• Title/Summary/Keyword: Coupled finite element analysis

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Development of interface elements for the analysis of fluid-solid problems (유체-고체 상호작용 해석을 위한 계면요소의 개발)

  • Kim, Hyun-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.442-447
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents a new approach to simulate fluid-solid interaction problems involving non-matching interfaces. The coupling between fluid and solid domains with dissimilar finite element meshes consisting of 4-node quadrilateral elements is achieved by using the interface element method (IEM). Conditions of compatibility between fluid and solid meshes are satisfied exactly by introducing the interface elements defined on interfacing regions. Importantly, a consistent transfer of loads through matching interface element meshes guarantees the present method to be an efficient approach of the solution strategy to fluid-solid interaction problems. An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) description is adopted for the fluid domain, while for the solid domain an updated Lagrangian formulation is considered to accommodate finite deformations of an elastic structure. The stabilized equal order velocity-pressure elements for incompressible flows are used in the motion of fluids. Fully coupled equations are solved simultaneously in a single computational domain. Numerical results are presented for fluid-solid interaction problems involving nonmatching interfaces to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology.

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HYBRID POWER FLOW ANALYSIS USING SEA PARAMETERS

  • Park, Y.H.;Hong, S.Y.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.423-439
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    • 2006
  • This paper proposes a hybrid analytic method for the prediction of vibrational and acoustic responses of reverberant system in the medium-to-high frequency ranges by using the PFA(Power Flow Analysis) algorithm and SEA(Statistical Energy Analysis) coupling concepts. The main part of this method is the application of the coupling loss factor(CLF) of SEA to the boundary condition of PFA in reverberant system. The hybrid method developed shows much more promising results than the conventional SEA and equivalent results to the classical PFA for various damping loss factors in a wide range of frequencies. Additionally, this paper presents applied results of hybrid power flow finite element method(hybrid PFFEM) by formulating the new joint element matrix with CLF to analyze the vibrational responses of built-up structures. Finally, the analytic results of coupled plate structures and an automobile-shaped structure using hybrid PFFEM were predicted successively.

Deep Excavation and Groundwater;Effects on Surrounding Environment (지반굴착과 지하수;주변영향 평가 측면에서의 고찰)

  • Yu, Chung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 2005
  • This paper concerns the assessment of impact of deep excavation on surrounding environment with emphasis on the groundwater lowering. Fundamentals of ground excavation and groundwater interaction were reviewed and the stress-pore pressure coupled analysis approach as a tool for assessment was introduced. A case study concerning the use of coupled analysis for deep excavation design was presented. Implications of the finding from from this study were discussed.

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FEA Simulation for Performance Estimation of Micro Actuator (마이크로 액추에이터의 성능평가를 위한 FEA 시뮬레이션)

  • 이양창;이준성
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.1045-1048
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    • 2002
  • Micromachines are extremely novel artifacts with a variety of special characteristics. Utilizing their tiny dimensions ranging roughly from 10 to $1O^3$ micro-meters, the micromachines can perform tasks in a revolutionary manner that would be impossible for conventional artifacts. Micromachines are in general related to various coupled physical phenomena. They are required to be evaluated and designed considering the coupled phenomena. This paper describes finite element analysis (FEA) simulation of practical behaviors for the micro actuator. Especially, electric field modeling in micro actuators has been generally restricted to in-plane two-dimensional finite element analysis because of the complexity of the micro actuator geometry. However, in this thesis, the actual three-dimensional geometry of the micro actuator is considered. The starting torque obtained from the in-plane two-dimensional analytical solutions were compared with that of the actual three-dimensional FE analysis results. The starting torque is proportional to $V^2$, and that the two-dimensional analytical solutions are larger than the three-dimensional FE ones. It is found that the evaluation of micro actuator has to be considered electrical leakage phenomenon.

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Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Powder Hot Forging (열간분말단조 공정의 열탄소성 유한요소해석)

  • 김형섭
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 1997
  • A finite element analysis to solve the coupled thermomechanical problem in the plane strain upsetting of the porous metals was performed. The analysis was formulated using the yield function advanced by Lee and kim and developed using the thermo-elasto-plastic time integration procedure. The density and temperature dependent thermal and mechanical properties of porous metals were considered. The internal heat generation by the plastic deformation and the changing thermal boundary conditions corresponding to the geometry were incorporated in the program. The distributions of the stress, strain, pressure, density and temperature were predicted during the free resting period, deformation period and dwelling period of the forging process.

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Bridge-vehicle coupled vibration response and static test data based damage identification of highway bridges

  • Zhu, Jinsong;Yi, Qiang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.75-90
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    • 2013
  • In order to identify damage of highway bridges rapidly, a method for damage identification using dynamic response of bridge induced by moving vehicle and static test data is proposed. To locate damage of the structure, displacement energy damage index defined from the energy of the displacement response time history is adopted as the indicator. The displacement response time histories of bridge structure are obtained from simulation of vehicle-bridge coupled vibration analysis. The vehicle model is considered as a four-degree-of-freedom system, and the vibration equations of the vehicle model are deduced based on the D'Alembert principle. Finite element method is used to discretize bridge and finite element model is set up. According to the condition of displacement and force compatibility between vehicle and bridge, the vibration equations of the vehicle and bridge models are coupled. A Newmark-${\beta}$ algorithm based professional procedure VBAP is developed in MATLAB, and used to analyze the vehicle-bridge system coupled vibration. After damage is located by employing the displacement energy damage index, the damage extent is estimated through the least-square-method based model updating using static test data. At last, taking one simply supported bridge as an illustrative example, some damage scenarios are identified using the proposed damage identification methodology. The results indicate that the proposed method is efficient for damage localization and damage extent estimation.

Spectral Element Analysis of the Pipeline Conveying Internal Flow (스펙트럴요소법을 이용한 내부유동 포함된 파이프 진도해석)

  • 강관호;이우식
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.207-212
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    • 2001
  • This paper considers a pipeline conveying one-dimensional unsteady flow inside. The dynamics of the fluid-pipe system is represented by two coupled equations of motion for the transverse and axial displacements, which are linearized from a set of partial differential equations which consists of the axial and transverse equations of motion of the pipeline and the equations of momentum and continuity of the internal flow. Because of the complex nature of fluid-pipe interactive mechanism, a very accurate solution method is required to get sufficiently accurate dynamic characteristics of the pipeline. In the literatures, the finite element models have been popularly used for the problems. However, it has been well recognized that finite element method (FEM) may provide poor solutions especially at high frequency. Thus, in this paper, a spectral element model is developed for the pipeline and its accuracy is evaluated by comparing with the solutions by FEM.

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Comparison of simplified model and FEM model in coupled analysis of floating wind turbine

  • Kim, Byoung Wan;Hong, Sa Young;Sung, Hong Gun;Hong, Seok Won
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.221-243
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    • 2015
  • This paper compares simplified and finite element method (FEM) models for tower and blade in dynamic coupled analysis of floating wind turbine. A SPAR type wind turbine with catenary mooring lines is considered in numerical analysis. Floating body equation is derived using boundary element method (BEM) and convolution. Equations for mooring line, tower and blade are formulated with theories of catenary, elastic beam and aerodynamic rotating beam, respectively and FEM is applied in the formulation. By combining the equations, coupled solutions are calculated. Tower or blade may be assumed rigid or lumped body for simplicity in modeling. By comparing floating body motions, mooring line tensions and tower stresses with the simple model and original FEM model, the effect of including or neglecting elastic, rotating and aerodynamic behavior of tower and blade is discussed.

Using cable finite elements to analyze parametric vibrations of stay cables in cable-stayed bridges

  • Wu, Qingxiong;Takahashi, Kazuo;Chen, Baochun
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.691-711
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    • 2006
  • This paper uses the finite element method to simultaneously consider the coupled cable-deck vibrations and the parametric vibrations of stay cables in dynamic analysis of a cable-stayed bridge. The stay cables are represented by some cable finite elements, which can consider the parametric vibration of the cables. In addition to modeling stay cables using multiple link cable elements, a procedure for removing the self-weight term of cable element is proposed. A eigenvalue analysis process using dynamic condensation method for sorting out the natural modes of the girder-tower vibrations and the Rayleigh damping considering element damping for damping matrix are also proposed for dynamic analyses of cable-stayed bridges. The possibilities of using cable elements and of using global and local vibrations to evaluate the parametric vibrations of stay cables in a cable-stayed bridge are confirmed, respectively.