Most engineering structures include nonlinearity to some degree. Depending on the dynamic conditions and level of external forcing, sometimes a linear structure assumption may be justified. However, design requirements of sophisticated structures such as satellites, stabilized weapon systems and radars may require nonlinear behavior to be considered for better performance. Therefore, it is very important to successfully detect, localize and parametrically identify nonlinearity in such cases. In engineering applications, the location of nonlinearity and its type may not be always known in advance. Furthermore, as the structure will be excited from only a few coordinates, the frequency response function matrices will not be complete. In order to parametrically identify more than one type of nonlinearity which may co-exist at the same location with the above mentioned limitations, a method is proposed where restoring force surface plots are used which are evaluated by describing function inversion. Then, by reformulating this method, a second method is proposed which can directly evaluate the total describing function of more than one type of nonlinearity which may co-exist at the same location without using any linear frequency response function matrix. It is also aimed in this study to use the nonlinearity localization formulations for damage localization purposes. The validation of the methods developed in this study is demonstrated with case studies based on simulated experiments, as well as real experiments with nonlinear structures and it is concluded that the methods are very promising to be used in engineering structures.

Orientador: José Luiz Gasche / Resumo: A maioria dos sistemas de refrigeração por compressão de vapor utiliza compressores alternativos, considerados mecanismos importantes na era moderna. O ciclo de operação de um compressor alternativo é descrito por uma série de fenômenos complexos ocorrendo em um curto período de tempo. Dentre os fatores considerados importantes para e ciência termodinâmica dos compressores, destacam-se as válvulas que controlam os processos de sucção e de descarga, que são responsáveis por grandes perdas termodinâmicas no ciclo. Parte das perdas ocorre no sistema de válvulas, particularmente na válvula de sucção, onde as instabilidades do seu movimento reduzem a e ciência do processo de sucção. Como uma forma de reduzir os problemas gerados pelas instabilidades no funcionamento da válvula de sucção, propomos a utilização de um esbarro para limitar a abertura máxima da válvula, reduzindo sua instabilidade e aumentando a e ciência do compressor. Mostramos experimentalmente que existe uma posição de equilíbrio que mantém a válvula aberta sem instabilidades e que esta posição varia, aproximadamente, linearmente com o número de Reynolds. / Mestre

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Inverse analysis of nonlinear dynamic systems is an important area of research in the eld of structural health monitoring for civil engineering structures. Structural damage usually involves localized nonlinear behaviors of dynamic systems that evolve into different classes of nonlinearity as well as change system parameter values. Numerous parametric modal analysis techniques (e.g., eigensystem realization algorithm and subspace identification method) have been developed for system identification of multi-degree-of-freedom dynamic systems. However, those methods are usually limited to linear systems and known for poor sensitivity to localized damage. On the other hand, non-parametric identification methods (e.g., artificial neural networks) are advantageous to identify time-varying nonlinear systems due to unpredictable damage. However, physical interpretation of non-parametric identification results is not as straightforward as those of the parametric methods. In this study, the Multidegree-ofFreedom Restoring Force Method (MRFM) is employed as a semi-parametric nonlinear identi- fication method to take the advantages of both the parametric and non-parametric identification methods. The MRFM is validated using two realistic experimental nonlinear dynamic tests: (i) largescale shake table tests using building models with different foundation types, and (ii) impact test using wind blades. The large-scale shake table test was conducted at Tongji University using 1:10 scale 12-story reinforced concrete building models tested on three different foundations, including pile, box and fixed foundation. The nonlinear dynamic signatures of the building models collected from the shake table tests were processed using MRFM (i) to investigate the effects of foundation types on nonlinear behavior of the superstructure and (ii) to detect localized damage during the shake table tests. Secondly, the MRFM was applied to investigate the applicability of this method to wind turbine blades. Results are promising, showing a high level of nonlinearity of the system and how the MRFM can be applied to wind-turbine blades. Fuiii ture studies were planned for the comparison of physical characteristic of this blade with blades created made of other material.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第24220号 / 工博第5048号 / 新制||工||1788(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市社会工学専攻 / (主査)教授 五十嵐 晃, 教授 杉浦 邦征, 教授 KIM Chul-Woo / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM