3D city models have been widely used in various applications such as urban planning, traffic control, disaster management etc. Efficient visualisation of 3D city models in different levels of detail (LODs) is one of the pivotal technologies to support these applications. In this thesis, a framework is proposed to visualise the 3D city models online. Then, generalisation methods are studied and tailored to create 3D city scenes in different scales dynamically. Multiple representation structures are designed to preserve the generalisation results on different level. Finally, the quality of the generalised 3D city models is evaluated by measuring the visual similarity with the original models.   In the proposed online visualisation framework, City Geography Makeup Language (CityGML) is used to represent city models, then 3D scenes in Extensible 3D (X3D) are generated from the CityGML data and dynamically updated to the user side for visualisation in the Web-based Graphics Library (WebGL) supported browsers with X3D Document Object Model (X3DOM) technique. The proposed framework can be implemented at the mainstream browsers without specific plugins, but it can only support online 3D city model visualisation in small area. For visualisation of large data volumes, generalisation methods and multiple representation structures are required.   To reduce the 3D data volume, various generalisation methods are investigated to increase the visualisation efficiency. On the city block level, the aggregation and typification methods are improved to simplify the 3D city models. On the street level, buildings are selected according to their visual importance and the results are stored in the indexes for dynamic visualisation. On the building level, a new LOD, shell model, is introduced. It is the exterior shell of LOD3 model, in which the objects such as windows, doors and smaller facilities are projected onto walls.  On the facade level, especially for textured 3D buildings, image processing and analysis methods are employed to compress the texture.   After the generalisation processes on different levels, multiple representation data structures are required to store the generalised models for dynamic visualisation. On the city block level the CityTree, a novel structure to represent group of buildings, is tested for building aggregation. According to the results, the generalised 3D city model creation time is reduced by more than 50% by using the CityTree. Meanwhile, a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) is employed to detect the linear building group structures in the city models and they are typified with different strategies. On the building level and the street level, the visible building index is created along the road to support building selection. On facade level the TextureTree, a structure to represent building facade texture, is created based on the texture segmentation.   Different generalisation strategies lead to different outcomes. It is critical to evaluate the quality of the generalised models. Visually salient features of the textured building models such as size, colour, height, etc. are employed to calculate the visual difference between the original and the generalised models. Visual similarity is the criterion in the street view level building selection. In this thesis, the visual similarity is evaluated locally and globally. On the local level, the projection area and the colour difference between the original and the generalised models are considered. On the global level, the visual features of the 3D city models are represented by Attributed Relation Graphs (ARG) and their similarity distances are calculated with the Nested Earth Mover’s Distance (NEMD) algorithm.   The overall contribution of this thesis is that 3D city models are generalised in different scales (block, street, building and facade) and the results are stored in multiple representation structures for efficient dynamic visualisation, especially for online visualisation. / QC 20111116 / ViSuCity

This study explores the use of hierarchical models to represent three-dimensional solids in a computationally inexpensive way. First, it is investigated the choice of the finite element spaces and how it affects the convergence in relation to the thickness parameter. It was studied three different models. It was shown that the best lowest order suitable combination of spaces grows in all fields as the model order is enriched. After, it is presented a theory to evaluate the error in the discretization and the kinematical hypothesis. It is shown that the implemented error in discretization technique is capable of capturing the boundary layer in automated way for any model. It is also given a posteriori error procedure for kinematical hypothesis. The method is based on the equilibrium error of higher order models. Good results are shown. In the end, it is presented a geometrical nonlinear hierarchical shell model and its discretization. It is shown that the model succeeds in representing the three-dimensional solution when compared with solid elements in a commercial code. / Este estudo explora o uso de modelos hierárquicos para representar sólidos tridimensionais de forma computacionalmente barata. Em primeiro lugar, é explorada a escolha dos espaços de elementos finitos e como isso afeta a convergência em relação ao parâmetro da espessura. Foram estudados três modelos diferentes. Mostrou-se que a menor ordem adequada do espaço de discretização cresce para todos os campos conforme a ordem do modelo é enriquecida . Isso impõe um problema, já que um maior polinômio exige maior custo computacional e modelos de alta ordem só são necessários perto do contorno. Depois, são usados estimadores de erro na discretização e na hipótese cinemática. Mostra-se que o erro implementado na discretização é capaz de capiturar a camada limite de forma automatizada para qualquer modelo. Também é apresentada uma técnica de erro a posteriri na hipótese cinemática com base no erro no equilíbrio de modelos de ordem superior. No final, é apresentado um modelo hierárquico de casca geométricamente não linear e sua discretização. Mostra-se que o modelo consegue representar a solução tridimensional quando comparado com o um software comercial.

Neste trabalho, eletrocerâmicas a base de BaTiO3 e Ba(1-x)Erx TiO3 com x(Er3+) = 0,001, 0,010 e 0,050 foram preparadas através do método dos precursores poliméricos, com o propósito de estudar as possíveis relações entre os comportamentos termistor (tipo PTCR) e varistor em nível elétrico e microestrutural. Após calcinação dos pós-precursores em 700°C por 2h, os pós compactados isostaticamente a 300 MPa na forma de pastilhas, foram sinterizados em 1200°C, 1250°C, 1300°C e 1350°C. Foram realizadas caracterizações estruturais e microestruturais aplicando as técnicas de difração de raios X e microscopia eletrônica de varredura por emissão de campo, além de estudos elétricos e dielétricos utilizando a técnica de espectroscopia de impedância como ferramenta principal. Destas caracterizações, verificou-se a obtenção de materiais cerâmicos densos e com valores médios de tamanhos de grãos dependentes de x(Er3+) bem como da temperatura de sinterização. A análise dos resultados de espectroscopia de impedância via circuito equivalente revelaram para as amostras de Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 que as respostas elétricas podem ser associadas a 3 microrregiões (Modelo Core-Shell): os núcleos e as \"couraças\", ambas relacionadas as porções internas dos grãos cerâmicos, mais os contornos de grãos, respectivamente. Considerando as contribuições resistivas associadas a cada microrregião, em função das tensões e temperaturas aplicadas, os comportamentos varistor e termistor das eletrocerâmicas de Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 são apresentados e caracterizados em relação ao comportamento das amostras de BaTiO3. No âmbito geral, este trabalho revela uma boa correlação entre estes fenômenos e suas associações a cada microrregião identificada pelos modelos de circuitos equivalentes supostos na literatura. / Electroceramics based on Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3, with x(Er3+) = 0,001, 0,010, 0,050 stoichiometry were synthesized by the polymeric precursors method in an attempt to correlate the possible relations between the PTCR effect and the varistor behavior detected in terms of microstructures by electrical properties. After calcinated at 700°C for 2h, the samples were processed like pellets under isostatically compaction at 300 MPa, and sintered at 1200°C, 1250°C, 1300°C 1350°C, by 3h. Characterizations were made by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with field emission gun and impedance spectroscopy, this last one, as the key tool from this work. The results, in general, showed good densification parameters, which are dependent of x(Er3+) and sintering temperature as well. Furthermore, impedance spectroscopy via equivalents circuits, in terms of the series layer model, revealed the appearance of three microregions, which are stated to be in well agreement with the Core-Shell microstructural model. Considering the relation between the resistive response of each microregion, i.e., the nuclei, the intermediary shells and the grain boundaries, it was possible to establish a path to the relation between PTCR effect with the varistor one under the structural, microstructural and electrical peculiarities from the Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 electroceramic system, in comparison with the pure polycrystalline BaTiO3 behavior.

Neste trabalho, eletrocerâmicas a base de BaTiO3 e Ba(1-x)Erx TiO3 com x(Er3+) = 0,001, 0,010 e 0,050 foram preparadas através do método dos precursores poliméricos, com o propósito de estudar as possíveis relações entre os comportamentos termistor (tipo PTCR) e varistor em nível elétrico e microestrutural. Após calcinação dos pós-precursores em 700°C por 2h, os pós compactados isostaticamente a 300 MPa na forma de pastilhas, foram sinterizados em 1200°C, 1250°C, 1300°C e 1350°C. Foram realizadas caracterizações estruturais e microestruturais aplicando as técnicas de difração de raios X e microscopia eletrônica de varredura por emissão de campo, além de estudos elétricos e dielétricos utilizando a técnica de espectroscopia de impedância como ferramenta principal. Destas caracterizações, verificou-se a obtenção de materiais cerâmicos densos e com valores médios de tamanhos de grãos dependentes de x(Er3+) bem como da temperatura de sinterização. A análise dos resultados de espectroscopia de impedância via circuito equivalente revelaram para as amostras de Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 que as respostas elétricas podem ser associadas a 3 microrregiões (Modelo Core-Shell): os núcleos e as \"couraças\", ambas relacionadas as porções internas dos grãos cerâmicos, mais os contornos de grãos, respectivamente. Considerando as contribuições resistivas associadas a cada microrregião, em função das tensões e temperaturas aplicadas, os comportamentos varistor e termistor das eletrocerâmicas de Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 são apresentados e caracterizados em relação ao comportamento das amostras de BaTiO3. No âmbito geral, este trabalho revela uma boa correlação entre estes fenômenos e suas associações a cada microrregião identificada pelos modelos de circuitos equivalentes supostos na literatura. / Electroceramics based on Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3, with x(Er3+) = 0,001, 0,010, 0,050 stoichiometry were synthesized by the polymeric precursors method in an attempt to correlate the possible relations between the PTCR effect and the varistor behavior detected in terms of microstructures by electrical properties. After calcinated at 700°C for 2h, the samples were processed like pellets under isostatically compaction at 300 MPa, and sintered at 1200°C, 1250°C, 1300°C 1350°C, by 3h. Characterizations were made by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with field emission gun and impedance spectroscopy, this last one, as the key tool from this work. The results, in general, showed good densification parameters, which are dependent of x(Er3+) and sintering temperature as well. Furthermore, impedance spectroscopy via equivalents circuits, in terms of the series layer model, revealed the appearance of three microregions, which are stated to be in well agreement with the Core-Shell microstructural model. Considering the relation between the resistive response of each microregion, i.e., the nuclei, the intermediary shells and the grain boundaries, it was possible to establish a path to the relation between PTCR effect with the varistor one under the structural, microstructural and electrical peculiarities from the Ba(1-x)ErxTiO3 electroceramic system, in comparison with the pure polycrystalline BaTiO3 behavior.

This study explores the use of hierarchical models to represent three-dimensional solids in a computationally inexpensive way. First, it is investigated the choice of the finite element spaces and how it affects the convergence in relation to the thickness parameter. It was studied three different models. It was shown that the best lowest order suitable combination of spaces grows in all fields as the model order is enriched. After, it is presented a theory to evaluate the error in the discretization and the kinematical hypothesis. It is shown that the implemented error in discretization technique is capable of capturing the boundary layer in automated way for any model. It is also given a posteriori error procedure for kinematical hypothesis. The method is based on the equilibrium error of higher order models. Good results are shown. In the end, it is presented a geometrical nonlinear hierarchical shell model and its discretization. It is shown that the model succeeds in representing the three-dimensional solution when compared with solid elements in a commercial code. / Este estudo explora o uso de modelos hierárquicos para representar sólidos tridimensionais de forma computacionalmente barata. Em primeiro lugar, é explorada a escolha dos espaços de elementos finitos e como isso afeta a convergência em relação ao parâmetro da espessura. Foram estudados três modelos diferentes. Mostrou-se que a menor ordem adequada do espaço de discretização cresce para todos os campos conforme a ordem do modelo é enriquecida . Isso impõe um problema, já que um maior polinômio exige maior custo computacional e modelos de alta ordem só são necessários perto do contorno. Depois, são usados estimadores de erro na discretização e na hipótese cinemática. Mostra-se que o erro implementado na discretização é capaz de capiturar a camada limite de forma automatizada para qualquer modelo. Também é apresentada uma técnica de erro a posteriri na hipótese cinemática com base no erro no equilíbrio de modelos de ordem superior. No final, é apresentado um modelo hierárquico de casca geométricamente não linear e sua discretização. Mostra-se que o modelo consegue representar a solução tridimensional quando comparado com o um software comercial.

Le 60Fe présente un intérêt particulier en astrophysique nucléaire. En effet, la récente observation de ses raies gamma caractéristiques par les satellites RHESSI et INTEGRAL permet d'accéder au flux total de 60Fe intégré sur toute la Galaxie. De plus, l'observation d'un excès de 60Ni (noyau-fils du 60Fe) dans les grains pré-solaires fournit des contraintes sur les conditions de formation du système solaire primitif.Cependant, les sections efficaces de certaines réactions intervenant dans la nucléosynthèse du 60Fe et incluses dans les modèles stellaires présentent encore des incertitudes. C'est le cas notamment de la réaction 60Fe(n, gamma) 61Fe qui est responsable de la destruction du 60Fe. La section efficace totale de cette réaction peut être divisée en deux parties : la composante directe, impliquant les états situés sous le seuil de séparation neutron du 61Fe, et la composante résonante.Nous avons amélioré les connaissances spectroscopiques du 61Fe afin d'évaluer la contribution de la capture directe au taux de la réaction 60Fe(n, gamma)61Fe. Pour cela, nous avons étudié la réaction 60Fe(n, gamma) 61Fe par la réaction de transfert d(60Fe, p gamma)61Fe à l'aide du dispositif expérimental CATS/MUST2/EXOGAM sur la ligne LISE au GANIL. L'analyse en DWBA des distributions angulaires expérimentales des protons a permis d'extraire les moments angulaires et les facteurs spectroscopiques de différents états du 61Fe identifiés et peuplés sous le seuil de séparation neutron. Une comparaison des résultats expérimentaux obtenus pour le 61Fe avec ceux de noyaux similaires et avec des calculs modèle en couches a également été effectuée. / 60Fe is of special interest in nuclear astrophysics. Indeed the recent observations of 60Fe caracteristic gamma-ray lines by the RHESSI and INTEGRAL spacecrafts allowed to measure the total flux of 60Fe over the Galaxy. Moreover the observation in presolar grains of an excess of the daughter-nuclei of 60Fe, 60Ni, gives constraints on the conditions of formation of the early solar system. However, the cross-sections of some reactions involved in 60Fe nucleosynthesis and included to stellar models are still uncertain. The destruction reaction of 60Fe, 60Fe(n, gamma)61Fe, is one of them. The total cross-section can be separate into two contributions : the direct one, involving states below the neutron separation threshold of 61Fe, and the resonant one.We improved 61Fe spectroscopy in order to evaluate the direct capture part of the 60Fe(n, gamma)61Fe reaction cross-section. 60Fe(n, gamma)61Fe was thus studied via d(60Fe, p gamma)61Fe transfer reaction with the CATS/MUST2/EXOGAM setup at LISE-GANIL. DWBA analysis of experimental proton differential cross-sections allowed to extract orbital angular momentum and spectroscopic factors of different populated states identified below the neutron threshold. A comparison of experimental results for 61Fe with experimental results for similar nuclei and with shell-model calculations was also performed.

A l'aide de deux réactions de transfert (d,3He), la première avec MUST2 au GANIL et la deuxième avec le split-pole à Orsay, nous avons déterminé la position des états trous de protons dans les noyaux riches en neutrons : le 71Cu (N=42) et le 69Cu (N=40).A partir de la désintégration beta et de la spectroscopie laser, on sait que l'état excité f5/2 chute brutalement en énergie pour N>40 et devient même l'état fondamental dans le 75Cu. Cette chute en énergie a été expliqué par des travaux théoriques notamment à cause de la force tenseur entre les protons et les neutrons. La prédiction sur le partenaire spin-orbite f7/2 est qu'il devrait sentir également un effet à cause de cette force. Expérimentalement, les états trous de proton f7/2 ne sont pas connus pour N>40. Dans le 71Cu, deux états 7/2- sont connus autour de 1 MeV d'énergie d'excitation et sont des possibles candidats pour correspondre à cet état trou de proton. L'expérience au GANIL a eu lieu en mars 2011. Un faisceau secondaire de 72Zn à 38 AMeV a été produit par fragmentation et purifié à travers le spectromètre LISE. La réaction de transfert en cinématique inverse a été étudié à l'aide des télescopes MUST2 plus quatre détecteurs de silicium de 20 micromètres dans le but d'identifier les 3He de basse énergie. Le spectre en énergie d'excitation du 71Cu a été reconstruit grâce à la méthode de la masse manquante, les distributions angulaires ont été extraite et comparé avec un modèle de réaction utilisant les codes DWUCK4 et DWUCK5. A partir de ce travail au GANIL, aucun état n'a été peuplé autour de 1 MeV concluant que le centroid de la force réside à plus haute énergie d'excitation.Nous avalons également mesuré une nouvelle fois la les états trous de proton dans le 69Cu avec la même réaction de transfert mais cette fois en cinématique directe à Orsay dans le but d'étendre les données actuelles sur ce noyau où 60% de la force f7/2 est manquante et dans le but également d'avoir une analyse consistante des facteurs spectroscopiques entre les deux noyaux. Cette analyse consistante nous permet de pouvoir comparer l'évolution du centroid de la force entre les deux isotopes quand l'orbite neutron g9/2 commence à se remplir. Dans cette seconde expérience, nous avons utilisé un faisceau de deuton à 27 MeV produit par le tandem et une cible de 70Zn. Nous avons pu extraire trois nouvelles distributions angulaires et mesurer une nouvelle partie de la force f7/2.Enfin, pour pouvoir interpréter nos résultat, des calculs modèle en couche ont été effectué par le groupe de Strasbourg avec le code Antoine. L'espace de valence utilisé consiste en un coeur 48Ca avec les orbitales protons f7/2, p3/2, f5/2, p1/2 et les orbitales neutron p3/2, f5/2, p1/2, g9/2, d5/2. Les calculs inclus jusqu'à 8p-8h et montrent que la force se situe en effet à haute énergie d'excitation et qu'aucun état de trou de proton n'est calculé autour de 1 MeV. / In two (d,3He) transfer reactions with MUST2 at GANIL and the split-pole at Orsay, we have determined the position of the proton-hole states in the neutron-rich 71Cu (N=42) and 69Cu (N=40) isotopes. We have found that in 71Cu the hole strength of the f7/2 orbital lies at higher excitation energies than expected. From beta-decay and laser spectroscopy, the f5/2 first excited particle state in these isotopes was known to come down rapidly in energy when passing N=40 and even become the ground state in 75Cu. This sudden energy shift has been explained in a number of theoretical works. The prediction for the f7/2 spin-orbit partner was that it would change in energy too through a related effect. Experimentally, the f7/2 proton-hole state is not known for N>40. In 71Cu two 7/2- states around 1 MeV are candidates to be a proton-hole.The experiment at GANIL took place in March 2011. A secondary beam of 72Zn at 38 AMeV was produced by fragmentation and purified through the LISE spectrometer. The transfer reaction in inverse kinematics was studied with the MUST2 detectors plus four 20 micrometer silicon detector to identified the 3He of low kinetic energy. The excitation spectrum of 71Cu was reconstruct thanks to the missing mass method and the angular distributions were extracted and compared with a reaction model using the DWUCK4 and DWUCK5 code. From this work no states have been populated around 1 MeV concluding that the centroid of the f7/2 lies at higher excitation energy. We then remeasured the single-particle strength in 69Cu in the corresponding (d,3He) reaction at Orsay in March 2013 in order to extend the existing data where 60% of the f7/2 strength is missing and make sure that there is a consistent analysis of spectroscopic factors between both isotopes in order to well understood and well quantify the evolution of the f7/2 orbital when we start filling the g9/2 orbital. In this second experiment we have performed the reaction in direct kinematics using a deuteron beam at 27 MeV provided by the tandem and a target of 70Zn. In this work we were able to extract three new angular distributions and we have measured a new part of the f7/2 strength.Finally in order to interpret the results we have obtained from those two experiments, state-of-the-art shell-model calculations have been carried out in collaboration with the Strasbourg group using the Antoine code. The valence space consists in a core of 48Ca with the valence orbitals for protons f7/2, p3/2, f5/2, p1/2 and the orbitals p3/2, f5/2, p1/2, g9/2, d5/2 for neutrons. The calculations have been done allowing 8p-8h and show that the strength is indeed at high energy and no f7/2 proton-hole state lies around 1 MeV in 71Cu.

The topic of my Diploma’s thesis is a fatigue analyzing and judgmenting of main frame casting cat bridge crane. Use the beam model and thin shell model for comparising. The thesis contains of both of computation model. The loading states results of computation model are attachmented of this thesis. This diploma’s thesis was created for Kralovopolska a.s. company.

The diploma thesis deals with crab frame of bridge magnet crane with lifting capacity 15t used in steel mill for handling billets. Thesis contains strength analysis and fatigue strength check of crab frame based on ČSN EN 13001. Strength analyses are made by using beam and shell models of finite element method. The diploma thesis was carried out in cooperation with Královopolská a.s. company.

The diploma thesis deals with the loss of stability of thin-walled flue pipe at coal power plant. The problem of thin-walled structures is their propensity to the loss of stability due to abnormal conditions, for example a vacuum, effect of wind, snow and earthquake. The purpose is to find the optimal deployment of reinforcements so that the model meets the requirements of EN 1993-1-6. This required an evaluation of unreinforced version of the model to identify weaknesses and subsequently other configurations for the application of reinforcement. For determining the resistance the flue pipe to the loss of stability used primarily to access linear bifurcation analysis based on linear analysis, possibly materially nonlinear analysis. The result of work is a design of reinforcement of pipeline which under the requirements of the standard meets the latest model with a reserve of approximately 20 %.