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Broadbanding of a Planar Antenna with Three Frequency Bands and Its Application

  • Matsui, Hiroyasu;Wakabayashi, Toshio
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.725-735
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes a line element planar antenna with three frequency bands. To obtain broadband characteristics, a modified planar antenna that has semi-elliptical elements based on the characteristics of a line element planar antenna is proposed and analyzed by the finite difference time domain method. Return loss characteristics are discussed as functions of the eccentricity values of semi-ellipse at each element. The broadbanding of the modified planar antenna is implemented based on the results. The planar antenna with three systems (an 800 MHz band cellular phone, a third-generation cellular phone, and a 2.4 GHz band wireless LAN system) is considered as an application example.

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Analysis of Deep Drawing of Planar Anisotropic Materials Using the Rigid- Plastic Finite Element Method (강소성 유한요소법을 이용한 평면 이방성 재료의 디프 드로잉 해석)

  • 김형종;김동원
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.248-258
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    • 1992
  • Three-dimensional rigid-plastic finite element formulation based on the membrane theory was described and a computer program for large deformation analysis was developed. In the formulation, normal and planar anisotropy of sheet material and rotation of the principal axes of anisotropy was taken into consideration. Sheet metal was assumed to be rigid-plastic material obeying Hill's quadratic yield criterion and its associated flow rule. Deep drawing process, as a preliminary test, for normal anisotropic material was analyzed in order to examine the validity of developed finite element program. The results were consistent with the existing finite element solutions or experimental data. The present study was mainly concerned with the influence of planar anisotropy on deformation behaviour. Finite element analysis and experiment were carried out for the whole process of deep drawing of planar anisotropic material. The computational and experimental results on the shape of ear, strain distribution and punch load were in good agreement.

A Study on Fault Diagnosis for Planar Active Phased Array Antenna (평면 능동위상배열안테나 결함소자 진단방법에 관한 연구)

  • Jin-Woo Jung;Seung-Ho Kang
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2023
  • A radiating elements fault diagnosis method with simplified radiation pattern measurement procedure was presented for planar active phased array antenna system. For presenting the mentioned method, the technique for linear approximation based on the radiation characteristics of a planar array configuration and a technique for solving a unique solution problem that occur in process of diagnosing a fault in a radiating elements were presented. Based on the presented method and a genetic algorithm, experimental simulations were performed for radiating element defect diagnosis according to various planar active phased array antenna configurations. As a result, it was confirmed that the presented radiating element fault diagnosis method can be smoothly applied to planar active phased antennas having various configurations.

Sheet Metal Forming Analysis with Planar Anisotropic Materials using a Modified Membrane Element considering Bending Effect (굽힘이 고려된 개량박막요소를 이용한 평면이방 박판금속 성형해석)

  • Choi, Tae-Hoon;Huh, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 1997.03a
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    • pp.183-187
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    • 1997
  • A membrane element is regarded as more preferable rather than other elements in the sense of its computing efficiency and the merit with respect to contact treatment. However, it cannot consider the bending effect during the deformation. Moreover, due to the characteristics of rolling process, sheet metal has anisotropy with respect to the direction in the plane. To take the bending effect into account, a modified membrane element was introduced and improved to consider planar anisotropic characteristics with the aid of Hill's quadratic criterion.

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Development of Nonlinear Triangular Planar Element Based on Co-rotational Framework (Co-rotational 이론 기반 비선형 삼각평면 유한요소의 개발)

  • Cho, Hae-Seong;Shin, Sang-Joon
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.485-490
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents development of a geometrically nonlinear triangular planar element including rotational degrees of freedom, based on the co-rotational(CR) formulation. The CR formulation is one of the efficient geometrically nonlinear formulations and it is based on the assumptions on small strain and large rotation. In this paper, modified CR formulation is suggested for the developemnt of a triangular planar element. The present development is validated regarding the static and time transient problems. The present results are compared with the results predicted by the previous researchers and those obtained by the existing commercial software.

Computer Aided Teaching of Structural Engineering Using Adaptive Schemes in the Finite Element Method

  • Yoon, Chong-Yul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2009
  • A simple outline for teaching adaptive scheme based finite element method for planar problems as a part of computer aided teaching of structural engineering curriculum is presented. Displacement based finite element formulation for planar problems and representative strain value based adaptive scheme for mesh generation are considered. As examples, a cantilever beam with a concentrated load treated as a planar problem and stretching of a plate with a circular hole are analyzed with displacement based finite element method with adaptive meshes. The examples and outlines show how adaptive based finite element method may become an essential part of computer aided teaching of structural engineering.

Efficient Calculation of a Step Discontinuity for Planar Transmission Line Using Vector Finite Element Method and Mode Matching Method (벡터유한요소법과 모드정합법을 이용한 불연속 구조를 갖는 평면형 선로의 효율적 계산)

  • Kim, Young-Tae;Kim, Chul-Soo;Park, Jun-Seok;Ahn, Dal;Kim, Hyeong-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.07c
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    • pp.1817-1819
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    • 2001
  • For an efficient calculation of scattering matrix of planar transmission line with step discontinuity. Mode Matching Method combined with Vector Finite Element Method is adopted. Calculating effective widths are replaced with their respective equivalent planar waveguide corresponding to the microstrip width, Propagation Constant is calculated from the Vector finite element. Mode matching method is used for deriving scattering parameters.

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Optimal Approximated Development of General Curved Plates Based on Deformation Theory (변형 이론을 기반으로한 곡면의 최적 근사 전개)

  • 유철호;신종계
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.190-201
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    • 2002
  • Surfaces of many engineering structures, specially, those of ships and airplanes are commonly fabricated as doubly curved shapes as well as singly curved surfaces to fulfill functional requirements. Given a three dimensional design surface, the first step in the fabrication process is unfolding or planar development of this surfaces into a planar shape so that the manufacturer can determine the initial shape of the flat plate. Also a good planar development enables the manufacturer to estimate the strain distribution required to form the design shape. In this paper, an algorithm for optimal approximated development of a general curved surface, including both singly and doubly curved surface is developed in the sense that the strain energy from its planar development to the design surface is minimized, subjected to some constraints. The development process is formulated into a constrained nonlinear programming problem, which is on basis of deformation theory and finite element. Constraints are subjected to characteristics of the fabrication method. Some examples on typical surfaces and the practical ship surfaces show the effectiveness of this algorithm.

Vector mechanics-based simulation of large deformation behavior in RC shear walls using planar four-node elements

  • Zhang, Hongmei;Shan, Yufei;Duan, Yuanfeng;Yun, Chung Bang;Liu, Song
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.74 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2020
  • For the large deformation of shear walls under vertical and horizontal loads, there are difficulties in obtaining accurate simulation results using the response analysis method, even with fine mesh elements. Furthermore, concrete material nonlinearity, stiffness degradation, concrete cracking and crushing, and steel bar damage may occur during the large deformation of reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls. Matrix operations that are involved in nonlinear analysis using the traditional finite-element method (FEM) may also result in flaws, and may thus lead to serious errors. To solve these problems, a planar four-node element was developed based on vector mechanics. Owing to particle-based formulation along the path element, the method does not require repeated constructions of a global stiffness matrix for the nonlinear behavior of the structure. The nonlinear concrete constitutive model and bilinear steel material model are integrated with the developed element, to ensure that large deformation and damage behavior can be addressed. For verification, simulation analyses were performed to obtain experimental results on an RC shear wall subjected to a monotonically increasing lateral load with a constant vertical load. To appropriately evaluate the parameters, investigations were conducted on the loading speed, meshing dimension, and the damping factor, because vector mechanics is based on the equation of motion. The static problem was then verified to obtain a stable solution by employing a balanced equation of motion. Using the parameters obtained, the simulated pushover response, including the bearing capacity, deformation ability, curvature development, and energy dissipation, were found to be in accordance with the experimental observation. This study demonstrated the potential of the developed planar element for simulating the entire process of large deformation and damage behavior in RC shear walls.

A Study on a Planar Array Antenna Design with a Flat-Topped Radiation Pattern (구형 방사 패턴을 갖는 평면 배열 안테나 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Eom Soon-Young;Pyo Cheol-Sig;Jeon Soon-Ick;Kim Chang-Joo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.896-905
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, the design, fabrication and experiment on a planar array antenna with a flat-topped radiation pattern for a mobile base station antenna were described. The current distribution of an antenna aperture, which is easily realizable in a feeding network compared with the conventional one of sin(x)/x was optimized for shaping a desired flat-topped radiation pattern. The planar array antenna designed in this paper has a rectangular lattice and is composed of array elements of 16${\times}$8. Each radiating element, which is a microstrip element fed coaxially, has a linear vertical polarization and the feed network which use a Wilkinson power divider and a 180$^{\circ}$ ring hybrid coupler as a base element is designed. The flat-topped radiation pattern with 90$^{\circ}$ is shaped by 16 array elements with the element spacing of 0.55 λ$_{ο}$ in the azimuth plane, and the normal radiation pattern with 10$^{\circ}$ is shaped by 8 array elements with the element spacing of 0.65 λ$_{ο}$ in the elevation plane. Also, the planar array antenna is symmetrically divided into four parts. It consists of one hundred-twenty-eight radiating elements, thirty-two 1-4 column dividers, low 1-8 row dividers and one 1-4 input power divider. In order to verify electrical performances of the planar way antenna proposed in this paper, the experimental breadboard operated in tile band of 1.92~2.17 GHz(IMT2000 band) was fabricated, and its experimental results were a good agreement with simulation ones.