• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.679-687
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• 2003

Shock wave reduction in electrorheological(ER) smart structures is studied. ER insert is a composite structure comprising two elastic outer layers between which is sandwiched layer of ER fluid. When a voltage is applied across the outer layers. the shear modulus and the loss factor of the ER fluid are enabled, and thus the dynamic properties of the composite structure is altered. For the shock wave reduction in a hull mount of a submerged structure, ER inserts are made on the hull mount structure. To investigate the ER insert shape. many types of ER insert pattern are considered. Modal test of ER insert structures is performed to obtain the mode shapes, natural frequencies and the acceleration transmissibility. The acceleration transmissibility is reduced at such a frequency region when an electric field is applied. It is observed that the natural frequencies and mode shapes can be tunable by applying electric field. The ER-inserted hull mount is installed in an integrated system and the overall performance of shock wave reduction is tested. The possibility of shock wave reduction in the hull mount is demonstrated.

• 소음진동
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.71-82
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• 1996

The finite element analysis for rotor bearing systems has been an essential tool for design, identification, and diagnosis of rotating machinery. Among others, the unbalance response analysis is fundamental in the vibration analysis of rotor bearing systems because rotating unbalance is recognized as a common sourve of vibration in rotating machinery. However there still remains a problem in the aspect of computational efficiency for unbalance response analysis of large rotor bearing systems. Gyroscopic terms and local bearing parameters in rotor bearing systems often make matters worse in unbalance response computation due to the complicated dynamic properties such as rotational speed dependency and/or anisotropy. The present paper proposes an efficient method for unbalance responses of multi-span rotor bearing systems. An improved substructure synthesis scheme is introduced which makes it possible to compute unbalance responses of the system by coupling unbalance responses of substructures that are of self adjoint problem with small order matrices. The present paper also suggests a scheme to easily deal with gyroscopic tems and local, coupling or bearing parameters. The proposed method causes no errors even though the computational effort is reduced drastically. The present method is demonstrated through three test examples.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.107-130
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• 2004

This paper presents a time-domain approach for analyzing nonlinear random vibrations of long-span suspended cables under transversal wind. A consistent continuous model of the cable, fully accounting for geometrical nonlinearities inherent in cable behavior, is adopted. The effects of spatial correlation are properly included by modeling wind velocity fluctuation as a random function of time and of a single spatial variable ranging over cable span, namely as a one-variate bi-dimensional (1V-2D) random field. Within the context of a Galerkin's discretization of the equations governing cable motion, a very efficient Monte Carlo-based technique for second-order analysis of the response is proposed. This procedure starts by generating sample functions of the generalized aerodynamic loads by using the spectral decomposition of the cross-power spectral density function of wind turbulence field. Relying on the physical meaning of both the spectral properties of wind velocity fluctuation and the mode shapes of the vibrating cable, the computational efficiency is greatly enhanced by applying a truncation procedure according to which just the first few significant loading and structural modal contributions are retained.

• Multiscale and Multiphysics Mechanics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.143-156
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• 2016

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures require advanced analysis techniques for better estimation of their seismic responses, especially in the case of exhibiting complex three-dimensional coupling of torsional and flexural behaviors. This study focuses on validating a numerical approach for evaluating the seismic response of a three-dimensional unsymmetrical RC structure through the participation in the SMART 2013 international benchmark program. The benchmark program provides material properties, detailed drawings of the RC structure, and input ground motions for the seismic response evaluation. In this study, nonlinear constitutive models of concrete and rebar were formed and local tests were conducted to verify the constitutive models in finite element analysis. Elastic calibration of the finite element model of the SMART 2013 RC structure was performed by comparing numerical and experimental results in modal and linear time history analyses. Using the calibrated model, nonlinear earthquake analysis and seismic fragility analysis were performed to estimate the behavior and vulnerability of the RC structure with various ground motions.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2011년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.27-31
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• 2011

차량의 대형화 및 고속화, 그리고 기존 교량의 노후화를 고려하였을 때, 교량의 건전성 평가는 매우 중요해지고 있다. 거동을 예측하는데 사용되는 유한요소 모델의 신뢰도는 이상적인 가정과 모델링 오차, 교량의 노후화 등에 의해 실제 거동을 반영하지 못하는 경우가 많다. 유한요소 모델의 신뢰도를 높이기 위해, 실제 교량의 거동을 계측하여, 이를 기반으로 물리적 의미를 가지는 변수들과 지점의 조건을 수정하는 모델의 개선이 주로 행해진다. 이러한 모델 개선은 최적화 기법을 통해 수행된다. 본 연구에서는 목적함수간 가중치에 의한 모델 개선 결과의 영향과 다중 목적 함수 최적화 기법을 통해, 가중치의 영향을 줄이고, 다양한 개선 모델들을 구하는데 적용하였다. 팔곡 3교의 실제 계측 데이터를 이용하여 단일 다중 목적 함수 기반의 모델 개선을 수행하였다. 단일 목적 함수의 경우, 정의되는 목적함수는 주로 고유진동수와 모드 형상에 관한 차이의 가중치 합으로 표현되어 지며, 이러한 가중치에 따라, 모델 개선의 결과에 영향을 가함을 확인하였다. 다중 목적 함수 기반의 모델 개선을 통해, 구해진 모델 개선 결과를 단일 목적 함수 기반 모델 개선의 결과들과 비교하였으며, 모델 개선에 대한 다중 목적 함수 최적화 적용을 분석하였다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.451-461
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• 2002

차분 진화는 다양한 형태의 목적함수를 최적화하는데 매우 효율적인 방법임이 입증되었다 차분 진화의 가장 큰 이점은 개념적 단순성과 사용의 용이성이다. 그러나 차분 진화의 수렴성이 제어 파라미터에 매우 민감한 단점이 있다. 본 논문은 새로운 교배용 벡터 생성법과 제어 파라미터의 적응 메커니즘을 결합한 적응성 있는 차분 진화를 제안한다. 이는 수렴성을 해치지 않으면서 차분 진화를 보다 강인하게 만들며 사용이 쉽도록 해준다. 12가지 최적화 문제에 대해 제안한 방법을 시험하였다. 적응성 있는 차분 진화의 응용 사례로써 이벤트 예측을 위한 교사 클러스터링 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법을 진화에 의한 이벤트 클러스터링이라 부르며 데이터 모델링 검증에 널리 사용되는 4 가지 사례에 대해 그 성능을 시험하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.249-265
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• 2016

A bimorph piezoelectric energy harvester is developed for harvesting energy under the vortex induced vibration and it is integrated to a host structure of a trapezoidal plate without changing its passive dynamic properties. It is aimed to select trapezoidal plate as similar to a vertical fin-like structure which could be a part of an air vehicle. The designed energy harvester consists of an aluminum beam and two identical multi fiber composite (MFC) piezoelectric patches. In order to understand the dynamic characteristic of the trapezoidal plate, finite element analysis is performed and it is validated through an experimental study. The bimorph piezoelectric energy harvester is then integrated to the trapezoidal plate at the most convenient location with minimal structural displacement. The finite element model is constructed for the new combined structure in ANSYS Workbench 14.0 and the analyses performed on this particular model are then validated via experimental techniques. Finally, the energy harvesting performance of the bimorph piezoelectric energy harvester attached to the trapezoidal plate is also investigated through wind tunnel tests under the air load and the obtained results indicate that the system is a viable one for harvesting reasonable amount of energy.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.380-387
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• 2004

In accordance with the computerization of railway signaling systems, the interface link between the signaling systems has been replaced by a digital communication channel. At the same time, the importance of the communication link has become increasingly significant. However, there are some questionable matters in the current state of railway signaling systems in KNR. First, different communication protocols have been applied to create an interface between railway signaling systems although the protocols have the same functions. Next, the communication protocols currently used in the railway fields have some illogical parts such as structure, byte formation, error correction scheme, and so on. To solve these matters, the standard communication protocol for railway signaling systems is designed. The newly designed protocol is overviews in this paper. And the simulation is performed to analysis the performance of data link control for designed protocol. According to this simulation, it is identified that the link throughput of new protocol is improved about 10% and the frame error rate is improved than existing protocol. And it is verified the safety and liveness properties of designed protocol by using a formal method for specifying the designed protocol. It is expected that there will be an increase in safety, reliability and efficiency in terms of the maintenance of the signaling systems by using the designed communication protocol for railway signaling.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.243-257
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• 2007

A numerically efficient superelement is proposed as a low degree of freedom model for dynamic analysis of rotating tapered beams. The element uses a combination of polynomials and trigonometric functions as shape functions in what is also called the Fourier-p approach. Only a single element is needed to obtain good modal frequency prediction with the analysis and assembly time being considerably less than for conventional elements. The superelement also allows an easy incorporation of polynomial variations of mass and stiffness properties typically used to model helicopter and wind turbine blades. Comparable results are obtained using one superelement with only 14 degrees of freedom compared to 50 conventional finite elements with cubic shape functions with a total of 100 degrees of freedom for a rotating cantilever beam. Excellent agreement is also shown with results from the published literature for uniform and tapered beams with cantilever and hinged boundary conditions. The element developed in this work can be used to model rotating beam substructures as a part of complete finite element model of helicopters and wind turbines.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2013

This paper describes a finite element analysis (FEA) of the body frame of a subsea robot, Crabster200 (CR200). CR200 has six legs for mobility instead of screw type propellers, which distinguishes it from previous underwater robots such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Another distinguishing characteristic is the body frame, which is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). This body frame is designed as a rib cage structure in order to disperse the applied external loads and reduce the weight. The frame should be strong enough to support many devices for exploration and operation underwater. For a reasonable FEA, we carried out specimen tests. Using the obtained material properties, we performed a modal analysis and FEA for CR200 with a ready posture. Finally, this paper presents the FEA results for the CFRP body frame and the compares the characteristics of CFRP with conventional material, aluminum.