Nos sistemas de distribuição de alta e média tensão tem-se aumentado a utilização de linhas de distribuição de energia subterrâneas ou cabos subterrâneos. A ocorrência de faltas nas linhas afeta negativamente a qualidade da energia e o correto funcionamento da rede. O processo que leva a uma falta nos cabos é gradual e está caracterizado por uma série de subciclos de faltas incipientes associadas a uma tensão de arco. Estas, muitas vezes, passam despercebidas e, eventualmente, resultam em uma falta permanente. Os métodos clássicos de localização de faltas como as metodologias baseadas no cálculo da impedância aparente, as baseadas na inteligência artificial e as baseadas nas ondas viajantes são, habitualmente, aplicadas ao sistema depois de uma falta permanente acontecer e precisam de um ou mais ciclos do sinal para entregar uma resposta razoável. No entanto, as faltas nos cabos são um processo gradual, de curta duração (entre ¼ e ½ ciclo do sinal) e seria desejável localizar a falta incipiente antes de tornar-se permanente. Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa aborda o problema de localização de faltas incipientes. Assim, nesta tese propõe-se uma nova técnica de localização de faltas incipientes usando medições em um terminal, no domínio do tempo e que utiliza componentes de fase. Desta forma, são desenvolvidas duas novas formulações do modelo elétrico do sistema de distribuição com cabos subterrâneos durante uma falta incipiente. A abordagem proposta considera simultaneamente na sua formulação características da falta incipiente e dos sistemas de distribuição de energia, como a tensão de arco, o modelo Π nominal de parâmetros concentrados do cabo subterrâneo, o desequilíbrio do sistema e a condição da carga. A estimativa da distância da falta, junto com os parâmetros da falta incipiente, é obtida a partir da solução de um sistema sobredeterminado de equações lineares pela aplicação do método de mínimos quadrados ponderados não negativos. As formulações propostas permitem estimar a distância da falta em termos da reatância da linha até a falta. Além disso, é proposto um processo de compensação de corrente para estimar a corrente de falta; é aplicado um pré-processamento dos dados de entrada para suavizar o efeito do ruído que pode conter o sinal e, é aplicado um pós-processamento dos resultados para refinar e entregar a melhor estimativa obtida durante o processo de localização da falta. O desempenho da técnica proposta é avaliado mediante estudos de casos simulados em um circuito real de distribuição no Alternative Transients Program (ATP/EMTP) considerando análises de sensibilidade e comparativa. Também, o modelo da falta incipiente foi programado utilizando a ferramenta de MODELS do ATP/EMTP. Os resultados obtidos, considerando faltas incipientes simuladas que avaliam a influência da variação da magnitude de tensão de arco, do ruído aleatório inserido na tensão de arco, da distância da falta, da taxa de amostragem, do carregamento do sistema, do modelo de tensão de arco e de incertezas nas medições, indicam claramente que a abordagem proposta possui validade como técnica de localização de faltas incipientes, apresentando erros médios globais de 1,60% e 0,93%, respectivamente para cada formulação proposta. / The use of underground power distribution lines or underground cables in the high and medium voltage distribution systems has increased dramatically in recent years. The fault occurrence in the distribution lines negatively affects the power quality and the correct network operation. The process which leads to a fault in underground cables is gradual and is characterized by a series of sub-cycles of incipient faults associated with an arc voltage. These often are unnoticed and, eventually, results in a permanent fault. Classical fault localization methods such as the based-impedance, the based on artificial intelligent and the based on traveling waves are, usually, applied to the system after a permanent fault occurrence and need one or more signal cycles for providing a reasonable response. However, the faults in cables are a gradual process, with short duration (between ¼ to ½ of signal cycle) and would be desirable to locate the fault before this becomes a permanent fault. In this context, this research approaches the incipient faults location problem. Thus, in this thesis is proposed a new incipient fault location technique using single-end terminal measurement, in time-domain and employing phase components. In this way, two new formulations of the electrical model of the distribution system with underground cables during an incipient fault are developed. The proposed approach considers simultaneously in its formulation, incipient fault type and power distribution systems characteristics as arc voltage, unbalanced operation, load conditions and complete line model. The fault distance estimation, together with the incipient fault parameters, it is obtained from the solution of an overdetermined linear system of equations by the application of the non-negative weighted least squares estimator method. The proposed formulations allow estimating the fault distance in terms of the line reactance up to the fault. In addition, a load current compensation strategy is proposed to reduce its effect in the fault current estimation; an input data pre-processing is applied to smooth out the noise effect and a post-processing of the results is performed for estimation refinement and to provide the best estimate obtained during the fault location process. The proposed technique performance is evaluated through simulated cases studies in a real-life distribution network with underground cable data in the Alternative Transients Program (ATP/EMTP) considering sensitivity and comparative analyzes. Also, the fault model was programmed using the MODELS tool of ATP/EMTP. The obtained results, considering simulated incipient faults, which evaluate the influence of variations in the arc voltage magnitude, random noise percentage inserted in the arc voltage, fault distance, sampling rate, load dynamics, the arc voltage model and uncertainties in measurements, indicate clearly that the proposed approach is valid as incipient faults location technique, showing overall average errors of 1,60% and 0,93%, respectively for each proposed formulation.

Orientador: Edevar Luvizotto Junior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T20:04:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Palhares_JulianaBarbosa_M.pdf: 1136611 bytes, checksum: 85a62466425d6655acb5af5bcc414c66 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Nos sistemas de transporte de fluido líquido, têm-se a preocupação em combater às fugas ou vazamentos. Dessa fonna, este trabalho tem como objetivo aperfeiçoar o método de detecção de fugas em tubulações pelo método de resposta nos domínios fteqüência e tempo, utilizando como ferramentas matemáticas o Método da Matriz Transferência / Resposta em Freqüência e o Método das Características / Transfonnada Rápida de Fourier, sendo demonstradas as vantagens e desvantagens de cada método. E, como contribuição original, propõe um método de detecção de fugas através da análise de pulso de Alta Freqüência, localizando as fugas através da detenninação do tempo que um pulso emitido pela válvula leva para percorrer toda a tubulação e retomar à esta, denominado como Pulso Refletido / Abstract: In liquid fluid transport systems, there is a concem about avoiding leaks. Thus, this work has as objective to improve the leak detection method in pipes by úequency and time domains response method, being used as mathematical tools the method ofTransfer-Matrix / by úequency response and the Method of Characteristics / the Fast Fourier Transform, being demonstrated the advantages and disadvantages of each method. And, as new contribution, propose a leak detection method through the analysis of high frequency pulse, detecting the leaks through determination of time that a pulse produced by the valve takes to go through all pipe and come back, is denominated as a reflected pulse / Mestrado / Recursos Hidricos / Mestre em Engenharia Civil

The finite element method (FEM) is a widely-used numerical tool in the fields of structural dynamics, acoustics and electromagnetics. In this work, our goal is to develop robust FEM strategies for solving problems in the areas of acoustics, structures and electromagnetics, and then extend these strategies to solve multi-physics problems such as magnetohydrodynamics and structural acoustics. We now briefly describe the finite element strategies developed in each of the above domains. In the structural domain, we show that the trapezoidal rule, which is a special case of the Newmark family of algorithms, conserves linear and angular momenta and energy in the case of undamped linear elastodynamics problems, and an ‘energy-like measure’ in the case of undamped acoustic problems. These conservation properties, thus, provide a rational basis for using this algorithm. In linear elastodynamics variants of the trapezoidal rule that incorporate ‘high-frequency’ dissipation are often used, since the higher frequencies, which are not approximated properly by the standard displacement-based approach, often result in unphysical behavior. Instead of modifying the trapezoidal algorithm, we propose using a hybrid FEM framework for constructing the stiffness matrix. Hybrid finite elements, which are based on a two-field variational formulation involving displacement and stresses, are known to approximate the eigenvalues much more accurately than the standard displacement-based approach, thereby either bypassing or reducing the need for high-frequency dissipation. We show this by means of several examples, where we compare the numerical solutions obtained using the displacementbased and hybrid approaches against analytical solutions. We also present a monolithic formulation for the solution of structural acoustic problems based on the hybrid finite element approach. In the area of electromagnetics, since our goal is to ultimately couple the electromagnetic analysis with structural or fluid variables in a ‘monolithic’ framework, we focus on developing nodal finite elements rather than using ‘edge elements’. It is well-known that conventional nodal finite elements can give rise to spurious solutions, and that they cannot capture singularities when the domains are nonconvex and have sharp corners. The commonly used remedies of either adding a penalty term or using a potential formulation are unable to address these problems satisfactorily. In order to overcome this problem, we first develop several mixed finite elements in two and three dimensions which predict the eigenfrequencies (including their multiplicities) accurately, even for non-convex domains. In this proposed formulation, no ad-hoc terms are added as in the penalty formulation, and the improvement is achieved purely by an appropriate choice of the finite element spaces for the different variables. For inhomogeneous domains, ‘double noding’ is used to enforce the appropriate continuity conditions at an interface. Although the developed mixed FEM works very accurately for all 2D geometries and regular Cartesian 3D geometries, it has so far not yielded success for curved 3D geometries. Therefore, for 3D harmonic and transient analysis problems, we propose and use a modified form of the potential formulation that overcomes the disadvantages of the standard potential method, especially on non-convex domains. Electromagnetic radiation and scattering in an exterior domain traditionally involved imposing a suitable absorbing boundary condition (ABC) on the truncation boundary of the numerical domain to inhibit reflection from it. In this work, based on the Wilcox asymptotic expansion of the electric far-field, we propose an amplitude formulation within the framework of the nodal FEM, whereby the highly oscillatory radial part of the field is separated out a-priori so that the standard Lagrange interpolation functions have to capture a relatively gently varying function. Since these elements can be used in the immediate vicinity of the radiator or scatterer (with few exceptions which we enumerate), it is more effective compared to methods of imposing ABCs, especially for high-frequency problems. We show the effectiveness of the proposed formulation on a wide variety of radiation and scattering problems involving both conducting and dielectric bodies, and involving both convex and non-convex domains with sharp corners. The Time Domain Finite Element Method (TDFEM) has been used extensively to solve transient electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. Although conservation of energy in electromagnetics is well-known, we show in this work that there are additional quantities that are also conserved in the absence of loading. We then show that the developed time-stepping strategy (which is closely related to the trapezoidal rule) mimics these continuum conservation properties either exactly or to a very good approximation. Thus, the developed numerical strategy can be said to be ‘unconditionally stable’ (from an energy perspective) allowing the use of arbitrarily large time-steps. We demonstrate the high accuracy and robustness of the developed method for solving both interior and exterior domain radiation problems, and for finding the scattered field from conducting and dielectric bodies. In the field of magneto-hydrodynamics, we develop a monolithic strategy based on a continuous velocity-pressure formulation that is known to satisfy the Babuska-Brezzi (BB) conditions. The magnetic field is interpolated in the same way as the velocity field, and the entire formulation is within a nodal finite element framework. Both transient and steady-state formulations are developed for two- and three-dimensional geometries. An exact linearization of the monolithic strategy ensures that rapid (quadratic) convergence is achieved within each time (or load) step, while the stable nature of the interpolations used ensure that no instabilities arise in the solution. Good agreement with analytical solutions, even with the use of very coarse meshes, shows the efficacy of the developed formulation.

L’énergie solaire photovoltaïque concentré (CPV) est une solution de remplacement prometteuse aux structures solaires conventionnelles. Ce type de structure modulable doit être optimisé afin d’être compétitif par rapport aux autres types de production d’énergie. Les forces de vent demeurent la première préoccupation dans la conception de la structure porteuse en acier d’un tel système. L’objectif principal de cette recherche est d’assembler des outils numériques et analytiques afin de prédire les caractéristiques de sa réponse dynamique sous charges de vent turbulent. La maîtrise de cette étape est essentielle afin d’étudier d’une façon plus générique des solutions d’optimisation de la structure support par rapport à sa réponse dynamique sous charges de vent. Pour ce faire, la méthodologie principale de cette étude est composée en trois parties : (i) étude expérimentale à grandeur nature de la réponse globale sous les conditions réelles du vent ; (ii) développement des modèles d’analyse numérique dans lesquels les caractéristiques de structures réelles et des modèles de forces aérodynamiques adéquates sont prises en compte ; (iii) application des outils développés dans une étude paramétrique pour évaluer plusieurs solutions à partir de cas d’étude dans le contexte d’une conception préliminaire. Cette thèse est présentée sous forme de deux articles qui ont été soumis dans des revues évaluées par des comités de lecture ainsi que d’un article soumis et présenté dans un congrès international qui démontrent les contributions de cette recherche pour améliorer les pratiques de calcul des charges de vent sur des structures de concentration solaire non conventionnelles. Ces articles sont présentés comme suit (a) Étude expérimentale à échelle réelle de la réponse d’un prototype de concentrateur solaire sous charges de vent. Ce premier article a permis la validation de calcul des coefficients de forces aérodynamiques statiques et la révision des hypothèses de l’application du code ASCE 7-10 pour prédire les forces maximales agissant sur la structure dans la direction du vent ; (b) l’analyse temporelle de la réponse dynamique d’une structure de concentrateur solaire sous charges de vent. Cette étude a montré que le modèle et la méthode d’analyse développés selon des hypothèses simplifiées permettaient de prédire correctement les caractéristiques statistiques de la réponse dynamique mesurée en cohérence avec la méthode spectrale stochastique ; (c) Étude des effets des configurations structurales et des paramètres de vent sur l’optimisation de structure solaires sous charges de vent. Cette étude paramétrique a mis en évidence l’importance de l’effet des paramètres structuraux et ceux définissant le vent sur l’optimisation de la conception structural pour ce type de structure. Des recommandations pour optimiser l’action dynamique dans une phase de conception préliminaire ont été proposées. Ce projet de recherche a démontré finalement l’importance d’étudier d’une façon juste et pratique la réponse dynamique sous charges de vent qui mène à résoudre des préoccupations d’optimisation liées à différents types de structures d’énergie solaire en adoptant des hypothèses pratiques pour les ingénieurs. / Abstract : Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic (CPV) is a promising alternative to conventional solar structures. These solar traking structures need to be optimized to be competitive against other types of energy production. Wind action is the main concern in the design of the steel support structure of such movable system. The main purpose of this research is to assemble advanced numerical and analytical tools that allows realistic dynamic study of structures under wind loading. This help to study accurately optimized alternative in term of selecting structural and wind site conditions parameters. The methodology of the present study involves three main steps : (i) experimental full-scale study of the global response under real life wind conditions ; (ii) numerical modeling that captures the characteristics of the real structures and include the aerodynamic force models to conduct time-domain dynamic analyses ; (iii) preliminary design application that include the study of the effect of stuctural and wind parameters in optimizing the dynamic wind action and consequently the steel support structure. The thesis is presented as an ensemble of three articles written for refereed journals and a conference that showcase the contributions of the present study to thoroughly understand the wind load effect on these nonconventionnel structures. The articles presented are as follow (a) full-scale measurement of the response of a CPV tracker structure prototype under wind load. The results presented in this first article help design engineers to evaluate the use of the aerodynamic force coefficients for calculating wind load on similar structures and to apply properly the ASCE7-10 in evaluating the maximum design wind force using the equivalent static approach ; (b) time-domain analysis of solar concentrator structure under gust wind. This study showed that the developed time-domain model using simplified hypothesis could successfully predict the statistical parameters of the measured dynamic response in coherence with the stochastic spectral approach ; (c) effect of structure configurations and wind characteristics on the design of solar concentrator support structure under dynamic wind action. This parametric study highlighted the importance of selecting structural and wind parameters in order to minimize the dynamic action and the steel support structure. Recommendations for optimizing dynamic wind action in a preliminary design phase were proposed. The present research project has shown the need to study accurately wind response to solve optimization concerns related to different type of solar system structures. In addition, this study proposes simplified methods that are useful for practical engineers when there is the need to solve similar problems.

本論文乃是藉由現代中醫科學研究，進一步指出中醫科學化的可能性及其問題。由於中醫理論十分駁雜，筆者將焦點主要集中於中醫脈診之上，藉由汪叔游和王唯工的研究，來討論中醫脈診科學化的可能性和問題。 本論文進行方式，主要可分為兩個步驟，首先針對傳統中醫理論地位的問題加以討論，其次乃是針對現代中醫實驗。 在第一步驟中，筆者提出一個理論作為科學理論所必須符合的最低標準，即是科學化三原則，分別是：可落實原則、主體際性原則以及系統化原則。藉由科學化三原則筆者嘗試論證傳統中醫並非是科學理論或是經驗有效的理論，最多僅能將中醫醫療實踐視為經驗有效的醫療診斷技術。 在第二步驟中，筆者藉由汪叔游和王唯工的實驗，來討論其經驗上和概念上的問題。藉由兩人的研究，筆者將進一步指出中醫科學化的過程中，必須經過理論的重新建構，而不是僅在於累積客觀的經驗資料就可證實中醫理論。

Αναπτύσσεται ένα πλήρες δυναμικό μοντέλο μετασχηματιστή που λαμβάνει υπόψη τη γεωμετρία του πυρήνα και τη συνδεσμολογία των τυλιγμάτων. Το μοντέλο μπορεί εύκολα να ενσωματωθεί στις καταστατικές εξισώσεις ενός συστήματος ισχύος με σκοπό τη μελέτη της δυναμικής του απόκρισης και τον υπολογισμό ανωτέρων αρμονικών. Ο βρόχος υστέρησης του υλικού του πυρήνα εισάγεται με το μοντέλο που: (α) προτείνει ο Tellinen και (β) προτείνουν οι Jiles και Atherton. Τα μοντέλα αυτά υπολογίζουν σωστά τις απώλειες υστέρησης του πυρήνα, επιτρέποντας στα διάφορα τμήματα του πυρήνα να διαγράφουν διαφορετικούς βρόχους. Η επίδραση των δινορευμάτων ενσωματώνεται στο μοντέλο με μη γραμμικές ωμικές αντιστάσεις για τον υπολογισμό των οποίων αξιοποιούνται οι σχετικές με τα δινορεύματα, ευρέως αποδεκτές, εργασίες του Bertotti. Ο πίνακας Ld των αυξητικών επαγωγών του μετασχηματιστή υπολογίζεται για οποιαδήποτε γεωμετρία πυρήνα και αριθμό τυλιγμάτων με την βοήθεια του Ισοδυνάμου Αυξητικού Κυκλώματος (ΙΑΚ) του πυρήνα. Ο αναλυτικός υπολογισμός των στοιχείων του πίνακα Ld αναδεικνύει τον τρόπο εξάρτησης των αυξητικών επαγωγών του μετασχηματιστή από τη γεωμετρία του πυρήνα και από τη χαρακτηριστική καμπύλη του υλικού. / A dynamic and complete transformer model is developed which takes into account the magnetic core geometry and the windings connections. This model can easily be incorporated with the state equations of a power system, in order to calculate its dynamic response and the harmonic content. The magnetic hysteresis of the core material is introduced the model that is proposed by: (a) Tellinen and (b) Jiles and Atherton. These models can estimate the hysteresis power losses even when the hysteresis loops into several parts of the core differ. The eddy currents effects are incorporated into the model by non-linear ohmic resistances which are based on Bertotti’s work for the eddy currents. The matrix Ld of the incremental inductances of the windings is calculated, for any possible core geometry and number of windings, using the Equivalent Incremental Circuit (EIC) of the core. The analytical calculation of the elements of the matrix Ld shows the dependency of the incremental inductances on the core geometry and the characteristic curve of the core material.

Στην εργασία αυτή διερευνάται η δυναμική απόκριση κρυογενικών δεξαμενών υγροποιημένου φυσικού αερίου υποκείμενων σε δράση σεισμού. Επειδή οι εν λόγω δεξαμενές αποτελούν κρίσιμα στοιχεία για τη λειτουργία ενός συστήματος διανομής φυσικού αερίου και επειδή ενδεχόμενη καταστροφική αστοχία τους θα είχε δυσβάστακτες κοινωνικές επιπτώσεις, ιδιαίτερα αυστηρές απαιτήσεις ισχύουν σχετικά με τον αντισεισμικό σχεδιασμό τους. Για το σχεδιασμό έναντι σεισμού προδιαγράφονται συνήθως ένα σεισμικό γεγονός με μέση περίοδο επαναφοράς της τάξης των 500 ετών, κατά το οποίο οι δεξαμενές απαιτείται να παραμένουν πλήρως λειτουργικές, και ένα σεισμικό γεγονός με μέση περίοδο επαναφοράς της τάξης των 5000 έως 10000 ετών, κατά το οποίο απαιτείται η εξασφάλιση της ασφαλούς διακοπής της λειτουργίας των δεξαμενών, ενώ ελάχιστη μόνο βλάβη είναι αποδεκτή στα δομικά στοιχεία τους. Οι εν λόγω δεξαμενές αποτελούνται από δύο κελύφη: Ένα εξωτερικό κυλινδρικό κέλυφος από προεντεταμένο σκυρόδεμα με θολωτή στέγη από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα και ένα εσωτερικό κέλυφος από κρυογενικό χάλυβα, εντός του οποίου αποθηκεύεται το προϊόν. Τα δύο κελύφη εδράζονται σε κοινή πλάκα βάσης. Στην εργασία αυτή εξετάζονται δύο εναλλακτικοί τρόποι έδρασης της πλάκας βάσης: α) απλή έδραση επί του διαμορφωμένου εδάφους και β) εφαρμογή κάποιας διάταξης σεισμικής μόνωσης επί της οποίας εδράζεται η πλάκα βάσης. Ειδικότερα, εξετάζονται τα ακόλουθα συστήματα σεισμικής μόνωσης: α) μόνωση με ελαστομεταλλικά εφέδρανα με ελαστομερές υψηλής απόσβεσης, β) μόνωση με ελαστομεταλλικά εφέδρανα με πυρήνα μόλυβδου, και γ) μόνωση με συνδυασμό γραμμικών ελαστομεταλλικών εφεδράνων και μη γραμμικών αποσβεστήρων. Στις ιδιαιτερότητες του δυναμικού προβλήματος περιλαμβάνονται, εκτός από την επίδραση της μόνωσης, η δυναμική αλληλεπίδραση των δύο κελυφών, η δυναμική αλληλεπίδραση υγρού-δεξαμενής, ο κυματισμός της ελεύθερης επιφάνειας του υγρού και η δυναμική αλληλεπίδραση εδάφους-δεξαμενής. Τα φαινόμενα αυτά λαμβάνονται υπόψη στην ανάλυση. Για τη μελέτη του κυματισμού της ελεύθερης επιφάνειας χρησιμοποιείται η γραμμική θεωρία κυμάτων. Για τη μελέτη της αλληλεπίδρασης υγρού-δεξαμενής εφαρμόζεται μια προσέγγιση τύπου Lagrange με χρήση πεπερασμένων στοιχείων υγρού. Για τη μελέτη της αλληλεπίδρασης εδάφους-δεξαμενής χρησιμοποιούνται συγκεντρωμένα στοιχεία δυσπαραμορφωσιμότητας και απόσβεσης. Επίσης, συγκεντρωμένα στοιχεία δυσπαραμορφωσιμότητας και απόσβεσης χρησιμοποιούνται για την προσομοίωση των συστημάτων μόνωσης. Τα χαρακτηριστικά των παραπάνω συγκεντρωμένων στοιχείων για την προσομοίωση της αλληλεπίδρασης εδάφους-δεξαμενής και των συστημάτων μόνωσης επιλέγονται με βάση ρεαλιστικές υποθέσεις για τις δυναμικές ιδιότητες του εδάφους θεμελίωσης και τα χαρακτηριστικά των συστημάτων μόνωσης. Δύο περιπτώσεις υφιστάμενων δεξαμενών υιοθετούνται προς ανάλυση. Οι δύο δεξαμενές διαφέρουν κυρίως ως προς τη χωρητικότητα και το λόγο ύψους προς ακτίνα. Και οι δύο δεξαμενές έχουν μελετηθεί και κατασκευαστεί χωρίς σεισμική μόνωση. Ένα συνθετικό επιταχυνσιογράφημα συμβατό με το φάσμα απόκρισης σχεδιασμού του Ευροκώδικα 8 για λόγο απόσβεσης 5%, για την αντίστοιχη κατηγορία εδάφους και για μέγιστη εδαφική επιτάχυνση λίγο μεγαλύτερη από αυτή για την οποία είναι σχεδιασμένες οι δεξαμενές περιγράφει τη διέγερση της κατασκευής στην οριζόντια διεύθυνση. Για την ανάλυση αναπτύσσεται ένα συνολικό παραμετρικό προσομοίωμα πεπερασμένων στοιχείων το οποίο περιλαμβάνει τα δύο κελύφη και το αποθηκευμένο υγρό. Στο προσομοίωμα συμπεριλαμβάνονται, ανάλογα με την περίπτωση που κάθε φορά αναλύεται, τα κατάλληλα στοιχεία για την προσομοίωση της αλληλεπίδρασης εδάφους-δεξαμενής ή των διαφόρων συστημάτων μόνωσης. Το προσομοίωμα χρησιμοποιείται για τον υπολογισμό των ιδιομορφών και την πραγματοποίηση δυναμικών γραμμικών και μη γραμμικών αναλύσεων με ολοκλήρωση στο πεδίο του χρόνου. Οι μη γραμμικές αναλύσεις είναι αναγκαίες για να ληφθεί υπόψη με ρεαλιστικό τρόπο η έντονα μη γραμμική συμπεριφορά των συστημάτων μόνωσης. Στην περίπτωση αυτή η μη γραμμικότητα είναι συγκεντρωμένη στα στοιχεία που προσομοιώνουν τη μόνωση ενώ για την υπόλοιπη κατασκευή γίνεται σε κάθε περίπτωση η παραδοχή γραμμικής συμπεριφοράς. Η παραδοχή αυτή προκύπτει από το γεγονός ότι για τις δεξαμενές αυτού του τύπου η αποδεκτή βλάβη, και επομένως μη γραμμικότητα στη συμπεριφορά, των δομικών στοιχείων είναι ελάχιστη. Παρουσιάζονται επιλεγμένα αποτελέσματα των αναλύσεων που πραγματοποιήθηκαν με χρήση του προσομοιώματος πεπερασμένων στοιχείων. Τα αποτελέσματα αυτά αναφέρονται κυρίως στην τέμνουσα βάσης, τη ροπή ανατροπής, τις οριζόντιες μετακινήσεις της κατασκευής σε διάφορες στάθμες και το ύψος του κυματισμού. Έμφαση δίνεται στην ποσοτικοποίηση της επίδρασης της αλληλεπίδρασης εδάφους-δεξαμενής και της σεισμική μόνωσης στα ανωτέρω μεγέθη. Η εργασία τελειώνει με γενικά συμπεράσματα. / In the present work the dynamic response of liquefied natural gas cryogenic tanks subjected to earthquake action is investigated. Since these tanks are critical elements for the function of a natural gas distribution system and because a potential failure of them could lead to a major disaster, very severe requirements concerning the seismic design of these tanks are imposed. For the design against earthquake action two seismic events are generally considered: an event with a mean return period of 475 years during which the tanks are expected to remain fully operational and an event with a mean return period of the order of 5000 to 1000 years during which the safe shut down of the tanks is to be ensured, while minimum damage is accepted at the structural parts of the tanks. The type of tanks under consideration is constituted of two shells: an outer one made of prestressed concrete and an inner one made of cryogenic steel in which the product is stored. Both shells rest on a common base slab. In these work two alternative ways for the support of this slab are examined: a) the slab lays directly on the ground and b) the slab lays on a number of devices which provide seismic isolation. The following isolation systems are examined. a) high damping rubber bearings, b) lead core rubber bearings and c) low damping rubber bearing in conjunction with non-linear viscous dampers. The examined structural dynamic problem is characterised by certain particularities, besides the one of the implementation of an isolation system. The most important of them are sloshing of the free surface, dynamic fluid-structure interaction, dynamic soil-structure interaction and interaction between the inner and outer shell. These phenomena are taken into consideration in the preformed analyses. For the modeling of the free surface effect the realistic assumption of small wave height is made and the linear wave theory is employed. For the modeling of the fluid-structure interaction a Lagrangian approach is applied using finite elements for the modeling of the liquid and the solid domain. The soil-structure interaction is simulated by using concentrated stiffness and damping elements. Concentrated stiffness and damping elements are used for the modeling of the isolation systems as well. Two cases of existing tanks are adopted for analysis. The two tanks differ mainly in capacity and in the height to radius ratio. Both tanks are designed and constructed without seismic isolation. A global parametric finite element model is developed for the analyses. In this model the appropriate elements are incorporated for the modeling of the soil-structure interaction and the seismic isolation system, depending on the analysed case. The model is used for the calculation of eigenmodes and eigenfrequencies and for performing linear and non-linear transient analyses in time domain. Non-linear analyses are necessary in order for the highly non-linear behavior of the isolation devices to be properly simulated. In these cases the non-linearity is concentrated at the elements which simulate the seismic isolation system while the rest of the structure is considered elastic in all cases. This consideration is justified by the fact that for these tanks the acceptable damage, and consequently non-linearity in the behavior of the structural part, is minimum. Selective results of the performed analyses are presented. These results refer mainly to base shear forces, overturning moments, horizontal displacements at different levels of the tank and sloshing heights. Emphasis is on the quantification of the impact of the soil-structure interaction and the implementation of the examined seismic isolation systems.

[EN] Fiber grating sensors and devices have demonstrated outstanding capabilities in both telecommunications and sensing areas, due to their well-known advantageous characteristics. Therefore, one of the most important motivations lies in the potential of customized fiber gratings to be suitably employed for improving the interrogation process of optical fiber sensors and systems. This Ph.D. dissertation is focused on the study, design, fabrication and performance evaluation of customized fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and long period gratings (LPGs) with the double aim to present novel sensing technologies and to enhance the response of existing sensing systems. In this context, a technique based on time-frequency domain analysis has been studied and applied to interrogate different kind of FBGs-based sensors. The distribution of the central wavelength along the sensing structures has been demonstrated, based on a combination of frequency scanning of the interrogating optical pulse and optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR), allowing the detection of spot events with good performance in terms of measurand resolution. Moreover, different customized FBGs have been interrogated using a technology inspired on the operation principle of microwave photonics (MWP) filters, enabling the detection of spot events using radio-frequency (RF) devices with modest bandwidth. The sensing capability of these technological platforms has been fruitfully employed for implementing a large scale quasi-distributed sensor, based on an array of cascaded FBGs. The potentiality of LPGs as fiber optic sensors has also been investigated in a new fashion, exploiting the potentials of MWP filtering techniques. Besides, a novel approach for simultaneous measurements based on a half-coated LPG has been proposed and demonstrated. Finally, the feasibility of FBGs as selective wavelength filters has been exploited in sensing applications; an alternative approach to improve the response and performance of Brillouin distributed fiber sensors has been studied and validated via experiments. The performance of the reported sensing platforms have been analyzed and evaluated so as to characterize their impact on the fiber sensing field and to ultimately identify the use of the most suitable technology depending on the processing task to be carried out and on the final goal to reach. / [ES] Los sensores y dispositivos en fibra basados en redes de difracción han mostrado excepcionales capacidades en el ámbito de las telecomunicaciones y del sensado, gracias a sus excelentes propiedades. Entre las motivaciones más estimulantes destaca la posibilidad de fabricar redes de difracción ad-hoc para implementar y/o mejorar las prestaciones de los sensores fotónicos. Esta tesis doctoral se ha enfocado en el estudio, diseño, fabricación y evaluación de las prestaciones de redes de difracción de Bragg (FBGs) y de redes de difracción de periodo largo (LPGs) personalizadas con el fin de desarrollar nuevas plataformas de detección y a la vez mejorar la respuesta y las prestaciones de los sensores fotónicos ya existentes. En este contexto, una técnica basada en el análisis tiempofrecuencia se ha estudiado e implementado para la interrogación de sensores en fibra basados en varios tipos y modelos de FBGs. Se ha analizado la distribución de la longitud de onda central a lo largo de la estructura de sensado, gracias a una metodología que conlleva el escaneo en frecuencia del pulso óptico incidente y la técnica conocida como reflectometria óptica en el dominio del tiempo (OTDR). De esta manera se ha llevado a cabo la detección de eventos puntuales, alcanzando muy buenas prestaciones en términos de resolución de la magnitud a medir. Además, se han interrogado varias FBGs a través de una técnica basada en el principio de operación de los filtros de fotónica de microondas (MWP), logrando así la detección de eventos puntuales usando dispositivos de radio-frecuencia (RF) caracterizados por un moderado ancho de banda. La capacidad de sensado de estas plataformas tecnológicas ha sido aprovechada para la realización de un sensor quasi-distribuido de gran alcance, formado por una estructura en cascada de muchas FBGs. Por otro lado, se han puesto a prueba las capacidades de las LPGs como sensores ópticos según un enfoque novedoso; para ello se han aprovechados las potencialidades de los filtros de MWP. Asimismo, se ha estudiado y demostrado un nuevo método para medidas simultáneas de dos parámetros, basado en una LPG parcialmente recubierta por una película polimérica. Finalmente, se ha explotado la viabilidad de las FBGs en cuanto al filtrado selectivo en longitud de onda para aplicaciones de sensado; para ello se ha propuesto un sistema alternativo para la mejora de la respuesta y de las prestaciones de sensores ópticos distribuidos basados en el scattering de Brillouin. En conclusión, se han analizado y evaluado las prestaciones de las plataformas de sensado propuestas para caracterizar su impacto en el ámbito de los sistemas de detección por fibra y además identificar el uso de la tecnología más adecuada dependiendo de la tarea a desarrollar y del objetivo a alcanzar. / [CA] Els sensors i dispositius en fibra basats en xarxes de difracció han mostrat excepcionals capacitats en l'àmbit de les telecomunicacions i del sensat, gràcies a les seus excel¿lents propietats. Entre les motivacions més estimulants destaca la possibilitat de fabricar xarxes de difracció ad-hoc per a implementar i/o millorar les prestacions de sensors fotònics. Esta tesi doctoral s'ha enfocat en l'estudi, disseny, fabricació i avaluació de les prestacions de xarxes de difracció de Bragg (FBGs) i de xarxes de difracció de període llarg (LPGs) personalitzades per tal de desenvolupar noves plataformes de detecció i al mateix temps millorar la resposta i les prestacions dels sensors fotònics ja existents. En este context, una tècnica basada en l'anàlisi temps-freqüència s'ha estudiat i implementat per a la interrogació de sensors en fibra basats en diversos tipus i models de FBGs. S'ha analitzat la distribució de la longitud d'ona central al llarg de l'estructura de sensat, gràcies a una metodologia que comporta l'escaneig en freqüència del pols òptic incident i la tècnica coneguda com reflectometria òptica en el domini del temps (OTDR). D'esta manera s'ha dut a terme la detecció d'esdeveniments puntuals, aconseguint molt bones prestacions en termes de resolució de la magnitud a mesurar. A més, s'han interrogat diverses FBGs a través d'una tècnica basada en el principi d'operació dels filtres de fotònica de microones (MWP), aconseguint així la detecció d'esdeveniments puntuals utilitzant dispositius de ràdio-freqüència (RF) caracteritzats per un moderat ample de banda. La capacitat de sensat d'aquestes plataformes tecnològiques ha sigut aprofitada per a la realització d'un sensor quasi-distribuït a llarga escala, format per una estructura en cascada de moltes FBGs. D'altra banda, s'han posat a prova les capacitats de les LPGs com a sensors òptics segons un enfocament nou; per a això s'han aprofitat les potencialitats dels filtres de MWP. Així mateix, s'ha estudiat i demostrat un nou mètode per a mesures simultànies de dos paràmetres, basat en una LPG parcialment recoberta per una pel¿lícula polimèrica. Finalment, s'ha explotat la viabilitat de les FBGs pel que fa al filtrat selectiu en longitud d'ona per a aplicacions de sensat; per això s'ha proposat un sistema alternatiu per a la millora de la resposta i de les prestacions de sensors òptics distribuïts basats en el scattering de Brillouin. S'han analitzat i avaluat les prestacions de les plataformes de sensat propostes per a caracteritzar el seu impacte en l'àmbit dels sistemes de detecció per fibra i a més identificar l'ús de la tecnologia més adequada depenent de la tasca a desenvolupar i de l'objectiu a assolir. / Ricchiuti, AL. (2016). Design and fabrication of customized fiber gratings to improve the interrogation of optical fiber sensors [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/66343 / Premios Extraordinarios de tesis doctorales