Concrete-Filled Tube (CFT) has been used as a column of building and bride pier. CFT member consists of outer steel tube and in-filled concrete. Since the concrete is under tri-axial stress state by outer steel tube, the strength and deformation capacity of the in-filled concrete increases. This is called confinement effect of CFT. To simulate this confinement effect, modified stress-strain relationship of the in-filled concrete is generally used. However this approach is not a direct method to simulate the confinement effect, and more novel simulation technic is needed for in-depth understanding of the confinement effect. In this study, direct method for simulating the confinement effect of CFT was proposed, where the modified strain-stress relationship was not used. From the results, the proposed method agrees well with the test results.

V-Coupling is commonly used as a mechanical fastener to connect the turbine housing and the bearing housing in a turbocharger assembly. The back plate between the turbine housing and bearing housing would be compressed by tightening torque of the coupling bolt in order to protect the gas leakage at a turbocharger’s operation. This paper presents the numerical and experimental method for the prediction of the mechanical behavior and sealing performance of the coupling system. The test was conducted to verify the finite element model by measuring the circumferential and axial direction strains of V-coupling under turbocharger’s assembly load. Finite element analysis was carried out to obtain the mechanical strains and contact pressures of the coupling. It can be seen that the analysis results are in good agreement with the measured strains from the coupling’s assembly load. And, the pressure distribution of the back plate also presented to identify the sealing performance of the turbocharger’s coupling system.

본 연구는 다목적 관리기의 동력전달 시스템이 가혹한 작동환경에서 겪는 응력상황에 대한 분석을 유한요소해석을 수행함으로써, 기계요소의 안전성을 평가하는 한편, 개선 방안을 도출하고자 진행되었다. 엔진으로부터 작업기에 이르는 과정에 존재하는 동력전달 시스템은 엔진의 출력이 과도하게 인가될 경우 매우 높은 수준의 응력을 나타낼 우려가 있으며 따라서 이와 같은 가혹한 조건을 고려하기 위하여 동력전달 시스템의 출력축이 정지된 상황을 가정하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 볼클러치(Ball-clutch)와 PTO 조인트(Power take-off joint)에 대하여 응력해석을 수행한 결과 허용접촉응력 이상의 높은응력이 국부적으로 발생한다는 사실을 확인하였고, 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 접촉부의 형상을 변경하여 추가적인 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 접촉부의 모서리에 일정 반경의 모깎기를 적용하거나 기계요소의 형상을 변화시켜 접촉면의 위치를 바꿈으로서 과도한 응력집중을 방지할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이를 바탕으로 보다 우수한 내구성 및 신뢰성을 지닌 다목적 관리기를 개발할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

OBJECTIVES : The objective of this research is to determine the integrity of pavement structures for areas where voids exist. Furthermore, we conducted the study of voided-area analysis and remaining life prediction for pavement structures using finite element method. METHODS : To determine the remaining life of the existing voided areas under asphalt concrete pavements, field and falling weight deflectometer (FWD) tests were conducted. Comparison methods were used to have better accuracy in the finite element method (FEM) analysis compared to the measured surface displacements due to the loaded trucks. In addition, the modeled FEM used in this study was compared with well-known software programs. RESULTS : The results show that a good agreement on the analyzed and measured displacements can be obtained through comparisons of the surface displacement due to loaded trucks. Furthermore, the modeled FEM program was compared with the available pavement-structure software programs, resulting in the same values of tensile strains in terms of the thickness of asphalt concrete layers. CONCLUSIONS: The study, which is related to voided-area analysis and remaining life prediction using FEM for pavement structures, was successfully conducted based on the comparison between our methods and the sinkhole grade used in Japan.

Formulation of the finite element method(FEM) for dynamic interaction between a pantograph and contact wire, including non-linear formulation associated with contact wire stagger in the railway overhead contact line is presented. Penalty method is chosen for modelling contact between a pantograph and contact wire. The formulation is validated by comparing the simulated contact forces with measurements taken from 300 km/h KTX operation.

The suspension system of special tracked vehicle is using hydraulic piston pump to adjust track tension and control vehicle position change. During operation of vehicle on rough field, failure of suspension control was occurred due to the piston pump failure. In this study, investigation was performed to analyze the cause of hydraulic piston pump failure. Main reason of piston pump failure is strong peak pressure and insufficient structural safety of shoe. The static stress analysis considering peak pressure was performed to find the weak point of the shoe. From the result, it is confirmed that pass hole of lubrication is the weakest point. Improved piston shoe shows 27% decrease in maximum stress and satisfies the design target which is less than 40% of stress margin.

최근에 요소망의 재구성이 불필요하고 균열의 가시화에 강점을 가지는 확장유한요소법(XFEM)을 이용한 균열 해석이 많이 연구되고 있지만 주로 단일재료로 이루어진 부재의 해석에 집중되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 복합재료 부재인 철근콘크리트보의 다중균열 해석에 확장유한요소법을 적용하며 그 적용성과 타당성을 살펴보았다. 확장유한요소해석 기능이 탑재된 상용해석프로그램인 ABAQUS를 사용하여 균열해석을 수행하였으며 그 결과를 실험결과와 비교하였다. 확장유한요소법에서 인접요소에 동시에 균열이 발생할 경우 균열의 불연속성이 나타나지 않은 부가자유도 잠김 현상을 발견하였고 이에 대한 원인과 그 해결방안을 제시하였다. 또한 실험결과와 유사한 다중균열 발생을 위한 모델링 기법도 제시하였다. 확장유한요소법을 이용한 해석결과는 실험결과와 유사한 균열 양상 및 균열 간격을 보여 주었으며 하중-변위 관계에 있어서도 실험에 근접한 결과를 보여 주었다.

PURPOSES: The behavior of a concrete pavement in a tunnel was investigated, based on temperature data obtained from the field and FEM analysis. METHODS: The concrete pavement in a tunnel was evaluated via two methods. First, temperature data was collected in air and inside the concrete pavement both outside and inside the tunnel. Second, FEM analysis was used to evaluate the stress condition associated with the slab thickness, joint spacing, dowel, and rock foundation, based on temperature data from the field. RESULTS : Temperature monitoring revealed that the temperature change in the tunnel was lower and more stable than that outside the tunnel. Furthermore, the temperature difference between the top and bottom of the slab was lower inside the tunnel than outside. FEM analysis showed that, in many cases, the stress in the concrete pavement in the tunnel was lower than that outside the tunnel. CONCLUSIONS : Temperature monitoring and the behavior of the concrete pavement in the tunnel revealed that, from an environmental point of view, the condition in the tunnel is advantageous to that outside the tunnel. The behavior in the tunnel was significantly less extreme, and therefore the concrete pavement in the tunnel could be designed more economically, than that outside the tunnel.

복합재는 높은 비강도와 비강성을 가지고 있어 자동차, 항공기 등 전반적인 산업분야에서 널리 사용되는 재료이다. 우주선의 노즐 부분과 같이 높은 온도뿐만 아니라 높은 압력이 작용하는 환경에서 사용하기 위한 재료로 복합재가 필요하다. 복합재의 물성치를 아는 것은 매우 중요한데 모재(matrix)와 강화섬유(fiber) 각각의 물성치를 수치적으로 대입해 얻는 결과는 실험값과의 오차가 커 예측하는데 있어 더 정확한 방법이 필요할 것이다. 본 연구에서는 유한요소법을 이용한 EDISON용 CASAD solver 프로그램을 활용해 분석하였다. matrix와 fiber의 물성치를 대입해 복합재의 물성치를 구해 실험으로 측정된 물성치, 경험식으로 계산된 물성치와 비교를 하였다.

본 논문에서는 유한요소법을 이용하여 공동주택의 중량충격음을 예측하기 위해 구조해석 모델과 음향해석 모델을 개발하고 예측결과와 실험결과를 비교하여 정확성을 검증하였다. 패널 임피던스 값을 사용하여 거실의 적절한 흡음 특성을 반영할 수 있었으며, 수치해석에 주파수 응답함수 특성을 적용하여 1회 수치해석만으로 다양한 충격원에 대한 응답을 예측할 수 있도록 하였다. 구조진동에 의한 실내 소음해석은 유한요소 수치해석 기법이 진동 및 음향모드에 대한 응답을 비교적 정확하게 예측할 수 있도록 하였으며, 본 연구의 예측결과는 실험결과와 비교적 유사한 값을 나타내었다. 향후 정확도가 보다 향상된 수치해석 모델개발을 통해 바닥충격음 저감에 효과적인 공동주택 설계가 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

프리스트레스 콘크리트 정착부의 설계를 위해 AASHTO 및 PTI에서 관련 설계식을 제안하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 설계식은 구조물의 긴장력이 단순 지압판을 통해 구조 전반으로 전달된다는 가정으로 유도된 것으로 실제 구조물에 적용되는 상용 정착구의 형태와는 차이가 있다. 이 논문에서는 하중전달 시험에 의한 실험적 방법과 3차원 고체요소를 사용한 비선형 유한요소해석 프로그램을 이용한 해석적 방법을 통해 정착구의 형상 변수에 따른 정착부의 거동특성 변화에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 하중전달시험 결과에서 얻어진 하중변위 곡선 및 극한하중 값을 해석을 통해 얻은 결과와 비교하여 유한요소모델의 적합성을 확인하였다. 또한 정착구의 리브의 설치위치, 리브의 개수, 리브의 설치길이를 주요 변수로 설정하여 형상변수에 따른 매개변수 연구를 수행하였다.

본 논문에서는 전자기파에 대한 수치적 파동흡수 경계모델인 Perfectly-Matched-Layer(PML)를 개발하고 PML을 연동시킨 유한요소법에 의해 콘크리트 구조물을 통과하는 마이크로파의 전파거동을 해석하는 수치적 기법을 제시한다. 콘크리트 부재와 공기로 구성된 무한매질을 PML을 경계로 하는 유한영역으로 치환하고, 이 유한영역에서 평면 전자기파에 대한 시간영역 맥스웰방정식의 수치 해를 혼합유한요소법에 의해 계산하였다. 공기로만 이루어진 균일매질의 경우와 콘크리트 구조물이 존재하는 비균일 매질의 경우에 대하여 단일주파수 및 복합주파수를 갖는 마이크로파의 전기장을 계산하였고, 오차분석을 위해 L2-놈 형태로 표현되는 정해와 수치 해의 상대오차를 정의하여 수치 해의 정확도를 평가하였다. 이 연구는 마이크로파를 이용한 철근콘크리트 구조물의 건전도평가 및 손상평가에 적용될 수 있다.

In recent years, industrial demands for superior mechanical properties of powder metallurgy steel components with low cost are rapidly growing. Sinter hardening that combines sintering and heat treatment in continuous one step is cost-effective. The cooling rate during the sinter hardening process dominates material microstructures, which finally determine the mechanical properties of the parts. This research establishes a numerical model of the relation between various cooling rates and microstructures in a sinter hardenable material. The evolution of a martensitic phase in the treated microstructure during end quench tests using various cooling media of water, oil, and air is predicted from the cooling rate, which is influenced by cooling conditions, using the finite element method simulations. The effects of the cooling condition on the microstructure of the sinter hardening material are found. The obtained limiting size of the sinter hardening part is helpful to design complicate shaped components.

In this study, the behavior of densification of copper powders during high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature is investigated using the finite element method. The simulation results show that the center of the workpiece is the first to reach the true density of copper during the compressive stage because the pressure is higher at the center than the periphery. Subsequently, whole workpiece reaches true density after compression due to the high pressure. In addition, the effective strain is increased along the radius during torsional stage. After one rotation, the periphery shows that the effective strain is increased up to 25, which is extensive deformation. These high pressure and severe strain do not only play a key role in consolidation of copper powders but also make the matrix harder by grain refinement.

A strain-gradient crystal plasticity constitutive model was developed in order to predict the Hall Petch behavior of a Ni-base polycrystalline superalloy. The constitutive model involves statistically stored dislocation and geometrically necessary dislocation densities, which were incorporated into the Bailey-Hirsch type flow stress equation with six strength interaction coefficients. A strain-gradient term (called slip-system lattice incompatibility) developed by Acharya was used to calculate the geometrically necessary dislocation density. The description of Kocks-Argon-Ashby type thermally activated strain rate was also used to represent the shear rate of an individual slip system. The constitutive model was implemented in a user material subroutine for crystal plasticity finite element method simulations. The grain size dependence of the flow stress (viz., the Hall- Petch behavior) was predicted for a Ni-base polycrystalline superalloy NIMONIC PE16. Simulation results showed that the present constitutive model fairly reasonably predicts 0.2%-offset yield stresses in a limited range of the grain size.

In recent years, there was many conflagration about special structure such as wooden cultural assets, warehouses and factories. The common causes of increase in the fire damage were difficulty of the initial suppression and absence of equipment for appropriate disaster prevention. In this study, the destruction-spray nozzles, a core technology of destruction-spray fire vehicle which is possible for fire suppression of special structure was studied using the finite element method. As a result, the maximum deviation of the part nozzle was 18.1% compared with the reference value. Second, the maximum deviation of the nozzle module was 13.5% compared with the part nozzle. Third, the safety factor about internal pressure of the nozzle module was suitable as 13.6. Finally, the performance of the designed destruction-spray nozzle was satisfied with 4,652.1L/min in excess of the target performance.

In order to overcome the key shortcoming of Hamilton's principle, recently, the extended framework of Hamilton's principle was developed. To investigate its potential in further applications especially for material non-linearity problems, the focus is initially on a classical single-degree-of-freedom elasto-viscoplastic model. More specifically, the extended framework is applied to the single-degree-of-freedom elasto-viscoplastic model, and a corresponding weak form is numerically implemented through a temporal finite element approach. The method provides a non-iterative algorithm along with unconditional stability with respect to the time step, while yielding whole information to investigate the further dynamics of the considered system.

In this study, porous titanium samples were manufactured by space holder methods using two kinds of urea and sodium chloride space holders. Three-dimensional pore structures were obtained by a computed-tomography (CT) tech- nique and utilized for finite element analysis in order to investigate the mechanical properties. The CT-based finite ele- ment analyses were in better agreement with the experimental results than unit cell model-based analyses. Both the experimental and CT-based results showed the same tendency that the elastic modulus decreased with increasing the porosities. The total porosity of the bulk body plays a key role in determining the elastic modulus of porous materials.

Stress-strain curves are fundamental properties to study characteristics of materials. Flow stress curves of the powder materials are obtained by indirect testing methods, such as tensile test with the bulk materials and powder compaction test, because it is hard to measure the stress-strain curves of the powder materials using conventional uniax- ial tensile test due to the limitation of the size and shape of the specimen. Instrumented nanoindentation can measure mechanical properties of very small region from several nanometers to several micrometers, so nanoindentation tech- nique is suitable to obtain the stress-strain curve of the powder materials. In this study, a novel technique to obtain the stress-strain curves using the combination of instrumented nanoindentation and finite element method was introduced and the flow stress curves of Fe powder were measured. Then obtained stress-strain curves were verified by the com- parison of the experimental results and the FEA results for powder compaction test.