The failure behavior of composite laminates is modeled numerically using the Generalized Layerwise Plate Theory (GLPT) of Reddy and a progressive failure algorithm. The Layerwise Theory of Reddy assumes a piecewise continuous displacement field through the thickness of the laminate and therefore has the ability to capture the interlaminar stress fields near the free edges and cut outs more accurately. The progressive failure algorithm is based on the assumption that the material behaves like a stable progressively fracturing solid. A three-dimensional stiffness reduction scheme is developed and implemented to study progressive failures in composite laminates. The effect of various parameters such as out-of-plane material properties, boundary conditions, and stiffness reduction methods on the failure stresses and strains of a quasi-isotropic composite laminate with free edges subjected to tensile loading is studied. The ultimate stresses and strains predicted by the Generalized Layerwise Plate Theory (GLPT) and the more widely used First Order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT) are compared with experimental results. The predictions of the GLPT are found to be in good agreement with the experimental results both qualitatively and quantitatively, while the predictions of FSDT are found to be different from experimental results both qualitatively and quantitatively. The predictive ability of various phenomenological failure criteria is evaluated with reference to the experimental results available in the literature. The effect of geometry of the test specimen and the displacement boundary conditions at the grips on the ultimate stresses and strains of a composite laminate under compressive loading is studied. The ultimate stresses and strains are found to be quite sensitive to the geometry of the test specimen and the displacement boundary conditions at the grips. The degree of sensitivity is observed to depend strongly on the lamination sequence. The predictions of the progressive failure algorithm are in agreement with the experimental trends. Finally, the effect of geometric nonlinearity on the first-ply and ultimate failure loads of a composite laminate subjected to bending load is studied. The geometric nonlinearity is taken in to account in the von Kármán sense. It is demonstrated that the nonlinear failure loads are quite different from the linear failure loads, depending on the lamination sequence, boundary conditions, and span-to-depth ratio of the test specimen. Further, it is shown that the First order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT) and the Generalized Layerwise Plate Theory (GLPT) predict qualitatively different results. / Ph. D.

We have extended the HOLA molecular dynamics (MD) code to run slider-on-block friction experiments for Al and Cu. Both objects are allowed to evolve freely and show marked deformation despite the hardness difference. We recover realistic coefficients of friction and verify the importance of cold-welding and plastic deformations in dry sliding friction. Our first data also show a mechanism for decoupling between load and friction at high velocities. Such a mechanism can explain an increase in the coefficient of friction of metals with velocity. The study of the effects of currents on our system required the development of a suitable electrodynamic (ED) solver, as the disparity of MD and ED time scales threatened the efficiency of our code. Our first simulations combining ED and MD are presented. / text

This Doctoral thesis gives an introduction to the concept of kernel functionsand their signicance in the theory of special functions. Of particularinterest is the use of kernel function methods for constructing exact solutionsof Schrodinger type equations, in one spatial dimension, with interactions governedby elliptic functions. The method is applicable to a large class of exactlysolvable systems of Calogero-Moser-Sutherland type, as well as integrable generalizationsthereof. It is known that the Schrodinger operators with ellipticpotentials have special limiting cases with exact eigenfunctions given by orthogonalpolynomials. These special cases are discussed in greater detail inorder to explain the kernel function methods with particular focus on the Jacobipolynomials and Jack polynomials. / <p>QC 20161003</p>

Les mécanismes hyperstatiques sont souvent utilisés dans l’industrie pour garantir une bonne tenue mécanique du système et une bonne robustesse aux écarts de fabrication des surfaces. Même si ces assemblages sont très courants, les méthodologies d’analyse de tolérances de ces mécanismes sont difficiles à mettre en oeuvre.En fonction de ses écarts de fabrication, un assemblage hyperstatique peut soit présenter des interférences de montage, soit être assemblé avec jeu. Dans ces travaux de thèse, nous avons appliqué la méthode des polytopes afin de détecter les interférences de montage. Pour un assemblage donné, le polytope résultant du mécanisme est calculé. Si ce polytope est non vide, l’assemblage ne présente pas d’interférence. Si ce polytope est vide, l’assemblage présente des interférences de montage. En fonction du résultat obtenu, deux méthodes d’analyse distinctes sont proposées.Si l’assemblage est réalisable sans interférence le polytope résultant du mécanisme permet de conclure sur sa conformité au regard de l’exigence fonctionnelle. Si l’assemblage présente des interférences de montage, une analyse prenant en compte la raideur des pièces est réalisée. Cette approche est basée sur une réduction de modèle avec des super-éléments. Elle permet de déterminer rapidement l’état d’équilibre du système après assemblage. Un effort de montage est ensuite estimé à partir de ces résultats pour conclure sur la faisabilité de l’assemblage. Si l’assemblage est déclaré réalisable, la propagation des déformations dans les pièces est caractérisée pour vérifier la conformité du système au regard de l’exigence fonctionnelle.La rapidité de mise en oeuvre de ces calculs nous permet de réaliser des analyses de tolérances statistiques par tirage de Monte Carlo pour estimer les probabilités de montage et de respect d’une Condition Fonctionnelle. / Over-constrained mechanisms are often used in industries to ensure a good mechanical strength and a good robustness to manufacturing deviations of parts. The tolerance analysis of such assemblies is difficult to implement.Indeed, depending on the geometrical deviations of parts, over-constrained mechanisms can have assembly interferences. In this work, we used the polytope method to check whether the assembly has interferences or not. For each assembly, the resulting polytope of the mechanism is computed. If it is non empty, the assembly can be performed without interference. If not, there is interferences in the assembly. According to the result, two different methods can be implemented.For an assembly without interference, the resulting polytope enables to check directly its compliance. For an assembly with interferences, a study taking into account the stiffness of the parts is undertaken. This approach uses a model reduction with super elements. It enables to compute quickly the assembly with deformation. Then, an assembly load is computed to conclude on its feasibility. Finally, the spreading of deformation through the parts is calculated to check the compliance of the mechanism.The short computational time enables to perform stochastic tolerance analyses in order to provide the rates of compliant assemblies.

Neste trabalho, estudamos a classificação de singularidades de curvas espaciais simples que não são intersecções completas. O Teorema de Hilbert-Burch nos permite usar a matriz de representação para estudar a variedade definida pelo ideal gerado por seus menores maximais. Da mesma forma, as deformações da variedade determinantal podem ser representadas por perturbações da matriz e qualquer perturbação da matriz fornece uma deformação da variedade. Assim, o estudo das singularidades de curvas determinantais pode ser formulado em termos da matriz de representação da curva / In this work, we study the classification of simple space curve singularities which are not complete intersections. The Theorem of Hilbert-Burch enables us to deal with the presentation matrices instead of the ideals defined by their maximal minors. In the same way, deformations of the determinantal variety can be represented by perturbations of the matrix and any perturbation of the matrix gives rise to a deformation of the variety. Therefore, the study of determinantal curves can be formulated in terms of the presentation matrices

In this thesis we review some aspects of Yang-Baxter deformations of semi-symmetric space sigma models. We start by giving a short review of the sigma model description of superstrings and then we offer a self contained introduction to the Yang-Baxter deformation technique. We then show how to obtain an integrable deformation of the hybrid sigma model. Also, we show that the gravity dual of beta-deformed ABJM theory can be obtained as a Yang-Baxter deformation. This is done by selecting a convenient combination of Cartan generators in order to construct an Abelian r-matrix satisfying the classical Yang-Baxter equation. / Nesta tese revisamos alguns aspectos das deformações de Yang-Baxter de modelos sigma em espaços semi-simétricos. Damos uma breve revisão do modelo sigma de supercordas e, em seguida, oferecemos uma introdução ao método de deformação de Yang-Baxter. Em seguida, mostramos como obter uma deformação integrável do modelo sigma híbrido. Além disso, mostramos que o dual gravitacional da teoria ABJM beta-deformada pode ser obtida como uma deformação de Yang-Baxter. Isso é feito selecionando-se uma combinação conveniente de geradores de Cartan para construir uma matriz r Abeliana satisfazendo a equação clássica de Yang-Baxter.

"A Java pre- and post-processing graphical user-oriented interface has been developed by the authors to aid a mill engineer with little or no finite element experience throughout the analysis process of the finishing rolling stands. A case study is presented that uses the commercial finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit to predict roundness and tolerance customer requirements. Other parameters that are determined include spread, crosssectional area, percentage reduction in area, incremental plastic strain, total plastic strain and roll force. All parameters are compared to theoretical models and some are compared to full-scale mill testing."

Soit Γ un sous-groupe fini de SU2(ℂ). Alors le quotient ℂ2/Γ peut être plongé dans ℂ3 sous la forme d'une surface munie d'une singularité isolée. Le quotient ℂ2/Γ est appelé singularité de Klein, d'après F. Klein qui fut le premier à les décrire en 1884. A travers leurs résolutions minimales, ces singularités ont un lien étroit avec les diagrammes de Dynkin simplement lacés de types Ar, Dr et Er. Dans les années 1970, E. Brieskorn et P. Slodowy ont tiré profit de cette connection pour décrire les résolutions et les déformations de ces singularités à l'aide de la théorie de Lie. En 1998 P. Slodowy et H. Cassens ont construit les déformations semiuniverselles des ℂ2/Γ à l'aide de la théorie des carquois ainsi que des travaux de P.B. Kronheimer en géométrie symplectique datant de 1989. En théorie de Lie, la classification des algèbres de Lie simples divisent ces dernières en deux classes: les algèbres de Lie de types Ar, Dr et Er qui sont simplement lacées, et celles de types Br, Cr, F4 et G2 appelées non-homogènes. A l'aide d'un second sous-groupe fini Γ' de SU2(ℂ) tel que Γ ⊲ Γ', P. Slodowy a étendu en 1978 la notion de singularité de Klein aux algèbres de Lie non-homogènes en ajoutant à ℂ2/Γ le groupe d'automorphismes Ω= Γ'/Γ du diagramme de Dynkin associé à la singularité. L'objectif de cette thèse est de généraliser la construction de H. Cassens et P. Slodowy à ces singularités de types Br, Cr, F4 et G2. Il en résultera des constructions explicites des déformations semiuniverselles de types inhomogènes sur les fibres desquelles le groupe Ω agit. Le passage au quotient d'une telle application révèle alors une déformation d'une singularité de type ℂ2/Γ' / Let Γ be a finite subgroup of SU2(ℂ). Then the quotient ℂ2/Γ can be embedded in ℂ3 as a surface with an isolated singularity. The quotient ℂ2/Γ is called a Kleinian singularity, after F. Klein who studied them first in 1884. Through their minimal resolutions, these singularities have a deep connection with simply-laced Dynkin diagrams of types Ar, Dr and Er. In the 1970's E. Brieskorn and P. Slodowy took advantage of this connection to describe the resolutions and deformations of these singularities in terms of Lie theory. In 1998 P. Slodowy and H. Cassens constructed the semiuniversal deformations of the Kleinian singularities using quiver theory and work from 1989 by P.B. Kronheimer on symplectic geometry. In Lie theory, the classification of simple Lie algebras allows for a separation in two classes: those simply-laced of types Ar, Dr and Er, and those of types Br, Cr, F4 and G2 called inhomogeneous. With the use of a second finite subgroup Γ’ of SU2(ℂ) such that Γ ⊲ Γ’, P. Slodowy extended in 1978 the definition of a Kleinian singularity to the inhomogeneous types by adding to ℂ2/Γ the group of automorphisms Ω= Γ’/Γ of the Dynkin diagram associated to the singularity. The purpose of this thesis is to generalize H. Cassens' and P. Slodowy's construction to the singularities of types Br, Cr, F4 and G2. It will lead to explicit semiuniversal deformations of inhomogeneous types on the fibers of which the group Ω acts. By quotienting such a map we obtain a deformation of a singularity ℂ2/Γ’

The principal objective of this work was to elucidate the effect of microstructural features on the intrinsic dislocation mechanisms in two FCC alloys. First alloy Al0.1CoCrFeNi was from a new class of material known as complex concentrated alloys, particularly high entropy alloys (HEA). The second was a conventional Al-Mg-Sc alloy in ultrafine-grained (UFG) condition. In the case of HEA, the lattice possess significant lattice strain due to the atomic size variation and cohesive energy differences. Moreover, both the lattice friction stress and the Peierls barrier height are significantly larger than the conventional FCC metals and alloys. The experimental evidences, so far, provide a distinctive identity to the nature and motion of dislocations in FCC HEA as compared to the conventional FCC metals and alloys. Hence, the thermally activated dislocation mechanisms and kinetics in HEA has been studied in detail. To achieve the aim of examining the dislocation kinetics, transient tests, both strain rate jump tests and stress relaxation tests, were conducted. Anomalous behavior in dislocation kinetics was observed. Surprisingly, a large rate sensitivity of the flow stress and low activation volume of dislocations were observed, which are unparalleled as compared to conventional CG FCC metals and alloys. The observed trend has been explained in terms of the lattice distortion and dislocation energy framework. As opposed to the constant dislocation line energy and Peierls potential energy (amplitude, ΔE) in conventional metals and alloys, both line energy and Peierls potential undergo continuous variation in the case of HEA. These energy fluctuations have greatly affected the dislocation mobility and can be distinctly noted from the activation volume of dislocations. The proposed hypothesis was tested by varying the grain size and also the test temperature. Activation volume of dislocations was a strong function of temperature and increased with temperature. And the reduction in grain size did not affect the dislocation mechanisms and kinetics. This further bolstered the hypothesis. The second part deals with deformation characteristics of Al-Mg-Sc alloy. The microstructure obtained from the severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques differ in dislocation density, grain/cell size, and in the grain boundary character distribution. Therefore, it is vital to understand the deformation behavior of the UFG materials produced by various SPD techniques, as the microstructural features basically control the deformation mechanisms. In this study, a detailed analysis was made to understand the deformation mechanisms operative in various regimes of a stress-strain in UFG Al-Mg-Sc alloy produced via friction stir processing. The stress-strain curves exhibited serrations from the onset of yielding to the point of sample failure. The serration amplitude and frequency was higher in UFG material as compared to CG material. Furthermore, the microstructural features that result in the serrated flow were investigated along with the avalanche characteristics. The presence of both ultrafine grains and Al3Sc precipitates were the necessary conditions to reach the critical stress required to push the grain boundary into a critical state to set off an avalanche. The microstructural conditions that did not satisfy both the requirements did not exhibit deep serrations.

<p>Praćenje promena, odnosno, monitoring terena i objekata je zadatak od<br />izuzetnog značaja, jer omogućava, u prvom redu, pravovremeno<br />reagovanje i time smanjenje materijalne štete i ljudskih žrtava.<br />Primena modernih tehnologija u oblasti senzora i komunikacija<br />obezbeđuje monitoring terena i objekata u realnom vremenu. Prostorno<br />distribuirani senzori &ndash; geosenzorska mreža, prikupljaju podatke, koji<br />se na računarima skladište i analiziraju. Disertacija se bavi<br />modelom geosenzorske mreže, kao opštim rešenjem za monitoring<br />terena i objekata, koje predstavlja polaznu osnovu od koje se može doći<br />do sistema koji zadovoljava postavljene zahteve.</p> / <p>Observing of changes, that is, monitoring of terrain and objects, is very<br />significant task, since it enables timely response and thus decreasing of<br />material damage and human casualties. Usage of modern sensor and<br />communication technologies provides real-time monitoring of terrain and<br />objects. Spatialy distributed sensors, i.e. geosensor network, gather the data<br />which are then stored and analyzed. In this disertation a model of geosensor<br />network is proposed as a generalized solution for monitoring of terrain and<br />objects which can represent a basis in creating a system that can be altered<br />to meet the requirements in certain cases.</p>