En conception d’avant projet, les impératifs de rapidité et de réduction des coûts sont à l’origine du recours quasi-systématique aux techniques d’optimisation numérique. La conception la plus performante est ici l’objectif principal recherché. Depuis quelques années, les chercheurs et les industriels s’intéressent à des méthodes de simulation intégrant les imprécisions inhérentes à la réalisation des produits manufacturés. L’objectif est alors d’étudier la robustesse des solutions vis-à-vis de la variabilité des paramètres du modèle. Les produits n’étant jamais le reflet exact de la conception optimale retenue, il s’avère aujourd’hui essentiel de coupler ces deux approches pour répondre également aux exigences de qualité. Les travaux présentés dans ce mémoire concernent la définition d’une stratégie d’optimisation robuste répondant à des objectifs multiples et adaptée au dimensionnement dynamique de systèmes mécaniques en phase d’avant projet. La méthodologie proposée s’appuie sur des techniques d’optimisation éprouvées et intègre les imprécisions via des méthodes de réanalyse exploitant des développements en série. Le choix de ces deux approches est justifié par l’utilisation commune des techniques de sensibilité, permettant ainsi des gains de temps. La méthodologie a été appliquée au dimensionnement fonctionnel d’une suspension de groupe motopropulseur (GMP). Cet ensemble mécanique présente en effet des contraintes de dimensionnement multiples et antagonistes associées à des variabilités d’une partie de ses constituants. Sur ce cas industriel, la méthodologie a permis de déterminer et de valider des solutions nouvelles garantissant une stabilité des performances.

This book gives a comprehensive view of the most recent major international research in the field of tolerancing, and is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Computer Aided Tolerating. It is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 focuses on the more general problems of tolerance analysis and synthesis, for tolerancing in mechanical design and manufacturing processes. Part 2 specifically highlights the simulation of assembly with defects, and the influence of tolerances on the quality of the assembly. Part 3 deals with measurement aspects, and quality control throughout the life cycle. Different measurement technologies and methods for estimating uncertainty are considered. In Part 4, different aspects of tolerancing and their interactions are explored, from the definition of functional requirement to measurement processes in a PLM approach.

This book offers a unique perspective on ways in which mathematicians: perceive their students' learning; teach; reflect on their teaching practice. Elena Nardi achieves this by employing two fictional, yet entirely data-grounded, characters to create a conversation on these important issues. The construction of these characters is based on large bodies of data including intense focused group interviews with mathematicians and extensive analyses of students' written work, collected and analyzed over a substantial period.

Aiming to support the development of a framework for the analysis of risk in project design and economic analysis, this handbook outlines technical approaches to modeling risk. Also summarized is the nature and practice of sensitivity analysis in dealing with uncertain outcomes as well as the principles to consider in typical risk analysis situations sector by sector. Case studies are included to demonstrate the application of quantitative risk analysis using actual Asian Development Bank projects to help improve project design and quality. Handbook users will learn to identify factors that are the key determinants of project outcomes, determine the likelihood of an individual project's returns being unacceptable, and design measures to mitigate the risks arising from the identified key factors.

This publication results from a technical meeting on phenomenology and technologies relevant to in-vessel melt retention (IVMR) and ex-vessel corium cooling (EVCC). The purpose of the publication is to capture the state of knowledge, at the time of that meeting, related to phenomenology and technologies as well as the challenges and pending issues relevant to IVMR and EVCC for water cooled reactors by summarizing the information provided by the meeting participants in a form useful to practitioners in Member States.

This book presents the main research veins developed within the framework of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD), a paradigm that originated in French didactics of mathematics. While a great number of publications on ATD are available in French and Spanish, Working with the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic in Mathematics Education is the first directed at English-speaking international audiences. Written and edited by leading researchers in ATD, the book covers all aspects of ATD theory and practice, including teaching applications. The chapters feature the most relevant and recent investigations presented at the 6th international conference on the ATD, offering a unique opportunity for an international audience interested in the study of mathematics teaching and learning to keep in touch with advances in educational research. The book is divided into four sections and the contributions explore key topics such as: The core concept of ‘praxeology’, including its development and functionalities The need for new teaching praxeologies in the paradigm of questioning the world The impact of ATD on the teaching profession and the education of teachers This is the second volume in the New Perspectives on Research in Mathematics Education. This comprehensive casebook is an indispensable resource for researchers, teachers and graduate students around the world.

This is a text that contains the latest in thinking and the best in practice. It provides a state-of-the-art statement on tertiary teaching from a multi-perspective standpoint. No previous book has attempted to take such a wide view of the topic. The book will be of special interest to academic mathematicians, mathematics educators, and educational researchers. It arose from the ICMI Study into the teaching and learning of mathematics at university level (initiated at the conference in Singapore, 1998).