In the present paper, an attempt is made to obtain the potential distribution in the case of two such charges, a source-sink combination, located on the axis of a bore hole drilled through an infinite, homogeneous medium.

This study considers the elastostatic contact problem of a semi-infinite cylinder. The cylinder is compressed against a layer lying on a rigid foundation. There is a sharp-edged circular hole in the middle of the foundation. It is assumed that all the contacting surfaces are frictionless and only compressive normal tractions can be transmitted through the interfaces. The contact along interfaces of the elastic layer and the rigid foundation forms a circular area of which outer diameter is unknown. The problem is converted into the singular integral equations of the second kind by means of Hankel and Fourier integral transform techniques. The singular integral equations are then reduced to a system of linear algebraic equations by using Gauss-Lobatto and Gauss-Jacobi integration formulas. This system is then solved numerically. In this study, firstly, the extent of the contact area between the layer and foundation are evaluated. Secondly, contact pressure between the cylinder and layer and contact pressure between the layer and foundation are calculated for various material pairs. Finally, stress intensity factor on the edge of the cylinder and in the end of the sharp-edged hole are calculated.

Ce rapport de thèse est consacré à l'étude de modèles de champ de phase de type Caginalp. Nous considérons ici, deux modèles : le premier étant une généralisation du modèle de champ de phase de Caginalp basée sur une généralisation de la loi de Maxwell-Cattaneo et le second une généralisation provenant de la théorie de la conduction de chaleur introduite par Chen et Gurtin. L'étude du premier modèle est faite aussi bien dans un domaine borné (avec un potentiel régulier puis dans le cas d'un potentiel non régulier), que dans un domaine non borné, en l'occurrence R3. Le second modèle est un problème de champ de phase avec un couplage (linéaire et non linéaire). Tout d'abord, l'existence, l'unicité et la régularité des solutions sont analysées aux moyens d'arguments classiques. Ensuite, l'existence d'ensembles bornés absorbants et compacts attractifs est établie, assurant ainsi l'existence de l'attracteur global. Enfin, dans certains cas, l'existence d'attracteurs exponentiels, ainsi que le comportement spatial des solutions lorsque le domaine spatial est un cylindre semi-infini tri-dimensionnel, sont analysés. / This thesis report is dedicated to the study of Caginalp type phase-field Models. Here, we consider two models: the first one being a generalization of the field phase Caginalp based on a generalization of the Maxwell-Cattaneo law and the second one coming from the theory of heat conduction involving two temperatures. We study the first model in bounded (with regular and irregular potentials) and unbounded (i.e. R3) domains. The second model is a phase-field one with coupling term (linear and nonlinear). Firstly, the existence, uniqueness and regularity of solutions are analyzed by means of classical arguments. Secondly, the existence of bounded absorbing sets and attractive compact is established. Such results ensures the existence of the global attractor. Finally, in some cases, the existence of exponential attractors, as well as the spatial behavior of solutions when the spatial domain is a three-dimensional semi-infinite cylinder, are analyzed.