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Backhouse, Allan R. "Nonlinear optimisation on multicommodity networks." Thesis, Backhouse, Allan R. (1996) Nonlinear optimisation on multicommodity networks. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1996. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51547/.
Full textNjabeleke, Ignatius Andem. "Mathematical modelling of nonlinear dynamic systems." Thesis, University of Westminster, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319624.
Full textChenery, Samara Davide. "Process controllability analysis using linear and nonlinear optimisation." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286291.
Full textLiao, Weiheng. "Constraints and optimisation in linear and nonlinear control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442601.
Full textJohnson, Holly. "Nonlinear dynamics of wake vortices." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLX101/document.
Full textAircraft wakes have been the subject of extensive research for several decades as it poses economic, safety and environmental issues. The wake is composed of powerful counter-rotating vortices that persist long after the aircraft has passed. In this thesis, the nonlinear dynamics of aircraft wake vortices is investigated through Direct Numerical Simulation. The aim is to explore the nonlinear effects on wake vortex behaviour and evaluate the potential for the anticipated destruction of the vortices through optimal perturbation. First the disruptive potential of the linear optimal perturbation of the flow is evaluated by applying it with increasing initial amplitude and observing the nonlinear response of the flow. With sufficient yet reasonable initial amplitude the linear optimal perturbation halves the life-span of the vortex pair by accelerating the loss of coherence of the vortices after the linking phase. Next the nonlinear gradient-based optimisation tool that was developed during the thesis is validated by reproducing existing results concerning a simple vortical flow: an isolated two-dimensional vortex. In doing so new nonlinear optimisation results are obtained and analysed. In particular it is shown that the 2D nonlinear optimal perturbation of an isolated vortex can induce considerably greater transient growth than the linear optimal. In some cases the nonlinear optimal causes a transition to a quasisteady asymmetric state, bypassing the natural axisymmetrisation process. The effect of the vortex vorticity profile on the optimal perturbations is also studied. Vortices with sharper profiles experiencefar greater linear perturbation growth, however the nonlinear growth is significantly inferior. Finally the nonlinear optimal perturbation analysis of the isolated vortex is extended to three dimensions. Although the 3D nonlinear optimals produce less growth than their linear counterparts, they can lead to quasi-permanent high energy states
Naegele, Philipp Alexander. "An infeasible-path-following algorithm for nonlinear multiobjective optimisation problems." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/813/.
Full textKarakuzu, Huseyin. "Design and optimisation of micro-structured waveguides in nonlinear crystals." Thesis, Aston University, 2017. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/33631/.
Full textLynch, Paul Kieran. "The generation of knowledge based systems for interactive nonlinear constrained optimisation." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388221.
Full textNasieva, Irina O. "Analysis and optimisation of the performance of nonlinear optical communication systems." Thesis, Aston University, 2006. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/8242/.
Full textBoulmier, Simon. "Optimisation globale avec LocalSolver." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020GRALM037.
Full textLocalSolver is a mathematical programming solver.Originally designed to solve large scale combinatorial optimization problems such as those found in the industry, it mainly relies on local search heuristics.This pragmatic solution approach, coupled with expressive nonlinear and set-based modeling techniques, has allowed LocalSolver to establish itself as a successful commercial solver.The purpose of this thesis is to implement a complementary dual approach for the computation of lower bounds within LocalSolver.The main stake is to qualify the solutions found by the solver and to potentially prove their optimality, thus allowing an early stop of the search.Furthermore, lower bounds have many other applications, such as the detection of inconsistent problems.This is useful in the development phase where modeling errors are frequent.We face three major challenges.First, the problems we address are generic and can be combinatorial, nonlinear or even nonsmooth.Then, the integration to an industrial software requires to produce reliable and high-quality code that can scale in time and memory.Finally, any reformulation need must be managed in-house, to allow LocalSolver's users to model their problems in the easiest way possible.The dual module provided to LocalSolver starts by reformulating the given optimization problem into a mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP).This program is stored under a standard form that facilitates the implementation of various techniques aiming at computing lower bounds.Examples of such techniques are the generation of convex relaxations, bound tightening techniques and presolve actions.These building blocks are then integrated into a partitioning scheme called the branch-and-reduce algorithm, and interact with the primal modules thanks to concurrent computing techniques.While this approach remains traditional, several choices and implementation features vary from the state of the art.The operators we support and the reformulation technique we use allow us to compute lower bounds on more problems than most global optimization solvers.These solvers also mainly use linear relaxations, whereas our goal is to show that nonlinear relaxations can be competitive.For this purpose, we implement a nonlinear solver dedicated to the computation of lower bounds to our convex relaxations.At last, we establish a duality result under bound constraints that allow us to improve the performance of our custom nonlinear solver.It is also exploited to certify the validity of the lower bounds computed by LocalSolver and to obtain robust inconsistency certificates
Djemal, Fathi. "Analyse et optimisation des batteurs dynamiques non linéaires." Thesis, Châtenay-Malabry, Ecole centrale de Paris, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ECAP0007/document.
Full textVibrations are usually undesired phenomena as they may cause discomfort, disturbance, damage, and sometimes destruction of machines and structures. It must be reduced or controlled or eliminated. For this reason, the vibrations attenuation became a major issue for scientists and researchers in order to develop effective solutions for these problems. Many technologies have been developed. Among these technologies, the nonlinear vibration absorbers have significant performance in the vibration attenuation over a wide frequency band. In this context, this thesis focuses on the analysis and optimization of nonlinear vibration absorbers. The objective of the thesis is to analyze the nonlinear dynamic behavior of systems with nonlinear vibration absorbers. For this, a dynamic model of a two degrees of freedom system is developed. The Asymptotic Numerical Method (ANM) is used to solve the nonlinear equations of motion. The performance of this method is shown via a comparison with the Newton-Raphson method. The nonlinear modal analysis system with cubic nonlinearity is made by an explicit formulation of the nonlinear Frequency Response Functions (FRFs) and Nonlinear Normal Modes (MNNs). An experimental study is performed to validate the numerical results
Gugenheim, Dan. "Modélisation et optimisation d’un réseau de transport de gaz." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2011. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/11760/1/gugenheim.pdf.
Full textMilián, Enrique Carles. "Optimisation of nonlinear photonic devices: design of optical fibre spectra and plasmonic systems." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/14670.
Full textMilián Enrique, C. (2012). Optimisation of nonlinear photonic devices: design of optical fibre spectra and plasmonic systems [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/14670
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Paul, Jordi [Verfasser], Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Turek, and Christian [Gutachter] Meyer. "Nonlinear hyperelasticity-based mesh optimisation / Jordi Paul ; Gutachter: Christian Meyer ; Betreuer: Stefan Turek." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1129956695/34.
Full textNajafian, Hamidreza Amini. "Nonlinear optimisation of reinforcement design for reinforced concrete structures loaded in plane stress." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540679.
Full textMenon, Prathyush Purushothama. "Optimisation-based worst-case analysis and anti-windup synthesis for uncertain nonlinear systems." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30245.
Full textKasis, Andreas. "Distributed schemes for stability and optimality in power networks." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270819.
Full textClark, Andrew J. "Optimisation heuristics for cryptology." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15777/1/Andrew_Clark_Thesis.pdf.
Full textClark, Andrew J. "Optimisation Heuristics for Cryptology." Queensland University of Technology, 1998. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15777/.
Full textKučerová, Anna. "Identification of nonlinear mechanical model parameters based on softcomputing methods." Cachan, Ecole normale supérieure, 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00256025/fr/.
Full textThe problem of parameters identification occurs in many engineering tasks and, as such, attains several différent forms and can bc solved by many very distinct methods. An overview of two basic philosophies of thé identification is presented in this thesis with an emphasis put on thé area of sort computing methods. Practical aspects are shown on several identification tasks, where parameters of highly non linear mechanical models are to be determined
Eaves, Thomas Scott. "Generalised nonlinear stability of stratified shear flows : adjoint-based optimisation, Koopman modes, and reduced models." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2016. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/260824.
Full textAl, Ismaili Riham. "Optimisation of heat exchanger network maintenance scheduling problems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280281.
Full textAttal, Maher. "Lattice optimization and nonlinear beam dynamical studies on SESAME and SOLEIL storage rings." Paris 11, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA112095.
Full textSome aspects in designing a lattice for synchrotron light sources have been discussed and used to design the future lattice for SESAME storage ring. The adopted strategy for the linear and nonlinear optimization resulted in large dynamic apertures which guarantees good injection efficiency and beam lifetime. It has been shown that including the vacuum chamber in the dynamic aperture calculations was a necessary tool in the nonlinear optimization of SESAME lattice since it was possible to see inner destructive nonlinearities wich couldn’t be seen in case of absolute dynamic aperture calculations. This idea has been supported by the Frequency Map Analysis (FMA) method. A new method has been adopted to reduce the first order momentum compaction factor (α1) keeping a low emittance. This technique has been applied to SOLEIL machine to have extremely short bunches theoretically and experimentally. The Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) from the infrared beam line AILES could be observed in the Tera Hertz region. During one of these experiments three beams have been stored simultaneously in the storage ring. It is, to our knowledge, the first observation of such event. A trial to explain this event is done by deriving analytical formulas to evaluate α1, α2 and α3 experimentally. An experience is shown in rehabilitating the old BESSY I Microtron in order to be used as a pre-injector for SESALME machine
Fichera, Francesco. "Techniques Lyapunov pour une classe de systèmes hybrides et synthèses de contrôleurs à réinitialisation." Thesis, Toulouse, ISAE, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ESAE0029/document.
Full textThis dissertation presents some results on hybrid systems. Hybrid systems can be used to model complex physical and heterogeneous systems whose time evolution experiences discrete phenomena, such as commutations in electronic converters or impacts in mechanical systems. In the meantime the hybrid theory can be used to design hybrid controllers which exhibit better performance than the classical continuous-time controllers.In this context, the results in this dissertation can be divided en three parts. First, some stability results with respect to the Hinfinity performance index are presented for a wide class of hybrid controllers. Second, we introduce new hybrid controller architectures for continuous-time systems, where the state of the hybrid controller can be reinitialized depending on the trajectory of the system. Finally, we present a convex synthesis of a multiobjective hybrid controller. The comparisons with the classical results show the improvements that can be achieved with hybrid controllers, maintaining the property of robustness and simplicity of design.Although the hybrid theory is in full development, this work generalizes some existing results by improving the simplicity of their usage by means of semidefinite programming tools. Moreover some hybrid architectures are able to generalize some classic results regarding the optimal synthesis with respect to popular performance indexes
Xia, Liang. "Towards optimal design of multiscale nonlinear structures : reduced-order modeling approaches." Thesis, Compiègne, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015COMP2230/document.
Full textHigh-performance heterogeneous materials have been increasingly used nowadays for their advantageous overall characteristics resulting in superior structural mechanical performance. The pronounced heterogeneities of materials have significant impact on the structural behavior that one needs to account for both material microscopic heterogeneities and constituent behaviors to achieve reliable structural designs. Meanwhile, the fast progress of material science and the latest development of 3D printing techniques make it possible to generate more innovative, lightweight, and structurally efficient designs through controlling the composition and the microstructure of material at the microscopic scale. In this thesis, we have made first attempts towards topology optimization design of multiscale nonlinear structures, including design of highly heterogeneous structures, material microstructural design, and simultaneous design of structure and materials. We have primarily developed a multiscale design framework, constituted of two key ingredients : multiscale modeling for structural performance simulation and topology optimization forstructural design. With regard to the first ingredient, we employ the first-order computational homogenization method FE2 to bridge structural and material scales. With regard to the second ingredient, we apply the method Bi-directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization (BESO) to perform topology optimization. In contrast to the conventional nonlinear design of homogeneous structures, this design framework provides an automatic design tool for nonlinear highly heterogeneous structures of which the underlying material model is governed directly by the realistic microstructural geometry and the microscopic constitutive laws. Note that the FE2 method is extremely expensive in terms of computing time and storage requirement. The dilemma of heavy computational burden is even more pronounced when it comes to topology optimization : not only is it required to solve the time-consuming multiscale problem once, but for many different realizations of the structural topology. Meanwhile we note that the optimization process requires multiple design loops involving similar or even repeated computations at the microscopic scale. For these reasons, we introduce to the design framework a third ingredient : reduced-order modeling (ROM). We develop an adaptive surrogate model using snapshot Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Diffuse Approximation to substitute the microscopic solutions. The surrogate model is initially built by the first design iteration and updated adaptively in the subsequent design iterations. This surrogate model has shown promising performance in terms of reducing computing cost and modeling accuracy when applied to the design framework for nonlinear elastic cases. As for more severe material nonlinearity, we employ directly an established method potential based Reduced Basis Model Order Reduction (pRBMOR). The key idea of pRBMOR is to approximate the internal variables of the dissipative material by a precomputed reduced basis computed from snapshot POD. To drastically accelerate the computing procedure, pRBMOR has been implemented by parallelization on modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The implementation of pRBMOR with GPU acceleration enables us to realize the design of multiscale elastoviscoplastic structures using the previously developed design framework inrealistic computing time and with affordable memory requirement. We have so far assumed a fixed material microstructure at the microscopic scale. The remaining part of the thesis is dedicated to simultaneous design of both macroscopic structure and microscopic materials. By the previously established multiscale design framework, we have topology variables and volume constraints defined at both scales
Tran, Ngoc Nguyen. "Infeasibility detection and regularization strategies in nonlinear optimization." Thesis, Limoges, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIMO0059/document.
Full textThis thesis is devoted to the study of numerical algorithms for nonlinear optimization. On the one hand, we propose new strategies for the rapid infeasibility detection. On the other hand, we analyze the local behavior of primal-dual algorithms for the solution of singular problems. In the first part, we present a modification of an augmented Lagrangian algorithm for equality constrained optimization. The quadratic convergence of the new algorithm in the infeasible case is theoretically and numerically demonstrated. The second part is dedicated to extending the previous result to the solution of general nonlinear optimization problems with equality and inequality constraints. We propose a modification of a mixed logarithmic barrier-augmented Lagrangian algorithm. The theoretical convergence results and the numerical experiments show the advantage of the new algorithm for the infeasibility detection. In the third part, we study the local behavior of a primal-dual interior point algorithm for bound constrained optimization. The local analysis is done without the standard assumption of the second-order sufficient optimality conditions. These conditions are replaced by a weaker assumption based on a local error bound condition. We propose a regularization technique of the Jacobian matrix of the optimality system. We then demonstrate some boundedness properties of the inverse of these regularized matrices, which allow us to prove the superlinear convergence of our algorithm. The last part is devoted to the local convergence analysis of the primal-dual algorithm used in the first two parts of this thesis. In practice, it has been observed that this algorithm converges rapidly even in the case where the constraints do not satisfy the Mangasarian-Fromovitz constraint qualification. We demonstrate the superlinear and quadratic convergence of this algorithm without any assumption of constraint qualification
Adasme, Soto Pablo Alberto. "Deterministic uncertain nonlinear formulations for wireless OFDMA networks with applications on semidefinite programming." Paris 11, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA112323.
Full textLn this thesis, modern optimization techniques such as semidefinite programming (SDP), robust optimization, stochastic programming, lagrangian relaxations and polyhedral based uncertainty approaches are used to deal with the problem of resource allocation in wireless OFDMA networks. The thesis starts in chapter 1 by introducing the resource allocation problem. Ln chapter 2 a brief theoretical background describing the concepts and methods necessary for the development of the thesis are provided. Ln chapter 3, the main mathematical formulations from the literature related to uplink OFDMA channels are presented while an uplink M-Allocation scheme is proposed under the feasibility assumption of a new detection scheme of M incoming signals on each sub-carrier. A polynomial complexity greedy algorithm is derived from the lagrangian relaxation. Ln chapter 4, two binary quadratically constrained quadratic programs (BQCQP) for minimizing power subject to bit rate and sub-carrier allocation constraints for OFDMA are proposed and two SDP relaxations are derived. Ln chapter 5, three robust optimization approaches are studied; two SDP relaxations and a second order conic program are proposed. Ln chapter 6, further BQCQP models are formulated using stochastic programming and a robustness polyhedral approach. Finally in chapter 7, the main contributions as well as general conclusions of the thesis are outlined. Besides, further research directions are pointed
Chrétien, Benjamin. "Optimisation semi-infinie sur GPU pour le contrôle corps-complet de robots." Thesis, Montpellier, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MONTT315/document.
Full textA humanoid robot is a complex system with numerous degrees of freedom, whose behavior is subject to the nonlinear equations of motion. As a result, planning its motion is a difficult task from a computational perspective.In this thesis, we aim at developing a method that can leverage the computing power of GPUs in the context of optimization-based whole-body motion planning. We first exhibit the properties of the optimization problem, and show that several avenues can be exploited in the context of parallel computing. Then, we present our approach of the dynamics computation, suitable for highly-parallel processing architectures. Next, we propose a many-core GPU implementation of the motion planning problem. Our approach computes the constraints and their gradients in parallel, and feeds the result to a nonlinear optimization solver running on the CPU. Because each constraint and its gradient can be evaluated independently for each time interval, we end up with a highly parallelizable problem that can take advantage of GPUs. We also propose a new parametrization of contact forces adapted to our optimization problem. Finally, we investigate the extension of our work to model predictive control
Abed, Issam. "Modélisation et optimisation d'un récupérateur d'énergie vibratoire électromagnétique non-linéaire multimodale." Thesis, Besançon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BESA2003/document.
Full textIn order to accomplish the promises of vibration energy harvesters (VEHs) as a major alternative to powersensors, their performances in terms of frequency bandwidth and harvested power have to be improved. In thisthesis, unlike classical VEHs either linear and multimodal or nonlinear and mono-frequency, we propose a vibrationenergy harvesting approach based on arrays of coupled levitated or elastically guided magnets combining thebenefits of nonlinearities and modal interactions.A review of VEHs is carried out. Particularly, the design issues of linear harvesters are addressed and frequencytuning techniques are presented. A review of nonlinear methods is also presented in order to define a solving procedureenabling the investigation of the dynamics of nonlinear VEHs. The equations of motion which include themagnetic nonlinearity, the geometric nonlinearity and the electromagnetic damping are solved using the harmonicbalance method coupled with the asymptotic numerical method. A multi-objective optimization procedure isintroduced and performed using a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm for the cases of small magnet arraysin order to select the optimal solutions in term of performances by bringing the eigenmodes close to each other interms of frequencies and amplitudes. Thanks to the nonlinear coupling and the modal interactions even for onlythree coupled magnets, the proposed method enable harvesting the vibration energy in the operating frequencyrange of 4.6–14.5 Hz, with a bandwidth of 190 % and a normalized power of 20:2mWcm-3g-2
Bonis, Ioannis. "Optimisation and control methodologies for large-scale and multi-scale systems." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/optimisation-and-control-methodologies-for-largescale-and-multiscale-systems(6c4a4f13-ebae-4d9d-95b7-cca754968d47).html.
Full textBrossette, Stanislas. "Génération de Posture Multi-Contact Viable pour Robot Humanoïde par Optimisation non-linéaire sur Variétés." Thesis, Montpellier, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MONTT295/document.
Full textHumanoid robots are complex poly-articulated structures whose kinematics and dynamics are governed by nonlinear equations. Finding viable postures to realize set-point task objectives under a set of constraints (intrinsic and extrinsic limitations) is a key issue in the planning of robot motion and an important feature of any robotics framework. It is handled by the so called posture generator (PG) that consists in formalizing the viable posture as the solution to a nonlinear optimization problem. We present several extensions to the state-of-the-art by exploring new formulations and resolution methods for the posture generation problems. We reformulate the notion of contact constraints by adding variables to enrich our optimization problem and allow the solver to decide on the shape of the intersection of contact polygons or of the location of a contact point on a non-flat surface. We present a reformulation of the PG problem that encompasses non-Euclidean manifolds natively for a more elegant and efficient mathematical formulation of the problems. To solve such problems, we decided to implement a new SQP solver that is most suited to non-Euclidean manifolds structural objects. By doing so, we have a better mastering in the way to tune and specialize our solver for robotics problems
Kameni, Carole. "Etude et optimisation d’une source sonore pour la sollicitation acoustique fort niveau des satellites." Thesis, Le Mans, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LEMA1008.
Full textBefore their launch in space, satellites are the object of tests in order to test their behaviors with diverse constraints (thermal, acoustic, etc.). In terms of acoustic qualification, the Intespace company submits the satellites to high sound levels (of the order of 145 dB SPL in the reverberating room) comparable to those existing during the take-off phase of the launcher. For this purpose, it uses electropneumatic sources coupled to horns opening into a reverberating room. This acoustic system ensures its mission successfully but Intespace is wondering about the possibilities of improving the system. Two prototypes of pneumatic sources (oscillating or rotating disk, 1 on 5 scale) are developed and constructed. Theoretical predictions taking into account the vena contracta are compared with the experimental data from an instrumented measuring bench. Their differences in the sound levels at the source outlet do not exceed 1 dB at supply pressures of 1 to 3.5 bars absolute. A horn prototype whose shapes have been optimized was built on a 1 on 5 scale. The measurements show interesting performances. Considering the sound levels generated by the source, a study of the propagation in the horn highlights nonlinear phenomena. The latter are not influenced by the presence of an average flow for the velocities envisaged in the study. Finally, measurements are realized on the whole system at 1 on 5 scale, in order to evaluate their performance. The measured sound levels are compared to the predictions of a model derived from the Sabine theory. The differences do not exceed 3 dB or less
Young, Joseph A. "On the optimal capacity expansion of electric power systems." Thesis, University of Queensland, 1992.
Find full textFarano, Mirko. "Using nonlinear optimization to understand coherent structures in turbulence and transition." Thesis, Paris, ENSAM, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017ENAM0047/document.
Full textThis thesis aims at unraveling the main mechanisms involved in transitional and turbulent flows. The central idea is that of using a nonlinear optimization technique to investigate the origin and role of coherent structures usually observed in these flows. This method has been used in three different contexts. First, a linearly stable laminar flow has been considered and the optimization has been used to compute the most amplified perturbations among all disturbances able to trigger transition to turbulence. Once turbulence is well established, a fully 3D nonlinear optimization maximizing the turbulent kinetic energy is used to study coherent structures populating turbulent shear flow as well as investigate the mechanisms responsible for the energy (optimally) growth and exchange. Then, a dynamical system approach is applied to fluid flow equations. The geometry of the state space is investigated by using transient growth theory to reveal the importance of the stable and unstable manifold. In the same framework, a nonlinear minimization algorithm is used to compute heteroclinic connections among invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations
Ahmed, Mariam Samir. "Optimisation de contrôle commande des systèmes de génération d'électricité à cycle de relaxation." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENT019/document.
Full textOne of our current major challenges is decarbonizing the electric grid by eliminating fuel based electricity generators, and replacing them preferably by nature-friendly publicly accepted resources. That is where renewable energy resources raise as a promising solution. Power relaxation-cycle systems represent an interesting and particular class of renewable. Such a system needs to regain periodically a state that allows energy production. Hence, it has two phases: A generation during which the system is working in its "power" region and is able to generate power and a recovery phase that starts when the system reaches its power region boundaries and resets the system's state to start a new generation phase, which results in power consumption. The main focus of this PhD dissertation is the kite-based traction system, named thereafter the kite generator system (KGS), which emerged as an important class of renewable energy systems that uses relaxation phases. It is a solution proposed to extract energy from the steady and strong wind found in high altitudes. Its operation principle is to mechanically drive a ground-based electric generator using one or several tethered kites. The problematic is divided into two objectives: 1 - Optimization and control of the relaxation cycle to maximize the system's average produced power. Two control strategies are proposed for this purpose: A nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) based and virtual constraints control (VCC) based one. 2 - Integration of the system on the electric grid or employing it to supply an isolated load. These problems are addressed in this thesis, realized in Grenoble Electrical Engineering laboratory (G2ELab) with collaboration with Grenoble Image Parole Signal Automatique laboratory (GIPSA-Lab)
Barbosa, Da Cunha Junior Americo. "Modeling and uncertainty quantification in the nonlinear stochastic dynamics of horizontal drillstrings." Thesis, Paris Est, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PEST1041/document.
Full textOil prospecting uses an equipment called drillstring to drill the soil until the reservoir level. This equipment is a long column under rotation, composed by a sequence of connected drill-pipes and auxiliary equipment. The dynamics of this column is very complex because, under normal operational conditions, it is subjected to longitudinal, lateral, and torsional vibrations, which presents a nonlinear coupling. Also, this structure is subjected to friction and shocks effects due to the mechanical contacts between the pairs drill-bit/soil and drill-pipes/borehole. This work presents a mechanical-mathematical model to analyze a drillstring in horizontal configuration. This model uses a beam theory which accounts rotatory inertia, shear deformation, and the nonlinear coupling between three mechanisms of vibration. The model equations are discretized using the finite element method. The uncertainties in bit-rock interaction model parameters are taken into account through a parametric probabilistic approach, and the random parameters probability distributions are constructed by means of maximum entropy principle. Numerical simulations are conducted in order to characterize the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the structure, specially, the drill-bit. Dynamical phenomena inherently nonlinear, such as slick-slip and bit-bounce, are observed in the simulations, as well as shocks. A spectral analysis shows, surprisingly, that slick-slip and bit-bounce phenomena result from the lateral vibration mechanism, and that shock phenomena comes from the torsional vibration. Seeking to increase the efficiency of the drilling process, an optimization problem that aims to maximize the rate of penetration of the column into the soil, respecting its structural limits, is proposed and solved
Grisey, Anthony. "Modélisation et optimisation de la déposition de chaleur pour les ablations thermiques par ultrasons focalisés." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLC008.
Full textThis manuscript aims at discussing the complex issue of modeling high-intensity focused ultrasound thermal ablations. An acoustical simulation method, based on the use of the k-Wave library, is described and applied to the description of the interaction between the acoustic beam and the superficial tissue layers. It is validated in the linear domain based on hydrophone measurements realized in different configurations with biological samples. Nonlinear simulations are subsequently used to evaluate the influence of the tissue geometry on the beam focusing.The thermal modeling of the treatment is then discussed with intent to design a truly quantitative model. An equivalent model of the modified heat deposition pattern in presence of boiling is presented and validated based on the use of original, diverse and unexpensive data.Finally, an algorithm is proposed to optimize the focal spot trajectory in order to maximize the heat deposition efficiency, thus reducing treatment time. The advantages and the limits of the approach are discussed based on different examples
De, Queiroz Lima Roberta. "Modeling and simulation in nonlinear stochastic dynamic of coupled systems and impact." Thesis, Paris Est, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PEST1049/document.
Full textIn this Thesis, the robust design with an uncertain model of a vibro-impact electromechanical system is done. The electromechanical system is composed of a cart, whose motion is excited by a DC motor (motor with continuous current), and an embarked hammer into this cart. The hammer is connected to the cart by a nonlinear spring component and by a linear damper, so that a relative motion exists between them. A linear flexible barrier, placed outside of the cart, constrains the hammer movements. Due to the relative movement between the hammer and the barrier, impacts can occur between these two elements. The developed model of the system takes into account the influence of the DC motor in the dynamic behavior of the system. Some system parameters are uncertain, such as the stiffness and the damping coefficients of the flexible barrier. The objective of the Thesis is to perform an optimization of this electromechanical system with respect to design parameters in order to maximize the impact power under the constraint that the electric power consumed by the DC motor is lower than a maximum value. To chose the design parameters in the optimization problem, an sensitivity analysis was performed in order to define the most sensitive system parameters. The optimization is formulated in the framework of robust design due to the presence of uncertainties in the model. The probability distributions of random variables are constructed using the Maximum Entropy Principle and statistics of the stochastic response of the system are computed using the Monte Carlo method. The set of nonlinear equations are presented, and an adapted time domain solver is developed. The stochastic nonlinear constrained design optimization problem is solved for different levels of uncertainties, and also for the deterministic case. The results are different and this show the importance of the stochastic modeling
Bouharguane, Afaf. "Analyse, simulation numérique et optimisation de modèles non-locaux en morphodynamique littorale." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON20032.
Full textThis work is motivated by a growing demand for quantitative information on the evolution of the coastline.We have studied two approaches for the analysis of sand morphodynamics.Both techniques lead to the resolution of nonlocal models for the seabottom.The mathematical study focused on the analysis of the existence and uniqueness of perturbations around the travelling-waves solutions of the Fowler model. We have shown that constant solutions of Fowler's equation are unstable.For the numerical simulation of this model, we have first considered explicit finite difference schemes for which we got numerical stability criteria. We have next used an approach by splitting method in order to solve first the convection, then the diffusion/fractional anti-diffusion exactly. We have also used minimization principles to describe the evolution of an erodible bed sheared by a fluid flow where the seabed is considered as a deformable structure with low stiffness whichadapts itself by minimizing a certain energy functional. It is interesting to note that this secondapproach can be linked to the first one because it also leads to a new Exner equation with a nonlocal term for the flux. Inspired by Fowler's morphodynamical model, we conclude this dissertation with an unexpected application to signal processing
Omheni, Riadh. "Méthodes primales-duales régularisées pour l'optimisation non linéaire avec contraintes." Thesis, Limoges, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LIMO0045/document.
Full textThis thesis focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of efficient and reliable algorithms for solving nonlinearly constrained optimization problems. We present three new strongly primal-dual algorithms to solve such problems. The first feature of these algorithms is that the control of the iterates is done in both primal and dual spaces during the whole minimization process, hence the name “strongly primal-dual”. In particular, the globalization is performed by applying a backtracking line search algorithm based on a primal-dual merit function. The second feature is the introduction of a natural regularization of the linear system solved at each iteration to compute a descent direction. This allows our algorithms to perform well when solving degenerate problems for which the Jacobian of constraints is rank deficient. The third feature is that the penalty parameter is allowed to increase along the inner iterations, while it is usually kept constant. This allows to reduce the number of inner iterations. A detailed theoretical study including the global convergence analysis of both inner and outer iterations, as well as an asymptotic convergence analysis is presented for each algorithm. In particular, we prove that these methods have a high rate of convergence : superlinear or quadratic. These algorithms have been implemented in a new solver for nonlinear optimization which is called SPDOPT. The good practical performances of this solver have been demonstrated by comparing it to the reference codes IPOPT, ALGENCAN and LANCELOT on a large collection of test problems
Tröltzsch, Anke. "An active-set trust-region method for bound-constrained nonlinear optimization without derivatives applied to noisy aerodynamic design problems." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011INPT0031/document.
Full textDerivative-free optimization (DFO) has enjoyed renewed interest over the past years, mostly motivated by the ever growing need to solve optimization problems defined by functions whose values are computed by simulation (e.g. engineering design, medical image restoration or groundwater supply).In the last few years, a number of derivative-free optimization methods have been developed and especially model-based trust-region methods have been shown to perform well.In this thesis, we present a new interpolation-based trust-region algorithm which shows to be efficient and globally convergent (in the sense that its convergence is guaranteed to a stationary point from arbitrary starting points). The new algorithm relies on the technique of self-correcting geometry proposed by Scheinberg and Toint [128] in 2009. In their theory, they advanced the understanding of the role of geometry in model-based DFO methods, in our work, we improve the efficiency of their method while maintaining its good theoretical convergence properties. We further examine the influence of different types of interpolation models on the performance of the new algorithm.Furthermore, we extended this method to handle bound constraints by applying an active-set strategy. Considering an active-set method in bound-constrained model-based optimization creates the opportunity of saving a substantial amount of function evaluations. It allows to maintain smaller interpolation sets while proceeding optimization in lower dimensional subspaces. The resulting algorithm is shown to be numerically highly competitive. We present results on a test set of smooth problems from the CUTEr collection and compare to well-known state-of-the-art packages from different classes of DFO methods.To report numerical experiments incorporating noise, we create a test set of noisy problems by adding perturbations to the set of smooth problems. The choice of noisy problems was guided by a desire to mimic simulation-based optimization problems. Finally, we will present results on a real-life application of a wing-shape design problem provided by Airbus
Gürol, Selime. "Solving regularized nonlinear least-squares problem in dual space with application to variational data assimilation." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013INPT0040/document.
Full textThis thesis investigates the conjugate-gradient method and the Lanczos method for the solution of under-determined nonlinear least-squares problems regularized by a quadratic penalty term. Such problems often result from a maximum likelihood approach, and involve a set of m physical observations and n unknowns that are estimated by nonlinear regression. We suppose here that n is large compared to m. These problems are encountered for instance when three-dimensional fields are estimated from physical observations, as is the case in data assimilation in Earth system models. A widely used algorithm in this context is the Gauss-Newton (GN) method, known in the data assimilation community under the name of incremental four dimensional variational data assimilation. The GN method relies on the approximate solution of a sequence of linear least-squares problems in which the nonlinear least-squares cost function is approximated by a quadratic function in the neighbourhood of the current nonlinear iterate. However, it is well known that this simple variant of the Gauss-Newton algorithm does not ensure a monotonic decrease of the cost function and that convergence is not guaranteed. Removing this difficulty is typically achieved by using a line-search (Dennis and Schnabel, 1983) or trust-region (Conn, Gould and Toint, 2000) strategy, which ensures global convergence to first order critical points under mild assumptions. We consider the second of these approaches in this thesis. Moreover, taking into consideration the large-scale nature of the problem, we propose here to use a particular trust-region algorithm relying on the Steihaug-Toint truncated conjugate-gradient method for the approximate solution of the subproblem (Conn, Gould and Toint, 2000, pp. 133-139). Solving this subproblem in the n-dimensional space (by CG or Lanczos) is referred to as the primal approach. Alternatively, a significant reduction in the computational cost is possible by rewriting the quadratic approximation in the m-dimensional space associated with the observations. This is important for large-scale applications such as those solved daily in weather prediction systems. This approach, which performs the minimization in the m-dimensional space using CG or variants thereof, is referred to as the dual approach. The first proposed dual approach (Courtier, 1997), known as the Physical-space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) in the data assimilation community starts by solving the corresponding dual cost function in m-dimensional space by a standard preconditioned CG (PCG), and then recovers the step in n-dimensional space through multiplication by an n by m matrix. Technically, the algorithm consists of recurrence formulas involving m-vectors instead of n-vectors. However, the use of PSAS can be unduly costly as it was noticed that the linear least-squares cost function does not monotonically decrease along the nonlinear iterations when applying standard termination. Another dual approach has been proposed by Gratton and Tshimanga (2009) and is known as the Restricted Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient (RPCG) method. It generates the same iterates in exact arithmetic as those generated by the primal approach, again using recursion formula involving m-vectors. The main interest of RPCG is that it results in significant reduction of both memory and computational costs while maintaining the desired convergence property, in contrast with the PSAS algorithm. The relation between these two dual approaches and the question of deriving efficient preconditioners (Gratton, Sartenaer and Tshimanga, 2011), essential when large-scale problems are considered, was not addressed in Gratton and Tshimanga (2009)
Ouazène, Yassine. "Maîtrise des systèmes industriels : optimisation de la conception des lignes de production." Thesis, Troyes, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013TROY0025/document.
Full textDuring the design phase of a production system, all functional and technological alternatives should be explored in order to propose the best possible solutions. This often results in a combination of several sub-problems such as: selection of pieces of equipments from a set of candidate solutions for each manufacturing operation, dimensioning and allocation of buffers and storage areas, balancing workload among the different workstations, the specification of the type and capacity of the material handling system and the layout of equipments which consists of determining which workstations should be adjacent to each other and how they should be connected.In this context, we were interested in performance evaluation and optimization of serial production lines which are very common in high volume production systems.We have proposed a new analytical method, known as « Equivalent Machines Method» to evaluate the production line throughput. This method has the advantages to be more accurate and faster than the existing approaches in the literature.We have also established the relevance of this method for evaluating the production rate of series-parallel systems and other serial lines with machines having multiple failure modes.We have also developed a new algorithm based on nonlinear programming approach to solve the buffer allocation problem
Wang, Chen. "Variants of Deterministic and Stochastic Nonlinear Optimization Problems." Thesis, Paris 11, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA112294/document.
Full textCombinatorial optimization problems are generally NP-hard problems, so they can only rely on heuristic or approximation algorithms to find a local optimum or a feasible solution. During the last decades, more general solving techniques have been proposed, namely metaheuristics which can be applied to many types of combinatorial optimization problems. This PhD thesis proposed to solve the deterministic and stochastic optimization problems with metaheuristics. We studied especially Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) and choose this algorithm to solve our optimization problems since it is able to find satisfying approximated optimal solutions within a reasonable computation time. Our thesis starts with a relatively simple deterministic combinatorial optimization problem: Bandwidth Minimization Problem. The proposed VNS procedure offers an advantage in terms of CPU time compared to the literature. Then, we focus on resource allocation problems in OFDMA systems, and present two models. The first model aims at maximizing the total bandwidth channel capacity of an uplink OFDMA-TDMA network subject to user power and subcarrier assignment constraints while simultaneously scheduling users in time. For this problem, VNS gives tight bounds. The second model is stochastic resource allocation model for uplink wireless multi-cell OFDMA Networks. After transforming the original model into a deterministic one, the proposed VNS is applied on the deterministic model, and find near optimal solutions. Subsequently, several problems either in OFDMA systems or in many other topics in resource allocation can be modeled as hierarchy problems, e.g., bi-level optimization problems. Thus, we also study stochastic bi-level optimization problems, and use robust optimization framework to deal with uncertainty. The distributionally robust approach can obtain slight conservative solutions when the number of binary variables in the upper level is larger than the number of variables in the lower level. Our numerical results for all the problems studied in this thesis show the performance of our approaches
Mat, Zali Samila Binti. "Equivalent dynamic model of distribution network with distributed generation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/equivalent-dynamic-model-of-distribution-network-with-distributed-generation(f4dc9bba-ed4a-4c74-a727-735f3addb6b2).html.
Full textHoubbadi, Adnane. "Optimisation multicritère de la gestion de la recharge d'une flotte de bus électriques." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSE1014.
Full textElectro-mobility is increasing significantly in the urban public transport and continues to face important challenges. Electric bus fleets require high performance and extended longevity of lithium-ion battery in highly variable temperature and operating conditions. On the other hand, bus operators are more and more concerned in reducing operation and maintenance cost, which is sensitive to battery aging cost and represents a significant economic parameter for the deployment of electric bus fleets. This thesis presents a methodological approach for optimizing the overnight charging of an electric bus fleet to the depot. This approach is based on both charging scheduling and power modulation in order to minimize a given criterion or several criteria at the same time (e.g. the charging cost, the effective power, battery aging ...). This approach uses an exact optimization methods or Metaheuristics methods according to the type of optimization (mono-objective or multi- objective) and according to the criterion while taking into account the constraints related to bus operating conditions, charging infrastructure and the power grid. This approach has been developed to take into account several battery’s technologies as well as different types of recharging. An electro-thermal and aging model of lithium-ion batteries was developed based on existing models, literature as well as experimental tests. This allowed us to take into account the dynamics of the battery and predict the evolution of its performance when it is subject to variable conditions of use. To illustrate this methodology, a case study was presented in the last chapter and allows a smart managing of large-scale fleet of electric buses that try to maximize in particular the battery lifetime
Nasri, Imed. "Développement d'une méthodologie d'ordonnancement/optimisation adaptée aux systèmes industriels de type HVLV (High-Variety, Low-Volume)." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00831002.
Full textHochart, Antoine. "Nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory and mean-payoff zero-sum stochastic games." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLX079/document.
Full textZero-sum stochastic games have a recursive structure encompassed in their dynamic programming operator, so-called Shapley operator. The latter is a useful tool to study the asymptotic behavior of the average payoff per time unit. Particularly, the mean payoff exists and is independent of the initial state as soon as the ergodic equation - a nonlinear eigenvalue equation involving the Shapley operator - has a solution. The solvability of the latter equation in finite dimension is a central question in nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory, and the main focus of the present thesis. Several known classes of Shapley operators can be characterized by properties based entirely on the order structure or the metric structure of the space. We first extend this characterization to "payment-free" Shapley operators, that is, operators arising from games without stage payments. This is derived from a general minimax formula for functions homogeneous of degree one and nonexpansive with respect to a given weak Minkowski norm. Next, we address the problem of the solvability of the ergodic equation for all additive perturbations of the payment function. This problem extends the notion of ergodicity for finite Markov chains. With bounded payment function, this "ergodicity" property is characterized by the uniqueness, up to the addition by a constant, of the fixed point of a payment-free Shapley operator. We give a combinatorial solution in terms of hypergraphs to this problem, as well as other related problems of fixed-point existence, and we infer complexity results. Then, we use the theory of accretive operators to generalize the hypergraph condition to all Shapley operators, including ones for which the payment function is not bounded. Finally, we consider the problem of uniqueness, up to the addition by a constant, of the nonlinear eigenvector. We first show that uniqueness holds for a generic additive perturbation of the payments. Then, in the framework of perfect information and finite action spaces, we provide an additional geometric description of the perturbations for which uniqueness occurs. As an application, we obtain a perturbation scheme allowing one to solve degenerate instances of stochastic games by policy iteration
Spratt, Belinda G. "Reactive operating theatre scheduling." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116885/1/Belinda_Spratt_Thesis.pdf.
Full textHouacine, Mohamed. "Optimisation de trajectoires pour la réduction du bruit et de la consommation de carburant des avions commerciaux durant les phases d’approche et de décollage." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO10031.
Full textNoise and air pollution from commercial aircraft represent a significant environmental challenge, a public health problem and an economic constraint to the sustainable development of air transport. On the other hand, the economical development of the regions is closely linked to the airline industry. This fact is partly explained by the the globalization of markets that requires the use of fast and competitive means to transport people and goods. We propose a mathematical model to tackle this problem by optimizing flight paths in order to minimize noise emission and fuel consumption. The first step is to express the dynamics of flight of the aircraft. Then comes the synthesis of optimization criteria. The criteria we used in our work are the fuel consumption (criterion of energy) and the perceived noise levels at the ground (criterion of inconvenience for local residents). By combining the two previous parts, and incorporating other constraints related to flight safety, we obtain a mathematical model that belongs to a class of nonlinear optimal control problems. It is a difficult class of optimization problems that raises several difficulties during the construction of solving algorithms. Two different ways can be considered to solve this problem : direct methods and indirect methods. We have developed and implemented a direct method called "Gauss Pseudo-spectral Method" to solve the optimal control problem that we obtained. The choice of this method is based on a very important property that guarantees the equivalence between the use of two schemes : direct and indirect. Results are presented and discussed. Our results provide a new view on flight procedures that minimize noise and fuel consumption during landings and takeoffs. Moreover, the numerical solution also consolidates the potential of CDA approaches which are recommended by ICAO. A comparison with standard procedures and a sensitivity analysis are presented