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Experimental study on behavior of tri-directional prestressed composite bridge column under low cyclic loading

  • Yang Chen;Zhaowei Jiang;Yingjun Gan;Jun Ye;Yong Yang
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.251-262
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    • 2024
  • To improve the seismic behavior of composite column with high strength concrete-filled steel tubular in bridge engineering, four column specimens, including one specimen with vertical prestressing force and three specimens with tri-directional prestressing force, were conducted under low cyclic loading. Test parameters including axial compression ratio, degree of vertical prestressing and existence of prestressed steel strips were emphatically analyzed. Experimental results revealed that applying tri-directional prestressing force to column with high strength concrete-filled steel tubular produced more beneficial behavior in terms of ductility, energy-dissipation and self-centering capacity over that of specimens only with vertical prestress. Moreover, ultimate bearing capacity of composite column was improved with increase of degree of vertical prestress and external axial force, while ductility would be reduced. External axial force showed slight influence on the self-centering behavior. Finally, a calculation equation for predicting the shear capacity of the tri-directional prestressed composite column was proposed and the accuracy of the calculated results validated by experimental data.

Experimental and numerical study on aerodynamic characteristics of suspended monorail trains passing each other under crosswinds

  • Yulong Bao;Wanming Zhai;Chengbiao Cai;Shengyang Zhu;Yongle Li
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.361-373
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    • 2023
  • Suspended monorail trains (SMTs) are sensitive to crosswinds, and instantaneous aerodynamic characteristics of two SMTs passing each other under crosswinds are particularly complicated. In this study, a pressure measurement test is carried out on stationary train-bridge models arranged in several critical positions. In addition, a validated moving CFD model is developed with the dynamic and sliding mesh method to explore the realistic train movement effects. The time-varying aerodynamic forces and surface pressure distribution on, as well as the flow field around running trains and bridges during trains passing each other, are computed in detail to illustrate the shielding effect of the upstream train. The results reveal that when two trains begin to pass each other, the side force coefficient of the downstream train reduces significantly to negative values due to the wind shielding effect of the upstream train. The moving model successfully captures that airflow is separated on the middle line of the head car for the suspended monorail train, and the surrounding bluff double-beams can significantly affect the flow structures around the train. The wind shielding effect of the upstream train on the downstream train will weaken as the relative yaw angle decreases.

Experimental Study on Durability Properties of High Performance Concrete on Using Hydraulic Mineral Admixtures for Bridge Deck Overlay (수경성 광물질 혼합재를 사용한 교면 덧씌우기용 고성능 콘크리트의 내구성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Hyung;Son, Hyung-Ho;Jung, Ho-Jin;Lee, Jae-Nam
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2011
  • In this study, it is evaluated on the properties of mechanical performance, autogenous shrinkage and chloride resistance for application of high performance concrete for bridge deck overlay used slag powder and fly ash as a representative by-product of industrialization. According to test results, it is evaluated that the durability of concrete is improved the properties of chloride resistance, autogenous shrinkage and alkali aggregate reaction by using hydraulic mineral admixtures. It is considered to have a green construction and an economic feasibility on recycling of by-product as a improved concrete for durability and efficiency in materials and constructions.

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Novel Average Value Model for Faulty Three-Phase Diode Rectifier Bridges

  • Rahnama, Mehdi;Vahedi, Abolfazl;Alikhani, Arta Mohammad;Nahid-Mobarakeh, Babak;Takorabet, Noureddine
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.288-295
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    • 2019
  • Rectifiers are widely used in industrial applications. Although detailed models of rectifiers are usually used to evaluate their performance, they are complex and time-consuming. Therefore, the Average Value Model (AVM) has been introduced to meet the demand for a simple and accurate model. This type of rectifier modeling can be used to simplify the simulations of large systems. The AVM of diode rectifiers has been an area of interest for many electrical engineers. However, healthy diode rectifiers are only considered for average value modeling. By contrast, faults occur frequently on diodes, which eventually cause the diodes to open-circuit. Therefore, it is essential to model bridge rectifiers under this faulty condition. Indeed, conventional AVMs are not appropriate or accurate for faulty rectifiers. In addition, they are significantly different in modeling. In this paper, a novel application of the parametric average value of a three-phase line-commutated rectifier is proposed in which one diode of the rectifier is considered open-circuited. In order to evaluate the proposed AVM, it is compared with experimental and simulation results for the application of a brushless synchronous generator field. The results clearly demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed model.

A Short Study on Promoting the Dispersal of Phytoseiulus persimilis using a Bridge on Green Pepper (피망에서 브리지를 이용한 칠레이리응애의 확산 증진 연구)

  • Cho, Jum Rae;Kim, Jeong Hwan;Seo, Bo Yoon;Park, Bue Yong;Seo, Meeja
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.59 no.4
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    • pp.383-391
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    • 2020
  • The vertical distribution and dispersion of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae and its predator, Phytoseiulus persimilis, were investigated within and between green pepper plants. We also tested the effect of an artificial bridge with threads on dispersal of P. persimilis between the plants. The extent of spread of T. urticae depended on its infested density and location. When 10 adults of T. urticae were inoculated on upper leaf, they stayed on the upper leaf until 5 days after inoculation. However, when 100 adults were inoculated on an upper leaf, they dispersed to the lower leaf within a day. In condition that 10 adults of T. urticae were inoculated on the lower leaf, they started to move toward upward within a day. In the absence of T. urticae, P. persimilis tended to move to the leaves where T. urticae was present when both T. urticae and P. persimilis were inoculated together within a plant. An artificial bridge with threads between two plants was helpful to disperse P. persimilis to neighboring plants. Therefore, it would be expected that the dispersal of P. persimilis can be promoted by supplying the artificial bridges among plants and by narrowing the distances between plants.

Constructing a Green Network and Wind Corridor to Alleviate the Urban Heat-Island (도시열섬현상 완화를 위한 녹지네트워크 및 바람길 구축)

  • Cha, Jae-Gyu;Jung, Eung-Ho;Ryu, Ji-Won;Kim, Dae-Wuk
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.102-112
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    • 2007
  • Like other organic beings, modern cities change every day. Unlike in the past, changes of space which have been taking place in concentrated spaces during short periods of time have worsened the environment of cities creating environmental problems. In particular, the urban heat-island phenomenon, which is caused by changes in using the earth's surface, has emerged as a key social issue along with health problems and economic difficulties. The Green Network has been introduced as an urban planning approach to solve the urban heat-island phenomenon. This study suggests constructing a Green Network through analyzing the urban heat island phenomenon, land cover classification, and linkage possibility with the Green Network and wind corridors by researching Jung-Gu, and Nam-Gu in Daegu Metropolitan City. In conclusion, this study presented the construction of a broad and detailed Green Network of object areas by assigning Apsan to the southern area and mountain area as the core, two areas of Nam-Gu and six areas of Jung-Gu such as Duryu Park and, Dalsung Park as footholds and other school land and park facility areas as footholds-to-be areas. In particular, Camp Walker, which is connected with Apsan, is not only a foothold but connected to the core, is necessary to preserve after being transferred from the U.S. Army. In addition, assigning the Susung Bridge area of Jung-Gu and the Camp Walker area of Nam-Gu as the wind corridor areas is recommended.

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Fragmentation Analysis of Daejeon City's Green Biotope Using Landscape Index and Visualization Method (경관의 지수화 및 시각화 기법을 활용한 대전광역시 녹지비오톱 파편화 분석)

  • Kim, Jin-Hyo;Ra, Jung-Hwa;Lee, Soon-Ju;Kwon, Oh-Sung;Cho, Hyun-Ju;Lee, Eun-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.29-44
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to quantitatively and visually analyze the degree of green biotope fragmentation caused by road construction and other development work using FRAGSTATS and GUIDOS tool. Moreover, linking of the endangered species research, we mapped "Biotope Fragmentation Map" of Daejeon-city. The findings of the study are summarized as follows: First, as the result of FRAGSTATS, landscape indices : number of patch(NP), mean patch size (MPS), edge length(TE), mean nearest neighbor distance(MNN), edge shape(LSI) showed meaningful change from fragmentation. Moreover, the result of GUIDOS analysis, middle core-small core-bridge-branch-edge-islet-perforation showed increase of area percentage without large core. Lastly, analysis result of 'Biotope Fragmentation Map' revealed that changing site of large core's size appeared eighteen-site and designated as the special protection area appeared forty-one site. As the result of the two data, overlapping areas that showed both change of core size and revealed special protection areas revealed four site. For example, five species of endangered species appeared on the NO. 4 site in 'Biotope Fragmentation Map'. The findings of this study as summarized above are considered to play an important role in basic data preventing green biotope fragmentation at the planned level from various development work.

Grounded Theory Analysis on the Role of Intermediary Organizations for Rural Tourism : A Comparison between the Nadri of Yangpyeong-gun and Icheon-si in Gyeonggi-do (농촌체험관광 중간지원조직 역할에 관한 근거이론적 분석 - 양평군·이천시 농촌나드리 비교를 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Cha-Hee;Tak, Young-Ran;Kim, Min-Seo;Son, Yong-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.75-88
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of the present study is to examine the characteristics of intermediary organizations for rural tourism by analyzing how they are run, especially in Yangpyeong-gun and Icheon-si Nadri groups, and to further look for the desirable role they should play. Since the activities of these intermediary groups have not been accumulated enough to be able to be used for a study, grounded theory was adopted as deemed appropriate among other qualitative research approaches for this paper. Three main findings of the current research are as follows. First, the rural tourism intermediary organizations have characteristics that are leaning towards local villages more than visitors, although they are in the middle of a spectrum stretching between 'visitors to the green villages' on one end and the 'green villages' on the other end. Second, the intermediary groups work not just as a bridge among different green villages but also as a mediator, facilitator and a guide, noting that such roles can vary significantly depending on the level of competence of the groups themselves and the extent to which the government steps in. Third, the tourism intermediary organizations can contribute to local community-building, going beyond the boundaries of green village. They help to improve the quality of tour experience which leads to revitalization of local economy, and during the course of operating the intermediary groups, the community in the village can set up rules and resolve disputes and conflicts. Thus, the activities of the groups have the potential to create a local community by affecting not just at a village level but to a broader area where their operation is based on. Implications of this study are suggested in three ways. First, the paper looked at the interaction between rural tourism intermediary organizations and stakeholder in a comprehensive way with a qualitative research approach taken. Second, it identified the role and tasks of rural tourism intermediary organizations. Third, it is important to ensure that the tourism intermediary organizations play the local community-oriented role.

Spatial Analysis for the Assessment of Optimum Place of Eco-bridge (생태통로의 최적지 평가를 위한 공간분석)

  • Jeong, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.697-703
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study aims to preserve biodiversity in increasingly fragmented green patches for spatial analysis of planting on the eco-corridors and to optimize the target species, the location, width, cross section of the eco-corridors. It was suggested that eco-corridors should have to planned at early stages of road planning so that the number and locations of eco-corridors in advance. Ecological corridor is the facility to connect two habitats fragmented by road, dam, housing and industrial area. And, everyone agree that ecological corridor is important useful structural component that help animal movement in fragmented landscapes. However, ecological corridors have many problems of the recorded the size of corridor, planting species to nearby exiting vegetation species and structure. The most important facts that there are no consideration for location of animal migration and behavior using eco-corridors. This study was carried out to spatial analysis of eco-corridors location, satellite data and GIS were used to analyze for searching optimum location of the eco-corridors.

Model of Environmental Design by the Theory of Ecological Perception (생태학적 지각이론에 의한 환경디자인 사례연구 - 노원구 상계동 롯데백화점을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Soo-Yeon;Min, Moon-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.231-234
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    • 2005
  • The ecological theory of perception provides the human living, and meaning integrating norm to overcome the crisis caused by an eastern belief in human-centered wrong rationality formed at the past process of modernization. Prior to the overall consideration of ecological perception theory, looked into the concepts, contribution extent and its limitation of the existing perception theories for the environmental design. By experimentally applying inferred concepts of design to department bridge space and forming the space, certified the applicability of it to the green amenity space. The site Is located in Nowon- Gu Sangge- Dong. The design was processed on the basis of survey, plants growth environment and plants characters. It is expected that this design would serve the commercial space- consumer as a symbolic, environmentally friendly space design

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