• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.522-532
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 철도 교량 위를 주행하는 철도 소음에 의한 고층 공동주택 거주민들의 철도 소음 피해를 최소화할 뿐 아니라, 방음시설에 미치는 풍하중 및 자중을 동시에 감소시키는 방안으로 터널형 방음벽의 벽면부 개방을 검토하였다. 광음향기법, 전산 유체 역학 및 구조 역학을 이용하여 방음 효과, 유동 효과 및 구조 경량화가 고려된 터널형 방음벽 설계 및 효과를 예측하였다. 해석결과, 벽면부를 부분 개방하여 경량화 및 풍하중 감소 효과를 얻을 수 있었으며, 방음시설의 풍하중은 최대 30% 감소되었다. 부분 개방으로 인해 철도소음의 피해가 특정 높이에서 증가하기 때문에 이를 보완하기 위하여 개방된 부분에 소음기 형태의 음향 루우버 설치를 검토하였다. 음향 루우버의 경우 기존 방음재료의 차음성능과 유사한 성능이 존재하도록 개공율에 따른 유동 해석과 차음성능 해석을 수행하였다. 개공율 30~40% 개방 시, 차음성능 10dB를 만족하며 풍하중이 약 25% 저감되는 것으로 분석되었다. 결과적으로 터널형 방음벽의 벽면부 개방과 음향 루우버 설치는 경량화 및 풍하중에는 긍정적인 효과를 보여주며, 부분 개방과 함께 적절한 방음 재료와 방음설계가 동시에 적용될 경우, 거주민들이 요구하는 5-10dB 수준의 소음저감 효과가 나타나는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권3호
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• pp.283-296
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• 2023

Free-vibration and buckling analyses of plate problems are investigated with the aid of the strain gradient notation finite element method (SGN-FEM). As SGN-FEM employs physically interpretable polynomials in developing finite elements, parasitic shear sources, which are the cause of shear locking, can be precisely identified and subsequently eliminated. This allows two mutually complementary objectives to be defined in this work, namely, evaluate the efficiency of free-vibration and buckling results provided by corrected models, and study the severity of parasitic shear effects on plate models performance. Parasitic shear are flexural terms erroneously present in shear strain polynomials. It is reviewed here that six parasitic shear terms arise during the formulation of the four-node Mindlin plate element. Two parasitic shear terms have been identified in the in-plane shear strain polynomial while other two have been identified in each of the transverse shear strain polynomials. The element is corrected a-priori, i.e., during development, by simply removing the spurious terms from the shear strain polynomials. The computational implementation of the element in its two versions, namely, containing the parasitic shear terms (PS) and corrected for parasitic shear (SG), allows for assessments of the accuracy of results and of the deleterious effects of parasitic shear in free vibration and buckling analyses. This assessment of the parasitic shear effects is a novelty of this work. Validation of the SG model is done comparing its results with analytical results and results provided by other numerical procedures. Analyses are performed for square plates with different thickness-to-length ratios and boundary conditions. Results for thin plates provided by the PS model do not converge to the correct solutions, which indicates that parasitic shear must be eliminated. That is, analysts should not rely on refinement alone. For thick plates, PS model results can be considered acceptable as deleterious effects are really critical in thin plates. On the other hand, results provided by the SG model converge well for both thin and thick plates. The effectiveness of the SG model is established via high-accuracy results obtained in several examples. It is concluded that corrected SGN-FEM models are efficient alternatives for free-vibration and buckling analysis of Mindlin plate problems, and that precise elimination of parasitic shear is a requirement for sound analyses.