• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2002

There is the high possibility of crack initiation from mechanical joints, which are widely used in aircraft fuselages, due to the development of stress concentration and contact pressure. In this paper, the mixed-mode stress intensity factors at the surface and deepest points of an inclined quarter elliptical corner crack in mechanical joints are analyzed by the weight function method. The coefficients included in the weight function are obtained by finite element analyses for reference loadings. Critical angle at which mode I stress intensity factor becomes maximum is determined by analyzing the variation of stress intensity factors along incline angle of crack and the effects of the amount of clearance and crack depth on the critical angle are investigated.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.353-362
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• 1999

This study is aimed to obtain the critical crack lengthes of the concrete gravity dam and to investigate variation of the effective stress intensity factors at the crack tips of multiple cracks. Applied loads are dynamic load composed of blast vibration and hydrodynamic pressure which can be considered in case of the blast work at near construction site, in addition to static load composed of hydrostatic pressure, crack pressure, and gravity load of the dam. The critical crack lengthes were calculated according to the crack locations, directions, and magnitudes of blast vibration. Also variation of the effective stress intensity factors with respect to the multiple crack shapes and distances between the crack tips was investigated.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.13-18
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• 1991

In this study, the analysis technique of fracture stress using the reflection coefficient of SAW reflected from a brittle solid with surface crack has been studied. Fracture stress of brittle solid with surface crack has been obtained by the function of the critical stress intensity factor and the maximum normalized stress intensity factor of the crack in the body. And the maximum normalized stress intensity factor of a surface crack can be inferred from a measurement of reflection coefficient of SAW. In experiment, the surface cracks ranging from 0.5mm to 0.9mm in crack depth has been made at the center of each Pyrex disc, and the SAW wedge transducer has been set up for the pitch-catch mode. It has been compared the theoretical values of the fracture stress calculated from the reflection coefficient of SAW with the values of the fracture stress measured from UTM.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.58-66
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• 2002

The objective of this study is to examine the fracture characteristics of concrete at early ages such as critical stress intensity factor, critical crack-tip opening displacement, fracture energy, and bilinear softening curve based on the concepts of the effective-elastic crack model and the cohesive crack model. A wedge splitting test for Mode I was performed on cubic wedge specimens with a notch at the edge. By taking various strengths and ages, load-crack mouth opening displacement curves were obtained, and the results were analyzed by linear elastic fracture mechanics and the finite element method. The results from the test and analysis showed that critical stress intensity factor and fracture energy increased, and critical crack-tip opening displacement decreased with concrete ages from 1 day to 28 days. By numerical analysis four parameters of bilinear softening curve from 1 day to 28 days were obtained. The obtained fracture parameters and bilinear softening curves at early ages may be used as a fracture criterion and an input data for finite element analysis of concrete at early ages.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.83-88
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• 1989

목재의 섬유방향에 경사진 균열의 모-드I과 모-드II의 혼합모-드파괴시의 파괴거동을 조사하기 위하여 라왕(Shorea Spp.)의 LA시스템에 있어서 서로 다른 경사각도를 가진 SEN시험편(Single edge notch specimen)에 대하여 휨 시험을 행하였다. 얻이진 결과는 혼합모-드파괴시, 모-드I응력확대계수$K_I$과 모-드II응력확대계수$K_II$간에 일정한 상호작용이 존재한다는 것을 나타내었다. 또한, 모-드I과 모-드II의 임계응력확대계수(Critical stress intensity factor) $K_{IC}$와 $K_{IIC}$ 이용하여 혼합모-드파괴시의 $K_I$과 $K_II$간의 상호관계를 규정할 수 있었으며, 이미 보고된 여러 실험식과 본 실험결과를 비교하여 가장 적합한 관계로서 아래와 같은 관계를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

The stress intensity factors for edge cracks located at the bonding interface between the semiconductor chip and the adhesive layer subjected to a uniform transverse tensile strain are investigated. Such cracks might be generated due to a stress singularity in the vicinity of the free surface. The boundary element method (BEM) is employed to investigate the behavior of interface stresses. The amplitude of complex stress intensity factor depends on the crack length, but it has a constant value at large crack lengths. The rapid propagation of interface crack is expected if the transverse tensile strain reaches a critical value.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.10 no.1 s.34
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• pp.85-99
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• 1998

This paper describes an experimental study to examine collapse causes of the lifting cable due to brittle failure of an fitting anchor under the lifting works. Also, in this study an collapse mechanism that was obtained from stress analysis was compared with an actual collapse procedure. Fractographical analysis as well as chemical component test, tension test and Charpy V-Notch impact test for the fractured steel members were carried out. And then, its results were compared with that of normal steel members. Circumferential surface flaws were developed at internal facets of the fitting anchor before tensile stress occurred. Hence, a higher stress than nominal stress was occurred at flaws by stress concentration at the crack tip. Also, stress intensity factor of members increased by crack size of the potential flaws. Because the stress intensity factor at the crack tip was greater than critical values(fracture toughness), brittle fracture occurred under the lifting works. It is judged that the main collapse of the lifting cable is due to brittle fracture of the fitting anchor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.341-341
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• 2001

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.497-505
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 최근에 개발된 직물 탄소섬유강화 복합재료의 파괴인성치를 정 량적으로 결정하고 파괴거동을 조사하고자 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 이 재료에 선형 탄성파괴역학의 적용여부를 알아보고, R곡선을 이용하여 균열의 생성점 및 불안정 파 괴점의 파괴인성치를 정확히 구하며, 주사형 전자현미경을 통해 파단면 및 균열 성장 시점을 관찰하여 파괴거동을 조사하는데 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.713-721
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• 2012

The finite element simulations of fatigue crack growth are carried out. Using only the mechanical properties usually obtained from the tensile test as input data, we attempted to predict the fatigue crack growth behavior. The critical crack opening displacement is determined by monitoring the change in displacements at the node close to the crack tip. Crack growth is simulated by debonding the crack tip node. The exponent in the Paris law was determined and compared to the published exponent. Plotting with respect to the effective stress intensity factor range yielded more consistent results.