• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.111-135
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• 2015

Bridge behavior under passing traffic loads has been studied for the past 50 years. This paper presents how to model congestion on bridges and how the maximum dynamic stress of bridges change during the passing of moving vehicles. Most current research is based on mid-span dynamic effects due to traffic load and most bridge codes define a factor called the dynamic load allowance (DLA), which is applied to the maximum static moment under static loading. This paper presents an algorithm to solve the governing equation of the bridge as well as the equations of motions of two real European trucks with different speeds, simultaneously. It will be shown, considering congestion in eight case studies, the maximum dynamic stress and how far from the mid-span it occurs during the passing of one or two trucks with different speeds. The congestion effect on the maximum dynamic stress of bridges can make a significant difference in the magnitude. By finite difference method, it will be shown that where vehicle speeds are considerably higher, for example in the case of railway bridges which have more than one railway line or in the case of multiple lane highway bridges where congestion is probable, current designing codes may predict dynamic stresses lower than actual stresses; therefore, the consequences of a full length analysis must be used to design safe bridges.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2011

고속으로 주행하는 자동차에서 전면유리 와이퍼의 부상 현상은 와이퍼의 닦임 성능을 저해하여 운전자의 안전을 위협한다. 본 연구에서는 고속 주행 시 와이퍼가 작동하는 차량 주변의 3차원 CFD 해석을 수행하여 와이퍼의 닦임 성능 향상을 위한 방안을 모색하였다. 정확한 해석결과를 얻기 위하여 차량과 와이퍼의 자세한 형상을 모델링하였고, 해석 결과로 와이퍼의 양력계수와 항력계수를 산출하였다. 또한, 수치해석을 통하여 와이퍼 작동 각도와 후드 끝단 각도가 전면유리 와이퍼의 양력계수와 항력계수에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.245-255
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• 2021

Various studies about metallic bipolar plates have been conducted to improve fuel cell performance through flow field design optimization. These research works have been mainly focused on fuel cells for vehicle, but not fuel cells for building. In order to reduce the price and volume of fuel cell stacks for building, it is necessary to apply a metallic flow field, In this study, for a metallic flow field applied to a fuel cell for building, the effect of a change in the flow field shape on the performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell was confirmed using a model and experiments with a down-sizing single cell. As a result, the flow field using a metal foam outperforms the channel type flow field because it has higher internal differential pressure and higher reactants velocity in gas diffusion layer, resulting in higher water removal and higher oxygen concentration in the catalyst layer than the channel type flow field. This study is expected to contribute to providing basic data for selecting the optimal flow field for the full stack of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for buildings.