• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.2845-2852
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• 2000

When welding a car frame with one spot welding there are same limitations because many parts of it cannot be simplified by one spot welding alone. It is presented two spot welding model for the description of the spot welding which is usually used in a car frame structure. This study primarily covers fatigue behavior taking spot welded SPCC(Steel plate carbon C) with different ungget intervals as a tension shear specimen. It was prepared that intervals between two nuggets are varied as 9mm, 14mm, and 20mm respectively. The tensile tests and fatigue tests were executed to know the mechanical properties under static and fatigue load condition. In addition, the relationship between fatigue life and nugget intervals was illustrated by finite element method.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.403-423
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• 2016

The challenges involved with fatigue damage assessment of steel catenary riser (SCR) in the touchdown zone (TDZ) are primarily due to the non-linear behaviour of the SCR-seabed interaction, considerable uncertainty in SCR-seabed interaction modelling and geotechnical parameters. The issue of fatigue damage induced by the cyclic movements of the SCR with the seabed has acquired prominence with the touch down point (TDP) interaction in the TDZ. Therefore, the SCR-seabed response is critical for reliable estimation of fatigue life in the TDZ. Various design approaches pertaining to the lateral pipe-soil resistance model are discussed. These techniques have been applied in the finite element model that can be used to analyse the lateral SCR-seabed interaction under hydrodynamic loading. This study investigates the sensitivity of fatigue performance to geotechnical parameters through a parametric study. In this study, global analyses are performed to assess the influence of vertical linear seabed springs, the lateral seabed model and the non-linear seabed model, including trench evolution into seabed, seabed normalised stiffness, re-penetration offset parameter and soil suction resistance ratio, on the fatigue life of SCRs in the TDZ.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.325-334
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• 2017

In the present study, a numerical model for probability analysis of optimal design of fatigue non-uniform crack growth behaviour of a cracked aluminium 2024 T3 plate repaired with a bonded composite patch is investigated. The proposed 3D numerical model has advanced in literatures, which gathers in a unique study: problems of reliability, optimization, fatigue, cracks and repair of plates subjected to tensile loadings. To achieve this aim, a finite element modelling is carried out to determine the evolution of the stress intensity factor at the crack tip Paris law is used to predict the fatigue life for a give n crack. To have an optimal volume of our patch satisfied the practical fatigue life, a procedure of optimization is proposed. Finally, the probabilistic analysis is performed in order to a show that optimized patch design is influenced by uncertainties related to mechanical and geometrical properties during the manufacturing process.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.150-159
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• 2018

The present research deals with a finite element analysis and fatigue evaluation of a steam separator of a high-pressure evaporator for the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG). The fatigue during the expected life of the HRSG was evaluated according to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII Division 2 (ASME Code). First, based on the eight transient operating conditions prescribed for the HRSG, temperature distribution of the steam separator was analyzed by a transient thermal analysis. Results of the thermal analysis were used as a thermal load for the structural analysis and used to determine the mean cycle temperature. Next, a structural analysis for the transient conditions was carried out with the thermal load, steam pressure, and nozzle load. The maximum stress location was found to be the riser nozzle bore, and hence fatigue was evaluated at that location, as per ASME Code. As a result, the cumulative usage factor was calculated as 0.00072 (much less than 1). In conclusion, the steam separator was found to be safe from fatigue failure during the expected life.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.2654-2663
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• 2000

Steam turbine rotors are the most critical and highly stressed components of a steam power plant; therefore, the life expectancy of the turbine rotor is an important consideration for the safety of a steam power plant. The objective of this paper is to develop a life estimation program for turbine rotors for all possible operating conditions. For this purpose, finite element analysis was carried out for four normal operating modes (cold, warm, hot and very hot starts) using ABAQUS codes. The results are made into databases to evaluate the life expenditure for an actual operating condition. For any other possible abnormal operating condition, the operating data are transmitted to the server (workstation) through a network to carry out finite element analysis. Damage estimation is carried out by transmitting the finite element analysis results to the personal computer, and then the life expectancy is calculated.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 와이어 하네스의 피로 내구 수명을 예측하기 위해 와이어, 번들, 실차단계의 유한요소 해석 방법론이 연구되었고 이를 위한 피로 내구 시험 기기가 개발되었다. 와이어 하네스 시스템을 구성하는 5가지 종류의 와이어에 대한 응력-수명 그래프를 얻기 위해 개발된 피로 시험기를 이용하여 반복 굽힘 움직임을 인가하였다. 와이어를 구성하는 도선과 피복의 재료 모델링을 위해 혼합의 법칙이 적용된 등가모델을 이용하였다. 번들 해석과 시험을 통하여 와이어 간의 접촉조건과 번들의 테이핑조건이 정립되었다. 와이어 및 번들 단계의 결과들은 실차 단계의 해석에 적용되었다. 실차단계의 해석을 위해 번들과 그로맷으로 구성된 와이어 하네스 시스템을 수치적으로 모델링 하였으며, 차량 문의 개폐조건이 와이어 간의 접촉조건과 함께 적용되었다. 유한요소 해석을 이용한 실차 모델의 피로 내구 해석을 통해 70만회 이상의 피로 수명이 도출 되었으며, 실차 조건의 시험 결과와비교하여 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2003

홀 확장법은 홀 주위에 압축 잔류응력을 생성시켜 홀에서의 균열발생을 지연시키고 피로수명을 향상시키기 위한 효과적인 방법이다. 여러 연구들이 이러한 이로운 효과에 초점을 맞추어 온 반면, 홀 확장 잔류응력이 존재하는 홀 쪽으로 성장해 가는 균열의 피로균열 성장에 관해서는 연구가 거의 이루어져 있지 않다. 본 논문의 목적은 홀 확장 잔류응력하의 피로특성을 평가하는 것이다. 중앙 홀을 갖는 평판에 대해 홀 확장법을 적용한 후 피로시험을 수행하여 홀 확장 잔류응력이 피로수명에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 또한 CT 시험편에 홀 확장법을 적용하여 잔류응력을 생성시킨 후 피로균열성장 시험을 수행하여, 홀 확장 잔류응력에 의한 피로균열성장 특성의 변화를 고찰하였고, 홀 확장률의 영향을 평가하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2012

고무재료는 배합조건에 따라 기계적 거동이 다르기 때문에 피로수명평가를 위해 부품소재에 대한 물성데이터 확보가 선행되어야 한다. 그러나 모든 종류의 배합조건을 고려하여 표준화된 재료물성을 확보하는 것은 현실적으로 불가능하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 최소한의 제한된 실험으로부터 피로수명평가를 위한 입력물성을 선택하기 위한 방법을 제시하였으며, 피로수명 평가를 위한 최적 피로손상 파라미터를 결정하였다. 이러한 결과를 활용하여 부품의 피로수명 평가결과와 내구시험결과를 비교한 후, 본 연구에서 제안된 피로수명 평가절차의 타당성을 검토하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2021

Under a severe environment of multiple hazards such as earthquakes and winds, the life-cycle performance of engineering structures may inevitably be deteriorated due to the fatigue effect caused by long-term exposure to wind loads, which would further increase the structural vulnerability to earthquakes. This paper presents a framework for evaluating the lifetime structural seismic performance under the effect of wind-induced fatigue considering different sources of uncertainties. The seismic behavior of a high-rise steel-concrete composite frame with buckling-restrained braces (FBRB) during its service life is systematically investigated using the proposed approach. Recorded field data for the wind hazard of Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China from Jan. 1, 1980 to Mar. 31, 2019 is collected, based on which the distribution of wind velocity is constructed by the Gumbel model after comparisons. The OpenSees platform is employed to establish the numerical model of the FBRB and conduct subsequent numerical computations. Allowed for the uncertainties caused by the wind generation and structural modeling, the final annual fatigue damage takes the average of 50 groups of simulations. The lifetime structural performance assessments, including static pushover analyses, nonlinear dynamic time history analyses and fragility analyses, are conducted on the time-dependent finite element (FE) models which are modified in lines with the material deterioration models. The results indicate that the structural performance tends to degrade over time under the effect of fatigue, while the influencing degree of fatigue varies with the duration time of fatigue process and seismic intensity. The impact of wind-induced fatigue on structural responses and fragilities are explicitly quantified and discussed in details.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제20권A호
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• pp.169-178
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• 2000

The 4-point bending tests have been performed In order to estimate the effect of TIG-dressing on fatigue strength and fatigue characteristics quantitatively for non load-carrying fillet welded joints subjected to pure bending. As a result of fatigue tests, fatigue strengths of as-welded specimens have satisfied the grade of fatigue strength prescribed in specifications of korea, AASHTO and JSSC. Fatigue strength at 2 million cycles of TIG-dressing specimens have increased compared with as-welded specimens. As the result of beachmark tests, fatigue cracks occurred at several points, where the radius of curvature and flank angle in the weld bead toes were low, and grew as semi-elliptical cracks, then approached to fracture. As a result of finite element analysis, stress concentration factor in weld bead toes has closely related to the flank angle and radius of curvature, and between these, the radius of curvature has more largely affected in stress concentration factor than flank angle. As a result of fracture mechanics approaches, the crack correction factor of test specimens has largely affected on stress gradient correction factor in case a/t is below 0.4. From the relations between stress intensity factor range estimated from FEM analysis and fatigue crack growth rate, fatigue life has been correctly calculated.