• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1161-1176
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• 2015

The connection between a column and a beam is of particular importance to ensure the safety of civil engineering structures, such as high-rise buildings and bridges. While the connector must bear sufficient force for load transmission, increase of its ductility, toughness and damping may greatly enhance the overall safety of the structures. In this work, a composite beam-column connector is proposed and analyzed with the finite element method, including effects of elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, plasticity, as well as geometric nonlinearity. The composite connector consists of three parts: (1) soft steel; (2) polymer; and (3) conventional steel to be connected to beam and column. It is found that even in the linear range, the energy dissipation capacity of the composite connector is largely enhanced by the polymer material. Since the soft steel exhibits low yield stress and high ductility, hence under large deformation the soft steel has the plastic deformation to give rise to unique energy dissipation. With suitable geometric design, the connector may be tuned to exhibit different strengths and energy dissipation capabilities for real-world applications.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2010

A computer code was developed to simulate all three stages of the injection molding process: filling, packing and cooling by finite element method. The constitutive equation used here was compressible Leonov model. The PVT relationship was assumed to follow the Tait equation. The flow-induced birefringence was related to the calculated flow stresses through the linear stress-optical law. Based on the simulation, the Taguchi method was used to investigate the influences of injection molding conditions on the birefringence of a center gate disk. In addition, the optimal processing conditions were selected to minimize the birefringence and the birefringence difference along the positions of the disk.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.305-309
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• 2005

A computer code was developed to simulate all three stages of the injection molding process ? filling, packing and cooling by finite element method. The constitutive equation used here was compressible Leonov model. The PVT relationship was assumed to follow the Tait equation. The flow-induced birefringence was related to the calculated flow stresses through the linear stress-optical law. Based on the simulation, the Taguchi method was used to investigate the influences of injection molding conditions on the birefringence of a center gate disk. In addition, the optimal processing conditions were selected to minimize the birefringence and the birefringence difference along the positions of the disk.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1159-1168
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• 2004

In this paper, a spectral element model is derived for the axially moving viscoelastic beams subject to axial tension. The viscoelastic material is represented in a general form by using the one-dimensional constitutive equation of hereditary integral type. The high accuracy of the present spectral element model is verified first by comparing the eigenvalues obtained by the present spectral element model with those obtained by using the conventional finite element model as well as with the exact analytical solutions. The effects of viscoelasticity and moving speed on the dynamics of moving beams are then numerically investigated.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2010

전자기기부품에 적용되는 회로기판의 패키지 공정상에서 가해지는 온도변화에 따른 신뢰성 평가시 발생되는 문제들은, 주로 회로기판을 구성하고 있는 기본 재료들의 열팽창 계수 차이 및 시간의존성 물성에 의해 영향을 받는다. 특히, 인쇄회로기판 내부 회로층 사이에서 절연 역할을 수행하는 유리섬유강화 복합재료와 같은 수지몰딩 고분자 재료는 온도에 따른 물성변화 뿐만 아니라, 변형 및 하중이 가해지는 시간에 대한 물성변화도 고려해야 하는 점탄성 성질을 나타낸다. 본 논문에서는 인쇄회로기판에 사용되는 주요 고분자 재료인 유리섬유강화 복합재의 시간 및 온도에 따른 점탄성 특성을 규명하기 위하여, 단축인장 모드의 응력완화 시험과 크리프 시험을 각각 수행하였다. 또한, 고분자 재료 점탄성 물성의 영향성을 파악하기 위하여, 유한요소해석을 이용한 인쇄회로기판의 예비가열 공정 상에서 가해지는 온도변화에 따른 열변형을 평가하였다. 이러한 해석결과를 바탕으로, 인쇄회로기판과 같이 고분자재료를 사용하는 전자회로 구조물의 수치해석 기반의 열변형 예측시 점탄성 물성의 고려 필요성을 검증하였다.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2023

유한 단층 미끌림 역산에는 지진 변위 측지 자료와 그린 함수 행렬(Green's function matrix)을 주로 사용한다. 그린 함수 행렬은 일반적으로 오카다 모형(Okada, 1985)을 기반으로 한다. 그러나 최근 물리 기반 지진 모델링을 활용하여 그린 함수 행렬을 제작하고 유한 단층 미끌림 역산을 수행하는 연구가 활발하다. 물리 기반 지진 모델링은 다양한 물성(탄성, 점탄성, 탄소성 등)을 고려하여 현실적인 환경에서 지진을 모사할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 물리 기반 유한요소 소프트웨어 PyLith는 단층을 구성하는 절점을 두 개로 나누어 지진을 모사할 수 있으므로 지진 모사 모델링에 적합하다. 하지만 PyLith는 격자망 생성 기능을 자체 제공하지 않아, 모형 내부에 수십~수백 개의 소단층과 관측점을 설정해야 하는 유한 단층 미끌림 역산 수행에는 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 소단층과 관측점을 포함한 수치 모형을 제작하고, 지진 모사 모델링을 수행하여 그린 함수 행렬을 제작하는 일련의 과정을 연계하여 유한 단층 미끌림 역산의 편리성을 높이기 위해 CPInterface (COMSOL-PyLith Interface)를 개발하였다. CPInterface는 COMSOL의 격자 생성 능력과 PyLith의 지진 모사 능력을 결합하여 그린 함수 행렬을 자동으로 생성할 수 있다. CPInterface는 간단한 변수들로 모형 및 단층 정보를 조절할 수 있고, 지하 탄성 이상체와 GPS 관측점을 자유롭게 배치할 수 있다. 또한, 그린 함수 행렬을 생성하는 복잡한 과정을 간소화하여 더욱 편리하게 유한 단층 미끌림 역산을 할 수 있게 한다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2007

Understanding viscoelastic properties of composite materials is essential for the design and analysis of composite structures. Specially, the loss factor and Young's modulus must be known to develop finite element codes for a composite structure with several damping materials. In this study, an advanced technique for obtaining accurate loss factor and Young's modulus of a composite structure is introduced based on the method of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). The loss factor and Young's modulus of a composite structure are measured for different temperatures by performing the test in a vibration measurement room where temperature can be controllable from 5 to 45 Celsius.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1653-1665
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• 2002

One of the most significant problems in the processing of composite materials is residual stresses. The residual stresses may be high enough to cause cracking in the matrix even before external loads are applied and can degrade the integrity of composite structures. In this study, thermo-viscoelastic residual stresses occurred in the polymeric composite cylinder are investigated. This type of structure is used for the launch vehicle fuselage. The time and degree of cure dependent thermo-viscoelastic constitutive equations are developed and coupled with a thermo-chemical process model. These equations are solved with the finite element method to predict the residual stresses in the composite structures during cure. A launch vehicle experiences high thermal loads during flight and re-entry due to aerodynamic heating or propulsion heat, and the thermal loads may cause thermal buckling on the structure. In this study the thermal buckling analysis of composite cylinders are performed. Two boundary conditions such as all clamped and all simply supported are used for the analysis. The effects of laminates stacking sequences, shapes and residual stresses on the critical buckling temperatures of composite cylinders are investigated. The thermal buckling analysis is performed using ABAQUS.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.365-386
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• 2010

This paper presents the physical formulation of a 1D material model suitable for seismic applications. It is written within the framework of thermodynamics with internal variables that is, especially, very efficient for the phenomenological representation of material behaviors at macroscale: those of the representative elementary volume. The model can reproduce the main characteristics observed for concrete, that is nonsymetric loading rate-dependent (viscoelasticity) behavior with appearance of permanent deformations and local hysteresis (continuum plasticity), stiffness degradation (continuum damage), cracking due to displacement localization (discrete plasticity or damage). The parameters have a clear physical meaning and can thus be easily identified. Although this point is not detailed in the paper, this material model is developed to be implemented in a finite element computer program. Therefore, for the benefit of the robustness of the numerical implementation, (i) linear state equations (no local iteration required) are defined whenever possible and (ii) the conditions in which the presented model can enter the generalized standard materials class - whose elements benefit from good global and local stability properties - are clearly established. To illustrate the capabilities of this model - among them for Earthquake Engineering applications - results of some numerical applications are presented.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.525-539
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• 2010

Polymer matrix composites are widely used in many engineering applications as they can be customized to meet a desired performance while not only maintaining low cost but also reducing weight. Polymers can experience viscoelastic-viscoplastic response when subjected to external loadings. Various reinforcements and fillers are added to polymers which bring out more complexity in analyzing the timedependent response. This study formulates an integrated micromechanical model and finite element (FE) analysis for predicting effective viscoelastic-viscoplastic response of polymer based hybrid composites. The studied hybrid system consists of unidirectional short-fiber reinforcements and a matrix system which is composed of solid spherical particle fillers dispersed in a homogeneous polymer constituent. The goal is to predict effective performance of hybrid systems having different compositions and properties of the fiber, particle, and matrix constituents. A combined Schapery's viscoelastic integral model and Valanis's endochronic viscoplastic model is used for the polymer constituent. The particle and fiber constituents are assumed linear elastic. A previously developed micromechanical model of particle reinforced composite is first used to obtain effective mechanical properties of the matrix systems. The effective properties of the matrix are then integrated to a unit-cell model of short-fiber reinforced composites, which is generated using the FE. The effective properties of the matrix are implemented using a user material subroutine in the FE framework. Limited experimental data and analytical solutions available in the literatures are used for comparisons.