• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.393-402
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• 2017

Many vibration-based global damage detection methods attempt to extract modal parameters from vibration signals as the main structural features to detect damage. The local flexibility method is one promising method that requires only the first few fundamental modes to detect not only the location but also the extent of damage. Generally, the mode shapes in the lateral degree of freedom are extracted from lateral vibration signals and then used to detect damage for a beam structure. In this study, a new approach which employs the mode shapes in the rotary degree of freedom obtained from the macro-strain vibration signals to detect damage of a beam structure is proposed. In order to facilitate the application of mode shapes in the rotary degree of freedom for beam structures, the local flexibility method is modified and utilized. The proposed rotary approach is verified by numerical and experimental studies of simply supported beams. The results illustrate potential feasibility of the proposed new idea. Compared to the method that uses lateral measurements, the proposed rotary approach seems more robust to noise in the numerical cases considered. The sensor configuration could also be more flexible and customized for a beam structure. Primarily, the proposed approach seems more sensitive to damage when the damage is close to the supports of simply supported beams.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2014

A concrete cask is an option for spent nuclear fuel interim storage. A concrete cask usually consists of a metallic canister which confines the spent nuclear fuel assemblies and a concrete overpack. When the overpack undergoes a missile impact, which might be caused by a tornado or an aircraft crash, it should sustain an acceptable level of structural integrity so that its radiation shielding capability and the retrievability of the canister are maintained. A missile impact against a concrete overpack produces two damage modes, local damage and global damage. In conventional approaches [1], those two damage modes are decoupled and evaluated separately. The local damage of concrete is usually evaluated by empirical formulas, while the global damage is evaluated by finite element analysis. However, this decoupled approach may lead to a very conservative estimation of both damages. In this research, finite element analysis with material failure models and element erosion is applied to the evaluation of local and global damage of concrete overpacks under high speed missile impacts. Two types of concrete overpacks with different configurations are considered. The numerical simulation results are compared with test results, and it is shown that the finite element analysis predicts both local and global damage qualitatively well, but the quantitative accuracy of the results are highly dependent on the fine-tuning of material and failure parameters.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권7호
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• pp.9-16
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• 1999

본 논문은 극 저 에너지 이온 주입의 원자단위 연구를 위하여 국부 셀 격자결함 축적 모델(local cell damage accumulation model)을 제안하고, 분자 역학 방법(molecular dynamics method)을 사용한 이온 주입 시뮬레이션 결과를 보여주고 있다. 국부 격자 결함 확률 축적 함수는 각 단위 셀에 축적된 에너지, 이온빔 전류, 기판 물질, 주입 이온과 이온 발생 순서 등으로 구성되어 있다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 SIMS 측정치 및 다른 분자 역학 시뮬레이션과 잘 일치한다. 격자결함을 고려하지 않는 MDRANGE는 격자결함으로 인한 채널링 억제 효과가 나타나지 않기 때문에 불순물 분포의 꼬리 부분에서 많은 차이를 보였다. 또한 국부 격자결함 축적 모델을 사용한 경우와 이를 고려하지 않는 경우의 불순물과 격자결함에 관한 2차원 분포를 계산하여 국부적으로 축적된 격자결함이 이온의 진행에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.795-807
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• 2008

A challenging problem in structural damage detection based on vibration data is the requirement of a large number of sensors and the numerical difficulty in obtaining reasonably accurate results when the system is large. To address this issue, the substructure identification approach may be used. Due to practical limitations, the response data are not available at all degrees of freedom of the structure and the external excitations may not be measured (or available). In this paper, an adaptive damage tracking technique, referred to as the sequential nonlinear least-square estimation with unknown inputs and unknown outputs (SNLSE-UI-UO) and the sub-structure approach are used to identify damages at critical locations (hot spots) of the complex structure. In our approach, only a limited number of response data are needed and the external excitations may not be measured, thus significantly reducing the number of sensors required and the corresponding computational efforts. The accuracy of the proposed approach is illustrated using a long-span truss with finite-element formulation and an 8-story nonlinear base-isolated building. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach is capable of tracking the local structural damages without the global information of the entire structure, and it is suitable for local structural health monitoring.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.187-200
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• 2013

The damage level in structures (global scale), elements (intermediate scale) and sections (local scale) can be evaluated using a single parameter called the "Damage Index". Part of the damage attributed to the local scale relates to the damage sustained by the materials of which the section is made. This study investigates the damage of concrete subjected to monotonic compressive loading using four different damage models - one proposed here for the first time and three other well-known models. The analytical results show that the proposed model is promising yet simple and effective for evaluating the damage of concrete. The proposed damage model of concrete with its promising characteristics indicated, appears to be a useful tool in the damage assessment of structures made of concrete.

• Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-50
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• 1996

In this paper, a finite element analysis based on the local approach concept to fracture in the continuum damage mechanics is performed to analyze ductile fracture in two dimensional quasi-static state. First an isotropic damage model based on the generalized concept of effective stress is proposed for structural materials in the context of large deformation. In this model, the stiffness degradation is taken as a measure of damage and so, the fracture phenomenon can be explained as the critical deterioration of stiffness at a material point. The modified Riks' continuation technique is used to solve incremental iterative equations. Crack propagation is achieved by removing critically damaged elements. The mesh size sensitivity analysis and the simulation of the well known shearing mode failure in plane strain state are carried out to verify the present formulation. As numerical examples, an edge cracked plate and the specimen with a circular hole under plane stress are taken. Load-displacement curves and successively fractured shapes are shown. From the results, it can be concluded that the proposed model based on the local approach concept in the continuum damage mechanics may be stated as a reasonable tool to explain ductile fracture initiation and crack propagation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.787-806
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• 2015

Due to corrosion, a large number of belt conveyors support structure in industrial plants have deteriorated. Severe corrosion may result in collapse of the structures. Therefore, practical and effective structural assessment techniques are needed. In this paper, damage identification methods based on two specific local vibration modes, named periodic and isolated local vibration modes, are proposed. The identification methods utilize the facts that support structures have many identical members repeated along the belt conveyor and there exist some local modes within a small frequency range where vibrations of these identical members are much larger than those of the other members. When one of these identical members is damaged, this member no longer vibrates in those modes. Instead, the member vibrates alone in an isolated mode with a lower frequency. A damage identification method based on frequencies comparison of these vibration modes and another method based on amplitude comparison of the periodic local vibration mode are explained. These methods do not require the baseline measurement records of undamaged structure. The methods is capable of detecting multiple damages simultaneously. The applicability of the methods is experimentally validated with a laboratory model and a real belt-conveyor support structure.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2016년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.128-129
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• 2016

This paper evaluates experimentally the explosion proof of fiber reinforced cement composite(FRCC) panels with various fibers of 2 % volume fraction subjected to contact explosions using an emulsion explosive. As a results, the proportion of the total damage in FRCC panels is not biased scabbing on the rear side with contrast to plain panels, which means that the local damage of FRCC panels was significantly controlled. The experimental results presented useful information for prediction of limited thickness on the local damage subjected to contact explosions through comparison with existing damage evaluation prediction equations.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.206-216
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• 2020

국내의 노후 철도교량이 증가함에 따라 노후화로 인한 유지관리비가 점점 증가하고 있으며, 지속적인 관리가 더욱 더 중요해지고 있다. 하지만 관리해야하는 노후 시설물은 증가하지만, 노후 시설물을 점검 및 진단을 할 수 있는 전문 인력은 부족해지고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 연구는 정적 변형률 응답 데이터를 적용하여 AI 기술의 머신러닝 기법으로 구조물의 국부적인 손상을 탐지하는 개선된 학습모델을 제시하고자 한다. 손상탐지 머신러닝 학습 모델을 구성하기 위해 우선 무도상 철도 판형교의 설계도면을 참고하여 교량의 해석모델을 설정하였으며, 설정된 해석모델로 손상시나리오에 따른 정적변형률 데이터를 추출하여 통계적 기법을 이용해 교량의 신뢰도 기반의 Local 손상 지수를 제시하였다. 손상 탐지는 손상 유무 탐지, 크기 탐지, 위치 탐지 3단계의 과정을 수행하여 손상 크기 탐지에서 선형 회귀 모델을 추가로 고려해 임의의 손상을 탐지하였으며, 최종적으로 손상 탐지 머신러닝 분류 학습 모델과 회귀 모델을 이용한 임의의 손상 위치를 추정 및 검증하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.577-577
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• 1989

In this paper, a detail evaluation of ultimate strength of offshore unstiffened tubular members with bending and local denting damage which are subjected to combined axial force and bending moment and to component load is presented through theoretical and experimental approaches. Based upon the results obtained here, the damage effect on the ultimate strength of tubular member under combined loads and component load is investigated.