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291	Mélanges de polymères à base de poly(Acide lactique) : relation structure/rhéologie/procédés de mise en forme / Blends based on poly(lactic acid) : structure/rheology/processing relationship Al-Itry, Racha 27 November 2012 (has links) Ce travail de thèse porte sur l’étude des relations structure/procédés de mise en forme/propriétés finales de matériaux polymères à base de PLA/PBAT. Ces derniers sont destinés à l’emballage alimentaire en vue de remplacer le polyéthylène téréphtalate (PET). Cependant le PLA a certaines limites de processabilité par les technologies de la plasturgie. Le renforcement de ses propriétés à l’état fondu a été obtenu grâce à l’introduction d’un époxyde multifonctionnel capable de réagir avec les bouts de chaînes des polyesters. Aussi, des mélanges à base de PLA/PBAT ont été mis en œuvre en vue de conférer la ductilité au matériau final. La première étape consiste en la compréhension des mécanismes de dégradation thermique et hydrolytique des deux polymères PLA et PBAT au cours des processus de mise en œuvre. En effet, la réaction d’extension des chaînes couplée au branchement induits par l’époxyde multifonctionnel palie cette dégradation. Les mécanismes d’extension de chaînes et de branchements sous-jacents ont été mis en évidence par l’analyse des énergies d’activation, des spectres de relaxation à l’état fondu ainsi que celle des grandeurs physico-chimiques en solution. En outre, les représentations de Van-Gurp-Palmen confirment la co-existence de chaînes macromoléculaires linéaires et aléatoirement branchées. La seconde étape de ce travail a été dédiée à la compatibilisation des mélanges PLA/PBAT par ce même époxyde multifonctionnel. Des études expérimentales modèles basées sur la détermination de la tension interfaciale et la modélisation rhéologique ont montré le rôle majeur de compatibilisant induit par cet agent réactif. Ainsi, la diminution de la tension interfaciale confère à ces matériaux une meilleure cohésion interfaciale et une morphologie fine et homogène de la phase dispersée, accompagnée par l’amélioration des propriétés mécaniques. L’étude des propriétés rhéologiques en cisaillement et en élongation des matériaux modifiés a permis de montrer une meilleure tenue mécanique à l’état fondu. Ainsi, une meilleure aptitude à l’extrusion gonflage a été démontrée en élargissant leurs cartes de stabilité. Parallèlement à ces travaux, des études de bi-étirage des polymères seuls, de leurs homologues modifiés et de leurs mélanges montrent un durcissement structural, dû à la cristallisation induite sous déformation. Les morphologies cristallines ont été analysées finement par des méthodes calorimétriques et spectroscopiques. Enfin, ces études ont été transposées à l’élaboration et à la compréhension des comportements d’une formulation industrielle complexe à base de PLA, PBAT et de farine céréalière plastifiée. / The ultimate aim of the present thesis focuses on the structure/processing/properties relationship of the PLA/PBAT materials. The latters are intended for food packaging in order to replace poly (ethylene terephthalate (PET). However, PLA has a limited processability in conventional technologies of plastics industry. The strengthening of its melt properties has been achieved through the incorporation of a multifunctional epoxide, able to react with the end chains of polyesters. Furthermore, PLA/PBAT blends were prepared to make the final material more ductile. The first part of the study consists on the understanding of thermal and hydrolytic degradation mechanisms of neat PLA and PBAT polymers upon processing. Indeed, the degradation was overcome through the chain extension reaction coupled to branching, induced by the multifunctional epoxide. The chain extension and branching mechanisms were highlighted by the analysis of the activation energy and the relaxation spectra in the molten state as well as the physico-chemical properties in solution. Moreover, the Van-Gurp-Palmen plots confirm the co-existence of linear and randomly branched macromolecular chains. The second part has been dedicated to the compatibilization of PLA/PBAT blends by the multifunctional epoxide. Experimental models studies, based on the assessment of the interfacial tension, and the rheological modeling showed the major role of the reactive epoxide agent as a compatibilizer. Thus, the decrease of the interfacial tension gives a better cohesive interface with finer and homogenous morphology of the dispersed phase, accompanied with an improvement of the mechanical properties. The study of the shear and elongation rheological properties of modified materials showed an enhancement of their melt strength. Therefore, a better ability to be blown has been demonstrated, by expanding their stability maps. Besides, biaxial stretching studies of neat polymers, their modified counterparts as well as their blends show a structural strain hardening, due to a strain-induced crystallization. The crystalline phases were analyzed thanks to calorimetric and spectroscopic methods. Finally, the present studies have been used to elaborate and understand the behavior of a complex industrial formulation based on PLA, PBAT and thermoplastic cereal flour. Mélange de polymères Polyacide lactique Pbat Epoxyde Compatibilisation Relation microstructure propriétés Extension de chaîne Rhéologie Etirage bi-axial Extrusion-gonflage Cisaillement Polymers blend Polylactic acid Pbat Epoxide Compatibilization Chain extension Rheology Bi-axial stretching Blowing extrusion Shear 620.192 430 72
292	Theoretical Study of Laser Beam Quality and Pulse Shaping by Volume Bragg Gratings Kaim, Sergiy 01 January 2015 (has links) The theory of stretching and compressing of short light pulses by the chirped volume Bragg gratings (CBG) is reviewed based on spectral decomposition of short pulses and on the wavelength-dependent coupled wave equations. The analytic theory of diffraction efficiency of a CBG with constant chirp and approximate theory of time delay dispersion are presented. Based on those, we performed comparison of the approximate analytic results with the exact numeric coupled-wave modeling. We also study theoretically various definitions of laser beam width in a given cross-section. Quality of the beam is characterized by the dimensionless beam propagation products (?x???_x)?? , which are different for each of the 21 definitions. We study six particular beams and introduce an axially-symmetric self-MFT (mathematical Fourier transform) function, which may be useful for the description of diffraction-quality beams. Furthermore, we discuss various saturation curves and their influence on the amplitudes of recorded gratings. Special attention is given to multiplexed volume Bragg gratings (VBG) aimed at recording of several gratings in the same volume. The best shape of a saturation curve for production of the strongest gratings is found to be the threshold-type curve. Both one-photon and two-photon absorption mechanism of recording are investigated. Finally, by means of the simulation software we investigate forced airflow cooling of a VBG heated by a laser beam. Two combinations of a setup are considered, and a number of temperature distributions and thermal deformations are obtained for different rates of airflows. Simulation results are compared to the experimental data, and show good mutual agreement. Volume grating bragg grating volume bragg grating chirped grating chirped volume bragg grating laser pulse pulse stretching pulse compression diffraction efficiency reflection coefficient recording saturation beam quality power in the bucket power in the slit fourier transform mathematical fourier transform physical fourier transform discrete fourier transform beam propagation product forced cooling forced airflow cooling Physics
293	Strengthening Mechanisms in Microtruss Metals Ng, Evelyn 18 December 2012 (has links) Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system. microtruss strengthening copper C11000 aluminum AA2024 cellular metal mechanical properties compressive strength densification energy modulus work hardening precipitation hardening heat treatment nanocrystalline coating aluminum oxide coating coating anodizing electrodeposition strengthening mechanisms geometry pyramidal compression buckling architecture truss uniaxial compression perforation Ramberg-Osgood Holloman nickel-iron annealing relative density periodic cellular hybrid composite microhardness stretch bend peak strength scanning electron microscopy stress strain bending stretching failure yielding column critical buckling strength critical buckling stress yield strength forming 0794
294	Strengthening Mechanisms in Microtruss Metals Ng, Evelyn 18 December 2012 (has links) Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system. microtruss strengthening copper C11000 aluminum AA2024 cellular metal mechanical properties compressive strength densification energy modulus work hardening precipitation hardening heat treatment nanocrystalline coating aluminum oxide coating coating anodizing electrodeposition strengthening mechanisms geometry pyramidal compression buckling architecture truss uniaxial compression perforation Ramberg-Osgood Holloman nickel-iron annealing relative density periodic cellular hybrid composite microhardness stretch bend peak strength scanning electron microscopy stress strain bending stretching failure yielding column critical buckling strength critical buckling stress yield strength forming 0794
295	Who are we and what do we measure? : A case study of the dynamic relationship between performance measurement and organizational identity Källgren, Marcus, Vejbrink Kildal, Adrian January 2022 (has links) Performance measurements have been described as a tool by which management can communicate expected standards of behavior as well as a shared meaning among members regarding the intended direction of the firm. In parallel, the organizational identity field relies on the premise that members can answer the question “who are we as an organization?” through a sense of shared understanding. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications a performance measurement system has on the employees’ perception of “who we are“, related to the theoretical framework of organizational identity. This paper utilizes a qualitative research method, a case-based approach of a Swedish life science company which is conducted in an exploratory manner. The case company is chosen due to its contextual setting regarding the newly implemented performance measurement system, along with the inherent characteristics of the industry in general, which is typically considered to be incongruent with such quantitative measurements. The empirical data is collected through eight interviews with members from the chosen case company, as well as through internal documents describing its performance measurement system. The authors propose a revised theoretical framework in which performance measurements and organizational identity are investigated through a conceptual model which explores their dynamic relationship. The findings reinforce well-known ideas of performance measurements and organizational identity, along with providing new insights on the dynamics between them. Keywords: Organizational Identity, Performance Measurement System, Performance Management, Identity-Dynamics organizational identity performance measurement system performance management identity-dynamics PMS HR human resources acquisition change management HR-metrics employee reward system evaluation appraisal organizational performance employee performance perception tracking monitoring organizational culture organizational control medium who we are who we are as an organization qualitative measurement quantitative measurement case study life science organizational members shared understanding we-ness dynamic relationship relationship interrelationship central enduring distinctive CED implications identity-related adjustments top-down initiative strategic initiative strategic sensemaking sensemaking ideational definitional component attributes loose couplings innovation enhancing reinforcing guiding stretching enabling challenging threatening constraining R&D research development idealized identity desired identity Business Administration Företagsekonomi

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