• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1029-1044
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• 2017

개별요소법(Discrete Element Method, DEM)은 다수의 작은 입자들의 운동 및 상호영향을 계산하여 시스템의 거동을 해석하는 수치해석법으로써, 실제 화학공학, 약학, 토목공학, 재료과학, 식품공학 등 다양한 산업현장에서 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 DEM 기법에 근거한 입자 역학 전용 해석 상용 소프트웨어를 사용하여 스포크타입 토압식 쉴드TBM 굴착성능을 평가하기 위한 예비 해석을 수행하였다. TBM에 대한 해석은 커터헤드의 회전속가 다른 2가지 조건에 대해 수행되었다. 해석을 진행하는 동안 커터헤드면에 작용하는 저항 토크, 커터헤드면과 쉴드면에 작용하는 압축력, 스크루 오거를 통해 배출되는 토사의 양을 검토하였다. 해석을 통해 DEM 해석을 이용한 TBM 장비 모델링의 적용성을 검토하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.455-470
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• 2016

In ballasted railway tracks, ballast fouling due to finer material intrusion has been identified as a challenging issue in track maintenance works. In this research, deformation characteristics of crushed stone-sand mixtures, simulating fresh and fouled ballasts were studied from laboratory and a 3-D discrete element method (DEM) triaxial compression tests. The DEM simulation was performed using a recently developed DEM approach, named, Yet Another Dynamic Engine (YADE). First, void ratio characteristics of crushed stone-sand mixtures were studied. Then, triaxial compression tests were conducted on specimens with 80 and 50% of relative densities simulating dense and loose states respectively. Initial DEM simulations were conducted using sphere particles. As stress-strain behaviour of crushed stone-sand mixtures evaluated by sphere particles were different from laboratory specimens, in next DEM simulations, the particles were modeled by a clump particle. The clump shape was selected using shape indexes of the actual particles evaluated by an image analysis. It was observed that the packing behaviour of laboratory crushed stone-sand mixtures were matched well with the DEM simulation with clump particles. The results also showed that the strength properties of crushed stone deteriorate when they are mixed by 30% or more of sand, specially under dense state. The results also showed that clump particles give closer stress-strain behaviour to laboratory specimens than sphere particles.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.715-722
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• 2016

국내 대부분의 노선은 자갈도상궤도로 이루어져 있어, 지속적인 유지보수가 요구되고 있다. 따라서, 보다 효과적인 요지보수를 통해 비용 절감을 위해서는 예방보수를 통한 유지보수의 최적화가 필요하다. 여기에는 도상자갈층의 침하 진전모델의 확보가 필수적이다. 그러나, 자갈도상재료는 입자가 큰 조립재료로써 일반 지반재료와는 다른 거동을 보인다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 자갈재료의 거동에 대한 이해와 침하진전모델의 합리적인 개발을 위해 개별요소해석을 수행하였으며, 입자 형상, 공극률, 하중조합 및 빈도에 따른 침하거동을 비교 분석하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.243-257
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• 2016

The aim of this study is to investigate the seismic resistance of dry stone arches under in-plane seismic loading. For that purpose, several numerical analyses were performed using the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM). Twelve types of arches with different ratios of a rise at the mid-span to the span, different thicknesses of stone blocks and different numbers of stone blocks in the arch were subjected to an incremental dynamic analysis based on excitation from three real horizontal and vertical ground motions. The minimum value of the failure peak ground acceleration that caused the collapse of the arch was adopted as a measure of the seismic resistance. In this study, the collapse mechanisms of each type of stone arch, as well as the influence of the geometry of stone blocks and stone arches on the seismic resistance of structures were observed. The conclusions obtained on the basis of the performed numerical analyses can be used as guidelines for the design of dry stone arches.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2018

The present study addresses the direct and indirect methods of determining the mode-I fracture toughness of concrete using experimental tests and particle flow code. The direct method used is compaction tensile test and the indirect methods are notched Brazilian disc test, semi-circular bend specimen test, and hollow center cracked disc. The experiments were carried out to determine which indirect method yields the fracture toughness closer to the one obtained by the direct method. In the numerical analysis, the PFC model was first calibrated with respect to the data obtained from the Brazilian laboratory test. The crack paths observed in the simulated tests were in reasonable accordance with experimental results. The discrete element simulations demonstrated that the macro fractures in the models are caused by microscopic tensile breakages on large numbers of bonded particles. The mode-I fracture toughness in the direct tensile test was smaller than the indirect testing results. The fracture toughness obtained from the SCB test was closer to the direct test results. Hence, the semi-circular bend test is recommended as a proper experiment for determination of mode-I fracture toughness of concrete in the absence of direct tests.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.49-62
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• 1995

지반네일을 사용한 급경사면의 보강공법은 지난 20년동안 여러나라에서 사용되어왔다. 본 연구에서는 네일로 보강된 급경사면에 대하여 개별요소법을 이용한 새로운 해석을 수행하였다. 이 방법은 네일에 발생되는 인장응력 및 전단응력을 예측할 수 있어 각 요소별로 지반과 네일의 부분안전율을 산정할 수 있다. 보강된 급경사면은 몇개의 절편으로 나뉘어지고 각 측면들에 탄소성 Winkler 스프링으로 연결되었다고 가정함으로써 거동을 모델링하였다. 네일을 스프링으로 대치시키기 위하여 내일과 주변지반 사이의 합리적인 역학기구가 가정되어 사용되었다. 또한 실제 굴착과정에 따른 네일의 설치단계를 고려함으로써 현장지반에서 관측된 네일의 인장력을 비교적 잘 예측할 수 있어 보다 적절한 안전율 산정이 가능하다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.300-304
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• 2020

In this paper, a durability study is presented to enhance the mechanical properties of an Fe-Si-Al powder-based magnetic core, through the addition of graphite. The compressive properties of Fe-Si-Al-graphite powder mixtures are explored using discrete element method (DEM), and a powder compaction experiment is performed under identical conditions to verify the reliability of the DEM analysis. Important parameters for powder compaction of Fe-Si-Al-graphite powder mixtures are identified. The compressibility of the powders is observed to increase as the amount of graphite mixture increases and as the size of the graphite powders decreases. In addition, the compaction properties of the Fe-Si-Al-graphite powder mixtures are further explored by analyzing the transmissibility of stress between the top and bottom punches as well as the distribution of the compressive force. The application of graphite powders is confirmed to result in improved stress transmission and compressive force distribution, by 24% and 51%, respectively.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2020

Ready-mixed concrete is unconsolidated concrete typically transported to construction sites by using mixer trucks. A proper rotation of concrete is necessary to prevent its solidification in mixer trucks during transport: in accordance with the manufacturing method and quality inspection prescribed in KSF4009, this movement is maintained after the manufacturing of concrete in professional production plants and the addition of water, solid materials, and admixtures. Unfortunately, mixer truck parts wear out over long periods of time. In order to improve the wear resistance of the main part of mixer trucks, we used a steel plate with good wear resistance or partially added a reinforcement plate. In this study, we first tested the properties of concrete (as required for the DEM), and then carried out mixing and discharge simulations to define the actual operating conditions of mixer trucks. For each condition, we calculated the amount and location of wear. The reliability of our results was finally verified by comparing them with the measurement values. Overall, this study provided basic data for an optimal design of mixer trucks: one that would reduce the vehicles' weight and production costs.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.313-330
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• 2021

In this study, the dynamic interaction between an Arctic Spar and drifting level ice is examined in time domain using the newly developed ice-hull-mooring coupled dynamics program. The in-house program, CHARM3D, which is the hull-riser-mooring coupled dynamic simulator is extended by coupling with the open-source discrete element method (DEM) simulator, LIGGGHTS. In the LIGGGHTS module, the parallel-bonding method is implemented to model the level ice using an assembly of multiple bonded spherical particles. As a case study, a spread-moored Artic Spar platform, whose hull surface near waterline is the inverted conical shape, is chosen. To determine the breaking-related DEM parameter (the critical bonding strength), the four-point numerical bending test is used. A series of numerical simulations is systematically performed under the various ice conditions including ice drift velocity, flexural strength, and thickness. Then, the effects of these parameters on the ice force, platform motions, and mooring tensions are discussed. The simulations reveal various features of dynamic interactions between the drifting ice and moored platform for various ice conditions including the novel synchronous resonance at low ice speed. The newly developed simulator is promising and can repeatedly be used for the future design and analysis including ice-floater-mooring coupled dynamics.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2009

흙의 변형을 측정하기 위해 적용되는 이미지 해석 기법으로는 Particle Image Velocimetry(PIV)와 Digital Image Correlation(DIC)가 있으며, 이 기법들이 더욱 널리 활용되기 위해서는 각 기법에 따라 다양한 조건에서 정밀도를 평가하는 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 이미지 해상도, 변위 및 변형 정도, 픽셀 집합의 크기 및 해석 기법의 다양한 요소를 고려하여 사질토의 변형을 관찰하기에 적합한 최적의 이미지 해석 기법을 제시하고자 한다. 개별요소법(DEM)을 이용하여 구성된 가상의 사질토 이미지를 활용하여 이미지 해석을 행하고 변위를 산정한 후, 개별 요소법의 변위와 비교하였다. 각 영향 요소들이 정확도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였고, 변위 및 변형 정도에 따라 최적의 이미지 해석조건을 제시할 수 있었다.