• 제목/요약/키워드: softening model

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모델기반 광자선량 계산방식을 사용하는 전산화치료계획장치의 모델변수 결정에 있어 몬테카를로 모사법에 의해 유도된 방사선 물리량의 직접 적용 가능성에 대한 연구 (The Feasibility Study on the Direct Use of the MC-derived Physical Quantities to Determine the Model Parameters of RTPS with -Model-Based Photon Dose Calculation Algorithm)

  • 강세권;박희철;배훈식;조병철
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2004
  • 모델 기반으로 광자선 선량을 계산하는 전산화치료계획장치를 취역검사(commissioning)하기 위해서는 많은 파라미터들을 조절해가면서 측정된 심부선량 및 가로방향선량분포 등을 맞추어야한다. 우리는 몬테카를로 전산 모사를 이용하여 Pinnacle$^3$ 시스템의 취역검사에 필요한 광자선의 에너지 스펙트럼, 오염 전자(contaminant electron), 축외선질연화(off-axis softening) 및 입자 유량 증가 등을 기술하는 파라미터들을 구하였다. 몬테칼로 계산을 통해 실험으로는 측정이 쉽지 않은 이러한 양들의 변화량을 알 수 있었으나 축외선질연화 및 입자 유량 증가 변수의 경우에는 Pinnacle$^3$ 시스템을 이용한 계산과 측정값에 불일치를 보였다. 전산화치료계획장치의 취역검사에 몬테카를로 방식으로부터 얻은 파라미터 값을 그대로 이용하는 문제는 추가 연구가 필요하다.

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심부 급경사 연약층의 채굴 진행에 따른 주변 암반 거동의 탄소성 해석 및 현장계측 (Elasto-plastic Analysis and In-situ Measurement on Rock Behaviors with Stepwise Excavation of the Steep Soft Seam at a Great Depth)

  • 정소걸;신중호
    • 터널과지하공간
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    • 제14권4호
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    • pp.295-303
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    • 2004
  • 연약층과 견고한 암반층이 습곡형태로 혼재된 지질조건의 지하 심부 채굴 현장을 대상으로, 심부 급경사 연약층의 단계적 굴착 진행에 따른 갱도 및 주변 암반의 거동 양상을 전산해석과 현장계측을 통하여 비교 분석하였다. 전산해석에서는 Hoek & Brown의 경험적 파괴기준 및 변형률연화모델을 적용한 탄소성 해석 기법을 이용하였다. 현장계측에서는 유압캡슐, 지중변위계, 내공변위계를 갱도 및 주변 암반에 설치하여 응력과 변위를 계측하였다. 경험적 파괴조건 및 변형률연화모델을 이용한 탄소성 해석은, 현장 지질조건 및 채굴과정의 복잡함에도 불구하고 현장계측결과와 유사한 양상을 보여주어 타당성을 검증할 수 있었다. 이러한 전산해석 및 현장계측의 비교를 통해 지하 굴착 갱도의 변형 거동 과정을 예측하고 이후의 굴착 및 지보보강 설계의 지침을 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

Analysis of notch depth and loading rate effects on crack growth in concrete by FE and DIC

  • Zhu, Xiangyi;Chen, Xudong;Lu, Jun;Fan, Xiangqian
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제24권6호
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    • pp.527-539
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, the fracture characteristics of concrete specimens with different notch depths under three-point flexural loads are studied by finite element and fracture mechanics methods. Firstly, the concrete beams (the size is 700×100×150 mm) with different notch depths (a=30 mm, 45 mm, 60 mm and 75 mm respectively) are tested to study the influence of notch depths on the mechanical properties of concrete. Subsequently, the concrete beams with notch depth of 60 mm are loaded at different loading rates to study the influence of loading rates on the fracture characteristics, and digital image correlation (DIC) is used to monitor the strain nephogram at different loading rates. The test results show that the flexural characteristics of the beams are influenced by notch depths, and the bearing capacity and ductility of the concrete decrease with the increase of notch depths. Moreover, the peak load of concrete beam gradually increases with the increase of loading rate. Then, the fracture energy of the beams is accurately calculated by tail-modeling method and the bilinear softening constitutive model of fracture behavior is determined by using the modified fracture energy. Finally, the bilinear softening constitutive function is embedded into the finite element (FE) model for numerical simulation. Through the comparison of the test results and finite element analysis, the bilinear softening model determined by the tail-modeling method can be used to predict the fracture behavior of concrete beams under different notch depths and loading rates.

Double Cantilever Beam 방법을 이용한 다결정 알루미나의 Bridging 응력효과 해석 III. 다결정 알루미나의 Bridging 응력분포 (Analysis of bridging Stress Effect of Polycrystlline Aluminas Using Double Cantilever Beam Method)

  • 손기선;이성학;백성기
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.602-615
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of the present study is to investigate the microstructural effect on the R-curve behavior in three aluminas with different grain size distributions by analyzing the bridging stress distribution. The crack opening displacement (COD) according to the distance behind the stationary crack tip was measured using an in situ SEM fracture method. The measured COD values in the fine-grained alumina agreed well with Wiederhorn's sollution while they deviated from Wiederhorn's solution in the two coarse-grained aluminas because of the increase of the crack closure due to the grain interface bridging in the crack wake. A numerical fitting procedure was conducted by the introduction of the power-law relation and the current theoretical model together with the measured COD's in order to obtain the bridging stress distribution. The results indicated that the bridging stress function and the R-curve computed by the current model were consistent with those computed by the power-law relation providing a reliable evidence for the bridging stress analysis of the current model. The strain-softening exponent in the power-law relation n, was calculated to be in the range from 2 to 3 and was closely related to the grain size distribution. Thus it was concluded from the current theoretical model that the grain size distribution affected greatly the bridging stress distribution thereby resulting in the quantitative analysis of microfracture of polycrystalline aluminas through correlating the local-fracture-cont-rolling microstructure.

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Numerical simulation of reinforced concrete nuclear containment under extreme loads

  • Tamayo, Jorge Luis Palomino;Awruch, Armando Miguel
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제58권5호
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    • pp.799-823
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    • 2016
  • A finite element model for the non-linear dynamic analysis of a reinforced concrete (RC) containment shell of a nuclear power plant subjected to extreme loads such as impact and earthquake is presented in this work. The impact is modeled by using an uncoupled approach in which a load function is applied at the impact zone. The earthquake load is modeled by prescribing ground accelerations at the base of the structure. The nuclear containment is discretized spatially by using 20-node brick finite elements. The concrete in compression is modeled by using a modified $Dr{\ddot{u}}cker$-Prager elasto-plastic constitutive law where strain rate effects are considered. Cracking of concrete is modeled by using a smeared cracking approach where the tension-stiffening effect is included via a strain-softening rule. A model based on fracture mechanics, using the concept of constant fracture energy release, is used to relate the strain softening effect to the element size in order to guaranty mesh independency in the numerical prediction. The reinforcing bars are represented by incorporated membrane elements with a von Mises elasto-plastic law. Two benchmarks are used to verify the numerical implementation of the present model. Results are presented graphically in terms of displacement histories and cracking patterns. Finally, the influence of the shear transfer model used for cracked concrete as well as the effect due to a base slab incorporation in the numerical modeling are analyzed.

FE analysis of RC structures using DSC model with yield surfaces for tension and compression

  • Akhaveissy, A.H.;Desai, C.S.;Mostofinejad, D.;Vafai, A.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.123-148
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    • 2013
  • The nonlinear finite element method with eight noded isoparametric quadrilateral element for concrete and two noded element for reinforcement is used for the prediction of the behavior of reinforcement concrete structures. The disturbed state concept (DSC) including the hierarchical single surface (HISS) plasticity model with associated flow rule with modifications is used to characterize the constitutive behavior of concrete both in compression and in tension which is named DSC/HISS-CT. The HISS model is applied to shows the plastic behavior of concrete, and DSC for microcracking, fracture and softening simulations of concrete. It should be noted that the DSC expresses the behavior of a material element as a mixture of two interacting components and can include both softening and stiffening, while the classical damage approach assumes that cracks (damage) induced in a material treated acts as a void, with no strength. The DSC/HISS-CT is a unified model with different mechanism, which expresses the observed behavior in terms of interacting behavior of components; thus the mechanism in the DSC is much different than that of the damage model, which is based on physical cracks which has no strength and interaction with the undamaged part. This is the first time the DSC/HISS-CT model, with the capacity to account for both compression and tension yields, is applied for concrete materials. The DSC model allows also for the characterization of non-associative behavior through the use of disturbance. Elastic perfectly plastic behavior is assumed for modeling of steel reinforcement. The DSC model is validated at two levels: (1) specimen and (2) practical boundary value problem. For the specimen level, the predictions are obtained by the integration of the incremental constitutive relations. The FE procedure with DSC/HISS-CT model is used to obtain predictions for practical boundary value problems. Based on the comparisons between DSC/HISS-CT predictions, test data and ANSYS software predictions, it is found that the model provides highly satisfactory predictions. The model allows computation of microcracking during deformation leading to the fracture and failure; in the model, the critical disturbance, Dc, identifies fracture and failure.

K &C 모델을 이용한 콘크리트 비선형 해석 (Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Using K & C Model)

  • 김영진;김장호;조병완
    • 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.409-414
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    • 2003
  • This paper develops a relatively comprehensive and sophisticated constitutive model of concrete for finite element analysis of concrete structures. The present model accounts for the hydrostatic pressure sensitivity and Lode angle dependence behavior of concrete, not only in its strength criterion, but also in its hardening characteristics. The implementation is carried out through incorporating the developed concrete model in User Subroutine Material(UMAT) of the general-purpose FE program ABAQUS(v.5.8). It is found that the model can sufficiently predict the hardening as well as the softening behaviour of concrete under high confining pressure.

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Global seismic damage assessment of high-rise hybrid structures

  • Lu, Xilin;Huang, Zhihua;Zhou, Ying
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.311-325
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    • 2011
  • Nowadays, many engineers believe that hybrid structures with reinforced concrete central core walls and perimeter steel frames offer an economical method to develop the strength and stiffness required for seismic design. As a result, a variety of such structures have recently been applied in actual construction. However, the performance-based seismic design of such structures has not been investigated systematically. In the performance-based seismic design, quantifying the seismic damage of complete structures by damage indices is one of the fundamental issues. Four damage states and the final softening index at each state for high-rise hybrid structures are suggested firstly in this paper. Based on nonlinear dynamic analysis, the relation of the maximum inter-story drift, the main structural characteristics, and the final softening index is obtained. At the same time, the relation between the maximum inter-story drift and the maximum roof displacement over the height is also acquired. A double-variable index accounting for maximum deformation and cumulative energy is put forward based on the pushover analysis. Finally, a case study is conducted on a high-rise hybrid structure model tested on shaking table before to verify the suggested quantities of damage indices.

열간 단조 공정의 금형 수명 평가 (Evaluation of die life during hot forging process)

  • 이현철;박태준;고대철;김병민
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.1051-1055
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    • 1997
  • Hot forging is widely used in the manufacturing of automotive component. The mechanical, thermal load and thermal softening which is happened by the high temperature die in hot forging. Tool life of hot forging decreases considerably due to the softening of the surface layer of a tool caused by a high thermal load and long contact time between the tool and workpieces. The service life of tools in hot forging process is to a large extent limited by wear, heat crack, plastic deformation. These are one of the main factors affecting die accuracy and tool life. It is desired to predict tool life by developing life prediction method by FE-simulation. Lots of researches have been done into the life prediction of cold forming die, and the results of those researches were trustworthy, but there have been little applications of hot forming die. That is because hot forming process has many factors influencing tool life, and there was not accurate in-process data. In this research, life prediction of hot forming die by wear analysis and plastic deformation has been carried out. To predict tool life, by experiment of tempering of die, tempering curve was obtained and hardness express a function of main tempering curve.

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Steel fibre reinforced concrete for elements failing in bending and in shear

  • Barros, Joaquim A.O.;Lourenco, Lucio A.P.;Soltanzadeh, Fatemeh;Taheri, Mahsa
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.1-27
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    • 2013
  • Discrete steel fibres can increase significantly the bending and the shear resistance of concrete structural elements when Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) is designed in such a way that fibre reinforcing mechanisms are optimized. To assess the fibre reinforcement effectiveness in shallow structural elements failing in bending and in shear, experimental and numerical research were performed. Uniaxial compression and bending tests were executed to derive the constitutive laws of the developed SFRC. Using a cross-section layered model and the material constitutive laws, the deformational behaviour of structural elements failing in bending was predicted from the moment-curvature relationship of the representative cross sections. To evaluate the influence of the percentage of fibres on the shear resistance of shallow structures, three point bending tests with shallow beams were performed. The applicability of the formulation proposed by RILEM TC 162-TDF for the prediction of the shear resistance of SFRC elements was evaluated. Inverse analysis was adopted to determine indirectly the values of the fracture mode I parameters of the developed SFRC. With these values, and using a softening diagram for modelling the crack shear softening behaviour, the response of the SFRC beams failing in shear was predicted.