• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.443-457
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• 2011

The loss of strength in a structure as a result of cyclic loads over a period of life time is an important phenomenon for the life-cycle analysis. Service loads are accentuated at the areas of stress concentration, mainly at the connection of components. Structural components unavoidably are affected by defects such as surface scratches, surface roughness and weld defects of random sizes, which usually occur during the manufacturing and handling process. These defects are shown to have an important effect on the fatigue life of the structural components by promoting crack initiation sites. The value of equivalent initial flaw size (EIFS) is calculated by using the back extrapolation technique and the Paris law of fatigue crack growth from results of fatigue tests. We try to analyze the effect of EIFS distribution in a multiple site damage (MSD) specimen by using the extended finite element method (XFEM). For the analysis, fatigue tests were conducted on the centrally-cracked specimens and MSD specimens.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.311-324
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate experimentally the fatigue performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams with hot-rolled ribbed fine-grained steel bars of yielding strength 500MPa (HRBF500). Three rectangular and three T-section RC beams with HRBF500 bars were constructed and tested under static and constant-amplitude cyclic loading. Prior to the application of repeated loading, all beams were initially cracked under static loading. The major test variables were the steel ratio, cross-sectional shape and stress range. The stress evolution of HRBF500 bars, the information about crack growth and the deflection developments of test beams were presented and analyzed. Rapid increases in deflections and tension steel stress occured in the early stages of fatigue loading, and were followed by a relatively stable period. Test results indicate that, the concrete beams reinforced with appropriate amount of HRBF500 bars can survive 2.5 million cycles of constant-amplitude cyclic loading with no apparent signs of damage, on condition that the initial extreme tensile stress in HRBF500 steel bars was controlled less than 150 MPa. It was also found that, the initial extreme tension steel stress, stress range, and steel ratio were the main factors that affected the fatigue properties of RC beams with HRBF500 bars, whose effects on fatigue properties were fully discussed in this paper, while the cross-sectional shape had no significant influence in fatigue properties. The results provide important guidance for the fatigue design of concrete beams reinforced with HRBF500 steel bars.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.435-443
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• 2015

Offshore structure may be considerably vulnerable to fatigue failure while initial flaw propagates under cyclic loading, so crack propagation analysis/fracture/yield assessments about initial flaw detected by NDT are necessarily required. In this paper, case studies have been conducted by flaw assessment program using engineering criticality analysis (ECA) approach. Variables such as flaw geometry, flaw size, structure geometry, dynamic stress, static stress, toughness, crack growth rate, stress concentration factor (SCF) affected by weld are considered as analysis conditions. As a result, the safety of structure was examined during fatigue loading life. Also, critical initial flaw size was calculated by sensitivity module in the developed program. The flaw assessments analysis using ECA approach can be very useful in offshore industries owing to the increasing demand on the engineering criticality analysis of potential initial flaws.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2001

재료의 손상을 평가하기 위하여 초음파법에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되었고 널리 사용되고 있으나 대부분 균열의 성장 또는 두께의 감소와 같은 문제에 집중되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2.25Cr-1Mo 강을 이용하여 반복하중에 의해 재료내부에 발생하는 미시균열을 조기에 감지하고, 피로에 의한 파괴를 미연에 방지할 수 있도록 초음파 표면파의 감쇠와 속도변화를 이용하여 균열길이 측정의 정량적인 평가방법을 제시하였다. 중심주파수 5MHz의 탐촉자를 이용하여 파단수명비 약 60%, 균열길이 약 2mm 정도에서 표면파의 속도 및 감쇠 변화를 탐지할 수 있었다. 고주파 탐촉자를 이용함으로써 미시균열의 발생을 조기에 탐지할 수 있으며, 파단수명을 예측하는 기초자료로 활용할 수 있다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.2383-2389
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• 2002

This paper describes an experimental study on fatigue life extension by using cold working process in fastener hole of aircraft structure. Cold working process was applied for A12024-7351 specimens by considering the effect of edge margin on fatigue life. It is generally recognized that cold working process offers a protective zone around fastener hole of aluminum aircraft structure due to the residual compressive stresses which lead to retardation of crack growth. Thus this process provides the beneficial effect of increasing the fatigue life of the component. there by decreasing maintenance costs. It has also been successfully incorporated into damage tolerance and structural integrity programs. Cold working specimens were tested at constant amplitude peak cyclic stresses. Fatigue life of cold working specimen compared with that of specimen fabricated with base material. The increase of fatigue life for cold working specimen is discussed by both considering the effect of residual compressive stresses measured by X-ray diffraction technique and quantitative effect of edge margin.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 암석과 콘크리트의 정적 및 동적 장기강도시험을 통해 이들 재료의 시간 의존적 거동에 대해 연구했으며, 특히 장기강도시험 중 발생한 미소파괴음 신호를 분석하여 장기 안정성 평가에 활용하고자 하였다. 정적 장기강도시험의 경우 임계하 균열성장시험을 활용하여 Mode I과 Mode II에 대한 장기거동과 미소파괴음 발생특성을 분석하였으며, 동적 장기강도시험의 경우, 반복재하 4점 굴곡시험을 통한 장기강도의 한계와 미소파괴음 발생특성을 분석하였다. 미소파괴음 분석결과, 미소파괴음 히트 누적곡선 대 시간에 따른 곡선은 1차, 2차, 3차 구간이 있는 크립곡선의 모양과 유사한 모양을 보였다. 선형구간에 해당하는 미소파괴음 히트 누적곡선의 2차 구간의 기울기와 지연파괴시간과의 로그-로그 관계로부터 암석과 콘크리트의 정적 및 동적 장기 안정성을 평가하는 방안에 대한 가능성을 제시하였다.