Design problems involve finding optimal plans that minimize cost and maximize information about the effects of changing experimental variables on some response. Information is typically measured through statistically meaningful functions, or criteria, of a design's corresponding information matrix. The most common criteria implicitly assume equal interest in all effects and certain forms of information matrices tend to optimize them. However, these criteria can be poor assessments of a design when there is unequal interest in the experimental effects. Morgan and Wang (2010) addressed this potential pitfall by developing a concise weighting system based on quadratic forms of a diagonal matrix W that allows a researcher to specify relative importance of information for any effects. They were then able to generate a broad class of weighted optimality criteria that evaluate a design's ability to maximize the weighted information, ultimately targeting those designs that efficiently estimate effects assigned larger weight. This dissertation considers a much broader class of potential weighting systems, and hence weighted criteria, by allowing W to be any symmetric, positive definite matrix. Assuming the response and experimental effects may be expressed as a general linear model, we provide a survey of the standard approach to optimal designs based on real-valued, convex functions of information matrices. Motivated by this approach, we introduce fundamental definitions and preliminary results underlying the theory of general weighted optimality. A class of weight matrices is established that allows an experimenter to directly assign weights to a set of estimable functions and we show how optimality of transformed models may be placed under a weighted optimality context. Straightforward modifications to SAS PROC OPTEX are shown to provide an algorithmic search procedure for weighted optimal designs, including A-optimal incomplete block designs. Finally, a general theory is given for design optimization when only a subset of all estimable functions is assumed to be in the model. We use this to develop a weighted criterion to search for A-optimal completely randomized designs for baseline factorial effects assuming all high-order interactions are negligible. / Ph. D.

Esta tese trata o escoamento ao redor de um cilindro logo após a sua primeira instabilidade, dentro do seu regime bidimensional periódico. A abordagem é principalmente teórica, passa por experimentos e culmina em uma importante parte numérica que complementa a teoria com evidências e ilustrações. As principais contribuições são a análise sobre a composição modal da solução dentro do regime periódico e o método desenvolvido para identificar autovetores de uma linearização da equação de Navier-Stokes presentes em uma dada solução. As bases compostas pelos autovetores identificados servem para a projeção da equação de Navier-Stokes e dão a essência dos modelos reduzidos deste estudo. A aplicação numérica apresentada para Re = 60 traz duas iterações do processo, com duas bases de autovetores de dimensões 12 e 24. Os modelos reduzidos são numericamente estáveis e a sua integração apresenta custo várias ordens mais baixo que o da simulação numérica completa. As séries temporais das coordenadas e as bases de autovetores possibilitam a recomposição do escoamento e a sua comparação com a simulação numérica de referência. A análise de aderência foi baseada nas médias temporais, nos valores de Strouhal e na estrutura dos harmônicos. Ambos modelos reduzidos têm correspondência próxima com o comportamento assintótico do escoamento e a tendência convergente das iterações é clara. As simetrias espaciais e temporais dos harmônicos são facilmente identificadas na estrutura dos modelos, de forma que as bases construídas podem ser entendidas como conjuntos de estruturas coerentes do fenômeno. / This thesis concerns the flow past a cylinder just after its first bifurcation, within its two-dimensional periodic regime. The approach is mainly theoretical, goes through experiments and is concluded by an important numerical part which complements the theory with evidences and illustrations. The main contributions are the analysis concerning the modal composition of the solution within the periodic regime and a method to identify eigenvectors of some linearizaton of the Navier-Stokes equation participating on a given solution. The bases spanned by the identified eigenvectors are employed in the projection of the Navier-Stokes equation and are central to the reduced models of this study. The numerical results for Re = 60 present two iterations of the process, with two bases of dimensions 12 e 24. The reduced models are numerically stable and their integration is many orders less costly than that of the full simulation. The time series of the modal coordinates and the eigenvectors bases allow the recomposition of the flow and its comparison with the full simulation results. The convergence analysis was based on the time averages, the Strouhal number values and the harmonic structure. Both reduced models have close correspondence with the asymptotic behavior of the flow and the convergent trend of the iterations is clear. The space and time symmetries of the harmonics have a simple representation within the structure of the models, therefore the identified bases can be understood as sets of coherent structures of the phenomenon.

Resumo: Quatro experimentos foram conduzidos para avaliar o efeito do sombreamento artificial e da pintura dos telhados na melhoria do conforto térmico de modelos reduzidos simulando galpões avícolas. Em todos os experimentos foram utilizadas coberturas com telha de fibrocimento, novas, sem cimento amianto, com 4,0mm de espessura. O Experimento 1 foi realizado na Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), câmpus de São Luís, onde foram testados cinco tipos de coberturas: 1- sem tela, sem pintura (STSP - controle); 2- com tela a 0,05m de altura da telha, sem pintura (CT5SP); 3- com tela a 0,05m de altura da telha, com pintura (CT5CP); 4- com tela a 0,08m de altura da telha, sem pintura (CT8SP) e 5- com tela a 0,08m de altura da telha, com pintura (CT8CP). Foram determinados o Índice de Temperatura de Globo Negro e Umidade (ITGU), a Carga Térmica de Radiação (CTR) e a Entalpia Específica (H). As colheitas das variáveis meteorológicas (temperaturas de globo negro, de bulbo seco, de bulbo úmido e velocidade do vento) foram realizadas durante 12 dias experimentais (04 a 15 de nov. de 2009) às 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 e 16:00 horas. O tipo de cobertura CT5SP foi o que apresentou os melhores valores para ITGUcorr (79,81) e H (78,84 KJ.Kg-1 de ar seco). O melhor resultado para CTRcorr foi apresentado pelo tratamento CT5CP (480,12 W.m-2). O Experimento 2 foi realizado na Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), câmpus de Jaboticabal, onde foram testados os mesmos tipos de coberturas do Experimento 1. As colheitas e registro das variáveis meteorológicas foram realizadas por 40 dias (13 de fev. a 24 de mar. de 2010), nos mesmos horários do Experimento 1. O tipo cobertura que proporcionou menor resultado para o ITGU (83,86) e H (86,41 KJ.Kg-1 de ar seco) foi o CT8CP. A menor CTR (549,52 W.m-2) foi verificada na cobertura CT5CP. O Experimento 3 objetivou verificar o efeito de dois tipos de telas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Four experiments were conducted to assess the effect of shading and painting of roofs improving thermal comfort in reduced models of poultry houses. In all the experiments were used with roofing cement tile, new, no asbestos cement, with 4.0 mm thick. The first experiment was conducted at the Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), campus of São Luís, where were tested five types of coverage: 1 - no shading, no paint (STSP - control), 2 - with shading 0.05 m in height tile, unpainted (CT5SP) 3 - with shading 0.05 m in height tile with painting (CT5CP) 4 - with shading 0.08 m in height tile, unpainted (CT8SP) and 5 - with shading 0.08 m height of the tile with painting (CT8CP). Were evaluated the index of black globe temperature and humidity (BGTHI), the Heat Load (HL) and the specific enthalpy (H). The readings of meteorological variables (black globe temperature, dry bulb, wet bulb temperatures and wind speed) were measured during 12 experimental days (from nov. 4th to 15th, 2009) at 10:00, 12:00, 14: 00 and 16:00 hours. The type of coverage CT5SP had the lowest values for BGTHI (79,81) and H (78,84 KJ.Kg-1 dry air). The best result for CTRcorr (480,12 W.m-2) was presented by treatment CT5CP. The second experiment was conducted at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), campus of Jaboticabal, where were tested the same types of coverages of Experiment 1. The collection and recording of meteorological variables were performed for 40 days (from feb. 13th to 24th, 2010), at the same times of Experiment 1. The type coverage that provided smaller results for the BGTHI (83,86) and H (86,41 KJ.Kg-1 dry air) was CT8CP. The lower HL (549,52 W.m-2) was verified with the coverage CT5CP. The third experiment aimed at assessing the effect of two types of shading screens (50 and 80%) on the thermal comfort... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Renato Luís Furlan / Coorientador: Adhemar Pitelli Milani / Banca: Euclides Braga Malheiros / Banca: José Eduardo Pitelli Turco / Banca: Iran José Oliveira da Silva / Banca: Francisca Neide Costa / Doutor

De nouveaux outils de modélisation permettant de contribuer au développement de véhicules silencieux sont développés. Ils sont fondes sur des modèles continus de propagation d'ondes en milieux poro- et viscoélastiques. Par l'exploitation des spécificités géométriques des éléments étudiés, les temps de calculs associes peuvent être grandement améliorés par rapport a l'utilisation de modélisations plus traditionnelles. Ainsi, l'utilisation de fonctions analytiques pré-déterminées pour une ou deux directions permet de réduire la dimension spatiale du problème numérique restant a résoudre. Cette réduction de dimension spatiale est introduite pour deux configurations privilégiées. Premièrement, elle est appliquée a la propagation d'ondes au sein de cylindres creux, infiniment longs, et homogènes, ou guides d'onde, en matériau viscoélastique. Les solutions obtenues en termes d'ondes sont ensuite utilisées afin de modéliser des amortisseurs de vibration en caoutchouc, de longueur finie, en faisant correspondre les modes aux conditions limites radiales du problème. Dans un deuxième temps, une méthode de réduction de la dimension spatiale du problème est appliquée a la modélisation des tructures multicouches avec symétrie de révolution, composées de domaines poro-élastiques, élastiques et fluides. En utilisant une décomposition en série harmonique de la dépendance spatiale azimutale,le problème d'origine, en trois dimensions, est décomposé en plusieurs petits problèmes de deux dimensions, réduisant radicalement le coût en temps de calcul. De plus, par une méthode mixte alliant mesures et méthodes numériques, les caractéristiques d'un amortisseur visqueux de poids lourd sont déterminées, dans le domaine fréquentiel audible, illustrant l'influence des coussinets en caoutchouc au niveau des attaches avec les pièces voisines. Les approches de modélisation présentées dans cette thèse ont pour but de contribuer aux outils de conception de véhicules nouveaux, intégrant de nouvelles technologies permettant de s'inscrire dans l'objectif de produire des véhicules durables. Tout particulièrement, ces outils ont pour objectif l'amélioration de la modélisation des vibrations et nuisances sonores, qui sont souvent pénalisés lors de la conception de nouveaux concepts de véhicules durables. / New modelling tools intended to contribute to the development of components for quieter vehicles are developed. The tools are based on continuum models for wave propagation in poro– and visco–elastic media. By using geometric attributes of the studied components, the computational cost may be radically decreased compared to traditional methods. By assigning known analytical functions for one or two of the spatial directions, the spatial dimension of the remaining numerical problem is reduced. This reduction of spatial dimensions is performed in two di↵erent ways. The first one treats wave propagation in infinitely extended homogeneous and hollowed cylindrical rods, or wave guides, consisting of visco–elastic media. The wave solutions obtained are then used to model rubber vibration isolators of finite length by mode–matching the fields to the radial boundary conditions of interest. The second one is a method for modelling rotationally symmetric multilayered structures consisting of poro–elastic, elastic and fluid domains. By using a harmonic expansion for the azimuthal spatial dependence, the original three–dimensional problem is split up into several, much smaller, two– dimensional ones, radically decreasing the computational load.Moreover, using a mixed measurement/modelling approach, the audible frequency range characteristics of a viscous damper from a truck is studied, illustrating the influence of the rubber bushings by which it is attached to surrounding structures.The modelling approaches presented in this thesis are intended as tools aiding the design process of new vehicles, enabling new technology striving for more sustainable vehicle concepts. More specifically, the tools aim to improve the modelling of sound and vibration properties which are often penalised when seeking new, more sustainable vehicle designs.

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Esta tese trata o escoamento ao redor de um cilindro logo após a sua primeira instabilidade, dentro do seu regime bidimensional periódico. A abordagem é principalmente teórica, passa por experimentos e culmina em uma importante parte numérica que complementa a teoria com evidências e ilustrações. As principais contribuições são a análise sobre a composição modal da solução dentro do regime periódico e o método desenvolvido para identificar autovetores de uma linearização da equação de Navier-Stokes presentes em uma dada solução. As bases compostas pelos autovetores identificados servem para a projeção da equação de Navier-Stokes e dão a essência dos modelos reduzidos deste estudo. A aplicação numérica apresentada para Re = 60 traz duas iterações do processo, com duas bases de autovetores de dimensões 12 e 24. Os modelos reduzidos são numericamente estáveis e a sua integração apresenta custo várias ordens mais baixo que o da simulação numérica completa. As séries temporais das coordenadas e as bases de autovetores possibilitam a recomposição do escoamento e a sua comparação com a simulação numérica de referência. A análise de aderência foi baseada nas médias temporais, nos valores de Strouhal e na estrutura dos harmônicos. Ambos modelos reduzidos têm correspondência próxima com o comportamento assintótico do escoamento e a tendência convergente das iterações é clara. As simetrias espaciais e temporais dos harmônicos são facilmente identificadas na estrutura dos modelos, de forma que as bases construídas podem ser entendidas como conjuntos de estruturas coerentes do fenômeno. / This thesis concerns the flow past a cylinder just after its first bifurcation, within its two-dimensional periodic regime. The approach is mainly theoretical, goes through experiments and is concluded by an important numerical part which complements the theory with evidences and illustrations. The main contributions are the analysis concerning the modal composition of the solution within the periodic regime and a method to identify eigenvectors of some linearizaton of the Navier-Stokes equation participating on a given solution. The bases spanned by the identified eigenvectors are employed in the projection of the Navier-Stokes equation and are central to the reduced models of this study. The numerical results for Re = 60 present two iterations of the process, with two bases of dimensions 12 e 24. The reduced models are numerically stable and their integration is many orders less costly than that of the full simulation. The time series of the modal coordinates and the eigenvectors bases allow the recomposition of the flow and its comparison with the full simulation results. The convergence analysis was based on the time averages, the Strouhal number values and the harmonic structure. Both reduced models have close correspondence with the asymptotic behavior of the flow and the convergent trend of the iterations is clear. The space and time symmetries of the harmonics have a simple representation within the structure of the models, therefore the identified bases can be understood as sets of coherent structures of the phenomenon.

La modélisation d'expériences de fusion par confinement inertiel fait intervenir des équations cinétiques dont la discrétisation peut être très coûteuse. La recherche de modèles simplifiés permet de réduire la taille et donc la complexité de ces systèmes. La justification mathématique de ces modèles simplifiés devient alors un enjeu central. Dans ce travail nous étudions plusieurs modèles réduits pour l'équation du transfert radiatif dans différents contextes, tant du point de vue théorique que du point de vue numérique. En particulier nous étudions l'équation du transfert radiatif relativiste dans le régime de diffusion hors équilibre, et nous montrons la convergence de la solution de cette équation vers la solution d'une équation de drift diffusion, dans laquelle les effets Doppler sont modélisés par un terme de transport en fréquence. Cette équation de transport est discrétisée par une nouvelle classe de schémas "bien équilibrés" (well-balanced), pour lesquels nous montrons que ces nouveaux schémas sont consistants lorsque la vitesse d'onde tends vers zero, par opposition aux schémas de type Greenberg-Leroux. Nous étudions également de nouveaux modèles réduits pour le scattering Compton (collision inélastique photon-électron). Une hiérarchie d'équations cinétiques non linéaires généralisant l'équation de Kompaneets pour des distributions anisotropes sont dérivées et leurs propriétés étudiées. Les modèles aux moments de type P_1 et M_1 sont dérivés à partir de l'une de ces équations, et nous montrons que la prise en compte de l'anisotropie du rayonnement peut modifier le phénomène de condensation de Bose expliqué par Caflisch et Levermore. Ce manuscrit se termine avec les comptes rendus de deux projets. Le premier est une preuve technique de la convergence uniforme du schéma de Gosse-Toscani sur maillages non structurés. Ce schéma est "asymptotic preserving", au sens ou il préserve au niveau discret la limite de diffusion pour l'équation de la chaleur hyperbolique, et cette preuve de convergence uniforme sur maillage non structurés en 2D est originale. Le second concerne la dérivation d'un modèle cinétique pour le Bremsstrahlung électron-ion qui préserve la limite thermique. / The modeling of inertial confinement experiments involves kinetic equations whose discretization can become very costly. The research of reduced models allows to decrease the size and the complexity of these systems. The mathematical justification of such reduced models becomes an important issue. In this work we study several reduced models for the transfer equation in several contexts, from the theoretical and numerical point of view. In particular we study the relativistic transfer equation in the non-equilibrium diffusion regime, and we prove the convergence of the solution of this equation to the solution of a drift diffusion equation, in which the Doppler effects are modeled by a frequency transport term. This transport equation is discretized by a new class of well-balanced schemes, and we show that these schemes are consistant as the wave velocity tends to zero, by opposition to the Greenberg-Leroux type schemes. We also study several original reduced models for the Compton scattering (inelastic electron-photon collision). A hierarchy of nonlinear kinetic equations generalizing the Kompaneets equation for anisotropic distributions are derived and their properties are studied. The M_1 and P_1 angular moments models are derived from one of these equations, and we show that the anisotropic part of a radiation beam can modify the Bose condensation phenomena observed by caflisch and Levermore. This work ends with the reports of two side projects. The first one is a technical proof of the uniform convergence of the Gosse-Toscani scheme on unstructured meshes. This scheme is asymptotic preserving, since it preserves at the discrete level the diffusion limit of the hyperbolic heat equation, and this proof on unstructured meshes in 2D is original. The second one is devoted to the derivation of a kinetic model for the electron-ion Bremsstrahlung that preserves the thermal limit.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-09-21Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:45:24Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 gomesfilho_js_dr_jabo.pdf: 765540 bytes, checksum: 15848770f797f69a1af286f79d7dc8d4 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Quatro experimentos foram conduzidos para avaliar o efeito do sombreamento artificial e da pintura dos telhados na melhoria do conforto térmico de modelos reduzidos simulando galpões avícolas. Em todos os experimentos foram utilizadas coberturas com telha de fibrocimento, novas, sem cimento amianto, com 4,0mm de espessura. O Experimento 1 foi realizado na Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), câmpus de São Luís, onde foram testados cinco tipos de coberturas: 1- sem tela, sem pintura (STSP – controle); 2- com tela a 0,05m de altura da telha, sem pintura (CT5SP); 3- com tela a 0,05m de altura da telha, com pintura (CT5CP); 4- com tela a 0,08m de altura da telha, sem pintura (CT8SP) e 5- com tela a 0,08m de altura da telha, com pintura (CT8CP). Foram determinados o Índice de Temperatura de Globo Negro e Umidade (ITGU), a Carga Térmica de Radiação (CTR) e a Entalpia Específica (H). As colheitas das variáveis meteorológicas (temperaturas de globo negro, de bulbo seco, de bulbo úmido e velocidade do vento) foram realizadas durante 12 dias experimentais (04 a 15 de nov. de 2009) às 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 e 16:00 horas. O tipo de cobertura CT5SP foi o que apresentou os melhores valores para ITGUcorr (79,81) e H (78,84 KJ.Kg-1 de ar seco). O melhor resultado para CTRcorr foi apresentado pelo tratamento CT5CP (480,12 W.m-2). O Experimento 2 foi realizado na Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), câmpus de Jaboticabal, onde foram testados os mesmos tipos de coberturas do Experimento 1. As colheitas e registro das variáveis meteorológicas foram realizadas por 40 dias (13 de fev. a 24 de mar. de 2010), nos mesmos horários do Experimento 1. O tipo cobertura que proporcionou menor resultado para o ITGU (83,86) e H (86,41 KJ.Kg-1 de ar seco) foi o CT8CP. A menor CTR (549,52 W.m-2) foi verificada na cobertura CT5CP. O Experimento 3 objetivou verificar o efeito de dois tipos de telas... / Four experiments were conducted to assess the effect of shading and painting of roofs improving thermal comfort in reduced models of poultry houses. In all the experiments were used with roofing cement tile, new, no asbestos cement, with 4.0 mm thick. The first experiment was conducted at the Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), campus of São Luís, where were tested five types of coverage: 1 - no shading, no paint (STSP - control), 2 - with shading 0.05 m in height tile, unpainted (CT5SP) 3 - with shading 0.05 m in height tile with painting (CT5CP) 4 - with shading 0.08 m in height tile, unpainted (CT8SP) and 5 – with shading 0.08 m height of the tile with painting (CT8CP). Were evaluated the index of black globe temperature and humidity (BGTHI), the Heat Load (HL) and the specific enthalpy (H). The readings of meteorological variables (black globe temperature, dry bulb, wet bulb temperatures and wind speed) were measured during 12 experimental days (from nov. 4th to 15th, 2009) at 10:00, 12:00, 14: 00 and 16:00 hours. The type of coverage CT5SP had the lowest values for BGTHI (79,81) and H (78,84 KJ.Kg-1 dry air). The best result for CTRcorr (480,12 W.m-2) was presented by treatment CT5CP. The second experiment was conducted at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), campus of Jaboticabal, where were tested the same types of coverages of Experiment 1. The collection and recording of meteorological variables were performed for 40 days (from feb. 13th to 24th, 2010), at the same times of Experiment 1. The type coverage that provided smaller results for the BGTHI (83,86) and H (86,41 KJ.Kg-1 dry air) was CT8CP. The lower HL (549,52 W.m-2) was verified with the coverage CT5CP. The third experiment aimed at assessing the effect of two types of shading screens (50 and 80%) on the thermal comfort... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

La variété des concepts d’aéronef à voilure tournante n’a d’égal que l’étendue de leur champ applicatif. Une question essentielle se pose alors : quel concept est le plus adapté face à un certain nombre de missions et de spécifications ? Pour y répondre il faut pouvoir évaluer les performances de vol et les impacts environnementaux de ces appareils. Le projet de recherche fédérateur C.R.E.A.T.I.O.N. pour « Concepts of Rotorcraft Enhanced Assessment Through Integrated Optimization Network » a pour but de mettre en place une plateforme numérique de calculs multidisciplinaires et multiniveaux de modélisation capable d’évaluer de tels critères. La multidisciplinarité fait écho aux différentes disciplines associées à l’évaluation des giravions tandis que l’aspect multi-niveaux de modélisation reflète la possibilité d’étudier un concept quelque soit l’état des connaissances sur ce dernier. La thèse s’inscrit dans ce projet. Une première implication est le développement de modèles de performances de vol et leur intégration dans des boucles de calculs multidisciplinaires. Au-delà de cet aspect de modélisation physique, la multidisciplinarité touche aussi le champ des mathématiques appliquées. Les méthodes d’optimisation multi objectifs multi paramètres, l’aide à la décision pour la sélection d’un optimum de meilleur compromis, l’exploration de bases de données, la création de modèles réduits sont autant de thématiques explorées dans cette thèse. / On the one hand the diversity of rotorcraft concepts is very rich, on the other hand the extent of their applications is very wide. Then a key question is raising: What is the most suitable concept facing a number of missions and specifications ? For answering, models and methods are required for predicting and evaluating the flight performances and environmental impact of rotorcraft. The project «Concepts of Rotorcraft Enhanced Assessment Through Integrated Optimization Network» (C.R.E.A.T.I.O.N.) aims at developing a multi-disciplinary and multi-level modelling calculation chain. The multi-disciplinary feature comes from the involvement of different disciplines in rotorcraft design. The multi modelling levels are defined to allow the evaluation of any rotorcraft concept whatever the level of details available in the description data. The present thesis is part of this project. First steps are the implementation of statistical models able to initialize the rotorcraft presizing from some specifications, the development of an analytical code that evaluates flight performances and its integration into the multidisciplinary calculation chain. A preliminary design conception chain using multidisciplinary optimization is setup and applied to a practical case showing its efficiency as presizing methodology. For this purpose multi-objectives exploration algorithms and decision aid methods to select a best compromise solution are also studied. The exploration of databases and creating response surface models are other themes explored in this thesis.