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Plastic Limit Loads for Through-Wall Cracked Pipes Using 3-D Finite Element Limit Analyses (3차원 유한요소 한계해석을 이용한 관통균열 배관의 소성한계하중)

  • Huh Nam-Su;Kim Young-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.30 no.5 s.248
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    • pp.568-575
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    • 2006
  • The present paper provides plastic limit load solutions of axial and circumferential through-wall cracked pipes based on detailed three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) limit analysis using elastic-perfectly-plastic behavior. As a loading condition, axial tension, global bending moment, internal pressure, combined tension and bending and combined internal pressure and bending are considered for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes, while only internal pressure is considered for axial through-wall cracked pipes. Especially, more emphasis is given for through-wall cracked pipes subject to combined loading. Comparisons with existing solutions show a large discrepancy in short through-wall crack (both axial and circumferential) for internal pressure. In the case of combined loading, the FE limit analyses results show thickness effect on limit load solutions. Furthermore, the plastic limit load solution for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under bending is applied to derive plastic $\eta\;and\;{\gamma}$-factor of testing circumferential through-wall cracked pipes to estimate fracture toughness. Being based on detailed 3-D FE limit analysis, the present solutions are believed to be meaningful fur structural integrity assessment of through-wall cracked pipes.

Finite Element Limit Analysis of a Nuclear Reactor Lower Head Considering Thermal Softening in Severe Accident (중대사고에서의 열적 연화를 고려한 원자로 하부구조의 유한요소 극한해석)

  • Kim, Kee-Poong;Huh, Hoon;Park, Jae-Hong;Lee, Jong-In
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.782-787
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    • 2001
  • This paper is concerned with the global rupture of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel(RPV) in a severe accident. During the severe reactor accident of molten core, the temperature and the pressure in the nuclear reactor rise to a certain level depending on the initial and subsequent condition of a severe accident. While the rise of the temperature cause the thermal softening of RPV material, the rise of the internal pressure could cause failure of the RPV lower head. The global rupture of an RPV is simulated by finite element limit analysis for the collapse pressure and mode and this analysis results have been compared with a variation of the internal pressure of RPV. The finite element limit method is a systematic tool to secure the safety criteria of a nuclear reactor and to evaluate the in-vessel corium retention.

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Commercial Finite Element Program-based Reliability Analysis of Dam Structures (상용 유한요소 프로그램에 기초한 댐 구조물의 신뢰성해석)

  • 허정원;이정학
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.103-110
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    • 2003
  • A hybrid structural reliability analysis method that integrates a commercial finite element program and a reliability analysis algorithm is proposed to estimate the safety of real structures in this paper. Since finite element method (FEM) is most commonly and widely used in the analysis and design practice of real structures, it appears to be necessary to use general FEM program in the structural reliability analysis. In this case, simple conventional reliability methods cannot be used because the limit state function can only be expressed in an algorithmic form. The response surface method(RSM)-based reliability algorithm with the first-order reliability method (FORM) found to be ideal in this respect and is used in this paper. The intention of use of RSM is to develop, albeit approximately, an explicit expression of the limit state function for real structures. The applicability of the proposed method to real structures is examined with help of the example in consideration of a concrete dam. Both the strength and serviceability limit states are considered in this example.

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Finite Element-Based Fatigue Assessment of Engine Connecting-Rod Bolts (엔진 커넥팅 로드 볼트의 유한요소 피로 평가)

  • Cho, Sung-San;Chang, Hoon;Lee, Kyung-Woo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2008
  • Fatigue fracture of engine connecting-rod bolts is encountered frequently during the developement of high-speed engines. Only the engine dyno test is a currently reliable fatigue durability assessment method. It is because the available rig tests cannot mimic the engine running condition completely, and because the finite element analysis cannot provide realistic stresses near the bolt thread that is modeled as a cylinder. This paper introduces a methodology to assess the fatigue durability of the connecting-rod bolts using the finite element analysis. The methods to contruct the bolt model, to extract the critical bolt stresses for the fatigue analysis, and to obtain the bolt fatigue endurance limit experimentally are discussed. Reliability of the method is verified indirectly.

Plastic Loads of Mitred Bends under Internal Pressure and Bending Moment (굽힘 하중과 내압이 가해지는 미터밴드의 소성하중)

  • Min, Sung-Hwan;Kim, Yun-Jae;Jeon, Jun-Young;Lee, Kuk-Hee
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.549-555
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    • 2009
  • Based on three-dimensional(3-D) finite element limit analyses, this paper provides limit and TES (Twice-Plastic Load) loads for mitred pipe bends under bending and pressure. The plastic limit loads are determined from FE limit analyses based on elastic-perfectly-plastic materials using the small and large geometry change option. A wide range of parameters related to the mitred bend geometry is considered. Based on the finite element results, closed-form approximations of plastic limit and TES plastic load solutions for mitred pipe bends under bending are proposed.

Finite Element Analysis of Cracted Structural Steel Member (균열을 가진 강구조부재의 한계하중에 대한 유한요소해석)

  • 박용걸
    • Computational Structural Engineering
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.123-126
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of the analysis is the numerical simulation of structures strained to the limit loads. The finite element calculations and experiments with cracked structures have been carried out yielding over limit strains between 10% and 15% by single peak load. Load versus displacement-diagrams and J-diagrams up to the limit load are calculated. By this way the influence of geometric parameters may be assessed in the post yield region. It is proposed to use such calculations to correlate experiments carried out with small specimens to experiments simulating the true dimensions of the design structure.

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Evaluation of limit load analysis for pressure vessels - Part II: Robust methods

  • Chen, Xiaohui;Gao, Bingjun;Wang, Xingang
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.131-142
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    • 2017
  • Determining limit load for a pressure bearing structure using elastic-plastic finite element analysis was computationally very expensive. A series of robust methods using elastic modulus adjustment techniques (EMAP) to identify the limit load directly were proposed. The numerical implementation of the robust method had the potential to be an attractive alternative to elastic-plastic finite element analysis since it was simple, and required less computational effort and computer storage space. Another attractive feature was that the method provided a go/no go criterion for the limit load, whereas the results of an elastic-plastic analysis were often difficult to interpret near the limit load since it came from human sources. To explore the performance of the method further, it was applied to a number of configurations that include two-dimensional and three-dimensional effects. In this study, limit load of cylinder with nozzle was determined by the robust methods.

Influence of load transfer on anchored slope stability (앵커보강사면에서 안정해석시 하중전이의 영향)

  • Kim, Sung-Kyu;Park, Jong-Sik;Kim, Nak-Kyung;Joo, Yong-Sun;Kim, Tae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.1351-1358
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents how the load transfer mechanism of the ground anchor affects on the stability analysis of anchored slope. The finite element analysis and the conventional limit equilibrium analysis on the anchored slope were performed and compared. The limit equilibrium analysis of the anchored slope is quite open used in design practice due to the easiness of the analysis. However, the load transfer mechanism is not considered properly for the analysis. When the failure surface passes through the bonded length of an anchor, the anchor load is disregarded and the factor of safety for the anchored slope is smaller than it should be. In this study, the load transfer distribution was incorporated into the limit equilibrium stability analysis of the anchored slope and the results were compared with the results of finite element analysis.

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Comparative study between Finite Element Method and Limit Equilibrium Method on Slope Stability Analysis (사면안정해석에 있어서의 유한요소법과 한계평형법의 비교)

  • 이동엽;유충식
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.483-490
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the results of a comparative study between FEM and LEM on slope stability analysis. For validation, factors of safety were compared between FEM and LEM. The results from the two methods were in good agreement suggesting that the FEM with the shear strength reduction method can be effectively used on slope stability analyses. A series of analysis were then performed using the FEM for various constitutive laws, slope angles, flow rules, and the finite element discretizations. Among the findings, the finite element method in conjunction with the shear strength reduction method can provide reasonable results in terms of factor of safety. Also revealed is that the results of FEM can be significantly affected by the way in which the type of constitutive law and flow rule are selected.

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Limit Analysis of Axisymmetric Forward Extrusion (축 대칭 전방 압출의 극한 해석)

  • Kim, Byung-Min;Choi, In-Keun;Choi, Jae-Chan;Lee, Jong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 1991
  • Limit analysis is based on the duality theorem which equates the least upper bound to the greatest lower bound. In this study, limit analysis of axisymmetric forming problem with workhardening materials is formulated by minimizing the upper bound functional and finite element program is developed for forward estrusion. Limit loads, velocity and flow line fields are directly obtained under various process conditions and deformation characteristics such as strains, strain rates and grid distortion are obtained from the optimum velocity components by numerical calculation. The experimental observation was carried out for extrusion and compared with computed results. The good agreement between theoretical and experimental results is shown that the developed programming is very effective for the analysis of axisymmetric extrusion.

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