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A Study on the Shape Analysis of Membrane Structures Using Line Elements (선재 요소를 이용한 막 구조물의 형상해석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seung-Deog;Lee, Shin-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.45-60
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    • 2010
  • Nonlinear problems for membrane structures are very sensitive in convergence procedure in nonlinear iterations. Therefore many researchers have suggested a lot of ideas in published papers. In this study, authors are trying to get easier solution for taking membrane shape by initial stresses from substitution of the membrane to line elements. To obtain nonlinear stiffness, the nonlinear finite element method is used for both membrane and cable elements, and only geometric nonlinear terms are taken for shape analysis. By some examined models, we can find that the substituted models show better results to get, initial shape in which the concentrating phenomenon is removed at edge parts.

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The Response Characteristics of Approximate Nonlinear Methods with RC Dual System (이중골조에 대한 비선형 약산법들의 응답특성)

  • Nam Young-Woo;Kang Pyeong-Doo;Jun Dae-Han;Kim Jae-Ung
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2005
  • In performance-based design methods, it is clear that the evaluation of the nonlinear response is required. The methods available to the design engineer today are nonlinear tim history analyses, or monotonic static nonlinear analyses, or equivalent static analyses with simulated inelastic influences. The nonlinear time analysis is the most accurate method in computing the nonlinear response of structures, but it is time-consuming and necessitate more efforts. Some codes proposed the capacity spectrum method based on the nonlinear static analysis to determine earthquake-induced demand given the structure pushover curve. This procedure is conceptually simple but iterative and time consuming with some errors. The nonlinear direct spectrum method is proposed and studied to evaluate nonlinear response of structures, without iterative computations, given by the structural linear vibration period and yield strength from the pushover analysis. The purpose of this paper is to compare the accuracy and the reliability of approximate nonlinear methods with respect to RC dual system and various earthquakes.

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Comparison of Seismic Responses of Seismically Isolated NPP Containment Structures using Equivalent Linear- and Nonlinear-Lead-Rubber Bearing Modeling (등가선형 및 비선형 납-고무받침 모델을 이용한 면진된 원전구조물의 지진응답의 비교)

  • Lee, Jin Hi;Song, Jong-Keol
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2015
  • In order to perform a soil-isolation-structure interaction analysis of seismically isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) structures, the nonlinear behavior of a seismic isolation system may be converted to an equivalent linear model used in frequency domain analysis. Seismic responses for seismically isolated NPP containment structures subjected to a simple artificial acceleration history and different site class earthquakes are evaluated for the equivalent-linear and nonlinear models that have been applied to lead-rubber bearing (LRB) modeling. It can be observed that the maximum displacements of the equivalent linear model are larger than that of the nonlinear model. From the floor response spectrum analysis for the top of NPP containment structures, it can be observed that the spectral acceleration of an equivalent linear model at about 0.5 Hz frequency is about 2~3 times larger than that of a nonlinear model.

Seismic Retrofit of Spatial Structures Using Buckling Restrained Brace (비좌굴 가새를 이용한 대공간 구조물 내진 보강 설계)

  • Moon, Hee-Suk;Kim, Gee-Chul;Kang, Joo-Won;Lee, Joon-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.105-111
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    • 2018
  • In this study, the seismic performance and behavior characteristics of the upper truss structure of the large stadium are analyzed by nonlinear dynamic analysis. In the nonlinear dynamic analysis, the earthquake records were generated by site response analysis to simulate the nonlinear behavior of the relevant soil condition where the structure is located. Nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed using Perform-3D and the nonlinear properties of the substructure and the superstructure were determined in accordance with KISTEC guideline. According to the analysis results, excessive deformation occurred in the upper truss element, and plastic hinges exceeded the target performance in some members. Buckling-restrained brace is used for seismic retrofit of stadium structures and the analysis results shows the interstory drift satisfies the target performance level with dissipating the seismic energy efficiently.

A dynamical stochastic finite element method based on the moment equation approach for the analysis of linear and nonlinear uncertain structures

  • Falsone, Giovanni;Ferro, Gabriele
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.599-613
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    • 2006
  • A method for the dynamical analysis of FE discretized uncertain linear and nonlinear structures is presented. This method is based on the moment equation approach, for which the differential equations governing the response first and second-order statistical moments must be solved. It is shown that they require the cross-moments between the response and the random variables characterizing the structural uncertainties, whose governing equations determine an infinite hierarchy. As a consequence, a closure scheme must be applied even if the structure is linear. In this sense the proposed approach is approximated even for the linear system. For nonlinear systems the closure schemes are also necessary in order to treat the nonlinearities. The complete set of equations obtained by this procedure is shown to be linear if the structure is linear. The application of this procedure to some simple examples has shown its high level of accuracy, if compared with other classical approaches, such as the perturbation method, even for low levels of closures.

Geometrical Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-walled Structures by Flat Shell Elements with Drilling D.O.F. (회전자유도를 갖는 평면쉘요소에 의한 박판구조물의 기하비선형해석)

  • 최창근;송명관
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.317-324
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    • 1998
  • A nonlinear anile element formulation of flat shell elements with drilling d.o.f, is presented for the geometrical nonlinear analysis of thin-walled structures. The shell element to be applied in finite element analysis was developed by combining a membrane element named as CLM with drilling rotation d.o.f, and plate bending element. The combined shell element possesses six degrees of freedom per node. The element showed the excellent performance in the linear analysis of the folded plate structures, in which the normal rotational rigidity of folded plates is considered, therefore, using this element geometrical nonlinear analysis of those structures is fulfilled in this study. An incremental total Larangian approach is adopted through out in which displacements are referred to the original configuration. Comparing the results with those of other researches shows the performance of this element and a folded plate structure is analyzed as an example.

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Geometrically nonlinear meshfree analysis of 3D-shell structures based on the double directors shell theory with finite rotations

  • Mellouli, Hana;Jrad, Hanen;Wali, Monther;Dammak, Fakhreddine
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.397-408
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, a geometrically nonlinear meshfree analysis of 3D various forms of shell structures using the double director shell theory with finite rotations is proposed. This theory is introduced in the present method to remove the shear correction factor and to improve the accuracy of transverse shear stresses with the consideration of rotational degrees of freedom.The present meshfree method is based on the radial point interpolation method (RPIM) which is employed for the construction of shape functions for a set of nodes distributed in a problem domain. Discrete system of geometrically nonlinear equilibrium equations solved with the Newton-Raphson method is obtained by incorporating these interpolations into the weak form. The accuracy of the proposed method is examined by comparing the present results with the accurate ones available in the literature and good agreements are found.

Nonlinear finite element formulation for sliding cable structures considering frictional, thermal and pulley-dimension effects

  • Yang, Menggang;Chen, Shizai;Hu, Shangtao
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.82 no.2
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    • pp.205-224
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    • 2022
  • This paper presents a refined finite element formulation for nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of sliding cable structures, overcoming the limitation of the existing approaches that neglect or approximate the friction, pulley dimension, temperature and geometric nonlinearity. A new family of elements with the same framework is proposed, consisting of the cable-pulley (CP) elements considering sliding friction, and the non-sliding cable-pulley (NSCP) elements considering static friction. Thereafter, the complete procedure of static and dynamic analysis using the proposed elements is developed, with the capability of accurately dealing with the friction at each pulley. Several examples are utilized to verify the validity and accuracy of the proposed elements and analysis strategy, and investigate the frictional, thermal and pulley-dimension effects as well. The numerical examples show that the results obtained in this work are in good accordance with the existing works when using the same approximations of friction, pulley dimension and temperature. By avoiding the approximations, the proposed formulation can be effectively adopted in predicting the more precise nonlinear responses of sliding cable structures.

A Study on the Stress-Strain Relationships for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures (콘크리트 구조물의 비선형해석을 위한 재료모델 비교연구)

  • 오병환;김영진;이형준;홍기중;박승진;임선택
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1994.04a
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 1994
  • Reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures consist of different materials, namely concrete, reinforcing steel and/or prestressing steel. Reinforcing and prestressing steels can be considered homogeneous materials, and their properties are generally well defined. Howefer, concrete is a heterogeous materials, and it is difficult to define its properties accurately. Both concrete and steel exhibit various nonlinear materials properties. The stress-strain relationship of concrete is not only nonlinear, but it differs in compression and tension. And, tensile cracking is one of the most importnat factors which contribute to the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete structrures. In this strudy, the various stress-strain relationships of concrete and reinforcing steel in nonlinear analysis of RC and PC structures are examined.

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Nonlinear dynamic analysis for large-span single-layer reticulated shells subjected to wind loading

  • Li, Yuan-Qi;Tamura, Yukio
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.35-48
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    • 2005
  • Wind loading is very important in structural design of large-span single-layer reticulated shell structures. In this paper, a geometrically nonlinear wind-induced vibration analysis strategy for large-span single-layer reticulated shell structures based on the nonlinear finite element method is introduced. According to this strategy, a computation program has been developed. With the information of the wind pressure distribution measured simultaneously in the wind tunnel, nonlinear dynamic analysis, including dynamic instability analysis, for the wind-induced vibration of a single-layer reticulated shell is conducted as an example to investigate the efficiency of the strategy. Finally, suggestions are given for dynamic wind-resistant analysis of single-layer reticulated shells.