Zugl.: Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2007.

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / This thesis reports the results of a twofold study on the recently proposed phenomenon of 'stellar pulsations' in young brown dwarfs by the seminal study of Palla and Baraffe (2005) (PB05, thereafter). The PB05 study presents results of a non-adiabatic linear stability analysis showing that young brown dwarfs should become pulsationally unstable during the deuterium burning phase of their evolution. The PB05 calculations on which this prediction is based have already been applied in a number of ground and space-based observational campaigns aimed at searching for this newly proposed putative class of potential pulsators. However, despite their significance and implications, the theoretical calculations by PB05 have not yet, to date, been subjected to independent verification in a different computational framework. To achieve this, we have generated equilibrium brown dwarf models and performed non-adiabatic linear stability calculations similar to PB05 assuming their 'frozen-in convection' approximation and the relevant input physics. The calculations performed in this thesis show, in overall, that there is a good agreement between the results from our study and those in PB05. However, there seem to be significant differences for very low mass objects as pointed out in our comparative results. We attribute this difference to our different boundary conditions. Our outer boundary condition is equivalent to the Eddington approximation in the 3-D case (e.g see Unno and Spiegel (1966)), while PB05 use a combination of different atmospheric profiles as discussed in Chabriel and Baraffe (2000). The validity of the frozen-in assumption used by PB05, which is based on the argument that the convective time scales calculated for these objects are much less than the pulsation time scales, has not been investigated. In this thesis, we have invoked a time-dependent theory of convection similar to Kuhfuss (1986) and Stellingwerf (1982) which includes turbulent pressure, turbulent diffusion and turbulent viscosity to study the pulsations. We have also investigated the effects of varying a number of free parameters in the above theoretical models. Our results show that turbulent pressure dominates in driving the pulsations in young brown dwarfs yielding growth rates much higher than in the frozen-in scenario. This is a new result that requires further analysis. The perturbation in the convective flux is found to have a damping effect on the acoustic modes. Turbulent viscosity is found to lead to damping which increases with increase in the value of the turbulent viscosity parameter and is found to have very little effect on the fundamental mode pulsation periods. Variation in the turbulent diffusion parameter has a very small effect on the fundamental mode periods and e-folding times. As a side lobe, we have determined theoretical pulsation constants for the fundamental mode and calculated the period ratios for the fundamental mode to those of the first and second harmonics. We find values of pulsation constants falling within the theoretical values calculated for variable stars shown in Cox (1980). This is explained in relation to the terms that go into the theoretical formula discussed later in this thesis. We find a correlation between the period ratios and the BDs mass and argue that such plots of the period ratios vs mass of the BDs could be useful in constraining the masses, given known periods from observations.

One of the main goals of recent turbine film cooling research has been to improve the overall efficiency of the turbine by slightly increasing film cooling efficiency. This has a twofold effect. Firstly by increasing the effectiveness of the cooling being done. it is possible to increase the inlet temperature of the combusted air coming into the turbine which in tum increases turbine performance. Secondly by increasing the cooling efficiency less air is required. for cooling. This means that less air will be redirected from the compressor for cooling purposes, allowing more air to reach the combustor to be burned and used for power or thrust generation. Even though much bulk flow pulsation research has been conducted in the past, little research has studied the effect of film coolant pulsation on cooling effectiveness. Previous studies that have been conducted on the effect of film pulsation have provided conflicting results, therefore more research is required. This project provides experimental data and analysis which study, and show the effects that low frequency pulsations (5.55 and 11.11 Hz) at two different blowing rations (.5 and .75) have on film cooling effectiveness. In addition a Kulite dynamic pressure probe was placed at the entrance to the coolant holes in order to provide the actual blowing ratio felt by the holes. The study concluded that film pulsation increases film cooling effectiveness mainly through. a reduction in the amount of coolant gas needed to provide adequate film cooling. In addition to providing some initial data, the study also lays the groundwork for additional research to delve further into film pulsation and answer unanswered questions, which will be conducted at a later time.

The diploma thesis deals with the determination of the self-excited and forced pulsation of the real fluid in the cylindrical area and in the annulus. It also focuses on a case of resonance that has an unfavorable effect on the hydraulic circuit. The result of the thesis is the analytical relations for determination of self-excited and forced shapes of flow and pressure in the closed cylindrical area, for two selected variants of kinematic excitation. In the first variant, excitation is performed in the form of a sinus function. The second variant is expressed as a sawtooth function. A pulsation of the fluid caused by the movement of the body is described for the annulus. Further, in this area, the shapes of fluid pulsation are solved without external excitation.

Cette thèse consiste en une étude théorique et expérimentale de la dynamique d'une diode laser à émission latérale (850 nm) avec rétroaction optique à conjugaison de phase. Le dispositif expérimental est conçu afin de voir la diversité dynamique du laser à travers l'analyse temporelle et spectrale alors que le taux de rétroaction varie. La rétroaction à conjugaison de phase est effectuée par mélange à quatre ondes dans un cristal photoréfractif. Le temps de propagation du faisceau laser dans la cavité externe est appelé retard. Sous l’effet de la rétroaction, le système montre une grande richesse dynamique qui varie du chaos total à des régimes auto-pulsés aux fréquences déterminés par le longueur de la cavité externe pour la première fois mis en évidence ici. Des simulations menées en parallèle basées sur les équations de Lang-Kobayashi couramment utilisées apportent des confirmations théoriques aux observations expérimentales. Les principaux points traités sont la crise chaotique et bistabilité de solutions pulsées, les régimes auto-pulsés (stabilisation et déstabilisation) ainsi que les transitions entre eux, la caractérisation d’événements extrêmes de différentes natures avec la distribution statistique associée ainsi qu’une résonance cohérente déterministe de fluctuations à basse fréquence induite par le retard. Au-delà de l’intérêt fondamental de ces résultats et des comparaisons qui peuvent être établies avec d’autres systèmes laser, des applications dans la génération de signaux tout-optique ainsi que le contrôle du chaos sont des débouchés potentiels de cette étude. / This thesis is a theoretical and experimental study of the dynamics of an edge-emitting laser diode (850 nm) with phase-conjugate feedback. The experimental device is designed to see the dynamical range of the laser through the temporal and spectral properties while the feedback rate varies. Phase-conjugate feedback is performed through four-wave mixing in a photorefractive crystal. The propagation time of the laser beam in the external cavity is termed external time delay. Under the effect of the feedback, the system shows a wide dynamical range including chaos and self-pulsing states which characteristic properties are determined by the length of the external cavity. For the first time self-pulsing states at frequencies multiples of the fundamental frequency of the external cavity are evidenced. Simulations carried out based on the commonly-used Lang-Kobayashi laser rate equations provide theoretical confirmations to the experimental observations. The main topics tackled here are chaos crisis and bistability of pulsing solutions, self-pulsing regimes (through their stabilization and destabilization) and the transitions between them, characterization of extreme events of two kinds along with their statistical distribution and delay-induced deterministic coherence resonance of low frequency fluctuations. Beyond the fundamental interest of these results and the many comparisons that can be made with other laser systems, applications in the field of all-optical signal generation and control of chaos are direct consequences of this study.

<p>This thesis reports the results of a twofold study on the recently proposed phenomenon of &lsquo / stellar pulsations&rsquo / in young brown dwarfs by the seminal study of Palla and Baraffe (2005) (PB05, thereafter). The PB05 study presents results of a non-adiabatic linear stability analysis showing that young brown dwarfs should become pulsationally unstable during the deuterium burning phase of their evolution.</p>

<p>This thesis reports the results of a twofold study on the recently proposed phenomenon of &lsquo / stellar pulsations&rsquo / in young brown dwarfs by the seminal study of Palla and Baraffe (2005) (PB05, thereafter). The PB05 study presents results of a non-adiabatic linear stability analysis showing that young brown dwarfs should become pulsationally unstable during the deuterium burning phase of their evolution.</p>

La France est constellée de plus de 2 000 festivals de musiques qui représentent des enjeux socio-économiques importants en péril du fait de la combinaison d'une réduction des financements et d'une hausse des charges. Bien loin d'être anecdotique, ce constat trouve un écho particulier au regard du chercheur en Sciences de Gestion qui voit dans ces festivals des cas extrêmes d'organisations aujourd'hui omniprésentes : les Organisations Temporaires (OT). La recherche s'oriente alors sur la compréhension de l'articulation entre continuité organisationnelle et management logistique dans les OT, dans l'optique d'identifier l'impact de cette relation sur la pérennité d'OT récurrentes, à l'image des festivals de musiques, mais aussi des interventions humanitaires ou militaires. La question de recherche suivante est alors posée : "Comment la continuité organisationnelle et le management logistique peuvent-ils contribuer conjointement à la pérennité d'une organisation temporaire ?". La thèse s'appuie sur une méthodologie qualitative d'étude de cas de festivals de musiques actuelles et se scinde en deux temps : un premier, focalisé sur la continuité organisationnelle, conduit à la mise en évidence d'un phénomène pulsatoire d'évolution de la structure et des modes de coordination, puis un second, orienté sur le management logistique, note la place centrale des compétences logistiques dans la pérennité des OT. Il ressort de la thèse que l'un des enjeux pour les gestionnaires de festivals de musiques actuelles réside dans le développement, la conservation, et la mobilisation de compétences logistiques, principalement durant des phases transitoires en amont et en aval des événements. / Today, France is dotted with more than 2 000 music festivals, which represent important social and economic issues, threatened by the combination of a funding decreasing and charges increasing. Far from trivial, this finding has a special resonance for the management researcher who saw these music festivals as an extreme case of pervasive organizational form: the Temporary Organizations (TO). In this context, the thesis work on understanding the articulation between organizational continuity and logistics management in the TO to try to identify the impact of this relation on continuation of TO with repetitive projects like music festivals but also like humanitarians or military interventions. A research question can then be asked: " How organizational continuity and logistics management can they jointly contribute to the continuation of a temporary organization ?". The thesis is supported by a qualitative methodology based on four case studies of French actual music festivals and is split in two parts: the first one focused on the organizational continuity and highlight a pulsatory phenomena which lead to evolutions of the structures and the ways of coordination in the organization, the second part is focused on the logistics management and show the strategic place of the logistics competencies on the continuation of TO. At the end, the thesis show that one of the most important challenge for music festival managers resides in the development, the conservation, and the mobilisation of specifics logistics competencies, especially in transitional phases in upstream and downstream of the events.

En raison de la tendance grandissante du downsizing, des hautes performances, des réductions de la consommation et des émissions des véhicules modernes, la turbocompression des moteurs thermiques s’avère de plus en plus innovante et technologique. Leader dans ce domaine, Honeywell Turbo Technologies s’intéresse à deux axes de recherche majeurs des systèmes lubrifiés. Un délai temporel est couramment observé entre l’appui sur la pédale d’accélérateur et l’augmentation de la pression de l’air ambiant du côté de la roue compresseur. Il s’agit du décalage turbo ou turbo lag. Celui-ci a pour origine principale l’existence d’un couple de frottement parasite au sein de la butée. En ce qu’il pénalise les performances du turbo et limite le confort de conduite, la réduction du turbo lag constitue un enjeu majeur de l’industrie des turbocompresseurs automobiles. En tant que phénomène présent à chaque instant du fonctionnement du véhicule, les pulsations moteurs constituent également un axe de recherche primordial. Celles-ci proviennent des ouvertures et fermetures successives des soupapes des cylindres et résultent en d’importantes variations de la charge axiale appliquée à la butée du turbocompresseur. Or le dimensionnement actuel de la butée se basant sur l’étude stationnaire des cas critiques de la vie réelle du moteur, l’influence de ces pulsations sur le comportement de la butée doit être déterminée. Ce manuscrit présente une modélisation thermohydrodynamique du contact de la butée appliquée au cas des turbocompresseurs. Une équation de Reynolds modifiée est établie et intègre le modèle Modifié de Phan-Thien et Tanner. Elle relie les caractéristiques rhéologiques des huiles de moteurs actuelles au comportement macro-moléculaire des additifs à longues chaînes de polymères qu’elles contiennent. La nécessité de considérer les effets inertiels du fluide ainsi que la recirculation inter-patin est démontrée. L’influence de l’élasticité du lubrifiant sur la dissipation d’énergie au sein du contact est analysée numériquement. Il est montré qu’un compromis sur l’élasticité du lubrifiant peut mener à une réduction du turbo lag. De plus, un banc d’essai est développé en régime transitoire afin de mettre en évidence l’influence des pulsations moteurs sur les performances de la butée. Les résultats obtenus expérimentalement corroborent les effets dynamiques observés par les prédictions numériques. / With increasing focus on downsizing, high performances, low fuel consumption and emission reduction of modern vehicles, turbochargers of combustion engines have become more and more innovative and technological. Leader in this field, Honeywell Turbo Technologies is interested in two major lines of research regarding lubricated contacts. A delay in response time is frequently observed between the gas pedal push and the pressure rise of ambient air at the compressor wheel. It is called turbo lag. This phenomenon is mainly induced by a parasitic frictional torque existing in the thrust bearing contact. Penalizing turbochargers performances and drivability, the reduction of turbo lag constitutes a major concern for the automotive turbocharger industry. As an event constantly occurring on working engines, exhaust gas pulsations represent an essential line of research. Due to successive openings and closings of engine valves, these pulsations result in significant axial load variations applied to the turbocharger thrust bearing. Current sizing of thrust bearing design resting on steady state studies of critical on-engine cases, the influence of exhaust gas pulsations on the thrust bearing behavior needs to be determined. This thesis presents a thermohydrodynamic model of the thrust bearing contact applied to turbochargers. A Modified Reynolds equation is established and uses the Modified Phan-Thien and Tanner model. It connects rheological characteristics of current engine oils to the behavior of long polymeric chain additives they contain. The necessity for fluid inertia and oil recirculation to be considered is demonstrated. The influence of oil elasticity on energy dissipation within the contact is numerically analyzed. A compromise on the extent of oil elasticity can lead to a turbo lag reduction. In addition, a thrust bearing rig is developed to highlight the influence of exhaust gas pulsations on thrust bearing performances. Experimental results support dynamic effects predicted by simulations.

Il existe actuellement de nombreux tests visant à mesurer la capacité à percevoir la pulsation rythmique dans la musique ainsi que l’habileté à synchroniser ses mouvements avec celle-ci. Ces tests présentent toutefois certaines lacunes méthodologiques (longue durée d’administration, différence de stimuli entre les sous-tests, mauvais appariement des conditions). Le Montreal-Beat Alignment Test (M-BAT) a été élaboré afin de palier à ces lacunes et d’offrir une mesure simple et sensible de ces habiletés. Une étude de sensibilité a été menée auprès de 90 participants. Pour la tâche de perception, nous observons une distribution avec une légère asymétrie négative et sans présence d’effet plancher ou plafond. Les performances aux tâches de perception et de synchronisation sont modérément corrélées, suggérant qu’une bonne perception de la pulsation s’accompagne généralement d’une bonne capacité à se synchroniser avec celle-ci. Également, des cas de déficits dans l’une et/ou l’autre de ces habiletés sont rapportés, indiquant la présence de dissociations entre perception et synchronisation à la pulsation musicale. / There are currently many tests to measure the abilities to perceive the beat in music and to synchronize its movements with it. These tests, however, have certain methodological shortcomings (long duration of administration, different stimuli between sub-tests, mismatch conditions). The Montreal-Beat Alignment Test (M-BAT) has been developed to overcome these deficiencies and provide a simple and sensitive measurement of these skills. A sensitivity study was conducted with 90 participants. For the task of perception, we see a distribution with a slight negative asymmetry and without the presence of floor or ceiling effect. The performances for the perception and synchronization tasks are moderately correlated, suggesting that a good perception of the pulse is usually accompanied by a good ability to synchronize with it. Also, case deficits in one and/or the other of these skills are reported, indicating the presence of dissociations between perception and synchronization with the musical beat.