PURPOSES: This study is primarily focused on evaluating the effects of the non-linear stress-strain behavior of RAP concrete on structural response characteristics as is applicable to concrete pavement. METHODS : A 3D FE model was developed by incorporating the actual stress-strain behavior of RAP concrete obtained via flexural strength testing as a material property model to evaluate the effects of the non-linear stress-strain behavior to failure on the maximum stresses in the concrete slab and potential performance prediction results. In addition, a typical linear elastic model was employed to analyze the structural responses for comparison purposes. The analytical results from the FE model incorporating the actual stress-strain behavior of RAP concrete were compared to the corresponding results from the linear elastic FE model. RESULTS : The results indicate that the linear elastic model tends to yield higher predicted maximum stresses in the concrete as compared to those obtained via the actual stress-strain model. Consequently, these higher predicted stresses lead to a difference in potential performance of the concrete pavement containing RAP. CONCLUSIONS : Analysis of the concrete pavement containing RAP demonstrated that an appropriate analytical model using the actual stress-strain characteristics should be employed to calculate the structural responses of RAP concrete pavement instead of simply assuming the concrete to be a linear elastic material.

A finite element method is programmed to analyse the nonlinear behavior of axisymmetric structures. The lst order Mindlin shell theory which takes into account the transversal shear deformation is used to formulate a conical two node element with six degrees of freedom. To evade the shear locking phenomenon which arises in Mindlin type element when the effect of shear deformation tends to zero, the reduced integration of one point Gauss Quadrature at the center of element is employed. This method is the Updated Lagrangian formulation which refers the variables to the state of the most recent iteration. The solution is searched by Newton-Raphson iteration method. The tangent matrix of this method is obtained by a finite difference method by perturbating the degrees of freedom with small values. For the moment this program is limited to the analyses of non-linear elastic problems. For structures which could have elastic stability problem, the calculation is controled by displacement.

본 연구에서는 다공성 매질의 공극율과 투수능 그리고 유체의 동점성 계수와 같은 물리적 특성에 따른 유체흐름의 비선형 거동에 대한 수치적 분 석을 수행하였다. 적용된 수치모형은 ANSYS CFX 3차원 유동해석 모형이며, 모형의 검증은 기존의 물리적 실험 결과 및 수치모의 결과의 적용을 통해 수행되었으며, 적용된 압력경사와 유속과의 관계 그리고 마찰계수와 레이놀즈 수와의 관계에 대해 비교적 잘 일치하였다. 다공성 매질의 공극 율과 투수능 그리고 유체의 동점성 계수의 값을 변화시키면서 모의한 결과 유체의 동점성 계수가 다공성 매질의 유체흐름의 비선형 거동에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

In this study, experiment using H-beam specimens was carried out and finite element analysis was conducted using the same method as the test. As a result, although experimental strength value was approximately 10% higher than analytical value, load-strain relationships from the experiment and analysis were relatively similar to each other.

TLP is an offshore structure which should be tested for the buckling strength for safety. In this paper, DNV-RP-C208 are used to analyze a stress resultant of buckling phenomenon for complicated structures by using nonlinear finite element methods.