The present study focuses on local heat transfer characteristics on the tip and near-tip regions of a turbine blade with a flat tip, tested under transonic conditions in a stationary, 2-D linear cascade consisting of seven blades, the three center blades having a variable tip clearance gap. The effects of tip clearance and exit Mach number on heat transfer distribution were investigated on the tip surface using a transient infrared thermography technique. In addition, thin film gages were used to study similar effects on the near-tip regions at 94% based on engine blade span of the pressure and suction sides. The experiments were conducted at the Virginia Tech transonic blow-down wind tunnel facility with a seven-blade linear cascade. Surface oil flow visualizations on the blade tip region were carried-out to shed some light on the leakage flow structure. Experiments were performed at three exit Mach numbers of 0.7, 0.85, and 1.05 for two different tip clearances of 0.9% and 1.8% based on engine blade span. The exit Mach numbers tested correspond to exit Reynolds numbers of 7.6 x 105, 9.0 x 105, and 1.1 x 106 based on blade true chord. The tests were performed with a freestream turbulence intensity of 12%. Results at 0.85 exit Mach showed that an increase in the tip gap clearance translates into a 12% increase in the heat transfer coefficients on the blade tip surface. Similarly, at 0.9% tip clearance, an increase in exit Mach number from 0.85 to 1.05 also led to a 24% increase in heat transfer on the tip. High heat transfer was obtained at the leading edge area of the blade tip, and an increase in the tip clearance gap and exit Mach number augmented this leading edge heat transfer. At 94% of engine blade span on the suction side near the tip, a peak in heat transfer was observed in all test cases at an s/C of 0.66 due to the onset of a downstream leakage vortex. At the design condition, this peak represents an increase of a factor of 2.5 from the immediate preceding s/C location. An increase in both the tip gap and exit Mach number resulted in an increase, followed by a decrease in the near-tip suction side heat transfer. On the near-tip pressure side, a slight increase in heat transfer was observed with increased tip gap and exit Mach number. In general, the suction side heat transfer is greater than the pressure side heat transfer as a result of the suction side leakage vortices. / Master of Science

Experimental heat transfer data has been collected at engine representative conditions in this work to use in future work to improve computational models. Tests were carried out in a transonic cascade wind tunnel with the data collected using thin film gages. All of the necessary development to use the thin film gages has been completed, including construction of electronics and analysis tools to reduce the data. Gage installation and calibration techniques have been successfully implemented for the current research facility and those procedures have been documented. Heat transfer tests were carried out at engine design speed as well as conditions both above and below design speed. The resulting effect of different Reynolds numbers on heat transfer has been studied and the data collected has been compared with computer predictions, analytical correlations, and data from other published literature to validate the results obtained. Finally, it has been shown that a transient analysis technique can be used to process the data for gages that do not exhibit steady results during the quasi-steady test run. This transient technique resulted in data that agrees well with published literature and analytical correlations. / Master of Science

A new thin film heat flux array (HFA) was designed and constructed using a series of nickel/copper thermocouples deposited onto a thin Kapton® polyimide film. The HFA is capable of withstanding temperatures up to 300 °C and produces signals of 42 μV/(W/cm²). As a result of its thin film construction, the HFA has a first order time constant of 32 ms. Calibrations were completed to determine the gage's output as well as its time response. In order to measure the signal from the HFA amplifiers were designed to increase the magnitude of the voltage output. An example case is given where the HFA is used in an experiment to correlate time-resolved heat flux and velocities. / Master of Science

The masters thesis is focused on design of the device for measurement of the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on radiators mounted in the wind tunnel test section. The thesis also includes the analysis of the aerodynamic drag which is produced by radiators and the LabView application software development.

Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Tensões residuais são uma das principais causas de falhas em componentes mecânicos submetidos a processos de fabricação. O objetivo do trabalho foi medir as tensões residuais presentes em um tubo quadrado soldado por resistência elétrica de alta frequência e caracterizar microestruturalmente o seu material. Para a caracterização, foram utilizadas técnicas de microscopia óptica (MO), microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e análise química quantitativa. Para a medição das tensões residuais, foi utilizado o método do furo cego, baseado na norma ASTM E837-08, onde rosetas (strain-gages) são coladas à peça para medir as deformações geradas devido à usinagem de um pequeno furo no local de medição. As deformações foram associadas às tensões residuais através de equações baseadas na Lei de Hooke. A caracterização revelou uma microestrutura composta basicamente de ferrita e perlita, típica de aços com baixo teor de carbono, corroborando com a especificação fornecida pelo fabricante. As tensões residuais encontradas foram trativas e mostraram-se elevadas, com alguns valores acima do limite de escoamento do material. / Residual stresses are one of the main failure causes in mechanical components submitted to manufacture process. The aim of this work was to measure the residual stresses present in a seame welded tube welded using a high frequency electrical resistance and to microstruturally characterize its material. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and quantitative chemical analysis techniques were used for the characterization. The hole-drilling method was applied obeying the ASTM E837-08 norm to measure the residual stresses, where strain-gages are glued to the sample to measure the deformations caused due to the machining of a small hole in the measurement point. The deformations were linked to the residual stresses using the Hookes Law equations. The characterization basically showed a composite microstructure of ferrite and perlite, tipical in lowcarbon steels, as the specification supplied by the manufacturer. The residual stresses found were tensile and high, with some values above the material yield strength.

Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Tensões residuais são uma das principais causas de falhas em componentes mecânicos submetidos a processos de fabricação. O objetivo do trabalho foi medir as tensões residuais presentes em um tubo quadrado soldado por resistência elétrica de alta frequência e caracterizar microestruturalmente o seu material. Para a caracterização, foram utilizadas técnicas de microscopia óptica (MO), microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e análise química quantitativa. Para a medição das tensões residuais, foi utilizado o método do furo cego, baseado na norma ASTM E837-08, onde rosetas (strain-gages) são coladas à peça para medir as deformações geradas devido à usinagem de um pequeno furo no local de medição. As deformações foram associadas às tensões residuais através de equações baseadas na Lei de Hooke. A caracterização revelou uma microestrutura composta basicamente de ferrita e perlita, típica de aços com baixo teor de carbono, corroborando com a especificação fornecida pelo fabricante. As tensões residuais encontradas foram trativas e mostraram-se elevadas, com alguns valores acima do limite de escoamento do material. / Residual stresses are one of the main failure causes in mechanical components submitted to manufacture process. The aim of this work was to measure the residual stresses present in a seame welded tube welded using a high frequency electrical resistance and to microstruturally characterize its material. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and quantitative chemical analysis techniques were used for the characterization. The hole-drilling method was applied obeying the ASTM E837-08 norm to measure the residual stresses, where strain-gages are glued to the sample to measure the deformations caused due to the machining of a small hole in the measurement point. The deformations were linked to the residual stresses using the Hookes Law equations. The characterization basically showed a composite microstructure of ferrite and perlite, tipical in lowcarbon steels, as the specification supplied by the manufacturer. The residual stresses found were tensile and high, with some values above the material yield strength.

Capacitive sensors are frequently applied to curved target surfaces for precision displacement measurements. In most cases, these sensors have not been recalibrated to take the curvature of the target into consideration. This recalibration becomes more critical as the target surface becomes smaller in comparison to the sensor. Calibration data are presented for a variety of capacitance probe sizes with widely varying geometries. One target surface particularly difficult to characterize is the inner surface of small holes, less than one millimeter in diameter. Although contact probes can successfully measure the inner surface of a hole, these probes are often fragile and require additional sensors to determine when contact occurs. Probes may adhere to the wall of the hole, and only a small number of data points are collected. Direct capacitance measurement of small holes requires a completely new capacitance probe geometry and method of operation. A curved, elongated surface minimizes the gap between the sensor surface and the inner surface of the hole. Reduction in the size of the sensing area is weighed against electronics limitations. The performance of a particular probe geometry is studied using computer simulations to determine the optimal probe design. Multiple, overlapping passes are deconvolved to reveal finer features on the surface of the hole. A prototype sub-millimeter capacitance probe is machined from tungsten carbide, with four additional material layers added using ebeam deposition. Several techniques are studied to remove these layers and create a sensing area along one side of the probe. Both mechanical processes and photolithography are employed.

The objectives of this research are to measure residual stress in both unblasted and sandblasted mild steel specimens by using three different techniques: X-ray diffraction (XRD), strain-gage hole drilling (SGHD), and electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) hole drilling, and to validate the new ESPI hole drilling method by comparing its measurement results to those produced by the SGHD method. Both the XRD and SGHD methods were selected because they are accurate and well-verified approaches for residual stress measurements. The ESPI hole drilling technique is a new technology developed based on the SGHD technique, without the use of strain gage. This technique is incorporated into a new product referred to as the PRISM system, manufactured by Hytec, Incorporated, in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Each method samples a different volume of material at different depths into the surface. XRD method is especially different compared to the other two methods, since XRD only measures stresses at a depth very close to the surface (virtually zero depth). For this reason, no direct comparisons can be made between XRD and SGHD, as well as between XRD and ESPI hole drilling. Therefore, direct comparisons can only be made between SGHD and ESPI hole drilling methods.

"This Master’s capstone was conducted in conjunction with Draper Laboratory, a non-profit research and development organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During a three month period, the author worked for the Microfabrication Department, assisting with projects related to statistics and quality control. The author gained real-world experience in data collection and analysis, and learned a new statistical software. Statistical methods covered in this report include regression analysis, control charts and capability, Gage R & R studies, and basic exploratory data analysis."

L'action oblique, ou la faculté pour le créancier de préserver son droit de gage général en exerçant les droits et actions négligés par son débiteur, est de ces mécanismes simples que l'on n'interroge plus. Le simple toilettage du texte du Code civil opéré par l'ordonnance du 10 février 2016 conforte cette attitude. La stabilité de son analyse n'est cependant due qu'à d'insatisfaisants compromis. Irréductible à une qualification unique de mesure conservatoire ou de voie d'exécution, la protection du droit de gage général que poursuit le créancier est en réalité duale : le créancier de somme d'argent cherche tantôt à assurer l'efficacité ultérieure de son droit de saisie, tantôt à obtenir immédiatement paiement. Ces fonctions traditionnelles, pour lesquelles l'action oblique est inadaptée, coexistent aux côtés d'une fonction nouvelle : prémunir le créancier d'obligation en nature et le titulaire de droits assimilés de toute atteinte à leurs droits. Mécanisme d'exécution forcée par obligation tierce préexistante, elle peut alors être utilisée en lieu et place de la responsabilité délictuelle du débiteur défaillant à l'égard de certains tiers. Cette évolution de la fonction de l'action oblique était contenue en germe dans son mécanisme. Le renouveau des fonctions s'explique par un renouveau de l'analyse de sa nature. Autorisant l'exercice des droits d'autrui, l'action oblique ne repose pas sur la représentation mais sur un droit propre original de substitution. Sans qu'ils soient réellement modifiés, cette qualification confère une acception nouvelle au domaine et une justification inédite au régime de l'action oblique, et ce tant dans ses conditions que dans ses effets. / The derivative action or the right for a creditor to claim the rights and actions of their neglectful debtor to protect their ulterior payment seems so familiar one no longer pays attention to it. This lack of attention seems all the more justified in light of the reform of February 10th 2016, which rewrote the article of the Civil Code without any real modification. But in truth, this understanding of the derivative action rests on unfulfilling compromises. Its understanding is obvious only at first glance. The derivative action can neither be reduced to a conservatory or a binding measure only, as the holder of the derivative action seeks at times to guarantee an ulterior seizing of property, and at other times to recover a debt of money. But these traditional functions, for which the derivative action may not be entirely appropriate, coexist with a newer one : allowing performance for the creditor of a debt in kind and holders of similar rights. Here the derivative action could be an answer to a debtor's liability towards specific third parties. This evolution could already be foreseen in the very mechanism of the derivative action. Actually, the renewed functions of the mechanism can be explained by the renewed attention paid to the analysis of its nature. By allowing one to exert a third party’s rights, the derivative action relies not on representation but on an original right of substitution. This new analysis brings along a new definition of the extent to which one is allowed to exert a third party’s rights, as well as a new explanation about both the circumstances and effects of the derivative action.