• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.113-128
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• 2017

This paper highlights a study undertaken on the free vibration of a precast steel-concrete composite slab panel for track support. The steel-concrete composite slab track is an evolvement from the slab track, a form of ballastless track which is becoming increasingly attractive to asset owners as they seek to reduce lifecycle costs and deal with increasing rail traffic speeds. The slender nature of the slab panel due to its reduced depth of construction makes it susceptible to vibration problems. The aim of the study is driven by the need to address the limited research available to date on the dynamic behaviour of steel-concrete composite slab panels for track support. Free vibration analysis of the track slab has been carried out using ABAQUS. Both eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes have been extracted using the Lanczos method. The fundamental natural frequencies of the slab panel have been identified together with corresponding mode shapes. To investigate the sensitivity of the natural frequencies and mode shapes, parametric studies have been established, considering concrete strength and mass and steel's modulus of elasticity. This study is the world first to observe crossover phenomena that result in the inversion of the natural orders without interaction. It also reveals that replacement of the steel with aluminium or carbon fibre sheeting can only marginally reduce the natural frequencies of the slab panel.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.427-442
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• 2017

This paper presents unprecedented damped oscillation behaviours of a precast steel-concrete composite slab panel for track support. The steel-concrete composite slab track is an innovative slab track, a form of ballastless track which is becoming increasingly attractive to asset owners as they seek to reduce lifecycle costs and deal with increasing rail traffic speeds. The slender nature of the slab panel due to its reduced depth of construction makes it susceptible to vibration problems. The aim of the study is driven by the need to address the limited research available to date on the dynamic behaviour of steel-concrete composite slab panels for track support. Free vibration analysis of the track slab has been carried out using ABAQUS. Both undamped and damped eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes have been extracted using the Lancsoz method. The fundamental natural frequencies of the slab panel have been identified together with corresponding mode shapes. To investigate the sensitivity of the natural frequencies and mode shapes, parametric studies have been established, considering concrete strength and mass and steel's modulus of elasticity. This study is the world first to observe crossover phenomena that result in the inversion of the natural orders without interaction. It also reveals that replacement of the steel with aluminium or carbon fibre sheeting can only marginally reduce the natural frequencies of the slab panel.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.767-783
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• 2014

The use of composite materials to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) structures against blast terror has great interests from engineering experts in structural retrofitting. The composite materials used in this study are rigid polyurethane foam (RPF) and aluminum foam (ALF). The aim of this study is to use the RPF and the ALF to strengthen the RC panels under blast load. The RC panel is considered to study the RPF and the ALF as structural retrofitting. Field blast test is conducted. The finite element analysis (FEA) is also used to model the RC panel under shock wave. The RC panel performance is studied based on detonating different TNT explosive charges. There is a good agreement between the results obtained by both the field blast test and the proposed numerical model. The composite materials improve the RC panel performance under the blast wave propagation.

• Composites Research
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.297-310
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• 2015

This study aims to develop efficient composite laminates for buckling load enhancement, interlaminar shear stress minimization, and weight reduction. This goal is achieved through cover-skin lay-ups around skins and stiffeners, which amplify bending stiffness and defer delamination by means of effective stress distribution. The design problem is formulated as multi-objective optimization that maximizes buckling load capability while minimizing both maximum out-of-plane shear stress and panel weight. For efficient optimization, response surface methodology is employed for buckling load, two out-of-plane shear stresses, and panel weight with respect to one ply thickness, six fiber orientations of a skin, and four stiffener heights. Numerical results show that skin-covered composite stiffened panels can be devised for maximum buckling load and minimum interlaminar shear stresses under compressive load. In addition, the effects of different material properties are investigated and compared. The obtained results reveal that the composite stiffened panel with Kevlar material is the most effective design.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.29-38
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• 1997

The effect and control of wood property of reconstituted composite panels for improved board properties by wood-waste materials and development of combination method for heterogeneous materials have been of interest to the wood science researchers. The purpose of this study is to consider the properties in relation to hot pressing conditions and to develope the optimum hot pressing condition with waste wood and waste tire for the manufacturing of composite boards. The study of composite boards for recycling of wood and waste tire is nothing up to the present. Physical and mechanical properties such as specific gravity, moisture content, swelling coefficient, modulus of rupture and modulus of elasticity in bending test were studied. The condition of 3-stage press time for the lowest moisture content of composite board was $4{\rightarrow}3{\rightarrow}3$ minutes. Specific gravity of composite panels was affected mainly by the amount of rubber chip. Because of the low rigidity and high elasticity in rubber chip, it is considered the composite panel was adequate material in the place of compression load, but not bending load. Therefore, it was concluded that a use of rubber-based wood composite panel is proper to the interior materials such as floor a room than exterior materials. From the test results, the most optimum hot pressing conditions were $4{\rightarrow}3{\rightarrow}3$ minutes for 3-stage press time and $45{\rightarrow}20{\rightarrow}5kg/cm^2$ for 3-stage press pressure. The rubber-based wood composite panel was very excellent in elasticity by combination of rubber chip in comparison with existing other wood-based materials. Therefore, it was considered that rubber-based wood composites can be applicable to every interior materials such as floor a room and will be expected to effective reuse and recycle of waste tires and wood-waste materials, and will be contribute to protection of environment pollution in earth.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 건축외장재로 많이 사용되고 있는 알루미늄복합패널의 일반재와 난연재에 대한 화재성능 비교분석에 관해 연구하였다. 실험방법은 중소형 실험장치 중 콘칼로리미터 실험과 SBI(Single Burning Item)을 적용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 콘칼로리미터 실험에서 최대 열방출률이 일반 알루미늄복합패널은 $1,293kW/m^2$($75kW/m^2$), 난연 알루미늄복합패널은 $70kW/m^2$($75kW/m^2$)가 측정되었다. SBI 실험에서 화재확산지수가 일반 알루미늄복합패널은 약 743W/s이고 난연 알루미늄복합패널은 약 97 W/s의 값이 측정되었다. 이는 일반 알루미늄복합패널의 경우 건축물 내장재의 성능기준에서 난연기준에도 훨씬 못 미치고, 플래쉬 오버(Flash over) 발생 가능성을 나타내었다. 따라서 이러한 알루미늄복합패널의 화재 위험성을 평가하여 외장재로서 사용 시 갖춰야 할 조건에 대한 기준마련이 시급히 요구된다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.497-509
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• 1996

Evacuated powder insulations have long been known to have better thermal performance than existing commercially available insulators, such as fiber glass and CFC-blown foam. To make a composite powder panel, a series of individually evacuated panels was encapsulated in a rigid closed cell foam matrix. The panels were encapsulated in a thin glass sheet barrier to preserve the vacuum. The thermal conductivity of the individual panel was found to be $0.0062W/m^{\circ}K$ by experiment and the polyurethane foam above had a thermal conductivity of $0.024W/m^{\circ}K$. In this study, numerical analysis using finite element method was carried out to investigate insulation performance of rigid foam/evacuated powder composite panel with respect to panel geometries such as panel pitch, panel aspect ratio and panel area ratio. Numerical analysis has indicated that more optimal vacuum panel geometries, much lower overall thermal conductivities can be achieved.

• Composites Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 적층판 시편의 피로손상 균열진전 시험결과와 적층보강판 구조의 응력강도 해석결과를 기초로 충격손상을 모사한 원공과 노치손상을 내재한 보강재 본딩접합 적층보강판 구조의 피로손상 균열진전 수명예측에 대하여 고찰하였다. 그리고 적층보강판 구조시편에 대한 손상허용 시험결과와 손상진전 수명예측 해석결과를 비교분석한 결과 손상균열 길이 변화에 따라 최종파단에 대한 잔여강도를 예측하고 손상허용성 평가를 할 수 있었다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.50-57
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 고기동 위성의 진동 저감을 위해 지지대를 복합재료 태양전지판에 적용하였다. 또한 리츠 법을 이용하여 지지대를 포함한 복합재료 태양전지판의 동역학적 모델을 정의하였으며, 지지대가 포함되지 않은 복합재료 태양전지판과 비교하여 지지대의 진동 흡수 성능을 확인하였다. 제한된 질량 내에서 진동 흡수 성능을 최대화하기 위해 정의된 동역학적 모델을 이용하여 지지대를 포함한 복합재료 태양전지판의 설계변수에 대한 최적설계를 수행하였으며, 최적화된 전개 고정형 복합재료 태양전지판의 설계안을 도출하였다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2003

Buckling behavior of stiffened laminated composite cylindrical panel was studied using linear and nonlinear deformation theory. Various buckling load factors are obtained for stiffened laminated composite cylindrical panels with rectangular type longitudinal stiffeners and various longitudinal length to radius ratio, which made from Carbon/Epoxy USN150 prepreg and are simply-supported on four edges under uniaxial compression. Buckling behavior design analyses are carried out by the nonlinear search optimizer, ADS.