• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.2939-2948
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• 2020

This paper presents an analytic solution procedure of the rotationally restrained hinged-hinged beam subjected to transverse motions at supports based on EBT (Euler-Bernoulli beam theory). The EBT solutions are compared with the solutions based on TBT (Timoshenko beam theory) for a wide range of the rotational restraint parameter (kL/EI) of slender beams whose slenderness ratio is greater than 100. The comparison shows the followings. The internal loads such as bending moment and shearing force of an extremely thin beam obtained by EBT show a good agreement with those obtained by TBT. But the discrepancy between two solutions of internal loads tends to increase as the slenderness ratio decreases. A careful examination shows that the discrepancy of the internal loads originates from their dynamic components whereas their static components show a little difference between EBT and TBT. This result suggests that TBT should be employed even for slender beams to consider the rotational effect and the shear deformation effect on dynamic components of the internal loads. The influence of the parameter on boundary conditions is examined by manipulating the spring stiffness from zero to a sufficiently large value.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 역강성법을 비좌굴 가새골조시스템의 내진설계에 적용하여 목표 변위를 만족시키는 비좌굴 가새의 단면적을 산정하였으며, 기존 연구와 비교하여 타당성을 검토하였다. 본 설계 방법은 개념이 직관적이고 적용이 간편하며, 고차모드 고려가 가능하고 각 층의 연성도를 개별적으로 조절할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 각 모델에 본 설계법을 적용한 결과, 전반적으로 목표변위 증가에 따라 가새 단면적이 감소하지만 층수와 연성도의 증가에 따라 일부층에서 오히려 가새 단면적이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 항복 후 강성비의 변화가 단면적에 끼치는 영향은 가새의 항복 후 강성비가 작은 경우 더 민감한 차이를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2007

The steam generator in a nuclear power plant is a large heat exchanger that uses heat from a reactor to generate steam to drive the turbine generator. Rupture of a steam generator tube can result in release of fission products to environment outside. Therefore, an accurate integrity assessment of the steam generator tubes with cracks is of great importance for maintaining the safety of a nuclear power plant. The steam generator tubes are supported at regular intervals by support plates and rotations of the tubes are restrained. Although it has been reported that the limit load for a circumferential crack is significantly affected by boundary condition of the tube, existing limit load solutions do not consider the restraining effect of support plate correctly. In addition, there are no limit load solutions for circumferential cracks in U-bend region with the effect of the support plate. This paper provides detailed limit load solutions for circumferential cracks in top of tube sheet and the U-bend regions of the steam generator tube with the actual boundary conditions to simulate the restraining effect of the support plate. Such solutions are developed based on three dimensional finite element analyses. The resulting limit load solutions are given in a polynomial form, and thus can be simply used in practical integrity assessment of the steam generator tubes.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2007

Fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete (FRSCC) is a new type of concrete mix that can mitigate two opposing weaknesses: poor workability in fiber-reinforced concrete and cracking resistance in plain SCC concrete. This study focused on early-age cracking of FRSCC due to restrained drying shrinkage, one of the most common causes of cracking. In order to investigate the effect of fiber on shrinkage cracking of FRSCC, ring shrinkage tests were performed for polypropylene and steel fiber-reinforced SCC. In addition, finite element analyses for those specimens were carried out considering drying shrinkage based on moisture diffusion, creep, cracking resistance of concrete, and the effect of fiber. The analysis results were verified via a comparison between the measured and calculated crack width. From the test and analysis results, the effectiveness of fiber with respect to reducing cracking was confirmed and some salient features on the shrinkage cracking of FRSCC were obtained.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2021

Under a severe environment of multiple hazards such as earthquakes and winds, the life-cycle performance of engineering structures may inevitably be deteriorated due to the fatigue effect caused by long-term exposure to wind loads, which would further increase the structural vulnerability to earthquakes. This paper presents a framework for evaluating the lifetime structural seismic performance under the effect of wind-induced fatigue considering different sources of uncertainties. The seismic behavior of a high-rise steel-concrete composite frame with buckling-restrained braces (FBRB) during its service life is systematically investigated using the proposed approach. Recorded field data for the wind hazard of Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China from Jan. 1, 1980 to Mar. 31, 2019 is collected, based on which the distribution of wind velocity is constructed by the Gumbel model after comparisons. The OpenSees platform is employed to establish the numerical model of the FBRB and conduct subsequent numerical computations. Allowed for the uncertainties caused by the wind generation and structural modeling, the final annual fatigue damage takes the average of 50 groups of simulations. The lifetime structural performance assessments, including static pushover analyses, nonlinear dynamic time history analyses and fragility analyses, are conducted on the time-dependent finite element (FE) models which are modified in lines with the material deterioration models. The results indicate that the structural performance tends to degrade over time under the effect of fatigue, while the influencing degree of fatigue varies with the duration time of fatigue process and seismic intensity. The impact of wind-induced fatigue on structural responses and fragilities are explicitly quantified and discussed in details.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2008

The dynamic stability of elastically restrained cantilever pipe conveying fluid with crack is investigated in this paper. The pipe, which is fixed at one end, is assumed to rest on an intermediate spring support. Based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, the equation of motion is derived by the energy expressions using extended Hamilton's Principle. The crack section is represented by a local flexibility matrix connecting two undamaged pipe segments. The influence of a crack severity and position, mass ratio and the velocity of fluid flow on the stability of a cantilever pipe by the numerical method are studied. Also, the critical flow velocity for the flutter and divergence due to variation in the support location and the stiffness of the spring support is presented. The stability maps of the pipe system are obtained as a function of mass ratios and effect of crack.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.661-678
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• 2015

Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB) have been widely used in the construction industry as they utilize the most desirable properties of both constituent materials, i.e., steel and concrete. They present excellent structural qualities such as high load bearing capacity, ductility, energy-absorption capability and good structural fire behaviour. The effects of size and type of filler material in the existed gap at the steel core-concrete interface as well as the element's cross sectional shape, on BRB's fire resistance capacity was investigated in this paper. A nonlinear sequentially-coupled thermal-stress three-dimensional model was presented and validated by experimental results. Variation of the samples was described by three groups containing, the steel cores with the same cross section areas and equal yield strength but different materials (metal and concrete) and sizes for the gap. Responses in terms of temperature distribution, critical temperature, heating elapsed time and contraction level of BRB element were examined. The study showed that the superior fire performance of BRB was obtained by altering the filler material in the gap from metal to concrete as well as by increasing the size of the gap. Also, cylindrical BRB performed better under fire conditions compared to the rectangular cross section.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.220-225
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• 2002

To determine the anti-stress effect of KCG(加味天麻鉤藤飮) extract on sprague-dawley rats. we conducted a research about the change of weight, activity, reactivity, c-fos protein, cytotoxicity against PC12 cell line and heal shock protein. 1) KCG extract siginificantly inhibited the decrease of body weight induced by stress, compared with the control group. 2) KCG extract had no siginificant effect in the activity and reactivity of rats between the control and the experimental groups. 3) KCG extract siginificantly restrained c-fos protein manifestation, compared with the control group. 4) KCG extract siginificantly restrained heat shock protein, compared with the control group. These results suggested that KCG might be usefully anti-stress effect.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 시간종속요소를 이용하여 상부벽식-하부골조구조가 고려된 중 저층 철근콘크리트 구조물의 동적응답을 조사하였다. 시간종속요소란 사용자가 원하는 시간간격에서 부재를 활성화할 수 있는 진보된 요소로써 기존의 수행되었던 실험을 통해 가장 우수한 성능을 보인 채널형 비좌굴가새가 해석에서 보강요소로 고려되었다. 시간종속요소로 고려된 비좌굴가새는 1차 지진하중에 의해 구조물이 손상된 후에 2차 지진하중이 발생하기 전에 모멘트골조에 설치, 보강된 것으로 가정되었다. 이러한 가정을 바탕으로 내진설계가 고려되지 않은 5층 콘크리트 건물에 연속지진하중의 적용을 통하여 시간종속요소의 영향에 따라 구조물의 동적응답을 비교하였다. 2차 지진파가 발생했을 때 비좌굴가새를 활성화시키는 것은 1차 지진하중에 의해 손상이 집중된 모멘트골조의 변형을 크게 감소시키는 것으로 조사되었다. 그러나 전단벽시스템은 BRB시스템이 활성화된 이후에도 손상이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 모멘트골조의 보강효과에 비해 전단벽시스템의 누적손상이 매우 미세하기 때문에 연속지진하중에 대한 BRB시스템은 효과적인 보강방법으로 조사되었다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.581-590
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• 2011

초고성능 시멘트 복합체(ultra-high-performance cementitious conposites, UHPCC)는 우수한 압축강도와 연성을 나타내기 때문에 구조 부재 적용 시 단면을 상당히 감소시키고, 낮은 물-결합재비와 고분말 혼화 재료의 사용으로 높은 수축 변형률이 발생하게 되어 거푸집 및 보강근 등의 구속에 의한 수축 균열의 발생 가능성이 크다. 그러므로 이 연구에서는 UHPCC의 수축을 저감시키기 위한 방법으로 팽창재와 수축 저감제를 조합하여 혼입하고 자유수축과 구속 수축 거동을 평가하여 적합성 여부를 산정하였다. 실험 결과 팽창재와 수축 저감제를 조합하여 혼입한 경우에 약 40~44%의 자유수축 저감 효과를 보였으며, 잔류 인장응력은 약 35%와 47% 감소하였다. 지속적인 구속 하중에 의한 인장 크리프의 발생으로 탄성 수축 응력의 약 61%, 64%가 이완되는 것으로 나타났으며, 따라서 구속 수축 거동을 평가할 때에는 반드시 크리프 효과를 고려해야 한다고 판단되었다. 구속도는 0.78~0.85로 나타났으며 팽창재와 수축 저감제의 혼입에 의한 영향은 미미하였고 콘크리트 링의 두께가 클수록 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한, UHPCC의 인장 크리프 변형률을 측정하고 재령에 따라 변하는 구속 하중을 적용한 4-매개 변수 크리프 예측 모델과 비교하였다.