Publications

2000

• Intelligent optimal design of naval structures: is it possible ?
  
  • Zarka J.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• Brake squeal: a problem of flutter instability of the steady sliding solution ?
  
  • Moirot Franck
  • Son Nguyen Quoc
  Archives of Mechanics, 2000, 4-5, pp.645-662. Brake squeal results from friction-induced vibrations. This phenomena is considered here and interpreted as a flutter instability of the steady sliding solution of an elastic solid in unilateral contact with friction with a moving obstacle. A mechanical analysis of the governing equations is given, in particular to obtain the steady sliding solution. The stability analysis of this solution is discussed. A numerical analysis by the finite element method is performed in order to compute the steady sliding solution and to discuss its stability for an automotive disk brake. The validation of the numerical procedure is examined in relation with some analytical results of the literature.
• Intelligent modelling of woven materials
  
  • Zarka Joseph
  • Doux Thierry
  , 2000.
• Optimal design of a beam with a direct link to CAD
  
  • Zarka J.
  • Hablot J. M.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• Quelques exemples de vibrations et d'instabilité induites par le frottement
  
  • Nguyen Q. S.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• On the role of fluids in the cracks of elastic materials
  
  • Feraille Fresnet Adélaïde
  • Bui Huy Duong
  • Ehrlacher Alain
  , 2000, pp.53-64.
• Field Data vs. Theoretical Model to Quantify Drilling Efficiency and Disruption
  
  • Putot Claude
  • Perreau Philippe
  • Constantinescu Andrei
  SPE Drilling and Completion, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2000, 15, pp.118-124. Mechanical and kinematics data at the bit have been collected during drilling operations and organized to identify optimal drilling efficiency. Transitional conditions towards abnormal behavior have been distinguished. Normal drilling is usually characterized by regular linear relationships between global control variables at the bit, which approximately correspond to an up scaling of a local Mohr Coulomb type failure mechanism of the rock. Most of our experimental data confirm this classical disposition. However, considerable departure from these relationships is noted, especially when there is BHA resonance or when there is partial balling at the bit. The field tests presented here allows us to verify classical theory and to draw up new guidelines for behavior in non- optimal or dangerous, evolving operating conditions, such as those that occur under poor cleaning conditions. The main features of a mechanical structuring model involving transition towards low efficiency conditions are presented, and it is shown how this model confirms our interpretation of field data. The model couples the drillability of rock and the general dynamics of the bit in an original and synthetic way. It makes it possible to understand and test the sensitivity of bit response to variables such as "weight on hook", torque on the drillstring and flow rate of the fluid. (10.2118/50579-MS)
  DOI : 10.2118/50579-MS
• Plasticity of zirconium at intermediate temperatures: effect of a small quantity of sulfur
  
  • Ferrer F.
  • Bretheau Th.
  • Crépin Jérôme
  • Barbu A.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• Percolation mécanique'' : pertinence des modèles classiques en viscoélasticité linéaire et nouvelles approches
  
  • Bornert Michel
  • Aussant F.
  • Zaoui A.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• A critical study of SHPB test on the materials involved in crash problems
  
  • Zhao H.
  • Gary G.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• Dynamic testing of fibre polymer matrix composite plates under in-plane compression
  
  • Gary Gérard
  • Zhao H.
  Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Elsevier, 2000, 31, pp.835-840. Experimental investigations of the failure strength of fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite plates under compressive impact loading is presented in this paper. A split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) is used to measure these properties. The specimen being a plate, its cross-sectional area is small compared with the area of the bars and the failure strength is weak. One has to then use low impedance bars made of a viscoelastic material. Subsequent experimental problems, such as dispersion corrections in viscoelastic bars, are analysed. One also has to use a special anti-buckling device to prevent the overall buckling of the specimen. It is shown that the presented SHPB system provides a precise measurement of forces and displacements at both ends of the specimen. A special attention is then given to the analysis of the test, especially in situations where a non-homogeneous state of stress in the specimen in observed. (10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00026-9)
  DOI : 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00026-9
• Thermomechanical description of moving discontinuities: Application to wear
  
  • Stolz Claude
  , 2000. The propagation of moving surface inside a body is analysed within the framework of thermomechanical couplings, when the moving surface is associated with an irreversible change of mechanical properties.The moving surface is a surface of heat sources and of entropy production, intensities of which are related to particular energy release rates defined in terms of Hamiltonian gradients. As examples, we analyse the evolution of partial damage in a composite sphere and a model for study the contact wear phenomena between two bodies.
• Standard dissipative systems and stability analysis
  
  • Nguyen Quoc Son
  , 2000, pp.343-354. Stability and bifurcation analyses are discussed here for time-independent standard dissipative systems of materials and structures. This discussion is illustrated by some simple applications in plasticity and fracture mechanics. (10.1007/0-306-46946-4_26)
  DOI : 10.1007/0-306-46946-4_26
• Dynamic tensile testing of sheet metal
  
  • Mouro Pierre
  • Gary Gérard
  • Zhao Han
  Journal de Physique IV Proceedings, EDP Sciences, 2000, 10, pp.149-153. The testing of sheet metal at high strain rates requires the use of the SHPB set-up. This technique provides satisfactory results as far as the compression and shear are concerned. A modified SHPB set-up is presented here, which extends the scope of this technique to the tensile loading of sheet metals. In this case, many measurement problems arise due to the way in which the specimen is connected to the bars, which never completely prevents unexpected slipping and is liable to induce interference waves due to an impedance mismatch. The technique described here was based on the "hat specimen" technique proposed by Lindholm [l]. A two-dimensional "hat shaped" specimen is subjected to compression loading. A tensile state is induced in a symmetrically necked area, where higher strains are concentrated. Connecting supports of an appropriate shape are attached to the bars. They have the same impedance as that of the bars to avoid the occurrence of any interference waves. The "hat" shape prevents sliding, and to ensure perfect initial contact conditions, the complete system is elastically pre-stressed. A special method of wave analysis is then used to determine the forces and displacements occurring at the specimen ends from the strain signals recorded in the bars. (10.1051/jp4:2000925)
  DOI : 10.1051/jp4:2000925
• Simulation of hard particle impact on a TI-6Al-4V substrate coated by a tungsten film
  
  • Graff G.
  • Stolz C.
  • Pradeilles Duval R. M.
  • Sainte Catherine M.-C.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• Thermodynamical description of moving discontinuities : applications to fracture and wear
  
  • Stolz C.
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• An elasto-plastic modelling for lamellar crystalline materials
  
  • Gélébart L.
  • Bretheau T.
  • Crépin Jérôme
  • Bornert Michel
  , 2000. No abstract provided
• La bonne tension des cordes
  
  • Luong Minh-Phong
  Revue européenne des textiles à usages techniques, sports et loisirs, 2000, 36, pp.48-50.
• Mathematical Aspects of Boundary Element Methods
  
  • Bonnet Marc
  , 2000. (10.1201/9780429332449)
  DOI : 10.1201/9780429332449
• On Prandl's lifting equation arising in wear mechanics
  
  • Dragon-Louiset Marta
  • Bui Hui Duong
  • Stolz Claude
  Archives of Mechanics, 2000, 52 (4-5), pp.547-567. A sliding wear contact between a rigid punch and an elastic half plane in presence of a thin aggregate film composed of solid debris and a lubricant fluid is studied. The model based on any wear criterion and constitutive law of the film suggested by micromechnanics approximations. The mechanical system is governed by the evolution of the volume fraction of debris, considered as an internal state variable. The key step iterative computations for solving the non linear system of equations is based on the solution of the fundamental integro-differential equation for the compressive normal stress. Uniqueness of the solution of the integrodifferential equation is then proved. It is shown that there is a profound relationship between the latter equation and Prand'l lifting equation in aerodynamics : both equations cn be solved by Chebyshev's series, and experimentally by similar elaectrical setups. Mathematically, it is found that both equations are related to real and imaginary components of some complex potential, respectively, and to weakly adjoint integro-differential oprators.
• Influence of thickness on crystallographic and mechanical properties of PVD tungsten coatings
  
  • Ganne T.
  • Crépin Jérôme
  • Zaoui A.
  • Pradeilles-Duval R. M.
  , 2000, pp.413-418. No abstract provided
• Intelligent numerical simulations in engineering problems
  
  • Zarka J.
  , 2000.
• Modèles micromécaniques de l'interface d'un système tribologique dans une approche thermodynamique de l'usure continue
  
  • Dragon-Louiset Marta
  Mechanics & Industry, EDP Sciences, 2000, 1 (1), pp.37-42. Cette étude s'inscrit dans une approche énergétique de l'usure de glissement proposant un modèle prédictif du phénomène. Concernant l'interface de deux corps soumis au contact et au frottement, elle cherche à caractériser un comportement moyen et homogénéisé du milieu granulaire, appelé troisième corps. Dans ce cadre, la description de ce milieu comme étant celle d'un fluide visqueux est proposée. On fait l'inventaire de lois de variation de la viscosité d'une suspension avec la fraction volumique des particules qu'elle contient, utilisables dans l'étude du troisième corps.
• Analyzing Relational Learning in the Phase Transition Framework
  
  • Giordana Attilio
  • Saitta Lorenza
  • Sebag Michèle
  • Botta Marco
  , 2000, pp.311-318. A key step of relational learning is testing whether a candidate hypothesis covers a given example. The covering test is equivalent to a Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP), which shows a phase transition in correspondence of critical values of some order parameters. This paper investigates the effects of the phase transition in the covering test on the complexity and feasibility of learning in first order logic languages. Several hundreds of artificial learning problems have been generated. FOIL and other learners have been applied to these problems. The experiments show the presence of a failure region, where all considered learners systematically fail to identify the target concept. Furthermore, the phase transition region behaves as an attractor for the learning search, whatever the target concept and the search strategy be. Interpretations of these findings are proposed and discussed.
• An example of stick-slip waves
  
  • Moirot Franck
  • Son Nguyen Quoc
  Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II, Gauthier-Villars, 2000, 328, pp.663-669. An analytical solution representing a family of stick-slip waves is obtained in a simple example modeling the dynamic behaviour of an elastic tube in contact with Coulomb friction with a rigid rotating cylinder. This family of waves represents the auto-excited periodic responses of the system. (10.1016/S1620-7742(00)01238-1)
  DOI : 10.1016/S1620-7742(00)01238-1