• 제목/요약/키워드: Numerical assessment

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깊은보-내부기둥 접합부의 비선형해석을 위한 전산플랫폼 (A Computational Platform for Nonlinear Analysis of Deep Beam-and-Interior Column Joints)

  • 김태훈;고동우;이한선;신현목
    • 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.201-210
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    • 2011
  • 이 연구에서는 깊은보-내부기둥 접합부의 내진성능평가를 위한 비선형 유한요소해석 기법을 제시하였다. 사용된 프로그램은 철근콘크리트 구조물의 해석을 위한 RCAHEST이다. 깊은보-내부기둥 접합부의 강도, 연성도 등 거동특성을 파악하기 위한 반복횡하중 실험을 수행하였다. 실험의 변수로는 축력과 횡방향 철근량을 정하였다. 이 연구에서는 깊은보-내부기둥 접합부의 내진성능평가를 위해 제안한 해석기법을 신뢰성 있는 실험결과와 비교하여 그 타당성을 검증하였다.

Aerodynamic assessment of airfoils for use in small wind turbines

  • Okita, Willian M.;Ismail, Kamal A.R.
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.35-54
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    • 2019
  • A successful blade design must satisfy some criterions which might be in conflict with maximizing annual energy yield for a specified wind speed distribution. These criterions include maximizing power output, more resistance to fatigue loads, reduction of tip deflection, avoid resonance and minimize weight and cost. These criterions can be satisfied by modifying the geometrical parameters of the blade. This study is dedicated to the aerodynamic assessment of a 20 kW horizontal axis wind turbine operating with two possible airfoils; that is $G{\ddot{o}}ttingen$ 413 and NACA 2415 airfoils (the Gottingen airfoil never been used in wind turbines). For this study parameters such as chord (constant, tapered and elliptic), twist angle (constant and linear) are varied and applied to the two airfoils independently in order to determine the most adequate blade configuration that produce the highest annual energy output. A home built numerical code based on the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method with both Prandtl tip loss correction and Glauert correction, X-Foil and Weibull distribution is developed in Matlab and validated against available numerical and experimental data. The results of the assessment showed that the NACA 2415 airfoil section with elliptic chord and constant twist angle distributions produced the highest annual energy production.

Seismic response assessment of high-strength concrete frames strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymers

  • Rahmdel, Javad Mokari;Vahid-Vahdattalab, Farzin;Shafei, Erfan;Zirakian, Tadeh
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제77권6호
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    • pp.735-744
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    • 2021
  • In recent years, the use of new materials and technologies with the aim of developing high-performing and cost-effective structures has greatly increased. Application of high-strength concrete (HSC) has been found effective in reducing the dimensions of frame members; nonetheless, such reduction in dimensions of structural elements in the most cases may result in the lack of accountability in the tolerable drift capacity. On this basis, strengthening of frame members using fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) may be deemed as an appropriate remedy to address this issue, which albeit requires comprehensive and systematic investigations. In this paper, the performance of properly-designed, two-dimensional frames made of high-strength concrete and strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs) is investigated through detailed numerical simulation. To this end, nonlinear dynamic time history analyses have been performed using the Seismosoft software through application of five scaled earthquake ground motion records. Unstrengthened (bare) and strengthened frames have been analyzed under seismic loading for performance assessment and comparison purposes. The results and findings of this study show that use of CFRP can be quite effective in seismic response improvement of high-strength-concrete structures.

Numerical Modelling of Radionuclide Migration for the Underground Silo at Near-Field

  • Myunggoo Kang;Jaechul Ha
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.465-479
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    • 2023
  • To ensure the safety of disposal facilities for radioactive waste, it is essential to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the waste disposal facilities by using safety assessment models. This paper addresses the development of the safety assessment model for the underground silo of Wolseong Low-and Immediate-Level Waste (LILW) disposal facility in Korea. As the simulated result, the nuclides diffused from the waste were kept inside the silo without the leakage of those while the integrity of the concrete is maintained. After the degradation of concrete, radionuclides migrate in the same direction as the groundwater flow by mainly advection mechanism. The release of radionuclides has a positive linear relationship with a half-life in the range of medium half-life. Additionally, the solidified waste form delays and reduces the migration of radionuclides through the interaction between the nuclides and the solidified medium. Herein, the phenomenon of this delay was implemented with the mass transfer coefficient of the flux node at numerical modeling. The solidification effects, which are delaying and reducing the leakage of nuclides, were maintained the integrity of the nuclides. This effect was decreased by increasing the half-life and the mass transfer coefficient of radionuclides.

상수관망 모형의 비교 분석 연구 (A Comparison Study on Water Network Models)

  • 김준현;나탈리아 야꾸니나
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.307-314
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    • 2010
  • Brebbia's model has been analyzed to develop the appropriate waterworks management system in Korea, and compared with the conventional models such as EPANET, WaterCad, and InfoWorks. The hydraulic theory of the models was analyzed. Each model's numerical techniques, required parameters, input data and operational methodologies, restrictions, practical applicability and other aspects were investigated. In order to check the validity of Brebbia model, the comparative analysis with EPANET, WaterCAD, and InfoWorks models was performed for linear and nonlinear cases. To find out advantages and disadvantages of each model, the modeling was performed for a simple network and for more complicated A city waterworks system, and the three models applicability was examined. Finally, optimal modeling technique and a model suitable for the use in Korea was suggested, and the problems related to present projects of waterworks management system in Korea were analyzed.

RC 대형 냉각탑 셀의 손상추정에 관한 연구 (A Study on Damage-Assessment of RC Large Cooling Tower Shells)

  • 노삼영
    • 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국공간정보시스템학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집 제1권1호(통권1호)
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2004
  • An accumulated crack damage which propagates progressively with time was frequently observed on several engineering structures, This paper numerically demonstrates this damage process on large cooling tower shells under thermal and wind loads. Damage states under varying loads are investigated and the influence of this progressive damage process on the life-cycle of cooling towers discussed. The paper presents briefly some fundamentals of the geometrically and physically non-linear numerical analysis employed for reinforced concrete, especially concerning the models used for concrete, steel reinforcement and the bond between them. As a numerical example an existing cooling tower with noticeable meridian crack damage is analysed. The existing damage state of the cooling tower is determined by quasi-static analyses for temperature, hygric and cyclic wind leading. The change in the dynamical behaviour of the structure as mirrored in its natural frequencies and mode shapes is presented and discussed. Finally, the example shows that such damage processes develop progressively over the life-time of the structures.

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Damage assessment of linear structures by a static approach, II: Numerical simulation studies

  • Tseng, Shih-Shong
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.195-208
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    • 2000
  • To confirm the theory and static defect energy (SDE) equations proposed in the first part, extensive numerical simulation studies are performed in this portion. Stiffness method is applied to calculate the components of the stresses and strains from which the energy components and finally, the SDE are obtained. Examples are designed to cover almost all kinds of possibilities. Variables include structural type, material, cross-section, support constraint, loading type, magnitude and position. The SDE diagram is unique in the way of presenting damage information: two different energy constants are separated by a sharp vertical drop right at the damage location. Simulation results are successfully implemented for both methods in all the cases.

Effect of External Corrosion in Pipeline on Failure Prediction

  • Lee, Ouk-Sub;Kim, Ho-Jung
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • 제1권2호
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    • pp.48-54
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents the effect of shape of external corrosion in pipeline on failure prediction by using a numerical simulation. The numerical study for the pipeline failure analysis is based on the FEM(Finite Element Method)with an elastic-plstic and large-deformation analysis. Corrosion pits and narrow corrosion grooves in pressurized pipeline were analysed. A failure criterion, based on the local stress state at the corrosion and a plastic collapse failure mechanism, is proposed. The predicted failure stress assessed for the simulated corrosion defects having different corroded shapes along the pipeline axis compared with those by methods specified in ANSI/ASME B31G code and a modified B31G code. It is concluded the corrosion geometry significantly affects the failure behavior of corroded pipeline and categorisation of pipeline corrosion should be considered in the development of new guidance for integrity assessment.

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퍼지 집합론을 이용한 위험분석 시스템 (Risk Analysis System in Fuzzy Set Theory)

  • 홍상우
    • 산업경영시스템학회지
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    • 제13권21호
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    • pp.29-41
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    • 1990
  • An assessment of risk in industrial and urban environments is essential in the prevention of accident and in the analysis of situations which are hazardous to public health and safety. The risk imposed by a particular hazard increases with the likelihood of occurence of the event, the exposure and the possible consequence of that event. In a traditional approach, the calculation of a quantitative value of risk is usually based on an assignment of numerical values of each of the risk factors. Then the product of the values of likelihood, exposure and consequences called risk score is derived. However vagueness and imprecision in mathematical quantification of risk are equated with fuzziness rather than randomness. In this paper, a fuzzy set theoretic approach to risk analysis is proposed as an alternative to the techniques currently used in the area of systems safety. Then the concept of risk evaluation using linguistic representation of the likelihood, exposure and consequences is introduced. A risk assessment model using approximate reasoning technique based on fuzzy logic is presented to drive fuzzy values of risk and numerical example for risk analysis is also presented to illustrate the results.

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해저 Trench 설치에 의한 방파제 시스템의 안전성 평가 (The Safety Assessment to Breakwater Systems by Placing Submarine Rectangular Trench)

  • 김성덕
    • 한국안전학회지
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2009
  • The present study is to estimate the effect of wave height affecting at the front face of breakwater systems, when a submarine trench is dredged in the distant offshore from outer breakwater. The wave diffraction field, which is important hydraulic factor in the ocean, is considered to be two dimensional(2D) plane and the configuration of the submarine trench on the sea bed designated by single horizontal long-rectangular system. The numerical simulation is performed by using Green function based on the boundary integral equation and meshed at moving boundary conditions. The results of present numerical simulations are illustrated by applying the normal incidence. It is shown that the ratios of wave height reduction at the front face of breakwater systems are approximately 20% by the effect of placing long trench on the sea bed. This study can effectively be utilized for safety assessment to various breakwater systems in the ocean field.