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This master thesis deals with the design of the turbine housing of turbocharger VNT for supplying separated pressure pulses from the exhaust manifold. Subsequently, the work includes strength analysis of the designed turbine housing. The aim of the thesis is to create components for the supply of separate pressure pulses as close as possible to the turbine. Furthermore, the modification of the existing turbine housing and the assessment of the functionality of the VNT mechanism after this modification and strength analysis. The final aim of this thesis is the creation of 2D and 3D technical documentation of newly designed and modified parts.

This master thesis deals with the design of the turbine housing of turbocharger VNT for supplying separated pressure pulses from the exhaust manifold. Subsequently, the work includes strength analysis of the designed turbine housing. The aim of the thesis is to create components for the supply of separate pressure pulses as close as possible to the turbine. Furthermore, the modification of the existing turbine housing and the assessment of the functionality of the VNT mechanism after this modification and strength analysis. The final aim of this thesis is the creation of 2D and 3D technical documentation of newly designed and modified parts.

High speed water jets have un-substitutable place in unconventional technologies in the machining of materials. Indeed its larger spreading is limited above all by its really high purchase price and also high costs of the operation. Certain possibility is represented by high-speed pulsating jets, which don’t put such a high pretension on arrangement of generating the pressure during the comparable operation. Probably the most effective method of the generating of pulsating water jets is ultrasonic modulation. This work could benefit to understanding spreading of pressure impulses between ultrasonic generator and output nozzle. Pulsating is solved by the numerical calculation using transfer matrix method.

Les garnitures mécaniques sont utilisées dans de multiples applications pour réaliser l'étanchéité autour d'arbres en rotation. Ces composants peuvent fonctionner efficacement pendant plusieurs années en conditions stables, mais leur durée de vie est significativement réduite lorsque les conditions varient. L'objectif de ce travail de recherche est de développer et d’utiliser un banc d'essais et code de calcul pour étudier l'impact de pulsations de pression, d’inversions de pression et du chargement dynamique résultant sur les performances de garnitures mécaniques ayant des faces mésalignées et présentant des défauts de planéité.Le solveur fluide d'un modèle numérique de garnitures mécaniques a été étendu aux conditions transitoires. Un module résolvant la dynamique des forces et des moments a été ajouté afin de prédire le déplacement axial et les déplacements angulaires de la face montée de manière flexible. Afin de caractériser les performances de garnitures, un banc d'essais générant des pulses de pression a été instrumenté et des méthodes de mesure de perte de volume d'huile et d'entrée d'eau mises en place.Des garnitures mécaniques à faces parallèles puis mésalignées, fonctionnant sous pulsations et inversions de pression, ont été testées expérimentalement et simulées. Seules de très faibles augmentations d'eau dans l'huile ont été observées, sans augmentation au cours du temps, et sans fuite d'huile mesurable. Les faibles valeurs d'entrées d'eau sont dues à la faible épaisseur de film et à la courte durée des inversions de pression. Une garniture mécanique expérimentale à fort défaut de planéité a aussi été testée. Contrairement aux autres paramètres, le défaut de planéité semble augmenter significativement la fuite et promouvoir les entrées d'eau et pourrait ainsi être à l'origine de certaines défaillances. / Face seals are mechanical devices used to seal rotating shafts in numerous applications. While they can operate efficiently under steady conditions for years, they tend to fail prematurely when operating in severe, or rapidly varying conditions. The focus of this research work is the development and use of an experimental and a numerical method to investigate the impact of pressure pulses, pressure inversions and induced dynamic loading on the performance of mechanical face seals exhibiting face misalignment and waviness.The fluid solver of a state-of-the art face seal numerical model was extended to transient conditions and a module solving the dynamics for the axial and angular degrees of freedom of the flexibly-mounted stator added. A system-level experimental setup generating pressure pulses was instrumented and methods to characterise face seal performance in terms of oil volume loss and ingression of water outer-fluid selected and implemented.Face seals, with flat and misaligned faces, operating under pressure pulses and pressure inversions were experimentally tested and simulated. They show only slight increase of water in the oil, no increase over time, and no measurable oil leakage. The low water ingression is due to low film thickness combined with the short duration of pressure inversions. An exploratory face seal of high waviness was also experimentally tested. Contrary to the other parameters, the waviness appears to significantly increase the leakage and promote water ingression and could thus be at the origin of some seal failures.