• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.613-618
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• 2007

The real vehicle crash experiment is the best way to evaluate the performance of a guardrail. However the experiment is very expensive because of high cost of vehicles and guardrail installation. Thus in this study, crash simulation of a vehicle against a steel guardrail is performed using LS-DYNA. There are many researches on the impact of a vehicle against a guardrail. However the friction between a vehicle and a guardrail is not considered, although it affects considerably the behavior of a guardrail. In this paper, the friction coefficient is applied to evaluate correctly the performance of a guardrail.

• Composites Research
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.14-18
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• 2012

The structural adhesives have the advantage of improving automobile performances and are being applied to joining light weight materials like aluminium and composite. In order to characterize the impact behavior of structural adhesive, instrumented impact tests were performed with respect to pin-ring adhesively bonded joint specimens. Also dynamic FE analysis was carried out using LS-DYNA to compare the results with experiments.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.17 no.6 s.123
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• pp.484-490
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• 2007

A reciprocating compressor used in domestic refrigerators can be subjected to many different forms of shock. These shocks are usually experienced during transporting the products from a manufacturer to customers. The hermetic structure of this kind of compressor makes it difficult to conduct drop tests for identifying the failure mechanism and their drop behaviors. The drop/impact simulation for a reciprocating compressor has been carried out with the explicit code LS-DYNA and its validation has been experimentally verified. Simulation results are in good agreement with those of drop test. The present method of drop/impact simulation provides an efficient and powerful solution to improve the design quality and reduce the design period.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.42 no.5 s.143
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• pp.493-498
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• 2005

Underwater explosion shock response analysis of a MIL-S-901D Standard Floating Shock Platform(SFSP) was performed using LS-DYNA/USA, and the accuracy of analysis results was examined through the comparison of them with the existing test results. Surrounding fluid as well as the SFSP was included In a three dimensional finite element model for the consideration of the cavitation effects of UNOEX shock wave. It was confirmed that the analysis results could predict accurately the shock behaviors of the SFSP, and the response characteristics according to heavy weight shock tests could be figured out well.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.81-88
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• 2022

Numerical analysis and dynamic material properties are required to analyze the behavior of workpiece during an electrohydraulic forming (EHF) process. In this study, EHF experiments were conducted under three conditions (6, 7, 8 kV). Dynamic material properties of Al 5052-H34 were inversely estimated through an ANN (Artificial Neural Network) model constructed based on LS-Dyna analysis results. Parameters of Cowper-Symonds constitutive equation, C and p, were used to implement dynamic material properties. By comparing experimental results of three conditions with ANN model results, optimized parameters were obtained. To determine the reliability of the derived parameters, experimental results, LS-Dyna analysis results, and ANN results of three conditions were compared using MSE and SMAPE. Valid parameters were obtained because values of indicators were within confidence intervals.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.348-348
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• 2005

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.31 no.3 s.119
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• pp.213-221
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• 2007

Recently, environmental design are becoming a matter of grave concern in shipbuilding. Out of these concern, oil spilt which is induced by grounding accidents is very critical reason of the ocean pollution. Therefore, a series qf quarter of 105k tanker model grounding simulations were conducted to analyze it's characteristics for the accident. ship get using LS-DYNA3D. In this paper, to conduct whole simulations, a meshsize convergence test was carried out to determine appropriate meshsize for grounding test. After the series analysis. These results were analyzed as each case.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.157-164
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• 2013

In this study, the structural performance of nuclear power plant containment buildings, which are made of steel fiber reinforced concrete(SFRC) and subject to aircraft crash, is examined by finite element analyses. The applied loads by aircraft crash against the buildings are modeled using Riera impact load function and by the varying aircraft contact area with respect to time. CSCM concrete model in LS-DYNA is employed to model SFRC. The parameters for the material model are determined from SFRC strength prediction models. Based on the volume ratio of steel fiber in SFRC, the structural performance of nuclear containment buildings subject to aircraft crash are analysed using a commercial finite element analysis program LS-DYNA. The safety assessments of the buildings subject to the crash are discussed and the effectiveness of SFRC for nuclear power plant containment building on the increase of aircraft crash resistance is also evaluated.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1101-1111
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• 2018

This study aims to present accurate soil modeling and validation of a single roadside guardrail post as well as a single concrete pile installed near cut slopes or compacted sloping embankment. The conventional Winkler's elastic spring model and p-y curve approach for horizontal ground cannot directly be applied to sloping ground where ultimate soil resistance is significantly dependent on ground inclination. In this study, both grid-based 3-D FE model and particle-based SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamics) model available in LS-DYNA have been adopted to predict the static behavior of a laterally loaded guardrail post. The SPH model has potential to eliminate any artificial soil stiffness due to the deterioration of the node-connected Lagrangian soil mesh. For this purpose, this study comprises two parts. Firstly, only 3-D FE modeling has been tested to show the numerical validity for a single concrete pile in sloping ground using Mohr-Coulomb material. However, this material option cannot be implemented for SPH elements. Nevertheless, Mohr-Coulomb model has been used since this material model requires six input soil data that can be obtained from the comparative papers in literatures. Secondly, this work is extended to compute the lateral resistance of a guardrail post located near the slope using the hybrid approach that combines Lagrange FE elements and SPH elements by the suitable node-merging option provided by LS-DYNA. For this analysis, the FHWA soil material developed for application to road-base soils has been used and also allows the application of SPH element.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.445-454
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• 2020

Non-breakaway crashworthy sliding posts move rigidly with a vehicle in the early stage of vehicle impact. During this stage, a vehicle imparts its linear momentum to the post, experiencing first-stage speed loss followed by second-stage loss from the crush of the energy-absorbing pipe (EAP) installed under the guide rail. An EAP is the key element of a crashworthy sliding post and should be confined to the post foundation. This paper covers the development of an EAP for a sliding post of 507 kg, which is a sliding post type frequently used in Korea for cantilever signs. Detailed explanations of the designs for an EAP structure using LS-DYNA impact simulation are given, and the crashworthiness of the systems are confirmed through crash tests. The EAP presented in this paper can accommodate impacts from 0.9 ton-60 km/h to 1.3 ton-80 km/h, and is applicable to foundations up to 2.7 m in length.