Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Bereitstellung eines geeigneten Simulationswerkzeuges für die numerische Untersuchung der beim Rollkontakt zwischen Rad und Schiene auftretenden Phänomene. Hierbei liegt das Hauptaugenmerk auf der kontinuumsmechanischen Formulierung des mechanischen Feldproblems kontaktierender Körper sowie dessen numerischer Lösung mittels der Finite-Element-Methode. Zur Reduzierung des bei der Simulation von Rollkontakt aus der notwendigen sehr feinen Diskretisierung der Kontaktgebiete resultierenden numerischen Aufwandes wird eine relativkinematische Beschreibung herangezogen. Diese gemischte LAGRANGE-EULER-Betrachtungsweise beruht auf der Zerlegung der Bewegung in einen Starrkörperanteil und eine dazu relative Deformation. Die Herleitung der Bewegungsgleichung für das Kontaktproblem erfordert die relativkinematische Formulierung der kontinuumsmechanischen Grundgleichungen, d.h. der Bilanzgleichungen sowie der konstitutiven Beziehungen. Eine geeignete Kontaktmechanik einschließlich der Berücksichtigung des Kontakts rauer Oberflächen und veränderlicher Kontaktrandbedingungen ist ebenfalls notwendig. Die physikalische Einbindung der Körper in die Umgebung erfolgt über NEUMANNsche und DIRICHLETsche Randbedingungen. Auf dieser Basis können die Bewegungsgleichungen der Elastomechanik hergeleitet werden, welche sich jedoch einer analytischen Lösung verschließen. Somit werden sie in ihrer schwachen Form im integralen Mittel formuliert, was der Anwendung des Prinzips der virtuellen Verschiebungen als Ausgangspunkt für die numerische Lösung entspricht. Die rechentechnische Umsetzung erfordert die inkrementelle und diskrete Formulierung der Bewegungsgleichungen unter besonderer Beachtung der Trägheits-und Kontaktterme, wobei auf die Unterscheidung zwischen Haften und Gleiten beim Tangentialkontakt besonderes Augenmerk gelegt wird. Die numerische Lösung des Finite-Element-Gleichungssystems liefert den aktuellen Beanspruchungszustand zweier Körper im Rollkontakt. Die Funktionsfähigkeit der entwickelten Algorithmen wird abschließend anhand aussagekräftiger Beispielrechnungen zum statischen Kontakt und zum stationären Rollkontakt demonstriert, deren Ergebnisse gute Übereinstimmung mit analytischen Vergleichslösungen, soweit verfügbar, aufweisen. / Scope of this work is the preparation of a suitable simulation tool for the numerical investigation of rolling contact phenomena. The main focus lies on the continuum–mechanical formulation of the mechanical field problem of contacting bodies and its numerical solution within the framework of the Finite Element Method. For reducing the numerical effort in rolling contact simulation, induced by the necessity of a very fine discretization within the expected contact area, a relative–kinematical description is utilized. This arbitrary LAGRANGian–EULERian approach is based upon the decomposition of the total motion into a rigid body motion and a superimposed deformation. The derivation of the equation of motion for the contact problem requires the relative–kinematical formulation of the continuum–mechanical fundamental equations, i. e. the balance equations and the constitutive relations. A suitable contact model including the contact of rough surfaces and varying contact boundary conditions is also necessary. The physical embedding into the environment is accomplished by NEUMANN and DIRICHLET boundary conditions. Based upon that foundation the elastomechanics’ equations of motion are derived, which however can not be solved analytically in general. Hence, the equations of motion are transferred into their weak form by the application of the principle of virtual displacements serving for the numerical solution. The implementation of the problem demands for an incremental and discrete formulation of the equations, especially regarding the terms of inertia and the contact terms. Thereby, special attention has to be paid to the distinction between sticking and sliding within the framework of the tangential contact analysis. The numerical solution of the finite elements’ system of equations provides the state of stress, displacement and contact of two bodies in rolling contact. The reliability of the developed algorithms is finally verified by means of meaningful numerical examples for both static contact and for stationary rolling contact, whereby the numerical results coincide well with available analytical reference solutions.

Le service des urgences est un important service de soins qui représente le goulot d'étranglement de l'hôpital. Les urgences sont souvent confrontées à des problèmes de tension dans de nombreux pays à travers le monde. L'une des causes de la tension dans les urgences est l'interférence permanente entre trois types de patients : les patients déjà programmés, les patients non programmés et les patients non programmés urgents. Le but de cette thèse est de contribuer à l'étude et au développement d'un système d’aide à la décision pour améliorer la prise en charge des patients aussi bien en mode de fonctionnement normal qu’en mode tension. Deux principaux processus ont été développé. Un processus d’ordonnancement à horizon glissant en utilisant un algorithme mimétique avec l’intégration des opérateurs génétiques contrôlés pour déterminer un calendrier optimal de passage des patients. Le deuxième processus d’orchestration dynamique, à base d’agents communicants, tient compte de la nature dynamique et incertaine de l'environnement des urgences en actualisant continuellement ce calendrier. Cette orchestration pilote en temps réel le workflow du parcours patient, améliore pas à pas les indicateurs de performance durant l'exécution. Grâce aux comportements des agents et aux protocoles de communication, le système proposé a établi un lien direct en temps réel entre les performances requises sur le terrain et les actions afin de diminuer l'impact de la tension. Les résultats expérimentaux, mis en œuvre au CHRU de Lille, indiquent que l’application de nos approches permet d’améliorer les indicateurs de performance grâce aux pilotage par les agents du workflow en cours exécution. / The emergency department is an important care service that represents the hospital's bottleneck. Emergencies often face overcrowding problems in many countries worldwide. One of the causes of the emergency department overcrowding is the permanent interference between three types of arriving patients: already programmed patients, non-programmed patients and urgent non-programmed patients. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the study and development a decision support system to improve patient management in both normal and overcrowding situation. Two main processes have been developed. A rolling-horizon scheduling process using a memetic algorithm with the integration of controlled genetic operators to determine an optimal schedule for patient. The second dynamic orchestration process, based on communicating agents, takes into account the dynamic and uncertain nature of the emergency environment by continually updating this schedule for patient. This orchestration monitoring in real time the workflow of the patient pathway improves step by step the performance indicators during the execution. Through agent behaviors and communication protocols, the proposed system has established a direct real-time link between the required performances and the effective actions in order to decrease the overcrowding impact. The experimental results in this thesis, implemented at the Regional University Hospital Center (RUHC) of Lille, justify the interest of the application of our approaches to improve the performance indicators thanks to the agents driven patient pathway workflows during their execution.

Energi är en resurs som måste användas effektiv för att undvika onödig negativ miljöpåverkan och utgifter. Återmatning från nedåtgående malmtåg till uppåtgående malmtåg leder till en effektivisering i energiutnyttjande. Beräkningen av den återmatade energin utgår ifrån tågets lägesenergi och förlusterna från räls, lutning, vind och kurvor. Totalt kan återmatning av energi ge en besparing på 20 % för enkelspår och 20 % respektive 21 % för dubbelspår. Dubbelspår kan ha mer trafik än enkelspår men förhållandet mellan konsumerad och återmatad energi är i princip den samma. Återmatning av energi minskar järnvägens negativa påverkan på miljön. Företagens utgifter minskas med denna besparing då mindre energi behövs köpas in utifrån. / Energy is a limited recourse and the use of energy has to be as effective as possible to avoid harmful effects on the environment and to cut spending. Reusing the energy the ore train uses to climb the mountains of northern Sweden through regenerative breaking leads to a more effective use of energy. Calculation of energy uses the trains’ stored energy and the losses during its journey along Malmbanan. This results in a total power save of 20 % for single track and between 20 % and 21 % for double track. Traffic on double track can increase but the relationship between regenerated and consumed energy will be the same. Regenerating energy on the railway reduces today’s negative impact on the environment and leads to savings in energy cost for the company.

The wheel-rail contact is at the core of all research related to vehicle-track interaction. This tiny interface governs the dynamic performance of rail vehicles through the loads it transmits and, like any high stress concentration zone, it is subjected to serious damage phenomena. Thus, a clear understanding of the rolling contact between wheel and rail is key to realistic vehicle dynamic simulation and damage analyses. In a multi-body-system simulation package, the essentially demanding contact problem should be evaluated in about every millisecond. Hence, a rigorous treatment of the contact is highly time consuming. Simplifying assumptions are, therefore, made to accelerate the simulation process. This gives rise to a trade-off between accuracy and computational efficiency of the contact models in use. Historically, Hertz contact solution is used since it is of closed-form. However, some of its underlying assumptions may be violated quite often in wheel-rail contact. The assumption of constant relative curvature which leads to an elliptic contact patch is of this kind. Fast non-elliptic contact models are proposed by others to lift this assumption while avoiding the tedious numerical procedures. These models are accompanied by a simplified approach to treat tangential tractions arising from creepages and spin. In this thesis, in addition to a literature survey presented, three of these fast non-elliptic contact models are evaluated and compared to each other in terms of contact patch, pressure and traction distributions as well as the creep forces. Based on the conclusions drawn from this evaluation, a new method is proposed which results in more accurate contact patch and pressure distribution estimation while maintaining the same computational efficiency. The experience gained through this Licentiate work illuminates future research directions among which, improving tangential contact results and treating conformal contacts are given higher priority. / <p>QC 20130911</p>

The recent emphasis on magnesium alloys can be appreciated by following the research push from several agencies, universities and editorial efforts. With a density equal to two-thirds of Al and one-thirds of steel, Mg provides the best opportunity for lightweighting of metallic components. However, one key bottleneck restricting its insertion into industrial applications is low strength values. In this respect, Mg-Y-Nd alloys have been promising due to their ability to form strengthening precipitates on the prismatic plane. However, if the strength is compared to Al alloys, these alloys are not attractive. The primary reason for low structural performance in Mg is related to low alloying and microstructural efficiency. In this dissertation, these terminologies are discussed in detail. A simple calculation showed that the microstructural efficiency in Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy is 30% of its maximum potential. Guided by the definitions of alloying and microstructural efficiency, the two prime objectives of this thesis were to: (i) to use thermomechanical processing routes to tailor the microstructure and achieve high strength in an Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy, and (ii) optimize the alloy chemistry of the Mg-rare earth alloy and design a novel rare—earth free Mg alloy by Calphad approach to achieve a strength of 500 MPa. Experimental, theoretical and computational approaches have been used to establish the process-structure-property relationships in an Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy. For example, increase in strength was observed after post aging of the friction stir processed/additive manufactured microstructure. This was attributed to the dissolution of Mg2Y particles which increased the alloying and microstructural efficiency. Further quantification by numerical modeling showed that the effective diffusivity during friction stir processing and friction stir welding is 60 times faster than in the absence of concurrent deformation leading to the dissolution of thermally stable particles. In addition, the investigation on the interaction between dislocations and strengthening precipitate revealed that, specific defects like the I1 fault aid in the accelerated precipitation of the strengthening precipitate in an Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy. Also, the effect of external field (ultrasonic waves) was studied in detail and showed accelerated age hardening response in Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy by a factor of 24. As the bottleneck of low strength is addressed, the answers to the following questions are discussed in this dissertation: What are the fundamental micro-mechanisms governing second phase evolution in an Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy? What is the mechanical response of different microstructural states obtained by hot rolling, friction stir processing and friction stir additive manufacturing? Is defect engineering critical to achieve high strength Mg alloys? Can application of an external field influence the age hardening response in an Mg-4Y-3Nd alloy? Can a combination of innovative processing for tailoring microstructures and computational alloy design lead to new and effective paths for application of magnesium alloys?

Este documento describe la elaboración de un concreto poroso con fibra de polipropileno (CPF). Se propone este material como una alternativa para reducir la contaminación sonora causada por la interacción entre el neumático y calzada. La propuesta consta de dos etapas de estudio: Elaboración de un concreto poroso y evaluación acústica mediante un modelo matemático microestructural. En la primera etapa, se evaluó dieciséis diseños, los cuales de cada mezcla se realizaron doce muestras para posteriormente ser sometidas al ensayo de resistencia a la compresión. Así se obtuvieron un total de 192 probetas que fueron evaluadas a los 7, 14 y 28 días de tiempo de curado. Los diseños están compuestos con agregados recomendados por el ACI 522R, agregados de HUSO 8 y agregados de HUSO 67, de los cuales se pretende seleccionar un concreto poroso que pueda cumplir las especificaciones mínimas de un pavimento manteniendo un porcentaje de vacíos óptimo para su posterior evaluación acústica. De los diseños obtenidos se estudió la influencia de la porosidad y porcentaje de vacíos en las propiedades mecánicas del concreto. De esta manera, se encontró una dosificación de CPF adecuado para la propuesta con una relación agua cemento de 0.36, fibra tipo I, 0% de aditivo y piedra de HUSO 8, con el cual se obtuvo una resistencia a la compresión de 296.37 kg/cm2, con el cual se cumplía los requisitos mínimos de resistencia del concreto para su aplicación a un pavimento. En la segunda etapa, se pretende obtener resultados del coeficiente de absorción acústica mediante una simulación numérica basados en la teoría microestructural de Neithalath. Este modelo fue aplicado a los diseños de CPF obtenidos en la primera parte, teniendo en cuenta el tamaño, forma de los agregados y la relación de vacíos. El desarrollo de este modelo matemático y su correlación con las mediciones físicas permiten la predicción del coeficiente máximo absorción acústica de un CPF basado en las características geométricas de la estructura de poros. Los diseños óptimos sometidos a la simulación numérica obtuvieron un coeficiente de absorción acústica de 0.79 y 0.63 para agregados de HUSO 8 y HUSO 67 respectivamente. De esta manera, con la investigación y experimentación se llegó a la conclusión que el CPF permite reducir el ruido generado por la interacción del neumático y la calzada, con lo cual se verificó un nuevo beneficio del concreto poroso en la ingeniería de pavimentos. / This document describes the fabrication of a polypropylene fiber (CPF) porous concrete. This material is proposed as an alternative to reduce noise pollution caused by the interaction between the tire and road. The proposal consists of two stages of study: Preparation of a porous concrete and acoustic evaluation using a microstructural mathematical model. In the first stage, sixteen designs were evaluated, of which twelve samples were made from each mixture and subsequently subjected to the compression resistance test. Thus, a total of 192 specimens were obtained, which were evaluated at 7, 14 and 28 days of curing time. The designs are composed of aggregates recommended by ACI 522R, aggregates of HUSO 8 and aggregates of HUSO 67, of which it is intended to select a porous concrete that can meet the minimum specifications of a pavement while maintaining an optimal percentage of voids for its subsequent evaluation. acoustics. The influence of porosity and void percentage on the mechanical properties of concrete was studied from the designs obtained. In this way, a suitable CPF dosage was found for the proposal with a water-cement ratio of 0.36, type I fiber, 0% additive and HUSO 8 stone, with which a compressive strength of 296.37 kg / cm2, with which the minimum strength requirements of concrete for its application to a pavement were met. In the second stage, it is intended to obtain results of the acoustic absorption coefficient by means of a numerical simulation based on the microstructural theory of Neithalath. This model was applied to the CPF designs obtained in the first part, taking into account the size, shape of the aggregates and the ratio of voids. The development of this mathematical model and its correlation with physical measurements allow the prediction of the maximum acoustic absorption coefficient of a CPF based on the geometric characteristics of the pore structure. The optimal designs submitted to the numerical simulation obtained a sound absorption coefficient of 0.79 and 0.63 for aggregates of HUSO 8 and HUSO 67 respectively. In this way, with the investigation and experimentation, it was concluded that the CPF allows to reduce the noise generated by the interaction of the tire and the road, which verified a new benefit of porous concrete in pavement engineering. / Tesis

Thesis(MPAM.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Road traffic injuries negatively impact on the health and the development of the world’s population. The situation is not different in South Africa, particularly in Polokwane, Limpopo Province. In this area, over the past years there has been a steady annual increase of the number of fatalities in the national and provincial roads. This has necessitated the national department of transport to implement mitigating plans with the objective of promoting road safety. It is envisaged that if national road safety plan known as the National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) is clearly defined and effectively implemented, the road fatalities can drastically be reduced. The plan provides some focus areas to be looked at in a way to promote road safety and reduce road accidents. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the NREP, whether it is consistently implemented; and to identify the gaps that affect the implementation process, and to recommend the mitigating factors that will improve the implementation processes of the NREP. A mixed method research approach was used in conducting the study. The first phase entails the collection of quantitative data through structured questionnaires involving traffic officers and traffic managers; while a second phase entails qualitative data collected through focus group discussions that involved traffic officers. The results show the extent at which the traffic officers are involved in the implementation of the NREP. To note, the findings are generalised to the national traffic operations. The study focussed on only one geographical area, namely Limpopo province in South Africa, and not on road transport operations in other parts of the country. Future research should expand on the nationalisation of traffic law enforcement officers.

Over the last few decades, the complexity and variety of automation systems have increased dramatically. Commissioning has grown more and more critical for the entire industry. Conventional commissioning is time-consuming and expensive. It's always been a challenge in manufacturing to put new designs into production or implement new technologies, control codes, or tactics. In Virtual Commissioning (VC), control programs of the physical system's Digital Twin (DT) can be validated in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) before the actual commissioning. The emergence of new VC tools and methods has become a tremendous advantage, bringing the values of shorter duration, flexibility, and lower risks to the commissioning process. In this thesis, advanced process control was developed using the software Matlab and Simulink in conjunction with the engineering tools S7-PLCSIM Advanced and STEP 7 TIA Portal to conduct VC. A VC approach with four key steps is taken to evaluate the possibility of validating advanced process control. The steps are modeling DT of a rolling mill, model-based control design, simulation model development in Simulink, communication between the simulation model and the PLC program using S-7 TIA Portal, and PLCSIM Advanced. Also, a simulated Human-Machine Interface was designed to operate and visualize the process. VC of the rolling mill process was verified and validated by Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) and SIL simulation. The simulation gives satisfactory results as both MIL and SIL show identical outputs of the process.

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Inledning: Traditionell budget har fått mycket kritik under åren vilket har resulterat i att nya alternativa metoder har växt fram. Ett alternativ till den traditionella budgeten är rullande prognoser, vilket också har erhållit en del kritik. Det är vanligt att kombinera dessa metoder men däremot finns det inte mycket forskning om hur detta gör samt varför företag väljer att kombinera dessa styrmedel. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att skapa en förståelse för hur och varför ett företag styr sin verksamhet genom att använda en kombination av en traditionell budget och rullande prognoser. Metod: Studien utgår från en kvalitativ metod med ett abduktivt angreppssätt. Den empiriska datan har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter med olika befattningar på företaget. Intervjuerna har även kompletterats med internt material som har tillhandahållits från fallföretaget. Slutsats: Fallföretaget använder sig av en traditionell budget och rullande prognoser som ett komplement till varandra. Företaget har synkat processerna vilket har gjort att två processer blir en. De använder styrmedlena till störst del till samma syften, däremot används de för olika tidsaspekter. Att kombinera dessa styrmedel har inte visat sig vara tidskrävande för företaget, vilket kan vara till följd av att de har en gemensam process för båda styrmedlena och för att de används för liknande syften. De orsaker som identifierades till att företaget använde sig av en kombination av styrmedlena är för att styrelsen vill det, de är vana vid det och för att de ska kunna erhålla en bättre kontroll över verksamheten. / Introduction: Traditional budgeting has received much criticism over the years, which has resulted in the emergence of new alternative methods. An alternative to the traditional budget is rolling forecasts, which have also received some criticism. It is common to combine these methods, but there is not much research on how this is done and why companies choose to combine these instruments. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how and why a company manages its business by using a combination of a traditional budget and rolling forecasts. Method: The study is based on a qualitative method with an abductive approach. The empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews with respondents with different positions at the company The interviews have also been supplemented with internal material provided by the case company. Conclusion: The case company uses a traditional budget and rolling forecasts as a complement to each other. The company has synchronized the processes, which has made two processes one. They mostly use the instruments for the same purposes, however, they are used for different time aspects. Combining these instruments has not proved to be time consuming for the company, which may be because they have a common process for both instruments and because they are used for similar purposes. The company uses a combination of the instruments because the board wants it, they are used to it and because they want to obtain better control over the business.