• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.407-426
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• 2022

Superior to traditional welded studs, high strength friction-grip bolted shear connectors facilitate the assembling and demounting of the composite members, which maximizes the potential for efficiency in the construction and retrofitting of new and old structures respectively. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the structural properties of high strength friction-grip bolts used in steel concrete composite beams. By means of push-out tests, an experimental study was conducted on post-installed high strength friction-grip bolts, considering the effects of different bolt size, concrete strength, bolt tensile strength and bolt pretension. The test results showed that bolt shear fracture was the dominant failure mode of all specimens. Based on the load-slip curves, uplifting curves and bolt tensile force curves between the precast concrete slab and steel beam obtained by push-out tests, the anti-slip performance of steel-concrete interface and shear behavior of bolt shank were studied, including the quantitative analysis of anti-slip load, and anti-slip stiffness, frictional coefficient, shear stiffness of bolt shank and ultimate shear capacity. Meanwhile, the interfacial anti-slip stiffness and shear stiffness of bolt shank were defined reasonably. In addition, a total of 56 push-out finite element models verified by the experimental results were also developed, and used to conduct parametric analyses for investigating the shear behavior of high-strength bolted shear connectors in steel-concrete composite beams. Finally, on ground of the test results and finite element simulation analysis, a new design formula for predicting shear capacity was proposed by nonlinear fitting, considering the bolt diameter, concrete strength and bolt tensile strength. Comparison of the calculated value from proposed formula and test results given in the relevant references indicated that the proposed formulas can give a reasonable prediction.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.447-463
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• 2021

Caisson-type structures are widely used as quay walls in coastal areas. In Korea, for a long time, many caisson-type quay walls have been constructed with a low front water depth. These facilities can no longer meet the requirements of current development. This study developed a new technology for deepening existing caisson-type quay walls using grouting and rubble mound excavation to economically reuse them. With this technology, quay walls could be renovated by injecting grout into the rubble mound beneath the front toe of the caisson to secure its structure. Subsequently, a portion of the rubble mound was excavated to increase the front water depth. This paper reports the results of an investigation of the seismic behavior of a renovated quay wall in comparison to that of an existing quay wall using centrifuge tests and numerical simulations. Two centrifuge model tests at a scale of 1/120 were conducted on the quay walls before and after renovation. During the experiments, the displacements, accelerations, and earth pressures were measured under five consecutive earthquake input motions with increasing magnitudes. In addition, systematic numerical analyses of the centrifuge model tests were also conducted with the PLAXIS 2D finite element (FE) program using a nonlinear elastoplastic constitutive model. The displacements of the caisson, response accelerations, deformed shape of the quay wall, and earth pressures were investigated in detail based on a comparison of the numerical and experimental results. The results demonstrated that the motion of the caisson changed after renovation, and its displacement decreased significantly. The comparison between the FE models and centrifuge test results showed good agreement. This indicated that renovation was technically feasible, and it could be considered to study further by testbed before applying in practice.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.899-910
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• 2021

A 4-unknown shear deformation theory is applied to investigate the vibration of functionally graded plates under thermal environment. The plate is fabricated from a functionally graded material mixed of ceramic and metal with continuously varying material properties through the plate thickness. Three types of thermal loadings, uniform, linear and nonlinear temperature rises along the plate thickness are taken into account. The present theory contains four unknown functions as against five or more in other higher order shear deformation theories. The through-the-thickness distributions of transverse shear stresses of the plate are considered to vary parabolically and vanish at upper and lower surfaces. The present model does not require any problem dependent shear correction factor. Analytical solutions for the free vibration analysis are derived based on Fourier series that satisfy the boundary conditions (Navier's method). Benchmark solutions are firstly considered to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed model. Comparisons with the solutions available in literature revealed the good capabilities of the present model for the simulations of vibration responses of FG plates. Some parametric studies are carried out for the frequency analysis by varying the volume fraction profile and the temperature distribution across the plate thickness.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2022

The purposes of the present work it to study the effect of shear deformation on the static post-buckling response of simply supported functionally graded (FGM) axisymmetric beams based on classical, first-order, and higher-order shear deformation theories. The behavior of postbuckling is introduced based on geometric nonlinearity. The material properties of functionally graded materials (FGM) are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The equations of motion and the boundary conditions derived using Hamilton's principle. This article compares and addresses the efficiency, the applicability, and the limits of classical models, higher order models (CLT, FSDT, and HSDT) for the static post-buckling response of an asymmetrically simply supported FGM beam. The amplitude of the static post-buckling obtained a solving the nonlinear governing equations. The results showing the variation of the maximum post-buckling amplitude with the applied axial load presented, for different theory and different parameters of material and geometry. In conclusion: The shear effect found to have a significant contribution to the post-buckling behaviors of axisymmetric beams. As well as the classical beam theory CBT, underestimate the shear effect compared to higher order shear deformation theories HSDT.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.860-866
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• 2022

An accurate prediction of the pressure drop along the flow paths is crucial in the design of advanced passive systems cooled by heavy liquid metal coolants. To date, a generic pressure drop correlation over spacer grids by Rehme has been applied extensively, which was obtained from substantial experimental data with multiple types of components. However, a few experimental studies have reported that the correlation may give large discrepancies. To provide a more reliable correlation for ring-type spacer grids, the current numerical study aims at figuring out the most critical factor among four hypothetical parameters, namely the flow area blockage ratio, number of fuel rods, type of fluid, and thickness of the spacer grid in the flow direction. Through a set of computational fluid dynamics simulations, we observed that the flow area blockage ratio dominantly influences the pressure loss characteristics, and thus its dependence should be more emphasized, whereas the other parameters have little impact. Hence, we suggest a new correlation for the drag coefficient as C_B = C_ν,m/ε^2.7, where C_ν,m is formulated by a nonlinear fit of simulation data such that C_ν,m = -11.33 ln(0.02 ln(Re_b)).

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2022

PADS(Precision Aerial Delivery System)은 원형 낙하산을 이용한 공중 물자수송 시스템의 낮은 착륙 정확도를 개선해줄 수 있는 장비로 AGU(Airborne Guidance Unit)을 장착하여 원하는 목적지로 안전하게 물자를 수송할 수 있다. 현재 외국에서 개발된 PADS 성능은 착륙 정확도가 CEP₅₀ 100m 범위로 보고되고 있으나 실제 지형 및 기상환경에 따라 많은 차이를 보인다. 산악지역이 많은 국내 환경에서는 국부적인 지형변화에 따른 풍향, 풍속 변화가 심하고 이는 착륙 정밀도에 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 PADS의 6DOF 비선형 모델링을 기반으로 HILS(Hardware In the Loop Simulation)를 구축하여 바람 환경에서 Ram air parachute의 기동 특성을 분석하였다. 이러한 기동 특성을 고려하여 EM(Energy Management) 기동과 FA(Final Approach) 기동을 포함한 정밀 연착륙 알고리즘을 설계하였다. PADS 시뮬레이션 결과 CEP₅₀ 40m 이내로 정밀 연착륙이 가능하였으며, 향후 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 실제 PADS 투하시험을 통하여 정밀 공중 물자수송 시스템에 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.779-789
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• 2022

This work presents a non-linear cylindrical bending analysis of functionally graded plate reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in thermal environment using a simple integral higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). This theory does not require shear correction factors and the transverse shear stresses vary parabolically through the thickness. The material properties of SWCNTs are assumed to be temperature-dependent and are obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. The material properties of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composites (FG-CNTCRs) are considered to be graded in the thickness direction, and are estimated through a micromechanical model. The non-linear strain-displacement relations in the Von Karman sense are used to study the effect of geometric non-linearity and the solution is obtained by minimization of the total potential energy. The numerical illustrations concern the nonlinear bending response of FG-CNTRC plates under different sets of thermal environmental conditions, from which results for uniformly distributed CNTRC plates are obtained as benchmarks.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1826-1834
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 지상의 광학 관측 시스템에서 미지 우주물체를 짧은 주기로 촬영할 때의 연속 추적 가능성을 확인해 본다. 저궤도영역으로 한정된 대상 표적에 대해 모의 관측 데이터를 생성하였고, 표적특성을 고려하여 예측 오차의 성능지수를 설정하였다. 칼만 필터를 이용하여 표적의 다음 위치를 예측하였고, 등속도/등가속도 표적 기동 모델이 미지 우주물체의 방위각/고도각 두 축에 적용되었다. 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 수행한 결과, 최대 비선형구간의 최대 오차 비율이 2% 미만으로 나타나 연속적인 추적을 보장할 수 있다고 판단할 수 있었다. 등가속도 모델이 케이스별 예측 오차값의 변화가 적어서, 미지 우주물체의 추적에 더 적합하였다. 이러한 분석은 광학 관측을 이용한 미지 우주물체 궤도 결정의 기초를 제공할 수 있다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.791-800
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• 2022

능동 진동 제어 시스템(Active vibration control system, AVCS)을 이용하여 헬리콥터 기체의 능동 진동 제어 시 우수한 진동 제어 성능을 얻기 위하여서는 진동 상쇄 하중 발생기의 개수, 위치 및 하중 방향의 조합의 최적화가 중요하다. 따라서 고려 가능한 모든 하중 발생기의 조합에 대하여 헬리콥터 기체에 대한 AVCS의 진동 제어 성능을 조사하기 위해 Exhaustive 시험 기법을 적용한 AVCS 프레임워크를 구축하였다. 로터 진동 하중 해석, 기체 진동 응답 해석 및 AVCS 시뮬레이션 연구를 수행하기 위해 DYMORE II, MSC.NASTRAN 및 MATLAB Simulink 등 다양한 프로그램을 사용하였다. 이를 이용하여 비행 속도 158 knots의 UH-60A 헬리콥터에 대한 AVCS 적용을 위한 CRFG 조합을 최적화하였다. 최적의 CRFG 조합이 적용된 AVCS를 통해 UH-60A 헬리콥터의 4P 기체 진동 응답을 능동 제어한 결과, 기체의 주요 위치에서 4P 기체 진동 응답이 19.35~98.07%만큼 감소될 수 있었다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2023

Seismic fragility curves play a crucial role in assessing potential seismic losses and predicting structural damage caused by earthquakes. This study compares non-sampling-based methods of seismic fragility curve derivation, particularly the probabilistic seismic demand model (PSDM) and finite element reliability analysis (FERA), both of which require employing sophisticated finite element analysis to evaluate and predict structural damage caused by earthquakes. In this study, a three-dimensional finite element model of API 5L X65, a buried gas pipeline widely used in Korea, is constructed to derive seismic fragility curves. Its seismic vulnerability is assessed using nonlinear time-history analysis. PSDM and a FERA are employed to derive seismic fragility curves for comparison purposes, and the results are verified through a comparison with those from the Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). It is observed that the fragility curves obtained from PSDM are relatively conservative, which is attributed to the assumption introduced to consider the uncertainty factors. In addition, this study provides a comprehensive comparison of seismic fragility curve derivation methods based on sophisticated finite element analysis, which may contribute to developing more accurate and efficient seismic fragility analysis.