• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.137-156
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• 2013

In this paper, a meshfree shell adaptive procedure is developed for the applications in the sheet metal forming simulation. The meshfree shell formulation is based on the first-order shear deformable shell theory and utilizes the degenerated continuum and updated Lagrangian approach for the nonlinear analysis. For the sheet metal forming simulation, an h-type adaptivity based on the meshfree background cells is considered and a geometric error indicator is adopted. The enriched nodes in adaptivity are added to the centroids of the adaptive cells and their shape functions are computed using a first-order generalized meshfree (GMF) convex approximation. The GMF convex approximation provides a smooth and non-negative shape function that vanishes at the boundary, thus the enriched nodes have no influence outside the adapted cells and only the shape functions within the adaptive cells need to be re-computed. Based on this concept, a multi-level refinement procedure is developed which does not require the constraint equations to enforce the compatibility. With this approach the adaptive solution maintains the order of meshfree approximation with least computational cost. Two numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed method in the adaptive shell analysis.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.23-42
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• 2009

In order to reduce vibration or to control shape of structures made of metal or composites, piezoelectric materials have been extensively used since their discovery in 1880's. A recent trend is also seen to apply piezoelectric materials to flexible structures made of rubber-like materials. In this paper a non-linear finite element model using updated Lagrangian (UL) approach has been developed for static analysis of rubber-elastic material with surface-bonded piezoelectric patches. A compressible stain energy function has been used for modeling the rubber as hyperelastic material. For formulation of the nonlinear finite element model a twenty-node brick element is used. Four degrees of freedom u, v and w and electrical potential ${\varphi}$ per node are considered as the field variables. PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) patches are applied as sensors/actuators or sensors and actuators. The present model has been applied to bimorph PVDF cantilever beam to validate the formulation. It is then applied to study the smart rubber components under different boundary and loading conditions. The results predicted by the present formulation are compared with the analytical solutions as well as the available published results. Some results are given as new ones as no published solutions available in the literatures to the best of the authors' knowledge.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.263-274
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• 2013

A numerical technique for fluid-structure interaction, which is based on the finite element method (FEM) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), was developed for application to an industrial chimney equipped with a pendulum tuned mass damper (TMD). In order to solve the structural problem, a one-dimensional beam model (Navier-Bernoulli) was considered and, for the dynamical problem, the standard second-order Newmark method was used. Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible flow are solved in several horizontal planes to determine the pressure in the boundary of the corresponding cross-section of the chimney. Forces per unit length were obtained by integrating the pressure and are introduced in the structure using standard FEM interpolation techniques. For the fluid problem, a fractional step scheme based on a second order pressure splitting has been used. In each fluid plane, the displacements have been taken into account considering an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian approach. The stabilization of convection and diffusion terms is achieved by means of quasi-static orthogonal subscales. For each period of time, the fluid problem was solved and the geometry of the mesh of each fluid plane is updated according to the structure displacements. Using this technique, along-wind and across-wind effects have been properly explained. The method was applied to an industrial chimney in three scenarios (with or without TMD and for different damping values) and for two wind speeds, showing different responses.

• 산업공학
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.378-387
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• 2000

As the globalization of manufacturing companies continues, the scope of dependence between these companies and distributors, and other suppliers are growing very rapidly since no one company manufactures or distributes the whole product by themselves. And, the need to increase the efficiency of the whole supply chain is increasing. This paper deals with a multi-plant lot-sizing problem(MPLSP) which happens in a decentralized manufacturing system of a supply chain. In this study, we assume that the whole supply chain is driven by a single source of independent demand and many levels of dependent demands among manufacturing systems in the supply chain. We consider setup cost, transportation cost and time, and inventory holding cost as a decision factor in the MPLSP. The MPLSP is decomposed into two sub-problems: a planning problem of the whole supply chain and a lot-sizing problem of each manufacturing system. The supply chain planning problem becomes a pure linear programming problem and a Generalized Goal Decomposition method is used to solve the problem. Its result is used as a goal of the lot-sizing problem. The lot-sizing problem is solved using the CPLEX package, and then the coefficients of the planning problem are updated reflecting the lot-sizing solution. This procedure is repeated until termination criteria are met. The whole solution process is similar to Lagrangian relaxation method in the sense that the solutions are approaching the optimum in a recursive manner. Through experiments, the proposed closed-loop hierarchical planning and traditional hierarchical planning are compared to optimal solution, and it is shown that the proposed method is a very viable alternative for solving production planning problems of decentralized manufacturing systems and in other areas.

• Composites Research
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2001

인발 와인딩에 의한 섬유강화 복합재료 중공 봉의 기계적 거동해석을 수행하였다. 이 목적의 수행을 위해 새롭게 제작된 와인더를 전통적 인발 시스템에 부탁하여 시편을 제작하였다. 또한 인발-와인딩된 시편을 제작할 수 있는 새로운 공법을 개발하였다. 이 연구를 위해 유한요소 해석 프로그램 POSTII를 확장 개발하였다. 비선형유한요소 수식화에는 2차 피올라-키르히호프 응력 텐서와 그린 변형률 텐서에 기초한 업데이트된 라그란지언 표현법이 사용되었다. 복합재료 중공봉의 유한요소 모델링을 위해 8절점 응축쉘요소를 사용하였다. 파손평가를 위해 모든 유한요소의 각 단층에서의 평균응력을 최대음력 판정법에 대입하였다. 수치해석 예로서 불포화 섬유강화 복합재료 중공 봉의 기계적 거동을 초기 하중상태에서 최종 붕괴가지 조사하였다. 파손에 따른 강성저하와 응력제하를 고려한 유한요소해석 결과는 극만 하중과 파손 및 변형에서 실험치와 잘 일치하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 임의의 반복하중 작용시 강구조물에 발생하는 대변형 및 반복소성거동을 정확히 예측하기 위하여 유한변위이론과 반복소성이력모델을 적용한 3차원 탄소성 유한요소 해석기법을 개발하였다. 반복소성이력모델은 강재의 단조재하실험 및 반복하중실험 결과에 기초하여 정식화되었다. 개발된 해석기법의 정도는 Bilinear모델 및 미소변위이론을 적용한 해석기법 및 실험결과와 비교하여 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 유한변위이론과 반복소성이력모델을 적용한 3차원 유한요소 해석기법이 임의의 반복하중을 받는 원형강교각의 대변형 및 반복소성거동을 정확히 예측할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.83-114
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• 2003

A new simple 3-node triangular flat-shell element with standard nodal DOF (6 DOF per node) is proposed for the linear and geometrically nonlinear analysis of very thin to thick plate and shell structures. The formulation of element GT9 (Long and Xu 1994), a generalized conforming membrane element with rigid rotational freedoms, is employed as the membrane component of the new shell element. Both one-point reduced integration scheme and a corresponding stabilization matrix are adopted for avoiding membrane locking and hourglass phenomenon. The bending component of the new element comes from a new generalized conforming Kirchhoff-Mindlin plate element TSL-T9, which is derived in this paper based on semiLoof constrains and rational shear interpolation. Thus the convergence can be guaranteed and no shear locking will happen. Furthermore, a simple hybrid procedure is suggested to improve the stress solutions, and the Updated Lagrangian formulae are also established for the geometrically nonlinear problems. Numerical results with solutions, which are solved by some other recent element models and the models in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS, are presented. They show that the proposed element, denoted as GMST18, exhibits excellent and better performance for the analysis of thin-think plates and shells in both linear and geometrically nonlinear problems.