• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권6호
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• pp.723-735
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• 2020

This study is reported the adhesion failure in adhesive bonded composite and specifically for the T-joint structure. Three-dimensional finite element analysis has been performed using a commercial tool and the necessary outcomes are obtained via an eight noded solid element (Solid 185-element) from the library of ANSYS. The structural analysis input has been incurred through ANSYS parametric design language (APDL) code. The normal and shear stress distributions along different layers of the joint structure have been evaluated as the final outcomes. Based on the stress distributions, failure location in the composite joint structure has been identified by using the Tsai-Wu stress failure criterion. It has been found that the failure index is maximum at the interface between flange and web part of the joint (top layer) which indicates the probable location of failure initiation. This kind of failures are considered as adhesion failure and the failure propagation is governed by strain energy release rate (SERR) of fracture mechanics. The different adhesion failure lengths are also considered at the failure location to calculate the SERR values i.e. mode I fracture (opening), mode II fracture (sliding) and mode III fracture (tearing) along the failure front. Also, virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) principle of fracture mechanics steps is used to calculate the above said SERRs. It is found that the mode I SERR is more dominating compared to other two modes of failure for the joint considered. Finally, the influences of various parametric (geometrical and material) effect on SERR of the joint structure are evaluated and discussed in details.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.79-100
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• 2017

The use of wind energy resources is developing rapidly in recent decades. There is an increasing number of wind farms in high wind-velocity areas such as the Pacific Rim regions. Wind turbine towers are vulnerable to tropical cyclones and tower failures have been reported in an increasing number in these regions. Existing post-disaster failure case studies were mostly performed through forensic investigations and there are few numerical studies that address the collapse mode simulation of wind turbine towers under strong wind loads. In this paper, the wind-induced failure analysis of a conventional 65 m hub high 1.5-MW wind turbine was carried out by means of nonlinear response time-history analyses in a detailed finite element model of the structure. The wind loading was generated based on the wind field parameters adapted from the cyclone boundary layer flow. The analysis results indicate that this particular tower fails due to the formation of a full-section plastic hinge at locations that are consistent with those reported from field investigations, which suggests the validity of the proposed numerical analysis in the assessment of the performance of wind-farms under cyclonic winds. Furthermore, the numerical simulation allows to distinguish different failure stages before the dynamic collapse occurs in the proposed wind turbine tower, opening the door to future research on the control of these intermediate collapse phases.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.277-291
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• 2012

Aquaculture is challenged by a number of constraints with future efforts towards sustainable production. Global climate change has a potential damage to the sustainability by changing environmental surroundings unfavorably. The damaging parameters identified are water temperature, sea level, surface physical energy, precipitation, solar radiation, ocean acidification, and so on. Of them, temperature, mostly temperature elevation, occupies significant concern among marine ecologists and aquaculturists. Ocean acidification particularly draws shellfish aquaculturists' attention as it alters the marine chemistry, shifting the equilibrium towards more dissolved CO2 and hydrogen ions ($H^+$) and thus influencing signaling pathways on shell formation, immune system, and other biological processes. Temperature elevation by climate change is of double-sidedness: it can be an opportunistic parameter besides being a generally known damaging parameter in aquaculture. It can provide better environments for faster and longer growth for aquaculture species. It is also somehow advantageous for alleviation of aquaculture expansion pressure in a given location by opening a gate for new species and aquaculture zone expansion northward in the northern hemisphere, otherwise unavailable due to temperature limit. But in the science of climate change, the ways of influence on aquaculture are complex and ambiguous, and hence are still hard to identify and quantify. At the same time considerable parts of our knowledge on climate change effects on aquaculture are from the estimates from data of fisheries and agriculture. The consequences may be different from what they really are, particularly in the temperature region. In reality, bivalves and tunicates hung or caged in the longline system are often exposed to temperatures higher than those they encounter in nature, locally driving the farmed shellfish into an upper tolerable temperature extreme. We review recent climate change and following environment changes which can be factors or potential factors affecting shellfish aquaculture production in the temperate region.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.863-882
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• 2016

This study aims to introduce a new bracing system by which even super-wide frames with large openings can be braced. The proposed system, hereafter called Cable-Pulley Brace (CPB), is a tension-only bracing system with a rectilinear configuration. In CPB, a wire rope passes through a rectilinear path around the opening(s) and connects the lower corner of the frame to its opposite upper one. CPB is a secondary load resisting system with a nonlinear-elastic hysteretic behavior due to its initial pre-tension load. As a result, the required energy dissipation would be provided by the MRF itself, and the main intention of using CPB is to contribute to the initial and post-yield stiffness of the whole system. Using a stiffness calibration technique, optimum placement of the CPBs is discussed to yield a uniform displacement demand along the height of the structure. A displacement-based design procedure is proposed by which the MRF with CPB can be designed to achieve a uniform distribution of inter-story drifts with predefined values. Obtained results indicated that CPB leads to significant reductions in maximum and residual deformations of the MRF at the expense of minor increase in the maximum base shear and developed axial force demands in the columns. In the case of a typical 5-story residential building, compared to SMRF system, CPB system reduces maximum amounts of inter-story and residual drifts by 35% and 70%, respectively. Moreover, openings of the frame are not interrupted by the CPB. This is the most appealing feature of the proposed bracing system from architectural point of view.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.491-506
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• 2014

Buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) have excellent hysteretic behavior while buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) are susceptible to residual lateral deformations. To address this drawback, a novel self-centering (SC) BRB with Basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) composite tendons is presented in this work. The configuration and mechanics of proposed BFRP-SC-BRBs are first discussed. Then an 1840-mm-long BFRP-SC-BRB specimen is fabricated and tested to verify its hysteric and self-centering performance. The tested specimen has an expected flag-shaped hysteresis character, showing a distinct self-centering tendency. During the test, the residual deformation of the specimen is only about 0.6 mm. The gap between anchorage plates and welding ends of bracing tubes performs as expected with the maximum opening value 6 mm when brace is in compression. The OpenSEES software is employed to conduct numerical analysis. Experiment results are used to validate the modeling methodology. Then the proposed numerical model is used to evaluate the influence of initial prestress, tendon diameter and core plate thickness on the performance of BFRP-SC-BRBs. Results show that both the increase of initial prestress and tendon diameters can obviously improve the self-centering effect of BFRP-SC-BRBs. With the increase of core plate thickness, the energy dissipation is improved while the residual deformation is generated when the core plate strength exceeds initial prestress force.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1003-1020
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• 2017

Estimation of groundwater inflow into underground opening is of critical importance for the design and construction of underground structures. Groundwater inflow into a pilot underground storage facility in China was estimated using analytical equations, numerical modeling and field measurement. The applicability of analytical and numerical methods was examined by comparing the estimated and measured results. Field geological investigation indicated that in local scale the high groundwater inflows are associated with the appearance of open joints, fractured zone or dykes induced by shear and/or tensile tectonic stresses. It was found that 8 groundwater inflow spots with high inflow rates account for about 82% of the total rate for the 9 caverns. On the prediction of the magnitude of groundwater inflow rate, it was found that could both (Finite Element Method) FEM and (Discrete Element Method) DEM perform better than analytical equations, due to the fact that in analytical equations simplified assumptions were adopted. However, on the prediction of the spatial distribution estimation of groundwater inflow, both analytical and numerical methods failed to predict at the present state. Nevertheless, numerical simulations would prevail over analytical methods to predict the distribution if more details in the simulations were taken into consideration.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 암반 절리 내 점성유체 주입시 주입 설계변수가 주입 성능에 미치는 영향을 평가할 목적으로 UDEC 프로그램을 사용하여 1차원 선형유동 해석을 수행하였다. 주입 설계변수로는 주입 압력, 유체 압축률, 주입재의 항복강도 및 점성도의 시간의존성, 주입 압력에 의한 절리의 역학적 변형을 설정하였으며, 주입재의 침투거리 및 주입 유량을 통해 주입 성능을 평가하였다. 수치해석 결과는 이론해를 통하여 파악한 주입 성능양상과 유사한 결과를 보였다. 주입재의 항복강도 및 점성도의 시간의존성을 고려하지 않을 경우, 주입재의 누적 주입량은 시간의존성을 고려한 해석에 비하여 약 1.2배 크게 평가되었다. 또한, 수리-역학 연계해석결과로부터 주입 압력에 의한 절리의 역학적 변형이 발생하는 경우, 절리 간극이 일정한 수리유동 해석에 비하여 누적 주입량이 약 4.4배 늘어나는 결과를 보였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.230-240
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 폴리프로필렌 섬유보강 콘크리트의 파괴특성을 알아보기 위해 Monofilament 섬유와 Fibrillated 섬유의 두 종류 폴리프로필렌 섬유를 선택하여 10$\times$10$\times$50 cm 보 시편을 만들었는데, 이때 사용된 두 종류의 섬유 길이는 19 mm이고, 섬유 혼입량은 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%로 하였으며, 초기균열 깊이의 영향을 알아보기 위해 초기 균열길이를 각 섬유 혼입량에 따라 1.5cm, 3.0cm, 4.5cm로 하여 실험을 수행하였다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 폴리프로필렌 섬유보강 콘크리트의 파괴특성을 규명하기 위해 보 시편에 대한 4 점 하중 휨시험을 통해 하중-하중점 변위 곡선을 각 시편에 대해 측정하였고, 이때 COD 게이지를 이용하여 하중-CMOD 곡선도 측정할 수 있었다. 이러한 실험결과를 통해, 섬유혼입량과 초기 균열 깊이에 따른 압축강도, 휨강도 및 휨인성, 응력확대계수, 파괴에너지 등이 규명되었다. 이러한 결과에 대한 분석으로부터 Fibrillated 폴리프로필렌 섬유가 Monofilament 섬유보다 연성 효과가 큰 것을 알 수 있었으며, 특히 하중-CMOD 곡선으로부터 계산되는 파괴에너지인 Jc가 믿을만한 파괴특성 인자임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.272-276
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• 2016

To investigate the optimum x-ray tube design for the dental radiology, factors affecting x-ray beam characteristics such as tungsten target thickness and anode angle were evaluated. Another goal of the study was to addresses the anode heel effect and off-axis spectra for different target angles. MCNPX has been utilized to simulate the diagnostic x-ray tube with the aim of predicting optimum target angle and angular distribution of x-ray intensity around the x-ray target. For simulation of x-ray spectra, MCNPX was run in photon and electron using default values for PHYS:P and PHYS:E cards to enable full electron and photon transport. The x-ray tube consists of an evacuated 1 mm alumina envelope containing a tungsten anode embedded in a copper part. The envelope is encased in lead shield with an opening window. MCNPX simulations were run for x-ray tube potentials of 70 kV. A monoenergetic electron source at the distance of 2 cm from the anode surface was considered. The electron beam diameter was 0.3 mm striking on the focal spot. In this work, the optimum thickness of tungsten target was $3{\mu}m$ for the 70 kV electron potential. To determine the angle with the highest photon intensity per initial electron striking on the target, the x-ray intensity per initial electron was calculated for different tungsten target angles. The optimum anode angle based only on x-ray beam flatness was 35 degree. It should be mentioned that there is a considerable trade-off between anode angle which determines the focal spot size and geometric penumbra. The optimized thickness of a target material was calculated to maximize the x-ray intensity produced from a tungsten target materials for a 70 keV electron energy. Our results also showed that the anode angle has an influencing effect on heel effect and beam intensity across the beam.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.461-468
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• 1991

에너지기인 azido기$(-CH_2N_3)$, nitrato기$(-CH_2ONO_2)$로 치환된 옥시란의 단량체를 산촉매하의 중합반응에 관해서 반경험적인 MNDO, $AM_1$ 방법 등을 사용하여 이론적으로 고찰하였다. 치환체 옥시란의 친핵성 및 염기성은 옥시란 산소의 음전하 크기로 설명할 수 있다. 공중합하의 성장단계에서 옥시란의 반응성은 반응중심 탄소의 양전하 크기와 친전자체의 낮은 LUMO 에너지에 죄우됨을 예측된다. 환 oxonium 양이온이 개환되어 선 carbenium 양이온으로 전환 과정은 oxonium 양이온과 carbenium 양이온 사이의 계산된 안정화 에너지는 약 30∼40 kcal/mole로 carbenium 이온이 더 유리함을 예측된다. 평형상태의 옥소늄 이온과 카베늄 이온의 농도 크기가 반응 메타니즘의 결정단계이다.선폴리머 성장단계에서 $SN_1$ 메카니즘이 $SN_2$ 메카니즘보다 빠르게 반응할 것으로 예측된다.