Submitted by isabela.moljf@hotmail.com (isabela.moljf@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-03T14:07:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 pedrohenriquegarcia.pdf: 7575599 bytes, checksum: 5f088290c1ce19e54a605c6adc84e54f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-08T12:27:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pedrohenriquegarcia.pdf: 7575599 bytes, checksum: 5f088290c1ce19e54a605c6adc84e54f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T12:27:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pedrohenriquegarcia.pdf: 7575599 bytes, checksum: 5f088290c1ce19e54a605c6adc84e54f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / O concreto de agregado leve é conhecido pelo reduzido peso específico e alta capacidade de isolamento térmico e acústico. Um dos grandes desafios relacionados a esse tipo de concreto é a obtenção de algumas propriedades mecânicas dos agregados leves, tais como o módulo de elasticidade e a resistência à compressão, em função de suas dimensões reduzidas, o que gera dificuldades na realização de ensaios experimentais. É possível encontrar trabalhos na literatura que tentam determinar as propriedades mecânicas dos agregados leves por meio de métodos baseados em formulações matemáticas e deduções empíricas. Uma alternativa a tais métodos é o emprego de modelos de simulação e a resolução de um problema inverso para a previsão de tais propriedades. O objetivo do trabalho é a aplicação de um procedimento inverso para obtenção do módulo de elasticidade e da resistência à compressão de agregados leves presentes em concretos via simulação computacional de ensaios de compressão uniaxiais em corpos de prova. O corpo de prova de concreto é representado por um modelo computacional mecânico bidimensional e bifásico, constituído por argamassa e agregados leves de formato circular, e as simulações foram conduzidas no programa Abaqus R. Os resultados encontrados foram satisfatórios em comparação com outros métodos da literatura, chegando a casos com diferenças menores que 2% para um corpo de prova com 15% de agregados. A abordagem proposta emerge como uma possível solução para análises de propriedades mecânicas de agregados leves em concretos com um reduzido tempo e custo, sendo aplicada para diversos tipos de curvas granulométricas, tipos de argamassa e diferentes porcentagens de agregados no corpo de prova. Além da previsão das propriedades mecânicas dos agregados em concretos leves, a abordagem traz um melhor entendimento da relação dos diversos conjuntos de agregados leves com as argamassas. / The lightweight aggregate concrete is known for its low specific weight and high thermal and acoustic insulation capacity. One of the great challenges related to this type of concrete is to get some mechanical properties of lightweight aggregate, such as the modulus of elasticity and the compressive strength, due to its reduced size, which generates difficulties to carry out experimental tests. It is possible to find works in the literature that try to determine the mechanical properties of the lightweight aggregate through methods based on mathematical formulation and empirical deductions. An alternative to such methods is the use of simulation models and the resolution of an inverse problem for the prediction of lightweight aggregate properties. The objective of this study is the application of an inverse procedure to obtain the modulus of elasticity and the compressive strength of lightweight aggregates present in concrete by computational simulation of uniaxial compression tests in specimens. The concrete specimen is represented by a two-dimensional and biphasic mechanical computational model, constituted by mortar and circular lightweight aggregates, and the simulations were conducted in the Abaqus R program. The results were satisfactory compared to other methods in the literature, reaching cases with differences of less than 2 % for a test specimen with 15 % of aggregates. The proposed approach emerges as a possible solution for the analysis of mechanical properties of lightweight aggregates in concrete with reduced cost and time, being applied for several types of grain sizes, mortar types and different percentages of aggregates in the concrete specimen. In addition, the approach brings a better understanding about the connection between lightweight aggregates and mortars.

Uma importante estratégia de projeto para melhorar o desempenho térmico das edificações em climas quentes e úmidos é a adoção conjunta da ventilação natural e de dispositivos de sombreamento. Contudo, quando a ventilação natural é ocasionada pela ação dos ventos nas edificações, as pressões do vento nas envoltórias da edificação são alteradas com a presença de elementos externos próximos que mudam as características do fluxo incidente. Deste modo, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar os impactos na ventilação natural, e nas temperaturas internas do ar e/ou no conforto térmico de uma habitação térrea em um clima quente e úmido, a partir do uso de diferentes dispositivos de sombreamento externos e muro. Para isso, foram realizadas simulações computacionais no programa EnergyPlus através do módulo AirflowNetwork. Foram realizados ensaios em túnel de vento de Camada Limite Atmosférica (CLA) para a obtenção dos coeficientes de pressão (Cps). Os resultados apontaram impactos específicos a cada elemento estudado, no entanto o fenômeno mais frequente nos casos com dispositivos de sombreamento foi a redução dos efeitos de sobrepressão e sucção. Quanto aos seus impactos nas renovações de ar, estes provocaram uma diminuição do fluxo de ar e, consequentemente, o aumento da temperatura no período predominantemente noturno. Entretanto, foi observado um maior impacto na atenuação das temperaturas internas nos períodos diurnos, que prevaleceu sobre o aumento nos períodos de ventilação. Destacou-se, dentre os dispositivos de sombreamento estudados, as proteções tipo veneziana por proporcionarem um melhor desempenho térmico. Já os muros, dentre todos os elementos estudados, foram os que tiveram maior impacto nos Cps. Tal fenômeno significou a diminuição da taxa de renovação de ar dentre 50 e 75%. O impacto mais sobressalente nas temperaturas internas nestes casos foi o aumento destas no período noturno, limitando o potencial da ventilação natural para a remoção de calor da edificação / An important design strategy for improving the thermal performance of buildings in hot and humid climates is the adoption of natural ventilation strategies and shading devices combined. However, when natural ventilation is wind-driven, the wind pressures on the building envelope are altered by the presence of nearby external elements that change the incident flows characteristics. Thus, the present work aims to evaluate the impacts on natural ventilation, and the internal air temperatures and/or the thermal comfort of a single ground floor low-cost house in a hot and humid climate, considering the use of different external shading devices and walls. For such, computational simulations were performed in the EnergyPlus program using the AirflowNetwork module. Atmospheric Limit Wind (CLA) wind tunnel tests were performed to obtain pressure coefficients (Cps). The results indicated specific impacts to each element studied, however the most frequent phenomenon in cases with shading devices was the reduction of the effects of overpressure and suction. As for their impacts on air changes rate, they caused a decrease in airflow and, consequently, an increase in temperature predominantly in the nocturnal period. However, a greater impact was observed in the attenuation of internal temperatures in the daytime periods, which prevailed over the increase in ventilation periods., Among the shading devices studied, venetian type protections for providing better thermal performance were highlighted. Among all the elements studied, the walls had the greatest impact on the Cps. This phenomenon meant the reduction of the air changes rate between 50 and 75%. The most significant impact on internal temperatures in these cases was the their increase at night, limiting the potential of natural ventilation to the removal of heat from the building.

Os programas computacionais de simulação do desempenho termoenergético de edificações têm adquirindo cada vez mais importância devido às possibilidades que apresentam para a avaliação dos projetos. No entanto, há dificuldades para o seu uso nas fases iniciais de projeto, por demandarem tempo, técnicos especializados, orçamentos elevados e um projeto detalhado. Atualmente, existem ferramentas computacionais simplificadas, mas que apresentam limitações quanto às possibilidades de uso, não oferecendo resultados precisos como os dos métodos mais complexos. Portanto, este trabalho propõe avaliar as possibilidades de simplificação das zonas térmicas no programa de simulação EnergyPlus, sem comprometer os resultados das simulações. Esta simplificação auxiliaria o uso dessas ferramentas computacionais nas fases iniciais do projeto. O edifício estudado é uma habitação de interesse social (HIS) naturalmente ventilada, térrea e isolada, simulada para três cidades do Brasil (Curitiba, Manaus e São Paulo). Esta HIS é modelada no EnergyPlus de duas formas: como um modelo multizona (MuZ) e como um modelo monozona (MoZ), em que toda a habitação é considerada apenas como uma única zona térmica. O impacto da simplificação das zonas térmicas é avaliado em dois estudos que consideram: 1) vários horários para abertura e fechamento de portas internas, e 2) diferentes geometrias e distribuições internas para os ambientes. Em ambos os estudos, os resultados mostram que a diferença absoluta horária da temperatura entre os modelos MoZs e MuZs é significativamente baixa para todos os casos considerados, estando abaixo de 0,4ºC mais de 50% do tempo. As maiores diferenças encontradas entre os MoZs e MuZs são obtidas nos modelos simulados nos climas mais frios, nos modelos nos quais as portas internas são consideradas fechadas e nos ambientes menores com uma exposição à radiação solar mais reduzida. As diferenças anuais mínimas e máximas da temperatura interna do ar entre os MoZ e MuZ são notadamente elevadas. No entanto, estes valores são observados num dia e uma hora específica, sendo a média anual significativamente baixa para todos os casos. / Building thermal and energy performance simulation programs are gaining more and more importance due to the possibilities they present for a project evaluation. However, there are difficulties for its use in the early stages of the project, because they demand time, specialized technicians, high budgets and a detailed project. Currently, there are simplified computer tools, but they present limits to the possibilities of its use, since they do not offer accurate results as more complex methods. Therefore, this work proposes to evaluate the possibilities of simplification of the thermal zones in EnergyPlus simulation program without compromising the results of the simulations. This simplification would help the computational tools use in the early design of the project. The studied building is a naturally ventilated single-story isolated social house, simulated for three cities of Brazil (Curitiba, Manaus and São Paulo). This building is modeled in two ways: as a multizone model (MuZ) and as a monozone model (MoZ), where the entire floorplan is considered as one thermal zone. The impact of the thermal zones simplification is evaluated in two studies considering: 1) several schedules for internal doors opening and closing, and 2) different building geometries and floorplans. In both studies, the results show that the absolute difference of temperature between the MoZs and MuZs models is significantly low for all of the cases, being below 0.4ºC more than 50% of the time. The maximum differences found between MoZs and MuZs are obtained in models simulated in colder climates, in models where internal doors are considered closed and in smaller rooms with reduced exposure to solar radiation. The minimum and maximum annual differences of the air temperature between the MoZ and MuZ are considerably high. However, these values are observed in a specific day and hour, with the annual average being significantly low for all cases.

The present study is focused on product development and aims to verify the benefits of the use of computer simulation as a design tool in the industry speakers. For this reason every stage of a product development company in the speakers will be analyzed comparing the traditional method, which uses interactions between prototypes and experiments with the organization based on computational modeling philosophy. Computer modeling will be performed using the finite element method. It is known that with the fierce market competition, organizations are seeking alternatives in tools, processes and technologies that will bring some difference and add value to the final product, and thus differentiate itself from competitors. As a premise for the use of computer simulations, the characterization of the mechanical properties of the materials used in making the speaker is required. Therefore, the paper also proposes to implement a method capable of accurately obtaining the necessary mechanical properties such as Young s modulus, damping, density, etc. Although the study is focused on an industry speakers, this research also applies to organizations that have the stage of product development in their deal flow. Through this comparison methods, the research aims to enable managers responsible for product development, the pursuit of sustainable growth by enhancing the competitive position and reducing the vulnerability of their stay in the market. In this sense we propose a case study, evaluating methods, the feasibility and benefits generated through computational modeling, always seeking opportunities that aim to ensure the creation of value for the product and hence to the end customer. / O presente estudo esteve focado no desenvolvimento de produto e teve por objetivo verificar os benefícios da utilização da simulação computacional como ferramenta de projeto na indústria de alto-falantes. Para isso, toda a etapa de desenvolvimento de produto de uma empresa do ramo de alto-falantes foi analisada comparando o método tradicional, que utiliza interações entre protótipos e experimentos, com a filosofia embasada no uso da modelagem computacional. A modelagem computacional foi realizada através do método dos elementos finitos. Sabe-se que, com a competição acirrada do mercado, as organizações buscam alternativas em ferramentas, processos e tecnologias que as tragam algum diferencial e acrescentem valor ao produto final, e assim as diferencie das empresas concorrentes. Como premissa para o uso de simulações computacionais, se faz necessário a caracterização das propriedades mecânicas dos materiais utilizados na confecção do alto-falante. Portanto, o estudo também apresentou e implementou um método capaz de obter com precisão as propriedades mecânicas necessárias, tais como: Módulo de Young, amortecimento, densidade, etc. Embora o estudo esteja focado em uma indústria de alto-falantes, esta pesquisa também se aplica às organizações que possuem a etapa de desenvolvimento de produto em seu fluxo de operações. Através desta comparação de métodos, a pesquisa possibilita aos gestores responsáveis pelo desenvolvimento do produto, a busca por crescimento sustentável melhorando a posição competitiva e reduzindo a vulnerabilidade de sua permanência no mercado. Nesse sentido é proposto um estudo de caso, avaliando os métodos, a viabilidade e os benefícios gerados através do modelamento computacional, sempre buscando oportunidades que visem assegurar a geração de valor para o produto e consequentemente para o cliente final.

This paper presents a proposed the modeling of power transformers for high-frequency electromagnetic transients. The application of this model allows the evaluation of the windings behavior against the voltage surges imposed by the electric power system. Besides the model, the required calculations to determine the concentrated and distributed parameters which define the representative circuit are detailed. The calculations were performed for a 25 MVA power transformer, using the data obtained from a technical audit between both client and manufacturer, known as design review. The representation of the equipment for the simulation is realized through a descriptive language, known as netlist. The impossibility of measuring the voltage along the power transformer windings subjected to voltage surges has motivated the development of the proposed model and computer simulation. Aiming to evaluate the potentialities of the developed model, the simulations for the power transformer were performed focusing on the determination of the lightning impulse transient voltage distribution along the windings and fully evaluating the obtained results. Alterations of the studied transformer s project were also addressed, considering the windings traditionally used by the manufacturers. A qualitative comparison between the responses of both power transformers is also presented. / Este trabalho apresenta uma proposta de modelagem de um transformador de potência para transitórios eletromagnéticos em altas frequências. O emprego deste modelo possibilita avaliar o comportamento dos enrolamentos frente aos surtos de tensão resultantes de transitórios no sistema elétrico de potência. Além do modelo, são detalhados os cálculos necessários para a determinação dos parâmetros distribuídos e concentrados que definirão o circuito representativo do modelo. Os cálculos foram realizados para um transformador de potência de 25 MVA, a partir dos dados obtidos de uma auditoria técnica entre cliente e fabricante, também conhecida como design review. A representação do modelo do equipamento para a simulação é realizada através de uma linguagem descritiva, netlist. A impossibilidade de medições de tensão ao longo dos enrolamentos do transformador, submetidos a surtos de tensão, motivaram o desenvolvimento do modelo proposto e a sua validação via simulação computacional. Com o objetivo de avaliar as potencialidades do modelo desenvolvido realizaram-se simulações enfatizando a determinação da distribuição das tensões transitórias de impulso atmosférico ao longo dos enrolamentos do transformador, sendo estes resultados avaliados detalhadamente. Também foram abordadas alterações no projeto do transformador estudado, considerando enrolamentos tradicionalmente utilizados pelos fabricantes. É apresentada uma comparação qualitativa entre a resposta do transformador projetado e os estudos de modificação de projeto.

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The presented thesis is involved in the biomechanics of phonation. The aim of the thesis is to set a fluid-structure interaction between the vocal folds and air flow when the pressure from lungs reaches the physiological values. In the expected outcome the self-oscillating vocal folds should be observable with characteristics shape-shift from convergent to divergent. In theory part of the thesis is described Anatomy of the vocal tract, physiology of the human phonation, research of computational simulations, experiments and visualisation methods are described in the theory part of the thesis. In the second part, setup of computational simulation with the finite element method is presented. Besides of the fluid-structure interaction the acoustical model is set. Achieved results are presented and compared to the results in literature. Displacements are evaluated from the structural model and pressures, velocities and flow velocities are evaluated from fluid model, so as acoustics results.

Modification of Hodgkin and Huxley’s experimentally derived set of nonlinear differential equations was implemented to accurately simulate the action potential of the Hirudo Medicinalis’s Retzius cell in MATLAB under analogous conditions to those found in the Retzius cell environment. The voltage-gated sodium and potassium channel responses to changes in membrane potential, as experimentally determined by Hodgkin and Huxley, were manipulated to suit simulation parameters established by electrophysiological Retzius cell recordings. Application of this methodology permitted additional accurate simulation of the Hirudo Medicinalis’s P cell under analogous conditions to those found in the P cell environment. Further refinement of this technique should allow for the voltage-gated behavioral based simulation of action potential waveforms found in variety of neurons under simulation conditions analogous to the nerve cell environment.

Steam turbine rotor is a very complicated assembly, typically consists of several rotor rows. Due to design limitations and increasing demands on the efficiency of the steam turbines, it is practically impossible to avoid all of the resonant states. The significant vibrations can occur, for example, due to passing resonance state during turbine start up or run out. In the worst case the turbine operates state is close to the resonance state of the rotor row. This leads to the significant oscillation of the bladed disk, and may results in the blade (or blade to disk joints) high cycle fatigue. These parts are highly loaded components and any cracks are unacceptable. Therefore it is absolutely necessary to damp vibration by using, for example, passive damping elements. The damping element analyzed in this thesis is a strap with an isosceles trapezoidal cross section, which is placed in the circumferential dovetail groove in the blade segmental shrouding. The sliding between the contact surfaces leads to the dissipation of energy which causes decreasing of undesirable vibrations. The main aim is to design the optimal dimensions of the strap cross-section with a view to the most effective damping of vibration for a particular turbine operating state. Considered bladed disk has 54 blades which are coupled in 18 packets by segmental shrouding. The damping element is paced in circumferential dovetail groove created in the shrouding. This type of damping element is suitable especially for damping vibrations in the axial direction and only with the mode shape with the nodal diameters. The modal properties of the bladed disk are influenced by the sliding distance. Since the friction force depends on centrifugal force acting on the damping element and on the angle of the side walls of the strap and groove, the sliding distance can be influenced by the damping element dimensions. During the optimization process the best possible size of middle width, height and angle of damping element cross-section is searched. The strap weight, contact area size and flexural stiffness of damping element can be influenced by these parameters. Their change has also impact on the size of the contact pressure and thus on the size of relative motion as well. As stated previously, the damping efficiency is influenced by the relative motion between the damping element and shrouding. Numerical simulation in time domain is very time-consuming, especially for systems containing nonlinearities. In order to verify dynamic behavior of the computational model with the passive friction element in numerical simulations, the simplified model is created. The model is created in the ANSYS environment. The main requirement imposed on this model is to have as small number of degrees of freedom as possible, so the time needed to perform the simulation is reduced to a minimum. To satisfy this requirement the simplified model is a cantilever beam with rectangular cross section. The dovetail groove is created in this model in longitudinal direction. In this groove is damping element. In addition to damping element dimensions optimization, the influence of each design variable on model dynamic behavior is studied. The results are verified experimentally. Experiment also shows other interesting results that confirm the damping element influence on the modal characteristics. The gained knowledge is used to optimize the dimensions of the damping element in the model of the bladed disk.

Wear on total knee replacements is an important criterion for their performance characteristics. Numerical simulations of such wear have seen increasing attention over the last years. They have the potential to be much faster and less expensive than the in vitro tests in use today. While it is unlikely that in silico tests will replace actual physical tests in the foreseeable future, a judicious combination of both approaches can help making both implant design and pre-clinical testing quicker and more cost-effective. The challenge today for the design of simulation methods is to obtain results that convey quantitative information and to do so quickly and reliably. This involves the choice of mathematical models as well as the numerical tools used to solve them. The correctness of the choice can only be validated by comparing with experimental results. In this article, we present finite element simulations of the wear in total knee replacements during the gait cycle standardized in the ISO 14243-1 document, used for compliance testing in several countries. As the ISO 14243-1 standard is precisely defined and publicly available, it can serve as an excellent benchmark for comparison of wear simulation methods. We use comparatively simple wear and material models, but we solve them using a new wear algorithm that combines extrapolation of the geometry changes with a contact algorithm based on nonsmooth multigrid ideas. The contact algorithm works without Lagrange multipliers and penalty parameters, achieving unparalleled stability and efficiency. We compare our simulation results with the experimental data from physical tests using two different actual total knee replacements. Even though the model is simple, we can predict the total mass loss due to wear after 5-million gait cycles, and we observe a good match between the wear patterns seen in experiments and our simulation results. When compared with a state-of-the-art penalty-based solver for the same model, we measure a roughly fivefold increase of execution speed.