• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.2845-2852
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• 2000

When welding a car frame with one spot welding there are same limitations because many parts of it cannot be simplified by one spot welding alone. It is presented two spot welding model for the description of the spot welding which is usually used in a car frame structure. This study primarily covers fatigue behavior taking spot welded SPCC(Steel plate carbon C) with different ungget intervals as a tension shear specimen. It was prepared that intervals between two nuggets are varied as 9mm, 14mm, and 20mm respectively. The tensile tests and fatigue tests were executed to know the mechanical properties under static and fatigue load condition. In addition, the relationship between fatigue life and nugget intervals was illustrated by finite element method.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2016

Considering the artificial reef (AR) canyon intervals facilitated by flatly distributed placement models, the wake volumes of 25 AR sets were characterized through the following works. First, twenty-five different canyon intervals were established to investigate how the intervals affect the wake volumes of the AR placement models, each with nine cube-type ARs. Second, the element-based finite-volume method was used to facilitate flow analyses. Third, the so-called wake volume concept was adopted, and finally a reasonable placement interval was found based on the size of the wake volumes and the associated unit propagation indices. From the analysis results, it was found that a maximum wake volume of 25.18 m³ was generated when the longitudinal and transverse intervals were fixed at 6 m and 0 m, respectively. Thus, to magnify the wake volume, it is recommended that artificial reefs be placed at intervals of 6 m (3 times the reef length) in the flow direction, with no intervals in the normal direction, implicitly indicating that an intensively stacked placement model is a better option to efficiently secure a larger wake volume for the cube-type ARs.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2007

Reheating furnace is an essential facility of a rod mill plant where a billet is heated to the required rolling temperature so that it can be milled to produce wire. Although it is very important to obtain information on billet temperatures, it is not feasible during furnace operation. Consequently, a billet temperature profile should be estimated. Moreover, this estimation should be done within an appropriate time interval for an on-line application. In this paper, a billet heat transfer model based on 2D FEM(Finite Element Method) with spatially distributed emission factors is proposed for an on-line billet temperature estimation and also a measurement is carried out for two extremely different furnace operation patterns. Finally, the difference between the model outputs and the measurements is minimized by using a new optimization algorithm named uDEAS(Univariate Dynamic Encoding Algorithm for Searches) with multi-step tuning strategy. The obtained emission factors are applied to a simulation for the data which are not used in the model tuning for validation.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.269-294
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• 2017

This study aimed to realize the creation of fuzzy stochastic damage to describe reliability more essentially with the analysis of harmony of damage conception, probability and fuzzy degree of membership in interval [0,1]. Two kinds of fuzzy behaviors of damage development were deduced. Fuzzy stochastic damage models were established based on the fuzzy memberships functional and equivalent normalization theory. Fuzzy stochastic damage finite element method was developed as the approach to reliability simulation. The three-dimensional fuzzy stochastic damage mechanical behaviors of Jianshan mine slope were analyzed and examined based on this approach. The comprehensive results, including the displacement, stress, damage and their stochastic characteristics, indicate consistently that the failure foci of Jianshan mine slope are the slope-cutting areas where, with the maximal failure probability 40%, the hazardous Domino effects will motivate the neighboring rock bodies' sliding activities.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 황철석 암버럭으로 시공된 성토체를 대상으로 산성배수 발생을 억제하기 위하여 중화제를 주입할 경우 최적의 주입방안을 제시하고자 한다. 성토체 내에 중화제 주입으로 인한 침투효과를 수치해석으로 검토하기 위하여 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석을 위하여 중화제 주입관의 직경을 50mm로 선정하고 주입관의 간격을 1-4m, 주입압을 100-220kPa로 변화시키면서 침투해석을 수행하였다. 해석결과에 따르면 중화제의 주입관 간격 1.0m 및 주입압 130kPa인 경우와 주입관 간격 2.0m 및 주입압 160kPa인 경우가 상대적으로 낮은 주입압에서 성토체 전체의 포화 도달시간이 빠른 것으로 나타났다. 그리고, 성토체 전체의 포화를 위한 중화제 주입관의 간격은 3m인 경우 130kPa에서 190kPa까지 다양한 주입압을 적용할 수 있으며, 성토체의 포화 도달시간은 주입압에 상관없이 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 경제성을 고려한 최적의 중화제 주입조건으로 주입관의 간격은 3.0m, 주입압은 130kPa로 선정하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.360-369
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• 2015

A methodology for determining the design allowables of composite laminates by using lamina level test data and finite element analysis (FEA) is proposed and verified in this paper. An existing method that yields the laminate design allowables by using the complete test results for laminates was improved to reduce the expensive and time-consuming tests. Input property samples for FEA were generated after considering the statistical distribution characteristics of lamina level test data., and design allowables were derived from several FEA analyses of laminates. To apply and verify the proposed method, Hexcel 8552 IM7 test data were used. For both un-notched and open-hole laminate configurations, it was found that the design allowables obtained from the analysis correctly predicted the laminate test data within the confidence interval. The potential of the present simulation to substitute the laminate tests was demonstrated well.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.683-692
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 철도교량상판에 적용하는 방수재료 선정을 위한 이음부 및 균열부에 대한 거동 저항 성능평가를 수행하였다. PSC거더 철도 교량상판에서 발생하는 일반적인 변위 범위 조건을 도출하여, 도출한 결과에 따라서 방수재료의 균열 거동 저항 성능평가 방법을 개발하였다. 재안하고자 하는 평가를 위한 균열거동폭 (mm)을 설정하기 위해 레일도상이 설치되어있는 PSC 거더 교량을 대상으로 유한요소 모델링 해석을 수행하였으며, 최소 균열 거동 범위 (약 1.5mm)를 도출하였다. 평가 방법으로서는 교량 상판에 통상적으로 사용되는 시멘트계 도막 시스템, 폴리우레탄 코팅, 접착식 아스팔트 시트 및 합성 고무 겔 복합 아스팔트 시트 시스템 총 4가지 종류의 방수재료를 선정하여, 각 방수재료 종류별 5가지의 시편을 제조하여 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 각 시험편별로 4가지의 균열 거동폭조건 (1.5, 3.0, 4.5, 6.0mm)에 대해 평가를 수행하였으며, 본 연구를 통하여 철도교량에 일반적인 균열 거동 폭을 고려한 평가 기준에 따라 각 방수재료별 누수저항성 평가에 따른 철도교량상판 사용 적합성을 판단하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.683-699
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• 2015

Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) has been extensively applied for various laboratory and field studies. Numerous different TDR probes are currently available for measuring soil moisture content and detecting interfaces (i.e., due to landslides or structural failure). This paper describes the development of an innovative spiral-shaped TDR probe that features much higher sensitivity and resolution in detecting interfaces than existing ones. Finite element method (FEM) simulations were conducted to assist the optimization of sensor design. The influence of factors such as wire interval spacing and wire diameter on the sensitivity of the spiral TDR probe were analyzed. A spiral TDR probe was fabricated based on the results of computer-assisted design. A laboratory experimental program was implemented to evaluate its performance. The results show that the spiral TDR sensor featured excellent performance in accurately detecting thin water level variations with high resolution, to the thickness as small as 0.06 cm. Compared with conventional straight TDR probe, the spiral TDR probe has 8 times the resolution in detecting the water level changes. It also achieved 3 times the sensitivity of straight TDR probe.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.317-333
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• 2014

The study of the mechanical behavior of rockfill materials under three-dimensional loading conditions is a current research focus area. This paper presents a microscale numerical study of rockfill deformation and strength characteristics using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method (FDEM). Two features unique to this study are the consideration of irregular particle shapes and particle crushability. A polydisperse assembly of irregular polyhedra was prepared to reproduce the mechanical behavior of rockfill materials subjected to axial compression at a constant mean stress for a range of intermediate principal stress ratios in the interval [0, 1]. The simulation results, including the stress-strain characteristics, relationship between principal strains, and principal deviator strains are discussed. The stress-dilatancy behavior is described using a linear dilatancy equation with its material constants varying with the intermediate principal stress ratio. The failure surface in the principal stress space and its traces in the deviatoric and meridian plane are also presented. The modified Lade-Duncan criterion most closely describes the stress points at failure.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.1051-1067
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• 2014

The structures of concern in this study are subject to two types of forces: dead loads from the acceleration imposed on the structures as well as the installed operation machines and the additional adjustable forces. We wish to determine the critical values of the adjustable forces when buckling of the structures occurs. The mathematical statement of such a problem gives rise to a constrained eigenvalue problem (CEVP) in which the dominant eigenvalue is subject to an equality constraint. A numerical algorithm for solving the CEVP is proposed in which an iterative method is employed to identify an interval embracing the target eigenvalue. The algorithm is applied to four engineering application examples finding the critical loads of a fixed-free beam subject to its own body force, two plane structures and one wide-flange beam using shell elements when acceleration force is present. The accuracy is demonstrated using the first example whose classical solution exists. The significance of the equality constraint in the EVP is shown by comparing the solutions without the constraint on the eigenvalue. Effectiveness and accuracy of the numerical algorithm are presented.