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Determination of True Resistance from Load Transfer Test Performed on a PHC Pile (PHC 말뚝의 하중전이실험을 통한 참 지지력의 산정)

  • Kim, Sung-Ryul;Chung, Sung-Gyo;Dzung, N.T.
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.113-122
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    • 2006
  • Although a number of static pile load tests have been performed in this country, re-consideration on the interpretation and loading method is needed, because of their less usefulness in practice. For this study, a static loading testing was performed for a long instrumented PHC pile, which was installed in sand layer overlying thick soft clay. The shaft resistance of the pile had been monitored for a long time after installation, and then the static load testing was performed by the quick load test, unlike the recent Korean practice. Using the measured data, the elastic modulus of pile, residual stress and true resistance on the pile were determined. In the event, it was found that the residual stress on the pile, which remained prior to the static loading, significantly affects the shaft and toe resistances. Also, it was realized that the setup effect for the long pile is significant.

Investigation of shear behavior of soil-concrete interface

  • Haeri, Hadi;Sarfarazi, Vahab;Zhu, Zheming;Marji, Mohammad Fatehi;Masoumi, Alireza
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2019
  • The shear behavior of soil-concrete interface is mainly affected by the surface roughness of the two contact surfaces. The present research emphasizes on investigating the effect of roughness of soil-concrete interface on the interface shear behavior in two-layered laboratory testing samples. In these specially prepared samples, clay silt layer with density of $2027kg/m^3$ was selected to be in contact a concrete layer for simplifying the laboratory testing. The particle size testing and direct shear tests are performed to determine the appropriate particles sizes and their shear strength properties such as cohesion and friction angle. Then, the surface undulations in form of teeth are provided on the surfaces of both concrete and soil layers in different testing carried out on these mixed specimens. The soil-concrete samples are prepared in form of cubes of 10*10*30 cm. in dimension. The undulations (inter-surface roughness) are provided in form of one tooth or two teeth having angles $15^{\circ}$ and $30^{\circ}$, respectively. Several direct shear tests were carried out under four different normal loads of 80, 150, 300 and 500 KPa with a constant displacement rate of 0.02 mm/min. These testing results show that the shear failure mechanism is affected by the tooth number, the roughness angle and the applied normal stress on the sample. The teeth are sheared from the base under low normal load while the oblique cracks may lead to a failure under a higher normal load. As the number of teeth increase the shear strength of the sample also increases. When the tooth roughness angle increases a wider portion of the tooth base will be failed which means the shear strength of the sample is increased.

Novel Claw Pole Eddy Current Load for Testing DC Counter Rotating Motor - Part II: Design and Modeling

  • Kanzi, Khalil;Roozbehani, Sam;Dehafarin, Abolfazl;Kanzi, Majid
    • Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.412-418
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    • 2012
  • Eddy current brakes are electromechanical devices used as variable mechanical loads for testing electrical machines. Accurate modeling of eddy current loss is an important t factor for optimum design of eddy brake systems. In this second part, we propose novel formulations of eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system. The proposed model for eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system depends on the size of the claw poles. Also, in this paper, the flux density is measured by using the magnetic circuit of the novel claw pole. The model results are compared with experimental results and they are found to be in good agreement.

A study on change in electric contact resistance of the tin-plated copper connector of automotive sensor due micro-vibration (차량용 주석 도금된 구리 커넥터에서 미세진동에 의한 전기접촉 저항변화에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Hwan-Sin;Park, Hyung-Bae
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.653-658
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    • 2008
  • The automotive environment is particularly demanding on connector performance, and is characterized by large temperature changes, high humidity and corrosive atmospheres. Fretting is a contact damage process that occurs between two contact surfaces. Fretting corrosion refers to corrosion damage at the asperities of contact surfaces. This damage is induced under load and in the presence of repeated relative surface motion, as induced for example by vibration. This paper critically reviews the works published previously on fretting corrosion of electrical connectors. Various experimental approaches such as testing machines, material selection, testing environments, acceleration testing techniques and preventing methods are addressed. Future research prospects arc suggested.

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A Research on Evaluation Methods of Testing Impact of the Strength of Soldering (납착강도 충격시험 평가법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sa-Hak
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 1999
  • So far, I Conducted an examination with focus on the type, characteristic, and test methods of impact test. which is a type of mechanical that evaluate materials. As mentioned previously, in testing soldering strength of soldering is the load when the object under experiment is broken down with the result of flexibility test or peel test. In this method, a hevay load is necessary until alloy of parent metal is bended, if the alloy of the parent metal has a large mechanical quality(peel strength or resisting power). Once the alloy of the parent metal is bended, however, it tends to come into pieces abruply form the part where soldered. Therefore, a metal has a high breakdown value if the degree of strength of its parent metal is high even if the result of measurement indicates otherwise. Thus, the result of the test did not correspond to the clinical result. Therefore, this study concludes as the following from a test of strength of soldering by mean of conducting an impact test, which is a type of mechanical evaluation methods : 1. Among various impact tests, a charpy thpe is more appropriate than the izod type in testing strength of soldering. 2. As far as test piece is concerned, to use subsized impact test piece is appropriate in the impact test in that it does not have notch. 3. In the matter of analysis, it is appropriate to measure absorbing energy which results from rupture of test piece.

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A Section Load Management Method using Daily Load Curve in Distribution Systems (일부하 곡선을 이용한 배전계통 구간부하 관리방법)

  • Lim, Seong-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2012
  • DAS(Distribution Automation System) is equipped with several software applications such as service restoration, loss minimization, and protective relay coordination. The software applications of DAS are very sensitive to the amount of section load being carried by a particular section of distribution lines. Moreover, each software application requires a different parameter of the section load according to its purpose. Therefore, This paper proposes a new section load management method using real-time measurement data of the distribution lines. In order to provide accurate data to DAS applications, this method considers section loads in terms of the relationship of power versus time. In order to establish that the proposed method is feasible, a performance-testing simulator was developed, and case studies were conducted for a modified real distribution network.

A Study on the Fatigue Test in A5052 Alloy Sheet Under Mixed Mode Loading (혼합모드 하중하의 A5052 합금판재에서의 피로시험에 관한 연구)

  • Gu, Jae-Min
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.828-834
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, for the mixed mode fatigue problem, the method of determining testing load was proposed. It is based on the plastic zone size and the limited maximum stress intensity factor by ASTM STANDARD E 647-00. The application method of maximum tangential stress criterion and the stress intensity factor for the finite width specimen was proposed. In the result of applying the method to mixed mode fat gut test for A5052 H34, it obtained the satisfactory experimental results on the stable crack growth.

Complete collapse test of reinforced concrete columns

  • Abdullah, Abdullah;Takiguchi, Katsuki
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, experimental investigation into the behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) columns tested under large lateral displacement with four different types of loading arrangements is presented. Each loading arrangement has a different system for controlling the consistency of the loading condition. One of the loading arrangements used three units of link mechanism to control the parallelism of the top and bottom stub of column during testing, and the remaining employed eight hydraulic jacks for the same purpose. The loading systems condition used in this investigation were similar to the actual case in a moment-resisting frame where the tested column was displaced in a double curvature. Ten model column specimens, divided into four series were prepared. Two columns were tested monotonically until collapse, and unless failure took place at an earlier stage of loading, the remaining eight columns were tested under cyclic loading. Test results indicated that the proposed system to keep the top and bottom stubs parallel during testing performed well.

A Case Study on Application of O-cell Test in Oversea (양방향재하시험의 국외 적용 사례)

  • Lee, Won-Je;Molnit, Thomas
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.593-602
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    • 2006
  • 대구경 현장타설말뚝에 대한 시험하중의 증가와 함께 적용이 활성화되고 있는 오스터버그 셀(Osterberg cell)방식이 적용된 국외의 4 개소 시험결과에 대하여 소개하였다. 사례연구의 대상이 된 4 개소 시험말뚝은 일반적인 시험보다는 결과상의 특징이 있어 현재 및 향후 동일한 시험방법이 적용될 경우 고려될 수 있는 내용을 중심으로 기술하였다. 이들 말뚝시험에서는 가장 전형적으로 지지력의 균형이 이루어져 말뚝의 극한현상이 발생되지 않아 설계하중을 충분히 확인한 경우뿐 아니라 선단지지력이 부족하여 선단 그라우팅 후 재시험을 한 경우, O-cell을 말뚝의 선단에 가장 근접하여 설치 한 후 시험한 경우, 그리고 다단면(multi-level test)시험이 수행되었던 예 등을 살펴보았다.

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An evaluation of structural strength by testing the carbody of stainless steel material (스테인리스 차체의 시험에 의한 구조강도 평가)

  • Yoon, Sung-Cheol;Jun, Chang-Sung;Kim, Won-kyung
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.1523-1526
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    • 2007
  • This study introduces the testing results of the carbody. The load test was performed to evaluate the structural characteristic and stability of the stainless carbody. The carbody is made of stainless steel. The body structure consisted of side frame, under frame, roof frame, and end frame. Of these components, the side frame and under frame were the most important components considering the vehicle and passenger loads. Loading test were performed under the condition based on "Performance Test Standard for Electrical Multiple Unit". The test results showed that the body structure is safe and stable under the condition of designed load.

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