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A Numerical Calculation of Eddy Current Field by Applying FEM and BEM Alternately (유한요소법과 경계요소법의 교호적용에 의한 와전류장 해석)

  • Im, Jae-Won
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.49 no.7
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    • pp.457-461
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    • 2000
  • The finite element method (FEM) is suitable for the analysis of a complicated region that includes nonlinear materials, whereas the boundary element method (BEM) is naturally effective for analyzing a very large region with linear characteristics. Therefore, considering the advantages in both methods, a novel algorithm for the alternate application of the FEM and BEM to magnetic field problems with the open boundary is presented. This approach avoids the disadvantages of the typical numerical methods with the open boundary problem such as a great number of unknown values for the FEM and non-symmetric matrix for the Hybrid FE-BE method. The solution of the overall problems is obtained by iterative calculations accompanied with the new acceleration method.

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Hybrid Photoelastic Stress Analysis Around a Central Crack Tip in a Tensile Loaded Plate Using Isochromatic Data (등색프린지 데이터를 이용한 인장하중 판재 중앙 균열선단 주위의 하이브리드 광탄성 응력장 해석)

  • Baek, Tae-Hyun;Chen, Lei
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.31 no.12
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    • pp.1200-1207
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    • 2007
  • An experimental test is presented for photoelastic stress analysis around a crack tip in tensile loaded plate. The hybrid method coupling photoelastsic fringe inputs calculated by finite element method and complex variable formulations involving conformal mappings and analytical continuity is used to calculate full-field stress around the crack tip in uniaxially loaded, finite width tensile plate. In order to accurately compare calculated fringes with experimental ones, both actual and regenerated photoelastic fringe patterns are two times multiplied and sharpened by digital image processing. Regenerated fringes by hybrid method are quite comparable to actual fringes. The experimental results indicate that Mode I stress intensity factor analyzed by the hybrid method are accurate within three percent compared with ones obtained by empirical equation and finite element analysis.

Second-order wave radiation by multiple cylinders in time domain through the finite element method

  • Wang, C.Z.;Mitra, S.;Khoo, B.C.
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.317-336
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    • 2011
  • A time domain finite element based method is employed to analyze wave radiation by multiple cylinders. The nonlinear free surface and body surface boundary conditions are satisfied based on the perturbation method up to the second order. The first- and second-order velocity potential problems at each time step are solved through a finite element method (FEM). The matrix equation of the FEM is solved through an iteration and the initial solution is obtained from the result at the previous time step. The three-dimensional (3D) mesh required is generated based on a two-dimensional (2D) hybrid mesh on a horizontal plane and its extension in the vertical direction. The hybrid mesh is generated by combining an unstructured grid away from cylinders and two structured grids near the cylinder and the artificial boundary, respectively. The fluid velocity on the free surface and the cylinder surface are calculated by using a differential method. Results for various configurations including two-cylinder and four-cylinder cases are provided to show the mutual influence due to cylinders on the first and second waves and forces.

Vibration Analyses of Cylindrical Hybrid Panel with Viscoelastic Layer Based on Layerwise Finite Elements (층별변위 유한요소법에 기초한 점탄성층을 갖는 원통형 복합적층 패널의 진동해석)

  • Oh, Il-Kwon;Cheng, Tai-Hong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.12 s.105
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    • pp.1361-1369
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    • 2005
  • Based on a full layerwise displacement shell theory, the nitration and damping characteristics of cylindrical sandwiched panels with viscoelastic layers are investigated. The transverse shear deformation and the normal strain of the cylindrical hybrid panels are fully taken into account for the structural damping modelling. The present finite element model Is formulated by using Hamilton's virtual work principle and the cylindrical curvature of hybrid panels is exactly modeled. Modal loss factors and frequency response functions are analyzed for various structural parameters of cylindrical sandwich panels. Present results show that the full layerwise finite element method can accurately predict the vibration and damping characteristics of the cylindrical hybrid panels with surface damping treatments and constrained layer damping.

Vibration Analyses of Cylindrical Hybrid Panel With Viscoelastic Layer Based On Layerwise Finite Elements (층별변위 유한요소법에 기초한 점탄성층을 갖는 원통형 복합적층 패널의 진동해석)

  • Oh, Il-Kwon;Cheong, Tai-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.772-778
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    • 2005
  • Based on a full layerwise displacement shell theory, the vibration and damping characteristics of cylindrical sandwiched panels with viscoelastic layers are investigated. The transverse shear deformation and the normal strain of the cylindrical hybrid panels are fully taken into account for the structural damping modelling. The present finite element model is formulated by using Hamilton's virtual work principle and the cylindrical curvature of hybrid panels is exactly modeled. Modal loss factors and frequency response functions are analyzed for various structural parameters of cylindrical sandwich panels. Present results show that the full layerwise finite element method can accurately predict the vibration and damping characteristics of the cylindrical hybrid panels with surface damping treatments and constrained layer damping.

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A PARALLEL HYBRID METHOD FOR EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEMS, VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES AND NONEXPANSIVE MAPPINGS IN HILBERT SPACE

  • Hieu, Dang Van
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.373-388
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, a novel parallel hybrid iterative method is proposed for finding a common element of the set of solutions of a system of equilibrium problems, the set of solutions of variational inequalities for inverse strongly monotone mappings and the set of fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert space. Strong convergence theorem is proved for the sequence generated by the scheme. Finally, a parallel iterative algorithm for two finite families of variational inequalities and nonexpansive mappings is established.

A hybrid singular value decomposition and deep belief network approach to detect damages in plates

  • Jinshang Sun;Qizhe Lin;Hu Jiang;Jiawei Xiang
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.51 no.6
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    • pp.713-727
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    • 2024
  • Damage detection in structures using the change of modal parameters (modal shapes and natural frequencies) has achieved satisfactory results. However, as modal shapes and natural frequencies alone may not provide enough information to accurately detect damages. Therefore, a hybrid singular value decomposition and deep belief network approach is developed to effectively identify damages in aluminum plate structures. Firstly, damage locations are determined using singular value decomposition (SVD) to reveal the singularities of measured displacement modal shapes. Secondly, using experimental modal analysis (EMA) to measure the natural frequencies of damaged aluminum plates as inputs, deep belief network (DBN) is employed to search damage severities from the damage evaluation database, which are calculated using finite element method (FEM). Both simulations and experimental investigations are performed to evaluate the performance of the presented hybrid method. Several damage cases in a simply supported aluminum plate show that the presented method is effective to identify multiple damages in aluminum plates with reasonable precision.

Hydraulic fracture simulation of concrete using the SBFEM-FVM model

  • Zhang, Peng;Du, Chengbin;Zhao, Wenhu;Zhang, Deheng
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.80 no.5
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    • pp.553-562
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, a hybrid scaled boundary finite element and finite volume method (SBFEM-FVM) is proposed for simulating hydraulic-fracture propagation in brittle concrete materials. As a semi-analytical method, the scaled boundary finite element method is introduced for modelling concrete crack propagation under both an external force and water pressure. The finite volume method is employed to model the water within the crack and consider the relationship between the water pressure and the crack opening distance. The cohesive crack model is used to analyse the non-linear fracture process zone. The numerical results are compared with experimental data, indicating that the F-CMOD curves and water pressure changes under different loading conditions are approximately the same. Different types of water pressure distributions are also studied with the proposed coupled model, and the results show that the internal water pressure distribution has an important influence on crack propagation.

A simple method of stiffness matrix formulation based on single element test

  • Mau, S.T.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.203-216
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    • 1999
  • A previously proposed finite element formulation method is refined and modified to generate a new type of elements. The method is based on selecting a set of general solution modes for element formulation. The constant strain modes and higher order modes are selected and the formulation method is designed to ensure that the element will pass the basic single element test, which in turn ensures the passage of the basic patch test. If the element is to pass the higher order patch test also, the element stiffness matrix is in general asymmetric. The element stiffness matrix depends only on a nodal displacement matrix and a nodal force matrix. A symmetric stiffness matrix can be obtained by either modifying the nodal displacement matrix or the nodal force matrix. It is shown that both modifications lead to the same new element, which is demonstrated through numerical examples to be more robust than an assumed stress hybrid element in plane stress application. The method of formulation can also be used to arrive at the conforming displacement and hybrid stress formulations. The convergence of the latter two is explained from the point of view of the proposed method.