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A Studyof Materials and Structural Designs in the Glulam Architecture -Focusing in the Roof Structure- (집성재건축의 자재특성과 구조디자인 연구 -지붕구조를 중심으로-)

  • 김란기
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.13
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    • pp.203-215
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    • 1997
  • This Study typed the roof-design in analysis of structural design of the glulam architecture, developed worldwidely, nowaday. For this, it is studied the characters of glulam as the history of glulam architectures, manufacture of glulam, shapes and section of glulam, fireproof and combution of glulam. And it is studied roof-design according to structural type of glulam roof-structure. Conclusively, types of glulam roof design typied as 1)the Simple Beam str., 2)the Multi-Joints continous Beam str. 3)the Hinge str. 4)the Rahmen str. 5)the Archi str. 6)the Grid str. 7)etc str. (Folded-plate str., Radial str., Cylinder Shell str., Ring Dome str., Geodesic Dome str., Conic Coloid Shell str., H.P Shell str. Cantilever Shell str.)

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Design of a Reducer Gear for Small Electric Vehicles (소형 전기자동차용 감속기 설계)

  • Lee, Jae-gu;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Han, Sung-Gil;Shin, Yoo-In;Song, Chul Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.116-121
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    • 2020
  • In recent times, fuel economy enhancement and environmental regulation compliance have become the main topics of interest in the automobile industry. Electric vehicles are desirable alternatives to the existing cars that employ internal combustion engines. Specifically, electric vehicles are equipped with inverters, motors, and a gearbox instead of engines and transmission mechanisms. The gearbox is a key component, used to transmit power from the electric motor to the wheel. Therefore, the design of the gearbox is critical. However, most engineers design gears based only on their experience because no standards pertaining to the design factor exist, other than those for the gear ratios. To overcome this problem, the structural stabilities must be examined considering the design factors of the gears. In this study, we considered the module and number of teeth as the main factors. The constraints corresponded to the final gear ratio and fixed distance between each axle of the shafts. Moreover, a structural analysis was conducted, and the variation trend of the maximum equivalent stress against changes in the gear module and number of teeth was examined. By performing such an analysis, the structural stability in the design of a gear system could be effectively investigated.

Effect of soil in controlling the seismic response of three-dimensional PBPD high-rise concrete structures

  • Mortezaie, Hamid;Rezaie, Freydoon
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.66 no.2
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    • pp.217-227
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    • 2018
  • In the last decades, valuable results have been reported regarding conventional passive, active, semi-active, and hybrid structural control systems on two-dimensional and a few three-dimensional shear buildings. In this research, using a three-dimensional finite element model of high-rise concrete structures, designed by performance based plastic design method, it was attempted to construct a relatively close to reality model of concrete structures equipped with Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) by considering the effect of soil-structure interaction (SSI), torsion effect, hysteresis behavior and cracking effect of concrete. In contrast to previous studies which have focused mainly on linearly designed structures, in this study, using performance-based plastic design (PBPD) design approach, nonlinear behavior of the structures was considered from the beginning of the design stage. Inelastic time history analysis on a detailed model of twenty-story concrete structure was performed under a far-field ground motion record set. The seismic responses of the structure by considering SSI effect are studied by eight main objective functions that are related to the performance of the structure, containing: lateral displacement, acceleration, inter-story drift, plastic energy dissipation, shear force, number of plastic hinges, local plastic energy and rotation of plastic hinges. The tuning problem of TMD based on tuned mass spectra is set by considering five of the eight previously described functions. Results reveal that the structural damage distribution range is retracted and inter-story drift distribution in height of the structure is more uniform. It is strongly suggested to consider the effect of SSI in structural design and analysis.

A discussion on simple third-order theories and elasticity approaches for flexure of laminated plates

  • Singh, Gajbir;Rao, G. Venkateswara;Iyengar, N.G.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 1995
  • It is well known that two-dimensional simplified third-order theories satisfy the layer interface continuity of transverse shear strains, thus these theories violate the continuity of transverse shear stresses when two consecutive layers differ either in fibre orientation or material. The third-order theories considered herein involve four/or five dependent unknowns in the displacement field and satisfy the condition of vanishing of transverse shear stresses at the bounding planes of the plate. The objective of this investigation is to examine (i) the flexural response prediction accuracy of these third-order theories compared to exact elasticity solution (ii) the effect of layer interface continuity conditions on the flexural response. To investigate the effect of layer interface continuity conditions, three-dimensional elasticity solutions are developed by enforcing the continuity of different combinations of transverse stresses and/or strains at the layer interfaces. Three dimensional twenty node solid finite element (having three translational displacements as degrees of freedom) without the imposition of any of the conditions on the transverse stresses and strains is also employed for the flexural analysis of the laminated plates for the purposes of comparison with the above theories. These shear deformation theories and elasticity approaches in terms of accuracy, adequacy and applicability are examined through extensive numerical examples.

An efficient response surface method considering the nonlinear trend of the actual limit state

  • Zhao, Weitao;Qiu, Zhiping;Yang, Yi
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 2013
  • In structural reliability analysis, the response surface method is a powerful method to evaluate the probability of failure. However, the location of experimental points used to form a response surface function must be selected in a judicious way. It is necessary for the highly nonlinear limit state functions to consider the design point and the nonlinear trend of the limit state, because both of them influence the probability of failure. In this paper, in order to approximate the actual limit state more accurately, experimental points are selected close to the design point and the actual limit state, and consider the nonlinear trend of the limit state. Linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials without mixed terms are utilized to approximate the actual limit state. The direct Monte Carlo simulation on the approximated limit state is carried out to determine the probability of failure. Four examples are given to demonstrate the efficiency and the accuracy of the proposed method for both numerical and implicit limit states.

Structural Stability of High-temperature Butterfly Valve Using Interaction Analysis

  • Lee, Moon-Hee;Son, In-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.23 no.6_1
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    • pp.881-888
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    • 2020
  • A butterfly valve is a valve that adjusts flow rate by rotating a disc for about 90° with respect to the axis that is perpendicular to the flow path from the center of its body. This valve can be manufactured for low-temperature, high-temperature and high-pressure conditions because there are few restrictions on the used materials. However, the development of valves that can be used in a 600℃ environment is subject to many constraints. In this study, the butterfly valve's stability was evaluated by a fluid-structured interaction analysis, thermal-structure interaction analysis, and seismic analysis for the development of valves that can be used in high-temperature environments. When the reverse-pressure was applied to the valve in the structural analysis, the stress was low in the body and seat compared to the normal pressure. Compared with the allowable strength of the material for the parts of the valve system, the minimum safety factor was approximately 1.4, so the valve was stable. As a result of applying the design pressures of 0.5 MPa and 600℃ under the load conditions in the thermal-structural analysis, the safety factor in the valve body was about 3.4 when the normal pressure was applied and about 2.7 when the reverse pressure was applied. The stability of the fluid-structure interaction analysis was determined to be stable compared to the 600℃ yield strength of the material, and about 2.2 for the 40° open-angle disc for the valve body. In seismic analysis, the maximum value of the valve's stress value was about 9% to 11% when the seismic load was applied compared to the general structural analysis. Based on the results of this study, the structural stability and design feasibility of high-temperature valves that can be used in cogeneration plants and other power plants are presented.

A Study on The Search of Geodesic Line and Cuting Pattern Generation of Membrane Structures (막 구조물의 측지선 탐색과 재단도 작성에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon Jin-Hyung;Jeong Eul-Seok;Shon Su-Deok;Kim Seung-Deog
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.325-332
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    • 2006
  • Membrane structures, a kind of lightweight soft structural system, are used for spatial structures. The design procedure of membrane structures are needed to do shape finding, stress-deformation analysis and cutting pattern generation, because the material property has strong axial stiffness, but little bending stiffness. The problem of cutting pattern is highly varied in their size, curvature and material stiffness. So, the approximation inherent in cutting pattern generation methods is quite different. Therefore the ordinary computer software of structural analysis & design is not suitable for membrane structures. In this study, we develop the program for cutting pattern generation using geodesic line, and investigate the result of example's cutting pattern in detail.

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A Study on the Development of Sub-frame Designe Using Tailor Welded Blanks (Tailor Welded Blanks를 이용한 승용차용 Sub-frame의 설계기법 연구)

  • Jeon, Byung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.22-30
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    • 2000
  • The sub-frame of passenger car begins to be used widely for the safety of passengers. Conventional design of the sub-frame comprises 22parts, and it requires quite complicated production processes. In this papers, the sub-frame is designed with TWB(Tailor Welded Blanks) to improve stiffness, to reduce weight and to simplify the manufacturing process. To design the proper structure, structural analysis and crash analysis are executed about the conventional design and TWB applied design. A prototype TWB applied sub-frame is manufactured using mash-seam welded TB(Tailored Blanks). Comparing with the conventional sub-frame, the TWB applied sub-frame has 30% weight reduction and 17% increasement of structural stiffness in average.

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Study on design parameters of leaning-type arch bridges

  • Li, Ying;Xiao, Ru-Cheng;Sun, Bin
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.64 no.2
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 2017
  • Leaning-type arch bridge is a new spatial structural system composed of two vertical arches and two leaning arches. So far there has been no contrast analysis of leaning type arch bridge with different systems. This paper focus on a parametric study of leaning type arch bridge with different systems to find the influential rules on structural forces and stability and to provide some reference for practical designs. The parametric analysis is conducted with different rise-to-span ratios and bending rigidities of arch ribs by comparing internal forces. The internal forces decline obviously with the increase of the rise-to-span ratio. The bending moments at the centers of the main arches and the leaning arches are sensitive to the bending rigidities of arch ribs. Parametric studies are also carried out with different structural systems and leaning angles of the leaning arch by comparing the static stability. The lateral stiffness of leaning-type arch bridge is less than the in-plan stiffness. Compared with the leaning-type arch bridge without thrust, the leaning-type arch bridge with thrust has a lower stability safety coefficient. The stability safety coefficient rises gradually with the increase of inclining angle of the leaning arch. This study shows that the rise-to-span ratio, bending rigidities of arch ribs, structural system and leaning angles of the leaning arch are all critical design parameters. Therefore, these parameters in unreasonable range should be avoided.

Structural Optimization of the Lower Parts in a Humanoid Considering Dynamic Characteristics (동적 특성을 고려한 휴머노이드 하체 부품의 구조최적설계)

  • Hong, Eul-Pyo;Lee, Il-Kwon;You, Bum-Jae;Kim, Chang-Hwan;Park, Gyung-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.32 no.10
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    • pp.882-889
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    • 2008
  • A humanoid is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. When the humanoid moves or walks, dynamic forces act on the body structure. Although the humanoid keeps the balance by using a precise control, the dynamic forces generate unexpected deformation or vibration and cause difficulties on the control. Generally, the structure of the humanoid is designed by the designer's experience and intuition. Then the structure can be excessively heavy or fragile. A humanoid design scenario for a systematic design is proposed to reduce the weight of the structure while sufficient strength is kept. Lower parts of the humanoid are selected to apply the proposed design scenario. Multi-body dynamics is employed to calculate the external dynamic forces on the parts and structural optimization is carried out to design the lower parts. Because structural optimization using dynamic forces directly is fairly difficult, linear dynamic response structural optimization using equivalent static loads is utilized. Topology and shape optimizations are adopted for two steps of initial and detailed designs, respectively. Various commercial software systems are used for analysis and optimization. Improved designs are obtained and the design results are discussed.