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Study of Al-Alloy Foam Compressive Behavior Based on Instrumented Sharp Indentation Technology

  • Kim Am-Kee;Tunvir Kazi
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.819-827
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    • 2006
  • The stress-strain relation of aluminum (Al) alloy foam cell wall was evaluated by the instrumented sharp indentation method. The indentation in a few micron ranges was performed on the cell wall of Al-alloy foam having a composition or Al-3wt.%Si-2wt.%Cu-2wt.%Mg as well as its precursor (material prior to foaming). To extract the stress-stram relation in terms of yield stress ${\sigma}_y$, strain hardening exponent n and elastic modulus E, the closed-form dimensionless relationships between load-indentation depth curve and elasto-plastic property were used. The tensile properties of precursor material of Al-alloy foam were also measured independently by uni-axial tensile test. In order to verify the validity of the extracted stress-strain relation, it was compared with the results of tensile test and finite element (FE) analysis. A modified cubic-spherical lattice model was proposed to analyze the compressive behavior of the Al-alloy foam. The material parameters extracted by the instrumented nanoindentation method allowed the model to predict the compressive behavior of the Al-alloy foam accurately.

A numerical study on manoeuvrability of wind turbine installation vessel using OpenFOAM

  • Lee, Sungwook;Kim, Booki
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.466-477
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    • 2015
  • In this study, a numerical prediction method on manoeuvrability of Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) is presented. Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM) captive test for the bare hull of WTIV is carried out in the model basin and compared with the numerical results using RANS simulation based on Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation (OpenFOAM) calculation to validate the developed method. The manoeuvrability of WTIV with skeg and/or without skeg is investigated using the numerical approach along with the captive model test. In the numerical calculations, the dynamic stability index which indicates the course keeping ability is evaluated and compared for three different hull configurations i.e. bare hull and other two hulls with center skeg and twin skeg. This paper proves that the numerical approach using RANS simulation can be readily applied to estimate the manoeuvrability of WTIV at the initial design stage.

Denoising neural network to improve the foam effect via screen projection method (스크린 투영 방식의 거품 효과를 개선하기 위한 노이즈 제거 신경망)

  • Kim, Jong-Hyun;Kim, Donghui;Kim, Soo Kyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2021.07a
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    • pp.663-666
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    • 2021
  • 본 논문에서는 바다와 같은 스케일이 큰 장면인 물 시뮬레이션에서 표현되는 거품 효과(Foam effects)를 노이즈 없이 디테일하게 표현할 수 있는 프레임워크를 소개한다. 거품이 생성될 위치와 거품 입자의 이류는 기존의 접근법인 스크린 투영 방법을 통해 계산한다. 이 과정에서 중요한 것이 투영맵이지만 이산화된 스크린 공간에 운동량을 투영하는 과정에서 노이즈가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 노이즈 제거 신경망(Denoising neural network)을 활용하여 이 문제를 효율적으로 풀어낸다. 투영맵을 통해 거품이 생성될 영역이 선별되면 2D공간을 3D공간으로 역변환(Inverse transformation)하여 거품 입자를 생성한다. 결과적으로 깔끔한 거품 효과뿐만 아니라, 노이즈 제거 과정으로 인해 소실되는 거품 없이 안정적으로 거품 효과를 만들어냈다.

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Design Validation and Improvement of District Heating Pipe Using FE Simulation (유한요소 시뮬레이션을 통한 지역난방열배관 특성 평가 및 강화이형관의 제안)

  • Kim, Joo-Yong;Kim, Ho-Bum;Ko, Hyun-Il;An, Yong-Mo;Cho, Chong-Du
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.337-345
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    • 2009
  • This paper investigates the reliability of district heating pipes at thermo-elastic fatigue loading. District heating pipes, subjected to $120^{\circ}C$ and $16kg_f/cm^2$ due to water distributing service through inside the pipes, should endure long term cyclic thermal-mechanical loadings. The heating pipes are the co-centric tubes of steel pipe, poly urethane(PUR) insulator, and high density poly ethylene(HDPE) case. On installation, foam pad is externally wrapped for accommodating stress reduction near the bend sections of pipes. However, there have been frequent reports on the failures of bend sections in the middle of long term service. This study scrutinizes the observed failures near the bend sections through applying the finite element methods. Specially in this study, heating pipes are studied on the influence of foam padding on failures and proposed new designs for reinforced bend without foam pad.

Simulation Analysis on the Compression Property of Sandwich Composite (샌드위치 복합재료의 압축 특성에 관한 시뮬레이션 해석)

  • Bang, Seung-Ok;Kook, Jeong-Han;Kim, Sei-Hwan;Cho, Jae-Ung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.478-484
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    • 2012
  • In this study, compression analyses of sandwich composites with porous core were carried out. Finite element models of aluminum foam and honeycomb core sandwich composite material were applied solid element. In the case of aluminum foam core, valid equivalence damage model was applied. In the in-plane compression analysis, the maximum load of aluminum foam core sandwich was similar with that of aluminum honeycomb core sandwich. But in case of aluminum honeycomb core sandwich, the load support region becomes longer in comparison with aluminum foam core sandwich. In the out-plane compression analysis, compression maximum load of aluminum honeycomb core sandwich was higher than that of aluminum foam core sandwich. Through these Simulation analysis, obtains the behavior of sandwich composites.

Refinement of Projection Map Based on Artificial Neural Networks to Represent Noise-Reduced Foam Effects (노이즈가 완화된 거품 효과를 표현하기 위한 인공신경망 기반의 투영맵 정제)

  • Kim, Jong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.11-24
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we propose an artificial neural network framework that can represent the foam effects expressed in liquid simulation in detail without noise. The position and advection of foam particles are calculated using the existing screen projection method, and the noise problem that appears in this process is solved through an proposed artificial neural network. The important thing in the screen projection approach is the projection map, but noise occurs in the projection map in the process of projecting momentum into the discretized screen space, and we efficiently solve this problem by using an artificial neural network-based denoising network. When the foam generating area is selected through the projection map, 2D is inversely transformed into 3D space to generate foam particles. We solve the existing denoising network problem in which small-scaled foam particles disappear. In addition, by integrating the proposed algorithm with the screen-space projection framework, all the advantages of this approach can be accommodated. As a result, it shows through various experiments whether it is possible to stably represent not only the clean foam effects but also the foam particles lost due to the denoising process.

Energy absorption investigation of square CFRP honeycomb reinforced by PMI foam fillers under quasi-static compressive load

  • Zhou, Hao;Guo, Rui;Bao, Kuo;Wei, Haiyang;Liu, Rongzhong
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.837-847
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    • 2019
  • A type of hybrid core made up of thin-walled square carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) honeycomb and Polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam fillers was proposed and prepared. Numerical model of the core under quasi static compression was established and validated by corresponding experimental results. The compressive properties of the core with different configurations were analyzed through numerical simulations. The effect of the geometrical parameters and foam fillers on the compressive response and energy absorption of the core were analyzed. The results show that the PMI foam fillers can significantly improve the compressive strength and energy absorption capacity of the square CFRP honeycomb. The geometrical parameters have marked effects on the compressive properties of the core. The research can give a reference for the application of PMI foam materials in energy absorbing structures and guide the design and optimization of lightweight and energy efficient cores of sandwiches.

Evaluation of Empirical Porous-Media Parameters for Numerical Simulation of Wave Pressure on Caisson Breakwater Armored with Tetrapods (테트라포드 피복 케이슨 방파제 파압 수치모의를 위한 투수층 경험계수 산정)

  • Lee, Geun Se;Oh, Sang-Ho;Yoon, Sung Bum
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.344-350
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    • 2019
  • In this study, waves2Foam implemented in OpenFOAM is used to simulate numerically the wave pressure on a verical caisson under the condition of with and without the placement of Tetrapods in front of the caisson. The comparisons of the numerical results and the experimental data show fairly good agreement between them. Based on this, it is possible to suggest an optimal combination of coefficients for an empirical formula to represent the protective TTP layer as porous media.

Numerical simulation of a double dam break driven swash using an overset dynamic mesh capability of OpenFOAM (OpenFOAM overset 동격자 기법을 활용한 이중 댐 붕괴 파랑수치모형실험)

  • Ju Hee Ok;Yeulwoo Kim
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2023.05a
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    • pp.222-222
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    • 2023
  • 오픈 소스 유체역학 소프트웨어인 OpenFOAM은 다양한 유체 흐름에 적용 가능한 프로그램들로 구성되어 있다. 이 중 interFoam은 밀도가 다른 두 유체(i.e., 물, 공기) 간의 경계를 추적하는 기법을 기반으로 한 프로그램으로, 파랑의 거동 모의에 주로 쓰이고 있다. 파생형 프로그램으로는 동격자(dynamic mesh) 및 중첩 격자 기법(overset grid method)을 interFoam에 추가한 overInterDyMFoam이 있다. 두 기법을 사용하면 각각 여러 영역에서 유체흐름과 다중 물체 간의 상호작용을 효율적으로 모의할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 overInterDyMFoam을 사용하여 두 개 수문의 개방 움직임을 구현하고 생성된 파랑이 포말대(swash zone)에 접근하였을 때의 흐름 특성을 조사하였다. 수치모형실험 결과 수문 개방 속도가 댐 붕괴 파랑 흐름 전파속도에 영향을 미치는 사실을 발견하였다. 또한, 처오름과 처내림의 상호작용에 의한 난류 운동 특성을 조사하기 위해 수문 개방시간 간격을 0초~3초로 설정하였다. 수치모형실험 결과는 수리모형실험의 수면 변동 시계열과 속도 시계열 결과와 비교하여 모형의 정확성이 검증되었다.

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