L’utilisation des thermoplastiques renforcés de fibres de verre courtes pour la fabrication de pièces de structure dans l’industrie des transports est croissante pour des applications structurelles en environnements chauds. La conception de telles pièces nécessite le développement d’un outil de dimensionnement en fatigue à hautes températures. La prise en compte de la distribution d’orientation des fibres (DOF), dû au procédé d’injection, hétérogène est essentielle.Ces travaux de thèse, cofinancés par la Direction Générale de l’Armement et la région Poitou-Charentes, proposent une approche complétement intégrée de la simulation du procédé d’injection à la prédiction de durée de vie en fatigue, dans un cadre viscoélastique, de pièces injectées en thermoplastiques renforcés, à 110°C.Différentes étapes jalonnent la structure de l’outil numérique qualifié de « Through Process Modelling » (TPM). A partir de la connaissance de la DOF au sein d’une pièce obtenue par simulation du procédé d’injection, les propriétés effectives anisotropes locales sont estimées par homogénéisation viscoélastique. Les champs mécaniques hétérogènes, associés à différents types/niveaux de chargement et obtenus par simulation éléments finis, sont post-traités pour extraire la grandeur mécanique équivalente en entrée d’un critère de fatigue énergétique fournissant la durée de vie de la pièce pour chacune de ces conditions de chargement.L’identification des paramètres du critère de fatigue, puis la validation de l’ensemble de la méthodologie, s’appuient sur des essais de fatigue en traction uniaxiale à 110°C. Ces essais sont réalisés, en enceinte climatique, sur éprouvettes découpées dans des plaques injectées de PA66GF30 selon différentes orientations par rapport à la direction d’injection, pour 2 rapports de charge (R = 0,1 et R = -1) et à 2Hz.Les prédictions de durées de vie sont très satisfaisantes. L’influence de la qualité de prédiction de la DOF en entrée de la chaîne de calcul sur les résultats est aussi discutée. / The employment of short glass fibres reinforced thermoplastics is increasing in the automotive industry for hot environment applications. The design of components in such conditions and with this type of materials under fatigue loading must be optimized using a fatigue life assessment methodology. The heterogeneous fibres orientation distribution (FOD), due to the injection process should be considered.This work, funded by the Direction Générale de l’Armement et Région Poitou-Charentes, suggests an integrated approach from the injection process simulation to the assessment of the fatigue life at 110°C of injected components in a viscoelastic framework.The methodology here advanced is called “Through Process Modelling” (TPM). From the FOD in the component given by the injection simulation, the anisotropic effective local properties are estimated using viscoelastic homogenisation. The heterogeneous mechanical fields obtained by finite element simulations, for different types/levels of loading, are post-processed in order to get the input equivalent mechanical quantity of an energetic fatigue criterion giving the fatigue life of the component in each of these loading conditions.The identification of the fatigue criterion parameters and the validation of the whole methodology rely on an experimental fatigue database for a PA66GF30. Uniaxial tensile fatigue tests are carried out at 110°C in a climatic chamber, for 2 stress ratios (R = 0,1 and R = -1) and at 2Hz. They are performed for specimens cut out from injected plates with different orientations with respect to the flow direction.The methodology leads to very good predictions. The influence of the prediction of the FOD, input of the calculation chain, on the results is discussed.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T17:19:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Introducao.pdf: 448655 bytes, checksum: 598f8294a6f16ff80e9151c41d1a27f9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Residual stresses in polymeric parts are a great source of uncertainties for the design of industrial components. They are originated mainly during the injection molding process. Some of the problems related to this phenomenon are reduction to the mechanic strength, cracks propagation and warpage. Many efforts are employed to minimize these residual stresses and, to achieve that, an essential step is its measuring. There are methods and devices already available to measure residual stress in metallic materials, but in the field of polymeric material, many aspects remain unexplored. In the present work, a device to measure strain gage signals was built, which was employed to determine residual stresses according to the most established techniques nowadays. Injection simulation techniques were utilized to estimate the build-up of residual stresses in polymeric test specimens under different manufacturing setups. Statistical analysis was performed to select the most favorable parameters for parts tensioning. Test specimens were fabricated in the selected process conditions. Samples weight measurements confirmed statistically that the process parameters selected have significantly altered the parts final mass. Residual stress measurements were carried out by employing the hole drilling technique in the manufactured specimens, thus being determined tensile residual stresses from 2.7 MPa by 6.2 MPa, in the layers closest to the parts surface. The typical profile for residual stress distribution, as described in literature, was observed in the experiments performed. / Tensões residuais em peças poliméricas são grande fonte de incertezas para o projeto de componentes industriais. São causadas principalmente durante o processo de injeção. Alguns dos problemas relacionados a esse fenômeno são a diminuição da resistência mecânica, surgimento de trincas e empenamento das peças. Muitos esforços são empregados na minimização dessas tensões residuais e, para isso, uma etapa indispensável é a sua medição. Existem métodos e equipamentos já disponíveis para medição de tensões residuais em materiais metálicos, porém, no campo dos materiais poliméricos ainda há muitos aspectos a serem melhor explorados. Neste trabalho foi construído um dispositivo para medição de sinais de extensiometria, o qual foi utilizado para determinação de tensões residuais segundo as técnicas mais utilizadas atualmente para metais. Técnicas de simulação de injeção foram utilizadas para estimar o surgimento de tensões residuais em corpos-de-prova poliméricos sob diversas condições de fabricação. Análise estatística foi realizada para selecionar as condições de fabricação mais propícias ao tensionamento das peças. Corpos-de-prova foram fabricados nas condições de processo selecionadas. Medições de peso das amostras confirmaram estatisticamente que os parâmetros de processo utilizados alteraram significativamente a massa final das peças. Medições de tensões residuais foram realizadas aplicando-se a técnica do furo cego nas amostras fabricadas, determinando-se tensões residuais de tração entre 2,7 MPa e 6,2 MPa, nas camadas próximas às superfície das amostras. O perfil típico de tensões residuais previsto em literatura foi observado nos experimentos realizados.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:09:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarcosAFR_TESE.pdf: 4983695 bytes, checksum: 6cb8867b58e49a5dd6efc85191c6fa49 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-03 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Many of hydrocarbon reserves existing in the world are formed by heavy oils (?API between 10 and 20). Moreover, several heavy oil fields are mature and, thus, offer great challenges for oil industry. Among the thermal methods used to recover these resources, steamflooding has been the main economically viable alternative. Latent heat carried by steam heats the reservoir, reducing oil viscosity and facilitating the production. This method has many variations and has been studied both theoretically and experimentally (in pilot projects and in full field applications). In order to increase oil recovery and reduce steam injection costs, the injection of alternative fluid has been used on three main ways: alternately, co-injected with steam and after steam injection interruption. The main objective of these injection systems is to reduce the amount of heat supplied to the reservoir, using cheaper fluids and maintaining the same oil production levels. This works discusses the use of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, methane and water as an alternative fluid to the steam. The analyzed parameters were oil recoveries and net cumulative oil productions. The reservoir simulation model corresponds to an oil reservoir of 100 m x 100 m x 28 m size, on a Cartesian coordinates system (x, y and z directions). It is a semi synthetic model with some reservoir data similar to those found in Brazilian Potiguar Basin. All studied cases were done using the simulator STARS from CMG (Computer Modelling Group, version 2009.10). It was found that waterflood after steam injection interruption achieved the highest net cumulative oil compared to other fluids injection. Moreover, it was observed that steam and alternative fluids, co-injected and alternately, did not present increase on profitability project compared with steamflooding / Muitas das reservas de hidrocarbonetos existentes em todo o mundo s?o formadas por ?leos pesados (?API entre 10 e 20). Al?m disso, v?rios campos de ?leo pesado est?o maduros e, portanto, oferecem grandes desafios para a ind?stria do petr?leo. Entre os m?todos t?rmicos utilizados para recuperar estes recursos, a inje??o de vapor tem sido a principal alternativa economicamente vi?vel. O calor latente transportado por meio de vapor aquece o reservat?rio, reduzindo a viscosidade do ?leo, facilitando a produ??o. A fim de aumentar a recupera??o de ?leo e reduzir os custos inerentes ? inje??o de vapor, a inje??o de fluidos alternativos tem sido utilizado em combina??o com o vapor das seguintes formas: alternadamente, coinjetados e ap?s a interrup??o da inje??o de vapor. O objetivo principal destes sistemas de inje??o combinada ? reduzir a quantidade de calor fornecida ao reservat?rio utilizando fluidos de menor valor comercial, buscando manter os n?veis de produ??o de ?leo. Este trabalho analisa o uso do di?xido de carbono, nitrog?nio, metano e ?gua como fluido alternativo ao vapor. Os par?metros analisados foram a recupera??o de ?leo e a produ??o acumulada l?quida. O modelo de reservat?rio analisado corresponde a um reservat?rio de dimens?es 100 m x 100 m x 28 m, num sistema de coordenadas cartesianas ( dire??es x, y e z). ? um modelo semissint?tico com alguns dados de reservat?rio semelhantes aos encontrados na Bacia Potiguar, Brasil. Todos os casos estudados foram simulados utilizando o simulador STARS da CMG (Computer Group, Modelagem vers?o 2009.10). Verificou-se que a inje??o de ?gua ap?s a interrup??o de inje??o de vapor alcan?ou melhores resultados em termos de produ??o acumulada l?quida de ?leo em rela??o a inje??o de outros fluidos. Al?m disso, foi observado que o vapor e os fluidos alternativos, coinjetados e alternados, n?o apresentou aumento na rentabilidade do projeto em compara??o com a inje??o cont?nua de vapor