• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.633-656
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• 2001

In this paper, modal control with direct output feedback is formulated in a systematic manner for easy implementation. Its application to the seismic protection of structural systems is verified by a shaking table test, which involves a full-scale building model and an active bracing system as the control device. Two modal control cases, namely, one full-state feedback and one direct output feedback control were tested and compared. The experimental result shows that in mitigating the seismic response of building structures, modal control with direct output feedback can be as effective and efficient as that with full-state feedback control. For practical concerns, the control performance of the proposed method in the presence of sensor noise and stiffness modeling error was also investigated. The numerical result shows that although the control force may be increased, the maximum floor displacements of the controlled structure are very insensitive to sensor noise and modeling error.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1086-1093
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• 2004

The modal characteristics of constrained multibody systems undergoing constant accelerated motions are investigated in this paper. Relative coordinates are employed to derive the equations of motion, which are generally nonlinear in terms of the coordinates. The dynamic equilibrium position of a constrained multibody system needs to be obtained from the nonlinear equations of motion, which are then linearized at the dynamic equilibrium position. The mass and the stiffness matrices for the modal analysis can be obtained from the linearized equations of motion. To verify the effectiveness and the accuracy of the proposed method, two numerical examples are solved and the results obtained by using the proposed method are compared with those obtained by analytical and other numerical methods. The proposed method is found to be accurate as well as effective in predicting the modal characteristics of constrained multibody systems undergoing constant accelerated motions.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.437-448
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• 2017

Soft or extreme soft storeys in multi-storied buildings cause localized damage (and even collapse) during strong earthquake shaking. The presence of such soft or extremely soft storey is identified through provisions of vertical stiffness irregularity in seismic design codes. Identification of the irregularity in a building requires estimation of lateral translational stiffness of each storey. Estimation of lateral translational stiffness can be an arduous task. A simple procedure is presented to estimate storey stiffness using only properties of fundamental lateral translational mode of oscillation (namely natural period and associated mode shape), which are readily available to designers at the end of analysis stage. In addition, simplified analytical expressions are provided towards identifying stiffness irregularity. Results of linear elastic time-history analyses indicate that the proposed procedure captures the irregularity in storey stiffness in both low- and mid-rise buildings.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.833-838
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• 2024

도시철도 침목플로팅궤도(STEDEF)는 침목상자와 침목방진패드를 이용하여 침목과 콘크리트 도상을 구조적으로 분리하여 콘크리트 도상에 전달되는 진동을 감소시키는 구조이다. 최근에는 20년 이상 공용중인 침목플로팅궤도의 침목방진패드 열화가 발생하고 있다. 이에 침목방진패드에 대한 성능을 평가하기 위해 침목방진패드 발췌 후 정적 스프링강성 시험을 수행하고 있다. 해당 평가기법은 사용 중인 침목방진패드를 반드시 교체한 후 평가를 수행한다. 그러나 궤도 고유진동수는 침목방진패드 스프링강성 및 콘크리트 도상의 융기와 침하에 따라 변화할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 궤도 고유진동수를 평가하기 위해 모달시험기법을 사용하였다. 이를 위해 실험실 규모에서 침목상자 소재, 침목방진패드 스프링강성 및 콘크리트 도상 융기 및 침하에 따른 궤도 고유진동수를 모달시험을 이용하여 측정하였다. 침목플로팅궤도 고유진동수는 침목방진패드 스프링강성 변화에 따라 직접적인 영향을 받는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 콘크리트 도상의 융기 및 침하에 따른 고유진동수 변화도 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제시한 모달시험기법을 이용하여 침목방진패드의 열화 및 뜬 침목 평가 등에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.749-755
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• 2014

The analytical-finite element(FE) squeal model is applied to investigate the squeal propensity associated with contact stiffness of the disc brake system. The system contact stiffness is incorporated into the perturbed equations of motion in the analytical manner where the brake components are modeled by FE method. The results show that the contact stiffness of the friction material and the contact stiffness between the pads and caliper are the influential factors on the squeal propensity. Particularly, the modal instability of the 3200 Hz squeal mode drastically changes with respect to the contact stiffness between the pads and caliper.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.275-302
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• 2015

Theoretical and numerical assessments of approximate evaluations and simplified analyses of piezoelectric structures transverse shear modal effective electromechanical coupling coefficient (EMCC) are presented. Therefore, the latter is first introduced theoretically and its approximate evaluations are reviewed; then, three-dimensional (3D) and simplified two-dimensional (2D) plane-strain (PStrain) and plane-stress (PStress) piezoelectric constitutive behaviors of electroded shear piezoceramic patches are derived and corresponding expected short-circuit (SC) and open-circuit (OC) frequencies and resulting EMCC are discussed; next, using a piezoceramic shear sandwich beam cantilever typical benchmark, a 3D finite element (FE) assessment of different evaluation techniques of the shear modal effective EMCC is conducted, including the equipotential (EP) constraints effect; finally, 2D PStrain and PStress FE modal analyses under SC and OC electric conditions, are conducted and corresponding results (SC/OC frequencies and resulting effective EMCC) are compared to 3D ones. It is found that: (i) physical EP constraints reduce drastically the shear modal effective EMCC; (ii) PStress and PStrain results depend strongly on the filling foam stiffness, rendering inadequate the use of popular equivalent single layer models for the transverse shear-mode sandwich configuration; (iii) in contrary to results of piezoelectric shunted damping and energy harvesting popular single-degree-of-freedom-based models, transverse shear modal effective EMCC values are very small in particular for the first mode which is the common target of these applications.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2000

일반적으로 도막의 강성은 목재의 강성에 비해 낮으므로 도장된 소재의 강성이 백골재에 비해 낮아질 것으로 짐작할 수 있으므로 본 연구에서 는 바이올린용 소재 인 유럽산 가문비 나무와 단풍나무에 투명 래커와 전통옻칠을 도포한 후, 진동모드를 해석하고 공진주파수를 비교함으로써 수종별 도료 종류에 따른 음향특성의 변화양상을 분석하고자 하였다. 분석결과, 도장전후의 기본진동모드는 동일하였고 양 수종 공히 도료의 종류에 관계없이 도장재의 공진주파수의 감소가 확인되었으며 가문비나무의 경우, 모드가 증가할수록 주파수 감소폭이 증가하였으나 옻칠이 투명래커에 비해 그 감소폭이 적었다. 단풍나무의 경우에도 상위 모드에서 더 큰 주파수 감소를 나타냈지만 옻칠과 투명래커의 주파수 감소폭이 일정치 않았다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.935-956
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• 2015

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of steel towers has become a hot research topic. From the literature, it is impractical and impossible to develop a "general" method that can detect all kinds of damages for all types of structures. A practical method should make use of the characteristics of the type of structures and the kind of damages. This paper reports a feasibility study on the use of measured modal parameters for the detection of damaged braces of tower structures following the Bayesian probabilistic approach. A substructure-based structural model-updating scheme, which groups different parts of the target structure systematically and is specially designed for tower structures, is developed to identify the stiffness distributions of the target structure under the undamaged and possibly damaged conditions. By comparing the identified stiffness distributions, the damage locations and the corresponding damage extents can be detected. By following the Bayesian theory, the probability model of the uncertain parameters is derived. The most probable model of the steel tower can be obtained by maximizing the probability density function (PDF) of the model parameters. Experimental case studies were employed to verify the proposed method. The contributions of this paper are not only on the proposal of the substructure-based Bayesian model updating method but also on the verification of the proposed methodology through measured data from a scale model of transmission tower under laboratory conditions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.141-154
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• 2006

Recently, the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) has gained considerable attention as a novel technique of signal processing, which shows promise for the system identification and damage detection of structures. This study investigates the effectiveness and accuracy of the HHT method for the system identification and damage detection of structures through a series of experiments. A multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) structural model has been constructed with modular members, and the columns of the model can be replaced or removed to simulate damages at different locations with different severities. The measured response data of the structure due to an impulse loading is first decomposed into modal responses using the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) approach with a band-pass filter technique. Then, the Hilbert transform is subsequently applied to each modal response to obtain the instantaneous amplitude and phase angle time histories. A linear least-square fit procedure is used to identify the natural frequencies and damping ratios from the instantaneous amplitude and phase angle for each modal response. When the responses at all degrees of freedom are measured, the mode shape and the physical mass, damping and stiffness matrices of the structure can be determined. Based on a comparison of the stiffness of each story unit prior to and after the damage, the damage locations and severities can be identified. Experimental results demonstrate that the HHT method yields quite accurate results for engineering applications, providing a promising tool for structural health monitoring.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2004

In this study the optimization of a NFR suspension is performed using finite element method and experimental modal analysis. NFR suspensions are required to have low compliance modes to allow the slider to comply with the rotating disk, and high tracking stiffness modes to maximize the servo bandwidth of the tracking controller First of all, the dual suspension model is designed based on the characteristics of NFR drives. And the parametric study on the sensitivities of compliance modes and tracking stiffness modes is investigated. Finally, the model satisfying static characteristics is selected and shape optimization is performed to improve dynamic characteristics. A prototype of a NFR suspension is made by etching and modal ekperiment in free state is performed. The results of experiment almost agree with those of finite element method.