• Title/Summary/Keyword: Flexibility ratio (F)

Search Result 14, Processing Time 0.025 seconds

Parametric Study on Seismic Earth Pressure Through Dynamic Numerical Analyses of Basements (동적 수치해석을 통한 베이스먼트의 지진토압에 대한 매개변수 연구)

  • Park, Du-Hee;Lee, Choong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
    • /
    • v.40 no.4
    • /
    • pp.19-32
    • /
    • 2024
  • Dynamic earth pressure analysis is a key parameter in the seismic design of subterranean structures. However, existing solutions often lack a holistic approach, ignoring crucial elements like soil-structure interaction, the relative flexibility ratio (F) between the soil and a structure, the racking ratio (R) of a structure, and the structure aspect ratio (L/H). In this study, we conducted a thorough suite of dynamic numerical analyses on basements to understand how these factors influence seismic earth pressure. We found that structures with high aspect ratios and low flexibility were more susceptible to seismic pressure than those with lower aspect ratios and greater flexibility. Consequently, we recommend taking the aspect ratio and flexibility into account when estimating the seismic or dynamic earth pressure on basements and exercising caution when using traditional solutions proposed for retaining walls.

Dynamic Earth Pressure on Embedded Structure

  • Sadiq, Shamsher;Park, Duhee
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
    • /
    • v.20 no.9
    • /
    • pp.13-19
    • /
    • 2019
  • Dynamic earth pressure is considered an important parameter in the design of embedded structures. In current engineering design simplified methods developed either for yielding or non-yielding structures are utilized to predict resultant dynamic pressure. The applicability of these equations to embedded structures have not yet been reported. In this study we perform a suite of equivalent linear time history analysis for a range of embedded structure configurations. Numerically calculated dynamic pressure is shown to depend on the flexibility ratio (F), aspect ratio (L/H) of the embedded structure, and ground motion. Increase in L/H and intensity increases the magnitude of dynamic pressure. An increase in F decreases the dynamic pressure. Overall, the trends highlight the need for development of new method that accounts for F and L/H to calculate the dynamic pressure for the performance-based design of embedded structures.

Development of Modified Flexibility Ratio - Racking Ratio Relationship of Box Tunnels Subjected to Earthquake Loading Considering Rocking

  • Duhee Park;Van-Quang Nguyen;Gyuphil Lee;Youngsuk Lee
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
    • /
    • v.24 no.2
    • /
    • pp.13-24
    • /
    • 2023
  • Tunnels may undergo a larger or a smaller response compared with the free-field soil. In the pseudo-static procedure, the response of the tunnel is most often characterized by a curve that relates the racking ratio (R) with the flexibility ratio (F), where R represents the ratio of the tunnel response with respect to the free-field vibration and F is the relative stiffness of the tunnel and the surrounding soil. A set of analytical and empirical curves that do not account for the depth and the aspect ratio of the tunnel are typically used in practice. In this study, a series of dynamic analyses are conducted to develop a set of F-Rm relations for use in a frame analysis method. Rm is defined as an adjusted R where the rocking mode of deformation is removed and only the racking deformation is extracted. The numerical model is validated against centrifuge test recordings. The influence of aspect ratio, buried depth of tunnel on results is investigated. The results show that Rm increases with the increase of the buried depth and the aspect ratio. The widely used F-R relations are highlighted to be different compared with the obtained results in this study. Therefore, the updated F-Rm relations with proposed equations are recommended to be used in practice design. The rocking response decreases with either the decrease of the difference of stiffness between surrounding soil and tunnel or the larger aspect ratio of the tunnel section.

19F NMR investigation on the ratio of amorphous to crystal for the binder PVdF in Li ion battery

  • Im, Jong-san;Park, Junghwan;Kim, Kyoung Soo;Jung, Hyunok
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
    • /
    • v.23 no.1
    • /
    • pp.1-5
    • /
    • 2019
  • $^{19}F$ NMR experiments were carried out to observe the change of the characteristics of the PVdF binder which is an auxiliary material of the lithium ion battery. PVdF has various crystalline or amorphous phases by thermal treatment. A mixture of cathode and auxiliary materials including PVdF was coated on aluminum foil as an electron collector and then subjected to thermal treatment at various temperatures. The overlapped $^{19}F$ NMR signals obtained from the various phases were separately convoluted into the respective phases, and it was found that there was a relative ratio change of these phases. In addition, the crystal and amorphous phase of PVdF was changed during the vacuum drying, which is the last step of the actual electrode manufacturing. It was observed that the relative amount of amorphous phase, which may affect the flexibility of the electrode or the wettability of the electrolyte, abruptly changes after a certain temperature.

Seismic performances of three- and four-sided box culverts: A comparative study

  • Sun, Qiangqiang;Peng, Da;Dias, Daniel
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
    • /
    • v.22 no.1
    • /
    • pp.49-63
    • /
    • 2020
  • Studying the critical response characteristics of box culverts with diverse geometrical configurations under seismic excitations is a necessary step to develop a reasonable design method. In this work, a numerical parametric study is conducted on various soil-culvert systems, aiming to highlight the critical difference in the seismic performances between three- and four-sided culverts. Two-dimensional numerical models consider a variety of burial depths, flexibility ratios and foundation widths, assuming a visco-elastic soil condition, which permits to compare with the analytical solutions and previous studies. The results show that flexible three-sided culverts at a shallow depth considerably amplify the spectral acceleration and Arias intensity. Larger racking deformation and rocking rotation are also predicted for the three-sided culverts, but the bottom slab influence decreases with increasing burial depth and foundation width. The bottom slab combined with the burial depth and structural stiffness also significantly influences the magnitude and distribution of the dynamic earth pressure. The findings of this work shed light on the critical role of the bottom slab in the seismic responses of box culverts and may have a certain reference value for the preliminary seismic design using R-F relation.

Investigation of cause and magnitude of scale effect occurring in model experiments of fishing nets (그물어구의 모형 실험시에 발생하는 축척비 영향의 원인 및 크기 조사)

  • Kim, Dae-An
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
    • /
    • v.47 no.1
    • /
    • pp.1-9
    • /
    • 2011
  • In order to investigate the cause and magnitude of scale effect occurring in the model experiments of fishing nets, five pairs of Nylon pyramid nets and one pair of PE ones in which all the two nets paired were equal each other in the factors determining their flow resistance, i. e., the ratio d/l of diameter d to length l of bars, the angle f between two adjacent bars, the attack angle q of nettings to the water flow, and the wall area S of nets, and different in the values of d and l were prepared. Then, the nets were attached to the circular steel frame alternately and their flow resistances with shapes in water were measured on the sea ascribing no turbulent flows by using the tension meter made of a block bearing for the experiment. All the Nylon nets were spreads out easily in water to form a circular cone at relatively low velocity of water and showed the resistance smaller a little in the nets with larger d and l than them with smaller d and l, because the filtration of water through meshes become easier in nets especially with larger l. But PE nettings were not spread out sufficiently on account of their small flexibility and showed higher resistance especially in them with thicker twines. Therefore, the difference in bar length or mesh size and flexibility of nettings between prototype and model nets are regarded to become factors ascribing scale effect. Especially the influence of the difference in mesh size may become large significantly in actual model experiments because the mesh size of model nets is decided at much larger value than that given by scale ratio and so the difference of mesh size between the two nets become much larger than that between nets used in this experiment.

Study on Properties of Waterborne Polyurethane-Epoxy Hybrid Resin for Leather Garment Coationgs (의상 피혁 가공용 수용성 폴리우레탄-에폭시 하이브리드 수지의 합성 및 물성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Joo-Youb;Kim, Ki-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.27 no.3
    • /
    • pp.325-336
    • /
    • 2010
  • In this study, we experimented that how to synthesis waterborne urethane-epoxy hybrid resin for leather garment coatings. First of all, We had analyzed datas by FT-IR, SEM and TGA for the machanical properties. By instruments analysis measurement we confirmed that synthesis of urethane and epoxy. In this experiment we knew that polyurethane and urethane-epoxy hybrid resin have 4~5 grades of solvent resistance. Tensile strength measured in the urethane-epoxy resin(epoxy 12%, 2.033$kg_f/mm^2$) had the most strong strength than polyurethane(1.833 $kg_f/mm^2$) emulsion samples. Also urethane-epoxy hybrid resin had better result than polyurethane in acid resistance and abrasion test. As hight proportion of epoxy in hybid resin, we obtained low elongation and low flexibility. In this result, the mechanical properties of waterborne polyurethane-epoxy hybrid resin showed that how effect in leather coating by ratio of epoxy emulsion.

A Study on Nonlinear Behavior of RC Structure using Different Crack Models (균열모델을 사용한 철근콘크리트 구조물의 비선형거동 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Chil;Ahn, Young-Ki;Park, Sung-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
    • /
    • v.6 no.4
    • /
    • pp.139-146
    • /
    • 2002
  • A analysis of crack behavior in RC member was performed by nonlinear finite element method. Two crack models were used in F.E.M.(finite element method): one was FCM (the fixed crack model) and the other was RCM (the rotated crack model). Based on parametric study, the ratio of shear steel, strength of concrete, and a/d(shear span/effective depth) were compared with test results of references. According to the test results, when the member behavior was affected by the shear or diagonal tension, RCM was reasonable. However, when the behavior was affected by the flexibility, FCM was more appropriate. In addition, each crack model behavior for the change of shear steel ratio, the increase of strain energy was constant in FCM, but it was different in RCM because of diagonal crack distribution and crack width. Since the strength of concrete is affected not only by shear but also by flexural strength, each crack model behavior yields similar results.

Characteristics as Pulp and Papermaking Resources of Paper-mulberry (B. kazinoki) woods in Jeolla-do Region with Identically Genetic Marker (유전형질이 동일한 전라도지역 닥나무의 펄프제지 자원으로써의 특성)

  • Jo, Ah Hyeon;Go, In Hee;Jang, Kyung Ju;Park, Kyu Tae;Park, Sun Mi;Park, Seon Joo;Jeong, Seon Hwa
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
    • /
    • 2019.04a
    • /
    • pp.67-67
    • /
    • 2019
  • 뽕나무과(Moraceae) 닥나무속(Broussonetia)의 품종에 대한 국내 연구동향으로는 잎의 성상이나 암꽃의 포길이, 엽신의 폭과 같은 수목학 분수학적 관점으로 특징을 파악하기 때문에 구분이 어려운 실정이다. 또한 닥나무(Broussonetia kazinoki Siebold)와 꾸지나무[Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) $L^{\prime}H{\acute{e}}r.$ ex Vent.]의 수목학적 특징이 유사하여 오동정의 사례가 발생하기도 한다. 닥나무의 향명은 다양하게 불리지만 그 분류기준은 명확하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 총 4개 마커(ITS, matK, trnL-F, ndhF)의 염기서열 분석과 분자계통학적 분류를 통해 닥나무와 꾸지나무의 교잡종으로 확인된 전라도지역 닥나무 8개체에 대하여 펄프제지 자원으로써의 특성을 확인하였다. 8개체 인피섬유의 형태학적 특징인 섬유장, 섬유폭, 섬유 내강(Lumen)폭을 통해 Runkel ratio, Slenderness ratio, Flexibility coefficient, Rigidity coefficient를 도출하고 종이의 기계적 강도, 내절도와의 상관관계, 섬유와 섬유간의 결합력 등을 예측하였다. 상기와 같은 연구결과는 유전형질이 동일한 전라도지역 닥나무의 형태학적 특성을 통해 펄프제지 공정에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 인자들을 분석 하였다. 이러한 특성에 따라 다양한 품질의 종이를 제조 할 수 있는 기초 자료로 제공될 것이다.

  • PDF

A Study of Chain extension and Synthesis in Waterborne Polyurethane-Epoxy Hybrid Resin (수용성 하이브리드수지(폴리우레탄-에폭시)의 합성 및 사슬 연장에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Joo-Youb;Kim, Ki-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.28 no.1
    • /
    • pp.109-117
    • /
    • 2011
  • In this study, we experimented that how influence chain extension to waterborne urethane-epoxy hybrid resin for leather garment coatings. First of all, We had analyzed datas by FT-IR, SEM and machanical properties. By instruments analysis measurement we confirmed that synthesis of epoxy and hybrid resin. In this experiment we knew that polyurethane-epoxy hybrid resin have 5 grades of solvent resistance. Tensile strength measured in the polyurethane-epoxy resin(EDA 5.37g, 2.386 $kg_f/mm^2$) had the most strong strength.. Also polyurethane-epoxy hybrid resin had better result(EDA 5.37g. 37.4 mg. loss) than other hybrid resins. As hight proportion of EDA in hybid resin, we obtained low elongation and low flexibility. In this result, chain extension of waterborne polyurethane-epoxy hybrid resin showed that how effect in leather coating by ratio of EDA.