• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제3권6호
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• pp.593-609
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• 1995

The presence of reinforcement has a significant influence on the stress-strain behaviour of reinforced concrete structures, expecially when the failure stage of the structures is approached. In the present paper, the constrained and non-constrained zones of concrete due to the presence of reinforcement is developed and the stress-stress-strain behaviour of concrete is enhanced by a reinforcement confinement coefficient, Furthermore, a flexible method for the modelling of reinforcement with arbitrary orientation and not passing the nodes of concrete element is also proposed. Numerical examples and laboratory tests have shown that the coefficient and the modelling technique proposed by the author are satisfactory.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.291-311
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• 2006

The acceleration of consolidation by stone columns was mostly analysed within the framework of a basic unit cell model (i.e. a cylindrical soil body around a column). A method of converting the axisymmetric unit cell into the equivalent plane-strain model would be required for two-dimensional numerical modelling of multi-column field applications. This paper proposes two practical simplified conversion methods to obtain the equivalent plane-strain model of the unit cell, and investigates their applicability to multi-column reinforced ground. In the first conversion method, the soil permeability is matched according to an analytical equation, whereas in the second method, the column width is matched based on the equivalence of column area. The validity of these methods is tested by comparison with the numerical results of unit-cell simulations and with the field data from an embankment case history. The results show that for the case of linear-elastic material modelling, both methods produce reasonably accurate long-term consolidation settlements, whereas for the case of elasto-plastic material modelling, the second method is preferable as the first one gives erroneously lower long-term settlements, where plastic yielding of stone column are ignored.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2015

지하공간의 개발 또는 활용기술에 대한 수요가 전 세계적으로 급증함에 따라, 역학적 안정성과 활용 효율의 측면에서 발파굴착 시 발생하는 손상대 평가는 주요 관심사가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 PFC3D와 ANSYS LS-DYNA를 이용하여 판재시료를 대상으로 발파 예정선 주위의 소규모 모형발파에 대한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 또한, 해석 결과의 검증을 위하여 소규모 판재모형을 제작하여 발파실험을 수행하고 균열 전파양상을 비교 고찰하였다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2015

최근에 지하공간의 개발과 활용 기술에 대한 수요가 전 세계적으로 급증함에 따라 역학적 안정성과 활용 효율의 측면에서 발파굴착 시 발생하는 손상대 평가는 주요 관심사가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하공동주변 발파손상대(blast-damaged zone; BDZ)에 대한 폭원모델링을 검증하기 위하여 모멘텀 트랩(momentum trap; MT) 개념을 이용한 일련의 소규모 시험발파를 실시하고, 시험 결과에 따라 LS-DYNA 수치모델의 입력변수들을 수정하였다. 연구 결과, 본 연구에서 제안한 MT 개념을 이용한 모형발파 실험 및 수치모델링 기법은 주어진 조건 하에서 MT의 비산속도를 잘 모사하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.67-81
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• 2022

While the aerodynamics of solid bluff bodies is reasonably well-understood and methodologies for their reliable numerical simulation are available, the aerodynamics of porous bluff bodies formed by assembling perforated plates has received less attention. The topic is nevertheless of great technical interest, due to their ubiquitous presence in applications (fences, windbreaks and double skin facades to name a few). This work follows previous investigations by the authors, aimed at verifying the consistency of numerical simulations based on the explicit modelling of the perforated plates geometry and their representation by means of pressure-jumps. In this work we further expand such investigations and, contextually, we provide insight into the flow arrangement and its sensitivity to important modelling and setup configurations. To this purpose, Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) and Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) are performed for a 5:1 rectangular cylinder at null angle of attack. Then, using URANS, porosity and attack angle are simultaneously varied. To the authors' knowledge this is the first time in which LES are used to model a porous bluff body and compare results obtained using the explicit modelling approach to those obtained relying on pressure-jumps. Despite the flow organization often shows noticeable differences, good agreement is found between the two modelling strategies in terms of drag force.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2003

화약발파에 의한 암반의 파괴는 폭약의 열화학적 반응에 의해 생성되는 에너지가 주위 암반으로 전달되면서 발생한다. 폭약의 반응은 매우 짧은 시간에 격렬하게 이루어지므로 실험적 관찰이 용이하지 않을 뿐만 아니라, 암반을 대상으로 발파할 경우 암반의 불균질성, 이방성으로 인해 동일한 조건으로 실험을 하더라도 특성상 정량적 정성적으로 똑같은 상황을 반복적으로 재현하여 실험하는 것도 불가능하다. 따라서 폭약으로부터 발생하는 에너지와 암반으로의 전달과정은 암반 파괴의 에너지원으로서 매우 중요하면서도 명확히 파악되지 않은 부분이다. 본 논문에서는 수치해석적 방법으로 발파원과 암반의 거동을 모델링하여 발파원의 특성이 암반 거동에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 주요 결과로는 발파원과 관련된 입력 자료로서 감쇠상수와 발파공벽에 가해지는 압력의 증가시간에 따라 암반의 동적거동이 상이하게 나타났으며, 동적 거동을 결정짓는 두 입력 변수의 상호관계를 유도할 수 있었다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.577-594
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• 2016

In this paper a practical modelling methodology is presented for a series of aero- servo- elastic- coupled numerical analyses of small wind turbine operation, with particular emphasis on variable speed generator modelling in various wind speed conditions. The following characteristics are determined using the available computer tools: the tip speed ratio as a function of the generator constant (under the assumption of constant wind speed), the turbine coefficient of power as a function of the tip speed ratio (the torque curve is modified accordingly and generator speed and power curves are plotted), turbine power curves and coefficient of power curve as functions of the incoming wind speed. The last stage is to determine forces and torques acting on rotor blades and turbine tower for specific incoming wind speeds in order to examine the impact of the stall phenomena on these values (beyond the rated power of the turbine). It is shown that the obtained results demonstrate a valuable guideline for small wind turbines design process.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2016

This study presents an approach of tidal farming optimization using a numerical modelling method to simulate tidal energy extraction for 1MW scale tidal stream devices around Jangjuk-sudo, South Korea. The utility of the approach in this research is demonstrated by optimizing the tidal farm in an idealized scenario and a more realistic case with three scenarios of 28-turbine centered tidal array (named A, B and C layouts) inside the Jangjuk-sudo. In addition, the numerical method also provides a pre-processing calculation helps the researchers to quickly determine where the best resource site is located when considering the position of the tidal stream turbine farm. From the simulation results, it is clearly seen that the net energy (or wake energy yield which includes the impacts of wake effects on power generation) extracted from the layout A is virtually equal to the estimates of speed-up energy yield (or the gross energy which is the sum of energy yield of each turbine without wake effects), up to 30.3 GWh/year.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.127-143
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• 2015

Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is an anisotropic material due to the random orientation of the fibres within the cement matrix. Fibres under different inclination angles provide different strength contribution of a given crack width. For that the pull-out response of inclined fibres is of great importance to understand SFRC behaviour, particularly in the case of fibres with hooked ends, which are the most widely used. The paper focuses on the numerical modelling of the pull-out response of this kind of fibres from high-strength cementitious matrix in order to study the effects of different inclination angles of the fibres to the load-displacement pull-out curves. The pull-out of the fibres is studied by means of accurate three-dimensional finite element models, which take into account the nonlinearities that are present in the physical model, such as the nonlinear bonding between the fibre and the matrix in the early stages of the loading, the unilateral contact between the fibre and the matrix, the friction at the contact areas, the plastification of the steel fibre and the plastification and cracking of the cementitious matrix. The bonding properties of the fibre-matrix interface considered in the numerical model are based on experimental results of pull-out tests on straight fibres.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.81-95
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• 2019

The unexpected seismic interaction of dry-assembled precast concrete frame structures typical of the European heritage with their precast cladding panels brought to extensive failures of the panels during recent earthquakes due to the inadequateness of their connection systems. Following this recognition, an experimental campaign of cyclic and pseudo-dynamic tests has been performed at ELSA laboratory of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on a full-scale prototype of precast structure with vertical and horizontal cladding panels within the framework of the Safecladding project. The panels were connected to the frame structure by means of innovative arrangements of fastening systems including isostatic, integrated and dissipative. Many of the investigated configurations involved a strong frame-cladding interaction, modifying the structural behaviour of the frame turning it into highly non-linear since small deformation. In such cases, properly modelling the connections becomes fundamental in the framework of a design by non-linear dynamic analysis. This paper presents the peculiarities of the numerical models of precast frame structures equipped with the various cladding connection systems which have been set to predict and simulate the experimental results from pseudo-dynamic tests. The comparison allows to validate the structural models and to derive recommendations for a proper modelling of the different types of existing and innovative cladding connection systems.