• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.493-504
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• 2008

This paper presents a computation of nonlinear elastic strains that may occur in the leaflet of the Edwards MIRA mechanical heart valve by the applied high blood pressure using the finite element analysis methodology. By adopting numerical analysis techniques of the commercial finite element analysis code, NISA, structural analyses of the Edwards MIRA mechanical heart valve are performed for the slight variation of leaflet thickness to get the elastic strains occurring in the leaflet while the high blood fluid pressures are applied to the leaflet surface in order that the maximum stress occurring in the leaflet may be less than the yield stress of the leaflet material(Si-Alloyed PyC). And so, only the geometric non-linearity is assumed because large geometric nonlinear elastic strains are expected rather than material nonlinear strains due to the applied high blood pressure. Computed linear and nonlinear elastic strains are compared to make sure the non-linearity of the computed elastic strain. The comparison result shows that large elastic strains occur clearly in the very thin leaflets as high blood pressures are applied. However, only the linear elastic strains occur for low blood pressures, and also for thick leaflets even for the high blood pressures. Hence the nonlinear structural analysis is very required in the structural design of a mechanical heart valve.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.129-134
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• 2010

The influence of the strain-rate on the thermomechanical characteristics of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is numerically investigated. The three-dimensional SMA constitutive equations of strain-rate effect is developed. The strain-rate effect is taken into account by introducing a coupling equation between the production rate of martensite and the temperature change. For the numerical results, the SMA algorithm is implemented into the ABAQUS finite element program. Numerical simulation shows that the pseudoelasticity of SMA may significantly be changed by considering the strain-rate due to the temperature change.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.25-30
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• 2017

This paper introduces a novel method to quantify the morphological evolution of the strain response envelope. The strain response envelope is defined as an image in strain increment space corresponding to the unit stress input in stress space. Based on the shape of strain response envelopes, the deformation characteristics of soils can be described using the framework of elastic-plastic theory. Fourier descriptor analysis was used to investigate the morphological characteristics of strain response envelopes. The numerical results show that when the stress input remains in the initial yield surface the Fourier descriptors remain constant. Once the stress input crosses the initial yield surface, every descriptors deals in this study change. Numerical and experimental results of this study show that clear yielding response is only found in natural block samples. Among the Fourier descriptors, the descriptor called as asymmetry is the best for detecting the yield and is minimally sensitive to the number of input stress paths.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.29-36
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• 2007

The control and prediction of surface settlement, gradient and ground displacement are the main factors in urban tunnel construction. This paper carried out the estimation and prediction of ground behavior around tunnel due to excavation using computational method and case study in detail for the analysis of deformation behavior in urban NATM tunnel. Computational method was performed by FLAC-2D with strain softening model and elastic plastic model. Field measurements of surface subsidence and ground displacement were adopted to monitor the ground behavior resulting from the tunneling and these values were applied to modify tunnel design parameters on construction.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2024

Electronic products utilizing flexible devices experience harsh mechanical deformations in real-use environments. As a result, researches on the mechanical reliability of these flexible devices have attracted considerable interest among researchers. This study employed previous bending strain models and finite element analysis to predict the maximum bending strain of metal films deposited on flexible substrates. Bending experiments were simulated using finite element analysis with variations in the material and thickness of the thin films, and the substrate thickness. The results were compared with the strains predicted by existing models. The distribution of strain on the surface of film was observed, and the error rate of the existing model was analyzed during bending. Additionally, a modified model was proposed, providing mathematical constants for each case.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.53-63
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• 2016

Wheel dynamometers are used to measure dynamic load that is conveyed from the road to a vehicle while driving. In this paper, two types of six-component wheel dynamometers utilizing shear deformation and bending deformation were designed and evaluated. Prior to designing the shear and bending type wheel dynamometers, the shear and bending deformation behaviors of the basic structure of the wheel dynamometer itself were analyzed using finite element analysis. Strain analysis was performed repeatedly in order to obtain a similar output sensing strain for each load component. The design was modified with a bridge circuit in order to minimize coupling strain. The results indicated that the shear type dynamometer was expected to obtain stable characteristics due to uniform strain distribution while the bending type dynamometer was expected to obtain high-quality sensitivity performance due to consistent output sensitivity.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.1217-1226
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• 1988

This paper shows an deformation behavior of steel cast slabs, which is used to prevent internal cracks of a slab in an unbending zone, in case of hot charge rolling(HCR) and hot direct rolling(HDR). The value of moving strand shell bulging between two supporting rollers under ferrostatic pressure has been computed in terms of creep and elastic-plasticity and for high strand surface temperature and high casting speed V=1.4-2.2m/min. The strain and strain rate distributions in solidified shell undergoes a series of bulging are calculated with boundary condition a very closed to continuous steel cast slabs productions.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.608-610
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 자동차의 도어의 충격봉의 형상에 따른 변형률과 최대응력을 ANSYS Workbench환경을 이용해 원형, 반원형, 모자형 개단면, 정사각형 등의 단면 형상에 따른 변형량 특성을 측정해 본 결과 변형률은 모자형 개단면 모델이 가장 적은 변형률을 가지는 것으로 나왔으며, 무게가 30%정도 적게 나가는 반원형도 두 번째로 적은 변형률을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 최대응력의 경우는 반원형이 가장 적은 최대응력 값을 가지는 것으로 나왔고, 변형률과는 다르게 중심부 보다는 충격봉과 프레임의 연결부위에서 최대응력이 발생하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이를 통해서 충격봉의 중심부는 변형률 및 응력이 다른 부분에 비해서 크게 작용하므로, 중앙부위의 단면계수가 높아야 한다.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 1993

신장유동의 예로 등온 방사공정을 구성방식의 예로 변형률속도에 따라 변하는 풀림 시간을 가지는 White-Metz-ner 모델을 사용해서 점탄성유체의 거동에 관한 해석적 연구를 수행했다, 그결과 풀림시간의 변형률속도에 대한 의존도에 따라 점탄성유체를 두가지로 구 분할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다, 다시말해서 풀림시간이 변형률속도에 대해서 작은 의존도를 가지는 그룹I의 유체의 경우는 변형률속도가 커짐에 따라 신장점도가 증가하며 Weissen-berg수 (무차원 풀림시간)가 커짐에 따라 방사사선의 속도가 증가한다, 반면에 풀 림시간이 변형률속도에 대해서 큰 의존도를 가지는 그룹 II의 유체의 경우는 변형률 속도가 커짐에 따라 신장점도가 감소하며 Weissenberg수가 커짐에 따라 방사사선의속도가 감소한 다. 이렇게 대조적딘 점탄성유체에 관한 결과는 유사한 거동을 보고한 다른 연구자들의 결 과와 잘 부합한다. 또한 Weissenberg수가 다른경우의 신장점도 곡선들을 무차원 변형률속 도를 Weis-senberg수에 비례하게 Shift 시키면 master Curve를 얻을수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.159-165
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• 2009

The Strain Wedge Model is useful method for horizontal bearing capacity calculation considering interaction of pile and ground deformation. However, application case of the Strain Wedge Model is rare and the strain wedge model of plenty of verification is needed on multi layered ground in Korea. In this present study, to conduct laboratory model test and numerical analysis for verification of Strain Wedge Model, adapt model that could describe the interaction of pile and ground deformation on multi layered ground. In model test, it was performed to estimate the behavior characteristics on pile under lateral load and to analyze the relationship between load and deformation. In addition, it was fulfilled to measure the skin friction on pile using strain gauge and to decide the ground passive resistance wedge using skin friction. Numerical analysis was performed to verify laboratory model test results.