[pt] A estabilidade de tensão tornou-se nos últimos anos tema de intensa pesquisa, envolvendo principalmente a identificação da natureza do problema e a busca de estratégias mais favoráveis para a operação e planejamento dos sistemas de potência. Este trabalho apresenta um relato da evolução da análise do fenômeno sendo, posteriormente descritos os detalhes de sua abordagem através da teoria das bifurcações em sistemas dinâmicos não-lineares. São caracterizados o limite de transmissão de potência à estabilidade de tensão e a geometria das trajetórias no espaço de estados em pontos de equilíbrio em suas proximidades. O estabelecimento de equivalência entre os modelos dinâmico e estático tornou possível o emprego de métodos baseados nas equações algébricas do fluxo de carga na determinação do limite de estabilidade de tensão e na avaliação do comportamento dinâmico local. Com base no algoritmo de fluxo de carga convencional, foi desenvolvido um programa computacional que emprega o método de continuação parametrizado. Os métodos de continuação permitem a obtenção do conjunto completo das soluções reais, relacionadas por um parâmetro escalar, de um sistema de equações. Mostra-se que a aplicação desses métodos em conjunto com as técnicas de análise modal resulta em uma forma eficiente para a seleção e localização de reforços visando aumentar a capacidade global de transmissão dos sistemas de potência. / [en] In the past few years voltage stabiity has become a subject of intense research involving the identification of the nature of this problem and the seek of suitable strategies for power systems operation and planning. In this work it is presented a report on the evolution in the analysis of this phenomena and it is described the details of its approach through the dynamic nonlinear systems bifurcation theory. The power transmission limit imposed by the voltage stability conditions is addressed and the geometry of the trajectories in state space considering the equilibrium points on the vicinity of this limit is deeply studied. The establishment of the equivalence conditions between the dynamic and static power system models made it possible to employ load-flow algebraic equations based methods on both the determination of the power transmission limit and the evaluation of local dynamic behaviour. A load-flow based computer program which uses the parameterized continuation method was developed. The continuation methods are widely known for providing the determination of whole set of a system s solutions which are related by a scalar parameter. In the closure, it is shown that the application of these methods, in a complementary basis with the modal analysis techniques, results in an efficient procedure to promote the choice and location of devices to improve the power system global tranmission capacity.

In this thesis a methodology for measuring vibrations has been produced andinvestigated for APID 60, a rotorcraft in a Vertical Take-off and landing remotelypiloted aircraft system (VTOL RPAS). A comparative study was carried out forthe purpose of identifying the methodology with respect to design modificationscommon to the APID 60. The pilot-study identified experimental modal analysis(EMA) as a feasible part of the methodology for experimentally extracting themodal parameters of a structure. The EMA was performed on the main frameof the APID 60 where an impact hammer test was chosen as the technique forextracting the response data. As a comparison a point mass was added to thestructure to alter the dynamic properties and the test was repeated.The results from the EMA was compared with a modal analysis performednumerically with a calculation software. Comparison of the results from EMAwith the modal analysis performed numerically indicates consistency. This confirmsa good reliability of the methodology produced. However, the structure onwhich the test were preformed is simple in terms of constant structural properties.Further work should therefore investigate whether this methodology of measuringvibrations could be successfully applied to a structure with higher complexity.

All structures have modal properties such as natural frequencies and damping. In engineeringit is often of interest to estimate these modal properties for certain structures, to be used whenmodelling for example fatigue. This is done by computing them from finite element models, by using experimental measurements or both. In the case of doing both, a finite elementmodel is usually established first and adjusted to fit measurements from experiments. Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB is the company where this thesis has been performed and the subject is experimental procedures related to estimating modal properties of the so calledpower pack, which essentially is a modularised engine and hydraulic power source of an Atlas Copco drill rig. Their current method for estimating these properties is a classical procedure which makes use of an impact hammer that an operator strikes the power pack with to induce excitation. Due to concealment of behind other parts the power pack when mounted inside the drill rig, the number of places where the operator is able to strike the power pack in is limited. Another problem with the current procedure is that it can be difficult to strike the power pack with a strong enough impulse to generate reliable results. In this thesis a new experimental procedure for Atlas Copco to use is suggested. It is based on operational modal analysis (OMA), which uses the machinery's excitation from its operational conditions to compute modal estimates. A comparison between different experimental procedures have been done and the suggested procedure is the following: excitation by engine sweep; modal identifcation by the PolyMAX method and mode shape scaling by the harmonic scaling method. An experiment was performed to compare two OMA procedures.The suggested procedure is the one that generated the better results of the two.

La détermination des caractéristiques vibratoires est une étape cruciale lors du processus de certification d'une structure ou lors de l'évaluation de sa détérioration. Quelle que soit la technique utilisée, l'identification des modes d'une structure nécessite d'effectuer des essais de vibration. Durant ces essais, on effectue des mesures qui permettent d'observer la réponse du système à une excitation connue, partiellement connue ou inconnue. Les méthodes d'identification modale sont des méthodes globales. Elles permettent de déterminer les modes de la structure à partir d'un post-traitement des données mesurées. Certaines techniques d'identification modale, telles que les méthodes basées sur la minimisation d'erreur de modélisation ARX ou les méthodes sous-espaces, se sont fortement répandues dans le monde industriel ces quinze dernières années. Cependant, malgré ce succès, ces méthodes ne fourniront jamais les paramètres modaux exacts de la structure étudiée. En effet, à cause de nombreuses sources d'erreurs (e.g. bruits sur les capteurs, bruits environnementaux), l'identification modale à partir de données réelles ne peut mener qu'à des estimations des paramètres modaux. Une estimation est par définition entachée d'une erreur statistique, la variance. Le but de cette thèse est l'étude approfondie de l'estimation de cette erreur statistique. Le manuscrit est découpé en trois partie. La première concerne la description détaillée de deux familles d'identification modale (minimisation d'erreur de modélisation ARX et méthodes sous-espace). La seconde partie décrit le principe de l'estimation des incertitudes et fournit les chaînes de propagation des variances. La troisième partie présente une validation poussée de ces méthodes dans le but d'une utilisation opérationnelle. / Determinination of vibration characteristics is a crucial step for structure certification or health monitoring. Whatever the method, modes identification of a structure requires vibration tests. During these tests, measurements are made in order to observe responses of the system to known, partially known or unknown excitations. Modal identification methods are global methods. They allow the determination of modes from data post-treatment. Some modal identification methods, such as those based on ARX modelisation error minimisation or subspace methods, have been largely spread into the industry for about fifteen years. Despite this succes, these methods will never provide exact results. Indeed, due to numerous error sources (e.g. sensor noises, environmental noises), modal identifications based on measured data can only lead to modal parameters estimations. By definition, an estimation is subject to statistical errors, also called variances. The purpose of this thesis is to give an in-depth study of these statistical errors estimation. This document is divided in three parts. Firstly, a description of two kind of modal identification methods (ARX modelisation error minimisation and subspace methods) is given. Secondly, the uncertainty estimation principle is explained and propagation schemes of variances are given. Finally, the third part provides an in-depth validation of these methods in order to proceed to industrial utilisations.

In this work, a pioneering application of the Solution Structure Method (SSM) for structural dynamics problems is presented. Vibration analysis is an important aspect of any design-analysis cycle for which reliable computational methods are required. Unlike many meshfree methods, SSM is capable of {\it exact treatment of all prescribed boundary conditions}. In addition, the method is capable of using basis functions which do not conform to the shape of the geometric model. Together, this defines an unprecedented geometric flexibility of the SSM. This work focused on the development of numerical algorithms for 2D in-plane and 3D natural vibration analysis and 2D in-plane dynamic response. The convergence and numerical properties of the method were evaluated by comparing meshfree results with those obtained using traditional Finite Element Analysis implemented in Solidworks and ANSYS. The numerical experiments presented in this work illustrate that the Solution Structure Method possesses good convergence and in some cases, such as geometries with partially fixed boundaries, this method converges much more rapidly than traditional FEA. Finally, in addition to complex boundary conditions, this method can easily handle complex geometries without losing favorable convergence properties.

This master´s thesis deals with the acoustic emission of the gearbox housing. It contains a description of the procedure of solving individual numerical approaches and their results. Finally, it compares the influence of design modifications on acoustic emission.

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This Master´s thesis deals with the analysis of modal characteristics of the vertical synchronous generator. The goal of this work is to determine influence of individual parts of the generator on modal characteristics. Another part of this thesis contains analysis of different variants for storaging the generator and also structural modifications, which lead to the improvement of the modal properties. For modelation was used cumputional modeling in ANSYS.

This thesis deas with dynamic analysis of pneumatic actuator which is used as regulation mechanis of turbochargers with Variable Nozzle Turbine (VNT) technology. The first part of work is focused on experimental modeling which goal is obtaining Frequency Response Function on specify frequency range by Frequency Response Function Analysis – FRFA. Dominant vibrations of pneumatic actuator active parts is expected on this specify frequency range. Results of experimental modeling will be used for gaining input parameters for numerical computation as well. The second part deal with Pre-Stressed Modal Analysis and subsequently Harmonic analysis. Obtained results with numerical and experimental analysis will be compared. This part of diploma thesis is solved in programmatic environment ANSYS Workbench.

This thesis is about modal analysis of the rotor blades row tied with Z-tie. Thesis was solved by finite element system ANSYS. Cyclic symmetry was used in this thesis with the aim of obtain eigen frequency of bladed disc. The next aim of this thesis was to find eigen frequency of the free rotor blades and to compare it with frequency obtained from experiment. 3D model was created by 3D scanner and CAD system CATIA.