New materials and new fabrication techniques in turbomachinery lead to monolithic<p>structures with extremely low damping which may be responsible for severe vibrations<p>and possible high-cycle fatigue problems. To solve this, various techniques<p>of damping enhancement are under investigation. The present work is focused on<p>piezoelectric shunt damping.<p>This thesis considers the RL shunt damping of rotationally periodic structures using<p>an array of piezoelectric patches, with an application to a bladed drum representative<p>of those used in turbomachinery. Due to the periodicity and the cyclic symmetry of<p>the structure, the blade modes occur by families with very close resonance frequencies,<p>and harmonic shape in the circumferential direction; the proposed RL shunt<p>approaches take advantage of these two features.<p>When a family of modes is targeted for damping, the piezoelectric patches are<p>shunted independently on identical RL circuits, and tuned roughly on the average<p>value of the resonance frequencies of the targeted modes. This independent<p>configuration offers a damping solution effective on the whole family of modes, but<p>it requires the use of synthetic inductors, which is a serious drawback for rotating<p>machines.<p>When a specific mode with n nodal diameters has been identified as critical and<p>is targeted for damping, one can take advantage of its harmonic shape to organize<p>the piezoelectric patches in two parallel loops. This parallel approach reduces considerably<p>the demand on the inductors of the tuned inductive shunt, as compared<p>to independent loops, and offers a practical solution for a fully passive integration<p>of the inductive shunt in a rotating structure.<p>Various methods are investigated numerically and experimentally on a cantilever<p>beam, a bladed rail, a circular plate, and a bladed drum. The influence of blade<p>mistuning is also investigated. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This work takes place in the context of distribution power system protection and tries to improve the detection and location of earth faults. The protection problem is vast and many ideas emerge every year to enhance the reliability of the grid. The author has focused his energy into the compensated and isolated network protection in the specific case of single phase earth fault. This PhD thesis is divided in two main parts that might be considered as independent. The first part studies the detection of single phase earth fault and the second analyzes the fault location of such fault.<p><p>Pragmatism was asked during these three years because a product development was necessary especially regarding the fault detection problem. The first part of the thesis took 18 months of research and development to obtain a prototype of transient protection able to detect single phase earth fault in compensated and isolated network. The sensitivity of the algorithm has been emphasized regarding the fault impedance and to detect earth fault up to 5 kOhm depending on the network characteristic. The fault location problem has been much more theoretical although the problem links to the accuracy of the algorithm and its robustness regarding wrong fault location indication has been strongly considered.<p><p>Compensated networks and in some conditions isolated networks are distribution from 12 kV up to 110 kV mostly used in East and North Europe but also in China. Others areas also work with such networks but they also have others systems and they do not use them on all the territory. These networks have the particularity to obtain very small fault current in case of single phase earth fault. Low current means the difference between a faulty and a sound feeder is not significant. Therefore classic overcurrent protection is completely useless to protect the network, forcing the development of more complex algorithm. A possibility to overcome the problem of the small fault current is to develop a transient protection. The transient occurring at the beginning of the fault has strong information to distinguish a faulty from a sound feeder. In this work I have chosen to use not only the transient but also the steady state to get the best sensitivity.<p><p>Then the fault location has been investigated but the small information coming from the faulty feeder is not sufficient to have a precise enough position of the fault. Therefore, active system has been suggested to be implemented in the grid to increase the faulty current and have enough power for a precise location. Different existing algorithms based on the steady state at the nominal frequency are compared using a tool developed during this work. Recommendations are then made depending on the topology, the network parameters, the measurements precision, etc. Due to the complexities of the problem, a simulator has been coded in Matlab .The user of a possible fault location must then use this tool to understand and see the future fault location precision that he could obtain from different algorithm on his network. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Policies to reduce emissions from transportation are implemented by different World and European<p>associations. Personal and freight transportation is one of the key contributors in GHG<p>emissions, being the second biggest GHG emitter after energy sector in the European Union.<p>The policies to reduce emissions from transportation are focusing on the optimization of the efficiency<p>of the existing vehicles, the development of new sustainable fuels and propulsion systems<p>and the electrification of the vehicles<p>The continuously increasing price of the permanent magnets and the shortage of rare earths<p>demand the finding of alternatives for the permanent magnet synchronous machines which is<p>currently the leading technology in several domains as hybrid and full electric propulsion and<p>wind turbines due to their best overall performances.<p>The good efficiency and the large constant power-speed ratio in addition to low the cost, high<p>reliability and fault-tolerance make the SRM a candidate with real chances on the market of<p>vehicle propulsion. The main drawbacks of the SRM related to the torque ripple, noise and<p>vibration make the research object in R&Ds all over the world.<p>This thesis is focused on the development of an efficient and robust switched reluctance drive<p>which can be integrated in a hybrid dive train or can be solely used for electric vehicle traction.<p>To achieve this goal, various instantaneous and average torque control techniques are implemented<p>and compared. A converter is designed, built and integrated on a test bench which<p>allows testing SRMs for vehicle propulsion. An investigation on noise production in SRDs ends<p>the thesis. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Abstract<p><p>This thesis deals with the operation of and winding short-circuit fault detection in a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based Wind Turbine Generator System (WTGS). Both the faulted and faultless condition of operation has been studied, where the focus is on the electrical part of the system. The modelled electrical system is first simulated and the developed control system is then validated on a test bench. The test-bench component dimensioning is also discussed.<p><p>The faultless condition deals with the start-up and power production mode of operation. Control design based on the Proportional Integral (PI) control technique has been compared for power and torque control strategies against the Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control technique, at different operating points through the variable-speed region of WTGS operation following the maximum power curve of the system. It was found that the torque control strategy offered less degradation in performance for both the control techniques at operating points different for the one for which the control system was tuned. The start-up procedure of the DFIG based WTGS has been clarified and simplified. The phase difference between the stator and the grid voltage, which occurs due to the arbitrary rotor position when the rotor current control is activated, is minimized by using a sample-and-hold technique which eliminates the requirement of designing an additional controller. This method has been validated both in simulation and experiments.<p><p>The faulted condition of operation deals with the turn-turn short-circuit fault in the phase winding of the generator. The model of the generator, implemented using the winding-function approach, allows the fault to be created online both in a stator and a rotor phase. It has been demonstrated that the magnitude of the current harmonics, used extensively in literature for the Machine Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) technique for winding short-circuit fault detection, is very different when the location of the fault is changed to another coil within the phase winding. This makes the decision on the threshold selection for alarm generation difficult. Furthermore, the control system attenuates the current harmonics by an order of magnitude. This attenuation property is also demonstrated through experiments. The attention is then shifted to the negative-sequence current component, resulting from the winding unbalance, as a possible fault residual. Its suitability is tested in the presence of noise for scenarios with different fault locations, fault severity in terms of the number of shorted-turns and grid voltage unbalance. It is found that due to the presence of a control system the magnitude of the negative-sequence current, resulting from the fault, remains almost the same for all fault locations and fault severity. Thus, it was deemed more suitable as a fault residual. In order to obtain a fast detection method, the Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) algorithm was used. The test function is compared against a threshold, determined on the basis of expected residual magnitude and the time selected for detection, to generate an alarm. The validation is carried out with noise characteristics different from the ones used during the design and it is shown that the voltage unbalance alone is not able to trigger a false alarm. In all the scenarios considered, the detection was achieved within 40 ms despite the presence of measurement filters. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Future generations of space-based telescopes will require increasingly large primary reflectors, with very tight optical-quality tolerances. However, as their size grow, it becomes more and more difficult to meet the requirements, due to the manufacturing complexity and the associated costs. Chapters 2 and 3 propose two concepts of Adaptive Optics deformable mirrors, intended to be used as secondary corrector to compensate for manufacturing errors, gravity release and thermal distortion of large lightweight primary mirrors of space telescopes: (i) A scalable segmented bimorph mirror, based on independent PZT patches glued on Silicon wafers, providing a large number of degrees of freedom, a low mass while overcoming the problem of a low resonance mode; and (ii) A monolithic bimorph mirror, controlled by an array of independent electrodes, done by laser ablation on a single PZT patch. The modelling, the control strategy and the technological aspects are described. The performances of the manufactured prototypes are demonstrated experimentally. These prototypes have been developed in the framework of the ESA project, Bimorph Adaptive Large Optical Mirror Demonstrator (BIALOM). Chapter 4 introduces alternative designs, allowing to face the thermal distortion inherent to the bimorph architecture. They are compared in terms of stroke, voltage budget and first resonance frequency. These designs are required to be controlled in both directions using only positive voltages. Finally, the last chapter explores the feasibility of the shape control of a small size active thin shell reflector (with double curvature). The prototype is intended to be a technology demonstrator of a future large and very light active primary reflector. The behavior of the shell is studied through numerical simulations, and a preliminary design is proposed. This investigation is carried out in the framework of the ESA project: Multilayer Adaptive Thin Shell Reflectors (MATS). / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

In this dissertation the heat flux prediction capabilities of Residual Distribution (RD) schemes for hypersonic flow fields are investigated. Two canonical configurations are considered: the flat plate and the blunt body (cylinder) problems, with a preference for the last one. Both simple perfect gas and more complex thermo-chemical non-equilibrium (TCNEQ) thermodynamic models have been considered.<p><p>The unexpected results identified early in the investigation lead to a thorough analysis to identify the causes of the unphysical hypersonic heating.<p><p>The first step taken is the assessment of the quality of flow field and heat transfer predictions obtained with RD methods for subsonic configurations. The result is positive, both for flat plate and cylinder configurations, as RD schemes produce accurate flow solutions and heat flux predictions whenever no shock waves are present, irrespective of the gas model employed.<p><p>Subsonic results prove that hypersonic heating anomalies are a consequence of the presence of a shock wave in the domain and/or the way it is handled numerically.<p><p>Regarding hypersonic flows, the carbuncle instability is discarded first as the cause of the erroneous stagnation heating. The anomalies are shown next to be insensitive to the kind and level of dissipation introduced via the (quasi-)positive contribution P to blended B schemes. Additionally, insufficient mesh resolution locally over the region where the shock wave is captured numerically is found to be irrelevant.<p><p>Capturing the bow shock in a manner that total enthalpy is preserved immediately before and after the numerical shock wave is, on the contrary, important for correct heating prediction.<p><p>However, a carefully conceived shock capturing term is, by itself, not sufficient to guarantee correct heating predictions, since the LP scheme employed (be it stand-alone in a shock fitting context or combined into a blended scheme for a shock capturing computation) needs to be immune to spurious recirculations in the stagnation point. <p><p>Once the causes inducing the heating anomalies identified, hypersonic shocked flows in TCNEQ conditions are studied.<p><p>In order to alleviate the computational effort necessary to handle many species non-equilibrium (NEQ) models, the extension of an entropic (or symmetrizing) variables formulation RD to the nS species, two temperature TCNEQ model is accomplished, and the savings in computational time it allows are demonstrated.<p><p>The multi-dimensional generalization of Roe-like linearizations for the TCNEQ model is addressed next: a study on the existence conditions of the linearized state guaranteeing discrete conservation is conducted.<p><p>Finally, the new dissipative terms derived for perfect gas are adapted to work under TCNEQ conditions; the resulting numerical schemes are free of the temperature undershoot and Mach number overshoot problem afflicting standard CRD schemes. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

<p>The use of drones, also called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is increasing every day. These aircraft are piloted either remotely by a human pilot or completely autonomously by an on-board computer. UAVs are typically equipped with a video camera providing a live video feed to the operator. While they were originally developed mainly for military purposes, many civil applications start to emerge as they become more affordable.<p><p><p>Micro air vehicles are a subgroup of UAVs with a size and weight limitation; many are designed also for indoor use. Designs with rotary wings are generally preferred over fixed wings as they can take off vertically and operate at low speeds or even hover. At small scales, designs with flapping wings are being explored to try to mimic the exceptional flight capabilities of birds and insects. <p><p><p>The objective of this thesis is to develop a control mechanism for a robotic hummingbird, a bio-inspired tail-less hovering flapping wing MAV. The mechanism should generate moments necessary for flight stabilization and steering by an independent control of flapping motion of each wing.<p><p><p>The theoretical part of this work uses a quasi-steady modelling approach to approximate the flapping wing aerodynamics. The model is linearised and further reduced to study the flight stability near hovering, identify the wing motion parameters suitable for control and finally design a flight controller. Validity of this approach is demonstrated by simulations with the original, non-linear mathematical model.<p><p><p>A robotic hummingbird prototype is developed in the second, practical part. Details are given on the flapping linkage mechanism and wing design, together with tests performed on a custom built force balance and with a high speed camera. Finally, two possible control mechanisms are proposed: the first one is based on wing twist modulation via wing root bars flexing; the second modulates the flapping amplitude and offset via flapping mechanism joint displacements. The performance of the control mechanism prototypes is demonstrated experimentally. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

A débit de données élevé, typiquement supérieur à 10 Gsymboles/s, les lignes de<p>télécommunication optique à fibre monomode souffrent de façon accrue des distorsions<p>inhérentes à la fibre et à l’architecture de transmission. Nous pouvons classer les<p>effets de fibre en plusieurs catégories:<p>– Les effets linéaires. La dispersion chromatique est entraînée par la dépendance en<p>fréquence de l’indice de réfraction de la fibre. Il en résulte un élargissement des<p>bits optiques. La dispersion des modes de polarisation prend son origine dans<p>la biréfringence de la fibre. La modélisation de cet effet est compliquée par son<p>caractère stochastique et variable dans le temps.<p>– Les effets non linéaires prennent leur origine dans un indice de réfraction de<p>fibre qui dépend du champ optique. Ces effets peuvent être classés en deux<p>catégories. Premièrement, les effets intérieurs à un canal dont le plus influant<p>est l’automodulation de phase qui découle de l’effet Kerr optique :l’intensité<p>d’une impulsion lumineuse influence sa propre propagation. Deuxièmement, il<p>existe des conséquences de l’effet Kerr par lesquelles les différents canaux, se<p>propageant au sein de la même fibre, s’influencent mutuellement. Le phénomène<p>le plus influent parmi ces derniers est la modulation de phase croisée :l’intensité<p>d’un canal influence la propagation dans un canal voisin.<p>– Les pertes par diffusion Rayleigh sont compensées par les amplificateurs distribués<p>le long de la ligne de transmission. L’amplification optique par l’intermédiaire<p>d’émission stimulée dans des dispositifs dopés aux ions Erbium est<p>accompagnée d’émission spontanée amplifiée. Ceci entraîne la présence d’un<p>bruit blanc gaussien se superposant au signal à transmettre.<p>– La gestion des canaux dans le réseau optique implique la présence dans les noeuds<p>du réseau de filtres de sélection, des multiplexeurs et démultiplexeurs.<p>Nous examinerons aussi les effets de ligne non inhérents à la fibre mais à l’architecture<p>de transmission. Les modèles de l’émetteur et du récepteur représentent les imperfections<p>d’implémentation des composants optiques et électroniques.<p>Un premier objectif est de définir et évaluer un format de modulation robuste aux<p>imperfections introduites sur le signal par la fibre optique et par l’émetteur/récepteur.<p>Deux caractéristiques fondamentales du format de modulation, determinants pour la<p>performance du système, sont étudiés dans ce travail :<p>– La forme d’ onde. Les symboles complexes d’information sont mis en forme par<p>un filtre passe-bas dont le profil influence la robustesse du signal vis-à-vis des<p>effets de ligne.<p>– La distribution des fréquences porteuses. Les canaux de communication sont<p>disposés sur une grille fréquentielle qui peut être définie de manière électronique<p>par traitement de signal, de manière optique ou dans une configuration hybride.<p>Lorsque des porteuses optiques sont utilisées, le bruit de phase relatif entre lasers<p>entraîne des effets d’ influence croisée entre canaux. En revanche, les limites des<p>implémentations électroniques sont données par la puissance des architectures<p>numériques.<p>Le deuxième objectif est de concevoir des techniques de traitement numérique du<p>signal implémentées après échantillonnage au récepteur afin de retrouver l’information<p>transmise. Les fonctions suivantes seront implémentées au récepteur :<p>– Les techniques d’estimation et d’égalisation des effets linéaires introduits par la<p>fibre optique et par l’émetteur et le récepteur. Le principe de l’égalisation dans<p>le domaine fréquentiel est de transformer le canal convolutif dans le domaine<p>temporel en un canal multiplicatif qui peut dès lors être compensé à une faible<p>complexité de calcul par des multiplications scalaires. Les blocs de symboles<p>émis doivent être rendus cycliques par l’ajout de redondance sous la forme d’un<p>préfixe cyclique ou d’une séquence d’apprentissage. Les techniques d’égalisation<p>seront comparées en termes de performance (taux d’erreurs binaires, efficacité<p>spectrale) et en termes de complexité de calcul. Ce dernier aspect est particulièrement<p>crucial en vue de l’optimisation de la consommation énergétique du<p>système conçu.<p>– Les techniques de synchronisation des signaux en temps/fréquence. Avant de<p>pouvoir égaliser les effets linéaires introduits dans la fibre, le signal reçu devra<p>être synchronisé en temps et en fréquence sur le signal envoyé. La synchronisation<p>est généralement accomplie en deux étapes principales :l’acquisition réalisée<p>avant de recevoir les symboles d’information don’t l’objectif est une première<p>estimation/compensation des effets de manière "grossière", le tracking réalisé en<p>parallèle à l’estimation des symboles d’information dont l’objectif est l’estimation<p>/compensation des effets de manière "fine". Les algorithmes d’acquisition et<p>de tracking peuvent nécessiter l’envoi d’informations connues du récepteur.<p>– Les techniques d’estimation et de compensation des imperfections de fonctionnement<p>de l’émetteur et du récepteur. Une structure de compensation des effets<p>introduits par les composants optiques et électroniques sera développée afin de<p>relâcher les contraintes d’implémentation de l’émetteur et du récepteur.<p>Etant donné la très haute cadence à laquelle les échantillons du signal sont produits<p>(plusieurs dizaines de Gech/s), une attention particulière est portée à la complexité de<p>calcul des algorithmes proposés. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Atmospheric boundary layer flows are characterized by the coexistence of a broad range of scales. These scales cover from synoptic- (100-5000 km) and meso-scales (1-100 km) up to three-dimensional micro-scale turbulence (less than a few kilometers). This multiscale nature inherent to atmospheric flows clearly determines the behaviour of the atmospheric boundary layer, whose structure and evolution are of major importance for the wind energy community. This PhD thesis is focused on the development of a numerical methodology that allows to include contribution from all the above mentioned scales, with the purpose of improving the representation of boundary layer processes. The multiscale numerical methodology is developed based on a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.<p><p>Prior to the development of the multiscale numerical methodology, one-year of sonic anemometer and wind LiDAR measurements from the FINO1 offshore platform are analyzed. A comprehensive database of offshore measurements in the lowest 250 m of the boundary layer is developed after quality data check and correction for flow distortion effects by the measurement mast, allowing the characterization of the offshore conditions at FINO1. Spectral analysis of high frequency sonic anemometer measurements is used to estimate a robust averaing time for the turbulent fluxes that minimizes non-universal contributions from mesoscale structures but captures the contribution from boundary layer turbulence, employing the Ogive function concept. A stability classification of the measurements is carried out based on the Obukhov length. Results compare well to other surface layer observational studies while vertical wind speed profiles exhibit the expected stability-dependency.<p><p>Although NWP models have been extensively used for weather forecasting purposes, a comprehensive analysis of its suitability to meet the wind energy requirements needs to be carried out. The applicability of the WRF mesoscale model to reproduce offshore boundary layer characteristics is evaluated and validated against field measurements from FINO1. The ability of six planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterizations to account for stability effects is analyzed. Overall, PBL parameterizations are rather accurate in reproducing the vertical structure of the boundary layer for convective and neutral stabilities. However, difficulties are found under stable stratifications, due to the general tendency of PBL formulations to be overdiffusive and therefore, not capable to develope the strong vertical gradients found in the observations. A low-level jet and a very shallow boundary layer cases are simulated to provide further insights into the limits of the parameterizations.<p><p>Large-eddy simulations (LES) based on averaged conditions from a convective episode at FINO1 are conducted to understand the mechanisms of transition and equilibration that occur in turbulent one-way nested simulations. The nonlinear backscatter and anisotropy subgrid scale model with a prognostic turbulent kinetic energy equation is found to be capable of providing similar results when performing one-way nested large-eddy simulations to a reference stand-alone domain using periodic lateral boundary conditions. A good agreement is obtained in terms of velocity shear and turbulent fluxes of heat and momentum, while velocity variances are overestimated. A considerable streamwise fetch is needed following each domain transition for appropriate energy levels to be reached at high wavelengths and for the solution to reach quasi-stationary results. A pile-up of energy is observed at low wavelengths on the first nested domain, mitigated by the inclusion of a second nested domain with higher resolution that allows the development of an appropriate turbulent energy cascade.<p><p>As the final step towards developing the multiscale capabilities of WRF, the specific problem of the transition from meso- to micro-scales in atmospheric models is addressed. The challenge is to generate turbulence on inner LES domain from smooth mesoscale inflow. Several new methods are proposed to trigger the development of turbulent features. The inclusion of adequate potential temperature perturbations near the inflow boundaries of the LES domain results in a very good agreement of mean velocity profiles, variances and turbulent fluxes, as well as velocity spectra, when compared to periodic stand-alone simulations. This perturbation method allows an efficient generation of fully developed turbulence and is tested under a broad range of atmospheric stabilities: convective, neutral and stable conditions, showing successful results in all the regimes. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This work is focused on modelling of atmospheric pressure high frequency (HF) discharges operated at relatively low power densities. Two types of devices are considered – the radio frequency capacitively coupled atmospheric pressure plasma jet and the microwave discharge sustained by surface electromagnetic waves. They are addresses as the plasma shower and the surface-wave discharge (SWD). Both of the considered devices operate in argon at atmospheric pressure (p = 1 bar). However, the difference in the frequency of the power coupling mechanism induces a big difference in plasma properties. This implies also that different modelling approaches have to be employed. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished