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Window-to-Wall-Ratio for Energy Reduction in Early Design Stage of Residential Building

  • Lee, Myung Sik
    • Architectural research
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2017
  • In Korea, it is necessary to improve the performance of buildings with respect to the energy efficiency while improving the quality of occupants' lives through a sustainable built environment. During the design and development process, building projects must have a comprehensive, integrated perspective that seeks to reduce heating, cooling and lighting loads through climate-responsive designs. The aim of this study is to assess the optimal window-to-wall ratio of multi-rise residential units in the early design phase in Korea. The study analyzed the variation of annual heating and cooling energy load in two apartment prototype units located in Seoul city using different WWRs. The analysis was conducted using Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2011 tool. The study found for total annual building load reductions WWR on the south and north face should be studied independently based on the room function. It also found reducing the WWR for bedrooms and windows on the northern façade resulted in reduced total annual building load.

A Study on a Repair Technique for a Reinforced Concrete Frame Subjected to Seismic Damage Using Prestressing Cable Bracing

  • Lee, Jin Ho;EI-Ganzory, Hisham
    • Architectural research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2001
  • The proposed building upgrading technique employs prestressing cables to function as bracing to improve the seismic performance during future events. A four-story reinforced concrete moment resisting frame damaged from an ultimate limit state earthquake is assessed and upgraded using the proposed technique. Both existing and upgraded buildings are evaluated in regard of seismic performance parameters performing static lateral load to collapse analysis and dynamic nonlinear time history analysis as well. To obtain realistic comparison of seismic performance between existing and upgraded frames, each frame is subjected to its critical ground motion that has strength demand exceeding the building strength supply. Furthermore, reliability of static lateral load to collapse analysis as a substitute to time history analysis is evaluated. The results reveal that the proposed upgrading technique improves the stiffness distribution compared to the ideal distribution that gives equal inter-story drift. As a result, the upgraded building retains more stories that contribute to energy dissipation. The overall behavior of upgraded building beyond yield is also enhanced due to the gradual change of building stiffness as the lateral load increases.

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The Effect on the Heating and Cooling Load of Building by Slat Angle Variation of Venetian Blind (베네치안 블라인드의 슬래트 각도변화가 건물의 냉난방 부하에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, S.H.;Shin, K.S.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.171-183
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    • 1995
  • Generally, among many kinds of shading devices such as venetian blind, sunscreen, louver and curtain, venetian blind is using widely because the mechanism is so simple and easy to use solar insolation by controlling the slat angle. Analysis of time dependent heat transfer through the window with venetian blind is very important in order to use it effectivly. Therefore, in this study, theoretical thermal analysis method was developed to analyze time dependent heat transfer through a double pane window with and without venetian blind, and was made one module of TRNSYS(A Transient Simulation Program)program. By this way, it was analyzed that how much the variation of slat angle, slat colour and slat absorptivity of venetian blind would be affected on the heating and cooling load of building, and also which colour and angle of slat was optimal for the heating and cooling load of building.

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A study on the efficiency of sloped type Double-skin System for the Curtailment of Heating/Cooling Load (냉난방부하 절감을 위한 경사형 이중외피시스템의 성능연구)

  • An, Hyung-Jun;Kim, Young-Tag;Choi, Chang-Ho;Lee, Hyn-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2004
  • BIPV or double skin applied to the surface of the building, power and thermal load cannot both be increased. In the case of BIPV, because it is applied to the facade, incident solar energy decreases and efficiency drops off. The system in this paper complements these disadvantages and aims to decrease the heating & cooling load by transforming solar energy to electronic and thermal energy. The research in this paper is about the applicability of the clear PV attached double-skin system. And the PV electronic generation and the factors that affect the heating & cooling load such as the daily radiation, sun shading ratio, heating & cooling load, daylight luminance and glare distributions in the building are simulated.

A Study on Validity of Applying Simplify modeling Method for Heating/Cooling Load Calculation (냉난방부하 계산의 단순화 모델링 기법 적용 타당성 검토에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Yoon-Suk;Park, Jong-Il;Ihm, Pyeong-Chan
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1386-1391
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    • 2008
  • As the time goes by, the energy use in buildings are increasing threateningly. So, it is important to have an accurate energy load calculation for buildings. The accurate energy simulation program carries numerous input data. So, our purpose of this study is to verify the application of simplify modeling method which eliminates coordinates of building components instead of using full coordinates by using DOE2. After comparing original modeling method with simplify modeling method, we applied PAF for daylighting control in the building to verify the application of daylighting control in simplify modeling method. The results shows that there are little difference between original modeling and simplify modeling. Also it showed that application of daylighting control has little difference between original modeling so it is feasible to adapt simplify modeling. These results reveals that the application of simplify modeling is possible to predict energy load and use of the building.

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Power demand pattern analysis for electric appliances in residential and commercial building (주택 및 사무용 빌딩 내 전기기기의 전력 수요 패턴 분석)

  • Noh, Sung-Jun;Lee, Soon-Jeong;Lee, Sang-Woo;Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.30 no.A
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2010
  • Recently, Smart Grid is a emerging topic in power and communication industry. Smart Grid refers to a evolution of the electricity supply infrastructure that monitors, protects, and intelligently optimize the operation of the interconnected elements including various type of generators, power grid, building/home automation system and end-use consumers. In order to successful implementation of Smart Grid, energy management function will be the key factor that coordinates and optimally controls the various loads according to the operating condition and environments, and the load patterns in residential and commercial building will be required as fundamental element for load management. In this study, we collects many types of energy usage data of electric appliances, analyze their load curves, and make the general load patterns for electrical appliance.

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A Study on the Physical Characteristics of Building Stone Resources (석재자원에 대한 물리적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 이창신;강추원;정순오
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2004
  • Samples examined in this paper were selected from Samwoo building stone, Sinra building stone, Gana building stone, and Chung gin building stone in Kyunggi province and Whakwang industry, Gomoch building stone, and Sejin building stone in Kyungbuk province. The point of this study is to examine the physical and mechanical features of Pochun rock, Munkyung rock and Ildong rock through specific gravity, porosity, absorption, point load test, triaxial compressive test Brazilian test, petrology test and chemical analysis test.

Effect of Wave Load on the Member Force of Steel Structure of Floating Buildings

  • Lee, Young-Wook;Park, Tae-Jun
    • International journal of steel structures
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1431-1439
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    • 2018
  • For floating buildings may fl oat on the water for a long time, they are constantly affected by various environmental loads such as wind and wave loads. In this study to find the wave effect on the floating building, five models are designed using steel moment resisting frame. It is assumed that the lower part of the floating building is a reinforced concrete pontoon, while the upper part is a three-story steel frame. To analyze floating buildings affected by wind and wave loads, hydro-dynamic and substructure analysis are performed. As input loads, this study set limits that the mean wind velocity is 35 m/s and the significant wave height is 0.5 m for the residential building. From the hydrodynamic analysis, the time-history acceleration of building is obtained and transformed into a base ground input for a substructure analysis of the superstructure of the building. Finally the mean of the maximum from 30 dynamic analysis of the floating buildings are used to be compared with the results of the same model on the ground. It was shown that the dynamic results with wind and wave loads are not always lesser than the static results which are calculated with static equivalent wind load for a building that is located on the ground.

Simulation of monopile-wheel hybrid foundations under eccentric lateral load in sand-over-clay

  • Zou, Xinjun;Wang, Yikang;Zhou, Mi;Zhang, Xihong
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.585-598
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    • 2022
  • The monopile-friction wheel hybrid foundation is an innovative solution for offshore structures which are mainly subjected to large lateral eccentric load induced by winds, waves, and currents during their service life. This paper presents an extensive numerical analysis to investigate the lateral load and moment bearing performances of hybrid foundation, considering various potential influencing factors in sand-overlaying-clay soil deposits, with the complex lateral loads being simplified into a resultant lateral load acting at a certain height above the mudline. Finite element models are generated and validated against experimental data where very good agreements are obtained. The failure mechanisms of hybrid foundations under lateral loading are illustrated to demonstrate the effect of the friction wheel in the hybrid system. Parametric study shows that the load bearing performances of the hybrid foundation is significantly dependent of wheel diameter, pile embedment depth, internal friction angle of sand, loading eccentricity (distance from the load application point to the ground level), and the thickness of upper sandy layer. Simplified empirical formulae is proposed based on the numerical results to predict the corresponding lateral load and moment bearing capacities of the hybrid foundation for design application.

Introduction of RTS Method and Load Calculation Program (RTS법의 개요 및 프로그램 소개)

  • Kim, Kang-San;Kim, Yong-Chan;Oh, Myung-Do
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1067-1072
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    • 2008
  • This paper introduces the RTS method developed by the ASHRAE. In addition, a load calculation program was developed based on the RTS method and then the calculation logic and procedure are explained in detail. The developed program was designed to allow easy and precise predictions of the building load.

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