• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.54-61
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• 1998

This paper presents a prediction method of natural frequencies of vertical hull girder vibration based on design sensitivity analysis in case of design modification and the variation of loading condition. The resented method premises the vibration analysis by the transfer matrix method. Governing sensitivity equation is derived from the direct differentiation of state vector and transfer matrix to parameters and its transfer over all the hull girder elements. Derivatives of natural frequencies and mode shapes are determined by two trial calculation of the governing equation. Using the derivatives, the changes of natural frequencies and mode shapes can be predicted when mass and stiffness parameter's are changed. As results, it is possible to optimize ship structure as well as to avoid troublesome calculation in hull girder vibration analysis rationally and efficiently. To verify the accuracy and efficiency of the resented method numerical results obtained by both the sensitivity analysis and the ordinary reanalysis far a real ore/bulk carrier in case of the change of mass and stiffness parameters are compared.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.45-52
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• 2022

Because discontinuity in the rock mass and contact of soil-structure interaction exhibits coupled thermal-hydromechanical (THM) behavior, it is necessary to develop an interface element based on the full governing equations. In this study, we derive force equilibrium, fluid continuity, and energy equilibrium equations for the interface element. Additionally, we present a stiffness matrix of the elastoplastic mechanical model for the interface element. The developed interface element uses six nodes for displacement and four nodes for water pressure and temperature in a two-dimensional analysis. The fully coupled THM analysis for fluid injection into a fault can model the complicated evolution of injection pressure due to decreasing effective stress in the fault and thermal contraction of the surrounding rock mass. However, the result of hydromechanical analysis ignoring thermal phenomena overestimates hydromechanical variables.