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Study of Specific energy of mechanical destruction of ice for calculation of ice load on ships and offshore structures

  • Tsuprik, V.G.
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.718-728
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    • 2013
  • Analysis of scenarios of transportation oil and gas which produced in the Arctic and others cold seas shows that in the near-term there will be a significant increase of tonnage of tankers for oil and gas and number of ships which should be exploited in difficult ice conditions. For the construction of ice-resistant structures (IRS) intended for production of oil and gas and transportation of these products at ice-class vessels, calculating the load from ice to board the ship and on surface of supports of the platforms are the actuality and urgent tasks. These tasks have one basis in both cases: at beginning of the contact occurs fracture of edge of ice, then occurs compressing of rubble shattered of ice, then they extruding from contact area, after this next layer of ice begin to destruct. At calculating the strength of plating and elements construct of vessels, icebreakers and ice-resistant platforms the specific energy of mechanical destruction ice ${\epsilon}_{cr}$ is an important parameter. For the whole period of study of physical and mechanical characteristics of sea ice have been not many experimental studies various researchers to obtain numerical values of this energetic characteristic of the strength of ice by a method called Ball Drop Test. This study shows that the destruction of the ice from dynamic loading in zone of contact occurs in several cycles, and the ice destructed with a minimum numerical values of ${\epsilon}_{cr}$. The author offer this energy characteristic to take as a base value for the calculation of ice load on ships and offshore structures.

Analytical model for estimation of digging forces and specific energy of cable shovel

  • Stavropoulou, M.;Xiroudakis, G.;Exadaktylos, G.
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.23-51
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    • 2013
  • An analytical algorithm for the estimation of the resistance forces exerted on the dipper of a cable shovel and the specific energy consumed in the cutting-loading process is presented. Forces due to payload and to cutting of geomaterials under given initial conditions, cutting trajectory of the bucket, bucket's design, and geomaterial properties are analytically computed. The excavation process has been modeled by means of a kinematical shovel model, as well as of dynamic payload and cutting resistance models. For the calculation of the cutting forces, a logsandwich passive failure mechanism of the geomaterial is considered, as has been found by considering that a slip surface propagates like a mixed mode crack. Subsequently, the Upper-Bound theorem of Limit Analysis Theory is applied for the approximate calculation of the maximum reacting forces exerted on the dipper of the cable shovel. This algorithm has been implemented into an Excel$^{TM}$ spreadsheet to facilitate user-friendly, "transparent" calculations and built-in data analysis techniques. Its use is demonstrated with a realistic application of a medium-sized shovel. It was found, among others, that the specific energy of cutting exhibits a size effect, such that it decreases as the (-1)-power of the cutting depth for the considered example application.

Experimental Investigations of Mode I Fracture Toughness of a Hybrid Twill Woven Carbon and Aramid Fabric Composite (하이브리드 능직 탄소-아라미드 섬유 복합재의 모드 I 파괴인성에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kwon, Woo Deok;Kwon, Oh Heon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2019
  • Carbon fiber has excellent specific strength, corrosion resistance and heat resistance. And p-Aramid fiber has high toughness and heat resistance and high elasticity, and is used in various fields such as industrial protective materials, bulletproof helmets and vests, as well as industrial fields. However, carbon fiber is relatively expensive, and is susceptible to brittle fracture behavior due to its low fracture strain. On the other hand, the aramid fiber tends to decrease in elastic modulus and strength when applied to the epoxy matrix, but it is inexpensive and has higher elongation and fracture toughness than carbon fiber. Thus the twill hybrid carbonaramid fiber reinforced composite laminate composite was investigated for a delamination fracture toughness under Mode I loading by 2 kinds of MBT and MCC deduction. The specimen was fabricated with 20 hybrid fabric plies. The initial crack was made by inserting the teflon tape in the center plane with a0/W=0.5 length. The results show that SERR(Strain Energy Release Rate) as the critical and stable delamination fracture toughness were 0.09 kJ/㎡, 0.386 kJ/㎡ by MBT deduction, and 0.192 kJ/㎡, 0.67 kJ/㎡ by MCC deduction, respectively.

Fracture Characteristic of Double Cantilever Beam Specimen Using Lightweight Material at Sliding Mode (미끄러짐 모드에서의 경량 재료를 이용한 이중외팔보 시험편의 파손 특성)

  • Kim, Jae-Won;Cho, Jae-Ung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2021
  • The fracture characteristic of the bonded interface under the application of a sliding load to a double cantilevered specimen manufactured using lightweight material was examined. Inhomogeneously bonded materials such as Al6061-T6, CFRP, and CFRP-Al were employed. In the experiment, the specimen was loaded on both directions by applying a shearing load to the bonding interface. The experimentally obtained stress, specific strength and energy release rate values were examined. CFRP exhibited excellent specific strength. The experimental results demonstrated that the inhomogeneous bonded material CFRP-Al exhibited an overall high performance in comparison with the single materials.

ESTIMATION OF DUCTILE FRACTURE BEHAVIOR INCORPORATING MATERIAL ANISOTROPY

  • Choi, Shin-Beom;Lee, Dock-Jin;Jeong, Jae-Uk;Chang, Yoon-Suk;Kim, Min-Chul;Lee, Bong-Sang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.44 no.7
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    • pp.791-798
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    • 2012
  • Since standardized fracture test specimens cannot be easily extracted from in-service components, several alternative fracture toughness test methods have been proposed to characterize the deformation and fracture resistance of materials. One of the more promising alternatives is the local approach employing the SP(Small Punch) testing technique. However, this process has several limitations such as a lack of anisotropic yield potential and tediousness in the damage parameter calibration process. The present paper investigates estimation of ductile fracture resistance(J-R) curve by FE(Finite Element) analyses using an anisotropic damage model and enhanced calibration procedure. In this context, specific tensile tests to quantify plastic strain ratios were carried out and SP test data were obtained from the previous research. Also, damage parameters constituting the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model in conjunction with Hill's 48 yield criterion were calibrated for a typical nuclear reactor material through a genetic algorithm. Finally, the J-R curve of a standard compact tension specimen was predicted by further detailed FE analyses employing the calibrated damage parameters. It showed a lower fracture resistance of the specimen material than that based on the isotropic yield criterion. Therefore, a more realistic J-R curve of a reactor material can be obtained effectively from the proposed methodology by taking into account a reduced load-carrying capacity due to anisotropy.

Study on Mode I Fracture Toughness and FEM analysis of Carbon/Epoxy Laminates Using Acoustic Emission Signal (음향 방출 신호를 이용한 탄소/에폭시 적층판의 Mode I 파괴 인성 및 유한요소해석에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Hyun-jun;Jeon, Min-Hyeok;No, Hae-Ri;Kim, In-Gul
    • Composites Research
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2022
  • Composite materials have been used in aerospace industry and many applications because of many advantages such as specific strength and stiffness and corrosion resistance etc. However, it is vulnerable to impacts, these impact lead to formation of cracks in composite laminate and failure of structures. In this paper, we analyzed Mode I fracture toughness of Carbon/Epoxy laminates using acoustic emission signal. DCB test was carried out to analyze Mode I failure characterization of Carbon/Epoxy laminates, and AE sensor was attached to measure AE signal induced by failure of specimen. Fracture toughness was calculated using cumulative AE energy and measured crack length using camera. The calculated fracture toughness was applied in FE model and the result of FE analysis compared with DCB test results. The results show good agreement with between FEM and DCB test results.

A Study on the Grinding Characteristics of Various Alumina Abrasives (알루미나 연삭입자의 연삭특성에 관한 연구)

  • Bang, Jin-Young;Ha, Sang-Baek;Lee, Jong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, the relationship between the mechanical properties of alumina abrasives and grinding performance was investigated. Micro vickers hardness and fracture strength of all abrasives used in this study were measured. The grinding experiments were earned out with alumina grinding wheels made by various kinds of alumina abrasives including 32A, WA, ART, ALOMAX, and RA. The performance of such grinding wheel for grinding SKD11 was evaluated by specific grinding energy, grinding-ratio, and surface roughness. The grinding wheels composed by the harder abrasives and the lower fracture strength abrasives showed better grinding performance.

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Evaluation of AR Characteristics on Microscopic Fracture Mechanism of A17075/CERP Hybrid Composite (Al 7075/CFRP 하이브리드 복합재료의 미시적 파괴특성에 대한 AE특성평가)

  • 이진경;이준현;윤한기
    • Composites Research
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2002
  • When compared to other composite materials such as FRP and MMC, hybrid composite material is more attractive one due to the high specific strength and the resistance to fatigue. However, the fracture mechanism of hybrid composite material is extremely complicated because of the bonding structure of metals and FRP. Recently, nondestructive technique has been used to evaluate the fracture mechanism of these composite materials. In this study. AE technique has been used to clarify the fracture mechanism and the degree of damage for Al 7075/CFRP hybrid composite material. It was found that AE event, energy and amplitude among AE parameters were effective to evaluate fracture process of Al 7075/CFRP composite material. In addition, the relationship between the AE signal and the characteristics of failure surface using optical microscope was discussed.

The Absorbed Energy Characteristics of Gr/E Composite Tubes under Axial Collapse Load (축 압궤하중을 받는 Gr/E 복합재 튜브의 에너지 흡수특성)

  • 양현수;김영남;최흥환
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.189-197
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    • 2002
  • Composites have wide applications in aerospace vehicles and automobiles because of the inherent flexibility in their design lot improved material properties. Composite tubes in particular, are potential candidates for their use as energy absorbing elements in crashworthiness applications due to their high specific energy absorbing capacity and the stroke efficiency. Their failure mechanism however is highly complicated and rather difficult to analyze. This includes fracture in fibers, in the matrix and in the fiber-matrix interface in tension, compression and shear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the energy absorption characteristics of Gr/E(Graphite/Epoxy) tubes on static and impact tests. The collapse characteristics and energy absorption of a variety of tubes have been examined. Changes in the lay-up which increased the modulus increased the energy absorption of the tubes. Based on the test results, the following remarks can be made: Among CA15, CA00 and CA90 curves the CA90 tube exhibits the highest crush load throughout the whole crush process, and max load increases as interlaminar number increase. Among all the tubes type CC90 has the largest specific crushing stress of 52.60 kJ/kg which is much larger than other tubes.

Fracture Toughness Prediction of RPV Steels Using Crack Arrest Load of Load-Displacement Curve in Charpy V - Notch Impact Test (샤피 V - 노치 충격 하중-변위 곡선의 균열정지하중을 이용한 원자로압력용기강의 파괴인성 예측)

  • Park, Jeong-Yong;Kim, Ju-Hak;Lee, Yun-Gyu;Hong, Jun-Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.305-311
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    • 2000
  • Applicability of crack arrest load measured from the Charpy V-notch impact test has been investigated to predict the fracture toughness of nuclear reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels (ASME SA508 Cl.3). The temperature dependence of the crack arrest load was well described by the type of exponential function characterized by an index temperature at which the crack arrest load is 2kN. The specific index temperature, which also well correlated with $T_{NDT}\;and\;T_{41J}$ is expected to be representative index temperature characterizing the crack arrest fracture toughness of RPV steels. Also, the crack arrest load correlated well with the stable crack length measured from the fracture surface. From the measurements of the crack arrest load and the stable crack length, the lower bound fracture toughness, $K_{Ia}$ of RPV steels could be predicted with sufficient accuracy.

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