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Underwater explosion and its effects on nonlinear behavior of an arch dam

  • Moradi, Melika;Aghajanzadeh, Seyyed Meisam;Mirzabozorg, Hasan;Alimohammadi, Mahsa
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.333-351
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    • 2018
  • In the present paper, the behavior of the Karaj double curvature arch dam is studied focusing on the effects of structural nonlinearity on the responses of the dam body when an underwater explosion occurred in the reservoir medium. The explosive sources are located at different distances from the dam and the effects of the cavitation and the initial shock wave of the explosion are considered. Different amount of TNT are considered. Two different linear and nonlinear behavior are assumed in the analysis and the dam body is assumed with and without contraction joints. Radial, tangential and vertical displacements of the dam crest are obtained. Moreover, maximum and minimum principal stress distributions are plotted. Based on the results, the dam body responses are sensitive to the insertion of joints and constitutive model considered for the dam body.

Fracture Behavior of a Ductile Layer Sandwiched by Stiff Substrates;Finite Element Analysis (강성모재에 끼워진 얇은 연성층의 파괴거동;유한요소해석)

  • Kim, Dong-Hak;Gang, Gi-Ju
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.23 no.11 s.170
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    • pp.2078-2086
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    • 1999
  • Fracture behaviors of an interface crack in a ductile layer sandwiched by rigid substrates are analyzed by finite element method. Several fracture mechanisms and the corresponding criteria are examined. And the crack growth behavior and fracture toughness are predicted. As the results, various crack growth procedures such as the crack jump to the other interface on the opposite side, the creation of a new crack far from the initial crack front, and the asymmetric relation of fracture toughness vs. mode mixity ($J_c$-$\Phi$) can be successfully explained.

Vibration measurement and vulnerability analysis of a power plant cooling system

  • Anil, Ozgur;Akbas, Sami Oguzhan;Kantar, Erkan;Gel, A. Cem
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.199-215
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    • 2013
  • During the service life of a structure, design complications and unexpected events may induce unforeseen vibrations. These vibrations can be generated by malfunctioning machinery or machines that are modified or placed without considering the original structural design because of a change in the intended use of the structure. Significant vibrations occurred at a natural gas plant cooling structure during its operation due to cavitation effect within the hydraulic system. This study presents findings obtained from the in-situ vibration measurements and following finite-element analyses of the cooling structure. Comments are made on the updated performance level and damage state of the structure using the results of these measurements and corresponding numerical analyses. An attempt was also made to assess the applicability of traditional displacement-based vulnerability estimation methods in the health monitoring of structures under vibrations with a character different from those due to seismic excitations.

Propulsive Performance Analysis of Ducted Marine Propulsors with Rotor-Stator Interaction

  • Jang, Jin-Ho;Yu, Hye-Ran;Jung, Young-Rae;Park, Warn-Gyu
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2004
  • A ducted marine propulsor has been widely used for the thruster of underwater vehicles for protecting collision damage, increasing propulsive efficiency, and reducing cavitation. Since a single-stage ducted propulsor contains a set of rotor and stator inside an annular duct, the numerical analysis becomes extremely complex and computationally expensive. However, the accurate prediction of viscous flow past a ducted marine propulsor is essential for determining hydrodynamic forces and the propulsive performances. To analyze a ducted propulsor having rotor-stator Interaction, the present work has solved 3D incompressible RANS equations on the sliding multiblocked grid. The flow of a single stage turbine flow was simulated for code validation and time averaged pressure coefficients were compared with experiments. Good agreement was obtained. The hydrodynamic performance coefficients were also computed.

J-Groove Technique for Suppressing Various Anomalous Flow Phenomena in Turbomachines

  • Kurokawa, Junichi
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2011
  • In operating a turbomachine at off-design conditions various instabilities caused by anomalous flow phenomena occur and sometimes lead to the damage of a turbomachine. In order to avoid these phenomena various devices characteristic to each phenomenon have been developed, however they make turbomachines large-sized and cause efficiency drop. The present author has developed a very simple and innovative device, termed "J-groove," of suppressing various anomalous flow phenomena commonly by controlling the angular momentum of the main flow. It has been revealed that J-groove makes an operation of a turbomachine stable in all flow range, causes little efficiency drop, and can be easily applied to an existing machine. Here is reviewed totally the results of suppressing various anomalous flow phenomena in turbomachines.

Microstructural Evolution during High-Temperature Deformation of Coarse-Grained BaTiO3

  • Park, Eun-Tae
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.99-103
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    • 1999
  • Compressive creep of dense polycrystalline $BaTiO_3$, with average grain sizes of 19.3-52.4$\mu\textrm{m}$, has been investigated at 1100-$1300^{\circ}C$ in air or under controlled atmospheres $(10^2-10^5Pa \;O_2)$. Some cavity growth occurred during deformation because of non-steady-state damage accumulation in the form of cavitation. Comparison of the creep data of polycrystalline BaTiO3 with existing diffusivity and creep data for perovskite oxides suggested that deformation of polycrystalline $BaTiO_3$ was controlled by the extrinsic lattice diffusion of barium or titanium.

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Characterization of Cavitation Damage on the Stainless steel alloy by Solid Particle Collapse (스테인리스강의 케비테이션 고체입자충격에 의한 침식손상 특성)

  • Hong, Seong-Mo;Han, Byeong-Seon;Lee, Min-Gu;Park, Jin-Ju;Lee, Sang-Hun;Lee, Chang-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.28-28
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    • 2007
  • 해수 임펠러(impeller) 재료로 사용되고 있는 스테인리스강을 이용하여 케비테이션 발생 시 고체입자 충격에 의한 충격하중 및 침식손상을 조사하였다. 충격하중은 압전센서를 이용하여 측정되었으며, 고체입자충격의 경우 기포붕괴에 비해 전체적으로 높은 충격하중을 가한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 충격하중과 침식손상과의 관계를 고찰하기 위해 침식표면에 형성된 침식핏(pit)을 측정하였으며, 고체입자충격 및 기포붕괴 조건에서의 임계충격하중을 구하였다.

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Evaluation of Durability for Al Alloy with Anodizing Condition (알루미늄 합금의 양극산화 조건에 따른 내구성 평가)

  • Lee, Seung-Jun;Han, Min-Su;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2016.11a
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    • pp.152-152
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    • 2016
  • Anodizing is a technology to generate thicker and high-quality films than natural oxide films by treating metals via electrochemical methods. It is a technique to develop metals for various uses, and extensive research on the commercial use has been performed for a long time. Aluminum anodic oxide (AAO) is generate oxide films, whose sizes and characteristics depending on the types of electrolytes, voltages, temperatures and time. Electrochemical manufacturing method of nano structure is an efficient technology in terms of cost reduction, high productivity and complicated shapes, which receives the spotlight in diverse areas. The sulfuric acid was used as an anodizing electrolyte, controlling its temperature to $10^{\circ}C$. The anode was 5083 Al alloy with dimension of $5(t){\times}20{\times}20mm$ while the cathode was the platinum. The distance between the anode and the cathode was maintained at 3 cm. Agitation was introduced by magnetic stirrer at 300 rpm to prevent localized temperature rise that hinders stable growth of oxide layer. In order to observe surface characteristics with applied current density, the electrolyte temperature, concentration was maintained at constant condition for $10^{\circ}C$, 10 vol.%, respectively. To prevent hindrance of stable growth of oxide layer due to local temperature increase during the experiment, stirring was maintained at constant rate. In addition, using galvanostatic method, it was maintained at current density of $10{\sim}30mA/cm^2$ for 40 minutes. The cavitation experiment was carried out with an ultrasonic vibratory apparatus using piezo-electric effect with modified ASTM-G32. The peak-to-peak amplitude was $30{\mu}m$ and the distance between the horn tip and specimen was 1 mm. The specimen after the experiment was cleaned in an ultrasonic, dried in a vacuum oven for more than 24 hours, and weighed with an electric balance. The surface damage morphology was observed with 3D analysis microscope. As a result of the investigation, differences were observed surface hardness and anti-cavitation characteristics depending on the development of oxide film with applied current density.

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Examinations of Damage Mechanism on the Chuteway Slabs of Spillway under Various Flow Conditions (여수로 방류에 따른 여수로 바닥 슬래브의 손상 메커니즘 검토)

  • Yoo, Hyung Ju;Shin, Dong-Hoon;Lee, Seung Oh
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2021.06a
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    • pp.251-251
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    • 2021
  • 최근 기후변화로 인한 집중호우의 영향으로 홍수 시 댐으로의 유입량이 설계 당시보다 증가하여 댐의 안전성 확보가 필요하다(감사원, 2003). 이에 건설교통부(2003)는 기후변화와 댐 노후화에 대비하여 치수능력증대사업을 추진하여 댐의 홍수배제능력을 확보하였고, 환경부(2020)에서는 40년 이상 경과된 댐을 대상으로 스마트 안전관리체계 구축을 통한 선제적 보수보강, 성능개선 및 자산관리로 댐의 장수명화를 목적으로 댐의 국가안전대진단을 추진하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 댐 시설(여수로)의 노후도 평가 시 활용 될 수 있는 여수로 표면손상 원인규명에 대하여 3차원 수치모형(FLOW-3D 및 COMSOL Multiphysics)을 통해 검토하고자 한다. 연구대상 댐은 𐩒𐩒댐으로 지형 및 여수로를 구축하였으며, 계획방류량(200년 빈도) 및 최대방류량(PMF) 조건에서 모의를 수행하였다. 수치모의 계산의 정확도 검토를 위하여 Baffle의 설치를 통하여 시간에 따른 유량의 변화를 설계 값과 비교하였고 오차가 1.0% 이내를 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 여수로 표면손상의 다양한 원인 중 기존연구(USBR, 2019)를 통하여 공동침식(Cavitation Erosion) 및 수력잭킹(Hydraulic Jacking)에 초점을 두었으며 방류조건 별 공동지수(Cavitation Index)산정을 통하여 공동침식 위험 구간을 확인하였다. 이음부의 균열 및 공동으로 인한 표층부 콘크리트의 탈락현상을 가속화시키는 수력잭킹 검토를 위하여 국부모형을 구축하였고 음압력(Negative Pressure), 정체압력(Stagnation Pressure), 양압력(Uplift Pressure)의 분포를 확인하였다. 최종적으로 COMSOL Multiphysics를 통하여 압력분포에 따른 구조해석을 수행하여 폰 미세스(Von Mises) 등가응력 및 변위를 검토하여 콘크리트의 탈락가능성을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 여수로 공동부 및 균열부에서의 손상메커니즘을 확인할 수 있는 기초적인 연구이지만 향후에는 다양한 지형조건 및 흐름조건에서의 압력분포 분석 및 유체-구조물 상호작용(Fluid-Structure Interaction, FSI)모의를 수행한다면 구조물 노후도 및 잔존수명 평가에 필요한 손상한계함수 도출이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

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Numerical Study on the Pulsatile Blood Flow through a Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve and Leaflet Behavior Using Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Technique (유체-고체 상호작용 (FSI)기법을 이용한 이엽기계식 인공심장판막을 지나는 혈액유동과 판첨거동에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Choi, Choeng-Ryul;Kim, Chang-Nyung
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.7 no.3 s.24
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    • pp.14-22
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    • 2004
  • Bileaflet mechanical valves have the complications such as hemolysis and thromboembolism, leaflet damage, and leaflet break. These complications are related with the fluid velocity and shear stress characteristics of mechanical heart valves. The first aim of the current study is to introduce fluid-structure interaction method for calculation of unsteady and three-dimensional blood flow through bileaflet valve and leaflet behavior interacted with its flow, and to overcome the shortness of the previous studies, where the leaflet motion has been ignored or simplified, by using FSI method. A finite volume computational fluid dynamics code and a finite element structure dynamics code have been used concurrently to solve the flow and structure equations, respectively, to investigate the interaction between the blood flow and leaflet. As a result, it is observed that the leaflet is closing very slowly at the first stage of processing but it goes too fast at the last stage. And the results noted that the low pressure is formed behind leaflet to make the cavitation because of closing velocity three times faster than opening velocity. Also it is observed some fluttering phenomenon when the leaflet is completely opened. And the rebounce phenomenon due to the sudden pressure change of before and after the leaflet just before closing completely. The some of time-delay is presented between the inversion point of ventricle and aorta pressure and closing point of leaflet. The shear stress is bigger and the time of exposure is longer when the flow rate is maximum. So it is concluded that the distribution of shear stress at complete opening stage has big effect on the blood damage, and that the low-pressure region appeared behind leaflet at complete closing stage has also effect on the blood damage.