Cette thèse a pour but l'étude de la mise en œuvre de commandes par asservissement visuel pour le contrôle actif d'un écoulement de Poiseuille. D'un point de vue général, le contrôle d'écoulements vise à modifier ou à maintenir l'état de l'écoulement, malgré une éventuelle perturbation extérieure. Une des situations d'intérêt concerne par exemple la transition vers la turbulence où l'écoulement peut devenir turbulent avec la croissance de sa densité d'énergie cinétique. La réduction de la traînée est également une application potentielle dans des problèmes d'ingénierie. Un des buts applicatifs de cette thèse cherchera ainsi à minimiser à la fois la densité d'énergie cinétique et la traînée. Des modèles numériques peuvent être utilisés pour générer un modèle d'état des équations aux dérivées partielles d'un écoulement de Poiseuille. Le modèle d'état considéré dans cette thèse s'appuie sur une représentation spectrale afin de transformer les équations aux dérivées partielles originelles en un système d'équations différentielles ordinaires. Le vecteur d'état rassemble dans notre cas la vitesse et la vorticité. Les signaux de commande dépendent eux de conditions aux limites de type Dirichlet non homogènes qui correspondent à des actions de soufflage/aspiration. Le nombre de degrés de liberté commandé du problème correspond à la dimension du signal de commande. La densité d'énergie cinétique et la traînée sont modélisées en fonction du vecteur d'état et du signal de commande. Dans cette thèse nous avons plus particulièrement considéré un asservissement visuel partitionné. Celui-ci est appliqué au modèle d'état de l'écoulement avec deux degrés de liberté afin de minimiser simultanément la densité d'énergie cinétique et la traînée. La traînée, contrairement à l'énergie cinétique, diminue de façon monotone en fonction du temps. Une augmentation du nombre de degrés de liberté permet d'améliorer la décroissance de la densité d'énergie cinétique. Lorsque le nombre de degré de liberté correspond à la dimension du vecteur d'état, et en s'appuyant sur une commande par asservissement visuel, nous montrons que la densité d'énergie cinétique décroit de façon monotone au cours du temps. Le modèle d'état de l'écoulement de Poiseuille vit dans un espace de très grande dimension. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire d'un point de vue pratique de réduire la dimension du contrôleur. Nous démontrons que la loi de commande s'appuyant sur un modèle réduit peut être appliquée au système complet. Dans ce cas la densité d'énergie cinétique décroit presque de façon monotone au cours du temps en utilisant une commande par asservissement visuel à deux degrés de liberté. / The visual servoing control approach is formulated for the flow control of the plane Poiseuille flow. Generally, the flow control can lead the flow from its current state to a desired state. In transition to turbulence, the growth of kinetic energy density can lead the flow to turbulence. Moreover, the drag reduction is a potential application in the engineering applications. Therefore, this thesis aims to minimize the kinetic energy density and the skin friction drag. The governing equations of the plane Poiseuille flow are modeled to a standard form in the automatic control. More precisely, the partial differential equations of the plane Poiseuille flow are transformed to a state space representation by using the spectral method. The streamwise and spanwise directions are discretized based on the Fourier series while the wall-normal direction is discretized based on the Chebyshev polynomials. The state vector involves the wall-normal velocity and vorticity. The control signals depend on the inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions which correspond to blowing/suction boundary control. The number of independent control signals is called the number of the degree of freedom. Moreover, the skin-friction drag and the kinetic energy density are modeled as a function of the state vector. The goal is to minimize both the skin-friction drag and the kinetic energy density by appropriate methods. The partitioned visual servoing control is used to minimize, simultaneously, the skin-friction drag and the kinetic energy density with two degrees of freedom. As a result, the behavior of the skin-friction drag monotonically decreases in time. However, the behavior of the kinetic energy density does not monotonically decrease in time, the similar results from the other methods such as: PID and LQR controls. Therefore, the number of the degree of freedom increases, which leads to the improvement of the kinetic energy density. In addition, when the number of the degree of freedom equals the number of state vector, the kinetic energy density monotonically decreases in time by using the visual servoing control. The dimension of linearized plane Poiseuille flow is large, therefore, we need to reduce the order of controller. We demonstrate that the control law based on a mode reduction can be applied for the full system. Moreover, the kinetic energy density almost will monotonically decreases in time even using two degrees of freedom when the visual servoing control is designed based on the model order reduction.

Multiphase flows abound in nature and enterprises. Our daily interactions with fluids - washing, drinking, and cooking, for example - occur at a free surface and within the realm of multiphase flows. The applications of multiphase flows within the context of emulsions, which are caused by mixing two immiscible fluids, have been of interest since the nineteenth century: compartmentalizing one fluid in another is particularly of interest in applications in pharmaceutical, materials, microfluidics, chemical, and biological engineering. Even more control in compartmentalization and delivery can be obtained through the usage of double emulsions, which are emulsions of smaller drops (i.e., inner drop) within larger drops (i.e., outer drop). The goal of this work is to understand the dynamic behavior of compound drops in confined flow at low Reynolds numbers. These behaviors include the migration patterns, limit cycles, and equilibrium locations in confined flows such as channel flows.<br> <br>Firstly, we look at non-concentric compound drops that are subject to simple shear flows. The eccentricity in the inner drop is either within the place of shear, normal to the plane of shear, or mixed. We show unreported motions that persist throughout time regardless of the initial eccentricity, given that the deformations of the inner and outer drops are small. Understanding the temporal dynamics of compound drops within the simple shear flow, one of the simplest background flows that may be imposed, allows us to probe at the dynamics of more complicated background flows.<br> <br>Secondly, we look at the lateral migration of compound drops in a Poiseuille flow. Depending on the initial condition, we show that there are multiple equilibria. We also show that the majority of initial configurations results in the compound drop with symmetry about the short wall direction. We then show the time it takes for the interfaces to merge if a given initial configuration does not reach the aforementioned symmetry.<br> <br>Thirdly, while the different equilibria of compound drops offer some positional differences at different radii ratio, we show that the lift force profiles at non-equilibrium locations offer distinctly different results for compound drops with different radii ratio. We then look at how this effect is greater than changes that arise due to viscosity ratio changes, and offer insights on what may create such a change in the lift force profile.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / With the recent advancement of computation and imaging technology, Image-based computational fluid dynamics (ICFD) has emerged as a great non-invasive capability to study biomedical flows. These modern technologies increase the potential of computation-aided diagnostics and therapeutics in a patient-specific environment. I studied three components of this image-based computational fluid dynamics process in this work. To ensure accurate medical assessment, realistic computational analysis is needed, for which patient-specific image segmentation of the diseased vessel is of paramount importance. In this work, image segmentation of several human arteries, veins, capillaries, and organs was conducted to use them for further hemodynamic simulations. To accomplish these, several open-source and commercial software packages were implemented. This study incorporates a new computational platform, called InVascular, to quantify the 4D velocity field in image-based pulsatile flows using the Volumetric Lattice Boltzmann Method (VLBM). We also conducted several parametric studies on an idealized case of a 3-D pipe with the dimensions of a human renal artery. We investigated the relationship between stenosis severity and Resistive index (RI). We also explored how pulsatile parameters like heart rate or pulsatile pressure gradient affect RI. As the process of ICFD analysis is based on imaging and other hemodynamic data, it is often time-consuming due to the extensive data processing time. For clinicians to make fast medical decisions regarding their patients, we need rapid and accurate ICFD results. To achieve that, we also developed surrogate models to show the potential of supervised machine learning methods in constructing efficient and precise surrogate models for Hagen-Poiseuille and Womersley flows.

Depuis quelques années, la microplasturgie est un secteur en plein développement. Cependant, le comportement rhéologique des matériaux polymères dans des géométries très minces (dimension inférieure à 100 µm) n’est pas bien caractérisé. Peu de travaux ont été entrepris à ce sujet, en particulier en ce qui concerne les écoulements de Poiseuille qui sont pourtant les plus représentatifs des conditions de mise en œuvre usuelles. Ainsi, ce travail a pour but la mise au point d’une méthode expérimentale permettant d’obtenir des données pertinentes afin de caractériser de façon approfondie le comportement des matériaux polymères en écoulement de Poiseuille dans des géométries micrométriques. Afin de décrire au mieux la physique de tels écoulements, nous avons également cherché à les simuler numériquement, soit en utilisant des lois de comportement classiques, soit à l’aide de modèles se référant à la dynamique moléculaire. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, une filière à fente plate instrumentée avec des capteurs de pression et température, d’entrefer variant entre 50 et 200µm, a été conçue afin d’effectuer des mesures à l’aide d’un rhéomètre capillaire. Ce dispositif a été validé en confrontant les mesures à celles obtenues par d’autres méthodes (rhéométrie capillaire en filière classique et rhéométrie dynamique). Le glissement à la paroi a également été étudié, selon la méthode de Mooney. La simulation numérique de l’écoulement a d’abord été réalisée à l’aide de POLYFLOW®. L’effet de la pression sur la géométrie ainsi que sur le matériau polymère a été étudié. Puis, l’écoulement a également été simulé sous MATLAB® en utilisant des lois constitutives de type moléculaire basées sur le modèle du tube de Doï-Edwards ainsi que sur le concept de « Molecular Stress Function » introduit par Wagner pour rendre compte des effets d’orientation des molécules (variation du diamètre du tube) dans le champ de contraintes. L’écart constaté entre ces calculs et les résultats expérimentaux est expliqué et discuté à la lumière des simulations sous POLYFLOW®. Il modifie les perspectives d’étude de ce type d’écoulements. / The rheological behavior of polymer melts in microscale geometries is not really understood yet. In such processes which involve gaps thinner than 100µm (e.g. micro-injection molding), the material behaves differently compared to macroscopic flows. Besides, most polymer processing techniques involve pressure flows and only very few studies can be found about pressure flows in such thin geometries. The aim of this study was, first, to develop an experimental method which can provide relevant data about the rheological behavior of polymer melts in pressure flow taking place in microscale geometries. In order to get better descriptions of the physics involved in such flows, numerical simulation with commercial and home-made softwares was also implemented, especially with molecular dynamics constitutive models. Thus, a modular rheometrical slit die equipped with pressure and temperature transducers was designed to be adapted to a capillary rheometer, with different gap dimensions available, between 50µm and 200µm. The device was assessed by comparing to usual rheological ones, and wall slip was investigated according to Mooney’s method. Then, simulation of the flow was performed with POLYFLOW®. The pressure effect on the geometry and on the polymer material was investigated. Besides, simulation was also conducted with MATLAB® by implementing the Doi-Edwards’ tube model (reptation theory) and the Molecular Stress Function concept of Wagner to take into account the enhanced orientation of the molecules due to the very close vicinity of the die walls. Experimental results were compared to calculations, and the discussion of the discrepancies was supported by POLYFLOW® simulations. The conclusions somewhat modify the prospects for future studies of such flows.

The fast-paced growth in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidic fabrication, porous media applications, biomedical assemblies, space propulsion, and vacuum technology demands accurate and practical transport equations for rarefied gas flows. It is well-known that in rarefied situations, due to strong deviations from the continuum regime, traditional fluid models such as Navier-Stokes-Fourier (NSF) fail. The shortcoming of continuum models is rooted in nonequilibrium behavior of gas particles in miniaturized and/or low-pressure devices, where the Knudsen number (Kn) is sufficiently large. Since kinetic solutions are computationally very expensive, there has been a great desire to develop macroscopic transport equations for dilute gas flows, and as a result, several sets of extended equations are proposed for gas flow in nonequilibrium states. However, applications of many of these extended equations are limited due to their instabilities and/or the absence of suitable boundary conditions. In this work, we concentrate on regularized 13-moment (R13) equations, which are a set of macroscopic transport equations for flows in the transition regime, i.e., Kn≤1. The R13 system provides a stable set of equations in Super-Burnett order, with a great potential to be a powerful CFD tool for rarefied flow simulations at moderate Knudsen numbers. The goal of this research is to implement the R13 equations for problems of practical interest in arbitrary geometries. This is done by transformation of the R13 equations and boundary conditions into general curvilinear coordinate systems. Next steps include adaptation of the transformed equations in order to solve some of the popular test cases, i.e., shear-driven, force-driven, and temperature-driven flows in both planar and curved flow passages. It is shown that inexpensive analytical solutions of the R13 equations for the considered problems are comparable to expensive numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation. The new results present a wide range of linear and nonlinear rarefaction effects which alter the classical flow patterns both in the bulk and near boundary regions. Among these, multiple Knudsen boundary layers (mechanocaloric heat flows) and their influence on mass and energy transfer must be highlighted. Furthermore, the phenomenon of temperature dip and Knudsen paradox in Poiseuille flow; Onsager's reciprocity relation, two-way flow pattern, and thermomolecular pressure difference in simultaneous Poiseuille and transpiration flows are described theoretically. Through comparisons it is shown that for Knudsen numbers up to 0.5 the compact R13 solutions exhibit a good agreement with expensive solutions of the Boltzmann equation.

Ce travail de thèse concerne les écoulements de fluides à seuil de contrainte autour d‘un obstacle cylindrique en milieu confiné avec une configuration d‘écoulement de Poiseuille.Expérimentalement, un banc d‘essai permettant d‘obtenir un écoulement en continu dans un circuit fermé a été mis en place. Les régimes d‘écoulement rampant, recirculant et instationnaire périodique ont été étudiés. De nouveaux résultats ont été obtenus avec un fluide newtonien et des solutions de Carbopol, polymère permettant de réaliser des fluides à seuil modèles utilisés en recherche et développement et dans l‘industrie. Une caméra rapide et un éclairage plan laser a servi pour l‘établissement d‘images qui ont ensuite été traitées par PIV. Les champs de vitesses cinématiques, les morphologies d‘écoulement et les paramètres critiques de transitions de régimes ont été déterminés.Numériquement, un modèle viscoplastique basé sur la loi de Herschel-Bulkley régularisée a été utilisé. Des résultats comme les morphologies d‘écoulement, la localisation des zones rigides, les champs de vitesses ont été obtenus. Ceci a permis de comparer les différences entre les effets liés à la nature des gels de Carbopol et la modélisation viscoplastiques. Une étude spécifique sur le glissement à l‘interface fluide-structure a également été réalisée avec l‘utilisation d‘un modèle de lubrification élasto-hydrodynamique. / The flow of yield stress fluids around a circular cylinder in a confined geometry has been investigated with a Poiseuille flow configuration.Experimentally, a test set-up was built which provides a continuous flow in a closed loop. We studied creeping, recirculating and vortex shedding flow regimes. New results has been realised with a Newtonian fluid and Carbopol solutions, models for yield stress behaviour in laboratory experiments and in industry. A high speed camera and a laser sheet have been used to perform images which are treated by PIV. Kinematic fields, flow morphologies and critical transition parameters have been determined.Numerically, a viscoplastic model based on the regularised Herschel-Bulkley law has been used. Results as flow morphologies, rigid areas and local flow parameters fields have been performed. That allowed us to compare the intrinsic effects of Carbopol solutions and the viscoplastic numerical model. A specific study on the wall slip has also been considered with an elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication model.