• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.205-225
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• 2016

In this study the finite element method is utilized to predict the deflection and vibration characteristics of rectangular plates made of saturated porous functionally graded materials (PFGM) within the framework of the third order shear deformation plate theory. Material properties of PFGM plate are supposed to vary continuously along the thickness direction according to the power-law form and the porous plate is assumed of the form where pores are saturated with fluid. Various edge conditions of the plate are analyzed. The governing equations of motion are derived through energy method, using calculus of variations while the finite element model is derived based on the constitutive equation of the porous material. According to the numerical results, it is revealed that the proposed modeling and finite element approach can provide accurate deflection and frequency results of the PFGM plates as compared to the previously published results in literature. The detailed mathematical derivations are presented and numerical investigations are performed while the emphasis is placed on investigating the effect of the several parameters such as porosity volume fraction, material distribution profile, mode number and boundary conditions on the natural frequencies and deflection of the PFGM plates in detail. It is explicitly shown that the deflection and vibration behaviour of porous FGM plates are significantly influenced by these effects. Numerical results are presented to serve as benchmarks for future analyses of FGM plates with porosity phases.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2011

The second-order motion characteristics of a semi-submersible are investigated in regular waves. A higher-order boundary element method in a frequency domain and a finite element method in a time-domain were applied to the numerical analysis of the nonlinear hydrodynamic force and motion characteristics of semi-submersibles in view point of potential flow. Various aspects of nonlinear effects on the heave and roll of a semi-submersible were numerically investigated and some selected cases were compared with the model test data.

• Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 1996

In this paper, breaking waves are generated in a 2-D wave tank and simulated by using a higher-order boundary element method. A piston-type wavemaker is operated by signals composed of elementary waves. The phase of elementary waves is determined by the linear theory such that they are focused to a prescribed position. Calculated plunging waves coincide well with experiment. A steel box with different plate thicknesses is installed at a predetermined position in the tank. Measured impulsive pressures due to breaking waves are found to be 0.8-1.2$\rho$C2, where $\rho$ corresponds to water density and C to wave celerity. The transverse displacement of the plate is described in terms of modal eigenfunctions. The natural frequencies measured by impact tests in air for thin plate coincide with the computational and theoretical values. The radiationpotential due to plate vibration is derived and the radiation force is expressed in terms of hydroelastic added mass and damping forces. Comparison of natural frequencies of plate in water proves that hydroelastic added mass and damping are properly considered. The measured strain due to regular waves supports the calculated one, but there are apparent discrepancies between theory and experiment in the impulsive case.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.335-341
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 고차미분 연속성을 가지는 형상함수에 기초하여 오일러-베르누이 보 유한요소모델을 정식화하였으며, 다양한 경계조건들에 대하여 그 성능을 평가하였다. 이러한 유한요소 모델들은 새로이 개발되는 고차 보 이론들과 논로컬 탄성이론에 기초한 보 이론들의 유한요소해석에 필요하다. 그러나 고차 연속성을 가지는 유한요소에 대한 성능평가는 문헌에서 찾아보기 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 $C^2$ 및 $C^3$ 두 종류의 고차 유한요소들을 정식화하여 외팔보, 단순지지, 고정-힌지 등의 경계조건들을 적용하고 정적해석을 수행하였다. 고전적인 경계조건들 이외에도 고차 경계조건들이 보의 거동에 미치는 영향을 비교분석하였다. 경계조건에 따라서는 처짐의 미분 값들이 경계주변에서 진동하는 현상이 관찰되었으며, 이는 기하학적 경계조건들에 대하여 뚜렷이 나타난다. 특히 고정단과 같은 경계에서의 변위의 고차미분 조건은 이러한 불안정한 현상을 유발한다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과들은 고차 미분 연속성을 가지는 유한요소 이용에 가이드라인으로서 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.337-350
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• 2014

In this paper, we consider discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods with interior penalty term to approximate the solution of nonlinear parabolic problems with mixed boundary conditions. We construct the finite element spaces of the piecewise polynomials on which we define fully discrete discontinuous Galerkin approximations using the Crank-Nicolson method. To analyze the error estimates, we construct an appropriate projection which allows us to obtain the optimal order of a priori ${\ell}^{\infty}(L^2)$ error estimates of discontinuous Galerkin approximations in both spatial and temporal directions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.481-506
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• 2009

The present study is concerned with the stochastic linear free vibration study of laminated composite plate embedded with piezoelectric layers with random material properties. The system equations are derived using higher order shear deformation theory. The lamina material properties of the laminate are modeled as basic random variables for accurate prediction of the system behavior. A $C^0$ finite element is used for spatial descretization of the laminate. First order Taylor series based mean centered perturbation technique in conjunction with finite element method is outlined for the problem. The outlined probabilistic approach is used to obtain typical numerical results, i.e., the mean and standard deviation of natural frequency. Different combinations of simply supported, clamped and free boundary conditions are considered. The effect of side to thickness ratio, aspect ratio, lamination scheme on scattering of natural frequency is studied. The results are compared with those available in literature and an independent Monte Carlo simulation.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.331-348
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• 2022

The main goal of this article is to develop the finite element formulation based on the nonlocal strain gradient and the refined higher-order deformation theory employing a new function f(z) to investigate the static bending and free vibration of functionally graded porous (FGP) nanobeams. The proposed model considers the simultaneous effects of two parameters: nonlocal and strain gradient coefficients. The nanobeam is made by FGP material that exists in un-even and logarithmic-uneven distribution. The governing equation of the nanobeam is established based on Hamilton's principle. The authors use a 2-node beam element, each node with 8 degrees of freedom (DOFs) approximated by the C¹ and C² continuous Hermit functions to obtain the elemental stiffness matrix and mass matrix. The accuracy of the proposed model is tested by comparison with the results of reputable published works. From here, the influences of the parameters: nonlocal elasticity, strain gradient, porosity, and boundary conditions are studied.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.465-473
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• 2022

In this research, a numerical study has been provided for examining the nonlinear stability behaviors of sandwich beams having a cellular core and two face sheets made of nanocomposites. The nonlinear stability behaviors of the sandwich beam having geometrically perfect/imperfect shapes have been studied when it is subjected to a compressive buckling load. The nanocomposite face sheets are made of epoxy reinforced by graphene oxide powders (GOPs). Also, the core has the shape of a honeycomb with regular configuration. Using finite element method based on a higher-order deformation beam element, the system of equations of motions have been solved to derive the stability curves. Several parameters such as face sheet thickness, core wall thickness, graphene oxide amount and boundary conditions have remarkable influences on stability curves of geometrically perfect/imperfect sandwich beams.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.42-57
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• 1995

자유표면의 유동문제는 저항추진성능과 내항성능이 우수한 선박과 파랑중 작업성능이 우수한 해양구조물의 설계와 관련되어 조선해양공학분야에서 지속적으로 관심의 대상이 되어온 연구분야이다. 본 논문에서는 선체주위 유동을 정확하고 효율적으로 해석하기 위한 3차원 수치해법의 개발을 목적으로 하였다. 수치해법으로 경계요소법을 사용하였으며, 그린함수는 간단한 랜킨소오스를 사용하였다. 전 경계요소면은 8점 경계요소로 표시하여 기하학적 특성을 정밀하게 반영하고자 하였다. 자유표면에서 속도포텐셜의 변화를 정규화된 8점 경계요소에서 이중 2차 스플라인함수(bi-quadratic spline function)로 표시함으로써 자유표면에서의 수치감쇠 및 분산오차를 개선하였다. 한편 물체표면에서의 물리량은 8점 경계요소의 특성을 살려 이중 2차 다항식(bi-quadratic function)으로 근사하였다. 이와같이 계산영역에 따라 해의 특성에 부합하는 수치방법을 채택함으로써 수치해의 정확성과 효율성이 향상되도록 하였다. 개발한 수치해법의 효능을 검증하기 위해 계산예로서 정상유동 및 비정상유동의 경우 Neumann-Kelvin문제를 다루었다. 본 방법에 의한 몰수 타원체 및 Series 60선에 대한 조파저항 계산결과는 적은 파넬수를 사용하고도 기존의 계산치는 물론 실험치와 좋은 일치를 보였다. 변형된 Wigley선형에 대한 동유체력 계산결과도 기존의 실험치 및 계산치와 비교적 잘 일치하였다. 비정상 유동의 경우 랜킨소오스법에서 일반적으로 적용하는 상류방사조건은 무차원주파수가 1/4보다 큰 경우에만 유효하므로, 본 논문에서는 파동방정식 연산자를 이용하여 무차원주파수가 1/4보다 작은 경우에 적용할 수 있는 상류방사조건을 유도하였다. 수면하에서 전진하며 동요하는 소오스에 대하여 적용한 결과 본 논문에서 유도한 방사조건이 유효함을 입증하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2019

This paper deals with the static analysis of axially functionally graded rectangular plates. It is assumed that the flexural rigidity of the plate varies exponentially along one of the plate's in-plane dimensions. Both an analytical approach and a numerical method are utilized to solve the problem. The analytical solution is obtained by using the Green's function method. To employ this approach, the adjoint boundary value problem is established. Then, exact solutions for deflection of the plate for different boundary conditions are found. In another way, a finite element formulation for the problem is developed. In order to demonstrate the validity of the Authors' formulation, the results obtained via both mentioned schemes are compared with each other for functionally graded plates and with results of previously published works for homogeneous plates. The effect of plate parameters on the response of the plate is also investigated. To remind the research background, a brief review on the application of Green's function method in plates' analysis and functionally graded plates is also presented.