Die Morphologie der Buchlungen von Arachniden (Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 – Arthropoda, Chelicerata) wurde in der vorliegenden Dissertation einer streng vergleichenden Analyse unterzogen, welche mit Hilfe moderner Methoden eine neue Sicht auf die Phylogenie der Arachniden eröffnet. Aus dem Vergleich mit den potentiellen Schwestergruppen (Xiphosura, Eurypterida) und mit Skorpionsfossilien erweist sich der einmalige Landgang eines gemeinsamen Vorfahrens aller rezent terrestrischen Arachniden. Buchlungen-Daten von 200 rezenten + 2 fossilen Skorpionen, 16 Geißelspinnen (Amblypygi), 17 Geißelskorpionen (Thelyphonida), einem Schizomiden (Schizomida), einem ausgestorbenen Trigonotarbiden (Trigonotarbida) und der Außengruppe, den rezenten Pfeilschwanzkrebsen (Xiphosura), wurden zu einem illustrierten Katalog zusammengestellt. Die unüberschaubare Vielfalt der oft graduell variierenden Strukturen macht die eindeutige Definition der Merkmale und auftretenden Merkmalszustände notwendig. Es wurden folgende 5 Merkmale definiert: (1) die Oberflächen der Atemlamellen, (2) der Lamellenrand, (3) der posteriore Stigmenrand, (4) der anteriore Stigmenrand und (5) die Wand des Atriums. Hierbei tragen die Merkmale 1-3 mit ihrer unerwarteten Fülle innerhalb der Skorpione maßgeblich zur Aufklärung ihrer Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse bei. Ähnliches wird von den Merkmalen 4 und 5 bezogen auf die Uropygi s. lat. vermutet. Ein sechstes Merkmal (Sensillen/Poren) wurde definiert, doch nur vereinzelt erfasst. Raster-Elektronenmikroskopie diente der Erfassung der cuticulären Feinstruktur der Buchlungen. Die Struktur der Buchlungen im Gesamten wurde mittels histologischer Schnittserien und mit auf µCT basierenden 3D-Rekonstruktionen untersucht. Für die Untersuchung von Trigonotarbiden-Fossilien wurde eine Methode entwickelt, die 3D-Rekonstruktion aus Sequenzen von Mikrofotos in unterschiedlichen Fokusebenen generiert. / Strict comparative analyses of the morphology of arachnid book lungs (Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 - Arthropoda: Chelicerata) were carried out in the present doctoral thesis using modern methods, resulting in a new perspective on arachnid phylogeny. Comparisons with potential aquatic sistergroups (Xiphosura and/or Eurypterida) and fossil scorpions give rise to the hypothesis of the unique terrestrialization of ancestors, which is common for all arachnids. Data from 200 Recent + 2 extinct scorpions, 16 whip spiders (Amblypygi), 17 whip scorpions (Thely-phonida), 1 schizomid (Schizomida), 1 extinct trigonotarbid (Trigonotarbida) and 1 outgroup - horseshoe crab (Xiphosura) are assembled into an illustrated catalogue of arachnid book lungs. Following the observations of these gradually differing cuticular structures the vast variation of book-lung fine structure across Arachnida requires unequivocal definition of characters and character states. Five characters are defined, which are assigned to distinct homologous book-lung structures: (1) the surface structure of the respiratory lamellae, (2) structure of the distal edges of the lamellae, (3) the posterior edge of the spiracle, (4) the anterior edge of the spiracle and (5) the structure of the wall lining the atrial chamber. Especially the book-lung characters 1-3 contain unexpected information, which helps resolve relationships within Scorpiones to a high degree, and characters 4 and 5 are of considerable importance for Uropygi s. lat. One sixth character (sensilla/pores) is mentioned, but sporadically examined. However, cuticular book-lung fine structure is studied using SEM, the gross morphology is reassessed using histological sectioning and 3D-reconstructions based on µCT. For investigations on trigonotabid fossils a new method yielding 3D-reconstructions from stacks of subsequent focal layers was developed.

Très récemment, le potentiel des semi-conducteur organiques (OSC) ambipolaires à attiré l'attention par de nombreuses applications technologiques. Dans le domaine de la microélectronique organique, l'un des obstacles majeurs pour le développent des OSC est le design de systèmes capables de transporter à la fois les électrons et les trous. Les matériaux semi-conducteurs ambipolaires ordonnés, peuvent répondre à cette problématique. Dans ce contexte nous avons développé la synthèse et la caractérisation d'une architecture macromoléculaire originale, fondée sur l'association d'un polymère semi-conducteur régiorégulier d'une part, avec des molécules ?-conjuguées cristal liquides ayant la propriété de s'auto-organiser spontanément d'autre part. Afin d'améliorer les propriétés mésomorphes et électroniques de ce système macromoléculaire, une gamme de composés différant par (i) la nature chimique du groupement pendant et (ii) le dégrée de polymérisation moyen du polymère à été synthétisée. La présence d'une mesophase a été confirmée pour chacun de ces composés par diffraction des rayons X et une mesophase de type lamello-lamellaire, présentant une alternance de couches électron-donneur ou électron-accepter à également pu être mis en évidence. / Very recently ambipolar organic semi-conductors (OSC) have gaining attention for their potential use in numerous technologically relevant applications. Representative technological examples are the area of organic microelectronics where patterning of p- and n-channel semiconductors is one of the major hurdles for the implantation of OSC in organic complementary logic circuit. To achieve this objective, well-ordered ambipolar semiconducting materials are needed. In this work we investigated the self-organization and the electronic properties of a series of side chain liquid crystal (SCLC) semiconducting polymers where: (i) the backbone is a π-conjugated polymer and (ii) the side-groups are π-conjugated calamitic mesogens. We present our results on the design, synthesis, and structural characterization of this new liquid crystal regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene) polymer family post-functionalized with side-on calamitic moieties. The parameters of these materials are: (i) the chemical nature of the side-group moieties and (ii) the degree of polymerization. As a result we will show that this strategy leads to the supramolecular self-assembly of this SCLC semiconducting polymer in a peculiar lamello-lamellar mesophase, where the two different lamellas present two different electronic properties, such as electron donor and electron acceptor behaviors.

Foam reduces gas mobility in porous media by trapping substantial amount of gas and applying a viscous resistance of flowing lamellas to gas flow. In mechanistic foam modeling, gas relative permeability is significantly modified by gas trapping, while an effective gas viscosity, which is a function of flowing lamella density, is assigned to flowing gas. A complete understanding of foam mobility in porous media requires being able to predict the effects of pressure gradient, foam texture, rock and fluid properties on gas trapping, and therefore gas relative permeability, and effective gas viscosity. In the foam literature, separating the contributions of gas trapping and effective gas viscosity on foam mobility has not been achieved because the dynamics of gas trapping and its effects on the effective gas viscosity have been neglected. In this study, dynamics of foam mobility in porous media is investigated with a special focus on gas trapping and its effects on gas relative permeability and effective gas viscosity. Three-dimensional pore-network models representative of real porous media coupled with fluid models characterizing a lamella flow through a pore throat are used to predict flow paths, threshold pressure gradient and Darcy velocity of foam. It is found that the threshold path and the pore volume open above the threshold pressure are independent of the fluid model used in this study. Furthermore, analytical correlations of flowing gas fraction as functions of pressure gradient, lamella density, rock and fluid properties are obtained. At a constant pressure gradient, flowing gas fraction increases as overall lamella density decreases. In the discontinuous-gas foam flow regime, there exists a threshold pressure gradient, which increases with overall lamella density. One of the important findings of this study is that gas relative permeability is a strong non-linear function of flowing gas fraction, opposing most of the existing theoretical models. However, the shape of the relative gas permeability curve is poorly sensitive to overall lamella density. Flowing and trapped lamella densities change with pressure gradient. Moreover, analytical correlations of effective gas viscosity as functions of capillary number, lamella density and rock properties are obtained by up-scaling a commonly used pore-scale apparent gas (lamella) viscosity model. Effective gas viscosity increases nonlinearly with flowing lamella density, which opposes to the existing linear foam viscosity models. In addition, the individual contributions of gas trapping and effective gas viscosity on foam mobility are quantified for the first time. The functional relationship between effective gas viscosity and flowing lamella density in the presence of dynamic trapped gas is verified. A mechanistic foam model is developed by using the analytical correlations of flowing gas fraction and effective gas viscosity generated from the pore-network study and a modified population balance model. The developed model is successful in simulating unsteady-state and steady state flow of foam through porous media. Moreover, the flow behaviors in high- and low-quality flow regimes are verified by the experimental studies in the literature. Finally, the simulation results are successfully history matched with two different core-flood data. / text

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O presente trabalho teve como objetivo o estudo da potencialidade de aplicação da flotação por ar dissolvido (FAD) lamelar (de alta taxa) e convencional como parte final de sistema de tratamento sequencial de esgoto sanitário, constituído de reatores anaeróbios de manta de lodo (UASB) seguidos de tanque de aeração. O trabalho, desenvolvido na Estação de Tratamento de Esgotos Jardim das Flores da cidade de Rio Claro, foi dividido em três etapas. Na primeira etapa, realizada com equipamento Flotateste, foram investigados os valores mais adequados de dosagens de polímero sintético catiônico, amido de araruta, cloreto férrico e associações entre cloreto férrico e polímero ou amido de araruta, de razão ar/sólidos (A/S), bem como de tempo e gradiente de mistura rápida e de floculação. Nessa etapa, os melhores desempenhos da FAD foram obtidos com o emprego de polímero catiônico, tanto isoladamente quanto associado ao cloreto férrico, sendo esta última condição imprescindível para maior remoção de fósforo. A flotação de liquor misto utilizando apenas o cloreto férrico como coagulante, apresentou desempenho extremamente insatisfatório, com a formação de flocos com características ruins de flotabilidade. Além disso, observou-se que a flotação desse tipo de efluente requisitou condições mais amenas de mistura, sendo que, em muitos casos, os melhores resultados foram obtidos mediante a eliminação da mistura rápida ou da floculação. Nas segunda e terceira etapas, realizadas com unidades piloto de flotação lamelar de alta taxa (FADAT) e convencional, respectivamente, e empregando apenas polímero como auxiliar de floculação/flotação (dosagem em torno de 1 g de polímero/kg de SST), foram investigados os valores mais adequados de Taxa de Aplicação Superficial (TAS), Taxa de Aplicação de Sólidos (TS) e quantidade de ar fornecida à flotação, calculada através da razão A/S ou da dosagem de ar (Dar), em g de ar/'M POT.3' de esgoto afluente, dependendo da concentração de sólidos suspensos totais afluentes à flotação (SSTafl). Através dos resultados dos ensaios pôde-se observar que a razão A/S é mais adequada para o cálculo da quantidade de ar na flotação de suspensões concentradas (SSTafl acima de 1100 mg/L no presente estudo), ao passo que Dar é mais representativo no caso da flotação de suspensões diluídas. Empregando a unidade FADAT, alimentada com liquor misto de tanque de aeração em boas condições de biofloculação, foi possível obter resultados satisfatórios para TAS de até 350 'M POT.3'/'M POT.2'.dia e TS entre 120 e 250 kg de SST/'M POT.2'.dia, desde que fornecida quantidade adequada de ar ao processo (Dar na faixa de 15,0 a 18,0 g de ar/'M POT.3' de afluente), para SSTafl entre 800 e 1100 mg/L. Na flotação lamelar de alta taxa, constatou-se que o bom desempenho esteve diretamente relacionado a baixos valores de SSTafl. As recomendações para a flotação com unidade de FAD convencional tiveram que ser mais conservadoras, devido às condições ruins de biofloculação apresentadas pelo liquor misto do tanque de aeração durante a realização da terceira etapa do trabalho. Nesses ensaios, os resultados mais satisfatórios foram obtidos com o emprego de TAS em torno de 200 'M POT.3'/'M POT.2'.dia, TS menor que 200 kg de SST/'M POT.2'.dia e A/S em torno de 0,020 (Dar de 21,0 g de ar/'M POT.3' de afluente), para SSTafl em torno de 1400 mg/L / The aim of this research was the study of the lamella design (high rate) and conventional dissolved air flotation (DAF) process potentiality of application as the final part of a domestic sewage sequential treatment system made up anaerobic reactors (UASB) followed by aeration tank. The work, developed at the Jardim das Flores WWTP of Rio Claro city, was separated in three phases. In the first phase, using the flotatest apparatus, the most suitable values of chemical (synthetic cationic polymer, arrow-root starch, ferric chloride and ferric chloride combined with polymer or arrow-root starch) dosages, air to solids ratio (A/S), as well as rapid mix and flocculation time and mean velocity gradient values, were investigated. In this phase, the best DAF performances were obtained with the application of cationic polymer, alone and associated to ferric chloride. The use of ferric chloride was essential to obtain better phosphorus removal results. The mixed liquor flotation using ferric chloride alone as primary coagulant presented extremely unsatisfactory performance, with the formation of flocks showing bad characteristics of flotability. Moreover, it was observed that flotation of this kind of effluent had requested gentler mixture conditions. In many cases, the best results were obtained by means of rapid mix or flocculation step elimination. In the second and third phases, using the lamella design and conventional flotation units respectively and cationic polymer as the only flocculation/flotation aid (dosage around 1 g of polymer/kg TSS), the most suitable values of Overflow Rate (OR), Solids Application Rate (SAR) and amount of air supplied to the flotation process, expressed as the A/S ratio or air dosage (AD, in g of air/'M POT.3' of influent) depending on influent total suspended solids concentration (TSSinfl), were investigated. The flotation essays results showed that the A/S ratio is more suitable for the air supply estimation in flotation of concentrated suspensions (TSSinfl above 1100 mg/L in this study). Contrarily, the parameter AD is more representative in cases of flotation of diluted suspensions. Using the lamella design unit, fed with aeration tank mixed liquor presenting good bio-flocculation conditions, it was possible to obtain adequate results applying OR as high as 350 'M POT.3'/('M POT.2'.day) combined with SAR values between 120 and 250 kg of TSS/('M POT.2'.day), since the adequate amount of air has been provided for the process (AD values between 15,0 and 18,0 g of air/'M POT.3' of influent), for TSSinfl between 800 and 1100 mg/L. For the lamella flotation, it was noticed that the best performance has been directly associated to lower values of TSSinfl. The recommendations for flotation using the conventional DAF unit had to be more conservative, taking into account the poor bio-flocculation conditions presented by the mixed liquor during the third phase of work. In theses essays, the more adequate results were obtained by applying OR around 200 'M POT.3'/('M POT.2'.day), SAR under 200 kg of TSS/('M POT.2'.day) and A/S ratio around 0,020 (AD of 21,0 g of air/'M POT.3' of influent), for TSSinfl around 1400 mg/L

Object of Diploma thesis is the structural design of a load bearing structure of the aquapark in the Brno area. The main structure is designed as lamella arch on the cylindrical surface with one curvature with 30 m span and 4.5 m camber. The structural material is glue-laminated timber with inner steel plate joints.

The goal of this thesis is to describe the possibility of using a microscope for documentation defects and innovation of electrical machines. I used an electron microscope to document carbon brushes and nanomaterials for possible upgrade of the sliding contact. Use microscopes gives us detailed information about the structure of materials, at the largest stress of the electrical machine. Based on the collected data can be further analyzed and innovation of the carbon brush.

A study of an influence of strengthening steel beams using reinforcement based on FRP on a moment bearing resistance and bending stiffness. Evaluation of the theoretical calculation methods based on the performed experimental verification. Description of the production of carbon fibres and composite materials on the basis of carbon fibres.

This diploma thesis presents available FRP software for calculating load bearing capacity of the structures reinforced with FRP and compares them between each other. Furthermore theory and algorithm of my own software is presented here. Load bearing capacity of structures which are reinforced with non-metallic reinforcement and loaded by combination of normal force and bending moment can be solved by my programme. Effects of high temperatures on the concrete structures can be included in the calculation. In the second part of the thesis is calculated load-bearing capacity and deflection of the real beam reinforced with FRP reinforcement and load-bearing capacity of member with FRP reinforcement with effect of elevated temperature. This has been done using my software. Comparison of results from hand calculation and laboratory load-bearing testing is done at the end. This laboratory testing was accomplished by Institute of Concrete and Mansory Structures at our faculty.

Tesis por compendio / [EN] Phononic crystals are artificial materials formed by a periodic arrangement of inclusions embedded into a host medium, where each of them can be solid or fluid. By controlling the geometry and the impedance contrast of its constituent materials, one can control the dispersive properties of waves, giving rise to a huge variety of interesting and fundamental phenomena in the context of wave propagation. When a propagating wave encounters a medium with different physical properties it can be transmitted and reflected in lossless media, but also absorbed if dissipation is taken into account. These fundamental phenomena have been classically explained in the context of homogeneous media, but it has been a subject of increasing interest in the context of periodic structures in recent years as well. This thesis is devoted to the study of different effects found in sonic and phononic crystals associated with transmission, reflection and absorption of waves, as well as the development of a technique for the characterization of its dispersive properties, described by the band structure. We start discussing the control of wave propagation in transmission in conservative systems. Specifically, our interest is to show how sonic crystals can modify the spatial dispersion of propagating waves leading to control the diffractive broadening of sound beams. Making use of the spatial dispersion curves extracted from the analysis of the band structure, we first predict zero and negative diffraction of waves at frequencies close to the band-edge, resulting in collimation and focusing of sound beams in and behind a 3D sonic crystal, and later demonstrate it through experimental measurements. The focusing efficiency of a 3D sonic crystal is limited due to the strong scattering inside the crystal, characteristic of the diffraction regime. To overcome this limitation we consider axisymmetric structures working in the long wavelength regime, as a gradient index lens. In this regime, the scattering is strongly reduced and, in an axisymmetric configuration, the symmetry matching with acoustic sources radiating sound beams increase its efficiency dramatically. Moreover, the homogenization theory can be used to model the structure as an effective medium with effective physical properties, allowing the study of the wave front profile in terms of refraction. We will show the model, design and characterization of an efficient focusing device based on these concepts. Consider now a periodic structure in which one of the parameters of the lattice, such as the lattice constant or the filling fraction, gradually changes along the propagation direction. Chirped crystals represent this concept and are used here to demonstrate a novel mechanism of sound wave enhancement based on a phenomenon known as "soft" reflection. The enhancement is related to a progressive slowing down of the wave as it propagates along the material, which is associated with the group velocity of the local dispersion relation at the planes of the crystal. A model based on the coupled mode theory is proposed to predict and interpret this effect. Two different phenomena are observed here when dealing with dissipation in periodic structures. On one hand, when considering the propagation of in-plane sound waves in a periodic array of absorbing layers, an anomalous decrease in the absorption, combined with a simultaneous increase of reflection and transmission at Bragg frequencies is observed, in contrast to the usual decrease of transmission, characteristic in conservative periodic systems at these frequencies. For a similar layered media, backed now by a rigid reflector, out-of-plane waves impinging the structure from a homogeneous medium will increase dramatically the interaction strength. In other words, the time delay of sound waves inside the periodic system will be considerably increased resulting in an enhanced absorption, for a broadband spectral range. / [ES] Los cristales fonónicos son materiales artificiales formados por una disposición periódica de inclusiones en un medio, pudiendo ambos ser de carácter sólido o fluido. Controlando la geometría y el contraste de impedancias entre los materiales constituyentes se pueden controlar las propiedades dispersivas de las ondas. Cuando una onda propagante se encuentra un medio con diferentes propiedades físicas puede ser transmitida y reflejada, en medios sin pérdidas, pero también absorbida, si la disipación es tenida en cuenta. La presente tesis está dedicada al estudio de diferentes efectos presentes en cristales sónicos y fonónicos relacionados con la transmisión, reflexión y absorción de ondas, así como el desarrollo de una técnica para la caracterización de sus propiedades dispersivas, descritas por la estructura de bandas. En primer lugar, se estudia el control de la propagación de ondas en transmisión en sistemas conservativos. Específicamente, nuestro interés se centra en mostrar cómo los cristales sónicos son capaces de modificar la dispersión espacial de las ondas propagantes, dando lugar al control del ensanchamiento de haces de sonido. Haciendo uso de las curvas de dispersión espacial extraídas del análisis de la estructura de bandas, se predice primero la difracción nula y negativa de ondas a frecuencias cercanas al borde de la banda, resultando en la colimación y focalización de haces acústicos en el interior y detrás de un cristal sónico 3D, y posteriormente se demuestra mediante medidas experimentales. La eficiencia de focalización de un cristal sónico 3D está limitada debido a las múltiples reflexiones existentes en el interior del cristal. Para superar esta limitación se consideran estructuras axisimétricas trabajando en el régimen de longitud de onda larga, como lentes de gradiente de índice. En este régimen, las reflexiones internas se reducen fuertemente y, en configuración axisimétrica, la adaptación de simetría con fuentes acústicas radiando haces de sonido incrementa la eficiencia drásticamente. Además, la teoría de homogenización puede ser empleada para modelar la estructura como un medio efectivo con propiedades físicas efectivas, permitiendo el estudio del frente de ondas en términos refractivos. Se mostrará el modelado, diseño y caracterización de un dispositivo de focalización eficiente basado en los conceptos anteriores. Considérese ahora una estructura periódica en la que uno de los parámetros de la red, sea el paso de red o el factor de llenado, cambia gradualmente a lo largo de la dirección de propagación. Los cristales chirp representan este concepto y son empleados aquí para demostrar un mecanismo novedoso de incremento de la intensidad de la onda sonora basado en un fenómeno conocido como reflexión "suave". Este incremento está relacionado con una ralentización progresiva de la onda conforme se propaga a través del material, asociado con la velocidad de grupo de la relación de dispersión local en los planos del cristal. Un modelo basado en la teoría de modos acoplados es propuesto para predecir e interpretar este efecto. Se observan dos fenómenos diferentes al considerar pérdidas en estructuras periódicas. Por un lado, si se considera la propagación de ondas sonoras en un array periódico de capas absorbentes, cuyo frente de ondas es paralelo a los planos del cristal, se produce una reducción anómala en la absorción combinada con un incremento simultáneo de la reflexión y transmisión a las frecuencias de Bragg, de forma contraria a la habitual reducción de la transmisión, característica de sistemas periódicos conservativos a estas frecuencias. En el caso de la misma estructura laminada en la que se cubre uno de sus lados mediante un reflector rígido, la incidencia de ondas sonoras desde un medio homogéneo, cuyo frente de ondas es perpendicular a los planos del cristal, produce un gran incremento de la fuerza de / [CA] Els cristalls fonònics són materials artificials formats per una disposició d'inclusions en un medi, ambdós poden ser sòlids o fluids. Controlant la geometría i el contrast d'impedàncies dels seus materials constituents, és poden controlar les propietats dispersives de les ondes, permetent una gran varietatde fenòmens fonamentals interessants en el context de la propagació d'ones. Quan una ona propagant troba un medi amb pèrdues amb propietats físiques diferents es pot transmetre i reflectir, però també absorbida si la dissipació es té en compte. Aquests fenòmens fonamentals s'han explicat clàssicament en el context de medis homogenis, però també ha sigut un tema de creixent interés en el context d'estructures periòdiques en els últims anys. Aquesta tesi doctoral tracta de l'estudi de diferents efectes en cristalls fonònics i sònics lligats a la transmissió, reflexió i absorció d'ones, així com del desenvolupament d'una tècnica de caracterització de les propietats dispersives, descrites mitjançant la estructura de bandes. En primer lloc, s'estudia el control de la propagació ondulatori en transmissió en sistemes conservatius. Més específicament, el nostre interés és mostrar com els cristalls sonors poden modificar la dispersió espacial d'ones propagants donant lloc al control de l'amplària per difracció dels feixos sonors. Mitjançant les corbes dispersió espacial obtingudes de l'anàlisi de l'estructura de bandes, es prediu, en primer lloc, la difracció d'ones zero i negativa a freqüències próximes al final de banda. El resultat és la collimació i focalització de feixos sonors dins i darrere de cristalls de so. Després es mostra amb mesures experimentals. L'eficiència de focalització d'un cristall de so 3D està limitada per la gran dispersió d'ones dins del cristall, que és característic del règim difractiu. Per a superar aquesta limitació, estructures axisimètriques que treballen en el règim de llargues longituds d'ona, i es comporten com a lents de gradient d'índex. En aquest règim, la dispersió es redueix enormement i, en una configuració axisimètrica, a causa de l'acoblament de la simetría amb les fonts acústiques que radien feixos sonors, l'eficiència de radiació s'incrementa significativament. D'altra banda, la teoria d'homogeneïtzació es pot utilitzar per a modelar, dissenyar i caracteritzar un dispositiu eficient de focalització basat en aquests conceptes. Considerem ara una estructura periòdica en la qual un dels seus paràmetres de xarxa, com ara la constant de xarxa o el factor d'ompliment canvia gradualment al llarg de la direcció de propagació. Els cristalls chirped representen aquest concepte i s'utilitzen ací per a demostrar un mecanisme nou d'intensificació d'ones sonores basat en el fenòmen conegut com a reflexió "suau". La intensificació està relacionada amb la alentiment progressiva de l'ona conforme propaga al llarg del material, que està associada amb la velocitat de grup de la relació de dispersió local en els diferents plànols del cristall. Es proposa un model basat en la teoria de modes acoblats per a predir i interpretar este efecte. Dos fenòmens diferents cal destacar quan es tracta d'estructures periòdiques amb dissipació. Per un costat, al considerar la propagació d'ones sonores en el plànol en un array periòdic de capes absorbents, s'observa una disminució anòmala de l'absorció i es combina amb un augment simultani de reflexió i transmissió en les freqüències de Bragg que contrasta amb la usual disminució de transmissió, característica dels sistemes conservatius a eixes freqüències. Per a un medi similar de capes, amb un reflector rígid darrere, les ones fora del pla incidint l'estructura des de un medi homogeni, augmentaran considerablement la interacció. En altres paraules, el retràs temporal de les ones sonores dins del sistema periòdic augmentarà significativament produint un augmen / Cebrecos Ruiz, A. (2015). Transmission, reflection and absorption in Sonic and Phononic Crystals [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/56463 / Premios Extraordinarios de tesis doctorales / Compendio