• Wind and Structures
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.441-462
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• 2002

This paper presents a practical numerical method to determine both the spatial and temporal distribution of driving rain on buildings. It is based on an existing numerical simulation technique and uses the building geometry and climatic data at the building site as input. The method is applied to determine the 3D spatial and temporal distribution of wind-driven rain on the facade a low-rise building of complex geometry. Distinct wetting patterns are found. The important causes giving rise to these particular patterns are identified : (1) sweeping of raindrops towards vertical building edges, (2) sweeping of raindrops towards top edges, (3) shelter effect by various roof overhang configurations. The comparison of the numerical results with full-scale measurements in both space and time for a number of on site recorded rain events shows the numerical method to yield accurate results.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2005년도 학술발표회(1)
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• pp.592-593
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• 2005

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권1호
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• pp.105-119
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• 2020

In this work, a novel higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT) for static and free vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) plates is proposed. Unlike the conventional HSDTs, the proposed theory has a novel displacement field which includes undetermined integral terms and contains fewer unknowns. Equations of motion are obtained by using Hamilton's principle. Analytical solutions for the bending and dynamic investigation are determined for simply supported FG plates. The computed results are compared with 3D and quasi-3D solutions and those provided by other plate theories. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed HSDT can achieve the same accuracy of the conventional HSDTs which have more number of variables.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.670-690
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• 2015

In this paper, numerical investigations for tank sloshing, based on commercial CFD package FLUENT, are performed to study effects of boundary layer grid, liquid viscosity and compressible air on sloshing pressure, wave height and rising time of impact pressure. Also, sloshing experiments for liquids of different viscosity are carried out to validate the numerical results. Through comparison of numerical and experimental results, a computational model including boundary layer grid can predict the sloshing pressure more accurately. Energy dissipation due to viscous friction leads to reduction of sloshing pressure and wave elevation. Sloshing pressure is also reduced because of cushion effect of compressible air. Due to high viscosity damping effect and compressible air effect, the rising time of impact pressure becomes longer. It is also found that liquid viscosity and compressible air influence distribution of dynamic pressure along the vertical tank wall.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1540-1555
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• 2021

The plate-type fuel assembly adopted in nuclear research reactor suffers from complicated effect induced by non-uniform irradiation, which might affect its stress conditions, mechanical behavior and thermal-hydraulic performance. A reliable numerical method is of great importance to reveal the complex evolution of mechanical deformation, flow redistribution and temperature field for the plate-type fuel assembly under non-uniform irradiation. This paper is the first part of a two-part study developing the numerical methodology for the thermal-fluid-structure coupling behaviors of plate-type fuel assembly under irradiation. In this paper, the thermal-fluid-structure coupling methodology has been developed for plate-type fuel assembly under non-uniform irradiation condition by exchanging thermal-hydraulic and mechanical deformation parameters between Finite Element Model (FEM) software and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software with Mesh-based parallel Code Coupling Interface (MpCCI), which has been validated with experimental results. Based on the established methodology, the effects of non-uniform irradiation and fluid were discussed, which demonstrated that the maximum mechanical deformation with irradiation was dozens of times larger than that without irradiation and the hydraulic load on fuel plates due to differential pressure played a dominant role in the mechanical deformation.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.579-588
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• 2017

Creep and shrinkage are the main types of volume change with time in concrete. These changes cause deflection, cracking and stresses that affect durability, serviceability, long-term reliability and structural integrity of civil engineering infrastructure. Although laboratory test may be undertaken to determine the deformation properties of concrete, these are time-consuming, often expensive and generally not a practical option. Therefore, relatively simple empirically design code models are relied to predict the creep strain. This paper reviews the accuracy of creep and shrinkage predictions of reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls structures strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates, which is characterized by a widthwise varying fibre volume fraction. This review is yielded by three commonly used international "code type" models. The assessed are the: CEB-FIP MC 90 model, ACI 209 model and Bazant & Baweja (B3) model. The time-dependent behavior was investigated to analyze their seismic behavior. In the numerical formulation, the adherents and the adhesives are all modelled as shear wall elements, using the mixed finite element method. Several tests were used to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method. Numerical results from the present analysis are presented to illustrate the significance of the time-dependency of the lateral displacements and eigenfrequencies modes.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.103-118
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• 2020

The static behavior of grouped large-headed studs (d = 30 mm) embedded in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) was investigated by conducting push-out tests and numerical analysis. In the push-out test, no splitting cracks were found in the UHPC slab, and the shank failure control the shear capacity, indicating the large-headed stud matches well with the mechanical properties of UHPC. Besides, it is found that the shear resistance of the stud embedded in UHPC is 11.4% higher than that embedded in normal strength concrete, indicating that the shear resistance was improved. Regarding the numerical analysis, the parametric study was conducted to investigate the influence of the concrete strength, aspect ratio of stud, stud diameter, and the spacing of stud in the direction of shear force on the shear performance of the large-headed stud. It is found that the stud diameter and stud spacing have an obvious influence on the shear resistance. Based on the test and numerical analysis results, a formula was established to predict the load-slip relationship. The comparison indicates that the predicted results agree well with the test results. To accurately predict the shear resistance of the stud embedded in UHPC, a design equation for shear strength is proposed. The ratio of the calculation results to the test results is 0.99.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 3차원 개별요소해석 코드인 Particle Flow Code, $PFC^{3D}$(Itasca)를 이용, 조립재료의 실내 삼축압축시험에 대한 개별요소 수치 모델링을 수행하였으며, 해석 모델과 개별요소를 대상으로 다양한 상사 조건에 대한 개별요소 수치 모델링을 수행, 그 결과를 통해 각각의 스케일 조건이 최종 수치 모델링 결과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 3차원 개별요소 수치 모델링은 기존 2차원 모델링 대비 별도의 간극률 환산 없이 정확한 초기 조건 구현이 가능했으며, 응력-변형 및 체적변화 거동, 강도정수등에 있어 실내시험 결과와 유사한 수치 해석적 예측이 가능하였다. 해석 모델과 개별요소에 대한 다양한 상사비 조건별 수치 모델링 결과, 3차원 해석 시의 안정적 예측결과 도출 및 수치 시험실 활용에 대한 적정성을 확보하되, 해석시간 단축 및 해석 효율성 확보를 위해서는 해석 모델과 개별요소에 대한 적정 상사비 결정이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. 해석 모델의 크기와 개별요소의 입경크기를 변화시켜 개별요소 수치모델링을 수행한 결과, 대부분의 경우 전체적인 응력-변형 거동에 차이가 발생하였지만, 점착력과 내부 마찰각의 강도정수는 $D_{mod}/D_{gmax}$ < 10 조건에 유사한 결과를 보였으며, 개별요소 방법이 수치 시험실 기법을 이용한 강도정수 산정에 효과적으로 적용될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2018

In this study a numerical study was conducted to show flow, temperature and gas distributions in a high temperature CO shift reactor which was designed specially for energy saving and then evaluated with the related experiment. Mole fractions of syngas at the end of the catalyst bed were predicted with various assumed pre-exponential factors, were compared with the corresponding experimental results and $10^8$ was finally selected as the value. With the selection, a base case was examined. It was calculated that the inlet duct attached asymmetrically to the CO shift reactor affects on the distribution of the upward momentum (+z directional). In addition, CO conversion ratio is achieved up to 90% in the catalyst bed and especially it reached up to 70% at the initial part of catalyst bed.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.216-224
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 Class II 거동에 대해 입자결합모델을 이용하여 수치해석적인 방법으로 살펴보았으며, 횡방향 변형률 제어 압축시험을 수치해석적으로 모사할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 수치해석에서 사용된 미시변수는 스웨덴 Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory에서 수행한 일축압축시험을 이용하여 결정하였다. 제시된 수치해석 기법을 이용해 Aspo 암석의 Class II 거동을 효과적으로 모사할 수 있었으며, 수치해석의 결과는 실험실 시험 결과와 잘 일치하였다.