• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권3호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2020

The life of conventional steel plastic injection molds is long but manufacturing cost and time are prohibitive for using these molds for producing prototypes of products in limited numbers. Commonly used 3D printers and rapid prototyping methods are capable of directly converting the digital models of three-dimensional solid objects into solid physical parts. Depending on the 3D printer, the final product can be made from different material, such as polymer or metal. Rapid prototyping of parts with the polymeric material is typically cheaper, faster and convenient. However, the life of a polymer mold can be less than a hundred parts. Failure of a polymeric mold during the injection molding process can result in serious safety issues considering very large forces and temperatures are involved. In this study, the feasibility of the inspection of 3D printed molds with the surface response to excitation (SuRE) method was investigated. The SuRE method was originally developed for structural health monitoring and load monitoring in thin-walled plate-like structures. In this study, first, the SuRE method was used to evaluate if the variation of the strain could be monitored when loads were applied to the center of the 3D printed molds. After the successful results were obtained, the SuRE method was used to monitor the artifact (artificial damage) created at the 3D printed mold. The results showed that the SuRE method is a cost effective and robust approach for monitoring the condition of the 3D printed molds.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.641-657
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• 2020

A unique lightweight string truss deployable bridge assembled by thin-walled fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) and metal profiles was designed for emergency applications. As a new structure, investigations into the static structural performance under the serviceability limit state are desired for examining the structural integrity of the developed bridge when subjected to unsymmetrical loadings characterized by combined torsion and bending. In this study, a full-scale experimental inspection was conducted on a fabricated bridge, and the combined flexural-torsional behavior was examined in terms of displacement and strains. The experimental structure showed favorable strength and rigidity performances to function as deployable bridge under unsymmetrical loading conditions and should be designed in accordance with the stiffness criterion, the same as that under symmetrical loads. In addition, a finite element model (FEM) with a simple modeling process, which considered the multi segments of the FRP members and realistic nodal stiffness of the complex unique hybrid nodal joints, was constructed and compared against experiments, demonstrating good agreement. A FEM-based numerical analysis was thereafter performed to explore the effect of the change in elastic modulus of different FRP elements on the static deformation of the bridge. The results confirmed that the change in elastic modulus of different types of FRP element members caused remarkable differences on the bending and torsional stiffness of the hybrid bridge. The global stiffness of such a unique bridge can be significantly enhanced by redesigning the critical lower string pull bars using designable FRP profiles with high elastic modulus.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1017-1029
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• 2016

When a welded circular hollow section (CHS) tubular joint is subjected to brace axial loading, failure position is located usually at the weld toe on the chord surface due to the weak flexural stiffness of the thin-walled chord. The failure mode is local yielding or buckling in most cases for a tubular joint subjected to axial load at the brace end. Especially when a cyclic axial load is applied, fracture failure at the weld toe may occur because both high stress concentration and welding residual stress along the brace/chord intersection cause the material in this region to become brittle. To improve the ductility as well as to increase the static strength, a tubular joint can be reinforced by increasing the chord thickness locally near the brace/chord intersection. Both experimental investigation and finite element analysis have been carried out to study the hysteretic behaviour of the reinforced tubular joint. In the experimental study, the hysteretic performance of two full-scale circular tubular T-joints subjected to cyclic load in the axial direction of the brace was investigated. The two specimens include a reinforced specimen by increasing the wall thickness of the chord locally at the brace/chord intersection and a corresponding un-reinforced specimen. The hysteretic loops are obtained from the measured load-displacement curves. Based on the hysteretic curves, it is found that the reinforced specimen is more ductile than the un-reinforced one because no fracture failure is observed after experiencing similar loading cycles. The area enclosed by the hysteretic curves of the reinforced specimen is much bigger, which shows that more energy can be dissipated by the reinforced specimen to indicate the advantage of the reinforcing method in resisting seismic action. Additionally, finite element analysis is carried out to study the effect of the thickness and the length of the reinforced chord segment on the hysteretic behaviour of CHS tubular T-joints. The optimized reinforcing method is recommended for design purposes.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.45-54
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• 1991

선형변단면관형(線形變斷面管型) 단면(斷面) 부재(部材)의 3차원(次元) 공간(空間)에서의 고유진동해석(固有振動解析)을 위하여 회전관성(回轉慣性)도 포함하는 질량(質量) 행열(行列)을 유도하였다. 유도과정에서 정확한 변위함수(變位函數)를 사용했다. 일반적으로 많이 사용되는 변단면(變斷面) 부재(部材)의 경사(傾斜)는 매우 작으므로 '정형적분형(整形積分型)'으로 표현된 행열(行列)을 사용하여 변단면(變斷面) 부재(部材)를 포함하는 구조물을 해석할 때에 신빙성(信憑性)없는 결과를 얻게 된다. 이러한 수치적(數値的) 오류(誤謬)를 피하기 위하여 '급수형(級數型)'의 전개식(展開式)을 유도했다. 변단면(變斷面) 부재(部材)의 구조물(構造物)을 해석하기 위하여 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 유도(誘導)된 질량(質量) 행열(行列)을 사용하여 구한 고유진동수(固有振動數)와 분할 부재(部材)를 균일단면(均一斷面) 탑형태(塔形態)로 표현하여 구한 고유진동수(固有振動數)를 비교(比較)하여 본 연구결과 효율성(效率性)과 정확성(正確性)이 증진(增進)된 것을 확인하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.339-354
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• 2007

Arched Corrugated Steel Roof (ACSR) is a kind of thin-walled steel shell, composing of arched panels with transverse small corrugations. Four full-scale W666 ACSR samples with 18m and 30m span were tested under full and half span static vertical uniform loads. Displacement, bearing capacities and failure modes of the four samples were measured. The web and bottom flange in ACSR with transverse small corrugations are simplified to anisotropic curved plates, and the equivalent tensile modulus, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio of 18m span ACSR were measured. Two 18 m-span W666 ACSR samples were analyzed with the Finite Element Analysis program ABAQUS. Base on the tests, the limit bearing capacity of ACSR is low, and for half span loading, it is 74-75% compared with the full span loading. When the testing load approached to the limit value, the bottom flange at the sample's bulge place locally buckled first, and then the whole arched roof collapsed suddenly. If the vertical loads apply along the full span, the deformation shape is symmetric, but the overall failure mode is asymmetric. For half span vertical loading, the deformation shape and the overall failure mode of the structure are asymmetric. The ACSR displacement under the vertical loads is large and the structural stiffness is low. There is a little difference between the FEM analysis results and testing data, showing the simplify method of small corrugations in ACSR and the building techniques of FEM models are rational and useful.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.490-500
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• 2000

사용하는 탄성파의 파장과 두께가 비슷하거나 보다 얇은 박판 구조에서 음향방출(acoustic emission, AE) 신호의 위치표정 정확도의 향상을 위해 새로운 신호처리 방법인 웨이블릿 변환 디노이징(wavelet transform de-noising) 기법을 도입하였다. 탐지된 AE 신호에 대하여 웨이블릿 변환과 역변환을 수행하여 상대적으로 저주파수이고 큰 진폭을 갖는 굽힘파 성분(flexural component)은 활용하고, 고주파수이고 작은 진폭의 팽창파 성분(extensional component)은 필터링하여 제거한 다음 신호를 재구성하는 디노이징 처리를 거침으로써 박판에서의 위치표정 시 발생하는 도달시간차 측정오차를 최소화할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 웨이블릿 디노이징 처리를 도입함으로써 위치표정의 정확도가 게인(gain)이나 문턱값의 설정, 판의 두께, 센서간거리, 발생원과 센서의 상대적인 위치에 무관하고 전통적인 문턱값 통과 방법에 비하여 월등하게 향상되었다. 또한 상대적으로 매우 큰 진폭을 가지는 굽힘파 성분을 활용하므로 실제적인 박판 구조물에서의 위치표정에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.453-464
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• 2017

The square tubed-reinforced concrete (TRC) column is a kind of special concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns, in which the outer thin-walled steel tube does not pass through the beam-column joint, so that the longitudinal steel reinforcing bars in the RC beam are continuous through the connection zone. However, there is a possible decrease of the axial bearing capacity at the TRC column to RC beam connection due to the discontinuity of the column tube, which is a concern to engineers. 24 connections and 7 square TRC columns were tested under axial compression. The primary parameters considered in the tests are: (1) connection location (corner, exterior and interior); (2) dimensions of RC beam cross section; (3) RC beam type (with or without horizontal haunches); (4) tube type (with or without stiffening ribs). The test results show that all specimens have relatively high load-carrying capacity and satisfactory ductility. With a proper design, the connections exhibit higher axial resistance and better ductility performance than the TRC column. The feasibility of this type of connections is verified.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권5호
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• pp.487-500
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• 2020

Stiffeners can be utilised to enhance the strength of thin-walled wind turbine towers in engineering practise, thus, structural performance of wind turbine towers by means of different stiffening schemes should be compared to explore the optimal structural enhancement method. In this paper two alternative stiffening methods, employing horizontal or vertical stiffeners, for steel tubular wind turbine towers have been studied. In particular, two groups of three wind turbine towers of 50m, 150m and 250m in height, stiffened by horizontal rings and vertical strips respectively, were analysed by using FEM software of ABAQUS. For each height level tower, the mass of the stiffening rings is equal to that of vertical stiffeners each other. The maximum von Mises stresses and horizontal sways of these towers with vertical stiffeners is compared with the corresponding ring-stiffened towers. A linear buckling analysis is conducted to study the buckling modes and critical buckling loads of the three height levels of tower. The buckling modes and eigenvalues of the 50m, 150m and 250m vertically stiffened towers were also compared with those of the horizontally stiffened towers. The numbers and central angles of the vertical stiffeners are considered as design variables to study the effect of vertical stiffeners on the structural performance of wind turbine towers. Following an extensive parametric study, these strengthening techniques were compared with each other and it is obtained that the use of vertical stiffeners is a more efficient approach to enhance the stability and strength of intermediate and high towers than the use of horizontal rings.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.186-197
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• 2019

연구목적: 본 연구에서는 대변형 효과를 구현할 수 있는 유한요소 해석기법을 기반으로 반복하중에 의한 스테인리스강의 이력거동을 정확하게 평가할 수 있는 비선형 반복소성 손상모델을 개발하였다. 연구방법: 개선된 운동경화 모델과 등방경화 법칙을 연계하여 반복하중 하에서의 재료의 거동을 모사하는데 필요한 반복소성 모델을 개발하였으며, 이를 비선형 손상모델과 결합하였다. 연구결과 및 결론: 제안된 비선형 손상모델을 검증하기 위하여 변형률 제어 단조 및 반복하중 시험을 모사하였으며, 이를 통한 해석결과를 시험결과와 비교하였다. 비교 결과, 본 연구에서 제안한 비선형 손상모델은 스테인리스강의 반복하중 하에서의 이력거동을 정확하게 모사할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.243-261
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the mechanical buckling behavior of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) integrated with a one-parameter elastic medium and modeled as a Kerr-type foundation under a longitudinal magnetic field. The structure is considered homogeneous and therefore modeled utilizing the nonlocal first shear deformation theory (NL-FSDT). This model targets thin and thick structures and considers the effect of the transverse shear deformation and small-scale effect. The Kerr model describes the elastic matrix, which takes into account the transverse shear strain and normal pressure. Using the nonlocal elastic theory and taking into account the Lorentz magnetic force acquired from Maxwell relations, the stability equation for buckling analysis of a simply supported SWCNT under a longitudinal magnetic field is obtained. Moreover, the mechanical buckling load behavior with respect to the impacts of the magnetic field and the elastic medium parameters considering the nonlocal parameter, the rotary inertia, and transverse shear deformation was examined and discussed. This study showed useful results that can be used for the design of nano-transistors that use the buckling properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes(CNTs) due to the creation of the magnetic field effect.