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Vibration analysis of prestressed concrete bridge subjected to moving vehicles

  • Huang, M.;Liu, J.K.;Law, S.S.;Lu, Z.R.
    • Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.273-289
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    • 2011
  • The vibration response of the bridges under the moving vehicular load is of importance for engineers to estimate the serviceability of existing bridges and to design new bridges. This paper deals with the three dimensional vibration analysis of prestressed concrete bridges under moving vehicles. The prestressed bridges are modeled by four-node isoparametric flat shell elements with the transverse shearing deformation taken into account. The usual five degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) per node of the element are appended with a drilling DOF to accommodate the transformation of the local stiffness and mass matrices to the global coordinates. The vehicle is modeled as a single or two-DOF system. A single-span prestressed Tee beam and two-span prestressed box-girder bridge are studied as the two numerical examples. The effects of prestress forces on the natural frequencies and dynamic responses of the bridges are investigated.

Strength enhancement in confined concrete with consideration of flexural flexibilities of ties

  • Teerawong, J.;Lukkunaprasit, P.;Senjuntichai, T.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.151-166
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    • 2004
  • The interaction between concrete core expansion and deformation of perimeter ties has been known to have a significant effect on the effective confinement of rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) tied columns. This interaction produces passive confining pressure to the concrete core. Most existing models for determining the response of RC tied columns do not directly account for the influence of flexural stiffness of the ties and the variation of confining stress along the column height. This study presents a procedure for determining the confined compressive strength of RC square columns confined by rectilinear ties with various tie configurations considering directly the influence of flexural flexibility of the ties and the variation of confining stress along the vertical direction. The concept of area compatibility is employed to ensure compatibility of the concrete core and steel hoop in a global sense. The proposed procedure yields satisfactory predictions of confined strengths compared with experimental results, and the influence of tie flexibility, tie configuration and degree of confinement can be well captured.

Augmenting Interactivity of Touch Pad by Adding Isometric Rate Control

  • Heo, Seong-Kook;Hahn, Min-Soo
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.02a
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    • pp.240-244
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we present FloatingPad, a touch pad based device with better scrolling feature and more interaction styles than a traditional touch pad. When we interact with a real object like a picture or a book, we manipulate on the object, and we also move, rotate, and flip the object. We applied this idea into a touch pad. In FloatingPad, the touch pad is not fixed to the device. It is floating on the device; it can be slid on the device. Therefore a user can have additional degree of freedom of input by shifting and rotating the touch pad while having the traditional touch pad input. By using this technique, the interactivity of the touch pad can be augmented, and better scrolling feature can be provided by reducing clutching occurs on the position scrolling devices by using the movement of the touch pad as rate control. We implemented the prototype device and conducted a user study with three applications developed for FloatingPad.

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CFD Study on Particle Effect and Erosion in the Axial Compressor Blades and Shroud of Turbomachinery

  • Yoon J.S.;Chang Keun-Shik
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.233-234
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    • 2003
  • Fly ash enters axial compressor when a turbomachinery is operated in an adverse environment. We have numerically investigated erosion of the blade and shroud in the turbulent compressor passage flow under the influence of gas-particle two-phase interaction. There have appeared quasi-three dimensional calculations on this subject but not the complete three-dimensional gas-particle interaction as done in the present work. Lagrangian particle tracing technique is used on the base of parallel processing for efficient calculation. Accuracy of the present code is tested using the benchmark lPL nozzle. In the DFVLR compressor blades, we have shown that a large number of particles passing through the tip clearance make impact on the blade tip and on the shroud. Higher degree of erosion is resulted by the heavier particles due to the centrifugal force.

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Computational Study on Particle Effect and Erosion in the Axial Compressor Blades and Shroud

  • Yoon J.S.;Chang Keun-Shik
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.203-204
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    • 2003
  • Fly ash enters axial compressor when a turbomachinery is operated in an adverse environment. We have numerically investigated erosion of the blade and shroud in the turbulent compressor passage flow under the influence of gas-particle two-phase interaction. There have appeared quasi-three dimensional calculations on this subject but not the complete three-dimensional gas-particle interaction as done in the present work. Lagrangian particle tracing technique is used on the base of parallel processing for efficient calculation. Accuracy of the present code is tested using the benchmark JPL nozzle. In the DFVLR compressor blades, we have shown that a large number of particles passing through the tip clearance make impact on the blade tip and on the shroud. Higher degree of erosion is resulted by the heavier particles due to the centrifugal force.

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Mechanism for the Reaction of Substututed Phenacyl Arenesulfonates with Substituted Pyridines under High Pressures

  • 박헌영;손기주;정덕영;여수동
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.1179-1182
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    • 1997
  • The rates for the reaction of (Z)-phenacyl (X)-benzenesulfonates with (Y)-pyridines in acetone were measured by an electrical conductivity method at 1-2000 bars and 45 ℃. The magnitudes of the Hammett reaction constants, ρX, ρY and ρZ, represent the degree of Nu-C bond formation and that of C-L bond breaking. The magnitude of correlation interaction term ρij can be used to determine the structure of the transition state (TS) for the SN reaction. As the pressure is increased, the Hammett reaction constants, ρX, |ρY| and ρZ are increased, but correlation interaction coefficient, |ρXZ| and ρYZ, are decreased. The results indicate that the reaction of (Z)-phenacyl (X)-benzenesulfonates with (Y)-pyridines probably moves from an associative SN2 to late-type SN2 mechanism by increasing pressure.

Formation of Anti-Corruption Consciousness of Citizens as a Direction of Interaction of Public Authorities and Institutions of Civil Society

  • Shpak, Yurii;Bandura, Ivan;Primush, Roman;Dokalenko, Varvara;Abdullayev, Vagif
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2022
  • This article defines the process of formation of anti-corruption consciousness as one of the areas of interaction between public authorities and civil society institutions. It is concluded that the implementation of the state anti-corruption policy in Ukraine may be more promising if the institutions of civil society are actively involved. The degree of citizen engagement can be increased by increasing social trust, as well as by increasing the level of political and legal education and culture. Particular attention should be paid to the organization of public control and monitoring of the activities of public authorities, impartial coverage of information on the fight against corruption in the media, as well as the joint conduct of an information and educational campaign and the promotion of the formation of anti-corruption consciousness among a large number of citizens.

An Exploratory Study of Product Design Strategy in Console Games: Comparison of Emotional Design between Nintendo & Sony (게임기의 제품디자인 전략에 관한 탐색적 연구 -감성경험을 중심으로)

  • Ahn, Ho-Sung;Kim, Jai-Beom;Seo, Heung-Kyo;Oh, Hye-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.467-476
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    • 2008
  • The success of Nintendo's Wii has changed the paradigm of console game. Existing games and consoles set up the game-playing system of complicated commands, narratives, and significantly advanced the degree of difficulty by the device's excellent capacity and the superiority of graphic in order to draw so called "Game Manias", while Nintendo established the easy game-playing system for not only game manias but women and elderly people. Such an innovation has carried out the most important role for Nintendo to dominate the market all over the world by 47.4% market share of consoles. In addition, it provided the users with unique interaction and emotional experience. In this study, we analyze the case above in terms of product design strategy, particularly emotional design strategy between Nintendo & Sony.

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Quantitative assessment on the reinforcing behavior of the CFRP-PCM method on tunnel linings

  • Han, Wei;Jiang, Yujing;Zhang, Xuepeng;Koga, Dairiku;Gao, Yuan
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.123-134
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) grids embedded in polymer cement mortar (PCM) shotcrete (CFRP-PCM method) was conducted to repair the degraded tunnel linings with a cavity. Subsequently, the reinforcing effect of the CFRP-PCM method under different degrees of lining deterioration was quantitatively evaluated. Finally, the limit state design method of the M-N interaction curve was conducted to determine whether the structure reinforced by the CFRP-PCM method is in a safe state. The main results indicated that when the cavity is at the shoulder, the lining damage rate is more serious. In addition, the remarkably reinforcing effect on the degraded tunnel linings could be achieved by applying a higher grade of CFRP grids, whereas the optimization effect is no longer obvious when the grade of CFRP grids is too high (CR8); Furthermore, it is found that the M-N numerical values of the ten reinforcing designs of the CFRP-PCM method are distributed outside the corresponding M-N theoretical interaction curves, and these designs should be avoided in the corresponding reinforcing engineering.

Antidepressant and the Quality of Life of Depressive Patient (항우울제와 우울증 환자의 삶의 질 - 삼환계 항우울제와 Sertraline을 중심으로 -)

  • Ham, Byung-Joo;Lee, Min-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.116-120
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    • 1997
  • This study investigated the antidepressant efficacy and it's impact on the quality of life of depressed patients. We performed Hamilton Depression Rating Scale(HDRS), and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale(MADRS), and Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire(HQLQ) to both tricyclic antidepressant(TCA) and sertraline groups. There were 16 subjects in this study. The tricyclic group had 9 subjects and the sertraline group had 7. The TCA and sertraline produced a similar degree of response. Both groups experienced a reduction of 70% or more in mean HDRS and MADRS total score after 6wks. In HQLQ, the TCAs group also showed improved bed disability days, alertness behavior, and social interaction, the sertraline group showed improved health perception, alertness behavior, home management, and social interaction. We suggested that the improvement of "Quality of life" were not in proportion to the clinical symptom's improvement. Therefore, clinicians should consider the benefit of antidepressant treatment in terms of quality of life.

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