• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2011

Piles passing through sloping liquefiable deposits are prone to lateral loading if these deposits liquefy and flow during earthquakes. These lateral loads caused by the relative soil-pile movement will induce bending in the piles and may result in failure of the piles or excessive pile-head displacement. Whilst the weak nature of the flowing liquefied soil would suggest that only small loads would be exerted on the piles, it is known from case histories that piles do fail owing to the influence of laterally spreading soils. It will be shown, based on dynamic centrifuge test data, that dilatant behaviour of soil close to the pile is the major cause of these considerable transient lateral loads which are transferred to the pile. This paper reports the results of geotechnical centrifuge tests in which models of gently sloping liquefiable sand with pile foundations passing through them were subjected to earthquake excitation. The soil close to the pile was instrumented with pore-pressure transducers and contact stress cells in order to monitor the interaction between soil and pile and to track the soil stress state both upslope and downslope of the pile. The presence of instrumentation measuring pore-pressure and lateral stress close to the pile in the research described in this paper gives the opportunity to better study the soil stress state close to the pile and to compare the loads measured as being applied to the piles by the laterally spreading soils with those suggested by the JRA design code. This test data shows that lateral stresses much greater than one might expect from calculations based on the residual strength of liquefied soil may be applied to piles in flowing liquefied slopes owing to the dilative behaviour of the liquefied soil. It is shown at least for the particular geometry studied that the current JRA design code can be un-conservative by a factor of three for these dilation-affected transient lateral loads.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.973-979
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• 2024

In the framework of the Generation IV research and development project, in which the French Commission of Alternative and Atomic Energies (CEA) is involved, a main objective for the design of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) is to meet the safety goals for severe accidents. Among the severe ones, the Unprotected Transient OverPower (UTOP) accidents can lead very quickly to a global melting of the core. UTOP accidents can be considered either as slow during a Control Rod Withdrawal (CRW) or as fast. The paper focuses on fast UTOP accidents, which occur in a few milliseconds, and three different scenarios are considered: rupture of the core support plate, uncontrolled passage of a gas bubble inside the core and core mechanical distortion such as a core flowering/compaction during an earthquake. Several levels and rates of reactivity insertions are also considered and the thermal-mechanical behavior of an ASTRID fuel pin from the ASTRID CFV core is simulated with the GERMINAL code. Two types of fuel pins are simulated, inner and outer core pins, and three different burn-up are considered. Moreover, the feedback from the CABRI programs on these type of transients is used in order to evaluate the failure mechanism in terms of kinetics of energy injection and fuel melting. The CABRI experiments complete the analysis made with GERMINAL calculations and have shown that three dominant mechanisms can be considered as responsible for pin failure or onset of pin degradation during ULOF/UTOP accident: molten cavity pressure loading, fuel-cladding mechanical interaction (FCMI) and fuel break-up. The study is one of the first step in fast UTOP accidents modelling with GERMINAL and it has shown that the code can already succeed in modelling these type of scenarios up to the sodium boiling point. The modeling of the radial propagation of the melting front, validated by comparison with CABRI tests, is already very efficient.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2011년도 학술발표회
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• pp.14-14
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• 2011

Groundwater in the Waikatoregion is a valuable resource for agriculture, water supply, forestry and industries. The 434,000 ha study area comprises the upper Waikato River catchment from the outflow of Lake Taupo (New Zealand's largest lake) through to Lake Karapiro (a man-made hydro lake with high recreational value) (Figure 1). Water quality in the area is naturally high. However, there are indications that this quality is deteriorating as a result of land use intensification and deforestation. Compounding this concern for decision makers is the lag time between land use changes and the realisation of effects on groundwater and surface water quality. It is expected that the effects of land use changes have not yet fully manifested, and additional intensification may take decadesto fully develop, further compounding the deterioration. Consequently, Environment Waikato (EW) have proposed a programme of work to develop a groundwater model to assist managing water quality and appropriate policy development within the catchment. One of the most important and critical decisions of any modelling exercise is the choice of the modelling platform to be used. It must not inhibit future decision making and scenario exploration and needs to allow as accurate representation of reality as feasible. With this in mind, EW requested that two modelling platforms, MODFLOW/MT3DMS and FEFLOW, be assessed for their ability to deliver the long-term modelling objectives for this project. The two platforms were compared alongside various selection criteria including complexity of model set-up and development, computational burden, ease and accuracy of representing surface water-groundwater interactions, precision in predictive scenarios and ease with which the model input and output files could be interrogated. This latter criteria is essential for the thorough assessment of predictive uncertainty with third-party software, such as PEST. This paper will focus on the attributes of each modelling platform and the comparison of the two approaches against the key criteria in the selection process. Primarily due to the ease of handling and developing input files and interrogating output files, MODFLOW/MT3DMS was selected as the preferred platform. Other advantages and disadvantages of the two modelling platforms were somewhat balanced. A preliminary regional groundwater numerical model of the study area was subsequently constructed. The model simulates steady state groundwater and surface water flows using MODFLOW and transient contaminant transport with MT3DMS, focussing on nitrate nitrogen (as a conservative solute). Geological information for this project was provided by GNS Science. Professional peer review was completed by Dr. Vince Bidwell (of Lincoln Environmental).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.155-164
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• 1988

$UO_2$ Pellet의 침출도식을 유도하고 실험 자료와 비교검토 하였다. 침출속도 모델은 산소의 Pellet 내부고의 침투로 인한 $UO_2$의 산화과정과 침투 깊이에 따른 산화 $UO_2$의 용해 및 이동과정을 고려하여 얻어 졌다. 이 모델에 의하면 침출속도는 전이상태와 정상상태의 두 영역으로 나뉘어질 수 있으며 변화하는 양상은 초기의 산화상태에 따라 달라진다. 또한 이 모델식은 $UO_2$의 산화반응을 유사한 다른 침출구조에 적용할 수 있어서 일반적 인 침출현상의 해석에 사용될 수 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2019

The properties of Electroactive Polymer (EAP) materials are attracting the attention of engineers and scientists from many different disciplines. From the point-of-view of robotics, Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMC) belong to the most developed group of the EAP class. To allow effective design of IPMC-actuated mechanisms with large induced strains, it is necessary to have adequate analytical tools for predicting the behavior of IPMC actuators as well as simulating their response as part of prototyping methodologies. This paper presents a novel IPMC motor construction. To simulate the bending behavior that is the dominant phenomenon of motor movement process, a nonlinear model is used. To accomplish the motor design, the IPMC model was identified via a series of experiments. In the proposed model, the curvature output and current transient fields accurately track the measured responses, which is verified by measurements. In this research, a three-dimensional Finite Element Method (FEM) model of the IPMC motor, composed of IPMC actuators, simultaneously determines the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the device and achieves reliable analysis results. The principle of the proposed drive and the output signals are illustrated in this paper. The proposed modelling approach can be used to design a variety of controllers and motors for effective micro-robotic applications, where soft and complex motion are required.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.933-961
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• 2015

Damage by high-speed impact fracture is a dominant mode of failure in several applications of concrete structures. Numerical modelling can play a crucial role in understanding and predicting complex fracture processes. The commonly used mesh-based Finite Element Method has difficulties in accurately modelling the high deformation and disintegration associated with fracture, as this often distorts the mesh. Even with careful re-meshing FEM often fails to handle extreme deformations and results in poor accuracy. Moreover, simulating the mechanism of fragmentation requires detachment of elements along their boundaries, and this needs a fine mesh to allow the natural propagation of damage/cracks. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is an alternative particle based (mesh-less) Lagrangian method that is particularly suitable for analysing fracture because of its capability to model large deformation and to track free surfaces generated due to fracturing. Here we demonstrate the capabilities of SPH for predicting brittle fracture by studying a slender concrete structure (column) under the impact of a high-speed projectile. To explore the effect of the projectile material behaviour on the fracture process, the projectile is assumed to be either perfectly-elastic or elastoplastic in two separate cases. The transient stress field and the resulting evolution of damage under impact are investigated. The nature of the collision and the constitutive behaviour are found to considerably affect the fracture process for the structure including the crack propagation rates, and the size and motion of the fragments. The progress of fracture is tracked by measuring the average damage level of the structure and the extent of energy dissipation, which depend strongly on the type of collision. The effect of fracture property (failure strain) of the concrete due to its various compositions is found to have a profound effect on the damage and fragmentation pattern of the structure.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4146-4151
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 동적 부하를 고려한 전력계통의 과도 안정도 해석을 모의하고자 한다. 모터는 계통 부하의 주요부분을 차지하고 있으며 이들의 동적 부하 특성은 전력계통의 안정도 해석에 있어서 매우 중요한 요소이다. 전력계통의 안정도해석에서 개별 부하의 특성을 모두 반영할 수 없기 때문에 일반적으로 모터 부하를 일정 임피던스 부하로 취급하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 일반적인 방법으로 해결할 수 없는 개별부하의 특성을 고려해야만 하는 산업용 전력계통의 경우 모터의 동적 특성을 고려하여 안정도 해석을 수행하여 안정도 해석에 있어서 모터의 영향을 보였다. 대상은 실 계통인 광양제철소의 전력계통이며 3상고장에 의한 모터부하의 영향을 분석한다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.642-651
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• 2009

The history of excavator design is not long enough which still causes most of the design considerations to be focused on static analysis or simple functional improvement based on static analysis. However, the real forces experiencing on each component of excavator are highly transient and impulsive. Therefore, the prediction and the evaluation of the movement of the excavator by dynamic load in the early design stage through the dynamic transient analysis of the excavator and ensuring of design technique plays an importance role to reduce development-cost, shorten product-deliver, decrease vehicle-weight and optimize the system design. In this paper, Commercial software DADS and ANSYS help to develop the track model of the crawler type excavator, and to evaluate the performance and the dynamic characteristics of excavator with various simulations. For that reason, the track of crawler type excavator is modelled with DADS Track Vehicle Superelement, and the reaction forces on the track rollers were predicted through the driving simulation. Also, the upper frame and cabin vibration characteristics, at the low RPM idle state, were evaluated with engine rigid body modelling. And flexibility body effects were considered to determine the more accurate joint reaction forces and accelerations under the upper frame swing motion.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.209-220
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 천해 배경잡음 환경에서 과도신호 분류에 적합한 특징 선택을 위해 특징의 변별력을 분석하였다. 과도신호 분류는 해양환경 특성상 낮은 신호대잡음비(SNR)를 가지므로 잡음변화에 강인한 특징이 요구된다. 천해 배경잡음을 모델링하기 위해 이론적인 잡음 모델과 Wenz의 천해 관측 자료 그리고 Yule walker 필터를 이용하였다. 과도신호의 SNR에 따른 각 특징의 변별력은 Fisher score를 이용하여 분석하였다. 변별력이 높은 특징을 선택하여 24 클래스의 과도신호원에 대한 분류정확도를 분석한 결과 잡음이 없는 환경에서 선택된 특징에서 상대적으로 높은 분류정확도를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 최종적으로 선택된 특징은 전체 28가지 특징 중 16가지 특징이 선택되었다. 다중 클래스 SVM분류기를 이용하여 선택된 특징의 인식률 분석결과 과도신호의 SNR 20dB 환경에서 약92%의 분류정확도를 보였다.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2020

3상 다층 고온 초전도 동축 케이블은 초전도 선재 사용량의 감소 및 케이블의 소형화와 같은 이점 때문에 활발히 연구되고 있다. 3상 다층 고온 초전도 동축 케이블의 전기적 특성은 기존 초전도 케이블과 차이를 가지므로 실제 시스템에 적용하기 위해 충분한 분석이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 PSCAD/EMTDC 기반 시뮬레이션을 통하여 22.9 kV, 60 MVA급 3상 다층 고온 초전도 동축 케이블을 모델링하고 과도 특성을 분석하였다. 결과적으로 3상 다층 고온 초전도 동축 케이블에서 고장전류가 발생하면 대부분의 고장전류가 구리 포머층을 통해 우회한다. 이때, 케이블 전체 온도는 약 5 K 증가하였다. 본 논문을 통해 3상 다층 고온 초전도 동축 케이블의 과도 상태에 대한 신뢰성을 확인할 수 있으며 향후 케이블의 실 계통 적용에 도움이 될 수 있다.