• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2007

콘크리트 구조물에 발생한 균열은 내구성과 사용성 측면의 문제가 발생할 수 있기 때문에 정기적으로 관리하여야 한다. 대부분의 균열 측정은 균열 현미경과 균열 게이지와 같은 장비를 이용하여 균열의 폭, 길이, 방향 등과 같은 균열의 특징을 육안조사나 수작업에 의해 수행되고 있다. 그러나 기존의 방법들은 시간과 인력이 많이 필요할 뿐만 아니라 계측자의 주관이 개입될 여지가 많다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 이미지 프로세싱과 인공신경회로망을 이용하여 콘크리트 표면 균열 평가 기법을 제시하고자 한다. 개발된 기법은 세부분(균열 검출, 균열 분석, 균열 패턴인식)으로 나누어진다. 개발된 기법의 유효성을 검증하기 위하여 실험을 수행하였고, 실험 결과 개발된 기법은 콘크리트 표면 균열을 효과적으로 검출, 분석할 수 있었고, 5가지 균열 패턴을 정확히 인식하였다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.205-212
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• 1996

본 논문은 경계요소법에 의한 콘크리트의 진행성 파괴해석과 연화거동 해석시 발생하는 불안정 거동을 규명하는 연구이다. 파괴가 일어나는 콘크리트에 작용하는 최대하중을 구하고 콘크리트의 균열 성장에 따른 비선형거동을 예측하기 위하여 균열선단의 브리징 영역에 Dugdale-Barenblatt형 모델을 사용하였으며, 브리징 영역의 인장연화 상태를 선형인장연화 곡선을 사용하여 모델링하였다. 경계요소법을 사용하였으며 콘크리트의 파괴진행을 해석하기 위하여 변위 및 표면력 경계적분방정식으로부터 균열을 포함한 연속체의 균열 경계적분방정식을 정식화하였으며, 콘크리트 보와 인장시편에 대하여 진행성 파괴해석을 실시하였다. 또한 콘크리트의 진행성 파괴해석에 자유응력균열의 성장 및 진행을 고려하지 않음으로서 발생하는 불안정 연화거동을 제거하는 수치해석기법을 제시하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.683-696
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• 2017

In this study, the reliability of nonlinear ultrasonic modulation based fatigue crack detection is improved using a feature-level data fusion approach. When two ultrasonic inputs at two distinct frequencies are applied to a specimen with a fatigue crack, modulation components at the summation and difference of these two input frequencies appear. First, the spectral amplitudes of the modulation components and their spectral correlations are defined as individual features. Then, a 2D feature space is constructed by combining these two features, and the presence of a fatigue crack is identified in the feature space. The effectiveness of the proposed fatigue crack detection technique is experimentally validated through cyclic loading tests of aluminum plates, full-scale steel girders and a rotating shaft component. Subsequently, the improved reliability of the proposed technique is quantitatively investigated using receiver operating characteristic analysis. The uniqueness of this study lies in (1) improvement of nonlinear ultrasonic modulation based fatigue crack detection reliability using feature-level data fusion, (2) reference-free fatigue crack diagnosis without using the baseline data obtained from the intact condition of the structure, (3) application to full-scale steel girders and shaft component, and (4) quantitative investigation of the improved reliability using receiver operating characteristic analysis.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2001

In this study, the effect of specimen thickness and stress ratio on fatigue crack growth in S45C steel was investigated. Acoustic emission was monitored during the fatigue crack growth test. Both crack closure and AE technique were used in assessing fatigue crack growth behavior. Constant amplitude loading tests were performed on CT type specimen with three different thicknesses and stress ratios. Crack closure was investigated to explain the influence of specimen thickness and stress ratio on the fatigue crack growth in the second growth region. The crack closure effect was decreased with specimen thickness and stress ratio.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1806-1813
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• 2002

It is well known that a crack has an important effect on the dynamic behavior of a structure. This effect depends mainly on the location and depth of the crack. To identify the location and depth of a crack in a structure, a classical optimization technique was adopted by previous researchers. That technique overcame the difficulty of finding the intersection point of the superposed contours that correspond to the eigenfrequency caused by the crack presence. However, it is hard to select a trial solution initially for optimization because the defined objective function is heavily multimodal. A method is presented in this paper, which uses continuous evolutionary algorithms(CEAs). CEAs are effective for solving inverse problems and implemented on PC clusters to shorten calculation time. With finite element model of the structure to calculate eigenfrequencies, it is possible to formulate the inverse problem in optimization format. CEAs are used to identify the crack location and depth minimizing the difference from the measured frequencies. We have tried this new idea on a simple beam structure and the results are promising with high parallel efficiency over about 94%.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2001년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.19-26
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• 2001

Previously, an improved crack analysis technique based on Element-Free Galerkin Method (EFGM) which includes a discontinuity function and a singular basis function was presented. The technique needs neither addition of nodes nor modification of the model, but it shows some dependency on the formulation and modeling parameters such as the class of weight function, the size of compact support, dilation parameter and the range controlled by the singular basis function. For those parameters, a parametric study was performed on the calculation of a discrete error and then, a guideline for the choice of adequate parameters in the technique was proposed.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.433-439
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• 2005

This paper describes a reinforced concrete crack model, which utilizes a strain decomposition technique. The strain decomposition technique enables the explicit inclusion of physical behavior across the cracked concrete surface such as aggregate interlock and dowel action rather than intuitively defining the shear retention factor. The proposed concrete crack model is integrated into the commercial finite element software ABAQUS shell elements through a user-supplied material subroutine. The FE results have been compared to experimental results reported by other researchers. The proposed bridge FE model is capable of predicting the initial cracking load level, the ultimate load capacity, and the crack pattern with good accuracy.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.324-331
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• 2000

In this study, a new algorithm analyzing dynamic crack propagation problem by the coupling technique of Meshfree Method and Finite Element Method is proposed. The coupling procedure of two methods is presented with a short description of Meshfree Method especially, Element-free Galerkin (EFG) method. The elastodynamic fracture theory is presented, and a numerical implementation procedure for dynamic fracture analysis by Meshfree Method is also discussed. A couple of dynamic crack propagation problems illustrate the performance of the propsed technique. The accuracy of numerical solutions by the developed algorithm are compared with those of analytical solutions and experimental ones.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.577-586
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• 2004

Structural failures, such as crack initiation, often arise near the bolted parts of the side member and trunnion bracket in some commercial vehicles. The purpose of this paper is: 1) establishment of a simple and practical bolted joint modelling technique and 2) determination of the key design variables for design improvement based on numerical experiments. Once the bolted joint modelling technique is established through experimental verification, the key design variables must be identified in order to alleviate the level of the stress concentration near the problem region. Numerical results indicate that the torsional rigidity of the frame cross-section should be increased to reduce the level of the maximum stress at the actual crack initiation location.

• Multiscale and Multiphysics Mechanics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.35-51
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• 2016

In this paper, a mixed-mode cohesive law for an interface crack between epoxy and TR (transparent thermoplastic) resin is inversely estimated by the field projection method using numerical solutions and experimentally measured displacements. Displacements in a region far away from the crack tip are measured by digital image correlation technique. An inverse analysis, the field projection method formulated from the interaction J- and M-integrals with numerical auxiliary fields, is carried out to estimate a mixed-mode cohesive law for an interface crack between dissimilar materials. In the present approach, nonlinear deformations and damage near the crack tip are converted into the relationships of tractions and separations on crack surfaces behind the crack tip. The phase angle of mixed-mode singularities of the interface crack is also obtained from measured displacements in this study.