• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.945-950
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• 2001

Vacuum interrupters that is used in various switchgear components such as circuit breakers, distribution switches, contactors, etc. spreads the arc uniformly over the surface of the contacts. The electrode of vacuum interrupters is used sintered Cu-Cr material satisfied with good electrical and mechanical characteristics. Because the closing velocity is 1-3m/s, the deformation of the material of electrodes depends on the strain rate and the dynamic behavior of the sintered Cu-Cr material is a key to investigate the impact characteristics of the electrodes. The dynamic response of the material at the high strain-rate is obtained from the split Hopkinson pressure bar test using cylinder type specimens. Experimental results from both quasi-static and dynamic compressive tests with the split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus are interpolated to construct the Johnson-Cook equation as the constitutive relation that should be applied to simulation of the dynamic behavior of electrodes. To evaluate impact characteristic of a vacuum interrupter, simulation is carried out with five parameters such as initial velocity, added mass of a movable electrode, wipe spring constant, initial offset of a wipe spring and virtual fixed spring constant.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권12호
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• pp.829-838
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 다양한 형상의 우주 물체와 우주 구조물 사이의 충돌 각도를 고려한 초고속 충돌(Hypervelocity impact) 시뮬레이션 연구를 수행하였다. 비선형 구조 동역학 전산 해석 프로그램인 LS-DYNA의 완화 입자 유동법(Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH)을 사용하여 초고속 충돌 현상을 묘사하였으며, 금속 재료의 비선형 거동을 구현하기 위하여 Mie-Grüneisen의 상태 방정식과 Johnson-Cook의 재료 모델을 사용하였다. 구, 정육면체, 원기둥 및 원뿔 형상의 다양한 형상의 우주 물체를 이용하였으며, 우주 구조물은 알루미늄 평판(200 mm×200 mm×2 mm)으로 모델링되었다. 우주 물체가 우주 구조물 대비 4.119 km/s의 상대 속도로 충돌하는 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 동일 질량을 갖는 다양한 형상의 우주 물체와 우주 구조물 사이의 0°, 30° 및 45°의 충돌 각도를 고려하였을 시 초고속 충돌에 의하여 발생되는 파편운(debris cloud) 형상을 분석하였다. 동일한 운동 에너지를 갖는 우주 물체는 형상의 차이로 인해 모두 다른 파편운이 형성되었다. 더불어 충돌 각도의 증가에 따라 파편운의 크기가 줄어드는 경향을 확인하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.245-259
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• 2020

Tunnels have become an indispensable part of metro cities. Blast resistance design of tunnel has attracted the attention of researchers due to numerous implosion event. Present paper deals with the non-linear finite element analysis of rock tunnel having shear zone subjected to internal blast loading. Abaqus Explicit schemes in finite element has been used for the simulation of internal blast event. Structural discontinuity i.e., shear zone has been assumed passing the tunnel cross-section in the vertical direction and consist of Highly Weathered Granite medium surrounding the tunnel. Mohr-Coulomb constitutive material model has been considered for modelling the Highly Weathered Granite and the shear zone material. Concrete Damage Plasticity (CDP), Johnson-Cook (J-C), Jones-Wilkins-Lee (JWL) equation of state models are used for concrete, steel reinforcement and Trinitrotoluene (TNT) simulation respectively. The Coupled-Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) method of modelling for TNT explosive and air inside the tunnel has been adopted in this study. The CEL method incorporates the large deformations for which the traditional finite element analysis cannot be used. Shear zone orientations of 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°, with respect to the tunnel axis are considered to see their effect. It has been concluded that 60° orientation of shear zone presents the most critical situation.