• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.461-481
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• 2016

The research described in this paper investigates the seismic behaviour of lightly reinforced concrete (RC) bearing sandwich panels, heavily conditioned by shear deformation. A numerical model has been prepared, within an open source finite element (FE) platform, to simulate the experimental response of this emerging structural system, whose squat-type geometry affects performance and failure mode. Calibration of this equivalent mechanical model, consisting of a group of regularly spaced vertical elements in combination with a layer of nonlinear springs, which represent the cyclic behaviour of concrete and steel, has been conducted by means of a series of pseudo-static cyclic tests performed on single full-scale prototypes with or without openings. Both cantilevered and fixed-end shear walls have been analyzed. After validation, this numerical procedure, including cyclic-related mechanisms, such as buckling and subsequent slippage of reinforcing re-bars, as well as concrete crushing at the base of the wall, has been used to assess the capacity of two- and three-dimensional low- to mid-rise box-type buildings and, hence, to estimate their strength reduction factors, on the basis of conventional pushover analyses.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.41-44
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• 2012

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.479-489
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• 2008

In this study an approximate method based on the continuum approach and transfer matrix method for static and dynamic analyses of stiffened multi-bay coupled shear walls is presented. In this method the whole structure is idealized as a sandwich beam. Initially the differential equation of this equivalent sandwich beam is written then shape functions for each storey is obtained by the solution of differential equations. By using boundary conditions and storey transfer matrices which are obtained by these shape functions, system modes and periods can be calculated. Reliability of the study is shown with a few examples. A computer program has been developed in MATLAB and numerical samples have been solved for demonstration of the reliability of this method. The results of the samples show the agreement between the present method and the other methods given in literature.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.353-364
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• 2023

In this study, a method has been proposed for the static and dynamic nonlinear analysis of multi-storey buildings, which takes into account the contribution of axial deformations in vertical load-bearing elements, which are especially important in tall and narrow structures. Shear deformations on the shear walls were also taken into account in the study. The presented method takes into account the effects that are not considered in the fishbone and flexural-shear beam models developed in the literature. In the Fishbone model, only frame systems are modeled. In the flexural shear beam model developed for shear wall systems, shear deformations and axial deformations in the walls are neglected. Unlike the literature, with the model proposed in this study, both shear deformations in the walls and axial deformations in the columns and walls are taken into account. In the proposed model, multi-storey building is represented as a sandwich beam consisting of Timoshenko beams pieced together with a double-hinged beam. At each storey, the total moment capacities of the frame beams and the coupled beams in the coupled shear walls are represented as the equivalent shear capacity. On the other hand, The sums of individual columns and walls moment at the relevant floor level are represented as equivalent moment capacity at that floor level. At the end of the study, examples were solved to show the suitability of the proposed method in this study. The SAP2000 program is employed in analyses. In a conclusion, it is observed that among the solved examples, the proposed sandwich beam model gives good results. As can be seen from these results, it is seen that the presented method, especially in terms of base shear force, gives very close results to the detailed finite element method.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.67-81
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• 2012

Differential Quadrature Method (DQM) is a powerful method which can be used to solve numerical problems in the analysis of structural and dynamical systems. In this study the governing equation which represents the free vibration of coupled shear walls is solved using the DQM method. A one-dimensional model has been used in this study. At the end of study various examples are presented to verify the accuracy of the method.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2024

Aluminum foams sandwich panel (AFSP) has been used in engineering field, where cyclic loading is used in most of the applications. In this paper, the fatigue life of AFSP prepared by the bonding method was investigated through a three-point bending test. The mathematical statistics method was used to analyze the influence of different plate thicknesses and core densities on the bending fatigue life. The macroscopic fatigue failure modes and damage mechanisms were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results indicate that panel thickness and core layer density have a significant influence on the bending fatigue life of AFSP and their dispersion. The damage mechanism of fatigue failure to cells in aluminum foam is that the initial fatigue crack begins the cell wall, the thinnest position of the cell wall or the intersection of the cell wall and the cell ridge, where stress concentrations are more likely to occur. The fatigue failure of aluminum foam core usually starts from the semi-closed unit of the lower layer, and the fatigue crack propagates layer by layer along the direction of the maximum shear stress. The results can provide a reference for the practical engineering design and application of AFSP.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.82-90
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• 2004

등방성의 2차원 단위 셀 형상을 지닌 세 종류의 심재-삼각형 심재, 육각형 심재와 starcell 심재-에 대하여 샌드위치 구조물 내에서의 응용과 관련된 기계적 특성을 연구하였다. 세 종류의 심재에 대하여 축 방향 Young 계수, 전단 계수를 계산하여 비교하고, 심재의 셀 벽을 압축 하중과 전단 하중을 받고 있는 판재로 가정하여 축 방향 압축 좌굴 강도와 전단 좌굴 강도를 산출하였다. 심재의 유연성을 나타내는 평면탄성계수를 비교하고 쌍축 굴곡 실험 (biaxial flexural test)을 실시하여 유연성을 측정하였다. 세 가지 심재 모두 축 방향으로 같은 강성을 가지고 있었으나, 삼각형 심재는 다른 두 종류의 심재에 비하여 낮은 강도를 나타내었고, starcell 심재는 다른 심재들에 비해 월등히 높은 유연성 을 나타내었다. 이러한 유연성은 starcell 심재가 곡면에 적용되는 샌드위치 구조물의 심재로서 응용될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2010

틸팅형 고속열차의 차체에 적용되는 하니컴 복합재 조인트 구조물의 경우 운행중 외팔보형 굽힘하중을 받게된다. 하이브리드 복합재 조인트 구조물에 대한 굽힘시험평가를 수행하기 위해 실제 틸팅열차 차체 구조물에서 조인트부를 절단 채취하여 시험편으로 제작하였다. 굽힘시험결과 시험편의 파괴거동은 정적하중과 피로하중하에서 확연히 달라짐을 보였다. 정적굽힘하중 하에서는 하니컴 코어 영역에서 전단변형과 파괴가 발생하였으며, 피로굽힘하중 하에서는 복합재 표피층과 하니컴 코어층 사이에서 계면분리가 발생하거나, 또는 금속재 언더프레임과의 용접부에서 파괴가 발생하였다. 이러한 파괴거동은 다른 산업분야에서 사용되는 유사한 구조의 하니컴 복합재 조인트 구조물에서도 발생할 수 있기 때문에, 본 실험 결과를 하니컴 복합재 조인트 구조물의 설계변수를 개선하기 위해 이용될 수 있다.