• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.573-577
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• 2009

When ultrasound propagates to a crack, transmitted and reflected waves are generated. These waves have useful information for the detection of the crack lying in a structure. In this paper, using finite element analysis, displacements round a inclined crack were obtained for 4 different inclination angles. Fourier transformation is applied to the results to research the frequency characteristics depending on the various locations around the crack. 2-dimensional plane stress model is considered, and finite element software ABAQUS/Explicit is used.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.4D
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• pp.491-497
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• 2009

This paper presents the results of accelerated pavement tests (APT) that simulate permanent deformation (rutting) of asphalt concrete pavements under different temperatures and loading courses. Also, finite element (FE) analysis has been conducted to predict the test results. Test section for APT is the same as one of test sections at Korea Expressway Corporation test road and is subjected to a constant moving dual tire wheel load of APT at three different temperatures: 30, 40, $50^{\circ}C$. The moving wheel is applied at different loading courses within a 75cm wide wheel path to account for traffic wandering. Also, the effect of wandering on permanent deformation development is investigated numerically with three wandering schemes. In this study, ABAQUS is adopted to model APT pavement section with plain stain elements and creep strain rate model is used to take into account viscoplastic stain of asphalt concrete mixtures, and elastic layer properties are back-calculated from FWD measurements. Plus, the effect of boundary condition and subgrade on FE permanent deformation predictions is investigated. A full FE model that accounted for subgrade provided more realistic rut depth predictions, indicating subgrade has contributed to surface rutting.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.6 s.52
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• pp.19-28
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• 2006

Most conventional model updating methods must use mathematical objective function with experimental modal matrices and analytical system matrices or must use information about the gradient or higher derivatives of modal properties with respect to each updating parameter. Therefore, most conventional methods are not appropriate for complex structural system such as bridge structures due to stability problem in inverse analysis with ill-conditions. Sometimes, moreover, the updated model may have no physical meaning. In this paper, a new FE model updating method based on a hybrid optimization technique using genetic algorithm (GA) and Holder-Mead simplex method (NMS) is proposed. The performance of hybrid optimization technique on the nonlinear problem is demonstrated by the Goldstein-Price function with three local minima and one global minimum. The influence of the objective function is evaluated by the case study of a simulated 10-dof spring-mass model. Through simulated case studies, finally, the objective function is proposed to update mass as well as stiffness at the same time. And so, the proposed hybrid optimization technique is proved to be an efficient method for FE model updating.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1160-1165
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• 2011

This study is focused on the structural dynamic responses, i.e., vibration analysis results of the high-accuracy observation multi-axial camera, which is installed and operated for the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and helicopter etc. And, the authors newly suggest a modeling technology of the ball bearing applied to the camera by using three-axis spring elements. The vibration analysis results well agreed to the randum vibration test results. Also, the vibration responses characteristics of the multi-axial camera through the time history analysis of the random vibration were analyzed and evaluated. The above results can be applied to the FE-modeling of the ball bearings used for the space cameras.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.43-50
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• 2018

This study presented 3D Finite Element (FE) analysis of curved beam structures subjected to static and dynamic loading conditions, which is particularly strong ground motions. It was shown that the results obtained from 3D FE analyses was similar to the theoretical solution within 1% convergency error, in order to validate the 3D solid FE models in this study. In particular, it was focusing on development of dynamic characteristics of curved beam structures subjected to three-different seismic ground motions: GyeongJu, Lomaprieta and Northridge earthquakes. Consequently, It was interesting to find that the results obtained from GyeongJu earthquake was detuned due to high frequency effect, but the Von-Mises of the curved beam structure under Lomaprieta earthquake was 647.824 MPa at 45 curvature degree.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.84-92
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• 2000

In this paper, numerical scattering analysis for submerged scatterers is performed using finite and infinite elements. Unbounded domain is truncated into finite domain and finite elements are used in the domain. Infinite elements, So called Infinite Wave Envelope Elements (IWEE) which possess wave-like behavior, are used to take into account the infinite domain on the truncated boundary Scattering from rigid sphere is taken as an example and the effects of the order and mesh size of finite elements, size of finite element model and the order of IWEE are investigated. Quadratic finite element, refined mesh and higher order IWEE are recommended to improve the non-reflection boundary condition in the numerical scattering analysis.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.339-345
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• 2021

Finite element analysis of the silo type underground opening for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) disposal facilities in Korea is presented in this study. The silo wall is circular and the roof is made up of domes. The silo wall is 25 meters in diameter, 35 meters in height, and the dome is 30 meters in diameter and 17.4 meters in height, and it is located at -80 meters to -130 meters at sea level. Although six silos have been constructed in the first stage and are in operation, only one silo was considered in this study. The two-dimensional axial symmetric finite element model, as well as the three-dimensional finite element model were made using the computer program SMAP-3D. Generalized Hoek and Brown Model was used for the numerical analyses. The finite element analysis of the silo type underground opening was carried out under various lateral pressure coefficients (defined as ratio of average horizontal to vertical in-situ stress), and the numerical results of these analyses were examined.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 1994

구조물이 안전성을 확보키 위해서는 외력의 불확정성 이외에 실제의 구조물이 해석을 위해 이상화되는 모델과는 다르게 되어 있으므로 구조물의 불확실성을 고려해야 한다. 실제로 유한요소해석시 구조물의 해석모델은 과거의 경험이나 공학적 판단에 기초하여 여러가지 구조물의 불확정성요소에 관계없이 이상화되어 최악의 경우에는 사고에 관계가 없다고 보증할 수 없는 것이다. 더욱이 최근에는 장대교량, 초대형건축물 및 원자력발전소와 같은 중요한 구조물이 증가추세에 있으며 그들의 예기치 못할 사고위험성에 민감하게 느끼고 있는 우리의 현실에 구조물의 불확정성에 관계되는 연구 또는 외력에 대한 경우와 마찬가지로 많은 연구가 필요하리라 생각된다. 본 고는 불확정 구조계의 확률유한요소해석에 관해서 참고문헌[1]을 참조하여 기본개념 및 간단한 예제를 기술하였다.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.50-64
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• 2004

유한요소 인체모델은 인체의 기계적 특성을 수치 모형화 한 것이며, 외부로부터 다양한 기계적 하중을 받는 상황에서 인체의 거동과 상해와 같은 여러 현상들을 해석적으로 규명하고자 할 때 주로 사용된다. 따라서 인체 모델은 인체를 구성하고 있는 골격, 인대, 근육, 살, 장기 등의 특성을 수치적으로 정확히 표현하여야 한다. 그러나 인체는 매우 복잡한 메커니즘 속에서 동작하고 있기 때문에, 해석적으로 인체의 모든 특성을 구현하는 것은 현실적으로는 거의 불가능하다. 이 때문에, 인체 모델은 인체모델을 사용하고자 하는 상황이나 목적에 적합하도록 적절히 단순화되어야 한다.(중략)

• Composites Research
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.58-64
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• 2015

The purpose of this paper is to suggest the effective equivalent finite element model for the impact limiter of a nuclear spent fuel shipping cask made of sandwich composite panels. The sandwich composite panels were composed of a metallic facesheet and a core material made of urethane foam, balsa wood and red wood, respectively. The effective equivalent finite element model for the impact limiter was proposed by comparing the results of low-velocity impact test of sandwich panels. An explicit finite element analysis based on LS-DYNA 3D was done in this study. The results showed that the solid elements were recommended to model the facesheet and core of sandwich panels for impact limiter compared to combination modeling method, in which the layered shell element for facesheet and solid element for core material are used. In particular, the solid element for balsa and red wood core materials should be modeled by the element elimination approach.