• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2017

Two types of aerodynamic admittance function (AAF) that have been adopted in bridge aerodynamics are addressed. The first type is based on a group of supposed relations between flutter derivatives and AAFs. In so doing, the aero-elastic properties of a section could be used to determine AAFs. It is found that the supposed relations hold only for cases when the gust frequencies are within a very low range. Predominant frequencies of long-span bridges are, however, far away from this range. In this sense, the AAFs determined this way are of little practical significance. Another type of AAFs is based on the relation between the Theodorsen circulation function and the Sears function, which holds for thin airfoil theories. It is found, however, that an obvious illogicality exists in this methodology either. In this article, a viewpoint is put forward that AAFs of bluff bridge deck sections are inherently dependent on oncoming turbulent properties. This kind of dependence is investigated with a thin plate and a double-girder bluff section via computational fluid dynamics method. Two types of wind fluctuations are used for identification of AAFs. One is turbulent wind flow while the other is harmonic. The numerical results indicate that AAFs of the thin plate agree well with the Sears AAF, and show no obvious dependence on the oncoming wind fields. In contrast, for the case of bluff double-girder section, AAFs identified from the turbulent and harmonic flows of different amplitudes differ among each other, exhibiting obvious dependence on the oncoming wind field properties.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.717-725
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• 2018

One of the most important design criteria in military tunnels and armoured doors is to resist the blast loads with minimum structural weight. This can be achieved by using steel sandwich panels. In this paper, the nonlinear behaviour of steel sandwich panels, with different core materials: (1) Hollow (no core material); (2) Rigid Polyurethane Foam (RPF); and (3) Vulcanized Rubber (VR) under free air blast loads, was investigated using detailed 3D nonlinear finite element models in Ansys Autodyn. The accuracy of the finite element model proposed was verified using available experimental test data of a similar steel sandwich panel tested. The results show the developed finite element model can be reliably used to simulate the nonlinear behaviour of the steel sandwich panels under free air blast loads. The verified finite element model was used to examine the different parameters of the steel sandwich panel with different core materials. The result shows that the sandwich panel with RPF core material is more efficient than the VR sandwich panel followed by the Hollow sandwich panels. The average maximum displacement of RPF sandwich panel under different ranges of TNT charge (1 kg to 10 kg at a standoff distance of 1 m) is 49% and 53% less than the VR and Hollow sandwich panels, respectively. Detailed empirical design equations were provided to quantify the maximum deformation of the steel sandwich panels with different core materials and core thickness under a different range of blast loads. The developed equations can be used as a guide for engineer to design steel sandwich panels with RPF and VR core material under a different range of free air blast loads.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.175-191
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• 2020

In this article, for the first time, the seismic behavior of elliptic-braced moment resisting frame (ELBRF) is assessed through a laboratory program and numerical analyses of FEM specifically focused on the development of global- and local-type failure mechanisms. The ELBRF as a new lateral braced system, when installed in the middle bay of the frames in the facade of a building, not only causes no problem to the opening space of the facade, but also improves the structural behavior. Quantitative and qualitative investigations were pursued to find out how elliptic braces would affect the failure mechanism of ELBRF structures exposed to seismic action as a nonlinear process. To this aim, an experimental test of a ½ scale single-story single-bay ELBRF specimen under cyclic quasi-static loading was run and the results were compared with those for X-bracing, knee-bracing, K-bracing, and diamond-bracing systems in a story base model. Nonlinear FEM analyses were carried out to evaluate failure mechanism, yield order of components, distribution of plasticity, degradation of structural nonlinear stiffness, distribution of internal forces, and energy dissipation capacity. The test results indicated that the yield of elliptic braces would delay the failure mode of adjacent elliptic columns and thus, help tolerate a significant nonlinear deformation to the point of ultimate failure. Symmetrical behavior, high energy absorption, appropriate stiffness, and high ductility in comparison with the conventional systems are some of the advantages of the proposed system.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2010

최근 환경문제로 인한 차량의 연료절감이 중요해지면서 수송산업에서도 대형 수송기계의 경량설계에 대한 필요성이 지속적으로 커지고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 고강도강으로 대체된 대형 평판 트레일러 프레임의 경량모델을 개발하기 위하여 구조해석을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여, 트레일러 프레임의 주요 설계변수들을 선정하고 다구찌 기법을 적용하여 응력, 처짐량 그리고 비틀림 강성에 대하여 최적화된 결과를 도출하였다. 또한, 도출된 경량설계안의 타당성을 검토하기 위하여 시작품을 제작하여 실제 내구시험을 수행하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2015

동평판재하시험기(LWDT)는 궤도노반 등의 다짐강성 측정을 위하여 개발된 시험기이며 낙하추를 자유낙하시킬 때 가속도계를 이용하여 다짐표면의 처짐량을 측정, 반무한 탄성체로 가정된 노반의 동탄성계수를 결정한다. 본 연구에서는 LWDT시험기의 구성과 구동 메커니즘 및 동탄성계수 추출공식의 유효성을 상세히 분석하였다. 특히, 2층구조 노반 위에서 LWDT 시험시 상부층의 강성평가 유효깊이를 유한요소해석으로부터 결정하였다. 또한, LWDT 시험시 노반의 강성 차이를 고려하여 사용할 수 있는 동탄성계수 추출공식 수정계수를 제시하였다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2002

유생의 형태발생이 미발표된 별따개비속의 하구별따개비는 조간대의 암석 기저부에 부탁하거나 가리비의 껍질에 부착하여 생활하는 따개비이다. 유생을 실험실에서 최초로 사육하여 유생발생단계를 형태적으로 도시 및 기재하였다. 노플리우스에서 어린 성체 직전까지 유생사육 기간은 20$\pm$0.5$^{\circ}C$에서 3주일이 소요되었다. 각 유생단계별로 유생의 크기 및 강모식을 설명하고 하구별따개비 유생의 유생기별 전장, 갑폭, 촉각 내지에 위치한 4적의 강모형태, 상순, 4-6기의 노플리우스 두순극의 형태 및 제 1촉각, 제 2촉각, 대악의 강모식이 본 따개비유생의 동정에 유용함을 설명하였다 위에서 언급한 형태학적 특징 뿐만 아니라 복부돌기에 있는 미세가슴가시의 형태와 미세가시수도 따개비유생의 종내 및 종간 동정에 매우 유용함을 구명하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제8권6호통권40호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2004

구조물의 손상 진단을 위해 측정 가속도 데이터를 사용한 비선형 시간영역 SI 알고리듬을 개발하였다. 구조물의 비선형 거동을 고려하기 위하여 측정 가속도 증분과 해석에 의한 가속도 증분의 차이로 출력오차를 정의하고, 구속 비선형 최적화 문제를 풀어 최적 구조변수를 구하였다. 개발된 알고리듬은 시간에 따라 변하는 강성도와 감쇠 변수를 추정하도록 하였다. 구조물의 비선형 거동에 의한 복원력은 추정된 시간에 따라 변하는 구조변수와 Newmark-$\beta$법으로 계산한 변위를 사용하여 복원하였으며, 복원 과정에서 비탄성 거동에 대한 어떤 모델도 사전에 설정하지 않았다. 개발한 알고리듬에서는 측정오차와 공간 및 상태에 대한 불완전 측정의 경우를 고려하였다. 개발한 알고리듬을 검증하기 위하여 3층 전단건물에 대한 수치 모의시험과 실내 모형실험을 통한 연구를 수행하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.507-535
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• 2017

In the strong wind shutdown state, the blade position significantly affects the streaming behavior and stability performance of wind turbine towers. By selecting the 3M horizontal axis wind turbine independently developed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the research object, the CFD method was adopted to simulate the flow field of the tower-blade system at eight shutdown positions within a single rotation period of blades. The effectiveness of the simulation method was validated by comparing the simulation results with standard curves. In addition, the dynamic property, aerostatic response, buckling stability and ultimate bearing capacity of the wind turbine system at different shutdown positions were calculated by using the finite element method. On this basis, the influence regularity of blade shutdown position on the wind-induced response and stability performance of wind turbine systems was derived, with the most unfavorable working conditions of wind-induced buckling failure of this type of wind turbines concluded. The research results implied that within a rotation period of the wind turbine blade, when the blade completely overlaps the tower (Working condition 1), the aerodynamic performance of the system is the poorest while the aerostatic response is relatively small. Since the influence of the structure's geometrical nonlinearity on the system wind-induced response is small, the maximum displacement only has a discrepancy of 0.04. With the blade rotating clockwise, its wind-induced stability performance presents a variation tendency of first-increase-then-decrease. Under Working condition 3, the critical instability wind speed reaches its maximum value, while the critical instability wind speed under Working condition 6 is the smallest. At the same time, the coupling effect between tower and blade leads to a reverse effect which can significantly improve the ultimate bearing capacity of the system. With the reduction of the area of tower shielded by blades, this reverse effect becomes more obvious.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2009

Steam reforming of methane in the high temperature solar chemical reactor bas advantage in its heating method. Using concentrated solar energy as a heating source of the reforming reaction can reduce the $CO_2$ emission by 20% compared to hydrocarbon fuel. In this paper, the simulation result of methane-steam reforming on a high temperature solar chemical reactor(SCR) using Fluent 6.3.26 is presented. The high temperature SCR is designed for the Inha Dish-1, a Dish type solar concentrator installed in Songdo city. Basic SCR performance factors are referred to the former researches of the same laboratory. Inside the SCR porous metal is used for a receiver/reactor. The porous metal is carved like a dome shape on the incident side to increase the heat transfer. Also, ring-disc set of baffle is inserted in the porous metal region to increase the path length. Numerical and physical models are also used from the former researches. Methane and steam is mixed with the same mole fraction and injected into the SCR. The simulation is performed for a various inlet mass flow rate of the methane-steam mixture gas. The result shows that the average reactor temperature and the conversion rate change appreciably by the inlet mass flow rate of 0.0005 kg/s.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2010

The performance of the crossover system of a centrifugal compressor stage consisting of static components of $180^{\circ}$ U-bend, return channel vanes and exit ducting with a $90^{\circ}$ bend is investigated. This study is confined to the assessment of performance of the crossover system by varying the shape of the return channel vanes. For this purpose two different types of Return Channel Vanes (RCV1 and RCV2) were experimentally investigated. The performance of the crossover system is discussed in terms of total pressure loss coefficient, static pressure recovery coefficient and vane surface pressure distribution. The experimentation was carried out on a test setup in which static swirl vanes were used to simulate the flow at the exit of an actual centrifugal compressor impeller with a design flow coefficient of 0.053. The swirl vanes are connected to a mechanism with which the flow angle at the inlet of U-bend could be altered. The measurements were taken at five different operating conditions varying from 70% to 120% of design flow rate. On an overall assessment RCV1 is found to give better performance in comparison to RCV2 for different U-bend inlet flow angles. The performance of RCV2 was verified using numerical studies with the help of a CFD Code. Three dimensional sector models were used for simulating the flow through the crossover system. The turbulence was predicted with standard k-$\varepsilon$, 2-equation model. The iso-Mach contour plots on different planes and development of secondary flows were visualized through this study.