• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.12 no.4 s.47
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• pp.417-428
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• 2000

In recent years, composite materials have been used in civil engineering as well as architecture, automobile, aerospace, shipping industries. Composite materials are composed of two or more different materials to produce desirable properties for structural strength. The shell structures have the advantage of more efficient load resistance due to its curved shape as compared to the plate structures. And the shell structures with composite materials have many advantages in strength, corrosion resistance, and weight reduction. The objective of this study is to analyze circular conical shells with shear deformation effects and to prove the advantage of composite materials. To solve differential equations of conical shells, this paper used finite difference method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.1016-1017
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• 2006

프로세스 제어기에서 전원장치의 건전성과 신뢰성은 아무리 강조해도 지나치지 않을 것이다. 본 논문은 전원장치의 고장 감시장치에 관한 것으로, 직류 전원공급 시스템의 신뢰도 향상을 위하여 사용하는 이중화 전원 구성용 블로킹다이오드의 고장 감시 장치에 관한 것이다. 이중화 전원 공급장치에 있어서 2개의 공급전원 중 어느 한쪽의 공급전원이 상실되더라도 나머지 한쪽의 공급전원이 건전하면 정상적으로 부하에 전원을 공급하게 하기 위하여 블로킹다이오드를 사용한다. 그러나 블로킹다이오드에 고장이 발생한 경우, 전원공급장치 자체는 정상이더라도 이중화 기능을 하지 못하므로, 블로킹다이오드의 정상 여부를 상시 감시하여 이상이 발생시 경보처리 한다면 예기치 않은 전원공급 중단을 피할 수 있을 것이다. 블로킹다이오드에 흐르는 전류와 다이오드의 양단 전압을 상시 감시/계측하여 정상운전특성곡선과 비교하여, 이상이 있을 경우 이를 경보하여 전원중단을 예방할 수 있는 이중화 전원용 블로킹다이오드의 고장 감시 장치에 관한 것이다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.401-410
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• 2008

The natural frequency of a beam plays an important role in not only vibration analysis but also understanding its dynamic characteristics. It is complicated to analyse the natural frequency of a stepped beam with discontinuously varying section. Approximate analysis methods such as Rayleigh-Ritz method, FEM, etc. are frequently used for the vibration analysis of stepped beams. In such a case, accuracy of these methods depends upon the number of partitioned elements, the number of the iterations in calculation and the assumed mode shape. This study presents an approximate analysis method for the fundamental natural frequency analysis of stepped cantilever beam, using equivalent beam transformation technique. Validity and usefulness are verified by comparing the proposed method with FEM for several example problems.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.19 no.1 s.71
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• pp.55-62
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• 2006

The natural frequency of a beam plays a critical role in the dynamic analysis of beams. Especially it is a complicated and difficult task to analyse the natural frequency of a stepped beam with an irregularly varying section. The lumped mass methods, multi-degree of freedom analyses, are mainly used for the analysis of this kind of stepped beams. The accuracy of these methods are determined by the number of the partitions of elements, the number of the iterations in calculation, and the accuracy of assumed mode shapes. This study presents a method of transformation from symmetrically stepped beams to an equivalent beam and a method of the eigenvalue analysis. Appropriateness and utility of this method are demonstrated by comparing examples from other literatures and various models.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.19 no.1 s.71
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• pp.85-92
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• 2006

This paper investigates critical loads of the tapered Beck's columns with clamped and spring supports, subjected to a subtangential follower force. The linearly tapered columns with the solid rectangular cross-section is adopted as the column taper. The differential equation governing free vibrations of such Beck's columns is derived using the Bemoulli-Euler beam theory. Both divergence and flutter critical loads are calculated from the load-frequency curves which are obtained by solving the differential equation. The critical loads are presented as functions of various non-dimensional system parameters: the taper type, the subtangential parameter and the spring stiffness.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.429-435
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• 2011

This paper presents a sensor fusion-based estimation of heading and a Bezier curve-based motion planning for unmanned ground vehicle. For the vehicle to drive itself autonomously and safely, it should estimate its pose with sufficient accuracy in reasonable processing time. The vehicle should also have a path planning algorithm that enables to adapt to various situations on the road, especially at intersections. First, we address a sensor fusion-based estimation of the heading of the vehicle. Based on extended Kalman filter, the algorithm estimates the heading using the GPS, IMU, and wheel encoders considering the reliability of each sensor measurement. Then, we propose a Bezier curve-based path planner that creates several number of path candidates which are described as Bezier curves with adaptive control points, and selects the best path among them that has the maximum probability of passing through waypoints or arriving at target points. Experiments under various outdoor conditions including at intersections, verify the reliability of our algorithm.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.11-26
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• 2011

The inelastic displacement ratio is defined as the ratio of the peak inelastic displacement to the peak linear elastic displacement. The inelastic displacement ratio allows simple evaluation of the peak inelastic displacement directly from the peak elastic displacement without computation of the inelastic response. Existing research of the inelastic displacement ratio is limited to piece-wise linear systems such as bilinear or stiffness degrading systems. In this paper, the inelastic displacement ratio is investigated for smooth hysteretic behavior systems subjected to near- and far-fault earthquakes. A simple formula of the inelastic displacement ratio is proposed by using a two step procedure of regression analysis.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.409-412
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• 2010

본 연구는 목조 건축물 흙벽의 수평가력실험 결과를 이용한 내진성능 평가를 목적으로 한다. 흙벽 실험시험체는 기둥과 보 결합방식에 따라 민도리, 초익공, 장여방식으로 분류되고 벽체 형태에 따라 창문, 문, 전면 벽체, 인방 부재수 등으로 계획을 하였다. 12개 흙벽 시험체의 가력결과, 전면 벽체 시험체는 변위각 1/30에서 가장 큰 강성 저하율을 보이며 중인방과 수직재가 있는 벽체는 에너지 소산능력이 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. 기존 연구로부터 목조 건축물 항복점 평가방법을 이용하여 등가탄소성 곡선으로 나타낸 전단내력은 민도리방식이 프레임과 전면 벽체일 경우 가장 크고, 전단응력은 벽체 개구율에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 실험결과로부터 적용 대상 건축물의 X, Y방향 구조성능을 산출하고 구조내진지표와 역량스펙트럼을 이용하여 내진성능 평가를 실시한 결과, 대상 목조 건축물은 내진성이 있음으로 평가되었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.403-411
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• 2007

CFT (Concrete filled steel tube) column has become popular for building construction due to not only its composite effect but also economic effect. However, the conventional CFT column also has its own disadvantages having plastic buckling at the end of column followed by the reduction of strength by yielding of steel tube. An experiment on TR-CFT (Transversely reinforced CFT) column are conducted for making up for conventional CFT column's disadvantages. The experiment parameters are strength of concrete, the layer numbers of carbon fiber sheet. In this study, hysteretic curve, initial stiffness, strength, plastic deformation capacity, and dissipated energy are compared and analyzed between CFT and TR-CFT columns.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.203-211
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• 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used as a tool, not only for imaging surfaces, but also for measuring surface forces and mechanical properties at the nano-scale. Force calibration is crucial for quantitatively measuring the forces that act between the AFM probe of a force sensing cantilever and a sample. In this work, the lateral force calibrations of a V-shaped cantilever were performed using the finite element method, multiple pivot loading, and thermal noise methods. As a result, it was shown that the multiple pivot loading method was appropriate for the lateral force calibration of a V-shaped cantilever. Further, through crosschecking of the abovementioned methods, it was concluded that the thermal noise method could be used for determining the lateral spring constants as long as the lateral deflection sensitivity was accurately determined. To obtain the lateral deflection sensitivity from the sticking portion of the friction loop, the contact stiffness should be taken into account.