Percolation dans des reseaux realistes de nanostructures de carbone

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Simoneau, Louis-Philippe

versatility in the choice of network components that can be simulated. The tools we have developed, grouped together in the RPH-HPN software Reseaux percolatifs hybrides - Hybrid Percolation Networks, construct random networks, detect contact between the tubes, translate the systems to equivalent electrical circuits and calculate global properties. An infinity of networks can have the same basic characteristics (size, diameter, etc.) and therefore the properties of a particular random network are not necessarily representative of the average properties of all networks. To obtain those general properties, we simulate a large number of random networks with the same basic characteristics and the average of the quantities is determined. The network constituent elements can be spheres, rods or snakes. The use of such geometries for network elements makes contact detection simple and quick, and more faithfully reproduce the form of carbon nanotubes. We closely monitor the geometrical and electrical properties of these elements through stochastic distributions of our choice. We can choose the length, diameter, orientation, chirality, tortuosity and impenetrable nature of the elements in order to properly reproduce real networks characteristics. We have considered statistical distribution functions that are rectangular, Gaussian, and Lorentzian, but all other distributions that can be expressed mathematically can also be envisioned. During the creation of a particular network, we generate the elements one by one. Each of their properties is sampled from a preselected distribution. Efficient algorithms used in various fields were adapted to our needs to manage the detection of contacts, clusters and percolation. In addition, we model more realistic contact between rigid nanotubes using an original method used to create the network that does not require a relaxation phase. Finally, we use Kirchhoff's laws to solve the equivalent electrical circuit conventionally. First, we evaluated

The influence of the form of the cells on the buckling and fine structure of the thermal flux in a heterogeneous pile; Influence de la forme des cellules sur le laplacien et structure fine du flux thermique dans une pile heterogene

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Bailly du Bois, B [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1957-07-01

The elementary diffusion equation and the age equation have been solved for lattices assumed, to be infinite and periodic. In this way the influence of the form of the cells on thermal captures and resonance captures is determined. The solutions obtained are expressed by means of tabulated functions which can be used in the analysis of the f factor measurements. The case of mixed lattices in which different types of rods are regularly arranged is also foreseen. (author) [French] L'equation elementaire de la diffusion et l'equation de l'age ont ete resolues pour des reseaux supposes infinis et periodiques. On determine ainsi quelle est l'influence de la forme des cellules sur les captures thermiques et les captures de resonances. Les solutions obtenues s'expriment au moyen de fonctions tabulees qui peuvent etre utilisees dans le depouillement des mesures du facteur f. Le cas des reseaux mixtes dans lequels des barreaux de types differents sont disposes regulierement est egalement envisage. (auteur)

L'interdisciplinarite en sciences sociales pour l'etude du contact des langues (Interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences of the Study of the Relationships of Languages). Proceedings of a Colloquium of the International Center for Research on Bilingualism and the Institute for Interethnic and Intercultural Studies and Research (2nd, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, October 1-5, 1984).

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Prujiner, Alain, Ed.

Papers given at an international conference applying the social sciences to the study of the relationships of languages include the following: "Reseaux sociaux et comportements langagiers en milieu de contact des langues" ("Social Networks and Language Behaviors in a Language Contact Setting") by M. Blanc and J. Hamers, with…

Eestis loodi CIGRE rahvuslik komitee / Raine Pajo

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Pajo, Raine, 1976-

2005-01-01

Rahvusvaheline Suurte Elektrisüsteemide Nõukogu (Conseil International des Grandes Reseaux Electriques) võttis 2005. a. septembris oma 54. liikmeks CIGRE Eesti Rahvusliku Komitee, mis koosneb kümnest kõrgepingealaga seotud asutusest ja ettevõttest. CIGRE eesmärk on arendada ning levitada elektrotehnilist kõrgepingealast oskusteavet

Controle optique de qubits lies a des centres isoelectroniques d'azote dans le GaAs

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Ethier-Majcher, Gabriel

Le traitement de l'information quantique est un domaine de recherche actuellement en pleine effervescence car il laisse entrevoir une revolution dans notre facon de traiter et d'echanger de l'information. D'une part, l'ordinateur quantique promet de resoudre des problemes comme la factorisation d'un polynome de facon beaucoup plus efficace qu'un ordinateur classique. D'autre part, les communications quantiques promettent l'echange d'information de facon fondamentalement inviolable. Afin de tirer pleinement profit de ces nouvelles technologies, il sera avantageux de construire des reseaux quantiques. Dans un tel reseau, des processeurs quantiques, les noeuds, seront connectes par des photons voyageant dans des fibres optiques. Les reseaux quantiques permettront de deployer les communications quantiques a grande echelle et de creer des super-ordinateurs quantiques. La realisation de reseaux quantiques necessitera des interfaces optiques pouvant echanger l'information de facon coherente entre un qubit (bit d'information quantique) et un photon. L'implementation de telles interfaces dans un systeme physique s'avere un important defi scientifique et technologique. Or, les systemes actuellement envisages a cette fin souffrent d'un faible couplage avec la lumiere ou encore de grandes inhomogeneites, constituant des obstacles a la realisation de reseaux a grande echelle. Dans cette these, le potentiel des centres isoelectroniques pour realiser des interfaces optiques est evalue. Deux types de qubits lies a des paires d'azote dans le GaAs sont consideres : les qubits excitoniques et les qubits de spin electronique, controlables par l'intermediaire d'excitons charges. Le controle optique complet des qubits excitoniques est demontre, ce qui constitue la premiere realisation du genre dans les centres isoelectroniques. L'observation d'excitons charges dans ce systeme, liant a la fois des trous lourds et des trous legers, laisse entrevoir de nouvelles possibilites afin de

Phase and group refractive index curves for electromagnet waves moving in an ionised medium (1962); Courbes des indices de phase et de groupe d'ondes electromagnetiques se propageant dans un milieu ionise (1962)

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Consoli, T [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1962-07-01

The family of curves presented in this table give the phase and group refractive indexes of plane electromagnetic waves propagating along and across a static magnetic field in a plasma. (author) [French] Les courbes presentees sous formes de reseaux donnent les indices de phase et de groupe d'ondes electromagnetiques planes se propageant longitudinalement ou transversalement dans un plasma en presence d'un champ magnetique statique. (auteur)

Networks Within Cities and Among Cities: A Paradigm for Urban Development and Governance

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Pompili, Tomaso

2006-01-01

Networks and networking have become fashionable concepts and terms in regional science, and in particular in regional and urban geography in the last decade: we speak about network firms, network society, network economy but also network cities, city-networks, reti urbane, reseaux de villes. Only catch-words for somebody; a true new scientific paradigm according to others. Our opinion is that in fact we are confronted with a new paradigm in spatial sciences, under some precise conditions: - t...

Results and interpretation of spectral indices measurements made with AQUILON; Resultats et interpretation de mesures d'indices de spectre dans aquilon

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Frichet, J P; Mougey, J N; Naudet, R; Taste, J [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1965-07-01

This report deals with a set of spectral indices measurements made in the heavy water reactor Aquilon on lattices constituted by massive fuel elements of dia. 29,2 mm. The fuel elements were made either of natural uranium or of slightly depleted or slightly enriched uranium, or of an uranium-plutonium alloy. The measurements were carried out for various lattice pitches (square pitch from 110 to 210 mm) and in certain cases for various temperatures (from 20 to 80 deg. C). The results are compared to calculated values obtained by using the latest advances of the thermalization theory developed at Saclay applied to the moderation by heavy water. (authors) [French] Ce rapport est consacre a un ensemble de mesures d'indices de spectre realisees dans la pile a eau lourde Aquilon sur des reseaux d'elements combustibles pleins, de 29,2 mm de diametre. Ces combustibles se composaient ou bien d'uranium naturel, ou bien d'uranium tres legerement appauvri ou enrichi, ou bien d'un alliage uranium plutonium. Les mesures ont ete effectuees pour toute une serie de pas de reseaux (pas carre 110 a 210 mm), certaines d'entre elles a plusieurs temperatures (20 a 80 deg. C). Les resultats des mesures sont compares a des valeurs calculees obtenues en utilisant les plus recents developpements de la theorie de la thermalisation mise au point a Saclay, appliques au cas de la moderation par l'eau lourde. (auteurs)

Superconducting superlattices. Les super reseaux de supraconducteurs

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Triscone, J M; Fischer, O [Geneva Univ. (Switzerland)

1993-03-01

By piling up ultra-thin layers of discrete materials, physicists now have a choice method for the study of superconductivity at high temperature. These superlattices are prepared by successive layers of YBaCuO and PrBaCuO deposited by cathode sputtering to study the variation of superconductivity with layer thickness. The transition temperature decreases rapidly when the distance between two layers increases. Current vortices are created, without a magnetic field, widening the transition temperature. The variation of resistivity near critical temperature in a magnetic field shows that the energy required to displace vortices is increasing with the thickness of the YBaCuO layer, with thin layers anisotropy is high and energy dissipation is important. (G.R.). refs., figs.

Technology, environmental protection and economic efficiency. Cables at the Cigre 2010 in Paris; Technik, Umwelt und Wirtschaftlichkeit. Kabeltechnik auf der Cigre 2010 in Paris

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Wiznerowicz, Fred [Fachhochschule Hannover (Germany)

2010-12-13

Cigre (Conseil International des Grands Reseaux Electriques), founded in 1921, today has about 6,000 members in 90 countries. Their work is reflected in international standards. In consequence, the work of the Cigre is very important for the electric power industry and the public utilities. The 43th Cigre was held in Paris in late August 2010, with an attendance of more than 3,000. The German delegation consisted of more than 220 experts. The conference provided an opportunity to exchange knowledge between the various sectors of power transmission, e.g. cables, overhead transmission lines, switching stations, and environmental aspects. (orig.)

Nuclear magnetic resonance of iron-57 nuclei in local fields in yttrium and iron garnets; Resonance magnetique nucleaire des noyaux du fer 57 dans les champs locaux du grenat d'yttrium et de fer

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Robert, C. [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France).Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1961-07-01

We have demonstrated the nuclear resonance of {sup 57}Fe nuclei in the local field of each of the two magnetic sub-lattices of yttrium and iron garnets. The resonance frequencies and the relaxation times have been measured as a function of the temperature. (author) [French] Nous avons mis en evidence la resonance nucleaire des noyaux de {sup 57}Fe dans le champ local de chacun des deux sous-reseaux magnetiques du grenat d'yttrium et de fer. Les frequences de resonances et les temps de relaxation ont ete mesures en fonction de la temperature. (auteur)

Kinetics of heterogeneous systems; La cinetique des milieux heterogenes

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Deniz, V [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1967-07-01

In this report, a general transport theory treatment is presented for the kinetics study as applied to finite heterogeneous systems. The theory is applicable to experiments near the critical point as well as to pulsed neutron experiments on multiplying or non-multiplying lattices. The general method is also applied to exponential experiments on infinite non-diverging lattices. The particularity of the present study is the explicit introduction of heterogeneity in the formulation and the search for the dependence of the parameters on the buckling of the finite medium. As a result of this, the finite medium parameters are in the first place expressed in terms of the corresponding infinite medium ones through the buckling and the anisotropic migration areas, and in the second place all the parameters are expressed as integrals only over an unit cell instead of over the whole pile. A preliminary less detailed study is first made in order to distinguish clearly between what are called 'dynamic parameters' and 'static parameters', and to define the meanings given in this report to these two terms. In the appendices are given approximate one-group treatments for the study of the dynamic fine structure, the time constant in infinite lattices, and the anisotropic diffusion coefficients in non-multiplying lattices. (author) [French] On presente dans ce rapport une methode generale, utilisant la theorie du transport pour l'etude de la cinetique des milieux finis heterogenes. La theorie est applicable aussi bien aux experiences pres de la criticite qu'aux experiences par sources pulsees de neutrons sur des reseaux multiplicateurs ou non-multiplicateurs. La methode generale est aussi appliquee aux experiences exponentielles sur des reseaux infinis non-divergents. La particularite de l'etude est l'introduction explicite de l'heterogeneite dans la formulation et la recherche de la dependance des parametres par rapport au laplacien du reseau fini. Il en resulte d'une part que les

Reseaux de conception innovante et formes de proximites

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Bénédicte Serrate

2010-08-01

Full Text Available La conception, appelée « design » dans les entreprises industrielles, représente dans le processus d’innovation une étape essentielle pourtant peu étudiée encore par les économistes. Elle mobilise pour aboutir à des innovations de plus en plus jugées essentielles à la compétitivité de l’entreprise, quantité d’acteurs internes et externes selon une logique de réseau sans cesse renouvelée. A partir de l’observation de cas empiriques, nous avons tenté dans cet article de comprendre comment s’organisaient ces réseaux innovants. Aujourd’hui dans la plupart des pays qui pratiquent des politiques de développement économique local, il semble établi qu’il faille construire des proximités géographiques entre acteurs pour que se développent des relations industrielles favorisant la dynamique d’innovation et le transfert des connaissances. L’abondance des « clusters » et des « pôles de compétitivité » partout dans le monde témoigne de ce postulat. En analysant les modes d’organisation des réseaux de conception nous avons donc cherché à vérifier si la proximité géographique constituait encore un ressort essentiel et si la globalisation des entreprises ne laissait pas apparaitre d’autres formes de proximités.

Experimental Determination of the Neutron Characteristics of UO{sub 2}-PuO{sub 2}-H{sub 2}O Lattices; Determination Experimentale Des Caracteristiques Neutroniques De Reseaux UO{sub 2}-PuO{sub 2}-H{sub 2}O

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Debrue, J.; Fabry, A.; Leenders, L.; Motte, F.; Van Den Broeck, H. [Centre d' Etude de l' Energie Nucleaire, Mol (Belgium)

1967-09-15

combustibles mixtes UO{sub 2}-PuO{sub 2} enrichis respectivement a 3% {sup 235}U- 1% Pu fissile et 2% {sup 235}U-2% Pu fissile, et d'un combustible UO{sub 2} enrichi a 4% {sup 235}U; les teneurs isotopiques en {sup 240}Pu des deux combustibles mixtes sont en outre nettement differentes, respectivement 7 et 17%. Dans une premiere partie du programme, on etudie des reseaux reguliers dans des coeurs a deux zones cylindriques coaxiales, une zone UO{sub 2}-PuO{sub 2} et une zone UO{sub 2} ; on s'attache particulierement a explorer, de part et d'autre de la frontiere commune a ces deux zones, la region de transition dans laquelle le spectre neutronique evolue entre les distributions energetiques caracteristiques de chacun des deux reseaux. Les resultats experimentaux sont destines a l'etalonnage des methodes de calcul. Dans une seconde partie du programme, on simulera des portions du coeur du reacteur de la centrale SENA afin d'etudier les problemes particuliers au rechargement d'un tiers de ce coeur par du combustible mixte UO{sub 2}-PuO{sub 2}. Parmi les techniques experimentales mises en oeuvre a l'occasion de ces differentes experiences, on met en evidence celles qui sont les plus specifiques de la presence du plutonium: mesure de la densite de fission par comptage direct des produits de fission formes par irradiation dans le combustible mixte, mesure d'indices de spectre au moyen de detecteurs fissiles et de detecteurs presentant des resonances voisines de celles des isotopes du plutonium. Les conditions optimales d'application de ces techniques sont presentees; l'incidence des incertitudes affectant les resultats experimentaux des indices de spectre (rapports de sections efficaces) sur le cycle du combustible est discutee. Enfin, on presente brievement un programme d'essais sous-critiques conduit jusqu'a present sur deux lots de crayons combustibles UO{sub 2} enrichi a 5 et 1% {sup 235}U, dans le but d'etudier les possibilites des methodes consistant a exciter un reseau sous

Planification optimisee des reseaux electriques par la methode des ...

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In this paper, the insertion of renewable power sources (wind, solar photovoltaic, hydroelectric) in an existing electrical system was planned by the method of genetic algorithms in real coding. The main objective of this planning is the optimization of production costs of these renewable energy sources and electric power ...

Structure of simple liquids; Structure des liquides simples

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Blain, J F [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1969-07-01

The results obtained by application to argon and sodium of the two important methods of studying the structure of liquids: scattering of X-rays and neutrons, are presented on one hand. On the other hand the principal models employed for reconstituting the structure of simple liquids are exposed: mathematical models, lattice models and their derived models, experimental models. (author) [French] On presente d'une part les resultats obtenus par application a l'argon et au sodium des deux principales methodes d'etude de la structure des liquides: la diffusion des rayons X et la diffusion des neutrons; d'autre part, les principaux modeles employes pour reconstituer la structure des liquides simples sont exposes: modeles mathematiques, modeles des reseaux et modeles derives, modeles experimentaux. (auteur)

Possibility of using radioactivity control measurements for determining contamination paths in nutritional vectors; Etude des possibilites d'utilisation des resultats de la surveillance de la radioactivite pour la recherche des trajectoires d'evolution de la contamination des vecteurs alimentaires

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Garnier, A [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1966-07-01

The object of the report is to study the possibility of using results of radioactivity controls for determining the paths followed by contamination in nutritional vectors; these are necessary for calculating protection norms. Radioactive contamination of a nutritional vector is expressed in terms of parameters which suggest that a certain number of criteria may be used for choosing the results which are to be exploited. An actual example of a 'vertical' study based on results of measurements made purely for control purposes shows the difficulties which may be encountered. A list of the results obtained by the control networks set up in the Community Countries, either for the atmosphere, for milk, or for other foodstuffs, shows that these networks are not at the present organised in such a way as to make such a study possible. It appears desirable that a large part of the work carried out by the control Services be oriented in such a way as to yield the complementary information required for experimental studies of radioactive contamination transfers. (author) [French] L'objet du rapport est l'examen des possibilites d'utilisation des resultats de la surveillance de la radioactivite pour la recherche des trajectoires d'evolution de la contamination des vecteurs alimentaires, necessaires au calcul des niveaux de protection. La contamination radioactive d'un vecteur alimentaire s'exprime en fonction de parametres, qui suggerent de retenir un certain nombre de criteres pour la selection des resultats a exploiter. Un exemple concret d'etude 'verticale' basee sur des resultats de mesures faites uniquement dans un but de controle met en evidence les difficultes rencontrees. L'inventaire des resultats obtenus par les reseaux de controle des differents Pays de la Communaute, soit pour l'atmosphere, soit pour le lait, soit pour d'autres aliments, montre que ces reseaux ne sont pas actuellement organises de facon a permettre de telles etudes, Il parait souhaitable qu

Prediction du profil de durete de l'acier AISI 4340 traite thermiquement au laser

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Maamri, Ilyes

Les traitements thermiques de surfaces sont des procedes qui visent a conferer au coeur et a la surface des pieces mecaniques des proprietes differentes. Ils permettent d'ameliorer la resistance a l'usure et a la fatigue en durcissant les zones critiques superficielles par des apports thermiques courts et localises. Parmi les procedes qui se distinguent par leur capacite en terme de puissance surfacique, le traitement thermique de surface au laser offre des cycles thermiques rapides, localises et precis tout en limitant les risques de deformations indesirables. Les proprietes mecaniques de la zone durcie obtenue par ce procede dependent des proprietes physicochimiques du materiau a traiter et de plusieurs parametres du procede. Pour etre en mesure d'exploiter adequatement les ressources qu'offre ce procede, il est necessaire de developper des strategies permettant de controler et regler les parametres de maniere a produire avec precision les caracteristiques desirees pour la surface durcie sans recourir au classique long et couteux processus essai-erreur. L'objectif du projet consiste donc a developper des modeles pour predire le profil de durete dans le cas de traitement thermique de pieces en acier AISI 4340. Pour comprendre le comportement du procede et evaluer les effets des differents parametres sur la qualite du traitement, une etude de sensibilite a ete menee en se basant sur une planification experimentale structuree combinee a des techniques d'analyse statistiques eprouvees. Les resultats de cette etude ont permis l'identification des variables les plus pertinentes a exploiter pour la modelisation. Suite a cette analyse et dans le but d'elaborer un premier modele, deux techniques de modelisation ont ete considerees, soient la regression multiple et les reseaux de neurones. Les deux techniques ont conduit a des modeles de qualite acceptable avec une precision d'environ 90%. Pour ameliorer les performances des modeles a base de reseaux de neurones, deux

Analysis of resonances due to 'S' neutrons in experiments on transmission by time-of-flight. 1. without the interference term; Analyse des resonances dues aux neutrons 'S' dans les experiences de transmission par temps de vol. 1. sans terme d'interference

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Corge, C R [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1961-07-01

Various methods of transmission resonance analysis for 's' wave neutrons in time of flight experiments are described in this report. Only the case when the interference term can be neglected is treated in this first part. Results are given relative to a more complete partial area method and also to a new method so-called the width at half depth method. (author) [French] Le present rapport est consacre a l'expose de differentes methodes d'analyse des resonances dues aux neutrons d'ondes 's' dans les experiences de transmission par temps de vol, cette premiere partie traitant uniquement le cas ou l'on peut negliger le terme d'interference. Y figurent en particulier sous forme de reseaux de courbes, les resultats relatifs a une methode des aires partielles amelioree et ceux relatifs a une nouvelle methode dite de la largeur a mi-profondeur. (auteur)

A Framework for Network Visualisation (Un Cadre Pour la Visualisation des Reseaux)

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2010-02-01

Consider, for example, the passenger transportation network. Two hundred years ago it had no railways and what little intercity travel there was went by...road; one hundred years ago most intercity travel was by a vast rail network, and there was no air traffic; starting perhaps fifty years ago, rail...archaeological interest, and so forth. Exactly where between towns a road is laid may make no difference to a traveller , but it does make a difference to the

Interactive Visualization of Network Dynamics (Visualisation interactive de la dynamique des reseaux)

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2014-06-01

colour coding. The group factor f determines the structure of the hypernode and must be set with careful consideration in respect to the...reference. In experimental psychology it is a well accepted procedure to divide the frames of references into two categories: An egocentric reference...there is almost no colour contrast. For this reason the curvature and feature edges of a surface are harder to recognize and a matching between the

Graphite reactor physics; Physique des piles a graphite

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Bacher, P; Cogne, F [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires; Noc, B [Electricite de France (EDF), 75 - Paris (France)

1964-07-01

physique des piles de puissance a graphite et uranium naturel se poursuit depuis parallelement au developpement de ce type de piles. L'etude systematique des proprietes des reseaux en fonction du pas, de la geometrie du combustible et du diametre des canaux de refroidissement a pu etre entreprise a partir de 1960 grace a l'empilement critique MARIUS. Cette etude a permis de couvrir un domaine tres etendu: pas variant de 19 a 38 cm, barreaux et tubes d'uranium dont les sections droites vont de 6 a 35 cm{sup 2}, canaux dont le diametre est compris entre 70 et 140 mm. On a pu ainsi verifier, et au besoin adapter, les methodes de calcul de reseaux. Le fonctionnement des piles de Marcoule, ainsi que les experiences effectuees sur ces piles au cours des dernieres annees, ont apporte des renseignements precieux sur l'evolution globale des proprietes neutroniques du combustible en fonction de l'irradiation. Des experiences plus precises ont egalement ete faites dans MARIUS avec des combustibles contenant du plutonium (combustibles irradiee ou reconstitues), et seront entreprises des le debut 1965 en temperature dans l'empilement critique CESAR, dont la construction s'acheve a Cadarache. Les analyses des combustibles irradies permettent de completer ces resultats et de faciliter leur interpretation. Il sera ainsi possible de verifier dans tout le domaine utile de temperature les theories de thermalisation et de spectres developpees en France. L'efficacite de barres de controle en fonction de leurs dimensions, des materiaux les constituant, et des reseaux les environnant a ete mesuree dans MARIUS, et les resultats ont ete confrontes d'une part avec le calcul, d'autre part avec les mesures effectuees dans EDF 1. Les etudes du controle proprement dit des piles a graphite ont porte essentiellement sur les risques d'instabilites spatiales, et sur les moyens de les deceler et de les combattre, ainsi que sur les deformations du flux provoquees par les barres de controle. (auteurs)

Photovoltaic production and distribution network; La production photovoltaique et les reseaux de distribution

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Fraisse, J.L. [ERDF, 75 - Paris (France)

2010-04-15

The rapid development of photovoltaics boosted by attractive feed-in tariffs caused a sharp increase in requests for connection to public distribution grids, which were originally designed to serve consumers. ERDF, main distribution network operator in France, is facing a challenge in terms of capacity for handling requests for connection and in terms of public distribution network operation and management. (author)

A study of uranium-thorium mixed lattices; Etude de reseaux mixtes uranium - thorium

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Bacher, P; Eckert, R; Mazancourt, R de [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1957-07-01

Some subcritical experiments have been carried out during the charging of the pile G1 by introducing thorium bars in a regular lattice into the pile. The spreading out of these experiments over a period of three months has permitted: a) work on a pile gradually increasing in size and b) measurements on comparable charges in so far that they have either the same number of bars of thorium, or the same concentration of thorium. From the measurements at constant charge and at constant concentration, it is possible by extrapolation to determine the critical charges and concentrations. The values obtained have showed that the material Laplacian of the lattice depends linearly on the thorium concentration and must cancel out for a concentration T = 8.8 {+-} 0.3 per cent by volume. These results have been found, to a very good approximation, by a simple calculation. (author) [French] Des experiences sous-critiques ont ete effectuees au cours du chargement de la pile G1 en introduisant des barres de thorium reparties suivant un reseau regulier dans la pile. L'etalement de ces experiences sur trois mois a permis d'operer sur une pile de plus en plus grosse et de faire un grand nombre de mesures sur des chargements comparables par le fait qu'ils avaient soit le meme nombre de barres de thorium, soit la meme concentration en thorium. A partir des mesures a chargement constant et a concentration constante, il a ete possible de determiner par extrapolation les chargements et concentrations critiques. Les valeurs obtenues ont montre que le laplacien matiere moyen du reseau dependait lineairement de la concentration en thorium, et devrait s'annuler pour une concentration T = 8,8 {+-} 0,3% en volume. Ces resultats ont ete retrouves avec une tres bonne approximation par un calcul elementaire. (auteur)

Proceedings of the 2008 CIGRE Canada conference on power systems : technology and innovation for the Canadian power grids of the future

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2008-01-01

The Conseil International des Grands Reseaux Electriques (CIGRE) promotes technical, economic and environmental developments in electricity transmission and generation. CIGRE Canada is one of 53 national committees of CIGRE. This conference showcased Canadian contributions to the electric power industry and how technology and innovation in the future will influence North American power grids. It provided a forum to discuss technological developments in the electric power industry and present products and services for electrical power systems. Issues concerning the interconnection of non traditional energy sources to the power systems were also discussed along with recent research initiatives related to renewable energy source development. The sessions of the conference were entitled: wind reliability and forecasting; substation automation and communication; human resources and long range planning; power system protection and control; distributed generation; electric vehicles and renewable energy; HVDC and facts; modeling and simulation; markets; overhead transmission lines; and new sensor and de-icing technologies and data management systems. All 68 presentations featured at this conference have been catalogued separately for inclusion in this database. refs., tabs., figs

Resetting dynamic behaviour of pipework systems; Recalage du comportement dynamique des reseaux de tuyauteries

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Gaudin, M [Electricite de France (EDF), Direction des Etudes et Recherches, 92 - Clamart (France)

1998-12-31

Resetting models is applied to electricity generating plant pipework systems. A frequency approach to the problem is made in an original way thanks to the use of precise dynamic rigidity matrices. The method assumes two kinds of unknown: the usually processed mechanical characteristics (Young`s Modulus, density etc.) and new resetting parameters acting on the dynamic behaviour of unknown connections. As the latter have a very wide range of possible variation, they benefit from a change of variable which allows the assumptions formulated to be complied with. The minimized cost function is based on a error in load. The frequencies required for building it are automatically selected thanks to different tests on measurements. Minimization uses a sensitivity technique linked with a method of least standard squares. The method has been programmed in Fortran 90 within the CIRCUS code and tried out on various examples which were simulated and sound effects cases as well as an actual case. (author). 128 refs.

Resetting dynamic behaviour of pipework systems; Recalage du comportement dynamique des reseaux de tuyauteries

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Gaudin, M. [Electricite de France (EDF), Direction des Etudes et Recherches, 92 - Clamart (France)

1997-12-31

Resetting models is applied to electricity generating plant pipework systems. A frequency approach to the problem is made in an original way thanks to the use of precise dynamic rigidity matrices. The method assumes two kinds of unknown: the usually processed mechanical characteristics (Young`s Modulus, density etc.) and new resetting parameters acting on the dynamic behaviour of unknown connections. As the latter have a very wide range of possible variation, they benefit from a change of variable which allows the assumptions formulated to be complied with. The minimized cost function is based on a error in load. The frequencies required for building it are automatically selected thanks to different tests on measurements. Minimization uses a sensitivity technique linked with a method of least standard squares. The method has been programmed in Fortran 90 within the CIRCUS code and tried out on various examples which were simulated and sound effects cases as well as an actual case. (author). 128 refs.

Interconnection and power transportation networks: operation; Reseaux d'interconnexion et de transport: fonctionnement

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Bornard, P. [Reseau de Transport d' Electricite (RTE), Div. Systeme Electrique, 92 - Paris la Defense (France); Pavard, M. [Electricite de France (EDF), 75 - Paris (France); Testud, G. [Reseau de Transport d' Electricite (RTE), Dept. Exploitation du Systeme Electrique, 92 - Paris la Defense (France)

2005-10-01

For economical or technical reasons, the power generation units are in general grouped together in the same geographical areas, while the consumption points are much more dispersed. The power transportation and interconnection networks ensure the link between the big generation areas and the big consumption areas, and also with other foreign networks. The network manager must keep the balance between the available offer and the potential demand and ensures the transit of energy between the production units and the end-users with respecting the contractual voltage and frequency ranges. Incidents must be mastered to limit the inconvenience to users and to avoid the complete collapse of the power transportation system. This article describes the operation of such systems: 1 - problems linked with networks operation; 2 - transits distribution: general problem, transmissible power in a power line, voltage drop, calculations of power distributions; 3 - voltage and frequency adjustments; 4 - operation in disturbed regime: mastery of common incidents, mechanisms of major incidents (operation of a power system in strongly disturbed regime), protection of the power system, recovery; 5 - conclusion. (J.S.)

Continuous analytical control of the streaming waters in a uranium treatment plant and of various chemical products using automatic discharge valves; Controle par analyse en continu des eaux de ruissellement d'une usine traitant de l'uranium et divers produits chimiques avec commande automatique des vannes de decharge

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Archimbaud, M; Simeon, C [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Pierrelatte (France)

1968-07-01

This report describes a method for controlling the streaming waters produced by the Pierrelatte Centre; it is based on continuous analysis, with simultaneous recording of the species liable to be found accidentally in the corresponding hydrological circuits (chlorides, fluorides, chromium VI, uranium). An alarm set off at pre-determined thresholds leads to an automatic cutting off of the discharge valves; the outward flow of the waters is thus interrupted. This study has shown the various applications which can be found for this water control method, and gives an idea of the cost price. (authors) [French] Ce rapport decrit un mode de controle des eaux de ruissellement provenant du Centre de Pierrelatte base sur une analyse en continu, avec enregistrement des corps susceptibles de se retrouver accidentellement dans les reseaux hydrologiques correspondants (chlorures, fluorures, chrome VI, uranium). Le declenchement d'une alarme a partir de seuils choisis permet de fermer automatiquement les vannes de decharge et d'arreter ainsi l'ecoulement vers l'exterieur. Cette etude montre quelles peuvent etre les diverses applications de cette methode de controle des eaux et elle indique un ordre de grandeur du prix de revient. (auteurs)

New methods and applications in emission spectroscopy (1960); Methodes et applications nouvelles en spectroscopie d'emission (1960)

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Baudin, G [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Grenoble (France).Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1960-07-01

Emission spectroscopy, are already well-established instrumental analytical technique, has in recent years known important developments. Two mains factors are responsible; firstly the demands of metallurgy for purer and purer materials or alloys which are increasingly complex and difficult to analyse by chemical means; secondly, progress in optics, especially in the production of gratings, and in electronics in the field of photomultiplier tubes. We will not here catalogue all the new applications and methods, but we will consider a few amongst the most representative outside the conventional field. (author) [French] La spectroscopie d'emission, technique analytique instrumentale deja ancienne, a pris, depuis quelques annees, une extension notable. Deux facteurs principaux ont contribue a ce succes: d'une part, l'exigence de la metallurgie en materiaux de plus en plus pur ou en alliages de plus en plus complexes, difficiles a analyser chimiquement, d'autre part, les progres realises en optique, principalement dans la fabrication des reseaux, et en electronique dans le domaine des tubes photomultiplicateurs. Nous ne ferons pas ici le recensement de toutes les applications ou methodes nouvelles, mais nous en choisirons quelques unes des plus representatives hors du domaine classique. (auteur)

Fine tuning of optical signals in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by apodized sinusoidal pulse anodisation.

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Santos, Abel; Law, Cheryl Suwen; Chin Lei, Dominique Wong; Pereira, Taj; Losic, Dusan

2016-11-03

In this study, we present an advanced nanofabrication approach to produce gradient-index photonic crystal structures based on nanoporous anodic alumina. An apodization strategy is for the first time applied to a sinusoidal pulse anodisation process in order to engineer the photonic stop band of nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) in depth. Four apodization functions are explored, including linear positive, linear negative, logarithmic positive and logarithmic negative, with the aim of finely tuning the characteristic photonic stop band of these photonic crystal structures. We systematically analyse the effect of the amplitude difference (from 0.105 to 0.840 mA cm -2 ), the pore widening time (from 0 to 6 min), the anodisation period (from 650 to 950 s) and the anodisation time (from 15 to 30 h) on the quality and the position of the characteristic photonic stop band and the interferometric colour of these photonic crystal structures using the aforementioned apodization functions. Our results reveal that a logarithmic negative apodisation function is the most optimal approach to obtain unprecedented well-resolved and narrow photonic stop bands across the UV-visible-NIR spectrum of NAA-based gradient-index photonic crystals. Our study establishes a fully comprehensive rationale towards the development of unique NAA-based photonic crystal structures with finely engineered optical properties for advanced photonic devices such as ultra-sensitive optical sensors, selective optical filters and all-optical platforms for quantum computing.

Ion conducting interpenetrated lattices for lithium generators; Reseaux interpenetres conducteurs ioniques pour generateurs au lithium

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Grosz, M.; Boileau, S. [College de France, 75 - Paris (France); Guegan, P.; Cheradame, H. [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 94 - Thiais (France). LPCB; Deshayes, A. [CNET, 92 - Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

1996-12-31

Interpenetrated lattices (IPL) are combinations of reticulated polymers linked together by permanent crisscross. This structure is well-adapted to combined highly incompatible pairs of polymers. The in-situ sequential method has been applied successfully to the synthesis of ethylene poly-oxides / poly-siloxanes IPLs. The results concerning the preparation of such lattices and their behaviour as solid polymer electrolytes are presented in this paper. (J.S.) 24 refs.

Ion conducting interpenetrated lattices for lithium generators; Reseaux interpenetres conducteurs ioniques pour generateurs au lithium

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Grosz, M; Boileau, S [College de France, 75 - Paris (France); Guegan, P; Cheradame, H [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 94 - Thiais (France). LPCB; Deshayes, A [CNET, 92 - Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

1997-12-31

Interpenetrated lattices (IPL) are combinations of reticulated polymers linked together by permanent crisscross. This structure is well-adapted to combined highly incompatible pairs of polymers. The in-situ sequential method has been applied successfully to the synthesis of ethylene poly-oxides / poly-siloxanes IPLs. The results concerning the preparation of such lattices and their behaviour as solid polymer electrolytes are presented in this paper. (J.S.) 24 refs.

Telecommunications networks, home integrated systems and remote control applications; Reseaux de telecommunications, domotique et teleaction

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Cregut, F.; Treheux, M.

1996-12-31

Energy savings in residential sector can be performed by home integrated control systems. Remote controlled interfaces allow electric appliances consumption matching effective needs. Nevertheless, the uses of those techniques are stagnating since several years. The first reason is an awkward human factors engineering, that is now improving. The second reason is an lack of definition of the needs, that lead to commercialization problems. (D.L.)

Towards the development of a regional electricity market in Central Africa: Issues and Challenges; Vers la realisation d'un marche regional de l'electricite en Afrique Centrale: Enjeux et defies

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Veilleux, Rheaume; Mbadinga, David; Kitoko Senghi, Laurent

2010-09-15

This article gives a short description of the African continent. It then describes the 5 energy pools covering 54 countries: COMELEC, SAPP, WAPP, PEAC, EAPP. More specifically, the article looks at the main strategies and methods to be put in place in order to implement the electricity market, in particular the regional market of Central Africa. The current interconnecting projects and studies between different African countries, made by RSW international in collaboration with different partners, are presented, and in a more comprehensive way, the one related to the Interconnexion of the electrical networks of the member countries of the ECCAS. [French] Cet article presente une courte description du continent africain. Par la suite, on decrit les 5 pools energetiques couvrant les 54 pays : COMELEC, SAPP, WAPP, PEAC, EAPP. Plus specifiquement, on aborde les principales strategies et moyens a mettre en place pour implanter et developper le marche de l'electricite, plus particulierement le marche regional de l'Afrique centrale. Les projets ou etudes d'interconnexion en cours entre differents pays de l'Afrique, realises par RSW International de concert avec differents partenaires, sont presentes et, de facon plus exhaustive, celle relative au projet de l'Interconnexion des Reseaux Electriques des Pays Membres de la CEEAC.

Distributed Generation Management in Distribution Networks; Gestion de la production decentralisee dans les reseaux de distribution

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Caire, R.

2004-04-15

Deregulations of the energy market, followed by many privatizations, and vertical disintegrations brought a complete reorganization of the electric sector. The opening of the energy markets as well as the technological developments of the means of production of small and average power strongly encourage this evolution. A systematic methodology to study the transmission of impacts between the Low and Medium Voltage is initially proposed, after a quick state of the art of the various possible impacts. The voltage deviation is then identified as the most critical impact. This criticality is supported by quantitative studies on French typical networks, and is confirmed by the related literature. In order to solve this impact, a research of the means of action within tension of the distribution network and their modeling is carried out. As the manipulated variables of the means of adjustment available are discrete or continuous, specific tools are then developed to coordinate them. This coordination is pressed on optimization algorithms developed by holding account of inherent specificity with the manipulated variables. A methodology for the choice or optimal location of the adjustment means associated with a management of the voltage deviation is presented. Lastly, 'decentralized' strategies of coordination for the means of adjustment and a proposal for an experimental validation are presented, thanks to a real time simulator, making it possible to test the strategies of coordination and the necessary means of communication. (author)

Architecture, design and protection of power distribution networks; Architecture, conception et protection des reseaux de distribution

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Sorrel, J.P. [Schneider Electric SA, 92 - Boulogne-Billancourt (France)

2000-10-01

The design of all-electric ships calls for high power levels in the propulsion systems. Merchant ships and especially naval vessels demand rugged, reliable propulsion systems with high availability, low maintenance and ease of operation. These constraints imply the choice of an optimized single winding system. The design of the network topology and protection system, and the choice of operating voltage and HT neutral configuration are the main steps in the design. (author)

Distributed Generation Management in Distribution Networks; Gestion de la production decentralisee dans les reseaux de distribution

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Caire, R

2004-04-15

Deregulations of the energy market, followed by many privatizations, and vertical disintegrations brought a complete reorganization of the electric sector. The opening of the energy markets as well as the technological developments of the means of production of small and average power strongly encourage this evolution. A systematic methodology to study the transmission of impacts between the Low and Medium Voltage is initially proposed, after a quick state of the art of the various possible impacts. The voltage deviation is then identified as the most critical impact. This criticality is supported by quantitative studies on French typical networks, and is confirmed by the related literature. In order to solve this impact, a research of the means of action within tension of the distribution network and their modeling is carried out. As the manipulated variables of the means of adjustment available are discrete or continuous, specific tools are then developed to coordinate them. This coordination is pressed on optimization algorithms developed by holding account of inherent specificity with the manipulated variables. A methodology for the choice or optimal location of the adjustment means associated with a management of the voltage deviation is presented. Lastly, 'decentralized' strategies of coordination for the means of adjustment and a proposal for an experimental validation are presented, thanks to a real time simulator, making it possible to test the strategies of coordination and the necessary means of communication. (author)

Le systeme d’information des reseaux de sante: la reorganisation de la medecine en e-sante

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Maryline Margueritte

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Les réseaux de santé ont développé depuis plusieurs années des dispositifs permettant une prise en charge coordonnée des patients en France, tant sur les plans médical que médico-psycho-social et humain. Certains ont développé des dossiers de santé partagés informatisés permettant la mise en commun d’informations utiles à la coordination et à la continuité des soins. Depuis 2009 avec la réforme de l’hôpital on veut installer des modes de fonctionnement coopératifs entre les professionnels et avec les usagers du système de santé. La mise en œuvre d’un système d’information de santé pour assurer d’une part, la transversalité du processus métier avec le patient et d’autre part pouvoir mesurer les résultats médicaux et économiques de cette évolution d’un système complexe d’information. Dans ce contexte, les possibilités offertes par les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC permettent la mise en place d’applications favorisant une augmentation de la participation « on line » des citoyens. Le « virage ambulatoire » exporte la santé hors des murs. C’est une médecine innovante qui permet au patient de rester dans son « chez soi ». En France, ce re-engeneering repose sur quatre domaines : un dossier médical informatisé, une prise en charge collective par les professions médicales et paramédicales, une autonomisation et une mise en réseau du secteur de santé.

Neural networks applied to inverters control; Les reseaux de neurones appliques a la commande des convertisseurs

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Jammes, B; Marpinard, J C

1996-12-31

Neural networks are scarcely applied to power electronics. This attempt includes two different topics: optimal control and computerized simulation. The learning has been performed through output error feedback. For implementation, a buck converter has been used as a voltage pulse generator. (D.L.) 7 refs.

Absorption by water vapour in the 1 to 2 μm region

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Smith, K.M.; Ptashnik, I.; Newnham, D.A.; Shine, K.P.

2004-01-01

The near-IR (in the range 5000-10 000 cm -1 , 1-2 μm) bands of water vapour have been measured in absorption in the laboratory at sub-Doppler spectral resolution (up to 0.0054 cm -1 after numerical apodisation) by Fourier transform spectroscopy. Measurements have been made at 296 K on pure water vapour (at pressures between 2 and 20 hPa) and mixtures of water and air (at total pressures of 100 and 1000 hPa), at optical path lengths in the range 0.26-9.75 m. Measured absorption intensities have been compared with values calculated using the HITRAN 2000 molecular database. These comparisons indicate that the intensities of the 2ν(1.4 μm) and 2ν+δ(1.14 μm) bands are underestimated in HITRAN 2000 by approximately 15% and 20%, respectively, for pure water vapour measurements, and 12% for both bands in the case of water-air mixtures. The ν+δ (1.86 μm) band is in good agreement (0.4% for pure water vapour and less than 6% for mixtures with air) with HITRAN 2000. For typical atmospheric conditions, these absorption bands are sufficiently strong that radiation is fully absorbed at wavelengths in the region of the band centres. Hence the extra absorption that has been identified has only a modest impact (0.16 W m -2 or about 0.2%) on the global-mean clear-sky absorption of solar radiation. The impact in the upper troposphere is several times larger

A study of filtering problems of background noise in nuclear spectrometry, improvement of signal-to-noise ratio, and of pulse characteristics produced by the optimum predictor device; Etude de problemes de filtrage de bruit de fond en spectrometrie nucleaire, amelioration du rapport signal sur bruit et des caracteristiques de l'impulsion mise en forme par le dispositif du predicteur optimum

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Benda, J [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, 91 - Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1967-05-01

The purpose of nuclear spectrometry is the precise measurement of particles energy. The resolving power of a spectrometer design is an important factor. Two main phenomena are involved in the limitation of this resolving power: The statistical fluctuations of the detector itself, and the background noise. For a given noise, the theory of filters enables the calculation of networks specially designed for the improvement of signal to noise ratio. The proposed system should lead to an improvement of 10.5 per cent of this ratio. Experiments have confirmed this theoretical estimation. The predictor device also makes possible the obtaining of shortened pulses. (author) [French] Les mesures en spectrometrie nucleaire ont pour but la determination precise de l'energie des particules. Le pouvoir de resolution d'une chaine de spectrometrie est une caracteristique importante. Deux phenomenes principaux concourent a limiter ce pouvoir de resolution: les fluctuations statistiques du detecteur et le bruit de fond. Pour un bruit de fond donne, la theorie des filtres permet de calculer des reseaux susceptibles de modifier le rapport signal sur bruit. Le systeme propose permet d'ameliorer de 10.5 pour cent ce rapport lorsqu'on se place dans les conditions optimales. Les resultats experimentaux confirment les previsions. Le dispositif predicteur permet aussi un raccourcissement de l'impulsion dans le temps. (auteur)

Interconnection and transportation networks: adjustments and stability; Reseaux d'interconnexion et de transport: reglages et stabilite

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Bornard, P. [Reseau de Transport d' Electricite (RTE), Div. Systeme Electrique, 92 - Paris la Defense (France); Pavard, M. [Electricite de France (EDF), 75 - Paris (France); Testud, G. [Reseau de Transport d' Electricite (RTE), Dept. Exploitation du Systeme Electrique, 92 - Paris la Defense (France)

2005-10-01

Keeping the mastery of the safety of a power transportation system and respecting the contractual commitments with respect to the network users implies the implementation of efficient frequency and voltage adjustment systems. This article presents a synthetic overview of the methods and means implemented to ensure the adjustment of the voltage and frequency and the stability of very-high voltage power transportation networks: 1 - recalls of the general problem; 2 - frequency and active power adjustment: adapting generation to consumption, adapting consumption to generation; 3 - voltage and reactive power adjustment: duality of the voltage-reactive compensation adjustment, compensation of the reactive power, voltage adjustment chain, voltage adjustment of very high voltage networks, collapse of the voltage plan; 4 - alternators stability: static stability, transient stability, numerical simulation methods, stability improvement; 5 - conclusion. (J.S.)

Biological monochromator with a high flux in the visible spectrum; Un monochromateur biologique a haut flux dans le visible

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Andre, M; Guerin de Montgareuil, P [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Cadarache (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1965-07-01

The object is to carry out research into photosynthesis using energetic illuminations similar to those employed with white light studies. The limitations are due mainly to the source. A comparison of various possible solutions has led to the choice of the sun used in conjunction with 4 large gratings. In an intermediate stage, a description is given of a medium-aperture monochromator with a 3 kW xenon arc and a single grating. With this set-up it is possible to obtain the following performance, given as an example; energy illumination, 1.3 mW/cm{sup 2} over a surface of 50 cm{sup 2} and for a bandwidth at half-height of 50 Angstroms. (authors) [French] L'objectif est de poursuivre en lumiere monochromatique des etudes de photosynthese avec des eclairements energetiques analogues a ceux qu'on utilise en lumiere blanche. Les limitations se situent principalement au niveau de la source. Une comparaison effectuee entre differentes solutions possibles conduit a preconiser l'emploi du soleil associe a 4 grands reseaux. En etape intermediaire on decrit un monochromateur de moyenne ouverture, avec un arc au xenon de 3 kW et un seul reseau, qui permet d'atteindre les performances suivantes donnees a titre d'exemple: eclairement energetique de 1,3 mW/cm{sup 2} sur une surface de 50 cm{sup 2} et pour une bande passante a mi-hauteur de 50 Angstroems. (auteurs)

Pulsed Neutron Studies of BeO-Natural Uranium Lattices; Etudes de Reseaux Uranium Naturel-Glucine, par la Methode des Neutrons Pulses; Issledovanie reshetok BeO-prirodnyj uran s pomoshch'yu impul'snykh nejtronov; Estudio de Reticulados de Beo-Uranio Natural con Ayuda de Neutrones Pulsados

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Joshi, B. V.; Nargundkar, V. R.; Subbarao, K. [Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay, Bombay (India)

1965-10-15

The use of the pulsed neutron method for determination of the diffusion parameters and multiplication constants of lattices is described. The diffusion parameters and multiplication constants of BeO-natural uranium lattices are obtained by this method. The uranium rods used were 2.92 cm diameter clad in aluminium 0.072 cm thick and were arranged vertically in channels of square cross-section 5 cm x 5 cm, in a square lattice of pitch 15 cm. The neutron bursts were produced from a cascade accelerator by pulsing the ion source and using the Be(d,n) reaction. The detectors were enriched boron trifluorfde proportional counters. The space and time harmonics were eliminated as described by the authors in another paper at this Symposium. The decay constant of the fundamental mode was determined for several bucklings, far from criticality. In these calculations the effect of diffusion cooling and anisotropy was taken into account. All the diffusion and multiplication constants were determined by the method of least squares fit by three different approaches. The prompt critical buckling was determined by solving the decay constant equation for {lambda} = 0. The final results are: Diffusion length L = 15.2 cm Absorption constant {lambda}{sub 0} = 762.5 s{sup -1}. Diffusion coefficient D = 1.761 x 10{sup 5} cm{sup 2}/s Diffusion cooling constant C = -8.766 x 10{sup 5} cm{sup 4}/s Age {tau} = 150.7 cm{sup -2} Infinite multiplication factor k{sub {infinity}} = 1.126 Prompt critical buckling B{sup 2} = 3.00 x 10{sup -4} cm{sup -2}. (author) [French] Les auteurs decrivent l'utilisation de la methode des neutrons puises pour la determination des parametres de diffusion et des constantes de multiplication des reseaux. Cette methode permet d'obtenir les parametres de diffusion et les constantes de multiplication du reseau uranium naturel-glucine. Les barres d'uranium utilisees avaient un diametre de 2,92 cm et un gainage'd'aluminium d'une epaisseur de 0,072 cm elles etaient disposees

Electronic methods for discriminating scintillation shapes; Methodes electroniques de discrimination des formes des impulsions issues de scintillateurs; Ehlektronnye metody diskriminatsii form stsintillyatsii; Metodos electronicos de discriminacion de forma de impulsos de centelleo

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Forte, M; Konsta, A; Maranzana, C [European Atomic Energy Community, CCR, ISPRA (Italy)

1962-04-15

ne doit se faire qu'entre deux types d'impulsions seulement (neutrons et rayons gamma, par exemple), on a egalement envisage l'emploi de reseaux passifs qu'il serait possible d'ameliorer et de simplifier. Les auteurs ont fait l'essai de quelques reseaux; ils sont notamment parvenus, en presence d'un bruit de fond du a des rayons gamma, a realiser la discrimination dans des scintillateurs liquides de protons de recul ne delivrant que de faibles impulsions (quelques dizaines de photo-electrons) et celle de fragments de capture de neutrons dans des scintillateurs liquides contenant du bore. Certains de ces reseaux ont pu fonctionner avec des impulsions de meme polarite issues de deux des dernieres dynodes, et meme avec les impulsions de sortie delivrees par une seule electrode. Il y a la une possibilite interessante pour les cas ou il est indique d'utiliser l'anode separement, par exemple pour le cycle de synchronisation. (author) [Spanish] Como ya se ha senalado, la forma de los impulsos emitidos por un centelleador, que es caracteristica del tipo de particula excitante (electron, proton, particulas alfa, etc.), puede convertirse en una amplitud de impulso como parametro independiente. Ello permite determinar, utilizando un analizador multicanal, la composicion de un haz mixto de particulas que excite el centelleador. Este metodo se ha aplicado con exito empleando varios centelleadores de tipo organico e inorganico. Los autores describen con detalle las tecnicas electronicas utilizadas para convertir la forme de los impulsos. En el caso mas sencillo de discriminacion entre solo dos clases de impulsos (por ejemplo, discriminacion de neutrones y rayos gamma), se ha estudiado la conveniencia de utilizar redes pasivas, susceptibles de nuevos perfeccionamientos y simplificaciones. Se han ensayado varios tipos de redes y el principal resultado obtenido consiste en la discriminacion, en presencia de un fondo gamma, de los protones de retrocesco en centelleadores liquidos

Pulsed-Source Experiments with Multiplying and Non-Multiplying Heavy Water Systems; Experiences a l'Aide de Sources Pulsees sur des Systemes Multiplicateurs et Non Multiplicateurs a Eau Lourde; Ehksperimenty s pul'siruyushchim istochnikom na nerazmnozhayushchikh i razmnozhayushchikh ustrojstvakh s tyazheloj vodoj; Experimentos con Fuentes Pulsadas en Sistemas de Agua Pesada Multiplicadores y No Multiplicadores

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Utzinger, E.; Heer, W.; Lutz, H. R. [Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research, Wuerenlingen (Switzerland)

1965-10-15

An extensive series of measurements with a pulsed source of the {sup 3}T(d, n)He{sup 4} type has been performed at the subcritical facility MINOR of the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research, Wuerenlingen. Three types of experiments were carried out to measure: (a) Decay constants of prompt neutron modes in natural and slightly enriched lattices; (b) Subcritical reactivity by means of the prompt decay and delayed neutron tails in natural and slightly enriched lattices; (c) Anisotropy of the thermal diffusion constant in D{sub 2}O containing different numbers of parallel empty tubes of various size. The time-dependent thermal neutron flux was measured in each system at different axial positions to obtain decay constants of the prompt modes for different axial bucklings (Fourier analysis) without changing the actual height of the D{sub 2}O level. The experimental values were compared with theoretical two-group parameters. Limitations of the technique are discussed. In addition, reactivity in highly subcritical systems with p {>=} -40$ was measured directly by utilizing the delayed neutron tail of the pulses. Results are compared with static measurements and show rather good agreement. (author) [French] Une longue serie de mesures a l'aide d'une source puisee du type {sup 3}T(d,n){sup 4}He a ete faite avec l'assemblage sous-critique MINOR de l'Institut federal suisse de recherches nucleaires, a Wuerenlingen. Il s'agissait d'experiences de trois types visant a mesurer les caracteristiques suivantes: a) Les constantes de decroissance des modes de neutrons instantanes dans des reseaux a uranium naturel et des reseaux a uranium faiblement enrichi; b) La reactivite sous-critique au moyen de la decroissance des neutrons instantanes et de la queue des bouffees constituee par des neutrons retardes, dans des reseaux naturels et des resaux faiblement enrichis; c) L'anisotropie de la constante de diffusion des neutrons thermiques dans D{sub 2}O contenant des tubes vides

Proceedings of the 2009 CIGRE Canada conference on power systems : innovation and renewal : building the new power system

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2009-01-01

The Conseil International des Grands Reseaux Electriques (CIGRE) is the International Council on Large Electric Systems. It promotes technical, economic and environmental developments in electricity transmission and generation. CIGRE Canada is the Canadian National Committee which fosters the participation of Canadian members in CIGRE activities. CIGRE Canada organizes an annual conference that provides a forum for power system engineers, decision makers,economists, and academics to discuss technological developments in electrical power systems. The presentations at this conference addressed issues regarding the use of renewable energy sources in power transmission and distribution systems, with particular reference to control and protection; HVDC and MVDC; modelling tools; interface technologies; and reduced carbon generation and sustainability. The use of active distribution systems was also discussed in terms of future trends; the role of information technology and communications; and the role of energy storage. The session on smart grids addressed issues such as power utility perspectives; sensing, measurements and controls; advanced interfaces and decision support systems; open-architecture; distributed energy resources; and regulatory issues. Issues concerning the interconnection of non traditional energy sources to the power systems were also discussed along with recent research initiatives related to renewable energy source development. The sessions were entitled: smart grids; distributed energy resources; wind and solar PV; AC systems and HV lines; wide area measurements; power system operation and control; modelling and analysis; substation automation; and HVDC and facts. The conference featured 66 presentations, of which 35 have been catalogued separately for inclusion in this database

SOA Challenges for Real-Time and Disadvantaged Grids (Defis de la SOA pour les reseaux defavorises et en temps reel)

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2014-04-01

l’utilisation de normes ouvertes, la facilité de gestion et de configuration et la transparence pour l’utilisateur. L’infrastructure de messagerie doit...et w or k A cc es s Netw ork Configurat ion Applicat ions Transport API Control API Cr os s- La ye r Co or di na ti on Netw ork Information...di na ti on Transport Requirements Netw ork Environment Applicat ion Direct ives Applicat ion Information Figure C-2: Sub Interfaces of the

CARACTERISATION DE RESEAUX DE POLYMERES RETICULES ACRYLIQUES ETUDE DE L’INFLUENCE DES PARAMETRES DE PH DES SOLVANTS ET DE TEMPERATURE

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HAMRI, Salah

2009-01-01

La préparation des solutions de PH différents, ainsi que la synthèse des réseaux de poly(acrylate de nbutyle)( PABu) et de poly(acrylate de 2-éthylhexyl)(PEHA), par photo polymérisation, constitue la première étape de notre travail, Le comportement de gonflement de réseaux réticulés acryliques l’ABu et l’EHA a été étudié en fonction de trois paramètres : le PH du milieu, le taux de réticulation et la température, Suivant les courbes que nous ayons obtenues, l’influence du PH reste...

Smart electric grids in the United Kingdom energy strategy; Les reseaux electriques intelligents dans la strategie energetique du Royaume-Uni

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Gloaguen, Olivier [Ambassade de France au Royaume-Uni, Service de presse, 58 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7JT (United Kingdom); Dreyfus, Charles-Antoine [Ecole des Mines de Paris - MINES Paris Tech, 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris cedex 06 (France)

2011-09-15

This study first gives an overview of the current status and limitations of the British power grid. It indicates the British energy mix, describes the network structure and its economic operation (gross and retail market with the bid and offer system, role of the System Operator, ways to increase the electricity production). It presents the energy policy and its regulation framework, outlines the current limitations and challenges (ageing grid, power crunch, de-carbonation challenges). It presents the development of a smart grid as a solution to economy de-carbonation challenges: definition of the 'smart grid concept', smart grid development planning (from 2010 to 2050), technological transition associated with smart electric grid development (a cleaner but more intermittent and random electricity production, better use of fossil fuels, electric energy storage, consequences for the grid, introduction and effects of smart meters). It describes the new associated economic model: evolution of the value chain, financial challenges (required investments, expected benefits, subsidies), new regulation system. It addresses the strategic challenges and the various uncertainties (notably in terms of consumption, privacy issue in relation with the use of smart meters, and project implementation).

Solution des systemes de controle de grandes dimensions basee sur les boucles de retroaction dans la simulation des reseaux electriques

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Mugombozi, Chuma Francis

The generation of electrical energy, as well as its transportation and consumption, requires complex control systems for the regulation of power and frequency. These control systems must take into account, among others, new energy sources such as wind energy and new technologies for interconnection by high voltage DC link. These control systems must be able to monitor and achieve such regulation in accordance with the dynamics of the energy source, faults and other events which may induce transients phenomena into the power network. Such transients conditions have to be analyzed using the most accurate and detailed hence, complex models of control system. In addition, in the feasibility study phase, the calibration or the setup of equipment as well as in the operation of the power network, one may require decision aid tools for engineers. This includes, for instance, knowledge of energy dissipated into the arresters in transient analysis. These tools use simulation programs data as inputs and may require that complex functions be solved with numerical methods. These functions are part of control system in computer simulator. Moreover, the simulation evolves in a broader context of the development of digital controller, distributed and parallel high performance computing and rapid evolutions in computer (multiprocessor) technology. In such context, a continuing improvement of the control equations solver is welcomed. Control systems are modelled using ax=b simultaneous system of equations. These equations are sometimes non-linear with feedback loops and thus require iterative Newton methods, including the formation of a Jacobian matrix and ordering as well as processing by graph theory tools. The proposed approach is based on the formulation of a reduced rank Jacobian matrix. The dimension is reduced up to the count of feedback loops. With this new approach, gains in computation speed are expected without compromising its accuracy when compared to classical full rank Jacobian matrix representation. A directed graph representation is adopted and a proper approach for detecting and removing cycles within the graph is introduced. A condition of all zero eigenvalues of adjacency matrix of the graph is adopted. The transformation of the graph of controls with no cycle permits a formulation of control equations for only feedback points. This yields a general feedback interconnection (GFBI) representation of control, which is the main contribution of this thesis. Methods for solving (non-linear) equations of control systems were deployed into the new GFBI approach. Five variants of the new approach were illustrated including firstly, a basic Newton method (1), a more robust one, the Dogleg method (2) and a fixed-point iterations method (3). I. The presented approach is implemented in Electromagnetic Transient program EMTP-RV and tested on practical systems of various types and levels of complexity: the PLL, an asynchronous machine with 87 blocks reduced to 23 feedback equations by GFBI, and 12 wind power plants integrated to the IEEE-39 buses system. Further analysis, which opens up avenues for future research includes comparison of the proposed approach against existing ones. With respect to the sole representation, it is shown that the proposed approach is equivalent to full classic representation of system of equations through a proper substitution process which complies with topological sequence and by skipping feedback variable identified by GFBI. Moreover, a second comparison with state space based approach, such as that in MATLAB/Simulink, shows that output evaluation step in state-space approach with algebraic constraints is similar to the GFBI. The algebraic constraints are similar to feedback variables. A difference may arise, however, when the number of algebraic constraints is not the optimal number of cuts for the GFBI method: for the PLL, for example, MATLAB/Simulink generated 3 constraints while the GFBI generated only 2. The GFBI method may offer some advantages in this case. A last analysis axis prompted further work in initialization. It is shown that GFBI method may modifies the convergence properties of iterations of the Newton method. The Newton- Kantorovich theorem, using bounds on the norms of the Jacobian, has been applied to the proposed GFBI and classic full representation of control equations. The expressions of the Jacobian norms have been established for generic cases using Coates graph. It appears from the analysis of a simple case, for the same initial conditions, the behaviour of the Newton- Kantorovich theorem differs in both cases. These differences may also be more pronounced in the non-linear case. Further work would be useful to investigate this aspect and, eventually, pave the way to new initialization approaches. Despite these limitations, not to mention areas for improvement in further work, one notes the contribution of this thesis to improve the gain of time on simulation for the solution of control systems. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Magnetic properties of Kramers rare earth ions in aluminium and gallium garnets; Proprietes magnetiques des ions de kramers des terres rares dans les grenats de terres rares et d'aluminium et les grenats de terres rares et de gallium

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Capel, H [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

The magnetic properties of Kramers rare earth ions in aluminium and gallium garnets (MAlG and MGaG) are discussed by means of a molecular field treatment. The symmetry properties of the space group permit to establish a parametrization for the magnetic dipolar and exchange couplings. The magnetic properties of the system can be expressed in terms of these parameters and the g factors of the rare earth ions. We have calculated the transition temperatures, the sub-lattice magnetizations, the susceptibility in the paramagnetic region and the antiferromagnetic susceptibility for a special type of magnetic ordering. The influence of the excited Kramers doublets is described by means of a generalization of the usual g tensor. (authors) [French] Les proprietes magnetiques des ions de Kramers des terres rares dans les grenats de terre rare et d'aluminium et les grenats de terre rare et de gallium sont discutees a l'aide d'un traitement du champ moleculaire. Les proprietes de symmetrie du groupe d'espace permettent d'exprimer les couplages dipolaires et les interactions d'echange en fonction de quelques parametres. Les proprietes magnetiques peuvent etre exprimees en fonction de ces parametres et les facteurs g des ions de terre rare. Nous avons calcule les temperatures de transition, les aimantations des sous-reseaux pour 0

Formação de professores: licenciaturas, currículos e políticas

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Bernardete Gatti

2015-08-01

Full Text Available O artigo associa questões humanas emergentes na contemporaneidade com aimportância dos processos educacionais. Nos anos vindouros, cada vez mais oacesso e o domínio de conhecimentos relevantes socialmente associam-se adomínio de linguagens, ciências, tecnologias, e à construção moral e ética. Aimportância da escola e dos professores nesse processo é ressaltada. Um olharcrítico sobre a realidade educacional brasileira, através de seus dados e realizações,conduz à discussão da demanda de professores nas redes de ensino e dasdemandas que lhes são postas, no confronto com a formação que lhes é propiciadanos cursos de licenciatura. Palavras-chave: Formação de professores; Políticas educacionais; Currículos;Licenciatura. L’article associe les conditions qui émergent dans la situation humainecontemporaine avec l’importance des processus educationelles. Dans les années àvenir, chaque foi plus, le domaine de connaissances importants pour la viequotidienne et des citoyens seront associés à la compréhension des langages, dessciences, des technologies, et à la formation morale et éthique. Alors, l’importancede l’école et des maîtres dans ce processus est decelé. Um coup d’oeil critique estlancé sur la réalité de l’éducation scolaire au Brésil conduisant à la discussion sur lademande de maîtres dans les reseaux d’enseignement e sur sa formation dans descours universitaires. Mots-clés: Formation de maîtres; Politiques éducacionelles; Curriculum scolaire;Licence.

An assessment of the DORT method on simple scatterers using boundary element modelling.

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Gélat, P; Ter Haar, G; Saffari, N

2015-05-07

capability relative to the spherical focusing case, binarised apodisation based on geometric ray tracing and the phase conjugation method.

PFS: the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer for Mars Express

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Formisano, V.; Grassi, D.; Orfei, R.; Biondi, D.; Mencarelli, E.; Mattana, A.; Nespoli, F.; Maturilli, A.; Giuranna, M.; Rossi, M.; Maggi, M.; Baldetti, P.; Chionchio, G.; Saggin, B.; Angrilli, F.; Bianchini, G.; Piccioni, G.; di Lellis, A.; Cerroni, P.; Capaccioni, F.; Capria, M. T.; Coradini, A.; Fonti, S.; Orofino, V.; Blanco, A.; Colangeli, L.; Palomba, E.; Esposito, F.; Patsaev, D.; Moroz, V.; Zasova, L.; Ignatiev, N.; Khatuntsev, I.; Moshkin, B.; Ekonomov, A.; Grigoriev, A.; Nechaev, V.; Kiselev, A.; Nikolsky, Y.; Gnedykh, V.; Titov, D.; Orleanski, P.; Rataj, M.; Malgoska, M.; Jurewicz, A.; Blecka, M. I.; Hirsh, H.; Arnold, G.; Lellouch, E.; Marten, A.; Encrenaz, T.; Lopez Moreno, J.; Atreya, S., Gobbi, P.

2004-08-01

The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) for the Mars Express mission is optimised for atmospheric studies, covering the IR range of 1.2-45 μm in two channels. The apodised spectral resolution is 2 cm-1, while the sampling is 1 cm-1. The FOV is about 2° for the short wavelength (SW) channel and 4° for the long wavelength (LW) channel, corresponding to spatial resolutions of 10 km and 20 km, respectively, from an altitude of 300 km. PFS will also provide unique data on the surface-atmosphere interaction and the mineralogical composition of the surface. It will be the first Fourier spectrometer covering 1-5 μm to orbit the Earth or Mars. The experiment has real-time onboard Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) in order to select the spectral range of interest for data transmission to ground. Measurement of the 15-μm CO2 band is very important. Its profile gives, via a complex temperature-profile retrieval technique, the vertical pressure temperature relation, which is the basis of the global atmospheric study. The SW channel uses a PbSe detector cooled to 200-220K, while the LW channel is based on a pyroelectric (LiTaO3) device working at room temperature. The interferogram is measured at every 150 nm displacement step of the corner cube retroreflectors (corresponding to 600 nm optical path difference) via a laser diode monochromatic interferogram (a sine wave), with the zero crossings controlling the double pendulum motion. PFS will operate for about 1.5 h around the pericentre of the orbit. With a measurement every 10 s, 600 measurements per orbit will be acquired, corresponding to 224 Mbit. Onboard compression will reduce it to 125 Mbit or less, depending on the allocated data volume per day. An important requirement is to observe at all local times in order to include night-side vertical temperature profiles. Total instrument mass is 31.2 kg.

Parallelization of applications for networks with homogeneous and heterogeneous processors; Parallelisation d`applications pour des reseaux de processeurs homogenes ou heterogenes

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Colombet, L

1994-10-07

The aim of this thesis is to study and develop efficient methods for parallelization of scientific applications on parallel computers with distributed memory. The first part presents two libraries of PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) and MPI (Message Passing Interface) communication tools. They allow implementation of programs on most parallel machines, but also on heterogeneous computer networks. This chapter illustrates the problems faced when trying to evaluate performances of networks with heterogeneous processors. To evaluate such performances, the concepts of speed-up and efficiency have been modified and adapted to account for heterogeneity. The second part deals with a study of parallel application libraries such as ScaLAPACK and with the development of communication masking techniques. The general concept is based on communication anticipation, in particular by pipelining message sending operations. Experimental results on Cray T3D and IBM SP1 machines validates the theoretical studies performed on basic algorithms of the libraries discussed above. Two examples of scientific applications are given: the first is a model of young stars for astrophysics and the other is a model of photon trajectories in the Compton effect. (J.S.). 83 refs., 65 figs., 24 tabs.

Electrodeposition of ZnO nano-wires lattices with a controlled morphology; Electrodepot de reseaux de nanofils de ZnO a morphologie controlee

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Elias, J.; Tena-Zaera, R.; Katty, A.; Levy-Clement, C. [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lab. de Chimie Metallurgique des Terres Rares, UPR 209, 94 - Thiais (France)

2006-07-01

In this work, it is shown that the electrodeposition is a changeable low cost method which allows, according to the synthesis conditions, to obtain not only plane thin layers of ZnO but different nano-structures too. In a first part, are presented the formation conditions of a compact thin layer of nanocrystalline ZnO electrodeposited on a conducing glass substrate. This layer plays a buffer layer role for the deposition of a lattice of ZnO nano-wires. The step of nano-wires nucleation is not only determined by the electrochemical parameters but by the properties of the buffer layer too as the grain sizes and its thickness. In this context, the use of an electrodeposition method in two steps allows to control the nano-wires length and diameter and their density. The morphology and the structural and optical properties of these nano-structures have been analyzed by different techniques as the scanning and transmission electron microscopy, the X-ray diffraction and the optical spectroscopy. These studies show that ZnO nano-structures are formed of monocrystalline ZnO nano-wires, presenting a great developed surface and a great optical transparency in the visible. These properties make ZnO a good material for the development of nano-structured photovoltaic cells as the extremely thin absorber cells (PV ETA) or those with dye (DSSC) which are generally prepared with porous polycrystalline TiO{sub 2}. Its replacement by a lattice of monocrystalline ZnO nano-wires allows to reduce considerably the number of grain boundaries and in consequence to improve the transport of the electrons. The results are then promising for the PV ETA cells with ZnO nano-wires. (O.M.)

Agreement ''power networks and environment'' 2001-2003; Accord ''reseaux electriques et environnement'' 2001-2003

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2002-01-01

This agreement, discussed between the French government and Electricite de France (EdF) group, proposes some engagements for the 2001-2003 era for a better environmental integration of power transmission and distribution networks. The agreement is made of two parts: 1 - public distribution networks: realization of new workmanship (medium and low voltage power lines, new lines in dense urban areas), actions on existing workmanship (consequences of December 1999 storms, aesthetical aspects, burial of the main overhead lines in wooded areas, reinforcement of EdF's environmental commitment, remedial actions for environmental 'black points'), general measures of implementation (increasing network safety, protection of birds fauna, coordination of works); 2 - public transportation network (RTE): development and safety improvement of the public transportation network (reinforced arrangement for the establishment of regional development schemes, development of international interconnections, safety improvement of the public transportation network, RTE's environmental plan); line projects (arrangements during projects elaboration, accompanying program); long lived RTE's commitment (environmental management and ISO-14001 certification, vigilance with respect to electromagnetic fields, R and D). (J.S.)

Instrumental concept and preliminary performances of SIFTI: static infrared fourier transform interferometer

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Hébert, Philippe-Jean; Cansot, E.; Pierangelo, C.; Buil, C.; Bernard, F.; Loesel, J.; Trémas, T.; Perrin, L.; Courau, E.; Casteras, C.; Maussang, I.; Simeoni, D.

2017-11-01

The SIFTI (Static Infrared Fourier Transform Interferometer) instrument aims at supporting an important part in a mission for atmospheric pollution sounding from space, by providing high spectral resolution and high Signal to Noise Ratio spectra of the atmosphere. They will allow to resolve tropospheric profiles of ozone (03) and carbon monoxide (C0), especially down to the planetary boundary layer (PBL), an altitude region of very high interest, though poorly monitored to date, for air quality and pollution monitoring. The retrieved profile of ozone, resp. C0, will contain 5 to 7, resp. 2.5 to 4, independent pieces of information. The French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) has proposed and is studying an instrument concept for SIFTI based on a static interferometer, where the needed optical path are generated by a pair of crossed staircase fixed mirrors (replacing the moving reflector of dynamic Fourier transform interferometers like IASI or MIPAS). With the SIFTI design, a very high spectral resolution ( 0.1 cm-1 apodised) is achieved in a very compact optical setup, allowing a large throughput, hence a high SNR. The measurements are performed in the 9.5 μm band for 03 and in the 4.6 μm band for C0. The science return of the sounder can be further increased if an "intelligent pointing" process is implemented. This consists in combining the TIR sounder with a companion TIR imager, providing information on the cloud coverage in the next observed scene. 0nboard, real-time analysis of the IR image is used to command the sounder staring mirror to cloud free areas, which will maximize the probability for probing down to the surface. After the first part of the phase A, the architecture of SIFTI was studied as a trade-off between performance and resource budget. We review the main architecture and functional choices, and their advantages. The preliminary instrument concept is then presented in its main aspects and in terms of main subsystem

Anisotropic Migration in Slab Lattices; Migration Anisotrope dans les Reseaux a Plaques; Anizotropicheskaya migratsiya v reshetkakh iz plastin; Migracion Anisotropica en Reticulados de Placas

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Honeck, H. C.; Quiquemelle, B. C. [Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (United States)

1965-08-15

One of the newest applications of pulsed neutron experiments is the measurement of the thermal neutron diffusion coefficient in different directions in a heterogeneous medium. This paper describes a theoretical method developed to predict these diffusion coefficients and presents some results for experiments in progress at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The interpretation of these experiments is considerably simplified if the experimental assembly is large. Diffusion cooling can then be ignored, the spectra taken to be Maxwellian, and a single energy group considered. With this simplification, it is possible to solve the transport equation numerically for the case of slab geometry. We insert a solution of the form Empty-Set (x, y, z, {Omega}, t) = exp (iB{sub 1}X + iB{sub 2}y - {lambda}t) Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) into the transport equation and solve for Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) by a combination of DSN and integral transport theory methods. The principal advantages of this method over existing methods is that absorption and anisotropic scattering are easily included, and the cell may be composed of many sub-regions. While we might attempt to find the eigenvalue {lambda}, given B{sub 1} and B{sub 2}, it is more convenient to replace iB{sub 1} by K{sub 1}, iB{sub 2} by K{sub 2}, and determine K{sub 1}, given K{sub 2} and {lambda}. The {lambda} can then be expressed as a power series in K{sup 2}{sub 1} and K{sup 2}{sub 2} (or equivalently B{sup 2}{sub 1} and B{sup 2}{sub 2}). The diffusion coefficients are then given by D{sub n} = -d{lambda}/K{sup 2}{sub n} Experiments are in progress at Brookhaven National Laboratory on alternating slabs of aluminium and polyethylene. We have selected the following one-group cross-sections: aluminium, {Sigma}{sub a} = 0.01228 cm{sup -1}, {Sigma}{sub S} = 0.08428 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0; polyethylene, {Sigma}{sub a} = 0.01947 cm{sup -1}, {Sigma}{sub S} = 2.593 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0.25. (author) [French] Une des dernieres applications des experiences au moyen des neutrons puises est la mesure des coefficients de diffusion anisotrope des neutrons thermiques dans un milieu heterogene. Les auteurs exposent une methode theorique elaboree pour prevoir ces coefficients de diffusion et ils indiquent quelques resultats obtenus au cours des experiences qui sont actuellement faites au Laboratoire national de Brookhaven. L'interpretation de ces experiences se trouve grandement simplifiee si l'assemblage experimental est de grande dimension. On peut alors negliger le refroidissement par diffusion, admettre que les spectres sont maxwelliens et ne considerer qu'un seul groupe d'energies. Grace a cette simplification, il est possible de resoudre numeriquement l'equation de transport pour le cas d'une geometrie a plaques. Dans l'equation de transport, les auteurs introduisent une solution ayant la forme Empty-Set (x, y, z, {Omega}, t) = exp (iB{sub 1}X + iB{sub 2}y - {lambda}t) Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) et ils la resolvent par rapport a Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) a) en combinant la methode DSN et des methodes fondees sur la theorie du transport. Les principaux avantages de ce procede par rapport aux methodes existantes sont les suivants: il permet d'inclure facilement l'absorption et la diffusion anisotrope et la cellule peut etre composee de nombreuses subdivisions. Les auteurs auraient pu essayer de determiner la valeur propre{lambda}pour Bx et B2 donnes, mais il est plus commode de remplacer iB{sub 1} par et iB{sub 2} par K{sub 2}, puis de determiner pour et {lambda} donnes. La valeur de {lambda} peut alors etre exprimee sous la forme d'une serie de puissances en K{sup 2}{sub 1} et K{sup 2}{sub 2} (ou de maniere equivalente en B{sup 2}{sub 1} et B{sup 2}{sub 2}). Dans ce cas les coefficients de diffusion sont donnes par la formule D{sub n} = -d{lambda}/K{sup 2}{sub n}. Au Laboratoire national de Brookhaven des experiences sont actuellement en cours sut des plaques alternees d'aluminium et de polyethylene. Les auteurs ont choisi les sections efficaces 3 un groupe ci-apres: aluminium, {Sigma}{sub a} = 0.01228 cm{sup -1}, {Sigma}{sub S} = 0.08428 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0; polyethylene, {Sigma}{sub a} = 0.01947 cm{sup -1}, {Sigma}{sub S} = 2.593 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0.25. (author) [Spanish] Una de las aplicaciones mas modernas de los experimentos con neutrones pulsados es la medicion en diferentes direcciones de los coeficientes de difusion anisotropica de neutrones termicos en un medio heterogeneo. La memoria describe un metodo teorico que se ha establecido para predecir estos coeficientes de difusion, y presenta algunos de los resultados obtenidos en los experimentos que se realizan en el Brookhaven National Laboratory. La interpretacion de los resultados se simplifica considerablemente si el conjunto experimental es de grandes dimensiones. En este caso cabe prescindir del enfriamiento por difusion, suponeT que los espectros son maxwellianos y considerar un solo grupo energetico. Gracias a esta simplficacion se consigue resolver numericamente la ecuacion de transporte cuando se trata de una geometria de placas. Los autores introducen en esta ecuacion una solucion de la forma Empty-Set (x, y, z, {Omega}, t) = exp (iB{sub 1}X + iB{sub 2}y - {lambda}t) Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) y despejan Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) por una combinacion de metodos DSN y de teorfa integral del transporte. Las principales ventajas de este procedimiento son que permite facilmente incluir la absorcion y la dispersion anisotropica, y que la celda se puede componer de muchas subregiones. Es posible tratar de encontrar el valor propio {lambda} cuando se conocen B{sub 1} y B{sub 2}, pero conviene mas sustituir iB{sub 1} por K{sub 1}, iB{sub 2} por K{sub 2}, y determinar K{sub 1}, una vez conocidos K{sub 2} y {lambda}. En este caso, {lambda} se puede expresar como serie exponencial de K{sup 2}{sub 1} y K{sup 2}{sub 2} (o lo que es equivalente, de B{sup 2}{sub 1} y de B{sup 2}{sub 2}). Entonces, la ecuacion D{sub n} = -d{lambda}/K{sup 2}{sub n} dara los coeficientes de difusion. En el Brookhaven National Laboratory se estan haciendo experimentos con placas alternadas de aluminio y polietileno. Los autores han seleccionado las siguientes secciones eficaces en un solo grupo: aluminio, {Sigma}a = 0, 01228 cm{sup -1}, {Sigma}s = 0, 08428 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0; polietileno, {Sigma}a - 0, 01947 cm-1, {Sigma}s = 2,593 cm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0,25. (author) [Russian] Odnoj iz samyh novyh oblastej primenenija jeksperimentov s impul'snymi nejtronami javljaetsja izmerenie kojefficienta diffuzii teplovyh nejtronov v razlichnyh napravlenijah v geterogennoj srede. Opisyvaetsja teoreticheskij metod, razrabotannyj s celyo predskazanija takih kojefficientov diffuzii, i predstavljajutsja nekotorye rezul'taty jeksperimentov, provodimyh v nastojashhee vremja v Brukhejvene. Interpretacija jetih jeksperimentov v znachitel'noj stepeni uproshhaetsja, esli jeksperimental'naja sborka javljaetsja bol'shoj. V jetom sluchae mozhno prenebregat' diffuzionnym ohlazhdeniem, spektry schitat' maksvellovskimi i rassmatrivat' edinstvennuju gruppu energii. Pri takom uproshhenii mozhno chislenno reshit' uravnenie perekosa dlja sluchaja plastinchatoj geometrii. My podstavljaem reshenie modeli Empty-Set (x, y, z, {Omega}, t) = exp (iB{sub 1}X + iB{sub 2}y - {lambda}t) Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) v uravnenie perenosa i reshaem Empty-Set (x, {Omega}) putem sochetanija metodov fil'trov dlja vyravnivanija dannyh i integral'noj teorii perenosa. Osnovnye preimushhestva jetogo metoda po sravneniju s sushhestvujushhimi sostojat v tom, chto legko vkljuchajutsja pogloshhenie i anijeotropiches- koe rassejanie i jachejka mozhet sostojat' iz mnogih podoblastej. Hotja sdelana popytka najti B{sub 1} i B{sub 2} s dannym sobstvennym znacheniem {lambda}, udobnee vmesto iB{sub l} postavit' kj i vmesto i V{sub 2} - k{sub 2} i opredelit' k{sub 2} s dannym k{sub 1} i {lambda} takom sluchae {lambda} mozhno vyrazit' v vide stelennogo rjada K{sup 2}{sub 1} i K{sup 2}{sub 2} (ili sootvetstvenno a B{sup 2}{sub 1} i B{sup 2}{sub 2}). Kojefficienty diffuzii zatem vyvodjatsja iz uravnenija D{sub n} = -d{lambda}/K{sup 2}{sub n}. V nastojashhee vremja v BNL provodjatsja jeksperimenty s peremennymi plastinami iz aljuminija i polijetilena. Otobrany sledujushhie poperechnye sechenija odnoj gruppy: aljuminij {Sigma}a - 0,01228sm{sup -1}, {Sigma}s = 0,08428 sm{sup -1}, {mu} = 0; polijetilen {Sigma}a = 0,01947 sm{sup -1}, {Sigma}s = 2,593 sm{sup -1} , {mu} = 0,25. (author)

On the integration of wind generators on weak grids and island grids; Sur l'integration des generateurs eoliens dans les reseaux faibles ou insulaires

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Laverdure, N

2005-12-15

Wind energy is now an energy that can not be ignored. Because of intrinsic characteristics (scattered primary energy, generators with different technologies, use of power electronics interface), wind energy system integration in distribution grids leads to real problems in terms of impacts. With recent standard changes, it is necessary to study the possibilities of each technology of wind turbines to answer or not to these new constraints. This PhD thesis focuses on a comparison of the main present wind turbines concerning three points of discussion: energy quality, fault ride through, ancillary services (voltage and frequency). It insists on the possibilities in terms of control laws for variable speed wind turbines. (author)

Fuzzy logic and modeling of ventilation networks in the nuclear industry; Logique floue et modelisation des reseaux de ventilation dans l'industrie nucleaire

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Floquet, P.; Lhoste, J.C.; Domenech, S.; Pibouleau, L. [Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Chimiques et Technologiques, Lab. de Genie Chimique, LGC, UMR CNRS/INP/UPS 5503, 31 - Toulouse (France); Laborde, J.C. [CEA Saclay, Institut de la Protection et de la Surete Nucleaire, IPSN, DPEA/SERAC, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

2001-07-01

This article presents the implementation of fuzzy logic in the modeling of ducts, filters and pressures of the ventilation networks of the nuclear industry, taking into account the uncertainties of the aeraulic parameters. (J.S.)

Caractérisation des propriétés mécaniques et électriques des matériaux composites par méthode holographique numérique 3D et analyse diélectrique

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Karray , Mayssa

2012-01-01

This PhD thesis describes the application of innovative analytical methods for the characterization of mechanicaland electrical properties of composite materials.The first chapter provides a state of the art of theoretical fundamentals and prerequisites needed to understandthe manuscript. A critical survey leads to a strategy for the analysis, based partly on digital holographic methodsand dielectric techniques.The second chapter is devoted to the choice of method of digital holography. In pa...

Critical experiments in AQUILON with fuels slightly enriched in uranium 235 or in plutonium; Experiences critiques dans aquilon portant sur des combustibles legerement enrichis en uranium 235 et en plutonium

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Chabrillac, M; Ledanois, G; Lourme, P; Naudet, R [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

Reactivity comparisons have been, made in Aquilon II between geometrically identical lattices differing only by the composition of the fuel. The fuel elements consist in metallic uranium single rods with either slight differences of the isotopic composition (0.69 - 0.71 - 0.83 - 0.86 per cent of uranium 235) or slight additions of plutonium (0.043 per cent). Five lattices pitches have bean used, in order to produce a large variation of spectrum. Two additional sets of plutonium fuels are prepared to be used in the same conditions. The double comparisons: natural enriched 235 versus natural-enriched plutonium are made in such a way that a very precise interpretation is permitted. The results are perfectly consistent which seems to prove that the calculation methods are convenient. Further it can been inferred that the usual data, namely for the ratio of the {eta} of {sup 235}U and {sup 239}Pu seem reliable. (authors) [French] On a compare neutroniquement dans Aquilon II des reseaux geometriquement identiques mais comportant de petites differences de composition du combustible. EL s'agit de barres d'uranium metallique, les unes avec des teneurs differentes en isotopes 235 (0,69 - 0,71 - 0,83 - 0,86 pour cent) les autres comportant une legere addition de plutonium (0,043 pour cent). Les comparaisons ont ete faites a cinq pas differents, de maniere a mettre en jeu une assez large variation de spectre. Deux autres jeux de combustible au plutonium seront utilises ulterieurement dans les memes conditions. Les resultats des mesures se presentent sous forme de doubles comparaisons: naturel-enrichi 235/naturel-enrichi plutonium. On s'est place dans des conditions qui permettent des interpretations tres precises. Les resultats sont remarquablement coherents, ce qui semble montrer que les methodes de calcul sont bien adaptees, Ils tendent d'autre part a prouver que les valeurs numeriques admises dans la litterature, notamment pour le rapport des {eta} de l'U 235 et de Pu 239

The structure of magnetic materials; La structure des substances magnetiques

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Villain, J. [Commissariat a l' energie atomique et aux energies alternatives - CEA, C.E.N. Saclay (France)

1960-07-01

The paper deals with the prediction of the structure of magnetic materials below the critical point. The molecular field approximation is used: exchange interactions with unlimited range are assumed; the magnetic ions are supposed to form a Bravais lattice. The critical temperature T{sub c} is first calculated (section 1) without assuming any decomposition of the crystal into sublattices, and the magnetic structure at T{sub c} is given. It is next shown (section 2) that the essential features of this structure persist below T{sub c}, and the various possible cases are considered. It is possible that no decomposition into sublattices takes place, i.e. the magnetic structure and the nuclear structure have incommensurable periods. A detailed treatment is then given for the body-centered quadratic lattice (section 3) with interaction between first, second and third neighbours. Reprint of a paper published in Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 11, no. 3/4, p. 303-309, 1959 [French] Ce travail a pour objet la prevision systematique de la structure des substances magnetiques au-dessous du point de transition et l'etude des differents cas qui peuvent se presenter lorsque les ions magnetiques forment un reseau de Bravais. On se place dans une approximation de champ moleculaire, mais on ne fait aucune restriction concernant la portee des interactions d'echange. Apres avoir determine (Section 1) la temperature critique et la structure magnetique a cette temperature sans supposer a priori l'existence d'une decomposition en sous-reseaux, on montre (Section 2) que cette structure reste stable en dessous de la temperature critique, et on etudie les divers cas possibles. Il peut arriver en particulier que la structure magnetique ait une periode incommensurable avec celle du reseau cristallin. L'example du reseau quadratique centre avec couplage entre premiers, seconds et troisiemes voisins (Section 3) fournit une bonne illustration de cette etude. Reproduction d'un article publie

Use of an oscillation technique to measure effective cross-sections of fissionable samples in critical assemblies; Mesure des sections efficaces effectives d'echantillons fissiles par une methode d'oscillation dans les-assemblages critiques

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Tretiakoff, O; Vidal, R; Carre, J C; Robin, M [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

The authors describe the technique used to measure the effective absorption and neutron-yield cross-sections of a fissionable sample. These two values are determined by analysing the signals due to the variation in reactivity (over-all signal) and the local perturbation in the flux (local signal) produced by the oscillating sample. These signals are standardized by means of a set of samples containing quantities of fissionable material ({sup 235}U) and an absorber, boron, which are well known. The measurements are made for different neutron spectra characterized by lattice parameters which constitute the central zone within which the sample moves. This technique is used to study the effective cross-sections of uranium-plutonium alloys for different heavy-water and graphite lattices in the MINERVE and MARIUS critical assemblies. The same experiments are carried out on fuel samples of different irradiations in order to determine the evolution of effective cross-sections as a function of the spectrum and the irradiations. (authors) [French] On decrit la methode utilisee pour mesurer les sections efficaces effectives d'absorption et de production de neutrons d'un echantillon fissile. Ces deux grandeurs sont determinees en analysant les signaux dus a la variation de reactivite (signal global) et a la perturbation locale de flux (signal local) produits par l'echantillon oscillant. Ces signaux sont etalonnes a l'aide d'un jeu d'echantillons dont les teneurs en materiau fissile ({sup 235}U) et en absorbeur (bore) sont bien connues. Les mesures sont realisees pour differents spectres de neutrons caracterises par les parametres du reseau constituant la zone centrale a l'interieur de laquelle se deplace l'echantillon. A l'aide de cette methode on etudie les sections efficaces effectives d'alliage uranium-plutonium pour differents reseaux a eau lourde et a graphite dans les assemblages crtiques MINERVE et MARIUS. Les memes experiences sont effectuees sur des echantillons de

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Aime, C.; Soummer, R.

This book reports the proceedings of the second Journées d'Imagerie grave{a} Très Haute Dynamique et Détection d'Exoplanètes (Days on High Contrast Imaging and Exoplanets Detection) that were held in Nice in October, 6-10, 2003 with the joint efforts of the Collège de France, the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and the Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice which organized the meeting. The first Journées led to the publication of Volume 8, 2003 EAS Publications Series: Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging: From Planetary Systems to Active Galactic Nuclei that collected 33 papers presented during the session of May, 13-16, 2002. It covered a very large domain of research in high contrast imaging for exoplanet detection: astrophysical science (from protoplanetary disks to AGNs), instruments and techniques (from coronagraphy to nulling), data processing. These Journées took place because of the need of a working session giving enough time to the participants to explain their work and understand that of their colleagues. The second Journées took the form of an École thématique du CNRS. The courses were held in French, but the reports are in English. The present edition reports 29 courses and short presentations given at this occasion. The texts correspond to original presentations, and a few communications, too similar to those of 2002, were not reported here to avoid duplication. This makes the two books complementary. The general theme of the school was similar to that of the former meeting, with a marked teaching objective. The courses and presentations were also more centered in optics and instrumental techniques. The main idea was to study what we could call “exoplanetographs”, instruments using apodisation, coronagraphy, nulling or other techniques to directly record the light of an exoplanet. Fundamental aspects of signal processing were deferred to a third edition of the school. A

On the integration of wind generators on weak grids and island grids; Sur l'integration des generateurs eoliens dans les reseaux faibles ou insulaires

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Laverdure, N

2005-12-15

Wind energy is now an energy that can not be ignored. Because of intrinsic characteristics (scattered primary energy, generators with different technologies, use of power electronics interface), wind energy system integration in distribution grids leads to real problems in terms of impacts. With recent standard changes, it is necessary to study the possibilities of each technology of wind turbines to answer or not to these new constraints. This PhD thesis focuses on a comparison of the main present wind turbines concerning three points of discussion: energy quality, fault ride through, ancillary services (voltage and frequency). It insists on the possibilities in terms of control laws for variable speed wind turbines. (author)

Solution of the transfer functions and the linear networks by an analog computer; Resolution des fonctions de transfert et des reseaux lineaires sur calculateur analogique

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Bras, D

1967-09-27

This study presents five methods used to realize a transfer function on analog computer - method of operational amplifiers - method of successive integrations - method of the auxiliary variable - method of the Horner decomposition - method of the direct analog transposition. The method that seems to us the most interesting, this one of Horner, is exposed with some complements. The last method presents the study of a linear network (mechanical, electronic) by direct analog transposition, without having to calculate its transfer function. Several aspects are studied the economy or the material type, the simpleness of implementing the adaptation of coefficients to the computer, the introduction of initial conditions of input and output functions. Every method presented is discussed in function of these problems. The precision of the result is not studied here, but we can indicate that the methods treated here, do not include approximations other than these ones of the computer elements. [French] Cette etude presente cinq methodes utilisees pour realiser une fonction de transfert quelconque sur calculateur analogique - methode des Amplificateurs operationnels - methode des integrations successives - methode de la variable auxiliaire - methode de la decomposition de Horner - methode de la transposition analogique directe. La methode qui nous semble la plus interessante, celle de Horner, est exposee avec quelques complements. La derniere methode presente l'etude d'un reseau lineaire (mecanique, electronique...) par transposition analogique directe, sans avoir a calculer sa fonction de transfert. Plusieurs aspects sont etudies l'economie ou le type de materiel, la simplicite de mise en oeuvre l'adaptation des coefficients au calculateur, l'introduction des conditions initiales des fonctions d'entree et de sortie. Chaque methode presentee est discutee en fonction de ces problemes. La precision du resultat n'est pas etudiee ici, mais on peut indiquer toutefois que les methodes traitees ne comportent pas d'approximations autres que celles des elements du calculateur. (auteur)

Multi-criteria optimization of dryers: use of neural networks and genetical algorithms; Optimisation multi-criteres de sechoirs: utilisation des reseaux de neurones et algorithmes genetiques

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Hugget, A.; Nadeau, J.P.; Sabastian, P. [Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Metiers, 33 - Talence (France)

1997-12-31

Drying remains a complex process to model and thus to optimize. In this paper a new approach is proposed which allows to perform a compression in the drying model in order to integrate it using neural networks. The simulation times become very small and allow to test a great number of configurations. This decisive advantage allows to perform a multi-criteria optimization using hybrid genetical algorithms based on technical-economical criteria like drying cost, production or final product quality. (J.S.) 10 refs.

The Role of Diffusion Measurements in the Study of Crystal Lattice Defects; Role des Mesures de la Diffusion dans l'Etude des Defauts des Reseaux Cristallins; Rol' diffuzionnykh izmerenij v izuchenii defektov kristallicheskikh reshetok.rol' diffuzionnykh izmerenij v izuchenii defektov kristallicheskikh reshetok; Las Mediciones de la Difusion en el Estudio de Defectos de los Reticulados Cristalinos

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Kidson, G. V. [Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, ON (Canada)

1966-02-15

transport atomique dans les solides presentent souvent un interet direct pour les ingenieurs specialises dans l'etude, la mise au point et l'utilisation de materiaux. Actuellement on s'efforce de plus en plus d'aboutir a la comprehension de ces proprietes en fonction de l'apparition et la nature de defauts ponctuels et lineaires dans les cristaux. Le memoire fait le point de certaines etudes de diffusion effectuees recemment a Chalk River; ces travaux non seulement fournissent des resultats importants pour la technologie nucleaire, mais permettent egalement de mieux comprendre la nature des defauts de reseaux que l'on rencontre dans les materiaux. Les questions etudiees sont: a) l'autodiffusion dans la phase de zirconium pur a haute temperature; b) la diffusion d'un solute dans le plomb; c) l'interdiffusion de l'aluminium et du zirconium. L'auteur discute brievement les resultats assez surprenants et encore imparfaitement compris qui sont decrits sous a). Certaines indications donnent a penser que la diffusion se produit soit par un reseau serre de dislocation resultant d'une transformation de la phase martensitique, soit par un excedent de lacunes provoquees dans le cristal par des impuretes. Sous b), l'auteur discute la diffusion extraordinairement rapide des solutes de metaux nobles dans des monocristaux de plomb de grande purete selon l'etat de solution des atomes du solute. Il montre que Ton peut comprendre leur comportement de diffusion si l'on admet qu'une fraction f Inverted-Question-Mark des atomes dissous du solute occupe des sites interstitiels. Le coefficient de diffusion mesure D{sub m} et le coefficient de diffusion interstitielle sont lies par la relation D{sub m} = f{sub i}D{sub i}. Sous c), l'auteur decrit la formation et la croissance rapide d'un compose intermetallique unique ZrAl{sub 3} dans la zone de diffusion formee entre le zirconium et l'aluminium purs et il interprete le mecanisme de diffusion en fonction de la structure du reseau compose. Il

Burn up physics; Physique des combustibles irradies

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Tretiakoff, O [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

. Une deuxieme serie d'experiences, plus recente, porte sur l'etude de reseaux utilisant des combustibles reconstitues (alliages Uranium - Plutonium), compares a de l'Uranium legerement appauvri ou enrichi. On decrit les experiences prevues (eau lourde, graphite a froid puis jusqu'a 500 C) et on expose les resultats deja obtenus. Ces experiences, necessitant pres d'une tonne de combustible de chaque espece, ne peuvent se preter a des etudes systematiques. C'est pourquoi on a poursuivi depuis quelques annees la mise au point d'une methode de mesure differentielle par oscillation, ne necessitant que des echantillons de l'ordre de quelques kilogrammes. On discute les relations entre ces mesures et les etudes de reseaux et on montre comment est effectuee l'etude systematique de compositions de combustible variees. La methode a pu etre appliquee avec succes a l'etude systematique de combustibles irradies (soumis par ailleurs aux analyses citees dans la premiere partie) donnant ainsi la possibilite de mesurer in situ l'absorption des produits de fission. (auteur)

Study of the crystallographic and magnetic properties of cubic manganite spinels NiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4}; Etude des proprietes cristallographiques et magnetiques des manganites spinelles cubiques NiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4}

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Boucher, B [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1969-07-01

We study the variation of the crystallographic properties (inversion degree, position parameters and short range order) of the cubic spinel Mn{sub {nu}}Ni{sub 1-{nu}}[Mn{sub 2{nu}}Ni{sub {nu}}]O{sub 4}, as a function of the thermal treatment applied to the sample. {nu} lies between 0. 74 and 0. 93; the slower the sample is cooled the more inverse it is. We show, in a molecular field theory, that a system of three magnetic sublattices can afford a 'star' configuration. We establish the conditions of stability of such a structure and its evolution as a function of temperature is foreseen. Neutron diffraction measurements show that the magnetic structure of NiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} at 4.2 K is a 'star' configuration and that with increasing temperature it becomes a collinear structure in agreement with the theory. Furthermore, we find an anomaly in the value of specific heat at the transition temperature between 'star' and collinear structures. (author) [French] On etudie la variation des proprietes cristallographiques (inversion, parametre de position, ordre a courte distance) du spinelle cubique Mn{sub {nu}}Ni{sub 1-{nu}}[Mn{sub 2{nu}}Ni{sub {nu}}]O{sub 4}, en fonction du traitement thermique que subit l'echantillon, {nu} est compris entre 0,74 et 0,93; plus le corps est refroidi lentement, plus il est inverse. On montre, dans le cadre d'une theorie de champ moleculaire, qu'un systeme a trois sous-reseaux magnetiques peut presenter une configuration en ''etoile''. On etablit les conditions de stabilite d'une telle structure et on prevoit son evolution en fonction de la temperature. Les mesures de diffraction de neutrons montrent que la structure magnetique de NiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} a 4,2 K est du type ''en etoile'' et qu'elle evolue en fonction de la temperature vers une structure colineaire comme le prevoit la theorie. De plus on observe une anomalie de chaleur specifique a la temperature de la transition entre la structure ''en etoile'' et la structure colineaire. (auteur)

Application of the pulsed neutron technique on the reactors ALIZE - AQUILON (1963); Application de la methode des neutrons pulses sur les piles ALIZE et AQUILON (1963)

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Jacquemart, R [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1963-07-01

sensibilite spectrale des absorbants. Une methode modifiee utilisant la technique des neutrons pulses a ete experimentee. Les experiences sous-critiques ont permis de definir avec une bonne precision des tailles critiques de reseaux uranium-eau lourde. (auteur)

Application of the pulsed neutron technique on the reactors ALIZE - AQUILON (1963); Application de la methode des neutrons pulses sur les piles ALIZE et AQUILON (1963)

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Jacquemart, R. [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1963-07-01

affectes par la sensibilite spectrale des absorbants. Une methode modifiee utilisant la technique des neutrons pulses a ete experimentee. Les experiences sous-critiques ont permis de definir avec une bonne precision des tailles critiques de reseaux uranium-eau lourde. (auteur)

Synthesis of amphiphilic macrocyclic molecules from family of aza-porphyrins and study in Langmuir-Blodgett films; Synthese de molecules macrocycliques amphiphiles de la famille des azaporphyrines et etude en films de Langmuir-Blodgett

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Palacin, Serge

1988-03-04

The cellular automata, also called formal neurons, directly inspired by the knowledge concerning the nervous system, are able to mimic some basic processes of brain, as shape recognition, connecting memory, information sorting... This work aims to build a molecular structure able to fit the working rules of a bidimensional cellular automata. So, amphiphilic molecules belonging to the aza-porphyrin family are synthesized and organized into a planar paving by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The regular structure of the outcoming ultra-thin films is studied by linear dichroism and anisotropic electron spin resonance. The physico-chemical behaviour of the amphiphilic molecules is studied and brings about an explanation of the redox phenomena which are observed on the monomolecular film on the water surface. So are we able to outline the future chemical addressing ways of the bidimensional cellular automata. In the end of this dissertation, different ways likely to insure covalent bindings between the active sites and allow the transfer of information within the cellular network are discussed. (author) [French] Les reseaux d'automates, aussi appeles neurones formels, directement inspires par les connaissances nouvelles concernant le fonctionnement du systeme nerveux, sont a l'heure actuelle capables de reproduire certaines operations fondamentales du cerveau, telles que la reconnaissance de forme, la memoire associative, le tri d'information... Le travail a pour but de realiser une structure moleculaire susceptible d'obeir aux regles de fonctionnement d'un automate cellulaire bi-dimensionnel. Dans ce but, des molecules amphiphiles de la famille des azaporphyrines sont synthetisees et organisees en un pavage plan par la methode de Langmuir-Blodgett. La structure reguliere des films ultraminces obtenus est determinee par dichroisme lineaire et resonance paramagnetique electronique anisotrope. Les caracteristiques physico-chimiques des molecules amphiphiles sont etudiees

Diferenciación étnica y redes de larga distancia entre migrantes andinos: el caso de Sanka y Colcha

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1991-01-01

Full Text Available DIFFERENTIATION ETHNIQUE ET RESEAUX DE LONGUE DISTANCE CHEZ LES MIGRANTS ANDINS : LE CAS DE “SANKA” ET “COLCHA”. Les migrants andins ne limitent pas leurs réseaux sociaux d’interaction au milieu urbain. La réorientation spatiale des migrants devient notable au moment de l’aggravation de la crise nationale au Pérou qui affecte avec une particulière dureté la population liménienne. La formation de nouveaux réseaux de longue distance entre migrants est déterminée historiquement par l’espace géographique que couvre l’histoire de leur migration. De tels réseaux d’interaction impliquent un mécanisme spécifique de reproduction sociale des migrants andins et constituent un facteur important de changement social. Los migrantes andinos en Lima no limitan sus redes sociales de interacción al centro urbano. Sobre todo con la agudización de la crisis nacional en el Perú, que afecta con particular dureza a la población limeña, comienza una notable reorientación espacial de los migrantes. La formación de nuevas redes de larga distancia entre migrantes es históricamente determinada por el espacio geográfico que cubre su historia migracional. Tales redes de interacción significan un mecanismo específico de reproducción social de migrantes andinos y son factor importante del cambio social. ETHNIC DIFFERENTIATION AND LONG-DISTANCE-NETWORKS BETWEEN ANDEAN MIGRANTS: THE CASE OF “SANKA” AND “COLCHA”. The andean migrants in Lima do not limit their social networks of interaction on the urban center. Together with the aggravation of the national crisis in Peru, which affects the urban population of Lima particularly hard, is emerging a remarkable spatial reorientation of those migrants. The formation of long-distance-networks between migrants is historically determined by the geographical space, which covers their migration history. Such networks of interaction suggest a specific form of social reproduction of the andean migrants

Economic assessment group on power transmission and distribution networks tariffs; Groupe d'expertise economique sur la tarification des reseaux de transport et de distribution de l'electricite

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2000-06-01

Facing the new law on the electric power market liberalization, the french government created an experts group to analyze solutions and assessment methods of the electrical networks costs and tariffs and to control their efficiency. This report presents the analysis and the conclusions of the group. It concerns the three main subjects: the regulation context, the tariffing of the electric power transmission and distribution (the cost and efficiency of the various options) and the tariffing of the electric power supply to the eligible consumers. The authors provide a guideline for a tariffing policy. (A.L.B.)

History matching of large scale fractures to production data; Calage de la geometrie des reseaux de fractures aux donnees hydrodynamiques de production d'un champ petrolier

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Jenni, S.

2005-01-01

Object based models are very helpful to represent complex geological media such as fractured reservoirs. For building realistic fracture networks, these models have to be constrained to both static (seismic, geomechanics, geology) and dynamic data (well tests and production history). In this report we present a procedure for the calibration of large-scale fracture networks to production history. The history matching procedure includes a realistic geological modeling, a parameterization method coherent with the geological model and allowing an efficient optimization. Fluid flow modeling is based on a double medium approach. The calibration procedure was applied to a semi-synthetic case based on a real fractured reservoir. The calibration to water-cut data was performed. (author)

Parallelization of learning problems by artificial neural networks. Application in external radiotherapy; Parallelisation de problemes d'apprentissage par des reseaux neuronaux artificiels. Application en radiotherapie externe

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Sauget, M

2007-12-15

This research is about the application of neural networks used in the external radiotherapy domain. The goal is to elaborate a new evaluating system for the radiation dose distributions in heterogeneous environments. The al objective of this work is to build a complete tool kit to evaluate the optimal treatment planning. My st research point is about the conception of an incremental learning algorithm. The interest of my work is to combine different optimizations specialized in the function interpolation and to propose a new algorithm allowing to change the neural network architecture during the learning phase. This algorithm allows to minimise the al size of the neural network while keeping a good accuracy. The second part of my research is to parallelize the previous incremental learning algorithm. The goal of that work is to increase the speed of the learning step as well as the size of the learned dataset needed in a clinical case. For that, our incremental learning algorithm presents an original data decomposition with overlapping, together with a fault tolerance mechanism. My last research point is about a fast and accurate algorithm computing the radiation dose deposit in any heterogeneous environment. At the present time, the existing solutions used are not optimal. The fast solution are not accurate and do not give an optimal treatment planning. On the other hand, the accurate solutions are far too slow to be used in a clinical context. Our algorithm answers to this problem by bringing rapidity and accuracy. The concept is to use a neural network adequately learned together with a mechanism taking into account the environment changes. The advantages of this algorithm is to avoid the use of a complex physical code while keeping a good accuracy and reasonable computation times. (author)

Report of study group 5.4 remote operation of distribution networks; Rapport du comite de travail 5.4 distribution du gaz: exploitation a distance des reseaux de distribution

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Spohn, D.; Osiadacz, A.

2000-07-01

This study by the IGU WOC 5.4 reviews, at a management level, the application of remote monitoring and control systems for distribution networks. Gas distribution companies have to carefully balance the safety, quality, economic and financial aspects of managing geographically distributed assets to meet customer needs. Remote systems are a key tool in meeting these objectives. A questionnaire was developed to identify the key drives for the selection of remote monitoring and control systems, high level company parameters and current technologies in use. The field in questionnaires received by the WOC 5.4 show that monitoring equipment and remote control systems for gas distribution in various configurations are commonly utilized by the firms operating in this field. The reason why the firms themselves did adopt a remote control system mainly depends on safety as well as on a reduction of operating costs due to reduction in the personnel and related overheads associated with the management of the system. (authors)

The tariffs of use of liquefied natural gas transportation networks and facilities; Les tarifs d'utilisation des reseaux de transport et des installations de gaz naturel liquefie

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NONE

2005-07-01

The new tariff proposals for the use of natural gas transportation networks were transmitted to the French Ministry of economy, finances and industry on October 27, 2004 by the commission of energy regulation. These proposals have been adopted and are the object of three legislative texts: the decree no. 2005-607 from May 27 2005 relative to the tariffing rules, the by-law from May 27, 2005 relative to the definition of balancing areas, and the advice from May 27, 2005 relative to the tariffs of use of natural gas transportation networks. In application of article 7 of the law from January 3, 2003, the implementation of the first tariffs of use of natural gas transportation networks and of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities is defined in the decree no. 2004-994 from September 21, 2004. On the main transportation network, the tariffing is of 'input-output' type and does not depend on the distance, while at the regional network scale, the tariffing is linked with the distance. The tariff of use of LNG facilities is the sum of 4 terms: a fixed term applied to each batch unloaded at the methane terminal, a term proportional to the unloaded LNG quantities, a term depending on the duration of use of LNG storage facilities and a term covering the gas consumptions of LNG facilities. This document gathers these different legislative texts with their appendixes. (J.S.)

Policies and means to assess and improve service quality in electricity supply systems; Methods et moyens pour ameliorer la qualite` du service des reseaux publics de distribution d`electricite`

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Lagostena, L.; Mirra, C.; Noferi, P.L.; Sani, G.

1992-03-01

Quality of electricity supply to users consists of a series of characteristics of the voltage at the points of delivery. This report shows how service quality, in the past basically related to the tolerance of voltage and frequency with respect to the nominal value, as well as, to the continuity of supply, is nowadays assessed also in relation to other aspects, generally referred to as disturbances. Short interruptions, voltage dips, transient overvoltages, harmonics and flicker are mainly taken into consideration. A description is given of the approach adopted by ENEL (the Italian Electricity Board) in order to evaluate and, if required, improve the quality of service, based upon the acquisition of data related to faults, interruptions and disturbances. These data are processed in order to obtain significant indices on the state of the network and on the effectiveness of the actions which can be implemented. Finally, the measures which may lead to an improvement in the quality of service are identified, and potential advantages, in terms of the reduction of non-supplied energy and number of faults, of adopting appropriate automatic devices and optimizing maintenance work on some distribution networks are illustrated.

Application of neural networks to measurement methods based on radiation interactions with matter; Application des reseaux de neurones aux methodes de mesure basees sur l'interaction rayonnement matiere

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Pilato, V

1999-07-01

The possibility of improving by neuronal techniques the preparation and interpretation of nuclear measurements was investigated. A general methodology was developed and applied to various problems in this field. Whatever the problem to be treated, to solve it comes to determine the relation which binds the inputs to the outputs. Neural networks based on supervised training, like the multilayer Perceptron, have the capability to calculate any relation between a set of input and output data. On the other hand, the training phase is often a long and delicate operation whose difficulties grow with the size of the network:it is thus interesting to reduce it by introducing knowledge a priori and/or by reducing the number of inputs in order to extract the relevant information. If the correlations between the inputs are linear, the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and its neuronal equivalents make it possible to obtain by orthogonal projection a reduced number of input components while preserving the maximum of initial information. If the correlations are nonlinear, the Curvilinear Components Analysis (CCA) allows, by a unsupervised training, to carry out a nonlinear projection of the inputs in a space of reduced size. Besides, it is noticed that when the dimension of the input space is equal to the intrinsic dimension of the problem, this last is practically solved by CCA. We propose a general method which consists in characterizing as well as possible the problem by its inputs and then to extract and classify the information contained in those by projection in a space of reduced size. Association between the projected data and the problem outputs is then carried out by a supervised training network. Certain results having to be provided with their associated uncertainty, a statistical method based on the bootstrap algorithm is proposed. Potential applications other that those treated are considered. (author)

Economic assessment group on power transmission and distribution networks tariffs; Groupe d'expertise economique sur la tarification des reseaux de transport et de distribution de l'electricite

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2000-06-01

Facing the new law on the electric power market liberalization, the french government created an experts group to analyze solutions and assessment methods of the electrical networks costs and tariffs and to control their efficiency. This report presents the analysis and the conclusions of the group. It concerns the three main subjects: the regulation context, the tariffing of the electric power transmission and distribution (the cost and efficiency of the various options) and the tariffing of the electric power supply to the eligible consumers. The authors provide a guideline for a tariffing policy. (A.L.B.)

Le changement comme tradition dans la recherche et la formation a la recherche en biotechnologie et en peripherie Etude de cas en sciences de la sante, sciences naturelles et genie

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Bourque, Claude Julie

luttes universitaires que scientifiques, concentrees sur la negociation du capital scientifique, symbolique et economique en jeu dans la formation doctorale, dans les carrieres auxquelles elle mene, et dans les qualites du titre de Ph.D. Au final, la confusion entre des logiques opposees peut etre reduite en reinterpretant le changement comme tradition du champ scientifique. Mots-cles Sociologie, education, enseignement superieur, science et technologie, biotechnologie, formation doctorale, champ scientifique, reseaux sociaux

Contribution to the study of the role of diffusion in the growth of crystals from solution; Contribution a l'etude du role de la diffusion dans la croissance des cristaux a partir de solution

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Quivy, M [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1965-12-01

In the case of the two-dimensional growth of crystals from solution, the concentration distribution could be explained on the basis of Fick diffusion equation. The limiting conditions are defined in a satisfactory way, and the curves of equal concentration in the solution surrounding the crystal are calculated using a resistance network device. These curves are similar to the observed interference fringes. The limiting conditions are different according as to whether the type of crystal growth is regular or dendritic. In this work the growth rate of the crystal faces in solution has been measured for various substances. These direct measurements were carried out using a micrometric eye-piece and chrono-photographs. The interferential method using polarized light has been used for determining the concentration distribution in the neighbourhood of the crystal; it was thereby possible, knowing the diffusion coefficient, to calculate the growth rate and to observe the existence of a disagreement, of the order of two, with the direct measurements. This discrepancy can even attain a value of ten in the case of very soluble substances; these latter have been studied by R. ITTI. (author) [French] Dans le cas de la croissance a deux dimensions de cristaux a partir de solution, la distribution des concentrations pouvait etre expliquee a partir de l'equation de diffusion de FICK. En fixant les conditions aux limites de facon convenable, on calcule, au moyen d'un dispositif a reseaux resistifs, les courbes d'egale concentration de la solution entourant le cristal. On constate que ces courbes sont semblables aux franges d'interferences observees. Les conditions aux limites sont differentes suivant que le type de croissance du cristal est regulier ou dendritique. Dans ce travail, on a egalement mesure les vitesses de croissance des faces cristallines a partir de solutions, en employant differentes substances. Ces mesures directes ont ete effectuees au moyen d'un oculaire

ATES Contribution to the Housing Energy Balance: a Simple Assessment Methodology Contribution du stockage d’énergie thermique en aquifère au bilan énergétique lié à l’habitat : méthodologie d’évaluation rapide

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Bourbiaux B.

2011-02-01

Full Text Available The reduction of Green-House Gas Emissions (GHGE goes through a sum of solutions that need to be tuned to the local context in terms of energy needs and resources, and also to the demand and offer variations with time. The housing heat consumption is particularly concerned as it is seasonal and rarely in phase with the deliverability of alternative or renewable energy sources. This paper studies heat storage in saline untapped aquifers as a solution to overcome the time lag between production and consumption. This process applies to heat networks that supply dense housing complexes. Firstly, a methodology is described to size an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES project as a function of the heat production and consumption characteristics on the one hand, and of the recovery factor of the stored heat on the other hand. The major role played by this recovery factor leads to a review of thermal losses of various origins and to a sensitivity study of influent reservoir parameters such as the aquifer thickness, productivity and heterogeneity, for the purpose of aquifer selection and storage project management. La reduction des Gaz a Effet de Serre (GES passe par un ensemble de solutions qui doivent etre adaptees au contexte local des besoins et ressources en energie, ainsi qu’aux variations de l’offre et la demande au cours du temps. Ce constat concerne en particulier la consommation d’energie calorifique destinee a l’habitat. En effet, cette consommation de chaleur est saisonniere et rarement en phase avec la disponibilite des sources d’energie alternatives ou renouvelables. Cet article etudie le stockage de chaleur dans des aquiferes salins inexploites en tant que solution pour pallier ce dephasage entre production et consommation. Ce procede concerne les reseaux de chaleur desservant un habitat concentre. En premier lieu, une methodologie quantitative est decrite pour dimensionner le projet de stockage d’energie thermique en

Comparison Of The Worth Of Critical And Exponential Measurements For Heavy-Water-Moderated Reactors; Valeur Relative des Mesures Critiques et Exponentielles pour l'Etude des Reacteurs Ralentis a l'Eau Lourde; Sravnenie tsennosti kriticheskikh i ehksponentsial'nykh izmerenij dlya reaktorov s tyazhelovodnym zamedlitelem; Valor Relativo de las Mediciones Criticas y Exponenciales para los Reactores Moderados por Agua Pesada

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Graves, W. E.; Hennelly, E. J. [Savannah River Laboratory, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

1964-02-15

direct effects in mock-ups and as a test for heterogeneous and two-dimensional diffusion calculations. (6) Criticality studies of heavy-water lattice fuel in light water The SRL exponentials have proved particularly valuable for criticality studies to determine safe methods of handling enriched fuel in light water. High accuracy is not required in this case, and the generalized exponential buckling studies are definitely preferable to the more particularized critical studies. (author) [French] En regle generale, les experiences critiques et exponentielles sur des reseaux de reacteurs fournissent des renseignements qui font double emploi. Durant les dix dernieres annees, le Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) a fait fonctionner simultanement un ensemble critique a eau lourde (PDP) et un ensemble exponentiel (SE). Les auteurs exposent brievement l'experience acquise au SRL, indiquent les resultats obtenus et font des recommandations au sujet de la possibilite d'appliquer ces deux genres d'installations dans differentes experiences. Les auteurs examinent les six types d'experiences ci-apres: 1. Mesures du laplacien dans les reseaux isotropiques uniformes Le SRL a procede a de nombreuses comparaisons entre les mesures faites a l'aide d'ensembles critiques a une seule region, d'ensembles exponentiels, d'ensembles critiques a substitution et du reacteur d'essai des constantes physiques (PCTR). El semble que les seules difficultes que presentent les experiences exponentielles, resident dans les determinations du laplacien dans le sens radial. Si l'on reussit a faire ces determinations, les experiences exponentielles peuvent etre comparees favorablement aux experiences critiques. Les ensembles critiques a une seule region necessitent le plus de matieres; viennent ensuite les ensembles critiques a substitution et les ensembles exponentiels dont les besoins sont en gros comparables; enfin le PCTR ou les mesures en exigent le moins. 2. Effets anisotropiques et effets cavitaires Des

Modeling by artificial neural networks. Application to the management of fuel in a nuclear power plant; Modelisation par reseaux de neurones. Application a la gestion du combustible dans un reacteur

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Gaudier, F

1999-07-01

The determination of the family of optimum core loading patterns for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) involves the assessment of the core attributes, such as the power peaking factor for thousands of candidate loading patterns. Despite the rapid advances in computer architecture, the direct calculation of these attributes by a neutronic code needs a lot of of time and memory. With the goal of reducing the calculation time and optimizing the loading pattern, we propose in this thesis a method based on ideas of neural and statistical learning to provide a feed forward neural network capable of calculating the power peaking corresponding to an eighth core PWR. We use statistical methods to deduct judicious inputs (reduction of the input space dimension) and neural methods to train the model (learning capabilities). Indeed, on one hand, a principal component analysis allows us to characterize more efficiently the fuel assemblies (neural model inputs) and the other hand, the introduction of the a priori knowledge allows us to reducing the number of freedom parameters in the neural network. The model was built using a multi layered perceptron trained with the standard back propagation algorithm. We introduced our neural network in the automatic optimization code FORMOSA, and on EDF real problems we showed an important saving in time. Finally, we propose an hybrid method which combining the best characteristics of the linear local approximator GPT (Generalized Perturbation Theory) and the artificial neural network. (author)

SEE electric systems. The electricity market opens up. New challenges in metering; SEE reseaux electriques. L'ouverture du marche de l'electricite. Un nouveau defi pour le comptage

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Bergerot, J.L. [Electricite de France (EDF), 75 - Paris (France); Doulet, A.; Delorme, G. [EDF-GDF Services, 33 - Bordeaux (France). Groupe d' appui et d' assistance gaz] [and others

2001-07-01

The application of the European Directive on the opening up of the energy market redefines the role of companies involved in the production, transmission and distribution of electricity so that eligible customers can henceforth take advantage of the opportunities presented by a genuine market. During this conference managers of transmission and distribution networks will explain the actions they intend to put into place to fulfill their mission. Eligible customers will express their expectations in terms of the market transparency, real prices and contract periods as well as explaining their requirements relating to the quality of electricity and service. Electricity suppliers will indicate the fields in which they aim to differentiate their offer, starting with a product which until now seemed banal. A foreign network manager will share his recent experiences, as regards all of these points. Finally, the constructors will show how traditional metering will evolve to become the management tool to monitor the complex relationships between all the players in the electricity market. (authors)

Troc: a proposed tropospheric sounder for chemistry and climate

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Camy-Peyret, C.

TROC has been submitted to ESA in the last call for proposals of the Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions and its focus is on tropospheric composition and chemistry-climate interactions. The mission objectives of TROC cover four research subjects. Global tropospheric chemistry: perform global measurements from space of tropospheric composition in order to improve our understanding and to constrain models of tropospheric chemistry with emphasis on tropospheric ozone. Pollution: establish the impact of mega cities of industrialised or developing countries by monitoring their pollution plumes. Biomass burning: monitor the chemical species and aerosols injected in the free troposphere during major burning episodes in the intertropical region as well as by major forest fires at other latitudes. Chemistry-climate interactions: quantify on a global scale the distributions and the sources of greenhouse gases like CO2, CH4, O3, N2O and the CFCs. Contribute to demonstration studies for monitoring from space how Montreal and Kyoto protocols are enforced as far as human impacts on atmospheric chemistry and climate are concerned. To fulfil these objectives, passive remote sensing of the troposphere has been selected as the best compromise between technical maturity and multi-species coverage. The main elements of TROC are a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) instrument and an ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrometer, both operating in the downward-looking geometry with a 10 km diameter footprint at nadir. An ``intelligent'' pointing mirror coupled to an infrared imager is used to optimise day/night sounding down to the surface. The FTIR instrument covers at 0.1 cm-1 apodised spectral resolution 3 bands from 14 to 3.3 μ m in thermal emission and one band in solar reflected light around 2.3 μ m. The UV-vis instrument covers the regions 290-490 nm (1 nm resolution) and 520-1030 nm (2.5 nm resolution) with 43 array detectors (2 bands × 2 polarizations) in reflected

Heavy nucleus resonant absorption in heterogeneous lattices. I- Apollo 2 self-shielding formalism; Absorption resonnante des noyaux lourds dans les reseaux heterogenes. I -Formalisme du module d`autoprotection d`Apollo 2

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Coste, M.

1994-01-01

This note gives in detailed way the self-shielding formalism which is used in the multigroup transport code APOLLO2. The self-shielded cross-sections are performed with the same scheme as in APOLLO1. We use two equivalencies, first an heterogeneous/homogeneous equivalence which gives the reaction rates and then a multigroup equivalence in order to obtain the cross-sections which preserve these reaction rates. However, numerous improvements were implemented, specially in the homogenization step. Homogenization can be performed group per group with different modelizations of the heavy slowing-down operator (statistical, intermediary and ``wide resonance`` models), which allows us to fit correctly the resonance shapes. Moreover, we can take exactly into account the spatial interferences between resonant isotopes with the background matrix model. Consequently, we are now able to perform, for instance, the radial distribution of the resonant absorption inside a fuel pin. (author). 7 refs., 3 figs.

Thermal Neutron Spectral and Spatial Distributions in Light-Water-Moderated Uranium Lattices; Distributions Spectrale et Spatiale des Neutrons Thermiques dans des Reseaux a Uranium et a Eau Leger; Spektral'noe i prostranstvennoe raspredelenie teplovykh nejtronov v uranovykh reshetkakh s vodnym zamedlitelem; Distribuciones Espectral y Espacial de los Neutrones Termicos en los Reticulados de Uranio Moderados por Agua Ligera

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Hardy, J.; Volpe, J. J.; Klein, D.; Schmidt, E.; Gelbard, E. [Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

1964-02-15

distorted by cadmium poison. Calculations with each kernel were done, for this experiment, in a 12-energy group, P{sub 3} approximation. The slowing-down source shape was obtained by means of an eigenvalue calculation of the spatial modal shapes, decaying exponentially in lethargy, which are sustained by the system, supplemented by measured epicadmium activation shapes. Between the poisoned and unpoisoned cases, calculated relative activation rates predicted by the two kernels differed by as much as 10%. Comparisons of the experimental results with calculations using the Radkowsky kernel and the Nelkin kernel were made. Results strongly favour the harder spectrum predicted by the Nelkin kernel. (author) [French] Les auteurs passent en revue certaines experiences sur le comportement des neutrons thermiques dans les reseaux a uranium et a eau legere. Les experiences sont de deux types principaux: mesures de l'utilisation thermique et mesures par activation de la distribution spatiale des neutrons thermiques dans un milieu aqueux uniformement empoisonne. Ces experiences ont ete concues pour verifier la validite des modeles theoriques actuels en separant les effets spectraux des effets spatiaux a l'interieur d'un reacteur. On a procede a des comparaisons avec des modeles theoriques impliquant differentes approximations touchant la theorie du transport et le noyau de diffusion des neutrons thermiques. La premiere serie d'experiences a consiste en mesures par activation des facteurs de desavantage pour le flux thermique dans differentes cellules du reseau de l'assemblage TRX, qui est un reacteur a uranium faiblement enrichi et a eau legere et dont les barreaux de combustible cylindriques sont disposes en un faisceau hexagonal. Les auteurs ont compare les mesures de l'utilisation thermique avec les resultats de calculs faits par une methode de Monte-Carlo. Ils ont fait usage du noyau de Radkowsky et du noyau de Nelkin. Le noyau de Radkowsky est une approximation de premier ordre

Policies and means to assess and improve service quality in public electricity supply systems; Methodes et moyens pour evaluer et ameliorer la qualite du service des reseaux publics de distribution d`electricite

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Lagostena, L.; Mirra, C.; Noferi, P.L.; Sani, G. [ENEL, (Italy)

1992-12-31

Quality in service from electric utilities does not only imply voltage characteristics and points of delivery. Continuity of supply is also an important factor which needs to be assessed in relation to the disturbances and outages. Short interruptions, voltage dips, transient overvoltages, harmonics and flicker are the main occurrences taken into consideration. Measures which may lead to an improvement in the quality of service were identified. The potential advantages of adopting automatic devices and optimizing maintenance work on distribution networks was discussed. 2 refs., 2 tabs., 3 figs.

Information manual for the experimentation of the deployment of optical fibers on public power distribution networks; Notice d'information pour l'experimentation du deploiement de fibres optiques sur les reseaux publics d'electricite

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NONE

2001-07-01

During the French inter-ministry committee for the national development (CIADT) of July 9, 2001, the government decided to launch a feasibility study about the deployment of telecommunication optical fibers over the whole territory using the electricity transportation grid. The aim is to give access to high-speed Internet to everyone and at a reasonable cost. This manual summarizes the technical, legal and economical results of the study carried out by the working group: 1 - the actors in concern (managers of power transportation and distribution networks, country authorities, managers and users of telecommunication infrastructures, regulatory agencies, financial organizations); 2 - the telecommunication networks on power lines; 3 - the feasibility of the experimentation (relations between the different partners, conditions); 4 - the implementation of the experimentation (useful contacts, contracts); 5 - the experimentation areas. Appendixes. (J.S.)

Conference Proceedings of International High Speed Networks for Scientific and Technical Information, Held at Ottawa, Canada on 6-7 October 1993 (Les Reseaux Internationaux Rapides D’Echange D’Information Scientifique et Technique)

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1994-02-01

reseau systtme pour que toutes les commandes soient girkes local Ethernet. dlectroniquement. Trois micro -ordinateurs permettent Ia transmission des...May 1993, ISBN 0.88736-936-7. Networking and the future of the Libraries, April 2-5, 1992. Paper 17. [71 Goodman, D., "El servicio de Directorio de

Research with a Natural-Uranium Light-Water Subcritical Assembly; Recherches au Moyen d'un Ensemble Sous-Critique a Uranium Naturel et a Eau Ordinaire; Issledovaniya na podkriticheskoj sborke,rabotayushchej na prirodnom urane i obychnoj vode; Investigaciones con un Conjunto Subcritico de Uranio Natural y Agua Ligera

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Koskinen, H. [Institute of Technical Physics, Otaniemi (Finland)

1964-02-15

systematic study of non-uniform lattices. In the future, enriched elements will be included in the assembly. Then systematic study of mixed lattices becomes possible, and also research with other non-uniformities will be easier because of the higher flux. Some discussion of this future programme is included in this paper. (author) [French] L'auteur relate les recherches effectuees avec un ensemble uranium naturel-eau ordinaire et enumere certains des sujets qui feront l'objet d'un prochain programme. La plus grande partie de la documentation est nouvelle. Certaines donnees ont encore un caractere provisoire, car les experiences et l'analyse des resultats se poursuivent. . Les travaux sont axes sur deux objectifs principaux: 1. Etude experimentale de la validite des methodes de calcul que l'on se propose d'utiliser, notamment en cas de geometries speciales (repartitions non uniformes du combustible, configurations de s'ous- ensembles, limites de forme particuliere, etc.). Les etudes theoriques conduisent souvent ici a certaines difficultes de convergence. Il faut donc les comparer avec les repartitions du flux mesurees. 2. Etude des proprietes particulieres des reseaux uranium naturel-eau ordinaire et notamment de la validite des modeles de ralentissement a plusieurs groupes pour des structures de coeur uniformes et non uniformes. On pense qu'un ensemble comportant une seule source de fission spontanee convient particulierement pour les recherches de ce genre, bien que la statistique ne porte que sur un petit nombre d'observations. Cela est du a deux faits: 1. On peut considerer que le spectre de la source primaire est identique a celui de la fission induite, si bien qu'il n'y a pas d'oscillations transitoires d'energie, comme dans le cas d'une source ponctuelle de neutrons rapides. 2. L'intensite de la source primaire en chaque point de l'espace est proportionnelle a la section efficace de fission du combustible lorsqu'on considere egalement cette derniere comme une fonction

Crystal Dynamics from Neutron Spectrometry; Etude de la dynamique des cristaux par la spectrometrie neutronique; Izuchenie voprosov dinamiki kristallov metodami nejtronnoj spektrometrii; Estudio de la dinamica de redes cristalinas por espectrometria neutronica

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Woods, A. D.B. [Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada)

1963-01-15

This paper reviews investigations carried out at Chalk River on the lattice dynamics of various crystals including lead, sodium, alkali halides, semi-conductors, and other more complex compounds. Analysis of the low temperature results (-{approx}100{sup o}K) gives considerable insight into the nature of the interatomic forces. In sodium, a simple metal, the interatomic forces are very nearly derivable from a potential. Lead, a more complicated metal, has extremely long range forces accompanied by strong electronic effects. At higher temperatures anharmonic effects are very pronounced in both metals, especially in lead. The alkali halide results can be interpreted on a ''shell'' model, with polarizable ions. Even at low temperature neutron groups corresponding to the longitudinal optical modes. (author) [French] Dans ce memoire, l'auteur decrit les recherches faites a Chalk River sur la dynamique des reseaux de certains cristaux, y compris le plomb, le sodium, les halogenures alcalins, les semi-conducteurs et d'autres composes complexes. L'analyse des resultats obtenus a basse temperature (environ 100{sup o}K) fournit de nombreux renseignements sur la nature des forces interatomiques. Dans le sodium (metal simple), les forces interatomiques peuvent presque etre derivees d'un potentiel. Dans un metal plus complique, tel que le plomb, on trouve des forces ayant une portee extremement grande et comportant des effets electroniques marques. A des temperatures plus elevees, il se produit des effets anharmoniques tres prononces dans les deux metaux et particulierement dans le plomb. On peut interpreter les resultats obtenus pour les halogenures alcalins en se fondant sur le modele en couche comportant des ions polarisables. Meme aux basses temperatures, les groupes de neutrons correspondant aux modes optiques longitudinaux possedent des largeurs dependant de la temperature, que l'on ne comprend pas encore parfaitement. (author) [Spanish] Los autores pasan revista a las

Local-regional networks of persons with abilities in radioprotection and other actors in radioprotection. Audit report; Les reseaux loco-regionaux de personnes competentes en radioprotection et autres acteurs de la radioprotection. Rapport d'audit

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Lefaure, Ch.

2009-03-15

As the regulation requires the existence of persons with abilities in radioprotection (PCR, personnes competentes en radioprotection) in many industrial, medical or research activities where ionizing radiations are present, in order to improve worker protection, these professionals who are much less acknowledged in these sectors than in the nuclear sector, felt the need to gather in regional and sector-based networks. This report proposes a presentation of three existing networks (the APCRAP, the Grand-Ouest network, and the Aquitaine-Sud-Ouest network). For each of them, the report addresses the following aspects: creation, objectives, statutes, members, activities, human, technical and financial resources, role. Then answers to a survey and to interviews are analyzed with respect to the professional sector and to the region, in terms of expectations towards the networks, and in terms of network operation and services. Interviews of institutional actors and union and management representatives are also analysed

On tariffs of the transport and electricity distribution network. Stage report of the economic analysis group; Groupe d'expertise economique sur la tarification des reseaux de transport et de distribution de l'electricite. Rapport d'etape

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NONE

1999-08-17

This report contains an Introduction, seven Sections, Conclusions and Summary of Recommendations, a Glossary and three Appendices. In the Introduction the work of the group is presented, the question of the access to the network is outlined and the approach adopted by the group is explained. The Section 1 is titled 'The electricity market and the questions raised by the access to network. The following issues are exposed: - Institutional and regulation context; - Transposition of the directive 96/92/CE within member states; - The effects of offer expected by France; - Expected effects for electricity consumers; - Abroad experience in organizing the access; - The role of the Electricity Regulation Commission and the objectives of tariffing and rules of access to transport network. The second section presents the characteristics of the Management of Distribution Network (GRT) and identification of the costs. The following items are treated: - Definition and description of the transport network; - Network development; - European interconnections; - Technical constraint; - Organization of GRT; - Calculation of transport; - Remuneration of capital; - Distribution, the transport's end-of-the-road; - Costs to recover: definition, problems of measurement and verification; - Transitory tariffs. The third section is titled 'Introduction to an economic approach' and it presents the nodal tariffing and an outlook of practical solutions. The forth section tackles with the main options in tariffing. Six issues are exposed: - The main choices to do; - Choosing between postal stamp and distant tariffing; - Sharing between producer and consumers; - Economic relevance of the postal stamp type formulas; - Sharing between energy and power; - A proposal of tariff structure. The Section 5 is devoted to tariffs for international transports. The following issues are exposed: - Specific questions posed by transfrontier contracts; - European Union frame; - Connection with the tariffs of domestic contracts; - Proposals for tariffing the international transports. The sixth section presents the efficiency of the short and medium term access. The following issues are tackled: - Regulation of access and transmission; - Short term treating of the bottlenecks; - De-congestion investments; - Tariffs for lead-in and reinforcement operations; - the case of proximity production, direct lines and self-production. Finally, the last section titled 'Inciting the GRT internal efficiency and tariffing evolution, displays the subject matters: - The GRT behaviour guide; - Evolution of tariffing; - Benchmarking possibilities. In the concluding section the basic ideas of the report i.e., improving the market functioning, developing the network management and inciting the grow in the internal efficiency of GRT are elaborated and entailing recommendations are set down.

Information manual for the experimentation of the deployment of optical fibers on public power distribution networks; Notice d'information pour l'experimentation du deploiement de fibres optiques sur les reseaux publics d'electricite

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NONE

2001-07-01

During the French inter-ministry committee for the national development (CIADT) of July 9, 2001, the government decided to launch a feasibility study about the deployment of telecommunication optical fibers over the whole territory using the electricity transportation grid. The aim is to give access to high-speed Internet to everyone and at a reasonable cost. This manual summarizes the technical, legal and economical results of the study carried out by the working group: 1 - the actors in concern (managers of power transportation and distribution networks, country authorities, managers and users of telecommunication infrastructures, regulatory agencies, financial organizations); 2 - the telecommunication networks on power lines; 3 - the feasibility of the experimentation (relations between the different partners, conditions); 4 - the implementation of the experimentation (useful contacts, contracts); 5 - the experimentation areas. Appendixes. (J.S.)

Report of the experts group on the taxation of the access to gas transport and distribution network; Rapport du groupe d'experts sur la tarification de l'acces aux reseaux de transport et de distribution de gaz

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NONE

2001-04-01

In the framework of a new french gas industry organization (directive of the 22 june 1998), a concerting mission has been realized on prices taxation for the transport and distribution facilities. The following topics have been debated: the integration and competition of the european gas market, the gas market liberalization consistency and the taxation of transport and distribution network access. (A.L.B.)

Intelligent networks: evolution or revolution? Source of energy efficiency or economical optimisation? For who's benefit?; Reseaux intelligents: evolution ou revolution? Source d'efficacite energetique et/ou d'optimisation economique? Au benefice de qui?

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Fontaine, Christian

2010-09-15

The electricity sector has experienced a slow evolution. Renewable production developments and telecommunications and computers usage will bring major changes with hard to predict effects. Computerized management of production and local storage combined to a certain mastering of the allowed consumption by home automation could improve reliability and the final price for consumers. This change offers great opportunities but also risks of failures, both financial and technical. The regulators have a major role to play in order to understand the concrete gains of the technological propositions and to regulate the investment costs involved. [French] Le secteur de l'electricite a connu une evolution lente. Le developpements des productions renouvelables, l'utilisation des telecommunications et de l'informatique provoquera un bouleversement majeur dont il est difficile de prevoir l'ampleur. La gestion automatisee des productions et stockages locaux combinee a une certaine maitrise de la consommation permise par la domotique pourrait ameliorer la fiabilite et le prix final pour les consommateurs. Ce changement presente de grandes opportunites mais aussi des risques d'echecs, tant financiers que techniques. Les regulateurs ont un role majeur a jouer pour comprendre les gains concrets des propositions technologiques et reguler les couts d'investissement qu'elles impliquent.

Assessment of the bioavailability and the transfer of organic and metallic pollutants in 'soil - plant - invertebrate' food webs; Evaluation de la biodisponibilite et des transferts de polluants metalliques et organiques dans les reseaux trophiques ''sols-plantes-invertebres''

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Scheifler, R

2002-06-15

Pollution of ecosystems by metallic trace elements (MTEs) and organic compounds may lead to pollutant transfer in food webs. The aim of this work was to improve the assessment of bioavailability, transfer and effects of various MTEs (mainly cadmium (Cd) but also copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn)) and an organic pollutant, the herbicide Isoproturon. The food webs studied in this work were made up of 2 or 3 compartments among the following: soil - primary producer (lettuce Lactuca sativa, colza Brassica napus and maize Zea mays) - primary consumer (snail Helix aspersa) - secondary consumer (carabid beetle Chrysocarabus splendens). Three complementary approaches using food webs of increasing complexity were exploited. The first approach allowed studying pollutant bioavailability and transfers between 2 links of a food chain under controlled conditions. The isotopic dilution technique, until now only used to characterise the phyto-availability of major elements and MTEs in soils, was adjusted for the first time to an animal organism, the snail H. aspersa (assessment of zoo-availability) This work showed that snails, contrarily to plants, accessed the non-isotopically exchangeable Cd pool in soils, considered as non-bio-available by current risk assessment procedures. The study of Cd transfer from plants (B. napus contaminated by surface deposition) to the snail H. aspersa showed a high bioaccumulation of Cd in snail tissues and effects on snail growth and consumption at high concentrations. The bioaccumulation factor (BAF, herein defined as the ratio of the concentration of a pollutant in the tissues of an organism divided by the concentration of this pollutant in its food) was higher than 2. These results suggest that snails inhabiting polluted environments could represent a risk for their predators. To test this hypothesis, the transfer of Cd from contaminated snails to one of their predators, the carabid beetle C. splendens, was studied. Exposure of beetles to the most highly contaminated preys led to a significant increase in mortality (during metamorphosis). Cd concentrations in beetles were very low and much lower than those measured in snail tissues. These results confirmed previous studies, which showed that bio-magnification (increase of a pollutant concentration from one level in a food chain to the upper link) is not a general rule for pollutant transfers in contaminated ecosystems. In a second approach, microcosms were developed to study the transfers in at least three links of a food web. In a first experiment, the transfer of 5 ETMs was studied in the system 'soil (2 agricultural soils: one contaminated and one non-polluted) - plant (lettuce L. sativa) - invertebrate (snail H. aspersa)'. After 4 weeks of exposure, Cd, Zn and Pb concentrations were much higher in the tissues of snails exposed to the polluted soil. Cu concentrations were not different between snails exposed to the polluted soil and those exposed to the non-contaminated one, suggesting MTE regulation by snails. Ni concentrations were higher in snails exposed to the non-polluted soil. The transfer kinetic, which was studied for 2 months in the snails exposed to the polluted soil, showed a regular increase of Cd and Zn concentrations, a rapid increase then a stabilization of Pb concentrations and a regulation of Cu and Ni concentrations. In a second experiment, microcosms were used to study the transfers 'soil - snails', 'maize (Z. mays) - snails' and 'soil - maize - snails' of a {sup 14}C-labelled herbicide, the Isoproturon. The transfer 'soil - snails' was much higher than the transfer 'maize - snails'. Metabolites of Isoproturon were determined in snail tissues. Very small quantities of native Isoproturon were found in snail tissues and the metabolites were mainly unknown residues (i.e. different from those obtained during Isoproturon degradation in soils, plants and microorganisms). The herbicide did not exert toxic effects on snail growth. Finally, a third approach using the microcosms (previously described), allowed the in situ study of the transfer of 5 ETMs from soils amended by sewage sludge to the snail H. aspersa. Amendments did not exert either lethal or sublethal effects on snails. In contrast, a rapid (5 and 7 weeks of exposure) and significant increase of Zn concentrations in snail tissues was showed. In conclusion, the successful adaptation of the isotopic dilution technique to H. aspersa snails should improve the assessment of ETM bioavailability to soil invertebrates (zoo-availability). The transfer experiments made in this work contribute to a better knowledge of pollutant transfer routes in a 'soil - plant - primary consumer - predator' food web. In addition, the microcosms developed in this work constitute a new tool for evaluating the risk of pollutant transfer in food webs. (author)

The Verrès Castle Access Project

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Tito Berti Nulli

2010-10-01

Full Text Available The article describes the access project of the Verrès castle, located in Aosta Valley in Italy, underlining some urban and transport planning and design elements. This project constitute in fact an interesting example of integration between transport infrastructure planning and design with urban planning strategy for tourism development. The transport infrastructure (in this case a vertical lift for tourism use has furthermore a deep attention to the landscape and social contest and a good architectural design. The Verrès castle access project represents and interesting example of sustainable mobility and of touristic area accessibility which is strong integrated with urban renewal and territorial development. The feasibility study, financed by the Verrès municipality, is part of a the INTERREG IIIA ACOLTRA Project financed by Italy and France with the aim of creating a network of transnational tourist itineraries. Through this initiative Aosta Valley and Haute-Savoy are developing a common tourism strategy that intends to promote cultural heritage and tourism mobility through the RITT (Reseaux d’Itineraires Touristiques Transfrontalieres. In this contest of intervention the study for the accessibility of the Verrès castle is inserted, with the aim of designing a mobility infrastructure for the main attraction of the valley and at the same of strengthening the appeal of tourist attraction of the whole area. The project is located in the small city of Verrés, that lies at 390m, on the banks of the river Evançon. As many of the Valdostani municipalities is characterized by several small urban centers, which are located in a around 8kmq, in a territory where live 2.700 inhabitants. The feasibility study examines three different alternative for a lift that should connect the Verrès centre with the castle. In particular different transport technology (inclined and vertical lift and several path alternatives have been evaluated. The final

Risk analysis of industrial plants operation; Integration des evenements accidentels dans les bilans sur les nuisances industrielles

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Hubert, Philippe

1989-12-01

This study examines the possibilities of systematic technology risk analysis in view of territorial management (city, urban community, region), including chronic and accidental risks. The objective was to relate this evaluation with those done for permanent water and air pollution. Risk management for pollution are done for a long time. A number of studies were done in urban communities and regions both for air and water pollution. The second objective is related to management of industrial risks: nuclear, petrochemical, transport of hazardous material, pipelines, etc. At the beginning, three possibilities of effects are taken into account: human health, economic aspect and water, and possibilities of evaluation are identified. Elements of risk identification are presented for quantification of results. [French] Cette etude examine les possibilites d'une analyse systematique du risque accidentel technologique dans une optique d'evaluation et de gestion territoriale (ville, communaute urbaine, region), qui integre: tous les types de risque chroniques et accidentels. Un des objectifs est donc d'articuler de telles evaluations avec celles qui sont faites pour les pollutions chroniques de l'eau et de l'air. La gestion du risque dans ces domaines se fait en effet selon une approche spatiale depuis longtemps: les deux exemples les plus nets sont les agences de bassin et les reseaux de surveillance et d'alerte pour la pollution de l'air. Parallelement a ces systemes de gestion, et souvent pour les besoins de leur fonctionnement, de nombreuses etudes ont ete effectuees sur des communautes urbaines et des regions, tant pour l'air que pour l'eau. L'autre objectif est de tirer parti des analyses faites sur les objets industriels, qui sont, a l'image de la gestion de leurs risques, sectorielles: industrie nucleaire, industrie petrochimique, transport de matieres dangereuses, pipeline etc.. Dans un premier temps, les trois angles d'attaque possibles du risque accidentel sont

Numerical simulations of flows through fixed networks of monodispersed and bi-dispersed spheres, for moderate Reynolds numbers; Simulations numeriques d'ecoulements a travers des reseaux fixes de spheres monodisperses et bidisperses, pour des nombres de Reynolds moderes

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Massol, A.

2004-02-15

The application of statistically averaged two-fluid models for the simulation of complex indus- trial two-phase flows requires the development of adequate models for the drag force exerted on the inclusions and the interfacial heat exchange. This task becomes problematic at high volume fractions of the dispersed phase. The quality of the simulation strongly depends upon the inter- facial exchange terms, starting with the steady drag force. For example, an accurate modelling of the drag force is therefore a crucial point to simulate the expansion of dense fluidized beds. Most models used to study the exchange terms between particles and fluids are based on the interaction between an isolated particle and a surrounding gas. Those models are clearly not adequate in cases where the volume fraction of particles increases and particle-particle interactions become important. Studying such cases is a complex task because of the multiple possible configurations. While the interaction between an isolated sphere and a gas depends only on the particle size and the slip velocity between gas and particles, the interaction between a cloud of particles and a gas depends on many more parameters: size and velocity distribution of particles, relative position of particles. Even if the particles keep relative fixed positions, there is an infinite number of combinations to construct such an array. The objective of the present work is to perform steady and unsteady simulations of the flow in regular arrays of fixed particles in order to analyze the influence of the size and distributions of spheres on drag force and heat transfer (the array of spheres can be either monodispersed, either bi-dispersed). Several authors have studied the drag exerted on the spheres, but only for low Reynolds numbers and/or solid volume fractions close to the packed limit. Moreover some discrepancies are observed between the different studies. On top of that, all existing studies are limited to steady flows, and do not deal with heat transfer and poly-dispersion. First of all, the steady viscous drag exerted on the spheres of face-centered cubic, simple cubic and tetragonal arrays is evaluated. This allows to analyze the influence of the spheres distribution and solid volume fraction on drag coefficient. Next, the influence of Reynolds number and solid volume fraction on heat transfer from spheres to the surrounding fluid in face-centered cubic arrays is studied. Finally, the history effects on the total force exerted on the inclusions and on the heat transfer between the inclusions and the surrounding fluid are studied. (author)

Report of the experts group on the taxation of the access to gas transport and distribution network; Rapport du groupe d'experts sur la tarification de l'acces aux reseaux de transport et de distribution de gaz

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NONE

2001-04-01

In the framework of a new french gas industry organization (directive of the 22 june 1998), a concerting mission has been realized on prices taxation for the transport and distribution facilities. The following topics have been debated: the integration and competition of the european gas market, the gas market liberalization consistency and the taxation of transport and distribution network access. (A.L.B.)

On tariffs of the transport and electricity distribution network. Stage report of the economic analysis group; Groupe d'expertise economique sur la tarification des reseaux de transport et de distribution de l'electricite. Rapport d'etape

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NONE

1999-08-17

This report contains an Introduction, seven Sections, Conclusions and Summary of Recommendations, a Glossary and three Appendices. In the Introduction the work of the group is presented, the question of the access to the network is outlined and the approach adopted by the group is explained. The Section 1 is titled 'The electricity market and the questions raised by the access to network. The following issues are exposed: - Institutional and regulation context; - Transposition of the directive 96/92/CE within member states; - The effects of offer expected by France; - Expected effects for electricity consumers; - Abroad experience in organizing the access; - The role of the Electricity Regulation Commission and the objectives of tariffing and rules of access to transport network. The second section presents the characteristics of the Management of Distribution Network (GRT) and identification of the costs. The following items are treated: - Definition and description of the transport network; - Network development; - European interconnections; - Technical constraint; - Organization of GRT; - Calculation of transport; - Remuneration of capital; - Distribution, the transport's end-of-the-road; - Costs to recover: definition, problems of measurement and verification; - Transitory tariffs. The third section is titled 'Introduction to an economic approach' and it presents the nodal tariffing and an outlook of practical solutions. The forth section tackles with the main options in tariffing. Six issues are exposed: - The main choices to do; - Choosing between postal stamp and distant tariffing; - Sharing between producer and consumers; - Economic relevance of the postal stamp type formulas; - Sharing between energy and power; - A proposal of tariff structure. The Section 5 is devoted to tariffs for international transports. The following issues are exposed: - Specific questions posed by transfrontier contracts; - European Union frame; - Connection with the tariffs of domestic contracts; - Proposals for tariffing the international transports. The sixth section presents the efficiency of the short and medium term access. The following issues are tackled: - Regulation of access and transmission; - Short term treating of the bottlenecks; - De-congestion investments; - Tariffs for lead-in and reinforcement operations; - the case of proximity production, direct lines and self-production. Finally, the last section titled 'Inciting the GRT internal efficiency and tariffing evolution, displays the subject matters: - The GRT behaviour guide; - Evolution of tariffing; - Benchmarking possibilities. In the concluding section the basic ideas of the report i.e., improving the market functioning, developing the network management and inciting the grow in the internal efficiency of GRT are elaborated and entailing recommendations are set down.

Photoemission and photo-field-emission from photocathodes with arrays of silicon tips under continuous and pulsed lasers action; Photoemission et photoemission de champ a partir de photocathodes a reseaux de pointes de silicium sous l`action de lasers continus et pulses

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Laguna, M.

1995-11-01

The electron machines`s development and improvement go through the discovery of new electron sources of high brightness. After reminding the interests in studying silicon cathodes with array of tips as electron sources, I describe, in the three steps model, the main phenomenological features related to photoemission and photoemission and photo-field-emission from a semi-conductor. the experimental set-ups used for the measurements reported in chapter four, five and six are described in chapter three. In chapter three. In chapter four several aspects of photo-field-emission in continuous and nanosecond regimes, studied on the Clermont-Ferrand`s test bench are tackled. We have measured quantum efficacies of 0.4 percent in the red (1.96 eV). Temporal responses in the nanoseconds range (10 ns) were observed with the Nd: YLF laser. With the laser impinging at an oblique angle we obtained ratios of photocurrent to dark current of the order of twenty. The issue of the high energy extracted photocurrent saturation is addressed and I give a preliminary explanation. In collaboration with the L.A.L. (Laboratoire de l`Accelerateur Lineaire) some tests with shortened pulsed laser beam (Nd: YAG laser 35 ps) were performed. Satisfactory response times have been obtained within the limitation of the scope (400 ps). (authors). 101 refs. 93 figs., 27 tabs., 3 photos., 1 append.

Improvement of the detection response time of gas sensors using the association of artificial neural networks with pattern recognition technique; Amelioration de la reponse temporelle de capteurs de gaz par reconnaissance de forme a l'aide de reseaux de neurones

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Bordieu, Ch.; Rebiere, D. [Bordeaux-1 Univ., Lab. IXL, UMR CNRS 5818, 33 (France); Pistre, J.; Planata, R. [Centre d' Etudes du Bouchet, 91 - Vert-le-Petit (France)

1999-07-01

The association of artificial neural networks (multilayer perceptrons) with a real time pattern recognition technique (shifting windows) allowed the development of systems for the detection and the quantification of gases. Shifting window technique is presented and offers an interesting way to improve the detection response time. The partial detector characterization with regard to its parameters was realized. Applications dealing with the detection of gas compounds using surface acoustic sensors permit to show the shifting window technique feasibility. (author)

The redefinition of the american and british gas industries: the regulation of the access load to the gas pipelines networks; La restructuration des industries gazieres americaine et britannique: la reglementation de la charge d'acces aux reseaux de gazoducs

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David, L

2000-10-01

The transport and distribution networks regulation is the main stakes of the regulation reform of the gas industries. This thesis analyzes the models applied in The Usa and in the United Kingdom. The first part deals with the gas industries deregulation in these two countries, the impacts on the economy and the organization of the gas industries. The second part presents a theoretical approach of the regulation applied to the prices of the natural ags transport by gas pipelines. Regulation by the service cost price and by price cap are compared. (A.L.B.)

Study, design and realization of a fault-tolerant and predictable synchronous communication protocol on off-the-shelf components; Etude, conception et mise en oeuvre d'un protocole de communication synchrone tolerant aux fautes et predictible sur des composants reseaux standards

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Chabrol, D

2006-06-15

This PhD thesis contributes to the design and realization of safety-critical real-time systems on multiprocessor architectures with distributed memory. They are essential to compute systems that have to ensure complex and critical functions. This PhD thesis deals with communication media management. The communication management conditions strongly the capability of the system to fulfill the timeliness property and the dependability requirements. Our contribution includes: - The design of predictable and fault-tolerant synchronous communication protocol; - The study and the definition of the execution model to have a efficient and safe communications management; - The proposal of a method to generate automatically the communications scheduling. Our approach is based on a communication model that allows the analysis of the feasibility, before execution, of a distributed safe-critical real-time system with timeliness and safety requirements. This leads to the definition of an execution model based on a time-triggered and parallel communication management. A set of linear constraints system is generated automatically to compute the network scheduling and the network load with timeliness fulfillment. Then, the proposed communication interface is based on an advanced version of TDMA protocol which allows to use proprietary components (TTP, FlexRay) as well as standard components (Ethernet). The concepts presented in this thesis lead to the realisation and evaluation of a prototype within the framework of the OASIS project done at the CEA/List. (author)

Concept for urban heating systems using co-generation; Conception de systemes de chauffage urbain pour la cogeneration. Phase I: application au quartier des Morasses (Martigny) de la methode de conception des reseaux de chauffage urbain developpe au LENI. Rapport final

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Cherix, G. [Centre de competence en urbistique CREM, Martigny (Switzerland); Weber, C. [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Laboratoire d' energetique industrielle (LENI), Lausanne (Switzerland)

2006-07-01

This final report for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) reviews the work done in the first phase of a project concerning the concept for a district heating system in Martigny, Switzerland. This work was carried out by the Centre for Municipal and Energy Research CREM in Martigny, Switzerland, and the Laboratory for Industrial Energy LENI at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Software developed at the LENI is introduced and its use for the determination of the necessary configuration and modes of operation of a district heating system in Martigny is discussed. The situation in the Morasses district of Martigny and the promising results obtained are looked at. These can lead to the optimisation of heating supply in other such areas.

Numerical modeling of the thermomechanical behavior of networks of underground galleries for the storage of the radioactive waste: approach by homogenization; Modelisation numerique du comportement thermomecanique de reseaux de galeries souterraines pour le stockage des dechets radioactifs: Approche par homogeneisation

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Zokimila, P

2005-10-15

Deep geological disposal is one of the privileged options for the storage of High Level radioactive waste. A good knowledge of the behavior and properties of the potential geological formations as well as theirs evolution in time under the effect of the stress change induced by a possible installation of storage is required. The geological formation host will be subjected to mechanical and thermal solicitations due respectively to the excavation of the disposal tunnels and the release of heat of the canisters of radioactive waste. These thermomechanical solicitations will generate a stress relief in the host layer and disposal tunnels deformations as well as the extension of the damaged zones (EDZ) could cause local and global instabilities. This work aims to develop calculation methods to optimize numerical modeling of the thermoelastic behavior of the disposal at a large scale and to evaluate thermomechanical disturbance induced by storage on the geological formation host. Accordingly, after a presentation of the state of knowledge on the thermomechanical aspects of the rocks related to deep storage, of numerical modeling 2D and 3D of the thermoelastic behavior of individual disposal tunnel and a network of tunnels were carried out by a discrete approach. However, this classical approach is penalizing to study the global behavior of disposal storage. To mitigate that, an approach of numerical modeling, based on homogenization of periodic structures, was proposed. Formulations as numerical procedures were worked out to calculate the effective thermoelastic behavior of an equivalent heterogeneous structure. The model, obtained by this method, was validated with existing methods of homogenization such as the self-consistent model, as well as the Hashin-Shtrikman bounds. The comparison between the effective thermoelastic behavior and current thermoelastic behavior of reference showed a good coherence of the results. For an application to deep geological storage, the effective thermoelastic properties of a network of circular tunnels could be given in 2D for various dimensions of the distance between galleries. (author)

Assessment of the bioavailability and the transfer of organic and metallic pollutants in 'soil - plant - invertebrate' food webs; Evaluation de la biodisponibilite et des transferts de polluants metalliques et organiques dans les reseaux trophiques ''sols-plantes-invertebres''

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Scheifler, R.

2002-06-15

Pollution of ecosystems by metallic trace elements (MTEs) and organic compounds may lead to pollutant transfer in food webs. The aim of this work was to improve the assessment of bioavailability, transfer and effects of various MTEs (mainly cadmium (Cd) but also copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn)) and an organic pollutant, the herbicide Isoproturon. The food webs studied in this work were made up of 2 or 3 compartments among the following: soil - primary producer (lettuce Lactuca sativa, colza Brassica napus and maize Zea mays) - primary consumer (snail Helix aspersa) - secondary consumer (carabid beetle Chrysocarabus splendens). Three complementary approaches using food webs of increasing complexity were exploited. The first approach allowed studying pollutant bioavailability and transfers between 2 links of a food chain under controlled conditions. The isotopic dilution technique, until now only used to characterise the phyto-availability of major elements and MTEs in soils, was adjusted for the first time to an animal organism, the snail H. aspersa (assessment of zoo-availability) This work showed that snails, contrarily to plants, accessed the non-isotopically exchangeable Cd pool in soils, considered as non-bio-available by current risk assessment procedures. The study of Cd transfer from plants (B. napus contaminated by surface deposition) to the snail H. aspersa showed a high bioaccumulation of Cd in snail tissues and effects on snail growth and consumption at high concentrations. The bioaccumulation factor (BAF, herein defined as the ratio of the concentration of a pollutant in the tissues of an organism divided by the concentration of this pollutant in its food) was higher than 2. These results suggest that snails inhabiting polluted environments could represent a risk for their predators. To test this hypothesis, the transfer of Cd from contaminated snails to one of their predators, the carabid beetle C. splendens, was studied. Exposure of beetles to the most highly contaminated preys led to a significant increase in mortality (during metamorphosis). Cd concentrations in beetles were very low and much lower than those measured in snail tissues. These results confirmed previous studies, which showed that bio-magnification (increase of a pollutant concentration from one level in a food chain to the upper link) is not a general rule for pollutant transfers in contaminated ecosystems. In a second approach, microcosms were developed to study the transfers in at least three links of a food web. In a first experiment, the transfer of 5 ETMs was studied in the system 'soil (2 agricultural soils: one contaminated and one non-polluted) - plant (lettuce L. sativa) - invertebrate (snail H. aspersa)'. After 4 weeks of exposure, Cd, Zn and Pb concentrations were much higher in the tissues of snails exposed to the polluted soil. Cu concentrations were not different between snails exposed to the polluted soil and those exposed to the non-contaminated one, suggesting MTE regulation by snails. Ni concentrations were higher in snails exposed to the non-polluted soil. The transfer kinetic, which was studied for 2 months in the snails exposed to the polluted soil, showed a regular increase of Cd and Zn concentrations, a rapid increase then a stabilization of Pb concentrations and a regulation of Cu and Ni concentrations. In a second experiment, microcosms were used to study the transfers 'soil - snails', 'maize (Z. mays) - snails' and 'soil - maize - snails' of a {sup 14}C-labelled herbicide, the Isoproturon. The transfer 'soil - snails' was much higher than the transfer 'maize - snails'. Metabolites of Isoproturon were determined in snail tissues. Very small quantities of native Isoproturon were found in snail tissues and the metabolites were mainly unknown residues (i.e. different from those obtained during Isoproturon degradation in soils, plants and microorganisms). The herbicide did not exert toxic effects on snail growth. Finally, a third approach using the microcosms (previously described), allowed the in situ study of the transfer of 5 ETMs from soils amended by sewage sludge to the snail H. aspersa. Amendments did not exert either lethal or sublethal effects on snails. In contrast, a rapid (5 and 7 weeks of exposure) and significant increase of Zn concentrations in snail tissues was showed. In conclusion, the successful adaptation of the isotopic dilution technique to H. aspersa snails should improve the assessment of ETM bioavailability to soil invertebrates (zoo-availability). The transfer experiments made in this work contribute to a better knowledge of pollutant transfer routes in a 'soil - plant - primary consumer - predator' food web. In addition, the microcosms developed in this work constitute a new tool for evaluating the risk of pollutant transfer in food webs. (author)

Progress report on the k{sub infinity} measurements of HTGR type lattices with the oscillation technique at zero reactivity; Rapport d'advancement sur les mesures de K {sub infinite} des reseaux du type HTGR avec la technique de l'oscillateur a'reactivite' nulle

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1971-01-15

The principles of measuring k {sub infinity} for a HTGR lattice using the oscillation technique with zero reactivity were already presented at the ''9th reactor physics meeting of countries participating in the Dragon project''. A brief summary of the essential characteristics of the experiment is followed by a status report on present work.

Evaluation experimentale et theorique du comportement a la flexion de nouveaux poteaux en materiaux composites

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Metiche, Slimane

La demande croissante en poteaux pour les differents reseaux d'electricite et de telecommunications a rendu necessaire l'utilisation de materiaux innovants, qui preservent l'environnement. La majorite des poteaux electriques existants au Canada ainsi qu'a travers le monde, sont fabriques a partir de materiaux traditionnels tel que le bois, le beton ou l'acier. Les motivations des industriels et des chercheurs a penser a d'autres solutions sont diverses, citons entre autre: La limitation en longueur des poteaux en bois ainsi que la vulnerabilite des poteaux fabriques en beton ou en acier aux agressions climatiques. Les nouveaux poteaux en materiaux composites se presentent comme de bons candidats a cet effet, cependant; leur comportement structural n'est pas connu et des etudes theoriques et experimentales approfondies sont necessaires avant leur mise en marche a grande echelle. Un programme de recherche intensif comportant plusieurs projets experimentaux, analytiques et numeriques est en cours a l'Universite de Sherbrooke afin d'evaluer le comportement a court et a long termes de ces nouveaux poteaux en Polymeres Renforces de Fibres (PRF). C'est dans ce contexte que s'inscrit la presente these, et notre recherche vise a evaluer le comportement a la flexion de nouveaux poteaux tubulaires coniques fabriques en materiaux composites par enroulement filamentaire et ce, a travers une etude theorique, ainsi qu'a travers une serie d'essais de flexion en "grandeur reelle" afin de comprendre le comportement structural de ces poteaux, d'optimiser la conception et de proposer une procedure de dimensionnement pour les utilisateurs. Les poteaux en Polymeres Renforces de Fibres (PRF) etudies dans cette these sont fabriques avec une resine epoxyde renforcee de fibres de verre type E. Chaque type poteaux est constitue principalement de trois zones ou les proprietes geometriques (epaisseur, diametre) et les proprietes mecaniques sont differentes d'une zone a l'autre. La difference

Hot pressing of U-UC cermets and stoichiometric uranium monocarbide; Preparation par frittage sous charge de cermets U-UC et de monocarbure stoechiometrique

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Dubuisson, J; Houyvet, A; Le Boulbin, E; Lucas, R; Moranville, C [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1958-07-01

d'uranium et de graphite sont intimement melangees, puis frittees dans une matrice a double effet en graphite a une temperature de 900-1000 deg. C sous une charge de 200 kg/cm{sup 2} pendant 3 heures. Un conditionnement particulier de la matrice permet d'eviter la rupture durant le frittage. On obtient ainsi des elements dont les caracteristiques sont les suivantes: 1) Homogenes a {+-} 5 pour cent pres pour un rapport diametre hauteur/diametre = 2. 2) Densite voisine de la densite theorique (98 pour cent). 3) Faible teneur en carbone non reagi (un traitement thermique ulterieur est parfois necessaire dans le cas du monocarbure stoechiometrique pour completer la reaction). 4) La micrographie montre: - pour les cermets a faible teneur en UC (<2,5 pour cent C) un reseau de carbure entourant les billes d'uranium. - pour les cermets a forte teneur en UC (<2,5 pour cent C) deux reseaux imbriques d'UC et uranium. - pour le monocarbure, une structure a grains fins (10 microns). 5) Dans tous les cas, les rayons X revelent une structure a grains fins sans orientation, et ne decelent pas d'UC{sub 2}. Quelques indications sont donnees sur les proprietes physiques (fatigue thermique, conductibilite) et chimiques (corrosion, reaction avec les metaux de gaine). (auteur)

Risk analysis related to dangerous materials transport and storage in urban areas; L'integration du risque lie au transport et au stockage des produits chimiques dans la planification urbaine: l'apport des outils d'analyse decisionnelle

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Lombard, J; Hubert, P; Pages, P

1989-12-01

Risk management in an urban areas not always an easy task and the selection of appropriate prevention measure is often difficult. Consequences of an accident can be multiple (mortality, destruction, pollution, interruption of supplies, economic losses, traffic difficulties), and preventive measures are difficult to compare. The objective of this report is to present different methods applicable for decision making emphasising the criteria for their intercomparison and their limitations. In any case a more sophisticated analysis is needed for risk management in urban areas. Principals of methods needed for decision making are presented. These methods are based on a single criteria (regular constraint), on a few criteria that can be measured (cost-benefit), or a number of criteria at choice. These rather general methods should be adaptable to be applied for specific domain. For risk management the following adaptation are presented: identifying the limit of maximum individual risk (generalisation of regular constraint); adoption of different values of human life as a function of nature of consequences (generalisation of cost-benefit method), application of risk avoidance factors. These different developments predict versions of tools for decision making which can be applicable to risk management in urban areas. [French] La gestion des risques en milieu urbain n'est pas toujours une tache aisee et la selection du moyen de prevention approprie sera souvent difficile. En effet, les consequences d'un accident peuvent etre multiples (mortalite, morbidite, destruction, pollution, interruption de reseaux, pertes economiques, difficultes de circulation...) et les moyens de prevention envisageables pour limiter l'occurrence d'un accident et/ou les consequences associees seront alors difficiles a comparer. Le recours a une methode d'evaluation permettant de quantifier puis de comparer les merites respectifs de ces differents moyens devient aujourd'hui necessaire afin de

(Networking + Integrating) * (Systems + Society). Proceedings of the Annual Canadian Conference of Information Science (12th, Toronto, Ontario, May 14-16, 1984) = (Reseaux + Integration) * (Systemes + Societe). Comptes rendus de la conference annuelle Canadienne des sciences de l'information (12th, Toronto, Ontario, 14-16 mai, 1984).

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Canadian Association for Information Science, Ottawa (Ontario).

Seventeen papers from the 1984 annual conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) are presented in four broad topic areas. The first group, which focuses on changing roles in information access, includes the keynote address by Charles Meadow, "Integrating Access to Information Utilities: Promises, Problems, and…

Cold distribution networks. Cold distribution by two-phase refrigerant fluid. Case of ice slurries; Reseaux de distribution de froid. Distribution de froid par fluide frigoporteur diphasique. Cas du coulis de glace stabilisee (2002 - 2004). Rapport final (1er juillet 2004). Programme energie. PRI 9.1

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Lallemand, A. [Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA), Centre de Thermique de Lyon (CETHIL), UMR 5008, 69 - Villeurbanne (France); Mercier, P. [CEA Grenoble, Groupement pour la Recherche sur les Echangeurs Thermiques (GRETH), 38 (France); Royon, L. [Paris-1 Univ., Lab. de Biorheologie et d' Hydrodynamique Physico-Chimique, 75 (France); Dumas, J.P. [L' Ecole Nationale Superieure en Genie des Technologies Industrielles, Lab. de Thermique Energetique et Procedes, 64 - Pau (France); Guilpart, J. [URGPAN/CEMAGRE, 33 - Bordeaux (France)

2004-07-01

This PRI aims to participate to the development of alternate solutions for refrigerant fluids, for the cold transport and more specially a two phase refrigerant fluid: the stabilized ice slurry. The research program presented three main axis: design, realization and characterization of stabilized ice slurry, experimental studies of transport and transfer properties, study of online measurement process of the solid content. A simulation has been realized to evaluate the energy efficiency of this refrigerant use. (A.L.B.)

Les cooperatives et l'electrification rurale du Quebec, 1945--1964

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Dorion, Marie-Josee

dans l'electrification, les organismes publics et les compagnies privees d'electricite. Cette periode de demarrage et d'organisation, traitee dans la deuxieme partie de la these, se termine en 1947-48, au moment ou l'OER et les cooperatives raffermissent leur maitrise du systeme cooperatif d'electrification rurale. Les annees 1948 a 1955 (troisieme partie de these) correspondent a une periode de croissance pour le mouvement cooperatif. Cette partie scrute ainsi le developpement des cooperatives, les vastes chantiers de construction et l'injection de millions de dollars dans l'electrification rurale. Cette troisieme partie prend egalement acte des premiers signes que quelque chose ne va pas si bien dans le monde cooperatif. Nous y verrons egalement les ruraux a l'oeuvre: comme membres, d'abord, mais aussi en tant que benevoles, puis a l'emploi des cooperatives. La quatrieme et derniere partie, les annees 1956 a 1964, aborde les changements majeurs qui ont cours dans l'univers cooperatif; il s'agit d'une ere nouvelle et difficile pour le mouvement cooperatif, dont les reseaux paraissent inadaptes aux changements de profil de la consommation d'electricite des usagers. L'OER sent alors le besoin de raffermir son controle des cooperatives, car il pressent les problemes et les defis auxquels elles auront a faire face. Notre etude se termine par l'acquisition des cooperatives par Hydro-Quebec, en 1963-64. Fondee sur des sources riches et variees, notre demarche propose un eclairage inedit sur une dimension importante de l'histoire de l'electricite au Quebec. Elle permet, ce faisant, de saisir les rouages et l'action de l'Etat sous un angle particulier, avant sa profonde transformation amorcee au cours des annees 1960. De meme, elle apporte quelques cles nouvelles pour une meilleure comprehension de la dynamique des milieux ruraux de cette periode.

The direct conversion of heat into electricity in reactors; Conversion directe de la chaleur en electricite dans les piles

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Devin, B; Bliaux, J; Lesueur, R [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

pile atomique a ete etudiee dans la triple perspective de son utilisation soit comme source d'energie de servitude dans un engin spatial, soit en tete d'un systeme conventionnel de conversion dans les installations de puissance, soit enfin associee a la conversion thermoelectrique dans des installations de tres faible puissance. Les etudes en laboratoire ont porte principalement sur les travaux d'extraction electronique des metaux et composes et leur evolution a haute temperature. Des convertisseurs fournissant jusqu'a 50 amperes sous 0,4 volt avec un rendement voisin de 10 p. 100 ont ete realises en laboratoire; les emetteurs chauffes par bombardement electronique etaient constitues de tungstene recouvert d'un depot de carbure d'uranium ou de molybdene recouvert de cesium. Les principaux aspects du couplage entre le convertisseur et la pile atomique ont ete examines du point de vue electronique: influence de la desadaptation de la charge sur la temperature de l'emetteur et influence du flux thermique unitaire sur la temperature de l'emetteur et la stabilite du convertisseur. Des convertisseurs utilisant le carbure d'uranium comme emetteur electronique ont ete experimentes en pile. Des essais ont ete effectues en regime transitoire en vue de determiner les parametres dynamiques. Les reseaux d'adaptation a la charge ont pu etre construits et on en a deduit les performances globales de plusieurs cellules couplees de maniere a former un barreau de reacteur. Ces donnees sont indispensables pour la conception d'un systeme de controle d'une pile a conversion thermoionique, On a examine theoriquement les problemes de fiabilite des convertisseurs thermoioniques associes en serie dans un meme barreau de combustible. Enfin, on a trace les isothermes d'absorption a la temperature ambiante du krypton et du xenon sur un charbon active en vue d'etudier le degagement des produits de fission dans un convertisseur. (auteurs)

Lattice Dynamics of Magnesium; Dynamique de Reseau du Magnesium; Dinamika reshetki magniya; Dinamica Reticular del Magnesio

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Iyengar, P. K.; Venkataraman, G.; Vuayaraghavan, P. R.; Roy, A. P. [Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay, Bombay (India)

1965-04-15

A group theoretical analysis of modes of vibrations in hexagonal close-packed lattices has been made. The results have been used to classify the phonons at some special points in the Brillouin zone and factorized the secular determinant. Dispersion relations for phonons in magnesium along the two symmetry directions [0001] and [0110] have been measured (at room temperature) more accurately than reported earlier. The measurements have been made using a triple-axis spectrometer and a ''window filter'' spectrometer, both operated in the ''constant-Q'' mode. The results are compared with calculations based on three- and four-neighbour axially symmetric models. It is observed that the four-neighbour model gives a reasonably good description of the data. Even better agreement is obtained with a four-neighbour tensor force model. The force constants derived from the experiment have been used to compute the frequency distribution. (author) [French] Les auteurs ont procede a une analyse theorique par groupe des niodes de vibration dans les reseaux a structure hexagonale compacte. Ils ont utilise les resultats pour classer les phonons en des points particuliers de la zone de Brillouin et analyser mathematiquement le determinant seculaire. Afin d'etablir les relations de dispersion pour les phonons du magnesium dans les deux directions de symetrie [0001] et [0110] (a la temperature ambiante), ils ont fait des mesures plus precises que celles qui ont ete signalees jusqu'a present. A cet effet, ils ont utilise un spectrometre triaxial et un spectrometre avec 'filtre a fenetre', l'un et l'autre dans le mode de 'Q constant'. Ils ont compare les resultats aux calculs fondes sur des modeles a symetrie axiale faisant intervenir les troisieme et quatrieme voisins. Ils ont constate que le deuxieme de ces modeles fournit une assez bonne description des donnees. Un modele de forces tensorielles englobant le quatrieme voisin assure une concordance encore meilleure. Les auteurs ont

Tariff proposal of the Commission of energy regulation from February 28, 2008 for the use of public natural gas distribution networks; Proposition tarifaire de la Commission de regulation de l'energie du 28 fevrier 2008 pour l'utilisation des reseaux publics de distribution de gaz naturel

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2008-07-01

With the complete opening of natural gas markets to competition and the legal separation of distribution networks, Gaz de France Reseau Distribution requested the implementation of a new tariff of use of gas distribution networks to the Commission of energy regulation (CRE). A new tariff of networks utilisation has thus been proposed by CRE after a public consultation and the audition of gas suppliers. This tariff foresees a 5.6% increase of the present day tariff by July 1, 2008. The impact on the end-users' gas retail price will be a 1.5% rise of the regulated tariff. (J.S.)

Initiation and growth of thermal fatigue crack networks in an AISI 304 L type austenitic stainless steel (X2 CrNi18-09); Amorcage et propagation de reseaux de fissures de fatigue thermique dans un acier inoxydable austenitique de type X2 CrNi18-09 (AISI 304 L)

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Maillot, V

2004-07-01

We studied the behaviour of a 304 L type austenitic stainless steel submitted to thermal fatigue. Using the SPLASH equipment of CEA/SRMA we tested parallelepipedal specimens on two sides: the specimens are continuously heated by Joule effect, while two opposites faces are cyclically. cooled by a mixed spray of distilled water and compressed air. This device allows the reproduction and the study of crack networks similar to those observed in nuclear power plants, on the inner side of circuits fatigued by mixed pressurized water flows at different temperatures. The crack initiation and the network constitution at the surface were observed under different thermal conditions (Tmax = 320 deg C, {delta}T between 125 and 200 deg C). The experiment produced a stress gradient in the specimen, and due to this gradient, the in-depth growth of the cracks finally stopped. The obtained crack networks were studied quantitatively by image analysis, and different parameters were studied: at the surface during the cycling, and post mortem by step-by-step layer removal by grinding. The maximal depth obtained experimentally, 2.5 mm, is relatively coherent with the finite element modelling of the SPLASH test, in which compressive stresses appear at a depth of 2 mm. Some of the crack networks obtained by thermal fatigue were also tested in isothermal fatigue crack growth under 4-point bending, at imposed load. The mechanisms of the crack selection, and the appearance of the dominating crack are described. Compared to the propagation of a single crack, the crack networks delay the propagation, depending on the severity of the crack competition for domination. The dominating crack can be at the network periphery, in that case it is not as shielded by its neighbours as a crack located in the center of the network. It can also be a straight crack surrounded by more sinuous neighbours. Indeed, on sinuous cracks, the loading is not the same all along the crack path, leading to some morphological effect instead of shielding effect. A 2-D finite element modelling of multiple crack propagation has been performed: when the morphological effects are not dominant, there is a good agreement between modelling and experimental results. (author)

The Role of Exponential and PCTR Experiments at Hanford in the Design of Large Power Reactors; Roles Respectifs des Experiences Exponentielles et du Reacteur d'Etude des Constantes Physiques de Hanford dans les Etudes de Grands Reacteurs de Puissance; Znachenie ehksponentsial'nykh opytov i opytov na reaktore PCTR pri proektirovanii bol'shikh ehnergeticheskikh reaktorov v khehnforde; Papel de los Experimentos Exponenciales y del Reactor PCTR de Hanford en el Proyecto de Grandes Reactores de Potencia

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Heineman, R. E. [General Electric Company, Richland, WA (United States)

1964-02-15

use is described in the light of the trends which are observed. (author) [French] Des mesures exponentielles sont faites aux laboratoires de Hanford sur des reseaux uranium-graphite depuis pres de quinze ans. Les resultats de ces experiences ont ete utilises pour determiner les laplaciens de reacteurs de production que l'on se proposait de construire, mais ils ont servi egalement a ameliorer les connaissances dans le domaine de la physique de ces systemes. On s'est rendu compte tres rapidement qu'en raison des dimensions des assemblages et de leur manque de sensibilite aux petites perturbations localisees du systeme, l'experience exponentielle n'a qu'une utilite limitee. On a donc envisage de mettre au point des experiences integrales avec un reacteur de maniere a reduire au minimum la quantite de matieres necessaires pour se procurer des donnees valables. A cet effet, on a construit une installation critique perfectionnee a plusieurs regions, qu'on a appelee 'reacteur d'etude des constantes physiques' (RECP), dont on s'est servi pour determiner les constantes physiques de plusieurs reacteurs de puissance. On s'en est servi aussi couramment pour mesurer des sections efficaces et determiner des parametres differentiels et integraux de la physique des reacteurs pour divers types de milieux multiplicateurs. Apres la construction de RECP, on a encore employe les experiences exponentielles, bien que RECP ait largement comble les espoirs qui avaient ete places en lui. L'auteur indique quelques donnees caracteristiques obtenues a l'aide de ces deux genres d'installations et compare leurs roles respectifs pour l'etude de nouveaux reacteurs de puissance, pour la modification de reacteurs en fonctionnement, comme moyens de recherche sur la physique des reacteurs et comme moyen de formation. Il compare egalement les montants des capitaux investis dans ces installations et des frais de fonctionnement. Il indique comment ont ete mises au point de nouvelles methodes experimentales

Strain Dependence of the Frequencies and the Thermal Expansion of the Hexagonal Close-Packed Lattice; Variations, en Fonction de la Deformation, des Frequences et de la Dilatation Thermique du Reseau a Structure Hexagonale Compacte; Zavisimost' chastot i teplovogo rasshireniya geksagonal'noj reshetki s plotnoj upakovkoj ot napryazheniya; Variacion de las Frecuencias y de la Dilatacion Termica de la Red Hexagonal Compacta en Funcion de la Deformacion

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Srinivasan, R.; Ramji Rao, R. [Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India)

1965-04-15

) [French] Les auteurs ont mesure recemment la dilatation thermique anisotrope de certains metaux a structure hexagonale. Pour etablir la theorie de la dilatation thermique anisotrope des reseaux a structure hexagonale compacte (hc), il faut etudier les variations, en fonction de la deformation, des frequences des reseaux hc. Les auteurs ont etudie le cas du reseau hc a interaction centrale avec le plus proche voisin de forme Empty-Set = -a/{gamma}{sup m} + b/{gamma}{sup n}. Les deformations suivantes ont ete utilisees: 1. une dilatation lineaire {zeta} le long de Taxe z; 2. une dilatation surfacique uniforme #Greek Lunate Epsilon Symbol#' dans le plan principal. Ces deformations sont celles qui s'appliquent a la theorie de la dilatation thermique et elles ont l'avantage de ne pas entrainer de deplacements a l'interieur du reseau. Les auteurs ont etabli les parametres de Grueneisen {gamma}'{sub i} = - Partial-Differential log{omega}{sub i}/ Partial-Differential #Greek Lunate Epsilon Symbol#' and {gamma}'{sub i}' = - Partial-Differential log{omega}{sub i}/ Partial-Differential {zeta} pour les vecteurs d'ondes situes le long de certaines directions de symetrie. On constate que les parametres ainsi obtenus pour les branches acoustiques dependent fortement de la direction et presentent des variations tres etendues. Une des branches acoustiques transversales dans le plan principal accuse une valeur negative pour {gamma}', quelles que soient les valeurs de m et n. Les auteurs ont etudie les variations des moments {mu}{sub 2}, {mu}{sub 4} et {mu}{sub 6} en fonction des deformations indiquees plus haut. Ils ont determine pour trois paires de valeurs de m et n, les limites de temperature superieure et inferieure des parametres de Grueneisen equivalents {gamma}{sup +} et {gamma}''. Ils ont constate que {gamma}' est egal a {gamma}'' et que la limite de temperature superieure {gamma}'{sub {infinity}} depasse de 0,3 environ la limite de temperature inferieure {gamma}'{sub 0}. Il semble

Notice no.02-A-05 of the 18 april 2002 relative to the tariffs of the electric power transport and distribution public networks utilization; Avis no.02-A-05 du 18 avril 2002 relatif aux tarifs d'utilisation des reseaux publics de transport et de distribution d'electricite

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2002-07-01

This notice gives the juridical framework of the future decree concerning the access to the public network of electric power transport and distribution, the principles of the regulation and the project description. It gives also opinions on the competition analysis and its consequences. (A.L.B.)

Contribution to the asymptotic estimation of the global error of single step numerical integration methods. Application to the simulation of electric power networks; Contribution a l'estimation asymptotique de l'erreur globale des methodes d'integration numerique a un pas. Application a la simulation des reseaux electriques

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Aid, R.

1998-01-07

This work comes from an industrial problem of validating numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations modeling power systems. This problem is solved using asymptotic estimators of the global error. Four techniques are studied: Richardson estimator (RS), Zadunaisky's techniques (ZD), integration of the variational equation (EV), and Solving for the correction (SC). We give some precisions on the relative order of SC w.r.t. the order of the numerical method. A new variant of ZD is proposed that uses the Modified Equation. In the case of variable step-size, it is shown that under suitable restriction, on the hypothesis of the step-size selection, ZD and SC are still valid. Moreover, some Runge-Kutta methods are shown to need less hypothesis on the step-sizes to exhibit a valid order of convergence for ZD and SC. Numerical tests conclude this analysis. Industrial cases are given. Finally, an algorithm to avoid the a priori specification of the integration path for complex time differential equations is proposed. (author)

CEIBA: a fast track plan with multiphase pumping by 750 m of water; CEIBA: un projet fast track avec pompage multiphasique par 750 m d'eau. Canyon Express: le plus profond des reseaux de production. Le Saibos FDS: un navire polyvalent adapte au defit des developements en grande profondeur

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Delaporte, M. [Paragon Litwin, 92 - Nanterre (France); Obsen, M. [Framo Engineering, Bergen (Norway); Bang, P.; RIjkens, F. [Total, La Defense 6, 92 - Courbevoie (France); Poirson, L. [Saibos sas, 78 - Guyancourt (France)

2003-08-01

The development of the field of CEIBA, located at 22 miles off the equatorial Guinea coast, has been the aim of a presentation AFTP/SPE on May 21 at Clamart. M. Delaporte, director of offshore study and development of projects at Paragon Litwin has presented at first an overview of the plan and then M. Olsen, commercial responsible of Framo Engineering has given precision on the polyphasic pumping equipments which particularize this development. (O.M.)

Regularities in the Changes of Absorber Material Properties as a Function of Absorber Concentration; Regularite des Variations des Proprietes des Substances Absorbantes en Fonction de la Concentration de l'Absorbant; Zakonomernosti izmeneniya svojstv poglashchayushchikh materialov v zavisimosti ot kontsentratsii poglotitelya; Leyes de Variacion de las Propiedades de los Materiales Absorbentes en Funcion de la Concentracion del Absorbente

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Portnoj, K. I.

1964-06-15

The paper presents regularities of the change in mechanical and heat-physical properties as well as in absorption capability as a function of absorber concentration for thermal and intermediate reactors. The thermal conductivity and the thermal expansion coefficient of absorber alloys containing boron and rare-earth element oxides is reduced with an increase of absorber concentration. Alloys with rare-earth element oxides have a linear law of the thermal expansion coefficient change, while for boron containing alloys this additive law of changes of properties is disturbed. This is caused by formation under high temperatures of boride phases with various crystal lattices. It is shown in the paper that absorption capability, being a function of absorber concentration, is changed along a curve with saturation and depends on the neutron spectrum. A hypothesis of the author on formation of absorption capability maximum under mutual alloying of absorbers is set forth. The hypothesis has got a wide experimental confirmation on a large number of metal and non-metal absorber system compositions in thermal and intermediate reactors. (author) [French] Le memoire expose la regularite des variations des proprietes mecaniques et thermiques ainsi que du pouvoir absorbant en fonction de la concentration de l'absorbant dans les reacteurs a neutrons thermiques et intermediaires. La conductibilite thermique et le coefficient de dilatation thermique des combinaisons absorbantes contenant du bore et des oxydes de terres rares diminuent a mesure qu'augmente la concentration de l'absorbant. Pour les combinaisons qui contiennent des oxydes de terres rares, la variation du coefficient de dilatation thermique est regie par une loi lineaire. Dans le cas des combinaisons contenant du bore, cette loi de variation des proprietes n'est pas rigoureusement applicable, du fait de la formation, a haute temperature, de phases 'borare' avec divers reseaux cristallins. Le memoire demontre que le

Optical Disk Technology and the Library. Part 1: The Technology and Its Applications. Part 2: The National Library Videodisc Demonstration Project. Canadian Network Papers Number 9 = Technologie du Videodisque et la Bibliotheque. Premiere partie: La Technologie et ses Applications. Deuxieme partie: Projet de Demonstration du Videodisque a la Bibliotheque Nationale. Documents sur les Reseaux Canadiens Numero 9.

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Duchesne, Roddy; Sonnemann, Sabine S.

This report is intended to assist Canadian libraries in assessing potential library applications of optical disk technology. Part 1 provides a general outline of the technology and describes a number of library applications and projects. Descriptions are purposely general and illustrative in nature since the technology and its applications are…

Physical Properties of P.V.C. Attenuated Network Copolymers Produced by Ionizing Radiation; Proprietes physiques des copolymeres obtenus sous l'action de rayonnements ionisants et dont le reseau est attenue par l'effet du chlorure de polyvinyle; Fizicheskie svojstva polivinilkhloridnykh obednennykh tsepej sopolimerov, poluchennykh v rezul'tate vozdejstviya ioniziruyushchej radiatsii; Propiedades fisicas de los copolimeros de redes atenuadas por cloruro de polivinilo obtenidos por irradiacion

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Pinner, S H [Tube Investments Research Laboratories, Hinxton Hall, Cambridge (United Kingdom)

1960-07-15

- terme qui implique normalement la presence de longues chaines ramifiees - mais de reseaux allyliques attenues sous l'action d'un polymere. Ces produits reunissent les proprietes recherchees du polymere ascendant et celles du reseau allylique. La resistance a la traction, les modules d'elasticite et l'allongement des copolymeres a reseau attenue sont exposes et examines en fonction de la temperature ambiante ainsi que de la concentration et du nombre de groupes fonctionnels de l'ester allylique. L'auteur explique ainsi la resistance des produits au gonflement et a l'action chimique. (author) [Spanish] La reticulacion del cloruro de polivinilo por la accion de las radiaciones ionizantes plantea problemas especiales. A causa de los parametros de reticulacion y de ruptura de los enlaces transversales de este polimero que son mas bien desfavorables, las dosis de radiacion necesarias para obtener un elevado grado de reticulacion son, desde un punto de vista economico, excesivamente costosas y se producen simultaneamente efectos de decoloracion y de deshidrohalogenacion. Se han superado estos obstaculos anadiendo asteres de dialilo y trialilo al cloruro de polivinilo, antes de la irradiacion. De esta forma, se obtienen productos de elevado grado de reticulacion con dosis de radiaciones ionizantes relativamente pequenas. Al examinar las propiedades fisicas de estos productos, se observa que-no son simplemento copolimeros de injerto, termino que normalmente supone la presencia de largas cadenas ramificadas, sino que son redes alilicas atenuadas por polimeros. En este producto se combinan las valiosas propiedades del polimero original y de la red alilica. La resistencia a la traccion, el modulo de elasticidad y la elongacion de esos copolimeros se estudian en funcion de la temperatura y de la concentracion y caracteristicas funcionales del ester alilico. Tambien se estudia la turgencia y la resistencia quimica de los productos obtenidos. (author) [Russian] Obrazovanie

Integration of industrial risk in regional policy management. Possibilities of evaluation; L'integration du risque industriel dans les politiques de gestion territoriales. Possibilites d'evaluation

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Hubert, Philippe; Pages, Pierre

1990-02-01

est le calcul des consequences economiques. Les donnees y sont rares, et les methodes encore assez peu developpees. Le dernier domaine est celui de l'eau, qui se distingue des precedents non pas tant par la nature des consequences, mais par la specificite des institutions qui gerent la question, ou des organismes qui l'etudient. A cette etape, une conclusion partielle est que, suivant les cas, le point de depart de l'evaluation devra varier. Parfois l'analyse doit partir des sources de danger, parfois il est necessaire de partir de l'identification des cibles. En general, un aller et retour entre une analyse des sources et des cibles devra s'etablir. La voie principale d'identification des sources de danger reste toutefois le recours aux declarations administratives, pour les 'installations dangereuses' en particulier. L'evaluation, enfin, ne peut etre systematique sans un effort considerable. Dans les zones industrielles, dans la mesure ou la tendance a la quantification des etudes se poursuit et ou l'imperatif de transparence s'impose, l'evaluation est envisageable. Sinon le recours est toujours possible a la litterature internationale pour exploiter les resultats publies, specialement au Royaume Uni et aux Pays Bas sur des installations industrielles types. En revanche, il n'existe pas de barriere juridique ou administrative qui empeche les collectivites territoriales d'effectuer leur propres evaluations sur le Transport des Matieres Dangereuses, evaluations dont la methodologie est aujourd'hui assez bien definie. Ces deux poles bien identifies ne doivent pas faire oublier la presence d'un 'risque accidentel diffus' associe aux petites industries, aux commerces, aux stockages residentiels ou semi residentiels et aux reseaux. Meme si une evaluation quantifiee n'est pas possible, les elements qui peuvent etre rassembles fournissent souvent les regles d'une gestion encore empirique mais deja mieux fondee. La confrontation des sources (p.ex. produits transportes) et

Optimization through neuron network of the potentiality of Higgs discovery in the CMS detector via H {yields} ZZ{sup *} {yields} 4e{sup {+-}}, and study of the triggering primitives of the electromagnetic calorimeter; Optimisation par reseaux de neurones du potentiel de decouverte du boson de Higgs dans le canal H {yields} ZZ{sup *} {yields} 4e{sup {+-}} sur le detecteur CMS, et etude des primitives de declenchement du calorimetre electromagnetique

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Bimbot, St

2006-10-15

The first chapter presents the theoretical background on which the Higgs mechanism is based within the framework of the standard model. The second chapter reviews the past and present attempts aiming at the discovery of the Higgs boson. The specific features of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and of one of its detector: the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector are given in the third chapter. The author details the track detector and the ECAL electronic calorimeter that are key components of CMS in the detection of the Higgs boson via the following decay channel: H {yields} ZZ{sup *} {yields} 2e{sup +}2e{sup -} (where Z and Z{sup *} represents the Z{sup O} boson in a real state and in a virtual state respectively). The chapters 4 and 5 are dedicated to the calibration of the ECAL calorimeter via the use of an electron beam and to the triggering system. The data analysis that will lead to the reconstruction of the events detected by CMS is presented in the chapter 6. The last chapter is devoted to the optimization of the extraction of the Higgs boson signal from an abundant background noise. (A.C.)

The Nature of the Phonon Spectrum and the Analysis of Lattice Thermal Conductivity; Nature du Spectre des Phonons et Analyse de la Conductibilite Thermique du Reseau; Kharakter fononnogo spektra i analiz teploprovodnosti reshetki; Naturaleza del Espectro Fononico y Analisis de la Conductividad Termica Reticular

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Joshi, S. K.; Sharma, K. C. [Physics Department, Allahabad University, Allahabad (India)

1965-04-15

auteurs presentent les resultats d'une etude sur la conductibilite thermique des reseaux effectuee au moyen d'un spectre de phonons plus precis que le spectre de phonons analogue au modele de Debye, utilise d'ordinaire, qui est constitue par une seule branche acoustique moyenne. Pour calculer les variations en fonction de la temperature de la conductibilite thermique du reseau du germanium, ils ont utilise tout d'abord un modele anisotrope de dispersion en continu et suivi comme methode une version modifiee de la formulation de Callaway. Pour effectuer la sommation d'integrales complexes sur les frequences du reseau, ils ont applique la methode d'integration a six et trois termes de Houston. On utilise les expressions appropriees des temps de relaxation pour les diffusions a la frontiere et les diffusions dues aux impuretes ainsi que pour le processus normal a trois phonons et le processus Umklapp. Pour le germanium entre 2 et 1000 Degree-Sign K, on obtient une concordance satisfaisante avec les donnees experimentales de Holland et de Slack et Glassbrenner en ajustant les quatre constantes presentes dans les integrales. D'apres des donnees de spectroscopie des neutrons dignes de foi, on sait que le germanium comporte des branches transversales tres dispersees et qu'un modele anisotrope de dispersion en continu en donne aussi une mauvaise representation. Les auteurs ont donc juge bon d'utiliser le modele des couches tres complexes pour la dynamique de reseau du germanium presente pai Cochran. En ajustant les parametres entrant dans la formulation qu'ils ont utilisee pour le calcul de la conductibilite thermique du reseau, ils ont egalement obtenu des resultats concordant avec les donnees experimentales. Ceci leur a donne a penser que la nature du spectre des phonons n'a pas une grande influence sur l'analyse des donnees relatives a la conductibilite thermique du reseau suivant les methodes actuelles, et que le spectre des phonons perd de sa precision en raison de l

Transport of dangereous waste on the route to the pilot facility in Grenoble. Risk analysis. Final report; Trafic des matieres dangereuses sur l'itineraire pilote de l'agglomeration de Grenoble. Evaluation du risque. Rapport final

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Brenot, J; Despres, A; Degrange, J P; Hubert, Ph; Pages, P

1988-12-01

car les moyennes evoquees ci-dessus n'en renent pas compte, il peut cependant etre reduit de multiples facons. Ces reductions portent generalement soit sur l'ensemble du risque routier soit sur l'ensemble du risque industriel, a l'exception des amenagements des reseaux d'evacuation des eaux de ruissellement ou de drainage. Les mesures portant a la fois sur installations fixes et transport sont sans doute les premieres a favoriser: information des populations, adaptation du reseau d'alerte routier, equipement des services d'intervention, plans particuliers d'intervention pour l'itineraire piote. Dans le cadre de cette analyse il est difficile d'etablir une hierarchic precise des options de protection. D'une part l'etude comportait encore un aspect methodologique pour la prise en compte des impacts des pollutions, d'autre part ii est necessaire de valoriser dans une unite commune les impacts tres heterogenes qui ont ete identifies ici. Ce dernier processus releve plus de l'analyse economique et politique que de la modelisation physique. (author)

Construction, Cost and Use of an Enriched Uranium, Light-Water Subcritical Assembly; Assemblage Sous-Critique a Uranium Enrichi et Eau Legere; Realisation, Cout et Application; Realizatsiya i stoimost' podkriticheskoj sborki na obogashchennom urane i legkoj vode; Construccion, Coste y Aplicacion de un Conjunto Subcritico de Uranio Enriquecido

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Vittoz, B.; Berthet, P.; Gavin, P.; Mandrin, C.; Robert, P.; Thurnheer, J. [Ecole Polytechnique de l' Universite de Lausanne (Switzerland)

1964-02-15

Designed for the experimental investigation of multiplying lattices, the Lausanne subcritical assembly is also used for teaching purposes. It is extremely versatile. The authors explain why the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique, University of Lausanne, decided to construct a subcritical assembly, relying as far as possible on its own resources, and why a slightly enriched uranium, light-water lattice was selected. The construction and arrangements are such that the lattice and neutron input parameters can be varied quickly and easily. 1. The uranium rods are vertically suspended and each suspension point has two degrees of freedom and can be continuously varied. Hence the lattice spacing, for example, can also be continuously varied. 2. The neutron input is provided by five Pu-Be sources placed in a graphite base. The spacing of these sources can also be continuously regulated. The paper discusses the safety problems the facility involves because of the fact that the reactivity can vary a great deal from one configuration to the other. It also explains the general construction and operational costs. The facility is used, inter alia, to study a non-periodic lattice with a view to obtaining a uniform flux. For this purpose the heterogeneous theory developed by Feinberg and Horning is used. A lattice in which the rods are identically arranged in non-equidistant, parallel n-planes is first considered. Each plane is a fast- neutron source and an absorber of thermal neutrons. Outside these planes, two-group diffusion equations are used. If the characteristics of a single plane are known the neutron flux for the n- planes can be forecast. These characteristics are determined experimentally, with due regard to the vertical variation of the neutron flux. The role played by the distance between the rods in a given plane is also investigated. (author) [French] Destine a l'etude experimentale des reseaux ienultiplicateurs, l'assemblage sous-critique de

Investigation of the Dynamics Of NH{sup +}{sub 4} and H{sub 2}O Molecular Groups in Crystals; Etude de la Dynamique des Groupes Moleculaires NH{sup +}{sub 4} et H{sub 2}O dans les Cristaux; 0418 0421 0421 041b 0415 0414 041e 0412 0410 041d 0418 0415 0414 0418 041d 0410 041c 0418 041a 0418 041c 041e 041b 0415 041a 0423 041b 042f 0420 041d 042b 0425 0413 0420 0423 041f 041f NH{sup +}{sub 4} H H{sub 2}O 0412 041a 0420 0418 0421 0422 0410 041b 041b 0410 0425 ; Estudio de la Dinamica de los Grupos Moleculares NH{sup +}{sub 4} Y H{sub 2}O en Cristales

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Bajorek, A.; Machehina, T. A.; Parlin' Ski, K. [Ob' edinennyj Institut Jadernyh Issledovanij, Dubna, SSSR (Russian Federation)

1965-06-15

}){sub 2}Cr{sub 2}O{sub 7}, (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}CO{sub 3}) et de l'eau liee (BaCl{sub 2} * 2H{sub 2}O, SrCl{sub 2} * 6H{sub 2}O, CuSO{sub 4} * 5H{sub 2}O). Les travaux avaient pour objet d'etudier l'influence exercee par differents reseaux cristallins sur la dynamique des groupes mentionnes, et les liens existant entre les phenomenes de diffusion et les transitions de phase. Malgre les differences de structure des substances etudiees, on obtient a la temperature de l'azote liquide des spectres analogues; en regle generale, ils accusent deux pics: le premier est situe dans la region des transferts d'energie de 15 a 20 meV; le second dans celle de 35 a 70 meV, qui est associee aux oscillations de torsion des ions ammonium. L'intensite des pics depend de la structure des substances et diminue avec l'augmentation de la temperature de l'echantillon. On a constaute que, lors de certaines transitions de phase, l'intensite de la partie elastique du spectre se modifie brusquement (dans les cas de NH{sub 4}I, NH{sub 4}NO{sub 3} et (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}SO{sub 4}). Lorsque la temperature de NH{sub 4}Cl, NH{sub 4}Br et (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}(COO){sub 2} augmente, il apparait un pic supplementaire, deplace dans la direction des faibles energies par rapport aux pics de rotation differee. Les spectres des neutrons diffuses par des cristaux contenant de l'eau liee se ressemblent egalement. On y observe trois groupes de pics associes aux oscillations optiques et a la rotation differee des molecules d'eau. (author) [Spanish] En la memoria se presentan los resultados de las mediciones de la dispersion de neutrones termicos en cristales que contienen el ion amonio (NH{sub 4}CI, NH{sub 4}Br, NH{sub 4}I, NH{sub 4}F, NH{sub 4}NO{sub 3}, NH{sub 4}CNS, (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}SO{sub 4}, (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}S{sub 2}O{sub 8}, (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}Cr{sub 2}O{sub 7}, (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}CO{sub 3}) y agua de cristalizacion (BaCl{sub 2} * 2H{sub 2}O, SrCl{sub 2} * 6H{sub 2}O, CuSO{sub 4} * 5H{sub 2}O). La finalidad de las

Molecular Dynamics Investigated by Neutron Scattering; Etude de la Dynamique Moleculaire au Moyen de la Diffusion des Neutrons; 0418 0421 0421 041b 0415 0414 041e 0412 0410 041d 0418 0415 041c 041e 041b 0415 041a 0423 041b 042f 0420 041d 041e 0419 0414 0418 041d 0410 041c 0418 041a 0418 0421 041f 041e 041c 041e 0429 042c 042e 0420 0410 0421 0421 0415 042f 041d 0418 042f 041d 0415 0419 0422 0420 041e 041d 041e 0412 ; Estudio de la Dinamica Molecular por Dispersion Neutronica

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Janik, J. A. [Institute for Nuclear Physics, Cracow (Poland)

1965-06-15

vibration de torsion du groupe H{sub 3}O avec une frequence de 497 cm{sup -1}. Il s'ensuit que, malgre l'identite des reseaux cristallins de NH{sub 4}CIO{sub 4} et H{sub 3}OCIO{sub 4} la dynamique des groupes NH{sub 4} et H{sub 3}O est differente. L'auteur compare ces resultats avec ceux qui ont ete obtenus par spectroscopie de Raman et resonance magnetique nucleaire. Enfin, il discute plusieurs autres substances du point de vue de la dynamique moleculaire. (author) [Spanish] Se examina brevemente en que medida la teoria de Krieger-Nelkin y la de Griffing son aplicables a los gases. A continuacion, y sobre la base de experimentos realizados con metano liquido, se hace un estudio critico de la posibilidad de aplicar el concepto de tensor rriasico a las moleculas en estado condensado. Los principales argumentos en contra de la aplicacion de la teoria de Krieger y Nelkin a los estados condensados son: el desplazamiento hacia energias mas elevadas de la distribucion de las energias neutronicas a raiz de la dispersion y la independencia de la parte inelastica con respecto al angulo de dispersion. Se estudia tambien la dinamica de rotacion de los grupos amonio en compuestos amonicos. Se examina gran parte de los datos experimentales obtenidos por diferentes autores sobre los haluros de amonio. Para algunas sustancias, las mediciones efectuadas mediante dispersion neutronica indican la libertad de rotacion del grupo NH{sub 4}, mientras que para otras, la rotacion se transforma en una vibracion torsional. En este caso, las frecuencias de las vibraciones torsionales que diferentes autores han obtenido por dispersion neutronica se comparan con las determinadas por espectroscopia infrarroja y medicion del calor especifico. Se estudia tambien el calculo basado en la medicion de la seccion eficaz neutronica total de la barrera que se opone a la rotacion. Asimismo, se compara la dinamica de rotacion de los grupos NH{sub 4} en el NH{sub 4}CIO{sub 4} y de los grupos H{sub 3}O en el H{sub 3

Recent Methods in Crystal Spectrometry; Methodes Recentes de Spectrometrie a Cristal; 041d 041e 0412 042b 0415 041c 0415 0422 041e 0414 042b 041a 0420 0418 0421 0422 0410 041b 041b 0418 0427 0415 0421 041a 041e 0419 0421 041f 0415 041a 0422 0420 041e 041c 0415 0422 0420 0418 0418 ; Metodos Recientes de Espectrometria Cristalina

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Iyengar, P. K. [Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay, Bombay (India)

1965-06-15

parti de la definition en vecteur d'onde des neutrons deceles, l'auteur a utilise avec succes le filtre a fenetre pour determiner les courbes de dispersion des phonons dans des reseaux cristallins. Un instrument biaxial remplacant un instrument triaxial, il en resulte une simplification de l'appareillage. Avec ce dispositif, l'auteur a applique la methode de Q constant. Il presente certaines mesures caracteristiques. Le principal inconvenient de la methode de la spectrometrie a cristal reside dans le fait que l'on n'utilise qu'un angle de diffusion a la fois. On peut le pallier un utilisant un spectrometre a bras multiples. L'auteur montre comment monter et utiliser un spectrometre a bras multiples pour les mesures, de la distribution en energie. D'autre part, l'avantage de l'etude d'echantillons monocristaux reside dans le fait qu'il est possible d'utiliser tous les bras avec les spectrometres d'analyse dans le mode de Q constant. Cela permettrait d'accelerer considerablement le rassemblement des donnees a l'avenir en appliquant la methode du spectrometre a cristal. (author) [Spanish] El principio de la difraccion por cristales permite evaluar de manera sencilla la distribucion de energia de los neutrones lentos. Pero la determinacion cuantitativa de esa distribucion de energia depende de varios parametros, que son a su vez funcion de la estructura de la celda unitaria del cristal monocromador y de la disposicion geometrica del espectrometro. El espectrometro triaxial se utiliza ampliamente para trabajos de dispersion inelastica. Esta provisto de un monocromador y de un analizador cristalinos. La disposicion geometrica y la dispersion debida a la variacion no lineal del angulo con la longitud de onda originan efectos de focalizacion. Este aspecto se examina en relacion con varios casos, tales como dispersion elastica y existencia de grupos de neutrones debidos a interaccion de monofonones. Se ha empleado como analizador de gran eficacia un filtro policristalino

Aspects of Reactor Physics Research at the Victoria University of Manchester; Quelques Aspects des Experiences de Physique des Reacteurs a l'Universite Victoria de Manchester; Aspekty ehksperimental'nykh issledovanij po fizike reaktorov v universitete viktorii v manchestere; Trabajos de Fisica Experimental con Reactores Efectuados en la Universidad Victoria de Manchester

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Harris, M. J.; Walton, D. G. [Victoria University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

1964-02-15

constructed. Its mechanical design gives considerable flexibility so that, for instance, measurements parallel and perpendicular to the fuel rods are greatly facilitated. A programme of steady-state measurements is under way. Future work is outlined, and includes fine structure measurements, voidage effects and pulsed neutron studies. (author) [French] Le Departement du genie nucleaire de l'Universite de Manchester a ete cree en 1959. Depuis lors, les etudes post-universitaires de physique des reacteurs se sont progressivement developpees et elargies en partant virtuellement de zero; les travaux ont porte sur les reseaux a eau ordinaire et notamment sur les experiences exponentielles a uranium naturel et a eau ordinaire alimentees par un accelerateur de particules. Les auteurs passent en revue les travaux effectues, etudient les resultats obtenus, donnent des apercus sur les recherches futures et illustrent leur expose par la description de diverses techniques experimentales adoptees a Manchester, qui sont peu onereuses et ne necessitent qu'un personnel reduit. Les principaux sujets de recherches sont decrits ci-apres. Les auteurs ont etudie la diffusion des neutrons dans l'eau ordinaire en employant successivement la methode de la source puisee et celle de la source stationnaire. Avec la premiere methode, ils se sont astreints a faire une analyse harmonique complete, au point d'etudier effectivement les modes superieurs alors que, par le passe, ont cherchait seulement a les eliminer. Au moyen de la methode de la source stationnaire, ils ont cherche surtout a eliminer tous les effets dus a la dimension de la source finie et du detecteur, al'activation par resonance, a la perturbation du flux, etc. Ils discutent et comparent les resultats de ces deux etudes. Le memoire decrit ensuite une mesure tres precise des sections efficaces d'absorption, egalement en cours, par la methode des neutrons puises, en prenant soin d'eliminer les effets harmoniques et autres, generateurs d

Operating Experience in Nuclear Power Plants with Boiling-Water Reactors; Experience acquise dans l'exploitation des reacteurs a eau bouillante; Opyt ehkspluatatsii kipyashchago reaktora; Experiencia adquirida con la explotacion de reactores de agua hirviente

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Ascherl, R. J. [General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (United States)

1963-10-15

radioactivity exposure considerations. Recent full-scale inspection and overhaul of the Dresden turbine provided no maintenance problems, after over 12 000 h of operation on direct-cycle steam and after operation with known failed fuel elements in the reactor. (author) [French] On a maintenant acquis une experience appreciable dans l'exploitation des centrales equipees de reacteurs a eau bouillante. Vers la fin de 1962, on avait produit plus de 2,2.10{sup 9} kWh dans trois centrales nucleaires rattachees a des reseaux de distribution: la centrale de Dresden (Commonwealth Edison Company, Morris, Illinois), la centrale de Vallecitos (Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Electric Company, Pleasanton, Californie) et la centrale de Kahl (Rheinish-Westfaiisches Elektrizitatswerk et Bayemwerk, a Kahl-sur-le-Main, Republique federale d'Allemagne). Le rendement de ces reacteurs a eau bouillante, exploites dans les conditions normales de production d'electricite, est excellent. On peut donc s'attendre que les centrales a eau bouillante continueront d'etre sures, etant donne le facteur de disponibilite et le facteur de puissance des reacteurs et des installations de ce type. Au cours de 1963, quatre nouvelles centrales equipees de reacteurs a eau bouillante entreront en service: la centrale de Big Rock Point (Consumers Power Company, Charlevoix, Michigan), la centrale de Humboldt Bay (Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Eureka, Californie), la centrale de Garigliano (Societa Elettronucleare Nazionale, Scauri, Italie) et la centrale de demonstration japonaise (Institut de recherches nucleaires du Japon, Tokai Mura, Japon). Les resultats obtenus lors du demarrage et pendant le fonctionnement initial de ces installations confirment les espoirs suscites par les centrales de Dresden, Kahl et Vallecitos. Les journaux de marche des centrales de Dresden, Kahl et Vallecitos mettent en evidence la stabilite et la securite des reacteurs a eau bouillante. De plus, les niveaux de rayonnements

Decision from the Commission of Electricity Regulation (CRE) dated from December 12, 2002 about a disagreement between PEM Abrasif Refractaires (PEMAR) company and the Power transportation Network (RTE), as manager of the public power transportation grid, relative to the tariffing of public networks use applicable to the consumers connected in 42 kV voltage; Decision de la Commission de Regulation de l'Electricite (CRE) en date du 12 decembre 2002 sur un different qui oppose la societe PEM Abrasif Refractaires (PEMAR) a Reseau de Transport d'Electricite (RTE), en tant que gestionnaire du reseau public de transport d'electricite, relatif a la tarification d'utilisation des reseaux publics applicable aux consommateurs raccordes en tension 42 kV

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This document presents the analysis made by the French commission of electricity regulation (CRE) about a high voltage tariff disagreement between PEM Abrasif Refractaires (PEMAR) company (La Defense, Courbevoie France) and RTE, the French manager of the power transportation grid. PEMAR company claims for a contract of power supply tariff conformable with the application of the decree from July 19, 2002 which, after comparison with the previous decrees, contains a mistake in the definition of voltage classes. (J.S.)

Notice of the Electric Power Control Commission at the 1 february 2001 on the decree concerning the information confidentiality held by the public networks of transportation or electric power distribution, taking into account for the application of the 16 and 20 sections of the law number 2000-108 of the 20 february 2000 related to the modernization and the development of the electrical utilities; Avis de la Commission de regulation de l'electricite en date du 1 fevrier 2001 sur le decret relatif a la confidentialite des informations detenues par les gestionnaires de reseaux publics de transport ou de distribution d'electricite pris pour l'application des articles 16 et 20 de la loi no 2000-108 du 20 fevrier 2000 relative a la modernisation et au developpement du service public de l'electricite

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This document presents the decree concerning the information confidentiality held by the public networks of transportation or electric power distribution, taking into account for the application of the 16 and 20 sections of the law number 2000-108 of the 20 february 2000 related to the modernization and the development of the electrical utilities and a comment of this decree by J. Syrota. (A.L.B.)

Studies of the Solid and Liquid Phases of HF, HCl and HBr by Slow-Neutron Inelastic Scattering; Etude des Phases Solide et Liquide de HF, HCl Et HBr par la Diffusion Inelastique des Neutrons Lents; 0418 0417 0423 0427 0415 041d 0418 0415 0422 0412 0415 0420 0414 042b 0425 0418 0416 0418 0414 041a 0418 0425 0424 0410 0417 HF, HCl I HBr 0421 041f 041e 041c 041e 0429 042c 042e 041d 0415 0423 041f 0420 0423 0413 041e 0413 041e 0420 0410 0421 0421 0415 042f 041d 0418 042f 041c 0415 0414 041b 0415 041d 041d 042b 0425 041d 0415 0419 0422 0420 041e 041d 041e 0412 ; Estudio de las Fases Solida y Liquida del HF, HCl Y HBr por Dispersion Inelastica de Neutrones Lentos

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1965-06-15

semblables a celle des elements de reseau qui comportent des chaines en zigzag liees par l'hydrogene. Ils les comparent egalement aux resultats des mesures faites sur les ions HF{sub 2}{sup -} par la methode de Raman et au moyen de l'infrarouge. Grace a ces etudes comparatives, ils ont pu differencier les frequences caracteristiques d'un seul element de celles qui caracterisent la chaine entiere et des modes de reseaux de basse frequence. La raie observee a 0,067 eV a ete associee a la frequence de deformation v{sub 2} du groupe F-H... F dans HF solide et rapportee aux frequences semblables dans les ions HH{sub 2}F{sub 3}{sup -} et HF{sub 2}{sup -} sous la forme d'une fonction de la distance F-F. En outre, l'origine d'un large pic, observe a 0,007 eV, a ete attribuee a un mouvement de rotation de l'element F-H' ' * F autour de la liaison F-F, Le spectre de HF a l'etat liquide fait egalement l'objet d'une discussion du point de vue de ces mouvements. Les spectres de HCl liquide (180 Degree-Sign K), des phases I et III de HCl solide (143 et 85 Degree-Sign K respectivement), de HBr liquide (193 Degree-Sign K) et des phases I et II de HBr solide (153 et 103 Degree-Sign K respectivement) font l'objet d'une comparaison avec les donnees susmentionnees relatives a HF. Ces spectres accusent une complexite croissante par rapport a celui de HF. Cette particularite peut etre due au moins haut degre d'association auquel on peut s'attendre etant donne la diminution de l'electronegativite de l'anion. L'etude systematique de ces spectres dans diverses phases et a diverses temperatures permet de faire une distinction entre les mouvements de basse frequence qui caracterisent le reseau ou une chaine liee par l'hydrogene et les mouvements de basse frequence qui font intervenir des interactions entre les voisins les plus proches ou des forces de faible portee. Les resultats de ces mesures concordent avec les donnees obtenues auparavant avec l'absorption infrarouge et indiquent que la liaison par