Mechanical ventilation has been a major therapy used by physicians in support of surgery as well as for treating patients with reduced lung function. Despite its many positive outcomes and ability to maintain life, in many cases, it has also led to increased injury of the lungs, further exacerbating the diseased state. Numerous studies have investigated the effects of long term ventilation with respect to lungs, however, the connection between the global deformation of the whole organ and the strains reaching the alveolar walls remains unclear. The walls of lung alveoli also called the alveolar septum are characterized as a multilayer heterogeneous biological tissue. In cases where damage to this parenchymal structure insist, alveolar overdistension occurs. Therefore, damage is most profound at the alveolar level and the deformation as a result of such mechanical forces must be investigated thoroughly. This study investigates a three-dimensional lung alveolar model from generations 22 (alveolar ducts) through 24 (alveoli sacs) in order to estimate the strain/stress levels under mechanical ventilation conditions. Additionally, a multilayer alveolar tissue model was generated to investigate localized damage at the alveolar wall. Using ANSYS, a commercial finite element software package, a fluid-structure interaction analysis (FSI) was performed on both models. Various cases were simulated that included a normal healthy lung, normal lung with structural changes to model disease and normal lung with mechanical property changes to model aging. In the alveolar tissue analysis, strains obtained from the aged lung alveolar analysis were applied as a boundary condition and used to obtain the mechanical forces exerted as a result. This work seeks to give both a qualitative and quantitative description of the stress/strain fields exerted at the alveolar region of the lungs. Regions of stress/strain concentration will be identified in order to gain perspective on where excess damage may occur. Such damage can lead to overdistension and possible collapse of a single alveolus. Furthermore, such regions of intensified stress/strain are translated to the cellular level and offset a signaling cascade. Hence, this work will provide distributions of mechanical forces across alveolar and tissue models as well as significant quantifications of damaging stresses and strains.

La prédiction des instabilités fluide-élastique qui se développent dans un faisceau de tubes est importante pour la conception des générateurs de vapeur dans les centrales nucléaires, afin de prévenir les accidents liés à ces instabilités. En effet, ces instabilités fluide-élastique, ou flottements, conduisent à une fatigue vibratoire des matériaux, voire à des chocs entre les tubes, et par la suite, à des dégâts importants. Ces aspects sont d'une grande complexité pour les applications scientifiques impliquant l'industrie nucléaire. Le présent travail est issu d'une collaboration entre l'EDF, le CEA et l'IMFT. Elle vise à améliorer la simulation numérique de cette interaction fluide- structure dans le faisceau de tubes, en particulier dans la gamme de paramètres critiques favorisant l'apparition d'un amortissement négatif du système et de l'instabilité fluide-élastique. / The prediction of fluid-elastic instabilities that develop in a tube bundle is of major importance for the design of modern heat exchangers in nuclear reactors, to prevent accidents associated with such instabilities. The fluid-elastic instabilities, or flutter, cause material fatigue, shocks between beams and damage to the solid walls. These issues are very complex for scientific applications involving the nuclear industry. This work is a collaboration between EDF, CEA and IMFT. It aims to improve the numerical simulation of the fluid-structure interaction in the tube bundle, in particular in the range of critical parameters contribute to the onset of damping negative system and the fluid-elastic instability.

Dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec la société PHYTOREM, nous avons élaboré un prototype de distribution autorégulé afin d’épandre des Eaux Usées après un simple dégrillage et via la Phytorémédiation (dépollution par les plantes).La première approche du projet de thèse a été de comprendre les comportements rhéologiques des effluents, mis à disposition par Phytorem, et mécaniques du matériau élastomère de type EPDM. Nous avons exposé les différentes façons de retrouver leurs propriétés rhéologiques et mécaniques par le biais de divers tests de rhéométrie, concernant les effluents, et de traction uni-, bi- et équibi-axiale, pour la partie matériau. Ceci nous a permis d’obtenir d’une part, la viscosité de nos effluents, et d’autre part, la loi de comportement la mieux adaptée à notre matériau.La deuxième et dernière approche porte sur les interactions entre un fluide et une membrane hyperélastique ayant pour fonction de réguler un écoulement. Le comportement de la membrane contrainte par la pression a été simulé sous Abaqus. Ces résultats ont permis de modéliser l’écoulement (code CFD commercial) lorsque la membrane est déformée et de déterminer numériquement la loi débit/pression du dispositif. Ces développements numériques s’appuient sur la méthode des éléments finis et un couplage partitionné simple en une étape pour une première approche entre le fluide, la membrane et la structure. Les modèles numériques sont validés expérimentalement. Ces travaux participent à l’élaboration d’un prototype de distributeur auto-régulé. / In collaboration with PHYTOREM, we have developed a prototype of self-regulated drip emitter to spread the Wastewater after a simple screening using phytoremediation (remediation by plants).The first approach of the thesis project was to understand the rheological behaviour of waste provided by PHYTOREM, and mechanical properties behaviour of EPDM elastomer type. We have explained the different ways to find their rheological and mechanical properties through various rheometry tests on waste, and tension uni-, biand equibi-axiale, for the material part. This allowed us to obtain first, the viscosity of our waste, and secondly, the behaviour law of best suited to our material.The second and final approach focuses on the interactions between a fluid and a hyperelastic membrane whose function is to regulate flow. The membrane behaviour under pressure stress was simulated using Abaqus. These results were used to model the flow (commercial CFD) when the membrane is distorted and to determine numerically its flow versus pressure law. These developments are relying on numerical finite element method and partitionned into a single coupling step for a first approach between fluid, membrane and structure. The numerical models are validated experimentally. This work contributes to the development of a prototype of self-regulated drip emitter.

This study describes a method for conducting the structural dynamic analysis of a crane fly (family Tipulidae) forewing under different airflow conditions. Wing geometry is captured via micro-computed tomography scanning. A finite element model of the forewing is developed from the reconstructed model of the scan. The finite element model is validated by comparing the natural frequencies of an elliptical membrane with similar dimensions of the crane fly forewing to its analytical solution. Furthermore, a simulation of the fluid-structure interaction of the forewing under different airflows is performed by coupling the finite element model of the wing with a computation fluid dynamics model. From the finite element model, the mode shapes and natural frequencies are investigated; similarly, from the fluid-structure interaction, the time-varying out-of-plane deformation, and the coefficients of drag and lift are determined.

Machine components made of steel are subjected to heat treatment processes for improving mechanical properties in order to enhance product life and is usually done by quenching. During quenching, heat is transferred rapidly from the hot metal component to the quenchant and that rapid temperature drop induces phase transformation in the metal component. As a result, quenching generates some residual stresses and deformations in the material. Therefore, to estimate the temperature distribution, residual stress, and deformation computationally; three-dimensional finite element models are developed for two different steel components – a spur gear and a circular tube by a static and a dynamic quenching analyses, respectively. The time-varying nodal temperature distributions in both models are observed and the critical regions are identified. The variations of stress and deformation after quenching along different pathways for both models are studied. The convergence for both models is checked and validations of the models are done.

Ce travail porte sur la mise en œuvre de simulations sur des pales de machines tournantes. Une première partie de la thèse porte sur l’amélioration des performances du couplage fluide-structure. Des nouveaux algorithmes sont présentés. Une nouvelle méthode de déformation de maillage est évaluée. Les développements sont validés à partir de plusieurs cas tests. La deuxième partie porte sur l’application des avancées à des machines tournantes. Une première validation est faite sur une hydrolienne. La vibration d’une pale au passage du mat est étudiée. Enfin, des résultats sur une hydrolienne industrielle sont exposés. / A methodology to simulate blades of turbines is developed. A first part is dedicated to improving the performance of the fluid-structure coupling. New algorithms are presented. A new mesh morphing solution is shown. Developments are validated on many test cases. A second part is dedicated to applying the developments on turbines. A first validation is made on a water turbine. The vibration of a blade interacting with a mast is studied. Finally, some results of an industrial water turbine are shown.

Ji and Wang (2010) propose that the dominant source of sound from a forward facing step is the stream wise dipole on the face of the step and that sources acting normal to the flow are negligible. Sound radiation normal to flow of forward facing steps has been measured in wind tunnel experiments previously by Farabee and Casarella (1986, 1991) and Catlett (2010). A method for evaluating sound radiation from surface roughness proposed in Glegg and Devenport (2009) has been adapted and applied to flow over a forward facing step which addresses the sound normal to the flow that was previously unaccounted for. Far-field radiation predictions based on this method have been compared with wind tunnel measurements and show good agreement. A second method which evaluates the forcing from a vortex convected past surface roughness using RANS calculations and potential flow information is also evaluated. / by Benjamin Skyler Bryan. / Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

This dissertation will consider the sound radiation from forward-facing steps and a three dimensional cylindrical embossment of very low aspect ratio mounted on a plate. Glegg et al (2014) outlined a theory for predicting the sound radiation from separated flows and applied the method to predicting the sound from forward-facing steps. In order to validate this theory it has been applied to the results of Catlett et al (2014) and Ji and Wang (2010). This validation study revealed that the original theory could be adjusted to include a mixed scaling which gives a better prediction. RANS simulations have been performed and used to support the similarities between the forward-facing step and the cylindrical embossment. The simulations revealed that the cylindrical embossment exhibits a separation zone similar to that of the forward-facing step. This separation zone has been shown to be the dominant source of noise on the forward-facing step in previous works and therefore was expected to be the major source of sound from the cylindrical embossment. The sensitivity of this separation zone to the different parameters of the flow has been investigated by performing several simulations with different conditions and geometries. The separation zone was seen to be independent of Reynolds number based on boundary layer thickness but was directly dependent on the height of the cylinder. The theory outlined in Glegg et al (2014) was then reformulated for use with a cylindrical embossment and the predictions have been compared with wind tunnel measurements. The final predictions show good agreement with the wind tunnel measurements and the far-field sound shows a clearly defined directionality that is similar to an axial dipole at low frequencies. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Neste trabalho um método de partículas para simular a dinâmica de sólidos elásticos e interação fluido estrutura e implementado. O método e baseado no Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS), originalmente desenvolvido para escoamentos incompressíveis com superfície livre. A estratégia principal do MPS e substituir os operadores diferenciais das equações governantes por operadores diferenciais discretos em uma distribuição de nos irregulares, derivados de um modelo de interação entre partículas. Inicialmente são apresentados os detalhes da formulação do método e modelos constitutivos utilizados. Uma condição simplificada de fragmentação e proposta, assim como um algoritmo de detecção de contato, permitindo a fragmentação entre vários sólidos. No caso da interação fluido-estrutura, as partículas de superfície do solido são tratadas como partículas de fluido e as pressões destas partículas são calculadas pela resolução da equação de Poisson para a pressão, tal como as partículas de fluido. Desta forma, o acoplamento entre solido e fluido e realizado utilizando o deslocamento e velocidade do solido elástico, como condições de contorno do fluido, e a pressão na interface, obtida pela resolução do movimento do fluido, e aplicada ao movimento do solido elástico. São apresentados e detalhados os algoritmos de solido elástico, fragmentação, colisão e acoplamento fluido-estrutura. Validações qualitativas e quantitativas do método são realizadas para casos estáticos e dinâmicos sujeitos a diferentes condições de contorno, comparando os resultados numéricos obtidos pelo MPS, outros métodos numéricos, soluções analíticas e medições experimentais presentes na literatura. / In this work a particle method to simulate the dynamics of elastic solids and fluid-structure interaction is implemented. It is based on the Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method (MPS), which was originally developed for incompressible flows with free surface. The main strategy of the MPS is to replace the differential operators of the governing equations by discrete differential operators on irregular nodes, which are derived from a model of interaction between particles. Initially details of the method and constitutive equations are shown. A simplified condition of fragmentation and collision between solids are proposed to allow the investigation of fragmentation amount multiple solids. In case of fluid-structure interaction, the solid\'s surface particles are treated as a fluid particle and the pressures of the surface particles are computed by solving Poisson equation for the pressure, just as the fluid particles. Therefore, the coupling between solid and fluid is done by using the displacement and velocity of elastic solid as the boundary conditions of the fluid, and the pressure at the interface, which is obtained when solving the fluid motion, is used to calculate the motion of the elastic solid. The algorithms for elastic solid, fragmentation, collision and fluid-structure interaction are presented and detailed. The qualitative and quantitative validations of the method are carried out herein considering static and dynamic cases subjected to deferent boundary conditions by comparing the numerical results from MPS with other numerical, analytical and experimental results available in the literature.

A interação entre as ondas vibratórias geradas pela resposta estrutural de uma placa e os modos acústicos de uma cavidade, que é uma das principais fontes de ruído no interior de cabines de automóveis, é estudada empregando técnicas computacionais e experimentais. Para investigar este fenômeno foi construído um protótipo que consiste de uma cavidade feita de acrílico que simula o interior de um veículo. O teto deste modelo pode ser substituído por uma placa de alumínio flexível, para que se possa gerar efeitos de acoplamento entre o campo acústico e a resposta estrutural. Inicialmente, foi feito um estudo analítico do modelo, empregando-se técnicas de elementos finitos com o objetivo de extrair as freqüências naturais e modos vibroacústicos em uma faixa de freqüência abaixo de 300 Hz, em dois casos diferentes: com e sem a presença de assentos dentro da cavidade. Depois disso, o modelo foi submetido a vários testes experimentais, para se obterem as funções de resposta em freqüência, as freqüências naturais vibroacústicas e os modos acústicos e estruturais, usando excitação acústica e estrutural e empregando métodos padrões de análise modal. Para fins de comparação, as FRF\'s vibroacústicas foram obtidas de duas maneiras diferentes: com excitação estrutural e resposta acústica e com excitação acústica e resposta estrutural. As freqüências naturais e os modos vibroacústicos foram medidos usando excitação acústica e estrutural. Neste caso, é mostrada a importância do controle da força excitadora. Alguns parâmetros experimentais foram variados, tais como posicionamento das excitações acústica e estrutural e o tipo de suspensão. Finalmente, é apresentada uma compilação das diferentes técnicas para a extração dos parâmetros modais vibroacústicos, propondo novas metodologias para a medição dos modos acústicos e estruturais em freqüências abaixo de 70 Hz, controlando a força excitadora e utilizando métodos de ajuste de curvas. É mostrado que o uso de excitação acústica e estrutural merece alguns cuidados, visto que a aplicação dos métodos traz restrições de acordo com a faixa de freqüência e a escolha da melhor forma de extração dos modos vibroacústicos depende da freqüência estudada. / The interaction between the vibration waves generated by the structural response of a plate and the acoustic modes of a cavity, which is one of the main noise sources in automobile passenger cabin, is addressed employing both computational and experimental techniques. In order to investigate this phenomenon a prototype which consists of a cavity made of acrylic that resembles a vehicle interior was built. The roof of this model can be replaced by a flexible aluminum plate in order to generate coupling effects between the acoustic field and the structural response. Initially an analytical study was performed on the model employing finite element techniques with the aim of extracting the vibroacoustic natural frequencies and mode shapes in a frequency range below 300 Hz in two different cases: with and without the presence of seats inside the cavity. After that, the model was submitted to several experimental tests in order to obtain the frequency response functions, vibroacoustic natural frequencies and mode shapes, using acoustic and structural excitation and employing standard modal testing methods. For comparison purposes, the vibroacoustic FRF\'s were obtained in two different manners: with the structural excitation and acoustic response and with acoustic excitation and structural response. The vibroacoustic natural frequencies and mode shapes were measured employing both acoustic and structural excitation. In this case, it is shown the importance of the control of the exciting force. Some experimental parameters were varied, such as positioning of the acoustic and structural sources and the suspension type. Finally, a compilation of different techniques for the vibroacoustic modal parameters extraction is presented, proposing new methodologies for the acoustic and structural modes measurements in frequencies below 70 Hz, using force control and curve fitting methods. It is shown that both acoustic and structural excitations have restrictions concerning the frequency range and the choice of the better method for the extraction of the vibroacoustic mode shapes and natural frequencies depends on it.