• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.853-865
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• 2013

Inflatable panels made of modern and new textile materials can be inflated at high pressure to have a high mechanical strength. This paper is based on the finite element method as a general solution to determine the characteristics of deformed inflatable panels at high pressure in various end and loading conditions. Proposed method is based on the construction of weak form of formulation and application of Reduced Integration Element method (RIE) to solve the numerical problem of shear locking. The numerical results are validated as an outcome of comparison with other published results.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 팽창형 막 구조물의 대변형 특성을 수치적 그리고 실험적으로 살펴보았다. Miller와 Hedgepeth의 막 이론을 이용하여 주름 효과를 고려한 막재료 구성방정식을 FORTRAN으로 해석 알고리즘을 만들어 user material(UMAT) subroutine을 개발하였다. 개발된 주름 해석 UMAT subroutine을 상용 해석 프로그램 ABAQUS와 연계 해석하여 팽창형 막 구조물의 주름 영역과 변형된 형상 특성 연구를 수행하였다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.653-669
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• 2018

This work has the objective to analyze multibody mechanisms of inflatable structures for manned space applications. The focus is on the evaluation of the main characteristics of MaxFlex, a new module of MSC Adams including the effect of nonlinear flexible bodies. MaxFlex integrates the nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of Nastran-SOL400-and the Adams multibody capabilities in one unique solver, providing an improvement concerning the concept and technology based on the co-simulation among solvers. MaxFlex converts the equations of motion of the nonlinear FEA into phase-space form and discretizes them according to the multibody system integrator framework. The numerical results deal with an inflatable manned space module having rigid components and a flexible coating made of Kevlar. This paper is a preliminary assessment of the computational capabilities of the software and does not provide realistic guidelines for the actual design of the structure. The analysis leads to some recommendations related to the main issues to consider in a nonlinear simulation including both rigid and flexible components. The results underline the importance of realistic deployment times and applied forces. Also, a proper structural modeling is necessary, but can lead to excessive computational overheads.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1221-1230
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• 2008

Inflatable rubber dams are used for controlling flood, impounding water for recreations, preventing beach erosions, diverting water for irrigations, and generating hydropower. They are long, flexible, inflated with air, cylindrical structures on a rigid horizontal foundation such as concrete. The dam is modeled as an elastic shell inflated with air. The mechanical behaviors of the inflated dam model were investigated by using the finite element method. The analysis process such as One Way Coupling Fluid-Structure Interaction consists of two steps. First, the influences of the fluid side were investigated, viz, the shape changes of the inflated rubber dam due to the fluid motions was captured when the height of the dam was 30cm with air pressure 0.01MPa, at which the pressure distributions over the surface of the dam were calculated. And next, the structural deformations were calculated using the pressure distributions. The initial inlet velocity for flow field was set to 0.1m/s. The structural deformation behaviors were investigated. The final research goal is to develop a Korean Inflatable Rubber Dam to be used for generating small hydropower.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2008

The thermoelastic behaviors of an inflatable fabric membrane structure for use in a stratospheric airship envelope are experimentally and numerically investigated. Mechanical tensile properties of the membrane material at room, high, and low temperatures are measured using an $Instron^{(R)}$ universal testing machine and an $Instron^{(R)}$ thermal chamber. To characterize the nonlinear behavior of the inflated membrane structure due to wrinkling, the bending behavior of an inflated cylindrical boom made of a fabric membrane is observed at various pressure levels. Moreover, the envelope of a stratospheric airship is numerically modeled based on the thermoelastic properties of the fabric membrane obtained from experimental data, and the wrinkled deformed shape induced by a thermal load is analyzed.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.161-177
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• 2017

본 연구는 해저터널에서 급격한 홍수 피해를 방지하기 위해 팽창구조체의 설계 및 현장적용을 제시하였다. 팽창구조체는 지중 구조물에 시공 및 운영 시 발생되는 돌발용수 및 이상누수에 의한 사고들에 대비한 많은 가치가 있는 수동적 급속차폐시스템이다. 특히 해저터널에 있어서는 필수적이라고 할 수 있다. 팽창구조체의 설계에서 주요인자는 인플레이터와 터널 벽면사이의 누수 와 마찰 거동이다. 팽창구조체의 설계시 설계 고려사항을 개발하고 매개 변수를 조사하기 위해 이론분석 및 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 팽창구조체의 주요 설계 요소 및 고려사항들을 제안하기 위하여 박막이론을 적용한 이론적 분석 및 개발하였다. 또한 여러 섬유 재료의 상대 마찰 시험은 인플레이터와 터널 표면 사이의 마찰 조건에 따라 마찰거동을 결정하기 위해 수행하였다. 시험 결과는 침수조건에서의 마찰 계수가 건조조건에서의 값보다 약 20% 낮게 나타났다. 추가로 한국에서 계획중인 2개의 가상해저터널현장에 대한 보호시스템 가상 설계를 본 연구를 바탕으로 수행하였다. 이 연구 결과로부터 향후 터널 보호 구조물인 인플레이터 구조 설계 및 개발 기술을 이해하는데 매우 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2016

Tensairity girder is a light weight inflatable fabric structural concept which can be used in road emergency transportation. It uses low pressure air to stabilize compression elements against buckling. With the purpose of obtaining the comprehensive target of minimum deflection and weight under ultimate load, the cross-section and the inner pressure of tensairity girder was optimized in this paper. The Variable Complexity Modeling (VCM) method was used in this paper combining the Kriging approximate method with the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) method, which was implemented by ABAQUS. In the Kriging method, the sample points of the surrogate model were outlined by Design of Experiment (DOE) technique based on Optimal Latin Hypercube. The optimization framework was constructed in iSIGHT with a global optimization method, Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm (MIGA), followed by a local optimization method, Sequential Quadratic Program (SQP). The result of the optimization gives a prominent conceptual design of the tensairity girder, which approves the solution architecture of VCM is feasible and efficient. Furthermore, a useful trend of sensitivity between optimization variables and responses was performed to guide future design. It was proved that the inner pressure is the key parameter to balance the maximum Von Mises stress and deflection on tensairity girder, and the parameters of cross section impact the mass of tensairity girder obviously.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2004

사진측량법(Photogrammetry)는 서로 다른 촬영각을 가지는 다수의 2차원 이미지로부터 대상물의 정밀한 3차원 형상을 얻어내는 기법이다. 본 연구에서는 사진측량법을 활용하여 다목적 실용위성 2호 비행모델 하부 탑재체 플랫폼(Low Payload Platform)의 고해상도 카메라 접합면에 대한 편평도(Flatness) 측정 작업을 수행하였으며, 정밀하게 교정된 2개의 스케일바(Scale Bar)를 사용하여 절대적인 길이 값을 3차원 모델에 부과함과 동시에 측정정확도를 계산하여 내었다. 또한 측정된 편평도 결과는 고해상도 카메라 납품 업체에서 제시한 편평도 요구조건과 비교되었다.