• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.659-672
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• 2015

This research deals with the analytical solution of a curved beam with different shapes made of functionally graded materials (FGM's). It was assumed that modulus of elasticity is graded along the thickness direction of curved beam based on a power function. The beam was loaded under pure bending. Using the linear theory of elasticity, the general relation for radial distribution of radial and circumferential stresses of arbitrary cross section was derived. The effect of nonhomogeneity was considered on the radial distribution of circumferential stress. This behavior can be investigated for positive and negative values of nonhomogeneity index. The novelty of this study is application of the obtained results for different combination of material properties and cross sections. Achieved results indicate that employing different nonhomogeneity index and selection of various types of cross sections (rectangular, triangular or circular) can control the distribution of radial and circumferential stresses as designer want and propose new solutions by these options. Increasing the nonhomogeneity index for positive or negative values of nonhomogeneity index and for various cross sections presents different behaviors along the thickness direction. In order to validate the present research, the results of this research can be compared with previous result for reachable cross sections and non homogeneity index.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.3003-3009
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a new efficient hybrid-mixed C(sup)0 curved beam element with the optimal interpolation functions determined from numerical tests, which gives very accurate locking-free two-node curved beam element. In the element level, the stress parameters are eliminated from the stationary condition and the nodeless degrees of freedom are also removed by static condensation so that a standard six-by-six stiffness matrix is finally obtained. The numeri cal benchmark problems show that the element with cubic displacement functions and quadratic stress functions is the most efficient.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.858-863
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• 2003

In the practical engineering fields, the horizontally curved beams are frequently erected as the major/minor structural components. The effects of both variable curvature and variable cross-section on structural behavior are very important and therefore these effects should be included in structural analyses. From this viewpoint, this paper deals with the free vibrations of horizontally curved beams with variable curvature and variable cross-section. In this study, the parabola as the curvilinear shape and stepped beam as the variable cross-section are considered. The ordinary differential equation governing free vibrations of such beams are derived. For calculating the natural frequencies, the governing equations are solved by numerical methods. The Runge-Kutta and Determinant search Methods are used for integrating the differential equations and for calculating the natural frequencies, respectively. With regard to numerical results, the relationships between frequency parameters and various beam parameters are presented in the forms of Table and Figures.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2006

Curved beams are more efficient in transfer of loads than straight beams because the transfer is effected by bending, shear and membrane action. The finite element method is a versatile method for solving structural mechanics problems and curved beam problems have been solved using this method by many author. In this study, a new three-noded hybrid-mixed curved beam element is proposed to investigate the in-plane flexural vibration behavior of arches depending on the curvature, aspect ratio and boundary conditions, etc. The proposed element including the effect of shear deformation is based on the Hellinger-Reissner variational principle, and employs the quadratic displacement functions and consistent linear stress functions. The stress parameters are then eliminated from the stationary condition of the variational principle so that the standard stiffness equations are obtained. Several numerical examples confirm the accuracy of the proposed finite element and also show the dynamic behavior of arches with various shapes.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.221-238
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• 2014

A four-noded curved shell finite element for the geometrically non-linear analysis of beams curved in plan is introduced. The structure is conceived as a sequence of macro-elements (ME) having the form of transversal segments of identical topology where each slice is formed using a number of the curved shell elements which have 7 degrees of freedom (DOF) per node. A curved box-girder beam example is modelled using various meshes and linear analysis results are compared to the solutions of a well-known computer program SAP2000. Linear and non-linear analyses of the beam under increasing uniformly distributed loads are also carried out. In addition to box-girder beams, the proposed element can also be used in modelling open-section beams with curved or straight axes and circular plates under radial compression. Buckling loads of a circular plate example are obtained for coarse and successively refined meshes and results are compared with each other. The advantage of this element is that curved systems can be realistically modelled and satisfactory results can be obtained even by using coarse meshes.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2003

A new approach to the analysis of horizontally curved beams is presented in this paper. The proposed method simplifies a two-dimensional structure into a one-dimensional structure just like a normal beam for structural analysis and, therefore, reduces the computational effort significantly.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.793-802
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• 2002

수평곡선 I형교에 동적해석을 수행하기 위하여 박판곡선보 이론에 근거 뒴자유도를 포함한 절점당 7자유도를 갖는 곡선보요소와 7자유도 직선보요소를 사용하여 동적해석프로그램 EQCVB를 작성하였다. 이 프로그램에서는 자유진동해석을 위하여 Gupta의 방법을 사용하였고, 지진하중이 작용할 때 동적해석을 수행하기 위하여 Wilson-${\theta}$방법을 사용하였으며, 범용구조해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS를 사용한 해석 결과와 비교하여 프로그램의 효율성과 타당성을 입증하였다. 지진하중 작용시 수평곡선 I형교의 동적 거동 특성을 파악하기 위하여 다양한 예제에 대한 해석을 수행하였다.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2005

곡선교량의 복잡한 동적거동을 이해하고, 내진해석시 합리적인 해석방법을 선정할 수 있는 기초적인 연구를 수행하기 위하여 ??자유도를 포함한 절점당 7자유도를 갖는 곡선보요소와 직선보요소를 갖는 동적유한 요소해석 프로그램을 사용하여 곡선교량의 내진해석을 수행하였다. 자유진동해석 결과로부터 곡선교량의 모드특성을 직선교량과 비교하여 분석하였다. 또한, 동일지간장을 갖는 직선교와 곡선교의 지진시 거동특성을 분석하고, AASHTO의 정규교량으로 분류된 곡선교량의 내진해석방법에 대해 비교하였다. 또한, 지진하중작용방향과 곡선교량의 내부중심각을 변화시켜 곡선교량의 동적거동을 파악하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2018

This paper presents a semi-analytical solution of simply supported horizontally composite curved I-beam by trigonometric series. The flexibility of the interlayer connectors between layers both in the tangential direction and in the radial direction is taken into account in the proposed formulation. The governing differential equations and the boundary conditions are established by applying the variational approach, which are solved by applying the Fourier series expansion method. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed formulation are validated by comparing its results with both experimental results reported in the literature and FEM results.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.570-579
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• 2011

This paper deals with free vibrations of the circular curved beams with constant volume, whose cross sectional shapes are the circular solid cross-sections. Volumes of the objective beam are always held in constant regardless shape functions of the cross-sectional radius. The shape functions are chosen as the linear, parabolic and sinusoidal ones. Ordinary differential equations governing free vibrations of such beam are derived and solved numerically for determining the natural frequencies. In numerical examples, the hinged-hinged, hinged-clamped and clamped-clamped end constraints are considered. As the numerical results, relationships between frequency parameters and various beam parameters such as rise ratio, section ratio, elasticity ratio, volume ratio, slenderness ratio and taper type are reported in tables and figures.