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Developing a new mutation operator to solve the RC deep beam problems by aid of genetic algorithm

  • Kaya, Mustafa
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.493-500
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    • 2018
  • Due to the fact that the ratio of their height to their openings is very large compared to normal beams, there are difficulties in the design and analysis of deep beams, which differ in behavior. In this study, the optimum horizontal and vertical reinforcement diameters of 5 different beams were determined by using genetic algorithms (GA) due to the openness/height ratio (L/h), loading condition and the presence of spaces in the body. In this study, the effect of different mutation operators and improved double times sensitive mutation (DTM) operator on GA's performance was investigated. In the study following random mutation (RM), boundary mutation (BM), non-uniform random mutation (NRM), Makinen, Periaux and Toivanen (MPT) mutation, power mutation (PM), polynomial mutation (PNM), and developed DTM mutation operators were applied to five deep beam problems were used to determine the minimum reinforcement diameter. The fitness values obtained using developed DTM mutation operator was higher than obtained from existing mutation operators. Moreover; obtained reinforcement weight of the deep beams using the developed DTM mutation operator lower than obtained from the existing mutation operators. As a result of the analyzes, the highest fitness value was obtained from the applied double times sensitive mutation (DTM) operator. In addition, it was found that this study, which was carried out using GAs, contributed to the solution of the problems experienced in the design of deep beams.

Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Strengthening Length of Carbon Fiber Sheets (탄소섬유쉬트의 보강길이에 따른 R/C보의 휨 거동)

  • Shin, Sung Woo;Ahn, Jong Mun;Lee, Kwang Soo;Ban, Byung Lyul;Yeom, Sung Ki
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 1998
  • It is demanded to obtain the design data for bond length of the strengthening carbon fiber sheets. An objectives of this study is to provide preliminary data of rational strengthening design method which is adequate to current domestic status. The present experimental study was performed to evaluate flexural strengthening effects of steel reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fiber sheets. Following conclusions can be extracted. It is revealed that the maximum load carrying capacity is increased up to 9% when the reinforced concrete beams were strengthened with 1-ply of carbon fiber sheet which is half-width of beam. The performance of reinforced concrete sections were improved due to the strengthening carbon fiber sheets on the tensile side of beams. It is believed that the strengthening length of carbon fiber sheets must be provided as (0.5l+3d) to secure the ductile capacity of above three for the flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams.

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Comparison of the standards for absorbed dose to water of the IAEA and the KRISS, Korea in accelerator photon beams

  • L. Czap;I.J. Kim;J.I. Park;C.-Y. Yi;Y. Kim;Z. Msimang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.56 no.7
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    • pp.2698-2703
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    • 2024
  • A bilateral comparison was conducted between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) to measure the absorbed dose to water in accelerator photon beams. KRISS served as a linking laboratory to compare the IAEA standard with the key comparison reference value (KCRV) of the BIPM.RI(I)-K6 program, in which KRISS participated in 2017. Two ionization chambers from the IAEA were used as transfer instruments for the comparison. Both laboratories measured the calibration coefficients of these instruments and calculated the ratios. The ratio of the KRISS standard to the KCRV was applied to obtain the degree of equivalence of the IAEA, along with its uncertainty. The largest deviation of the IAEA measurement from the KCRV was 3.4 mGy/Gy, significantly smaller than the expanded uncertainty of 10.7 mGy/Gy (k = 2, 95% level of confidence). This study demonstrates the equivalence of IAEA's measurement standard for accelerator photon beams to other primary standard dosimetry laboratories. It provides evidence for the satisfactory operation of IAEA's quality management system and enhances the international credibility of the IAEA SSDL network, particularly in high-energy accelerator photon beams from linear accelerators.

Measurement of aerodynamic coefficients of tower components of Tsing Ma Bridge under yaw winds

  • Zhu, L.D.;Xu, Y.L.;Zhang, F.;Xiang, H.F.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.53-70
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    • 2003
  • Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong is the longest suspension bridge in the world carrying both highway and railway. It has two H-shape concrete towers, each of which is composed of two reinforced concrete legs and four deep transverse prestressed concrete beams. A series of wind tunnel tests have been performed to measure the aerodynamic coefficients of the tower legs and transverse beams in various arrangements. A 1:100 scaled 3D rigid model of the full bridge tower assembled from various tower components has been constructed for different test cases. The aerodynamic coefficients of the lower and upper segments of the windward and leeward tower legs and those of the transverse beams at different levels, with and without the dummy bridge deck model, were measured as a function of yaw wind angle. The effects of wind interference among the tower components and the influence of the bridge deck on the tower aerodynamic coefficients were also investigated. The results achieved can be used as the pertinent data for the comparison of the computed and field-measured fully coupled buffeting responses of the entire bridge under yaw winds.

The Effects of Metal Plate loaded on TLD chip in 6 MV Photon and 6 MeV Electron Beams (6 MV 광자선과 6 MeV 전자선 하에서 TLD 기판 위에 얹힌 금속 박막의 효과)

  • Kim, Sookil;Byungnim Min
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 1999
  • There is necessity for making a smaller and more sensitive detector in small field sizes. This report assesses the suitability of metal-loaded thermoluminescent dosimeters for this purpose. Measurements were performed in the 6 MV photon and 6 MeV electron beams of a medical linear accelerator with LiF thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD-100) embedded in solid water phantom. TLD-100 chips(surface area 3.2 $\times$ 3.2 $\textrm{mm}^2$) loaded with a metal plate(Tin or gold respectively) were used to enhance dose readings to TLD-100. Surface dose was measured for field size 10 $\times$ 10 $\textrm{cm}^2$ and 100 em SSD. Measurements have been made of the enhanced signal intensity and good linearity for absorbed dose with each metal. Using a 1 mm each metal on TLD-l00 in the beam increased the surface dose to 14% and 56% respectively for 6MV photon. In the case of 6 MeV electron, gold plate enhanced the TL response to 13%, but there is no difference for tin plate. The specific dose response of TLD-100 with thin metal plate increases with electron concentration of metal film, this is most likely due to increased electron scattered from the additional material with electron density higher than TLD-100. This emphasizes the role of TL dosimeters with metal as amplified dosimeters for therapeutic high energy x-ray beams. Due to the enhanced dose reading of TLD-100 with metal plate, it could be possible to develop smaller TL dosimeter with high sensitivity.

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Improvement of free-space optical interconnection efficiency by using circular aperture CGH

  • Shin, Chang-Mok;Seo, Dong-Hoan;Cho, Kyu-Bo;Kim, Cheol-Su;Lee, Ha-Woon;Kim, Soo-Joong
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.9-11
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    • 2002
  • We improve the free-space optical interconnection efficiency by using circular aperture computer-generated hologram (CGH). In free-space optical interconnection system using CGH, the single CGH is composed of sub-CGHs, which can change the direction of input beams to desired output positions, by Fourier transform. Each sub-CGH is rectangular shape, so the input beams through each sub-CGH are transformed to sinc functions in output plane. The side lobes of each sinc function are superimposed in output plane and they result in detection error in output plane, so the detection efficiency is low. We use the circular shaped sub-CGHs in order to reduce the side lobe value in output plane instead of rectangular shaped sub-CGHs. The each input beam is transformed to first-order Bessel functions through circular shaped sub-CGHs in output plane. The side lobes of first-order Bessel functions us low values compared with side lobes of sinc function, so we can improve the detection efficiency in output plane. We use binary phase modulated CGH, and confirm this improvement results by simulation.

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Optimization of shear connectors with high strength nano concrete using soft computing techniques

  • Sedghi, Yadollah;Zandi, Yosef;Paknahad, Masoud;Assilzadeh, Hamid;Khadimallah, Mohamed Amine
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.595-606
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    • 2021
  • This paper conducted mainly for forecasting the behavior of the shear connectors in steel-concrete composite beams based on the different factors. The main goal was to analyze the influence of variable parameters on the shear strength of C-shaped and L-shaped angle shear connectors. The method of ANFIS (adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system) was applied to the data in order to select the most influential factors for the mentioned shear strength forecasting. Five inputs are considered: height, length, thickness of shear connectors together with concrete strength and respective slip of the shear connectors after testing. The ANFIS process for variable selection was also implemented in order to detect the predominant factors affecting the forecasting of the shear strength of C-shaped and L-shaped angle shear connectors. The results show that the forecasting methodology developed in this research is useful for enhancing the multiple performances characterizing in the shear strength prediction of C and L shaped angle shear connectors analyzing.

A Numerical Study on the Natural Convection from Two Isothermal Square Beams Attached to an Vertical Adiabatic Plate (수직단열판에 부착된 2개의 등온 사각비임에서의 자연대류 열전달에 관한 수치 해석)

  • Park, Jae-Lim;Bae, Dae-Sok;Kwon, Sun-Sok
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 1991
  • A Steady laminar natural convection heat transfer from two isothermal square beams attached to a vertical adiabatic plate has been studied numerically. The results have been obtained for dimensionless beam spacings, $0.5{\le}D/L{\le}3.0$, and for Gr=5000-10000 at ${\phi}_2/{\phi}_1=1.0$. 1. The local Nusselt number from the beam surface is increased with the dimension-less beam spacing D/L. but that of the downward surface of the lower beam is almost same as the D/L increases. And, the local Nusselt number from the upward surface of a lower beam is greatly increased with D/L. 2. The beam spacings of the maximum mean Nusselt number for the downward surface of an upper beam and the upward surface of a lower beam occur at. D/L =2.6 and 2.0 respectively. 3. The beam spacing for the maximum total mean Nusselt number occurs at D/L = 2.6.

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FEM Analysis of RC Beams Strengthened with CFS on Loading Situation (재하상태에서 탄소섬유시트로 보강된 RC보부재의 유한요소해석)

  • ;Kanetou Masayoshi
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.1181-1184
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    • 2001
  • This study was performed FEM analysis of RC beams strengthened with CPS, in order to verify the effect strengthened of the loading situation. By load-deflection curve, It was not different that max capacity of RF2-L0 strengthened with CFS on the sound and RF2-L60 strengthened with on the 60% loading situation of service load. When RC beam was shortly strengthened with CFS, bond element of beam on the end was ripped off. Because stress was concentrated on bond element of beam on the end.

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Convective Heat Transfer in a Channel with Isothermal Rectangular Beams (등온사각빔이 부착된 채널에서의 대류열전달)

  • Ree, J.S.;Kwon, S.S.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 1995
  • Convective heat transfer in a two-dimensional horizontal and vertical channel with isothermal rectangular beams attached to one adiabatic wall is investigated from the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The solutions have been obtained for dimensionless beam spacings, S/L=1~4, aspect ratios of beam, H/B=0.25~4, Reynolds numbers, Re=50~1000 and Grashof numbers, $Gr=0{\sim}5{\times}10^4$. The total mean Nusselt number, Nu_T for horizontal and vertical channels shows same value at Gr=0. As Gr increases, Nu_T for horizontal channel increases, but Nu_T for vertical channel shows similar value at S/L=2, H/B=0.25, Re=100. The total mean Nusselt number for horizontal channel is higher than that for vertical channel. As H/B increases, $Nu_T$ for both channel decrease at $Gr=10^4$, Re=100.

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