• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.246-255
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• 1997

The wave washer springs are expected to behave non-linearly between forces and displace¬ments due to contractions of the height and due to expansions in radial direction. To find out the non -linearity of wave washer springs, the three dimensional plate analysis theory using the finite element method is adopted in this paper. The wave washer springs are considered to be three dimensional plate structures rather than frame structures, because their thickness is normally much smaller than their width. The displacements of nodal points due to small increment of force are calculated by the finite element method and the calculated nodal displacements are added to X - Y Z coordinates of nodal points. The new stiffness matrix of the system using the new coordinates of nodal points is adopted to calculate the another nodal displacements, that is, the step by step method is used in this paper. The relations between the increments of forces and displacements in each step are recorded and plotted in chart. The experimental results are compared with the calculated chart and it is shown that there are good coincidences between measured values and calculated ones.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.213-234
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• 2010

A multiscale method is presented for analysis of thin slab structures in which the microstructures can not be reduced to two-dimensional plane stress models and thus three dimensional treatment of microstructures is necessary. This method is based on the classical asymptotic expansion multiscale approach but with consideration of the special geometric characteristics of the slab structures. This is achieved via a special form of multiscale asymptotic expansion of displacement field. The expanded three dimensional displacement field only exhibits in-plane periodicity and the thickness dimension is in the global scale. Consequently by employing the multiscale asymptotic expansion approach the global macroscopic structural problem and the local microscopic unit cell problem are rationally set up. It is noted that the unit cell is subjected to the in-plane periodic boundary conditions as well as the traction free conditions on the out of plane surfaces of the unit cell. The variational formulation and finite element implementation of the unit cell problem are discussed in details. Thereafter the in-plane material response is systematically characterized via homogenization analysis of the proposed special unit cell problem for different microstructures and the reasoning of the present method is justified. Moreover the present multiscale analysis procedure is illustrated through a plane stress beam example.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권5호
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• pp.589-600
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• 2020

The bonding interface of the concrete slab track and cement-asphalt mortar layer plays an important role in transferring load and restraining the track slab's deformation for slab track structures without concrete bollards in high-speed railway. However, the interfacial bond-slip behavior is seldom considered in the structural analysis; no credible constitutive model has been presented until now. Elaborating the field tests of concrete to cement-asphalt mortar interface subjected to longitudinal and transverse shear loads, this paper revealed its bond capacity and failure characteristics. Interfacial fractures all happen on the contact surface of the concrete track slab and mortar-layer in the experiments. Aiming at this failure mechanism, an interfacial mechanical model that employed the bilinear local bond-slip law was established. Then, the interfacial shear stresses of different loading stages and the load-displacement response were derived. By ensuring that the theoretical load-displacement curve is consistent with the experiment result, an interfacial bond-slip constitutive model including its the corresponding parameters was proposed in this paper. Additionally, a finite element model was used to validate this constitutive model further. The constitutive model presented in this paper can be used to describe the real interfacial bonding effect of slab track structures with similar materials under shear loads.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2009

Radiation effects on materials are inherently multiscale phenomena in view of the fact that various processes spanning a broad range of time and length scales are involved. A multiscale modeling approach to embrittlement of pressure vessel steels is presented here. The approach includes an investigation of the mechanisms of defect accumulation, microstructure evolution and the corresponding effects on mechanical properties. An understanding of these phenomena is required to predict the behavior of structural materials under irradiation. We used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at an atomic scale to study the evolution of high-energy displacement cascade reactions. The MD simulations yield quantitative information on primary damage. Using a database of displacement cascades generated by the MD simulations, we can estimate the accumulation of defects over diffusional length and time scales by applying kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. The evolution of the local microstructure under irradiation is responsible for changes in the physical and mechanical properties of materials. Mechanical property changes in irradiated materials are modeled by dislocation dynamics simulations, which simulate a collective motion of dislocations that interact with the defects. In this paper, we present a multi scale modeling methodology that describes reactor pressure vessel embrittlement in a light water reactor environment.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2012

PURPOSES : The lack of details of guidelines on how to install the Chicane for traffic calming leads the practical difference across the calming areas, so the benefits expected from these facilities are not hardly observed. In this context, this study analysed the relationship between the geometric design alternatives of Chicane with the dynamic behaviour of vehicles in terms of speed and trajectory. METHODS : The study analysed vehicle dynamic behaviour using dynamic analysis program Auto-Turn under various geometric conditions of Chicane. RESULTS : This study suggested the design alternatives of Chicane using terms such as "longitudinal displacement value", "lateral displacement value", etc. which are defined in the study. The suggested combination set is fulfilling the desired or target speed of vehicles and clearance between vehicle and roadside at the same time. CONCLUSIONS : The results from this study can be applied to install Chicane corresponding to the local condition where target speed is 30km/h. The study showed the design alternatives of chicane corresponding to the given road cross-sectional design and clearance to roadside for passenger cars and light truck respectively.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1993-2001
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• 2006

The piezoelectric bimorph film, which, as an actuator, can generate more effective displacement than the usual PVDF film, is used to control the turbulent boundary-layer flow. The change of wall pressures inside the turbulent boundary layer is observed by using the multi-channel microphone array flush-mounted on the surface when actuation at the non-dimensional frequency $f_b^+$:=0.008 and 0.028 is applied to the turbulent boundary layer. The wall pressure characteristics by the actuation to produce local displacement are more dominantly influenced by the size of the actuator module than the actuation frequency. The movement of large-scale turbulent structures to the upper layer is found to be the main mechanism of the reduction in the wall- pressure energy spectrum when the 700$700{\nu}/u_{\tau}$-long bimorph film is periodically actuated at the non- dimensional frequency $f_b^+$:=0.008 and 0.028. The biomorph actuator is triggered with the time delay for the active forcing at a single frequency when a 1/8' pressure-type, pin-holed microphone sensor detects the large-amplitude pressure event by the turbulent spot. The wall-pressure energy in the late-transitional boundary layer is partially reduced near the convection wavenumber by the open-loop control based on the large amplitude event.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2012

본 연구는 지반조건에 따른 효과적인 마이크로 파일의 설치방법을 제안하기 위해 실트 또는 모래지반에서 모형시험을 수행하였다. 시험결과, 관입 전단파괴가 발생한 실트지반은 압축변위에 저항하도록 마이크로 파일을 엇갈리게 설치(${\theta}$ < $0^{\circ}$)하는 것이 효과적이며, 전면 또는 국부전단파괴가 발생한 모래인 경우 횡 방향 변위에 저항하도록 마이크로 파일을 경사지게 설치(${\theta}$ > $0^{\circ}$ 또는 ${\theta}$ < $0^{\circ}$) 하는 것이 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2003

반응수정계수의 핵심구성요소인 연성계수에 대하여 통계적 분석을 수행하였다. 연성계수의 체계적인 산정을 위하여 총 1,860개의 지진기록을 수집하였다. 수집된 지진기록을 지반 전단파의 평균속도에 따라 4가지로 분류하고, 탄소성 이력거동을 가지는 단자유도 구조물에 대하여 비탄성 스펙트럼을 작성하였다. 작성된 비탄성 스펙트럼으로부터 연성계수를 구하고, 변위연성비, 토질조건, 규모 및 진앙거리가 연성계수에 미지는 영향을 분석하였다. 토질 조건별로 평균연성계수를 구하고, 산정된 연성계수의 산포도를 검토하기 위하여 변동계수를 산정하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2004

우리나라의 서 남해안 지역과 내륙의 하천 인근 지역은 상당한 범위에 걸쳐 점성토 지반이 형성되어 있다. 연약지반상의 제체는 지지지반의 지지력 부족으로 인하여 변위를 일으킨다. 장기적인 압밀은 구조체의 침하나 전단파괴를 가져올 수 있다. 따라서, 지반의 파괴와 과다변형을 억제하기 위해서 건설현장에 다양한 연직배수공법을 적용한다. 이 연구는 지반개량의 범위에 기초하여 연직배수재를 연직 및 수평방향으로 변화시켜 효율적인 개량 범위의 형태를 결정하고자 한다. 제체의 가장자리로부터 거리에 따른 강도의 변화는 제체 사면의 현장 값으로부터 해석되어진다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.403-413
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• 2017

Residual axial capacity from numerical analysis was widely used as a critical indicator for damage assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) columns subjected to blast loads. However, the convergence of the numerical result was generally based on the displacement response, which might not necessarily generate the correct post-blast results in case that the strain softening behavior of concrete was considered. In this paper, two widely used concrete models are adopted for post-blast analysis of a RC column under blast loading, while the calculated results show a pathological mesh size dependence even though the displacement response is converged. As a consequence, a nonlocal integral formulation is implemented in a concrete damage model to ensure mesh size independent objectivity of the local and global responses. Two numerical examples, one to a RC column with strain softening response and the other one to a RC column with post-blast response, are conducted by the nonlocal damage model, and the results indicate that both the two cases obtain objective response in the post-peak stage.