• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.629-641
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• 2018

The paper describes the development of a two-dimensional (2D) co-rotational nonlinear beam finite element that includes advanced path-following capabilities for detecting bifurcation instability in elasto-plasticity of steel elements subjected to fire without introducing imperfections. The advantage is twofold: i) no need to assume the magnitude of the imperfections and consequent reduction of the model complexity; ii) the presence of possible critical points is checked at each converged time step based on the actual load and stiffness distribution in the structure that is affected by the temperature field in the elements. In this way, the buckling modes at elevated temperature, that may be different from the ones at ambient temperature, can be properly taken into account. Moreover, an improved displacement predictor for estimating the displacement field allowed significant reduction of the computational cost. A co-rotational framework was exploited for describing the beam kinematic. In order to highlight the potential practical implications of the developed finite element, a parametric analysis was performed to investigate how the beam element compares both with the EN1993-1-2 buckling curve and with experimental tests on axially compressed steel members. Validation against experimental data and numerical outcomes obtained with commercial software is thoroughly described.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권2호
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• pp.247-269
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• 2020

A finite strip formulation was developed for buckling and free vibration analysis of laminated composite plates based on different shear deformation plate theories. The different shear deformation theories such as Zigzag higher order, Refined Plate Theory (RPT) and other higher order plate theories by variation of transverse shear strains through plate thickness in the parabolic form, sine and exponential were adopted here. The two loaded opposite edges of the plate were assumed to be simply supported and remaining edges were assumed to have arbitrary boundary conditions. The polynomial shape functions are applied to assess the in-plane and out-of-plane deflection and rotation of the normal cross-section of plates in the transverse direction. The finite strip procedure based on the virtual work principle was applied to derive the stiffness, geometric and mass matrices. Numerical results were obtained based on various shear deformation plate theories to verify the proposed formulation. The effects of length to thickness ratios, modulus ratios, boundary conditions, the number of layers and fiber orientation of cross-ply and angle-ply laminates were determined. The additional results on the same effects in the interaction of biaxial in-plane loadings on the critical buckling load were determined as well.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.661-678
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• 2015

Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB) have been widely used in the construction industry as they utilize the most desirable properties of both constituent materials, i.e., steel and concrete. They present excellent structural qualities such as high load bearing capacity, ductility, energy-absorption capability and good structural fire behaviour. The effects of size and type of filler material in the existed gap at the steel core-concrete interface as well as the element's cross sectional shape, on BRB's fire resistance capacity was investigated in this paper. A nonlinear sequentially-coupled thermal-stress three-dimensional model was presented and validated by experimental results. Variation of the samples was described by three groups containing, the steel cores with the same cross section areas and equal yield strength but different materials (metal and concrete) and sizes for the gap. Responses in terms of temperature distribution, critical temperature, heating elapsed time and contraction level of BRB element were examined. The study showed that the superior fire performance of BRB was obtained by altering the filler material in the gap from metal to concrete as well as by increasing the size of the gap. Also, cylindrical BRB performed better under fire conditions compared to the rectangular cross section.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권4호
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• pp.351-361
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• 2019

Present article deals with the static stability analysis of compositionally graded nanocomposite beams reinforced with graphene oxide powder (GOP) is undertaken once the beam is subjected to an induced force caused by nonuniform magnetic field. The homogenized material properties of the constituent material are approximated through Halpin-Tsai micromechanical scheme. Three distribution types of GOPs are considered, namely uniform, X and O. Also, a higher-order refined beam model is incorporated with the dynamic form of the virtual work's principle to derive the partial differential motion equations of the problem. The governing equations are solved via Galerkin's method. The introduced mathematical model is numerically validated presenting a comparison between the results of present work with responses obtained from previous articles. New results for the buckling load of GOP reinforced nanocomposites are presented regarding for different values of magnetic field intensity. Besides, other investigations are performed to show the impacts of other variants, such as slenderness ratio, boundary condition, distribution type and so on, on the critical stability limit of beams made from nanocomposites.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-93
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• 2022

Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is one of the derivatives of graphene, which has drawn some experimental research interests in recent years however, numerical research studying the mechanical behaviors of composites made of rGO has not been taken into consideration yet. The objective of this research is to investigate the buckling, and free vibration of functionally graded reduced graphene oxide reinforced nanocomposite (FG rGORC) plates employing isogeometric analysis (IGA). The effective Young's modulus of rGORC is determined based onthe Halpin-Tsai model. Four different FG distribution types of rGO are considered varying across plate thickness. Besides, the refined plate theory is used based on Reddy's third-order function. To capture the size effect, modified couple stress theory (MCST) is employed. A comprehensive study is provided examining the effect of various parameters including rGO weight fraction, FG distribution types, boundary conditions, material length scale parameter, etc. Our obtained results show that the addition of only 1% of uniformly distributed rGO into epoxy plates leads to the fundamental frequency and critical buckling load 18% and 39% higher than those of pure epoxy plates, respectively.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.117-137
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• 2022

Effect of thickness stretching on free vibration, bending and buckling behavior of carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (CNTRC) laminated nanoplates rested on new variable elastic foundation is investigated in this paper using a developed four-unknown quasi-3D higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The key feature of this theoretical formulation is that, in addition to considering the thickness stretching effect, the number of unknowns of the displacement field is reduced to four, and which is more than five in the other models. Two new forms of CNTs reinforcement distribution are proposed and analyzed based on cosine functions. By considering the higher-order nonlocal strain gradient theory, microstructure and length scale influences are included. Variational method is developed to derive the governing equation and Galerkin method is employed to derive an analytical solution of governing equilibrium equations. Two-dimensional variable Winkler elastic foundation is suggested in this study for the first time. A parametric study is executed to determine the impact of the reinforcement patterns, nonlocal parameter, length scale parameter, side-t-thickness ratio and aspect ratio, elastic foundation and various boundary conditions on bending, buckling and free vibration responses of the CNTRC plate.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.414-421
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• 2022

해저 석유와 가스 탐사가 점점 더 깊은 수심으로 진행되고 있으며, 해저 파이프라인은 고압 및 고온 조건에서 작동하는 것이 일반적이다. 온도 및 압력 차이로 인하여 파이프 축 방향 힘이 축적되는 현상이 있다. 이러한 현상은 파이프라인을 구속하는 해저면 효과 때문에 파이프라인은 횡 좌굴이 발생하게 된다. 온도가 증가하는 경우 축 방향의 압축 하중이 가해지며 이 하중이 임계 수준에 도달하면 파이프가 수직방향으로 움직이게 된다. 또는 파이프라인의 구조적 완전성을 위태롭게 할 수 있는 횡 방향 좌굴이 발생하는 상황에서, 작동 중 파이프라인의 구조적 안전함을 보장하기 위해 파이프라인의 상세 구조 강도평가가 수행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 해저면의 마찰 효과 및 재료의 열 수축/팽창을 고려한 비선형 구조해석을 상용 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ANSYS를 활용하여 검토하였으며, 외부충격에 의한 횡 방향 좌굴 안전성을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통하여 수치 해석적 단순화된 분석 모델을 통하여 해저면의 효과를 고려한 조건에서의 실제 파이프라인의 붕괴 조건을 예측할 수 있다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1991

이 논문(論文)은 단순지지(單純支持) 변단면(變斷面) 기둥의 임계하중(臨界荷重) 및 후좌굴(後挫屈) 거동(擧動)에 관한 연구(硏究)이다. 이 논문(論文)에서는 변단면(變斷面)을 갖는 후좌굴(後挫屈) 기둥의 정확탄성곡선(正確彈性曲線)을 지배(支配)하는 미분방정식(微分方程式)을 3차이론(次理論)에 의(依)하여 유도(誘導)하고, 이 미분방정식(微分方程式)을 Runge-Kutta method와 Regula-Falsi method를 이용하여 임계하중(臨界荷重)과 후좌굴(後挫屈) 기둥의 정확탄성곡선(正確彈性曲線)을 산출(算出)하였다. 실제(實際)의 수치해석(數値解析) 예(例)에서는 변화(變化)높이 구형단면(矩形斷面), 변화폭(變化幅) 구형단면(矩形斷面), 정방형단면(正方形斷面)/원형단면(圓形斷面)의 3가지 단면형상(斷面形狀)에 대하여 수치해석(數値解析)하였다. 수치해석(數値解析)의 결과(結果)로, 하중(荷重)-처짐의 평형경로(平衡經路), 후좌굴(後挫屈) 기둥의 정확탄성곡선(正確彈性曲線), 임계하중(臨界荷重)-단면화(斷面化) 사이의 관계(關係)를 그림에 나타내었다. 또한 단면형상계수(斷面形狀係數)가 임계하중(臨界荷重)과 후좌굴(後挫屈) 거동(擧動)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 분석(分析)하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2018

빌딩, 자동차, 선박, 항공기 등에서의 곡선보 사용 증가가 이러한 구조물의 동적거동해석에 필요한 정확한 해법 발전에 괄목할 만한 기여를 해왔다. 탄성곡선 보의 안정성거동은 많은 연구자들의 한 과제분야였다. 전통적으로 미분방정식의 해법은 유한치분법이나 유한요소법으로 해결해왔다. 이러한 방법들은 복잡한 기하학적 구조 및 하중에 따른 격자점의 증가로 많은 컴퓨팅시간을 요구한다. 편미분방정식의 해를 구하기 위한 효율적인 방법 중의 하나는 미분구적법이다. 복잡한 기하학적 구조 및 하중 은 컴퓨터 용량을 과도하게 사용할 뿐만 아니라, 복합알고리즘 프로그램의 어려움을 극복하기위하여 미분구적법(DQM)이 많은 분야에 적용되어왔다. DQM을 이용하여 곡선 보의 아크 축 신장을 고려한 내 평면 좌굴을 등분포 하중 하에서 해석하였다. 다양한 매개변수 비, 경계조건, 그리고 열림 각에 따른 임계하중을 계산하였다. DQM 결과는 활용 가능한 다른 엄밀해와 비교하였다. DQM은 적은 격자점을 사용하고도 엄밀해 결과와 일치함을 보여주었다 (0.3% 미만). 다양한 변경에 따른 새로운 결과가 또한 제시 되였고, 그 결과는 곡선 보의 좌굴거동에 중요한 역할을 보여주었고, 다른 수치해석결과 혹은 실험결과비교에 사용될 수 있다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.293-310
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• 2019

In this paper, thermal-buckling behavior of the functionally graded (FG) nanocomposite plates reinforced with graphene oxide powder (GOP) is studied under three types of thermal loading once the plate is supposed to be rested on a two-parameter elastic foundation. The effective material properties of the nanocomposite plate are considered to be graded continuously through the thickness according to the Halpin-Tsai micromechanical scheme. Four types of GOPs' distribution namely uniform (U), X, V and O, are considered in a comparative way in order to find out the most efficient model of GOPs' distribution for the purpose of improving the stability limit of the structure. The governing equations of the plate have been derived based on a refined higher-order shear deformation plate theory incorporated with Hamilton's principle and solved analytically via Navier's solution for a simply supported GOP reinforced (GOPR) nanocomposite plate. Some new results are obtained by applying different thermal loadings to the plate according to the GOPs' negative coefficient of thermal expansion and considering both Winkler-type and Pasternak-type foundation models. Besides, detailed parametric studies have been carried out to reveal the influences of the different types of thermal loading, weight fraction of GOP, aspect and length-to-thickness ratios, distribution type, elastic foundation constants and so on, on the critical buckling load of nanocomposite plates. Moreover, the effects of thermal loadings with various types of temperature rise are investigated comparatively according to the graphical results. It is explicitly shown that the buckling behavior of an FG nanocomposite plate is significantly influenced by these effects.