The purpose of this work is to identify the parameters of scaffold's mechanical properties by observing/monitoring their response to defined external mechanical strain. The first part of the work is summarizing the knowledge about the required properties of scaffolds, their production and the factors influencing production. The practical part of the work concerns itself with measurement, analysis and evaluation of data based on proprietary methodology. Based on the results at this stage of the research, we can confirm, that scaffolds have viscoelastic, or viscoplastic character and its response depends on the magnitude of deformation, state of hydration, ratio of solutions and period of networking. Keywords: scaffod, tensile test, rheologic model

This thesis addresses the application of xanthan/borate gel for lost circulation treatment. Steady shear viscometry method was applied in which the gel system was under constant shear rate while apparent viscosity was being recorded. The apparent viscosity was constant up to initial gelation time in which viscosity started to build up. Four parameters: initial and final gelation times as well as initial and final viscosities are defined and a correlation is derived between those parameters and four variables: polymer blended with crosslinker, pH-controller, and magnesium chloride concentration as well as temperature. These correlations can help the drilling industry to manage the lost circulation treatment job in a way to have enough time and pressure to pump the fluid and to optimize the time and quality required for final gel. The effects of those variables besides mixing time and shear history on gelation were also investigated. Temperature and pH-controller shortens initiation of gelation. Poly-cross shifts viscosity upward. Retarder postpones the final gelation time. Shear history does not affect initial gelation time and increase of mixing time reduces initial gelation time. This thesis also investigates the rheological model behavior of this gel system before initial gelation time which is the time allowed for pumping the fluid. Shear stress was measured at 0.1,1,50, and 450 rpm besides the conventional readings. Then residual mean squares for six common rheological models were obtained. Sisko was found to be the best fitting model based on this statistical approach. Moreover a modified Bingham-plastic and low shear yield point model are suggested.

Ballistic fabrics made from high performance polymeric fibers such as Kevlar®, Twaron® and Spectra® fibers and composites utilizing these fabrics are among the leading materials for modern body armor systems. Polymeric fibers used to produce ballistic fabrics often behave viscoelastically and exhibit time- and rate-dependent stress-strain relations. This necessitates the study of the constitutive behavior of composites filled by ballistic fabrics. Rheological models based on discrete rheological components (including spring and dashpot) have been widely used to study the viscoelastic behavior of polymeric fabrics. Such rheological (or viscoelasticity) models are qualitatively useful in understanding the effects of various micro-mechanisms and molecular features on the macroscopic responses of ballistic fabrics. In the present work, the constitutive behavior of Twaron CT709® fabric/natural rubber (Twaron®/NR) composite is studied using three viscoelasticity models (i.e., a four-parameter Burgers model, a three-parameter generalized Maxwell (GMn=1) model, a five-parameter generalized Maxwell (GMn=2) model) and a newly developed para-rheological model. The new model utilizes a three-parameter element to represent the Twaron® fabric and the affine network based molecular theory of rubber elasticity to account for the deformation mechanisms of the NR constituent. The uniaxial stress-strain relation of the Twaron®/NR composite at two constant strain rates is experimentally determined. The values of the parameters involved in all the models are extracted from the experimental data obtained in this study. The stress-relaxation response (under a uniaxial constant strain) and the creep deformation (under a uniaxial constant stress) of the composite are also experimentally measured. The three viscoelasticity models considered here are capable of predicting the viscoelastic constitutive behavior of the composite with different levels of accuracy. The stress-strain relation at each strain rate predicted by the newly developed para-rheological model is seen to be in good agreement with the measured stress-strain curve over the entire strain range studied. It is shown that the new model also predicts the elastic moduli and ultimate stress of the Twaron®/NR composite well. All the four models are found to predict the initial relaxation response of the composite fairly well, while the long-term stress relaxation is more accurately represented by the para-rheological model. An implicit solution provided by the para-rheological model is shown to predict the creep response of the composite more accurately than all the other models at both the primary and secondary stages. The mathematical complexity that arises from including an additional Maxwell element to the GMn=1 model to obtain the GMn=2 model with enhanced predictability is traded with the use of simple characteristic time functions in the para-rheological model. These functions are found to greatly improve the predictability of the newly developed model for the stress relaxation modulus and creep compliance. This study also explores the utility of the para-rheological model as a tool to probe the micromechanisms and molecular features that are causally related to the macroscopically observed viscoelastic behavior of the composite. The relaxation and creep trends predicted by the para-rheological model indicate that the long time viscoelastic response of the composite lies between that of a crosslinked polymer and a semi-crystalline thermoplastic.

Concrete, the major construction material used in the civil industry worldwide, displays remarkable performance and economic benefits. Yet, it also presents a huge environmental impact producing about 7% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2). Given the rise of global warming concerns, studies have been focusing on alternatives to reduce the amount of Portland cement (PC), which is the least sustainable ingredient of the mixture, for example by adopting particle packing model (PPM) techniques. Although a promising alternative, there is currently a lack of studies regarding the efficiently use of PPMs to reduce PC without compromising the fresh and hardened properties of the material. This work appraises the influence of PPMs and advanced mix-design techniques on the fresh (rheological behaviour) and hardened (compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, porosity, and permeability) state behaviours of systems with reduced amount of PC, the so-called low cement content (LCC) concrete. Results show that is possible to produce eco-efficient concrete maintaining and/or enhancing fresh and hardened properties of the material. Nevertheless, further durability and long-term behaviour must be performed on LCC systems.

Orientador: Geraldo de Freitas Maciel / Banca: Edson Del Rio Vieira / Banca: Jefferson B. Libardi Liborio / Resumo: Esta dissertação de mestrado traz à discussão o comportamento reológico de misturas formadas por água+colóides+detritos (areia fina), visando entender e esclarecer os processos físicos e mecânicos, tais como sedimentação e ressuspensão de materiais inertes no seio da massa fluida não-newtoniana (água+colóides), bem como verificar a validade ou adeqüabilidade do modelo reológico de Herschel-Bulkley (modelo previamente investigado e validado para misturas compostas de água+colóides) para misturas viscoplásticas com presença de grãos. A variação das propriedades reológicas das misturas, em função das características físicas dos grãos (diâmetro, massa específica e área superficial), é investigada, e um modelo de estimativa de tensão crítica é apresentado. Ademais foram realizados ensaios preliminares de escoamento de fluidos hiperconcentrados em canais inclinados, na tentativa de calibrar uma lei de atrito. Dentro dessas perspectivas, a dissertação é composta de 6 Capítulos com um denso Estado da Arte que descreve os fenômenos e mecanismos que regem os escoamentos desse tipo de compósito. Com base na literatura estudada e, a partir da análise dos resultados experimentais, pôde-se concluir que, para misturas compostas de água+colóides+detritos, o comportamento reológico das misturas é o mesmo que aquele do fluido intersticial (água+colóides), desde que a homogeneidade da mistura seja garantida (não ocorrência de sedimentação e ressuspensão sucessivas). Neste caso, o modelo reológico de Herschel-Bulkley continua sendo válido para explicar as curvas de escoamento ou de fluxo das misturas viscoplásticas com grãos. Para misturas que apresentem os fenômenos de sedimentação e ressuspensão, o modelo de Bagnold, adaptado a fluidos hiperconcentrados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This work retakes the discussion about the rheological behavior of mixtures composed by water+ kaolinitic clay+fine sand in order to investigate the physical and mechanical processes such as sedimentation and suspension of inert materials into the non-Newtonian or interstitial fluid (water+colloids), as well as verify the adaptability of the Herschel-Bulkley rheological model (model previously investigated and validated for composed mixtures of water+ kaolinitic clay) for explain the viscoplastic+coarse materials rheological properties. The variation of the rheological properties of the mixtures in function of the coarse material characteristics (diameter, specific mass and superficial area) was investigated and a model predicting yield stress was proposed. Furthermore, some tests were performed in an inclined canal to determine a friction law for this kind of fluids. Inside of these perspectives, this dissertation is composed of 6 Chapters whit a dense State of the Art describing the phenomena and their mechanisms were pointed up. Based on literature and from the experimental results, one could concluded that the viscoplastic + coarse material mixtures behavior is the same of the interstitial fluid one, since that the homogeneity of the mixture is guaranteed (not occurrence of successive sedimentation and resuspension). In this case, Herschel-Bulkley rheological model is still valid to explain the curves of flow of the viscoplastic + coarse material. For mixtures that present the phenomena of sedimentation and resuspension, Bagnoldþs model, adapted to the hyperconcentrated fluids, describes well the variations of rheological parameters in function of the shear rates applied. Finally, it could be concluded that the experiments of free surface in canals, despite partial, can... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-07-25T14:24:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Eduardo Rangel Braga.pdf: 1956266 bytes, checksum: ae6382d24285821071b6ba5bbba30198 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T14:24:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Eduardo Rangel Braga.pdf: 1956266 bytes, checksum: ae6382d24285821071b6ba5bbba30198 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior, CAPES, Brasil. / The need for technological advances in the operation of drilling wells for oil has encouraged the research and development of drilling fluids, like the study of the its flowing in different geometries. On this work is studied the flow of two drilling fluids in pipe and annular tube with the objective to evaluate rheological models that describe the fluid behavior, to characterize the flow regimes using the experimental method and compare with correlations found in literature, to evaluate equations of hydraulic diameter found in the literature, to evaluate correlations of friction factor in the turbulent regime and to propose new correlations for the friction factor in turbulent regime. The data are obtained in a pilot plant consisting of a system operating in closed circuit of 6 meters composed of horizontal tubes made of galvanized iron, arranged in three parallel lines of independent flows that allow the measurement of friction loss caused by a circular tube of 1" of diameter and by two ratios of concentric annular tubes (annulus formed by 2" and 3/4 "and 1 1/4" and 1/2"). The system consists of a tank with a capacity of 500 liters, with a mechanical stirrer, connected to a positive displacement pump of helical type with 25HP, operating with volumetric flow up to 20m3/h. The pilot plant is instrumented with a set of three transducers of pressure. The rheology of the fluid is evaluated with the aid of a FANN viscometer, model 35A. The rheological models used are the power law and Casson. The results show that the choice of equations of hydraulic diameter and friction factor are dependent on the geometry of flow and the rheological model used, showing that should be analyzed separately. The new correlations of friction factor for turbulent regime generate good results. / A necessidade de avan?os tecnol?gicos na opera??o de perfura??o de po?os de petr?leo tem incentivado a pesquisa e o desenvolvimento de fluidos de perfura??o, assim como o estudo do escoamento dos mesmos em geometrias distintas. Neste trabalho ? estudado o escoamento de dois fluidos de perfura??o em tubos e dutos anulares, com o objetivo de avaliar modelos reol?gicos que descrevam o comportamento do fluido, caracterizar os regimes de escoamento utilizando m?todo experimental e comparar com correla??es encontradas na literatura, avaliar equa??es de di?metro hidr?ulico encontradas na literatura, avaliar correla??es de fator de atrito no regime turbulento e propor novas correla??es para o fator de atrito no regime turbulento. Os dados s?o obtidos em uma unidade piloto constitu?da de um sistema operando em circuito fechado de 6 metros de extens?o horizontal composto de tubos de ferro galvanizado, dispostos em tr?s linhas paralelas de escoamento independentes que permitem a avalia??o da perda de carga ocasionada em um tubo circular de 1" de di?metro e em duas raz?es de anulares conc?ntricos (?nulo formado pelos tubos de 2" e 3/4", e 1 1/4" e ?"). O sistema ? composto de um tanque com capacidade de 500 litros, dotado de um agitador mec?nico, conectado a uma bomba de deslocamento positivo do tipo helicoidal de 25HP, operando com vaz?es de at? 20m3/h. A unidade piloto ? instrumentada com um conjunto de tr?s transdutores de press?o. A reologia do fluido ? avaliada com o aux?lio de um viscos?metro FANN, modelo 35A. Os modelos reol?gicos adotados s?o o da pot?ncia e Casson. Os resultados revelam que a escolha das equa??es de di?metro hidr?ulico e fator de atrito s?o dependentes da geometria do escoamento e do modelo reol?gico utilizado, devendo ser analisados separadamente. As novas correla??es de fator de atrito para o regime turbulento geram bons resultados.

Le sujet de thèse de doctorat s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche collaboratif entre l’Institut FEMTO-ST et le groupe SAFRAN/SNECMA. Une partie des travaux de cette thèse concerne les caractérisations thermo-physiques de polymères chargés pour différentes nuances et granulométries de poudres de superalliage destinés à être mis en forme par le procédé de Moulage par Injection de Poudre. Pour ces travaux de thèse de doctorat, trois nuances de polymères chargés composé de poudres de superalliages ont été investiguées. Deux nuances sont composées de poudres utilisées par Snecma en réparation (René 80®/Amdry D15® et RBD61) et un autre est composée de poudre d’Inconel 718. Différentes caractérisations ont été réalisées et ont permis d’optimiser le développement de mélanges chargés conduisant à l’élaboration de matériaux homogènes et injectables tout en possédant des taux de charge en poudres les plus élevés possible.Les résultats de ces travaux sont ensuite utilisés afin d’identifier différents termes présents dans les modèles analytiques de rhéologie usuels. Le développement de modèles de rhéologies spécifiques a été réalisé en incorporant aux lois rhéologiques usuelles différents termes dépendant de la surface spécifique, de la viscosité des liants employés au sein de la formulation. Le développement de ces modèles de viscosité de plus en plus complets permet d’améliorer les lois de comportements et de mieux décrire le comportement rhéologique de polymères chargés. Enfin, une simulation de l’étape de moulage par injection d’un composant aéronautique a été réalisée à l’aide du logiciel Moldflow© pour la nuance de René 80®/Amdry D15®. / The works presented in this paper were realized in collaboration between the mechanical department of FEMTO-ST Institute and the company SAFRAN/SNECMA. A part of the works of this thesis focused the thermo-physical characterizations of loaded polymers that is mixtures based of thermoplastic binders and metallic powders suitable be shaped by powder injection molding process.For this work, three different loaded mixtures composed of superalloy powder were investigated.Two were supplied by SAFRAN/SNECMA used to repair (Rene80®/AmdryD15® and RBD61) and another is composed of Inconel 718 powder. Characterizations were to carry out to optimize the development of loaded polymers and to obtain homogenous materials with high solid fraction. Then, the data were used to identified parameters of usual rheological laws. The development of specific rheological models were realized by including different parameters related to the specific surface area, binder viscosities used in the formulation. The development of these models increasingly exhaustive allows the improvement of behavior laws and to better describe the rheological behavior of superalloy-loaded polymers. Finally, a simulation of the injection molding stage of a aeronautical component was realized in the Moldflow© software for the Rene80®/AmdryD15® loaded polymer.

The aim of this work is to study the effect of thermal history to structure and properties not only of oriented polypropylene monofilaments with different orientation but of course of isotropic non-oriented polypropylene. Term thermal history includes thermal regimes from alpha relaxation temperature (T?) to melting temperature (Tm). This work consists of three parts. The changes of dynamic mechanical properties, strength, deformation and tensile modulus of polypropylene samples according to annealing temperature (Ta) are described in the first part of this work. In the second part, the changes of crystal phase are observed. Preferentially, calorimetric behaviour (DSC), changes of crystal dimensions and orientation function of crystal phase (X-ray) are observed. Measured values from the first and the second part of this work were used for calculation of total orientation function of PP samples. Rheological measurements are shown in the third part of this thesis. Rheological measurements consist of short isothermal creep, shrinkage of free tapes and static deformation at higher temperatures. Measured rheological values were performed using rheological models. Using these models characteristics of entropic spring, instantaneous elasticity and viscosity and tendency to get to state of ease were calculated.

Le transport des bruts paraffiniques, et tout particulièrement leur remise en écoulement après un arrêt, dans de longues conduites sous-marines soumises à de basses températures, peut être difficile du fait de l'augmentation de leur viscosité. Le comportement rhéologique d´une huile paraffinique modèle, possédant des propriétés macroscopiques d'écoulement analogues à celles des bruts paraffiniques, est d'abord analysé en utilisant la vélocimétrie par imagerie par résonance magnétique associée à des mesures de contrainte de cisaillement au sein d'une géométrie Couette. Nous montrons que lors d'un écoulement forcé à température constante le matériau subit une déstructuration irréversible qui dépend de l'intensité du cisaillement. Ainsi la contrainte apparente critique permettant l'écoulement du matériau dépend de l'histoire thermique et d'écoulement subie par le matériau. Nous étudions ensuite le comportement rhéologique complet de deux bruts réels à partir de différents types de tests rhéométriques (fluages, redémarrage, régime permanent, changement brusque de vitesse) pour différentes histoires d'écoulement, notamment pendant la période de refroidissement. Le comportement détaillé du matériau en régime transitoire ainsi observé peut alors être modélisé. De plus les variations du seuil de contrainte en fonction de l'histoire thermique et de l'écoulement sont aussi décrites, ce qui nous donne le champ de contrainte seuil dans la conduite à l'état initial. Le modèle dans son ensemble est finalement implémenté dans un code de calcul pour simuler le redémarrage de l´écoulement d'un brut paraffinique dans une conduite réelle / Transporting waxy crude oils through long pipelines at low temperatures may be challenging, particularly its flow restart after a pipeline shut-in, due to its viscosity increase. The rheological behavior of a model waxy oil with macroscopic flow properties analogous to waxy crude oils is first analyzed using Magnetic Resonance Imaging velocimetry associated to stress measurements in a Couette geometry. While flowing at constant temperature, major irreversible structure break depending on shear intensity are observed. Thus, the critical apparent shear stress beyond which the material flows depends on the thermal and flow histories of the oil. Next, the rheological behavior of two waxy crude oils is studied using rheometrical tests (creep tests, flow restarts, abrupt changes of shear rate and steady flow) after different flow histories, notably during the cooling process. Then, those experimentally observed trends are modeled. Additionally, a comprehensive study of the yield stress in function of flow and temperature histories is presented. It provides an approach for describing the yield stress field inside the pipeline at the flow restart moment. Finally, the entire rheological model is implemented in the computational code for simulating waxy crude oils flow restart of a real scale pipeline

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