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Viscous fingering occurs when one fluid displaces another fluid of a greater viscosity in a porous medium or a Hele-Shaw cell. Linear stability analysis is used to predict methods of suppressing instability. Then, experiments in which nonlinear growth dominates pattern formation are analysed to explore the nonlinear impact of strategies of suppressing finger growth. Often, chemical treatment fluid is injected into oil reservoirs in order to prevent sand production. This treatment fluid is usually followed by water injection to clean up the well. We explore the potential for viscous instability of the interface between the treatment fluid and the water, and also the treatment fluid and the oil, as a function of the volume of treatment fluid and the injection rate and viscosity ratios of the different fluids. For a given volume of treatment fluid and a given injection rate, we find the optimal viscosity of the treatment fluid to minimise the viscous instability. In the case of axisymmetric injection, the stabilisation associated with the azimuthal stretching of modes leads to a further constraint on the optimisation of the viscosity. In the case of oil production, polymers may be added to the displacing water in order to reduce adverse viscosity gradients. We also explore the case in which these polymers have a time-dependent viscosity, for example through the slow release from encapsulant. We calculate the injection flow rate profile that minimises the final amplitude of instability in both rectilinear and axisymmetric geometries. In a development of the model, we repeat the calculation for a shear-thinning rheology. Finally, experiments are analysed in which the nonlinear growth of viscous fingers develops to test the influence of different injection profiles on the development of instability. Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) simulations are performed for comparison. In all cases, the evolving pattern has a saturation distribution, with an inner zone in which the fingers are static and an outer zone in which the fingers advance and grow. In the very centre of the viscous fingering patterns, there is a small fully-saturated region. In the experiments, the mass distribution in the inner zone varies with radius as a power law which relates to the fractal dimension for the analogue DLA simulations. In the outer region the saturation decreases linearly with radius. The radius of the inner frozen zone is approximately 2/3 of the outer radius in the cases of DLA and -- after a period of evolution -- the viscous fingering experiments. This allows the radial extents of the inner and outer zones to be predicted. The ratio of each radius to the extent of the fully-saturated region is independent of the injection profile and corresponds to values for DLA.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, 2008 / Bibliografia: f. 88-90 / A pesquisa tem por objetivo expor a defesa da idéia expressivista de pessoa em Charles Taylor, além das implicações éticas e políticas decorrentes dessa concepção de pessoa. O filósofo busca a fundamentação de seu ideal de pessoa tomando por base duas dim / This research aims to expose the defense of a expressivist idea of person in Charles Taylor and its implications in ethics and politics. The philosopher searches the foundation of his person ideal basing on two theorics dimensions: an ontologic and a mora

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T21:00:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 martapenteado.pdf.jpg: 11699 bytes, checksum: 9232ff3dc532a9afde1daef98ac3b484 (MD5) martapenteado.pdf: 450658 bytes, checksum: 9cc147f1c5bd4707d13b11128587b27e (MD5) martapenteado.pdf.txt: 63539 bytes, checksum: 9cfa646fd6544835b97c815999281d1a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-15T00:00:00Z / The goal of this paper is to evaluate the validity of Taylor principle when it comes to controlling inflation in seven developing countries that use inflation targeting regimes: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, South Africa and Turkey. The test is based on a state-space model to determine when each country have followed the principle, then, a threshold unit root test is used to verify if the stationarity of the deviation of the expected inflation in relation to the target depends on the compliance with Taylor principle. The results show that the compliance with Taylor principle leads to the stationarity of the deviation of the expected inflation in relation to the target in all cases. Furthermore, in most of the cases the non-compliance with Taylor principle leads to a non-stationary deviation of the expected inflation. / O presente trabalho busca testar a validade da Regra de Taylor no controle da inflação em sete países emergentes que adotam o sistema de metas inflação: Brasil, Colômbia, México, Polônia, Turquia, África do Sul e Filipinas. A estimação e inferência são realizadas a partir de um modelo de estado espaço para determinar os períodos em que os países seguiram a regra. Em seguida é realizado um teste de raiz unitária com threshold para verificar se o desvio da inflação em relação a meta depende (ou não) da indicação dada pela Regra de Taylor. Os resultados obtidos indicam que em países que seguem a Regra de Taylor, o desvio da expectativa de inflação em relação a meta é estacionário, em todos os casos. Em contrapartida, na maioria dos casos em que a Regra de Taylor não é respeitada, o desvio da expectativa de inflação em relação à meta é não-estacionário.

SANTOS, Italo Morais. Análise de equilíbrio geral com agentes heterogêneos utilizando o algoritmo de Fair-Taylor / Italo Morais Santos. - 2016. 34f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós Graduação em Economia, CAEN, Fortaleza, 2016. / Submitted by Mônica Correia Aquino (monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2016-09-14T20:59:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imsantos.pdf: 1037280 bytes, checksum: 6eb57589447f89d346a1ff96f154b9f8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Mônica Correia Aquino (monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2016-09-14T20:59:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imsantos.pdf: 1037280 bytes, checksum: 6eb57589447f89d346a1ff96f154b9f8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-14T20:59:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imsantos.pdf: 1037280 bytes, checksum: 6eb57589447f89d346a1ff96f154b9f8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / In this dissertation we discuss the Fair-Taylor algorithm, a numerical method for solving systems of difference equation which is usually used for solving non-linear systems. Difference equations have several applications in economics and are especially common in dynamic general equilibrium models. A few simulation exercises were done in order to demonstrate the functioning of the algorithm. First, we implement iterations of this algorithm to propose a alternative technique to find the steady state of a simple general equilibrium model with only two heterogeneous consumers and one representative firm. After we utilize the Fair-Taylor algorithm to find the solution of a more ample general equilibrium model, were the consumer’s heterogeneity are added by differences in productivity, by the fashion they are taxed e how they benefit from income transference policies. We conclude that under certain conditions, at the absence of market flaws that stops consumers from borrowing or landing capital freely and at any level, there is a equalization of consumption levels across households. / Nesta dissertação discutimos o algoritmo de Fair-Taylor, um método numérico de solução de sistemas de equações em diferença que geralmente é utilizado para solução de sistemas não-lineares. As equações em diferenças possuem diversas aplicações em economia e são comuns principalmente nos modelos de equilíbrio geral dinâmico. Foram realizados alguns exercícios de simulação a titulo de demonstração do funcionamento do algoritmo. Primeiramente implementamos iterações deste algoritmo para propor uma técnica alternativa que utilizamos para encontrarmos o estado estacionário de um modelo de equilíbrio geral simples com apenas dois consumidores heterogêneos e uma firma representativa. Logo após utilizamos o algoritmo de Fair-Taylor para encontrar solução de um modelo de equilíbrio geral mais amplo, cuja a heterogeneidade entre os consumidores é adicionada tanto por diferenças de produtividade, quanto pela forma como os consumidores são taxados e como eles se beneficiam de políticas de transferência de renda. Concluímos que sob algumas condições, na ausência de falhas de mercado que impensam os consumidores de tomar ou emprestar capital livremente e em qualquer nível, ocorre uma equalização dos níveis de consumo das famílias.