Este estudo apresenta uma análise, por meio do método não linear dos elementos finitos, de uma prótese parcial fixa de quatro elementos, tendo como pilares um dente natural, localizado na região do primeiro pré-molar inferior, e um implante osseointegrado, localizado na região do segundo molar inferior do mesmo hemiarco. Os modelos deste trabalho, foram criados a partir de radiografias periapicais da região posterior da mandíbula, foram digitalizadas e, posteriormente modificadas, dando origem aos modelos computacionais. Com auxílio do programa Ansys® simulou-se uma carga vertical de 175 N, distribuída ao longo dos retentores e pônticos desta prótese. Foram avaliadas três situações: Modelo 1: prótese fixa com conectores rígidos; Modelo 2: prótese fixa com um conector semi-rígido entre o primeiro pré-molar e o segundo pré-molar; Modelo 3: prótese fixa com um conector semi-rígido entre primeiro molar e segundo molar. Para simular os conectores semirígidos foram usados elementos de contato. A partir dos resultados obtidos, percebeu-se, em todos os modelos, que a região óssea que apresentou maior concentração de tensões foi a próximo da crista óssea mesial do implante, sendo os maiores níveis de tensões encontrados no Modelo 2 e os menores no modelo 3. Observou-se também, com relação ao implante, nos Modelos 1 e 3, altos níveis de tensões na região cervical-mesial, próximo da união retentor-pilar intermediário, já no Modelo 2 percebemos um grande aumento das tensões em toda região cervical. Constatou-se também, com relação aos conectores no Modelo 1, altos níveis de tensões entre os pônticos e entre o pôntico e o retentor sobre implante; no Modelo 2, os maiores níveis de tensões foram encontrados entre os molares e, no Modelo 3 os maiores níveis de tensões foram encontrados no conector semi-rígido. / The aim of this study was to analyze, through a non linear method of finite elements, a fixed partial denture of four elements, having natural teeth as an abutment located in the mandibular first pre-molar region and an osseointegrated implant located in the mandibular second molar region in the same hemi-arc, when a vertical load of 175N was applied and distributed over the retainer and pontic. Three situations were evaluated: Model 1: fixed denture with rigid connectors; Model 2: fixed denture with a semi-rigid connector between the first and second pre-molar; Model 3: fixed denture with a semi-rigid connector between first molar and second molar. From the results obtained from all models, the bone region that presented the highest stress concentration was close to the mesial region in the cortical bone of the implant. The highest stress levels were found in model 2 and the lowest in model 3. As regards the implant, in models 1 and 3, higher stress levels were also observed in the cervicalmesial region, close to the intermediate retainer abutment union. In model 2, a great increase of stress was observed in the entire cervical region. Moreover, with regard to the connectors, in model 1, there were high stress levels between the pontics and between the pontic and implant retainer; in model 2 the highest stress levels were found between the molars; and in model 3, the highest stress levels were found at the semi-rigid connector.

Este estudo apresenta uma análise, por meio do método não linear dos elementos finitos, de uma prótese parcial fixa de quatro elementos, tendo como pilares um dente natural, localizado na região do primeiro pré-molar inferior, e um implante osseointegrado, localizado na região do segundo molar inferior do mesmo hemiarco. Os modelos deste trabalho, foram criados a partir de radiografias periapicais da região posterior da mandíbula, foram digitalizadas e, posteriormente modificadas, dando origem aos modelos computacionais. Com auxílio do programa Ansys® simulou-se uma carga vertical de 175 N, distribuída ao longo dos retentores e pônticos desta prótese. Foram avaliadas três situações: Modelo 1: prótese fixa com conectores rígidos; Modelo 2: prótese fixa com um conector semi-rígido entre o primeiro pré-molar e o segundo pré-molar; Modelo 3: prótese fixa com um conector semi-rígido entre primeiro molar e segundo molar. Para simular os conectores semirígidos foram usados elementos de contato. A partir dos resultados obtidos, percebeu-se, em todos os modelos, que a região óssea que apresentou maior concentração de tensões foi a próximo da crista óssea mesial do implante, sendo os maiores níveis de tensões encontrados no Modelo 2 e os menores no modelo 3. Observou-se também, com relação ao implante, nos Modelos 1 e 3, altos níveis de tensões na região cervical-mesial, próximo da união retentor-pilar intermediário, já no Modelo 2 percebemos um grande aumento das tensões em toda região cervical. Constatou-se também, com relação aos conectores no Modelo 1, altos níveis de tensões entre os pônticos e entre o pôntico e o retentor sobre implante; no Modelo 2, os maiores níveis de tensões foram encontrados entre os molares e, no Modelo 3 os maiores níveis de tensões foram encontrados no conector semi-rígido. / The aim of this study was to analyze, through a non linear method of finite elements, a fixed partial denture of four elements, having natural teeth as an abutment located in the mandibular first pre-molar region and an osseointegrated implant located in the mandibular second molar region in the same hemi-arc, when a vertical load of 175N was applied and distributed over the retainer and pontic. Three situations were evaluated: Model 1: fixed denture with rigid connectors; Model 2: fixed denture with a semi-rigid connector between the first and second pre-molar; Model 3: fixed denture with a semi-rigid connector between first molar and second molar. From the results obtained from all models, the bone region that presented the highest stress concentration was close to the mesial region in the cortical bone of the implant. The highest stress levels were found in model 2 and the lowest in model 3. As regards the implant, in models 1 and 3, higher stress levels were also observed in the cervicalmesial region, close to the intermediate retainer abutment union. In model 2, a great increase of stress was observed in the entire cervical region. Moreover, with regard to the connectors, in model 1, there were high stress levels between the pontics and between the pontic and implant retainer; in model 2 the highest stress levels were found between the molars; and in model 3, the highest stress levels were found at the semi-rigid connector.

Différents aspects des traitements thermochimiques (nitruration, carburation et nitrocarburation) de l’acier inoxydable austénitique AISI 316 L menés à basse température ont été abordés. Dans le premier chapitre, un état de l’art de ces traitements thermochimiques, ainsi que des techniques mises en œuvre pour les réaliser ont été présentés. Les traitements de nitruration et de carburation, réalisés dans un réacteur de plasma micro-ondes, dans la configuration Matrice à Résonance Cyclotronique Électronique Distribuée, ont été étudiés dans le chapitre 3. L’analyse des couches traitées a été effectuée par différentes technique expérimentales : microscope optique, profilométrie, diffraction des rayons X, spectrométrie de masse des neutres secondaires, spectrométrie de masse d’ions secondaires et spectroscopie à décharge luminescente. Dans le quatrième chapitre, le traitement de nitrocarburation a été étudié et comparé à des traitements séquencés carburation / nitruration et nitruration / carburation. Une corrélation très forte a été effectuée entre la concentration moyenne en éléments interstitiels et la contrainte résiduelle de compression moyenne dans les couches traitées. Le dernier chapitre traite de la texturation ou structuration de surface à l’échelle micrométrique ou nanométrique. Pour réaliser cette structuration de surface, les propriétés de déformation de l’austénite expansée, formée lors d’un traitement de nitruration à basse température, sont exploitées pour construire un réseau bidimensionnel de plots, à l’aide de grilles ou des tissus métalliques jouant le rôle de masques pour transférer un motif sur une pièce en acier inoxydable austénitique / Different aspects of thermochemical treatments (nitriding, carburizing and nitrocarburizing) of austenitic stainless steel AISI 316 L conducted at low temperature were discussed. In the first chapter, a state of the art of these thermochemical treatments, as well as techniques used to achieve them have been presented. The nitriding and carburizing treatments, performed in a plasma reactor assisted by microwave in the Matrix Distributed Electron Cyclotron Resonance configuration, were studied in chapter 3. Analysis of the treated layers was performed by different experimental techniques: optical microscopy, profilometry, X-ray diffraction, Secondary Neutral Mass Spectroscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and glow discharge spectroscopy. In the fourth chapter, the nitrocarburizing treatment was studied and compared to sequenced carburization / nitriding and nitriding / carburizing treatments. A strong correlation was made between the average concentration of interstitial elements and the average compressive residual stress in the treated layers. The final chapter deals with the surface texturation or patterning to the nanometer or micrometer scale. To achieve this patterning, the deformation properties of the expanded austenite, formed during a nitriding treatment at low temperature, are used to construct a two dimensional array of dots, using grids or metallic tissues playing the role of masks to transfer a pattern on a piece of austenitic stainless steel

La déflection statique d'une structure flexible exposée à un écoulement transverse permet classiquement de réduire la traînée à laquelle elle est soumise. Dans le domaine de la biomécanique, la déformation induite par l'écoulement d'éléments végétaux flexibles conduisant à une réduction du chargement est désignée par le terme `reconfiguration' pour souligner le caractère avantageux de ce processus adaptatif. Dans cette thèse, nous examinons les mécanismes qui sous-tendent le processus de reconfiguration, dans des systèmes fluide-structure présentant une variabilité spatiale, ou de la dynamique provenant au choix de l'instationnarité de l'écoulement de base, d'un couplage fluide-structure conduisant à une instabilité, ou de vibrations induites par vortex. Nous montrons que l'aptitude des structures flexibles à réduire l'intensité du chargement imposé par l'écoulement est preservée en présence de non-uniformités ou de dynamique, à condition que le design de la structure soit tel que la traînée résistive domine les forces inertiels. Nous montrons de plus que la capacité à se déformer présente l'avantage supplémentaire de permettre la réduction des vibrations induites par vortex. Notre travail indique également que des structures légères et élancées sont les mieux adaptées pour supporter les chargements induits par l'écoulement en se reconfigurant, et que l'efficacité de la réduction du chargement par reconfiguration élastique dépend faiblement de la distribution spatiale des propriétés du système. Finalement, la réduction des chargements résulte toujours, indépendamment du régime de reconfiguration, de la concentration de la déformation sur une longueur caractéristique inférieure à la longueur réelle de la structure. / The static deflection of a flexible structure exposed to a transverse flow is classically known to reduce the drag it has to withstand. In the field of biomechanics, the flow-induced deformation of flexible plant elements leading to a reduction of the loads is referred to as `reconfiguration', in order to highlight the alleged benefits of such adaptive process. In this thesis, we investigate the mechanisms underpinning the reconfiguration in flow-structure systems featuring some spatial variability, or some dynamics arising either from the unsteadiness of the free-stream, from a flow-structure coupling leading to an instability, or from vortex-induced vibrations. We show that the ability of flexible structures to reduce the magnitude of the flow-induced loads is preserved in the presence of non-uniformities or dynamics, provided that the design of the structure is such that resistive drag dominates over inertial forces. We also show that the ability to deform has the added benefit of reducing the magnitude of the vortex-induced vibrations. Our work further indicates that light, slender structures are better suited to accommodate the flow-induced loads by reconfiguring, and that the efficiency of the process of load reduction by elastic reconfiguration is weakly sensitive to the spatial distribution of the system properties. Finally, regardless of the regime of reconfiguration, the reduction of the load always results from the concentration of the deformation on a characteristic bending length smaller than the actual length of the structure.

Fatigue cracking is one of the most common distresses of asphalt pavements, whereas healing is a counter process to cracking which alleviates cracking damage and extends fatigue life of asphalt pavements. Most of existing methods to characterize fatigue cracking and healing are generally empirical or phenomenological in nature, which does not satisfy the need to develop mechanistic-based pavement design methods. The objective of this study is to characterize fatigue cracking and healing of asphalt mixtures using an energy-based mechanistic approach. A controlled-strain repeated direct tension (RDT) test is selected to generate both fatigue cracking and permanent deformation in an asphalt mixture specimen. Fatigue cracking is separated from permanent deformation from a mechanical viewpoint. The development of fatigue cracking is described by the evolution of the damage density and the increase of the average crack size with the increase of loading cycles. A creep and step-loading recovery (CSR) test is designed to measure the internal stress in the recovery phase of an asphalt mixture specimen. The internal stress and the strain measured in the recovery phase are used to conduct the mechanistic analysis of recovery and healing of the asphalt mixture specimen. Then healing is described using the decrease of the damage density and average crack size with time. Different types of asphalt mixtures produce distinctly different fatigue cracking and healing characteristics. The effect of mixture composition, temperature, and aging are evaluated using the approach above. The entire series of tests for fatigue, permanent deformation and healing can be completed in one day, with the healing part requiring only a matter of minutes. The methods proposed in this study characterize fatigue cracking and healing of asphalt mixtures using its essential cause and effect relationship.

This thesis is concerned with image picture analysis, especially with images obtained by diagnostic LBIC method. The individual defects occuring on solar cells are described in theoretical part, including methods which serve for making referential image. Furthermore, the creation of difference image is analysed, from whom the interferences will be evaluated. The aim of practical part is to focus on generation of algorithms which investigate the defects, and the description of application for program control is described in conclusion.

The subject of this thesis is to carry out stress-strain analysis of diesel particulate filter support on tractor. So it describes sequence of steps for the analysis model, such as geometry description, mesh generation, applied forces definition and others. Result of the analysis is assessed in terms of strength and improvement was proposed.

Ces travaux de thèse portent sur le comportement élastoplastique et la durée de vie sous chargement cyclique d'un alliage cuivre-zinc injecté sous pression. L'apport essentiel de ces travaux de thèse est la mise en évidence d'un écrouissage isotrope qui s'estompe très rapidement dès la première décharge en plasticité. Une analyse qualitative montre que l'évolution de l'amplitude de contrainte est liée à celle de la contrainte interne. Cette étude est multi-échelles, en effet des observations en microscopie électronique à transmission ont permis d'émettre des hypothèses sur l'origine des phénomènes observés lors des essais mécaniques. Les essais de fatigue ont également montré que la durée de vie du matériau dépend fortement des défauts inhérents au procédé de fabrication. L'utilisation d'un modèle multimécanismes simplifié a permis de modéliser le comportement cyclique du matériau étudié, et de prendre en compte l'évolution quasi instantanée de l'écrouissage isotrope. / These research works deal with the investigation of the cyclique and fatigue behaviour of an industrial high-pressure die cast brass. Mechanical tests highlight relatively important changes of elasticity domain during monotonic loading, mainly due to changes of the internal stress. This study was conducted under different scales of observation. TEM observations enabled hypothesis to explain the "original" cyclic behaviour of the alloy. Fatigue tests showed that fatigue life of the material is quite dependent of the presence of defects that may be due to manufacture process. A simplified version of a multi-mechanism model was used to simulate the cyclic behaviour of the study alloy.

They analyzed the various factors affecting the design or evaluation of structural glass. Within evaluation of structural glass element is checked selected concepts of linear elastic fracture mechanics. For modeling is used programme system ANSYS based finite element method. The results are compared with the analytical solution.