Este trabalho apresenta a modelagem de um problema representado por um pêndulo elástico com excitação paramétrica vertical do suporte e a análise de estabilidade do sistema pendular que se obtém desconsiderando a elasticidade do pêndulo. A modelagem dos pêndulos e a obtenção das equações do movimento são feitas a partir da equação de Lagrange, utilizando as leis de Newton e para a análise de estabilidade do sistema pendular são apresentados os diagramas de bifurcações, multiplicadores de Floquet, mapas e seções de Poincaré e expoentes de Lyapunov. O comportamento do sistema pendular com excitação paramétrica vertical do suporte é investigado através de simulação computacional e apresentam-se resultados para diferentes faixas de valores da amplitude de excitação externa. / This work presents the modeling of an elastic pendulum with parametric excitation of the support and the analysis of the stability of the pendulum that one obtains disregarding the elasticity of the pendulum. The modeling of the pendulum and the equation of motions are obtained from the Lagrange\'s equations, using Newton\'s law. The concepts of bifurcation, Floquet\'s multipliers, Poincaré maps and sections and Lyapunov exponent are presented for the analysis of stability. The behavior of the pendulum with parametric excitation of the suport is investigated through computational simulation and results for different intervals of values of the external excitation amplitude are presented.

Les travaux de cette thèse portent sur les problèmes d'analyse de stabilité et de synthèse de commande de systèmes non-linéaires à commutations en temps discret. Nos résultats obtenus sont fondés sur une nouvelle fonction de Lyapunov-Lur'e adaptée au temps discret. Nous reprenons le problème classique d'analyse de stabilité globale de systèmes linéaires connectés à une non-linéarité du type secteur borné. Notre fonction permet de traiter une classe de non-linéarités plus générale que celle des approches fondées sur la fonction de Lur'e classique. Ensuite, la stabilité locale et la synthèse de commande de ces systèmes avec une loi de commande non-linéaire saturée sont résolues en considérant les lignes de niveau de notre fonction de Lyapunov comme estimation du bassin d'attraction de l'origine. Notre estimation est composée par des ensembles non-connexes et non-convexes qui s'adaptent bien à l'allure du bassin d'attraction et donc est moins conservative que les ensembles ellipsoïdaux. Nous étendons nos résultats pour étudier les systèmes à commutations lorsque chacun des modes présente une non-linéarité du type secteur et la saturation. D'une part, en supposant que la loi de commutation est arbitraire, nous obtenons des conditions suffisantes pour assurer la propriété de stabilité pour toute loi de commutation. Dans ce cadre, notre fonction s'avère intéressante afin de fournir une estimation bien adaptée au bassin d'attraction. D'autre part, en considérant la loi de commutation comme une variable de commande, nous proposons une stratégie de commutation sur le minimum des fonctions de Lyapunov modales. Cette stratégie définit des partitions de l'espace d'état relatives à l'activation des modes qui ne sont pas uniquement des régions coniques, normalement exhibées par des approches fondées sur les fonctions quadratiques commutées / In this PhD thesis, several problems of stability analysis and control design of discrete-time switched nonlinear systems are addressed. As main contribution, a new class of Lyapunov functions which takes the nonlinearity into account has been proposed. We show that these functions are suitable to solve the classical stability analysis problem of linear systems connected to a cone bounded nonlinearity. Instead of the original Lyapunov Lur'e function, the assumptions about the nonlinearity variation are not required. Furthermore, the local stability analysis and control synthesis problems of Lur'e systems subject to control saturation are tackled by considering the level set of our function as an estimate of the basin of attraction. We expose that this estimate, which is given by non-convex and disconnected sets, is less conservative than ellipsoidal sets. We extend these results in order to deal with the problems of stability analysis and stabilization of discrete-time switched nonlinear systems. On one hand, we consider the case of arbitrary switching such that our sufficient conditions assure the properties of stability for all possible switching rules. In this framework, we highlight that our function is able to provide a suitable estimate of the basin of attraction. On the other hand, we tackle the problem of switching rule design aiming at the stabilization of discrete-time switched systems with nonlinear modes. We propose a switching strategy depending on the minimum of our switched Lyapunov Lur'e function. Hence, our framework leads to state space partitions, related to the mode activation, which are not restricted to conic sets, commonly exhibited by the switched quadratic functions approaches

Ce travail de thèse concerne la synthèse des observateurs et des lois de commande des systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire. Le document présenté est constitué de 4 chapitres : Le premier chapitre du manuscrit de thèse contient une introduction, traitant les notions mathématiques de base et de stabilités des systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire ainsi qu’une présentation des différentes définitions. Les conditions de stabilités de ces systèmes et quelques exemples de systèmes modélisés par des équations différentielles fractionnaires sont présentés. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous nous sommes intéressés à la conception de plusieurs types d’observateurs dits d’ordre réduit, d’ordre plein et des observateurs fonctionnels pour les systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire avec et sans retards. Dans le cas où il n’y a pas de retards dans la dynamique du système, des observateurs d’ordres plein et réduit ont été synthétisé afin d’assurer l’estimation des pseudo-états. Dans un deuxième temps, un observateur fonctionnel a été synthétisé dans le cas où le retard est présent dans la dynamique du système. Dans le chapitre 3, nous avons travaillé sur la synthèse d’observateur pour les systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire incertains. Nos contributions sont classées en trois grandes lignes : premièrement, quand le système considéré est affecté par des entrées inconnues, un observateur fonctionnel a été proposé. En deuxième partie, des observateurs H∞ pour les systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire avec et sans retards ont été synthétisés afin d’assurer la stabilité de l’erreur d’observation. Il s’agit en fait de garantir une borne du gain L2 entre l’erreur d’observation et les perturbations non mesurables affectant la dynamique du système : ce gain L2 est aussi appelé norme H∞. Ce chapitre présente aussi la synthèse d’un observateur robuste vis-à-vis des incertitudes de modélisation pour cette classe de systèmes. Les conditions suffisantes de convergence des erreurs d’estimations des pseudo-états obtenues sont établies sous la forme d’un ensemble d’inégalités matricielles LMIs. Le dernier chapitre du manuscrit est consacré à la commande basée sur les différents observateurs obtenus. Nous nous sommes intéressés à la commande basée sur un observateur pour les systèmes d’ordre fractionnaire. Cette commande est basée sur les observateurs proposés dans les chapitres précédents. Des conditions de stabilité et des procédures de synthèse sont présentées / This work focuses on the synthesis of observers and the controller laws for fractional order systems. The presented document consists of 4 chapters: The first chapter of the theses manuscript contains an introduction dealing with the basic mathematical notions and the stability analysis of fractional systems as well as a presentation of the different definitions. The stability conditions of these systems and some examples of systems modeled by fractional differential equations are presented. In the second chapter, we were interested in the design of several types of observers of reduced order, full order, and functional observers for fractional systems with and without delays. In the case where there are no delays in the dynamics of the system, observers of full and reduced orders have been synthesized in order to ensure the estimation of the pseudo-states. In a second step, a functional observer was synthesized in the case where the delay is present in the dynamics of the system. In Chapter 3, we worked on observer synthesis for uncertain fractional order systems. Our contributions are classified into three main lines: first, when the system under consideration is affected by unknown inputs, a functional observer has been proposed. In the second part, H∞ observers for fractional order systems with and without delays have been synthesized to ensure the stability of the estimation error. It is a question of guaranteeing a bound of the L2 gain between the observation error and the non-measurable perturbations affecting the dynamics of the system: this gain L2 is also called H∞ norm. In last part of this chapter, the synthesis of a robust observer with respect to modeling uncertainties for this class of systems is presented. The sufficient conditions of convergence of the estimation errors of the pseudo-states obtained are established in the form of a set of matrix inequalities LMIs. The last chapter of the manuscript is devoted to the command based on the different observers obtained. We were interested in observer-based control for fractional order systems. This command is based on the observers proposed in the previous chapters. Stability conditions and synthesis procedures are presented

En automatique, un observateur joue un rôle primordial dans la commande et la supervision des processus ou encore la détection de défauts, vu sa capacité à fournir des informations sur les valeurs des états non mesurés ou non disponibles. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse porte sur l'estimation non pas uniquement de l'état, mais aussi des paramètres inconnus affectant la dynamique du système de façon simultanée. Ce problème est traité pour des classes de systèmes non linéaires soumis à des retards constants et inconnus. Il représente un enjeu double, tant sur l'estimation conjointe de l'état et des paramètres inconnus, que dans la présence des retards qui affectent la dynamique des systèmes. Dans un premier temps, des observateurs fonctionnels robustes ont été développés pour des systèmes faisant intervenir des non linéarités état-commande et soumis à des retards. Le problème de la robustesse a été considérée, dans un premier temps, pour prendre en compte la présence de perturbations à énergie finie en faisant appel à la théorie Hinfini, et dans un second temps vis-à-vis d'incertitudes paramétriques affectant les paramètres du modèle du système à observer. Des conditions nécessaires et suffisantes pour l'existence des observateurs ont été données à travers la résolution d'équations de Sylvester. Cette résolution a permis de simplifier le problème avec le paramétrage des gains de l'observateur via un seul gain à déterminer. Comme l'étude de la convergence de l'observateur revient à étudier la stabilité de l'erreur d'estimation, la théorie de Lyapunov-Krasovskii dédiée à la stabilité des systèmes à retards a été utilisée en se basant sur une approche de type descripteur. Cette étude a permis d'aboutir à des conditions suffisantes de convergence asymptotique, exprimées sous forme de LMI. Tout au long du mémoire, la synthèse des observateurs a été considérée pour l'ordre plein et l'ordre réduit. Puis, les développements ont été étendus, au cas où on souhaite estimer l'état du système considéré simultanément avec certains paramètres inconnus affectant ce dernier. Deux pistes ont été étudiées à travers ce mémoire : lorsque le vecteur des paramètres inconnus agit linéairement par rapport à la dynamique du système et lorsque les paramètres inconnus agissent non linéairement par rapport à la dynamique du système. L'approche développée a permis d'étudier simultanément la convergence de l'état et des paramètres inconnus, ce qui a permis de relaxer certaines contraintes imposées lors de la synthèse des observateurs adaptatifs dans la littérature, notamment la contrainte d'excitation persistante considérée au niveau de la deuxième piste de recherche. Pour finir, les résultats obtenus ont été étendus à une classe de systèmes singuliers non linéaires, qui, outre les relations dynamiques, fait intervenir des relations algébriques / In automatic control reaserch fields, an observer plays a key role in the control and supervision of processes or the detection of faults, given its ability to provide information on the values of unmeasured or unavailable states. In this context, this thesis deals with the estimation not only of the state but also of the estimation of the unknown parameters affecting the dynamics of the system simultaneously with the state vector. In particular, the problem is addressed for classes of nonlinear systems subject to constant and unknown delays. This problem represents a dual challenge, both on joint estimation of unknown state and parameters, as well as the presence of delays that affect the system dynamics. First, functional observers were developed for systems subject to time delays and involving state-input nonlinearities. The problem of robustness was studied, initially, when some finite energy perturbations occured in the system dynamics, which required the H∞ theory in order to attenuate its effects. In a second time, it is treated when parametric uncertainties affect the model parameters. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of observers have been given through the resolution of Sylvester's equations. This resolution made it possible to simplify the problem by setting the observer gains via a single gain to be determined. As the study of the observer's convergence returns to studying the stability of the estimation error, Lyapunov-Krasovskii theory dedicated to the stability of the delay systems was used based on the descriptor transformations. This study lead to sufficient conditions of a symptotic convergence, expressed in terms of LMI. Throughout the dissertation, the synthesis of observers was considered in full and reduced order cases. The developments were then extended to estimate the system states simultaneously with unknown parameters affecting its dynamics. Two approaches have been investigated through this memory: when the vector of the unknown parameters acts linearly with respect to the dynamics of the system and when the unknown parameters act nonlinearly with respect to this dynamics. The approach proposed in this work make it possible to simultaneously estimate the convergence of the state and unknown parameters, which made it possible to relax some constraints considered in the synthesis of adaptive observers in the literature. It concerns particularly the persistent excitation constraint considered in the second approach. Finally, the results obtained have been extended to the class of singular systems, which, in addition to the dynamic relations, involves algebraic relations in their description

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T18:51:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Daniela Paula.pdf: 457309 bytes, checksum: 2cece1f133cd1224c92821fe3bd36e8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-07-27 / Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior / Due, in part, to the nowadays considerable body of theoretical results for Markov Jump Linear Systems (MJLS), there has been recently an intense interplay between the classical switch systems and MJLS theory. Although the development of these theories came up independently, in a broad way MJLS can be seen as a class of switch systems with a stochastic switching mecanism. Motivated by the diversity of methods of these theories and its potentiality in the treatment of systems with requires tolerance to failure (the so-called safety-critical and highintegrity systems), it is our intention in this dissertation to make up a synthesis of the most relevant methods, setting against the two theories. In view of the huge amount of results of these theories, we focus here just on the stability problem. We begin presenting well known tools such as common Lyapunov functions and others which are related to involving classes of linear subsistems with certain particularities such as commutativity and solubility of Lie algebra. Rigth after, we present the concept of average dwell time, part Lyapunov functions and results about design of switch. Using the average dwell time at the linear systems with stable and unstable systems with the rules already demonstrated we claim some results about stability that applied at linear systems with markovian switch. / Devido em parte, ao considerável corpo de resultados teóricos para Sistemas Lineares com Saltos Markovianos (SLMS), tem havido recentemente uma intensa interação entre a teoria clássica de sistemas com chaveamento (switched systems) e a teoria de SLSM. Apesar do desenvolvimento dessas teorias terem acontecido essencialmente de maneira independentes, num sentido amplo SLMS pode ser visto como um sistema com chaveamento cujo mecanismo de chaveamento é estocástico. Motivados pela diversidade de métodos dessas teorias e sua enorme potencialidade no tratamento de sistemas que exigem comportamentos tolerantes a falhas (faz parte do que se denomina na literatura especializada como safety-critical and high integrity systems) é nossa intenção nesta dissertaçãoo fazer uma síntese dos métodos mais relevantes, contrapondo as duas teorias. Tendo em vista a enorme quantidade de resultados, focaremos apenas o problema de estabilidade. Começaremos o estudo com critérios já conhecidos como a construção de uma função comum de Lyapunov para os sistemas e outros que dizem respeito à estabilidade em classes de subsistemas lineares que possuem certas particularidades como comutatividade e solubilidade da álgebra de Lie gerada pela coleção de matrizes. Em seguida, apresentaremos os conceitos de tempo médio de habitação, funções de Lyapunov por partes e os resultados sobre design de switch. Através do estudo do tempo médio de habitação em sistemas lineares com matrizes estáveis e instáveis, juntamente com os critérios já estudados referentes às classes de subsistemas para as quais é possível a construção de uma função comum de Lyapunov, chegamos a alguns resultados para estabilidade, que aplicamos ao caso de chaveamento Markoviano.

Esta tese trata das propriedades estruturais e do controle de sistemas lineares singulares sujeitos a saltos Markovianos (SLSSM). Três questões fundamentais são consideradas para esta classe de sistemas. A primeira estabelece condições necessárias para que o sistema seja estocasticamente regular em um período de tempo determinado. A segunda trata da estabilidade exponencial estocástica de SLSSM. Equações de Lyapunov acopladas generalizadas são deduzidas para caracterizar estabilidade deste tipo de sistema. Em virtude da complexidade das soluções numéricas dessas equações, cada equação de Lyapunov do conjunto acoplado está em função de duas variáveis desconhecidas, estamos propondo um algoritmo para resolver este problema. A terceira questão diz respeito à síntese de um regulador para este tipo de sistema singular definida em termos de equações algébricas generalizadas de Riccati acopladas. / This thesis deals with the structural features and with the control of singular linear systems with Markovian jump parameters (SLSMJP). Three fundamental questions are considered to this class of systems. The first provides necessary conditions to characterize stochastic regularity in a determined period of time. The second deals with exponential stability of SLSMJP. Coupled generalized Lyapunov Equations are deduced to check the stability of this class of systems. In virtue of the complexity of the numerical solutions of these equations, there exist two unknown variables for each equation of the set of coupled Lyapunov equations, we are proposing an algorithm to solve this problem. The third question is related with the synthesis of a regulator for this class of singular systems defined in terms of coupled algebraic generalized Riccati equations.

A análise de sistemas dinâmicos não lineares pode ser baseada em séries obtidas de modelos matemáticos ou de experimentos. Modelos matemáticos para respostas aeroelásticas associadas ao estol dinâmico são muito difíceis de obter. Neste caso, experimentos e ensaios em vôo parecem fornecer uma base mais apropriada para a análise da dinâmica não linear. Técnicas de sistemas dinâmicos baseadas em análise de séries temporais podem ser aplicadas para a aeroelasticidade não linear. Quando tem-se disponível apenas séries experimentais, as técnicas de reconstrução do espaço de estados têm sido extensivamente utilizadas. Além disso, os expoentes de Lyapunov fornecem uma caracterização qualitativa e quantitativa do comportamento caótico de sistemas não lineares, assim, um expoente de Lyapunov positivo é um forte indicativo de caos. Medidas de entropia também fornecem informações importantes da complexidade do sistema não linear, consequentemente sua aplicação às séries temporais aeroelásticas representam uma forma apropriada para identificar movimentos caóticos. Este trabalho apresenta a aplicação de técnicas da análise de séries temporais, tais como, reconstrução do espaço de estados, expoentes de Lyapunov e medidas de entropia para respostas aeroelásticas não lineares para prever o comportamento caótico. Um modelo de asa flexível foi construído e testado em túnel de vento de circuito fechado com velocidade do escoamento variando entre 9,0 e 17,0 m/s. O modelo foi montado sobre uma plataforma giratória que produzia variações no ângulo de incidência. Deformações estruturais foram capturadas por meio de extensômetros que forneciam informações da resposta aeroelástica. O método da defasagem é utilizado para reconstruir o espaço de estados das séries temporais obtidas no experimento. Para obter a defasagem utilizada na reconstrução foi usada a análise da função de autocorrelação. Para determinar a dimensão do atrator é calculada a integral de correlação. A evolução do espectro de frequências e do espaço de estados reconstruído é analisada com as variações da velocidade do escoamento e da frequência de oscilação da plataforma. Os expoentes de Lyapunov e a entropia de Rényi foram obtidos para identificar o comportamento caótico. Os resultados foram analisados com a variação da velocidade do escoamento e da frequência de oscilação da plataforma. As técnicas utilizadas foram eficientes para observar o aparecimento de mudanças no sistema e do comportamento caótico com uma escala de interação fluido-estrutura complexa para movimentos com altos ângulos de incidência. / The analysis of non-linear dynamical systems can be based on data from either a mathematical model or an experiment. Mathematical models for aeroelastic response associated to the dynamic stall behavior are very hard to obtain. In this case, experimental or in flight data seems to provide suitable basis for non-linear dynamical analysis. Dynamic systems techniques based on time series analysis can be adequately applied to non-linear aeroelasticity. When experimental data are available, state space reconstruction methods have been widely considered. Moreover, the Lyapunov exponents provides qualitative and quantitative characterization of nonlinear systems chaotic behavior, since positive Lyapunov exponent is a strong signature of chaos. Entropy measures also provide important information on the complexity of nonlinear system, therefore its application to aeroelastic time series represent a proper way to seek for chaotic motions. This work presents the application techniques from time series analysis, such as, state space reconstruction, Lyapunov exponents and entropy measures to nonlinear aeroelastic responses, in order to predict chaotic behavior. A flexible wing model has been constructed and tested in a closed circuit wind tunnel with freestream between 9,0 and 17,0 m/s. The wing model has been mounted on a turntable that allows variations to the wing incidence angle. Structural deformation is captured by means of strain gages, thereby providing information on the aeroelastic response. The method of delays has been used to identify an embedded attractor in the state space from experimentally acquired aeroelastic response time series. To obtain the time delay value to manipulate the time series during reconstruction, the autocorrelation function analysis has been used. For the attractor embeeding dimension calculation the correlation integral approach has been considered. The evolution of frequency spectra and the reconstrueted state space is analyzed for variations of the freestream and the frequency of oscilIation of the turntable. Lyapunov exponents and Rényi entropy have been achieved in order to seek for chaotic behavior. The results were analyzed with the variation of the freestream and the frequency of oscillation of the turntable. The used techniques had been efficient to observe the occurence of changes and chaotic behavior withim a range of complex fluid-structure interaction at higher angle of incidence motions.

The present research study is comprised of two main parts. The first part aims at the development of a systematic system-theoretic framework that allows the derivation of optimal chemotherapy protocols for HIV patients. The proposed framework is conceptually aligned with a notion of continuous-time model predictive control of nonlinear dynamical systems, and results in an optimal way to control viral replication, while maintaining low antiretroviral drug toxicity levels. This study is particularly important because it naturally integrates powerful system-theoretic techniques into a clinically challenging problem with worldwide implications, namely the one of developing chemotherapy patterns for HIV patients that are effective and do not induce adverse side-effects. The second part introduces a new digital controller design methodology for nonlinear (bio)chemical processes, that reflects contemporary necessities in the practical implementation of advanced process control strategies via digital computer-based algorithms. The proposed methodology relies on the derivation of an accurate sampled-data representation of the process, and the subsequent formulation and solution to a nonlinear digital controller synthesis problem. In particular, for the latter two distinct approaches are followed that are both based on the methodological principles of Lyapunov design and rely on a short-horizon model-based prediction and optimization of the rate of“energy dissipation" of the system, as it is realized through the time derivative of an appropriately selected Lyapunov function. First, the Lyapunov function is computed by solving the discrete Lyapunov matrix equation. In the second approach however, it is computed by solving a Zubov-like functional equation based on the system's drift vector field. Finally, two examples of a chemical and a biological reactor that both exhibit nonlinear behavior illustrate the main features of the proposed digital controller design method.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T19:25:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VagnerI.pdf: 11138375 bytes, checksum: d9bd7c0fe3aba2949fbf229e29e527e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In this work we investigated the parameter space of a system consisting of two oscillators coupled in a master-slave configuration. In order to do so we employed Lyapunov exponent's diagrams in the parameter space, the distribution of the finite-time Lyapunov exponents and its positive fraction. We were able to show that, when the slave system is coupled to the master, the shrimp-shaped periodic structures that previously existed begins to be eroded from the outside, and that the erosion progresses with the increase in the intensity of the coupling. We also showed that in the region where the erosion takes place the second Lyapunov exponent exhibits a bimodal distribution with a maximum close to zero and the other close to 0:1. By plotting the points in the phase space that belong to each maximum we were able to identify two kinds of attractors, a limit cicle and a chaotic attractor, in which the slave system intermittently moves. / Neste trabalho foi investigado o espaço de parâmetros de um sistema formado por dois osciladores acoplados em uma configuração mestre-escravo. Como ferramenta de análise utilizamos diagramas de expoente de Lyapunov no espaço de parâmetros, a distribuição a tempo finito do expoente de Lyapunov e sua fração positiva. Mostramos que quando o sistema escravo é acoplado ao mestre as estruturas periódicas em formato de camarão existentes anteriormente começam a ser erodidas de fora para dentro, e que essa erosão aumenta com o aumento da intensidade do acoplamento. Mostramos também que na região em que ocorre a erosão o segundo expoente de Lyapunov apresenta uma distribuição bimodal com um máximo próximo a zero e outro próximo a 0; 1. Plotando os pontos no espaço de fase pertencentes a cada um dos máximos encontramos dois tipos de atratores, um ciclo limite e um atrator caótico, nos quais o sistema escravo transita de forma intermitente.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T19:26:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Romeu Miqueias.pdf: 9797233 bytes, checksum: d4b08f71cb22063247e9bb495366dd55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Synchronization is a dynamical behavior exhibited by a wide range of systems. Neurons, firefly and Josephson junctions are examples of these systems. It is defined as an adjustment of rhythms of oscillating objects due to weak interaction between them, and it is studied using different mathematical models including the coupled map lattices (CMLs). In CML the synchronization corresponds to process in which all state variables become identical at the same instant. Usually we study the CML synchronization by calculating the conditional Lyapunov exponents. However, if the coupling or network topology is time-varying, this exponents are not readily determined. In this work we propose new quantities to study the synchronization in these CMLs. These quantities are defined as weighted averages over all possible topologies and, if the topology is constant, they are equivalent to the usual Lyapunov exponents. We find an analytical expression for the effective quantities when the topology is invariant over translation on the network and demonstrate that an ensemble of short time observations can be used to predict the long-term behavior of the lattice. Also we point that, if network has constant and homogeneous structure, the effective quantities correspond to the projection on the eigenvectors associated with this structure. We show the availability of effective quantities using them to build a lattice with constant topology that exhibits the same synchronization critical properties of the lattice with time-varying topology. Finally, we present a cryptosystem for communication systems based on two replica synchronized networks whose elements are not synchronous. We investigate it as to operation time, robustness and security against intruders. Our results suggest that it is safe and efficient for a wide range of parameters. / A sincronização é um comportamento dinâmico exibido por uma ampla variedade de sistemas naturais tais como neurônios, vaga-lumes e junções Josephson. Ela é definida como um ajuste de ritmos de objetos oscilantes devido a uma fraca interação entre eles, e é estudada usando diferentes modelos matemáticos tais como as redes de mapas acoplados (RMAs). Em uma RMA, o processo de sincronização representa uma evolução conjunta entre todas variáveis de estados. Este processo é geralmente investigado com base nos expoentes de Lyapunov condicionais. No entanto, para redes com topologia variável tais expoentes não são facilmente determinados. Neste trabalho propomos novas quantidades para estudar a sincronização nestas redes. Estas quantidades são definidas como médias ponderadas sobre todas as topologias possíveis e, no caso em que a topologia é constante, equivalem aos expoentes de Lyapunov usuais. Encontramos uma expressão analítica para as quantidades efetivas para o caso em que a topologia é invariante sobre translação na rede e demonstramos que um conjunto de observações sobre um intervalo curto de tempo pode ser usado para predizer o comportamento da rede a longo prazo. Também verificamos que, se a rede possui uma estrutura constante e homogênea, as quantidades efetivas podem ser obtidas considerando a projeção sobre os autovetores associados a esta estrutura. Mostramos a eficácia das quantidades efetivas usando-as para construir uma rede com topologia constante que exibe as mesmas propriedades de sincronização da rede com topologia variável. Por último apresentamos um criptossistema para sistemas de comunicação que é baseado em duas réplicas de redes sincronizadas cujos elementos são não-síncronos. Investigamos este sistema quanto ao tempo de operação, a robustez e a segurança contra intrusos. Nossos resultados sugerem que ele é seguro e eficiente para uma amplo intervalo de parâmetros.