• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.151-159
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• 1996

구조용 콘크리트의 비선형 거동을 예측하기 위하여, 압축강도 연화현상, 거시적 및 회전균열모델등의 내용을 포함하고 있는 압축장 응력장 이론(CFT)에 근거한 유한요소법이 개발/제시되었다. 또한, 이와 관련하여 CFT가 암시하는 탄젠트 및 세칸트 재료강성이 반복계산해법의 관점에서 정의/논의되었다. 최종적으로 계산상의 효율성 증대 및 최대하중 이후의 거동 포착에 주안점을 두어 초기재료 강성을 채택한 변위증분법 논리 및 빠른 수렴을 위한 Over-Relaxtion방법이 Isoparametric계의 8-Node요소에 포함/유도되었다. 이와 같이하여 제시된 비선형 해석 프로그램 NASCOM은 응력 혼돈지역에 위치하는 콘크리트 평면요소의 하중 지지능력, 탄성범위 이후의 변형 특성, 균열양상 및 보강근의 항복범위등의 예측을 가능하게 하였다. NASCOM의 제한된 검증을 위하여, Cervenka의 판넬 시험결과에 대한 하중지지능력 및 변형이력등을 예측한 결과가 전체적인 의미에서 실험결과와 상응하는 일치를 나타내었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.287-294
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• 1999

The tensegrity structure by prestressed cable, which may have large freedom in scale and form and therefore are received much attention from the view points of their light weight and aesthetics, is a very flexible and geometrically unstable structure because the cable material has little initial rigidity. For the stable self-equilibrated state of the usually very deformable structure, the method to find the optimal initial stress by the shape analysis is proposed in this paper. The proposed procedure is to derive the nonlinear finite element formula of cable and truss members considering geometric nonlinearity and used to modified load incremental method adding to Newton-Raphson method with the proposed condition for optimal initial stress. The result of the shape analysis for the tensegrity structure with the radius of 30m is shown the almost approximated shape to architectural shape and the changed procedure of initial stress

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2002년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.5-9
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• 2002

This paper presents a method and procedure for stress analysis and sizing in development of structures of a large composite wind turbine blade. Structural requirement of IEC standard was reviewed to set up appropriate analysis method and procedure. Several structural layouts were examined in a viewpoint of a large scale wind turbine blade. For the critical load cases, stress analysis were performed using finite element method. Stacking sequence and thickness of a laminate for each part and location were determined considering stress levels and producibility. Nonlinear geometric analysis was performed to check stability problem due to local buckling of a skin structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.241-257
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• 1999

This paper presents a procedure to minimize the cost of materials of cable-stayed bridges with composite box girder and concrete tower. Two sets of iterations are included in the proposed procedure. The first set of iteration performs the structural analysis for a cable-stayed bridge. The second set of iteration performs the optimization process. The design is formulated as a general mathematical problem with the cost of the bridge as the objective function and bending forces, shear forces, fatigue stresses, buckling and deflection as constraints. The constraints are developed based on the Canadian National Standard CAN/CSA-S6-88. The finite element method is employed to perform the complicated nonlinear structural analysis of the cable-stayed bridges. The internal penalty function method is used in the optimization process. The limit states design method is used to determine the load capacity of the bridge. A computer program written in FORTRAN 77 is developed and its validity is verified by several practical-sized designs.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.993-1017
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• 2016

Helicopters are essential for supporting offshore oil and gas activities around the world. To ensure accessibility for helicopters, helideck structures must satisfy the safety requirements associated with various environmental and accidental loads. Recently, offshore helideck structures have used aluminium because of its light weight, low maintenance requirements, cost effectiveness and easy installation. However, section designs of aluminum pancakes tend to modify and/or change from the steel pancakes. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize section design and evaluate the safety requirements for aluminium helideck. In this study, a design procedure was developed based on section optimization techniques with experimental studies, industrial regulations and nonlinear finite element analyses. To validate and verify the procedure, a new aluminium section was developed and compared strength capacity with the existing helideck section profiles.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.433-445
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• 2020

A new code, called PRaFULL (Piled Raft Foundation Under Lateral Load), was developed for the analysis of laterally loaded Combined Pile Raft Foundation (CPRF). The proposed code considers the contribution offered by the raft-soil contact and the interactions between all the CPRF system components. The nonlinear behaviour of the reinforced concrete pile and the soil are accounted. As shallower soil layers are of great relevance in the lateral response of a pile foundation, PRaFULL includes the possibility to consider layered soil profiles with appropriate properties. The shadowing effect on the ultimate soil pressure is accounted, when dealing with pile groups, as proposed by the Strain Wedge Model. PRaFULL BEM code obviously requires less computational resources compared to FEM (Finite Element Method) or FDM (Finite Difference Method) codes. The proposed code was validated in the linear elastic range by comparisons with the code APRAF (Analysis of Piled Raft Foundations). The reliability of the procedure to predict piled raft performance was then verified in nonlinear range by comparisons with both centrifuge tests and computer code PRAB.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.435-455
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• 2012

In the recent years, rehabilitation of structures, strengthening and increasing the ductility of them under seismic loads have become so vital that many studies has been carried out on the retrofit of steel and concrete members so far. Bridge piers are very important members concerning rehabilitation, in which the plastic hinging zone is very vulnerable. Pier is usually confined by special stirrups predicted in the design procedure; moreover, fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) jackets are used after construction to confine the pier. FRP wrapping of the piers is one of the most effective ways of increasing moment and ductility capacity of them, which has a growing application due to its relative advantages. In many earthquake-resistant bridges, reinforced concrete columns have a major defect which could be retrofitted in different ways like using FRP. After rehabilitation, it is important to check the strengthening adequacy by dynamic nonlinear analysis and precise modeling of material properties. If the plastic hinge properties are simplified for the strengthened members, as the simplified properties which FEMA 356 proposes for non-strengthened members, static nonlinear analysis could be performed more easily. Current paper involves this matter and it is intended to determine the plastic hinge properties for static nonlinear analysis of the FRP-strengthened circular columns.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.85-98
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• 1993

본 논문에서는 재료의 시간의존적 특성에 의한 영향을 고려하며, 재료의 비선형성은 물론 기하학적 비선형성도 고려하여 평면PC사장교의 축방향력과 휨에 의한 극한거동을 해석할 수 있는 비선형 해석방법을 제시했다. 재료의 시간의존적 특성으로는 콘크리트의 크리프, 건조수축과 강도증가, PC 강재와 케이블의 이완을 고려했고 재료의 비선형성으로는 콘크리트의 인장균열과 콘크리트, 철근, PC 강재와 케이블의 비선형 응력-변형도 관계를 고려하고 하중반전에 의한 영향도 고려했다. 기하학적 비선형성으로는 케이블의 색, 구조물의 대변위에 의한 비선형 변위-변형도 관계 및 변형에 따른 구조물의 형상변화를 고려했다. 일반적 형태의 PC 사장교의 해석에 적용하여 PC 사장교의 극한거동 및 재료의 시간의존적 특성이 극한거동에 끼치는 영향을 검토했다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2022

Many piping systems installed in the power plant are directly related to the safety and operation of the plant. Various dampers have been applied to the piping system to reduce the damage caused by earthquakes. In order to reduce the vibration of the piping system, this study developed a steel coil damper (SCD) with a straightforward structure but excellent damping performance. SCD reduces the vibration of the objective structure by hysteretic damping. The new SCD damper can be applied to high-temperature environments since it consists of steel members. The paper introduces a design method for the elastoplastic coil spring, which is the critical element of SCD. The practical applicability of the design procedure was validated by comparing the nonlinear force-displacement curves calculated by design equations with the results obtained from nonlinear finite element analysis and repeated loading test. It was found that the designed SCD's have a damping ratio higher than 25%. In addition, this study performed a set of seismic tests using a shaking table with an existing piping system to verify the vibration control capacity on the piping system by SCD. Test results prove that the SCD can effectively control the displacement vibration of the piping system up to 80%.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2005

The expertise required in the judicious use of nonlinear finite element (FE) packages for design-assistance purposes is not widely available to the average engineer, whose sole aim may be to obtain an estimate for a single design parameter, such as the limit load capacity of a structure. Such a parameter may be required for the design of a proposed reinforced concrete (RC) floor slab or bridge deck with a given set of geometrical and material details. This paper outlines a procedure for developing design-assistance equations for carrying out such predictions for partially restrained RC slabs under uniformly distributed loading condition, based on a database of FE results previously generated from a large number of 'numerical model' slabs. The developed equations have been used for predicting the peak loads of a number of experimental RC slabs having varying degrees of edge restraints; with results showing a reasonable degree of accuracy and low level of scatter. The simplicity of the equations makes them attractive and their successful use in the field of application reported in this paper suggest that the outlined procedure may also be extended to other classes of concrete structures.