• Title/Summary/Keyword: Continuum Model

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Nonlinear dynamic analysis of SWNTs conveying fluid using nonlocal continuum theory

  • Kordkheili, Seyed Ali Hosseini;Mousavi, Taha;Bahai, Hamid
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제66권5호
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    • pp.621-629
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    • 2018
  • By employing the nonlocal continuum field theory of Eringen and Von Karman nonlinear strains, this paper presents an analytical model for linear and nonlinear dynamics analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) conveying fluid with different boundary conditions. In the linear analysis the natural frequencies and critical flow velocities of SWNTs are computed. However, in the nonlinear analysis the effect of nonlocal parameter on nonlinear dynamics of cantilevered SWNTs conveying fluid is investigated by using bifurcation diagram, phase plane and Poincare map. Numerical results confirm existence of chaos as well as a period-doubling transition to chaos.

Effective mechanical properties of micro/nano-scale porous materials considering surface effects

  • Jeong, Joonho;Cho, Maenghyo;Choi, Jinbok
    • Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.107-122
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    • 2011
  • Mechanical behavior in nano-sized structures differs from those in macro sized structures due to surface effect. As the ratio of surface to volume increases, surface effect is not negligible and causes size-dependent mechanical behavior. In order to identify this size effect, atomistic simulations are required; however, it has many limitations because too much computational resource and time are needed. To overcome the restrictions of the atomistic simulations and graft the well-established continuum theories, the continuum model considering surface effect, which is based on the bridging technique between atomistic and continuum simulations, is introduced. Because it reflects the size effect, it is possible to carry out a variety of analysis which is intractable in the atomistic simulations. As a part of the application examples, the homogenization method is applied to micro/nano thin films with porosity and the homogenized elastic coefficients of the nano scale thickness porous films are computed in this paper.

Korean Listeners' Perception of English /i/, /I/, and /$\epsilon$/

  • Yun, Yung-Do
    • 음성과학
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.75-87
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    • 2005
  • In this study I investigate how native Korean listeners perceive English vowels /i/, /I/, and /$\epsilon$/. I extend Flege et al's (1997) study with synthesized /i/-/I/ and /I/-/$\epsilon$/ continua, and apply the results to Flege's (1995) Speech Learning Model (SLM). The statistical results show that native speakers of English rely more on spectral steps than on vowel duration when they identify the /i/-/I/ continuum, whereas native speakers of Korean rely more on vowel duration than on spectral steps when they identify the same continuum. In the case of the /I/-/$\epsilon$/ continuum, both groups rely on spectral steps when they identify the /$\epsilon$/, which supports the SLM; Koreans identified the /$\epsilon$/ categorically since Korean has the equivalent vowel. However, there was not statistical difference between Korean subjects with more English experience (KE) and those with less English experience in the identification of both continua. This contradicts the SLM, which posits that experienced L2 learners are better than inexperienced L2 learners in perception of L2 sounds. The exact nature of this should be further investigated in the SLM.

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Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures Using a Nodal Volume Fraction Method

  • Lee, Jin-Sik;Lim, O-Kaung
    • Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2001
  • The general topology optimization can be considered as optimal material distribution. Such an approach can be unstable, unless composite materials are introduced. In this research, a nodal volume fraction method is used to obtain the optimum topology of continuum structures. This method is conducted from a composite material model composed of isotropic matter and spherical void. Because the appearance of the chessboard patterns makes the interpretation of the optimal material layout very difficult, this method contains a chessboard prevention strategy. In this research, several topology optimization problems are presented to demonstrate the validity of the present method and the recursive quadratic programming algorithm is used to solve the topology optimization problems.

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Computational modeling of cracking of concrete in strong discontinuity settings

  • Oliver, J.;Huespe, A.;Pulido, M.D.G.;Blanco, S.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.61-76
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    • 2004
  • The paper is devoted to present the Continuum Strong Discontinuity Approach (CSDA) and to examine its capabilities for modeling cracking of concrete. After introducing the main ingredients of the CSDA, an isotropic continuum damage model, which distinguishes tension and compression states, is used to implicitly induce a projected traction separation-law that rules the cracking phenomena. Criteria for onset and propagation of material failure and specific finite elements with embedded discontinuities are also briefly sketched. Finally, some representative numerical simulations of cracking, in plain and reinforced concrete specimens, using the CSDA are presented.

Failure analysis of laminates by implementation of continuum damage mechanics in layer-wise finite element theory

  • Mohammadi, B.;Hosseini-Toudeshky, H.;Sadr-Lahidjani, M.H.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.657-674
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    • 2009
  • In this paper a 3-D continuum damage mechanics formulation for composite laminates and its implementation into a finite element model that is based on the layer-wise laminate plate theory are described. In the damage formulation, each composite ply is treated as a homogeneous orthotropic material exhibiting orthotropic damage in the form of distributed microscopic cracks that are normal to the three principal material directions. The progressive damage of different angle ply composite laminates under quasi-static loading that exhibit the free edge effects are investigated. The effects of various numerical modeling parameters on the progressive damage response are investigated. It will be shown that the dominant damage mechanism in the lay-ups of [+30/-30]s and [+45/-45]s is matrix cracking. However, the lay-up of [+15/-15] may be delaminated in the vicinity of the edges and at $+{\theta}/-{\theta}$ layers interfaces.

고체 면에 흡착된 박막에서의 분리압력 특성에 관한 연구 (Disjoining Pressures of Nanoscale Thin Films on Solid Substrate)

  • 한민섭
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2009
  • The disjoining pressure is an important physical property in modeling the small-scale transport phenomena on thin film. It is a very useful definition in characterizing the non-continuum effects that are not negligible in heat and mass transport of the film thinner than submicro-scales. We present the calculated values of disjoining pressure of He, Kr and Xe thin films absorbed on graphite substrate using Molecular Dynamics Simulation (MD). The disjoining pressure is accurately calculated in the resolution of a molecular scale of the film thickness. The characteristics of the pressure are discussed regarding the molecular nature of the fluid system such as molecular diameter and intermolecular interaction parameters. The MD results are also compared with those based on the continuum approximation of the slab-like density profile and the results on other novel gases in the previous study. The discrepancies of the continuum model with MD results are shown in all three configurations and discussed in the view point of molecular features.

탄성변형에너지 등가원리 기반 연속체 손상모델에 대한 수치실험 (Numerical Experiment for a Strain Energy Equivalence Principle (SEEP)-based Continuum Damage Model)

  • 윤덕기;이우식
    • 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국철도학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 2006
  • 이 논문에서는 선관통형 균열을 포함하는 정사각형 평판과 선관통형 균열이 연속체 손상이론을 이용에서 구한 유효 직교 이방성 탄성 물성치의 등가 연속체 모델로 대체된 평판의 모드형상과 고유진동수를 비교하여 SEEP에 기반하여 Lee 등이 [5] 제안한 연속체 손상이론을 검증하였다.

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Extraction of a crack opening from a continuous approach using regularized damage models

  • Dufour, Frederic;Pijaudier-Cabot, Gilles;Choinska, Marta;Huerta, Antonio
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제5권4호
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    • pp.375-388
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    • 2008
  • Crack opening governs many transfer properties that play a pivotal role in durability analyses. Instead of trying to combine continuum and discrete models in computational analyses, it would be attractive to derive from the continuum approach an estimate of crack opening, without considering the explicit description of a discontinuous displacement field in the computational model. This is the prime objective of this contribution. The derivation is based on the comparison between two continuous variables: the distribution if the effective non local strain that controls damage and an analytical distribution of the effective non local variable that derives from a strong discontinuity analysis. Close to complete failure, these distributions should be very close to each other. Their comparison provides two quantities: the displacement jump across the crack [U] and the distance between the two profiles. This distance is an error indicator defining how close the damage distribution is from that corresponding to a crack surrounded by a fracture process zone. It may subsequently serve in continuous/discrete models in order to define the threshold below which the continuum approach is close enough to the discrete one in order to switch descriptions. The estimation of the crack opening is illustrated on a one-dimensional example and the error between the profiles issued from discontinuous and FE analyses is found to be of a few percents close to complete failure.

Seismic analysis of arch dams including dam-reservoir interaction via a continuum damage model

  • Karaton, M.;Calayir, Y.;Bayraktar, A.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.351-370
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    • 2006
  • In this study, the earthquake damage response of the concrete arch dams was investigated including dam-reservoir interaction. A continuum damage model which is a second-order tensor and includes the strain softening behavior was selected for the concrete material. Fluid-structure interaction problem was modeled by Lagrangian approach. Sommerfeld radiation condition was applied to the truncated boundary of reservoir. The improved form of the HHT-${\alpha}$ time integration algorithm was used in the solution of the equations of motion. The arch dam Type 5 was selected for numerical application. For the dynamic input, acceleration records of the 10 December 1967 Koyna earthquake were chosen. These records were scaled with earthquake acceleration scale factor (EASF) and then used in the analyses. Solutions were obtained for empty and full reservoir cases. The effects of EASF and damping ratio on the response of the dam were studied.