La voiture de demain semble prendre forme. Elle sera connectée et autonome, c'est à dire qu'elle se substituera complètement à l'être humain. Quelques milliers de véhicules communicants devraient être mis en circulation dès 2016. Par le biais du développement de multiples fonctions avancées d'aide à la conduite et de sécurité active, il est déjà possible de parler d'autonomie partielle de conduite. En effet, ces dernières années, un grand nombre de systèmes sont apparus dans les véhicules, comme par exemple le contrôle adaptatif de vitesse, l'alerte de franchissement de ligne, l'aide au stationnement ... Ils utilisent des technologies de plus en plus perfectionnées qui induisent ainsi des coûts de développement important. Les constructeurs automobiles sont actuellement très nombreux sur le marché. Ils doivent faire face à une concurrence accrue, ce qui influe fortement sur la phase de conception. Ainsi, les délais entre la phase de conception des véhicules et celle de fabrication sont de plus en plus restreints afin d'accroître la compétitivité. A cet effet, la simulation numérique se développe afin de diminuer les coûts liés au prototypage et le temps de mise au point des véhicules . Elle fait appel à des modèles génériques et fins permettant de simuler le comportement du véhicule ou des systèmes présents dans le véhicule. La modélisation de la dynamique des véhicules en régime statique est aujourd'hui chose acquise. En ce qui concerne le régime transitoire, la caractérisation dynamique du comportement du véhicule ou des phénomènes physiques ressentis par les occupants du véhicule a fait depuis longtemps l'objet d'études, mais possède encore des lacunes. Tel est précisément le cas des modèles de pneumatiques actuels qui ne retranscrivent pas correctement le comportement transitoire de cet organe, notamment lors de manœuvres d'urgence.Ces travaux s'inscrivent ainsi dans cette problématique d'amélioration de la représentativité des modèles de pneumatiques en régime transitoire. / The car of tomorrow is taking form. It will be connected and autonomous, i.e. it will substitute for human being. A few thousand of communicating vehicles should be put in circulation by 2016. Through the development of multiple advanced functions of driver assistance and active safety, it is already possible to speak of partial autonomy of conduct. Indeed, these last years, a large number of systems have appeared in vehicles such as adaptive speed control, lane departure warning, parking assistance ... They use technologies more and more sophisticated that lead to significant development costs. Actually, car manufacturers are very numerous on the market. They face increased competition, which strongly influences the design phase. Thus, the time limit between the phase of vehicle design and manufacturing are becoming smaller in order to increase competitiveness. For that purpose, the numerical simulation is developed to reduce prototyping costs and development time of vehicles. It uses generic and accurate models allowing the simulation of the vehicle behavior or the behavior of the other systems in the vehicle. Dynamic modeling of vehicle static behavior is now an acquired thing. As regards the transient behavior, the dynamic characterization of the vehicle behavior or the physical phenomena experienced by the vehicle occupants has long been studied, but still has gaps. This is precisely the case of current tire models that do not correctly transcribe the transient behavior of this body, in particular during emergency maneuvers. This work is inscribed in this problem of transient tire models representativeness improvement.

The ageing population has become more active and live longer, these patients require hip replacement surgery at a younger age. Artificial hip implants, consisting of the acetabular cup and femoral head, affect the lives of many people, and the longevity of these implants pose significant concerns (rarely longer than 17 years). To help understand the lubricating performance of such a system, a hip joint model was built based on the Reynolds equation; the model developed simulated hydrodynamic lubrication. A steady-state angular rotation model was built whereby it was concluded that such motion would not support any load due to the anti-symmetric nature of the resultant pressure distribution (anti-symmetric about the axis of rotation). The pressure distribution from the steady-state rotation simulation contained a pressure source and sink which converged to the centre of the cup and whose pressure value increased in magnitude, as the eccentricity ratio increased. Infeasible results were obtained when the intermediary pressure constraint, allowing only positive pressure values, was implemented. The results obtained were not representative of the problem and it is recommended that this constraint not be implemented. The transient walking cycle model showed that a fluid with viscosity of 0.0015Pa.s is not sufficient to support a load in the walking cycle under conditions representative of hydrodynamic lubrication. Increasing the fluid viscosity promoted better results in the hydrodynamic model. Increasing the femoral head radius and decreasing the radial clearance between the components also improves the possibility of hydrodynamic lubrication. It is recommended that the model should be extended to investigate elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication. If possible, the effects of a boundary lubrication model should be investigated, as it is believed to be a major contribution to the lubrication of hip joints. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Chemical Engineering / unrestricted

Este projeto teve por objetivo a construção de um modelo hidrogeológico baseado em Elementos Finitos para estudar a variação de nível do aquífero livre em área de afloramento do Sistema Aquífero Guarani. A área é a bacia do Ribeirão da Onça, localizada na região central do Estado de São Paulo. Dados topográficos, hidrológicos e hidrogeológicos da região de interesse foram obtidos principalmente através de mapas, de poços e estações metereológicas próximas e na área de estudo, com o apoio do Centro de Recursos Hídricos e Ecologia Aplicada (CRHEA) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Os dados já existentes no Laboratório de Hidráulica Computacional (LHC) da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), bem como os dados coletados no decorrer do trabalho, foram utilizados para definição de suas condições de contorno e calibração do modelo. Estes foram processados e analisados em ferramenta SIG. Assim foram definidos os parâmetros para a construção da malha de elementos finitos dentro do pacote de Simulação de Processos em Aquíferos (SPA), software utilizado para a modelagem numérica desenvolvido no LHC. Foi simulado o fluxo estacionário como condição inicial para a modelagem transiente. Visto as condições de contorno adotadas, o modelo transiente resultou em cálculos satisfatórios de carga hidráulica, considerados os poços de monitoramento existentes na área de estudo e a particular localização de cada um. A ferramenta mostrou bom desempenho e, como sugestão, a continuidade do monitoramento da região se faz necessária para manutenção e melhora das informações a respeito do comportamento da água subterrânea e do SAG como reserva deste importante recurso. / This works presents a hydrogeological model based on finite element to study the variation in level of free aquifer in the outcrop area of the Guarani Aquifer System. The area was the basin of Ribeirão da Onça, located in the central region of São Paulo. Topographic, hydrological and hydrogeological data of the region of interest were obtained mainly through maps, weather stations and wells near and within the study area, with support from the Center for Water Resources and Applied Ecology (CRHEA), University of São Paulo (USP). The data already existing in the Laboratory of Computational Hydraulics (LHC) at the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos (EESC) and the data collected during the study were used to define its boundary conditions and model calibration. These data were processed and analyzed in a GIS tool. Thus were defined the parameters for the construction of the finite element mesh within the package of Process Simulation in Aquifers (SPA), software used for numerical modeling developed at the LHC. Steady flow was simulated as an initial condition for transient modeling. Since the boundary conditions adopted, the transient model resulted in satisfactory hydraulic head calculations, considering the existing monitoring wells in the study area, taking into account the particular location of each. The tool has shown good performance and, as a suggestion, the continued monitoring of the region is necessary for maintenance and improvement of information about the behavior of groundwater and SAG as a store of this important resource.

Este projeto teve por objetivo a construção de um modelo hidrogeológico baseado em Elementos Finitos para estudar a variação de nível do aquífero livre em área de afloramento do Sistema Aquífero Guarani. A área é a bacia do Ribeirão da Onça, localizada na região central do Estado de São Paulo. Dados topográficos, hidrológicos e hidrogeológicos da região de interesse foram obtidos principalmente através de mapas, de poços e estações metereológicas próximas e na área de estudo, com o apoio do Centro de Recursos Hídricos e Ecologia Aplicada (CRHEA) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Os dados já existentes no Laboratório de Hidráulica Computacional (LHC) da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), bem como os dados coletados no decorrer do trabalho, foram utilizados para definição de suas condições de contorno e calibração do modelo. Estes foram processados e analisados em ferramenta SIG. Assim foram definidos os parâmetros para a construção da malha de elementos finitos dentro do pacote de Simulação de Processos em Aquíferos (SPA), software utilizado para a modelagem numérica desenvolvido no LHC. Foi simulado o fluxo estacionário como condição inicial para a modelagem transiente. Visto as condições de contorno adotadas, o modelo transiente resultou em cálculos satisfatórios de carga hidráulica, considerados os poços de monitoramento existentes na área de estudo e a particular localização de cada um. A ferramenta mostrou bom desempenho e, como sugestão, a continuidade do monitoramento da região se faz necessária para manutenção e melhora das informações a respeito do comportamento da água subterrânea e do SAG como reserva deste importante recurso. / This works presents a hydrogeological model based on finite element to study the variation in level of free aquifer in the outcrop area of the Guarani Aquifer System. The area was the basin of Ribeirão da Onça, located in the central region of São Paulo. Topographic, hydrological and hydrogeological data of the region of interest were obtained mainly through maps, weather stations and wells near and within the study area, with support from the Center for Water Resources and Applied Ecology (CRHEA), University of São Paulo (USP). The data already existing in the Laboratory of Computational Hydraulics (LHC) at the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos (EESC) and the data collected during the study were used to define its boundary conditions and model calibration. These data were processed and analyzed in a GIS tool. Thus were defined the parameters for the construction of the finite element mesh within the package of Process Simulation in Aquifers (SPA), software used for numerical modeling developed at the LHC. Steady flow was simulated as an initial condition for transient modeling. Since the boundary conditions adopted, the transient model resulted in satisfactory hydraulic head calculations, considering the existing monitoring wells in the study area, taking into account the particular location of each. The tool has shown good performance and, as a suggestion, the continued monitoring of the region is necessary for maintenance and improvement of information about the behavior of groundwater and SAG as a store of this important resource.

The aim of this work is to create a computational model of radial industrial tumble dryers, to calculate and identify the amount of air that flows through the inside of the drum itself. The calculation will be performed via computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Furthermore, compile transient balance model of mentioned dryers. Perform simulation balance model and compare the results of simulations with experimental measurements. By comparing the experimental data and simulation to determine the degrees of freedom of balance model and evaluate their impact on the assembled transient model. For a better understanding of the drying process, there is constructed a system of differential equations describing heat and moisture within the material being dried on a simple model. In the section devoted to the computational analysis of fluid flow is analyzed existing geometry of the drum, which has a major impact on the flow of air inside the drum itself. Following describes how to simplify its complex geometry entering the computational fluid dynamics. Then, there is carried out a simulation of fluid flow inside the tumble dryers using MRF and Sliding Mesh models. Finally, there is an analysis of the data obtained and determined the average amount of air flowing through the drum itself. On the contrary, the aim of the work is not to create another text tool for students engaged in CFD theme.

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Vodní energie se nyní stala nejlepším zdrojem elektrické energie na zemi. Vyrábí se pomocí energie poskytované pohybem nebo pádem vody. Historie dokazuje, že náklady na tuto elektrickou energii zůstávají konstantní v průběhu celého roku. Vzhledem k mnoha výhodám, většina zemí nyní využívá vodní energie jako hlavní zdroj pro výrobu elektrické energie.Nejdůležitější výhodou je, že vodní energie je zelená energie, což znamená, že žádné vzdušné nebo vodní znečišťující látky nejsou vyráběny, také žádné skleníkové plyny jako oxid uhličitý nejsou vyráběny, což činí tento zdroj energie šetrný k životnímu prostředí. A tak brání nebezpečí globálního oteplování. Použití internetové techniky k ovladání několika vodních elektráren má velmi významné výhody, jako snížení provozních nákladů a flexibilitu uspokojení změny poptávky po energii na straně spotřeby. Také velmi efektivně čelí velkým narušením elektrické sítě, jako je například přidání nebo odebrání velké zátěže, a poruch. Na druhou stranu, systém získávání dat poskytuje velmi užitečné informace pro typické i vědecké analýzy, jako jsou ekonomické náklady, predikce poruchy systémů, predikce poptávky, plány údržby, systémů pro podporu rozhodování a mnoho dalších výhod. Tato práce popisuje všeobecný model, který může být použit k simulaci pro sběr dat a kontrolní systémy pro vodní elektrárny v prostředí Matlab / Simulink a TrueTime Simulink knihovnu. Uvažovaná elektrárna sestává z vodní turbíny připojené k synchronnímu generátoru s budicí soustavou, generátor je připojen k veřejné elektrické síti. Simulací vodní turbíny a synchronního generátoru lze provést pomocí různých simulačních nástrojů. V této práci je upřednostňován SIMULINK / MATLAB před jinými nástroji k modelování dynamik vodní turbíny a synchronního stroje. Program s prostředím MATLAB SIMULINK využívá k řešení schematický model vodní elektrárny sestavený ze základních funkčních bloků. Tento přístup je pedagogicky lepší než komplikované kódy jiných softwarových programů. Knihovna programu Simulink obsahuje funkční bloky, které mohou být spojovány, upravovány a modelovány. K vytvoření a simulování internetových a Real Time systémů je možné použít bud‘ knihovnu simulinku Real-Time nebo TRUETIME, v práci byla použita knihovna TRUETIME.