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A Study on the Support System for Midship Structural Analysis (선체중앙부해석 지원시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Hyun-Kyoung;Son, Ho-Cheol;Kwon, Myung-Joon;Song, Jae-Young;Kim, Jong-Hyun;Lee, Jeong-Ryul;Kang, Ho-Seung;Yeon, Kyu-Jin
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.3 s.29
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    • pp.86-95
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    • 1998
  • CAD/CAM program developers have made substantial progress in enabling engineers to design, analyze, visualize, visualize, and simulate the performance of structures and systems. Many researchers, however, agree that there is still a way to go before the existing commercial computer software can be used in ship structural analysis to their full potential as solvers which can identify opportunities to reduce man-hours and cut costs. CAD systems used for these works in ship yards are general-purposed and not custom-tailored for ship structures, which force end-users to do tiresome and routine works. The new preprocessor "MeshGen" announced in this study can load several ship types and user-friendly generate their FE meshes employing the object-oriented approach based on the parametric and top-down design. Also "MeshGen" reduces dramatically the time required to prepare CAD models under window-based environments on desktop personal computers and makes it much easier and faster for end-users to change topology and material properties.

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A Study on the Improvement of Shape Optimization associated with the Modification of a Finite Element (유한요소의 개선에 따른 형상최적화 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Sung, Jin-Il;Yoo, Jeong-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.7
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    • pp.1408-1415
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we investigate the effect and the importance of the accuracy of finite element analysis in the shape optimization based on the finite element method and improve the existing finite element which has inaccuracy in some cases. And then, the shape optimization is performed by using the improved finite element. One of the main stream to improve finite element is the prevention of locking phenomenon. In case of bending dominant problems, finite element solutions cannot be reliable because of shear locking phenomenon. In the process of shape optimization, the mesh distortion is large due to the change of the structure outline. So, we have to raise the accuracy of finite element analysis for the large mesh distortion. We cannot guarantee the accurate result unless the finite element itself is accurate or the finite elements are remeshed. So, we approach to more accurate shape optimization to diminish these inaccuracies by improving the existing finite element. The shape optimization using the modified finite element is applied to a two and three dimensional simple beam. Results show that the modified finite element has improved the optimization results.

Development of the Nanofluidic Filter and Nanopore Micromixer Using Self-Assembly of Nano-Spheres and Surface Tension (나노구체의 자기조립 성질과 표면장력을 이용한 나노유체필터 및 나노포어 마이크로믹서)

  • Seo, Young-Ho;Choi, Doo-Sun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.31 no.9
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    • pp.910-914
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    • 2007
  • We present a simple and an inexpensive method for the fabrication of a nano-fluidic filter and a nano-pore micromixer using self-assembly of nano-spheres and surface tension. Colloid-plug was formed by surface tension of liquid in a microchannel to fabricate nanofluidic filter. When colloid is evaporated, nano-spheres in a colloid are orderly stacked by a capillary force. Orderly stacked nano-spheres form 3-D nano-mesh which can be used as a mesh structure of a fluidic filter. We used silica nano-sphere whose diameter is $567{\pm}85nm$, and silicon micro-channel of $50{\mu}m$-diameter. Fabricated nano-fluidic filter in a micro-channel has median pore diameter of 158nm which was in agreement with expected diameter of the nano-pore of $128{\pm}19nm$. A nano-pore micromixer consists of $200\;{\mu}m-wide,\;100\;{\mu}m-deep$ micro-channel and self-assembled nano-spheres. In the nano-pore micromixer, two different fluids had no sooner met together than two fluids begin to mix at wide region. From the experimental study, we completely apply self-assembly of nano-spheres to nano-fluidic devices.

Analysis on the In-cylinder Flow of HIMSEN 6H21/32 Engine (HIMSEN 6H21/32 엔진 실린더 내 유동해석)

  • Yoon, Wook-Hyun;Kim, Jin-Won;Ha, Ji-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.11b
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    • pp.934-939
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    • 2001
  • In computational study of the flow in piston engines and the flow through moving valves, the use of moving vertices is essential for modelling flows with moving boundaries. The positions of cell vertices in such cases must be allowed to vary with time. To simulate 3-dimensional port-valve and piston-cylinder of HIMSEN 6H21/32 engine, a commercially available code, STAR-CD, was used. Changes in mesh geometry was specified by PROSTAR commands.(i.e. the Change Grid operation in the EVENTS command module.) Control of the intake flow is expected to play an important role as designers seek to obtain better fuel spray characteristics, fuel mixing and mixture preparation, combustion performance, and emissions reductions to meet national standards. As a result of analysis, velocity fields indicate the presence of a structured flow comprised of one pair of counter-rotating vortices under the intake valve during the early induction process. These flow structures remain visible for most of the intake process. As the piston moves towards BDC, these vortices develops into a larger tumbling motion that dominates the flow structure.

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The Evaluation Technique of Surface Region using Backward-Radiated Ultrasound (후방 복사된 초음파를 이용한 표면 지역의 평가 기술)

  • Kwon, S.D.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.241-250
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    • 1997
  • The velocity dispersion of surface acoustical wave(SAW) of Si layer/mesh Au/Si substrate was measured by the frequency analysis technique of backward radiation at liquid/solid interface. The difference of backward radiation patterns depending on used transducers (2, 5, 10MHz) confirmed that the backward radiation phenomenon was caused by the energy radiation from SAW generated in surface region. An ultrasonic goniometer was constructed to measure continuously the angular dependence of backscattered intensity. The angular dependences of backward radiation(5MHz) were measured for Ni layer/Al substrate specimens that were bonded by epoxy involving different content of Cu powder. It was known that the width and pattern of backward radiation had informations such as the velocity dispersion, bonding quality and structure of surface region.

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Structural Dynamics Modification of Structures Having Non-Conforming Nodes Using Component Mode Synthesis and Evolution Strategies Optimization Technique (부분 구조 모드 합성법 및 유전 전략 최적화 기법을 이용한 비부합 절점을 가진 구조물의 구조변경)

  • 이준호;정의일;박윤식
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.651-659
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    • 2002
  • Component Mode Synthesis (CMS) is a dynamic substructuring technique to get an approximate eigensolutions of large degree-of-freedom structures divisible into several components. But, In practice. most of large structures are modeled by different teams of engineers. and their respective finite element models often require different mesh resolutions. As a result, the finite element substructure models can be non-conforming and/or incompatible. In this work, A hybrid version of component mode synthesis using a localized lagrange multiplier to treat the non-conforming mesh problem was derived. Evolution Strategies (ESs) is a stochastic numerical optimization technique and has shown a robust performance for solving deterministic problems. An ESs conducts its search by processing a population of solutions for an optimization problem based on principles from natural evolution. An optimization example for raising the first natural frequency of a plate structure using beam stiffeners was presented using hybrid component mode synthesis and robust evolution strategies (RES) optimization technique. In the example. the design variables are the positions and lengths of beam stiffeners.

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Spatial Distribution of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community by Altitude in Streams Located in Both Facing Slopes of the Mt. Seorak, Korea (설악산 양사면 하천에서의 고도차에 따른 저서성 대형무척추동물 군집의 공간 분포)

  • Choi, Ah Reum;Kim, Ah Reum;Son, Se-Hwan;Yang, Hee Jung;Kong, Dongsoo
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.68-79
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    • 2014
  • There are marked differences in climate condition between east-facing slopes and west-facing slopes in Mt. Seorak (1,708 m). This study was conducted to find out the differences of benthic macroinvertebrate communities between both slopes of Mt. Seorak. Quantitative (Surber net; $30cm{\times}30cm$, mesh: 1mm) and qualitative (Hand net; mesh: 1mm) samplings ware carried out seasonally in each site which had 100-meter-high difference from November 2010 to November 2011. Most of the survey sites showed sound environmental conditions because they were located in the protection area of the national park. The benthic macroinvertebrates collected from all survey sites were composed of 158 species, 62 families, 17 orders, 7 classes and 5 phyla. DCA (Detrended Correspondence Analysis) ordination based on the abundance of benthic mactoinvertebrates showed that altitude was a major factor governing the structure of benthic macroinvertebrate community. There was no significant difference of the communities between both slopes.

Structural Analysis for MR. Sized Oil Tanker Applied Common Structure Rule (CSR을 적용한 MR급 TANKER의 상세 구조해석 결과 및 고찰)

  • So, Ha-Young;Lee, Kyu-Ho;Shin, Sung-Kwang;Choi, Young-Dal;Leem, Hyo-Kwan
    • Special Issue of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • 2007.09a
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 2007
  • After CSR is in effect, a matter of concern is how many to increase in terms of weight due to apply it to the ship and what difference it is comparing between existing rule and CSR rule. The concepts of CSR are to make the ship safer, more robust. and the design requirement clearer. Furthermore it pursues longer life of ship in fatigue strength. By reasons of those, most of requirements are stronger than before. Therefore many part of ship should be reinforced and the weight of ship can be increased. Under those circumstances, the builder should make an effort to define the CSR and to find the methods to manage well this situation. In this study, we performed 3D Cargo hold and Fine-mesh F.E analysis and deduced a conclusion and introduced new detail design.

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Fast fabrication of amphibious bus with low rollover risk: Toward well-structured bus-boat using truck chassis

  • Mehrmashhadi, Javad;Mallet, Philippe;Michel, Paul;Yousefi, Amin Termeh
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.427-434
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    • 2019
  • This study investigates the structural integrity of the amphibious tour bus under the rollover condition. The multi-purpose bus called Dual Mode Tour Bus (DMTB) which explores on land and water has been designed on top of a truck platform. Prior to the fabrication of new upper body and sailing equipment of DMTB, computational analysis investigates the rollover protection of the proposed structure including superstructure, wheels, and axles. The Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of the whole vehicle model is meshed and preprocessed under high performance using the Altair HyperMesh to attain the best mesh model suited for finite element analysis (FEA) on the proposed system. Meanwhile, the numerical model is analyzed by employing LS-DYNA to evaluate the superstructure strength. The numerical model includes detail information about the microstructure and considers wheels and axles as rigid bodies but excludes window glasses, seats, and interior parts. Based on the simulation analysis and proper modifications especially on the rear portion of the bus, the local stiffness significantly increased. The vehicle is rotated to the contact point on the ground based on the mathematical method presented in this study to save computational cost. The results show that the proposed method of rollover analysis is highly significant not only in bus rollover tests but in crashworthiness studies for other application. The critical impartments in our suggested dual-purpose bus accepted and passed "Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) R66".

A Study on the Data Extraction and Formalization for the Generation of Structural Analysis Model from Ship Design Data (선체 구조설계로부터 구조해석 모델 생성에 필요한 데이타의 추출과 정형화에 관한 연구)

  • Jae-Hwan Lee;Yong-Dae Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.90-99
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    • 1993
  • As the finite element method has become a considerable and effective design tool in ship structural analysis, modeling of three dimensional finite element mesh is more necessary than before. However, the unique style and complexity of a ship usually make the modeling be hard and costly. Although most pre-processor of FEM software and geometric modeler provides modeling function, the capability is quite limited for complicated structure. In order to perform FEM modeling quickly, it is necessary to extract, rearrange, and formalize data from ship design database for partially automatic mesh generation. In this paper, the process of designing relational data tables from design data is shown as a part of analysis automation with the application of engineering database concept.

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