• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.117-126
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• 1998

For investigating rubber pad sheet metal forming process, the rubber pad deformation characteristics as well as the contact problem of rubber pad-sheet metal has been analyzed. In this paper, the behavior of the rubber deformation is represented by hyper-elastic constitutive relations based on a generalized Mooney-Rivlin model. Finite element procedures for the two-dimensional responses, employing total Lagrangian formulations are implemented in an implicit form. The volumetric incompressibility condition of the rubber deformation is included in the formulation by using penalty method. The sheet metal is characterized by elasto-plastic material with strain hardening effect and analyzed by a commercial code. The contact procedure and interface program between rubber pad and sheet metal are implemented. Inflation experiment of circular rubber pad identifies the behaviour of the rubber pad deformation during the process. The various form dies and scaled down apparatus of the rubber-pad forming process are fabricated for simulating realistic forming process. The obtaining experimental data and FEM solutions were compared. The numerical solutions illustrate fair agreement with experimental results. The forming pressure distribution according to the dimensions of sheet metal and rubber pads, various rubber models and rubber material are also compared and discussed.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2005

Stouts are frequently used throughout the human body, but the most critical areas are in coronary arteries. They open pathways in vessels and supply blood directly to the heart muscle. To simulate behavior of expansion for the coronary stent by balloon, the commercial finite element code LS-DYNA and ANSYS were used in the analysis. The explicit method is used to analyze the expansion of the stent and the implicit method is performed to simulate the springback that developed in a stent after the balloon pressure has been removed. Finally the experimental results for the expansion of the PS153 stents were compared with the FEM results. The springback was measured with the stents subjected to no external pressure to which stents are subjected in vivo. The simulated results were in good agreement with experimental results. Standard mechanical characteristics such as stress, plastic strains, and springback can be derived from the numerical results. These data can be used to determine maximum expansion diameter without fracture and expansion pressure considering elastic recoil.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.645-652
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• 2000

A method for shape design sensitivity analysis is proposed utilizing commercial software ANSYS for thermal conduction problems. While the sensitivity formula is derived analytically by introduing adjoint variable concept, sensitivity calculation in practice as well as the primal and adjoint solution of thermal conduction is performed using the ANSYS very easily. Since the formula always takes boundary integral form, sensitivity evaluation in ANSYS requires a little more addition of post-processing routine which involves evaluation of boundary variable from the obtained solution. Though the BEM has been used as a better tool for this purpose, the present study shows it can also be calculated using any kind of analysis code such as ANSYS since the formula is based on analytic nature. Therefore the present study provides a new and efficient way of optimization which was not possible before using commercial software. The usefulness of the method is illustrated via a weight minimization problem of thermal diffuser.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2013

Most ships and offshore structures are equipped with a variety of pipes, which inevitably contain curved portions. The structural design of these pipes mostly relies on the commercial code, CAESAR-II, which was especially developed for the structural analysis of pipes. This study conducted stress analyses of the same pipe unit, including loops, using both CAESAR-II and MSC/NASTRAN, and compared the results to investigate the characteristics of CAESAR-II. A parametric study was then conducted of the various design variables of pipe loops using CAESAR-II to draw some useful information about the structural characteristics of the loops.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.54-64
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• 2007

This study is a fundamental research in order to establish the design code of recycled aggregate concrete structure. The structural properties of recycled aggregate concrete such as flexure, shear, fatigue, compression, and bond development are experimentally investigated and confirmed. In this study, laboratory-scale reinforced concrete beam, column, and pull-out test specimens using recycled coarse aggregate are manufactured. Then, the structural performances of recycled aggregate concrete according to replacement ratios of recycled coarse aggregate are evaluated. Also, finite element analysis using commercial code DIANA is carried out to predict the test results and the analysis results are compared with test results in this study. Structural test results showed that the structural performances of recycled aggregate concrete specimens with 60% replacement ratio are reduced by approximately 15-20%. These results indicated that the replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate within 30% is a suitable to use for structural members. The results of finite element analysis showed that the specimens with 30% replacement ratio possessed similar or more excellent structural performance than normal concrete specimens. However, recycled aggregate concrete with 60% replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate must be carefully considered for structural applications due to significant decrease of the failure loads.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.605-613
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 LNG 펌프타워 구조물의 전용 구조해석 GUI를 개발하는데 있다. 이 시스템은 펌프타워 구조물의 유한요소모델을 가장 적절한 형태로 만들어 주며, 가장 적합한 과정을 통하여 해석이 자동으로 수행되도록 해준다. 펌프타워 구조물은 LNG선의 가장 중요한 것 중의 하나이다. 펌프타워 구조물은 주로 카고탱크 안의 LNG가 채워져 있는 양과 선박의 운동에 의한 슬로싱(sloshing) 하중이 주가된다. 그 밖에 하중의 형태는 열, 관성, 자중 등의 세 가지에 대하여도 고려하였다. 이러한 하중들을 범용 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ANSYS에 적용하여 구조해석을 수행하였다. 미국선급협회(ABS) 내의 API Unity check를 통하여 구조부재의 강도 계산과 조인트(Joint)에서의 Punching shear unity 값도 검토하여 그 건전성 여부를 판단할 수 있도록 하였다. 상위의 과정을 새로운 형태의 GUI로 개발하였다. 펌프타워 전용해석 툴(tool)은 Tcl/tk언어로 개발되었다. 위의 모든 과정들이 GUI 성공적으로 적용되었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2006

Car seat is one the most important element to make comfortable drivability. It can absorb the impact or vibration during driving state. In addition to those factors, it is needed to have enough strength for passenger safety. From energy efficiency and environmental point of view lighter passenger car seat frame becomes hot issue in the auto industry. In this paper, weight optimization methodology is investigated for commercial car seat frame using CAE. Optimized designs for seat frame are developed using commercially available finite element code(ANSYS) and design of experiment method. At first, car seat frame is modelled using 3-D computer aided design tool(CATIA) and simplified for finite element modelling. Finite element analysis is carried out for the case of FMVSS 202 Head Restraint test to check the strength of the original seat frame. Two base brackets are selected as optimized elements that are the heaviest parts in the seat frame. After finite element analysis for the brackets with similar load condition to the previous test optimization technique is applied for 10% to 50% weight reduction. Design of experiment is utilized to obtain optimization design for the bracket based on the modified 50% weight reduction model in which outer shape of the bracket is conserved. Weight optimization models result in the decrease of the strength in spite of weight reduction. The more design points should be considered to get better optimized model. The more advanced optimization technique may be utilized for more parts of the seat frame to increase whole seat frame characteristics in the future.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2008

A miniature metal bellows is used to minimize the excessive flow of the cryogenic gas in Joule-Thomson micro cryocooler. It is made of metal alloy and its geometry is axisymmetric. The bellows is filled with high pressure gas. It contracts or expands in the axial direction for a wide change of temperature, because the pressure and volume inside the bellows must be satisfied with state equation of the gas. Therefore, in order to design the bellows in Joule-Thomson micro-cryocooler, it is important to evaluate deformation of the bellows under internal pressure exactly. Considering geometric nonlinearity, deformations analysis of the bellows were obtained by a commercial finite element code ANSYS, The bellows was modeled by 3-node axisymmetric shell elements with reduced integration. Experiments were also performed to prove the validity of proposed numerical analysis. The results by numerical analysis and experiments were shown in good agreements.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to suggest the form rolling technology to produce high precision worm on the base of three dimensional finite element simulation and experiment. It is important to determine the initial workpiece diameter in form rolling because it affects the quality of tooth profile. The calculation method of the initial workpiece diameter in form rolling is suggested and it is verified by finite element simulation. The form rolling processes of worm shaft used as automotive part using both the rack dies of counter flow type and the roll dies are considered and simulated with the same numerical model as actual process by the commercial finite element code, BEFORM-3D. Deformation modes of workpiece between the form rolling by the rack dies of counter flow type and the roll dies are investigated from the result of simulation. The experiments using rack dies and roll dies are performed under the same conditions as those of simulation. The surface roughness, the straightness and the profile of worm are measured precisely using the worm shafts obtained from experiment. The results of simulation and experiment in this study show that the form rolling process of worn shaft using the rack dies is decidedly superior to that using roll dies from the aspect of the precision of worm such as the surface roughness, the straightness and the profile of worm.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2011

최근 가압중수형 원전 격납건물의 내압능력 및 비선형 거동에 관한 실증실험과 해석코드에 대한 검증을 위하여 인도의 BARC 주관으로 가압중수형 격납건물 1/4 축소모델을 건설하였고, 내압성능평가를 위한 국제공동연구가 수행되었다. 이 논문은 가압중수형 1/4 축소모델 격납건물에 대한 내압성능과 비선형 거동을 예측하기 위하여 유한요소해석을 수행하였고 그 결과를 도출하였다. 대상 격납건물은 기초매트와 원통형 벽체 및 돔으로 구성되어 있고, 수평 텐던의 정착을 위하여 4개의 부벽(buttress)을 가지고 있다. 유한요소해석을 위하여 ABAQUS를 이용하였고 콘크리트, 철근 및 텐던에 대한 유한요소 모델을 작성하여 극한내압해석을 수행하였다. 유한요소해석결과 콘크리트의 초기 균열은 $1.6P_d$(design pressure)에서 발생하였고, 철근의 항복은 $3.36P_d$ 그리고 극한내압능력은 $4.0P_d$ 수준으로 나타났다.