The pollution generated by human activities has aroused the continuing need to map and assess the conditions of the environment in relation to possible sources of contamination, especially harmful to groundwater resources. The study, for the city of Boa Vista do Cadeado in the Rio Grande do Sul State, located in northwest riograndense, is inserted in the Province of the Southern Plateau Brazilian Geomorphological where spills outcrop of volcanic rocks forming the Serra Geral Aquifer System / SGAS. Spatialize in thematic maps hydrodynamic data of wells related to: the static water level, flow rate, the potentiometric surface, the specific capacity and vulnerability indices natural fissure aquifer contamination. Using the system GOD, were simulated by funding 12 wells, which contained all the information necessary for their application. We obtained two classes of natural vulnerability, and 83.3% in class insignificant and 16.7% in low class. It was concluded that the region presents little vulnerable to contamination having a natural protection due to volcanic basalt rock layers in confined aquifer and a mean water level, slightly deeper. The catchment wells are at odds with the standards constructive, as well as with the environmental legislation of the State, therefore, must be appropriate in order to protect the fountain groundwater. / A poluição gerada pelas atividades antrópicas tem despertado a necessidade contínua de mapear e avaliar as condições do meio ambiente em relação a possíveis fontes de contaminação, principalmente as prejudiciais aos recursos hídricos subterrâneos. Por meio deste estudo, referente ao Município de Boa Vista do Cadeado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Situado na Mesorregião noroeste riograndense, está inserido na Província Geomorfológica do Planalto Meridional brasileiro, onde afloram derrames de rochas vulcânicas formadoras do Sistema Aquífero Serra Geral/SASG. Espacializaram-se em mapas temáticos dados hidrodinâmicos dos poços tubulares referentes: ao nível estático, a vazão, a superfície potenciométrica, a capacidade específica e aos índices de vulnerabilidade natural do aquífero fissural à contaminação. Utilizando-se o sistema GOD, simularam-se 12 captações por poços, as quais continham todas as informações necessárias a sua aplicação. Foram obtidas duas classes de vulnerabilidade natural, sendo 83,3% na classe insignificante e 16,7% na baixa. Conclui-se que a região apresenta-se pouco vulnerável à contaminação, possuindo uma proteção natural, devido às camadas de rochas vulcânicas basálticas, em aquífero confinado e com um nível médio da água, pouco profundo. Os poços tubulares de captação estão em desacordo com as normas construtivas, bem como, com a legislação ambiental do Estado, portanto, devem ser adequados, visando à proteção do manancial subterrâneo.

Resumo: Muito tem se avaliado a respeito das propriedades físicas e químicas dos selantes de fóssulas e fissuras, mas pouco sobre seus efeitos no biofilme dentário. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as características bioquímicas e microbiológicas do biofilme dentário formado in situ sobre materiais que liberam flúor ou cálcio e fosfato. Dez voluntários utilizaram dispositivo intrabucal palatino contendo corpos-de-prova de materiais (Fuji IX GP, Auralay XF e Aegis) ou blocos de esmalte bovino. A fase experimental consistiu de 4 etapas de 8 dias cada e a utilização de sacarose para formação do biofilme. No 7º dia dos períodos experimentais foi determinado o pH do biofilme e no 8º dia, o biofilme dentário formado foi coletado para determinação de flúor (F), cálcio (Ca), fósforo (P) e polissacarídeos extracelulares insolúveis (PEI) além da microbiota. Verificou-se a liberação de F, Ca e P de cada material e dos blocos de esmalte após ciclagem de pH. Após a verificação da homogeneidade dos dados, testes paramétricos e não-paramétricos foram realizados para análise dos resultados (p<0,05). O biofilme dentário formado sobre os materiais que liberam flúor apresentou maior presença de F, Ca e P e menor número de estreptococos do grupo mutans quando comparado ao bloco de esmalte. Após o uso da sacarose (7º dia), o pH do biofilme foi maior na presença do material ionomérico. O biofilme sobre o material que contém fosfato de cálcio amorfo mostrou similar concentração de Ca e P, quando comparado aos materiais que contém flúor, e uma ação tamponante no meio, sem efeito na microbiota. Concluiu-se que os materiais que liberam flúor aumentaram as concentrações de F, Ca e P e diminuíram a de PEI e a microbiota cariogênica do biofilme dentário; e o que contém fosfato de cálcio amorfo aumentou as concentrações de Ca e P / Abstract: The chemical and physical properties of the pit and fissures sealants have been widely evaluated but rare researches focus on the effects on dental plaque. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biochemical and microbiological characteristics of the in situ dental plaque formed on materials that release fluoride or calcium and phosphate. Ten volunteers wore an intraoral palatal device containing specimens of materials (Fuji IX GP, Auralay XF and Aegis) or bovine enamel blocks. The experimental phase consisted of 4 stages with duration of 8 days each and use of sucrose to form the dental plaque. The dental plaque pH was determined at the 7th day of the experimental periods and the dental plaque was collected at the 8th day to determine the fluoride (F), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), insoluble extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) and microbiota. It was observed release of F, Ca and P from each material and from the enamel blocks after pH cycling. After verification of data homogeneity, parametric and non-parametric tests were performed (p<0.05). The dental plaque formed on the materials that release fluoride presented more F, Ca and P and reduced number of Streptococcus mutans in comparison to the enamel block. After use of sucrose (7th day), the dental plaque pH was higher with the presence of ionomeric material. The dental plaque on the material containing amorphous calcium phosphate exhibited similar Ca and P concentration compared to the ones on fluoride materials, and buffering action with no effect on the microbiota. It was concluded that the materials that release fluoride increased F, Ca and P concentrations, decreased EPS concentration and the cariogenic microbiota of the dental plaque; the amorphous calcium phosphate material increased concentrations of Ca and P / Orientador: Denise Pedrini / Coorientador: Alberto Carlos Botazzo Delbem / Banca: Cleide Cristina Rodrigues Martinhon / Banca: Stella Kossatz Pereira / Mestre

Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyse the effectiveness and cost of fissure sealant treatment in preventing dental caries in children in a practice-based research network using survival analysis. The survival times of first permanent molars in children were analysed in three countries: in Finland (age cohorts 1970–1972 and 1980–1982), in Sweden (1980–1982) and in Greece (1980–1982), and additionally at two municipal health centres in Finland (age cohorts 1988–1990 in Kemi and 1990 in Vantaa). The study population comprised altogether 8 551 children. The data were collected manually from paper dental records (Finland, Sweden and Greece), and an automatic data-mining system for collecting data from electronic dental records was used in the case of the two health centres in Finland (Kemi and Vantaa). Comparisons of the survival times of first molars caries-free were performed between sealed and non-sealed individual teeth, and between the subjects in cases where a subject’s all first permanent molars were either sealed or non-sealed before the age of eight years. The cumulative costs of caries risk determination, use of xylitol, fissure sealant treatment, and restorations were calculated based on the data from the digital dental records of the health centres of Kemi and Vantaa. The results stressed the importance of caries-risk assessment on a tooth and subject level, when estimating the need for sealing treatment. Sealing of first molars of very high caries risk children (caries present in any of the permanent first molars before the age of eight years) seemed to be insufficient to prevent further dental decay later on. Instead, sealants were beneficial in caries prevention in medium-risk children (caries present in any of the permanent first molars between the ages of eight and ten years). Low-risk children (no caries in any of the permanent first molars before the age of ten years) did not benefit remarkably from sealant treatment. When sealant treatment were targeted only at high caries risk children based on risk-determination at the age of two years and all their permanent first molars were sealed (Kemi), their total treatment costs later were higher compared to the low-risk children, who were left unsealed. Significant differences in the survival curves of sealed and non-sealed first molars on a tooth and subject level confirmed that a translational approach is needed to study the effectiveness of preventive dental treatment in practice. The practice-based study model provides a good overview on the situation in real-life circumstances and helps to incorporate the evidence-based dentistry study results into everyday dental practice. / Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli analysoida fissuurapinnoituksen tehokkuutta ja kustannuksia lasten hammaskariesta ehkäisevänä toimenpiteenä käytäntöön perustuvan tutkimusmenetelmän ja elinkaarianalyysin avulla. Ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden elinkaarianalyysi tehtiin Suomen (ikäkohortit 1970–1972 ja 1980–1982), Ruotsin (1980–1982) ja Kreikan (1980–1982) aineistojen sekä lisäksi kahden suomalaisen terveyskeskusaineiston (Kemi 1988–1990 and Vantaa 1990) perusteella. Tutkimusaineisto koostui yhteensä 8 551 lapsesta. Tutkimukseen tarvittavat tiedot kerättiin manuaalisesti potilaspapereista Suomen, Ruotsin ja Kreikan aineistoista sekä elektronisesti suoraan kahden suomalaisen terveyskeskuksen (Kemi ja Vantaa) digitaalisista potilastietojärjestelmistä. Ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden elinkaarikäyriä verrattiin pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien hampaiden sekä pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien henkilöiden (kaikki neljä pysyvää ensimmäistä poskihammasta joko pinnoitettu tai pinnoittamatta kahdeksanteen ikävuoteen mennessä) välillä. Kumulatiiviset kustannukset karieksen riskimäärityksestä, ksylitolin käytöstä, pinnoituksista ja täytteistä laskettiin Kemin ja Vantaan terveyskeskusaineistojen perusteella. Tutkimuksen tulokset korostavat riskimäärityksen tärkeyttä pinnoituspäätöksen tekemisessä sekä hammaskohtaisesti että potilaskohtaisesti. Korkean kariesriskin lapsille (kariesta yhdessä tai useammassa ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa ennen kahdeksatta ikävuotta) pinnoitusten teho näytti olevan riittämätön estämään karieksen kehittymisen myöhemmällä iällä. Pinnoitukset olivat tehokkaita keskisuuren kariesriskin (kariesta yhdessä tai useammassa ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa kahdeksan ja kymmenen ikävuoden välillä) lapsilla. Matalan kariesriskin lapset (ei kariesta yhdessäkään ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa ennen kymmenettä ikävuotta) eivät hyötyneet merkittävästi pinnoitteiden kariesta ehkäisevästä vaikutuksesta. Kun pinnoitteet kohdennettiin valikoidusti lapsille joilla oli kahden vuoden iässä todettu korkea kariesriski ja heidän kaikki ensimmäiset pysyvät poskihampaat pinnoitettiin (Kemi), heidän osaltaan kokonaishoidosta seuranneet kustannukset myöhemmin olivat korkeampia verrattuna lapsiin joilla oli matala kariesriski ja joiden hampaita ei pinnoitettu. Pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden hammas- ja henkilökohtaisten elinkaarikäyrien tilastolliset erot tutkituissa kohorteissa osoittavat, että käytäntöön perustuva tutkimusmenetelmä on suositeltava analysoitaessa hammashoidon tehokkuutta jokapäiväisessä toiminnassa. Käytäntöön perustuva tutkimusmalli antaa hyvän käsityksen todellisissa hoito-olosuhteissa tehtyjen toimenpiteiden tehokkuudesta ja avaa siihen uuden näkökulman sekä edesauttaa soveltamaan näyttöön perustuvan hammaslääketieteen tutkimustuloksia jokapäiväiseen hammaslääkärintyöhön vastaanotolla.

Différentes architectures macromoléculaires sensibles à la température, des copolymères linéaires greffés et des hydrogels, ont été développées et leur structure, leurs propriétés rhéologiques ainsi que leurs propriétés mécaniques ont été étudiées. Dans le cas des hydrogels, le phénomène de séparation de phase des segments thermosensibles conduit, en conditions isochores, à une augmentation de la rigidité et de l'élongation à la rupture ainsi qu'à de remarquables propriétés de fatigue. Ce renforcement est de plus totalement réversible en pilotant le processus d'association/dissociation des interactions avec la température. Nous montrons que la topologie des réseaux joue un rôle important sur les performances mécaniques des hydrogels et plus spécialement sur le mode de propagation de fissure au sein de la structure. A partir d'études structurales par diffusion de neutrons complétées par des expériences sous traction, différentes nanostructures sont proposées en fonction de la topologie. Enfin, ce concept de renforcement stimulable des propriétés mécaniques des hydrogels, induit par un mécanisme de micro-séparation de phase, a été élargi à d'autres réseaux polymères combinant des propriétés thermodynamiques de LCST et UCST. / Thermo-responsive linear graft copolymers and hydrogels with different topologies have been designed and their nanostructure, their rheological properties as well as their tunable mechanical properties have been investigated. In the case of hydrogels, the self-assembly of the thermo-responsive sequences, which serve as secondary interactions, induces in isochoric conditions a strong enhancement of both stiffness and elongation at break, including also remarkable fatigue properties. Specifically, this reinforcement is totally reversible by switching on/off the associations. It is clearly shown that the topology of the network displays a crucial influence on the mechanical performance of hydrogels, especially the resistance to fracture. After a careful investigation of the structure by 2-D neutron scattering and tensile experiments, different nanostructures are proposed according to the topology. Finally, this concept of thermo-toughening of hydrogels through a controlled microphase separation has been extended to other polymeric networks combining LCST and UCST type polymers.

The assessment of ageing tunnels requires a deeper understanding of the long-term behaviour of twin tunnels, whilst lack of permeability data limits the accuracy of long-term predictions. This thesis therefore investigates long-term twin-tunnel behaviour through finite-element parametric analyses, and provides additional pereability data through laboratory studies. Permeability tests are performed on fissured London Clay, exploring the effect of isotropic stress cycles on the permeability of fissures. A model explaining the permeability-stress relationship is proposed to explain irrecoverable changes observed in fissure permeability, and is formulated mathematically for numerical implementation. Laboratory investigations are performed on grout from the London Underground tunnels, investigating permeability, porosity, microstructure and composition. A deterioration process is proposed to explain observations, consisting of acid attack and leaching. The deterioration had appeared to transform the grout from impermeable to permeable relative to the soil. The change in grout permeability with time would strongly influence long-term movements. The long-term behaviour of single tunnels is investigated in a finite-element parametric study. A new method is formulated to predict long-term horizontal and vertical surface displacements after excavation of a single tunnel, and incorporates an improved measure of relative soil-lining permeability. The study also predicts significant surface movements during the consolidation period, contradicting the lack of further building damage observed in the field. A further parametric study also investigates the long-term behaviour of twin tunnels. Key interaction mechanisms are identified, leading to the postulation of the long-term interaction behaviour under different tunnelling conditions. Long-term interaction is found to be complex and significant, and should be accounted for in numerical simulations.

Les ouvrages de génie civil, imposants et uniques, sont majoritairement construits en béton armé ou précontraint. La durabilité, l'étanchéité et la sûreté sont primordiales lorsqu'il s'agit d'évaluer la performance d'un ouvrage. La fissuration est un phénomène majeur qui influence le comportement des ouvrages sous diverses sollicitations en terme de durabilité et de tenue structurale. Le développement de lois de comportement capables de décrire de manière robuste et efficace la réponse des matériaux quasi-fragiles sous sollicitations complexes représente encore aujourd'hui un paradigme qui suscite de nombreux travaux au sein de la communauté scientifique. L'objectif principal de ces travaux est le développement d'un modèle numérique capable de représenter explicitement la fissuration des éléments de structure en béton armé. La dégradation des structures en béton armé, caractérisée par un réseau de fissures anisotrope, est décrite par un modèle d'endommagement anisotrope fondé sur des fissures orientées. La cinématique du modèle est enrichie par un saut de déplacement de manière à représenter explicitement le développement de fissures dans le matériau. Ce saut de déplacement est identifié comme l'ouverture de fissure. Le modèle développé est validé sur des structures en béton présentant des mécanismes de ruine en mode I et mode mixte. Les performances du modèle sont illustrées via la simulation de structures en béton armé comme un voile en cisaillement soumis a un chargement cyclique. / Civil engineering buildings, massive and unique, are mostly made of reinforced or prestressed concrete. Sustainability, tightness and safety are the major pillars of a building's performance. Cracking is a major phenomenon which impacts the buildings' behaviour under different loadings in terms of sustainability and structural capacity. Development of numerical models which describe accurately the response of quasi-brittle materials under complex loading remains an important research topic for the scientific community. The objective of this work is the development of a numerical model which represents explicitly cracking of reinforced concrete structures. Concrete and reinforced concrete degradation process, characterised by the appearance of several anisotropic crack families, is described by means of an anisotropic damage model accounting for oriented crack families. The kinematics of this model is enriched with a displacement jump in order to reproduce the development of cracks in the material during loading. This displacement jump is identified as the crack opening. The developed model is validated on simulations of plain concrete structures exhibiting mode I as well as mixed-mode failure. The performances of the enriched model are shown by the simulation of reinforced concrete structures such as a shear wall submitted to cyclic loading.

Ce travail de recherche s'inscrit dans le cadre de la sécurité du transport et de manutention des colis de confinement de déchets nucléaires. Le but est de développer un outil numérique capable de simuler le comportement global d'une structure en béton de fibres soumise à des sollicitations dynamiques. Il permet également d'accéder à des informations plus locales telle que la fissuration, tant en terme de trajet que d'ouverture de fissures. Pour ce faire, un ensemble d'essais mécaniques est réalisé afin de mieux comprendre les mécanismes d'endommagement et de fissuration du matériau sous sollicitations quasi-statique et dynamique. Le modèle capable de capturer à l'échelle globale les non-linéarités liées à la fissuration de la structure dans un cadre continu est détaillé. Les paramètres associés à la loi de comportement sont identifiés via une procédure d'identification basée sur les données expérimentales des essais conduits. La détermination de l'énergie de fissuration en dynamique est investiguée et la part inertielle structurelle de celle-ci est soulignée. Deux méthodes de post-traitement numérique des résultats des simulations numériques globales permettant d'accéder à des informations plus fines à l'échelle locale, en termes de trajet et d'ouverture de fissure, sont détaillées. Une étude d'une poutre en béton fibré soumis à un chargement de flexion 1-point dynamique post-traitée avec les deux approches est présentée. Les résultats du post-traitement numérique sont comparés à ceux obtenus expérimentalement par corrélation d'images numériques. / The research work falls within the framework of the transportation and handling safety of radioactive waste containment packages. The goal is to develop a numerical tool capable of simulating the overall behaviour of a fiber concrete structure subject to a dynamic loading. It also gives access to more local information such as cracking, both in terms of path and opening. To do this, a set of mechanical tests is carried out in order to better understand the mechanisms of damage and cracking of the material under quasi-static and dynamic loading. The model capable of capturing on a global scale the non-linearities related to the cracking of the structure in a continuous framework is detailed. The parameters associated with the material constitutive law are identified via an identification procedure based on the experimental data of the conducted tests. The determination of dynamic cracking energy is investigated and the structural inertial part of this is underlined. Two numerical methods used to post-process the results of the global numerical simulations, giving access to finer information at the local scale, in terms of path and crack opening, are detailed. The study of a fiber-reinforced concrete beam subjected to a dynamic 1-point bending loading, post-processed with the two approaches, is presented. The results of the numerical post-processing are compared with those obtained experimentally by correlation of digital images.

Water ingress into rock tunnels is a problematic phenomenon – especially in urban areas – as a lowered groundwater table may cause harmful settlements. Furthermore, too much ingress can be an incentive for the environmental court to halt the tunnel process, in order to protect the nature as part of a national interest.Water ingress is normally lowered by injecting a water and cement mixture into boreholes in the rock mass – a process called rock grouting – thus sealing the rock fractures. Very little information and research has been on the subject of how the rock fracture orientation interact with the orientation and geometry of the grouting holes. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether or not it is possible and feasible to select a grout fan geometry that will have the most intersections with the rock fractures, based on fracture information gained in an early pre-investigation stage. The suitability of different grout fan geometries will be determined by analyzing the amount of fracture intersections that each geometry has in a discrete fracture network, generated based on data obtained from rock cores in the Stockholm Bypass project. The assumption is that more fracture intersections means a higher chance of sealing the rock mass. The results show that there is no clear difference in number of intersections between the analyzed grout fan geometries, indicating that focus should not be on analyzing the grout fans as whole units, but rather on the scale of individual grouting holes and fractures. This thesis also highlights the importance of monitoring according to the observational method. / Vatteninläckage i bergtunnlar är ett problem, speciellt inom tätbebyggda områden, eftersom en sänkt grundvattennivå kan orsaka sättningar i jordlagren och följaktligen skada infrastruktur. Dessutom kan ett för högt vatteninläckage vara ett incitament för miljödomstolen att stoppa tunneldrivningen i ett försök att skydda den allmänna miljön i dennas roll som ett nationalintresse.Vatteninträngning i tunnlar minskas normalt genom att injicera en blandning av vatten och mikrocement i borrhål lokaliserade i bergmassan – en process som kallas för sprickinjektering – och genom detta täta bergmassan. Idag finns mycket lite information tillgänglig om hur sprickors och injekteringshålens orienteringar interagerar med varandra.Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka huruvida det är genomförbart att i ett tidigt förundersökningsskede bestämma en skärmgeometri som kommer ha så många sprickskärningar som möjligt. Olika skärmgeometriers lämplighet bedömdes genom att analysera mängden sprickskärningar som varje geometri hade i ett diskret spricknätverk, baserat på indata från utvalda kärnborrningar från Förbifart Stockholm. Analysen utfördes under antagandet att fler sprickskärningar ger en större chans att täta berget.Resultaten visar att det inte finns en klar skillnad i antalen skärningar olika skärmgeometrier emellan, vilket indikerar att framtida fokus inte bör läggas på att analysera skärmgeometrier som enheter, utan snarare att analysen bör utföras på individuella injekteringshål och sprickor. Denna uppsats markerar också vikten av observationer under utförandet av berguttag och sprickinjektering i enlighet med observationsmetoden.

Late-stage fissure-filling ore at the world class Bingham Canyon, Utah, porphyry copper deposit has long been recognized, but poorly studied. Physical and chemical characterization of the Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au mineralized fissures in the porphyry-epithermal transition zone provides insight into the origin, timing, and controls of ore deposition. These sheared sulfide-rich fissures are dominated by pyrite and multiple generations of quartz, with lesser amounts of other sulfides and gangue minerals. Au (0.27 to 4.61 ppm) provides the most value to the ore in the transition zone. Host rocks include Eocene monzonite and Paleozoic limestone and quartzite"”all of which can contain economic ore bodies. Associated alteration is predominantly sericitic and argillic. Mineralization into the wall rocks is restricted, not exceeding 1.5 m from the fissure margins. Mineral assemblages vary with distance from the center of the main Cu-Mo deposit and the modal abundances are dependent on host rock. The appearance of both galena and sphalerite (and tennantite to an extent) mark the transition from a porphyry to an epithermal environment. This is accompanied by an increased concentration of chalcophile trace elements in sulfides as determined by EMPA and LA-ICP-MS. Significant hosts of Ag include galena and tennantite, while Cu is hosted primarily in chalcopyrite, tennantite, and sphalerite. Gold does not appear to be hosted in solid solution, but may be focused along fractures or inclusions in pyrite. δ3434S values of fissure pyrite has a narrow range (+2.3 to 3.4‰), while δ18O of quartz is more variable and high (+11.5 to 14.0‰) relative to typical hydrothermal quartz. This can be explained by increased fractionation at lower temperatures in the magmatic fluids, which could have additionally mixed with exchanged 18O-rich meteoric water. Ore grades improve with distance from the center of the deposit; however, this is accompanied by higher concentrations of elements (Pb, As, Bi, etc.) undesirable for downstream processing. The mineralized fissures were created sequentially throughout the formation of the deposit. Initial joints probably formed as a result of the intrusion of a barren equigranular monzonite. The NE orientation of the joints was controlled by the regional stress field, which is more apparent distal to the center of the deposit. A quartz monzonite porphyry then intruded, dilating the joints to allow precipitation of quartz and then pyrite during the Cu-Au-stage of mineralization in the main ore body. After dike-like intrusions of latite porphyry and quartz latite porphyry intruded, galena, sphalerite, and pyrite precipitated to form the Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization. This was followed by late precipitation of chalcopyrite and tennantite (and likely Au mineralization).

Les outillages de mise en forme à chaud sont soumis à des sollicitations thermomécaniques transitoires. Ils sont donc confrontés à la fissuration par fatigue. Le but de ce travail est d'étudier le comportement et la durée de vie en fatigue des aciers d'outillage, notamment leurs résistances à la propagation de fissure. Dans un premier temps, les chargements thermiques imposés aux outillages de fonderie sous pression de magnésium et d'emboutissage à chaud ont été évalués. Ensuite, le comportement et la durée de vie de l'acier à haute conductivité thermique HDC1 ont été étudiés et comparés à l'acier AISI H11 (acier de référence) en fonction de la température. L'acier HDC1 présente un adoucissement cyclique stable à 20°C et 300°C. Par contre, l'intensité d'adoucissement est plus importante à hautes températures. La durée de vie a été étudiée en utilisant les lois de Manson-Coffin et de Basquin. A hautes températures, l'oxydation devient un mécanisme d'endommagement primordial pour l'acier HDC1 et provoque des durées de vie plus courtes que celles observées sur l'acier AISI H11. La résistance à la propagation de fissure de fatigue a été déterminée dans des aciers à la température ambiante par le biais de critères : l'amplitude de facteur d'intensité de contrainte (∆K) et l'amplitude d'ouverture en pointe de fissure (∆CTOD). La méthode de corrélation d'images a permis de mesurer (∆COD) et d'évaluer (∆CTOD). L'ensemble de ces résultats a permis de mettre en évidence l'effet de fermeture de fissure et le comportement plastique en pointe de fissure. ∆CTOD présente un bon critère pour rationaliser la propagation de fissure dans les aciers étudiés.Enfin, la simulation numérique de la propagation de fissure en fatigue a été menée dans l'acier AISI H11 à 600°C par la méthode de relâchement des nœuds en éléments finis. L'effet des modèles de comportement monotone (élastoplastique) et cyclique (élastoviscoplastique) a été étudié sur le calcul de l'ouverture de fissure et la plasticité en pointe de fissure. L'influence du modèle de comportement est faible sur le calcul de l'amplitude d'ouverture de fissure ∆COD, du fait d'une plasticité confinée en pointe de fissure. Alors que, le modèle de comportement cyclique est mieux adapté pour décrire la plasticité en pointe de fissure. / Hot metal forming tools are subjected to cyclic thermomechanical loading and damage by complex fatigue/wear/oxidation interactions. Thermal solicitations were measured on high pressure die casting and hot stamping processes. Based on thermal measurements, the isothermal fatigue behaviour and lifetime of a new high conductivity steel HDC1 were investigated at different temperatures and strain amplitude then compared to AISI H11 steel. As AISI H11, continue cyclic softening was observed in HDC1 at all temperatures. The Manson-Coffin and Basquin laws were used for life prediction models under different temperatures. It was observed that the fatigue/oxidation interaction was a principal damage mechanism of the HDC1 steel at high temperature. Fatigue crack propagation in steels was investigated at room temperature in SENT specimens. A digital image correlation technique was used to evaluate crack opening (∆COD) and crack tip opening displacement (∆CTOD) ranges. Crack growth rate were investigated using ∆K (Paris law) and ∆CTOD criteria. It was observed that the cyclic crack tip plasticity control the crack propagation resistance. Crack closure could be evaluated by ∆CTOD.Finite element method by debond technique was used to model the crack propagation of AISI H11 at 600°C using both monotonic elasto-plastic (EP) and cyclic elasto-viscoplastic (EVP) constitutive laws materials. The comparison of ∆COD calculated and measured had shown that monotonic EP and cyclic EVP had no significant effect on the ∆COD, mainly due to the small-scale yielding conditions. It is however observed that the cyclic constitutive law was the best suitable model for the crack tip plasticity effect.