• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a new concept for error estimation in finite element solutions, which we call mode-based error estimation. The proposed error estimation predicts a posteriori error calculated by the difference between the direct finite element (FE) approximation and the recovered FE approximation. The mode-based FE formulation for the recently developed self-updated finite element is employed to calculate the recovered solution. The formulation is constructed by searching for optimal bending directions for each element, and deep learning is adopted to help find the optimal bending directions. Through various numerical examples using four-node quadrilateral finite elements, we demonstrate the improved predictive capability of the proposed error estimator compared with other competitive methods.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권5호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2019

This paper will compare $T3{\gamma}_s$ and MITC3 elements, both these two elements are three-node triangular plate bending elements with three degrees of freedom per node. The formulation of the $T3{\gamma}_s$ and MITC3 elements is rather simple and has already been widely used. This paper will prove that the shear strain formulation of these two elements is identical even though they are obtained from two different methods. A single element is used to test the formulation of shear strain matrices. Numerical tests for circular plate cases compared with the exact solutions and with DKMT element will complete this review to verify the performances and show the convergence of these two elements.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2014

PURPOSES : This paper numerically evaluates the contribution of transverse steel to the structural behavior of continuously reinforced concrete pavements to understand the role of transverse steel. METHODS : Two-lane continuously reinforced concrete pavements with and without transverse steel were analyzed through finite element analysis with the aid of commercial finite element analysis program DIANA; the difference in their structural behavior such as deflection, joint opening, and stress distribution was then evaluated. Twenty-node brick elements and three-node beam elements were used to model concrete and steel, respectively. Sub-layers were modeled with horizontal and vertical tensionless spring elements. The interactions between steel and surrounding concrete were considered by connecting their nodes with three orthogonal spring elements. Both wheel loading and environmental loading in addition to self-weight were considered. RESULTS : The use of transverse steel in continuously reinforced concrete pavements does not have significant effects on the structural behavior. The surface deflections change very little with the use of transverse steel. The joint opening decreases when transverse steel is used but the reduction is quite small. The transverse concrete stress, rather, increases when transverse steel is used due to the restraint exerted by the steel but the increase is quite small as well. CONCLUSIONS : The main role of transverse steel in continuously reinforced concrete pavements is supporting longitudinal steel and/or controlling unexpected longitudinal cracks rather than enhancing the structural capacity.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.25-34
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• 1993

지하구조물은 일반적으로 영역의 무한성, 다양한 하중, 복합적인 구성재료 등으로 인하여 그 거동의 해석이 난이하다. 특히, 장기거동이 중요시되는 연약지반의 굴착문제 등에 있어서는 시간에 의존하는 점탄소성거동을 해석에 고려하여야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 점탄소성거동을 해석하는 방법으로서, 내부요소를 사용하지 않은 경계요소 해석방법을 유도하고, 정계요소와 유한요소를 조합하여 해석하는 방법을 도출하였다. 점탄소성을 고려한 지배적분방정식에서 점소성응력에 대한 영역적분은 극좌표를 이용한 직접적분방법을 적용하여 경계적분화하였고, 이에 따른 계방정식을 이용하여 프로그램화하였다. 또한 경제요소 프로그램을 점소성 유한요소 프로그램과 조합하여 굴착면 주위에 발생하는 시간의존 비탄성거동을 합리적으로 해석하도록 하였다. 경계요소해석 및 조합해석 결과는 정해 및 유한요소해석의 결과와 비교하여 검토하였다. 비교결과 내부요소를 사용하지 않은 경계요소법으로는 국부적인 응력집중으로 인한 비선형성이 충분히 고려되지 못함을 알 수 있었다. 반면에 유한요소-경계요소 조합방법으로는 상대적으로 많은 자유도를 가진 타 방법에 비교하여 합리적인 결과를 얻음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 시간에 의존되는 비탄성체의 해석에 있어서 조합방법을 사용하면 하중조건과 경계조건에 따르는 구조물의 거동을 합리적으로 예측할 수 있으며, 유한요소와 경계요소의 장점을 살려 보다 효용적인 해석의 수행이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.561-562
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• 2008

The numerical analysis of sound radiation by vibrating structure is a well known and mature technology used in many industries. Accurate methods based on the boundary or finite element method have been successfully developed over the last two decades and are now available in standard CAE tools. These methods are however known to require significant computational resources which, furthermore, very quickly increase with the frequency of interest. The low speed of most current methods is a main obstacle for a systematic use of acoustic CAE in industrial design processes. In this paper we are going to present a set of innovative techniques that significantly speed-up the calculation of acoustic radiation indicators (acoustic pressure, velocity, intensity and power; contribution vectors). The modeling is based on the well known combination of finite elements and infinite elements but also combines the following ingredients to obtain a very high performance: o a multi-frontal massively parallel sparse direct solver; o a multi-frequency solver based on the Krylov method; o the use of pellicular acoustic modes as a vector basis for representing acoustic excitations; o the numerical evaluation of Green functions related to the specific geometry of the problem under investigation. All these ingredients are embedded in the ACTRAN/AR CAE tool which provides unprecedented performance for acoustic radiation analysis. The method will be demonstrated on several applications taken from various industries.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.71-80
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• 1989

본 연구에서는 무한요소의 개념을 선형파의 회절 및 방사문제에 적용하는 방법에 대해서 연구하였다. 유체의 동압에 의한 하중은 관성력이 중요하다고 가정하여, 점성효과는 무시하였다. 물체 주변의 내부영역은 통상적인 유한요소를 사용하여 모형화하였으며, 외부영역은 특수한 형상함수를 갖는 무한요소로 모형화하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 무한요소의 형상함수는, 외부영역의 속도포텐셜을 보다 잘 나타내기 위하여, 외부영역의 해를 해석적 고유함수로 표시하였을 때 나타나는 진행파항과 첫번째 산란파항의 점근적인 형태를 사용하여 결정하였으며, 수치해석상의 효율성을 증가시키기 위하여, 무한요소의 시스템행렬 구성시 나타나게 되는 무한방향으로의 적분을 해석적으로 수행하였다. 본 무한요소의 효율성 및 타당성을 입증하기 위하여, 실제 많이 응용되고 있는 연직 축대칭 구조물을 대상으로 수치해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석결과, 아주 적은 수의 요소로 유체영역을 분할했음에도 불구하고, 적분방정식을 이용한 기존의 여러결과들과 아주 잘 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 해석의 효율성과 해의 정확도에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 무한요소의 위치와 유한요소의 크기에 대한 기준설정을 위한 수치실험도 수행하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.107-130
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• 2006

The paper deals with the numerical solution of the dynamic problem of masonry structures. Masonry is modelled as a non-linear elastic material with zero tensile strength and infinite compressive strength. Due to the non-linearity of the adopted constitutive equation, the equations of the motion must be integrated directly. In particular, we apply the Newmark or the Hilber-Hughes-Taylor methods implemented in code NOSA to perform the time integration of the system of ordinary differential equations obtained from discretising the structure into finite elements. Moreover, with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of these two methods, some dynamic problems, whose explicit solutions are known, have been solved numerically. Comparisons between the exact solutions and the corresponding approximate solutions obtained via the Newmark and Hilber-Hughes-Taylor methods show that in the cases under consideration both numerical methods yield satisfactory results.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.343-366
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• 1988

Craniofacial complex is influenced by numerical skeletal elements. Though the analysis of growth change has been done by various analytical methods, it was dependent on any method of registration and superimposition, based on reference plane and reference point. However, the craniofacial growth is composed of a number of local growth elements. Therefore, it will be necessary to use a clinically useful method for estimating craniofacial skeletal growth independently. The author analysed longitudinal cephalometric roentgenogram of 15 Korean males and 15 Korean females aged from 6 to 12 years by the finite element method and results were as follows : 1. The finite element method for craniofacial skeletal complex and soft tissue made it possible to analyze the independent local growth. 2. Regression equations from the value of each strain will make it possible to predict the craniofacial growth. 3. The growth of anterior cranial base was different from that of other facial bone. 4. The growth of posterior cranial base influenced the growth of upper pharyngeal region, midfacial region, maxilla and posterior region of mandible. 5. The growth of maxillary complex was vertical rather than horizontal. 6. The growth direction of ramus, mandibular body, alveolar bone was various. 7. The relation between hard tissue and soft tissue by finite element method was variant.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1785-1795
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• 2001

A multi-layered brick element fur the finite element method is developed for analyzing the three-dim-ensionally layered composite structures subjected to both thermal and mechanical boundary conditions. The element has eight nodes with one degree of freedom for the temperature and three for the display-ements at each node, and can contain arbitrary number of layers with different material properties with-in the element; the conventional element should contain one material within an element. Thus the total number of nodes and elements, which are needed to analyze the multi-layered composite structures, can be tremendously reduced. In solving the global equation, a partitioning technique is used to obtain the temperature and the displacements which are caused by both the mechanical boundary conditions and temperature distributions. The results by using the developed element are compared wish the commercial package, ANSYS and the conventional finite element methods, and they are in good agreement. It is also shown that the Number of nodes and elements can be tremendously reduced using the element without losing the numerical accuracies.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.85-102
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• 1999

With the advent of computer, the finite element method has become a most powerful numerical method for structural analysis. However, bridge designers are reluctant to use it in their designs because of its complex nature and its being time consuming in the preparation of the input data and analyzing the results. This paper describes the development of a computer based finite element model using the idea of eccentric beam elements for the analysis of slab-on-girder bridges. The proposed method is supported by a laboratory test using a reinforced concrete bridge model. Other bridge analytical schemes are also introduced and compared with the proposed method. The main aim of the comparison is to prove the effectiveness of the shell and eccentric beam modelling in the studies of lateral load distribution of slab-on-girder bridges. It is concluded that the proposed finite element method gives a closer to real idealization and its developed computer program, SHECAN, is also very simple to use. It is highly recommended to use it as an analytical tool for the design of slab-on-girder bridges.