Infants explore environments through repetitive movements which are constrained or facilitated by the environmental context. The current studies analyzed how typically developing infants bounced in four environments that differed by system natural frequency. Four pre-walking infants (age 9.7 months ±1.8) were placed in four spring conditions with natural spring frequencies of 0.9, 1.15, 1.27 and 1.56 Hz. All infants bounced above the natural spring frequency in all conditions suggesting that they do not solely behave like a mass-spring system. Two patterns of bouncing adaptations were identified. Three infants regulated bounce frequency, while one infant regulated the percentage of time on the ground. When infants matched their bounce frequency to the natural frequency, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion decreased across conditions and demonstrated a shift from non-spring like to circular spring-like phase planes. Moderate to high correlations were found for inter- and intra-limb coordination. Conversely, when an infant regulated time on the ground, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion remained the same across conditions and inter- and intra-limb correlations were low to moderate. Phase planes remained circular spring-like for this infant. Asymmetrical loading patterns and decreasing vertical ground reaction forces were found in all infants suggesting that a timing component is always regulated. The difference in bouncing pattern may be indicative of different bouncing skill level.

Infants explore environments through repetitive movements which are constrained or facilitated by the environmental context. The current studies analyzed how typically developing infants bounced in four environments that differed by system natural frequency. Four pre-walking infants (age 9.7 months ±1.8) were placed in four spring conditions with natural spring frequencies of 0.9, 1.15, 1.27 and 1.56 Hz. All infants bounced above the natural spring frequency in all conditions suggesting that they do not solely behave like a mass-spring system. Two patterns of bouncing adaptations were identified. Three infants regulated bounce frequency, while one infant regulated the percentage of time on the ground. When infants matched their bounce frequency to the natural frequency, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion decreased across conditions and demonstrated a shift from non-spring like to circular spring-like phase planes. Moderate to high correlations were found for inter- and intra-limb coordination. Conversely, when an infant regulated time on the ground, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion remained the same across conditions and inter- and intra-limb correlations were low to moderate. Phase planes remained circular spring-like for this infant. Asymmetrical loading patterns and decreasing vertical ground reaction forces were found in all infants suggesting that a timing component is always regulated. The difference in bouncing pattern may be indicative of different bouncing skill level.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第24869号 / 理博第4979号 / 新制||理||1711(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)教授 向山 信治, 准教授 樽家 篤史, 教授 橋本 幸士 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

An experimental study on impaction of a single drop on solid surfaces was conducted to show the effects of particles on the impact process. The parameters were: volume fraction of particles (0 to 0.3), particle size (0.47 to 250 micron), and ratio of particle size to drop size (0.00017 to 0.074). The effect of particle volume fraction on the spreading process depended on impact speed and substrate. At low impact speed, particles had little effect on the spreading except for surfaces where the equilibrium contact angle was low. For high impact speed, the influence of particles on spreading can be described by the effective viscosity. The effect of particle size on the spreading process also depended on impact speed and substrate. At low impact speed, the drop did not have enough kinetic energy to overcome the energy barrier associated with the large particles. For particle-laden liquids, retraction was affected by particle parameters. When pure liquid drops retracted from the maximum spreading ratio, the retraction appeared to be symmetric around the point of impaction while retraction of the particle-laden drop was sometimes asymmetric. Rebounding on the Teflon film depended on impact speed, particle volume fraction, and particle size. The impact speed must reach a critical value for rebounding to occur. Bouncing results suggested that the probability of bouncing decreased as viscosity increased, impact speed increased, and surface tension decreased. The non-wetting behavior and bouncing probably involved an air layer between the surface and the drop. When a low-velocity liquid drop impacts on a surface, ejection of a secondary drop from the top of the impacting drop was sometimes observed. When Renardy et al.'s (2003) criterion for the range of velocities for existence of a capillary wave was applied to for a 3.2-mm water drop; the range was between 0.2 to 1.5 m/s. However, drop ejection was observed at lower impact speed. When apparent viscosity of the particle-laden liquid obtained from Krieger's equation (1972) was used in the pure liquid models for predicting the maximum spreading ratio, good agreement between model predictions and experimental results was obtained when Park et al's model (2003) was used.

Cette thèse porte sur la dynamique, normale à l'interface, d'un contact sec en glissement stationnaire entre deux surfaces de topographies aléatoires, soumis à une faible charge normale. Dans ce contexte, le mouvement d'un patin sous son propre poids a été étudié expérimentalement. Des mesures par vibrométrie laser du déplacement et de la vitesse normale du patin ont confirmé que, lorsque la vitesse de glissement augmente, le patin transite entre un régime où le contact est permanent vers un régime dynamique où il subit décollements, chocs et rebonds.À basse vitesse, le mouvement normal résulte d'un filtrage géométrique des topographies. Les caractéristiques statistiques et spectrales de ce mouvement ont pu être décrites. Les influences de la rugosité, de la longueur de corrélation, de la largeur de bande du spectre de rugosité et de l'aire apparente de contact ont été identifiées et analysées. Ces résultats ont pu être reproduits par des modèles numériques, mais aussi analytiques en adaptant la théorie des valeurs extrêmes. Des modèles de type Bouncing Ball, dont l'excitation est supposée donnée par le processus de filtrage géométrique, ont également été mis en place. Ils reproduisent une large gamme d'observations en régime dynamique, de la transition aux vibro-impacts.Pour tester certaines hypothèses des modèles mis en place, un patin multi-voies original a été développé et a permis d'accéder à la localisation spatiale des micro-contacts transitoires entre surfaces antagonistes. On observe que les micro-contacts sont gouvernés par une longueur caractéristique à basse vitesse de glissement et par un temps caractéristique à haute vitesse. Les rotations du patin deviennent importantes à haute vitesse, modifiant la répartition des micro-contacts à la surface du patin. / This PhD thesis addresses the issue of the dynamics, normal to the interface, of a dry steady-sliding contact between two random topographies under weak normal load. In this context, the motion of a slider under its own weight has been studied experimentally. Measurements, using a laser vibrometer, of the normal displacement and velocity of the slider confirm the existence of a transition, as the sliding speed increases, from a regime of permanent contact to a regime of lift-offs, shocks and rebounds.At low speed, the normal motion is due to a geometrical filtering of the topographies, the statistical and spectral properties of which have been described. The roles of the roughness, including its spectral breadth and correlation length, and of the apparent contact area have been identified and analyzed. Those results have been reproduced not only using numerical models, but also using analytical ones based on the extreme value theory. Bouncing-Ball-like models, the excitation of which is assumed to be given by the geometrical filtering, have also been implemented and match with a broad range of experimental observations in dynamical regime, from the transition to vibro-impacts.To test some of the hypothesis of the models, a new experimental multi-channel slider has been designed and has enabled access to the spatial localization of the transient micro-contacts between the antagonists surfaces. It has been shown that micro-contacts are governed by a characteristic length at low sliding speed and by a characteristic time at high speed. The rotational motion of the slider also increases with sliding speed, changing the micro-contact distribution along the surface of the slider.

At present, the current 4G systems provide a universal platform for broadband mobile services; however, mobile traffic is still growing at an unprecedented rate and the need for more sophisticated broadband services is pushing the limits on current standards to provide even tighter integration between wireless technologies and higher speeds. This has led to the need for a new generation of mobile communications: the so-called 5G. Although 5G systems are not expected to penetrate the market until 2020, the evolution towards 5G is widely accepted to be the logical convergence of internet services with existing mobile networking standards leading to the commonly used term “mobile internet” over heterogeneous networks, with several Gbits/s data rate and very high connectivity speeds. Therefore, to support highly increasing traffic capacity and high data rates, the next generation mobile network (5G) should extend the range of frequency spectrum for mobile communication that is yet to be identified by the ITU-R. The mm-wave spectrum is the key enabling feature of the next-generation cellular system, for which the propagation channel models need to be predicted to enhance the design guidance and the practicality of the whole design transceiver system. The present work addresses the main concepts of the propagation channel behaviour using ray tracing software package for simulation and then results were tested and compared against practical analysis in a real-time environment. The characteristics of Indoor-Indoor (LOS and NLOS), and indoor-outdoor (NLOS) propagations channels are intensively investigated at four different frequencies; 5.8 GHz, 26GHz, 28GHz and 60GHz for vertical polarized directional, omnidirectional and isotropic antennas patterns. The computed data achieved from the 3-D Shooting and Bouncing Ray (SBR) Wireless Insite based on the effect of frequency dependent electrical properties of building materials. Ray tracing technique has been utilized to predict multipath propagation characteristics in mm-wave bands at different propagation environments. Finally, the received signal power and delay spread were computed for outdoor-outdoor complex propagation channel model at 26 GHz, 28 GHz and 60GHz frequencies and results were compared to the theoretical models.

This thesis engages with complex issues of musical expression and movement, and their relation, on the one hand, to musical structure and, on the other hand, to embodied musical experience. It aims to fill a gap in music theory and analysis: most methods overemphasise abstract conceptualisation of structural relations at the expense of the more dynamic, intuitive aspect of musical experience. As a solution, it offers a specific analytical method that can be used to explore dynamic aspects of music as experienced through the whole body. Drawing mainly on nineteenth-century piano music, I analyse aspects of structure in both composition and performance in terms of expressive and motional qualities, revealing the relationship between musical and physical movement. Expressivity in music derives its meaning, at least partly, from the embodied experience of music: performers shape expression through their whole body while listeners react to it in a comparable way, albeit less overtly. Two related systems of graphic notation are introduced, which provide a non-verbal means of representing expressive movement and at the same time encourage an immediate, visceral relationship to the music. The first notation captures the animated quality of expressive movement by analogy with the motion of a bouncing ball, while the second breaks down the expressive musical flow into discrete gestural patterns of specific motional character. While the ultimate value of this method lies in the analytical process it instigates, it also provides a novel theoretical framework that sheds light on the interaction, as well as integration, between structures such as metre, rhythm, harmony and voice-leading, which are traditionally studied mostly independently. In addition, it provides a useful tool for the study and communication of performance interpretation, based on data extracted from recordings in the form of tempo and dynamic fluctuation graphs.

La prédiction de trajectoire de bloc et la conception de structures de protection sont deux des questions principales de l'ingénierie des chutes de pierres. La prédiction de la trajectoire d'un bloc dépend en grande partie des rebonds de ce bloc tandis que la conception de structures de protection, comme des remblais, est étroitement liée à la force d'impact sur le bloc.En se basant sur ce contexte, la thèse traite aussi bien de l'interaction entre un bloc et un milieu granulaire que des rebonds d'un bloc sur un milieu granulaire, en utilisant une modélisation numérique par la méthode des éléments discrets. L'objectif de la thèse est d'identifier et de mesurer les mécanismes qui contrôlent le rebond du bloc et le transfert de charge à l'intérieur du milieu impacté. Le contenu principal comprend trois parties: la modélisation DEM du processus d'impact, le rebond du bloc et le comportement micromécanique du milieu impacté.La loi de contact classique est utilisée pour modéliser le processus d'impact. Elle est mise en œuvre avec une résistance aux roulements pour considérer les effets de forme des particules et est calibrée par des tests triaxiaux quasi-statiques. Le bloc est modélisé par une sphère avec une vitesse d'incident tandis que le milieu est modélisé par un assemblage de particules sphériques poly-dispersées. La modélisation numérique de l'impact est validé en termes de force d'impact, de durée d'impact et de profondeur de pénétration par des expériences de la littérature.Le rebond du bloc et le processus de propagation d'énergie à l'intérieur du milieu impacté sont examinés ensemble. La résistance du milieu pendant l'impact est représentée par l'énergie de tension élastique. La résistance du milieu n'est pas constante car l'augmentation d'énergie de tension élastique est suivie par l'augmentation d'énergie cinétique, la dissipation d'énergie et par la diminution du nombre de coordination. L'occurrence du rebond du bloc obtenue avec des simulations 3D montre que trois régimes d'impact existent, ce qui est en accord avec les résultats de citet{Bourrier_2008}. De plus, la comparaison entre les diagrammes d'occurrence de rebond 2D et 3D montre que les positions et les formes des diagrammes d'occurrence de rebond changent en raison de résistances et de dissipations d'énergie différentes. En se basant sur les deux aspects de l'étude, la relation entre le rebond du bloc et la propagation d'énergie à l'intérieur du milieu est discutée.Le comportement micromécanique du système impacté est examiné en se focalisant sur les mécanismes des chaînes de force. Le réseau de chaînes de force dans le milieu impacté est caractérisé à partir des tensions entre les particules. L'objectif est d'identifier le rôle des chaînes de force dans la force d'impact sur le bloc et dans la microstructure du milieu. En étudiant la force d'impact sur le bloc avec des impacts sur des échantillons de grains de tailles différentes montre que l'échantillon composé de grands grains a une plus grande force d'impact, des chaînes de force plus longues comparées à l'épaisseur du milieu ainsi qu'un grand pourcentage de chaînes de force avec une longue durée de vie. De plus, l'étude de la distribution spatiale et temporelle des chaînes de force montre que la résistance du milieu pendant l'impact est portée par les particules des chaînes situées entre le bloc et la base du milieu impacté et que la propagation des chaînes de force dans la direction latérale joue un rôle secondaire. Enfin, l'étude des mécanismes du flambage des chaînes de force indique que, provoqués par les mouvements entre les particules de la chaîne, l'augmentation de nombre de flambages est liée à la diminution de la force d'impact sur le bloc ainsi qu'à l'augmentation de l'énergie cinétique et de la dissipation d'énergie à l'intérieur du milieu. / The prediction of boulder trajectory and the design of protection structures are particularly two main interests of rockfall engineering. The prediction of boulder trajectory largely depends on the bouncing of the boulder, and the design of protection structures, such as embankments, are closely related to the impact force on the boulder.Based on this background, the thesis deals with the interaction between a boulder and a granular medium as well as the bouncing of a boulder on a granular medium, through numerical modelling based on discrete element method. The objective of the thesis is to identify and quantify the mechanisms that governs the bouncing of boulder and the load transfer inside the impacted medium. The main contents include three parts: DEM modelling of the impact process, global bouncing of the boulder and micromechanical behaviour of the impacted medium.The classical contact law implemented with rolling resistance to consider particle shape effects calibrated based on quasi-static triaxial tests is used to model the dynamic impact process. The boulder is modelled as a single sphere with an incident velocity, the medium is modelled as an assembly composed of poly-disperse spherical particles. The numerical impact modelling is validated in terms of impact force, impact duration, penetration depth by experiments from literature.Bouncing of the boulder is investigated together with the energy propagation process inside the impacted medium. The strength of the medium during impact is represented by elastic strain energy, while the strength of the medium is not persistent since the increase of elastic strain energy is followed by the increase of kinetic energy and energy dissipation, as well as the decrease of the coordination number. Boulder's bouncing occurrence obtained based on 3D simulations shows that three impact regimes exist, which is consistent with the results of citet{Bourrier_2008}. In addition, comparison between 2D and 3D bouncing occurrence diagrams shows that the positions and shapes of bouncing occurrence diagrams shift due to the different strength and energy dissipation properties. Based on the two aspects of investigations, the relation between the bouncing of the boulder and the energy propagation inside the medium is discussed.The micromechanical behaviour of the impacted system is investigated by focusing on force chain mechanisms. The force chain network in the impacted medium is characterized based on particle stress information. The aim is to find the role of force chains in the strength and the microstructure of the medium. Investigations of the impact force on the boulder by impacting samples composed of different grain sizes shows that sample composed of big grains resulting in a larger impact force, longer force chains compared with the medium thickness, and large percentage of long age force chains. In addition, the spatial and temporal distribution of force chains are investigated and the results show that the strength of the medium under impact is built by chain particles located between the boulder and the bottom boundary, and the force chain propagation in the lateral direction of the medium plays a secondary role. Moreover, the investigation of force chain buckling mechanisms indicates that, triggered by the relative movements between the chain particles, the increase of buckling number is related to the decrease of impact force on the boulder as well as the increase of kinetic energy and energy dissipation inside the medium.

To investigate near-eld contributions for installed antennas, an in-house code iswritten to incorporate near-eld terms in Shooting and Bouncing Rays (SBR). SBRis a method where rays are launched toward an object and scatter using GeometricalOptics (GO). These rays induce currents on the object, from which the totalscattered eld can be found.To gauge the eect of near-eld terms, the in-house code can be set to excludenear-eld terms. Due to this characteristic, the method is named SBR Includingor Excluding Near-eld Terms (SIENT). The SIENT implementation is thoroughlydescribed. To make SIENT more exible, the code works with triangulated meshesof objects. Antennas are represented as near-eld sources, allowing complex antennasto be represented by simple surface currents. Further, some implementedoptimizations of SIENT are shown.To test the implemented method, SIENT is compared to a reference solution andcomparable commercial SBR solvers. It is shown that SIENT compares well to thecommercial options. Further, it is shown that the inclusion of near-eld terms actsas a small correction to the far-eld of the installed antenna. / För att undersöka närfältsbidrag för installerade antenner, har en kod skrivits för‌att ta med närfältstermer i Shooting Bouncing Rays (SBR). SBR är en metod där strålar (”rays”) skjuts mot ett object och sprids via Geometrisk Optik (GO). Dessa strålar inducerar strömmar på objectet, från vilka det totala sprida fältet kan hittas. För att undersöka bidraget från närfältstermer, så kan koden exkludera dessa. På grund av denna karaktär, kallas koden SBR Including or Excluding Near-field Terms (SIENT). Implementationen av SIENT beskrivs utförligt. För att göra SIENT mer flexibel, arbetar SIENT med triangulerade nät av objekt. Antenner representeras av närfältskällor, vilket låter komplexa antenner representeras med enkla yt-strömmar.Implementerade optimeringar av SIENT visas också.För att testa den implementerade metoden, jämförs SIENT med en referenslösning och jämförbara kommerciella SBR-lösare. Det visas att SIENT överensstämmer bra med kommerciella alternativ. Det visas också att närfältstermer agerar som enmindre korrektion till fjärrfältet av den installerade antennen.