• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.67-76
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• 2016

The asphalt-concrete trackbed system has many advantages in terms of maintenance and economics. However, methods to investigate practical use corresponding to the development of the trackbed system must be developed. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the dynamic performance of the asphalt system in accordance with both the elastic and viscoelastic material characteristics and design thickness of the asphalt trackbed. More specifically, in order to reduce the uncertainty error of the Finite Element(FE) model, a three-dimensional full scale FE model was developed and then the infinite foundation model was considered. Finally, to compare the condition of viscoelastic materials, performance evaluation of the asphalt-concrete trackbed system was used to deal with the dynamic amplification factors; numerical results using isotropic-elastic materials in the FE analysis are presented.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.157-165
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• 2011

Base isolation system is widely used for reduction of dynamic responses of structures subjected to seismic load. Recently, research on a smart base isolation system that can effectively reduce dynamic responses of the isolated structure without accompanying increases in base drifts has been actively conducted. In this study, a smart base isolation system was applied to an arch structure subjected to seismic excitation and its control performance for reduction of seismic responses was evaluated. In order to make a smart base isolation system, 4kN MR dampers and low damping elastomeric bearings were used. Seismic response control performance of the proposed smart base isolation system was compared to that of the optimally designed lead-rubber bearing(LRB) isolation system. To this end, an artificial ground motion developed based on KBC2009 design response spectrum was used as a seismic excitation. Fuzzy control algorithm was used to control MR damper in the smart base isolation system and multi-objective genetic algorithm was employed to optimize the fuzzy controller. Based on numerical simulation results, it has been shown that the smart base isolation system can drastically reduce base drifts and seismic responses of the example arch structure in comparison with LRB isolation system.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.446-454
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• 2002

This paper presents the Doppler Scanning technique which enables us to detect the relative positions of moving distributed sources using Doppler frequency shift estimate when the moving source consists of distributed sources with different signature frequencies. Doppler frequency shifts of characteristic frequencies of machinery noise sources such as ship's generator and propeller, with tine along CPA (Closest Point of Approach of moving source) are unique, and can be functioned with respect to each source position. Therefore, this technique can be applied to estimate the relative geometrical positions between machinery noise sources. The Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) which has a high frequency resolution with high time resolution, is adopted for improving accuracy of Doppler frequency shift estimate geometric resolution of machinery positions since machinery noise sources show in general low frequency band characteristics with limited spacial distance. The performance of the technique is examined by the numerical simulations and is verified by the experiment using loudspeaker sources on the roof of the car.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.830-834
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• 2002

본 연구는 동적 전단진동(dynamic shear oscillation) 측정방법을 이용하여 농도가 젤라틴의 동적 레올로지 특성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 관찰하였다. $5^{\circ}C$에서의 젤라틴의 저장 탄성률(storage modulus, G#)과 손실 탄성률(loss modulus, G@)은 농도가 증가함에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 0.9%를 제외한 모든 농도(2.0-4.9%)에서 젤라틴의 G#은 G@보다 매우 높은 값을 나타냈으며, G#과 G@이 ${\omega}$ 의존성이 없는 true 겔과 같은 거동을 나타냈다. 젤라틴의 농도와 K#(G#에 대한 절편)와의 관계에서는 높은 결정계수$(R^2=0.99)$를 보여주면서 좋은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 여러 온도범위$(-5,\;0,\;5,\;10^{\circ}C)$에서 각 온도별로 측정된 K#값은 $-5^{\circ}C(59.5Pa)\;>\;0^{\circ}C(4.09Pa)\;>\;5^{\circ}C(1.41Pa)\;>\;10^{\circ}C(0.35Pa)$의 순으로 가장 낮은 온도에서 K#값이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 냉각과정에서 최종냉각온도인 $5^{\circ}C$에서 측정된 젤라틴의 최대 G#수치는 4.9%(2399Pa)>4.1%(1744Pa)>3.0%(1159Pa)>2.0%(519.3Pa)>0.9%(3.15Pa)의 순으로 높은 농도에서 높게 나타났다. Aging 10시간 동안 젤라틴 겔의 구조형성은 겉보기 first-order kinetics로부터 겉보기 구조형성 속도상수(K)를 결정함으로써 파악될 수 있다. 젤라틴의 농도가 증가함에 따라 K값은 증가하였으며, 농도와 K값과의 관계는 높은 결정계수$(R^2)$를 나타내면서 좋은 상관관계를 보여주었다(Fig. 7). 10시간 aging 후 G#은주파수$({\omega})$ 의존성이 없이 독립적인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 이들 젤라틴 겔은 aging하는 동안에 탄성이 점점 강해지고 10시간 후에는 가교결합의 밀도가 증가하여 강한 탄성을 가진 고무질 망상구조(rubber network)를 형성했음을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 2003

Mode superposition method(MSM) is the most commonly used for solving linear response problems of structural dynamics. The major advantage of MSM is that usually a small number of lower mode is sufficient to analysis the response. However, the convergence is slow and many modes would be needed to give an accurate MSM in large structure with many degrees of freedom. The inaccuracies of MSM are caused by mode truncation in the solution. These demerits can be overcome by use of the mode acceleration method(MAM). Example analyses are carried out in simple beam subjected to harmonic loadings and compared the convergence of the joint displacements by the two methods. For relatively low frequency loadings, a good results was obtained by the lowest one mode in MAM, so the method is more economic in numerical analysis on an accurate solution.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.109-119
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• 2011

To date, a smart base isolation system has been developed in high seismicity region such as Japan, USA etc. Smart base isolation systems developed for structures in high seismicity region cannot directly applied to structures in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity such as Korea. Therefore, problems that occur by applying the smart base isolation system developed for the structures in high seismicity region to the structures in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity have been investigated in this study. To this end, a spacial arch structure was used as an example structure and MR dampers and low damping elastomeric bearings were used to compose a smart base isolation system. Artificial earthquakes were used for ground motions in regions of high and low-to-moderate seismicity. Based on numerical simulation results, it has been known that the capacity of smart base isolation system for the regions of low-to-moderate seismicity should be carefully designed because the base isolation effects of the smart base isolation system for high seismicity region is deteriorated when it is applied to the structures in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.99-108
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• 2012

Microvibration problem of high-technology facilities, such as semi-conductor plants and TFT-LCD plants, has been considered as important factors that affects the performance of products and thus it is regarded as important in facilities with high precision equipments. In this paper, various base isolation control systems are used to investigate their microvibration control performance. To this end, train-induced ground acceleration is used for time history analysis and three-story example building structure is employed. Microvibration control performance of passive and smart base isolation systems have been investigated in this study. Based on numerical simulation results, it has been verified that smart base isolation system can control microvibration of a high-technology facility subjected to train-induced excitation.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.55-63
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• 2020

In this study, a scaled model test of the shaking table and a seismic analysis considering effective stresses were performed to reveal the dynamic behavior characteristics of box structures deep located in multi-layered soils upon seismic loading. The input seismic wave was operated below the ground using five seismic waves, including long period wave (Hachinohe), short period wave (Ofunato), artificial wave and real earthquakes that occurred in Gyeong-ju and Po-hang. As a result of model test and numerical analysis, the vertical displacement of box structures upon seismic loading was greater than that of horizontal direction, and it was confirmed that an increase of excess pore water pressure below the foundation ground caused a displacement. In addition, behavior of the ground and structures during artificial seismic wave appeared to be larger than real earthquake wave.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.589-596
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• 2014

Joints, fasteners or connected parts frequently have a significant effect on the dynamical behavior of assembled mechanical structures. Therefore, the analytical prediction of structural responses depends on the accuracy of joint modeling. This paper deals with the formulation and analysis of dynamic mechanism for joint flexibilities whose relevant magnitudes of stiffnesses are investigated by using linear and torsional springs. The equation of motion is derived by using a generic joint in the middle of clamped-clamped beam. A reanalysis due to changes in magnitudes of joint stiffnesses is based on the reduced analysis where the binomial series terms are used as basis vectors. The solution procedures are straightforward and the method can be readily used with a general finite element method. The computational effort needed by this approach is usually much smaller than the effort needed for complete vibration analysis. Two numerical examples show that accurate results are obtained efficiently by reducing the number of degree in the reduced model.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.387-395
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• 2013

It is important to collect reliable measured data for proper bridge health monitoring. However, in reality incomplete and unreliable data may be acquired due to sensor problems and environmental effects. In case of sensor malfunction, parts of measured data are missing and thus health monitoring cannot be carried out reliably. Due to environmental effects such as temperature variation, dynamic characteristics of natural frequencies may change as if the structure is damaged. The paper proposes a systematic procedure of data processing and data analysis for reliable structural health monitoring. Also, it applies the Mahalanobis distance as a health index computed statistically using revised data. The proposed procedure has been examined using numerically simulated data from a truss structure and then applied to a set of field data measured from Seohae cable-stayed bridge.