material parameters, knit geometry, friction, etc., on the mechanical behavior. An experimental setup has been developed to characterize such textiles in biaxial tension. It is inspired by methods developed for soft membranes aiming at obtaining strain fields as uniform as possible in the sample working area. Furthermore, its conception as well as a dedicated image processing software allow measuring boundary forces distributions and knit loops morphology during deformation.The knitted textile mechanical behavior has been modeled using numerical homogenization method by performing finite elements numerical simulation of a representative knit loop under periodic conditions. Simulations predictions are validated in regard to experimental results obtained on knitted NiTi textiles, in simple tension and biaxial tension in course and wale directions. They are then used to analyze the importance of different deformation mechanisms depending on the loading case studied.

Com a crescente evolução tecnológica dos materiais empregados na construção civil, como o concreto estrutural, que hoje atinge resistências características bastante superiores àquelas utilizadas tradicionalmente pelos projetistas, surge a necessidade de atualização da literatura técnica que fundamenta o tema. Em 2014, a norma brasileira que regulamenta os procedimentos para projeto de estruturas de concreto armado, NBR 6118:2014, passou a incluir os concretos de alta resistência, com resistência característica à compressão simples superior a 50 MPa. Isto posto, o presente estudo objetivou analisar a confiabilidade no projeto de pilares de concreto armado conforme a referida norma. Para tal, foi desenvolvido um modelo de elementos finitos para a análise de pilares de concreto armado através do software ANSYS, sendo o comportamento não-linear do concreto representado através da ferramenta de customização UPF (User Programmable Features), que possibilita a introdução de um novo modelo constitutivo de material programado pelo usuário ao sistema. Este modelo foi representado por uma rotina de cálculo externa, estruturada em linguagem FORTRAN, e teve como base as equações constitutivas apresentadas no Código Modelo fib 2010. Para a validação deste modelo numérico, foram reproduzidas as condições de ensaios experimentais envolvendo pilares de concreto armado. Finalmente, foram modelados pilares projetados de acordo com a norma brasileira, submetidos à flexo compressão normal e oblíqua e, a partir da aplicação do Método de Monte Carlo, através da ferramenta Probabilistic Design do ANSYS, foram determinados os índices de confiabilidade de cada caso, bem como a influência dos diversos parâmetros de projeto nestes índices. Em relação aos pilares submetidos a flexo-compressão normal, a grande maioria apresentou resultados satisfatórios em termos de confiabilidade estrutural, entretanto, tratando-se dos pilares em flexo-compressão oblíqua, quase metade dos projetos não atingiram os índices de confiabilidade alvo estabelecidos neste estudo. / With the increasing technological evolution of the materials used in civil construction, such as structural concrete, which nowadays much higher compressive strenghts than tthose traditionally used by structural designers, there is a need to update the technical literature that underlies the theme. In 2014, the Brazilian standard that regulates the procedures for the design of concrete armament structures, NBR 6118: 2014, introduced considerations concerning high strenght concretes, with compressive strenght above 50 MPa. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the reliability of the design of reinforced concrete columns according to the guidelines presented in the mentioned standard. For this, a finite element model was developed for the analysis of reinforced concrete columns through the software ANSYS, with the nonlinear behavior of concrete represented by the software customization tool named UPF (User Programmable Features), which allows the introduction of a new material constitutive model programmed by the user to the main system. This model was represented by an external calculation routine, structured in FORTRAN language, and was based on the constitutive equations presented in fib Model Code 2010. For the validation and calibration of this numerical model, the conditions of experimental tests involving reinforced concrete columns have been reproduced. Finally, models have been created to represent columns designed according to the guidelines of the Brazilian Standard NBR 6118:2014, submitted to normal and oblique flexioncompression and, through the application of the Monte Carlo method using the Probabilistic Design tool of ANSYS, the reliability indexes for each design were determined such as the influence of the various design parameters in these indices. Regarding the abutments submitted to normal flexion-compression, the great majority presented satisfactory results in terms of structural reliability, however, in the case of oblique flexion-compression abutments, almost half of the projects didn't achieve the target reliability indices established in this study.

Résumé de la thèse en français : Le clouage des sols est une technique de soutènement d’excavations développée en France dans les années 1970. En pratique aujourd’hui, les parements de tels ouvrages sont souvent dimensionnés pour reprendre les efforts de traction admissibles dans les renforcements. De manière générale, dans la profession il est notoire qu’au parement les efforts de service dans les renforcements sont en fait plus faibles que calculés, et ce d’autant plus à proximité du pied de parement en raison du phasage de construction de ces ouvrages, du haut vers le bas. En 2015 la Commission de Normalisation Française Justification des Ouvrages Géotechnique (CNJOG) a engagé une révision de la norme NF P 94 270, notamment pour clarifier la justification du parement. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse vise à améliorer les connaissances sur le fonctionnement des massifs de sol cloué en place et en particulier sur la mobilisation du parement. Les travaux réalisés ont comporté une étude paramétrique expérimentale sur modèle physique réduit en centrifugeuse géotechnique (trois longueurs de clous), complétée par une analyse par modélisation numérique en déformations. Sur le modèle réduit, la mobilisation des efforts dans les clous était observée à plusieurs niveaux à l’aide de fibres optiques munies de réseaux de Bragg, situées à l’axe neutre des clous. Les réseaux de Bragg étaient distants de 5 mm, soit 25 cm dans l’ouvrage réel modélisé. Les déplacements au sein du massif ont été suivis à l’aide d’une technique d’imagerie de type Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), par suivi de motifs de grains de sables au travers d’une paroi latérale transparente du modèle physique à échelle réduite. Les essais ont montré une nette influence de l’élancement des ouvrages sur l’amplitude des déplacements et le profil des efforts mobilisés. Parallèlement, un modèle numérique tridimensionnel de calcul par éléments finis et respectant le phasage de construction a été développé sous CESAR-LCPC. Les clous ont été modélisés par des éléments linéiques partageant leurs nœuds avec les éléments volumiques par l’intermédiaire d’un degré de liberté supplémentaire, correspondant au déplacement relatif sol-clou. Le comportement en déformations du sol a été représenté par le modèle Hardening Soil Model (HSM). La comparaison des résultats expérimentaux et des simulations numériques a permis de mettre en avant l’influence de l’élancement sur le comportement du mur mais a souligné les limites de l’utilisation des éléments finis, et en particulier la forte sensibilité aux raideurs du sol et de l’interface sol-clou. Cette comparaison a également permis de proposer une amélioration du dimensionnement des sols cloués. Le logiciel PROSPER réalise ce dimensionnement en choisissant une courbe de rupture le long de laquelle le déplacement du sol mobilise la réaction des clous. Ce déplacement est généralement considéré homogène mais les résultats de ce travail permettent d’en proposer une allure. Des abaques ont été établis donnant cette distribution en fonction du rapport d’élancement. Cette approche du calcul des efforts au parement dans les renforcements a été mise en œuvre dans le cas d’un ouvrage expérimental. / Soil nailing is technique developped in France during the 70s for the retaining of excavations. Today, the facing of such structures is often designed to support the maximal tensions admissible in the reinforcements. The professionals generally admit that the service loads in the reinforcements are smaller than the calculated ones. Especially at the facing foot because of the construction phasage, from top to bottom. In 2015, The French Standardization for Geotechnical Structures Verification launched a revision of the standard concerning soil-nailing, especially about the facing design. In this context, this thesis aims at a better knowledge of soil-nailed walls behaviour and especially about the mobilization of the facing. The works consisted of a parametrical study on a centrifuge model (three nail lengths) and of a numerical modelling. On the centrifuge model, the nail tensions were observed, at each level, using Bragg grated optic fibers, placed at the core of the nails. The Bragg networks were placed 5 mm from each other (25 cm on the real wall). The displacements inside the soil were followed by a Particle Image Velocimetry like technique. The grains patterns were observed through a lateral translucid face. The experiments have shown a strong influence of the structure slenderness on displacements amplitude and on tensions allures. A 3D numerical model was also developped with CESAR-LCPC. It was realized with Finite Elements Method and the building phasage was respected. Nails were modelized by lineic elements whose nodes where shared with volumic elements. In order to simulate the friction law, an additional degree of freedom was introduced : the relative displacement between soil and nail. The deformation behaviour of the soil was simulated using Hardening Soil Model. The comparison of experimental and numerical results highlighted the influence of slenderness on wall behaviour as well as the limits of Finite Elements Method. In particular, the results are strongly dependant on the stiffness of soil and of the interface between soil and nail. This comparison also allowed to propose an improvement of the soil-nailing design. The PROSPER software choses a failure surface along which the displacement of soil mobilizes the reaction of the nails. This displacement is generally considered as homogenous but the results of the present work allow to propose an allure. Abacus have proposed for the distribution of this displacement and this design approach has been tested on an experimental wall.

[pt] A partir da amostragem de blocos de travertino cisalhados contendo materiais representativos de zona de dano e/ou núcleo de falhas geológicas, corpos-de-prova cilíndricos constituídos tanto por rocha intacta como por rocha de falha, foram submetidos a ensaios triaxiais multi-estágios com medição de permeabilidade na direção axial, com confinamentos efetivos variáveis de 2, 5, 11, 19 e 29 MPa. O presente trabalho avalia a adequação do modelo Mohr-Coulomb com endurecimento em representar o comportamento tensão-deformação de materiais de zona de falha em travertino observado nos ensaios de laboratório e determina os parâmetros que melhor representam o comportamento experimental, além de analisar a variação da permeabilidade. Para isso, é utilizado o método de elementos finitos, através do software ABAQUS, para modelar os corpos-de-prova e simular o comportamento tensão-deformação de dois dos ensaios triaxiais realizados. Ao final do estudo são determinados os parâmetros de rocha de falha que melhor ajustam aos dados experimentais. Além disso, são determinados fatores multiplicadores de permeabilidade que representam as variações de permeabilidade esperadas a partir das deformações volumétricas nesses materiais. Esse conhecimento tem importante contribuição na previsibilidade do comportamento hidromecânico de falhas geológicas, cujo equilíbrio é alterado com a explotação de reservatórios de petróleo. / [en] From sheared travertine blocks, containing both damage zone and/or gouge representative materials, cylindrical plugs were obtained containing both intact rock and fault materials, and were submitted to triaxial tests with axial permeability measurements in effective confinement pressures of 2, 5, 11, 19 e 29 MPa. This work assess the suitability of Mohr-Coulomb hardening model to represent stress-strain behaviour of travertine fault zone materials observed in laboratory measurements and determines the parameters that best fit the experimental behavior. Furthermore, a permeability variation analysis is conducted. For this, finite element method is used through ABAQUS software, to model the plugs and to simulate the stress-strain behaviour of three triaxial tests. It is possible after all, to determine rock parameters that adjust to experimental results. Besides that, permeability multipliers are determined to adjust permeability changes due to volumetric deformations in these materials. This knowledge is an important contribution to forecast hidromechanical behavior of geological faults that may have stability altered by hydrocarbon exploitation in petroleum reservoirs.

[pt] Esta dissertação tem por objetivo a implementação de uma ferramenta numérica para avaliação do fluxo transiente 3D saturado-não saturado em barragens de terra e enrocamento, baseado no método dos elementos finitos e no programa GEOFLUX implementado por Machado Jr. (2000) para análise de problemas 2D. Nesta nova versão, foram incluídos elementos triangulares de 3 nós para análises 2D e elementos tetraédricos de 4 nós para análises 3D. Implementam-se também subrotinas que oferecem a possibilidade de variação das condições de contorno com o tempo. A equação de Richards é solucionada considerando a formulação mista e o método iterativo de Picard Modificado para solução do sistema de equações não- lineares. Para a solução do sistema de equações utiliza-se um armazenamento especial para matrizes esparsas associado com o método do gradiente bi-conjugado, tornando o processo muito rápido, mesmo em sistemas de grande porte. Utilizam- se dois modelos para representar as curvas características: o modelo exponencial proposto por Srivastava e Yeh (1991) e o modelo proposto por van Genuchten (1980). O programa computacional desenvolvido (GEOFLUX3D) foi aplicado na análise de fluxo na barragem de enrocamento de Gouhou, China, e na barragem de terra Macusani, Peru. Os resultados numéricos indicam a necessidade de análises numéricas 3D em barragens situadas em vales estreitos, onde os efeitos de geometria nas condições de fluxo são significativos e não podem ser ignorados. / [en] The main objective of this thesis is to implement a numerical tool for the evaluation of 3D saturated / unsaturated transient flow through earth and rockfill dams with basis on the finite element method and a computer program written by Machado Jr. (2000) for analysis of similar 2D flow problems. In the 3D version, developed in this thesis, four-nodes tetrahedral elements were implement as well as special subroutines that make possible to vary in time the boundary conditions. The Richards` equation is solved through a mixed formulation, for the solution of the non-linear system of equations a Modified Picard`s method is employed. A special algorithm is used to store the sparse matrices which, in association with the bi-conjugated gradient method, rend the solver computationally very efficient, even for a large number of equations. Two different models were used to represent the characteristic curves: the exponential curve proposed by Srivastava and Yeh (1991) and the formulation suggested by van Genuchten (1980). The improved computer program, thereafter named GEOFLUX3D, was then applied for flow analysis of the Gouhou rockfill dam (China) and the Macusani earth dam (Peru). Numerical results point out that 3D numerical analyses are necessary for dams situated in narrow valleys, where the influence of the terrain geometry on the flow conditions are quite significant and cannot be just ignored.