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Dynamic Behavior Analyses of Bridges under Seismic Excitations in 2-Dimensional Directions (이차원 지진성분을 고려한 교량시스템의 지진거동분석)

  • 김상효
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.333-340
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    • 2000
  • Dynamic response behaviors of a bridge are examined under seismic excitations in the 2-dimensional directions are examined. A three-dimensional mechanical model is utilized and the corresponding equations of motions are derived to consider the two directional bridge motions due to the randomness residing in the excitation directions. The arbitrary 2-dimensional directions are simulated by applying two independent excitations in the two directions: main direction(longitudinal) ; the additive direction normal to the main (transverse). The rotational superstructure motions due to the spacial motions of the bridge are considered by admitting the deformation of the bearings at supports. The relative displacement to the ground motions and the relative distance between adjacent oscillators are found to be increased by a considerable amount in the case when considering arbitrary directional seismic excitations. It is also found that the piermotions show more complicated behaviors due to the arbitrary seismic directions.

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A Comparative Study between the Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach Analysis on Buckling Stability of CWR Tracks (CWR 궤도의 좌굴 안정성에 대한 결정론적 해석과 확률론적 해석 비교)

  • Bae, Hyun-Ung;Choi, Jin-Yu;Shin, Jeong-Sang;Kim, Jong-Jung;Lim, Nam-Hyoung
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.988-992
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    • 2011
  • The buckling characteristics of the continuous welded rail track(CWR) is uncertainly varied by many influence factors, such as rail temperature, operating conditions of a train and maintenance of the track etc. Therefore, applying the probabilistic approach method is essential to rationally consider uncertainty and randomness of the various parameters that affect the track buckling. In this study, the probabilistic approach analysis was carried out and the results were compared with the deterministic approach using the buckling probability evaluation system of CWR tracks developed by our research team. From the comparison, it was identified that a probabilistic approach can quantitatively assess the reliability of the CWR tracks based on failure probability and can be used as a tool for decision making in track design, maintenance and operating etc.

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Buckling Sensitivity of CWR Tracks according to the Characteristics of the Probability Distribution of the Lateral Ballast Resistance (도상횡저항력의 확률분포 특성에 따른 CWR 궤도의 좌굴 민감도)

  • Yun, Kyung-Min;Bae, Hyun-Ung;Kang, Tae-Ku;Kim, Myoung-Su;Lim, Nam-Hyoung
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.423-426
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    • 2011
  • The excessive axial load occurred in an immovable zone of continuous welded rail(CWR) tracks threatens the security of running trains due to the track buckling in extreme hot summer. The influence factors, such as rail temperature for compressive stress, ballast resistance for track stiffness and initial imperfection of track for tracks irregularity are uncertain track parameters that are randomly varied by climate conditions, operating conditions and maintenance of track etc. So, buckling of CWR tracks has very high uncertainties. Therefore, applying the probabilistic approach method is essential in order to rationally consider the uncertainty and randomness of the various parameters. In this study, buckling sensitivity analysis was carried out with respect to the characteristics of probability distribution of lateral ballast resistance using the buckling probability evaluation system of CWR tracks developed by our research team.

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Serviceability reliability analysis of cable-stayed bridges

  • Cheng, Jin;Xiao, Ru-Cheng
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.609-630
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    • 2005
  • A reliability analysis method is proposed in this paper through a combination of the advantages of the response surface method (RSM), finite element method (FEM), first order reliability method (FORM) and the importance sampling updating method. The accuracy and efficiency of the method is demonstrated through several numerical examples. Then the method is used to estimate the serviceability reliability of cable-stayed bridges. Effects of geometric nonlinearity, randomness in loading, material, and geometry are considered. The example cable-stayed bridge is the Second Nanjing Bridge with a main span length of 628 m built in China. The results show that the cable sag that is part of the geometric nonlinearities of cable-stayed bridges has a major effect on the reliability of cable-stayed bridge. Finally, the most influential random variables on the reliability of cable-stayed bridges are identified by using a sensitivity analysis.

Analysis of Post Processing Characteristics of Random Number Generator based Hardware Noise Source (하드웨어 잡음원 기반의 난수발생기의 사후처리 특성 분석)

  • Hong, Jin-Keun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.755-759
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, it is about random number generator, which is based on hardware is utilized in medical science and game area. The Intel presents guideline of security level about hardware based true random number generator. At hardware based random number generator, the various test items, that are included in test suits as NIST statistical test, FIPS140-1, is applied. In this paper, it experiments about degree extent of randomness variation from filter scheme effects, which is applied in output stream of hardware noise source.

Energy Distribution Characteristics of Nonstationary Acoustic Emission Burst Signal Using Time-frequency Analysis (비정상 AE 진동감시 신호의 에너지 분포특성과 시간-주파수 해석)

  • Jeong, Tae-Gun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2012
  • Conventional Fourier analysis can give only limited information about the dynamic characteristics of nonstationary signals. Instead, time-frequency analysis is widely used to investigate the nonstationary signal in detail. Several time-frequency analysis methods are compared for a typical acoustic emission burst generated during the impact between a ferrite ceramic and aluminum plate. This AE burst is inherently nonstationary and random containing many frequency contents, which leads to severe interference between cross terms in bilinear convolution type distributions. The smoothing and reassignment processes can improve the readability and resolution of the results. Spectrogram and scalogram of the AE burst are obtained and compared to get the characteristics information. Renyi entropies are computed for various bilinear time-frequency transforms to evaluate the randomness. These bilinear transforms are reassigned by using the improved algorithm in discrete computation.

Nonclassical Chemical Kinetics for Description of Chemical Fluctuation in a Dynamically Heterogeneous Biological System

  • Lim, Yu-Rim;Park, Seong-Jun;Lee, Sang-Youb;Sung, Jae-Young
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.963-970
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    • 2012
  • We review novel chemical kinetics proposed for quantitative description of fluctuations in reaction times and in the number of product molecules in a heterogeneous biological system, and discuss quantitative interpretation of randomness parameter data in enzymatic turnover times of ${\beta}$-galactosidase. We discuss generalization of renewal theory for description of chemical fluctuation in product level in a multistep biopolymer reaction occurring in a dynamically heterogeneous environment. New stochastic simulation results are presented for the chemical fluctuation of a dynamically heterogeneous reaction system, which clearly show the effects of the initial state distribution on the chemical fluctuation. Our stochastic simulation results are found to be in good agreement with predictions of the analytic results obtained from the generalized master equation.

Random Amplitude Variability of Seismic Ground Motions and Implications for the Physical Modeling of Spatial Coherency

  • Zerva, A.
    • Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2001
  • An initial approach for the identification of physical causes underlying the spatial coherency of seismic ground motions it presented. The approach relies on the observation that amplitude and phase variability of seismic data recorded over extended areas around the amplitude and phase of a common, coherent component are correlated. It suffices then to examine the physical causes for the amplitude variability in the seismic motions, in order to recognize the causes for the phase variability and, consequently, the spatial coherency. In this study, the effect of randomness in the shear wave velocity at a site on the amplitude variability of the surface motions mi investigated by means of simulations. The amplitude variability of the simulated motions around the amplitude of the common component is contained within envelope functions, the shape of which suggests, on a preliminary basis, the trend of the decay of coherency with frequency.

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The Hurst Exponent of RR Intervals in MCG Heartbeat Time Series (MCG 시계열 신호에서 RR간격 분석)

  • Lee, Hyoung;Min, Joon-Young;Lee, In-Jung
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2005
  • We know that the Hurst Exponent (HE) is a real number in [0, 1] which denotes randomness of time series. in this research, we suggest non-linear analysis of human biological signals through HE. The feasibility of human biological signals using inductive incitement provides Some diagnosis for active treatment. In our experiment, we measured the heartbeat through the MCG, 29 healthy and 34 abnormal subjects ostensibly. The raw data of acupuncture incitement are supported by opinions of gross examination and pathological diagnosis. The mean values of HE are 0.345, 0.755 and 0.805 for the periods of before, during and after acupuncture treatment, respectively in case of abnormal subjects. On the other hand, the mean values, 0.808, 0.797 and 0.785 are for normal cases, correspondingly. From this data, we show that HE is very significant in abnormal controls according to an acupuncture incitement, and the incitement effect is evidently extracted in abnormal subjects. But, in normal subjects, the incitement effect is meaningless.

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A Study on the Stochastic Sensitivity Analysis in Dynamics of Frame Structure (프레임 구조물의 확률론적 동적 민감도 해석에 관한 연구)

  • 부경대학교
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.435-447
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    • 1999
  • It is main objective of this approach to present a method to analyse stochastic design sensitivity for problems of structural dynamics with randomness in design parameters. A combination of the adjoint variable approach and the second order perturbation method is used in the finite element approach. An alternative form of the constant functional that holds for all times is introduced to consider the time response of dynamic sensitivity. The terminal problem of the adjoint system is solved using equivalent homogeneous equations excited by initial velocities. The numerical procedures are shown to be much more efficient when based on the fold superposition method: the generalized co-ordinates are normalized and the correlated random variables are transformed to uncorrelated variables, whereas the secularities are eliminated by the fast Fourier transform of complex valued sequences. Numerical algorithms have been worked out and proved to be accurate and efficient : they can be readily adapted to fit into the existing finite element codes whose element derivative matrices can be explicitly generated. The numerical results of two cases -2 dimensional portal frame for the comparison with reference and 3-dimensional frame structure - for the deterministic sensitivity analysis are presented.

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