DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A STEEL PLATE SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Yil Park ◽  
Eunsun Jo ◽  
Min Sook Kim ◽  
Seung Jae Lee ◽  
Young Hak Lee

This paper presents the results of an experimental test conducted on the blast resistance of a steel plate. A supporting steel frame on a concrete foundation was designed for testing a steel plate target against blast loading. A 1220 mm × 2140 mm × 10 mm steel plate was tested and subjected to the explosion of 50 kg of TNT (tri-nitro toluene) at a stand-off distance of 20 m. Data collected from the specimen included the strain and deflection of the steel plate. The test data were analyzed to evaluate the performance of the plate. The test results were compared with the results of Autodyn, which is a finite element method-based commercial software. The analytical results showed minor differences from the test results when the boundary conditions of the steel plate assumed that the upper and lower sides were fixed and the other sides were free.

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vatani Oskouei ◽  
F. Kiakojouri

In this study, for behavior of steel plate which subjected to uniform blast loading the general purpose finite element software ABAQUS, was used. The aim of this paper is to recognize the effect of stiffener configurations, boundary conditions, mesh dependency, load patterns, geometry of plates and damping on dynamic response of the plates. Special emphasis is focused on the evolution of mid-point displacements. The results show that stiffener configuration and boundary conditions have a significant influence on the response, while the effects of damping and load pattern on maximum response are negligible. The results obtained allow an insight into the effect of stiffener configurations and other parameters on the response of the plates under uniform blast loading.


2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202
Author(s):  
Vasile Nastasescu ◽  
Silvia Marzavan

The paper presents some theoretical and practical issues, particularly useful to users of numerical methods, especially finite element method for the behaviour modelling of the foam materials. Given the characteristics of specific behaviour of the foam materials, the requirement which has to be taken into consideration is the compression, inclusive impact with bodies more rigid then a foam material, when this is used alone or in combination with other materials in the form of composite laminated with various boundary conditions. The results and conclusions presented in this paper are the results of our investigations in the field and relates to the use of LS-Dyna program, but many observations, findings and conclusions, have a general character, valid for use of any numerical analysis by FEM programs.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1388
Author(s):  
Daniele Oboe ◽  
Luca Colombo ◽  
Claudio Sbarufatti ◽  
Marco Giglio

The inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) is receiving more attention for shape sensing due to its independence from the material properties and the external load. However, a proper definition of the model geometry with its boundary conditions is required, together with the acquisition of the structure’s strain field with optimized sensor networks. The iFEM model definition is not trivial in the case of complex structures, in particular, if sensors are not applied on the whole structure allowing just a partial definition of the input strain field. To overcome this issue, this research proposes a simplified iFEM model in which the geometrical complexity is reduced and boundary conditions are tuned with the superimposition of the effects to behave as the real structure. The procedure is assessed for a complex aeronautical structure, where the reference displacement field is first computed in a numerical framework with input strains coming from a direct finite element analysis, confirming the effectiveness of the iFEM based on a simplified geometry. Finally, the model is fed with experimentally acquired strain measurements and the performance of the method is assessed in presence of a high level of uncertainty.


Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhar Iqbal ◽  
Nur Nadiah Abd Hamid ◽  
Ahmad Izani Md. Ismail

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with Neumann boundary conditions by quintic B-spline Galerkin finite element method as the shape and weight functions over the finite domain. The Galerkin B-spline method is more efficient and simpler than the general Galerkin finite element method. For the Galerkin B-spline method, the Crank Nicolson and finite difference schemes are applied for nodal parameters and for time integration. Two numerical problems are discussed to demonstrate the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed method. The error norms L 2 , L ∞ and conservation laws I 1 ,   I 2 are calculated to check the accuracy and feasibility of the method. The results of the scheme are compared with previously obtained approximate solutions and are found to be in good agreement.


Author(s):  
Виктор Григорьевич Чеверев ◽  
Евгений Викторович Сафронов ◽  
Алексей Александрович Коротков ◽  
Александр Сергеевич Чернятин

Существуют два основных подхода решения задачи тепломассопереноса при численном моделировании промерзания грунтов: 1) решение методом конечных разностей с учетом граничных условий (границей, например, является фронт промерзания); 2) решение методом конечных элементов без учета границ модели. Оба подхода имеют существенные недостатки, что оставляет проблему решения задачи для численной модели промерзания грунтов острой и актуальной. В данной работе представлена физическая постановка промерзания, которая позволяет создать численную модель, базирующуюся на решении методом конечных элементов, но при этом отражающую ход фронта промерзания - то есть модель, в которой объединены оба подхода к решению задачи промерзания грунтов. Для подтверждения корректности модели был проделан ряд экспериментов по физическому моделированию промерзания модельного грунта и выполнен сравнительный анализ полученных экспериментальных данных и результатов расчетов на базе представленной численной модели с такими же граничными условиями, как в экспериментах. There are two basic approaches to solving the problem of heat and mass transfer in the numerical modeling of soil freezing: 1) using the finite difference method taking into account boundary conditions (the boundary, for example, is the freezing front); 2) using the finite element method without consideration of model boundaries. Both approaches have significant drawbacks, which leaves the issue of solving the problem for the numerical model of soil freezing acute and up-to-date. This article provides the physical setting of freezing that allows us to create a numerical model based on the solution by the finite element method, but at the same time reflecting the route of the freezing front, i.e. the model that combines both approaches to solving the problem of soil freezing. In order to confirm the correctness of the model, a number of experiments on physical modeling of model soil freezing have been performed, and a comparative analysis of the experimental data obtained and the calculation results based on the provided numerical model with the same boundary conditions as in the experiments was performed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingyou Yao

Background: Cold-formed steel structural sections used in the walls of residential buildings and agricultural facilities are commonly C-shaped sections with web holes. These holes located in the web of sections can alter the elastic stiffness and the ultimate strength of a structural member. The objective of this paper is to study the buckling mode and load-carrying capacity of cold-formed thin-walled steel column with slotted web holes. Methods: Compression tests were conducted on 26 intermediate length columns with and without holes. The tested compressive members included four different kinds of holes. For each specimen, a shell finite element Eigen-buckling analysis and nonlinear analysis were also conducted. The influence of the slotted web hole on local and distortional buckling response had also been studied. The comparison on ultimate strength between test results and calculated results using Chinese cold-formed steel specification GB50018-2002, North American cold-formed steel specification AISI S100-2016, and nonlinear Finite Element method was made. Result: Test results showed that the distortional buckling occurred for intermediate columns with slotted holes and the ultimate strength of columns with holes was less than that of columns without holes. The ultimate strength of columns decreased with the increase in transverse width of hole in the cross-section of member. The Finite element analysis results showed that the web holes could influence on the elastic buckling stress of columns. The shell finite element could be used to model the buckling modes and analysis the ultimate strength of members with slotted web holes. The calculated ultimate strength shows that results predicted with AISI S100-2016 and analyzed using finite element method are close to test results. The calculated results using Chinese code are higher than the test results because Chinese code has no provision to calculate the ultimate strength of members with slotted web holes. Conclusion: The calculated method for cold-formed thin-walled steel columns with slotted web holes are proposed based on effective width method in Chinese code. The results calculated using the proposed method show good agreement with test results and can be used in engineering design for some specific cold-formed steel columns with slotted web holes studied in this paper.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 7533
Author(s):  
Luis Antonio Aguilar-Pérez ◽  
Juan Carlos Paredes-Rojas ◽  
Jose Israel Sanchez-Cruz ◽  
Jose Alfredo Leal-Naranjo ◽  
Armando Oropeza-Osornio ◽  
...  

This work presents a design for an automatized multiposition dynamic wheelchair used to transport quadriplegic patients by reconfiguring a manual wheelchair structure. An electric actuator is attached to a four-bar mechanism fixed to each side of a wheelchair’s backrest to reach multiposition. The entire device is actuated through a PID controller. An experimental test is carried out in a simplified wheelchair structure. Finally, the structure of the wheelchair is evaluated through the Dynamic analysis and Finite Element Method under the payload computed with the most critical position reached by the mechanism.


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