• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.65-74
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• 2003

This paper presents the results of a comparative study between FEM and LEM on slope stability analysis. For validation, factors of safety were compared between FEM and LEM. The results from the two methods were in good agreement. This suggests that the FEM with the shear strength reduction method can be effectively used on slope stability analyses. A series of analyses were then performed using the FEM for various constitutive laws, slope angles, flow rules, and the finite element discretizations. Among the findings, the finite element method in conjunction with the shear strength reduction method can provide reasonable results in terms of safety. Also revealed is that the results of FEM can be significantly affected by the way in which the type of constitutive law and flow nile we selected.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.45-49
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• 2009

이 글에서는 유한요소법을 사용한 유체-고체 상호작용 해석 과정과 주요한 문제점 그리고 연구되고 있는 방법들을 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.385-392
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• 2013

The finite element method has become the most widely used method of structural analysis and recently, the method has often been applied to complex dynamic and nonlinear structural analyses problems. Even for these complex problems, where the responses are hard to predict, finite element analyses yield reliable results if appropriate element types and meshes are used. However, the dynamic and nonlinear behaviors of a structure often include large deformations in various portions of the structure and if the same mesh is used throughout the analysis, some elements may deform to shapes beyond the reliable limits; thus dynamically adapting finite element meshes are needed in order for the finite element analyses to be accurate. In addition, to satisfy the users requirement of quick real run time of finite element programs, the algorithms must be computationally efficient. This paper presents an adaptive finite element mesh generation scheme for dynamic analyses of structures that may adapt at each time step. Representative strain values are used for error estimates and combinations of the h-method(node movement) and the r-method(element division) are used for mesh refinements. A coefficient that depends on the shape of an element is used to limit overly distorted elements. A simple frame example shows the accuracy and computational efficiency of the scheme. The aim of the study is to outline the adaptive scheme and to demonstrate the potential use in general finite element analyses of dynamic and nonlinear structural problems commonly encountered.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.818_819
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 온도상승의 열원이 되는 권선과 철심의 전력손실을 유한요소법을 이용한 전자계해석과 스타인메츠실험식으로 산정하였다. 온도에 대한 자연대류 열전달계수를 산정하여 경계면에서의 경계조건으로 적용하였다. 열전달 해석을 위해 전력용변압기를 3차원 형상으로 모델링한 후 유한요소법을 이용해 권선과 철심에서의 온도분포를 해석하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.205-213
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• 1988

It has been very difficult to solve the semiconductor problems by numerical analysis techique due to the strong nonlinearity of the governing equations. Thus, we proposed a double structured adaptive refinement scheme to the finite element analysis of semiconductor devices, which guarantees a succesive convergency and gives better quality to the solutions.i.e., in the first step, the main factor of divergence in the current continuity equation is eliminated and the next, the solution quality is improved by reducing the discontinuity of current. The result of test application to the GaAs MESFET model shows that the proposed method is much dffective and efficient in the numerical analysis of semiconductor.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.41-50
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• 2001

본 연구는 모래사면의 언덕근처에 설치된 짧은 말뚝의 수평하중의 영향에 관한 것이다. 3차원 탄소성 유한요소법해석과 실내 모형실험의 결과를 비교하였다. 경사 30$^{\circ}$의 사면에 시공된 짧은 말뚝의 특성을 파악하기 위해, 사면언덕에서 모형말뚝까지의 거리를 3종류로 상이하게 하여, 모형실험을 실시하였다. 사용된 모래의 지반특성은 배수조건하의 삼축압축실험으로 결정하였다. 동시에 3차원 탄소성 유한요소법에 의한 수치해석결과와 모형실험결과를 비교하였다. 본 유한요소법의 해석에 있어서 모래지반을 탄성완전소성모델(Elastic-perfectly plastic model)로 가정하여, 파괴기준으로 Mohr-Coulomb 식과 소성 포텐셜에 대해서는 Drucker-Prager 식을 적용한 MC-DP 모델로 하였다. 이러한 MC-DP 모델의 구성식은 유한요소법에서 있어 계산치의 수렴에 유익하다. 3차원 탄소성 유한요소법에 의한 수치해석이 사질토 사면의 언덕 부근에 설치된 단하의 수평거동에 대한 파악에 유효하다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.38-45
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• 1998

It is a tedious and excessive time consuming process to model the local area of crack tip part of structures in calculation of stress intensity factors by FEM. So, in this paper, the hybrid method of FEM and BEM approach was formulated to overcome this type of problems. The multi-domained BEM was adopted to simplify the modelling process of complex geometry and singularity characteristics of crack tip part and the ordinary FEM modelling was used in the rest part. The example calculations shows very good results compared with analytic solutions and other numerical method.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.265-272
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• 2007

The finite element linear buckling analysis of folded plate structures using adaptive h-refinement methods is presented in this paper. The variable-node flat shell element used in this study possesses the drilling D.O.F. which, in addition to improvement of the element behavior, permits an easy connection to other elements with six degrees of freedom per node. The Box-typed structures can be analyzed using these developed flat shell elements. By introducing the variable-node elements some difficulties associated with connecting the different layer patterns, which are common in the adaptive h-refinement on quadrilateral mesh, can be overcome. To obtain better stress field for the error estimation, the super-convergent patch recovery is used. The convergent buckling modes and the critical loads associated with these modes can be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.273-273
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• 2003

나노인덴테이션은 압자를 수 $\mu\textrm{N}$의 힘으로 시편에 압입을 시켜 재료의 경도나 탄성계수와 같은 기계적 특성을 평가하는 압입경도 시험법이다. 압입 변위를 나노미터범위로 조절할 수 있어 기존에 접근할 수 없었던 박막의 기계적 특성을 평가하는데 응용이 넓어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 나노인덴테이션에서 제공되는 하중-변위곡선과 유한요소해석의 결과를 비교하여 유한요소해석의 신뢰성을 검증하고, 유한요소해석에서 여러 가지 재료의 특성에 따른 파일업과 싱크인 현상을 규명 하고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.592-599
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• 2002

In this study, an ultrasonic transducer was designed with a commercial finite element analysis (FEA) code, PZFlex, and fabricated based on the design. The transducer has the dimension and shape suitable for abdomen diagnosis working at 5 ㎒ and consists of 128 piezoelectric elements disposed in a convex linear array form. The transducer is composed of two impedance matching layers, one backing layer, and kerfs placed between the piezoelectric elements. Validity of the design with the FEA was illustrated through experimental characterization of a sample transducer. Comparison with the design results by equivalent circuit analysis method was also made to check the superiority of the FEA design.