• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1051-1066
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• 2015

The study aims on the effect of material dependency in elastic- plastic contact models by contact analysis of sphere and flat contact model and wheel rail contact model by considering the material properties without friction. The various materials are selected for the analysis based on Young's modulus and yield strength ratio (E/Y). The simulation software 'ANSYS' is employed for this study. The sphere and flat contact model is considered as a flattening model, the stress and strain for different materials are estimated. The simulation of wheel-rail contact model is also performed and the results are compared with the flattening model. The comparative study has also been extended for finding out the mean contact pressure for different materials the E/Y values between 150 and 660. The results show that the elastic-plastic contact analysis for materials up to E/Y=296.6 is depend on the nature of material properties and also for this material the mean contact pressure to yield strength reaches 2.65.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1033-1048
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• 2016

An analytical solution based on the neutral surface concept is developed to study the free vibration behavior of simply supported functionally graded plate reposed on the elastic foundation by taking into account the effect of transverse shear deformations. No transversal shear correction factors are needed because a correct representation of the transversal shearing strain obtained by using a new refined shear deformation theory. The foundation is described by the Winkler-Pasternak model. The Young's modulus of the plate is assumed to vary continuously through the thickness according to a power law formulation, and the Poisson ratio is held constant. The equation of motion for FG rectangular plates resting on elastic foundation is obtained through Hamilton's principle. Numerical examples are provided to show the effect of foundation stiffness parameters presented for thick to thin plates and for various values of the gradient index, aspect and side to thickness ratio. It was found that the proposed theory predicts the fundamental frequencies very well with the ones available in literature.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권5호
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• pp.633-642
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• 2020

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are known as intelligent methods for modeling the behavior of physical phenomena because of it is a soft computing technique and takes data samples rather than entire data sets to arrive at solutions, which saves both time and money. ANN is successfully used in the civil engineering applications which are suitable examining the complicated relations between variables. Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are advanced composites that successfully used in various engineering design. The FGMs are nonhomogeneous materials and made of two different type of materials. In the present study, the bending analysis of functionally graded material (FGM) beams presents on theoretical based on combination of mixed-finite element method, Gâteaux differential and Timoshenko beam theory. The main idea in this study is to build a model using ANN with four parameters that are: Young's modulus ratio (E_t/E_b), a shear correction factor (k_s), power-law exponent (n) and length to thickness ratio (L/h). The output data is the maximum displacement (w). In the experiments: 252 different data are used. The proposed ANN model is evaluated by the correlation of the coefficient (R), MAE and MSE statistical methods. The ANN model is very good and the maximum displacement can be predicted in ANN without attempting any experiments.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권4호
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• pp.445-459
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• 2023

The current investigation is the first endeavor to apply the full layerwise finite element method (FEM) in free vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) composite plates reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GPLs) in thermal environment. Unlike the equivalent single-layer (ESL) theories, the layerwise FEM focuses on all three-dimensional (3D) effects. The GPLs weight fraction is presumed invariable in each layer but varies through the plate thickness in a layerwise model. The modified Halpin-Tsai model is employed to acquire the effective Young's modulus. The rule of mixtures is applied to specify the effective Poisson's ratio and mass density. First, the current method is validated by comparing the numerical results with those stated in the available works. Next, a thorough numerical study is performed to examine the influence of various factors involving the pattern of distribution, weight fraction, geometry, and size of GPLs, together with the thickness-to-span ratio, thermal environment, and boundary conditions of the plate, on its free vibration behaviors. Numerical results demonstrate that employing a small percentage of GPL as reinforcement considerably grows the natural frequencies of the pure epoxy. Also, distributing more square-shaped GPLs, involving a smaller amount of graphene layers, and vicinity to the upper and lower surfaces make it the most efficient method to enhance the free vibration behaviors of the plate.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2014

탄소나노튜브는 우수한 기계적 특성으로 인해 주목받고 있으며, 다양한 산업 분야로의 잠재적 활용성을 갖는 고강도/고강성의 나노복합재료를 설계/제작하기 위한 다양한 연구가 이루어 지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다중벽 탄소나노튜브를 이용한 강화 복합재료를 효과적으로 설계하고, 기계적 물성을 예측/평가하기 위한 미시역학적 해석 방법 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 대표체적요소 모델을 설계하고 이를 이용한 유한요소 해석을 통해서 강화 복합재료의 기계적 물성을 평가하였다. 특히 MWCNT 의 각 형상인자에 따른 복합재료의 탄성계수 변화를 예측하고, 각 인자들의 영향을 정성적으로 평가하였다. 더불어 형상인자들의 복합적 조건에서의 탄성계수에 대한 영향 평가도 수행하였다.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.321-332
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• 2009

Recent development in composites containing phase-transforming particles, such as vanadium dioxide or barium titanate, reveals the overall stiffness and viscoelastic damping of the composites may be unbounded (Lakes et al. 2001, Jaglinski et al. 2007). Negative stiffness is induced from phase transformation predicted by the Landau phase transformation theory. Although this unbounded phenomenon is theoretically supported with the composite homogenization theory, detailed stress analyses of the composites are still lacking. In this work, we analyze the stress distribution of the Hashin-Shtrikman (HS) composite and its two-dimensional variant, namely a circular inclusion in a square plate, under the assumption that the Young's modulus of the inclusion is negative. Assumption of negative stiffness is a priori in the present analysis. For stress analysis, a closed form solution for the HS model and finite element solutions for the 2D composite are presented. A static loading condition is adopted to estimate the effective modulus of the composites by the ratio of stress to average strain on the loading edges. It is found that the interfacial stresses between the circular inclusion and matrix increase dramatically when the negative stiffness is so tuned that overall stiffness is unbounded. Furthermore, it is found that stress distributions in the inclusion are not uniform, contrary to Eshelby's theorem, which states, for two-phase, infinite composites, the inclusion's stress distribution is uniform when the shape of the inclusion has higher symmetry than an ellipse. The stability of the composites is discussed from the viewpoint of deterioration of perfect interface conditions due to excessive interfacial stresses.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2010

탄성계수와 함께 포아송비는 구조의 거동을 결정하는 중요 구조인수중의 하나이다. 따라서 구조응답의 불확실성에 미치는 포아송비의 독립적 영향에 대한 평가가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 포아송비의 불확실성이 복합적층판의 거동에 미치는 영향을 산정하기 위한 정식화를 제안한다. 포아송비의 영향은 동일 차수인 임의인수의 영향을 포함하는 부행렬을 통하여 얻을 수 있으며, 이는 대상 인수의 평균을 중심으로 한 Taylor전개를 통하여 구할 수 있다. 제안방법의 검증을 위하여 예제 평판을 해석하였고, 그 결과를 몬테카를로 해석에 의한 결과와 비교하였다. 두 방법을 통하여 얻은 결과는 상화 잘 일치하는 결과를 나타내어, 제안한 방법이 적절함을 제시하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.47-62
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• 2020

In this study, free vibration behavior of trapezoidal sandwich plates with porous core and two graphene platelets (GPLs) reinforced nanocomposite outer layers are presented. The distribution of pores and GPLs are supposed to be functionally graded (FG) along the thickness of core and nanocomposite layers, respectively. The effective Young's modulus of the GPL-reinforced (GPLR) nanocomposite layers is determined using the modified Halpin-Tsai micromechanics model, while the Poisson's ratio and density are computed by the rule of mixtures. The FSDT plate theory is utilized to establish governing partial differential equations and boundary conditions (B.C.s) for trapezoidal plate. The governing equations together with related B.C.s are discretized using a mapping- generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method in the spatial domain. Then natural frequencies of the trapezoidal sandwich plates are obtained by GDQ method. Validity of current study is evaluated by comparing its numerical results with those available in the literature. A special attention is drawn to the role of GPLs weight fraction, GPLs patterns of two faces through the thickness, porosity coefficient and distribution of porosity on natural frequencies characteristics. New results show the importance of this permeates on vibrational characteristics of porous/GPLR nanocomposite plates. Finally, the influences of B.C.s and dimension as well as the plate geometry such as face to core thickness ratio on the vibration behaviors of the trapezoidal plates are discussed.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.354-364
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 석회암 지반에서 광산개발이나 토목공사를 수행할 때 데이터베이스로 활용될 수 있는 암석의 기초 물성들을 파악하기 위하여, 제천지역 석회암을 대상으로 수많은 실내 역학시험을 실시하여 암석의 단위중량, 흡수율, 간극률, 탄성파 속도, 쇼어경도, 일축압축강도, 인장강도, 영률, 포와송비, 점착력, 내부마찰각 등의 각종 물리적 성질을 조사하였다. 연구 지역에 분포하는 회색석회암과 이질석회암의 역학적 특성을 비교 검토하였으며, 이질석회암은 회색석회암에 비하여 단위중량은 작고 간극률과 흡수율은 크게 나타나 각종 역학적 특성은 상대적으로 작게 평가되었다. 또한 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴기준과 Hoek-Brown 파괴기준을 적용하여 제천 석회암의 파괴조건을 해석하였으며, 여러 가지 물성간의 단순회귀분석과 다중회귀분석을 통해 물성 상호간의 관련성을 알아보았다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.231-243
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 최근 재개발되고 있는 정선지역의 철광산에서 현장 초기지압 시험과 수많은 암석 실내시험을 실시하였다. 본 광산의 측압계수는 심도가 깊어질수록 작아지는 경향을 보였으며 평균값은 1.10으로 나타났다. 본 광산에 주로 분포하는 네 가지 암종인 백운암, 규장암, 화강암, 철광석에 대한 실내시험을 통해 암석의 단위중량, 공극률, 흡수율, 탄성파속도, 일축압축강도, 영률, 포와송비, 인장강도, 쇼어경도, 내부마찰각, 점착력 등의 각종 역학적 특성을 조사하였다. 실내시험 결과의 통계분석을 통해 암종별 물성을 비교하였고 물성 상호간의 관련성을 검토하였는데, 철광석보다는 규장암이나 화강암의 강도특성이 더 컸으며 암석 물성 간의 일반적인 상관관계와는 반대되는 현상도 발견되었다. 또한 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴조건과 Hoek-Brown 파괴조건을 적용하여 네 가지 암석의 파괴조건을 해석하였다.