• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.10
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• pp.973-978
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• 2010

In this paper, we studied the shimmy phenomena of an aircraft nose landing gear considering free-play. Shimmy is a self-excited vibration in lateral and torsional directions of a landing gear during either the take-off or landing. This phenomena is caused by a couple of conditions such as low torsional stiffness of the strut, friction and free-play in the gear, wheel imbalance, or worn parts, and it may make an aircraft unstable. Free-play non-linearity is linearized by the described function for a stability analysis in a frequency domain, and time marching is performed using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. We performed the numerical simulation of the nose landing gear shimmy and investigated its linear and nonlinear characteristics. From the numerical results, we found limit-cycle-oscillations at the speed under linear shimmy speed for the case considering free-play and it can be concluded that the shimmy stability can be decreased by free-play.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.191-198
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• 2013

In this paper, the effects of uncertain material constant on the nonlinear behavior of steel frames with semi-rigid joints are examined. As to the probabilistic model, a normal distribution is assumed to simulate the uncertain elastic modulus of steel material. A nonlinear structural analysis program, which can consider both semi-rigidity in joints of the steel frames and uncertainty in the material constant, is developed. Including the geometric, material and connection nonlinearites which are the parameters of nonlinear behavior of steel frames, probabilistic analysis is conducted based on the Monte-Carlo simulation. In the probabilistic analyses, we consider the three different cases for random variables. The deterministic analysis results are shown to be in good agreement with those of the previous research results in the literature. As to the probabilistic analyses, it is observed that the coefficient of variation(COV) of displacements increases as the loading increases, and that the values of COV are dependent on the structural features of the frames.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.13-27
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• 2011

This paper presents an investigation of the structural stability of cable-stayed bridges, using geometric nonlinear finite-element analysis and considering various geometric nonlinearities, such as the sag effect of the cables, the beam-column effect of the girder and mast, and the large displacement effect. In this analytic research, a nonlinear frame element and a nonlinear equivalent truss element were used to model the girder, mast, and cable member. The live-load cases that were considered in this research were assumed based on the traffic loads. To perform reasonable analytic research, initial shape analyses in the dead-load case were performed before live-load analysis. In this study, the geometric nonlinear responses of the cable-stayed bridges with different cable arrangement types were compared. After that, parametric studies on the characteristics of the structural stability in critical live-load cases were performed considering various geometric parameters, such as the cable arrangement type, the stiffness ratios of the girder and mast, the area of the cables, and the number of cables. Through this parametric study, the effect of geometric shapes on the structural stability of cable-stayed bridges was investigated.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.15-24
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• 2012

Domestic reinforced concrete (RC) apartments have a unique structural system that consists of shear walls and rink members of slabs and lintels. In this study, the nonlinear static analysis of two RC shear wall sub-assemblages, with and without lintels, was conducted using the uniaxial spring model to develop a method for accurately predicting the seismic behavior of domestic RC apartments. In the case of the specimen without lintels, the analytical result successfully represented a simulation of the nonlinear behavior of the specimen in accordance with the test result. On the other hand, in the case of the specimen with lintels, the analysis resulted in underestimating the nonlinear behavior of the specimen compared to the test result, because the coupling effect could not be predicted from the earlier loading cycle.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.81-93
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• 2020

The fatigue characteristics of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites were studied under repeated loads using the finite element method (FEM). To realize the material characteristics of GFRP composites, Digimat, a mean-field homogenization tool, was employed. Additionally, the micro-structures and material models of GFRP composites were defined with it to predict the fatigue behavior of composites more realistically. Specifically, the fatigue characteristics of polybutylene terephthalate with short fiber fractions of 30wt% were investigated with respect to fiber orientation, stress ratio, and thickness. The injection analysis was conducted using Moldflow software to obtain the information on fiber orientations. It was mapped over FEM concerned with fatigue specimens. LS-DYNA, a typical finite element commercial software, was used in the coupled analysis of Digimat to calculate the stress amplitude of composites. FEMFAT software consisting of various numerical material models was used to predict the fatigue life. The results of coupled analysis of linear and nonlinear material models of Digimat were analyzed to identify the fatigue characteristics of GFRP composites using FEMFAT. Neuber's rule was applied to the linear material model to analyze the fatigue behavior in LCF regimen. Additionally, to evaluate the morphological and mechanical structure of GFRP composites, the coupled and fatigue analysis were conducted in terms of thickness.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.9
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• pp.775-780
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• 2016

In this paper, a computational algorithm of an improved and versatile structural analysis applicable for large-size flexible nonlinear structures is developed. In more detail, nonlinear finite element based on the co-rotational (CR) framework is developed. Then, a finite element tearing and interconnecting method using local Lagrange multipliers (FETI-local) is combined with the nonlinear CR finite element. The resulting computational algorithm is presented and applied for nonlinear static analyses, i.e., cantilevered beam and multibody structure. Finally, the proposed analysis is evaluated with regard to its parallel computation performance, and it is compared with those obtained by serial computation using the sparse matrix linear solver, PARDISO.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.143-150
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• 2010

Line source method of borehole system assumes the entire surrounding medium is uniform. However, thermal properties of grouting region are considerably different from those of surrounding soil. In this study we investigate the effect of grouting materials on the solution of line source method with the aid of numerical analysis. This numerical model generates the temperature of borehole fluid with which line source solution can be obtained. Then this solution can be compared with input condition of numerical model. The results of this comparison show that thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance of line source solution are approximately 86% and 91% of the input condition of numerical model. Chart method is developed in this study to find the numerical input conditions (thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance) from the line source solution. Thermal response test of test borehole is conducted, the results of which are approximately consistent with the Chart method. Thermal property changes of grouting materials on the line source solution are also examined.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.216-223
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• 2004

A nonlinear sloshing problem is numerically simulated. During excessive sloshing the sloshinginduced impact load can cause a critical damage on the tank structure. A three-dimensional free-surface flow in a tank is formulated in the scope of potential flow theory. The exact nonlinear free-surface condition is satisfied numerically. A finite-element method based on Hamiltons principle is employed as a numerical scheme. The problem is treated as an initial-value problem. The computations are made through an iterative method at each time step. The hydrodynamic loading on the pillar in the tank is computed.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.496-499
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• 2009

본 논문은 기하학적 비선형성을 가진 보존적 단일 하중 매개변수의 탄성 상태 공간구조의 분기이론에 관한 수치 해석적 기본 방법 및 경로 추적, pin-pointing, 경로 전환을 기술하고 있다. 비선형 탄성 불안정 상태는 극한점과 분기점으로 분류될 수 있으며, 평형경로상의 평형점의 계산 및 평형경로상의 특이점을 찾기 위한 pin-pointing 반복계산을 수행하는 일반적인 비선형 수치해석법으로 극한점을 계산할 수 있다. 그러나 분기좌굴 해석을 위해서는 좌굴 후 분기경로의 추적을 위한 분기경로 전환 알고리즘이 추가적으로 필요하다. 본문에서는 에너지이론에 기초한 일반 탄성안정이론을 소개하고, 평형경로 추적, 분기 좌굴점을 찾기 위한 직접법과 분기경로 전환에 관한 이론을 전개한다. 분기좌굴 해석예제로 트러스로 이루어진 스타돔, 핀지지의 평면아치, 평면프레임, 3차원 공간프레임의 분기좌굴 해석을 수행하여 본문에서 제시한 수치해석법의 정확성 및 실용성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.424-428
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 임의로 변화하는 지형상에 적용시에 보존 특성이 성립하는 쌍곡선형 천수방정식 해석 기법을 개발하였다. 일반적으로 쌍곡선형의 천수방정식은 상류와 사류를 쉽고 정확하게 해석할 수 있고, 또한 Euler 방정식 해석기법을 이용한 다양한 해석기법이 개발되어 있다는 장점을 지니고 있다. 그러나 바닥지형이 변화하는 경우, 생성항과 플럭스항 사이에 수치적 해석기법 차이에서 발생하는 수치적 불균형이 발생하여 수치모형의 적용성이 현저하게 저하된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 현상을 개선하기 위하여, 기존의 표면경사법을 개선한 기법을 제시하였다. MUSCL-Hancock 기법과 HLLC 근사 Riemann 기법을 이용하였으며, 플럭스항과 수치적 균형을 이루기 위한 이산화기법을 제안하였다. 모형의 검증을 위하여 정상류 상태의 상류와 사류 해석을 수행하였고, 마른바닥에서의 댐붕괴파와 수직한 지형 변화를 갖는 수로상의 서지의 진행 등과 같은 부정류에 대하여 적용하였다. 적용결과, 매우 정확하고 수치적으로 안정된 계산결과를 얻었다.