A series of composite beam models are constructed for efficient high-fidelity beam analysis based on the variational-asymptotic method (VAM). Without invoking any a priori kinematic assumptions, the original three-dimensional, geometrically nonlinear beam problem is rigorously split into a two-dimensional cross-sectional analysis and a one-dimensional global beam analysis, taking advantage of the geometric small parameter that is an inherent property of the structure. The thermal problem of composite beams is studied first. According to the quasisteady theory of thermoelasticity, two beam models are proposed: one for heat conduction analysis and the other for thermoelastic analysis. For heat conduction analysis, two different types of thermal loads are modeled: with and without prescribed temperatures over the crosssections. Then a thermoelastic beam model is constructed under the previously solved thermal field. This model is also extended for composite materials, which removed the restriction on temperature variations and added the dependence of material properties with respect to temperature based on Kovalenoko’s small-strain thermoelasticity theory. Next the VAM is applied to model the multiphysics behavior of beam structure. A multiphysics beam model is proposed to capture the piezoelectric, piezomagnetic, pyroelectric, pyromagnetic, and hygrothermal effects. For the zeroth-order approximation, the classical models are in the form of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. In the refined theory, generalized Timoshenko models have been developed, including two transverse shear strain measures. In order to avoid ill-conditioned matrices, a scaling method for multiphysics modeling is also presented. Three-dimensional field quantities are recovered from the one-dimensional variables obtained from the global beam analysis. A number of numerical examples of different beams are given to demonstrate the application and accuracy of the present theory. Excellent agreements between the results obtained by the current models and those obtained by three-dimensional finite element analysis, analytical solutions, and those available in the literature can be observed for all the cross-sectional variables. The present beam theory has been implemented into the computer program VABS (Variational Asymptotic Beam Sectional Analysis).

Everything in the universe is made up of elements from the periodic table. Each element has its own role that it plays in the formation of things it makes up. For instance, pencil lead is graphite. A series of honeycomb-like structures made up of carbon stacked on top of one another. Carbon’s neighbor to the left, boron doesn’t like to form such stacked honeycomb-like structures. But, what if there was a way to make boron act like carbon so it did like to form such structures? That question is the basis of the electronic transmutation concept presented in this dissertation. Electronic transmutation states that an element, such as boron, can behave structurally like carbon (form stacked honeycomb structures) if you make them valence (outer most) isoelectronic (“iso”- same; “electronic”- electrons), so both would have the same number of outer most electrons. As a result, chemists would have a new tool to aid in the rational design of new materials.

Allier de fortes puissances moyennes et crêtes donne accès à un champ applicatif très large pour un système laser ultrarapide. Une technique qui s’est avérée capable de satisfaire ces exigences est la combinaison cohérente de faisceaux (CBC). Elle permet de séparer spatialement les faisceaux avant l’amplification pour les recombiner ensuite d’une manière cohérente en un unique faisceau. Afin d’obtenir une recombinaison efficace, les propriétés spatiales et spectrales de tous les faisceaux doivent être parfaitement en accord.Pour des applications comme l’accélération de particules, le recours à plusieurs milliers de fibres doit être envisagé. Il est donc nécessaire d’étudier des architectures CBC fortement évolutives en termes de canaux amplificateurs.Le projet XCAN vise à une première démonstration d’un tel système en réalisant la combinaison cohérente de 61 fibres amplificatrices. Afin d’étudier les défis scientifiques et techniques d’une telle architecture, une version de taille réduite comprenant sept fibres a été mise en place.La conception et la réalisation de ce prototype sont le sujet de cette thèse.Dans un premier temps, des simulations ont été effectués afin d’estimer les désaccords tolérables entre les propriétés spatiales et spectrales des différents faisceaux.Basé sur ce travail de modélisation, un système laser de combinaison cohérente de sept fibres a été ensuite assemblé et caractérisé. Les résultats obtenus sont très prometteurs et montrent que notre architecture est bien adaptée pour accueillir les 61 fibres du démonstrateur final XCAN. / Future applications of high power ultrafast laser systems require simultaneously high average and peak powers. A technique which has proved to be capable of meeting these demands is coherent beam combining (CBC).In this technique, the beam is spatially split prior to amplification, and coherently recombined in one single beam afterwards. In order to achieve an efficient recombination, the spatial and spectral properties of all beams need to be perfectly matched.For applications such as particle acceleration, the coherent combining of several thousands of fibers needs to be considered. It is thus necessary to investigate highly scalable CBC architectures.The XCAN project aims at a first demonstration of such a scalable setup by coherently combining 61 fiber amplifiers. In order to study the scientific and technical challenges of such a system, a downscaled version consisting of seven fibers has been implemented.The design and characterization of this prototype is the subject of this thesis.As a starting point, numerical simulations have been performed in order to estimate the maximum tolerable mismatches between the spatial and spectral properties of the beams.Based on this modeling work, a seven fiber CBC system has been assembled and characterized. The obtained results are very promising and imply that our setup is well suited for the accommodation of all 61 fibers of the final XCAN demonstrator.

Les installations laser dimensionnées pour réaliser des expériences de fusion thermonucléaire par confinement inertiel laser utilisent de nombreux faisceaux laser pour répondre à des contraintes de symétrie d'irradiation et pour déposer suffisamment d'énergie dans la matière. Malheureusement, le croisement des faisceaux laser dans un plasma impactent leurs propagations. Quand un faisceau laser se propage dans un plasma, il peut se coupler aux ondes acoustiques ioniques et diffuser une fraction importante de son énergie par diffusion Brillouin stimulée. Aussi bien les niveaux que les directions de ces diffusions sont profondément modifiés lorsque les faisceaux laser se croisent. Ce manuscrit présente l'étude expérimentale de deux types de modification multi-faisceaux :- en utilisant la flexibilité de l'installation laser LULI2000 (Laboratoire d'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Palaiseau, France), nous avons étudié le transfert d'énergie entre deux et trois faisceaux laser ;- les soixante faisceaux laser de l'installation OMEGA (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, Etats-Unis) nous ont permis d'observer les diffusions produites par des instabilités Brillouin collectives dans des plasmas plans en géométrie ouverte et à l'entrée de cavités d'expériences de fusion.Ces deux mécanismes peuvent drastiquement redistribuer l'énergie laser incidente en échangeant jusqu’à 30% de l'énergie entre les faisceaux ou en diffusant plus de 10% de l'énergie laser dans des directions inhabituelles. / The laser facilities designed to realize laser inertial confinement thermonuclear fusion experiments use numerous laser beams in order to meet irradiation symmetry constraints and to deposite enough energy in matter. Unfortunately, the crossing of laser beams in plasmas modifies their propagations. When a beam is propagating in plasmas, it can interact with ion acoustic waves and scatter its energy by stimulated Brillouin scattering. Not only the directions but also the levels of these scatterings are modified when beams are crossing one another in plasmas. This manuscript is about the experimental study of two kinds of multiple-beam modification:- the flexibility of the LULI2000 laser facility (Laboratoire d'Utilisation de Lasers Intenses, Palaiseau, France) enabled us to study crossed-beam energy transfer between two and three beams;- the sixty laser beams available on the OMEGA facility (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, United-States) enabled us to observe scattering of collective Brillouin instabilities produced in planar geometries and at the entrance hole of cavities of fusion experiments.These two mecanisms can highly modify the initial laser irradiation by transferring up to 30% of the laser energy between beams and by scattering more than 10% of the laser energy in unusual directions.

A thesis submitted to the College of Dental Medicine of Nova Southeastern University of the degree of Master of Science in Dentistry. Objective: This study was conducted to examine the changes in the inclination of mandibular incisors and their alveolar bone dimensions between pre- and post- non-extraction orthodontic treatment, measured using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. The study measured the association of the pre- and post- labial and lingual bone measurements with the pre- and post- treatment incisor inclination by comparing the incisor-mandibular plane angle (IMPA). Background: Teeth move through bone by extensive osseous adaptation within the alveolar process. It is a common belief in orthodontics that alveolar bone follows tooth movement. As a tooth moves, bone will remodel around the alveolar socket usually in a 1:1 ratio of bone resorption to bone apposition. However, conflicting evidence in the orthodontic literature questions whether the anterior alveolar bone is able to remodel and follow the direction and quantity of tooth movement. Many studies have shown that the width of the alveolar bone and the lingual and labial cortical plates set limitations on how much anterior tooth movement can be accomplished without negative effects such as periodontal problems, root resorption or fenestrations. Methods: Pre- and post- non-extraction orthodontic treatment CBCT scans of twenty Class I molar patients with mild to moderate crowding were used to observe the buccal and lingual width and incisor inclination of each of the patient's four mandibular incisors. The labial and lingual alveolar bone dimensions were measured pre-treatment and post-treatment at 6 mm apical to the CEJ and at the apex of each tooth. The inclination of the incisors (using IMPA) of both time points was also documented. Results: A Fisher's exact test and a Cramer's V test were performed. The results showed statistical significance between the change in bone of the incisors and the change in their inclination at the buccal 6mm, buccal apex, lingual 6mm and lingual apex. There was also statistical significance found between the change in bone between the buccal apex and lingual apex of the LR1, LR2, LL1, and LL2. Conclusion: Our results showed that the change in bone of the lower incisors is correlated to the change in their inclination. This suggests that incisors were tipped within the confines of the mandibular anterior alveolar process, or the alveolar process bent and remodeled around the incisors in the same direction of tooth movement or a combination of the two.

Electron orbital theory was applied to the design of the geometrical structure of an electron multiplier for an image intensifier. A special structure satisfying production requirements was studied. Electron optical calculations consisted of determining the potential distribution and tracing the electron trajectories. Liebmann’s procedure was used to solve Laplace’s equation with constant potentials on the multiplier electrodes as boundary conditions. The trajectories were determined by solving the equation of motion in an electrostatic field using a Runge-Kutta procedure. The initial conditions for the trajectories were the initial energies, initial positions, and the initial directions of the secondary electrons. The plotted trajectories indicated the feasibility of an electron multiplier of the type studied.

Often electron micrographs exhibit a repeating structure. Sometimes this repeating structure satisfies the definition of a crystal in that it has a three dimensional repeating structure. If the unit cell structure of this repeating structure can be determined it can be used to help categorize different sections of a particular sample. In some cases, the use of optical diffraction analysis of electron micrographs with repeating structure is a method of determining the unit cell structure. Samples of β-Lactoglobulin were prepared for viewing in the electron microscope using both the crystalline material and carbon replicas of the crystal surface. Because the crystalline material was very unstable in the electron beam, images adequate for use as diffraction gratings could not be obtained. Electron images from the replicas were used to generate the optical diffraction patterns in this paper. The structure of β-Lactoglobulin has been determined previously by X-ray diffraction analysis. This information was used to assist in the interpretation of the optical diffraction patterns. Electron micrographs and optical diffraction patterns were recorded which were found to be consistent with the structure of β-Lactoglobulin which were found to be consistent with the structure of β-Lactoglobulin as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The unit cell dimensions were determined to be a = 58±4Å, b = 59±3Å and c = 102±12Å.

Several connection details have been developed for the connection of precast cap beams to precast columns in Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) applications. Currently, the suggested details involve some form of either reinforcement or portion of the precast column to penetrate inside the cap beam. Such details present many challenges in the field, such as necessitating bundling of reinforcement in the cap beam or creating a congested reinforcement arrangement. Furthermore, closer inspection of some of the test data indicates that for currently used details, cap beams could sustain some damages during major seismic events, whereas they are designed to be capacity protected. Additionally, construction of such details demands precision. To overcome these challenges, two new connection details are envisioned. Both details completely eliminate penetrating of column into the cap beam. In the first detail, the rebar of the cap beam and the column are spliced in the column and joined with a layer of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC). The use of UHPC in the splice region allows the tension development of reinforcing bars over a short length. High workability of UHPC and large tolerances inherent with the suggested details can facilitate and accelerate the on-site construction. In the second detail, to confine the plastic hinge with a limited length in the column, two layers of UHPC were employed. Confining the plastic hinge is achieved by sandwiching a desired length of the column, using normal strength concrete (plastic hinge region) in between two layers of UHPC. The most interesting aspect of this detail is the exact location and length of the plastic hinge. The primary goal of this research is to provide a description of the newly developed details, verifying their structural performance and recommendation of a design guide. These goals are achieved through a diverse experimental and numerical program focused on the proposed connections. Results show that both details are equally applicable to seismic applications and able to achieve adequate levels of ductility. Lack of failure in splice region indicated that UHPC can provide a good confinement and shear capacity even when confining transverse reinforcement was not used.

<p>U ovom radu ispitano je dinamičko ponašanje spregnutih međuspratnih&nbsp; konstrukcija tipa drvo-laki&nbsp; beton&nbsp; usled&nbsp; svakodnevnih&nbsp; ljudskih&nbsp; aktivnosti.&nbsp; Pri&nbsp; sanaciji,&nbsp; nadogradnji&nbsp; i seizmičkom ojačanju objekata na postojeće drvene međuspratne konstrukcije najčešće se izlivaju betonske ploče koje se sprežu sa postojećom konstrukcijom. Beton u gornjoj ploči<br />međuspratne konstrukcije povećava njenu krutost i time smanjuje&nbsp; setljivost na dinamičku pobudu.&nbsp; Potreba&nbsp; da&nbsp; se&nbsp; smanji&nbsp; dodatno&nbsp; opterećenje&nbsp; na&nbsp; postojeće&nbsp; temelje&nbsp; konstrukcije, dovodi do sve češće upotrebe lakog betona pri sanaciji i rekonstrukciji objekata. NJegovom primenom povoljni efekti sprezanja ostaju očuvani, a prednosti u vidu smanjenja dodatne težine dolaze do izražaja.<br />Međutim,&nbsp; u&nbsp; dostupnoj&nbsp; literaturi,&nbsp; podataka&nbsp; o&nbsp; dinamičkom&nbsp; ponašanju&nbsp; spregnutih međuspratnih konstrukcija izvedenih sa lakim betonima&nbsp; malih zapreminskih masa nema, pa je cilj ovog rada bio da se ispitaju osnovne dinamičke&nbsp; karakteristike drvenih međuspratnih konstrukcija saniranih lakim betonom raznih zapreminskih težina. Analizirano je&nbsp; dinamičko<br />ponašanje,&nbsp; odnosno&nbsp; sračunate&nbsp; su&nbsp; prve&nbsp; tri&nbsp; sopstvene&nbsp; frekvencije&nbsp; oscilovanja&nbsp; četiri međuspratne&nbsp; spregnute&nbsp; konstrukcije&nbsp; sa&nbsp; identičnim&nbsp; poprečnim&nbsp; presecima&nbsp; i&nbsp; spojnim sredstvima,&nbsp; ali&nbsp; sa&nbsp; različitom&nbsp; klasom&nbsp; zapreminske&nbsp; mase&nbsp; lakog&nbsp; betona&nbsp; u&nbsp; gornjoj&nbsp; betonskoj ploči.&nbsp; Preliminarnim&nbsp; laboratorijskim&nbsp; ispitivanjem&nbsp; relevantnih&nbsp; svojstava&nbsp; četiri&nbsp; vrste&nbsp; lakog<br />betona,&nbsp; monolitnog&nbsp; drveta&nbsp; i&nbsp; spojnih&nbsp; sredstava,&nbsp; koja&nbsp; su&nbsp; se&nbsp; koristila&nbsp; pri&nbsp; sprezanju&nbsp; drveta&nbsp; i lakog betona, dobijeni su potrebni ulazni podaci za numerička istraživanja. Za&nbsp; potrebe&nbsp; analitičkog&nbsp; istraživanja&nbsp; predložena&nbsp; je&nbsp; jednostavna&nbsp; metoda&nbsp; dinamičkog proračuna&nbsp; sopstvenih&nbsp; frekvencija&nbsp; oscilovanja&nbsp; elastično&nbsp; spregnutih&nbsp; konstrukcija.&nbsp; Tačnost rezultata predloženog dinamičkog proračuna potvđena je&nbsp; eksperimentalno, i poređenjem<br />sa rezultatima programskog paketa Ansys.</p> / <p>This&nbsp; work&nbsp; has&nbsp; examines&nbsp; dynamic&nbsp; behavior&nbsp; of&nbsp; composite&nbsp; wood-lightweight&nbsp; concrete&nbsp; floor structures&nbsp; exposed&nbsp; to&nbsp; normal&nbsp; everyday&nbsp; human&nbsp; activities.&nbsp; In&nbsp; a&nbsp; case&nbsp; of&nbsp; restoration, renovation or seismic reinforcement, the most common approach is to pour concrete slabs onto&nbsp; existing&nbsp; wooden&nbsp; floor&nbsp; structures.&nbsp; Concrete&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; upper&nbsp; zone&nbsp; of&nbsp; floor&nbsp; structure&nbsp; is increasing its stiffness and thus reducing the dynamic excitation. In the attempt to reduce the&nbsp; weight&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; existing&nbsp; foundations,&nbsp; lightweight&nbsp; concrete&nbsp; is&nbsp; used&nbsp; for&nbsp; restoration&nbsp; and renovation. Coupling effect remains undisturbed but added weight is&nbsp;&nbsp; significantly reduced when lightweight concrete is used.<br />However,&nbsp; the&nbsp; available&nbsp; literature&nbsp; does&nbsp; not&nbsp; provide&nbsp; data&nbsp; about&nbsp; dynamic&nbsp; behavior&nbsp; of&nbsp; the composite wood-lightweight concrete floor structures; therefore the goal of this research work&nbsp; is&nbsp; to&nbsp; examine&nbsp; the&nbsp; characteristics&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; restored&nbsp; wooden&nbsp; structures&nbsp; coupled&nbsp; with lightweight concrete of the different specific weights. This research work analyzes dynamic behavior&nbsp; that&nbsp; included&nbsp; first&nbsp; three&nbsp; frequencies&nbsp; of&nbsp; four&nbsp; composite&nbsp; floor&nbsp; structures&nbsp; with identical cross&nbsp; sections and&nbsp; connections,&nbsp; but different specific weights&nbsp; of the lightweight concrete&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; upper&nbsp; layer&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; concrete&nbsp; slab.&nbsp; Preliminary&nbsp; laboratory&nbsp; testing&nbsp; of&nbsp; four different types of the lightweight concrete, wood and connections, yielded necessary data for the further numeric analysis.<br />Simple&nbsp; calculation&nbsp; method&nbsp; for&nbsp; obtaining&nbsp; mode&nbsp; frequencies&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; partial&nbsp; composite structures has been proposed, for the purpose of this analytical research. The accuracy of the&nbsp; proposed&nbsp; dynamic&nbsp; model&nbsp; has&nbsp; been&nbsp; confirmed&nbsp; through&nbsp; experimental&nbsp; research&nbsp; and compared up against the results from the Ansys</p>

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / In this work, a finite element model based on an improved first-order formulation (IFSDT) is developed to analyze buckling phenomenon in laminated composite beams. The formulation has five independent variables and takes into account thickness stretching. Threedimensional constitutive equations are employed to define the material properties. The Trefftz criterion is used for the stability analysis. The finite element model is derived from the principle of virtual work with high-order Lagrange polynomials to interpolate the field variables and to prevent shear locking. Numerical results are compared and validated with those available in literature. Furthermore, a parametric study is presented.