Au Québec, les barrages poids en béton de plus de cinquante ans sont particulièrement étudiés depuis le séisme du Saguenay (1988, 6,2 sur l’échelle de Richter) car ils n’avaient pas été dimensionnés pour de tels aléas. Dans les codes de calculs de fiabilité d’Hydro-Québec, différents paramètres relatifs à la morphologie de l’ouvrage ainsi que des paramètres physiques et mécaniques sont nécessaires. Parmi ces derniers, la résistance au cisaillement des interfaces (béton-béton, béton-roche et roche-roche) du barrage est particulièrement importante car elle conditionne en grande partie le coefficient de sécurité. De plus, il est communément admis que la rugosité des épontes des discontinuités rocheuses conditionne le comportement mécanique en cisaillement. Cette étude se décompose en deux volets : une étude d’échantillons prélevés sur deux barrages et la réalisation d’un contact roche-béton artificiel. Tout d’abord, à partir d’essais de cisaillement sous contrainte normale constante, réalisés sur des contacts provenant de deux barrages d’hydro-Québec, l’étude en composantes principales des paramètres mécaniques et de rugosité a été menée afin de déterminer les paramètres prépondérants (Z2, Z4, Étendue). De plus, une classification de terrain des discontinuités est proposée. Cette dernière repose sur différents paramètres tels que l’angularité de la surface, le remplissage ou encore l’oxydation des épontes. Le contact roche-béton artificiel, réalisé au cours de ce travail, a été étudié dans sa globalité par différents moyens statistique et géostatistique, afin de décrire le plus précisément possible sa rugosité de surface. Une fois cette dernière connue, un plan de carottage au carottier de 150 mm de diamètre a été décidé. Les zones prélevées sont celles présentant des particularités de rugosité, comme par exemple, une angularité forte. Une fois le carottage effectué, les échantillons ont été soumis à un essai de cisaillement sous contrainte normale constante. Il en résulte une étude des paramètres mécaniques et de rugosité ainsi qu’une prise en compte de l’effet d’échelle. / In Quebec, the concrete dams over fifty years are systematically studied since the Saguenay earthquake (1988, 6.2 on the Richter scale) because they were not sized for such hazards. For calculation of the reliability codes for Hydro-Quebec structures, different parameters on the morphology of structure and the physical and mechanical parameters are needed. Among these, the shear strength of interfaces (concrete-concrete, concrete-rock rock-rock) is particularly important because it determines the safety factor in large part. Moreover, it is commonly accepted that the roughness of the surfaces of rock discontinuities determines the mechanical behavior in shear. This study is divided into two parts: a study of taking samples from two dams of Hydro-Quebec and the conception of an artificial rock-concrete contact. Firstly, from shear tests realized under constant normal load, achieved on contacts from two dams, the principal component study of mechanical and roughness parameters was conducted to determine the parameters dominate (Z2, Z4, Extent). In addition, a field classification of discontinuities is proposed. The latter depends on various parameters such as the angularity of the surface, filling or oxidation of the surfaces of the discontinuity. Artificial rock-concrete contact has been studied in its entirety by various statistical and geostatistical methods in order to describe as precisely as possible its surface roughness. Once the last known, a map of coring with a 150 mm diameter core sampler has been decided. The collected areas are those with features of roughness, for example, a high angularity. Once the coring performed, samples were tested for shear resistance under a constant normal load. It follows a study of mechanical and roughness parameter and an underline of scale effect.

The excellent lubrication present within mammalian synovial joints attracted scientific interest, and some close-to-realistic models were applied to study the mechanism in vitro. In this project, the synergistic lubrication of synovial fluid was investigated by using 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), hyaluronic acid (HA), and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS buffer) to mimic the synovial fluid. Lubrication by the model synovial fluid was studied using borosilicate glass specimens in Mini-Traction Machine (MTM). The experiments proved that the DPPC vesicle solution and mixed DPPC/HA solution had excellent lubrication ability, stemming both from adsorption of a lubricious layer at the surface of glass specimens and from presence of material reservoir available for repair of wear defects in the lubricious layer. Comparing the macroscale results obtained in this project by MTM with the results in previous studies on microscale by using AFM, we concluded that the microscale study of synergistic lubrication could predict macroscale results, even though some differences were detected due to limited possibilities for exact replication of experimental conditions at the two scales.

This study concentrates on two of the main processes involved in the fabrication of electrostatic valve assembly, thick resist photolithography and wet chemical etching of a polyamide film. The electrostatic valve has different orifice diameters of 25, 50, 75 and 100 µm. These orifice holes are to be etched in the silicon wafer with deep reactive ion etching. The photolithography process is developed to build a mask of 15 µm thick resist pattern on silicon wafer. This photo layer acts as a mask for deep reactive ion etching. Wet chemical etching process is developed to etch kapton polyamide film. This etched film is used as a stand off, gap between two electrodes of the electrostatic valve assembly. The criterion is to develop the processed using standard industry tools. Pre post etch effects, such as, surface roughness, etching pattern, critical dimensions on the samples are measured with Veeco profilometer.

The ease of manufacturing complex geometries using fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-Printing reduces the overall production cost compared with the traditional manufacturing techniques. Because of the benefits of 3D printing technologies, it is proposed to be used in the manufacturing of different products. But there is still no definite characterization of the surface quality of objects manufactured by 3D printing. Hence in order to define the texture of the surfaces produced, measurements from different samples are taken and quantified.In this study, a 3D test model consisting of various slopes is printed at different layer thicknesses and different print speeds using different 3D printers.Thus, the effect of the surface orientation on the surface roughness was studied in relation to the different layer thicknesses and different print speeds. The study samples are measured using the state of the art equipment at Halmstad University.This thesis studies the surface roughness at different slopes of FDM models.A related study on the dimensional variation between the CAD model and the actual3D printed model, and causes/reasons for the variations are analyzed.It is observed that FDM produced part surface topography is directly affected by the orientation of the surface. Also, the surface roughness increases with increase in layer thickness. The observed correlations between surface roughness and layer thickness and surface orientation could be used to better understand the behavior of FDM surfaces, thus to better quantify the surface roughness. To improve quality, it must first be quantified. It is well observed that dimensional inaccuracy exists between the CAD model and the printed part. These results suggest that there is a lot of work and improvements to be done in order to close the gap of dimensional inaccuracy and achieve a high precision commercial FDM 3Dprinting.

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of a quality assessment of a bore of shotgun barrels. There are mentioned both definitions of a quality shotgun barrel and also a quality of shotgun barrel bore. In conclusion, there are presented particular proposals for evaluation of parameters of surface texture of forged shotgun barrel blanks.

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Additive Manufacturing (AM) is on the verge of causing a downfall to conventional manufacturing with its huge potential in part manufacture. With an increase in demand for customized product, on-demand production and sustainable manufacturing, AM is gaining a great deal of attention from different industries in recent years. AM is redefining product design by revolutionizing how products are made. AM is extensively utilized in automotive, aerospace, medical and dental applications for its ability to produce intricate and lightweight structures. Despite their popularity, AM has not fully replaced traditional methods with one of the many reasons being inferior surface quality. Surface texture plays a crucial role in the functionality of a component and can cause serious problems to the manufactured parts if left untreated. Therefore, it is necessary to fully understand the surface behavior concerning the factors affecting it to establish control over the surface quality. The challenge with AM is that it generates surfaces that are different compared to conventional manufacturing techniques and varies with respect to different materials, geometries and process parameters. Therefore, AM surfaces often require novel characterization approaches to fully explain the manufacturing process. Most of the previously published work has been broadly based on two-dimensional parametric measurements. Some researchers have already addressed the AM surfaces with areal surface texture parameters but mostly used average parameters for characterization which is still distant from a full surface and functional interpretation. There has been a continual effort in improving the characterization of AM surfaces using different methods and one such effort is presented in this thesis. The primary focus of this thesis is to get a better understanding of AM surfaces to facilitate process control and optimization. For this purpose, the surface texture of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion of Metals (PBF-LB/M) have been characterized using various tools such as Power Spectral Density (PSD), Scale-sensitive fractal analysis based on area-scale relations, feature-based characterization and quantitative characterization by both profile and areal surface texture parameters. A methodology was developed using a Linear multiple regression and a combination of the above-mentioned characterization techniques to identify the most significant parameters for discriminating different surfaces and also to understand the manufacturing process. The results suggest that the developed approaches can be used as a guideline for AM users who are looking to optimize the process for gaining better surface quality and component functionality, as it works effectively in finding the significant parameters representing the unique signatures of the manufacturing process. Future work involves improving the accuracy of the results by implementing improved statistical models and testing other characterization methods to enhance the quality and function of the parts produced by the AM process.