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The coupling effects between the mechanical and electric properties of piezoelectric materials have drawn significant attention for their potential applications as sensors and actuators. In this investigation, two piezoelectric actuators are symmetrically embedded in a simply supported plate. Electric voltages with the same amplitude and opposite sign are applied to the two symmetric piezoelectric actuators, resulting in the bending effect on the plate. The bending moment is derived by using the theories of elasticity and piezoelectricity. The analytical solution of the flexural displacement of a simply supported plate subjected to the bending moment is solved by using the plate theory. The analytical solution is compared with the finite element solution to show the validation of present approach. The effects of the size and location of the piezoelectric actuators on the response of a plate are presented through a parametric study.

This study proposes the compensation method for the mechanical deflection error of a SCARA robot. While most studies on the related subject have dealt with the development of a control algorithm for improvement of robot accuracy, this study presents the control method reflecting the mechanical deflection error which is predicted in advance. The deflection at the end of the gripper of SCARA robot is caused by the self-weights and payloads of Arm 1, Arm 2 and quill. If the deflection is constant even though robot’ posture and payload vary, there may not be a big problem on robot accuracy because repetitive accuracy, that is relative accuracy, is more important than absolute accuracy in robot. The deflection in the end of the gripper varies as robot’ posture and payload change. That’ why the moments ,  and  working on every joint of a robot vary with robot’ posture and payload size. This study suggests the compensation method which predicts the deflection in advance with the variations in robot’ posture and payload using neural network. To do this, I chose the posture of robot and the payloads at random, found the deflections by the FEM analysis, and then on the basis of this data, made compensation possible by predicting deflections in advance successively with the variations in robot’ posture and payload through neural network learning.

정밀한 안전진단은 시설물의 항속적 운영을 위한 필수지표이다. 상시 다양한 형태의 반복하중에 노출된 교량의 내하력 평가를 위해 하중재하시험을 기반으로 처짐을 계측하는 방법이 널리 활용되고 있다. 최근에는 스마트 진단 기술 발전에 힘입어 영상 정보로부터 응답을 평가하는 방법들이 제시된 바 있다. 그러나 영상 정보를 활용하는 경우 조명, 각도의 왜곡이 발생하거나, 사각지대 정보수집이 어려워 전체 거동 파악이 난해한 등의 단점이 있다. 이 연구에서는 인공지능을 기반으로 거더의 정적 시험시 계측한 변형률 데이터를 활용하여 수직 방향의 처짐을 추정하는 기법을 제시하였다. 하중 재하에 따른 변형률 이력은 명지대학교 하이브리드 구조실험센터에서 수행한 11개 거더에 대한 하중 시험으로부터 취득하였다. 모델 학습을 위하여 입력 매개변수로는 거더의 종류, 정적하중, 변형률 이력계 등으로 구성하였으며, 양방향 Long Short Term Memory(LSTM) 네트워크를 활용하여 경간 중앙에서의 처짐을 추정하는 모델을 개발하였다. 하이퍼파라미터 최적화를 통해 인공지능 모델의 성능을 개선하였고, 정합성 평가를 수행하여 성능을 검증하였다. 또한, 훈련 수준에 따른 예측 정확도와 소요 시간 분석을 통해 제시한 기법의 효용성을 평가하였다.

Precise diagnosis of structural condition is essential indicator for the sustained operation of infrastructure. The load tests are widely used to assess the serviceability and safety condition of bridges that are continually exposed to various forms of repeated loading. Recently, advancement in smart diagnostic technologies have introduced methods for assessing structural responses using image data. However, when utilizing image data, challenges such as distortions from lighting and angles, as well as difficulties in collecting information from blind spots, can hinder the comprehensive understanding of structural behavior. To address these limitations, this study presents an artificial intelligence (AI) based method for estimating vertical deflections using strain data measured during static tests on girders. The strain data were obtained from load tests conducted on 11 girders at the Hybrid Structural Testing Center of Myongji University. The deep learning model was developed using a bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network, with multiple input parameters including girder type, static load, and strain data. The performance of AI model was further enhanced through hyperparameter optimization, and its accuracy was verified through consistency evaluation. Additionally, the effectiveness of the proposed method was evaluated by analyzing prediction accuracy and computational time in relation to the quantity of training data.

The large deflection of plate is analyzed by co-rotational formulations using small local displacements and rotating unit vectors on the nodal points. The rotational degrees of the freedom are represent ed by the unit vectors1 In the nodal points, and the equilibrium equations are formulated by using small deflection theories of the plates by assuming that the directions of the unit vectors of the nodal points are known apriori. The translational degrees of freedom are independently solved from the rotational degrees of freedom in the equilibrium equations, and the correct directions of the unit vectors are computed by the iterative scheme by imposing the moment equilibrium constraint. The equilibrium equations and the associated solution procedure are explained, and the verification problems are solved.

2차원 곡선보요소를 이용하여 대변형효과 및 탄소성거동을 고려한 유한요소법을 제시한다. Total Lagrangian 방법을 적용하며, 보요소는 평면응력요소로부터 유도된다. 또한, 임의의 단면을 갖는 평면뼈대 구조의 탄소성 해석을 수행하기 위하여 layered approach를 사용한다. 비선형 유한요소해석은 하중증분 또는 변위증분법을 적용한다. 본 연구에서 제안한 보요소의 거동과 정확도를 검증하기 위하여, 다른 문헌의 결과와 본 연구의 결과를 비교 분석한 해석예제를 제시한다.

This paper presents a geometrically non-linear and elastoplastic F.E. formulation using a total Lagrangian approach for the two dimensional isoparametric curved beam elements. The beam element is derived by using plane stress elements. The basic element geometry is constructed using the coordinates of the nodes on the element center line and the nodal point normals. The element displacement field is described using two translations of the node on the center line and a rotation about the axes normal to the plane containing the center line of the element. The layered approach is used for the elastoplastic analysis of the plane framed structure with the arbitrary cross section. The iterative load or displacement incremental method for non-linear finite element analysis of the frame structure is used. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the behavior and the accuracy of the proposed beam element for geometric and elastoplastic non-linear applications. Comparisons made with present theory and other published data show that tilt' beam element products accurate results with good convergence characteristics.

본 연구은 단조하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 휨부재의 처짐을 해석하기 위한 것으로서, 콘크리트는 직교이방성재료로 모형화하고, 이력거동과 균열거동을 추적하기 위하여 등가일축변형율과 균열변형율을 이용하며, 철근은 탄소성재료로 모형화하고, 항복조건으로는 von Mises기준을 적용한다. 단조하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 휨부재의 변위거동을 해석하기 위하여 4절점 등매개요소와 트러스요소의 유한요소정식과 중분-반복기법을 적용한 유한요소 프로그램을 도출하고, 단조하중을 받는 과소 철근콘크리트 보에 대한 실험결과와 본 연구의 해석결과를 비교하여 개발된 모형과 해석프로그램의 타당성을 검증한다.

This paper concentrates on the analysis of deflection of the reinforced concrete flexural members under monotonic loading. Concrete is treated as an orthotropic nonlinear material. The concept of equivalent strain and crack strain are used to establish independent stress-strain relationships in the directions of orthotropy. Steel is modeled as an elstoplastic material, and von Mises failure criterion is applied. The finite element computer program for the nonlinear analysis of the deflection of RC flexural members under monotonic loading is developed. The accuracy and reliability of the numerical procedure is demonstrated by the FEM analysis and experiments of the under reinforced concrete beams over the entire loading range up to failure.

Recently, the application range of plastic gears is widely expanding by the development of engineering plastics with good mechanical properties. Plastic gears have excellent performances such as light weight, water resistance and vibration absorbing ability for metallic gears. In this study, the optimization of injection molding process was done for the large disk type plastic gears of auto phoropter. Design Of Experiment (Taguchi method) was adopted to find a tendency of molding conditions that influence the flatness of disk type gear. Four main factors for molding conditions were selected based on injection temperature, filling time, packing pressure and mold temperature. Also, Filling, packing and cooling analyses were carried out to evaluate Z directional deflection of large disk type gear by using the simulation software (Moldflow) based on the DOE. From the results, it was found that the injection temperature and packing pressure are the most sensitive parameters for the Z directional deflection of large disk type gears.

Ball-end milling process is widely used in the die and mold manufacturing because of suitable one for the machining of free-form surface. During the process, the pencil cutting operation can be adopted before finish cut to eliminate overload in uncut area caused by large diameter of ball-end mill. The ball-end mill cutter for the pencil cutting is easily deflected by cutting force due to the long and thin shape, and the tool deflection in pencil cutting is one of the main reason of the machining errors in a free-form surface. The purpose of this study is to find the characteristics of deflected cutter trajectory by constructing measurement system with eddy-current sensor. It was found that the severe reduction of corner radius produced the overcut during the plane cutting. Up cutting method induced the overcut both plane and slope cutting, but down cutting one induced the undercut. From the experiments, down cutting with upward cutting path can generate the small undercut surface.

교량구조물의 안전성 평가에 있어서 처짐형상을 측정하는 것은 매우 중요한 요소이다. 그러나 교량의 처짐을 측정하는 작업은 일반적으로 용이하지 않으며, 경우에 따라서 측정점이 제한되거나 많은 비용이 소요된다. 따라서 최근에 광섬유 변형률센서를 이용한 교량의 처짐형상을 간접적으로 추정하는 연구가 진행되고 있으나 단순지지 형식의 교량에 주로 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현수교의 고전적인 처짐이론을 적용하여 측정된 변형률로부터 처짐형상을 추정하는 기법을 제시하였으며, 이에 대한 검증을 위하여 남해대교를 대상으로 현장 재하시험을 수행하였다. 남해대교 보강형 내부에 부착한 FBG 변형률센서를 이용하여 변형률을 계측하였으며, 제안한 추정기법을 적용하여 얻어진 처짐형상을 정밀측량데이터 및 구조해석결과와 비교분석하였다. 결과적으로 본 연구에서 제안한 현수교 처짐형상 추정기법의 적용가능성을 검증하였으며, FBG 변형률센서의 현장 적용성을 확인하였다.

For most structural evaluation of bridge integrity, it is very important to measure the geometric profile, which is a major factor representing the global behavior of civil structures, especially bridges. In the past, because of the lack of appropriate methods to measure the deflection profile of bridges on site, the measurement of deflection has been restricted to just a few discrete points along the bridge, and the measuring points have been limited to the locations installed with displacement transducers. Thus, some methods for predicting the static deflection by using fiber optic strain sensors has been applied to simply supported bridges. In this study, a method of estimating the static deflection profile by using strains measured from suspension bridges was proposed. Based on the classical deflection theory of suspension bridges, an equation of deflection profile was derived and applied to obtain the actual deflection profile on Namhae suspension bridge. Field load tests were carried out to measure strains from FBG strain sensors attached inside the stiffening girder of the bridge. The predicted deflection profiles were compared with both precise surveying data and numerical analysis results. Thus, it is found that the equation of predicting the deflection profiles proposed in this study could be applicable to suspension bridges and the FBG strain sensors could be reliable on acquiring the strain data from bridges on site.

This paper investigates the effect of reinforced plate on the deflection of the rectangular plate, when the rectangular plate is reinforced with rectangular rigid body at the centroid of the plate. For two boundary conditions such as simple supported and clamped boundary This study derives deflection formula of reinforced plates with three kinds of the aspect ratio of a rectangular plate with respect to the elastic modulus ratio and the length ratio of rigid body using the least square method. The results are as follows: 1. As the elastic modulus ratio r$_{e}$$\geq$ 1000, the maximum deflection with respect to the length ratio r$_{1}$ converges into constant value. 2. Deflection formula with respect to the length ratio r$_{1}$ is derived as the third order polynomial.l.

Color Display Tube (CDT) used in computer monitors, consists of many components. Deflection Yoke(DY) among them supplies the vertical and horizontal magnetic fields so that the spatial trajectories of electron beams are deflected according to the synchronization signals. If the magnetic fields are not correctly formed, there will be color blurring or blooming by a mis-convergence of each beam and the color image on screen may not be clear. Therefore, in the manufacture of DY. its quality is strictly examined to get the desired convergence and the occurred mis-convergence can be cured by sticking ferrite sheets on the inner part of DY. However, because it needs expert's knowledge and experience to find the proper position of the sheet, this article introduces an intelligent controller that the knowledge-base represented by a neuro-fuzzy model is used to find the optimal position of the ferrite sheet for the convergence.

The purpose of this study is to analyse deformation properties by carrying out of flexure experimentations after fabricating polymer concrete sandwich panels which are composed of the polymer concrete in facing and expanded polystyren in cores, and to provide the basic data necessary to design, fabricate and operate the structure using these polymer concrete sandwich panels The analysed result of this study is summarized as follows. 1. The result of experiment on flexural deflection indicated that the thicker the thickness of both cores and facing of the polymer concrete sandwich panels, the smaller the deflection but the larger the ultimate shear force. In addition, it was also shown that the thicker the thickness of these cores and facing, the smaller the increasing rate of the deflection with the increase of load. 2. The breaking shape of polymer concrete sandwich panels by experiment on flexure was different according to the thickness of facing. When the facing was 5mm in thickness, it was the flexure while it was the flexure and shear failure when the facing was 5mm in thickness. As a result, it seems that the thickness of the facing has a great effect on failure. 3. There were induced not only the related formula between load, deflection and deformation according to the thickness of cores and facing on the basis of the flexure experiment, but also formula between load, horizontal displacement, Then, it seems that it will be possible to estimate the above elements by using these related formulas.

The aim of this paper is the development of a PZT-driven apparatus for testing the force-deflection behavior of thin 0.1/0.5-mm-thick plates. Thin plates are widely used as the diaphragm of pressure sensors, as they are much stronger than the thin films with thicknesses of up to several tens of ? that are used in MEMS applications. Therefore, a proper PZT actuator should be selected to acquire the static- and dynamic-material properties of these thin plates to perform testing in terms of the force and frequency responses. Based on the investigation of the PZT characteristics, a test apparatus is developed. It is verified for the Hastelloy C-276 that the static-force deflection, acquired through sample testing, is compatible with the theoretical one; moreover, the dynamic test is available up to approximately 20 Hz.

본 연구는 에폭시 아스팔트 포장 내부 상태 평가를 위해 이동 차량하중 모사가 가능한 회복탄성계수 실험과 LWD 실험을 수행하였다. 회복탄성계수 실험에서 측정된 변위는 일반 아스팔트와 달리 잔류변형이 매우 미소한 수준으로 탄성변형과 유사한 거동을 보여 정상 상태로 해석해도 무리가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 회복탄성계수에서 측정된 변위 결과를 처짐 탄성계수로 변환 후 1 SIGMA 단계를 적용하여 정상 처짐 탄성계수 범위를 산정하였다. $60^{\circ}C$에서의 파손 의심 처짐 범위와 하중-변위 선도 개형으로 포장 내부 상태를 예측하였다. 정상 표면처짐 구간인 $140{\mu}m$의 일부 구간에서 수분 침투 및 접착성능 저하가 관찰되었으나, 하중-변위 선도 개형에서 변곡점 발생 구간으로 확인되었다. 현장 확인 결과 제시된 기준은 높은 수준의 정확도를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

In this study, the resilient modulus test and Light Weight Deflectormeter (LWD) test were conducted to simulate the moving vehicle load for the evaluation of the internal failure of epoxy asphalt pavement. The Measured displacement in the resilient modulus test of epoxy asphalt concrete showed very little residual deformation under repeated loads unlike the conventional asphalt. Therefore, the test results were evaluated as a normal state due to its similarity with elastic deformation. The deflection results from the resilient modulus tests were converted to the surface deflection modulus and the normal range of surface deflection modulus was estimated applying LWD measurement of 1 SIGMA level. Internal failure of pavements were estimated using the suspicious failure range at $60^{\circ}C$ and hysteresis. Internal moisture penetration and a decrease in bonding were observed in partial areas at $140{\mu}m$ of surface deflection. However, the areas showed inflection points in the hysteresis. Field investigation by suggested criterion indicated a high degree of accuracy.

A ship engine operator should compensate the crankshaft assembly of ship engine after inspecting crankshaft deflection error in the crank throw regularly to avoid engine vibration and abrasions. In the previous method, the operator enters the bed plate and measures crankshaft deflection using dial gauge on rotating crankshaft manually. However, this method can cause dangerous situation to the operator as well as uncomfortable in an inferior environment. In order to solve the problems, this paper studies the method which makes the operator measure the error outside of the bed plate. In this paper, it is suggested that BlueTooth wireless communication transfers the error data to the outer standing operator with digitalized crankshaft deflection inspection device developed in this paper. So, the wireless measurement system is developed and applied to a medium-speed marine engine through size-miniaturization. After applying test, the developed inspection device showed that it provides much safe and ease inspection method. Furthermore, in the result, the measuring accuracy is more improved.

Machining accuracy is closely related with tool deflection induced by cutting forces. In this research, cutting forces and tool deflection in end milling are expressed as a closed form of tool rotational angle and cutting conditions. The discrete cutting fores caused by periodic tool entry and exit are represented as a continuous function using the Fourier series expansion. Tool deflection is predicted by direct integration of the distributed loads on cutting edges. Cutting conditions, tool geometry, run-outs and the stiffness of tool clamping part are considered together far cutting forces and tool deflection estimation. Compared with numerical methods, the presented method has advantages in prediction time reduction and the effects of feeding and run-outs on cutting forces and tool deflection can be analyzed quantitatively. This research can be effectively used in real time machining error estimation and cutting condition selection for error minimization since the form accuracy is easily predicted from tool deflection curve.

In this paper, we present the methods to predict the milled surface shapes in profile milling process. In the cutting process, tools are deflected due to the cutting forces varying with the imposed depth of cut and feedrate. Thus, the final shapes of the milled surface, generated by the nominal tool trajectory, are different from the required profile. In order to predict the milled surface shapes, we present two methods based on: (1) the deflected tool profile and (2) the trace of contact point between the tool and the workpiece. In the first method, we make an assumption that the milled surface corresponds to the deflected tool profile. In another method, we make we make an assumption that the milled surface is generated by the trace of the contact point between the cutting edge of the tool and workpiece. We present the surface generation process by calculating the trajectory of the contact points on the workpiece. Several simulations and experiments are performed to verify the proposed milled surface prediction methods.

A method for form error prediction in side wall machining with a flat end mill is suggested. Form error is predicted directly from the tool deflection without surface generation by cutting edge locus with time simulation. Developed model can predict the surface form error about three hundred times faster than the previous method. Cutting forces and tool deflection are calculated considering tool geometry, tool setting error and machine tool stiffness. The characteristics and the difference of generated surface shape in up milling and down milling are discussed. The usefulness of the presented method is verified from a set of experiments under various cutting conditions generally used in die and mold manufacturing. This study contributes to real time surface shape estimation and cutting process planning for the improvement of form accuracy.

In this paper, we investigate path compensation scheme for the machining errors due to tool deflection in 2D contour machining. The significance of the deflection error is first shown by experiments, and a direct compensation scheme is sought. In the presented scheme, the tool path is evaluated and correcte based on the instantaneous deflection force model, until the desired contour can be obtained under the presence of tool deflection in actual machining. In the sense that the developed method estimates and compensates the machining errors via modifying the tool path, it is distinguished from the previous approach based on geometric simulation and cutting simulation. Further, it can be viewed as a direct and active method toward direct shape control in CNC machining. Simulation results are included to show the validity and adequacy of the path-modification scheme under various cutting conditions.