• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.407-422
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• 2001

The linear constitutive relations and the failure criteria of composite materials made of thermoviscoelastic solids are presented. The post-failure material behavior is proposed and the dynamic finite element equations are formulated. However, a nonlinear term is kept in the energy equation because it represents the effect of the second law of thermodynamics. A general purpose nonlinear three-dimensional dynamic finite element program COMPASS is upgraded and employed in this work to investigate the interdependence among stress wave propagation, stress concentration, failure progression and temperature elevation in composite materials. The consequence of truthfully incorporating the second law of thermodynamics is clearly observed: it will always cause temperature rise if there exists a dynamic mechanical process.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.89-98
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• 1993

최근 원자력의 사용이 증가함에 따라 핵폐기물을 효과적으로 처리하는 문제에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 이러한 핵폐기물을 지층내에 저장할 경우 고온의 열에 의해 핵폐기물 구조체에 지대한 영향을 미치므로 지반의 열력학적 거동을 분석할 필요성이 요구된다. 본 연구는 지반내에 처분된 고온의 사용후 핵연료에 의한 열역학적인 응력이 집중되어 비선형 거동이 예상되는 저장구조체 주변에는 비선형 유한요소를 적용하고 선형거동이 예상되는 무한영역에는 선형경계요소를 사용하여, 일반적인 역학적 계와 동일한 방법으로 비선형 유한요소와 경계요소를 조합한 프로그램을 개발하였다. 사용후 핵연료 폐기구조체와 같이 국부적인 비선형거동이 예상되는 구조물에서는 조합방법이 전 영역을 비선형 유한요소로 모형화하여 해석하는 것보다 효율적임을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 지층내 지반에 영향 미치는 주요 지반계수를 변화시킨 경우, 터널경계의 변위에 이러한 계수들이 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 개발된 방법을 사용하여 검토하였다. 검토결과, 다른 계수들의 변화보다 열팽창계수의 변화가 터널주위의 변위에 상당한 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.517-539
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• 2006

Friction problems involving rubber components are frequently encountered in industrial applications. Their treatment within the framework of numerical simulations by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM) is the main issue of this paper. Special emphasis is placed on the choice of a suitable material model and the formulation of a contact model specially designed for the particular characteristics of rubber friction. A coupled thermomechanical approach allows for consideration of the influence of temperature on the frictional behavior. The developed tools are implemented in the commercial FE code ABAQUS. They are validated taking the sliding motion of a rubber tread block as example. Such simulations are frequently encountered in tire design and development. The simulations are carried out with different formulations for the material and the frictional behavior. Comparison of the obtained results with experimental observations enables to judge the suitability of the applied formulations on a structural scale.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.2937-2952
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• 2021

A typical three-dimensional finite element model for a fuel assembly is established, which is composed of 16 monolithic U-10Mo fuel plates and Al alloy frame. The distribution and evolution results of temperature, displacement and stresses/strains in all the parts are numerically obtained and analyzed with a self-developed code of FUELTM. The simulation results indicate that (1) the out-of-plane displacements of Al alloy side plates are mainly attributed to the bending deformations; (2) enhanced out-of-plane displacements appear in fuel plates adjacent to the outside Al plates, which results from the occurred bending deformations due to the applied constraints of outside Al plates; (3) an intense interaction of fuel foil with the cladding occurs near the foil edge, which appears more heavily in the fuel plates adjacent to the outside Al plates. The maximum first principal stresses in the fuel foil are similar for all the fuel plates and appear near the fuel foil edge; while, the through-thickness creep strains of fuel foil in the fuel plate near the central region of fuel assembly are larger, and the induced creep damage might weaken the fuel skeleton strength and raise the fuel failure risk.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.111-125
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• 2019

Metallic shape memory alloys present fascinating physical properties such as their super-elastic behavior in austenite phase, which can be exploited for providing a structure with both a self-centering capability and an increased ductility. More or less accurate numerical models have been introduced to model their behavior along the last 25 years. This is the reason for which the literature is rich of suggestions/proposals on how to implement this material in devices for passive and semi-active control. Nevertheless, the thermo-mechanical coupling characterizing the first-order martensite phase transformation process results in several macroscopic features affecting the alloy performance. In particular, the effects of day-night and winter-summer temperature excursions require special attention. This aspect might imply that the deployment of some devices should be restricted to indoor solutions. A further aspect is the dependence of the behavior from the geometry one adopts. Two fundamental lacks of symmetry should also be carefully considered when implementing a SMA-based application: the behavior in tension is different from that in compression, and the heating is easy and fast whereas the cooling is not. This manuscript focuses on the passive devices recently proposed in the literature for civil engineering applications. Based on the challenges above identified, their actual feasibility is investigated in detail and their long term performance is discussed with reference to their fatigue life. A few available semi-active solutions are also considered.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.363-373
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• 2018

The evaluation of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) coupling behavior is important for the development of underground space for various purposes. For a high-level radioactive waste repository excavated in a deep underground rock mass, the accurate prediction of the complex THM behavior is essential for the long-term safety and stability assessment. In order to develop reliable THM analysis techniques effectively, an international cooperation project, Development of Coupled models and their Validation against Experiments (DECOVALEX), was carried out. In DECOVALEX-2015 Task B2, the in situ THM experiment that was conducted at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory(URL) by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), was modeled by the research teams from the participating countries. In this study, a THM coupling technique that combined TOUGH2 and FLAC3D was developed and applied to the THM analysis for the in situ experiment, in which rock, buffer, backfill, sand, and heater were installed. With the assistance of an artificial neural network, the boundary conditions for the experiment could be adequately implemented in the modeling. The thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical results from the modeling were compared with the measurements from the in situ THM experiment. The predicted buffer temperature from the THM modelling was about $10^{\circ}C$ higher than measurement near by the overpack. At the other locations far from the overpack, modelling predicted slightly lower temperature than measurement. Even though the magnitude of pressure from the modeling was different from the measurements, the general trends of the variation with time were found to be similar.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.5-25
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• 2018

A fully-coupled thermodynamic-based transient finite element formulation is proposed in this article for electric, magnetic, thermal and mechanic fields interactions limited to the linear case. The governing equations are obtained from conservation principles for both electric and magnetic flux, momentum and energy. A full-interaction among different fields is defined through Helmholtz free-energy potential, which provides that the constitutive equations for corresponding dual variables can be derived consistently. Although the behavior of the material is linear, the coupled interactions with the other fields are not considered limited to the linear case. The implementation is carried out in a research version of the research computer code FEAP by using 8-node isoparametric 3D solid elements. A range of numerical examples are run with the proposed element, from the relatively simple cases of piezoelectric, piezomagnetic, thermoelastic to more complicated combined coupled cases such as piezo-pyro-electric, or piezo-electro-magnetic. In this paper, some of those interactions are illustrated and discussed for a simple geometry.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2011

다양한 지반공학적 문제들에서 불포화 상태의 중요성이 강조되면서, 불포화 지반의 열-수리-역학적 현상들에 대한 거동특성을 모사하기 위한 역학적 구성모델 개발이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Bishop의 유효응력 정의에 근거한 불포화 지반의 역학적 탄소성 구성모델을 제시하였다. 유효응력에 근거한 구성관계는 유효응력과 온도를 주 변수로 증분 형식으로 표현되었으며, 이를 이용하여 응력 갱신과 강성 텐서를 산정하였다. 개발된 구성모델을 이용하여 THM 현상을 포함하는 불포화토의 1차원 거동, 불포화토의 삼축 압축시험, 그리고 고준위 방사성폐기물 시설의 완충재의 거동 특성에 관한 예제 해석을 수행하여 해의 안정성과 구성모델의 적용성에 대하여 논의하였다. 수치해석결과는 개발된 역학적 구성모델이 THM 현상의 매우 복잡한 거동을 효과적으로 모사할 수 있었으며, 일반적인 불포화토의 거동 해석뿐만 아니라 다양한 환경 조건하에서의 THM 거동 해석에 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.1575-1588
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• 2019

Fracture near the U-10Mo/cladding material interface impacts fuel service life. In this work, a mesoscale stress model is developed with the fuel foil considered as a porous medium having gas bubbles and bearing bubble pressure and surface tension. The models for the evolution of bubble volume fraction, size and internal pressure are also obtained. For a U-10Mo/Al monolithic fuel plate under location-dependent irradiation, the finite element simulation of the thermo-mechanical coupling behavior is implemented to obtain the bubble distribution and evolution behavior together with their effects on the mesoscale stresses. The numerical simulation results indicate that higher macroscale tensile stresses appear close to the locations with the maximum increments of fuel foil thickness, which is intensively related to irradiation creep deformations. The maximum mesoscale tensile stress is more than 2 times of the macroscale one on the irradiation time of 98 days, which results from the contributions of considerable volume fraction and internal pressure of bubbles. This study lays a foundation for the fracture mechanism analysis and development of a fracture criterion for U-10Mo monolithic fuels.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2011

일반적인 불포화지반의 거동뿐만 아니라, 열과 관련된 분야, 지반환경 분야 등 다양한 분야에서 불포화 다공질 재료의 열적-수리적-역학적으로 결합된 문제들이 대두되면서 이러한 문제들을 해석하기 위한 수치도구 개발의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 거시적 접근법(macroscopic approach)에 근거하여 불포화지반에 대한 열-수리-역학거동의 수식화를 하였다. 흙, 물, 공기에 대한 질량보존의 법칙, 에너지 보존법칙, 그리고 하중평형 조건식으로부터 결합된(coupled) 4개의 지배방정식을 유도하였다. Galerkin 간략화와 시간적분으로부터 주 변수인 변위(u), 가스압($P_g$), 유체압($P_1$), 온도(T)를 Newton의 반복과정을 이용하여 구하는 유한요소 프로그램(FEM)을 작성하였다. 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여 다공질재료에서 2상 흐름 문제 중 일차원 배수실험(u-$P_g-P_1$), 온도 압밀(u-$P_1$-T), 그리고 지표면 온도변화에 의한 말뚝의 주변지반에 대한 영향(u-$P_1$-T)에 대하여 수치해석을 수행하고 논의하였다.