• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2005

In order to consider the statistical properties of probability variables which are used in structural analysis, the conventional approach of using safety factors based on past experience, are usually used to estimate the safety of a structure. The real structures could only be analyzed with the error in estimation of loads, materials and dimensional characteristics. Errors should be considered systematically in the structural analysis. In this paper, we estimated the probability of failure of two pressure vessels, simultaneously, using computational analysis. One pressure vessel, theoretically, had no stiffener whereas the other had. This paper also discusses sensitivity values of random variables in the rounded parts of the pressure vessel which had ring-style stiffener in the center of the external area which had ring-style stiffener. Finally, we show that the reliability index, and the probability of failure, can be calculated to particular tolerance limits.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.519-526
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• 2020

Non-stationary random seismic response and reliability of multi-degree of freedom hysteretic structure system are studied based on the cumulative damage failure mechanism. First, dynamic Eqs. of multi-degree of freedom hysteretic structure system under earthquake action are established. Secondly, the random seismic response of a multi-degree freedom hysteretic structure system is investigated by the combination of virtual excitation and precise integration. Finally, according to the damage state level of structural, the different damage state probability of high-rise frame structure is calculated based on the boundary value of the cumulative damage index in the seismic intensity earthquake area. The results show that under the same earthquake intensity and the same floor quality and stiffness, the lower the floor is, the greater the damage probability of the building structure is; if the structural floor stiffness changes abruptly, the weak layer will be formed, and the cumulative damage probability will be the largest, and the reliability index will be relatively small. Meanwhile, with the increase of fortification intensity, the reliability of three-level structure fortification is also significantly reduced. This method can solve the problem of non-stationary random seismic response and reliability of high-rise buildings, and it has high efficiency and practicability. It is instructive for structural performance design and estimating the age of the structure.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.599-608
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• 2013

This study is intended to propose optimal maintenance organization to process industry, especially paper industry by analyzing maintenance organization of paper industry and finding out how the maintenance organization and the allocation of maintenance resources influence maintenance performance indices here in this paper. In this study, we analyzed the maintenance organization in detail and studied correlation between maintenance organization and equipment failure rate for the major top six domestic paper-mills in market share. According to the study, the maintenance organization has been changed in accordance with its business environment, but its performance was different by both the allocation way of maintenance resources and the structure of maintenance organization. For paper industry, whose availability is the most important key index that determines the success or failure of a business, it turns out to be the most effective strategy that operates the combination maintenance combined central maintenance with area maintenance and allocates the maintenance resources mainly for preventive maintenance. In particular, it turned out to be that there is the strong positive correlation between the rate of shift workers and the equipment failure rate. The results of this study is not limited to paper industry, but expandable to other industry. So it is expected that the direction of the maintenance organization would be given to the company which is struggling to improve its availability.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2001년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.207-214
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• 2001

In Korea, the multi-dwelling residential buildings are most popular housing system that is reinforced concrete shear wall system. However, the serviceability and safety of the system have been decreased because of the errors in design or construction and inadequate maintenance. In addition the safety of the system cannot be evaluated reasonably because the system is analyzed by the deterministic approach. Therefore, this study is aimed to analyze reinforced concrete shear walls by the reliability approach considering uncertainty based on the probability theory. In this study, a reliability analysis program using MATLAB is developed by combining AFOSM and Sampling Method for the reinforced concrete shear walls within feasible design area. The reasonable reliability index β of ultimate limit states for RC shear walls are calculated automatically using this developed program with the measured data those have means and standard deviations in the field. The ultimate states are compression failure, tension failure, governing compression, and governing bending of the reinforced concrete shear walls respectively. To estimate the safety of the system using developed program can be used to predict residual life-time of the system.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2017

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical significance of T1 high signal intensity on the globus pallidus as a predictor of severe hepatic encephalopathy in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), which is a distinct syndrome characterized by multi-organ dysfunction including cerebral failure. Materials and Methods: From January 2002 to April 2014, we retrospectively reviewed the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical and magnetic resonance (MR) features of 74 consecutive patients (44 men and 30 women; mean age, 59.5 years) with liver cirrhosis. The chronic liver failure-sequential organ failure assessment score was used to diagnose ACLF. The pallidal index (PI), calculated by dividing the mean signal intensity of the globus pallidus by that of the subcortical frontal white matter were compared according to ACLF. The PI was compared with the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score in predicting the development of ACLF. Results: Fifteen patients who were diagnosed with ACLF had higher hepatic encephalopathy grades (initial, P = 0.024; follow-up, P = 0.002), MELD scores (P < 0.001), and PI (P = 0.048). In the ACLF group, the mean PI in patients with cerebral failure was significantly higher than that in the patients without cerebral failure (1.33 vs. 1.20, P = 0.039). In patients with ACLF, the area under the curve (AUC) for PI was 0.680 (95% confidence intervals [CI], 0.52-0.85), which was significantly lower than that for the MELD score (AUC, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.77-0.99) (P = 0.04). Conclusion: The PI can be an ancillary biomarker for predicting the development of ACLF and severe hepatic encephalopathy.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제86권3호
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• pp.385-397
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• 2023

This study presents an experiment and analysis to compare the seismic behavior of full-scale reinforced concrete beam-column joint strengthened by prestressed steel strips, externally bonded steel plate, and CFRP sheets. For experimental investigation, five specimens, including one joint without any retrofitting, one joint retrofitted by externally bonded steel plate, one joint retrofitted by CFRP sheets, and two joints retrofitted by prestressed steel strips, were tested under cyclic-reserve loading. The failure mode, strain response, shear deformation, hysteresis behavior, energy dissipation capacity, stiffness degradation and damage indexes of all specimens were analyzed according to experimental study. It was found that prestressed steel strips, steel plate and CFRP sheets improved shear resistance, energy dissipation capacity, stiffness degradation behavior and reduced the shear deformation of the joint core area, as well as changed the failure pattern of the specimen, which led to the failure mode changed from the combination of flexural failure of beams and shear failure of joints core to the flexural failure of beams. In addition, the beam-column joint retrofitted by steel plate exhibited a high bearing capacity, energy consumption capacity and low damage index compared with the joint strengthened by prestressed steel strip, and the prestressed steel strips reinforced joint showed a high strength, energy dissipation capacity and low shear deformation, stirrups strains and damage index compared to the CFRP reinforced joint, which indicated that the frame joints strengthened with steel plate exhibited the most excellent seismic behavior, followed by the prestressed steel strips.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.468-479
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• 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the use of the respiratory rate oxygenation (ROX) index, ROX-heart rate (ROX-HR) index, and saturation of percutaneous oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen ratio (SF ratio) to predict weaning from high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in patients with respiratory distress in a pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: A total of 107 children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit were enrolled in the study between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2021. Data on clinical and personal information, ROX index, ROX-HR index, and SF ratio were collected from nursing records. The data were analyzed using an independent t-test, χ² test, Mann-Whitney U test, and area under the curve (AUC). Results: Seventy-five (70.1%) patients were successfully weaned from HFNC, while 32 (29.9%) failed. Considering specificity and sensitivity, the optimal cut off points for predicting treatment success and failure of HFNC oxygen therapy were 6.88 and 10.16 (ROX index), 5.23 and 8.61 (ROX-HR index), and 198.75 and 353.15 (SF ratio), respectively. The measurement of time showed that the most significant AUC was 1 hour before HFNC interruption. Conclusion: The ROX index, ROX-HR index, and SF ratio appear to be promising tools for the early prediction of treatment success or failure in patients initiated on HFNC for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Nurses caring for critically ill pediatric patients should closely observe and periodically check their breathing patterns. It is important to continuously monitor three indexes to ensure that ventilation assistance therapy is started at the right time.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2013

기후변화에 따른 토석류 발생과 그로 인한 피해가 세계적으로 증가 추세에 있다. 토석류 연구는 역학적 관점에서 파괴 후(post-failure) 거동에 해당하며 지반강도와 유동특성을 분석함으로써 특성화할 수 있다. 본 연구는 국내의 토석류 발생지역인 상주(화강암 풍화토), 인제(편마암 풍화토), 포항(이암 및 셰일) 지역을 대상으로 지반의 물성-전단강도 상관관계와 토석류의 유동특성을 평가하였다. 본 연구지역을 대상으로 스웨덴 낙하 콘(Swedish Fall cone) 시험장치를 이용하여 지반의 물성 및 지반강도 사이에 일정한 상관관계가 있음을 밝혔다. 실험결과에 따르면, 인제, 상주, 포항지역에서 채취된 시료에 대해 액성지수(IL)와 비배수 전단강도($C_{ur}$) 사이에 $C_{ur}=(1.2/I_L)^{3.3}$의 관계식이 성립한다. 토석류 흐름을 지배하는 항복응력은 재성형 비배수 전단강도에 상응하는 것으로 간주하고, Bingham 모델과 액성지수-항복응력 관계식을 이용하여 토석류의 유동성을 조사하였다. 유동해석은 국내 풍화토와 낮은 활성점토를 구분하여 적용하였다. 이때 액성지수는 액성한계를 기준으로 $I_L=1$, 1.5, 3.0으로 구분하여 비교분석하였다. 동일한 액성지수($I_L=1$)에 대해, 토석류의 발생 5분 경과 후 최대 이동거리는 250m에 다다른다. 액성지수가 3으로 증가 될 경우, 토석류의 이동거리를 5분까지 살펴본 결과, 국내 풍화토는 낮은 활성점토에 비해 2배 이상 큰 유동성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 유동성 평가기술은 토석류 피해저감기술 전략수립에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 지질공학
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2023

도시화와 산업화에 따라 도심지에 개발이 늘어나면서 지반침하로 인한 피해가 지속적으로 발생되고 있으며, 도심지에서의 건물붕괴는 대규모 인명 및 재산 피해로 이어질 위험이 크다. 굴착지반에 균등하지 않은 하중이 작용하고, 대상지반의 사전지식이 없는 경우의 지반거동에 대해서는 연구가 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 이에 따라 지반 조사 정보가 없는 흙막이 공사의 굴착 과정에서 발생되는 배면 지반의 침하거동을 분석하는 방법이 기존에는 없었고, 본 연구에서는 시계열 데이터를 가공하여 상대적 침하거동과 상호관련성을 분석하여 흙막이 벽체 배면 지반의 침하거동을 분석하고자 하였다. 본 논문에서는 평균침하량차지수와 평균상대침하량차를 정의 및 계산하였으며, 이를 좌표계에 도시하여 시간경과에 따라 측점간의 상대적 침하거동을 분석하였다. 또한 관측점들의 군집을 분류할 수 있는 기준이 필요하여 k-평균군집분석과 Dunn Index를 이용하여 분류하였다. 분석결과 계측지점의 침하량이 일정한 값으로 수렴하면서 모든 군집들이 안정영역으로 이동한 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 군집은 세분화되었다. 이러한 분석결과를 바탕으로 연구대상의 각 측점 간 상관관계를 분석하여 연구대상 지반의 독자거동영역과 동일거동영역을 구분할 수 있었다. 이처럼 측점들 간의 상대적 침하거동을 분석을 통해 거동영역을 구분할 수 있다면, 주변지역의 융기, 지반파괴영역 예측, 터파기 공사 시 활동파괴의 방지 등 침하관리와 안정관리에 도움을 줄 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1831-1836
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• 2014

공학적 측면에서 확률론적 액상화 재해 작성법이 점차 요구됨에 따라, 본 연구에서는 실제 액상화 피해 현장의 액상화 가능 지수(Liquefaction Potential Index, LPI)를 이용한 로지스틱 회귀분석으로 액상화 피해 확률을 예측하였다. 또한 이 분석을 바탕으로 광역지역의 액상화 재해도 기법을 제시하였다. 사례 연구로서 미국 세인트루이스 지역 홍수평야의 표준관입시험(273 곳) 결과를 대상으로 LPI를 산정하였고 최대지반가속도를 코크리깅의 이차변수로 적용하여 보간하였다. 연구결과, 일부 구역에서 연약지반과 얕은 지하수위로 인해 LPI 값이 5이상으로 나타나, 액상화로 인한 지반 피해 확률이 0.5 이상으로 예측되었다.