• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2007

A methodology to design symmetrically laminated fibre-reinforced structures under transverse loads for minimum weight, with manufacturing uncertainty in the ply angle, is described. The ply angle and the ply thickness are the design variables, and the Tsai-Wu failure criteria is the design constraint implemented. It is assumed that the probability of any tolerance value occurring within the tolerance band, compared with any other, is equal, and thus the approach is a worst-case scenario approach. The finite element method, based on Mindlin plate and shell theory, is implemented, and thus effects like bending-twisting coupling are accounted for. The Golden Section method is used as the search algorithm, but the methodology is flexible enough to allow any appropriate finite element formulation, search algorithm and failure criterion to be substituted. In order to demonstrate the procedure, laminated plates with varying aspect ratios and boundary conditions are optimally designed and compared.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.479-491
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• 2006

This paper deals with optimal fibre orientations of symmetrically laminated fibre reinforced composite structures for maximising the fundamental frequency of small-amplitude. A set of fiber orientation angles in the layers are considered as design variable. The Modified Feasible Direction method is used in order to obtain the optimal designs. The effects of number of layers, boundary conditions, laminate thicknesses, aspect ratios and in-plane loads on the optimal designs are studied.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.29-48
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• 2015

The main purpose of this work is to compare different criteria for the seismic strengthening of RC framed buildings in order to find the optimal combinations of these retrofitting techniques. To this end, a numerical investigation is carried out with reference to the town hall of Spilinga (Italy), an RC framed structure with an L-shaped plan built at the beginning of the 1960s. Five structures are considered, derived from the first by incorporating: carbon fibre reinforced polymer (FRP)-wrapping of all columns; base-isolation, with high-damping-laminated-rubber bearings (HDLRBs); added damping, with hysteretic damped braces (HYDBs); FRP-wrapping of the first storey columns combined with base-isolation or added damping. A three-dimensional fibre model of the primary and retrofitted structures is considered; bilinear and trilinear laws idealize, respectively, the behaviour of the HYDB, providing that the buckling be prevented, and the FRP-wrapping, without resistance in compression, while the response of the HDLRB is simulated by using a viscoelastic linear model. The effectiveness of the retrofitting solutions is tested with nonlinear dynamic analyses based on biaxial accelerograms, whose response spectra match those in the Italian seismic code.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.531-539
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• 2017

전통적인 FRP 선체 제작에는 mould가 요구되며, mould의 높은 제작비용은 FRP 선박 제작자에게 비용부담을 주고 있다. 이를 극복하기 위한 방안으로 강선 건조에서 사용되는 블록 혹은 모듈 방식의 제작기법에 착안한 modular construction 방안이 제시되었다. 이 제작방안을 FRP 선체에 효율적으로 적용하기 위해서는 설계 및 제작 측면에서 간략하면서도 구조적 안정성을 갖는 접합 이음부 개발이 이루어져야 한다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 모듈방식의 FRP 선체 제작을 위해 moulding-in 개념을 기반으로 한 경제적인 접합 이음부 개발에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. FRP 샌드위치 판을 대상으로 step, scarf-step 그리고 scarf 이음부 형상을 갖는 moulded-in을 수지주입식진공성형 공정에 도입하여 성공적으로 접합된 FRP 샌드위치 판을 제작하였다. 이에 대해 구조적 안정성 평가를 목적으로 인장 및 4점 굽힘 시험 그리고 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 시험과 해석결과에 대한 비교 연구를 통해 본 연구에서 개발된 접합 이음 내용이 모듈방식의 FRP 선체 제작에 적용 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.