• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.460-470
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• 2004

A computational analysis of engineering problems with moving domain or/and boundary according to either Lagrangian or Eulerian approach may encounter inherent numerical difficulties, the extreme mesh distortion in the former and the material boundary indistinctness in the latter. In order to overcome such defects in classical numerical approaches, the ALE(arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) method is widely being adopted in which the finite element mesh moves with arbitrary velocity. This paper is concerned with the ALE finite element formulation, aiming at the dynamic response analysis of baffled fuel-storage container in yawing motion, for which the coupled time integration scheme, the remeshing and smoothing algorithm and the mesh velocity determination are addressed. Numerical simulation illustrating theoretical works is also presented.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1429-1437
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 이완형 물성방정식을 바탕으로 하며 프와송 비가 일정하다는 가정을 하지 않는다. 또한 점탄성 지배방정식에 변분원리를 적용하고 유도되어진 식 에 유한요소해법을 사용하여 시스템 기본해석을 위한 연립방정식을 유도한다. 이와 함께 점탄성 물성함수의 유도 및 응력계산을 위한 공식화 과정도 설명한다. 제시된 방법론의 타당성 및 정확성을 보이기 위해서 평면응력 및 평면변형 문제의 변위 및 응력을 수치해석하여 이론해와 비교 검토하며, 아울러 시간증분의 변화와 Gauss poi- nts수가 수치정확도에 끼치는 영향을 조사한다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2013

The finite element method(FEM) presents some limitations when the mesh becomes highly distorted. For analysis of metal forming processes with large deformation, the conventional finite element method usually requires several remeshing operations due to severe mesh distortion. The new computational method developed in the recent years, usually designated by meshfree method, offers an attractive approach to avoid those time-consuming remeshing efforts. This new method uses a set of points to represent the problem domain with no need of an additional mesh. Also this new generation of computational method provides a higher rate of convergence than that of the conventional finite element methods. One of the promising applications of meshfree methods is the adaptive refinement for problems having multi-scale nature. In this study, an adaptive node generation procedure is proposed and also to illustrate the efficiency of proposed method, several numerical examples are presented.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.56-65
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• 2005

시간유한요소법은 시간영역을 고정시키고 행렬 미분방정식 형태의 공간전파 관계식을 풂으로써 시간과 공간에 대한 동적 해석을 수행하는 방법이다. 이 방법은 공간이산화 유한요소법이나 시/공간 동시이산화 유한요소법에 비해 공간에 관한 자유도가 발생하는 것이 두드러진 특징으로, 이를 이용하여 분포형 구동기의 공간에 따른 특성을 최적화하는 데에 효율적으로 사용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 임의의 초기조건을 반영할 수 있도록 구성된 상태변수 벡터를 이용하여 구조물을 시간영역에서 이산화하고, 공간영역에서 전파관계식 및 경계조건을 이용하여 공간전파 관계식을 형성하였다. 이 때 구동기의 공간에 따른 형상 분포는 설계되어야 할 변수의 함수이고, 시간반응은 형상함수를 이용하여 이산화 하였다. 포텐셜 에너지 및 운동에너지를 구조물의 변위제어에 적절한 최적의 성능지수로 설정하고, 이를 최소화하도록 미지의 함수인 구동기의 분포형상을 구하였다. 일반적으로 구조물은 임의의 초기조건에서 외란을 받게 되나, 본 연구에서는 구현가능한 제어법칙을 이용하여 최종시간에서 안정화(rest) 조건을 만족한다고 가정하였다. 구동기 분포형상 최적화를 위해 상태/준상태 방정식을 유도하였다. 서브행렬 재형상화와 시/공간 경계조건을 통해 상태변수와 준상태변수에 대한 Ricatti 미분방정식을 유도하였다. 이를 통해 구동기 분포형상 최적화를 구현하였으며, 수치 시뮬레이션을 통해 적절한 구동기의 분포형상 최적화를 수행할 수 있음을 보였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.78-92
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• 2001

In this paper, several dynamic systems are modeled using the time domain finite element method. Galerkins' Weak Principle is used to model the general second-order mechanical system, and is applied to a simple pendulum dynamics. Problems caused by approximating the final momentum are also investigated. Extending the research, some dynamic analysis methods are suggested for the hybrid coordinate systems that have both slew and flexible modes. The proposed methods are based on both Extended Hamilton's Principle and Galerkin's Weak Principle. The matrix wave equation is propagated in space domain, satisfying the geometric/natural boundary conditions. As a result, the flexible motion can be obtained compatible with the applied control input. Numerical example is shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed modeling methods for the hybrid coordinate systems.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.73-83
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• 1991

A numerical simulation of a 2-dimensional tidal flow in a shallow sea was performed using the frequency domain finite element method. In this study, to overcome the inherent problems of a time domain model which requires high eddy viscosity and small time steps to insure numerical stability, the harmonic function incorporated with the linearized function of governing equations was applied. Calculations were carried out using the developed tidal model(TIDE) in a rectangular channel of lOm(depth) X 4km (width) X 25km(length) under the condition of tidal waves entering the channel closed at one end for both with and without bottom friction damping. The predicted velocities and water levels at different points of the channel were in close agreement with less than 1 % error between the numerical and analytical solutions. The results showed that the characteristics of the tidal flow were greatly affected by the magnitude of tidal elevation forcing, and not by on surface friction, wind, or the linear bottom friction when the value was less than 0.01. For the optimum size of grid to obtain a consistent solution, the ratio between the length of the maximum grid and the tidal wave length should be less than 0.0018. It was concluded that the finite element tidal model(TIDE) developed in this study could handle the numerical simulation of tidal flows for more complex geometrical conditions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.401-414
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• 2015

A developed hybrid method for crack identification of beams is presented. Based on the Euler-Bernouli beam theory and concepts of fracture mechanics, governing equation of the cracked beams is reformulated. Finite element (FE) method as a powerful numerical tool is used to discritize the equation in space domain. After transferring the equations from time domain to frequency domain, frequencies and mode shapes of the beam are obtained. Efficiency of the governed equation for free vibration analysis of the beams is shown by comparing the results with those available in literature and via ANSYS software. The used equation yields to move the influence of cracks from the stiffness matrix to the mass matrix. For crack identification measured data are produced by applying random error to the calculated frequencies and mode shapes. An objective function is prepared as root mean square error between measured and calculated data. To minimize the function, hybrid genetic algorithms (GAs) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique is introduced. Efficiency, Robustness, applicability and usefulness of the mixed optimization numerical tool in conjunction with the finite element method for identification of cracks locations and depths are shown via solving different examples.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.103-114
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• 1993

유전적분형 물성방정식에 근거한 선형 점탄성문제의 효율적인 수치해석을 위해서 새로운 유한요소해법을 공식화하였다. 각 시간구간에서 변수변화를 선형적으로 가정하고 유전적분의 계산을 매우 효율적으로 처리하였다. 그 결과 과거의 해석법에 비하여 수치정확도 및 경제성에서 큰 향상을 얻었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.623-625
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• 2000

For the finite element analysis of highly saturated rotating machines involving rotation of a rotor such as dynamic analysis. cogging torque analysis and etc, so much time is needed because a new system matrix equation should be solved for each iteration and time step. It is proved in this paper that. in linear systems. the computational time can be greatly reduced by using the domain decomposition method (DDM). In nonlinear systems. however. this advantage vanishes because the stiffness matrix changes at each iteration especially when using the Newton-Raphson (NR) method. The transmission line modeling (TLM) method resolves this problem because in TLM method the stiffness matrix does not change throughout the entire analysis. In this paper, a new technique for FEA of rotating machines including rotation of rotor and non-linearity is proposed. This method is applied to a test problem. and compared with the conventional method.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.2015-2021
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• 2000

In order to evaluate the integrity of nuclear power plant components, the analysis based on fracture mechanics is crucial. For this purpose, finite element method is popularly used to obtain J-integral. However, it is time consuming to design the finite element model of a cracked structure. Also, the J-integral should be verified by alternative methods since it may differ depending on the calculation method. The objective of this paper is to develop a three-dimensional elastic-plastic J-integral analysis system which is named as EPAS program. The EPAS program consists of an automatic mesh generator for a through-wall crack and a surface crack, a solver based on ABAQUS program, and a J-integral calculation program which provides DI (Domain Integral) and EDI (Equivalent Domain Integral) based J-integral calculation. Using the EPAS program, an optimized finite element model for a cracked structure can be generated and corresponding J-integral can be obtained subsequently.