La producción mundial de chirimoyo (Annon a cherimola M.) alcanca las 67.000 t, siendo España (35.000 t) y Perú (15.000t) los productores de mayor importancia (FAOSTAT, 2002). Esta especie es originaria de los valles interandinos orientales de Ecuador y Perú (3º a 8º LS, 75º-80º LW y altitud 1500-2000m), donde se desarrolla espontáneamente desarrollando hábitos arbustivos. El chirimoyo se cultiva en Chile en zona ambientalmente diferentes a su origen (Bidekerkel el al., 1999) lo que conlleva dificultades en su manejo productivo. De entre estas dificultades destaca el elevado tamaño que, en forma natural y en plantaciones desarrolla la planta y por tanto la dinámica de las operaciones culturales. Para obtener rendimientos comerciales, se ha ido incorporando técnicas como la polinización manual y la nutrición mineral, y se han modificado los marcos de plantación y mejorado los sistemas de conducción, de acuerdo con tendencias actuales hacia la regulación del tamaño y de la forma de los árboles (Lauri y Lespinasse, 2000). La implementación de un nuevo modelo de producción basado en el uso de la alta densidad podría afectar positivamente el comportamiento dee parámetros fisiológicos y productivos de esta especie. Por otra parte, tanto la poda como la conducción deben llevarse a cabo conociendo e interpretando la fisiología de la planta. Para establecer la labor de poda, especialmente en el ámbito de la fructificación, es necesario definir los tipos o elementos de madera existente en la planta. Y debe conocerse su capacidad potencial en producción de flores y nuevos brotes, aspectos que se relacionan directamente con el concepto de "hábito de crecimiento y fructificación" (Feucht, 1967, Baldini, 1992, Gil-Albert, 1996). / Cautín Morales, RÓ. (2008). Propuesta de un nuevo sistema de conducción en alta densidad de cultivo del chirimoyo (Annona cherimola M.). Sus efectos sobre factores microambientales, fisiológicos y productivos [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/6291 / Palancia

Die Verwendung von lang kragenden Schaftfräsern im Bereich der Hochgeschwindigkeitsbearbeitung birgt besondere Herausforderungen bezüglich der Prozessdynamik. In diesem Zusammenhang werden verschiedene kontinuumsmechanische Berechnungsmodelle für Werkzeuge mit Hohlschaft vorgestellt. Dabei wird eine teilweise Füllung des Schaftes mit einer fließfähigen Ausgleichsmasse zum Zweck des automatischen Wuchtens berücksichtigt. Ausgehend von der Verformungskinematik wird die systembeschreibende Variationsformulierung mit Hilfe des Hamilton'schen Prinzips hergeleitet. Dabei wird auch auf den Einfluss von stochastisch verteilten Unwuchten, geometrischen Nichtlinearitäten und Schubdeformationen eingegangen. Zur Ortsdiskretisierung werden sowohl lokale als auch globale Methoden angewendet und miteinander verglichen. Die Auswertung stellt den Einfluss von verschiedenen geometrischen sowie prozessbedingten Parametern auf die Eigenfrequenzen, stationäre Deformation, Stabilität sowie Zeitlösung dar.:1. Einleitung 1.1. Problemstellung und Motivation der Arbeit 1.2. Stand der Technik 1.2.1. Hochgeschwindigkeitsfräsen 1.2.2. Verwendung lang kragender Schaftfräser 1.3. Thema und Aufbau der Arbeit 2. Theoretische Grundlagen 2.1. Kontinuumsmechanische Grundbegriffe 2.2. Spannungen und konstitutive Gleichungen 2.3. Prinzip von Hamilton 2.4. Lösungstheorie 2.4.1. Anfangswertprobleme 2.4.2. Randwertprobleme 2.5. Stochastische Grundbegriffe 3. Balkenmodelle 3.1. Verformungskinematik des Balkens 3.2. Variationsformulierung 3.3. Modellierung der Unwucht 3.4. Globale Diskretisierung 3.4.1. Stationäre Lage und Linearisierung 3.4.2. Ortsfunktionen 3.5. Lokale Diskretisierung 3.6. Anmerkungen zur schubweichen Formulierung 3.7. Berechnungsergebnisse 3.7.1. Ruhendes Werkzeug 3.7.2. Rotierendes Werkzeug 4. Schalenmodelle 4.1. Verformungskinematik der Schale 4.2. Variationsformulierung 4.3. Globale Diskretisierung 4.3.1. Stationäre Lage und Linearisierung 4.4. Lokale Diskretisierung mittels FEM 4.4.1. Konforme flache Schalenelemente 4.5. Anmerkungen zur schubweichen Formulierung 4.6. Berechnungsergebnisse 4.6.1. Ruhender Schaft 4.6.2. Rotierender Schaft 5. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 6. Verzeichnisse 6.1. Quellenverzeichnis 6.2. Symbolverzeichnis 6.3. Abbildungsverzeichnis 6.4. Tabellenverzeichnis A. Feldgleichungen und Ableitungen der Ansätze für die Balkenmodelle B. Anmerkungen zum Timoshenko-Balken C. Feldgleichungen und Ableitungen der Ansätze für die Schalenmodelle D. Anmerkungen zur Mindlin-Reissner-Schale / The use of long slender end mills for high-speed-cutting (HSC) holds special requirements with respect to the system dynamics. In this context, several tool models in the area of continuum mechanics are presented. Especially hollow tool shafts, with a fluid medium inside, for the purpose of automatic balancing are considered. Starting with the kinematics of deformation, Hamilton's principle is used to evaluate the variational formulation. Therefore, also the influence of a stochastic distributed unbalance, geometrical nonlinearities and shear deformations are discussed. For space discretisation local as well as global approaches are used and compared with each other. Following up on this, results are presented, which show the influence of different geometrical and process-related parameters due to the eigenfrequencies, stationary deformation, stability and time solution.:1. Einleitung 1.1. Problemstellung und Motivation der Arbeit 1.2. Stand der Technik 1.2.1. Hochgeschwindigkeitsfräsen 1.2.2. Verwendung lang kragender Schaftfräser 1.3. Thema und Aufbau der Arbeit 2. Theoretische Grundlagen 2.1. Kontinuumsmechanische Grundbegriffe 2.2. Spannungen und konstitutive Gleichungen 2.3. Prinzip von Hamilton 2.4. Lösungstheorie 2.4.1. Anfangswertprobleme 2.4.2. Randwertprobleme 2.5. Stochastische Grundbegriffe 3. Balkenmodelle 3.1. Verformungskinematik des Balkens 3.2. Variationsformulierung 3.3. Modellierung der Unwucht 3.4. Globale Diskretisierung 3.4.1. Stationäre Lage und Linearisierung 3.4.2. Ortsfunktionen 3.5. Lokale Diskretisierung 3.6. Anmerkungen zur schubweichen Formulierung 3.7. Berechnungsergebnisse 3.7.1. Ruhendes Werkzeug 3.7.2. Rotierendes Werkzeug 4. Schalenmodelle 4.1. Verformungskinematik der Schale 4.2. Variationsformulierung 4.3. Globale Diskretisierung 4.3.1. Stationäre Lage und Linearisierung 4.4. Lokale Diskretisierung mittels FEM 4.4.1. Konforme flache Schalenelemente 4.5. Anmerkungen zur schubweichen Formulierung 4.6. Berechnungsergebnisse 4.6.1. Ruhender Schaft 4.6.2. Rotierender Schaft 5. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 6. Verzeichnisse 6.1. Quellenverzeichnis 6.2. Symbolverzeichnis 6.3. Abbildungsverzeichnis 6.4. Tabellenverzeichnis A. Feldgleichungen und Ableitungen der Ansätze für die Balkenmodelle B. Anmerkungen zum Timoshenko-Balken C. Feldgleichungen und Ableitungen der Ansätze für die Schalenmodelle D. Anmerkungen zur Mindlin-Reissner-Schale

Natural cycles of environmental variability and long-term deoxygenation in the ocean impose oxygen deficiency (hypoxia) on marine communities. My research exploits a naturally occurring hypoxia cycle in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada where I combined spatial surveys with remotely operated vehicles, ecological time-series from the subsea cabled observatory VENUS, and lab-based respirometry experiments to examine the influence of seasonally variable oxygen conditions on epibenthic communities. In situ oxygen thresholds established for dozens of fish and invertebrate species in this system show they naturally occur in lower oxygen levels than what general lethal and sublethal thresholds would predict. Expansion of hypoxic waters induced a loss of community structure which was previously characterized by disjunct distributions among species. Communities in variable hypoxia also have scale-dependent structure across a range of time scales but are primarily synchronized to a seasonal oscillation between two phases. Time-series revealed timing of diurnal movement in the slender sole Lyopsetta exilis and reproductive behavior of squat lobster Munida quadrispina in the hypoxia cycle. Hypoxia-induced mortality of sessile species slowed the rate of community recovery after deoxygenation. The 10-year oxygen time-series from VENUS, revealed a significant increase in the annual low-oxygen period in Saanich Inlet and that deoxygenation has occurred in this system since 2006. Differences in the critical oxygen thresholds (O2crit) and standard metabolic rates of key species (spot prawn Pandalus platyceros, slender sole, and squat lobster) determined the lowest in situ oxygen at which populations occurred and explained disproportionate shifts in distributions and community respiration. Finally, a meta-analysis on global O2crit reported for crustaceans showed that hypoxia tolerance differs among major ocean basins. Long-term trends of deoxygenation suggest a future regime shift may occur when the duration at which a system remains below critical oxygen levels exceeds the time needed for communities to recover. Species-specific traits will determine the critical threshold and the nature of the community response in systems influenced by variable states of oxygen deficiency. However, oceanographic and evolutionary history provides context when determining the regional response of benthic communities influenced by rapidly changing environments. / Graduate / 0329 / 0416 / 0433 / jwfchu@gmail.com

A planing catamaran is a high-powered, twin-hull water craft that develops the lift which supports its weight, primarily through hydrodynamic water pressure. Presently, there is increasing demand to further develop the catamaran's planing and seakeeping characteristics so that it is more effectively applied in today's modern military and pleasure craft, and offshore industry supply vessels. Over the course of the past ten years, Vorus (1994,1996,1998,2000) has systematically conducted a series of research works on planing craft hydrodynamics. Based on Vorus' planing monohull theory, he has developed and implemented a first order nonlinear model for planing catamarans, embodied in the computer code CatSea. This model is currently applied in planing catamaran design. However, due to the greater complexity of the catamaran flow physics relative to the monohull, Vorus's (first order) catamaran model implemented some important approximations and simplifications which were not considered necessary in the monohull work. The research of this thesis is for relieving the initially implemented approximations in Vorus's first order planing catamaran theory, and further developing and extending the theory and application beyond that currently in use in CatSea. This has been achieved through a detailed theoretical analysis, algorithm development, and careful coding. The research result is a new, complete second order nonlinear hydrodynamic theory for planing catamarans. A detailed numerical comparison of the Vorus's first order nonlinear theory and the second order nonlinear theory developed here is carried out. The second order nonlinear theory and algorithms have been incorporated into a new catamaran design code (NewCat). A detailed mathematical formulation of the base first order CatSea theory, followed by the extended second order theory, is completely documented in this thesis.

A prevalent morphology in the microscopic world of artificial microswimmers, bacteria and viruses is that of a helix. The intriguingly different physics at play at the small scale level make it necessary for bacteria to employ swimming strategies different from our everyday experience, such as the rotation of a helical filament. Bio-inspired microswimmers that mimic bacterial locomotion achieve propulsion at the microscale level using magnetically actuated, rotating helical filaments. A promising application of these artificial microswimmers is in non-invasive medicine, for drug delivery to tumours or microsurgery. Two crucial features need to be addressed in the design of microswimmers. First, the ability to selectively control large ensembles and second, the adaptivity to move through complex conduit geometries, such as the constrictions and curves of the tortuous tumour microvasculature. In this dissertation, a mechanics-based selective control mechanism for magnetic microswimmers is proposed, and a model and simulation of an elastic helix passing through a constricted microchannel are developed. Thereafter, a theoretical framework is developed for the propulsion by stiff elastic filaments in viscous fluids. In order to address this fluid-structure problem, a pertubative, asymptotic, elastohydrodynamic approach is used to characterise the deformation that arises from and in turn affects the motion. This framework is applied to the helical filaments of bacteria and magnetically actuated microswimmers. The dissertation then turns to the sub-bacterial scale of bacteriophage viruses, 'phages' for short, that infect bacteria by ejecting their genetic material and replicating inside their host. The valuable insight that phages can offer in our fight against pathogenic bacteria and the possibility of phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics, are of paramount importance to tackle antibiotics resistance. In contrast to typical phages, flagellotropic phages first attach to bacterial flagella, and have the striking ability to reach the cell body for infection, despite their lack of independent motion. The last part of the dissertation develops the first theoretical model for the nut-and-bolt mechanism (proposed by Berg and Anderson in 1973). A nut being rotated will move along a bolt. Similarly, a phage wraps itself around a flagellum possessing helical grooves, and exploits the rotation of the flagellum in order to passively travel along and towards the cell body, according to this mechanism. The predictions from the model agree with experimental observations with respect to directionality, speed and the requirements for succesful translocation.

This thesis is an investigation into the historical evolution of Ajegunle Raga, a reggae form developed within an urban ghetto in Lagos called Ajegunle and the construction and negotiation of identities therein. The research further argues that Ajegunle Raga is a home-grown oppositional music subculture that draws inspiration from diasporic musical subcultures like Reggae and Hip Hop but retains a genuine representation of Ajegunle in its tales of survival, poverty, marginalization and expressions of creativity within the ambience of the music.

Aujourd’hui, la technologie du béton ayant fortement évolué, il est, sous certaines conditions, réaliste de construire des éléments structuraux en béton ayant à la compression une résistance de 90N/mm² voire nettement plus. En conséquence, l’ingénieur concepteur peut être amené dans le cadre du dimensionnement des colonnes à en diminuer les dimensions transversales pour des raisons esthétiques ou d’encombrement. <p><p>Inévitablement, cette diminution de la section transversale induit une augmentation de l’élancement et augmente ainsi les risques des instabilités de flambement. <p>A cette question de flambement, il faut adjoindre l’influence d’une préconception qui veut qu’une structure en béton à haute résistance soit moins ductile qu’une structure construite avec un béton normal !De ceci résulte la question à la base de ce travail :<p><p>« Peut-on arriver à diminuer la section transversale d’une colonne en utilisant des résistances de béton plus élevées tout en imposant la même valeur de capacité portante et en ne réduisant pas leur ductilité ?»<p><p>Afin de répondre à cette question, le travail s’est articulé autour de deux axes essentiels qui sont d’une part une campagne d’essais (afin d’obtenir des résultats fiables) sur 12 colonnes en béton armé à haute résistance (90N/mm²) d’élancement 74 et 82 dont l’excentricité de la charge est une variable, et d’autre part l’implémen- tation de deux programmes informa- tiques utilisant le principe de l’analyse au second ordre en vue de réaliser une étude paramétrique dont l’excentricité, la hauteur des colonnes, la proportion d’acier, la résistance du béton sont les variables.<p><p>Trop souvent encore, les ingénieurs de bureau d’études hésitent à effectuer un calcul au second ordre et placés devant la question des dimensions de section à donner à une colonne de hauteur et de capacité portante imposées, déterminent celles-ci pour se satisfaire d’un calcul au 1er ordre. Au terme de notre étude, nous avons montré que cette approche est loin d’être optimale, qu’il est possible, au prix d’un calcul au second ordre (mais il est fait à l’ordinateur), de tirer profit d’une augmentation de la résistance du béton pour réduire les dimensions des sections et aboutir en toute sécurité à un dimensionnement plus économique en consommation de matériaux (acier, béton, ciment).<p><p> / Doctorat en sciences appliquées / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

A nonlinear finite element analysis was performed for an axial loaded reinforced concrete column subjected to biaxial bending taking into account second-order effects. According to Eurocode there are two ways to take second-order effects into consideration: nonlinear FE analysis and hand calculation based on the simplified methods explained in Eurocode 2. Since simulating this kind of structures in ABAQUS is difficult, several simulations were made to find the correct model with satisfying accuracy. The nonlinear analysis focused on material modelling of concrete and its nonlinear behaviour. The simulation took into consideration the inelastic behaviour of concrete along with the confinement effect from transverse reinforcement. The finite element model was verified by comparing the obtained results from FEA to the results from a benchmark experiment. The mean values needed for simulating the FE model was derived from the mean compressive strength of concrete. After verification, another FE model using design parameters was analysed and the results were compared to the results from calculations based on simplified methods according to Eurocode 2 to see how much they agreed with each other. In a parametric study, the effect of eccentricity, compressive and tensile strength of concrete, fracture energy, modulus of elasticity, column cross-section dimension and length, steel yield stress and stirrup spacing were studied. A comparison between outcomes from the simplified methods and ABAQUS, calculated with design parameters showed that the bearing capacity from FE analysis was 21-34 % higher than the one obtained with the simplified methods. It is recommended that in further studies, analyse different slender reinforced concrete column with different L/h with FE-simulation to investigate if FEA always gives a more accurate result. For this case, and probably for columns with complex geometries, a finite element analysis is a better choice. / En icke-linjär finitelementanalys för en armerad betongpelare utsatt för tvåaxlig böjning genomfördes med hänsyn till andra ordningens effekter. Enligt Eurokoder finns det två sätt att iaktta andra ordningens effekter: icke-linjär analys och handberäkning baserad på de förenklade metoderna förklarad i Eurokod 2. Eftersom det är svårt att simulera den här typen av konstruktioner i ABAQUS, så har flera simuleringar utgjorts för att finna ett modell med acceptabelt noggrannhet. Den icke-linjära analysen fokuserade på korrekt materialmodell av betong och dess icke-linjära beteende. Modellen tog hänsyn till betongens oelastiska beteenden och inkluderade fleraxiella effekten. Finitelementmodellen verifierades genom att jämföra de erhållna resultaten från FEA till resultaten från ett försök. Värden som behövdes för att simulera FE-modellen härleddes från betongens medeltryckhållfasthet. Efter att referensmodellen var verifierad, ytterligare en FE-modell, som inkluderade designparametrar, analyserades och resultaten jämfördes med resultaten från beräkningar baserade på förenklade metoderna enligt Eurokod 2 för att se hur mycket de stämde överens med varandra. I en parameterstudie har effekten av excentricitet, tryck- och draghållfasthet av betong, brottenergi, elasticitetsmodul, pelarens tvärsnittsdimension och längd, stålsträckgränsen och centrumavstånd på byglar studerat. En jämförelse mellan resultaten från de förenklade metoderna och ABAQUS, beräknade med designparametrar visade att bärighetförmågan från FE-analys var 21-34% högre än den som erhålls med de förenklade metoderna. Det rekommenderas att i fortsatta studier, analysera flera slanka armerade betongpelare med olika L/h med FE-simulering för att undersöka om FEA alltid ger ett nogrannare resultat. För denna studie, och förmodligen för pelare med komplexa geometrier, är en FE-analys ett bättre val.

Les structures en forme de tige sont omniprésentes dans le monde aujourd'hui. Désormais, prédire avec précision leur comportement pour l'ingénierie et les environnements virtuels est indispensable pour de nombreuses industries, notamment l'infographie, l'animation par ordinateur et la conception informatique. Dans ce mémoire, nous explorons un nouveau modèle de calcul pour les tiges élastiques qui exploite les données de simulation pour reproduire les effets de coque et de solide présents dans les tiges qui brisent les hypothèses de la théorie classique de la tige de Kirchhoff, présentant ainsi une voie d'amélioration possible pour de nombreux états de l'art techniques. Notre approche consiste à prendre un ensemble de données de simulations à partir de solides volumétriques ou de coques pour former un nouveau modèle d'énergie définie positive polynomiale d'ordre élevé pour une tige élastique. Cette nouvelle énergie élargit la gamme des comportements des matériaux qui peuvent être modélisés pour la tige, permettant ainsi de capturer une plus large gamme de phénomènes. Afin de proposer et tester ce modèle, nous concevons un pipeline expérimental pour tester les limites de la théorie linéaire des tiges et étudier les géométries d'interface entre les cas coque à tige et volume à coque pour observer les effets d'un modèle de matériau non linéaire et une section transversale non elliptique dans la déformation de la tige. Nous étudions également la relation entre la courbure de la tige et la déformation de la section transversale et la courbure pour introduire une modification sur le terme de flexion de l'énergie. Cela nous permet de reproduire à la fois le comportement de flexion asymétrique présent dans les poutres volumétriques minces et les poutres à coque avec des sections transversales non convexes. Des suggestions pour de nouvelles améliorations des modèles et des techniques expérimentales sont également données. / Rod-like structures are ubiquitous in the world today. Henceforth accurately predicting their behavior for engineering and virtual environments are indispensable for many industries including computer graphics, computer animation, and computational design. In this thesis we explore a new computational model for elastic rods that leverages simulation data to reproduce shell and solid-like effects present in rods that break the assumptions of the classical Kirchhoff rod theory, thus presenting a possible improvement avenue to many states-of-the-art techniques. Our approach consists of taking a data set of simulations from both volumetric solids or shells to train a novel high-order polynomial positive-definite energy model for an elastic rod. This new energy increases the range of material behaviors that can be modeled for the rod, thus allowing for a larger range of phenomena to be captured. In order to propose and test this model, we design an experimental pipeline to test the limits of the linear theory of rods and investigate the interface geometries between the Shell-Rod and Volume-Shell cases to observe the effects of a nonlinear material model and a non-elliptical cross-section in the rod deformation. We also investigate the relation between rod curvature and deformation of the cross-section and curvature to introduce a modification on the bending term of the energy. This allows us to reproduce both the asymmetric bending behavior present in thin volumetric solid and shell beams with non-convex cross-sections. Suggestions for further improvements in models and experimental techniques are also given.

Thesis deals with the modeling of pedestrian excitation of structures and obtaining the corresponding dynamic response of the structure. The trend of modern slender structures places more emphasis on the accuracy of modeling pedestrian dynamic excitation, which is difficult because of the intelligent behavior of pedestrians and the biological nature of the modeled pedestrian. First part of the thesis deals with traditional models of pedestrian excitation, based on application of pedestrian ground force to the model of construction. Models are explored on a model of slender footbridge for many different excitation variants in order to explore the specifics of the force excitation application and the structure response calculation. In second part of the thesis biomechanical pedestrian models are developed, including inertial forces, to calculate the pedestrian interaction with the structure. Parametric studies carried out on simplified structural models research the influence of design parameters of biomechanical models on dynamic response. The aim is to obtain a more accurate model of the pedestrian-construction system for refinement of the design of structures. The design of a tuned mass dampers for the reduction of pedestrian induced vibrations is also explored. Tuned mass dampers are devoted to parametric studies that deal with the influence of design parameters of the damper on the efficiency and design requirements of the device. The aim is to explore the design parameters and their influence on the efficient and economical design of the device. In the thesis were developed two biomechanical models, a simple biomechanical model with one vertical degree of freedom and a bipedal model of a human walking. Models have proven a certain degree of interaction when exciting light footbridges by one pedestrian. Bipedal model then also brought a partial insight into the mechanics of walking and the causes of pedestrian contact forces.