Bifurcations in Huang's chaotic chemical reactor system leading from simple dynamics into chaotic regimes are considered. Following the linear stability analysis, the periodic orbit resulting from a Hopf bifurcation of any of the six fixed points is constructed analytically by the method of multiple scales across successively slower time scales, and its stability is then determined by the resulting final secularity condition. Furthermore, we run numerical simulations of our chemical reactor at a particular fixed point of interest, alongside a set of parameter values that forces our system to undergo Hopf bifurcation. These numerical simulations then verify our analysis of the normal form.

Airplane wings, turbine blades and other structures subjected to air or water flows, can undergo motions depending on their flexibility. As such, the performance of these systems depends strongly on their geometry and material properties. Of particular importance is the contribution of different nonlinear aspects. These aspects can be of two types: aerodynamic and structural. Examples of aerodynamic aspects include but are not lomited to flow separation and wake effects. Examples of structural aspects include but not limited to large deformations (geometric nonlinearities), concentrated masses or elements (inertial nonlinearities) and freeplay. In some systems, and depending on the parameters, the nonlinearities can cause multiple solutions. Determining the effects of nonlinearities of an aeroelastic system on its response is crucial. In this dissertation, different aeroelastic configurations where nonlinear aspects may have significant effects on their performance are considered. These configurations include: the effects of the wake on the flutter speed of a wing placed under different angles of attack, the impacts of the wing rotation as well as the aerodynamic and structural nonlinearities on the flutter speed of a rotating blade, and the effects of the recently proposed nonlinear energy sink on the flutter and ensuing limit cycle oscillations of airfoils and wings. For the modeling and analysis of these systems, we use models with different levels of fidelity as required to achieve the stated goals. We also use nonlinear dynamic analysis tools such as the normal form to determine specific effects of nonlinearities on the type of instability. / Ph. D.

Pontos de equilíbrio assintoticamente estáveis de sistemas dinâmicos não lineares geralmente não são globalmente estáveis. Na maioria dos casos, há um subconjunto de condições iniciais, chamada região de estabilidade (ou área de atração), cujas trajetórias tendem ao ponto de equilíbrio quando o tempo tende ao infinito. Devido à importância das regiões de estabilidade em aplicações, e motivado principalmente pelo problema de analise de estabilidade transitória em sistemas elétricos de potência, uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade foi desenvolvida. Esta caracterização foi desenvolvida sob a suposição de que o sistema dinâmico é bem conhecido e que os parâmetros de seu modelo são constantes. Na prática, variações de parâmetros ocorrem e bifurcações desta podem ocorrer. Nesta tese, desenvolveremos uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade de sistemas dinâmicos autônomos não lineares admitindo a existência de pontos de equilíbrio não hiperbólicos do tipo Hopf na fronteira da região de estabilidade. Sob certas condições de transversalidade, apresentaremos uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade admitindo tanto a presença de pontos de equilíbrio não hiperbólicos do tipo Hopf como também a existência de órbitas periódicas na fronteira. Ofereceremos também uma caracterização da fronteira da região de estabilidade fraca do ponto de equilíbrio não hiperbólico Hopf supercrítico do tipo zero e uma caracterização topológica da sua região de atração. Além disso, exibiremos resultados relativos ao comportamento da região de estabilidade de um ponto de equilíbrio assintoticamente estável e da sua fronteira na vizinhança do valor crítico de bifurcação do tipo Hopf. / Asymptotically stable equilibrium points of nonlinear dynamical systems are generally not globally stable. In most cases, there is a subset of initial conditions, called stability region (or attraction area), in which trajectories tend to the equilibrium point when time approaches innity. Due to the importance of stability regions in applications, and mainly motivated by the problem of transient stability analysis in electric power systems, a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region was developed. This characterization was developed under the assumption that the dynamic system is well known and the parameters of its model are constant. In practice, parameter variations happen and bifurcations may occur. In this thesis, we will develop a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region of autonomous nonlinear dynamical systems admitting the existence of non-hyperbolic equilibrium points of the type Hopf on the boundary of the stability region. Under certain transversality conditions, we present a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region admitting the presence of both non-hyperbolic equilibrium points of the type Hopf and periodic orbits on the boundary. Also a complete characterization of the boundary of the region of weak stability of a supercritical Hopf non-hyperbolic equilibrium point of the type zero and a topological characterization of its region of attraction is developed. Furthermore, the behavior of the stability region of an asymptotically stable equilibrium point and its boundary in the neighborhood of a critical value of bifurcation of the type Hopf is studied.

Pontos de equilíbrio assintoticamente estáveis de sistemas dinâmicos não lineares geralmente não são globalmente estáveis. Na maioria dos casos, há um subconjunto de condições iniciais, chamada região de estabilidade (ou área de atração), cujas trajetórias tendem ao ponto de equilíbrio quando o tempo tende ao infinito. Devido à importância das regiões de estabilidade em aplicações, e motivado principalmente pelo problema de analise de estabilidade transitória em sistemas elétricos de potência, uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade foi desenvolvida. Esta caracterização foi desenvolvida sob a suposição de que o sistema dinâmico é bem conhecido e que os parâmetros de seu modelo são constantes. Na prática, variações de parâmetros ocorrem e bifurcações desta podem ocorrer. Nesta tese, desenvolveremos uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade de sistemas dinâmicos autônomos não lineares admitindo a existência de pontos de equilíbrio não hiperbólicos do tipo Hopf na fronteira da região de estabilidade. Sob certas condições de transversalidade, apresentaremos uma caracterização completa da fronteira da região de estabilidade admitindo tanto a presença de pontos de equilíbrio não hiperbólicos do tipo Hopf como também a existência de órbitas periódicas na fronteira. Ofereceremos também uma caracterização da fronteira da região de estabilidade fraca do ponto de equilíbrio não hiperbólico Hopf supercrítico do tipo zero e uma caracterização topológica da sua região de atração. Além disso, exibiremos resultados relativos ao comportamento da região de estabilidade de um ponto de equilíbrio assintoticamente estável e da sua fronteira na vizinhança do valor crítico de bifurcação do tipo Hopf. / Asymptotically stable equilibrium points of nonlinear dynamical systems are generally not globally stable. In most cases, there is a subset of initial conditions, called stability region (or attraction area), in which trajectories tend to the equilibrium point when time approaches innity. Due to the importance of stability regions in applications, and mainly motivated by the problem of transient stability analysis in electric power systems, a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region was developed. This characterization was developed under the assumption that the dynamic system is well known and the parameters of its model are constant. In practice, parameter variations happen and bifurcations may occur. In this thesis, we will develop a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region of autonomous nonlinear dynamical systems admitting the existence of non-hyperbolic equilibrium points of the type Hopf on the boundary of the stability region. Under certain transversality conditions, we present a complete characterization of the boundary of the stability region admitting the presence of both non-hyperbolic equilibrium points of the type Hopf and periodic orbits on the boundary. Also a complete characterization of the boundary of the region of weak stability of a supercritical Hopf non-hyperbolic equilibrium point of the type zero and a topological characterization of its region of attraction is developed. Furthermore, the behavior of the stability region of an asymptotically stable equilibrium point and its boundary in the neighborhood of a critical value of bifurcation of the type Hopf is studied.

La théorie des jeux évolutionnaires est un outil qui permet d’étudier l’évolution des stratégies dans une population composée d’un grand nombre d’agents qui interagissent d’une façon continue et aléatoire. Dans cette théorie, il y a deux concepts essentiels qui sont la stratégie évolutivement stable (ESS), et la dynamique de réplication. Une stratégie évolutivement stable est une stratégie, qui, si adoptée par toute la population,ne peut pas être envahie par une autre stratégie ”mutante” utilisée par une petite fraction de la population. Ce concept statique est un raffinement de l’équilibre de Nash, et il ne peut pas renseigner, par exemple, sur la durée du temps nécessaire pour que l’ESS élimine la stratégie mutante. La dynamique de réplication, originalement proposée par Hawk-Dove, est un modèle dynamique qui permet de prédire l’évolution de la fraction de chaque stratégie dans la population en fonction du temps, en réponse aux gains des stratégies et l’état de la population.Dans cette thèse, nous proposons dans une première partie une extension de la dynamique de réplication classique en y introduisant des délais hétérogènes et aléatoires.En effet, la plupart des phénomènes qui se produisent prennent un temps incertain avant d’avoir des résultats. Nous étudions l’effet de la distribution des délais sur la stabilité de l’ESS dans la dynamique de réplication et nous considérons les distributions uniforme, exponentielle, et Gamma (ou Erlang). Dans les cas des distributions uniforme et Gamma, nous trouvons la valeur critique de la moyenne à laquelle la stabilité de l’équilibre est perdue et des oscillations permanentes apparaissent. Dans le cas de la distribution exponentielle, nous montrons que la stabilité de l’équilibre ne peut être perdue,et ce pour toute valeur de la moyenne de la distribution. Par ailleurs, nous montrons que la distribution exponentielle peut affecter la stabilité de l’ESS quand une seule stratégie subit un délai aléatoire issu de cette distribution. Nous étudions également le cas où les délais sont discrets et nous trouvons une condition suffisante et indépendante des valeurs des délais pour la stabilité de l’équilibre. Dans tous les cas, nous montrons que les délais aléatoires sont moins risqués que les délais constants pour la stabilité de l’équilibre, vu que la valeur moyenne critique des délais aléatoires est toujours supérieure de celle des délais constants. En outre, nous considérons comme paramètre de bifurcation la moyenne de la distribution des délais et nous étudions les propriétés de la solution périodique qui apparait à la bifurcation de Hopf, et ce en utilisant une méthode de perturbation non linéaire. En effet, à la bifurcation de Hopf, une oscillation périodique stable apparait dont l’amplitude est fonction de la moyenne de la distribution. Nous déterminons analytiquement l’amplitude de l’oscillation au voisinage de la bifurcation de Hopf en fonction du paramètre de bifurcation et de la matrice des jeux dans les cas des distributions de Dirac, uniforme, Gamma et discrète, et nous appuyons nos résultats avec des simulations numériques. Dans une deuxième partie, nous considérons une population hétérogène composée de plusieurs communautés qui interagissent d’une manière non-uniforme. Pour chaque communauté, nous définissons les matrices des jeux et les probabilités d’interaction avec les autres communautés. Dans ce contexte, nous définissons trois ESS avec différents niveaux de stabilité contre les mutations: un ESS fort, un ESS faible et un ESS intermédiaire. Nous définissons un ESS fort comme suit: si toute la population adopte l’ESS, alors l’ESS ne peut pas être envahi par une petite fraction de mutants composée d’agents de toutes les communautés. / In this dissertation, we study evolutionary game theory which is a mathematical tool used to model and predict the evolution of strategies in a population composed of a largenumber of players. In this theory, there are two basic concepts which are the evolutionarilystable strategy (ESS) and the replicator dynamics. The ESS is originally definedas follows [1]: if all the population adopts the ESS, then no alternative strategy used bya sufficiently small fraction of the population can invade the population.The ESS is astatic concept and a refinement of a Nash equilibrium. It does not allow us, for example,to estimate the time required for the ESS to overcome the mutant strategy, neither to predictthe asymptotic distribution of strategies in the population. The replicator dynamics,originally introduced in [2], is a model of evolution of strategies according to which the growth rate of a given strategy is proportional to how well this strategy performs relative to the average pay off in the population.In the first part of this work, we propose an extended version of the replicator dynamics which takes into account heterogeneous random delays. Indeed, in many situations,the presence of uncertain delays is ubiquitous. We first consider continuous delays and we study the effect of the distribution of delays on the asymptotic stability of the mixed equilibrium in the replicator dynamics. In the case of uniform and Gamma delay distributions,we find the critical mean delay at which a Hopf bifurcation is created and the stability of the mixed equilibrium is lost. When the distribution of delays is exponential, we prove that the stability of the equilibrium cannot be affected by the delays. However, when only one strategy is delayed according to the exponential distribution,the asymptotic stability of the ESS can be lost. In all the cases, we show that the critical mean delay value is higher than that of constant delays, and thus random delays are less threatening than constant delays. In addition, we consider discrete delays and one o four results is that, when the instantaneous term is dominant, that is when the probabilityof zero delay is sufficiently high, the stability of the ESS cannot be lost.Furthermore, by taking as a bifurcation parameter the mean delay distribution, we examine the properties of the bifurcating periodic solution created near the Hopf bifurcationusing a nonlinear perturbation method. Indeed, near the Hopf bifurcation, a stable periodic oscillation appears whose amplitude depends on the value of the bifurcation parameter. We give a closed-form expression of the amplitude of the periodic solution and we validate our results with numerical simulations.In the second part, we consider an heterogeneous population composed of several communities which interact in a nonuniform manner. Each community has its own set of strategies, payoffs, and interaction probabilities. Indeed, individuals of a population have many inherent differences that favor the appearance of groups or clusters. In this scenario, we define three ESS with different levels of stability against mutations: strong,weak, and intermediate ESS, and we examine their connection to each other. A strongESS is a strategy that, when adopted by all the population, cannot be invaded by a sufficientlysmall fraction of mutants composed of agents from all the communities. Incontrast, a weak ESS is a strategy wherein each community resists invasion by a sufficientlysmall fraction of mutants in that community (local mutants). In the intermediateESS, the population adopting the ESS cannot be invaded by a small fraction of mutantswhen we consider the total fitness of the population rather than the fitness of eachcommunity separately.

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This thesis is concerned with nonlinear analyses of BWR stability behaviour, contributing to a deeper understanding in this field. Despite negative feedback-coefficients of a BWR, there are operational points (OP) at which oscillatory instabilities occur. So far, a comprehensive and an in-depth understanding of the nonlinear BWR stability behaviour are missing, even though the impact of the significant physical parameters is well known. In particular, this concerns parameter regions in which linear stability indicators, like the asymptotic decay ratio, lose their meaning. Nonlinear stability analyses are usually carried out using integral (system) codes, describing the dynamical system by a system of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDE). One aspect of nonlinear BWR stability analyses is to get an overview about different types of nonlinear stability behaviour and to examine the conditions of their occurrence. For these studies the application of system codes alone is inappropriate. Hence, in the context of this thesis, a novel approach to nonlinear BWR stability analyses, called RAM-ROM method, is developed. In the framework of this approach, system codes and reduced order models (ROM) are used as complementary tools to examine the stability characteristics of fixed points and periodic solutions of the system of nonlinear differential equations, describing the stability behaviour of a BWR loop. The main advantage of a ROM, which is a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE), is the possible coupling with specific methods of the nonlinear dynamics. This method reveals nonlinear phenomena in certain regions of system parameters without the need for solving the system of ROM equations. The stability properties of limit cycles generated in Hopf bifurcation points and the conditions of their occurrence are of particular interest. Finally, the nonlinear phenomena predicted by the ROM will be analysed in more details by the system code. Hence, the thesis is not focused on rendering more precisely linear stability indicators like DR. The objective of the ROM development is to develop a model as simple as possible from the mathematical and numerical point of view, while preserving the physics of the BWR stability behaviour. The ODEs of the ROM are deduced from the PDEs describing the dynamics of a BWR. The system of ODEs includes all spatial effects in an approximated (spatial averaged) manner, e.g. the space-time dependent neutron flux is expanded in terms of a complete set of orthogonal spatial neutron flux modes. In order to simulate the stability characteristics of the in-phase and out-of-phase oscillation mode, it is only necessary to take into account the fundamental mode and the first azimuthal mode. The ROM, originally developed at PSI in collaboration with the University of Illinois (PSI-Illinois-ROM), was upgraded in significant points: • Development and implementation of a new calculation methodology for the mode feedback reactivity coefficients (void and fuel temperature reactivity) • Development and implementation of a recirculation loop model; analysis and discussion of its impact on the in-phase and out-of-phase oscillation mode • Development of a novel physically justified approach for the calculation of the ROM input data • Discussion of the necessity of consideration of the effect of subcooled boiling in an approximate manner With the upgraded ROM, nonlinear BWR stability analyses are performed for three OPs (one for NPP Leibstadt (cycle7), one for NPP Ringhals (cycle14) and one for NPP Brunsbüttel (cycle16) for which measuring data of stability tests are available. In this thesis, the novel approach to nonlinear BWR stability analyses is extensively presented for NPP Leibstadt. In particular, the nonlinear analysis is carried out for an operational point (OP), in which an out-of-phase power oscillation has been observed in the scope of a stability test at the beginning of cycle 7 (KKLc7_rec4). The ROM predicts a saddle-node bifurcation of cycles, occurring in the linear stable region, close to the KKLc7_rec4-OP. This result allows a new interpretation of the stability behaviour around the KKLc7_rec4-OP. The results of this thesis confirm that the RAM-ROM methodology is qualified for nonlinear BWR stability analyses. / Die vorliegende Dissertation leistet einen Beitrag zum tieferen Verständnis des nichtlinearen Stabilitätsverhaltens von Siedewasserreaktoren (SWR). Trotz der Tatsache, dass in diesem technischen System nur negative innere Rückkopplungskoeffizienten auftreten, können in bestimmten Arbeitspunkten oszillatorische Instabilitäten auftreten. Obwohl relativ gute Kenntnisse über die signifikanten physikalischen Einflussgrößen vorliegen, fehlt bisher ein umfassendes Verständnis des SWR-Stabilitätsverhaltens. Das betrifft insbesondere die Bereiche der Systemparameter, in denen lineare Stabilitätsindikatoren, wie zum Beispiel das asymptotische Decay Ratio (DR), ihren Sinn verlieren. Die nichtlineare Stabilitätsanalyse wird im Allgemeinen mit Systemcodes (nichtlineare partielle Differentialgleichungen, PDG) durchgeführt. Jedoch kann mit Systemcodes kein oder nur ein sehr lückenhafter Überblick über die Typen von nichtlinearen Phänomenen, die in bestimmten System-Parameterbereichen auftreten, erhalten werden. Deshalb wurde im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit eine neuartige Methode (RAM-ROM Methode) zur nichtlinearen SWR-Stabilitätsanalyse erprobt, bei der integrale Systemcodes und sog. vereinfachte SWR-Modelle (ROM) als sich gegenseitig ergänzende Methoden eingesetzt werden, um die Stabilitätseigenschaften von Fixpunkten und periodischen Lösungen (Grenzzyklen) des nichtlinearen Differentialgleichungssystems, welches das Stabilitätsverhalten des SWR beschreibt, zu bestimmen. Das ROM, in denen das dynamische System durch gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen (GDG) beschrieben wird, kann relativ einfach mit leistungsfähigen Methoden aus der nichtlinearen Dynamik, wie zum Beispiel die semianalytische Bifurkationsanalyse, gekoppelt werden. Mit solchen Verfahren kann, ohne das DG-System explizit lösen zu müssen, ein Überblick über mögliche Typen von stabilen und instabilen oszillatorischen Verhalten des SWR erhalten werden. Insbesondere sind die Stabilitätseigenschaften von Grenzzyklen, die in Hopf-Bifurkationspunkten entstehen, und die Bedingungen, unter denen sie auftreten, von Interesse. Mit dem Systemcode (RAMONA5) werden dann die mit dem ROM vorhergesagten Phänomene in den entsprechenden Parameterbereichen detaillierter untersucht (Validierung des ROM). Die Methodik dient daher nicht der Verfeinerung der Berechnung linearer Stabilitätsindikatoren (wie das DR). Das ROM-Gleichungssystem entsteht aus den PDGs des Systemcodes durch geeignete (nichttriviale) räumliche Mittelung der PDG. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Reduzierung der räumlichen Komplexität die Stabilitätseigenschaften des SWR nicht signifikant verfälschen, da durch geeignete Mittlungsverfahren, räumliche Effekte näherungsweise in den GDGs berücksichtig werden. Beispielsweise wird die raum- und zeitabhängige Neutronenflussdichte nach räumlichen Moden entwickelt, wobei für eine Simulation der Stabilitätseigenschaften der In-phase- und Out-of-Phase-Leistungsoszillationen nur der Fundamentalmode und der erste azimuthale Mode berücksichtigt werden muss. Das ROM, welches ursprünglich am Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI, Schweiz) in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Illinois (USA) entwickelt wurde, ist in zwei wesentlichen Punkten erweitert und verbessert worden: • Entwicklung und Implementierung einer neuen Methode zur Berechnung der Rückkopplungsreaktivitäten • Entwicklung und Implementierung eines Modells zur Beschreibung der Rezirkulationsschleife (insbesondere wurde der Einfluss der Rezirkulationsschleife auf den In-Phase-Oszillationszustand und auf den Out-of-Phase-Oszillationszustand untersucht) • Entwicklung einer physikalisch begründeten Methode zur Berechnung der ROM-Inputdaten • Abschätzung des Einflusses des unterkühlten Siedens im Rahmen der ROM-Näherungen Mit dem erweiterten ROM wurden nichtlineare Stabilitätsanalysen für drei Arbeitspunkte (KKW Leibstadt (Zyklus 7) KKW Ringhals (Zyklus 14) und KKW Brunsbüttel (Zyklus 16)), für die Messdaten vorliegen, durchgeführt. In der Dissertationsschrift wird die RAM-ROM Methode ausführlich am Beispiel eines Arbeitspunktes (OP) des KKW Leibstadt (KKLc7_rec4-OP), in dem eine aufklingende regionale Leistungsoszillation bei einem Stabilitätstest gemessen worden ist, demonstriert. Das ROM sagt die Existenz eines Umkehrpunktes (saddle-node bifurcation of cycles, fold-bifurcation) voraus, der sich im linear stabilen Gebiet nahe der Stabilitätsgrenze befindet. Mit diesem ROM-Ergebnis ist eine neue Interpretation der Stabilitätseigenschaften des KKLc7_rec4-OP möglich. Die Resultate der in der Dissertation durchgeführten RAM-ROM Analyse bestätigen, dass das weiterentwickelte ROM für die Analyse des Stabilitätsverhaltens realer Leistungsreaktoren qualifiziert wurde.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-03-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:06:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cardin_pt_me_sjrp.pdf: 780321 bytes, checksum: 2c76fcd2cf98ce623cf8bc779edb3379 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nesta dissertação estudamos critérios para determinar a existência, a não existência e a unicidade de ciclos limites de campos de vetores planares. Mais especificamente, estudamos equações de Lienard Äx + f(x; _ x) _ x + g(x) = 0; onde f e g satisfazem determinadas hip¶oteses. Em particular estudamos a equa»c~ao de van der Pol Äx + (x2 ¡ 1) _ x + x = 0; a qual é conhecida da teoria dos circuitos elétricos. Provamos a existência e a unicidade de ciclos limites para estas equações. Por fim estudamos a equação de van der Pol com o parâmetro 1 e o fenômeno canard que ocorre ao considerarmos um parâmetro adicional ®: As técnicas utilizadas s~ao as usuais de Análise Assintótica. / In this work we study the existence, the non existence and the uniqueness of limit cycles of planar vector felds. More specifically, we study Lienard equations Äx+f(x; _ x) _ x+g(x) = 0; where f and g satisfy some hypothesis. In particular we study the van der Pol equation Äx + (x2 ¡ 1) _ x + x = 0; which is knew of the circuit theory. We prove the existence and the uniqueness of limit cycles for these equations. In the last part we study the van der Pol equation with the parameter 1 and the canard phenomenon which appears when we consider an additional parameter ®: The techniques employed are the usual in the Asymptotic Analysis.

Les bruits automobiles induits par le frottement sont à l’origine de nombreuses plaintes clients et occasionnent des coûts de garantie considérables pour les constructeurs automobiles. Les objectifs de la thèse consistent à comprendre la physique à l’origine de ces bruits et proposer des méthodologies de simulation afin de les éradiquer. Un système générique est tout d’abord étudié. Ce système discret met en jeu un contact entre deux masses et une loi de frottement de Coulomb présentant une discontinuité à vitesse relative nulle. Des calculs de valeurs propres complexes de ce système linéarisé autour de sa position d’équilibre glissant sont menés et montrent la présence d’instabilités par flottement voire par divergence. Les simulations temporelles montrent quant à elles que les non-linéarités de contact permettent de stabiliser les niveaux vibratoires en cas d’instabilité selon quatre régimes distincts. De plus, malgré ses trois degrés de liberté, ce système est capable de reproduire les mécanismes de stick-slip, sprag-slip et couplage modal ainsi que les bruits de crissement, grincement et craquement rencontrés sur les systèmes automobiles. Des études paramétriques sont également présentées et mettent en avant des bifurcations de Hopf ainsi que l’effet déstabilisant potentiellement induit par l’amortissement. Des méthodologies permettant de catégoriser les réponses en termes de bruit et de mécanisme sont par la suite proposées. Les occurrences et risques de ces derniers sont alors analysés et des tendances sont dégagées. Enfin, la relation entre les bruits et les mécanismes est établie. L’attention est ensuite portée sur un système automobile particulier. Afin d’étudier son comportement crissant, les analyses de stabilité et les simulations temporelles sont désormais menées sur des modèles éléments-finis. Les simulations temporelles permettent d’observer l’établissement de vibrations auto-entretenues et d’identifier, parmi tous les modes instables prédits lors des analyses de stabilité, celui qui est réellement à l’origine de l’instabilité. L’effet du coefficient de frottement sur les motifs de coalescence et les cycles limites est également investigué. Le risque de crissement est ensuite évalué pour des conditions d’utilisation variées du système. La méthodologie, basée sur des analyses de stabilité, permet de retrouver les principaux constats expérimentaux obtenus sur banc d’essai. Le rôle des géométries et des matériaux constituant le système est également discuté. Enfin, une solution permettant de réduire de façon significative le risque de crissement est proposée. / Automotive friction-induced noises are the source of many customer complaints and lead to hugewarranty costs for car manufacturers. The objectives of the thesis are to improve the understanding ofthe physics at the origin of these noises and to propose numerical methodologies to eradicate them.A generic system is first investigated. This discrete system includes a contact between two masses anda Coulomb friction law with a discontinuity at zero relative velocity. Calculations of complex eigenvaluesof the linearized system around its sliding equilibrium position are carried out and show the presence offlutter and even divergence instabilities. Time simulations show that contact non-linearities permit tostabilize the vibrational levels in case of instability according to four distinct behaviors. Furthermore,despite its three degrees of freedom, this system is able to reproduce the stick-slip, sprag-slip and modecouplingmechanisms as well as the squeal, squeak and creak noises encountered in automotive systems.Parametric studies are also presented and highlight Hopf bifurcations as well as the destabilizing effectpotentially induced by damping. Methodologies allowing the categorization of the responses in termsof noise and mechanism are then proposed. Occurrences and risks of these noises and mechanismsare thus analyzed and trends are highlighted. The relationship between noises and mechanisms is alsoestablished.A specific automotive system is then considered. In order to study its squeal behavior, stabilityanalysis and time simulations are now carried out on finite element models. Time simulations allowto observe the establishment of self-excited vibrations and to identify, among all the unstable modespredicted by the stability analysis, the one which is actually the source of the instability. The effectof friction on the coalescence patterns and limit cycles is also investigated. The risk of squeal is thenevaluated in different operating conditions. The methodology, based on stability analysis, leads toresults in good agreement with the experimental observations. The role of geometries and materialsconstituting the system is also discussed. Finally, a solution with significantly low risk of squeal isproposed.

L'objectif de cette thèse est principalement d'appliquer la théorie du contrôle optimal à des problématiques que soulèvent la maladie du diabète et celle de la propagation de la rumeur sur les réseaux sociaux.Pour la première application, à savoir la maladie du diabète, nous développons deux études. Dans une première étude, à un modèle qui examine les diabétiques avec et sans complications, nous associons un problème de contrôle optimal. Nous montrons qu'il n'existe pas de comportement cyclique entre le groupe des diabétiques avec complications et celui des diabétiques sans complications, et que le point d'équilibre associé au problème existe et est un point selle. Dans une seconde étude, nous modifions un modèle de glucose-insuline à temps différé par l'ajout d'actions extérieures avec retard. Puis, pour minimiser la glycémie d'un diabétique, nous les contrôlons séparément puis simultanément, afin d'en donner une caractérisation à l'aide du principe du maximum de Pontryagin.Pour la deuxième application, la problématique de la propagation de la rumeur sur les réseaux sociaux, nous proposons aussi deux approches. Premièrement, nous mettons en place des stratégies optimales, par l'ajout d'actions extérieures sur un modèle d'e-rumeur de type SIR que nous contrôlons séparément puis simultanément, pour minimiser la propagation d'une fausse information. Et, dans une deuxième approche, nous construisons un nouveau modèle d'e-rumeur pour lequel nous étudions les points d'équilibres admissibles en mettant en évidence leurs conditions de stabilité, ainsi que les critères de persistance du modèle. / The aim of this thesis is mainly to apply optimal control theory to problems raised by diabetes disease and the spread of rumors on social networks.For the first application, namely diabetes disease, we develop two studies. In a first one, from a model that examines diabetics with and without complications, we associate an optimal control problem. We show that there is no cyclical behavior between the group of diabetics with complications and the one without complications, and that the associated equilibrium point exists and is a saddle point. In a second study, we modify a model of delayed glucose-insulin by adding external actions with delay. Then, in order to minimize the glycemia of a diabetic, we control them separately and simultaneously in order to give a characterization of the optimal actions with the Pontryagin maximum principle.For the second application, the issue of spreading rumors on social networks, we also give two approaches. First, we introduce some optimal strategies, by adding external actions on a e-rumor model of SIR type that we control separately and simultaneously to minimize the spread of fake news. Then, in a second approach, we build a new e-rumor model for which we study the admissible equilibrium points by highlighting their stability conditions, as well as the criteria of persistence of the model.