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EXPERT SYSTEM AND ITS PERSPECTIVE

  • Suh Nam-Soo
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.56-66
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    • 1990
  • Expert systems are in an early evolutionary phase, but it already has significant impacts on business operations. More and more organizations are becoming interested in applying expert systems as solutions to their business problems. This paper describes how systems started, what is their current situation, and what are their application areas. It outlines what is expert system and how to develop an expert system. And it analyzes expert system shells and shows some current available expert system shells. Lastly, it concludes and predicts the main attributes of the future expert systems.

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Effects of elastic foundation on the dynamic stability of cylindrical shells

  • Ng, T.Y.;Lam, K.Y.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.193-205
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    • 1999
  • A formulation for the dynamic stability analysis of cylindrical shells resting on elastic foundations is presented. In this previously not studied problem, a normal-mode expansion of the partial differential equations of motion, which includes the effects of the foundation as well as a harmonic axial loading, yields a system of Mathieu-Hill equations the stability of which is analyzed using Bolotin's method. The present study examines the effects of the elastic foundation on the instability regions of the cylindrical shell for the transverse, longitudinal and circumferential modes.

A novel higher-order shear deformation theory for bending and free vibration analysis of isotropic and multilayered plates and shells

  • Zine, Abdallah;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Draiche, Kada;Sekkal, Mohamed;Mahmoud, S.R.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.125-137
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    • 2018
  • In this work, the bending and free vibration analysis of multilayered plates and shells is presented by utilizing a new higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The proposed involves only four unknowns, which is even less than the first shear deformation theory (FSDT) and without requiring the shear correction coefficient. Unlike the conventional HSDTs, the present one presents a novel displacement field which incorporates undetermined integral variables. The equations of motion are derived by using the Hamilton's principle. These equations are then solved via Navier-type, closed form solutions. Bending and vibration results are found for cylindrical and spherical shells and plates for simply supported boundary conditions. Bending and vibration problems are treated as individual cases. Panels are subjected to sinusoidal, distributed and point loads. Results are presented for thick to thin as well as shallow and deep shells. The computed results are compared with the exact 3D elasticity theory and with several other conventional HSDTs. The proposed HSDT is found to be precise compared to other several existing ones for investigating the static and dynamic response of isotropic and multilayered composite shell and plate structures.

Analysis of Anisotropic Laminated Cylindrical Shells with Shear Deformation (전단변형을 고려한 비등방성 원통형 쉘의 해석)

  • Chang, Suk Yoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.11 no.4 s.41
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    • pp.373-384
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    • 1999
  • The shell structures with composite materials have the advantages in strength, corrosion resistance, and weight reduction. The objective of this study is to analyze anisotropic composite circular cylindrical shells with shear deformation theory. In applying numerical methods to solve differential equations of anisotropic shells, this paper use finite difference method. The accuracy of the numerical method can be improved by taking higher order of interval ${\Delta}$ to reduce error. This study compares the results of finite difference method with the results of ANSYS based on finite element method. Several numerical examples show the advantages of the stiffness increasement when the composite materials aroused. Therefore, it is expected that results of this study give various guides for change of the subtended angles, load cases, boundary conditions, and side-to-thickness ratio.

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Pretreatment of Livestock Wastewater containing PO4-3-P with Waste Oyster Shells (폐굴껍질을 이용한 축산폐수중 무기인의 1차 처리)

  • Kim, Eun-Ho;Kim, Seok-Tack;Jang, Sung-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.48-53
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    • 1999
  • In this study, various batch tests were performed to examine the utilization of waste oyster shells for removal of $PO_4^{3-}-P$ in livestock wastewater, because waste oyster shells have been known to be very porous and to have alkaline minerals such as calcium and mangnesium. $PO_4^{3-}-P$ removal rate were increased by waste oyster shells, as specific surface area and contact efficiency per unit area of their were increased. Generally, it could be showed that $PO_4^{3-}-P$ removal rate were very influenced by particle size, dosage and temperature. At low pH of initial reactions, it would be showed that $PO_4^{3-}-P$ removals were directly influenced by adsorption but crystallization process were dominated with passed time and pH increasing. The SEM observed that the variations were hardly seen, but particle sizes of waste oyster shell were relatively big after reactions and showed forms of smaller plate than before reactions.

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Finite Difference Analysis of Laminated Composite Shell Structures with Various Geometrical Shapes (다양한 기하학적 형상을 갖는 복합 적층쉘 구조의 유한차분해석)

  • Park, Hae-Gil;Lee, Sang-Youl;Chang, Suk-Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 2010
  • This paper analyzed the partial differential equations of laminated composite shells of revolution by using the finite difference method. The proof that numerical results are reasonable and accurate is obtained through converge ratio analysis and commercial program LUSAS for the structural analysis. The purpose of this study is to examine closely the engineering advantages and to analyze the structural behaviors of the anisotropic shells of revolution. Thus, the relevant reinforcement and most suitable arrangement of fiber to produce the highest strength are proposed through the numerical results according to a variety of parameter study. Namely, the distribution of displacements and stress resultants are analyzed according to the change of meridian's curvature, the ratio of height-width of shell, subtended angle, fiber angle, and so on. Using these distribution, the most suitable shell may be proposed to produce the highest strength. Also, the configuration of the entire laminated composite conical shells is analysed, and a variety of the design criterion of circular conical shell are proposed and studied in engineering view points.

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A generalized 4-unknown refined theory for bending and free vibration analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates and shells

  • Allam, Othmane;Draiche, Kada;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Bourada, Fouad;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Mahmoud, S.R.;Adda Bedia, E.A.;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.185-201
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    • 2020
  • This research is devoted to investigate the bending and free vibration behaviour of laminated composite/sandwich plates and shells, by applying an analytical model based on a generalized and simple refined higher-order shear deformation theory (RHSDT) with four independent unknown variables. The kinematics of the proposed theoretical model is defined by an undetermined integral component and uses the hyperbolic shape function to include the effects of the transverse shear stresses through the plate/shell thickness; hence a shear correction factor is not required. The governing differential equations and associated boundary conditions are derived by employing the principle of virtual work and solved via Navier-type analytical procedure. To verify the validity and applicability of the present refined theory, some numerical results related to displacements, stresses and fundamental frequencies of simply supported laminated composite/sandwich plates and shells are presented and compared with those obtained by other shear deformation models considered in this paper. From the analysis, it can be concluded that the kinematics based on the undetermined integral component is very efficient, and its use leads to reach higher accuracy than conventional models in the study of laminated plates and shells.

The dynamic response and seismic damage of single-layer reticulated shells subjected to near-fault ground motions

  • Zhang, Ming;Parke, Gerry;Chang, Zhiwang
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.399-409
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    • 2018
  • The dynamic response and seismic damage of single-layer reticulated shells in the near field of a rupturing fault can be different from those in the far field due to the different characteristics in the ground motions. To investigate the effect, the dynamic response and seismic damage of this spatial structures subjected to two different ground motions were numerically studied by nonlinear dynamic response analysis. Firstly, twelve seismic waves with an apparent velocity pulse, including horizontal and vertical seismic waves, were selected to represent the near-fault ground motion characteristics. In contrast, twelve seismic records recorded at the same site from other or same events where the epicenter was far away from the site were employed as the far-fault ground motions. Secondly, the parametric modeling process of Kiewitt single-layer reticulated domes using the finite-element package ANSYS was described carefully. Thirdly, a nonlinear time-history response analysis was carried out for typical domes subjected to different earthquakes, followed by analyzing the dynamic response and seismic damage of this spatial structures under two different ground motions based on the maximum nodal displacements and Park-Ang index as well as dissipated energy. The results showed that this spatial structures in the near field of a rupturing fault exhibit a larger dynamic response and seismic damage than those obtained from far-fault ground motions. In addition, the results also showed that the frequency overlap between structures and ground motions has a significant influence on the dynamic response of the single-layer reticulated shells, the duration of the ground motions has little effects.

A Study of Structural Stability and Dynamics for Functionally Graded Material Plates and Shells using a 4-node Quasi-conforming Shell Element (4절점 준적합 쉘 요소를 이용한 점진기능재료(FGM) 판과 쉘의 구조적 안정 및 진동 연구)

  • Han, Sung-Cheon;Lee, Chang-Soo;Kim, Gi-Dong;Park, Weon-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.47-60
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we investigate the natural frequencies and buckling loads of functionally graded material (FGM) plates and shells, using a quasi-conforming shell element that accounts for the transverse shear strains and rotary inertia. The eigenvalue of the FGM plates and shells are calculated by varying the volume fraction of the ceramic and metallic constituents using a sigmoid function, but their Poisson's ratios of the FGM plates and shells are assumed to be constant. The expressions of the membrane, bending and shear stiffness of FGM shell element are more complicated combination of material properties than a homogeneous element. In order to validate the finite element numerical solutions, the Navier's solutions of rectangular plates based on the first-order shear deformation theory are presented. The present numerical solutions of composite and sigmoid FGM (S-FGM) plates are proved by the Navier's solutionsand various examples of composite and FGM structures are presented. The present results are in good agreement with the Navier's theoretical solutions.

A Study on Particle-Size Distribution and Collect Rate of the Oyster Shells as Breaking and Crushing (파쇄 및 분쇄를 통한 굴 패각의 입도분포와 회수율에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Ui-In;Kim, Bong-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.458-465
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of the present study was to examine the method of physically processing oyster shells for use as raw material(aggregate) through experimentation. The results of the experiment found that the adequate particle size of the pulverized oyster shells should be smaller than 10mm due to their shape. Also, after considering various particle size distributions and residual rates by particle size, the study found the cutter mill to be the most suitable tool for pulverizing oyster shells. The use of a cutter mill resulted in recovery rates of 97.3%, 98.2%, and 98.9% for inner screens of 8mm, 12mm, and 20mm respectively, revealing how the increase of screen size results in slightly higher recovery rates. The experiment involving the difference between the inner screen of the cutter mill and the speed of the inverter shows that a smaller screen size and a faster inverter speed result in a lower fineness modulus, while a rise in inverter speed for an identical screen made possible the material recovery of a much lower range of particle sizes.