Previous experimental and numerical studies focused on incompressible flow interactions with multi-scale fractal structures targeting the generation of turbulence at multiple scales. Depending on various flow conditions, it was found that these fractal structures are able to enhance mixing and scalar transport, and in some cases reduce flow generated sound in certain frequency ranges. The interaction of compressible flows with multi-scale fractal structures, however, did not receive attention as the focus was entirely on the incompressible regime. The objective of this study is to conduct large eddy simulations (LES) of flow interactions with a class of fractal plates in the compressible regime, and to extract and analyze different flow statistics in an attempt to determine the effect of compressibility. Immersed boundary methods (IBM) will be employed to overcome the difficulty of modeling the fractal structures via a bodyitted mesh, with adequate mesh resolution around small features of the fractal shapes.

Several areas of knowledge use fractal geometry to help to understand natural objects and phenomena. Irregular self-similar - in which parts resemble the whole - objects may be better understood through fractal dimensions which provide how a property varies with resolution or scale. We present a new approach to calculate fractal dimensions that, instead of the frequently used methods based on covering, seeks geometry information from physical characteristics. Here, we treat the element of a fractal sequence as structures. Imposing constraints on the structures, we build simple harmonic oscillators. The variation of the period of these oscillators with respect to a determined measure of length provides a fractal dimension. This techinique was tested for a family of continuous self-similar plane curves, including the classical Koch triadic. We show that this dynamical dimension may be related to Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension. With random geometry, the techinique besides providing a fractal dimension, identifies randomness. A new kind of fractal is also presented. The ideia is to use more than one generator in the generation process of a fractal to obtain mixed fractals. / Diversas áreas do conhecimento têm utilizado a geometria fractal para melhor entender muitos objetos e fenômenos naturais. Objetos irregulares com padrão auto-similar onde as partes se assemelham ao todo podem ser melhor compreendidos através de dimensões fractais que fornecem como o valor de uma propriedade varia dependendo da resolução, ou escala, em que o objeto é observado ou medido. Apresentamos uma nova abordagem para calcular dimensões fractais através de características físicas. Neste trabalho busca-se uma caracterização da dinâmica de estruturas lineares com geometria fractal. Trata-se os elementos de uma sequência geradora de um fractal como estruturas. Osciladores harmônicos simples são construídos com tais estruturas. A variação do período de vibração desses osciladores com uma determinada medida de comprimento nos fornece uma dimensão fractal. A técnica foi testada para a família de curvas contínuas e auto-similares no plano, onde está incluída a clássica triádica de Koch. Mostramos que essa dimensão dinâmica pode ser relacionada à dimensão de Hausdorff-Besicovitch. Com geometria aleatória, a técnica além de fornecer a dimensão fractal, identifica a aleatoriedade. Um novo tipo de fractal é apresentado. A idéia é usar mais de um gerador no processo de geração de um fractal para obter os fractais mistos.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T18:50:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marcelo Barros.pdf: 906132 bytes, checksum: 67f089fdd05da5a2f2ab6d807fbbf51b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-23 / Several areas of knowledge use fractal geometry to help to understand natural objects and phenomena. Irregular self-similar - in which parts resemble the whole - objects may be better understood through fractal dimensions which provide how a property varies with resolution or scale. We present a new approach to calculate fractal dimensions that, instead of the frequently used methods based on covering, seeks geometry information from physical characteristics. Here, we treat the element of a fractal sequence as structures. Imposing constraints on the structures, we build simple harmonic oscillators. The variation of the period of these oscillators with respect to a determined measure of length provides a fractal dimension. This techinique was tested for a family of continuous self-similar plane curves, including the classical Koch triadic. We show that this dynamical dimension may be related to Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension. With random geometry, the techinique besides providing a fractal dimension, identifies randomness. A new kind of fractal is also presented. The ideia is to use more than one generator in the generation process of a fractal to obtain mixed fractals. / Diversas áreas do conhecimento têm utilizado a geometria fractal para melhor entender muitos objetos e fenômenos naturais. Objetos irregulares com padrão auto-similar onde as partes se assemelham ao todo podem ser melhor compreendidos através de dimensões fractais que fornecem como o valor de uma propriedade varia dependendo da resolução, ou escala, em que o objeto é observado ou medido. Apresentamos uma nova abordagem para calcular dimensões fractais através de características físicas. Neste trabalho busca-se uma caracterização da dinâmica de estruturas lineares com geometria fractal. Trata-se os elementos de uma sequência geradora de um fractal como estruturas. Osciladores harmônicos simples são construídos com tais estruturas. A variação do período de vibração desses osciladores com uma determinada medida de comprimento nos fornece uma dimensão fractal. A técnica foi testada para a família de curvas contínuas e auto-similares no plano, onde está incluída a clássica triádica de Koch. Mostramos que essa dimensão dinâmica pode ser relacionada à dimensão de Hausdorff-Besicovitch. Com geometria aleatória, a técnica além de fornecer a dimensão fractal, identifica a aleatoriedade. Um novo tipo de fractal é apresentado. A idéia é usar mais de um gerador no processo de geração de um fractal para obter os fractais mistos.

This work contributes to the structure investigation on the basis of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). A new analytical scattering function for polydispers precipitates with diffusion zones is presented and used in SANS experiments. For diluted and dense packed systems structure describing parameter values were obtained. These results lead to a deeper understanding of the process of nanocristallization of amorphous alloys. The investigation of SANS on Fe73.5Si15.5B7Cu1Nb3 shows that the Fe3Si type nanocrystals created in the amorphous matrix during annealing are covered by Nb-atoms. The accumulation of Nb-atoms or Nb-B-aggregates acting as inhibitors at the surface of the nanocrystals is assumed to be the basic mechanism controlling the evolution of the precipitates. For the first time this inhibitor-model is shown to be correct without doubts. In the Zr32Ti7.5Al10Cu20Ni8 amorphous alloy the formation of ultrafine nanocystals of about 2-3 nm in diameter was observed. The nanocrystallization starts after ordered clusters achieved particular sizes and a certain packing fraction. This leads to a new model for the microscopic formation procedure of ultrafine nanocrystals in this amorphous alloy. Theoretical models of fractal systems are applied to complicated polydisperse materials. Both the theory for an exact surface fractal of Hermann (1994)and the model for coupled volume and surface fractals in the formulation of Wong (1992) are shown to be applicable. The latter approach is applied to experimental data here for the first time. With computer simulations conditions for scattering experiments were optained therewith predictions about the quality and grade of fractality in real specimens become possible. / Die vorliegende Arbeit ist ein Beitrag zur Strukturaufklärung mittels Neutronen-Kleinwinkel-Streuung (SANS). Es wird eine neu entwickelte analytische Streufunktion für polydisperse Ausscheidungen mit Diffusionszonen genutzt, um SANS Experimente auszuwerten. Sowohl für verdünnte, als auch für dicht gepackte Systeme werden auf diese Weise quantitative Strukturparameter gewonnen. Diese liefern einen Beitrag zum Verständnis des Nanokristallisationsverhaltens amorpher metallischer Gläser. Die Auswertung der Experimente an on Fe73.5Si15.5B7Cu1Nb3 zeigt, dass Fe3Si-artige Nanokristalle, die während der Temperaturbehandlung in der amorphen Matrix entstehen, von Nb-Atomen bedeckt werden. Diese Ansammlung von Nb-Atomen oder von entsprechenden Nb-B-Aggregaten auf der Oberfläche dieser Ausscheidungen hemmt das Größenwachstum der entstehenden Nanokristalle. Dieses Inhibitor-Modell wurde hier erstmals zweifelsfrei bestätigt. In Proben des amorphen metallischen Glases Zr32Ti7.5Al10Cu20Ni8 werden ultrafeine Ausscheidungen mit Durchmessern von 2-3 nm beobachtet. Diese entstehen verzögert nach der Ausprägung dicht gepackter Gebiete mit erhöhter Nahordnungsstruktur. Es wird ein Modell vorgeschlagen, das diesen Prozess erklären kann. Theoretisch diskutierte Modelle für fraktale Systeme werden auf komplizierte polydisperse Materialien angewendet. Sowohl die Formulierung von Hermann (1994) für ein exaktes Oberflächenfraktal, als auch der erstmals auf experimentelle Daten angewendete Ansatz von Wong (1992) für ein gekoppeltes Volumen- und Oberflächenfraktal erweisen sich als praktisch nutzbar. Mittels Computersimulationen wurden Bedingungen abgeleitet, die an Streuexperimente zu stellen sind, damit Aussagen über Qualität und Grad von Fraktalität in realen Proben getroffen werden können.

The way in which macroscopic transport results from microscopic dynamics is one of the important questions in statistical physics. Dynamical systems theory play a key role in a resent advance in this direction. Offering relatively simple models which are easy to study, dynamical systems theory became a standard branch of modern nonequilibrium statistical physics. In the present work the deterministic diffusion generated by simple dynamical systems is considered. The deterministic nature of these systems is more clearly expressed through the dependencies of the transport quantities as functions of systems parameters. For fully hyperbolic dynamical systems these dependencies were found to be highly irregular and, in fact, fractal. The main focus in this work is on nonhyperbolic and on intermittent dynamical systems. First, the climbing sine map is considered which is a nonhyperbolic system with many physical applications. Then we treat anomalous dynamics generated by a paradigmatic subdiffusive map. In both cases these systems display deterministic transport which, under variation of control parameters, is fractal. For both systems we give an explanation of the observed phenomena. The third part of the thesis is devoted to the relation between chaotic and transport properties of dynamical systems. This question lies at the heart of dynamical systems theory. For closed hyperbolic dynamical systems the Pesin theorem links the sum of positive Lyapunov exponents to the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy. For open hyperbolic systems the escape rate formula is valid. In this work we have formulated generalizations of these formulas for a class of intermittent dynamical systems where the chaotic properties are weaker.

The way in which macroscopic transport results from microscopic dynamics is one of the important questions in statistical physics. Dynamical systems theory play a key role in a resent advance in this direction. Offering relatively simple models which are easy to study, dynamical systems theory became a standard branch of modern nonequilibrium statistical physics. In the present work the deterministic diffusion generated by simple dynamical systems is considered. The deterministic nature of these systems is more clearly expressed through the dependencies of the transport quantities as functions of systems parameters. For fully hyperbolic dynamical systems these dependencies were found to be highly irregular and, in fact, fractal. The main focus in this work is on nonhyperbolic and on intermittent dynamical systems. First, the climbing sine map is considered which is a nonhyperbolic system with many physical applications. Then we treat anomalous dynamics generated by a paradigmatic subdiffusive map. In both cases these systems display deterministic transport which, under variation of control parameters, is fractal. For both systems we give an explanation of the observed phenomena. The third part of the thesis is devoted to the relation between chaotic and transport properties of dynamical systems. This question lies at the heart of dynamical systems theory. For closed hyperbolic dynamical systems the Pesin theorem links the sum of positive Lyapunov exponents to the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy. For open hyperbolic systems the escape rate formula is valid. In this work we have formulated generalizations of these formulas for a class of intermittent dynamical systems where the chaotic properties are weaker.

La presente investigación abordó, inicialmente, la teoría de la complejidad como base de entendimiento de los sistemas adaptativos complejos y la aplicación de algunas variantes de esta teoría, como la teoría fractal en el campo de la gestión estratégica en las organizaciones. Para lograr un mejor entendimiento de estos enfoques se dividió el estudio en dos etapas. La primera explicó el desarrollo y evolución de las teorías del caos y la complejidad en la administración y la segunda presentó el paradigma de la dinamicidad y la aplicación del enfoque fractal en el ámbito de la gestión empresarial, así como su estudio. El desarrollo constante de la ciencia y la tecnología aplicada a la gestión y los cambios de paradigmas presentados a lo largo de su evolución, desde la Revolución Industrial a la era del conocimiento, han llevado a la aplicación de diversas teorías científicas cuya aplicación inicial distaba de centrarse en la gestión empresarial y que, sin embargo, ha contribuido a un mejor entendimiento de esta. Tal es el caso de la teoría de la fractalidad y su origen en las ciencias abstractas producto del paso de la geometría clásica a la geometría fractal. En el caso de este estudio, se mostró el aporte de la teoría de la complejidad para facilitar la comprensión de los fenómenos organizacionales, traduciéndose su aplicación al desarrollo de figuras como la “fábrica fractal- organización fractal”, como soporte de los debates de la ciencia y la tecnología de la administración o su utilización como base para el diseño y construcción de los sistemas, subsistemas, modelos, métodos y procedimientos. También se mostró la evolución de los principales aportes teóricos respecto a la teoría de la complejidad, sus bases, definiciones, principios y aplicaciones y, por último, el comportamiento como sistemas complejos expuestos en las organizaciones. / This research initially presents the theory of complexity as a basis of understanding of complex adaptive systems, and the application of some variants of this theory such as fractal theory, in the field of strategic management in organizations. To achieve a better understanding of these approaches, the study has been divided into two stages: 1) Development and evolution of chaos and complexity in administration; 2) The Paradigm of dynamicity and application of the fractal approach in the field of business management and its study. The constant development of science and technology applied to the management and paradigm shifts presented throughout its evolution from the industrial revolution to the age of knowledge has led to the application of various scientific theories whose initial application was far from focusing on business management and which, however, has contributed to a better understanding of it. This is the case of the theory of fractality whose origin in abstract sciences resulting from the transition from classical geometry to fractal geometry. The contribution of the theory of complexity to facilitate the understanding of organizational phenomena will be shown; translating its application in the development of figures such as the “fractal factory- fractal organization” to support the debates of the science and technology of administration or its use as support for the design and construction of systems, subsystems, models, methods and procedures. It shows the evolution of the main theoretical contributions regarding the theory complexity, its bases or definitions, principles and applications and, finally, behavior as complex systems exposed in organizations. / Trabajo de Suficiencia Profesional

This work contributes to the structure investigation on the basis of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). A new analytical scattering function for polydispers precipitates with diffusion zones is presented and used in SANS experiments. For diluted and dense packed systems structure describing parameter values were obtained. These results lead to a deeper understanding of the process of nanocristallization of amorphous alloys. The investigation of SANS on Fe73.5Si15.5B7Cu1Nb3 shows that the Fe3Si type nanocrystals created in the amorphous matrix during annealing are covered by Nb-atoms. The accumulation of Nb-atoms or Nb-B-aggregates acting as inhibitors at the surface of the nanocrystals is assumed to be the basic mechanism controlling the evolution of the precipitates. For the first time this inhibitor-model is shown to be correct without doubts. In the Zr32Ti7.5Al10Cu20Ni8 amorphous alloy the formation of ultrafine nanocystals of about 2-3 nm in diameter was observed. The nanocrystallization starts after ordered clusters achieved particular sizes and a certain packing fraction. This leads to a new model for the microscopic formation procedure of ultrafine nanocrystals in this amorphous alloy. Theoretical models of fractal systems are applied to complicated polydisperse materials. Both the theory for an exact surface fractal of Hermann (1994)and the model for coupled volume and surface fractals in the formulation of Wong (1992) are shown to be applicable. The latter approach is applied to experimental data here for the first time. With computer simulations conditions for scattering experiments were optained therewith predictions about the quality and grade of fractality in real specimens become possible. / Die vorliegende Arbeit ist ein Beitrag zur Strukturaufklärung mittels Neutronen-Kleinwinkel-Streuung (SANS). Es wird eine neu entwickelte analytische Streufunktion für polydisperse Ausscheidungen mit Diffusionszonen genutzt, um SANS Experimente auszuwerten. Sowohl für verdünnte, als auch für dicht gepackte Systeme werden auf diese Weise quantitative Strukturparameter gewonnen. Diese liefern einen Beitrag zum Verständnis des Nanokristallisationsverhaltens amorpher metallischer Gläser. Die Auswertung der Experimente an on Fe73.5Si15.5B7Cu1Nb3 zeigt, dass Fe3Si-artige Nanokristalle, die während der Temperaturbehandlung in der amorphen Matrix entstehen, von Nb-Atomen bedeckt werden. Diese Ansammlung von Nb-Atomen oder von entsprechenden Nb-B-Aggregaten auf der Oberfläche dieser Ausscheidungen hemmt das Größenwachstum der entstehenden Nanokristalle. Dieses Inhibitor-Modell wurde hier erstmals zweifelsfrei bestätigt. In Proben des amorphen metallischen Glases Zr32Ti7.5Al10Cu20Ni8 werden ultrafeine Ausscheidungen mit Durchmessern von 2-3 nm beobachtet. Diese entstehen verzögert nach der Ausprägung dicht gepackter Gebiete mit erhöhter Nahordnungsstruktur. Es wird ein Modell vorgeschlagen, das diesen Prozess erklären kann. Theoretisch diskutierte Modelle für fraktale Systeme werden auf komplizierte polydisperse Materialien angewendet. Sowohl die Formulierung von Hermann (1994) für ein exaktes Oberflächenfraktal, als auch der erstmals auf experimentelle Daten angewendete Ansatz von Wong (1992) für ein gekoppeltes Volumen- und Oberflächenfraktal erweisen sich als praktisch nutzbar. Mittels Computersimulationen wurden Bedingungen abgeleitet, die an Streuexperimente zu stellen sind, damit Aussagen über Qualität und Grad von Fraktalität in realen Proben getroffen werden können.