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Numerical analysis of an offshore platform with large partial porous cylindrical members due to wave forces

  • Park, Min-Su;Kawano, Kenji;Nagata, Shuichi
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.337-353
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    • 2011
  • In the present study, an offshore platform having large partial porous cylindrical members, which are composed of permeable and impermeable cylinders, is suggested. In order to calculate the wave force on large partial porous cylindrical members, the fluid domain is divided into three regions: a single exterior region, N inner regions and N beneath regions, and the scattering wave in each fluid region is expressed by an Eigen-function expansion method. Applying Darcy's law to the porous boundary condition, the effect of porosity is simplified. Wave excitation forces and wave run up on the structures are presented for various wave conditions. For the idealized three-dimensional platform having large partial porous cylindrical members, the dynamic response evaluations of the platform due to wave forces are carried out through the modal analysis. In order to examine the effects of soil-structure interaction, the substructure method is also applied. The displacement and bending stress at the selective nodal points of the structure are computed using various input parameters, such as the shear-wave velocity of soil, the wave height and the wave period. Applying the Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) method, the reliability evaluations at critical structure members, which contained uncertainties caused by dynamic forces and structural properties, are examined by the reliability index with the results obtained from MCS.

An improved approach to evaluate the compaction compensation grouting efficiency in sandy soils

  • Xu, Xiang-Hua;Xiang, Zhou-Chen;Zou, Jin-Feng;Wang, Feng
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.313-322
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    • 2020
  • This study focuses on a prediction approach of compaction compensation grouting efficiency in sandy soil. Based on Darcy's law, assuming that the grouting volume is equal to the volume of the compressed soil, a two-dimensional calculation model of the compaction compensation grouting efficiency was improved to three-dimensional, which established a dynamic relationship between the radius of the grout body and the grouting time. The effectiveness of this approach was verified by finite element analysis. The calculation results show that the grouting efficiency decreases with time and tends to be stable. Meanwhile, it also indicates that the decrease of grouting efficiency mainly occurs in the process of grouting and will continue to decline in a short time after the completion of grouting. The prediction three-dimensional model proposed in this paper effectively complements the dynamic relationship between grouting compaction radius and grouting time, which can more accurately evaluate the grouting efficiency. It is practically significant to ensure construction safety, control grouting process, and reduce the settlement induced by tunnel excavation.

Molecular Diffusion of Water in Paper( I )-Steady-State Diffusion Experiment for the Evaluation of Water Vapor-proof Properties of Paper- (종이내 수분확산(제1보)-종이의 방습성 평가를 위한 수증기의 정류상 확산 실험-)

  • Yoon, Sung-Hoon;Jeon, Yang;Ow, Say-Kyoun;Seo, Yung-Bum
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 1998
  • A steady-state molecular diffusion experiment was conducted to evaluate the water vapor proof properties of paper Handsheets prepared from unbleached Itraft pulps(UKP) and old newspapers(ONP) and four different types of polymer-laminated white duplex board were tested under appropriate standard conditions. The diffusivity was determined on the basis of the Fickean first law. Results obtained from this study can be summarized as follows ; 1. The diffusivity data for handsheets showed about $10^{-5}cm^2/min$. whereas polymer-laminated paperboards had remarkably improved water-vapor resistance with about $10^3 to 10^4$ times lower diffusivity : 2. Sheet basis weight, wet-swelling and sizing degree had little influence on the diffusivity of paper; 3 Linear relationship existed between sheet density and diffusivity, and, 4. Highly sfgnificant linear relationship could be observed between diffusivity and Darcy s gas permeability. Results indicate that diffusivity, an intrinsic property of paper, can provide a valuable information for precise evaluation and improved quality control of water-vapor proof properties of paper.

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Out-of-Permeability Measurement of the Braided Preform in Resin Transfer Molding (고분자 수지 이송 성형에서 브레이드 프리폼의 두께방향 투과율 계수 측정)

  • Suk, Chae-Hui;Seok, Song-Yeong;Ryun, Yun-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.87-90
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    • 2003
  • In Resin transfer molding (RTM), composite parts are produced by impregnation of a dry reinforcement with liquid matrix resin. Permeability is a key issue in this process. For thin parts, the resin flow in the thickness direction can be neglected. Therefore thin parts are considered as two-dimensional composites. However the resin flow through the thickness is important to thicker parts and we have to consider out-of-plane permeability. This work discusses a method to measure out-of-plane permeability. The flow rate and pressure drop across the porous media were measured. Also one dimensional form of Darcy's law is applied to calculate the out-of-plane permeability of various preforms. The flow is injected uniformly into layers of the preform. And a circular fiber mat with 6cm diameter was cut and flattened from cylindrical mandrel.

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Sloshing Damping in a Swaying Rectangular Tank Using a Porous Bulkhead (투과성 격벽을 이용한 수평 운동하는 사각형 탱크내의 슬로싱 감쇠)

  • Cho, Il-Hyoung
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.228-236
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    • 2018
  • The performance of a porous swash bulkhead for the reduction of the resonant liquid motion in a swaying rectangular tank was investigated based on the assumption of linear potential theory. The Galerkin method (Porter and Evans, 1995) was used to solve the potential flow model by adding a viscous frictional damping term to the free-surface condition. By comparing the experimental results and the analytical solutions, we verified that the frictional damping coefficient was 0.4. Darcy's law was used to consider the energy dissipation at a porous bulkhead. The tool that was developed with a built-in frictional damping coefficient of 0.4 was confirmed by small-scale experiments. Using this tool, the free-surface elevation, hydrodynamic force (added mass, damping coefficient) on a wall, and the horizontal load on a bulkhead were assessed for various combinations of porosity and submergence depth. It was found that the vertical porous bulkhead can suppress sloshing motions significantly when properly designed and by selecting the appropriate porosity(${\approx}0.1$) and submergence depth.

Prediction of Permeability for Braided Preform (브레이드 프리폼의 투과율 계수 예측)

  • Youngseok Song;Youn, Jae-Roun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.184-187
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    • 2003
  • Complete prediction of second order permeability tensor for three dimensional circular braided preform is critical to understand the resin transfer molding process of composites. The permeability can be predicted by considering resin flow through the multi-axial fiber structure. In this study, permeability tensor for a 3-D circular braided preform is calculated by solving a boundary problem of a periodic unit cell. Flow field through the unit cell is obtained by using a 3-D finite volume method (FVM) and Darcy's law is utilized to obtain permeability tensor. Flow analysis for two cases that a fiber tow is regarded as impermeable solid and permeable porous medium is carried out respectively. It is found that the flow within the intra-tow region of the braided preform is negligible if inter-tow porosity is relatively high but the flow through the tow must be considered when the porosity is low. To avoid checkerboard pressure field and improve the efficiency of numerical computation, a new interpolation function for velocity variation is proposed on the basis of analytic solutions. Permeability of the braided preform is measured through a radial flow experiment and compared with the permeability predicted numerically.

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Numerical Study on Flow Distribution in PEMFC with Metal foam Bipolar Plate (다공성 분리판을 적용한 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 유동 분포에 관한 전산해석 연구)

  • SONG, MYEONGHO;KIM, KYOUNGYOUN
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2016
  • It is important to uniformly supply the fuel gas into the reaction activity area in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Recent studies have shown that the cell performance can be significantly improved by employing metal foam gas distributor as compared with the conventional bipolar plate types. The metal foam gas distributor has been reported to be more efficient to fuel transport. In this study, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations have been performed to examine the effects of metal foam flow field design on the fuel supply to the reaction site. Darcy's law is used for the flow in the porous media. By solving additional advection equation for fluid particle trajectory, the gas transport has been visualized and examined for various geometrical configuration of metal foam gas distributor.

Self-Healing Performance of Concrete Using Admixture (구체방수 콘크리트의 균열 자가치유 성능)

  • Lee, Jong-Yun;Lee, Han-Joo;Lee, Yong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2012
  • This study is the things to experiment and evaluate the performance of self-healing water-proofing on the concrete to be using the crystal growth composite waterproofing admixture. The cylinder to be making on the concrete by ${\varnothing}150{\times}300$ mm for evaluating the performance of self-healing water-proofing was aging 90 days and cut on a 50 mm. So, it prompted the crack and applied. After it measured the quantity of water to be flow the water throughout the crack part of the cylinder, it applied the basic formular of Darcy's law and calculated the coefficient of water permeability. So, it verified the performance of self-healing water-proofing on the basis of the changing shape of the water permeability. This experiment is the thing to be applied the general evaluation of the structure to demand the real watertightness on doing for the evaluating of performance of the quantity of water leak and self-healing water-proofing about the various penetration crack.

An Analytical Solution of Dynamic Responses for Seabed under Coexisting Fields of Flow and Partial Standing Wave with Arbitrary Reflection Ratio (흐름과 임의반사율을 갖는 부분중복파와의 공존장하에서 해저지반내 동적응답의 해석해)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho;Kim, Dong-Wook;Kang, Gi-Chun;Kim, Do-Sam;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Na, Seung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.27-44
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    • 2015
  • An analytical solution of dynamic responses for seabed in finite and infinite thicknesses including shallow has been developed under flow and partial standing wave with arbitrary reflection ration coexisting field at a constant water depth condition. In the analytical solution, a field was simply transited to a coexisting field of progressive wave and flow when reflection ratio was 0 and to a coexisting field of fully standing wave and flow when reflection ratio was 1. Based on the Biot's consolidation theory, the seabed was assumed as a porous elastic media with the assumptions that pore fluid is compressible and Darcy law governs the flow. The developed analytical solution was compared with the existing results and was verified. Using the analytical solution the deformation, pore pressure, effective and shear stresses were examined under various given values of reflection ratio, flow velocity, incident wave's period and seabed thickness. From this study, it was confirmed that the dynamic response of seabed was quite different depending on consideration of flow, which causes changing period and length of incident and reflection waves. It was also confirmed that dynamic response significantly depends on the magnitude of reflection ratio.

Predicting Rainfall Infiltration-Groundwater Flow Based on GIS for a Landslide Analysis (산사태해석을 위한 GIS기반의 강우침투-지하수흐름 예측 기법 제안)

  • Kim, Jung-Hwan;Jeong, Sang-Seom;Bae, Deg-Hyo
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes a GIS-based geohydrologic methodology, called YSGWF (YonSei GroundWater Flow) for predicting the rainfall infiltration-groundwater flow of slopes. This physical-based model was developed by the combination of modified Green-Ampt model that considers the unsaturated soil parameters and GIS-based raster model using Darcy's law that reflects the groundwater flow. In the model, raster data are used to simulate the three dimensional inclination of bedrock surface as actual topographic data, and the groundwater flow is governed by the slope. Also, soil profile is ideally subdivided into three zones, i.e., the wetting band zone, partially saturated zone, and fully saturated zone. In the wetting band and partially saturated zones the vertical infiltration of water (rainfall) from surface into ground is modeled. When the infiltrated water recharges into the fully saturated zone, the horizontal flow of groundwater is introduced. A comparison between the numerical calculation and real landslide data shows a reasonable agreement, which indicate that the model can be used to simulate real rainfall infiltration-groundwater flow.