• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.141-147
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• 1997

For the effective finite element analysis of the structures including material interfaces or contact surfaces, interface elements are proposed. Most of early works in this problem require not only iterative computation but also complex formulation because of the kinematic nonlinearities caused from the discontinuous behavior and the stress concentration phenomena. The proposed elements, however, are consistently formulated using relative displacements and tractions between top and bottom regular finite elements. The effectiveness of these elements are shown by solving various numerical sample problems including an leaf spring and comparing with results of general finite element analysis. As a result, more stable solutions are conveniently obtaines using interface elements than regular finite elements.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.344-352
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• 2002

In the analysis of the 3 dimensional plate structures by the finite element method, the triangular elements are generally used for the global stiffness matrix of the analyzed system. But the triangular elements of the plates have some problems in the process of formulation and in the precision of analysis. The formulation of the finite element method to analyze 3 dimensional plate structures using quadrilateral elements is presented in this paper. The degree of freedom off nodal point is 6, that is, the displacements in the direction off-y-z is and the rotations about x-y-z axis and then the degree of freedom off element is 24. For the comparison of the analysis using triangular elements and quadrilateral elements, the rectangular plates subjected to the uniform load and a concentrated load on the centroid of the plate, for which the theoretical solutions have been obtained, are analyzed. The calculated deflections of the rectangular plates using the finite element method by the triangular elements and the quadrilateral elements are also compared with the deflections of the plates calculated by theoretical solutions. The defections of the rectangular plates calculated by the finite element method using the quadrilateral elements are closer to the theoretical solutions than the defections calculated by the finite element method using the triangular elements. The deflection of the centroid of plate, calculated by the finite element method, converges to that of theoretical solution as the number of elements is increased. This convergence is much more rapid for the case of using the quakrilateral elements than fir the case of using triangular elements.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2011

In this paper, a good quality mesh generation for the finite element method is investigated for artificial hip joint simulations. In general, bad meshes with a large aspect ratio or mixed elements can give rise to excessively long computational running times and extremely high errors. Typically, hexahedral elements outperform tetrahedral elements during three-dimensional contact analysis using the finite element method. Therefore, it is essential to mesh biologic structures with hexahedral elements. Four meshing schemes for the finite element analysis of an artificial hip joint are presented and compared: (1) tetrahedral elements, (2) wedge and hexahedral elements, (3) open cubic box hexahedral elements, and (4) proposed hexahedral elements. The proposed meshing scheme is to partition a part before seeding so that we have a high quality three-dimensional mesh which consists of only hexahedral elements. The von Mises stress distributions were obtained and analyzed. We also performed mesh refinement convergence tests for all four cases.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제3권7호
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• pp.1906-1916
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• 1996

하악골(mandible)과 같은 3 차원 구조체에 대한 의학적 분석을 위해서는 구조 체 를 분석 가능한 유한 개의 요소로 재구성해야 한다. 3 차원 구조체에 대한 정보 는 2 차원 MRI 횡단면을 통해 얻을 수 있다. 횡단면에서 구조체에 해당하는 부위 를 추출한다. 추출된 부위에 삼각 분할을 적용하여 2 차원 유한 요소를 생성한다. 분할된 2차원 유한 요소들을 공간상에서 서로 매칭(matching)하여 3 차원 유한 요소를 형성할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 분할된 2 차원 유한 요소들이 지닌 인접 정보 특성을 통해 최적 3 차원 유한 요소를 형성한는 기법을 제안한다. 삼각 분할된 2 차원 유한 요소들이 지닌 인접 정보에 의해 동일 특성을 같는 요소들로 분류한다. 분류된 2 차원 요소 들에 다단계 매칭 알고리즘을 적용하여 최적의 3 차원 하악골 구조체에 대한 다양 한 의학적 정보를 획득할 수 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권3호
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• pp.379-393
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose an automatic procedure to improve the accuracy of finite element solutions using enriched 2D solid finite elements (4-node quadrilateral and 3-node triangular elements). The enriched elements can improve solution accuracy without mesh refinement by adding cover functions to the displacement interpolation of the standard elements. The enrichment scheme is more effective when used adaptively for areas with insufficient accuracy rather than the entire model. For given meshes, an error for each node is estimated, and then proper degrees of cover functions are applied to the selected nodes. A new error estimation method and cover function selection scheme are devised for the proposed adaptive enrichment scheme. Herein, we demonstrate the proposed enrichment scheme through several 2D problems.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.369-380
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• 2023

The aim of this paper is to investigate stress analysis of semi-infinite soils consisting of two layers with twin rectangular tunnels under static loads. The region close to the ground surface and tunnel modelled within finite elements. In order to use a more realistic model, the far region is modelled within infinite elements. The material model of the layered soil is considered as elastic and isotropic. In the finite element solution of the problem, two dimensional (2D) plane solid elements are used with sixteen-nodes rectangular finite and eight-nodes infinite shapes. Finite and infinite elements are ordered to be suitable for the tunnel and the soils. The governing equations of the problem are obtained by using the virtual work principle. In the numerical process, the five-point Gauss rule is used for the calculation of the integrations. In order to validate using methods, comparison studies are performed. In the numerical results, the stress distributions of the two layered soils containing twin rectangular tunnels presented. In the presented results, effects of the location of the tunnels on the stress distributions along soil depth are obtained and discussed in detail. The obtained results show that the locations of the tunnels are very effective on the stress distribution on the soils.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.172-176
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• 2008

In this paper, three dimensional linear conforming variable-finite elements are presented with the aid of a smoothed integration (a class of stabilized conforming nodal integration), for mnltiscale mechanics problems. These elements meet the desirable properties of an interpolation such as the Kronecker delta condition, the partition of unity condition and the positiveness of interpolation function. The necessary condition of linear exactness is fully relaxed by employing the smoothed integration, which renders us to meet the linear exactness in a straightforward manner. This novel element description extend the category of the conventional finite elements space to ration type function space and give the flexibility on the number of nodes of element which are fixed in the conventional finite elements. Several examples are provided to show the convergence and the accuracy of the proposed elements, and to demonstrate their potential with emphasis on the multiscale mechanics problems such as global/local analysis, nonmatching contact problems, and modeling of composite material with defects.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1988년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.49-54
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• 1988

A procedure which may be useful in dealing with problems of half plane is considered. Boundary elements are combined with finite elements to facilitate their merits. Boundary elements for semi-infinite region are composed using the Melan's solution for half plane. Finite elements are used to model irregurarity or the nonhomogeneity of materials, which is usual in underground structures. In order to verify the procedure, a shallow tunnel under internal pressure is analysed using the finite element method, the boundary element method, and the combined method. It is shown that the developed Procedure is accurate enough compared with other method.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 1989

본 논문에서는 경계요소법과 비선형 유한요소법의 각 장점을 이용하여 반무한 영역을 가진 구조체의 해석방법을 논하였다. 여기서, 반무한 경계요소는 Melan의 반무한 평면에 대한 해로부터 구성하였다. 비선형 유한요소는 지하구조물에서 주로 접할 수 있는 탄소성 재료의 비균질성 또는 불규칙성을 모형화하기 위하여 사용하였다. 본 조합방법의 검증을 위하여 얕은 터널에 일정한 내압이 작용하는 경우를 택하여, 비선형 유한요소법과 조합방법의 결과를 비교하였다. 비교결과, 개발된 조합방법이 다른 해석방법에 비해 충분한 정확도를 가짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 소음진동
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.467-475
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• 1997

A rotor-bearing system has been investigated, including internal damping and axial torque using finite dynamic elements. A procedure is presented for dynamic modeling of rotor-bearing system which consist of finite dynamic shaft elements, rigid disk, and bearing and seal. A finite dynamic element model including the effects of rotatory inertia, gyroscopic moments, axial force, and axial torque is developed using the frequency dependent shape function. The natural whirl speeds, stability, and unbalance response of rotor system are calculated on several cases and compared with the conventional finite elements.