• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제81권3호
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• pp.317-333
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• 2022

Visco-Plastic Damper (VPD) as a passive energy dissipation device with dual behavior has been recently numerically studied. It consists of two bent steel plates and segments with a viscoelastic solid material in between, combining and improving characteristics of both displacement-dependent and velocity-dependent devices. In order to trust the performance of VPD, for the 1st time this paper experimentally investigates prototype damper behavior under a wide range of frequency and amplitude of dynamic loading. A high-axial damping rubber is innovatively proposed as the viscoelastic layer designed to withstand large axial strains and dissipate energy accordingly. Test results confirmed all assumptions about VPD. The behavior of VPD subjected to low levels of excitation is elastic while with increasing levels of excitation, a significant source of energy dissipation is provided through the yielding of the steel elements in addition to the viscoelastic energy dissipation. The results showed energy dissipation of 99.35 kN.m under a dynamic displacement with 14.095 mm amplitude and 0.333 Hz frequency. Lateral displacement at the middle of the device was created with an amplification factor obtained ranging from 2.108 to 3.242 in the rubber block. Therefore, the energy dissipation of viscoelastic material of VPD was calculated 18.6 times that of the ordinary viscoelastic damper.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.206-216
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• 2002

유한요소법은 다양한 공학문제에 대해 수치적으로 해를 구하는 방법으로, 유한개의 요소를 이용하여 모형의 형상을 자유롭게 설정할 수 있기 때문에 3차원 모델링에 많이 적용된다. 공학에서 모델링은 해의 정확도와 계산시간이 중요한 의미를 가지므로, 유한요소법을 이용할 경우 주어진 공간에 대해 물리적인 연속성을 가지며 간단한 방법으로 요소를 구성하는 것이 효율적이다. 그러나 기존의 유한요소법에서는 구조적으로 복잡한 대상에 대해서 체계적인 요소 구성방식이 존재하나, 기하학적으로 단순한 원통형 물체에 대해서는 원통의 중심부에 대한 묘사가 자유롭지 못하다. 이 연구에서는 기존의 좌표변환식에서 처리할 수 없었던 좌표계의 원점을 수학적으로 정의하여 완전한 원통 좌표계에서의 유한요소법을 구성하고자 한다. 원통 좌표계에서는 모든 영역을 육면체 요소로 구성하여 유한요소법을 적용할 수 있으므로 원통형 물체나 공간으로 표현되는 시스템의 구조해석에 효율적이다. 한편, 이 방법은 단일 시추공과 지표의 탐사선으로 구성된 새로운 방식의 시추공-지표간 전기비저항 탐사법을 수행할 수 있는 기초를 제공하며, 이를 이용할 경우 전기비저항탐사의 환경 분야에 대한 적용성을 높일 것으로 판단한다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2017

유럽, 미국을 비롯한 일본 등 선진 업계에서는 오랜 기간의 시험을 거쳐 충격계수의 시험결과를 보유하고 있으며, 장비를 설계할 때 이를 적용하여 구조물의 안정성을 확보하고 있다. 그러나 국내 산업체의 실정으로는 실제 구조물이 받는 여러 가지 동적인 외력에 의한 영향을 시험을 통해 충격계수를 확보하기에는 많은 비용과 시간이 소요되기 때문에 선진업체에서 제공하는 충격계수를 활용하여 장비를 설계하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 유한요소해석 프로그램인 NX/NASTRAN을 이용하여 반도체 검사 장비인 PCB Handler의 정하중해석과 충격하중에 대한 과도응답 해석을 진행하고, 변위 결과를 비교하는 방법으로 충격계수를 산출하였다. 충격계수 산출 방법은 일본 구조 구격에서 사용하고 있는 방법을 적용하였으며, PCB Handler가 검사를 위해 급출발 또는 급정지 시 충격계수는 1.27로 산출되었다. 해석으로 얻어낸 충격계수는 향후 장비의 구조개선과 기존장비를 기반으로 제품 개발 시 사용할 수 있어 업계에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Advances in biomechanics and applications
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.127-141
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• 2014

A preliminary study of a new pulsatile pump that will work to a frequency greater than 1 Hz, is presented. The fluid-structure interaction between a Newtonian blood flow and a piston drive that moves with periodic speed is simulated. The mechanism is of double effect and has four valves, two at the input flow and two at the output flow; the valves are simulated with specified velocity of closing and reopening. The simulation is made with finite elements software named COMSOL Multiphysics 3.3 to resolve the flow in a preliminary planar configuration. The geometry is 2D to determine areas of high speeds and high shear stresses that can cause hemolysis and platelet aggregation. The opening and closing valves are modelled by solid structure interacting with flow, the rhythmic opening and closing are synchronized with the piston harmonic movement. The boundary conditions at the input and output areas are only normal traction with reference pressure. On the other hand, the fluid structure interactions are manifested due to the non-slip boundary conditions over the piston moving surfaces, moving valve contours and fix pump walls. The non-physiologic frequency pulsatile pump, from the viewpoint of fluid flow analysis, is predicted feasible and with characteristic of low hemolysis and low thrombogenesis, because the stress tension and resident time are smaller than the limit and the vortices are destroyed for the periodic flow.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2016

Unlike the commonly used On/Off solenoid, constant attraction force which is independent of plunger displacement is a considerably important characteristic to proportional solenoid of the EPPR Valve. Attraction force uniformity is mainly affected by the internal shape design parameters. Due to a number of shape design parameters, the optimal parameter values are very complex and time consuming to find by trial and error method. Much research has been conducted or are still in progress to find the optimal parameter values by applying various optimization techniques like Genetic Algorithm, Evolution Strategy, Simulated Annealing, or the Taguchi method. In this paper, the design parameters which have primary effects on the attraction force uniformity and the average attraction force are decided by main effects analysis of Design of Experiments. Optimal parameter values are derived using finite-element analysis and a neural network model.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권3호
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• pp.319-330
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• 2020

This paper investigates the free vibrations of cylindrical shells made of time-dependent materials for different viscoelastic models under various boundary conditions. During the extraction of equations, the displacement field is estimated through the first-order shear deformation theory taking into account the transverse normal strain effect. The constitutive equations follow Hooke's Law, and the kinematic relations are linear. The assumption of axisymmetric is included in the problem. The governing equations of thick viscoelastic cylindrical shell are determined for Maxwell, Kelvin-Voigt and the first and second types of Zener's models based on Hamilton's principle. The motion equations involve four coupled partial differential equations and an analytical method based on the elementary theory of differential equations is used for its solution. Relying on the results, the natural frequencies and mode shapes of viscoelastic shells are identified. Conducting a parametric study, we examine the effects of geometric and mechanical properties and boundary conditions, as well as the effect of transverse normal strain on natural frequencies. The results in this paper are compared against the results obtained from the finite elements analysis. The results suggest that solutions achieved from the two methods are ideally consistent in a special range.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제15권4호통권65호
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• pp.435-445
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• 2003

인장구조물에서의 인장재는 가장 중요한 부재임에도 불구하고, 현재 인장재에 발생하는 현장에서 효과적으로 측정하는 방법에는 어려운 점이 많다. 기존의 측정방법으로는 일시적 또는 특정부재의 측정은 가능하지만 전체부재의 측정과 장기간 측정은 불가능하다. 이에 인장재의 인장력을 측정하기 위한 방법을 제시하고, 인장력이 작용하였을 때 탄성상태에서 부재가 선형적으로 변형하는 성질을 이용하여 인장재의 인장력을 효과적으로 측정하기 위한 방법을 제시하였다. 또한 측정장치의 개발에 필요한 자료를 제공하고자 유한요소해석을 수행하였고, 시험체를 제작하여 실험을 실시하여 해석의 결과를 검증하였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2008

In the design process of an automobile part, several analysis methods are usually utilized to evaluate the performance of the part. However, most automobile design engineers do not directly utilize CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) tools since specific skills are required to obtain practical results. Moreover, CAE requires a huge amount of computation time and cost. In order to resolve these problems, a new design approach named First Order Analysis (FOA) technique has been proposed. In this paper, the FOA technique is employed to design a vehicle sub-frame. An equivalent model of the vehicle sub-frame which only consists of beam elements is proposed and the modal properties obtained with the model are compared to those obtained with a full scale finite element model. The effect of some parameter tolerances on the modal characteristics of the vehicle sub-frame is investigated by employing the FOA equivalent model.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2014

Modern design of long suspension bridges must satisfy at the same time spanning very long distances and limiting their response against several external loads, even if of high intensity. Structural Control, with the solutions it provides, can offer a reliable contribution to limit internal forces and deformations in structural elements when extreme events occur. This positive aspect is very interesting when the dimensions of the structure are large. Herein, an updated numerical model of an existing suspension bridge is developed in a commercial finite element work frame, starting from original data. This model is used to reevaluate an optimization procedure for a passive control strategy, already proven effective with a simplified model of the buffeting wind forces. Such optimization procedure, previously implemented with a quasi-steady model of the buffeting excitation, is here reevaluated adopting a more refined version of the wind-structure interaction forces in which wind actions are applied on the towers and the cables considering drag forces only. For the deck a more refined formulation, based on the use of indicial functions, is adopted to reflect coupling with the bridge orientation and motion. It is shown that there is no variation of the previously identified optimal passive configuration.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.667-675
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• 2020

The current study compares the effect of structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) on the dynamic responses of adjacent buildings and isolated structures including soil-structure interaction (SSI) with the responses of fixed-base structures. Structural responses such as the relative acceleration, displacement, drift and shear force were considered under earthquake ground motion excitation. For this purpose, 5-, 10- and 15-story structures with 2-bay moment resisting frames resting on shallow foundations were modeled as a group of buildings in soft soil media. Viscous lateral boundaries and interface elements were applied to the soil model to simulate semi-infinite soil media, frictional contact and probable slip under seismic excitation. The direct method was employed for fully nonlinear time-history dynamic analysis in OpenSees using 3D finite element soil-structure models with different building positions. The results showed that the responses of the grouped structures were strongly influenced by the adjacent structures. The responses were as much as 4 times greater for drift and 2.3 times greater for shear force than the responses of fixed-base models.