• 제목/요약/키워드: Damage mechanics

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유한요소 손상 해석을 이용한 다중 관통균열 인장시편의 연성 파괴 시뮬레이션 (Ductile Failure Simulation of Tensile Plates with Multiple Through-Wall Cracks Based on Damage Mechanics)

  • 전준영;김낙현;오창식;김윤재
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제36권3호
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    • pp.245-252
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 간단한 수치해석적 방법을 통해 연성재료의 파괴를 예측하는 방법을 소개하였다. 응력에 의해 계산된 파괴 변형률을 통해 손상을 계산하는 과정을 다중 관통균열이 있는 평판 인장시험편의 유한요소 해석을 통해 구현하였다. 이 기법은 ABAQUS 에서 제공하는 user-defined subroutine 을 이용하여 구현되었다. 제시된 기법을 적용하여 다중균열 해석을 수행하였고 이 결과를 일본 연구자에 의해 수행된 실험 결과와 비교하였다. 해석결과와 실험결과가 비교적 잘 일치함을 확인하였고 이를 통해 제시된 기법의 타당성을 검증할 수 있었다.

Rapid S-N type life estimation for low cycle fatigue of high-strength steels at a low ambient temperature

  • Feng, Liuyang;Qian, Xudong
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.777-792
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    • 2019
  • This paper presents a new efficient approach to estimate the S-N type fatigue life assessment curve for S550 high strength steels under low-cycle actions at -60℃. The proposed approach combines a single set of monotonic tension test and one set of fatigue tests to determine the key material damage parameters in the continuum damage mechanics framework. The experimental program in this study examines both the material response under low-cycle actions. The microstructural mechanisms revealed by the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) at the low temperature, furthermore, characterizes the effect due to different strain ratios and low temperature on the low-cycle fatigue life of S550 steels. Anchored on the experimental results, this study validates the S-N curve determined from the proposed approach. The S-N type curve determined from one set of fatigue tests and one set of monotonic tension tests estimates the fatigue life of all specimens under different strain ratios satisfactorily.

Failure analysis of prestressing steel wires

  • Toribio, J.;Valiente, A.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제1권4호
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    • pp.411-426
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    • 2001
  • This paper treats the failure analysis of prestressing steel wires with different kinds of localised damage in the form of a surface defect (crack or notch) or as a mechanical action (transverse loads). From the microscopical point of view, the micromechanisms of fracture are shear dimples (associated with localised plasticity) in the case of the transverse loads and cleavage-like (related to a weakest-link fracture micromechanism) in the case of cracked wires. In the notched geometries the microscopic modes of fracture range from the ductile micro-void coalescence to the brittle cleavage, depending on the stress triaxiality in the vicinity of the notch tip. From the macroscopical point of view, fracture criteria are proposed as design criteria in damage tolerance analyses. The transverse load situation is solved by using an upper bound theorem of limit analysis in plasticity. The case of the cracked wire may be treated using fracture criteria in the framework of linear elastic fracture mechanics on the basis of a previous finite element computation of the stress intensity factor in the cracked cylinder. Notched geometries require the use of elastic-plastic fracture mechanics and numerical analysis of the stress-strain state at the failure situation. A fracture criterion is formulated on the basis of the critical value of the effective or equivalent stress in the Von Mises sense.

Assessment of infill wall topology contribution in the overall response of frame structures under seismic excitation

  • Nanos, N.;Elenas, A.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제53권2호
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    • pp.355-372
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    • 2015
  • This paper identifies the effects of infill wall existence and arrangement in the seismic response of steel frame structures. The methodology followed was based on the utilisation of overall seismic response indicators that distil the complexity of structural response in a single value hence enabling their straightforward comparative and statistical post process. The overall structure damage index after Park/Ang ($OSDI_{PA}$) and the maximum inter-story drift ratio (MISDR) have been selected as widely utilized structural seismic response parameters in contemporary state of art. In this respect a set of 225 Greek antiseismic code (EAK) spectrum compatible artificial accelerograms have been created and a series of non-linear dynamic analyses have been executed. Data were obtained through nonlinear dynamic analyses carried on an indicative steel frame structure with 5 different infill wall topologies. Results indicated the significant overall contribution of infill walls with a reduction that ranged 35-47% of the maximum and 74-81% of the average recorded $OSDI_{PA}$ values followed by an overall reduction of 64-67% and 58-61% for the respective maximum and average recorded MISDR values demonstrating the relative benefits of infill walls presence overall as well as localised with similar reductions observed in 1st level damage indicators.

Modelling inelastic hinges using CDM for nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete frame structures

  • Rajasankar, J.;Iyer, Nagesh R.;Prasad, A. Meher
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.319-341
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    • 2009
  • A new formulation based on lumped plasticity and inelastic hinges is presented in this paper for nonlinear analysis of Reinforced Concrete (RC) frame structures. Inelastic hinge behaviour is described using the principles of Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM). Member formulation contains provisions to model stiffness degradation due to cracking of concrete and yielding of reinforcing steel. Depending on its nature, cracking is classified as concentrated or distributed. Concentrated cracking is accounted through a damage variable and its growth is defined based on strain energy principles. Presence of distributed flexural cracks in a member is taken care of by modelling it as non-prismatic. Plasticity theory supported by effective stress concept of CDM is applied to describe the post-yield response. Nonlinear quasi-static analysis is carried out on a RC column and a wide two-storey RC frame to verify the formulation. The column is subjected to constant axial load and monotonic lateral load while the frame is subjected to only lateral load. Computed results are compared with those due to experiments or other numerical methods to validate the performance of the formulation and also to highlight the contribution of distributed cracking on global response.

Efficient damage assessment for selected earthquake records based on spectral matching

  • Strukar, Kristina;Sipos, Tanja Kalman;Jelec, Mario;Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.271-282
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    • 2019
  • Knowing the response of buildings to earthquakes is very important in order to ensure that a structure is able to withstand a given level of ground shaking. Thus, nonlinear dynamic earthquake engineering analyses are unavoidable and are preferable procedure in the seismic assessment of buildings. In order to estimate seismic performance on the basis of the hazard at the site where the structure is located, the selection of appropriate seismic input is known to be a critical step while performing this kind of analysis. In this paper, seismic analysis is performed for a four-story reinforced concrete ISPRA frame structure which is designed according to Eurocode 8 (EC8). A total of 90 different earthquake scenarios were selected, 30 for each of three target spectrums, EC8 spectrum, Uniform Hazard Spectrum (UHS), and Conditional Mean Spectrum (CMS). The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the average maximum Inter-story Drift Ratio (IDR) for each target spectrum. Time history analysis for every earthquake record was obtained and, as a result, IDR as the main measure of damage were presented in order to compare with defined performance levels of reinforced concrete bare frames.