• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.427-443
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• 2024

By using a computational program of three-dimensional aerostatic and aerodynamic stability analysis of long-span bridges under skew wind, the dynamic characteristics and structural stability(including the aerostatic and aerodynamic stability) of a three-tower cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridge with main span of 1 400 meters are investigated numerically under skew wind, and the skew wind and aerostatic effects on the aerostatic and aerodynamic stability of three-tower cable-stayedsuspension hybrid bridge are ascertained. The results show that the three-tower cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridge is a longspan structure with greater flexibility, and it is more susceptible to the wind action. The aerostatic instability of three-tower cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridges is characterized by the coupling of vertical bending and torsion of the girder, and the skew wind does not affect the aerostatic instability mode. The skew wind has positive or negative effects on the aerostatic stability of the bridge, the influence is between -5.38% and 4.64%, and in most cases, it reduces the aerostatic stability of the bridge. With the increase of wind yaw angle, the critical wind speed of aerostatic instability does not vary as the cosine rule as proposed by the skew wind decomposition method, the skew wind decomposition method may overestimate the aerostatic stability, and the maximum overestimation is 16.7%. The flutter critical wind speed fluctuates with the increase of wind yaw angle, and it may reach to the minimum value under the skew wind. The skew wind has limited effect on the aerodynamic stability of three-tower cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridge, however the aerostatic effect significantly reduces the aerodynamic stability of the bridge under skew wind, the reduction is between 3.66% and 21.86%, with an overall average drop of 11.59%. The combined effect of skew and static winds further reduces the critical flutter wind speed, the decrease is between 7.91% and 19.37%, with an overall average decrease of 11.85%. Therefore, the effects of skew and static winds must be comprehensively considered in the aerostatic and aerodynamic stability analysis of three-tower cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridges.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.343-356
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• 2024

This paper presents an analytical solution for correctly predicting the Lateral-Torsional Buckling critical moment of simply supported castellated beams, the solution covers uniformly distributed loads combined with compressive loads. For this purpose, the castellated beam section with hexagonal-type perforation is treated as an arrangement of double "T" sections, composed of an upper T section and a lower T section. The castellated beam with regular openings is considered as a periodic repeating structure of unit cells. According to the kinematic model, the energy principle is applied in the context of geometric nonlinearity and the linear elastic behavior of materials. The differential equilibrium equations are established using Galerkin's method and the tangential stiffness matrix is calculated to determine the critical lateral torsional buckling loads. A Finite Element simulation using ABAQUS software is performed to verify the accuracy of the suggested analytical solution, each castellated beam is modelled with appropriate sizes meshes by thin shell elements S8R, the chosen element has 8 nodes and six degrees of freedom per node, including five integration points through the thickness, the Lanczos eigen-solver of ABAQUS was used to conduct elastic buckling analysis. It has been demonstrated that the proposed analytical solution results are in good agreement with those of the finite element method. A parametric study involving geometric and mechanical parameters is carried out, the intensity of the compressive load is also included. In comparison with the linear solution, it has been found that the linear stability underestimates the lateral buckling resistance. It has been confirmed that when high axial loads are applied, an impressive reduction in critical loads has been observed. It can be concluded that the obtained analytical solution is efficient and simple, and offers a rapid and direct method for estimating the lateral torsional buckling critical moment of simply supported castellated beams.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.38-45
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• 1999

Formaldehyd/Urea 몰비의 변이가 목질 원재료의 형상이 상이한 합판, SLPB, STPB의 접착성과 물성에 미치는 영향을 조사한 본 연구는 요소수지 F/U 몰비 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0으로 요소수지를 제조하고 그 형상이 상이한 목질 원재료인 veneer, sliver-particle, strand-particle를 원료로 하여 각 몰비별 합판, SLPB, STPB를 제조하였다. 합판의 상태접착력, SLPB, STPB의 밀도, 함수율, 박리강도, 휨강도, 두께 팽창율을 시험하였다. 실험 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 합판의 접착력은 F/U 몰비 1.2에서 가장 우수한 값을 나타냈으며 전 몰비 모두 KS 합판 접착성(비내수) 규격인 7.5kgf/$cm^2$을 상회하는 14kgf$cm^2$ 이상을 나타냈다. 또한 F/U 몰비 1.2의 경우 본 연구자(1998)의 연구결과인 formaldehyde 방출 무취기준(5mg/$\ell$ 이하)율 만족시키면서 우수한 접착성울 나타냈다. 2. 박리강도는 SLPB 및 STPB 공히 모두 F/U 몰비 1.0, 2.0이 낮은 결과치를 나타냈고 1.2~1.8사이에서는 큰차이는 없었으며, SLPB의 경우 4.8~5.9kgf/$cm^2$의 값의 분포를 STPB는 5.4~6.7 kgf/$cm^2$의 분포를 보이고 있어 STPB가 우수한 박리강도를 나타냈다. 이 결과에서 F/U 몰비에 따른 박리강도의 영향 보다는 원재료의 형상에 따른 영향이 더 크다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 3. 휨강도도 역시 SLPB 및 STPB 공히 F/U 몰비 1.0, 2.0이 낮은 결과치를 나타냈다. STPB 전몰비 모두가 KS 규격 200 Type(휨강도가 180kgf/$cm^2$) 이상을 만족시키는 결과를 보였고 SLPB의 경우도 전몰비 모두 KS 규격 150 Type(휨 강도가 130kgf/$cm^2$)이상을 만족시키는 결과를 나타냈다. 이 결과에서는 전체적으로 STPB가 SLPB에 비하여 2배 이상의 우수한 강도를 보였다. 이는 휨강도에서도 F/U 몰비에 따른 영향보다는 원재료의 형상에 따른 영향이 더 크다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 4. 두께 팽창율에서는 고몰비인 2.0, 1.8 저몰비인 1.0, 1.2에서 SLPB, STPB 모두 높은 두께 팽창율을 보였으며 STPB의 경우 F/U 몰비 1.6에서 SLPB의 경우는 F/U 몰비 1.4에서 가장 낮은 두께 팽창율을 나타냈다. 그리고, STPB의 경우 6몰비 모두 KS기준 12% 이하를 만족시키고 있었으나 SLPB에서는 그 기준을 모두 상회하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 전체적으로는 SLPB가 STPB보다 약 2배의 두께 팽창율을 나타내 두께 팽창율에서도 F/U 몰비에 따른 영향보다는 원재료의 형상에 따른 영향이 더 크다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 본 실험의 결과를 종합적으로 살펴보면 합판의 접착성 및 보드의 재질에 미치는 영향은 F/U 몰비의 변이 보다는 원재료의 형상의 영향이 이 더욱 크게 작용한다는 사실을 알 수 있었으며 보드의 제조기준이 본 실험과 동일하다면 합판의 접착성과 PB의 물리적, 기계적 성질과 본 연구자(1998)의 연구결과인 formaldehyde 방출량 및 방출경향을 고려할 때 사용처와 용도에 따라 합판의 경우 우수한 접착력과 KS formaldehyde 무취기준을 만족시키는 F/U 몰비 1.2를 PB의 경우 양호한 휨강도, 박리강도, 비교적 낮은 두께 팽창율과 KS formaldehyde E2형 (5mg/$\ell$ 이하)기준율 만족시키는 F/U 몰비 1.2~1.4가 사용되어야 함을 알 수 있었다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.559-575
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• 2016

In order to investigate the influence of different blade positions on aerodynamic load and wind loads and load-effects of large scale wind turbine tower under the halt state, we take a certain 3 MW large scale horizontal axis three-blade wind turbine as the example for analysis. First of all, numerical simulation was conducted for wind turbine flow field and aerodynamic characteristics under different halt states (8 calculating conditions in total) based on LES (large eddy simulation) method. The influence of different halt states on the average and fluctuating wind pressure coefficients of turbine tower surface, total lift force and resistance coefficient, circular flow and wake flow characteristics was compared and analysed. Then on this basis, the time-domain analysis of wind loads and load-effects was performed for the wind turbine tower structure under different halt states by making use of the finite element method. The main conclusions of this paper are as follows: The halt positions of wind blade could have a big impact on tower circular flow and aerodynamic distribution, in which Condition 5 is the most unfavourable while Condition 1 is the most beneficial condition. The wind loads and load-effects of disturbed region of tower is obviously affected by different halt positions of wind blades, especially the large fluctuating displacement mean square deviation at both windward and leeward sides, among which the maximum response occurs in $350^{\circ}$ to the tower top under Condition 8; the maximum bending moment of tower bottom occurs in $330^{\circ}$ under Condition 2. The extreme displacement of blade top all exceeds 2.5 m under Condition 5, and the maximum value of windward displacement response for the tip of Blade 3 under Condition 8 could reach 3.35 m. All these results indicate that the influence of halt positions of different blades should be taken into consideration carefully when making wind-resistance design for large scale wind turbine tower.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.459-477
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• 2006

A theoretical research project is undertaken to develop integrated analysis and design tools for long span composite beams in modern high-rise buildings, and it aims to develop non-linear finite element models for practical design of composite beams. As the first paper in the series, this paper presents the development study as well as the calibration exercise of the proposed finite element models for simply supported composite beams. Other practical issues such as continuous composite beams, the provision of web openings for passage of building services, the partial continuity offered by the connections to columns as well as the behaviour of both unprotected and protected composite beams under fires will be reported separately. In this paper, details of the finite elements and the material models for both steel and reinforced concrete are first described, and finite element studies of composite beams with full details of test data are then presented. It should be noted that in the proposed finite element models, both steel beams and concrete slabs are modelled with two dimensional plane stress elements whose widths are assigned to be equal to the widths of concrete flanges, and the flange widths and the web thicknesses of steel beams as appropriate. Moreover, each shear connector is modelled with one horizontal spring and one vertical spring to simulate its longitudinal shear and pull-out actions based on measured load-slippage curves of push-out tests of shear connectors. The numerical results are then carefully analyzed and compared with the corresponding test results in terms of load mid-span deflection curves as well as load end-slippage curves. Other deformation characteristics of the composite beams such as stress and strain distributions across the composite cross-sections as well as distributions of shear forces and slippages in shear connectors along the beam spans are also examined in details. It is shown that the numerical results of the composite beams compare well with the test data in terms of various load-deformation characteristics along the entire deformation ranges. Hence, the proposed analysis and design tools are considered to be simple and yet effective for composite beams with practical geometrical dimensions and arrangements. Structural engineers are strongly encouraged to employ the models in their practical work to exploit the full advantages offered by composite construction.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.131-154
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• 2012

In this paper, it is aimed to determine the seismic behaviour of highway bridges by nondestructive testing using ambient vibration measurements. Eynel Highway Bridge which has arch type structural system with a total length of 216 m and located in the Ayvaclk county of Samsun, Turkey is selected as an application. The bridge connects the villages which are separated with Suat U$\breve{g}$urlu Dam Lake. A three dimensional finite element model is first established for a highway bridge using project drawings and an analytical modal analysis is then performed to generate natural frequencies and mode shapes in the three orthogonal directions. The ambient vibration measurements are carried out on the bridge deck under natural excitation such as traffic, human walking and wind loads using Operational Modal Analysis. Sensitive seismic accelerometers are used to collect signals obtained from the experimental tests. To obtain experimental dynamic characteristics, two output-only system identification techniques are employed namely, Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition technique in the frequency domain and Stochastic Subspace Identification technique in time domain. Analytical and experimental dynamic characteristic are compared with each other and finite element model of the bridge is updated by changing of boundary conditions to reduce the differences between the results. It is demonstrated that the ambient vibration measurements are enough to identify the most significant modes of highway bridges. After finite element model updating, maximum differences between the natural frequencies are reduced averagely from 23% to 3%. The updated finite element model reflects the dynamic characteristics of the bridge better, and it can be used to predict the dynamic response under complex external forces. It is also helpful for further damage identification and health condition monitoring. Analytical model of the bridge before and after model updating is analyzed using 1992 Erzincan earthquake record to determine the seismic behaviour. It can be seen from the analysis results that displacements increase by the height of bridge columns and along to middle point of the deck and main arches. Bending moments have an increasing trend along to first and last 50 m and have a decreasing trend long to the middle of the main arches.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.575-589
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• 2020

For vibration control of stay cables in cable-stayed bridges, viscous dampers are frequently used, and they are regularly installed between the cable and the bridge deck. In practice, neoprene rubber bushings (or of other types) are also widely installed inside the cable guide pipe, mainly for reducing the bending stresses of the cable near its anchorages. Therefore, it is important to understand the effect of the bushings on the performance of the external damper. Besides, for long cables, external dampers installed at a single position near a cable end can no longer provide enough damping due to the sag effect and the limited installation distance. It is thus of interest to improve cable damping by additionally installing dampers inside the guide pipe. This paper hence studies the combined effects of an external damper and an internal damper (which can also model the bushings) on a stay cable. The internal damper is assumed to be a High Damping Rubber (HDR) damper, and the external damper is considered to be a viscous damper with intrinsic stiffness, and the cable sag is also considered. Both the cases when the two dampers are installed close to one cable end and respectively close to the two cable ends are studied. Asymptotic design formulas are derived for both cases considering that the dampers are close to the cable ends. It is shown that when the two dampers are placed close to different cable ends, their combined damping effects are approximately the sum of their separate contributions, regardless of small cable sag and damper intrinsic stiffness. When the two dampers are installed close to the same end, maximum damping that can be achieved by the external damper is generally degraded, regardless of properties of the HDR damper. Field tests on an existing cable-stayed bridge have further validated the influence of the internal damper on the performance of the external damper. The results suggest that the HDR is optimally placed in the guide pipe of the cable-pylon anchorage when installing viscous dampers at one position is insufficient. When an HDR damper or the bushing has to be installed near the external damper, their combined damping effects need to be evaluated using the presented methods.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.239-258
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• 2012

In this paper, experimental investigations on high strength steel (HSS) stud connected steel-concrete composite (SCC) girders to understand the effect of shear connector density on their flexural behaviour is presented. SCC girder specimens were designed for three different shear capacities (100%, 85%, and 70%), by varying the number of stud connectors in the shear span. Three SCC girder specimens were tested under monotonic/quasi-static loading, while three similar girder specimens were subjected to non-reversal cyclic loading under simply supported end conditions. Details of casting the specimens, experimental set-up, and method of testing, instrumentation for the measurement of deflection, interface-slip and strain are discussed. It is found that SCC girder specimen designed for full shear capacity exhibits interface slip for loads beyond 25% of the ultimate load capacity. Specimens with lesser degree of shear connection show lower values of load at initiation of slip. Very good ductility is exhibited by all the HSS stud connected SCC girder specimens. It is observed that the ultimate moment of resistance as well as ductility gets reduced for HSS stud connected SCC girder with reduction in stud shear connector density. Efficiency factor indicating the effectiveness of high strength stud connectors in resisting interface forces is estimated to be 0.8 from the analysis. Failure mode is primarily flexure with fracturing of stud connectors and characterised by flexural cracking and crushing of concrete at top in the pure bending region. Local buckling in the top flange of steel beam was also observed at the loads near to failure, which is influenced by spacing of studs and top flange thickness of rolled steel section. One of the recommendations is that the ultimate load capacity can be limited to 1.5 times the plastic moment capacity of the section such that the post peak load reduction is kept within limits. Load-deflection behaviour for monotonic tests compared well with the envelope of load-deflection curves for cyclic tests. It is concluded from the experimental investigations that use of HSS studs will reduce their numbers for given loading, which is advantageous in case of long spans. Buckling of top flange of rolled section is observed at failure stage. Provision of lips in the top flange is suggested to avoid this buckling. This is possible in case of longer spans, where normally built-up sections are used.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2020

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies on effects of local damages on the in-plane elastic-plastic buckling and strength of a fixed parabolic steel tubular arch under a vertical load distributed uniformly over its span, which have not been reported in the literature hitherto. The in-plane structural behaviour and strength of ten specimens with different local damages are investigated experimentally. A finite element (FE) model for damaged steel tubular arches is established and is validated by the test results. The FE model is then used to conduct parametric studies on effects of the damage location, depth and length on the strength of steel arches. The experimental results and FE parametric studies show that effects of damages at the arch end on the strength of the arch are more significant than those of damages at other locations of the arch, and that effects of the damage depth on the strength of arches are most significant among those of the damage length. It is also found that the failure modes of a damaged steel tubular arch are much related to its initial geometric imperfections. The experimental results and extensive FE results show that when the effective cross-section considering local damages is used in calculating the modified slenderness of arches, the column bucking curve b in GB50017 or Eurocode3 can be used for assessing the remaining in-plane strength of locally damaged parabolic steel tubular arches under uniform compression. Furthermore, a useful interaction equation for assessing the remaining in-plane strength of damaged steel tubular arches that are subjected to the combined bending and axial compression is also proposed based on the validated FE models. It is shown that the proposed interaction equation can provide lower bound assessments for the remaining strength of damaged arches under in-plane general loading.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.2919-2924
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• 2011

자동서랍함용 완충기는 서랍을 여닫을 때 충격을 흡수하고 속도를 조절하는 역할을 해 준다. 완충기 튜브는 완충기의 구성품을 에워 쌓고 있는 원통 모양의 케이스이며 아세탈 재질로 되어있다. 본 연구는 사출 성형 공정에서 제작된 완충기 튜브의 품질 안정성을 평가하는 데 목적이 있다. 완충기 튜브는 4 캐비티 냉각장치를 갖춘 사출 성형공정에서 제작된다. 본 연구에서는 완충기 튜브의 품질 안정을 판단하기 위해 분석과 시험이 수행되었다. 분석과 시험은 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통한 품질 분석과 연구된 튜브에 대한 외산품과의 성능 비교 시험이다. 사출 압력은 87.6 MPa로, 전체 휨량은 0.07~1.0 mm로 계산하였다. 연구된 튜브와 외산품을 비교해 볼 때 튜브의 최대 압축-하중은 231 kgf, 구간별 변위-하중은 0.05 kgf, 그리고 또 튜브 내경의 표면거칠기(Ra)는 $0.02\;{\mu}m$ 향상되었다. 결과적으로 사출 성형 공정에서 제작되어지는 연구된 튜브의 품질은 안정되었고 성능이 우수함을 알 수 있었다.