Ce travail concerne l’étude expérimentale de la sensibilité de l’écoulement du moteur et de ses variations cycle à cycle (VCC) à trois variations des conditions aux limitesliée à l’optimisation du remplissage moteur. Dans la configuration standard, l’écoulement tridimensionnel de rouleau (« tumble ») est décrit pendant les phases d’admission et de compression.Un phasage plus précoce de la loi de levée d’admission augmente le débit de masse aux soupapes et amplifie les fluctuations dès le début de l’admission. L’intensité du rouleau est beaucoup plus faible à phase mi-compression. L’énergie fluctuante au point mort haut est plus faible. Une course rallongée du moteur conduit, en fin de compression, à un basculement de l’écoulement moyen et à une évolution très différente des vitesses fluctuantes,due au confinement différent vue par l’aérodynamique du moteur. Enfin, la modification des conduits d’admission entraîne une variation de l’intensité et une structuration fondamentalement différente de l’écoulement. En outre, pour décrire le transfert vers la turbulence,deux méthodologies de classification des structures de l’écoulement en groupe par corrélation spatiale, puis par « clustering » sont adaptées. L’analyse statistique du contenu des différents groupes et des transitions entre groupes permet de montrer que les VCC sont associées à différentes trajectoires dans l’espace des groupes. Des statistiques conditionnelles sont calculées pour analyser les données de chaque groupe et permettent de définir une décomposition triple. Ces caractérisations plus précises des VCC sont très générales et applicables à des grandes bases de données expérimentales ou numériques. / This experimental work concerns a sensitivity study of the in-cylinder flow in aspark-ignition engine and of the cycle to cycle variations (CCV) by comparing three variationsof boundary conditions related to the optimisation of air filling conditions. In the reference case, the three dimensional tumble flow is characterized during the intake and compression phases. A earlier intake cam phase increases the mass flow rate at inlet valves and amplifiesthe fluctuations immediately after the start of intake phase. The tumble ratio is much lowerat mid-compression phase. The fluctuating energy at top dead center is reduced. A longerengine stroke leads, at the end of compression phase, to a shift of mean flow and to a verydistinct evolution of the fluctuating velocity, due to the different confinement from the pointof view of the engine internal flow. Finally, the modification of intake duct design changes theflow intensity and reorganizes in depth the flow structure. Moreover, to describe the transfer into turbulence, two methodologies of classification in groups of flow structures, by spatial correlation then by clustering, are proposed. A phase-averaged analysis of the statistics of group content and inter-group transitions shows that CCV can be associated with different sets of trajectories during the second half of the compression phase. The conditional statistics are computed to analyse the data in each group, which leads to a triple decomposition. It is important to point out that this more accurate evaluation of CCV is applicable to very large sets of experimental or numerical data.

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Cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks and strokes, are leading causes of mortality worldwide. A significant contributor to these conditions is the formation of blood clots obstructing blood flow to critical organs. This study looks specifically at the blood flow in the left ventricle (LV) using simulations with Finite Element Method (FEM). Computational simulations of blood flow offer valuable insights into potential risks, aiding in pre-surgical assessments. However, interpreting simulation results, often presented as ambiguous velocity fields, can be difficult. This study examines two different post-processing measurements, triple decomposition of the velocity gradient tensor and E-wave propagation index (EPI), that can turn these complexities into simpler scalar fields and values. This study confirms that both measurements are computable and most likely useful given a velocity vector field. Further studies, particularly by medical professionals, need to be done to analyse the effects of the measurements and verify its usefulness by comparison to the same measurements in real, not simulated, patients. Some specific studies are proposed to address this. With the triple decomposition implemented some basic analysis was done. High levels of shear were observed in certain areas, particularly around the papillary muscles, where strain was also present.