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Development of Finite Element Structural Design System using Object-Oriented Concept (객체지향개념을 이용한 유한요소 구조설계 시스템 개발)

  • 이상갑;장승조
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.83-94
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated environment system for finite element structural analysis using OOA(Object-Oriented Analysis) and OOD(Object-Oriented Design), with may reduce inconveniencies in use such as file input of macro command and improve lacks of graphic presentation in the established finite element analysis program. This paper is attempted to suggest an easy approach to object-oriented concept and convenient programming. Two languages are used together in this paper instead of single C++ language for the development of object-oriented program. : Visual Basic with CDK(Custom Development Kit), and Borland C++ with OWL(Object Windows Library).

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A study on Optimum Design of the Frame for Mechanical Press (기계식 프레스 Frame의 최적설계에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Baek-Hui;Ryu, Byeong-Sun
    • 연구논문집
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    • s.22
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 1992
  • This paper aims at calculating optimum design dimensions to minimize the weight satisfied strain and stress intensity of the frame while loading maximum weight into a mechanical press in the static condition. Analysis of the frame was carried out by using the FEM, then the optimum condition was obtained by using these data. As modeling in the finite element analysis has great impact on the reliablity of analysis results, the analyzed object was selected a 150-ton mechanical press of J Company, the part little affected to structural rigidity was simplified, the load condition was considered in the only maximum load, the boundary condition was used by giving symmetric displacement due to symmetric boundary condition, the finite element was applied a linear membrane element. An intermediate processor program applied the normal ANSYS to analyze finite elements was developed, and the design sensitivity was calculated. This program was applied to the optimum design.

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Structural Anaysis of High Pressure Steam Turbine Casings for Power Plants Using the BEM and the FEM (경계요소법과 유한요소법을 이용한 발전용 고압 증기터빈 케이싱의 구조해석)

  • 조종래
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.609-616
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    • 1998
  • Structural analyses are preformed for the high pressure steam turbine casings of the nuclear and the fossil power plants. An axisymmetric boundary element program for analysis of the casings is developed and applied in the process of practical structural design. To show the useful-ness and accuracy of the developed program results of the analysis are compared with those of the finite element analysis under hydrostatic test pressure, To check the validity of the axisymmetric numerical analysis of the casings the stresses resulting from the hydrostatic test pressure are measured using the strain gate. The results of the numerical analyses are compared and discussed with those of the experiments.

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Experimental analysis on FEM definition of backfill-rectangular tank-fluid system

  • Cakir, Tufan;Livaoglu, Ramazan
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.165-185
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    • 2013
  • In the present study, the numerical and experimental investigations were performed on the backfill- exterior wall-fluid interaction systems in case of empty and full tanks. For this, firstly, the non-linear three dimensional (3D) finite element models were developed considering both backfill-wall and fluid-wall interactions, and modal analyses for these systems were carried out in order to acquire modal frequencies and mode shapes by means of ANSYS finite element structural analysis program. Secondly, a series of field tests were fulfilled to define their modal characteristics and to compare the results from proposed approximation in the selected structures. Finally, comparing the theoretical predictions from the finite element models to results from experimental measurements, a close agreement was found between theory and experiment. Thus, it can be easily stated that experimental verifications provide strong support for the finite element models and the proposed procedures themselves are the meritorious approximations to the real problem, and this makes the models appealing for use in further investigations.

Densification Analysis for SiC Powder under Cold Compaction (냉간압축 하에서 실리콘 카바이드 분말의 치밀화해석)

  • Park, Hwan;Kim, Ki-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.589-595
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    • 2000
  • Densification behavior of SiC powder was investigated under cold compaction. A special form of the Cap model was proposed from experimental data of SiC powder under triaxial compression. To compare with experimental data of SiC powder under cold compaction, the proposed constitutive model was implemented into a finite element program (ABAQUS). Finite element calculations from the Cam-Clay model and the modified Drucker-Prager model were also compared with experimental data of SiC powder. The agreements between experimental data and finite element results obtained from the proposed constitutive model are reasonably good. In die pressing, finite element results obtained from the Cam-Clay model and the modified Drucker-Prager model, however, show lower average density of SiC powder compacts compared to experimental data.

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Numerical investigation of RC structural walls subjected to cyclic loading

  • Cotsovos, D.M.;Pavlovic, M.N.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.215-238
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    • 2005
  • This work is based on a nonlinear finite-element model with proven capacity for yielding realistic predictions of the response of reinforced-concrete structures under static monotonically-increasing loading. In it, the material description relies essentially on the two key properties of triaxiality and brittleness and, thus, is simpler than those of most other material models in use. In this article, the finite-element program is successfully used in investigating the behaviour of a series of RC walls under static cyclic loading. This type of loading offers a more strenuous test of the validity of the proposed program since cracks continuously form and close during each load cycle. Such a test is considered to be essential before attempting to use the program for the analysis of concrete structures under seismic excitation in order to ensure that the solution procedure adopted is numerically stable and can accurately predict the behaviour of RC structures under such earthquake-loading conditions. This is achieved through a comparative study between the numerical predictions obtained presently from the program and available experimental data.

Hyperelastic Finite Element Formulation using Pressure Potential (압력포텐샬을 이용한 초탄성 유한요소 정식화)

  • Kim, Heon-Young;Kim, Ho;Kim, Joong-Jae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.2492-2502
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    • 2002
  • A rubber-like material model is generally characterized by hyperelasticity and formulated by a total stress-total strain relationship because the material shows nonlinear elastic behaviour under large deformation. In this study, a pressure potential obtained by a separately interpolated pressure is introduced to the non-linear finite element formulation incorporating with incompressible or almost incompressible condition of the material. The present formulation is somewhat different from the general formulation using the pressure computed in the displacement field. A non-linear finite element analysis program is developed for the plane strain and the axisymmetric contact problems of a rubber-like material. Various examples with rubber material are analyzed for its verification. The results about deformed shapes and stress distributions thought to be meaningful in comparison with a commercial program, MARC.

Geometrically non-linear dynamic analysis of plates by an improved finite element-transfer matrix method on a microcomputer

  • Chen, YuHua
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.395-402
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    • 1994
  • An improved finite element-transfer matrix method is applied to the transient analysis of plates with large displacement under various excitations. In the present method, the transfer of state vectors from left to right in a combined finite element-transfer matrix method is changed into the transfer of generally incremental stiffness equations of every section from left to right. Furthermore, in this method, the propagation of round-off errors occurring in recursive multiplications of transfer and point matrices is avoided. The Newmark-${\beta}$ method is employed for time integration and the modified Newton-Raphson method for equilibrium iteration in each time step. An ITNONDL-W program based on this method using the IBM-PC/AT microcomputer is developed. Finally numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the accuracy as well as the potential of the proposed method for dynamic large deflection analysis of plates with random boundaries under various excitations.

Flexural behaviour of fibre reinforced geopolymer concrete composite beams

  • Vijai, K.;Kumutha, R.;Vishnuram, B.G.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.437-459
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    • 2015
  • An experimental investigation on the behaviour of geopolymer composite concrete beams reinforced with conventional steel bars and various types of fibres namely steel, polypropylene and glass in different volume fractions under flexural loading is presented in this paper. The cross sectional dimensions and the span of the beams were same for all the beams. The first crack load, ultimate load and the loaddeflection response at various stages of loading were evaluated experimentally. The details of the finite element analysis using "ANSYS 10.0" program to predict the load-deflection behavior of geopolymer composite reinforced concrete beams on significant stages of loading are also presented. Nonlinear finite element analysis has been performed and a comparison between the results obtained from finite element analysis (FEA) and experiments were made. Analytical results obtained using ANSYS were also compared with the calculations based on theory and presented.

Finite Element Modeling of Tunnels Constructed in Discontinuous Rock Mass (불연속암반내 시공되는 터널의 유한요소모델링)

  • Yoo, Chung-Sik;Kim, Chong-Seok;Lee, Ho;Lee, Kwang-Myoung
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.221-234
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    • 1999
  • This paper deals with the application of joint element in the finite element modeling of discontinuities encountered during rock tunneling. A nodal displacement joint element was implemented in a two dimensional finite element program GEOFE2D. The applicability of the joint element for modeling of discontinuities and the numerical stability of the implemented algorithm were examined by comparing the results of reduced small scale model tests as well as commercially available FEM program. The GEOFE2D was then used to analyze a tunnel crossed by a major discontinuity for the purpose of understanding the effect of discontinuity on the tunnel behavior. In addition, a modeling technique for the junction of discontinuity and shotcrete lining was presented. The results of analysis indicated that the stress-strain field around the tunnel is significantly altered by the presence of discontinuity, and that the stresses in the shotcrete lining considerably increase at the junction of the shotcrete lining and the discontinuity. It is therefore concluded that the major discontinuities must be carefully modeled in the finite element analysis of a tunneling problem in order to obtain more reliable results close to actual tunnel behavior.

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