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Analysis of Progressive Fracture in Concrete using Finite Elements with Embedded Discontinuous Line (내부 불연속 요소를 사용한 콘크리트의 파괴진행해석)

  • 송하원;우승민;김형운
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.450-455
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, finite element with embedded discontinuous line is introduced in order to avoid the difficulties of adding new nodal points along with crack growth in discrete crack model. With the discontinuous element using discontinuous shape function, stiffness matrix of finite element is derived and dual mapping technique for numerical integration is employed. Using the finite element program made with employed algorithms, algorithm is verified and fracture analysis of simple concrete beam is performed.

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Temperature distribution & heat transfer of rectangular cross section by the higher-order triangular finite element method (고차 삼각형 유한요소에 의한 구형단면의 온도분포와 열전달)

  • 용호택;서정일;조진호
    • Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.24-29
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    • 1981
  • This paper is studied an efficient temperature distribution and heat transfer of two-dimensional rectangular cross-section by the higher-order triangular finite dynamic element and finite difference. This is achieved by employing a discretization technique based on a recently developed concept of finite dynamic elements, involving higher order dynamic correction terms in the associated stiffness and convection matrices. Numerical solution results of temperature distribution presented herein clearly optimum element and show that FEM10 is the most accurate temperature distribution, but heat transfer and computational effort is the most acquired.

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NATURAL ORTHONORMAL BASES ASSOCIATED WITH FINITE FRAMES

  • Ha, Young-Hwa;Ryu, Han-Young
    • Honam Mathematical Journal
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2007
  • In this paper we show that for each finite frame for a Hilbert space there are two orthonormal elements related to the optimal lower and upper bounds of the frame. Based on this we show that an orthonormal basis is naturally associated with every finite frame. We then analyze the relationship between such an orthonormal basis and the given finite frame.

Numerical Evaluation of Fundamental Finite Element Models in Bar and Beam Structures (Bar와 Beam 구조물의 기본적인 유한요소 모델의 수치해석)

  • Ryu, Yong-Hee;Ju, Bu-Seog;Jung, Woo-Young;Limkatanyu, Suchart
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2013
  • The finite element analysis (FEA) is a numerical technique to find solutions of field problems. A field problem is approximated by differential equations or integral expressions. In a finite element, the field quantity is allowed to have a simple spatial variation in terms of linear or polynomial functions. This paper represents a review and an accuracy-study of the finite element method comparing the FEA results with the exact solution. The exact solutions were calculated by solid mechanics and FEA using matrix stiffness method. For this study, simple bar and cantilever models were considered to evaluate four types of basic elements - constant strain triangle (CST), linear strain triangle (LST), bi-linear-rectangle(Q4),and quadratic-rectangle(Q8). The bar model was subjected to uniaxial loading whereas in case of the cantilever model moment loading was used. In the uniaxial loading case, all basic element results of the displacement and stress in x-direction agreed well with the exact solutions. In the moment loading case, the displacement in y-direction using LST and Q8 elements were acceptable compared to the exact solution, but CST and Q4 elements had to be improved by the mesh refinement.

Structural Analysis of Two-dimensional Continuum by Finite Element Method (유한요소법에 의한 이차원연속체의 구조해석)

  • 이재영;고재군
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.83-100
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    • 1980
  • This study was intended to computerize the structural analysis of two-dimensional continuum by finite element method, and to provide a preparatory basis for more sophisticated and more generalized computer programs of this kind. A computer program, applicable to any shape of two-dimensional continuum, was formulated on the basis of 16-degree-of- freedom rectangular element. Various computational aspects pertaining to the implementation of finite element method were reviewed and settled in the course of programming. The validity of the program was checked through several case studies. To assess the accuracy and the convergence characteristics of the method, the results computed by the program were compared with solutions by other methods, namely the analytical Navier's method and the framework method. Through actual programming and analysis of the computed results, the following facts were recognized; 1) The stiffness matrix should necessarily be assembled in a condensed form in order to make it possible to discretize the continuum into practically adequate number of elements without using back-up storage. 2) For minimization of solution time, in-core solution of the equilibrium equation is essential. LDLT decomposition is recommended for stiffness matrices condensed by the compacted column storage scheme. 3) As for rectangular plates, the finite element method shows better performances both in the accuracy and in the rate of convergence than the framework method. As the number of elements increases, the error of the finite element method approaches around 1%. 4) Regardless of the structural shape, there is a uniform tendency in convergence characteristics dependent on the shape of element. Square elements show the best performance. 5) The accuracy of computation is independent of the interpolation function selected.

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A Computer Program for 2-D Fluid-Structure-Soil Interaction Analysis (2차원 유체- 구조물-지반 상호작용해석 전산프로그램)

  • 김재민
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.427-434
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents a computer program for a 2-D fluid-structure-soil interaction analysis. With this computer program the fluid can be modeled by a spurious free 4-node displacement-based fluid element which uses rotational penalty and mass projection technique in conjunction with the one point reduced integration scheme to remove the spurious zero energy modes. The structure and near field soil are discretized by the standard finite elements while the unbounded far field soil are discretized by the standard finite elements while the unbounded far field soil is represented by the frequency dependent dynamic infinite elements. Sine this method models directly the fluid-structure-soil system it can be applied to the dynamci analysis of 2-D liquid storage structure with complex geometry. For the purpose of verification dynamic analyses for tanks on a rigid foundation and on compliant embankment are carried out. Comparison of the present results with those by ANSYS program shows good agreement.

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Determination of S.I.F. for Mixed Mode Crack and Development of Accuracy (혼합모드 균열의 응력확대계수 해석과 정도 개선에 대한 고찰)

  • Bae, Won-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.355-361
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    • 2004
  • The finite element method were used to determine the stress intensity factor of cracked plate. The stress method, displacement method and J Integral are most popular finte element method. ANSYS proposed another a kind of displacement method. In this paper, it was examined that the accuracy and utility of the ANSYS method could believable to determine the stress intensity factors of centered inclined crack. Generally, inclined crack has two portion of stress intensity factors, tensile mode F1 and shear mode F2. For the purpose of increasing the accuracy of stress intensity factors, examined the effect of the numbers of nodes and elements, crack tip element size and number of partition of the crack tip vicinity. It was found that the method proposed by ANSYS is useful and has high accuracy. Accuracy of calculated stress intensity factors was increased by increase of the number of nodes and elements, and at the small size of crack tip elements can get more highly accuracy.

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Elastic Analysis of the Mode III Crack Problem (모드III 탄성 균열문제 해석에 대한 연구)

  • 김윤영;윤민수
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.941-949
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    • 1995
  • An efficient method based on analytic solutions is applied to solve anti-plane Mode III crack problems. The analytic technique developed earlier by the present authors for Laplace's equation in a simply-connected region is now extended to general Mode III crack problems. Unlike typical numerical methods which require fine meshing near crack tips, the present method divides the cracked bodies, typically non-convex or multiply-connected, into only a few super elements. In each super element, an element stiffness matrix, relating the series coefficients of the traction and displacement, is first formed. Then an assembly algorithm similar to that used in the finite elements, is first formed. Then an assembly algorithm similar to that used in the finite elements, is developed. A big advantage of the present method is that only the boundary conditions are to be satisfied in the solution procedure due to the use of analytic solutions. Several numerical results demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the present method.

Automatic Mesh Generation with Quadrilateral Finite Elements (사각형 유한요소망의 자동생성)

  • 채수원;신보성;민중기
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.2995-3006
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    • 1993
  • An automatic mesh generation scheme has been developed for finite element analysis with two-dimensional, quadrilateral elements. The basic strategies of the method are to transform the analysis domain into loops with key nodes and the loops are recursively subdivided into subloops with the use of best split lines. Finally by using the basic loop operators, the meshes are completed. In this algorithm an eight-node loop operator is proposed, which is useful in the area where the change of element size is large and the splitting criteria for subdividing the loops have also been modified to the existing algorithms. Lines, arcs, and cubic spline curves are used to define the boundaries of analysis domain. Sample meshes for several geometries are presented to demonstrate the robustness of the algorithm.

Analysis of corrugated board panels under compression load

  • Biancolini, M.E.;Brutti, C.;Porziani, S.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2009
  • This paper is focused on the buckling and post buckling behaviour of rectangular corrugated board panels simply supported and subjected to compression load. The aim of the work is to understand the failure mechanism of investigated structure in order to quantify the effect of design parameters on the strength of a panel of given geometry. Two numerical models were developed adopting the finite element method. In the first one the corrugated board is represented by means of shell elements adopting an equivalent material, in the second the local structure is described in full detail modelling both straight and corrugated layers by means of shell elements and representing the connection between layers by special interface elements. The model correctness was checked by the comparison between out of plane central displacement predicted by the models and the experimental values found in literature. For the same case the effect of panel planarity error was evaluated. Finally a parametric analysis to investigate the effect of design parameters was carried out.