• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.249-274
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• 2015

Long-span cable-stayed bridges exhibit some features which are more critical than typical long span bridges such as geometric and aerodynamic nonlinearities, higher probability of the presence of multiple vehicles on the bridge, and more significant influence of wind loads acting on the ultra high pylon and super long cables. A three-dimensional nonlinear fully-coupled analytical model is developed in this study to improve the dynamic performance prediction of long cable-stayed bridges under combined traffic and wind loads. The modified spectral representation method is introduced to simulate the fluctuating wind field of all the components of the whole bridge simultaneously with high accuracy and efficiency. Then, the aerostatic and aerodynamic wind forces acting on the whole bridge including the bridge deck, pylon, cables and even piers are all derived. The cellular automation method is applied to simulate the stochastic traffic flow which can reflect the real traffic properties on the long span bridge such as lane changing, acceleration, or deceleration. The dynamic interaction between vehicles and the bridge depends on both the geometrical and mechanical relationships between the wheels of vehicles and the contact points on the bridge deck. Nonlinear properties such as geometric nonlinearity and aerodynamic nonlinearity are fully considered. The equations of motion of the coupled wind-traffic-bridge system are derived and solved with a nonlinear separate iteration method which can considerably improve the calculation efficiency. A long cable-stayed bridge, Sutong Bridge across the Yangze River in China, is selected as a numerical example to demonstrate the dynamic interaction of the coupled system. The influences of the whole bridge wind field as well as the geometric and aerodynamic nonlinearities on the responses of the wind-traffic-bridge system are discussed.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 지진에 의해 발생 가능한 시설물의 피해 유형 중에서 도시기반시설에 해당하는 전력시설물과 배전시설물을 선정하였고 피해 여부를 산출해내는 방식에 대해 연구를 진행하였다. 피해여부를 산출하기 위해 시설물의 유형과 종류에 따라 취약률을 산출할 수 있는 취약률 곡선 산출식을 적용시켜 피해 규모에 따른 그래프를 산출해 내었다. 산출 결과를 활용하기 위해서 도시기반시설에 지진 발생 상황을 가정하고 지진의 규모와 최대지진가속도에 따른 피해 발생 확률을 취약률 형태로 나타내었다. 또한 산출된 취약률을 정수 형태로 변환하는 방식인 취약률 정량화 방식을 적용시켜 피해 규모에 대한 상수 값을 나타내었다. 본 논문에서 적용한 방식과 같은 연구가 지속될 경우 지진 발생 시 피해를 입는 시설물의 유형을 미리 파악하고 피해를 절감하기 위한 대응을 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1299-1306
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 측정된 균열 데이터를 토대로 변동하중 하에서의 균열성장모델 변수들을 베이지안 모델변수 추정 방법을 통해서 확률적인 분포로 구하는 방법을 제시하였다. 모델변수의 확률분포를 구하기 위해 Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) 샘플링 방법을 이용하였다. 변동하중 하에서는 균열성장 모델이 더욱 복잡해 짐에 따라 기존의 MCMC 기법으로는 확률분포를 잘 구하지 못하므로 주변확률밀도분포를 제안함수로 사용하는 MCMC 기법을 새롭게 제안하였다. 모델변수의 추정을 위해 여러 크기의 일정 진폭 하중 하에서 시편시험을 수행하여 얻은 균열성장 데이터를 이용하였다. 추정된 변수들을 사용하여 변동하중 하에서의 시편에 대해 균열성장 예측을 수행하였고, 이를 실제 시험 데이터를 통해서 검증하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.851-859
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• 2018

There are two primary causes of the ground movement due to tunnelling in urban areas; firstly the lost ground and secondly the groundwater depression during construction. The groundwater depression was usually not considered as a cause of settlement in previous research works. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the combined effect of these two phenomena on the transverse settlement trough. Centrifuge model tests and numerical analysis were primarily selected as the methodology. The characteristics of settlement trough were analyzed by performing centrifuge model tests where acceleration reached up to 80g condition. Two different types of tunnel models of 180 mm diameter were prepared in order to match the prototype of a large tunnel of 14.4 m diameter. A volume loss model was made to simulate the excavation procedure at different volume loss and a drainage tunnel model was made to simulate the reduction in pore pressure distribution. Numerical analysis was performed using FLAC 2D program in order to analyze the effects of various groundwater depression values on the settlement trough. Unconfined fluid flow condition was selected to develop the phreatic surface and groundwater level on the surface. The settlement troughs obtained in the results were investigated according to the combined effect of excavation and groundwater depression. Subsequently, a new curve is suggested to consider elastic settlement in the modified Gaussian curve. The results show that the effects of groundwater depression are considerable as the settlement trough gets deeper and wider compared to the trough obtained only due to excavation. The relationships of maximum settlement and infection point with the reduced pore pressure at tunnel centerline are also suggested.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.249-271
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• 2014

This paper presents a unique study of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for the maintenance decision making about a real life movable bridge. The mechanical components of movable bridges are maintained on a scheduled basis. However, it is desired to have a condition-based maintenance by taking advantage of SHM. The main objective is to track the operation of a gearbox and a rack-pinion/open gear assembly, which are critical parts of bascule type movable bridges. Maintenance needs that may lead to major damage to these components needs to be identified and diagnosed timely since an early detection of faults may help avoid unexpected bridge closures or costly repairs. The fault prediction of the gearbox and rack-pinion/open gear is carried out using two types of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs): 1) Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks (MLP-NNs) and 2) Fuzzy Neural Networks (FNNs). Monitoring data is collected during regular opening and closing of the bridge as well as during artificially induced reversible damage conditions. Several statistical parameters are extracted from the time-domain vibration signals as characteristic features to be fed to the ANNs for constructing the MLP-NNs and FNNs independently. The required training and testing sets are obtained by processing the acceleration data for both damaged and undamaged condition of the aforementioned mechanical components. The performances of the developed ANNs are first evaluated using unseen test sets. Second, the selected networks are used for long-term condition evaluation of the rack-pinion/open gear of the movable bridge. It is shown that the vibration monitoring data with selected statistical parameters and particular network architectures give successful results to predict the undamaged and damaged condition of the bridge. It is also observed that the MLP-NNs performed better than the FNNs in the presented case. The successful results indicate that ANNs are promising tools for maintenance monitoring of movable bridge components and it is also shown that the ANN results can be employed in simple approach for day-to-day operation and maintenance of movable bridges.

• 센서학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.155-163
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• 1992

위상배열 안테나 레이다에서는 기계적 관성에 관계없이 레이다 빔의 신속한 조향이 가능하기 때문에 측정을 원하는 목표와 그 목표에 대한 측정시간, 측정표본속도를 선택적으로 취할 수 있게 된다. 이 논문에서는 주어진 측정 파라미터에 대해 이러한 위상배열 레이다 시스템을 위한 3차원 가변 포본화 빈도 추적 필터를 설계했다. 이 추적 필터는 추적목표의 탐지확률을 적정한 값 이상으로 유지하기 위해서 목표의 각도 예측오차를 안테나 빔 폭의 일정한 비율이내로 줄일 수 있어야 한다. 여기서 설계한 추적 필터는 이러한 요구를 만족하는 범위에서 표본화 빈도를 낮출 수 있도록 목표까지의 거리와 기동에 따라 표본화 빈도를 선택하게 된다. 이 추적 필터설계의 타당성은 여러가지 기동목표에 대한 수치실험을 통해 확인했다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.839-847
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• 2011

이 논문에서는 포탄의 정밀도 향상을 위한 새로운 유도기법을 제안한다. 미사일 연구에서 널리 사용되고 있는 비례항법 유도기법은 몇 가지의 문제점 때문에 포탄에 적용하기는 힘들다. 비행 중 발생하는 시선각의 변화 때문에 탄착 오차가 없는 경우에도 가속도 명령을 생성하며, 가속도 명령에 의해 만들어지는 비행경로 또한 포탄에 적용이 불가능하다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 표적과 포탄의 탄착점 오차를 이용하여 유도 기법을 구성하였다. 기본 구성은 비례항법 유도기법과 유사하지만 시선각 변화 대신 경로 수정각을 사용한다. 경로 수정각은 현재 속도와 표적을 향하는 속도의 사이각이며 탄착점 오차로 추정할 수 있다. 탄착점 예측 속도와 정확도를 높이기 위해 신경회로망을 사용하였으며 비례항법 유도기법 결과와 비교하여 이 유도 기법의 적합성을 검증하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1363-1386
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• 2015

The October 23 2011 Van Earthquake is studied from an earthquake engineering point of view. Strong ground motion processing was performed to investigate features of the earthquake source, forward directivity effects during the rupture process as well as local site effects. Strong motion characteristics were investigated in terms of peak ground motion and spectral acceleration values. Directiviy effects were discussed in detail via elastic response spectra and wide band spectograms to see the high frequency energy distributions. Source parameters and slip distribution results of the earthquake which had been proposed by different researchers were summarized. Influence of the source parameters on structural response were shown by comparing elastic response spectra of Muradiye synthetic records which were performed by broadband strong motion simulations of the earthquake. It has been emphasized that characteristics of the earthquake rupture dynamics and their effects on structural design might be investigated from a multidisciplinary point of view. Seismotectonic calculations (e.g., slip pattern, rupture velocity) may be extended relating different engineering parameters (e.g., interstorey drifts, spectral accelerations) across different disciplines while using code based seismic design approaches. Current state of the art building codes still far from fully reflecting earthquake source related parameters into design rules. Some of those deficiencies and recent efforts to overcome these problems were also mentioned. Next generation ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) may be incorporated with certain site categories for site effects. Likewise in the 2011 Van Earthquake, Reverse/Oblique earthquakes indicate that GMPEs need to be feasible to a wider range of magnitudes and distances in engineering practice. Due to the reverse faulting with large slip and dip angles, vertical displacements along with directivity and fault normal effects might significantly affect the engineering structures. Main reason of excessive damage in the town of Erciş can be attributed to these factors. Such effects should be considered in advance through the establishment of vertical design spectra and effects might be incorporated in the available GMPEs.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.435-460
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• 2017

The main objective of this study is to investigate the turning and zig-zag maneuvering performance of the well-known naval surface combatant DTMB (David Taylor Model Basin) 5415 hull with URANS (Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes) method. Numerical simulations of static drift tests have been performed by a commercial RANS solver based on a finite volume method (FVM) in an unsteady manner. The fluid flow is considered as 3-D, incompressible and fully turbulent. Hydrodynamic analyses have been carried out for a fixed Froude number 0.28. During the analyses, the free surface effects have been taken into account using VOF (Volume of Fluid) method and the hull is considered as fixed. First, the code has been validated with the available experimental data in literature. After validation, static drift, static rudder and drift and rudder tests have been simulated. The forces and moments acting on the hull have been computed with URANS approach. Numerical results have been applied to determine the hydrodynamic maneuvering coefficients, such as, velocity terms and rudder terms. The acceleration, angular velocity and cross-coupled terms have been taken from the available experimental data. A computer program has been developed to apply a fast maneuvering simulation technique. Abkowitz's non-linear mathematical model has been used to calculate the forces and moment acting on the hull during the maneuvering motion. Euler method on the other hand has been applied to solve the simultaneous differential equations. Turning and zig-zag maneuvering simulations have been carried out and the maneuvering characteristics have been determined and the numerical simulation results have been compared with the available data in literature. In addition, viscous effects have been investigated using Eulerian approach for several static drift cases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2020

Investigating damage potential of the railway infrastructure requires either large amount of case histories or in-depth numerical analyses, or both for which large amounts of effort and time are necessary to accomplish thoroughly. Rather than performing comprehensive studies for each damage case, in this study we collect and analyze a case history of the high-speed railway system damaged by the 2004 M6.6 Niigata Chuetsu earthquake for the development of the seismic fragility curve. The development processes are: 1) slice the railway system as 200 m segments and assigned damage levels and intensity measures (IMs) to each segment; 2) calculate probability of damage for a given IM; 3) estimate fragility curves using the maximum likelihood estimation regression method. Among IMs considered for fragility curves, spectral acceleration at 3 second period has the most prediction power for the probability of damage occurrence. Also, viaduct-type structure provides less scattered probability data points resulting in the best-fitted fragility curve, but for the tunnel-type structure data are poorly scattered for which fragility curve fitted is not meaningful. For validation purpose fragility curves developed are applied to the 2016 M7.0 Kumamoto earthquake case history by which another high-speed railway system was damaged. The number of actual damaged segments by the 2016 event is 25, and the number of equivalent damaged segments predicted using fragility curve is 22.21. Both numbers are very similar indicating that the developed fragility curve fits well to the Kumamoto region. Comparing with railway fragility curves from HAZUS, we found that HAZUS fragility curves are more conservative.