• Wind and Structures
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.361-369
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• 2019

The modal frequency responses of adhesive bonded T-joint structure have been analyzed numerically and verified with own experimental data. For this purpose, the damped free frequencies of the bonded joint have been computed using a three-dimensional finite element model via ANSYS parametric design language (APDL) code. The practical relevance of the joint structure analysis has been established by comparing the simulation data with the in-house experimental values. Additionally, the influences of various geometrical and material parameters on the damped free frequency responses of the joint structure have been investigated and final inferences discussed in details. It is observed that the natural frequency values increase for the higher aspect ratios of the joint structure. Also, the joint made up of Glass fiber/epoxy with quasi-isotropic fiber orientation indicates more resistance towards free vibration.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.255-270
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• 2019

Aerodynamic configurations of bridge decks have significant effects on the aerostatic torsional divergence and flutter forsuper long-span bridges, which are onset for selection of suitable bridge decksfor those bridges. Based on a cable-stayed bridge with double main spans of 1500 m, considering typical twin-box, stiffening truss and closed-box section, which are the most commonly used form of bridge decks and assumed that the rigidity of those section is completely equivalent, are utilized to investigate the effects of aerodynamic configurations of bridge decks on aerodynamic instability performance comprised of the aerostatic torsional divergence and flutter, by means of wind tunnel tests and numerical calculations, including three-dimensional (3D) multimode flutter analysis and nonlinear aerostatic analysis. Regarding the aerostatic torsional divergence, the results obtained in this study show twin-box section is the best, closed-box section the second-best, and the stiffening truss section the worst. Regarding the flutter, the flutter stability of the twin-box section is far better than that of the stiffening truss and closed-box section. Furthermore, wind-resistance design depends on the torsional divergence for the twin-box and stiffening truss section. However, there are obvious competitive relationships between the aerostatic torsional divergence and flutter for the closed-box section. Flutter occur before aerostatic instability at initial attack angle of $+3^{\circ}$ and $0^{\circ}$, while the aerostatic torsional divergence occur before flutter at initial attack angle of $-3^{\circ}$. The twin-box section is the best in terms of both aerostatic and flutter stability among those bridge decks. Then mechanisms of aerostatic torsional divergence are revealed by tracking the cable forces synchronous with deformation of the bridge decksin the instability process. It was also found that the onset wind velocities of these bridge decks are very similar at attack angle of $-3^{\circ}$. This indicatesthat a stable triangular structure made up of the cable planes, the tower, and the bridge deck greatly improves the aerostatic stability of the structure, while the aerodynamic effects associated with the aerodynamic configurations of the bridge decks have little effects on the aerostatic stability at initial attack angle of $-3^{\circ}$. In addition, instability patterns of the bridge depend on both the initial attack angles and aerodynamic configurations of the bridge decks. This study is helpful in determining bridge decksfor super long-span bridges in future.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2015

The water jetting system for a jack-up spudcan requires the suitable design considering the platform/spudcan particulars, environments, and soil conditions, either the surficial clay or surficial sand. The usage of water jetting depends critically on soil conditions. The water jetting is usually used for the smooth and fast extraction of the spudcan in the surficial clay condition. It is also required for inserting spudcan up to the required depth in the surficial sand condition, which is investigated in this paper. Especially, it should be very careful to use the water jetting during an installation of spudcan in the surficial sand condition, because there is a risk of overturning accident related to the punch-through. Therefore, in this study, the effect of water jetting flow rate and time on the change of soil properties and penetration resistance is analyzed to better understand their interactions and correlations when inserting the spudcan with water jetting in surficial sand condition. For the investigation, a wind turbine installation jack-up rig (WTIJ) is selected as the target platform and the multi layered soil (surficial sand overlaying clays) is considered as the soil condition. The environmental loading and soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis are performed by using CHARM3D and ANSYS. This kind of investigation and simulation is needed to decide the proper water jetting flow rate and time of spudcan for the given design condition.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.263-278
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• 2014

The spudcan requires the suitable design considering the soil, platform, and environmental conditions. Its shape needs to be designed to secure sufficient reaction of soil so that it can prevent overturning accidents. Its shape also has to minimize the installation and extraction time. Even in the same soil condition, the reaction of soil may be different depending on the shape of spud can, mainly the slope of top and bottom plates. Therefore, in this study, the relation between the slope of plates and the reaction of soil with and without water jetting is analyzed to better understand their interactions and correlations. For the investigation, a wind turbine installation jack-up rig (WTIJ) is selected as the target platform and the Gulf of Mexico is considered as the target site. A multi layered (sand overlying two clays) soil profile is applied as the assumed soil condition and the soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis is performed by using ANSYS to analyze the effect of the slope change of the bottom plate and water jetting on the reaction of soil. This kind of investigation and simulation is needed to develop optimal and smart spudcan with water-jetting control in the future.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2020

The aircraft industry supports aviation by building aircraft and manufacturing aircraft parts for their maintenance. Fuel economization is one of the biggest concerns in the aircraft industry. The reduction in specific fuel consumption of aircraft can be achieved by a variety of means, simplest and more effective is the one to impose minor modifications in the aircraft main wing or the parts which are exposed to the air flow. This method can lead to a reduction in aerodynamic resistance offered by the air and have a smoother flight. The main objective of this study is to propose geometric design modifications on an existing aircraft wing which acts as a vortex generator and it can reduce the drag and increase lift to drag ratio, leading to lower fuel consumption. The NACA 2412 aircraft wing is modified and designed. Rigorous flow analysis is carried out using computational fluid dynamics based software Ansys Fluent. Results show that saw tooth modification to the main wing shows the best aerodynamic efficiency as compared to other modifications.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.667-694
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• 2015

The suspended dome system is a new structural form that has become popular in the construction of long-span roof structures. Suspended dome is a kind of new pre-stressed space grid structure that has complex mechanical characteristics. In this paper, an optimum topology design algorithm is performed using the enhanced colliding bodies optimization (ECBO) method. The length of the strut, the cable initial strain, the cross-sectional area of the cables and the cross-sectional size of steel elements are adopted as design variables and the minimum volume of each dome is taken as the objective function. The topology optimization on lamella dome is performed by considering the type of the joint connections to determine the optimum number of rings, the optimum number of joints in each ring, the optimum height of crown and tubular sections of these domes. A simple procedure is provided to determine the configuration of the dome. This procedure includes calculating the joint coordinates and steel elements and cables constructions. The design constraints are implemented according to the provision of LRFD-AISC (Load and Resistance Factor Design-American Institute of Steel Constitution). This paper explores the efficiency of lamella dome with pin-joint and rigid-joint connections and compares them to investigate the performance of these domes under wind (according to the ASCE 7-05), dead and snow loading conditions. Then, a suspended dome with pin-joint single-layer reticulated shell and a suspended dome with rigid-joint single-layer reticulated shell are discussed. Optimization is performed via ECBO algorithm to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the ECBO in creating optimal design for suspended domes.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1217-1224
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• 2014

This paper provides a practical scaling method to solve an old problem for scaling and developing the speed and resistance of a model to full-scale submarine in fully submerged underwater test. In every experimental test in towing tank, water tunnel and wind tunnel, in the first step, the speed of a model should be scaled to the full-scale vessel (ship or submarine). In the second step, the obtained resistance of the model should be developed. For submarine, there are two modes of movement: surface and submerged mode. There is no matter in surface mode because, according to Froude's law, the ratio of speed of the model to the full-scale vessel is proportional to the square root of lengths (length of the model on the length of the vessel). This leads to a reasonable speed and is not so much for the model that is applicable in the laboratory. The main problem is in submerged mode (fully submerged) that there isn't surface wave effect and therefore, Froude's law couldn't be used. Reynold's similarity is actually impossible to implement because it leads to very high speeds of the model that is impossible in a laboratory and inside the water. According to Reynold's similarity, the ratio of speed of the model to the full-scale vessel is proportional to the ratio of the full-scale length to the model length that leads to a too high speed. This paper proves that there is no need for exact Reynold's similarity because after a special Reynolds, resistance coefficient remains constant. Therefore, there is not compulsion for high speeds of the model. For proving this finding, three groups of results are presented: two cases are based on CFD method, and one case is based on the model test in towing tank. All these three results are presented for three different shapes that can show; this finding is independent of the shapes and geometries. For CFD method, Flow Vision software has been used.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 1-2W형 플라스틱피복 파이프 온실의 내풍성을 증대시키기 위하여 형상 및 직경이 서로 다른 말뚝에 대하여 인발저항력을 검토하였다. 그 결과 민말뚝의 경우, 인발하중이 증가함에 따라 인발저항력은 증가하지만, 대부분의 경우 인발변위가 발생한 직후의 하중단계에서 극한인발저항력에 도달하였다. 그러나 주름말뚝의 경우는 인발변위가 발생한 이후에도 실험을 종료할 때까지 인발저항력의 증감이 반복되는 경향을 나타내었다. 그리고 기초의 형상, 직경 및 매입깊이에 따라 극한인발저항력은 다르지만, 본 실험의 경우 직경과 매입깊이에 관계없이 극한인발저항력은 주름말뚝이 민말뚝보다 약 2배 정도 크게 나타났다. 단위면적당 극한인발저항력은 매입깊이가 깊어질수록 증가하지만, 직경이 커지면 감소하였다. 실험 대상지역의 설계풍속(26.9m.s$^{-1}$)을 고려하면, 민말뚝은 매입깊이에 관계없이 기초의 인발저항력이 부족하였고, 주름말뚝의 경우은 대부분의 실험조건에서 충분한 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.299-309
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• 2022

신뢰도기반 교량설계기준에서 적용할 수 있는 새로운 종류의 차량활하중계수를 제시한다. 현재 사용하고 있는 차량활하중계수 1.8에 대한 적절성을 차량활하중의 재현주기와 교량설계수명에 기초하여 분석하였다. 중력방향하중 지배 한계상태에 대한 목표신뢰도지수 3.72는 적절한 논거 없이 너무 높게 설정된 값이며, 이에 상응하는 하중계수 1.8은 100년 설계수명 교량에서 재현주기 약 670만년 정도에 해당하는 활하중 파괴점을 나타내는 무의미한 값이라는 것을 보였다. 설계 풍속이나 지반가속도와 동일한 재현주기를 차량활하중에도 적용하면 차량활하중계수는 1.15 정도가 되고 목표신뢰도지수는 한계상태를 지배하는 하중에 따라서 2.0 혹은 2.5에 해당하게 된다. 제안한 목표신뢰도지수에 대한 전체 하중-저항계수 조합은 최적화에 의하여 산정하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6A호
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• pp.1013-1022
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• 2006

본질적으로 두 개의 I형 거더를 가진 사장교는 공기역학적으로 불리한 특성을 가지고 있음에도 불구하고 경제적으로 유리하기 때문에 최근 우리나라에서 많이 건설되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 두 개의 I형 거더를 가지는 사장교의 실제 조건 하에서의 공기역학적 특성을 평가하기 위하여 영각, 난류강도, 감쇠비를 변화시켜가면서 단면모형실험을 수행하였다. 비틀림 강성이 다른 두 개의 상부 단면 형식이 시공단계 및 완공 후에 대하여 각각 조사되었고 교량의 공기역학적 특성을 향상시키기 위하여 3가지 형식의 페어링이 고려되었다. 연구결과, 전통적인 등류에서의 단면모형실험은 다소 비관적으로 공기역학적 거동을 평가하고 있으며 교량의 바람에 의한 응답은 난류강도와 구조감쇠비에 따라 현저하게 변화하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 제시된 페어링은 와류진동 및 버페팅 진동을 감소시켰으며 또한, 플러터의 발생속도도 증가시켰다. 본 연구결과는 두 개의 I형 거더를 가지는 사장교의 내풍설계를 위한 많은 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.