• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.1A
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• pp.67-74
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• 2006

The use of steel plates has been greatly increased in bridge construction, particularly for long-span bridges. For connections of those steel plates in the field, application of high-tension bold, such as M30, is highly demanded. However, the current steel construction specifications in Korea do not provide information for large-sized bolt connections. In order to evaluate the applicability of the large-sized high-tension bolt, this study experimentally investigates relaxation and slip behavior of M30 bolts with varying bolt size and plate thickness. In addition, internal compressive stress was computed using FEM analysis. The analyzed results were compared with the stress distribution measured from strain gages attached on bolts and bolt holes. From the study presented herein, the M30 high-tension bolts are anticipated to be successfully used with the relaxation less than 10% and the slip coefficient satisfying the specified limit.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.4A
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• pp.291-297
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• 2009

Relaxation of high strength bolts was investigated. Block type and splice type specimens were fabricated with different types of bolts and different clamping lengths. Bolts were tightened to the specified torque. Clamping forces were measured through strain gauges installed on the shafts of bolts, while specimens were kept in a constant temperature and humidity. In all cases, ratio of clamping force reduction is less than 10%. Test results of different types of specimens and bolts and different clamping lengths were compared each other by using a simple model, which is suggested in this study for the estimation of bolt relaxation. The suggested model shows reasonably good agreements with test results for all cases. No difference is found between F13T and F10T bolts, but Dacro coated bolts shows higher relaxation than black bolts by approx. 30%. And also the comparison of test results shows that ratios of bolt relaxation become larger as clamping lengths of bolt shorter and the number of faying surfaces greater.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.71-81
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• 1994

A method is presented for the analysis of curved segmentally erected prestressed concrete box girder bridges including time-dependent effects due to load history, temperature history, creep, shrinkage, aging of concrete and relaxation of prestressing steel. The segments can be either precast or cast-in-place. Thin-walled beam theory and finite element method are combined to develop a curved nonprismatic thin-walled box beam element. The element consists of three nodes and each node has eight displacement degrees of freedom, including transverse distortion and longitudinal warping of the cross section.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.2056-2061
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• 2001

Non-proportional loading tests of Nylon 66 at room temperature exhibit path dependent behavior and plasticity-relaxation interactions. The uniaxial formulation of the viscoplasticity theory based on overstress (VBO), which has been used to reproduce the nonlinear strain rate sensitivity, relaxation, significant recovery and cyclic softening behaviors of Nylon 66, is extended to three-dimensions to predict the response in strain-controlled, comer-path tests. VBO consists of a flow law that is easily written for either the stress or the strain as the independent variable. The flow law depends on the overstress, the difference between the stress and the equilibrium stress that is a state variable in VBO. The evolution law of the equilibrium stress in turn contains two additional state variables, the kinematic stress and the isotropic stress. The simulations show that the constitutive model is competent at modeling the deformation behavior of Nylon 66 and other solid polymers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.420-424
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• 2005

정보 통신 기술의 발달로 엄청난 양의 정보가 World Wide Web을 통해 저장되고 공유된다. 웹 정보의 양이 커질수록 이의 구조화 노력은 점증될 수밖에 없다. 본 논문의 목적은 웹을 유향그래프로 인식하고, 특히 웹 사이트에 초점을 맞추어 웹의 시작페이지(default page)와 이를 제외한 모든 페이지에 대해 최적구조화를 수행하되, 각 개별 웹 페이지를 하나의 종점(terminal page)으로 정의하고, 시작 페이지로부터 각 페이지로의 최적의 경로를 찾아내면서 전체 site의 비용을 최소화할 수 있는 구조를 탐색하는 것이다. 또한 라그랑지안 릴렉세이션을 적용하여 경로 제약조건의 변화에 대해 효율적인 최적해의 변화를 검증하며, 웹의 구조적분석에 적합한지 여부를 적용하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 웹에 대해 최적화 모델링을 입안 및 분석하였으며, 실험으로서 입안된 모델을 최적화 툴에 적용하여 최적구조화에 부합되는 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 입증하였다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.825-834
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• 2000

광학식 동작 포착(optical motion capture)시스템에서 신뢰할만한 3차원 좌표의 획득과 마커의 궤적 추적은 매우 중요한 문제이다. 3차원 좌표를 획득하기 이해서는 다중의 카메라로부터 2차원의 데이터 간의 대응관계를 구해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 각 카메라에서의 3차원 마커들 간의 대응관계를 k-partite graph로 모델링하고, 릴렉세이션 알고리즘을 사용하여 고스트가 제거된 신뢰성있는 클릭을 추출한다. 이를 통해 정확하고 안정적인 3차원의 좌표를 생성할 수 있다. 또한 추출된 3차원 마커의 궤적의 추적을 위해 칼만 필터를 사용한 마커의 예측과 데이터 연계 문제의 해결을 위한 전략을 제안하고. 사라진 마커의 궤적을 유지시키기 위해 다이나믹 모델을 사용한 추적 알고리즘을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.411-413
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 DGPS 기법을 이용하여 장대교량의 거동을 모니터링하는 기술을 개발하는데 있다. GPS 센서를 이용한 교량거동 모니터링 기술은 다수의 GPS 센서를 시설물 외부에 설치하여 전체적인 거동상태를 모니터링 함으로써 순간적인 세부변위는 물론 장기간의 관측을 통한 기초침하, 크리프 릴렉세이션 등의 거동까지 실시간으로 모니터링 할 수 있는 기술이다. 본 연구의 최종 성과물은 안전관리 대상 주요 시설물의 거동을 비접촉 방식으로 감시하고 그 결과를 그래픽으로 화면을 통하여 사용자에게 제공함으로써 사용자의 직관적인 이해도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대되며, 장대교량, 터널, 댐, 건물 등 대형시설물의 거동을 효과적으로 감시하고 그 결과를 전송할 수 있어 광범위하게 사용이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.139-146
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• 2009

Experimental study was performed to evaluate the long-term behavior of CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) strips under sustained loads including prestressing force in strengthening RC members with post-tensioned CFRP strips. Two types of CFRP strip such as unidirectional CFRP strip and hybrid CFRP strip which is composed of carbon fiber and steel plate were considered. Also two types of loading scheme were included in this study. Direct sustained loading test had been carried out to estimate the creep deformation and relaxation of CFRP strips including slip deformation at both mechanical anchorages for over 700 days. Also, flexural sustained loading test had been conducted to estimate the initial prestress losses on clamping the CFRP strips at jacking anchorages for over 90 days. From the sustained loading tests, it was observed that stress losses of unidirectional CFRP strips due to the creep deformation and relaxation of material itself and slip deformation at mechanical anchorage were ignorable. On the other hand, significant stress losses caused by the yielding of steel embedded in CFRP strips were found in case of hybrid CFRP strips due to the initial jacking force over steel yielding stress. Also, initial prestress losses during setting of CFRP strips on mechanical anchorage were about 10% of intial jacking force, which must be considered in the design.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.15-22
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• 2015

In this study, to evaluate the long-term behavior characteristics and the loss of prestress force, the long-term measurement of the tensile anchors in the actual construction was performed and the results were analyzed comparing with the existing estimation. As the reinforcement member used for the purpose of slope stability or uplift-resisting of the permanent structure, etc, the permanent anchor should maintain the functions during the performance period of the structure differently from the temporary anchor. However, as the time passes by, since the relaxation and the creep of the anchor occur constantly, the management for the loss of tensile force is essential to perform the functions stably. So far, the loss of the tensile force has been estimated according to the reduction of the prestress using elasticity theory and using the relaxation value according to the type of tension member and the test using the long-term measurement is limited. Therefore, in this study, the site condition and the ground were investigated for the tensile anchor in the actual construction and the long-term measurement results more than 500 days was analyzed by installing the loadcell, inclinometer and the groundwater level gauge. In addition, the long-term behavior characteristics were evaluated by comparing the disposition of the measured earth retaining wall and the tension force loss of the anchor with the existing interpretation results. In the evaluation results, the most of the tension force loss occurs within 90 days and the loss was measured less than the estimated values.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.11-21
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• 2011

This paper proposes a method for decomposing a Hangul glyph of outline fonts into its initial, medial and final components using statistical-structural information. In a font family, the positions of components are statistically consistent and the stroke relationships of a Hangul character reflect its structure. First, we create the component histograms that accumulate the shapes and positions of the same components. Second, we make pixel clusters from character image based on pixel direction probabilities and extract the candidate strokes using position, direction, size of clusters and adjacencies between clusters. Finally, we find the best structural match between candidate strokes and predefined character model by relaxation labeling. The proposed method in this paper can be used for a study on formative characteristics of Hangul font, and for a font classification/retrieval system.