• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.185-198
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• 2014

Carbon-manganese steel A42 (French standards) is used in steam generator pipes of nuclear center and subject to low cycle fatigue (LCF) loads. In order to obtain the material LCF behavior, the tests are implemented in a hydraulic fatigue machine. The LCF plastic deformation and cyclic stress in macroscope have been influenced by the accumulated low cycle fatigue damage. The constitutive kinematic and isotropic hardening modeling is modified with coupling fatigue damage to describe the fatigue behavior. The improved model seems to be good agreement with the test results.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2005

In this paper, a computational model for nonlinear crack damage analysis of concrete gravity dam-foundation boundary region subjected to earthquake loading is suggested. An enhanced model based on the Lee-Fenves plastic-damage model is used as the inelastic material model for a concrete dam structure and rock foundation. The suggested model is implemented numerically and used for computational earthquake simulation of Koyna dam, which was severly damaged from the strong earthquake in 1967. From the numerical result it is demonstrated that the suggested computational model can realistically represent crack initiation and propagation in the dam-foundation boundary region.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.261-265
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• 2017

Periauricular paresthesia may afflict patients for a significant amount of time after facelift surgery. When performing face and neck lift surgery, temple and posterior auricular flap dissection is undertaken directly over the auriculotemporal, great auricular, and lesser occipital nerve territory, leading to potential damage to the nerve. The auriculotemporal nerve remains under the thin outer superficial fascia just below the subfollicular level in the prehelical area. To prevent damage to the auriculotemporal nerve and to protect the temporal hair follicle, the dissection plane should be kept just above the thin fascia covering the auriculotemporal nerve. Around the McKinney point, the adipose tissue covering the deep fascia is apt to be elevated from the deep fascia due to its denser fascial relationship with the skin, which leaves the great auricular nerve open to exposure. In order to prevent damage to the posterior branches of the great auricular nerve, the skin flap at the posterior auricular sulcus should be elevated above the auricularis posterior muscle. Fixating the superficial muscular aponeurotic system flap deeper and higher to the tympano-parotid fascia is recommended in order to avoid compromising the lobular branch of the great auricular nerve. The lesser occipital nerve (C2, C3) travels superficially at a proximal and variable level that makes it vulnerable to compromise in the mastoid dissection. Leaving the adipose tissue at the level of the deep fascia puts the branches of the great auricular nerve and lesser occipital nerve at less risk, and has been confirmed not to compromise either tissue perfusion or hair follicles.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2023

Structural health monitoring (SHM) covers a range of damage detection strategies for buildings. In real-time, SHM provides a basis for rapid decision making to optimise the speed and economic efficiency of post-event response. Previous work introduced an SHM method based on identifying structural nonlinear hysteretic parameters and their evolution from structural force-deformation hysteresis loops in real-time. This research extends and generalises this method to investigate the impact of a wide range of flag-shaped or pinching shape nonlinear hysteretic response and its impact on the SHM accuracy. A particular focus is plastic stiffness (K_p), where accurate identification of this parameter enables accurate identification of net and total plastic deformation and plastic energy dissipated, all of which are directly related to damage and infrequently assessed in SHM. A sensitivity study using a realistic seismic case study with known ground truth values investigates the impact of hysteresis loop shape, as well as added noise, on SHM accuracy using a suite of 20 ground motions from the PEER database. Monte Carlo analysis over 22,000 simulations with different hysteresis loops and added noise resulted in absolute percentage identification error (median, (IQR)) in K_p of 1.88% (0.79, 4.94)%. Errors were larger where five events (Earthquakes #1, 6, 9, 14) have very large errors over 100% for resulted K_p as an almost entirely linear response yielded only negligible plastic response, increasing identification error. The sensitivity analysis shows accuracy is reduces to within 3% when plastic drift is induced. This method shows clear potential to provide accurate, real-time metrics of non-linear stiffness and deformation to assist rapid damage assessment and decision making, utilising algorithms significantly simpler than previous non-linear structural model-based parameter identification SHM methods.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2020

Concrete are the most widely used manmade materials for infrastructure construction across the world. These constructions gradually aged and damaged due to long-term use. However, there does not exist an efficient concrete recycling method with low energy consumption. In this study, concrete was regarded as a heterogeneous material composed of coarse aggregate and cement mortar. And the failure mode of concrete under ultrasonic dynamic loading was investigated by finite element (FE) analysis. Simultaneously, a 3D random aggregate concrete model was programmed by APDL and imported into ABAQUS software, and the damage plastic constitutive model was applied to each phase to study the damage law of concrete under dynamic loading. Meanwhile, the dynamic damage process of concrete was numerically simulated, which observed ultrasonic propagating and the concrete crushing behavior. Finally, the FE simulation considering the influence of different aggregate volume and aggregate size was carried out to illustrate the damage level of concrete.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2001

암반 절리면의 거칠기는 전단강도 및 변형거동에 가장 중요한 영향을 미치는 요소 중의 하나이다. 절리면은 전단변형이 발생하는 동안 손상을 받게 되고 이에 따라 거칠기각은 연속적으로 낮아진다. 절리면의 수직팽창성과 강도 경화 및 연화현상도 거칠기의 변화와 관련이 있는 것으로 이해되고 있다. 따라서 절리면의 거칠기의 변화를 효율적으로 반영시킬 수 있는 수치해석 모델의 개발이 중요하다. 이 연구에서는 탄소성이론을 바탕으로 거칠기 변화를 고려할 수 있는 탄소성 응력-변형 증분식을 유도하여 절리면 거질기 변화가 절리면 전단거동에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 평가하는데 이용하였다. 유도된 탄소성 증분식을 검증하기 위하여 수치 주기전단시험을 실시하였다. 수치시험결과 개발된 탄소성 증분식은 거친 절리면의 주기전단시험에 나타나는 일반적인 현상들을 모사하는데 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• Multiscale and Multiphysics Mechanics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.171-188
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• 2016

Gradient enhanced theories of crystal plasticity enjoy great research interest. The focus of this work is on thermodynamically consistent modeling of grain size dependent hardening effects. In this contribution, we develop a model framework for damage coupled to gradient enhanced crystal thermoplasticity. The damage initiation is directly linked to the accumulated plastic slip. The theoretical setting is that of finite strains. Numerical results on single-crystalline metal showing the development of damage conclude the paper.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.422-431
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• 2023

Background Posttraumatic lymphedema (PTL) is sparsely described in the literature. The aim of this study is to propose a comprehensive approach for prevention and treatment of PTL using lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) and lymphatic vessels free flap, reporting our experience in the management of early-stage lymphedema. Methods A retrospective observational study was performed between October 2017 and July 2022. Functional assessment with magnetic resonance lymphangiography and indocyanine green lymphography was performed. Patients with lymphedema and functional lymphatic channels were included. Cases with limited soft tissue damage were proposed for LVA, and those with acute or prior soft tissue damage needing skin reconstruction were proposed for superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator lymphatic vessels free flap (SCIP-LV) to treat or prevent lymphedema. Primary and secondary outcomes were limb volume reduction and quality of life (QoL) improvement, respectively. Follow-up was at least 1 year. Results Twenty-eight patients were operated using this approach during the study period. LVA were performed in 12 patients; mean reduction of excess volume (REV) was 58.82% and the improvement in QoL was 49.25%. SCIP-LV was performed in seven patients with no flap failure; mean REV was 58.77% and the improvement QoL was 50.9%. Nine patients with acute injury in lymphatic critical areas were reconstructed with SCIP-LV as a preventive approach and no lymphedema was detected. Conclusion Our comprehensive approach provides an organized way to treat patients with PTL, or at risk of developing it, to have satisfactory results and improve their QoL.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호통권46호
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• pp.251-258
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• 2000

강구조물과 부재들의 지진 손상도 평가법에 새롭게 접근하기 위하여 강한 지진하중을 받는 강재 교각에 대해 수치해석을 수행하였다. 새로운 손상도 평가법에서 파괴 상태에 대한 기준은 지진하중이 재하되는 동안에 응력집중이 가장 심한 단면의 한 부분에서 누적소성변형율의 값이 90%에 이르게 되는 때를 의미한다. 단주기 특성의 지진하중에 대해서는 소성변형율의 누적에 의한 국부좌굴 파괴보다는 허용변위를 초과하는 전체좌굴에 의한 파괴가 지배적인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 장주기 특성의 지진하중에 대해서는 소성변형율이 강재교각 하부의 모서리 부분 요소에 누적되면서 누적 소성변형율에 의한 국부좌굴로 파괴되는 결과를 보였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 기존 연속균열모형들이 대형균열 표현에서 소성변형을 과도하게 계산하는 문제점을 극복한 대형균열모형을 제안하였다. 또한 소성손상모형을 수정한 형태로 제안된 균열모형을 수치해석에 사용할 수 있도록 3단계 회귀매핑 알고리즘으로 구성된 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 전산해석 예제들을 통하여 제안된 균열손상 모형과 알고리즘이 동적 하중을 받는 구조물의 균열해석문제에서 과도한 소성변형을 억제하는 합리적인 결과를 도출함을 알 수 있었다.