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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Performance and ageing quantification of electrochemical energy storage elements for aeronautical usage / Evaluation des performances et du vieillissement des éléments de stockage d’énergie électrochimiques pour l’usage aéronautique

Zhang, Yuanci 15 March 2019 (has links)
Dans un contexte de progression du stockage d’énergie sous forme électrochimique dans les transports, notamment dans l’aéronautique, les problématiques de performance, de fiabilité, de sureté de fonctionnement et de durée de vie du stockeur sont essentielles pour utilisateurs. Cette thèse se focalise ces voltes pour l’avion plus électrique. Les technologies étudiées correspondent à des éléments commerciaux de dernière génération de type Lithium-ion (NMC/graphite+SiO, NCA/graphite, LFP/graphite, NMC/LTO), Lithium-Soufre (Li-S), supercondensateur et hybride (LiC). Une première partie de ce manuscrit s’attache à la quantification des performances des différents éléments dans l’environnement aéronautique [-20°C, 55°C] et pour l’usage aéronautique. Un modèle comportemental de type électro-thermique est développé et validé. La seconde partie est consacrée à la quantification du vieillissement des différents éléments. Les résultats de vieillissement calendaire et en cyclage actif sont présentés ainsi que ceux des tests abusifs. Une méthode d’estimation de l’état de santé (SOH) des éléments basés sur l’analyse de la capacité incrémentale (ICA) est proposée. Enfin, l’évaluation de la robustesse des éléments de stockage lors de tests de vieillissement accéléré avec un profil spécifique à l’usage aéronautique est proposé. Les modèles de vieillissement et la méthode d'estimation de SOH proposés précédemment sont utilisés ici pour évaluer l'impact de la température sur la vitesse de dégradation et pour estimer le SOH des cellules vieillies à l’aide de ce profil aéronautique. / In the context of progress in the electrochemical energy storage systems in the transport field, especially in the aeronautics, the issues of performance, reliability, safety and robustness of these elements are essential for users. This thesis is focused on these issues for the more electric aircraft. The technologies studied correspond to the latest generation commercial elements of Lithium-ion batteries (NMC/ graphite + SiO, NCA/graphite, LFP/graphite, NMC/LTO), Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S), Supercapacitor and Lithium-ion capacitors. The first part of this manuscript is dedicated to the performance quantification of the different electrochemical energy storage elements in aeronautical environment [-20°C, 55°C] and usage. An efficient and accurate electro-thermal model is developed and validated. The second part is devoted to the calendar and power cycling ageings as well as to the presentation of abuse testing results. A State Of Health (SOH) estimation based on incremental capacity analysis method is proposed. Finally, the robustness of the storage elements during accelerated ageing tests with a specific profile for the aeronautical usage is evaluated. The ageing models and SOH estimation methods proposed in the previous sections are used here to evaluate the impact of temperature on the degradation rate and to estimate the SOH of the cells with this aeronautical profile.
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Estudo sobre o tratamento térmico de envelhecimento interrompido T6I4-65 e influência na propagação de trinca por fadiga em uma liga de alumínio AA7050

Lima, Luis Otavio Ribas de 18 June 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T20:43:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luis Otavio Ribas Lima.pdf: 8124964 bytes, checksum: d16bc8c64f9e15d57f770b1b271d6b3b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Aluminum alloys have been the primary material of choice for the aircraft due to their properties such as low density, high mechanical and corrosion resistance. Commercial aircraft apply aluminum alloys for the fuselage, wings and supporting structure due to the extensive knowledge in design and production of aluminum components, and most importantly, aluminum alloys continue to be developed, keeping it highly competitive. A great development happen with the heat-treatable alloys, which allow improvement of the mechanical properties. Among this alloys stand out the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu series, known for high strength, toughness and corrosion resistance. The improvement of those alloys occurs by the precipitation of nanometric particles MgZn2, called η phase. This study’s aim was to promote an interrupted heat treatment T6I4-65 in an AA7050 aluminum alloy, with fatigue crack growth resistance as priority. Interrupted heat treatments’ goal is optimizing the consumption of solute atoms during process of nucleation and growth of precipitates as a finely dispersion. The T6I4-65 condition obtained was analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry, DSC, optical and electronic microscopy, mechanical tests as hardness, tensile and fatigue crack growth. The T6I4-65 treatment results in a microstructure with a fine dispersion of precipitated phase η’, about 75% smaller than those resulting from in current use, T7451. This microstructure resulted in a reduction of up to 24% in fatigue crack growth rate compared to that resulting from T7451 treatment, keeping the ductility of 17% of area reduction and yield strength higher than 400MPa. / Ligas de alumínio são o principal material de uso na indústria aeronáutica devido a suas propriedades como baixa densidade, alta resistência mecânica e a corrosão. Aeronaves comerciais utilizam ligas de alumínio em sua fuselagem, asas e na estrutura de suporte devido ao extenso conhecimento no projeto e produção de componentes em alumínio, e mais importante, as ligas de alumínio continuam a serem desenvolvidas, mantendo-se altamente competitivas. Ocorreu um grande avanço com o desenvolvimento das ligas tratáveis termicamente, que permitiram a otimização das propriedades mecânicas. Entre estas ligas tratáveis, destaca se a família Al-Zn-Mg-Cu, conhecidas pela alta resistência mecânica, tenacidade e resistência a corrosão. O aperfeiçoamento destas ligas ocorre pela precipitação de partículas nanométricas de MgZn2, conhecida como fase η. O objetivo deste trabalho foi obter um tratamento térmico interrompido T6I4-65 em uma liga de alumínio AA7050 com prioridade ao aumento de resistência à propagação de trinca por fadiga. Tratamentos interrompidos tem por objetivo otimizar o consumo de átomos de soluto durante os processos de nucleação e crescimento dos precipitados endurecedores na liga na forma de dispersão finamente dispersa. A condição T6I4-65 obtida foi analisada por meio de calorimetria diferencial de varredura, DSC, microscopia ótica e eletrônica de varredura e transmissão, ensaios mecânicos dureza, tração e propagação de trinca por fadiga. Este tratamento resultou em uma microestrutura com uma dispersão de finos precipitados de fase η’, cerca de 75% menores que os resultantes de tratamentos de uso corrente, T7451. Esta microestrutura promoveu a redução de até 24% na taxa de propagação de trinca por fadiga em comparação à resultante do tratamento T7451, mantendo grande ductilidade, até 17% de redução de área e limite de escoamento superior a 400MPa.
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La mécanique des fluides en France durant l’entre-deux-guerres : J. Kampé de Fériet et l'IMFL / The fluid mechanics in France during the interwar period : J. Kampé de Fériet and the IMFL

Demuro, Antonietta 28 May 2018 (has links)
Joseph Kampé de Fériet (1893–1982) est un mathématicien lillois, spécialiste international en mécanique des fluides et directeur de l'Institut de mécanique des fluides de Lille (IMFL) depuis sa création en 1929. En se familiarisant avec ce domaine et avec les questions expérimentales grâce à ses travaux de balistique pendant sa mobilisation scientifique à la Commission de Gâvre (1915-1919), ce savant a joué un triple rôle à l'institut. En tant que mathématicien, il a donné une contribution remarquable à la théorie statistique de la turbulence de Taylor-von Kármán à l'aide de la théorie des fonctions aléatoires de Kolmogorov, Khintchine, et Slutsky. En tant qu'expérimentateur, il a participé aux travaux expérimentaux de l'IMFL visant d'une part à étudier la turbulence atmosphérique et d’autre part à légitimer les idées de l'école de Philippe Wehrlé et Georges Dedebant, une école qui s'est constituée au sein de la Commission de la Turbulence Atmosphérique, créée par le ministère de l'Air en 1935. Enfin, en tant que directeur, il a valorisé les liens avec l'industrie et la société lilloise comme il a valorisé ses liens avec les officiers militaires pendant son expérience à Gâvre. Dans notre thèse, nous utiliserons le parcours scientifique et institutionnel de J. Kampé de Fériet - de sa mobilisation à Gâvre (1915) à l’année de sa démission de la direction de l’IMFL (1945) - en tant que prisme pour répondre à des questions plus générales concernant la mécanique des fluides en France pendant la première moitié du XXe siècle, dont certaines, mais pas toutes, apportent des éléments nouveaux qui sont communs à la balistique et aux autres domaines des mathématiques appliquées. / Joseph Kampé de Fériet (1893-1982), a French mathematician of Lille, was an international specialist in fluid mechanics and was director of the Institut de mécanique des fluides de Lille (IMFL) from its creation in 1929. By familiarizing himself with this field and by addressing questions of an experimental nature through his work on ballistics, during his scientific wartime service to the Gâvre Commission (1915-1919), this scientist played a triple role in the institute. As a mathematician, he made a remarkable contribution to Taylor-von Kármán's statistical theory of turbulence using the theory of random functions due to Kolmogorov, Khintchine, and Slutsky. As an experimental scientist, he took part in the experimental work of the IMFL aiming on one hand to study atmospheric turbulence and, on the other hand, to validate the ideas of the school of Philippe Wehrle and Georges Dedebant. This school was formed within the Atmospheric Turbulence Commission, created by the Minister of Air in 1935. Finally, as director of the institute, he strengthened links with industry and society in Lille, in the same way that he reinforced links with military officers during his work in Gâvre.In our thesis, we will use the scientific and institutional career path of J. Kampé de Fériet – from his service at Gâvre (1915) up until the year of his resignation as director of the IMFL (1945) - as a prism by which we will answer further questions of a more general nature regarding fluid mechanics in France during the first half of the twentieth century. Some but not all of these considerations bring to light new elements that are common to ballistics and to other areas of applied mathematics.
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Modeling, control, and estimation of flexible, aerodynamic structures

Ray, Cody W. 19 April 2012 (has links)
Engineers have long been inspired by nature's flyers. Such animals navigate complex environments gracefully and efficiently by using a variety of evolutionary adaptations for high-performance flight. Biologists have discovered a variety of sensory adaptations that provide flow state feedback and allow flying animals to feel their way through flight. A specialized skeletal wing structure and plethora of robust, adaptable sensory systems together allow nature's flyers to adapt to myriad flight conditions and regimes. In this work, motivated by biology and the successes of bio-inspired, engineered aerial vehicles, linear quadratic control of a flexible, morphing wing design is investigated, helping to pave the way for truly autonomous, mission-adaptive craft. The proposed control algorithm is demonstrated to morph a wing into desired positions. Furthermore, motivated specifically by the sensory adaptations organisms possess, this work transitions to an investigation of aircraft wing load identification using structural response as measured by distributed sensors. A novel, recursive estimation algorithm is utilized to recursively solve the inverse problem of load identification, providing both wing structural and aerodynamic states for use in a feedback control, mission-adaptive framework. The recursive load identification algorithm is demonstrated to provide accurate load estimate in both simulation and experiment. / Graduation date: 2012
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Development and Implementation of Rotorcraft Preliminary Design Methodology using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Khalid, Adeel S. 14 November 2006 (has links)
A formal framework is developed and implemented in this research for preliminary rotorcraft design using IPPD methodology. All the technical aspects of design are considered including the vehicle engineering, dynamic analysis, stability and control, aerodynamic performance, propulsion, transmission design, weight and balance, noise analysis and economic analysis. The design loop starts with a detailed analysis of requirements. A baseline is selected and upgrade targets are identified depending on the mission requirements. An Overall Evaluation Criterion (OEC) is developed that is used to measure the goodness of the design or to compare the design with competitors. The requirements analysis and baseline upgrade targets lead to the initial sizing and performance estimation of the new design. The digital information is then passed to disciplinary experts. This is where the detailed disciplinary analyses are performed. Information is transferred from one discipline to another as the design loop is iterated. To coordinate all the disciplines in the product development cycle, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) techniques e.g. All At Once (AAO) and Collaborative Optimization (CO) are suggested. The methodology is implemented on a Light Turbine Training Helicopter (LTTH) design. Detailed disciplinary analyses are integrated through a common platform for efficient and centralized transfer of design information from one discipline to another in a collaborative manner. Several disciplinary and system level optimization problems are solved. After all the constraints of a multidisciplinary problem have been satisfied and an optimal design has been obtained, it is compared with the initial baseline, using the earlier developed OEC, to measure the level of improvement achieved. Finally a digital preliminary design is proposed. The proposed design methodology provides an automated design framework, facilitates parallel design by removing disciplinary interdependency, current and updated information is made available to all disciplines at all times of the design through a central collaborative repository, overall design time is reduced and an optimized design is achieved.
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Securing Wireless Communication via Information-Theoretic Approaches: Innovative Schemes and Code Design Techniques

Shoushtari, Morteza 21 June 2023 (has links) (PDF)
Historically, wireless communication security solutions have heavily relied on computational methods, such as cryptographic algorithms implemented in the upper layers of the network stack. Although these methods have been effective, they may not always be sufficient to address all security threats. An alternative approach for achieving secure communication is the physical layer security approach, which utilizes the physical properties of the communication channel through appropriate coding and signal processing. The goal of this Ph.D. dissertation is to leverage the foundations of information-theoretic security to develop innovative and secure schemes, as well as code design techniques, that can enhance security and reliability in wireless communication networks. This dissertation includes three main phases of investigation. The first investigation analyzes the finite blocklength coding problem for the wiretap channel model which is equipped with the cache. The objective was to develop and analyze a new wiretap coding scheme that can be used for secure communication of sensitive data. Secondly, an investigation was conducted into information-theoretic security solutions for aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT) systems. This included developing a secure coding technique for the integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) communications system, as well as examining the potential of post-quantum cryptography approaches as future secrecy solutions for AMT systems. The investigation focused on exploring code-based techniques and evaluating their feasibility for implementation. Finally, the properties of nested linear codes in the wiretap channel model have been explored. Investigation in this phase began by exploring the duality relationship between equivocation matrices of nested linear codes and their corresponding dual codes. Then a new coding algorithm to construct the optimum nested linear secrecy codes has been invented. This coding algorithm leverages the aforementioned duality relationship by starting with the worst nested linear secrecy codes from the dual space. This approach enables us to derive the optimal nested linear secrecy code more efficiently and effectively than through a brute-force search for the best nested linear secrecy codes directly.
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A high order Discontinuous Galerkin - Fourier incompressible 3D Navier-Stokes solver with rotating sliding meshes for simulating cross-flow turbines

Ferrer, Esteban January 2012 (has links)
This thesis details the development, verification and validation of an unsteady unstructured high order (≥ 3) h/p Discontinuous Galerkin - Fourier solver for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on static and rotating meshes in two and three dimensions. This general purpose solver is used to provide insight into cross-flow (wind or tidal) turbine physical phenomena. Simulation of this type of turbine for renewable energy generation needs to account for the rotational motion of the blades with respect to the fixed environment. This rotational motion implies azimuthal changes in blade aero/hydro-dynamics that result in complex flow phenomena such as stalled flows, vortex shedding and blade-vortex interactions. Simulation of these flow features necessitates the use of a high order code exhibiting low numerical errors. This thesis presents the development of such a high order solver, which has been conceived and implemented from scratch by the author during his doctoral work. To account for the relative mesh motion, the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are written in arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian form and a non-conformal Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation (i.e. Symmetric Interior Penalty Galerkin) is used for spatial discretisation. The DG method, together with a novel sliding mesh technique, allows direct linking of rotating and static meshes through the numerical fluxes. This technique shows spectral accuracy and no degradation of temporal convergence rates if rotational motion is applied to a region of the mesh. In addition, analytical mappings are introduced to account for curved external boundaries representing circular shapes and NACA foils. To simulate 3D flows, the 2D DG solver is parallelised and extended using Fourier series. This extension allows for laminar and turbulent regimes to be simulated through Direct Numerical Simulation and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) type approaches. Two LES methodologies are proposed. Various 2D and 3D cases are presented for laminar and turbulent regimes. Among others, solutions for: Stokes flows, the Taylor vortex problem, flows around square and circular cylinders, flows around static and rotating NACA foils and flows through rotating cross-flow turbines, are presented.
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Fiabilité et miniaturisation des condensateurs pour l'aéronautique : de l'évaluation de composants céramique de puissance à l'étude de nanoparticules hybrides céramique / polymère pour technologies enterrées / Towards reliability and miniaturization of capacitors for aeronautical applications : from the characterization and the reliability assessment of power ceramic components to the study of hybrid ceramic / polymer nanoparticles for embedded technologies

Benhadjala, Warda 16 July 2013 (has links)
L’amélioration des systèmes électroniques pour le déploiement de l'avion tout électrique dépend de la capacité des composants passifs, tels que les condensateurs, à réduire leur volume, leur masse et leur coût, et augmenter leurs performances et leur fiabilité, particulièrement dans l’environnement aéronautique. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse a eu pour objectif l’étude et le développement de nouvelles technologies de condensateurs pour des applications avioniques. Dans la première partie des travaux, nous abordons l’évaluation de condensateurs céramique de puissance. La technologie céramique constitue, en effet, l’une des rares solutions matures capables de répondre aux exigences des équipementiers. La caractérisation, l’analyse des mécanismes de défaillance, de leurs effets et de leur criticité (AMDEC) ainsi que l’étude de fiabilité et de robustesse de composants commerciaux présentant des architectures originales (condensateurs multi-chips) ont été réalisées. Ces résultats ont été complétés par une étude plus amont sur la caractérisation de céramiques frittées par frittage flash (SPS). Les permittivités colossales de ces matériaux permettraient d’accroitre la fiabilité et la miniaturisation des condensateurs tout en conservant de fortes valeurs de capacité et de tension nominale. La seconde partie, plus fondamentale, a été consacrée au développement de nanoparticules céramique/polymère coeur-écorce pour des applications de condensateurs enterrés, opérant aux radiofréquences. La synthèse et les caractérisations physico-chimiques des nanocomposites ainsi que les procédés de fabrication de condensateurs en couches épaisses sont, en premier lieu, décrits. Une méthode de caractérisation électrique large bande a été mise au point pour permettre l’analyse des propriétés diélectriques et des mécanismes de conduction des nanoparticules. Les performances des dispositifs ont été recherchées en fonction de la température et des procédés de mise en forme. En outre, la durabilité en température de ces derniers a été évaluée. / The improvement of electronic systems for the deployment of all-electric aircrafts depends on the ability of passive components, such as capacitors, to reduce their volume, weight and cost, and to increase their performance and reliability, particularly in the aeronautical environment. In this context, the objective of this thesis was to study and develop novel capacitor technologies for avionics. In the first part of this work, the evaluation of power ceramic capacitors has been discussed. Indeed, the ceramic technology appeared to be one of the few mature solutions meeting the requirements of OEMs. The characterization, the failure mode, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) and reliability and robustness assessment of commercial components using original architectures (multi-chip capacitors) have been performed. These results have been completed by a more advanced study on the characterization of new ceramics sintered by spark plasma sintering (SPS). The colossal permittivity of these materials could allow to increase reliability and miniaturization of capacitors while maintaining high values of capacitance and voltage rating. The second part, more fundamental, is devoted to the development of core-shell ceramic/polymer nanoparticles for embedded capacitors operating at radiofrequencies. The synthesis and the physicochemical characterization of the nanocomposites as well as the manufacturing processes of the thick film capacitors are first described. A new broadband electrical characterization methodology has been developed to analyze the dielectric properties and the conduction mechanisms of the nanoparticles. The effects of the temperature and the manufacturing process on the device performance have been investigated. In addition, the durability was evaluated.

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