The subject of this thesis is scattering of electromagneticwaves from planar and curved periodic structures. The problemspresented are solved in the frequency domain. Scattering from planar structures with two-dimensionalperiodic dependence of constitutive parameters is treated. Theconstitutive parameters are assumed to vary continuously orstepwise in a cross section of a periodically repeating cell.The variation along a longitudinal coordinate z is arbitrary. Ageneral skew lattice is assumed. In the numerical examples, lowloss and high loss dielectric materials are considered. Theproblem is solved by expanding the .elds and constitutiveparameters in quasi-periodic and periodic functionsrespectively, which are inserted into Maxwell’s equations.Through various inner products de.ned with respect to the cell,and elimination of the longitudinal vector components, a linearsystem of ordinary di.erential equations for the transversecomponents of the .elds is obtained. After introducing apropagator, which maps the .elds from one transverse plane toanother, the system is solved by backward integration.Conventional thin metallic FSS screens of patch or aperturetype are included by obtaining generalised transmission andre.ection matrices for these surfaces. The transmission andre.ection matrices are obtained by solving spectral domainintegral equations. Comparisons of the obtained results aremade with experimental results (in one particular case), andwith results obtained using a computer code based on afundamentally di.erent time domain approach. Scattering from thin singly curved structures consisting ofdielectric materials periodic in one dimension is alsoconsidered. Both the thickness and the period are assumed to besmall. The .elds are expanded in an asymptotic power series inthe thickness of the structure, and a scaled wave equation issolved. A propagator mapping the tangential .elds from one sideto the other of the structure is derived. An impedance boundarycondition for the structure coated on a perfect electricconductor is obtained. Keywords:electromagnetic scattering, periodicstructure, frequency selective structure, frequency selectivesurface, grating, coupled wave analysis, electromagneticbandgap, photonic bandgap, asymptotic boundary condition,impedance boundary condition, spectral domain method,homogenisation

<p>The subject of this thesis is scattering of electromagneticwaves from planar and curved periodic structures. The problemspresented are solved in the frequency domain.</p><p>Scattering from planar structures with two-dimensionalperiodic dependence of constitutive parameters is treated. Theconstitutive parameters are assumed to vary continuously orstepwise in a cross section of a periodically repeating cell.The variation along a longitudinal coordinate z is arbitrary. Ageneral skew lattice is assumed. In the numerical examples, lowloss and high loss dielectric materials are considered. Theproblem is solved by expanding the .elds and constitutiveparameters in quasi-periodic and periodic functionsrespectively, which are inserted into Maxwell’s equations.Through various inner products de.ned with respect to the cell,and elimination of the longitudinal vector components, a linearsystem of ordinary di.erential equations for the transversecomponents of the .elds is obtained. After introducing apropagator, which maps the .elds from one transverse plane toanother, the system is solved by backward integration.Conventional thin metallic FSS screens of patch or aperturetype are included by obtaining generalised transmission andre.ection matrices for these surfaces. The transmission andre.ection matrices are obtained by solving spectral domainintegral equations. Comparisons of the obtained results aremade with experimental results (in one particular case), andwith results obtained using a computer code based on afundamentally di.erent time domain approach.</p><p>Scattering from thin singly curved structures consisting ofdielectric materials periodic in one dimension is alsoconsidered. Both the thickness and the period are assumed to besmall. The .elds are expanded in an asymptotic power series inthe thickness of the structure, and a scaled wave equation issolved. A propagator mapping the tangential .elds from one sideto the other of the structure is derived. An impedance boundarycondition for the structure coated on a perfect electricconductor is obtained.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>electromagnetic scattering, periodicstructure, frequency selective structure, frequency selectivesurface, grating, coupled wave analysis, electromagneticbandgap, photonic bandgap, asymptotic boundary condition,impedance boundary condition, spectral domain method,homogenisation</p>

Sensing in harsh environments is always in great need. Although many sensors and sensing systems are reported, such as optical fiber sensors and acoustic sensors, they all have drawbacks. In this dissertation, fused quartz and sapphire acoustic waveguides and sensors are developed for high temperature and heavy gamma radiation. The periodic structure, acoustic fiber Bragg grating (AFBG), is the core sensor structure in this dissertation. To better analyze the propagation of acoustic waves, the acoustic coupled more analysis is proposed. It could solve for the reflection spectrum of the AFBG with at most 2.1% error. For the waveguide, the fused quartz "suspended core" waveguide is designed. It achieved strong acoustic energy confinement so surface perturbations no longer affected the wave propagation. Single crystal sapphire fiber features low acoustic loss, and survivability under high temperature. It is also chosen as an acoustic waveguide. AFBGs are fabricated in both waveguides. The fused quartz suspended core AFBG is shown to sense temperature up to 1000 C and to have stable reading at 700 C for 14 days. The sapphire AFBG as a temperature sensor works up to 1500 C and also provides continuous stable reading at 1100 C for 12 days. Both waveguides with AFBGs are then tested under long-term gamma radiation. Despite some fluctuations from radiation-related causes, the readings of both sensors generally remain stable. Given the experimental observations, the fused quartz AFBG waveguide and the sapphire AFBG waveguide are shown to work well in high temperature and gamma radiations. / Doctor of Philosophy / Sensing in harsh environments, like high temperature, high pressure, and corrosive environment, is always in great need. Efficient and safe operation of instruments like nuclear reactors could be better secured. Although many sensors and sensing systems are reported, such as optical fiber sensors and acoustic sensors, they all have drawbacks so new designs are constantly in need. In this dissertation, silica (a glass commonly acquired by melting sand) and sapphire (used in iphone screens due to its transparency and hardness) acoustic waveguides and sensors are developed. A periodic structure known as acoustic fiber Bragg grating (AFBG) is the core sensor structure in this dissertation. A calculation method is proposed first. Acoustic wave needs a waveguide to propagate somewhere further, and a new waveguide structure is made to keep the acoustic energy within the very center of the waveguide, so any change on the outer surface does not affect the wave inside. Also, sapphire has good acoustic property and is used. The AFBGs are fabricated in both waveguides. These sensing waveguides are shown to work at >1000 C temperature and provide stable reading for more than 10 days. Long term exposure to gamma radiation for weeks or months resulted in stable performances. Therefore, it is concluded that silica and sapphire waveguide sensors are successfully developed for high temperature and nuclear radiation applications.

In this dissertation, we first provide a short introduction to qualitative homogenization of elliptic equations and systems. We collect relevant and known results regarding elliptic equations and systems with rapidly oscillating, periodic coefficients, which is the classical setting in homogenization of elliptic equations and systems. We extend several classical results to the so called case of perforated domains and consider materials reinforced with soft inclusions. We establish quantitative H1-convergence rates in both settings, and as a result deduce large-scale Lipschitz estimates and Liouville-type estimates for solutions to elliptic systems with rapidly oscillating periodic bounded and measurable coefficients. Finally, we connect these large-scale estimates with local regulartity results at the microscopic-level to achieve interior Lipschitz regularity at every scale.

In this study, we investigate and fabricate two-dimensional ordered lattice structure by breath figures method. The breath figures pattern was prepared with the solution of carbon disulfide (CS2) doped with 1% weight concentration of polystyrene. The temperature and the humidity were controlled at ~23¢J and ~60 %, respectively. The breath figures pattern began to expand while CS2 is under evaporation. We explored the relationship between self-assemble of the water droplet and ordered structure via the solution height, the temperature evolution, and the dynamical optical images in the formation process of breath figures pattern. It was found that the radius of the water droplets varying with time follows the power law, £l ~ t £go; £g0=0.76. The fast Fourier transformation and Voronoi Diagram were used to conform that the formation of the breath figures pattern varied form a disordered state to an ordered state with the evaporation of CS2. The understanding of the breath figures pattern provides us to fabricate the photonics with size from nano- to micro-scale and to improve the application of nano device.

Work is focused on both theoretical knowledge of the electromagnetic field and the specific properties of metamaterials measured. First, be informed about the fundamentals of electromagnetic fields, the issue of periodic structures to the properties required metastructures. Further experimental work is designed to measure the properties of metamaterials. The measurements will be used as harmonic signals and broadband signals in the frequency range 100MHz to 10GHz. In the last part of the proposed work is carried out experimental work and are evaluated some characteristics of the antennas and measurement of the selected sample.

Mon travail de thèse porte sur la modélisation électromagnétique et l'imagerie de structures périodiques désorganisées. Un certain motif dans une subdivision élémentaire (une "cellule") est répété dans les autres cellules de la structure dans certaines directions de l'espace. Cette répétition est désorganisée par un changement des propriétés des matériaux et/ou géométries des parties constitutives, dans une ou plusieurs cellules. Au premier niveau de modélisation, ces panneaux sont une succession de plaques planes l'une sur l'autre. Chacun se compose d'un agencement linéaire régulier de longs cylindres avec mêmes sections circulaires finies, tous orientés dans la même direction: nous les appelons "fibres", chaque cylindre résultant de l'hypothèse d'un faisceau de fibres de petite taille. Le matériau constitutif des fibres est différent du matériau d'enrobage (matrice) et le renforce. Chaque plaque est constituée de fibres avec différents axes pour assurer la robustesse. Il y a peu ou beaucoup de plaques, avec la répétition d'une petite pile de plaques. Pour les panneaux conducteurs (à base de carbone), l'imagerie est MHz ; pour des panneaux sans pertes ou à faibles pertes (à base de verre), l'imagerie est micro-onde (quelques dizaines de GHz, voire plus, THz). Il pourrait y avoir des cylindres manquants ou déplacés à l'intérieur d'une plaque, avec des changements conséquents dans éventuellement plusieurs cellules, adjacentes ou non. Des dommages locaux peuvent également se produire, entraînant des changements dans la forme ou les propriétés électromagnétiques d'un ou plusieurs cylindres dans une ou plusieurs cellules dans une ou plusieurs plaques. Un caractère aléatoire de la distribution des inclusions pourrait tenir compte des incertitudes de positionnement par rapport aux géométries supposées. Illuminer correctement les structures et la collecte des champs résultant (dans le champ proche espérons-le, peut-être dans le champ lointain) devraient permettre leur imagerie et concourir à leur diagnostic. Ainsi, si une structure périodique sous interrogation est désorganisée, on souhaite imager cette structure tout en prenant soin au mieux de l'information préalable sur la périodicité et la désorganisation, sur les systèmes de détection, et, évidemment, à propos des besoins et des limites de l'essai. / My PhD work is about electromagnetic modeling and imaging of disorganized periodic structures. A certain pattern in an elementary subdivision (a “cell”) is repeated in the other cells of the structure into certain directions of space. This repetition is disorganized by a change of material properties and/or geometries of the constitutive parts, within one or more cells. At first level of modeling, these panels are a succession of planar plates one over the other. Each consists of a regular linear arrangement of long cylinders with same finite circular sections, all orientated into the same direction: we call them “fibers”, each cylinder resulting from the assumption of a bundle of small-size fibers. The constitutive material of the fibers differs from the embedding material (matrix) that they reinforce. Each plate is made of fibers with different axes for sturdiness. There are few or many plates, with repetition of a small stack of plates. For conductive panels (carbon-based), imaging is MHz; for lossless or weakly lossy panels (glass based), imaging is microwave (a few tens GHz, possibly more). There might be missing/displaced cylinders inside a plate, with consequent changes in possibly several cells, adjacent or not. Local damages might occur also, leading to changes in shape or electromagnetic properties of one or more cylinders in one or more cells in one or more plates. Randomness in distribution of the inclusions might account for uncertainties of positioning with respect to assumed geometries. Properly illuminating the structures and collecting the resulting fields (in the near-field hopefully, possibly in the far-field) should allow their imaging and concur to their diagnostics. So, a periodic structure under interrogation is disorganized. One wishes to successfully image the structure while taking care at best of prior information on periodicity and disorganization, on sensing systems, and obviously of needs and limitations of the testing. The PhD benefits from a grant from the Chinese Scholarship Council.

Ce travail consiste à développer un logiciel métier basé sur la modélisation thermomécanique linéaire de l'échangeur tout en intégrant les techniques d'homogénéisation. Une méthodologie de modélisation de l'échangeur constitué par un empilement de différentes ondes et tôles brasées, est donc adoptée. Cette méthodologie suppose que le comportement global de chaque couche d'ondes et tôles, est encadré par deux comportements limites déterminés par des approches mécanique périodique (HMP) et cinématique périodique (HCP). Ces deux approches sont mises en œuvre pour l’application numérique tout en étudiant le chargement interne global dû à la température et à la pression. Un outil d'homogénéisation (HomPass) est ensuite développé afin de déterminer automatiquement les comportements équivalents à chaque onde et tôle brasées. Cela contribue au développement de l'outil métier final (SiTEME) dédié à l'étude thermomécanique globale de l'échangeur. / This work consists of developing a software tool based on the linear thermomechanical modeling of the heat exchanger using homogenization techniques. A methodology for modeling the heat exchanger constituted by stacking of different brazed fins and sheets is adopted. This methodology assumes that the global behavior of every layer of fins and sheets is found between two behavior limits determined by periodic mechanical approach (HMP) and periodic kinematical approach (HCP). These techniques are implemented for numerical application while studying global loading due to the temperature and pressure internal loads. A homogenization tool (HomPass) is then developed in order to calculate automatically equivalent behaviors to each layer of brazed fins and sheets. That contributes to the development of the final software tool (SiTEME) dedicated to the global thermomechanical study of the heat exchanger.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'étude de l'intégration des fonctions d'amortissement vibroacoustique dans des plaques en matériau composite. Dans un premier temps, pour une méta-plaque non composite, les caractéristiques d'atténuation des vibrations ont été étudiées avec un réseau périodique de résonateurs (poutre-masse) attachés à une plaque.L'effet de périodicité et des résonances locales permet de bloquer la propagation d'ondes sur des plages de fréquences données, appelée bandes interdites. Des simulations numériques basées sur la MEF ont permis de calculer les diagrammes de bandes des plaques périodiques et d'analyser la sensibilité de ces bandes interdites aux différents paramètres de conception de méta-plaque. Les calculs de coefficient de transmission d'une onde plane selon la direction perpendiculaire à la zone traitée, mettent en évidence la présence des bandes interdites prédites par le diagramme de bande. Les réponses fréquentielles de plusieurs modèles sont comparées, pour mettre en évidence les écarts entre une structure infinie et une structure finie. Une méthode automatique originale est mise au point pour détecter les gammes de fréquences des bandes interdites pour une méta-plaque finie.Ces méthodes théorique et expérimentale sont alors appliquées à des plaques composites SMC avec des perforations périodiques. Des essais avec une excitation unidirectionnelle et une excitation ponctuelle sont réalisés. L'influence de chaque type de sollicitation sur la réponse vibratoire des plaques est analysée pour mettre en évidence la détectabilité des bandes interdites. Enfin, la robustesse des bandes interdites aux variations du réseau périodique est validée. / The vibration attenuation characteristics of a metamaterial plate were investigated theoretically and experimentally with a 2-dimensional periodic array of resonators (mass-beam) attached to a thin homogeneous plate.The sensitivity analysis of the band gap frequency range took into account the uncertainties of all the design parameters of the metamaterial plate. The theoretical approach used the finite element method (FEM) to compare the predicted band gaps with those derived from infinite and finite models of the metamaterial.An original automatic method is proposed to detect the frequency ranges of band gaps in finite metamaterial based on the behavior of the corresponding bare plate. Directional plane wave excitation and point force excitation were applied to evaluate the efficiency of the detection method. The results of these analyses were compared with experimental measurements. Frequency ranges of experimental vibration attenuation are in good agreement with the theoretically predicted complete and directional band gaps.These theoretical and experimental methods are then applied to SMC (Sheet Molding Compound) composite plates with periodic perforations. Tests with unidirectional excitation and point force excitation are performed. The influence of each type of excitation on the vibratory response of the plates is analyzed in order to demonstrate the detectability of the bands gaps.Finally, the robustness of the band gap to the variations of the periodic lattice is validated following an integration of perturbations: addition of local mass on half of the unit cells according to a periodic or random positions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:15:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigo Antonio da Silva.pdf: 16150641 bytes, checksum: 4f03858f903f15428bb43b27fd6e1fe8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In this work we investigate parameter planes constructed for a set of three autonomous, ten-parameter, first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which models a tri-trophic food web system. By using Lyapunov exponents, bifurcation diagrams, and trajectories in the phase-space, to numerically characterize the dynamics of the model in a parameter plane, we show that it presents typical periodic structures embedded in a chaotic region, forming spiral structures that coils up around a focal point while period-adding bifurcation take place. / Nesse trabalho investigamos planos de parâmetros construídos para um conjunto de três equações diferenciais ordinárias, autônomas, não lineares de primeira ordem com dez parâmetros que modela uma cadeia alimentar tritrófica. Usamos expoentes de Lyapunov, diagramas de bifurcação, e curvas no espaço de fase para caracterizar numericamente a dinâmica do modelo em um plano de parâmetro e, mostramos que este apresenta estruturas periódicas típicas em meio à regiões caóticas, formando espirais que se enrolam ao redor de um ponto focal ao passo que surgem bifurcações de adição de período.