The seismic retrofits of existing structures have been focused on the control of structural responses which can be achieved by providing displacement capacity through inelastic ductile action at supplemental devices. Due to their hysteretic characteristics, it is expected to sustain damage through repeated inelastic behaviors including residual deformation which might increase repair costs. To solve such drawbacks of existing yielding devices, this study proposes a self-centering disc spring brace that sustains large axial deformation without structural damage while providing stable energy dissipation capacity. The hysteretic behaviors of suggested brace are first investigated based on the quasi-static cyclic test procedure. Experimental results present the effective self-centering behavior and an analytical model is then suggested in order to reasonably capture the flag-shaped hysteretic behavior of the disc spring brace.

Diesel engine is used many industrial fields such as ship, power plant and big-sized vehicles and so on. Roto cap is one of the parts of system of intake and exhaust valve. Roto cap consists of body, disc spring, spring & steel ball, retainer and stop ring. Disc spring is known as taking cyclic load and cyclic load leads to fatigue damage. This study aims to investigate the stability of disc spring due to fatigue damage. As the results, the fatigue life of disc spring according to cylic load could be predicted using fatigue analysis. Consequently, disc spring showed the stability of about 1.7~2 times for criterion load of 1370N.

이 논문에서는 근래에 널리 사용되는 면진 장치인 폴리우레탄 스프링 복원형 디스크 받침의 동적거동에 영향을 미치는 구성재료의 인자에 대한 분석을 수행한 후, 그 결과를 이용하여 받침의 거동을 예측하여 거동 시험결과와 비교하였다. 여기서 동적거동에 영향을 미치는 인자로는 속도와 접촉압력에 따라 변하는 불소수지판(PTFE, PolyTetraFluoroEthylene, 폴리테트라플루오로에틸렌)의 마찰계수와 변형률에 따라 변화하는 폴리우레탄 스프링의 탄성계수가 고려되었다. 불소수지판은 W-PTFE virgin 제품을 사용하였고, 폴리우레탄 스프링은 직접 제작한 것을 사용하였다. 접촉압력, 속도에 따른 마찰계수 변화와 변형률에 따라 변하는 폴리우레탄 스프링의 탄성계수를 모사하는 식은 각각의 시험결과로부터 역추정 하여 사용하였다. 동특성 영향인자를 고려한 거동의 예측 결과는 동특성이 고려되지 않고 정적 인자만을 고려한 예측 결과보다 시험결과와 더 적절한 일치성을 보여주었다.

In this study, an analytical model of a knee-brace employing disc springs and friction pads is developed. A ring-spring model proposed by Hill is adopted for the knee-brace analysis model. The cyclic response obtained from the analysis model is compared with corresponding experimental results. The comparison indicates that the suggested analytical model is capable of capturing the hysteretic behavior of a knee-brace employing ring-springs and friction pads