Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Strongly continuous'

Dans cette thèse, nous étudions les propriétés des bosons unidimensionnels dans divers types de systèmes, en nous concentrant sur les transitions de phase ou les croisements entre différents régimes de dégénérescence quantique. En combinant la méthode de Monte Carlo quantique avec d'autres techniques standard telles que la diagonalisation exacte et l’ansatz de Bethe thermique, nous pouvons calculer le comportement des bosons à une dimension dans différents cas où les résultats font encore défaut. Tout d'abord, dans le cas de bosons continus piégés de manière harmonique, nous fournissons une caractérisation complète d'une quantité appelée contact de Tan. En calculant la fonction d'échelle universelle de cette quantité, nous identifions le comportement du contact dans différents régimes de dégénérescence pour les bosons 1D. Nous montrons que le contact présente un maximum en fonction de la température et qu’il s’agit d’une signature de la fermionisation du gaz dans le régime de forte interaction. Ensuite, nous étudions la localisation et les propriétés fractales des gaz idéaux 1D dans des potentiels quasi-périodiques peu profonds. Le système quasi-périodique constitue un intermédiaire intéressant entre les systèmes ordonnés à longue distance et les véritables systèmes désordonnés aux propriétés critiques inhabituelles. Alors que le modèle d'Aubry-André (AA) à liaison étroite a été largement étudié, le cas du réseau peu profond se comporte différemment. Nous déterminons les propriétés critiques de localisation du système, le potentiel critique, les bords de mobilité et les exposants critiques qui sont universels. De plus, nous calculons la dimension fractale du spectre d'énergie et nous constatons qu'elle est non universelle mais toujours inférieure à l'unité, ce qui montre que le spectre n'est dense nulle part. Enfin, nous passons à l'étude avec les interactions. Avec les calculs quantiques de Monte Carlo, nous calculons le diagramme de phase des bosons de Lieb-Liniger en potentiels quasi-périodiques peu profonds. On trouve un verre de Bose, entouré de phases superfluides et de Mott. À température finie, nous montrons que la fusion des lobes de Mott est caractéristique d'une structure fractale et constatons que le verre de Bose est robuste contre les fluctuations thermiques jusqu'à des températures accessibles dans les expériences
In this thesis, we investigate the properties of one-dimensional bosons in various types of systems, focusing on the phase transitions or crossovers between different quantum degeneracy regimes. Combining quantum Monte Carlo with other standard techniques such as exact diagonalization and thermal Bethe ansatz, we can compute the behavior of 1D bosons in different cases where the results are still lacking. First, in the case of harmonically trapped continuous bosons, we provide a full characterization of a quantity called Tan's contact. By computing the universal scaling function of it, we identify the behavior of the contact in various regimes of degeneracy for 1D bosons. We show that the contact exhibits a maximum versus temperature and that it is a signature of the crossover to fermionization in the strongly-interacting regime. Secondly, we study the localization and fractal properties of 1D ideal gases in shallow quasiperiodic potentials. The quasiperiodic system provides an appealing intermediate between long-range ordered and genuine disordered systems with unusual critical properties. While the tight-binding Aubry-Andr'e (AA) model has been widely studied, the shallow lattice case behaves differently. We determine the critical localization properties of the system, the critical potential, mobility edges and critical exponents which are universal. Moreover, we calculate the fractal dimension of the energy spectrum and find it is non-universal but always smaller than unity, which shows the spectrum is nowhere dense. Finally, we move to the study of the interacting case. With the quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we compute the phase diagram of Lieb-Liniger bosons in shallow quasiperiodic potentials. A Bose glass, surrounded by superfluid and Mott phases, is found. At finite temperature, we show that the melting of the Mott lobes is characteristic of a fractal structure and find that the Bose glass is robust against thermal fluctuations up to temperatures accessible in experiments

[EN] The purpose of the Ph.D. Thesis "Dynamics of strongly continuous semigroups associated to certain differential equations'' is to analyse, from the point of view of functional analysis, the dynamics of solutions of linear evolution equations. These solutions can be represented by a strongly continuous semigroup on an infinite-dimensional Banach space. The aim of our research is to provide global conditions for chaos, in the sense of Devaney, and stability properties of strongly continuous semigroups which are solutions of linear evolution equations. This work is composed of three principal chapters. Chapter 0 is introductory and defines basic terminology and notation used, besides presenting the basic results that we will use throughout this thesis. Chapters 1 and 2 describe, in general way, a strongly continuous semigroup induced by a semiflow in Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces which is a solution of a linear first order partial differential equation. Moreover, some characterizations of the main dynamical properties, including hypercyclicity, mixing, weakly mixing, chaos and stability are given along these chapters. Chapter 3 describes the dynamical properties of a difference equation based on the so-called birth-and-death model and analyses the conditions previously proven for this model improving them by employing a different strategy. The goal of this thesis is to characterize dynamical properties of these kind of strongly continuous semigroups in a general way, whenever possible, and to extend these results to another spaces. Along this memory, these findings are compared with the previous ones given by many authors in recent years.
[ES] La presente memoria "Dinámica de semigrupos fuertemente continuos asociadas a ciertas ecuaciones diferenciales'' es analizar, desde el punto de vista del análisis funcional, la dinámica de las soluciones de ecuaciones de evolución lineales. Estas soluciones pueden ser representadas por semigrupos fuertemente continuos en espacios de Banach de dimensión infinita. El objetivo de nuestra investigación es proporcionar condiciones globales para obtener caos, en el sentido de Devaney, y propiedades de estabilidad de semigrupos fuertemente continuos, los cuales son soluciones de ecuaciones de evolución lineales. Este trabajo está compuesto de tres capítulos principales. El Capítulo 0 es introductorio y define la terminología básica y notación usada, además de presentar los resultados básicos que usaremos a lo largo de esta tesis. Los Capítulos 1 y 2 describen, de forma general, un semigrupo fuertemente continuo inducido por un semiflujo en espacios de Lebesgue y en espacios de Sobolev, los cuales son solución de una ecuación diferencial lineal en derivadas parciales de primer orden. Además, algunas caracterizaciones de las principales propiedades dinámicas, incluyendo hiperciclicidad, mezclante, débil mezclante, caos y estabilidad, se obtienen a lo largo de estos capítulos. El Capítulo 3 describe las propiedades dinámicas de una ecuación en diferencias basada en el llamado modelo de nacimiento-muerte y analiza las condiciones previamente probadas para este modelo, mejorándolas empleando una estrategia diferente. La finalidad de esta tesis es caracterizar propiedades dinámicas para este tipo de semigrupos fuertemente continuos de forma general, cuando sea posible, y extender estos resultados a otros espacios. A lo largo de esta memoria, estos resultados son comparados con los resultados previos dados por varios autores en años recientes.
[CAT] La present memòria "Dinàmica de semigrups fortament continus associats a certes equacions diferencials'' és analitzar, des del punt de vista de l'anàlisi funcional, la dinàmica de les solucions d'equacions d'evolució lineals. Aquestes solucions poden ser representades per semigrups fortament continus en espais de Banach de dimensió infinita. L'objectiu de la nostra investigació es proporcionar condicions globals per obtenir caos, en el sentit de Devaney, i propietats d'estabilitat de semigrups fortament continus, els quals són solucions d'equacions d'evolució lineals. Aquest treball està compost de tres capítols principals. El Capítol 0 és introductori i defineix la terminologia bàsica i notació utilitzada, a més de presentar els resultats bàsics que utilitzarem al llarg d'aquesta tesi. Els Capítols 1 i 2 descriuen, de forma general, un semigrup fortament continu induït per un semiflux en espais de Lebesgue i en espais de Sobolev, els quals són solució d'una equació diferencial lineal en derivades parcials de primer ordre. A més, algunes caracteritzacions de les principals propietats dinàmiques, incloent-hi hiperciclicitat, mesclant, dèbil mesclant, caos i estabilitat, s'obtenen al llarg d'aquests capítols. El Capítol 3 descrivís les propietats dinàmiques d'una equació en diferències basada en el model de naixement-mort i analitza les condicions prèviament provades per aquest model, millorant-les utilitzant una estratègia diferent. La finalitat d'aquesta tesi és caracteritzar propietats dinàmiques d'aquest tipus de semigrups fortament continus de forma general, quan siga possible, i estendre aquests resultats a altres espais. Al llarg d'aquesta memòria, aquests resultats són comparats amb els resultats previs obtinguts per diversos autors en anys recents.
Aroza Benlloch, J. (2015). Dynamics of strongly continuous semigroups associated to certain differential equations [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/57186
TESIS

This dissertation is devoted to investigating the time dependent neutron transport equations with reflecting boundary conditions. Two typical geometries --- slab geometry and spherical geometry --- are considered in the setting of L^p including L^1. Some aspects of the spectral properties of the transport operator A and the strongly continuous semigroup T(t) generated by A are studied. It is shown under fairly general assumptions that the accumulation points of { m Pas}(A):=sigma (A) cap { lambda :{ m Re}lambda > -lambda^{ast} }, if they exist, could only appear on the line { m Re}lambda =-lambda^{ast}, where lambda^{ast} is the essential infimum of the total collision frequency. The spectrum of T(t) outside the disk {lambda : |lambda| leq exp (-lambda^{ast} t)} consists of isolated eigenvalues of T(t) with finite algebraic multiplicity, and the accumulation points of sigma (T(t)) igcap{ lambda : |lambda| > exp (-lambda^{ast} t)}, if they exist, could only appear on the circle {lambda :|lambda| =exp (-lambda^{ast} t)}. Consequently, the asymptotic behavior of the time dependent solution is obtained.
Ph. D.

The principal contribution of this dissertation is a theory of Strongly Orthotropic Continuum Mechanics that is derived entirely from an assertion of geometric strain indeterminacy. Implementable into the finite element method, it can resolve widespread kinematic misrepresentations and offer unique and purportedly exact strain-induced energies by removing the assumptions of strain tensor symmetry. This continuum theory births the proposal of a new class of physical tensors described as the Intrinsic Field Tensors capable of generalising the response of most classical mechanical metrics, a number of specialised formulations and the solutions shown to be kinematically intermediate. A series of numerical examples demonstrate Euclidean objectivity, material frame-indifference, patch test satisfaction, and agreement between the subsequent Material Principal Co-rotation and P??I??C decomposition methods that produce the intermediary stress/strain fields. The encompassing theory has wide applicability owing to its fundamental divergence from conventional mechanics, it offers non-trivial outcomes when applied to even very simple problems and its use of not the Eulerian, Lagrangian but the Intrinsic Frame generates previously unreported results in strongly orthotropic continua.

Dans un contexte d’évaluation de la criticité des chargements, les travaux de thèse ont les objectifs suivants : prendre en compte les phénomènes sous-jacents à le rupture ductile : les phénomènes de dissipation volumique (plasticité et endommagement) et surfaciques (fissuration). On s'intéresse également à régulariser la solution vis-à-vis du maillage, à prédire le phénomène de transition de mode de rupture plan vers un mode de propagation oblique observé pour certains essais. La méthode utilisée est basée sur la méthode des discontinuités fortes. Un des enjeux majeurs de ces travaux est d’étendre son champ d'application au cadre de la modélisation de la rupture ductile, notamment en présence de plasticité et d'endommagement dans le volume. Une première partie des travaux est consacré à l'établissement d'un modèle en hypothèse de petites déformations, avec un modèle matériau de plasticité et d'endommagement couplé de Lemaitre pour le volume et un modèle cohésif endommageable pour le comportement surfacique. Les deux modes de rupture I et II ont été considérés dans les essais numériques. Des résultats montrant les capacités de régularisation de la méthode employée ont été présentés pour divers essais. Une seconde partie des travaux a été consacré à la formulation d'un modèle en hypothèse de grandes transformations, avec également des résultats probants en termes de régularisation de la dépendance à la taille de maille. Les deux éléments présentés ont été implémentés en formulation implicite et explicite, dans FEAP (Finite Element Analysis Program), logiciel académique développé à UC Berkeley par Taylor, et plus récemment dans le logiciel de calcul Eléments Finis Abaqus
In the context of loadings criticality analysis, the thesis work have the following objectives : to take into account the underlying phenomena to ductile fracture : the volumetrie (plasticity and damage) and surfacic (fracture) dissipativ mechanisms. We also aim at regularizing the solution with regards to meshing, predicting the transition from a straigh crack propagation to a slant fracture mode observed for certain tests. The chosen method relies on the stron discontinuity method. One of the major challenges of this work is to extend its framework to the ductile fractur modeling framework, by accounting for plasticity and damage in the bulk. The first part of this work is dedicated to th establ'ishment of a model in small strain hypothesis, with a material model that takes into account coupied plasticity an damage in the QUik and a damageable model for the cohesive surfacic behavior. Both modes 1 and Il have been taken int) account in thnumerical examples. Results attesting the regularizing capabilities of the method are presented fo different tests. The second part of this work is dedicated to the formulation of a finite strain mode!, and results showin the good regularizing capabilities of the method are also shown. Both elements have been implemented in FEAP (Finit Element Analysis Program), an academie software developed at UC Berkeley by Taylor, and more recently in the finit element software Abaqus

El estudio de la mecánica computacional de fallo ha ganado creciente popularidad en los últimos años. Modelizar el comportamiento poscrítico de estructuras puede alcanzar un grado elevado de complejidad, debido a la multiplicidad de aspectos que es necesario considerar.
Desde el punto de vista de la mecánica de medios continuos, el fallo está estrechamente relacionado con la localización de deformaciones. Se dice que un sólido presenta localización de deformaciones cuando existen bandas en las cuales se producen modos de deformación intensos. Este fenómeno ha sido clasificado como una inestabilidad material, ya que está ligado a modelos constitutivos con ablandamiento o con reglas de flujo no asociadas. Un enfoque fenomenológico del problema de localización de deformaciones permite su estudio mediante saltos en el campo de desplazamientos, conocidos como discontinuidades fuertes.
Este trabajo propone varias técnicas numéricas que contribuyen a la modelización de discontinuidades fuertes en sólidos bidimensionales dentro del marco de la mecánica de medios continuos. Con este objetivo, se hace una revisión sistemática de los fundamentos teóricos con los cuales se puede emprender el estudio del fallo en estructuras sin salir del ámbito de la mecánica de medios continuos clásica.
En primer lugar, mediante el análisis de bifurcación discontinua, se establecen las condiciones necesarias para la aparición de discontinuidades en sólidos. A continuación, se analizan las implicaciones de adoptar la cinemática de discontinuidades fuertes en el contexto de la modelización constitutiva de medios continuos mediante el análisis de discontinuidades fuertes. Establecidas estas herramientas conceptuales, se procede a estudiar una serie de formulaciones de elementos finitos con discontinuidades internas que posibiliten la simulación numérica eficiente de la evolución de interfaces de discontinuidad en sólidos.
El marco de trabajo escogido se basa en el planteamiento de las ecuaciones de gobierno del problema de valores de contorno mediante una formulación de varios campos. A partir de un análisis comparativo, se determina que el elemento más eficiente es el conocido como elemento asimétrico. Su uso implica la utilización de algoritmos de trazado del camino de la discontinuidad. Luego de estudiar este tipo de algoritmos, se propone uno que, basado en una analogía con el problema de conducción del calor, permite determinar todos las posibles líneas de discontinuidad para cada paso en un proceso de carga. Este algoritmo es especialmente eficiente para gestionar la evolución de varias líneas de discontinuidad.
Se estudian, además, algunos posibles problemas de estabilidad que podrían surgir. La adición de un término viscoso a la ecuación de equilibrio se adopta como solución a las posibles inestabilidades. Finalmente, se presenta una serie de ejemplos que ponen de manifiesto la potencia de las técnicas propuestas.
The study of Computational Failure Mechanics has attracted increasing attention over the past years. Modelling the postcritical behaviour of structures is by no means trivial, due to high level of complexity that it can reach . From the continuum mechanics point of view, failure is tightly related to strain localization. When bands with modes of intense deformation are observed in a solid, it is said to undergo strain localization. It has been classified as a material instability due to its close relationship with constitutive models either equipped with strain softening or having non-associative flow rules.
From a phenomenological standpoint, strain localization can be regarded as an interface where a jump in the displacement field develops. These jumps in the displacement field are termed strong discontinuities. In this work, several techniques that contribute to the continuum modelling of strong discontinuities in two-dimensional solids are proposed.
To this end, a systematic review of the fundamentals of the study of failure in solids within the context of Classical Continuum Mechanics is made. First, the necessary conditions for the appearance of discontinuities in solids are established by using the socalled discontinuous bifurcation analysis. Then, the implications of adopting the strong discontinuity kinematics plus the use of continuum constitutive models are studied by means of the so-called strong discontinuity analysis. With these concepts on hand, the study of finite elements with embedded discontinuities is undertaken. A very general multi-field statement of the governing equations of the boundary value problem is used as the framework to formulate the different families of elements. The comparative analysis of all the formulations leads to the conclusion that the so-called non-symmetric element is the most efficient. However, the use of this element entails the necessity of a tracking algorithm. This kind of algorithms are also studied. A tracking algorithm based on a heat-conduction-like boundary value problem that gives all the possible discontinuity lines for a given time step in a loading process is proposed. This algorithm is specially suitable for managing multiple discontinuity interfaces. The problems of stability and uniqueness that can appear when simulating the evolution of discontinuity interfaces are analyzed and the addition of a regularizing damping term to the momentum balance equation was proposed. Finally, the proposed techniques were tested by means of some numerical examples.

We present nonperturbative numerical solutions for the quark propagator Schwinger-Dyson equation (SDE) and pseudoscalar meson Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) at and beyond the rainbow-ladder truncation level of this system of equations. We solve this coupled system of integral equations using a phenomenological model for the dressed gluon propagator in Landau gauge as input. In the rainbow-ladder truncation scheme, we systematically calculate static properties of the pion and kaon. After combining the rainbow-ladder truncation for the SDE-BSE system with the impulse approximation for the pion-photon vertex, we present numerical results for the pion form factor using the Ball-Chiu and bare vertices for the nonperturbative quark-photon vertex. We find that the Ball-Chiu vertex satisfies electromagnetic current conservation automatically, however, this vertex gives a charge pion radius that is less than its experimental value, leaving room for further improvement. We go beyond the rainbow-ladder truncation by including pion cloud effects into the quark propagation, and then all the way up into the pion form factor. Here we find significant changes for the mass and decay constant of the pion. For the pion form factor, on the other hand, we find no qualitative changes in the $Q^{2}$ region studied for both vertices. Nevertheless, more work remains to be done at and beyond the rainbow-ladder truncation in order to connect the pion form factor to the model-independent perturbative result.

We present the HST WFC3/F275W UV imaging observations of A2218-Flanking, a lensed compact dwarf galaxy at redshift z approximate to 2.5. The stellar mass of A2218-Flanking is log(M-*/M-circle dot) = 9.14(-0.04)(+0.07) and SFR is 12.5(-7.4)(+3.8) M-circle dot yr(-1) after correcting the magnification. This galaxy has a young galaxy age of 127. Myr and a compact galaxy size of r(1/2) = 2.4 kpc. The HST UV imaging observations cover the rest-frame Lyman continuum (LyC) emission (similar to 800 angstrom) from A2218-Flanking. We firmly detect (14s) the LyC emission in A2218-Flanking in the F275W image. Together with the HST F606W images, we find that the absolute escape fraction of LyC is f(abs,esc) > 28%-57% based on the flux density ratio between 1700 and 800 angstrom (f(1700)/f(800)). The morphology of the LyC emission in the F275W images is extended and follows the morphology of the UV continuum morphology in the F606W images, suggesting that the f(800) is not from foreground contaminants. We find that the region with a high star formation rate surface density has a lower f(1700)/f(800) (higher f(800)/f(1700)) ratio than the diffused regions, suggesting that LyC photons are more likely to escape from the region with the intensive star-forming process. We compare the properties of galaxies with and without LyC detections and find that LyC photons are easier to escape in low-mass galaxies.

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No presente trabalho desenvolve-se um modelo constitutivo baseado na mecânica do dano contínuo para representar o comportamento de materiais que apresentam diferentes respostas quando solicitados à tração ou à compreensão. obtem-se uma representação constitutiva através da composição de modelos simples e específicos para tratar cada tipo de solicitação. Este modelo combinado é capaz inclusive de lidar com carregamentos alternados (tração e compreensão), envolvendo fechamento e reabertura de fissuras existentes. Para modelar o comportamento em compreensão emprega-se o modelo constitutivo que tem como critério de degradação o segundo invariante do tensor de tensão desviador (critério de Von Mises ou J2). Para simular o aparecimento de fissuras de tração, usa-se o modelo de dano com critério de degradação baseado na energia de deformação da parte positiva do tensor efetivas. A integração dos modelos é feita com base em tensões efetivas associadas a duas escalas distintas (escala grosseira e refinada). O modelo é apto para representar a formação de descontinuidades no campo de deslocamento (descontinuidades fortes) em materiais quase-frágeis. Nesse caso, a região de localização de deformação (zona de processo da fatura) pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano combinado, com lei de abrandamento de tensões (softening) exponencial, que estabelece dissipação compatível com a energia de fratura. A região contínua pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano J2, com parâmetros ajustados com base no comportamento não linear à compreensão. Valida-se o modelo proposto mediante testes básicos, focando a capacidade do modelo em representar os principais aspectos do comportamento de materiais quase-frágeis. A aplicabilidade do modelo é demonstrada através do estudo da capacidade de rotação plástica de vigas de concreto armado, confrontando-se os resultados numéricos com os experimentais
A combined constitutive model based on the Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) is presented to represent the nonlinear behavior of quasi-brittle materials, which present different response when subjected to tension or compreession. The constitutive model is a composition of two simple and specific models designed to treat each type of behavior. The combined model is able to deal with alternating load (tension-compression), involving formation, closure and reopening cracks. To model the compressive behavior, a degradation criterion based on the second invariant of the deviatoric part of the effective stress tensor (Von Miser or J2 criterion) is used. To simulate cracking, a damage model with degradation criterion based on the strain energy associated to the positive part the effective stress tensor is adopted. The combination of the models is made on the basis of the effective stresses associated to two distinct scales (coarse and fine scales) The model is able to represented the formation of discontinuities in the displacement field (strong discontinuities) for quasi-brittle materials. The region of strain localization (fracture process zone) is described by a softening law which establishes dissipation energy compatible with the fracture energy. The continuous region is described by the J2 damage model, with parameters ajusted to describle the compressive nonlinear behavior in compression. Some basic tests are performed to asses the ability of the model to represent the main aspects of the behavior of quasi-brittle materials. The applicability of the model is demonstrated by the study of the plastic rotation capacity of reinforced concrete beams, comparing the numerical responses with the experimental ones

Resumo: No presente trabalho desenvolve-se um modelo constitutivo baseado na mecânica do dano contínuo para representar o comportamento de materiais que apresentam diferentes respostas quando solicitados à tração ou à compreensão. obtem-se uma representação constitutiva através da composição de modelos simples e específicos para tratar cada tipo de solicitação. Este modelo combinado é capaz inclusive de lidar com carregamentos alternados (tração e compreensão), envolvendo fechamento e reabertura de fissuras existentes. Para modelar o comportamento em compreensão emprega-se o modelo constitutivo que tem como critério de degradação o segundo invariante do tensor de tensão desviador (critério de Von Mises ou J2). Para simular o aparecimento de fissuras de tração, usa-se o modelo de dano com critério de degradação baseado na energia de deformação da parte positiva do tensor efetivas. A integração dos modelos é feita com base em tensões efetivas associadas a duas escalas distintas (escala grosseira e refinada). O modelo é apto para representar a formação de descontinuidades no campo de deslocamento (descontinuidades fortes) em materiais quase-frágeis. Nesse caso, a região de localização de deformação (zona de processo da fatura) pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano combinado, com lei de abrandamento de tensões (softening) exponencial, que estabelece dissipação compatível com a energia de fratura. A região contínua pode ser descrita pelo modelo de dano J2, com parâmetros ajustados com base no comportamento não linear à compreensão. Valida-se o modelo proposto mediante testes básicos, focando a capacidade do modelo em representar os principais aspectos do comportamento de materiais quase-frágeis. A aplicabilidade do modelo é demonstrada através do estudo da capacidade de rotação plástica de vigas de concreto armado, confrontando-se os resultados numéricos com os experimentais
Abstract: A combined constitutive model based on the Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) is presented to represent the nonlinear behavior of quasi-brittle materials, which present different response when subjected to tension or compreession. The constitutive model is a composition of two simple and specific models designed to treat each type of behavior. The combined model is able to deal with alternating load (tension-compression), involving formation, closure and reopening cracks. To model the compressive behavior, a degradation criterion based on the second invariant of the deviatoric part of the effective stress tensor (Von Miser or J2 criterion) is used. To simulate cracking, a damage model with degradation criterion based on the strain energy associated to the positive part the effective stress tensor is adopted. The combination of the models is made on the basis of the effective stresses associated to two distinct scales (coarse and fine scales) The model is able to represented the formation of discontinuities in the displacement field (strong discontinuities) for quasi-brittle materials. The region of strain localization (fracture process zone) is described by a softening law which establishes dissipation energy compatible with the fracture energy. The continuous region is described by the J2 damage model, with parameters ajusted to describle the compressive nonlinear behavior in compression. Some basic tests are performed to asses the ability of the model to represent the main aspects of the behavior of quasi-brittle materials. The applicability of the model is demonstrated by the study of the plastic rotation capacity of reinforced concrete beams, comparing the numerical responses with the experimental ones
Orientador: Osvaldo Luís Manzoli
Coorientador: André Luís Gamino
Banca: Leonardo José do Nascimento Guimarães
Banca: Edson Antonio Capello Sousa
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No presente trabalho desenvolve-se um modelo constitutivo baseado na mecânica do dano contínuo para representar o acúmulo da degradação do concreto produzido por cargas repetidas. O modelo de dano apresenta as condições necessárias exigidas na chamada aproximação de descontinuidades fortes proposta por Simó, Oliver e Armero e, conseqüentemente, pode ser empregado na formulação de elementos finitos com descontinuidade forte incorporada. Em decorrência de sua capacidade de descrever o comportamento do meio descontínuo independentemente da posição dos contornos do elemento finito, essa classe de formulação constitui uma alternativa valiosa para remediar a forte dependência da malha observada nos modelos de fissuras distribuídas, assim como para evitar as sofisticadas técnicas de reconstrução da malha exigidas nos modelos de fissura discreta, nos quais a fissura é introduzida na interface entre elementos. O trabalho traz contribuições no sentido de proporcionar uma ferramenta alternativa para a análise de propagação de fissuras por fadiga em elementos estruturais de concreto, dentro do contexto da mecânica do dano contínuo. Verifica-se a eficiência da formulação mediante análise numérica de problemas de fadiga em elementos estruturais de concreto.
A constitutive model based on the continuum damage mechanics is proposed to describe the accumulation of the degradation produced by repeated loads in concrete materials. The proposed damage model presents the necessary conditions required in the strong discontinuity approach advocated by Simó, Oliver and Armero and, consequently, it can be used in the embedded strong discontinuity finite element approach. This class of approach has been recognized by its capability to model discontinuities independently on the element boundaries. In fracture mechanics, the embedded strong discontinuity element has been proved to be a efficient alternative to remedy the strong mesh dependence verified in smeared crack approaches, as well as to avoid the sophisticated remeshing techniques required in the discrete crack approaches, in which the crack is introduced in the element interfaces. This work provides an alternative tool for the analysis of crack propagation in concrete structures under fatigue in the context of the continuum damage mechanics. Numerical analysis of concrete elements under fatigue are performed to access the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

La durabilité des structures en béton est désormais intégrée dans la démarche de conception des ouvrages de Génie Civil. En effet, quel que soit le type de sollicitation (mécanique, thermique, hydrique) une fissuration est susceptible de se produire risquant d'impacter la durée de vie de l'ouvrage par la pénétration d'agents agressifs. L'aptitude au service peut elle-même être affectée pour les structures où une étanchéité est requise (enceinte de confinement de centrales nucléaires, réservoirs de gaz naturel liquéfié, barrages, stockages des déchets radioactifs ou de CO2, etc.). Dans ce contexte industriel, la prédiction du débit de fuite traversant des éléments composés de matériaux à base cimentaire est donc un enjeu scientifique et industriel majeur. Pour parvenir à cet objectif de simulation numérique, il est nécessaire de mettre en place un couplage hydro-mécanique. L'anisotropie de la fissuration induite par les sollicitations mécaniques complexes conduit à un tenseur de perméabilité macroscopique anisotrope. La détermination de ce tenseur est un enjeu important dans l'objectif de mener des calculs à l'échelle macroscopique avec des modèles phénoménologiques. De plus, les calculs de perméabilité sont un moyen de comparer les volumes fissurés obtenus par les différents modèles mécaniques. La modélisation de la fissuration pour les matériaux quasi-fragiles hétérogènes à l'échelle mésoscopique tels que le béton est complexe et suivant les approches utilisées, les résultats peuvent fortement varier. C'est pourquoi l'étude numérique proposée dans la thèse comporte une comparaison entre deux approches mécaniques : - une première basée sur une modélisation mécanique de type E-FEM (Embedded Finite Element Method) [Benkemoun et al., 2010] - - une seconde basée sur une modélisation mécanique d'endommagement [Mazars, 1984] régularisée en énergie de fissuration [Hillerborg et al., 1976]. Le travail numérique associé à cette thèse consiste donc à développer un modèle couplant de manière faible un modèle mécanique à un modèle de transfert en 3D à l'échelle mésoscopique. En se basant sur le concept de « double porosité », la perméabilité du milieu fissuré est vue comme la combinaison d'une perméabilité diffuse et isotrope (liée au réseau poreux initial du béton et à son degré de saturation) et d'une perméabilité « discrète » et orientée au sein des fissures (le calcul de cette dernière étant basé sur les ouvertures de fissures données par le modèle mécanique et sur les équations de la mécanique des Navier-Stokes en régime permanent). La comparaison des résultats obtenus sur différents résultats expérimentaux issus de la littérature (un tirant traversé par de l'eau [Desmettre et Charron, 2011] et un élément structurel traversé par de l'air sec [Nahas et al., 2014]) permet de comparer la pertinence des deux modèles mécaniques utilisés ainsi que l'approche utilisée pour estimer le débit traversant des éléments en béton fissurés
The durability of concrete structures is nowadays fully integrated in the civil engineering constructions design process. Whatever the loading is (mechanical, thermic, hydric), cracks may appear and impact the structure lifespan by the infiltration of aggressive agents. The serviceability can be directly impacted for the structures playing an air/water tightness role (containment building nuclear power plants, liquefied natural gas storage tanks, dams, radioactive waste disposal, etc.). The prediction of the flow going through elements composed of a cementitious material is therefore a major scientific and industrial issue. To achieve this goal, a hydro-mechanical coupling must be implemented. The anisotropic cracking induced by complex mechanical loadings leads to an anisotropic macroscopic permeability tensor. This tensor computation is an important issue dealing with phenomenological models for macroscopic problems. The cracking modelling of quasi-brittle materials, heterogeneous at the mesoscopic scale like concrete, is complex and different mechanical approaches can lead to various results. Therefore, permeability calculations are an elegant way to examine cracking patterns obtained with several mechanical models. Consequently, this study compares two mechanical approaches: - the first one is based on an Embedded Finite Element Method (E-FEM) mechanical model [Benkemoun et al., 2010] - - the second one is based on a damage mechanical model [Mazars, 1984] regularised by the fracture energy of the material [Hillerborg et al., 1976]. This thesis presents a hydro-mechanical approach weakly coupling a mechanical model with a permeation model in 3D at the mesoscopic scale. This work is based on the “double porosity” concept splitting the permeability into two parts: the first one is isotropic and corresponds to flows within the porosity of the material- the second one, based upon a set of cracks with different orientations and openings, is anisotropic. For the latter, each crack is a path for mass flow according to the fluid laws considering two infinite planes. In order to check this approach relevance, numerical results are compared to experimental results extracted from the literature (an experiment where water goes through a specimen made of a steel reinforcing bar covered with concrete under load [Desmettre et Charron, 2011] and a device where dry air goes through a structural element made of reinforced concrete [Nahas et al., 2014]). The computation of the flow going to those cracked concrete elements helps to understand the presented approach efficiency and the differences between the two used mechanical models

In this thesis I present results concerning realistic calculations of correlated fermionic many-body systems. One of the main objectives of this work was the implementation of a hybridization expansion continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo (CT-HYB) algorithm and of a flexible self-consistency loop based on the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). DMFT enables us to treat strongly correlated electron systems numerically. After the implementation and extensive testing of the program we investigated different problems to answer open questions concerning correlated systems and their numerical treatment
Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der numerischen Berechnung von realistischen stark korrelierten fermionischen Vielteilchensystemen. Die Hauptzielsetzung dieser Arbeit war die Implementierung und das Testen einer zeitkontinuum Quanten Monte Carlo Methode in der Hybridisierungsentwicklung und einer flexiblen selbstkonsistenten Schleife basierend auf der dynamischen Molekularfeldtheorie die es uns ermöglicht solch stark korrelierte Systeme zu berechnen. Nach der Implementierung wurde das Programm ausführlich getest und es wurden Studien an unterschiedlichen Problemen durchgeführt. In Kapitel 1 werde ich das Anderson St¨orstellen-Problem und verschiedene Lösungsansätze für dieses Problem vorstellen. Besonderes Augenmerk werde ich auf den speziellen Lösungsansatz legen den ich implementiert habe. Am Ende des Kapitels werde ich Benchmark-Ergebnisse präsentieren.

In this dissertation we establish results concerning in locally convex spaces-valued measures and measurable functions. The results are explained in three parts: Firstly, we establish Liapounoff convexity-type results for locally convex space-valued measures defined on fields (of sets) or equivalently on Boolean Algebras. Liapounoff convexity-type theorems concern the compactness and convexity of the closure of the range of a vector measure. We specifically investigate such results for measures defined on fields and fields of sets with the interpolation property. We find that vector measures defined on fields with the interpolation property have properties very similar to the status quo, while similar results may not hold for vector measures defined on general fields. In the latter case we consider vector measures with properties stronger than non-atomicity, specifically, the strong continuity property. We investigate these properties and certain locally convex spaces for which some of the additivity conditions can be relaxed. In the second part of this dissertation, we firstly consider the existence of weak integrals in locally convex spaces specifically, locally convex spaces whose duals are barrelled spaces. Then, inspired by results of J. Diestel we investigate the "improved" properties of the composition of nuclear maps with a locally convex space-valued measures and functions and the properties of nuclear space-valued vector measures and functions. Amongst others we find that the measurability and integrability properties of locally convex space-valued measurable functions are improved with such a composition compared to the functions considered on their own. The third part of this dissertation involves the factorization of measurable functions. We first consider the factorization of Polish space-valued measurable functions along the lines of the famous "Doob-Dynkin's lemma", a result found in (scalar-valued) stochastic processes. This allows us to determine when, for two measurable functions, f and g it is possible to find a measurable function h, such that g= h ○ f. Similar results are established for various classes of measurable functions. We discover similar factorization results for certain multifunctions (set-valued functions) and operator-valued measurable functions. Another consequence is a factorization scheme for operators on L1(µ).
Thesis (PhD(Mathematics))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
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