• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.401-415
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• 2017

A new higher shear deformation theory (HSDT) is presented for the thermal buckling behavior of functionally graded (FG) sandwich plates. It uses only four unknowns, which is even less than the first shear deformation theory (FSDT) and the conventional HSDTs. The theory considers a hyperbolic variation of transverse shear stress, respects the traction free boundary conditions and contrary to the conventional HSDTs, the present one presents a new displacement field which includes undetermined integral terms. Material characteristics and thermal expansion coefficient of the sandwich plate faces are considered to be graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The core layer is still homogeneous and made of an isotropic material. The thermal loads are supposed as uniform, linear and non-linear temperature rises within the thickness direction. An energy based variational principle is used to derive the governing equations as an eigenvalue problem. The validation of the present work is carried out with the available results in the literature. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the influences of variations of volume fraction index, length-thickness ratio, loading type and functionally graded layers thickness on nondimensional thermal buckling loads.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.175-189
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• 2023

The under-evaluation structure includes a functionally graded porous (FGP) core which is confined by two piezoelectric carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (CNTRC) layers. The whole structure rests on the Pasternak foundation. Using quasi-3D hyperbolic shear deformation theory, governing equations of a sandwich plate are driven. Moreover, face sheets are subjected to the electric field and the whole model is under thermal loading. The properties of all layers alter continuously along with thickness direction due to the CNTs and pores distributions. By conducting the current study, the results emerged in detail to assess the effects of different parameters on buckling of structure. As instance, it is revealed that highest and lowest critical buckling load and consequently stiffness, is due to the V-A and A-V CNTs dispersion type, respectively. Furthermore, it is revealed that by porosity coefficient enhancement, critical buckling load and consequently, stiffness reduces dramatically. Current paper results can be used in various high-tech industries as aerospace factories.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제86권4호
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• pp.519-533
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• 2023

This work focuses on the dynamic analysis of thermal barrier coated straight and curved turbine blades modelled as functionally graded sandwich panel under thermal environment. The pre- twisted straight/curved blade model is considered to be fixed to the hub and, the complete assembly of the hub and blade are assumed to be rotating. The functionally graded sandwich composite blade is comprised of functionally graded face-sheet material and metal alloy core. The constituents' material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent, however, the overall properties are evaluated using Voigt's micromechanical scheme in conjunction with the modified power-law functions. The blade model kinematics is based on the equivalent single-layer shear deformation theory. The equations of motion are derived using the extended Hamilton's principle by including the effect of centrifugal forces, and further solved via 2D- isoparametric finite element approximations. The mesh refinement and validation tests are performed to illustrate the stability and accurateness of the present model. In addition, frequency characteristics of the pre-twisted rotating sandwich blades are computed under thermal environment at various sets of parametric conditions such as twist angles, thickness ratios, aspect ratios, layer thickness ratios, volume fractions, rotational velocity and blade curvatures which can be further useful for designing the blade type structures under turbine operating conditions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권3호
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• pp.289-304
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• 2023

The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of porosity on the buckling behavior of thick functionally graded sandwich plate resting on various boundary conditions under different in-plane loads. The formulation is made for a newly developed sandwich plate using a functional gradient material based on a modified power law function of symmetric and asymmetric configuration. Four different porosity distribution are considered and varied in accordance with material propriety variation in the thickness direction of the face sheets of sandwich plate, metal foam also is considered in this study on the second model of sandwich which containing metal foam core and FGM face sheets. New quasi-3D high shear deformation theory is used here for this investigate; the present kinematic model introduces only six variables with stretching effect by adopting a new indeterminate integral variable in the displacement field. The stability equations are obtained by Hamilton's principle then solved by generalized solution. The effect of Pasternak and Winkler elastic foundations also including here. the present model validated with those found in the open literature, then the impact of different parameters: porosities index, foam cells distribution, boundary conditions, elastic foundation, power law index, ratio aspect, side-to-thickness ratio and different in-plane axial loads on the variation of the buckling behavior are demonstrated.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.503-517
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• 2022

This paper presents the mechanical buckling of bi-directional functionally graded sandwich beams (BFGSW) with various boundary conditions employing a quasi-3D beam theory, including an integral term in the displacement field, which reduces the number of unknowns and governing equations. The beams are composed of three layers. The core is made from two constituents and varies across the thickness; however, the covering layers of the beams are made of bidirectional functionally graded material (BFGSW) and vary smoothly along the beam length and thickness directions. The power gradation model is considered to estimate the variation of material properties. The used formulation reflects the transverse shear effect and uses only three variables without including the correction factor used in the first shear deformation theory (FSDT) proposed by Timoshenko. The principle of virtual forces is used to obtain stability equations. Moreover, the impacts of the control of the power-law index, layer thickness ratio, length-to-depth ratio, and boundary conditions on buckling response are demonstrated. Our contribution in the present work is applying an analytical solution to investigate the stability behavior of bidirectional FG sandwich beams under various boundary conditions.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1141-1153
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 IPTV 표준화 기구인 ITU-T IPTV FG(Focus Group)에서 제안한 IPTV 참조 모델을 기반으로 라이브 IPTV 방송이 고객에게 전달되는 과정을 네트워크 관점에서 분석하여 각 네트워크 특성에 맞는 멀티캐스트 기법을 적용한 혼합형 오버레이 멀티캐스트 네트워크인 ONLIS(Overlay Multicast Network for Live IPTV Service)를 제안한다. IPTV 방송사 네트워크와 네트워크 서비스 제공자의 백본 네트워크에는 안정적인 스트립 분산과 효율적인 트래픽 관리를 위해 전용 서버 기반의 오버레이 멀티캐스트 네트워크를 적용하고, 종단 사용자가 네트워크에 접속하는 구간인 액세스 네트워크 구간은 P2P 방식 오버레이 네트워크를 구성하여 서버 부하 절감효과를 얻을 수 있다. P2P 기술을 이용하여 라이브 스트림을 전송할 때 해결해야 할 가장 중요한 과제는 전송 지연 단축과 전송 스트림 품질 향상이다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 P2P 관련 기술을 제시한다. 제안 기술은 서버 기반과 P2P 기반의 혼합형 오버레이 멀티캐스트 네트워크의 장점을 활용한 분산 스트리밍 P2P 트리(DSPT: Distributed Streaming P2P Tree)를 이용한 전송 기법이다. 제안하는 P2P 전송 방식은 전적으로 피어에 스트림 전송을 의존하지 않고 액세스 네트워크의 전용 오버레이 멀티캐스트 전송 장비인 릴레이(Relay)와 협조하는 방식으로, 피어에 장애가 발생하면 즉시 릴레이로부터 스트림 수신을 재개하여 끊김 없는 스트림 서비스를 받을 수 있다. 또한, 하나의 스트림을 여러 서버와 경로를 통해 전송할 수 있는 분산 스트리밍 기법을 적용하여 공급 피어의 전송 대역폭 허용하는 범위 내에서 스트림을 전송하고, 나머지는 로컬 액세스 네트워크의 오버레이 전송 장비로부터 수신하여 P2P 네트워크의 전송 효율성을 향상하였다.