• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.739-757
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• 2017

The main goal of this study is to investigate the hysteretic behavior of polyurethane rubber springs in compression with and without precompression. The precompression is introduced to provide rigid force in the behavior, and thereby a precompressed rubber spring can be used for a restoring element. For the goal, this study prepares nine rubber springs for three suites which are all cylindrical in shape with a hole at the center. The rubber springs in each suite have different dimensions of diameter and length but have similar shape factors; thus, they are designed to have a similar compressive stiffness. Three rubber springs from the nine are tested with increasing compressive strain up to 30% strain to investigate the behavior of the rubber springs without precompression as well as the effect of the loading strain. The nine springs are compressed up to 30% strain with increasing precompressive strain from 0 to 20% at increments of 5%. The study analyzes the effective stiffness and damping ratio of the rubber springs with and without precompression, and the rigid force of the precompressed rubber springs is discussed. Finally, this study suggests a regression method to determine the minimum required precompression to eliminate residual strain after unloading.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.261-275
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• 2003

Truss members built-up with double angles back-to-back have monosymmetric cross-section and twisting always accompanies flexion upon the onset of buckling about the axis of symmetry. Approximate formulae for calculating the buckling capacity are presented in this paper for routine design purpose. For a member susceptible only to flexural buckling, its optimal cross-section should consist of slender plate elements so as to get larger radius of gyration. But, occurrence of twisting changes the situation owing to the weakness of thin plates in resisting torsion. Criteria for limiting the leg slenderness are discussed herein. Truss web members in compression are usually considered as hinged at both ends for out-of-plane buckling. In case one (or both) end of member is not supported laterally by bracing member, its adjoining members have to provide an elastic support of adequate stiffness in order not to underdesign the member. The stiffness provided by either compression or tension chords in different cases is analyzed, and the effect of initial crookedness of compression chord is taken into account. Formulae are presented to compute the required stiffness of chord member and to determine the effective length factor for inadequately constrained compressive diagonals.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

This study was conducted to determine the resilient modulus (Mr) and the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of two recycled roadway materials such as recycled pavement material (RPM) and road surface gravel (RSG) with or without cement kiln dust (CKD). The recycled materials were blended with two CKD contents (5, 10 %) and 28 day curing time. Mr and UCS tests were also conducted after 10cycles of freezing and thawing to asses the impact of freeze-thaw cycling. Mr was determined conducting by the laboratory test method described by NCHRP 1-28A. Stabilized RPM and RSG had a modulus and a strength higher than unstabilized RPM and RSG. Mr and UCS of RPM and RSG mixed with CKD increased with increasing CKD content. The results indicated that the addition of CKD could be improved the strength and the stiffness of RPM and RSG. Therefore, RPM, RSG and CKD could be used as an effective materials in the reconstruction of roads.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.479-500
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• 2013

This paper presents the experimental as well as analytical study conducted on layer-bonded scrap tire rubber pad (STRP) isolators to develop low-cost seismic isolators applicable to structures in developing countries. The STRP specimen samples were produced by stacking the STRP layers one on top of another with the application of adhesive. In unbonded application, the STRP bearings were placed between the substructure and superstructure without fastening between the contact surfaces which allows roll-off of the contact supports. The vertical compression and horizontal shear tests were conducted with varying axial loads. These results were used to compute the different mechanical properties of the STRP isolators including vertical stiffness, horizontal effective stiffness, average horizontal stiffness and effective damping ratios. The load-displacement relationships of STRP isolators obtained by experimental and finite element analysis results were found to be in close agreement. The tested STRP samples show energy dissipation capacity considerably greater than the natural rubber bearings. The layer-bonded STRP isolators serve positive incremental force resisting capacity up to the shear strain level of 150%.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2008

Periodic cellular metals (PCMs) are actively being investigated because of their excellent specific strength and stiffness, and multi-functionality such as a heat disperse structure bearing external loading. The Kagome truss PCM has been proved that it has higher resistance to plastic buckling and lower anisotropy than other truss PCMs. In this paper, the out-of-plane compressive responses of the WBK specimens have been measured, theoretically predicted and numerically analyzed. Three specimens of two-layered WBK are fabricated and tested for measuring the responses. The peak stress of compressive behavior and effective elastic modulus are predicted based on the equilibrium equation and elastic energy conservation. Moreover, the structure of the specimen is modeled using the commercial mesh generation code, PATRAN and the finite element analysis for the model under the compression is carried out using the commercial FE code, ABAQUS. Finally, the obtained results are compared with each other to analyze the compressive characteristics of Wire-woven Bulk Kagome (WBK).

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.231-250
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• 2008

The statistical two-order and two-scale method is developed for predicting the mechanics parameters, such as stiffness and strength of core-shell particle-filled polymer composites. The representation and simulation on meso-configuration of random particle-filled polymers are stated. And the major statistical two-order and two-scale analysis formulation is briefly given. The two-order and two-scale expressions for the strains and stresses of conventionally strength experimental components, including the tensional or compressive column, the twist bar and the bending beam, are developed by means of their classical solutions with orthogonal-anisotropic coefficients. Then a new effective mesh generation algorithm is presented. The mechanics parameters of core-shell particle-filled polymer composites, including the expected stiffness parameters, minimum stiffness parameters, and the expected elasticity limit strength and the minimum elasticity limit strength, are defined by means of the stiffness coefficients and elasticity strength criterions for core, shell and matrix. Finally, the numerical results for predicting both stiffness and elasticity limit strength parameters are compared with the experimental data.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.2169-2179
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• 2013

단순지지된 기둥부재의 중간 위치에 수평재를 설치하고, 그 수평재의 양단과 기둥부재 상하단을 스트럿으로 각각 연결하여 보강된 조립기둥시스템은 비보강 단순 기둥부재에 비하여 그 압축강도가 상당히 향상될 수 있다. 수평재가 설치된 기둥의 중간 지점에서 수평 및 회전 자유도를 제한하여 기둥의 유효좌굴길이를 줄이는 효과를 통해 강도향상이 구현된다. 본 연구에서는 기둥부재 이외의 구성요소를 스프링으로 치환한 등가 스프링모델 기법, 자유도를 최소화하여 단순화시킨 구조계에 대한 강성행렬 기법, 그리고 범용유한요소해석 프로그램을 활용한 탄성/비탄성 해석기법을 적용하여 보강된 조립기둥시스템의 압축강도를 정량적으로 산정하고 그 결과를 비교하였다. 보강대상이 되는 단순기둥의 세장비가 결정되면 조립기둥시스템을 구성을 통해 향상될 수 있는 기대압축강도를 산정할 수 있는 압축강도곡선이 제안되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.385-400
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• 2017

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of axially-loaded steel RHS (rectangular hollow section) compression members that are partially reinforced along their lengths with welded steel plates. 28 slender column tests were carried out to investigate the effects of the slenderness ratio of the unreinforced member and the ratio of the reinforced length of the member to its entire length. In addition to the slender column tests, 14 stub-column tests were conducted to determine the basic mechanical properties of the test specimens under uniform compression. Test results show that both the compressive strength and stiffness of an RHS member can be increased significantly compared to its unreinforced counterpart even when only the central quarter of the member is reinforced. Based on the limited test data, it can be concluded that partial reinforcement is, in general, more effective in members with larger slenderness ratios. A simple design expression is also proposed to predict the compressive strength of RHS columns partially reinforced along their length with welded steel plates by modifying the provisions of AISC 360-10 to account for the partial reinforcement.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권2호
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• pp.215-225
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• 2020

Thin films easily wrinkle under compressive loading due to their small bending stiffness resulting from their tiny thickness. For a thin film deposited on a functionally graded substrate with non-uniform stiffness exponentially changes along the length span in this paper, the uniaxial wrinkling problem is solved analytically in terms of hyper-Bessel functions. For infinite, semi-infinite and finite length systems the wrinkling load and wrinkling wavenumber are determined and compared with those in literature. In comparison with a homogeneous substrate-bounded film in which the wrinkling pattern is uniform along the length span, for a functionally graded substrate-film system the wrinkles accumulate around the softer location of the functionally graded substrate. Therefore, the effective length of the film influenced by the wrinkles decreases, the amplitude of the wrinkles on softer regions of the functionally graded substrate grows and the wrinkling load of the functionally graded substrates with higher softening rate decreases more. The results of the current research are expected to be useful in science and technology of thin films and wrinkling of the structures especially living tissues.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.93-100
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• 1998

본 논문은 고성능 철근콘크리트 보의 휨강성, 소성힌지 길이 및 소성힌지의 회전능력에 관한 연구이다. 실험은 철근비, 콘크리트 강도 및 하중 재하형태(1점가력과 2점가력)를 변수로 하여 총 15개의 철근콘크리트 단순보에 대하여 행하여 졌다. 콘크리트의 실린더 압축강도가 700kg/${cm}^2$, 슬럼프 20~25 cm 및 슬럼프 플로우가 60~70cm인 고성능 철근콘크리트 및 보통 강도 철근콘크리트 단순보의 휨실험결과, 본 실험의 경우에 고성능 철근콘크리트 보의 극한 곡률을 구할 때는 ${\varepsilon}_{cu}=0.0047$의 값을 사용할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 고성능 철근콘크리트 단순보의 휨강성을 평가하기 위해 유효단면 2차 모멘트를 구하는 식과 고성능콘크리트 단순보에 2점 하중을 가하는 경우 등가 소성힌지 길이를 구하는 식이 본 실험의 경우에 대해서 제시되었다. 극한 모멘트 상태에서 이러한 식을 사용하여 구한 처짐값은 실험값과 비교적 일치하게 나타났다.