• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.443-455
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• 2023

This is a research analyses on the bearing capacity at a pile tip embedded in rock. The aim is to propose a shape coefficient for an analytical solution and to investigate the influence of the plastic flow law on the problem. For this purpose, the finite difference method is used to analyze the bearing capacity of various types and states of rock masses, assuming the Hoek & Brown failure criterion, by considering both plane strain and an axisymmetric model. Different geometrical configurations were adopted for this analysis. First, the axisymmetric numerical results were compared with those obtained from the plane strain analytical solution. Then the pile shape influence on the bearing capacity was studied. A shape factor is now proposed. Furthermore, an evaluation was done on the influence of the plastic flow law on the pile tip bearing capacity. Associative flow and non-associative flow with null dilatancy were considered, resulting in a proposed correlation. A total of 324 cases were simulated, performing a sensitivity analysis on the results and using the graphic output of vertical displacement and maximum principal stress to understand how the failure mechanism occurs in the numerical model.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4647-4658
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• 2023

In this paper, elastic-plastic fracture mechanics analysis is performed to determine the critical crack sizes of the multipurpose canister (MPC) manufactured using austenitic stainless steel under dynamic loading conditions that simulate drop accidents. Firstly, dynamic finite element (FE) analysis is performed using Abaqus v.2018 with the KORAD (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)-21 model under two drop accident conditions. Through the FE analysis, critical locations and through-thickness stress distributions in the MPC are identified, where the maximum plastic strain occurs during impact loadings. Then, the evaluation using the failure assessment diagram (FAD) is performed by postulating an external surface crack at the critical location to determine the critical crack depth. It is found that, for the drop cases considered in this paper, the principal failure mechanism for the circumferential surface crack is found to be the plastic collapse due to dominant high bending axial stress in the thickness. For axial cracks, the plastic collapse is also the dominant failure mechanism due to high membrane hoop stress, followed by the ductile tearing analysis. When incorporating the strain rate effect on yield strength and fracture toughness, the critical crack depth increases from 10 to 20%.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

Uniaxial and biaxial torsional fatigue tests were conducted on the samples extracted from urban railway wheel steel. Ultimate and yield strengths of the steel were 1027.7 MPa and 626 MPa, respectively. The uniaxial fatigue limit was 422.5 MPa, corresponding 67% of the ultimate tensile strength. The ratio of ${\tau}_e/{\sigma}_e$ was 0.63. Fatigue strength coefficient and exponent were 1319.5 MPa and 0.339, respectively. Maximum principal and equivalent strain were found to be adequate parameter to predict fatigue lifetime of the steel under multiaixal fatigue condition.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.621-629
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• 2011

Uniaxial and biaxial torsional fatigue tests were conducted on the samples extracted from urban railway wheel steel. Ultimate and yield strengths of the steel were 1027.7 MPa and 626 MPa, respectively. The uniaxial fatigue limit was 422.5 MPa, corresponding 67% of the ultimate tensile strength. The ratio of ${\tau}_e/{\sigma}_e$ was 0.63. Fatigue strength coefficient and exponent were 1319.5 MPa and 0.339, respectively. Maximum principal and equivalent strain were found to be adequate parameter to predict fatigue lifetime of the steel under multiaixal fatigue condition.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.279-286
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• 1999

Failure of spot-weld joints in car body may cause noise, vibration and safety problems. Systematic procedures for estimating fatigue strength of general spot-weld joints are developed in this paper. Fatigue test results for various spot-welded specimens are analysed using the finite element method. It is found that the maximum principal strain at the nugget boundary on the inner surface governs the fatigue failure of spot-welded joints.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.80-87
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• 1996

The present paper will give some results of the fatigue behavior of typical axi-symmetric forward extrusion die. The extrusion process is analyzed by rigid-plastic FEM and the deformation analysis of extrusion die is conducted by elasto-plastic FEM. To approach the crack problem LEFM (Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics) is introduced. Using special element in order to conside the sigularity of stress/ strain in the vicinity of the crack tip, stress intensity factor and the effective stress intensity factor is calculated. Applying proper fatigue crack propagation criterion such as Paris/Erdogan fatigue law and maximum principal criterion to these data, then, the angle and the direction of fatigue crack propagation is simulated. In result, it is proved that the simulated fatigue crack propagates in the zigzag path along the radial direction and fatigue life of the extrusion die is evaluated by using the computed crack growth rate.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1995년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.596-602
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• 1995

In this paper, the rolling-sliding contact problem of a layered semi-infinite solid compressed by a rigid surface is solved by finite element method based on the elasto-plastic theory. The purpose of this paper is to present the standard that is needed the later design. For this analysis, the principal parameters are layer thickness. Young's modulus ratio of layer and substrate and friction coefficient. In particular, this paper is interested in effect that layer thickness have influence upon displacement and shear and tensile stress at interface. For the layered material, the layer and the substrate behave elastic and linear-strain hardening respectively. For law friction, a relatively thin layer reduce the undesired maximum tensial stress but, for high friction, act contrary to the case of low friction.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.587-594
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• 2010

측지망은 측량작업과 조정계산의 기준으로써 그 구성이 측량성과의 품질에 많은 영향을 미침에도 불구하고 대부분의 측지망 설계는 경험적 또는 단순한 기하학적 강도만을 기준으로 설계되어진다. 본 논문은 해석적 기법에 의한 측지망의 최적화 설계를 위하여 측지망의 품질을 평가하기 위한 다양한 기준을 분석하고 제시하기 위한 것으로써 측지망 품질평가 기준으로 정밀도(오자타원, 2DRMS, CEP), 신뢰성(내적신뢰성) 및 견인성(최대전단변형률, 주변형률, 면적변형률)을 제시하고 이를 실제 측지망의 설계에 적용함으로써 그 효용성을 평가하였다. 기관측된 실제 측지망에 8가지 품질평가 인자를 적용하여 측지망 최적화 설계의 효용성을 평가한 결과, 최적화 설계 전 후 품질평가 인자는 평균값에 있어서 정밀도는 2%, 신뢰성은 3%, 견인성은 3,001%로 향상되었으며, 최대값에 있어서 정밀도는 5% 신뢰성은 7%, 견인성은 16,957% 향상된 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1229-1242
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• 2005

When natural rubber is used for a long period of time, it becomes aged; it usually becomes hardened and loses its damping capability. This aging process affects not only the material property but also the (fatigue) life of natural rubber. In this paper the aging effects on the material property and the fatigue life were experimentally investigated. In addition, several fatigue life prediction equations for natural rubber were proposed. In order to investigate the aging effects on the material property, the load-stretch ratio curves were plotted from the results of the tensile test, the compression test and the simple shear test for virgin and heat-aged rubber specimens. Rubber specimens were heat-aged in an oven at a temperature ranging from $50^{\circ}C$ to $90^{\circ}C$ for a period ranging from 2 days to 16 days. In order to investigate the aging effects on the fatigue life, fatigue tests were conducted for differently heat-aged hourglass-shaped and simple shear specimens. Moreover, finite element simulations were conducted for the specimens to calculate physical quantities occurring in the specimens such as the maximum value of the effective stress, the strain energy density, the first invariant of the Cauchy-Green deformation tensor and the maximum principal nominal strain. Then, four fatigue life prediction equations based on one of the physical quantities could be obtained by fitting the equations to the test data. Finally, the fatigue life of a rubber bush used in an automobile was predicted by using the prediction equations, and it was compared with the test data of the bush to evaluate the reliability of those equations.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.579-584
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• 2017

고속 철도 차량 댐퍼의 오일 씰은 열차 운행동안 외부 환경으로부터 유해한 오염을 막고, 댐퍼 내부에서 오일 누출을 방지하고자 사용되는 니트릴 부타디엔 고무 재질 부품이다. 오일 씰의 주요 고장원인인 누유는 본 댐퍼의 피로 파손을 일으킨다. 뿐만 아니라 본 오일 씰의 누적 손상은 궤도 불규칙과 캔트 등으로 열차 주행동안 반복적인 댐퍼의 상하 운동으로부터 로드와 본 부품 사이에 접촉력으로 인하여 발생한다. 따라서 본 오일 씰의 설계는 취약점에서 최대 주변형률을 최소화하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 댐퍼의 내구성을 향상하기 위하여 다중 섬 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 오일 씰 단면형상에 대한 최적설계를 수행하였다. 오일 씰의 최적단면은 절차 자동화 / 최적설계 프로그램을 이용하여 본 연구의 최적설계와 비선형 유한요소해석의 통합절차에 따라 얻어진 것이다. 또한, 비선형 유한요소해석의 입력 자료로서, 본 고무의 비선형 물성 값은 말로우식으로 표현하였다. 취약지점인 오일 누유지점에서 최적단면의 오일 씰은 초기 형상과 비교할 때, 이 지점에서 최대 주변형률이 약 24% 감소함을 확인하였다.