<p>The demands for ride comfort quality in today's long haulage trucks are constantly growing. A part of the ride comfort problems are represented by internal vibrations caused by rotating mechanical parts. This thesis work focus on the vibrations generated from radial runout on the wheels. These long haulage trucks travel long distances on smooth highways, with a constant speed of 90 km/h resulting in a 7 Hz oscillation. This frequency creates vibrations in the cab, which can be found annoying. To help out with the vibration diagnosis when a truck enters a mechanical workshop, this work studies methods for radial runout detection using the wheel speed sensors.</p><p>The main idea is to represent the varying radius signal with a sinusoid, where the calculations are based on Fourier series. The estimated radial runout value is then the amplitude of the sinusoid. In addition to the detection part, the work also present results regarding how the relative phase difference between two wheels with radial runout effects the lateral motion of the cab.</p><p>This thesis work was performed at Scania CV AB in Södertälje, Sweden and all measurements have been full scale experiments on real trucks.</p>

In this work we consider the overhead power transmission lines (OHL). Their specifics are related to the presence of cables (conductors) whose length between supporting towers may extend to dozens of thousand meters. The OHL components are exposed to a combination of natural actions wind, rain, ice / snow / frost deposits. Compared to other structural parts, conductors have the highest flexibility and very low structural self-damping (of the order of 0.1 % of critical damping or lower, depending on frequencies). They are among structural elements the most sensitive to these actions. Since early fifties the increased energy demand gave a rise to large construction of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage overhead lines equipped with bundled electrical conductors. For such arrangements there was noticed a kind of wind-induced oscillations originated by a zone of disturbed and retarded air flow (wake), that the cables located upwind(windward) cast onto the downwind (leeward) ones. The effect of this phenomenon called Wake-Induced Oscillations (WIO) resulted in fatigue damages of conductors, failures of insulator strings and cable suspension hardware and fatigue failures of spacers. There have been identified analogues to transmission lines WIO in other regular structures subjectto the cross-flow of viscous fluids (air, gas, water etc.): heat exchanger tubes, clusters of fuel rods of nnuclear reactors, groups of chimneys, buildings. Early works in this field relate to the aerodynamics of tandem and staggered twin struts to support the wings of biplanes and published by Pannell, Griffits and Coales in 1915. Other cable structures like suspenders in suspension bridges or stays in cable-stayed bridges may be also subject to wake-induced oscillations. In each of these cases, conditions of oscillations occurrence and structural response depend on cables specific mass and stiffness, kind of fixation, dimension scale versus fluid viscosity and velocity (Reynolds number) etc. The cables separation plays important role, as there are different kinds of wake interference especially when the cables are closely spaced. A number of research projects were entertained to study the wake-induced oscillations of different structures, which brought to development of analytical and experimental models and methods of protection against this phenomenon. A particular solution to overhead lines was found by unevenly distributing the spacers along the line span. To achieve that, no unique approach exists; virtually each grid company, or manufacturer of spacers proceeds with its own method. It may rely on different basis, either field experience or analytical study or a mixture of them. And, despite advances in numerical modelling of latest decades, few publications uncover phenomenological side of WIO. The issues of modelling WIO in a view of helping to develop methods for protection of line against WIO are a main subject of this work. Original advances studied in this thesis include: - Current state-of-the art for analytical calculation of WIO, including the loads in the wake - Overview of classic theory of wake-induced flutter and its evaluation from the standpoint of modern numerical tools for analytical applications (e.g., Matlab) - Nonlinear Finite-Element Modelling of WIO using classic theory of wake-induced flutter, study of its domains of application, advantages and limitations, including validation upon field experiments - Foundation of basic methodology for optimal placement of spacers over the bundle conductor span

Cette étude porte sur l'analyse des instabilités des systèmes non linéaires. Nous considérons plus particulièrement les vibrations dues à la friction et nous présentons des modèles analytiques pour l'analyse des modes de vibration de "judder" (mode de vibration présent dans les systèmes de freinage automobile) et pour l'analyse des modes de vibration du "whirl" (mode de vibration des systèmes d'atterrissage d'avion).<br />Le but de cette recherche est de développer une procédure d'analyse non-linéaire des systèmes vibrants. Nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux systèmes non linéaires présentant des non-linéarités polynomiales. Une attention tout particulière est apportée à la détermination des mécanismes engendrant les instabilitées dues au frottement (stick,-slip, sprag slip, couplage de modes...) et à la réalisation de modéles phénoménologiques permettant de reproduire les principaux modes de vibration des systèmes associés.<br />La démarche d'analyse non linéaire s'appuie sur deux points particuliers. Le problème staticodynamique où l'analyse dynamique correspond à une linéarisation autour d'une position statique obtenue par la résolution d'un problème non linéaire. Les conditions de stabilité du système sont alors étudiées à partir de la résolution du problème aux valeurs propres. Le second point concerne le problème dynamique non linéaire : nous cherchons à mettre en place des méthodes non-linéaires (méthode de la variété centrale, les approximants multivariables, la méthode de la balance harmonique AFT(alternate frequency/time domain), etc...) pour prédire les niveaux vibratoires, ou cycles limites. Les cycles limites provenant des méthodes non-lineaires sont alors comparés avec ceux obtenus par une intégration temporelle classique afin de valider cette procédure globale qui consiste à utiliser successivement, dans un certain ordre, des méthodes non-linéaires qui réduisent et simplifient le systéme de départ.

In this study, a novel concept for a downhole flywheel energy storage module to be embedded in a bottom-hole-assembly (BHA) is presented and modeled, as an alternative power source to existing lithium-ion battery packs currently deployed in measurement-while-drilling (MWD) or logging-while-drilling (LWD) operations. Lithium-ion batteries disadvantages include deteriorated performance in high temperature, limited lifetime that necessitates frequent replacement which elevates operational costs, and environmental disposal. Extreme and harsh downhole conditions necessitate that the flywheel module withstands temperatures and pressures exceeding 300 ?F and 20 kpsi, respectively, as well as violent vibrations encountered during drilling. Moreover, the flywheel module should adhere to the geometric constraints of the wellbore and its corresponding BHA. Hence, a flywheel sizing procedure was developed that takes into consideration the required energy to be stored, the surrounding environmental conditions, and the geometric constraints. A five-axis magnetic levitation control system was implemented and tuned to maintain continuous suspension of the flywheel under the harsh lateral, axial and torsional drilling vibrations of the BHA. Thus, an integrated finite element model was developed that included the rotordynamic behavior of the flywheel and the BHA, the component dynamics of the magnetic levitation control system, and the cutting dynamics of the drillbit for both PDC and tricone types. The model also included a newly developed coupling between lateral, axial and torsional vibrations. It was demonstrated through simulations conducted by numerical integration that the flywheel maintains levitation due to all different types of external vibration as well as its own lateral vibration due to mass unbalance. Moreover, a passive proof-mass-damper (PPMD) was developed that suppresses axial bit-bounce vibrations as well as torsional vibrations, and was extended to also mitigate lateral vibrations. Optimized values of the mass, stiffness and damping values of the PPMD were obtained by the hybrid analytical-numerical Chebyshev spectral method that was superior in computational efficiency to iterative numerical integration. This also enabled the fine-plotting of an operating stability chart indicating stability regions where bit-bounce and stick-slip are avoided. The proof-mass-damping concept was extended to the flywheel to be an active proof-mass-damper (APMD) where simulations indicated functionality for a light-weight BHA.

This thesis presents a theoretical study on optical properties of molecular materials. Special emphasis has been put on the influence of solvent environment, nuclear vibrations, and aggregation effects on molecular properties like linear and nonlinear polarizabilities, one- and two-photon absorption probabilities. All calculations have been performed by means of time independent and dependent quantum chemical methods at the Hartree-Fock and density functional theory levels. Solvation models that include both long range and short range interactions have been employed for calculations of optical properties of molecules in solutions. Pure vibrational and zero-point vibrationally averaged contributions have been taken into account for linear and nonlinear polarizabilities. The linear coupling model is applied to simulate vibronic profiles of optical absorption spectra. The computational strategies described in this thesis are very useful for the design of efficient molecular photonic materials. More specifically, the nonmonotonic behavior of the solvatochromic shifts and the first hyperpolarizability of para-nitroaniline (pNA) with respect to the polarity of the solvents have been theoretically confirmed for the first time. The significant contributions of the hydrogen bonding on the electronic structures of pNA are revealed. Vibrational contributions to the linear and nonlinear polarizabilities of methanol, ethanol and propanol have been calculated both at the static limit and in dynamic optical processes. The importance of vibrational contributions to certain nonlinear optical processes have been demonstrated. A series of end-capped triply branched dendritic chromophores have been studied with the result that their second order nonlinear optical properties are found strongly dependent on the mutual orientations of the three chromophores, numbers of caps and the conjugation length of the chromophores. Several possible mechanisms for the origin of the Q-band splitting of aluminum phthalocyanine chloride have been examined. Calculated vibronic one-photon absorption profiles of two molecular systems are found to be in very good agreement with the corresponding experiments, allowing to provide proper assignments for different spectral features. Furthermore, effects of vibronic coupling in the nonradiative decay processes have been considered which helps to understand the aggregation enhanced luminescence of silole molecules. The study of molecular aggregation effects on two-photon absorption cross sections of octupolar molecules has highlighted the need to use a hybrid method that combines density functional response theory and molecular dynamics simulations for the design of molecular materials. / QC 20100820

Les instabilités générées par frottement sont responsables des divers bruits tels que le crissement, le sifflement ou le broutement ... Pour modéliser et comprendre ce phénomène d'instabilités, les analyses temporelle et fréquentielle sont utilisées sur un système modèle constitué de deux poutres en contact. Dans l'analyse fréquentielle, linéaire, l'instabilité se manifeste par la coalescence de deux modes propres du système. Dans l'analyse temporelle, qui tient compte de l'aspect non linéaire d'un contact frottant, l'instabilité est caractérisée par des zones d'adhérence ou de décollement qui apparaissent au niveau de la surface de contact. Les résultats issus des deux analyses sont cohérents et complémentaires, malgré quelques différences de prédiction. Une validation expérimentale a été effectuée et montre une bonne corrélation entre les résultats numériques temporels et expérimentaux. On met en évidence la pertinence de l'analyse temporelle dans l'étude des instabilités de contact, phénomène vibratoire complexe. On montre également que, même si elle n'apparaît pas suffisante pour caractériser le phénomène d'instabilité de contact, l'analyse fréquentielle donne de bons résultats. L'aspect tribologique est également abordé et met en évidence une interaction permanente entre les phénomènes aux échelles micro- et macroscopique.

Cette étude de la compaction d'un empilement granulaire par vibrations horizontales a été réalisée dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec le groupe MERSEN pour une application au sable contenu dans ses fusibles. L'objectif scientifique est de développer la compréhension des mécanismes mis en jeu dans un milieu granulaire vibré horizontalement. Deux approches ont été utilisées en parallèle, l'une expérimentale, l'autre par simulation numérique. L'approche expérimentale a été réalisée sur des grains de silice de diamètre moyen 500 m. Un récipient de quelques centimètres est soumis à un mouvement sinusoïdal de fréquence comprise entre 20 et 200 Hz avec des accélérations allant jusqu'à 10 g. Le dispositif instrumenté permet la mesure instantanée de la force et de l'accélération, la vitesse des grains aux parois (PIV) ainsi que la densité globale du milieu. L'approche numérique est basée sur la méthode des éléments discrets (DEM). Des méthodes spécifiques d'analyse des résultats ont été développées pour assurer la comparaison avec l'expérience. Elles permettent d'obtenir des informations qui ne sont pas accessibles expérimentalement comme les densités, vitesses et contraintes locales dans l'ensemble de l'empilement. Dans le cas d'un récipient ouvert, la simulation permet de retrouver les résultats expérimentaux : rouleaux de convections, seuils de comportement, influence de l'accélération... Des résultats originaux ont été établis dans les expériences et les simulations comme une croissance de la vitesse des grains avec la longueur du récipient. La simulation a aussi permis d'obtenir des résultats spécifiques comme l'influence du coefficient de friction sur le sens des rouleaux et la caractérisation des contraintes au sein de l'empilement. L'écoulement des grains à travers des orifices circulaires de différentes dimensions a été également étudié. Le comportement du sable dans un récipient fermé (milieu confiné) a été étudié au cours d'un remplissage progressif. Des différences significatives ont été constatées lorsque le taux de remplissage devient élevé. Des mesures d'accélération et de force sur l'ensemble du dispositif ont permis de définir et de mesurer une masse apparente et l'énergie dissipée par le dispositif. Des modèles descriptifs ont permis de comprendre les comportements observés. Ces résultats sont à l'origine d'un brevet déposé par le groupe MERSEN sur le contrôle du remplissage.

The doctoral thesis "Low frequency modes from small nanoparticles (metal nanocrystals) to large nanospheres (viruses): an inelastic light scattering study" is dedicated to investigations of the acoustic properties of different nano-objects : small metal nanoparticles and nanocrystals (D < 30 nm) and large colloid/viral particles (D _ 200 nm). Inelastic light Raman/Brillouin scattering is used as the main research tool to probe the nanoparticle vibrations and to determine their elastic and mechanical parameters. In the first chapter, the well developed theory of elasticity is used to perform a qualitative and nomenclatural analysis of solid sphere vibrations ; several theoretical models allowing to describe the nanoparticle vibrational behavior within a surrounding medium and how the eigenvibrations are modified due to inner crystalline elastic anisotropy are discussed. The second chapter is dedicated to the description of the physics of inelastic light scattering which derives from the fluctuations of the polarizability induced by vibrations. Two types of inelastic light scattering are described : Brillouin scattering which results from the coupling of incident light (photon) with acoustic propagative waves (phonon) in a bulk substance and Raman scattering which is a result of the interaction between an incident photon and localized vibrations, hence nanoparticle vibrations in the present study. As essential in our study, the detailed description and principles of operation of the spectroscopic tools (tandem Fabry-Perot) used to perform these very low frequency inelastic light scattering spectroscopies (between 3 and 300 GHz typically) are given. The third chapter focuses on the study of low frequency modes from small metallic nanoparticles. Three systems are investigated : AuAg and Cu nanoparticles embedded in a vitreous matrix and Au nanocrystals deposited on a surface. The AuAg system allowed to study a notably rich Raman spectrum featuring contributions from fundamental modes and high order harmonics. The experimental data were found to compare rather well with theoretical predictions, thereby providing more insight into the essential ingredients of Raman scattering from nanoparticle modes. The study of deposited Au nanocrystals allowed characterizing the effect of nanocrystalline quality which results in a partial lifting of degeneracy of the nanoparticle modes due to elastic anisotropy. Investigating the wavelength dependence of the Raman spectrum allows a differentiation between single nanocrystals and multiply twinned nanoparticles. Both embedment effects and nanocrystallinity effects are integrated in the study of Cu nanoparticles grown in a glass matrix, where the influence of annealing conditions on the produced nanoparticles was investigated. It was shown that different annealing temperatures [...] result in very different low frequency Raman profiles. [...] The forth chapter reports on the exploration of the possible use of the low frequency inelastic light scattering probe in the characterization of large viruses, as illustrated in the third chapter for small nanoparticles. In order to address the change of the light selection rules as the wavelength of the exciting light becomes comparable to the size of the nanoparticles, the behaviors of the viruses are compared to those of polymer colloids. Ultra Small Angle X-ray Scattering and Atomic Force Microscopy are used to first ensure the comparableness of viruses and polystyrene colloids in terms morphologies. On the basis of the inelastic light scattering data obtained for PS colloids [...], we discuss the difficult interpretation in termsof eigenmodes of the virus counterparts.

In this thesis a novel approximate/analytical approach based on the concepts of stochastic averaging and of statistical linearization is developed for the response determination of nonlinear/hysteretic multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems subject to evolutionary stochastic excitation. The significant advantage of the approach relates to the fact that it is readily applicable for excitations possessing even non-separable evolutionary power spectra (EPS) circumventing ad hoc pre-filtering and pre-processing excitation treatments associated with existing alternative schemes of linearization. Further, the approach can be used, in a rather straightforward manner, in conjunction with recently developed design spectrum based analyses for obtaining peak response estimates without resorting to numerical integration of the nonlinear equations of motion. Furthermore, a novel approximate/analytical Wiener path integral based solution (PIS) is developed and a numerical PIS approach is extended to determine the response and first-passage probability density functions (PDFs) of nonlinear/hysteretic systems subject to evolutionary stochastic excitation. Applications include the versatile Preisach hysteretic model, recently applied in modeling systems equipped with smart material (shape memory alloys) devices used for seismic hazard risk mitigation. The approach is also applied to determine the capsizing probability of a ship, whose rolling dynamics is captured by a softening Duffing oscillator. Finally, novel harmonic wavelets based joint time-frequency response analysis and identification approaches are developed capable of determining the time-varying frequency content of non-stationary complex stochastic phenomena encountered in engineering applications. Specifically, a harmonic wavelets based statistical linearization approach is developed to determine the EPS of the response of nonlinear/hysteretic systems subject to stochastic excitation. In a similar context, an identification approach for nonlinear time-variant systems based on the localization properties of the harmonic wavelet transform is also developed. It can be construed as a generalization of the well established reverse multiple-input/single-output (MISO) spectral identification approach to account for non-stationary inputs and time-varying system parameters. Several linear and nonlinear time-variant systems are used to demonstrate the reliability of the approach.

The demands for ride comfort quality in today's long haulage trucks are constantly growing. A part of the ride comfort problems are represented by internal vibrations caused by rotating mechanical parts. This thesis work focus on the vibrations generated from radial runout on the wheels. These long haulage trucks travel long distances on smooth highways, with a constant speed of 90 km/h resulting in a 7 Hz oscillation. This frequency creates vibrations in the cab, which can be found annoying. To help out with the vibration diagnosis when a truck enters a mechanical workshop, this work studies methods for radial runout detection using the wheel speed sensors. The main idea is to represent the varying radius signal with a sinusoid, where the calculations are based on Fourier series. The estimated radial runout value is then the amplitude of the sinusoid. In addition to the detection part, the work also present results regarding how the relative phase difference between two wheels with radial runout effects the lateral motion of the cab. This thesis work was performed at Scania CV AB in Södertälje, Sweden and all measurements have been full scale experiments on real trucks.