• Wind and Structures
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.75-96
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• 2008

A better understanding of tornado-induced wind loads is needed to improve the design of typical structures to resist these winds. An accurate understanding of the loads requires knowledge of near-ground tornado winds, but observations in this region are lacking. The first goal of this study was to verify how well a CFD model, when driven by far field radar observations and laboratory measurements, could capture the flow characteristics of both full scale and laboratory-simulated tornadoes. A second goal was to use the model to examine the sensitivity of the simulations to various parameters that might affect the laboratory simulator tornado. An understanding of near-ground winds in tornadoes will require coordinated efforts in both computational and physical simulation. The sensitivity of computational simulations of a tornado to geometric parameters and surface roughness within a domain based on the Iowa State University laboratory tornado simulator was investigated. In this study, CFD simulations of the flow field in a model domain that represents a laboratory tornado simulator were conducted using Doppler radar and laboratory velocity measurements as boundary conditions. The tornado was found to be sensitive to a variety of geometric parameters used in the numerical model. Increased surface roughness was found to reduce the tangential speed in the vortex near the ground and enlarge the core radius of the vortex. The core radius was a function of the swirl ratio while the peak tangential flow was a function of the magnitude of the total inflow velocity. The CFD simulations showed that it is possible to numerically simulate the surface winds of a tornado and control certain parameters of the laboratory simulator to influence the tornado characteristics of interest to engineers and match those of the field.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제15권5호통권66호
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• pp.591-601
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• 2003

파형강판은 파형 형상으로 가공된 강판으로 높은 면내, 면외 방향의 강성을 갖으며, 건물, 교량 등으로 적용도가 높아지고 있다. 파형강판을 플레이트 거더나 프리스트레스트 박스거더교의 복부판으로 적용하면, 파형강판의 Accordion효과에 의해 플랜지가 휨응력을 복부판이 전단응력을 대부분 지지하는 효율적인 구조를 얻을 수 있다. 전단응력을 받는 파형 강판은 전체좌굴, 국부좌굴, 및 연성좌굴에 의해 내하력을 상실할 수 있다. 좌굴 강도에 미치는 기하학적인 인자들의 영향을 파악하기 위하여 유한요소해석법을 이용한 좌굴해석이 수행되었다. 해석결과는 복부판의 좌굴강도와 좌굴형상이 개개 인자들에 의존할 뿐만 아니라 패널의 세장비와 같은 두 개의 변수가 상호작용하는 복합변수에 의존하는 것을 보여주었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2015

A parametric study on the shapes of bobsleigh bumpers has been performed to reduce the aerodynamic drag. Effects of geometric parameters, such as leading angle of leading bumper, the ratio of minimum width to maximum width of leading bumper, the ratio of leading bumper length to trailing bumper length, trailing angle of trailing bumper, and the ratio of bumper height to installation location of bumper from the bottom of bobsleigh, on the aerodynamic performance of the bobsleigh were estimated using 3-D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The turbulence was analyzed using the shear stress turbulence model. Reynolds number based on the hydraulic diameter of the external flow channel was in the range of 150,000~1,000,000. Numerical results for drag coefficient were validated compared to experimental data. Ranges of the five geometric parameters were determined according to the rule of Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobaganning. The aerodynamic performance of the bobsleigh sled was most sensitive to the leading angle of leading bumper and the ratio of minimum width to maximum width of leading bumper.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.52-63
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• 1998

The impact programmer for impact test was designed and the impact analysis was conducted. The effects of the material and geometric parameters on the impact force and pulse shape were investigated. The impact characteristics were examined by experimental and finite element method. The impact test was conducted with free drop impact tester. The ABAQUS/Explicit 5.5 version was used for finite element analysis. The geometric parameters of the conical and dome type impact programmer were analyzed. The polyurethane impact programmers were fabricated and tested. The effects of the hardness and thickness of the impact programmer were studied. The peak acceleration and time duration of impact programmer have close correlation with the hardness, impact energy and thickness of the impactor. The experiment was good agreement with analytical predictions. The impact pulse shape generated with polyurethane impact programmer was half sine shape. The maximum impact force was proportional to impact energy. The impact acceleration was decreased with thickness of impact programmer. The maximum impact time duration level was about 2 msec.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.467-472
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• 2011

본 연구는 LED 조명기구와 같은 원형 모양에 적합한 원형 히트싱크의 주위의 열유동을 실험 및 해석적으로 분석하였다. 기존 복사 열전달을 고려하지 않은 상관식을 이용하여, 추가적으로 복사 열전달을 해석적으로 계산하였다. 본 해석 모델의 타당성을 실험적으로 확인하였다. 이 모델을 바탕으로 휜의 형상 및 열유속을 인자로 하여 히트싱크 평균 온도의 변화를 살펴보았다. 그 결과 열전달 성능을 최대로 할 수 있는 최적 휜의 길이가 존재하였고, 방사율이 클수록 형상 인자의 변화가 복사 열전달 변화에 미치는 영향이 상대적으로 감소하였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1993

CCD 카메라 스캐너에 의한 지상사진의 스캐닝에 있어서 발생하는 기하학적 왜곡을 외부표정요소를 이용하여 수치적으로 보정하는 기법을 제시하였다. 먼저 CCD 카메라 스캐너의 외부표정요소를 구한 후, 이를 이용하여 수치화상의 전 화소에 대응하는 사진좌표를 구하였다. 얻어진 사진좌표와 수치화상 데이터 값으로부터, 거리의 역에 따른 가중평균법을 적용하여 X 및 Y좌표 0.05mm 마다의 스캐닝 왜곡이 보정된 화상을 작성할 수 있었다. 검사점의 보정화상좌표와 실측사진좌표를 비교하여 스캐닝 기하학적 왜곡 보정화상 작성기법의 유효성을 검증할 수 있었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.309-323
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• 2014

Based on the compositions and structures of cement-based materials, the geometrical models of the tortuosity of transport paths in hardened cement pastes, mortar and concrete, which are associated with the capillary porosity, cement hydration degree, mixture particle shape, aggregate volume fraction and water-cement ratio, are established by using a geometric approach. Numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the effects of material parameters such as water-cement ratio, volume fraction of the mixtures, shape and size of aggregates and cement hydration degree, on the tortuosity of transport paths in hardened cement pastes, mortar and concrete. Results indicate that the transport tortuosity in cement-based materials decreases with the increasing of water-cement ratio, and increases with the cement hydration degree, the volume fraction of cement and aggregate, the shape factor and diameter of aggregates, and the material parameters related to cement pastes, such as the water-cement ratio, cement hydration degree and cement volume fraction, are the primary factors that influence the transport tortuosity of cement-based materials.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2018

The rigid steel connections were suffered severe damage because of low rotational capacity during earthquakes. Hence, many investigations have been conducted on the connections of steel structures. As a solution, steel slit dampers were employed at the connections to prevent brittle failure of connections and damage of main structural members. Slit damper is a plate or a standard section with a number of slits in the web. The objective of this paper is to improve the seismic performance of steel slit dampers in the beam-to-column connection using finite element modeling. With reviewing the previous investigations, it is observed that slit dampers were commonly fractured in the end parts of the struts. This may be due to the low participation of struts middle parts in the energy dissipation. Thus, in the present study slit damper with elliptic slits is proposed in such a way that end parts of struts have more energy absorption area than struts middle parts. A parametric study is conducted to investigate the effects of geometric parameters of elliptic slit damper such as strut width, strut height and plate thickness on the seismic performance of the beam-to-column connection. The stress distribution is improved along the struts in the proposed slit damper with elliptic slits and the stress concentration is decreased in the end parts of struts. The average contributions of elliptic slit dampers, beam and other sections to the energy dissipation are about 97.19%, 2.12% and 0.69%, respectively.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2013

This paper presents the experimental investigation of a biplane micro air vehicle. The effects of geometric parameters, gap, stagger, and decalage angle are investigated at low Reynolds number (~150,000) in a low-speed wind tunnel. A rigid flat plate with an aspect ratio of one and square planform shape is used to evaluate all three geometric parameters. The side dimension of the single flat plate is 0.15 m. The goal is to find an optimal biplane configuration that should exceed monoplane performance by generating high lift and flying as slow as possible, in order to capture high-quality visual recordings. This configuration will directly help to fly at a lower velocity and to make tighter turns that are advantageous in restricted environments. The results show that the aerodynamic performance of the biplane MAV is significantly enhanced through the combination of gap and stagger effects. A performance comparison demonstrates the superiority of the optimal biplane configuration compared to a monoplane in cruise and glide phases. Moreover, no significant compromise is found for the range, endurance, and climb performance.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.687-698
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• 2012

LADAR systems can rapidly acquire 3D point clouds by sampling the target surfaces using laser pulses. Such point clouds are widely used for diverse applications such as DSM/DTM generation, forest biomass estimation, target detection, wire avoidance and so on. Many kinds of LADAR systems have been developed with their respective purposes and applications. Particularly, Geiger mode imaging LADAR systems are increasingly utilized since they are energy efficient thank to extremely sensitive detectors incorporated into the systems. The purpose of this research is the performance assessment of a Geiger mode imaging LADAR system based on simulation with the real system parameters. We thus developed a simulation method of such a LADAR system by modeling its geometric, radiometric, optic and electronic aspects. Based on the simulation, we performed the performance assessment of a newly designed system to derive the outlier ratio and false alarm rate expected during its operation in almost real environment with reasonable system parameters. The proposed simulation and performance assessment method will be effectively utilized for system design and optimization, and test data generation.