• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.425-436
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• 1996

An application of the perturbation method to optimum structural design with random parameters is presented. It is formulated on the basis of the first-order stochastic finite element perturbation method. It also takes into full account the stress, displacement and eigenvalue constraints, together with the rates of change of the random variables. A method for calculating the sensitivity coefficients in regard to the governing equation and the first-order perturbed equation has been derived, by using a direct differentiation approach. A gradient-based nonlinear programming technique is used to solve the problem. The numerical results are specifically noted, where the stiffness parameter and external load are treated as random variables.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.119-126
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• 1992

교량, 발전소, 해양구조물과 같은 토목구조물은 사용기간중에 지진, 바람, 파랑하중등에 의해 구조적 손상을 받기 쉽다. 장기간에 걸쳐 구조물에 손상이 누적되면 구조물 전체의 파괴를 초래할 수도 있다. 따라서 현존하는 구조물의 안전성을 분석하기 위한 구조물의 손상도를 추정하는 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 Inverse Modal Perturbation기법을 이용하여 구조물의 손상도를 추정하는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. Perturbation식은 구조물의 강성 및 질량행렬의 변화량과 구조물의 고유진동수와 모우드형상의 변화량의 식으로 구성된다. 또한 구조물의 손상은 강성행렬의 변화량으로 표현하였다. 본 연구에서는 구조물의 손상도추정의 효율성을 증대시키기 위하여 2차-Perturbation식을 구성하고, 이것을 반복적인 절차를 거쳐 해를 구하는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 제안된 방법의 효율성은 일련의 예제해석을 통하여 검증하였으며, 추정된 결과로 부터 본 방법이 구조물의 손상을 적절히 산정함을 알 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.599-613
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• 2006

A method for the dynamical analysis of FE discretized uncertain linear and nonlinear structures is presented. This method is based on the moment equation approach, for which the differential equations governing the response first and second-order statistical moments must be solved. It is shown that they require the cross-moments between the response and the random variables characterizing the structural uncertainties, whose governing equations determine an infinite hierarchy. As a consequence, a closure scheme must be applied even if the structure is linear. In this sense the proposed approach is approximated even for the linear system. For nonlinear systems the closure schemes are also necessary in order to treat the nonlinearities. The complete set of equations obtained by this procedure is shown to be linear if the structure is linear. The application of this procedure to some simple examples has shown its high level of accuracy, if compared with other classical approaches, such as the perturbation method, even for low levels of closures.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1999

Due to the heterogeneous nature of a concrete, periodic inspections are compulsory to maintenance of quality of concrete structures. The major object of this study is to analyze and investigate experimentally the experimental equation for the estimate of compressive strength of prestressed concrete. In this study, surface hardness method, ultrasonic method are investigated to evaluate strength of concrete specimens. Specimens are cast in laboratory and cores are cut from specimens in order to estimate the accurate strength. These values are used to compare with calculated values from test data. The result shows that the proposed equation can reproduce the results at prestressed concrete beam girders more appropriately than previous equations.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.97-105
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• 1997

The major object of this study is to analyze and investigate experimentally the experimenal equation for the estimate of compressive strength of concrete. The results are as follows. The relation between maturity scaled logarithm and compressive strength of concrete can be expressed in liner equation which show an good correlation. And combined method using rebound number, pulse velocity and water cement ratio also show an excellent correlation. The equation by combined method is same as the conclusions.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2002

Prediction for the compressive strength of concrete by non-destructive tests(NDT) has a tendency to show different outcomes according to various aggregates. The purpose of this study is to develop estimation equation by rebound number, ultrasonic velocity and combined method at concrete structures which used granite as coarse aggregates. The test variable is water/cement ratio(41.1%, 48.6%, 67.6%), curing method(moisture condition, dry condition) and age(7, 14, 28, 56). According to the test variable, new equation was suggested, and compared with the existing equations.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.389-408
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• 2016

Recently, seismic hazard analysis has become a very significant issue. New systems and available data have been also developed that could help scientists to explain the earthquakes phenomena and its physics. Scientists have begun to accept the role of uncertainty in earthquake issues and seismic hazard analysis. However, handling the existing uncertainty is still an important problem and lack of data causes difficulties in precisely quantifying uncertainty. Ground Motion Prediction Equation (GMPE) values are usually obtained in a statistical method: regression analysis. Each of these GMPEs uses the preliminary data of the selected earthquake. In this paper, a new fuzzy method was proposed to select suitable GMPE at every intensity (earthquake magnitude) and distance (site distance to fault) according to preliminary data aggregation in their area using ${\alpha}$ cut. The results showed that the use of this method as a GMPE could make a significant difference in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) results instead of selecting one equation or using logic tree. Also, a practical example of this new method was described in Iran as one of the world's earthquake-prone areas.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.495-504
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• 2017

This paper proposes a new direct numerical integration algorithm for solving equation of motion in structural dynamics problems with nonlinear stiffness. The new implicit method's degree of accuracy is higher than that of existing methods due to the higher order of the acceleration. Two parameters are defined, leading to a new family of unconditionally stable methods, which helps to take greater time steps in integration and eliminate concerns about the duration of solving. The method developed can be utilized for a number of solid plane finite elements, examples of which are given to compare the proposed method with existing ones. The results indicate the superiority of the proposed method.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.203-221
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to investigate the applications of Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) into MIS area in recent years. Two methodologies, Lisrel and PLS, are adopted for the method comparison. A research model, based upon TAM(Technology Acceptance Model) is used for the analysis of the data set of a previous study. The research model includes six research variables that are composed of twenty-eight question items. 272 data are used for data analyses through Lisrel v.8.72 and Visual PLS v.1.04. This study shows the statistical results of Lisrel are the same to those of PLS. The contribution of this study can be suggested as the followings; (1) A theoretical comparison of two methodologies is shown, (2) A statistical analysis is done at a real-situated data set, and (3) Several implications are suggested.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.83-88
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• 1993

시간변수에 대하여 불연속성을 주는 시간불연속 Galerkin 방법을 유한요소법으로 해석하였다. 이 방법은 미분방정식 관점에서 지금까지 요소간에 연속성을 준 일반적 유한요소법과 다르게 임의의 시간요소를 선택, 매 시간단계에서 요소경계에 불연속을 허락함으로서 해의 정확성을 높이고 무조건의 안정을 주는 상미분방정식의 해법인 것이다.