• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3A
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• pp.497-512
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• 2006

In this paper, a simple but effective analysis procedure to estimate seismic capacities of multi-span continuous bridge structures is proposed on the basis of modal pushover analysis considering all the dynamic modes of structure. Unlike previous studies, the proposed method eliminates the coupling effects induced from the direct application of modal decomposition by introducing an identical stiffness ratio and an approximate elastic deformed shape. Moreover, in addition to these two introductions, the use of an appropriate distributed load {P} makes it possible to predict the dynamic responses for all kinds of bridge structures through a simpler analysis procedure. Finally, in order to establish the validity and applicability of the proposed method, correlation studies between rigorous nonlinear time history analysis and the proposed method are conducted for multi-span continuous bridges.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2023

Recently, concerns about natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons have increased. As the magnitude and frequency of earthquakes increase, research is needed to prevent structures from collapsing due to earthquake loads. Research is needed to increase the ductility of columns to prevent the collapse of structures. In this study, the ductility improvement of square columns achieved by applying spiral stirrups to square columns. Square columns reinforced with spiral stirrups are more resistant to repetitive loads such as seismic loads than columns reinforced with tie stirrups. Also, the spiral stirrups can apply better confinement to the concrete. In this study, an uniaxial compression test was conducted to evaluate the performance of columns reinforced with spiral stirrups. The results showed that the columns reinforced with spiral stirrups in both the circular and square columns showed higher compressive strength than the columns reinforced with the tie stirrups. In addition, the columns reinforced with spiral stirrups for both the square and circle columns, showed a tendency to endure the load even after the initial cracking and rebar yielding.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.6 s.52
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• pp.125-132
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• 2006

This paper presents the feasibility of a lateral mode piezoelectric oscillator to detect damages in civil infrastructures. The lateral mode oscillator sensor is composed of an electronic feedback oscillator circuit and a piezoelectric lateral mode vibrator to be attached to a structure of interest. Damage to the structure causes a change in the impedance spectrum of the structure, which results in a corresponding change of a resonant frequency of the structure. The oscillator sensors can instantly detect the frequency change in a very simple manner. Feasibility of the piezoelectric oscillator sensor was verified in this work with a sample aluminum plate where artificial cracks of different lengths and number were imposed in sequence. Validity of the measurement was confirmed through comparison of the experimental data with the results of finite element analyses of a plate with cracks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.307-311
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• 2011

This paper is concerned with anisogrid composite lattice structures whose load bearing shell is formed by systems of geodesic unidirectional composite ribs made by automatic wet winding process. Lattice structures are usually made in the form of conical shell and consist of systems of helical and hoop ribs fabricated by continuous filament winding from carbon and epoxy composites. Design variables of the structure which are the angle of helical ribs and ribs spacings are determined by cone geometry and geodesic line. and Fabrication methods for the conical composite lattice structure are presented.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.587-597
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• 2001

The structural system that discreterized continuous shells is frequently used to make dome-type structures and these structures show the unstable phenomena by snap-through or bifurcation when a load level reaches certain critical value. The characteristic structural behaviour of a cable dome shows a strong nonlinearity and very sensitive according to the initial imperfection. In this study the shape finding problem by applying initial tension stress is investigated and using this the unstable phenomena of perfectly shaped and initially imperfected shape model by external forces are examined to grasp the unstable behavior of cable dome using the Geiger-type model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.421-427
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• 2010

This paper is concerned with Anisogrid composite lattice structures whose load bearing shell is formed by systems of geodesic unidirectional composite ribs made by automatic wet winding process. Lattice structures are usually made in the form of cylindrical shell and consist of systems of helical and hoop ribs fabricated by continuous filament winding from carbon and epoxy composites. Design variables of the structure which are the angle of helical ribs, ribs spacings, and cross sectional areas are determined by the method of minimization of satety factors whick is described in the paper. And, fabrication methods and actual experimental results are presented.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.55-58
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 독립적으로 구성된 유한요소 모델을 결합하기 위하여 계면에서 불일치 격자들을 처리하는 기법을 소개하고자 한다. 불일치 격자들로 인하여 요소들의 침투와 틈이 발생할 수 있고 일반적인 유한요소를 사용하면 계면에서 변위의 연속성과 하중전달 조건들을 만족시키기가 불가능하게 되는데 계면에서 정의된 계면요소를 사용하여 결합을 위한 조건들을 만족시킬 수 있게 된다. 요소들의 침투와 틈이 없는 연속적인 계면을 정의하고 여기에 부합하는 계면요소를 구성하며 유한요소 형상함수와 다른 계면요소 형상 함수를 사용하게 되면 독립적으로 구성된 분리 영역들을 자연스럽게 결합할 수 있게 된다. 계면요소는 연속성, 적합성, 완전성 등에서 유한요소와 유사한 특성을 갖으며 추가적인 자유도 없이 불일치 격자를 결합하게 된다. 계면요소법을 사용하여 분리된 영역의 결합이나 전체-국부 해석 그리고 유체-구조물 상호작용해석 등에 적용되어 유용한 방법으로 사용될 수 있게 된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.520-520
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• 2017

하천 내의 호안, 제방, 수공구조물 등의 안정성을 검토하기 위한 인자로 대부분 유속 또는 소류력을 이용하게 된다. 이 중 유속의 경우 보통 현장측정이나 수리모형 해석을 통하여 도출되나, 두 가지 방법 모두 많은 인력과 시간이 요구되며, 하천정보 수집 및 수리모형에 대한 전문성의 필요 등 여러가지 제약사항을 가지게 된다. 최근 국내에서는 평균유속을 간단하게 도출할 수 있는 연속형 Kraven 공식이 실무에서 주로 적용되고 있으나, 경사에 의해서만 평균유속이 산정되어 유량의 변화에 따른 유속 변화가 나타나지 않는 문제점을 내포하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 연속형 Kraven 공식에 대한 문제점을 개선하고, 유속을 간략하게 도출할 수 있도록 평균유속 산정식을 개발하였다. 산정식은 하천 내의 유량과 경사를 활용하였으며, 1차원 수리모형 해석 결과와의 비교를 통하여 정확성과 적용성을 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.23-25
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.485-492
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• 2009

The thermal fatigue crack(TFC) is one of the life-limiting mechanisms at the nuclear power plant operating conditions. In order to evaluate the structural integrity, various non-destructive test methods such as radiographic test, ultrasonic test and eddy current are used in the industrial field. However, these methods have restrictions that defect detection is possible after the crack growth. For this reason, acoustic emission testing(AET) is becoming one of powerful inspection methods, because AET has an advantage that possible to monitor the structure continuously. Generally, every mechanism that affects the integrity of the structure or equipment is a source of acoustic emission signal. Therefore the noise filtering is one of the major works to the almost AET researchers. In this study, acoustic emission signal was collected from the pipes which were in the successive thermal fatigue cycles. The data were filtered based on the results from previous experiments. Through the data analysis, the signal characteristics to distinguish the effective signal from the noises for the TFC were proven as the waveform difference. The experiment results provide preliminary information for the acoustic emission technique to the continuous monitoring of the structure failure detection.