• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.245-259
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• 2020

Tunnels have become an indispensable part of metro cities. Blast resistance design of tunnel has attracted the attention of researchers due to numerous implosion event. Present paper deals with the non-linear finite element analysis of rock tunnel having shear zone subjected to internal blast loading. Abaqus Explicit schemes in finite element has been used for the simulation of internal blast event. Structural discontinuity i.e., shear zone has been assumed passing the tunnel cross-section in the vertical direction and consist of Highly Weathered Granite medium surrounding the tunnel. Mohr-Coulomb constitutive material model has been considered for modelling the Highly Weathered Granite and the shear zone material. Concrete Damage Plasticity (CDP), Johnson-Cook (J-C), Jones-Wilkins-Lee (JWL) equation of state models are used for concrete, steel reinforcement and Trinitrotoluene (TNT) simulation respectively. The Coupled-Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) method of modelling for TNT explosive and air inside the tunnel has been adopted in this study. The CEL method incorporates the large deformations for which the traditional finite element analysis cannot be used. Shear zone orientations of 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°, with respect to the tunnel axis are considered to see their effect. It has been concluded that 60° orientation of shear zone presents the most critical situation.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.417-443
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• 2020

Tunnels have been an integral part of human civilization. Due to complexity in its design and structure, the stability of underground structures under extreme loading conditions has utmost importance. Increased terrorism and geo-political conflicts have forced the engineers and researchers to study the response of underground structures, especially tunnels under blast loading. The present study has been carried out to seek the response of tunnel structures under blast load using the finite element technique. The tunnel has been considered in quartzite rock of northern India. The Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model has been adopted for the elastoplastic behaviour of rock. The rock model surrounding the tunnel has dimensions of 30 m x 30 m x 35 m. Both unlined and lined (concrete) tunnel has been studied. Concrete Damage Plasticity model has been considered for the concrete lining. Four different parameters (i.e., tunnel diameter, liners thickness, overburden depth and mass of explosive) have been varied to observe the behaviour under different condition. To carry out blast analysis, Coupled-Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) modelling has been adopted for modelling of TNT (Trinitrotoluene) and enclosed air. JWL (Jones-Wilkins-Lee) model has been considered for TNT explosive modelling. The paper concludes that deformations in lined tunnels follow a logarithmic pattern while in unlined tunnels an exponential pattern has been observed. The stability of the tunnel has increased with an increase in overburden depth in both lined and unlined tunnels. Furthermore, the tunnel lining thickness also has a significant effect on the stability of the tunnel, but in smaller diameter tunnel, the increase in tunnel lining thickness has not much significance. The deformations in the rock tunnel have been decreased with an increase in the diameter of the tunnel.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.50-63
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• 2015

Explosive bolts are one of pyrotechnic release devices, which are highly reliable and efficient for a built-in release. Among them, ridge-cut explosive bolts which utilize shock wave generated by detonation to separate bolt body produce minimal fragments, little swelling and clean breaks. In this study, separation phenomena of ridge-cut explosive bolts or ridge-cut mechanism are computationally analyzed using Hydrocodes. To analyze separation mechanism of ridge-cut explosive bolts, fluid-structure interactions with complex material modeling are essential. For modeling of high explosives (RDX and PETN), Euler elements with Jones-Wilkins-Lee E.O.S. are utilized. For Lagrange elements of bolt body structures, shock E.O.S., Johnson-Cook strength model, and principal stress failure criteria are used. From the computational analysis of the author's explosive bolt model, computational analysis framework is verified and perfected with tuned failure criteria. Practical design improvements are also suggested based on a parametric study. Some design parameters, such as explosive weights, ridge angle, and ridge position, are chosen that might affect the separation reliability; and analysis is carried out for several designs. The results of this study provide useful information to avoid unnecessary separation experiments related with design parameters.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.5-18
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• 1997

일반적으로 포화지반의 동적거동을 정확히 예편하기 위해서는 다공성(multi-phase) 재료모델과 그 모델을 이용하는 수치해석 프로그램의 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 높은 동하중을 받는 다공질 재료의 이론적인 거동해석 연구결과와 함께 기존 MPDAP(multi-phase dynamic analysis program)에 JWL(Jones-Withins-Lee) 모델을 삽입시켜 개발한 MPDAP에 대해 다루었다. JWL모델은 기존 모델과는 달리 폭약의 종류 및 특성 등을 고려할 수 있는 모델이다. 또한 본 논문에서는 개발된 프로그램의 적합성을 조사하기 위하여 몇몇 예제에 대한 검증해석을 수행하였다. 검증결과, 단일매체 (single-phase medium)에서의 탄성구형파의 전파특성 해석의 경우 해석결과와 이론해는 거의 일치하는 결과를 나타내었고, 일차원 선형 압밀해석의 경우과잉 간극수압은 Terzaghi의 이론해와 해석된 결과가 비교적 일치하는 경향성을 보여 주었다. 또한 포화지반에서의 평면 압축파 해석의 경우도 해석결과와 이미 검증된 프로그램 또는 완전해의 해석결과는 거의 유사하게 나타나는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2006

A code is developed to analyze a spherically symmetric underwater explosion. The arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian(ALE) Godunov scheme for two-phase flow is used to calculate numerical fluxes through moving control surfaces. For detonation gas of TNT and liquid water, the Jones-Wilkins-Lee(JWL) equation of states and the isentropic Tait relation are used respectively. It is suggested to use the Godunov variable to estimate the velocity of a material interface. The code is validated through comparisons with other results on the gas-water shock tube problem. It is shown that the code can handle generation of discontinuity and recovering of continuity in the normal velocity near the material interface during shock waves interact with the material interface. The developed code is applied to analyze a spherically symmetric underwater explosion. Repeated transmissions of shock waves are clearly captured. The calculated period and maximum radius of detonation gas bubble show good agreements with experimental and other numerical results.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2021

Large deformation and rapid pressure propagation take place inside the rock mass under the dynamic loads caused by the explosives, on quarry faces in order to extract aggregate material. The complexity of the science of rock blasting is due to a number of factors that affect the phenomenon. However, blasting engineering computations could be facilitated by innovative software algorithms in order to determine the results of the violent explosion, since field experiments are particularly difficult to be conducted. The present research focuses on the design of a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) code, for investigating in detail the behavior of limestone under the blasting effect of Ammonium Nitrate & Fuel Oil (ANFO). Specifically, the manuscript presents the FEA models and the relevant transient analysis results, simulating the blasting process for three types of limestone, ranging from poor to very good quality. The Finite Element code was developed by applying the Jones-Wilkins-Lee (JWL) equation of state to describe the thermodynamic state of ANFO and the pressure dependent Drucker-Prager failure criterion to define the limestone plasticity behavior, under blasting induced, high rate stress. A progressive damage model was also used in order to define the stiffness degradation and destruction of the material. This paper performs a comparative analysis and quantifies the phenomena regarding pressure, stress distribution and energy balance, for three types of limestone. The ultimate goal of this research is to provide an answer for a number of scientific questions, considering various phenomena taking place during the explosion event, using advanced computational tools.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.521-527
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• 2016

본 논문은 효과적인 무반사 기법을 이용한 수중폭발에 따른 부유식 해상풍력발전기의 동응답 수치해석에 관한 내용이다. 수치해석을 위해 무한한 바다 영역을 유한한 영역으로 한정하고 그 경계에서 필연적인 충격파의 반사를 흡수하기 위해 PML(perfectly matched layer)이라 불리는 무반사 기법을 적용하였다. 수중폭발을 수반한 비점성 압축성 유동을 표현하는 일반화된 수송방정식은 방향별 흡수계수와 상태변수를 도입하여 3개의 PML 방정식으로 분리하였다. 풍력발전기와 해수 유동으로 구성된 유체-구조 연계문제는 오일러 기반의 유한체적법과 라그랑지 기반의 유한요소법을 연계하여 반복계산으로 해석하였다. 그리고 수중폭발에 따른 동수압은 JWL 상태방정식으로 계산하였다. 수치실험을 통해 수중폭발에 따른 동수압과 구조 동응답을 분석하였으며, PML 무반사 기법을 적용한 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우에 비해 보다 정확한 해석결과를 제공함을 확인하였다.