• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4274-4281
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• 2023

Blanket is of vital importance for engineering application of the fusion reactor. Nuclear heat deposition in materials is the main heat source in blanket structure. In this paper, the three-dimensional method for thermal-hydraulics/neutronics coupling analysis is developed and applied for the full-scale module of the helium-cooled ceramic breeder tritium breeding blanket (HCCB TBB) designed for China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR). The explicit coupling scheme is used to support data transfer for coupling analysis based on cell-to-cell mapping method. The coupling algorithm is realized by the user-defined function compiled in Fluent. The three-dimensional model is established, and then the coupling analysis is performed using the paralleled Coupling Analysis of Thermal-hydraulics and Neutronics Interface Code (CATNIC). The results reveal the relatively small influence of the coupling analysis compared to the traditional method using the radial fitting function of internal heat source. However, the coupling analysis method is quite important considering the nonuniform distribution of the neutron wall loading (NWL) along the poloidal direction. Finally, the structure optimization of the blanket is carried out using the coupling method to satisfy the thermal requirement of all materials. The nonlinear effect between thermal-hydraulics and neutronics is found during the blanket structure optimization, and the tritium production performance is slightly reduced after optimization. Such an adverse effect should be thoroughly evaluated in the future work.

• Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2015

Post-Katrina investigations revealed that most earthen levee damage occurred on the levee crest and landward-side slope as a result of either wave overtopping, storm surge overflow, or a combination of both. In this paper, combined wave overtopping and storm surge overflow of a levee embankment strengthened with high performance turf reinforcement mat (HPTRM) system was studied in a purely Lagrangian and meshless approach, two-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. After the SPH model is calibrated with full-scale overtopping test results, the overtopping discharge, flow thickness, flow velocity, average overtopping velocity, shear stress, and soil erosion rate are calculated. New equations are developed for average overtopping discharge. The shear stresses on landward-side slope are calculated and the characteristics of soil loss are given. Equations are also provided to estimate soil loss rate. The range of the application of these equations is discussed.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.113-129
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 사질토 지반에서의 굴착단계별 연성 벽체의 거동분석을 수행하기 위해 흙막이벽의 모형실험을 실시하였다. 모형 흙막이벽 실험에서는 재료의 역학적 특성이 비교적 널리 알려진 주문진 표준사를 이용하여 상대밀도가 79%, 41%, 24%인 모형지반을 조성한 후 모형벽체의 연성지수를 변화시켜 각 굴착단계별로 배면지반과 연성 벽체의 거동특성을 규명하였다. 본 연구에서는 벽체의 수평변위, 벽체의 배면에 작용하는 수평토압, 굴착으로 인한 배면지반의 침하량 및 침하영향거리, 벽체에 작용하는 앵커의 하중, 그리고 벽체에 작용하는 휨모멘트와 축력에 대해 굴착단계에 따라 살펴보고 이를 토대로 지반과 벽체의 거동특성을 분석하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2015

This paper presents the dimensionless wall distance, y+ effect on SST turbulent model for wind turbine blade. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Phase VI wind turbine was used for the study, which the wind tunnel and structural test data has publicly available. The near wall treatment and turbulent characteristics have important role for proper CFD simulation. Most of the CFD development in this area is focused on advanced turbulence model closures including second moment closure models, and so called Low-Reynolds (low-Re) number and two-layer turbulence models. However, in many cases CFD aerodynamic predictions based on these standard models still show a large degree of uncertainty, which can be attributed to the use of the $\epsilon$-equation as the turbulence scale equation and the associated limitations of the near wall treatment. The present paper demonstrates the y+ definition effect on SST (Shear Stress Transport) turbulent model with advanced automatic near wall treatment model and Gamma theta transitional model for transition from lamina to turbulent flow using commercial ANSYS-CFX. In all cases the SST model shows to be superior, as it gives more accurate predictions and is less sensitive to grid variations.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2005

연직배수공법은 연약지반과 준설매립지반의 압밀을 촉진시키고, 강도를 증진시키는데 가장 널리 사용되는 공법중의 하나이다. 토목섬유로 제작된 연직배수재(PVD)를 활용하여 지지력이 부족한 지반을 개량하는 경우, 배수재의 통수능력이 매우 중요한 요인으로 작용한다. 일반적으로 통수능력 실험은 고무 멤브레인으로 구속압력을 가하여 행해지고 있으나, 이는 현장에서 발생할 수 있는 여러 통수능력 저하 영향인자를 충분히 반영하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 현장조건에서 연직배수재는 해성점토나 실트질 사질토에 의해서 구속되어 배수재가 휘어지거나, 접히거나 하여 배수성능이 저하되기 때문이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 연직배수재를 활용하여 연약지반을 개량할 경우 현장조건을 고려한 통수능력을 평가하기 위하여 소형 통수능력 실험장치와 대형 통수능력 실험장치를 이용하여 배수재, 토사종류 및 측압, 상재하중, 동수경사의 실험조건을 설정하여, 연직배수재의 종방향 통수능력 실험을 수행하였다. 분석 결과, 배수재 종류에 따른 통수능력은 포켓식 배수재가 접착식에 비하여 크게 도출되었다. 토사종류에 따른 통수능력은 점토보다 준설토지반에서 더 크며, 하중과 동수경사, 가압시간의 증가에 따라 통수능력이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 포켓식 배수재가 점토지반에 타입되었을 경우, 하모니카형 코어를 가진 배수재가 요철형보다 통수능력이 크며, 준설토 지반에 타입된 경우에는 초기 배수면적비와 통수능력비가 거의 비례하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집E
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• pp.335-340
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• 2001

There are many tunnels located apart short distance from each other in mountainous country like Korea. Serial tunnels are connected by snow shelter in many cases. This study presents some countermeasures against micro-pressure wave at the tunnel exit using snow shelter. Through 1/60 scale model laboratory test, we find that snow shelter with 3.6m slit and slit cover show the effect of reducing the micro pressure wave to about 50.6%.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.815-827
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• 2015

The mechanical behavior of soil and soil-rock mixture is investigated via the discrete element method. A non-overlapping combination method of spheres is used to model convex polyhedron rock blocks of soil-rock mixture in the DEM simulations. The meso-mechanical parameters of soil and soil-rock interface in DEM simulations are obtained from the in-situ tests. Based on the Voronoi cell, a method representing volumtric strain of the sample at the particle scale is proposed. The numerical results indicate that the particle rotation, occlusion, dilatation and self-organizing force chains are a remarkable phenomena of the localization band for the soil and soil-rock mixture samples. The localization band in a soil-rock mixture is wider than that in the soil sample. The current research shows that the 3D discrete element method can effectively simulate the mechanical behavior of soil and soil-rock mixture.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.437-450
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• 2022

When the vertical load-bearing members in high-rise structures fail locally, the beam-column joints play an important role in the redistribution of the internal forces. In this paper, a static laboratory test of three full-scale flush flange beam-reinforced connections with side and cover plates (CP-FBSP connection) with double half-span steel beams and single L-shaped columns composed of concrete-filled steel tubes (L-CFST columns) was conducted. The influence of the side plate width and cover plate thickness on the progressive collapse resistance of the substructure was thoroughly analyzed. The failure mode, vertical force-displacement curves, strain variation, reaction force of the pin support and development of internal force in the section with the assumed plastic hinge were discussed. Then, through the verified finite element model, the corresponding analyses of the thickness and length of the side plates, the connecting length between the steel beam flange and cover plate, and the vertical-force eccentricity were carried out. The results show that the failure of all the specimens occurred through the cracking of the beam flange or the cover plate, and the beam chord rotations measured by the test were all greater than 0.085 rad. Increasing the length, thickness and width of the side plates slightly reduced the progressive collapse resistance of the substructures. The vertical-force eccentricity along the beam length reduced the progressive collapse resistance of the substructure. An increase in the connecting length between the beam flange and cover plate can significantly improve the progressive collapse resistance of substructures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2002

A model of the process of local buckling in tubular steel structural elements is presented. It is assumed that this degrading phenomenon can be lumped at plastic hinges. The model is therefore based on the concept of plastic hinge combined with the methods of continuum damage mechanics. The state of this new kind of inelastic hinge is characterized by two internal variables: the plastic rotation and the damage. The model is valid if only one local buckling appears in the plastic hinge region; for instance, in the case of framed structures subjected to monotonic loadings. Based on this damage model, a new finite element that can describe the development of local buckling is proposed. The element is the assemblage of an elastic beamcolumn and two inelastic hinges at its ends. The stiffness matrix, that depends on the level of damage, the yielding function and the damage evolution law of the two hinges define the new finite element. In order to verify model and finite element, several small-scale frames were tested in laboratory under monotonic loading. A lateral load at the top of the frame was applied in a stroke-controlled mode until local buckling appears and develops in several locations of the frame and its ultimate capacity was reached. These tests were simulated with the new finite element and comparison between model and test is presented and discussed.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-41
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• 2012

Wind loads on low-rise buildings in general and residential homes in particular can differ significantly depending upon the laboratory in which they were measured. The differences are due in large part to inadequate simulations of the low-frequency content of atmospheric velocity fluctuations in the laboratory and to the small scale of the models used for the measurements. The imperfect spatial coherence of the low frequency velocity fluctuations results in reductions of the overall wind effects with respect to the case of perfectly coherent flows. For large buildings those reductions are significant. However, for buildings with sufficiently small dimensions (e.g., residential homes) the reductions are relatively small. A technique is proposed for simulating the effect of low-frequency flow fluctuations on such buildings more effectively from the point of view of testing accuracy and repeatability than is currently the case. Experimental results are presented that validate the proposed technique. The technique eliminates a major cause of discrepancies among measurements conducted in different laboratories. In addition, the technique allows the use of considerably larger model scales than are possible in conventional testing. This makes it possible to model architectural details, and improves Reynolds number similarity. The technique is applicable to wind tunnels and large scale open jet facilities, and can help to standardize flow simulations for testing residential homes as well as significantly improving testing accuracy and repeatability. The work reported in this paper is a first step in developing the proposed technique. Additional tests are planned to further refine the technique and test the range of its applicability.