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Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Growth Rate on the Surface of Steel Members Using COD(Crack Opening Displacement) Measurement (COD(Crack Opening Displacement) 측정에 의한 강재표면의 피로균열진전속도 평가)

  • Kim, Kwang Jin;Kim, In Tae
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2011
  • Steel structures have been allowed to have fatigue damage tolerance in fact. If it would be assessed whether fatigue crack is growing or not and How fast fatigue crack is propagating, we should make a rational decision on methods and a period of reinforcement in the maintenance. In this study, fatigue crack growth tests on two kinds of through-thickness cracked steel plates and a out-of-plane gusset welded joint were conducted to evaluate fatigue crack growth rate using the COD(Crack Opening Displacement), and COD measurement using strain gauges was examined to offer a practical method. As a result, we proposed a reasonable assessing method for fatigue crack growth rate using the COD and it was experimentally proved practical to estimate the COD through measuring strains.

An Analysis of Flat-Crack in Homogeneous Anisotropic Solids Considering Non-Singular Term (비특이항을 고려한 균질이방성체내 수평균열의 해석)

  • Im, Won-Gyun;Choe, Seung-Ryong;An, Hyeon-Su
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.24 no.1 s.173
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2000
  • The one-parameter singular expression for stresses and displacements near a crack tip has been widely thought to be sufficiently accurate over a reasonable re ion for any geometry and loading conditions. In many cases, however subsequent terms of the series expansion are quantitatively significant, and so we now consider the evaluation of such terms and their effect on the predicted crack growth direction. For this purpose the problem of a cracked orthotropic plate subjected to a biaxial load is analysed. It is assumed that the material is ideal homogeneous anisotropic. BY considering the effect of the load applied parallel to the plane of the crack, the distribution of stresses and displacements at the crack tip is reanalyzed. In order to determine values for the angle of initial crack extension we employ the normal stress ratio criterion.

A Study on the Threshold Condition of Crack Propagation for Pre-Crack and Micro-Hole Specimens (프리크랙과 微小圓孔材의 크랙成長 下限界條件에 관한 硏究)

  • 송삼홍;윤명진
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.278-285
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    • 1988
  • The Critical size of artificially induced micro-holes in 0.17%, 0.36% Carbon steel Specimens with Spheroidized Cementite and in 0.17% carbon steel specimens with martensite structure is compared with annealed pre-crack in order to discuss the physical meaning of the fatigue limit and evaluation of the tolerant micro flaw size at the stress level of the fatigue limit. Results obtained were summarized as follows; (1) In this study, non-propagating crack length of Smooth specimen and critical pre-crack length (lc) is coincide. (2) In the carbon steels with spheroidized cementite structure, critical pre-crack length (lc) and allowable micro-hole size (dc) is coincide each other at the fatigue limit level. (3) It has been published that there exists a particular size of micro-hole which has no effect on the fatigue limit. In this study, the micro-hole of critical size can be regarded as equivalent to a tolerant micro flaw which would not reduce the fatigue limit.

Shear Transfer Strength Evaluation for Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트의 전단 전달 모델)

  • Lee, Ji-Hyung;Hong, Sung-Gul
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2015
  • Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) has a outstanding tensile hardening behaviour after a crack develops, which gives ductility to structures. Existing shear strength model for fiber reinforced concrete is entirely based on crack opening behavior(mode I) which comes from flexural-shear failure, not considering shear-slip behavior(mode II). To find out the mode I and mode II behavior on a crack in UHPFRC simultaneously, maximum shear strength of cracked UHPFRC is investigated from twenty-four push-off test results. The shear stress on a crack is derived as variable of initial crack width and fiber volume ratio. Test results show that shear slippage is proportional to crack opening, which leads to relationship between shear transfer strength and crack width. Based on the test results a hypothesis is proposed for the physical mechanics of shear transfer in UHPFRC by tensile hardening behavior in stead of aggregate interlocking in reinforced concrete. Shear transfer strength based on tensile hardening behavior in UHPFRC is suggested and this suggestion was verified by comparing direct tensile test results and push-off test results.

Evaluation Method of Bonded Strength Considering Stress Singularity in Adhesively Bonded Joints (응력특이성을 고려한 접착이음의 강도평가 방법)

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    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.58-68
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    • 1998
  • Advantages of adhesively bonded joints and techniques of weight reduction have led to increasing use of structural adhesives such as LSI(large scale integration) package, automobile, aircraft in the various industries. In spite of such wide applications of adhesively bonded joints, the evaluation method of bonding strength has not been established. Stress singularity occurs at the interface edges of adhesively bonded joints and it is required to analyze it. In this paper, the stress singularity using 2-dimensional elastic boundary element method (BEM) with the changes of the lap length and adhesive for single lap joint was analyzed, and experiments of strength evaluation were carried out. As the results, the evaluating method of bonding strength considering stress singularity at interface edges of adhesively bonded joints and stress intensity factor of interface crack have been proposed in static and fatigue test.

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The Integrity Evaluation of weld zone in railway rails Using Neural Network (신경회로망을 이용한 철도레일 용접부의 건전성평가)

  • 윤인식;임미섭
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2003
  • This study proposes the neural network simulator for the integrity evaluation of weld zone in railway rails. For these purposes, the ultrasonic signals for defects(crack) of weld zone in frames are acquired in the type of time series data and echo strength. The detection of the natural defects in railway truck is performed using the characteristics of echodynamic pattern in ultrasonic signal. And then their applications evaluated feature extraction based on the time-frequency-attractor domain(peak to peak, rise time, rise slope, fall time, fall slope, pulse duration, power spectrum, and bandwidth) and attractor characteristics (fractal dimension and attractor quadrant) etc. The constructed neural network simulator agrees fairly well with the measured results of test block(defect location, beam propagation distance, echo strength, etc). The Proposed neural network simulator in this study can be used for the integrity evaluation of weld zone in railway rails.