Lors de la conception d’un frein, le confort et le bien-être du consommateur font partie des critères principaux. En effet, les instabilités de crissement, qui engendrent une des pollutions acoustiques les plus importantes, représentent un challenge actuel pour la communauté scientifique et les industriels du domaine. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la mise en évidence du caractère variable du crissement, observé pour deux systèmes de freinage d’un même véhicule, grâce à des plans d’expériences, expérimental et numérique. Pour être représentatif d’une famille de structures, il est désormais indéniable qu’il faille prendre en compte les variabilités observées sur de multiples paramètres liés au système étudié dès la phase de conception. L’enrichissement des simulations déterministes actuelles nécessite la mise en place d’outils non déterministes rapides et respectant le conservatisme des solutions étudiées. Pour ce faire, nous avons contribué au développement de méthodes numériques dédiées à la propagation des données floues dans le cas des graphes de coalescence, à la détermination des positions d’équilibre de corps en contact frottant à partir d’une méthode de régulation basée sur la logique floue. Cette solution permet d’appliquer une technique de projection pour réduire le coût numérique en utilisant des bases modales des composants réanalysées par un développement homotopique. / During a brake design, consumer comfort and well-being are the main criteria. Indeed, squeal instabilities, that produce main acoustic pollution, represent a current challenge in the scientific community and for industrials. In this thesis, we interest first in the highlight of the variability of squeal, observed for two brake systems of a same vehicle, thanks to experimental and numerical designs of experiments. To be representative of a structure family, it is now undeniable that we must take into account variability observed in various parameters of the studied system, from the design phase. To enrich existing deterministic simulations, quick non deterministic tools must be established, respecting the studied solutions conservatism. For this, we have contributed to the development of numerical methods to propagate fuzzy data in the case of diagram of coalescence, to determine the equilibrium position of frictional contact bodies with a fuzzy logic controller. This solution allows to apply a projection technique for reducing the computational cost. The modal bases of components are reanalyzed by homotopy perturbation.

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As the world pushes for ‘greener’ technologies and carbon neutrality, efforts have focused on creating novel ways to mitigate humankind’s carbon footprint. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has become a prevalent technique that has proven to be an effective long-term method to safely relocate excess carbon dioxide (CO2) into subsurface formations. However, CCS is a newer technique which requires constant monitoring due to potential leakage pathways present in CO2 storage sites; therefore, a preventive approach to seal leakage pathways is recommended. This dissertation explores the potential of CO2-sensitive polyacrylamide (CO2-SPAM) as a novel sealing agent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and CCS applications. This manuscript explores the strength and weaknesses of various CO2-triggered chemicals and selects the appropriate fit for subsurface in-situ sealing. Relevant literature shows that CO2-SPAM can significantly reduce permeability in porous media. Additionally, organically cross-linked polyacrylamide-based gels, of which CO2-SPAM is one, are thermally stable, resistant to low pH levels, highly injectable, and widely used in various industrial processes. These characteristics make CO2-SPAM a suitable candidate for in-situ sealing. Further studies were performed to comprehend the chemical mechanism, rheological behavior, and injection effects of CO2-SPAM into subsurface formations. Firstly, past literature knowledge and organic chemistry principals were used to develop the complete chemical breakdown of CO2-SPAM gel’s synthesis. Secondly, the effect of salt and polyacrylamide (PAM) concentrations on gelation time, gel strength and viscosity were tested through qualitative (Sydansk gel strength coding system) and quantitative methods (rheometer measurement). The results showed that high salinities increase gelation time and decrease gel strength and viscosity, while high PAM concentrations do the opposite. Lastly, the effects on geomechanical stresses caused by CO2-SPAM injection into the subsurface are also addressed by using the image well method for pore pressure estimation, and frictional faulting theory. The final results determined that the injection of aqueous CO2-SPAM would induce seismicity in normal faulting zones dipping at a large array of angles in the plane of failure. These findings are significant as they determine the potential of induced seismicity in the area of CCS, which in this case was the Raton basin.

Ce travail de thèse concerne la mécanique numérique du contact entre solides déformables. Il s'agit de contribuer à l'amélioration de la performance, de la fiabilité et de la robustesse des algorithmes et des modèles numériques utilisés dans les codes éléments finis en particulier Code_Aster qui est un code libre développé par Électricité De France (EDF) pour ses besoins en ingénierie. L'objectif final est de traiter les problèmes industriels de grande dimension avec un temps de calcul optimisé. Pour parvenir à ces objectifs, les algorithmes et formulations doivent prendre en compte les difficultés liées à la mécanique non régulière à cause des lois de Signorini-Coulomb ainsi que la gestion des non linéarités dûes aux grandes déformations et aux comportements des matériaux étudiés.Le premier axe de ce travail est dédié à une meilleure compréhension de la formulation dite de « Lagrangien stabilisé » initialement implémentée dans le code. Il a été démontré l'équivalence entre cette formulation et la formulation bien connue de « Lagrangien augmenté ». Les caractéristiques mathématiques liées aux opérateurs discrets ont été précisées et une écriture énergétique globale a été trouvée. / This work deals with computational contact mechanics between deformable solids. The aim of this work is to improve the performance, the reliability and the robustness of the algorithms and numerical models set in Code_Aster which is finite element code developped by Électricité De France (EDF) for its engineering needs. The proposed algorithms are used to solve high dimensional industrial problems in order to optimize the computational running times. Several solutions techniques are available in the field of computational contact mechanics but they must take into account the difficulties coming from non-smooth aspects due to Signorini-Coulomb laws coupled to large deformations of bodies and material non linearities. Firstly the augmented Lagrangian formulation so-called « stabilized Lagrangian » is introduced. Successively, the mathematical properties of the discrete operators are highlighted and furthermore a novel energetic function is presented. Secondly the kinematical condition with regard to the normal unknowns are reinforced through unconstrained optimization techniques which result to a novel formulation which is so-called « non standard augmented Lagrangian formulation ». Three types of strategies are implemented in the code. The generalized Newton method is developped : it is a method in which all the non linearities are solved in one loop of iterations. The partial Newton method is an hybrid technique between the generalized Newton one and a fixed point method.

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a new class of structural materials and exhibit unique combinations of mechanical properties. As a result, their mechanical behavior has been an active area of scientific pursuit in the recent past and considerable emphasis has been paid to understand plastic deformation in them. It is now well accepted that shear transformation zones (STZs), aided by free volume, are the fundamental carriers of plasticity. At a microscopic level, deformation at low temperatures and high stresses tends to localize into shear bands. Most BMGs posses high fracture toughness despite high yield strengths and poor global ductility. However, the micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in this new class of materials are not fully understood yet. The overall objective of this study is to provide insights into the fracture and fatigue response of amorphous alloys, which is important both from scientific and technological perspectives. The key questions we seek to answer through this study are the following. Do amorphous alloys undergo a ductile-brittle transition (DBT), and if so what are the reasons for it? What are the parameters that influence fatigue crack initiation in amorphous alloys and whether fatigue life can be improved by surface treatments? A related question is whether the BMGs are susceptible to deformation-induced crystallization (DIC). A Zr-based BMG, Zr41.2Ti13.75Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 was utilized to conduct this study. By comparing the fracture and fatigue behaviors in the as-cast and annealed states {annealing was carried out below the glass transition temperature (Tg) because of established embrittlement effects}, we seek to provide answers for the questions posed above. We begin by examining the influence of temperature on the toughness of BMGs. Impact toughness measurements show that the annealed samples, which are brittle at room temperature, recover the lost toughness beyond a critical temperature (TDB) and exhibit a sharp DBT. However, the hardness remains unaffected across the TDB. Fractography reveals nano-scale patterning and cleavage fracture in the brittle state, while the formation of thick vein-patterns and shear fracture are characteristics of the ductile state of the annealed samples. We explore various micro-mechanistic possibilities for explaining the features of this transition, including a critical Poisson’s ratio-toughness correlation. Next, to understand the origins of fatigue crack initiation, we study the un-notched fatigue response of as-cast and sub-Tg annealed Zr-based BMG specimens. Because of embrittlement and nano-crystallization at the crack initiation region, the annealed specimens exhibit a lower fatigue life than the as-cast specimens. Shot-peening of the as-cast specimens did not exhibit significant improvement in their fatigue performance because of competing effects between the compressive residual stress field (CRSF) and deformation-induced softening. To further investigate surface and repeated loading effects, the tribological response of the as-cast Zr-based BMG was compared with specimens annealed above and below the Tg. A good correlation between the hardness (increasing as a function of the annealing temperature) and wear rate was obtained. The formation and peeling of the oxide layer formed during testing was the primary wear mechanism in all the specimens. Lastly, crystallization was observed within the deformed region of the as-cast Zr-based BMG repeatedly scratched with a sharp diamond indenter. But, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) does not reveal any evidence of crystallization within the indents formed within an electron transparent film formed by laser deposition of the as-cast Zr-based BMG. Absence of crystallization in deformed regions obtained by designing critical experiments, which avoid artifacts generated during sample preparation, suggests that the occasional observation of DIC might be an exception rather than the rule in BMGs.

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Im Zuge der kontinuierlichen Weiterentwicklung von Verarbeitungs- und Verpackungsmaschinen werden immer höhere Anforderungen an die für den Gütertransfer eingesetzte Fördertechnik gestellt. Neben der erhöhten Förderleistung sind zudem ein schmiermittelfreier Betrieb sowie eine hundertprozentige Verfügbarkeit gefordert. Durch die zunehmende Leistungssteigerung kommt es zu hohen Beanspruchungen, die bei falscher Auslegung zu mechanischem oder thermischem Versagen der Kunststoff-Bauteile im Fördersystem führen können. Während das mechanische Versagen mit den aktuellen Dimensionierungen vermieden werden kann, gibt es bezüglich des thermischen Versagens keine hinreichend genaue Auslegungsvorschrift. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der thermischen Analyse von Gleitketten-Fördersystemen sowie den darin eingesetzten thermoplastischen Kunststoff-Kunststoff-Gleitpaarungen. Diesbezüglich werden die Gleitkontakte eines Gleitkettenförderers und deren Belastungen analysiert. Durch Abstraktion des Kette–Schiene-Systems wird ein semi-analytisches Berechnungsmodell zur Abschätzung der Reibtemperatur entwickelt, welches mittels experimenteller Untersuchungen auf einem Tribo-Prüfstand und an einem Fördersystem verifiziert wird. Aus den Untersuchungsergebnissen konnte ein thermisches Auslegungskriterium für Kunststoff-Kunststoff-Gleitpaarungen abgeleitet werden, welches sowohl auf Gleitketten-Förderer als auch perspektivisch auf ähnliche tribologische Systeme übertragen werden kann. / In the course of the continuous enhancements of processing and packaging machines, higher demands are set on conveying technology used for transferring goods. In addition to an increased delivery rate, a lubricant-free operation as well as a hundred percent availability are claimed. Increasing performance leads to high stresses that can result to mechanical or thermal failure of plastic components in the conveying system, if incorrectly designed. While mechanical failure can be avoided with up to date dimensioning, there is no sufficiently precise dimensioning criterion in regard to thermal failure. The present thesis is concerning with the thermal analysis of sliding chain conveyor systems as well as the thermoplastic plastic-plastic sliding pairs used therein. In this regard, the sliding contacts of a sliding chain conveyor and their loads are analyzed. By abstraction of the chain–rail system, a semi-analytical model for estimating the frictional temperature is developed, which is verified by experimental studies on a tribo test bench and a conveyor system. From the study results, a thermal dimensioning criterion for plastic plastic pairings could be derived, which can be applied to sliding chain conveyor as well as perspectivly similar tribological systems.

Cette thèse traite du problème de l'écoulement d'un fluide dans des interfaces étroites entre des solides en contact sous un chargement normal, ce qui est important pour de nombreuses applications en tribologie, ingénierie et géophysique. Le traitement de ce problème nécessite de prévoir un couplage entre la mécanique des fluides et celle des solides. Les contraintes liées à la présence du contact, ainsi que les caractéristiques complexes de la géométrie de surface rajoutent un niveau de complexité significatif. Dans cette thèse, un solveur monolithique par éléments finis permettant la gestion du contact frottant, des écoulements visqueux incompressibles et du transfert des efforts induits par le fluide sur le solide est développé. De plus, la possibilité que le fluide se retrouve piégé dans des cavités délimitées par des zones de contact est prise en compte par l'élaboration d'un nouvel élément dit "de fluide piégé", qui utilise une loi de comportement compressible non linéaire. Le code résultant de cette méthode comprend des algorithmes d’analyse d’image permettant de distinguer les zones de contact, d’écoulement de fluide et de fluide piégé. En outre, le code convient aux approches de couplage uni- et bidirectionnel. Le cadre développé a été appliqué dans un premier temps à l'étude d'un fluide piégé entre un solide déformable présentant une surface de contact ondulée et un plan rigide. Pour un système soumis à une charge externe croissante, nous avons examiné l'évolution de la surface de contact et du coefficient de frottement global en fonction des propriétés du fluide et du solide, ainsi que de la pente du profil de surface. Nous avons ensuite étudié l’écoulement d’un fluide entre un plan rigide et un solide déformable avec une géométrie modèle ou une surface rugueuse. Nous avons obtenu une solution analytique approchée qui gouverne le flux de fluide à travers une interface de contact ondulée, et cette dernière a été comparée à nos résultats numériques. Enfin, nous avons montré pour un intervalle de paramètres physiquement pertinents, que le couplage unidirectionnel sous-estime, par rapport à une approche bidirectionnelle, la perméabilité de l’interface ainsi que la charge externe critique nécessaire à la fermeture de l’interface. Une loi phénoménologique raffinée de perméabilité macroscopique des interfaces de contact rugueuses a été proposée. Enfin, le cadre développé a été utilisé pour calculer l'évolution de la fuite de fluide à travers une interface de contact métal sur saphir en utilisant un comportement matériau élasto-plastique et des mesures réelles de la rugosité de surface. / This thesis deals with the problem of a thin fluid flow in narrow interfaces between contacting solids subject to a normal loading, which is relevant for a range of tribological and engineering applications, as well as for geophysical sciences. The treatment of this problem requires coupling between fluid and solid mechanics, further complicated by contact constraints and potentially complex geometrical features of contacting surfaces. In this thesis a monolithic finite-element framework for handling frictional contact, thin incompressible viscous flow and transfer of fluid-induced tractions to the solid is developed. Additionally, we considered fluid entrapment in "pools" delimited by contact patches and formulated a novel trapped-fluid element using a non-linear compressible constitutive law. This computational framework makes use of image analysis algorithms to distinguish between contact, fluid flow and trapped fluid zones. The constructed framework is suitable for both one- and two-way coupling approaches. First, the developed framework was applied to a study of a fluid trapped between a deformable solid with a wavy surface and a rigid flat. We showed how the contact area and the global coefficient of friction evolve under increasing external load, depending on fluid and solid properties and on the slope of the surface profile. Next, we studied a thin fluid flow between a rigid flat and a deformable solid with a model geometry or random surface roughness. An approximate analytical solution for the fluid flow across a wavy contact interface was derived and compared with numerical results. We showed that for a range of physically relevant parameters, one-way coupling underestimates the interface permeability and the critical external load needed to seal the interface, compared to the two-way approach. A refined non-local phenomenological law for macroscopic permeability of rough contact interfaces was proposed. Finally, the developed framework was used to calculate the evolution of the fluid leakage through a metal-to-sapphire contact interface using an elasto-plastic material behaviour and real measurements of surface roughness.

The technological advancement in electrical machinery represents the need to understand the lubricant behaviour in the electrical environment. As shaft voltages are unavoidable in electrical machinery, developing new grease formulations and studying their performance against electric loads is required. The thesis aims to design, develop, install and validate a novel test machine to study grease performance under the influence of electric currents. The system aims to supply damaging electric currents through the bearing, but that was not possible to accomplish due to miscalculations. The test machine is designed to carry out experiments using angular contact bearings. The experiments were performed with four greases, Lithium-complex and polypropylene-based, of high and low base-oil viscosity, respectively. The study compares the frictional moments and self-induced temperatures in the bearings with and without the influence of electric currents. Along with the frictional moment measurements, the lubricant film thickness was estimated using the “electrical-capacitance” method to monitor the status of the lubricant inside the bearing in real-time. The test machine is limited to speeds up to 3600 rpm, and the project lays out a foundation for research in film thickness estimation in rolling element bearings. As a part of the thesis, new slip rings were specified to facilitate the test machine to perform studies at higher speeds up to (17000rpm). / De tekniska framstegen inom elektriska maskiner representerar behovet av att förstå smörjmedlets beteende i den elektriska miljön. Eftersom axelspänningar är oundvikliga i elektriska maskiner krävs utveckling av nya fettformuleringar och studier av deras prestanda mot elektriska belastningar. Avhandlingen syftar till att designa, utveckla, installera och validera en ny testmaskin för att studera fettprestanda under påverkan av elektriska strömmar. Systemet syftar till att leverera skadliga elektriska strömmar genom lagret, men det var inte möjligt att åstadkomma på grund av felberäkningar. Testmaskinen är designad för att utföra experiment med vinkelkontaktlager. Experimenten utfördes med fyra fetter, litiumkomplex- och polypropenbaserade, med hög respektive låg basoljeviskositet. Studien jämför friktionsmomenten och självinducerade temperaturer i lagren med och utan påverkan av elektriska strömmar. Tillsammans med mätningarna av friktionsmomentet uppskattades smörjmedelsfilmtjockleken med hjälp av metoden "elektrisk kapacitans" för att övervaka statusen för smörjmedlet inuti lagret i realtid. Testmaskinen är begränsad till hastigheter upp till 3600 rpm, och projektet lägger en grund för forskning inom filmtjockleksuppskattning i rullager. Som en del av avhandlingen specificerades nya släpringar för att underlätta för testmaskinen att utföra studier vid högre hastigheter upp till (17000rpm).