La miniaturisation est l’objectif actuel de tous les fabricants de composants radio-fréquence depuis plusieursdécennies. Si les composants actifs pour la microélectronique sont fondés sur la structuration de plaquesde silicium, les composants passifs reposent sur l’utilisation de cristaux tels que le quartz ou le niobate delithium. Ce dernier est particulièrement utilisé quand il s’agit de générer et exploiter des ondes élastiques, ainsique pour le guidage de faisceaux lumineux afin de réaliser des filtres ou des capteurs sensibles à différentsparamètres environnementaux. L’amélioration du guidage de ces ondes permet un gain en consommation et encompacité des dispositifs mais nécessite une structuration de la matière souvent tridimensionnelle. Cette étapetechnologique clé est industriellement mature pour la mise en forme du silicium, mais s’avère di_cilementtransposable à des matériaux tels que le quartz ou le niobate de lithium. Les travaux présentés dans cemanuscrit visent à réaliser des structures tridimensionnelles à hauts facteurs de forme dans des matériauxmonocristallins à l’aide d’une scie circulaire de précision. Des structures utilisant l’inversion périodique dedomaine ferroélectrique seront réalisées afin de les utiliser pour y guider des ondes élastiques possédant descouplages électromécaniques particulièrement élevées. Le guidage d’ondes optiques par le biais de ces mêmesstructures permet une amélioration du confinement par rapport aux systèmes de guidage massifs classiquescouramment utilisés pour la réalisation de filtre ou de modulateur électro-optiques. En utilisant conjointementle guidage d’ondes optiques et les domaines ferroélectriques alternés, les structures ainsi découpées permettentl’apparition de phénomènes optiques non-linéaires exaltés par l’amélioration du confinement. Ces structuresont ainsi montré leur intérêt dans plusieurs domaines de la physique avec un champ applicatif particulièrementvaste / Over the past decades, minutiarization and compacity have become a focus subject for companies specialisedin the manufacturing of radio-frequency components. Active components are typically manuafctured onsilicon wafers with well-known structuring methods. Passive ones are often manufactured on single cristalsuch as Quartz or Lithium Niobate, especially for acoustic wave generation or lightwave guiding. Theguiding of optical or acoustical waves leads to the manufacturing of sensors or filters which can be usedfor telecommunications or for the industry. Improvement in waveguiding allows for less power-consuming andmore compact devices but a 3D-structuring is usually required. This technology readness is high leveled forsilicon structuring but not for single crystals such as Lithium Niobate. This work presents the development andthe manufacturing of high aspect ratio three-dimensionnal structures in single-crystals using precise sawing.These structures show an optical waveguiding capability which allow the improvements of electro-opticmodulators or filters. Combined with a periodic reversing of Lithium Niobate polarization, these structuresallows for bulk acoustic wave generation leading to high electromechanical coupling and equivalent phasevelocity resonant modes. In non-linear optic field, this kind of structures lead to the improvement of secondharmonic generation e_ciency by reducing the cross section of waveguide. The manufactured devices in theframework of this project can actuelly be used in several domains of physic.

The study of widescreen cinema historically has been under analyzed with regard to aesthetics. This project examines the visual poetics of the wide frame from the silent films of Griffith and Gance to the CinemaScope grandeur of Preminger and Tashlin. Additionally, the roles of auteur and genre are explored as well as the new media possibilities such as letterboxing online content. If cinema’s history can be compared to painting, then prior to 1953, cinema existed as a portrait-only operation with a premium placed on vertical compositions. This is not to say that landscape shots were not possible or that lateral mise-en-scene did not exist. Cinematic texts, with very few exceptions, were composed in only one shape: the almost square Academy Ratio. Before 1953, cinema’s shape is that of portraiture; after 1953 cinema’s shape is landscape. Widescreen filmmaking is not simply an alternative to previous visual representation in cinema because no equivalent exists. Widescreen is quite simply a break from previous stylistic norms because the shape of the frame itself has been drastically reconfigured. With the proliferation of HDTV and widescreen computer monitors, certain aspect ratios that were once regarded as specifically “cinematic” are now commonplace both in the home and in the workplace. This project outlines a project that traces the innovations and aesthetic developments of widescreen aspect ratios from the silent era of D.W Griffith, Buster Keaton and Abel Gance all the way through to current widescreen digital manifestations of web-based media and digital “blanks” such as those created by Pixar. Other chapters include close textual analyses of “experimental” widescreen films of 1930, the development of “norms” for widescreen filmmaking in the early CinemaScope era of the 1950s and examinations of the experimental multi-screen mosaics of 1968 and beyond.

Materials derived from chicken feathers could be used advantageously in composite building material applications. Such applications could potentially consume the five billion pounds of feathers produced annually as a by-product of the U.S. poultry industry. To aid the development of successful applications for chicken feather materials (CFM), the physical and mechanical properties of processed CFM have been characterized in this research. Results describing the moisture content, aspect ratio, apparent specific gravity, chemical durability, Youngs modulus, and tensile strength for processed CFM and specifically their fiber and quill components are presented herein. Processed chicken feather fiber and quill samples were found to have similar moisture contents in the range of 16 - 20%. The aspect ratio (i.e., length/diameter) of samples were found to be in the range of 30 - 50, and the fiber material was found to have a larger aspect ratio than the quill material. A comparison with values in the literature suggests that different processing regimes produce CFM with higher aspect ratios. Samples were found to have apparent specific gravities in the range of 0.7 - 1.2, with the fiber material having a higher apparent specific gravity than the quill material. A comparison with values in the literature suggests that apparent specific gravity results vary with fiber length and approach the value for keratin as fiber length decreases and internal voids become increasingly accessible. Chemical durability results showed that CFM rapidly degrade in highly alkaline (pH=12.4) environments and are, thus, likely incompatible with cement-based materials without special treatment. The Youngs modulus of processed chicken feather materials was found to be in the range of 3 - greater than 50 GPa and, thus, comparable to the Youngs moduli of other natural fibers. The tensile strength of oven-dried samples was found to be in the range of 10 - greater than 70 MPa. In agreement with results in the literature, the fiber material was found to have a greater tensile strength than the quill material. Finally, a simplified approach for comparing the effective Youngs moduli and effective tensile strengths of various processed CFM samples was introduced.

Due to their practical application, flat-plates have been commonly used slab type in constructions in recent years. According to the investigations that were performed since the beginning of the 20th century, the vicinity of the slab-column connection is found to be susceptible to punching failure that causes serious unrepairable damage leading to the collapse of the structures. The objective of this study is to enhance the punching shear strength of slab-column connections in existing deficient flat plate structures. For this purpose, an economical and easy to install strengthening method was applied to &frac34 / scale flat-slab test specimens. The proposed strengthening scheme employs the use of in house-fabricated Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) dowels placed around the column stubs in different numbers and arrangements as vertical shear reinforcement. In addition, the effect of column aspect ratio on strengthening method was also investigated in the scope of this study. Strength increase of at least 30% was obtained for the CFRP retrofitted specimens compared to the companion reference specimen. Three-dimensional finite element analyses of test specimens were conducted by using the general purpose finite element analyses program. 3-D finite element models are successful in providing reasonable estimates of load-deformation behavior and strains. The experimental punching shear capacities and observed failure modes of the specimens were compared with the estimations of strength and failure modes given by punching shear strength provisions of ACI 318-08, Eurocode-2, BS8110-97 and TS500. Necessary modifications were proposed for the existing provisions of punching shear capacity in order to design CFRP upgrading.

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Micromachined gyroscopes are attractive replacements to conventional macro-mechanical and optical gyroscopes due to their small size, low power and low cost. The application domain of these devices is quickly expanding from automotive to aerospace and consumer electronics industries. As potential high volume consumer applications for micromachined gyroscopes continue to emerge, design and manufacturing techniques that improve their performance, shock survivability and reliability without driving up the cost and size become important. Today, state-of-the-art micromachined gyroscopes can achieve high performance with low frequency operation (3-30kHz) but at the cost of large form factor, large operating voltages and high vacuum packaging. At the same time, most consumer applications require gyroscopes with fast response time and high shock survivability, which are generally unavailable in low frequency gyroscopes. As a result, innovative designs and fabrication technologies that will offer more practical gyroscopes are desired. In this dissertation, capacitive bulk acoustic wave (BAW) silicon disk gyroscopes are introduced as a new class of micromachined gyroscope to investigate the operation of Coriolis-based vibratory gyroscopes at high frequency and further meet consumer electronics market demands. Capacitive BAW gyroscopes, operating in the frequency range of 1-10MHz are stationary devices with vibration amplitudes less than 20nm, resulting in high device bandwidth and high shock tolerance. They require low operating voltages, which simplifies the interface circuit design and implementation in standard CMOS technologies. They also demonstrate appropriate thermally stable performance in air, which eliminates the need both for vacuum packaging and for temperature control. A revised high aspect ratio poly- and single crystal silicon (HARPSS) process was utilized to implement these devices in thick SOI substrates with very small capacitive gap sizes (~200 nm). The prototype devices show ultra-high quality factors (Q>200,000) and large bandwidth of 15-30Hz. In addition, the design and implementation of BAW disk gyroscopes are optimized for self-matched mode operation. Operating a vibratory gyroscope in matched mode is a straightforward way to improve performance parameters but, is challenging to achieve without applying large voltages. In this work, self-matched mode operation was provided by enhanced design of the perforations of the disk structure. Furthermore, a multi-axis BAW gyroscope, an extension of the z-axis, is developed. This novel approach avoids the issues associated with integrating multiple proof masses, permitting a very small form factor. The multi-axis gyroscopes operate in out-of plane and in-plane modes to measure the rotation rate around the x- and z-axes. These gyroscopes were also optimized to achieve self-matched mode operation in their both modes.

Στην παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή διατριβή, γίνεται διερεύνηση της αποτελεσματικότητας περίσφιγξης ορθογωνικών υποστυλωμάτων με μεγάλο λόγο πλευρών, με εφαρμογή διπλής στρώσης σύνθετων υλικών από ίνες άνθρακα. Χρησιμοποιούνται και αξιολογούνται διαφορετικοί τρόποι εφαρμογής των σύνθετων υλικών (σε δοκίμια με λόγους πλευρών 3:1 και 4:1), όπως η επιπλέον τοποθέτηση αγκυρίων από ίνες άνθρακα τύπου θυσάνου, με διαφορετικές διαμέτρους και η εφαρμογή ενισχυτικού κονιάματος για μείωση του λόγου των πλευρών των δοκιμίων. Η παραπάνω αξιολόγηση γίνεται, τόσο σε πειραματικό, όσο και σε αναλυτικό επίπεδο. Η διεξαγωγή των εργασιών και της πειραματικής διαδικασίας, έλαβε χώρα στο Εργαστήριο Μηχανικής και Τεχνολογίας Υλικών του Τμήματος Πολιτικών Μηχανικών, του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η παρούσα διατριβή αποτελείται από έξι κεφάλαια. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο, γίνεται εισαγωγή στα σύνθετα υλικά σχετικά με την εφαρμογή τους στο πεδίο των ενισχύσεων και τις ιδιότητες τους, καθώς και αναφορά των παγκόσμιων βιβλιογραφικών πηγών σχετικά με την περίσφιγξη υποστυλωμάτων με μεγάλο λόγο πλευρών με ινοπλισμένα πολυμερή. Το δεύτερο κεφάλαιο περιγράφει μερικά από τα πιο δημοφιλή αναλυτικά προσομοιώματα για περίσφιγξη οπλισμένου σκυροδέματος με σύνθετα υλικά και περιλαμβάνει την εφαρμογή ενός από αυτά, για προεκτίμηση του θλιπτικού φορτίου και της παραμόρφωσης αστοχίας, που αναμένεται να προκύψουν στα δοκίμια της παρούσας διατριβής. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο, παρουσιάζονται τα χαρακτηριστικά των υπό εξέταση δοκιμίων, οι εργασίες προετοιμασίας και ενίσχυσης τους, η πειραματική διαδικασία καθώς και η πειραματική διάταξη. Το τέταρτο κεφάλαιο, απαρτίζεται από την αναλυτική παρουσίαση των πειραματικών αποτελεσμάτων για όλες τις κατηγορίες δοκιμίων. Σχολιάζεται λεπτομερώς η συμπεριφορά του κάθε δοκιμίου ξεχωριστά και παρατίθενται τα αντίστοιχα διαγράμματα τάσεων-παραμορφώσεων και πίνακες τιμών θλιπτικών αντοχών, θλιπτικών φορτίων και παραμορφώσεων αστοχίας. Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται οι συγκρίσεις των αποτελεσμάτων που προέκυψαν για όλα τα δοκίμια, τόσο από το αναλυτικό προσομοίωμα που χρησιμοποιήθηκε, όσο και από την πειραματική διαδικασία. Με αυτό τον τρόπο, γίνεται αξιολόγηση της αποτελεσματικότητας των διαφορετικών τρόπων εφαρμογής των ινοπλισμένων πολυμερών στα υποστυλώματα με μεγάλο λόγο πλευρών και της αξιοπιστίας εφαρμογής του αναλυτικού προσομοιώματος. Τέλος, το έκτο κεφάλαιο, περιλαμβάνει τα γενικά συμπεράσματα που προέκυψαν από την εκπόνηση της μεταπτυχιακής διατριβής, αλλά και προτάσεις για περαιτέρω έρευνα. / --

This research studies microdrilling of biocompatible materials including commercially pure titanium, 316L stainless steel, polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and aluminum 6061-T6. A microdrilling technique that uses progressive pecking and micromist coolant is developed that allows drilling of 127 micrometers diameter microholes with an aspect ratio of 10:1. The drilling parameters, dominant wear pattern, hole positioning accuracy and effect of AlTiN tool coating are experimentally determined. The experimental data trend agrees with classical Taylor's machining equation. Despite of fragile and long microdrills, the progressive pecking cycle and micromist allowed deep hole drilling on all the tested materials. Drill wear is more pronounced at outer cutting edge due to higher cutting speeds. However, when drilling 316L stainless steel attrition wear at chisel edge is dominant. Hole quality degradation due to formation of built up edge at the drill tip is observed. Coated drill improves tool life by 122% and enhances hole quality when drilling 316L stainless steel. The hole positioning accuracy is improved by 115% and total hole diameter variation decreased from 0.11% to 0.003% per mm of drilling distance.

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Flow separation is a source of aerodynamic in-efficiency; however by using vortex generators the issue of flow separation can be controlled. This is of particular benefit to flows around bluff bodies which are susceptible to large scale separated flows, such as bodies in ground effect. Previous studies concerning heat transfer applications focused on the ability of low aspect ratio spherical wells (dimples) to produce vortices for flow mixing. Dimpled surfacing on an inverted Tyrrell026 airfoil in ground effect (indicative of high performance automotive aerodynamic applications e.g. Formula One) has been investigated for similar vortex enhanced wake reductions. Experimental measurements using Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) were taken inside a dimple to provide validation and verification of numerical analyses of dimple flows. The k-ω SST turbulence model showed good agreement to the experimental measurements. Additionally experiments were conducted using LDA and PIV with various configurations of dimple arrays placed from a fixed separation point of a 16˚ rearward facing ramp to determine how the array configuration influenced the large scale separation. The airfoil wake with numerous dimple configurations and placements were measured using LDA. Results showed that an array of dimples with close dimple to dimple spacing there was flow recovery in the airfoil wake from the velocity deficit with no dimples of u/Uo,min=-0.1, to u/Uo,min=0.4 with a dimple array, (at α=10˚, ground clearance h/c=0.313). At α=10˚ reductions in the wake size of 30%, 33%, 58% and 68% were found for the ground clearances of h/c=0.112, 0.134, 0.224 and 0.313 respectively. For numerous dimple array configurations, closely spaced dimple arrays were more effective in reducing the wake size, turbulence intensity and Reynolds stresses than those where dimple spacing was further apart. The chord wise location of the array on the wing affected the angle of incidence of the wing for which the wake was able to be reduced. Arrays placed towards the trailing edge improved wake losses at lower angles of incidence. Dimples placed further forward yielded the most improvement at higher angles of incidence, in part due to the increased venturi effect under the wing.