Master of Science / Department of Civil Engineering / Hayder A. Rasheed / Throughout history natural fiber was used as one of the main building materials all over the world. Because the use of such materials has decreased in the last century, not much research has been conducted to investigate their performance as a reinforcing material in cement and concrete. In order to investigate one of the most common natural fibers, wheat fibers, as a reinforcing material, 156 mortar specimens and 99 concrete specimens were tested. The specimens were tested in either uniaxial compression or flexure. The uniaxial compression test included 2 in (50.8 mm) mortar cubes and 4x8 in (101.6 x 203.2 mm) concrete cylinders. As for the flexure test, they were either 40x40x160 mm cementitious matrix prisms or 6x6x21 in (152.4x152.4x533.4 mm) concrete prisms. Several wheat fibers percentages were studied and compared with polypropylene fiber as a benchmarking alternative. The average increase in the uniaxial compression strength for cementitious matrix cubes reinforced with 0.5% long wheat fiber exceeded that of their counterparts reinforced with polypropylene fiber by 15%. Whereas for concrete cylinders reinforced with 0.75% long wheat fiber, their strength exceeded that of their counterparts reinforced with polypropylene fiber by 5% and that of the control by 7%. The flexural strength of cementitious matrix prisms reinforced with 0.75% long wheat fiber exceeded that of their counterparts reinforced with polypropylene fiber by 27%. Meanwhile, concrete prisms reinforced with both long wheat fiber and polypropylene fiber showed deterioration in strength of up to 17%. Finally, ABAQUS models were developed for concrete cylinders and prisms to simulate the effect of inclusion of the wheat fibers.

En struktur analys på Ericssons MINILINK-6352 har utförts för att undersöka spänningar och deformationer på enheten, främst med fokus på de termiska gränskiktsmaterialen och buktningar av kretskortet. Dessa är viktiga aspekter när man överväger om enheten är termiska lämpad ur en mekanisk synvinkel, där god ytkontakt mellan de olika kropparna är avgörande för ordentlig kylning genom värmeledning. Analysen kräver tillräcklig materialdata till gränskiktsmaterialen och kretskortet för att kunna skapa lämpliga matematiska modeller. Enaxliga kompressionstester har genomförts för att karakterisera de hyperelastiska och viskoelastiska lagar för fyllda silikongummimaterial som används som termiska gränskiktsmaterial, som ibland kallas för gappad. Böjning av ett kretskort simulerades och jämfördes med ett tre--punkts böjtest för att verifiera om befintlig materialdata i beräkningsprogrammen var tillräcklig, jämförelsen visade god överensstämmelse. Kretskortet med dess komponenter, som modellerades som styva block, med gappads ovanpå som komprimeras av en platta simulerades och ett svagt område hittades. Detta område var sedan tidigare känt och har i ett senare skede eliminerats genom att tillsätta ytterligare en stödpelare. Därav visar denna studie en metod för att hitta intressanta regioner tidigt i konstruktionsfasen som lätt kan ändras för att uppfylla nödvändiga krav och undvika brister i konstruktionen. Arbetet har visat sig användbart genom att hitta detta svaga område i exempel produkten, arbetet ger även tillräckligt med information och exempeldata för att ytterligare utreda liknande produkter. Kombinationen av erfarenhet och simulering möjliggör smartare designval. / A structural analysis on Ericssons MINILINK-6352 has been performed in order to investigate stresses and deformations of the unit, mainly focusing on the thermal interface materials and warpage of the printed circuit boards. These are important aspects when considering if the unit is thermally adequate from a mechanical point of view, where good surface contact between various bodies are critical for proper cooling through heat conductivity. The analysis requires sufficient materal data for the interface material and the circuit board in order to create suitable mathematical models. Uniaxial compression tests have been conducted to characterise the hyperelastic and viscoelastic constitutive laws of a filled silicone rubber material used as a thermal interface material, commonly referred to as a thermal pad. Bending of a printed circuit board was simulated and compared to a three-point bend test on the circuit board in order to verify material data already available in the computational software, which showed good agreement. The entire radio unit was mechanically analysed during its sealing process. The circuit board with attached components modelled as stiff blocks with thermal pads on top compressed by plates was simulated and a weak area was found. This area in question was already known and has in a later stage been eliminated by adding an additional supporting pillar. Hence this study shows a methodology to find regions of interest at an early design phase which can easily be altered to fulfil necessary requirements and eliminate design flaws. This work has proven useful in finding weak regions in the example product, it also provides enough information and example data to further investigate similar products. The combination of experience and simulation allows for smarter design choices.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-12T14:46:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juliano Rodrigo Lamb.pdf: 4074636 bytes, checksum: e152dd65f2e1908fcbcc8453bea47e89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-13 / The soil compaction is a harmful phenomenon to the agricultural sector, intensified with the current model of culture adoption though the use of machines weighed in the culture systems, where these can exert superior pressures to the soil load support capacity. With the soil compaction and compression there is a reduction of the void ratios face to the air and water expulsion, that composes the system, harming the water absorption and minerals for the plants roots, as well as increasing the resistance of the ground to the penetration. By the way, it is formed becomes important the accomplishment of trials of compression for determination of the compaction levels, either in field through assays in situ or laboratory trials. The difficulty presented in trials of this nature, this related with the analysis of the gotten data and with the determination of the compression curves and stress point. Face this conjuncture one utilized the systems of information with the development of application of data base for the adjustment of the data of tension-deformation in trials in situ and laboratory. The system was developed using the environment of development Borland© Delphi© with data base Firebird and methodologies Oriented Objects and to 3Tier. With data proceeding from carried through trials, the software have demonstrated to efficiency in the reading and filtering of in situ trials data, security in the storage of all the referring data to the trials, as well as agility and precision in the determination of the curves of compression of the ground and in the esteem of the stress point. The results still allow concluding that, the traffic of machines in the activities in field intensify the phenomenon of the compaction, and that sinkage plate and oedometer are important in the accomplishment of trials of soil compression. / A compactação do solo é um fenômeno danoso ao setor agrícola, intensificado com a adoção do modelo de produção atual que utiliza nos sistemas de cultivo. máquinas pesadas que podem exercer pressões superiores à capacidade de suporte do solo. Com a compactação e compressão do solo ocorre uma redução do índice de vazios, face à expulsão do ar e da água que compõem o sistema, prejudicando a absorção de água e minerais pelas raízes das plantas e aumentando a resistência do solo à penetração. Dessa forma, torna-se importante a realização de ensaios de compressão para determinação dos índices de compactação, seja em campo por meio de ensaios in situ ou em ensaios laboratoriais. A dificuldade apresentada em ensaios desta natureza, está relacionada à análise dos dados obtidos e com a determinação das curvas de compressão e índice de pré-consolidação. Face a essa conjuntura procurou-se a utilização de sistemas de informação com o desenvolvimento de um aplicativo de banco de dados para o ajuste dos dados de tensão-deformação em ensaios in situ e em laboratório. O sistema foi desenvolvido usando o ambiente de desenvolvimento Borland© Delphi© com banco de dados Firebird e metodologias Orientada a Objetos e 3Tier. Alimentado com dados provenientes de ensaios realizados, o software demonstrou eficiência na leitura e filtragem dos dados de ensaios in situ, segurança no armazenamento de todos os dados referentes aos ensaios, bem como agilidade e precisão na determinação das curvas de compressão do solo e na estimação do ponto de pré-consolidação. Os resultados ainda permitem concluir que o tráfego de máquinas, nas atividades em campo, intensifica o fenômeno da compactação e que o penetrômetro e o oedômetro são importantes na realização de ensaios de compressão do solo.

Space structures are inevitable while covering large spans. Space structures are skeletal structures, which are lighter for the same stiffness when compared with RCC roofs. Till now, space structures, like any other metal structures have been designed assuming the joints as rigid, although there have been several publications about semi rigid joints. Of course, the publications mostly deal with 2D structures and there are very few reports on 3D structures. Space structures, by their nature fall into the latter category. The joints in a space structure are popularly called as "nodes". Generally, nodes, which ensure concentricity of member axes, are either solid or hollow. These are either cast or forged. There are other proprietary types, which do not come under the above classification, and have not been considered in this thesis. Hollow nodes are obviously more economical than solid nodes, but also more flexible. While it is prudent to prefer hollow nodes, it is equally necessary to assess their flexibility, because of its influence on the behaviour of the structure. The hollow spherical node is very popular because of its simplicity and adaptability to various forms of space frames. Double layer grids, which are the most popular forms for roofing applications, are being increasingly implemented. While the hollow spherical node is well suited for double layer grids, an evolutionary development has been what is called as the hollow octahedral node (this node is simply referred to as the 'Octa ' node in this thesis). Chapter 1 introduces space frames and double layer grids in particular, with the advantages of using double-layer grids. Jointing systems available around the world are briefed and the node connector used in the present study is introduced with a brief write-up on its advantages and disadvantages. This chapter also explores the available literature and, the scope and objectives of the thesis are mentioned. Chapter 2 introduces 3D finite element models of the hollow spherical and octahedral nodes. The stiffness matrixes of these nodes have been derived by conducting analyses on the computer for six sizes each of the Octa and spherical nodes. Using the stiffness matrix of the node, a new method of incorporating this into the regular analysis of a space truss has been developed. The new method proposed yields realistic values for the forces in the members and takes into account the elastic deflections in the node under the action of member forces. Implementation of the proposed method has been carried out by writing a custom program using state-of-the-art object oriented programming techniques. A sample problem has been analyzed using this program to demonstrate the effect of including joint flexibility. The effect of flexibility of nodes on the effective length of compression members in double-layer grids has been evaluated. The effect of compliance on the dynamic characteristics of a space frame has also been evaluated for the sample space frame with flexible joints. The analysis program has been modified to evaluate the natural frequencies of the system using rigid or flexible nodes. The study of the Octanode and spherical node under the action of uniaxial compression and tension dominates the contents of Chapter 3. The two types of nodes have been analyzed using commercially available finite element software considering material nonlinearity. The stress patterns from the analyses have been examined thoroughly. Two consistent methods for fixing the load at yield in both uniaxial compression and tension have been proposed using the load-displacement curve. Yield loads for all the nodes have been evaluated using both the methods and the results agree well between the two methods. Three material yield values have been selected for each of the node size for evaluating the yield values viz. 240,320 and 415 MPa. The members of a double layer grid are connected to the nodes by bolts and holes are drilled in the nodes for this purpose. The bolthole patterns differ between two popular types of double-layer grids. Both these bolthole patterns have been modeled separately in the above exercise and the results for these two have been shown to be approximately the same. The effect of varying diameters of the boltholes on the response of the nodes has been examined. Relationships between the yield load, diameter, thickness and material yield have been developed using the method of least squares. The differences in the behaviour of the nodes under uniaxial compression and tension have been discussed. Ramberg Osgood type of relationships have been worked out for all the load-displacement curves obtained from the analyses. The simulation of non-linear behaviour of nodes with cracks with plastic crack closing forces have been carried out with useful insights into the behaviour of the two types of nodes in uniaxial compression and tension. Chapter 4 is devoted largely for studying the two types of nodes under the influence of biaxial load combinations. The combinations studied are dual compression, dual tension and compression-tension. In all cases equal loads are applied along two orthogonal; directions in the horizontal plane. Stress patterns have been examined for each type of load combination and yield values for each case have been obtained using one of the methods proposed in chapter 3. These have been compared with the corresponding uniaxial values in both compression and tension. Some useful inferences have been possible by studying the behaviour of the nodes under the various biaxial load combinations. In each case, relationships between the biaxial yield load, uniaxial yield load, diameter of node, thickness of node and material yield of node have been obtained using the method of least squares. The nodes have been analyzed under some selected Multi-axial loading and combinations of load which cause yield based on the second method proposed in Chapter 3 have been obtained and tabulated. However, a proper and thorough study of the nodes under multi-axial loading proved to be beyond the scope of this thesis. Chapter 5 contains the contributions made towards developing new methods and algorithms for obtaining the several results of chapters 2, 3 and 4, using object oriented programming (OOP) techniques. The contributions have been in Object Pascal, the underlying language of Delphi, a popular RAD tool developed by Borland/Inprise of USA. Several new modules have been developed to reliably handle the large amounts of data generated by the hundreds of analyses detailed in chapters 2,3 and 4. The ease with which new methods were possible to be incorporated into existing software using OOP has been demonstrated, with source code examples. Comparisons with other types of tools available and die advantages of using OOP have also been demonstrated using the experience during the preparation of this thesis. A strong case for OOP as an indispensable tool for the researcher has been made. Chapter 6: Several important conclusions and suggestions for future work have been made. Appendix 1 contains a brief note on the Method of Least Squares. Appendix 2 contains a small write-up on Delphi and OOP. Concepts of OOP have been briefly described and comparisons between three popular OOP languages have been attempted. A brief description of the features in Delphi's Object Pascal has also been provided. Appendix 3 contains the listing of Unit Arrays, which is a general purpose unit developed to make handling of large arrays easy. Several matrix calculations have been implemented which make the unit extremely useful for programmers. Appendix 4 contains the full listing of program FormK, which has been developed for chapter 2 to derive the fall stiffness matrix of a space frame node. The program picks up results from several analyses, forms a few columns of the stiffness matrix and then fills up the rest using the cyclic symmetry present in the space frame node. This program is given in full, with the intention that other researchers may find it useful to use it as-is or use after making small alterations to suit their circumstances. OOP is known for fast, reliable and easy ways of implementing modifications to existing code. Appendix 5 provides the full listing of the Object Pascal program for extracting Eigenvalues of a space truss with rigid joints or flexible joints. The incorporation of flexibility of the joints proposed in chapter 2 has been implemented. Descriptions of the program's implementations have been provided in chapter 5. Bibliography contains the alphabetical list of references.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T19:23:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juliano Rodrigo Lamb.pdf: 4074636 bytes, checksum: e152dd65f2e1908fcbcc8453bea47e89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-13 / The soil compaction is a harmful phenomenon to the agricultural sector, intensified with the current model of culture adoption though the use of machines weighed in the culture systems, where these can exert superior pressures to the soil load support capacity. With the soil compaction and compression there is a reduction of the void ratios face to the air and water expulsion, that composes the system, harming the water absorption and minerals for the plants roots, as well as increasing the resistance of the ground to the penetration. By the way, it is formed becomes important the accomplishment of trials of compression for determination of the compaction levels, either in field through assays in situ or laboratory trials. The difficulty presented in trials of this nature, this related with the analysis of the gotten data and with the determination of the compression curves and stress point. Face this conjuncture one utilized the systems of information with the development of application of data base for the adjustment of the data of tension-deformation in trials in situ and laboratory. The system was developed using the environment of development Borland© Delphi© with data base Firebird and methodologies Oriented Objects and to 3Tier. With data proceeding from carried through trials, the software have demonstrated to efficiency in the reading and filtering of in situ trials data, security in the storage of all the referring data to the trials, as well as agility and precision in the determination of the curves of compression of the ground and in the esteem of the stress point. The results still allow concluding that, the traffic of machines in the activities in field intensify the phenomenon of the compaction, and that sinkage plate and oedometer are important in the accomplishment of trials of soil compression. / A compactação do solo é um fenômeno danoso ao setor agrícola, intensificado com a adoção do modelo de produção atual que utiliza nos sistemas de cultivo. máquinas pesadas que podem exercer pressões superiores à capacidade de suporte do solo. Com a compactação e compressão do solo ocorre uma redução do índice de vazios, face à expulsão do ar e da água que compõem o sistema, prejudicando a absorção de água e minerais pelas raízes das plantas e aumentando a resistência do solo à penetração. Dessa forma, torna-se importante a realização de ensaios de compressão para determinação dos índices de compactação, seja em campo por meio de ensaios in situ ou em ensaios laboratoriais. A dificuldade apresentada em ensaios desta natureza, está relacionada à análise dos dados obtidos e com a determinação das curvas de compressão e índice de pré-consolidação. Face a essa conjuntura procurou-se a utilização de sistemas de informação com o desenvolvimento de um aplicativo de banco de dados para o ajuste dos dados de tensão-deformação em ensaios in situ e em laboratório. O sistema foi desenvolvido usando o ambiente de desenvolvimento Borland© Delphi© com banco de dados Firebird e metodologias Orientada a Objetos e 3Tier. Alimentado com dados provenientes de ensaios realizados, o software demonstrou eficiência na leitura e filtragem dos dados de ensaios in situ, segurança no armazenamento de todos os dados referentes aos ensaios, bem como agilidade e precisão na determinação das curvas de compressão do solo e na estimação do ponto de pré-consolidação. Os resultados ainda permitem concluir que o tráfego de máquinas, nas atividades em campo, intensifica o fenômeno da compactação e que o penetrômetro e o oedômetro são importantes na realização de ensaios de compressão do solo.

Disertační práce se zabývá studiem strukturních a mechanických vlastností anorganických materiálů. Cílem je nalezení jednotlivých fází ve zkoumaném materiálu a hlavně lokalizace (mechanicky) nejslabšího místa, jeho ovlivnění a následně výroba materiálu o lepších mechanických vlastnostech. Z důvodu velkého množství použitých metod je základní teorie vložena vždy na začátku příslušné kapitoly. Taktéž z důvodu značného množství výsledků jsou na konci kapitol uvedeny dílčí závěry. Práce je rozdělena na tři části, kdy první se zabývá seznámením s možnostmi modelování mikro-mechanických vlastností a provedením experimentů umožňujících posouzení rozsahu platnosti některého modelu. V druhé části je provedeno shrnutí současných možností indentačních zkoušek pro měření mechanických vlastností strukturních složek betonu a praktické zvládnutí metodiky vhodné k užití pro výzkum materiálů zkoumaných domovským pracovištěm. V třetí části je navržena metoda identifikace nejslabších článků struktury anorganických pojiv a její ověření na konkrétním materiálu zkoumaném na domovském pracovišti. V této dizertační práci jsou použity tyto metody: kalorimetrie, ultrazvukové testování, jednoosá pevnost v tlaku, nanoindentace, korelativní mikroskopie a rastrovací elektronová mikroskopie s energiově disperzním spektrometrem. Dílčími výsledky jsou kompletní charakterizace cementových materiálů, upřesnění stávajících poznatků a nalezení optimálního postupu pro charakterizaci. Hlavním výsledkem je inovativní přístup vedoucí k pozitivnímu ovlivnění materiálu.

Die Forschung an Carbonbeton konzentrierte sich bisher überwiegend auf die Untersuchung des Tragverhaltens unter Zugbeanspruchung und die Entwicklung entsprechender Bemessungsmodelle für grundlegende Belastungsarten. Zur vollständigen und detaillierten Klärung des Tragverhaltens von Carbonbetonkonstruktionen ist es jedoch notwendig, das Verhalten unter Druckbeanspruchung zu kennen, da erste Erkenntnisse reduzierte Druckfestigkeiten vermuten lassen. In der Dissertation werden erste systematische Untersuchungen zum Tragverhalten von Carbonbeton unter einaxialer Druckbeanspruchung durchgeführt. Ein optimierter Versuchsaufbau erlaubte es, eine Vielzahl von Einflussparametern, wie z. B. die Textilgeometrie, Garnstärke, Tränkung oder die Ausrichtung der Gelege, zu untersuchen. Die Auswertung des umfangreichen Versuchsprogrammes erfolgte hauptsächlich an Hand der aufgenommenen Spannungs-Dehnungs-Beziehungen in Längs- und Querrichtung und den Bruchbildern. Ergänzend zu den Versuchen wurden nummerische Untersuchungen hinsichtlich der Spannungsverteilungen im Probekörper durchgeführt. Als Ergebnis der Arbeit konnte das Tragverhalten von Carbonbeton unter einaxialer Druckbeanspruchung ergründet werden. Grundlegend wurde ein anisotropes Verhalten von Carbonbeton unter Druck festgestellt. Die beobachteten Druckfestigkeiten waren dabei stark von der Ausrichtung der Gelege zur Druckbeanspruchung und vom vorhandenen Bewehrungsgrad abhängig. Basierend auf diesen Feststellungen werden zwei verschiedene Bemessungsmodelle zur Beschreibung der Druckfestigkeitsreduktion vorgeschlagen.:1 Einleitung 1.1 Problemstellung 1.2 Zielstellung 1.3 Aufbau 2 Stand des Wissens 2.1 Durchführung einaxialer Druckversuche 2.1.1 Allgemein 2.1.2 Probekörpergröße 2.1.3 Probekörperform 2.1.4 Toleranzen bei Druckversuchen 2.1.5 Lasteinleitung 2.2 Textilbeton 2.2.1 Allgemein 2.2.2 Betonmatrix 2.2.3 Textile Bewehrung 2.2.4 Herstellung 2.2.5 Tragverhalten von Textilbeton unter Zugbeanspruchung 2.2.6 Tragverhalten unter Querzugbeanspruchung 2.2.7 Tragverhalten von Textilbeton unter Druckbeanspruchung 2.2.8 Verbundverhalten von Textilbeton 2.3 Tragverhalten von Beton unter Druck - Heterogenität 2.3.1 Allgemein 2.3.2 Normalbeton 2.3.3 Leichtbeton 2.3.4 Faserbeton 2.3.5 Beton mit Einlagen 2.3.6 Gerissener Stahlbeton - zweiaxiale Belastung 2.4 Vergleichsmodell - Anisotropes Gestein unter Druckbeanspruchung 2.4.1 Schulter-Typ Gesteinsmodelle 2.4.2 U-Typ Gesteinsmodelle 2.5 Zusammenfassung 3 Experimentelle Methodik 3.1 Materialien 3.1.1 Betone 3.1.2 Textilien 3.2 Probekörper 3.2.1 Probekörpergeometrie 3.2.2 Herstellung 3.2.3 Qualitätskontrolle 3.3 Versuchsstand 3.3.1 Vorbetrachtungen 3.3.2 Prüfapparatur 3.3.3 Messtechnik 3.3.4 Versuchsdurchführung 3.4 Versuchsprogramm 3.5 Auswertung 4 Versuchsergebnisse und Tragverhalten unter einaxialer Druckbelastung 4.1 Referenzserie 4.2 Unbewehrte laminierte Versuche 4.2.1 Tragverhalten in Längsrichtung 4.2.2 Tragverhalten in Querrichtung 4.2.3 Bruchbilder 4.2.4 Charakteristische Punkte 4.2.5 Elastizitätsmodul 4.3 Bewehrte laminierte Versuche 4.3.1 Tragverhalten in Längsrichtung 4.3.2 Tragverhalten in Querrichtung 4.3.3 Versagenstypen 4.3.4 Charakteristische Punkte 4.3.5 Elastizitätsmodul 4.4 Bewehrte gegossene Versuche 4.4.1 Tragverhalten in Längsrichtung 4.4.2 Tragverhalten in Querrichtung 4.4.3 Versagenstypen 4.4.4 Charakteristische Punkte 4.4.5 Elastizitätsmodul 4.5 Zusammenfassung zum Tragverhalten 5 Numerische Untersuchungen 5.1 Modell 5.1.1 Materialmodell - Beton 5.1.2 Materialmodell - EP 5.1.3 Modellbildung 5.2 Untersuchungsergebnisse 5.2.1 Referenzserie 5.2.2 Bewehrte Serien - Öffnungen 5.2.3 Bewehrte Serien - gefüllte Öffnungen 5.3 Erkenntnisse zum Tragverhalten 6 Einflussparameter auf die Druckfestigkeit von Carbonbeton 6.1 Bezugssystem der Auswertung 6.2 Herstellung 6.2.1 Ein2uss des Handlaminierverfahrens 6.2.2 Ein2uss des Gießverfahrens 6.3 Lagenabstand 6.3.1 Bewehrte laminierte Serien 6.3.2 Bewehrte gegossene Serien 6.4 Maschenweite 6.4.1 Bewehrte laminierte Serien 6.4.2 Bewehrte gegossene Serien 6.5 Garnstärke 6.6 Effektiver Flächenanteil kA,eff 6.7 Anordnung 6.7.1 Versetzte Anordnung der Textilebenen 6.7.2 Verdrehte Anordnung in der Textilebene 6.8 Tränkung 6.9 Festigkeit 6.10 Zusammenfassung der Hauptein2ussparameter 7 Berechnungsmodell und Bemessungsvorschlag 7.1 Allgemein 7.2 Berechnungsmodell für Festigkeiten 7.2.1 Allgemein 7.2.2 Herleitung 7.2.3 Kritik 7.3 Vorschlag für Bemessungsmodell 7.3.1 Allgemein 7.3.2 Herleitung 7.3.3 Kritik 8 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 8.1 Zusammenfassung 8.2 Ausblick Literaturverzeichnis A1 Verwendete Textilien A2 Erläuterung zur Auswertung der Einzelversuche A3 Zusammenstellung der untersuchten Serien A4 Ergebnisse der numerischen Berechnungen A5 Untersuchte Gesteinsmodellen

Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system.

Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system.

La présente étude porte sur le comportement mécanique de deux types de supports de catalyseurs utilisés industriellement en hydrotraitement des résidus. Ces supports extrudés, fabriqués par IFPEN, sont constitués d’alumine de transition γ avec un taux de porosité proche de 70%. La porosité du premier matériau est uniquement constituée de mésopores (< 50 nm). La porosité du second matériau est constituée de mésopores et de macropores (jusqu’à 20 µm). Les niveaux de sollicitation en service étant très peu connus, cette étude s’attache à décrire de manière précise et exhaustive le comportement mécanique de ces supports sous une large gamme de sollicitations, et à identifier les différents mécanismes de ruine possibles. L’objectif final est de mieux comprendre les relations entre les paramètres microstructuraux et les propriétés mécaniques afin d’identifier des leviers d’amélioration de la tenue mécanique des supports. Dans un premier temps, une méthodologie adaptée de caractérisation mécanique est établie. Le comportement des supports est étudié d’une part en traction, à l’aide d’essais de flexion trois points et d’écrasement diamétral, et d’autre part, en compression sous différents taux de triaxialité, à l’aide d’essais de compression uniaxiale et hydrostatique et d’essais de micro-indentation sphérique. Les différents mécanismes responsables de la ruine des supports sont identifiés au moyen de techniques d’imagerie telles que la microscopie électronique à balayage et la micro-tomographie à rayons X. En traction, le comportement est fragile avec l’amorçage de la rupture sur un défaut critique. En compression, une transition fragile / quasi-plastique du comportement est observée avec l’augmentation du taux de confinement. Cette quasi-plasticité s’exprime en particulier à travers un phénomène de densification de la macroporosité. Dans un deuxième temps, un critère de rupture est identifié pour chaque type de matériau en vue de représenter sur une même surface de charge les différents types de comportement et phénomènes physiques observés. Cette identification est réalisée en couplant les essais d’indentation sphérique à une analyse numérique. Des critères faisant intervenir la pression hydrostatique permettent de rendre compte de la forte dissymétrie du comportement des matériaux en traction et en compression. Enfin, dans un souci de se rapprocher des sollicitations subies par les supports de catalyseurs dans un réacteur en service, le comportement d’un empilement de supports est étudié en compression œdométrique. L’analyse de cet essai par tomographie à rayons X permet de déterminer les différents mécanismes de ruine intervenant au sein d’un empilement, en particulier ceux responsables de la génération de fines. Les résultats illustrent la pertinence de la caractérisation en flexion et en indentation des supports de catalyseurs seuls pour prévoir leur comportement au sein d’un empilement en compression. / In this work, we study the mechanical behaviour of two types of catalysts supports produced by IFPEN and industrially used in residues hydrotreating. Those extruded supports are made of transition γ-alumina with about 70% of porous volume. The first material’s porosity is exclusively composed of mesopores (< 50 nm). The porosity of the second material is composed of both mesopores and macropores (up to 20 µm). Because of the limited knowledge of the stress fields in embedded catalysts supports in use in a reactor, this study aims at precisely and exhaustively describing the mechanical behaviour of those supports under a wide range of stresses, and identifying the possible damage mechanisms. The final objective is to better understand the influence of microstructural parameters on the mechanical properties of the supports in order to propose some leads about how to improve their mechanical strength. First, an adequate mechanical characterization methodology is set. On one hand, the tensile mechanical behaviour of the supports is studied with three-point bending and diametrical crushing tests. On the other hand, their compressive behaviour under various triaxiality rates is characterized in uniaxial and hydrostatic compression, and by spherical micro-indentation. The different damaging mechanisms are identified by imaging techniques such as scanning electronic microscopy and X-ray micro-tomography. Under tensile stresses, the supports exhibit a brittle behaviour and fracture initiates at a critical flaw. Under compressive stresses, a brittle/quasi-plastic transition is observed with increasing the triaxiality rate. The quasi-plasticity is mainly due to the densification of the macroporosity. The second part of the study consists in identifying, for each material, a fracture criterion able to represent every types of behaviour and physical phenomena observed on the same yield surface. This identification is achieved by coupling the spherical indentation tests to a numerical analysis. Fracture criteria involving hydrostatic pressure are well suited to describe the highly dissymmetric mechanical behaviour of the materials in tension and in compression. The last part of this work aims at studying the mechanical behaviour of a stack of supports under œdometric compression in order to produce stress fields more representative of those existing within the supports stacked in a reactor. This test is analysed by X-ray tomography, which allows us to determine/acknowledge the different damaging mechanisms involved in fragments and fines generation. The results illustrate the suitability of the bending and indentation tests to characterize the mechanical properties of a single support and relate them to its mechanical behaviour in a stack of supports under compression.