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Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Self-Similar Traffic Generator Using OPNET (OPNET을 이용한 자기유사성 트래픽 발생기 설계 및 성능 평가)

  • Han Kyeong-Eun;Jung Kwang-Bon;Lee Seung-Hyun;Kim Young-Chon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.5A
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    • pp.441-450
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    • 2006
  • Recently, with the exponential growth of the number of Internet users, IP traffic which occupies more than 90 percent of the entire Internet traffic affects significantly to the performance of networks. Therefore, the design of the self-similar traffic generator reflected the feature of IP traffic is very important to design the networks efficiently and evaluate the performance of it correctly. In this paper, we design the self-similar traffic generator using OPNET. In order to implement the self-similar characteristics, ON-OFF sources with Pateto distribution are employed and aggregated. The designed self-similarity traffic generator is evaluated and verified with R/S plot, variance time(VT) plot under the various offered loads and the number of sources. It is expected that the designed self-similar traffic generator can be put to practical use when wire or wireless networks is designed and verified as well as it can be useful to decide the specific parameter value for Internet traffic modeling.

A Strong LP Formulation for the Ring Loading Problem with Integer Demand Splitting

  • Lee, Kyung-Sik;Park, Sung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, we consider the Ring Loading Problem with integer demand splitting (RLP). The problem is given with a ring network, in which a required traffic requirement between each selected node pair must be routed on it. Each traffic requirement can be routed in both directions on the ring network while splitting each traffic requirement in two directions only by integer is allowed. The problem is to find an optimal routing of each traffic requirement which minimizes the capacity requirement. Here, the capacity requirement is defined as the maximum of traffic loads imposed on each link on the network. We formulate the problem as an integer program. By characterizing every extreme point solution to the LP relaxation of the formulation, we show that the optimal objective value of the LP relaxation is equal to p or p+0.5, where p is a nonnegative integer. We also show that the difference between the optimal objective value of RLP and that of the LP relaxation is at most 1. Therefore, we can verify that the optimal objective value of RLP is p+1 if that of the LP relaxation is p+0.5. On the other hand, we present a strengthened LP with size polynomially bounded by the input size, which provides enough information to determine if the optimal objective value of RLP is p or p+1.

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Vibration suppression analysis of a long-span cable-stayed bridge based on earthquake-wind-traffic-bridge coupled system

  • Xinfeng Yin;Yong Liu;Wanli Yan;Yang Liu;Zhou Huang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.88 no.4
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    • pp.379-387
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    • 2023
  • Wind and earthquake loads may cause strong vibrations in large-span cable-stayed bridges, leading to the inability of the bridge to operate normally. An improved Pounding Tuned Mass Damper (PTMD) system was designed to improve the safety of the large-span cable-stayed bridge. The vibration control effect of the improved PTMD system on the large-span cablestayed bridge under the combined action of earthquake-wind-traffic was studied. Furthermore, the impact of different parameters on the vibration suppression performance of the improved PTMD system was analyzed. The numerical results indicate that the PTMD system is very effective in suppressing the displacements of the bridge caused by both the traffic-wind coupling and traffic-earthquake coupling. Moreover, the number, mass ratio, pounding stiffness, and gap values have a significant influence on the vibration suppression performance of the improved PTMD system. When the number of PTMD is increased from 3 to 9, the vibration reduction ratio of the vertical displacement is increased from 25.39% to 48.05%. As the mass ratio changes from 0.5% to 2%, the vibration reduction ratio increases significantly from 22.23% to 53.30%.

NPP I&C Architecture Design and Its Traffic Load Analysis

  • Lee, Cheol-Kwon;Kim, Dong-Hoon;Oh, In-Seok;Shin, Jae-Hwal;Yun, Jae-Hee;Sur, Joong-Surk
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.75-77
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    • 2005
  • An integrated I&C architecture for nuclear power plants is designed by the systems and devices being developed in a project. Its design reference is the APR1400 that was design certified in Korea. Digital equipment and several kinds of data communication networks (DCN) are used. To confirm the validity of DCN based architecture design, the traffic loads fur each network were calculated assuming the anticipated maximum traffic condition. The analysis showed that the utilizations of all networks satisfied the design requirements.

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A Study on Bridge Live Loads and Traffic Modes (도로교 차량하중 및 통행특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sang Hyo;Park, Hung Seok
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 1992
  • The structural integrity of bridges is mainly damaged by overloaded heavy vehicles. The increasing volumes of overloaded heavy vehicles has been indicated as serious state. As results several countries have revised their bridge load codes. However, because of variety of truck types and their weights it is difficult to develop rational standard truck loads. In addition the common practice that only one design configuration of standard truck is adopted to design variety of bridges causes further difficulties. The objective of the study is to investigate the statistical characteristics of vehicle loadings based on survey data collected, in which some major factors, such as vehicle configurations, vehicle weights, traffic modes, etc., are incorporated. The vehicle load effects due to single presence of heavy truck are also tested with several short-span bridges and probabilistic characteristics of current design practices are evaluated.

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Condition assessment of reinforced concrete bridges using structural health monitoring techniques - A case study

  • Mehrani, E.;Ayoub, A.;Ayoub, A.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.381-395
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    • 2009
  • The paper presents a case study in which the structural condition assessment of the East Bay bridge in Gibsonton, Florida is evaluated with the help of remote health monitoring techniques. The bridge is a four-span, continuous, deck-type reinforced concrete structure supported on prestressed pile bents, and is instrumented with smart Fiber Optic Sensors. The sensors used for remote health monitoring are the newly emerged Fabry-Perot (FP), and are both surface-mounted and embedded in the deck. The sensing system can be accessed remotely through fast Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL), which permits the evaluation of the bridge behavior under live traffic loads. The bridge was open to traffic since March 2005, and the collected structural data have been continuously analyzed since. The data revealed an increase in strain readings, which suggests a progression in damage. Recent visual observations also indicated the presence of longitudinal cracks along the bridge length. After the formation of these cracks, the sensors readings were analyzed and used to extrapolate the values of the maximum stresses at the crack location. The data obtained were also compared to initial design values of the bridge under factored gravity and live loads. The study showed that the proposed structural health monitoring technique proved to provide an efficient mean for condition assessment of bridge structures providing it is implemented and analyzed with care.

Vibration analysis of special orthortopic plate with free edges supported on elastic foundation and with a pair of opposite edges under axial forces (탄성기초에 지지되고 양단 축하중을 받는 특별직교 이방성 판의 진동해석)

  • 김덕현;원치문;정경일;박정호
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.327-334
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    • 1998
  • A method of calculating the natural frequency corresponding to the first mode of vibration of beams and toll.or structures, with irregular cross sections and with arbitrary boundary conditions was developed and reported by Kim, D. H. in 1974. In this paper, the result of application of this method to the special orthotropic plates with free edges supported on elastic foundation and with a pair of opposite edges under axial forces is presented. Such plates represent the concrete highway slab and hybrid composite pavement of bridges. The reinforced concrete slab can be assumed as a special orthotropic plate, as a close approximation. The highway slab is supported on elastic foundation, with free boundaries. Sometimes, the pair of edges perpendicular to the traffic direction may be subject to the axial forces. The plate is subject to the concentrated load/loads, in the form of traffic loads, or the test equipments. Any method nay be used to obtain the deflection influence surfaces needed for this vibration analysis. Finite difference method is used for this purpose, in this paper. The influence of the modulus of the foundation, the aspect ratio of the plate, and the magnitudes of the axial forces and the concentrated attached mass on the plate, on the natural frequency is thoroughly studied.

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A Multiple Access Scheme Using Split and Merge Algorithm for Centralized Wireless MAC Protocols (중앙 집중형 무선 매체 접근 제어 프로토콜을 위한 분할 및 합병 알고리즘을 이용한 다중 접근 방안)

  • Kim Min-Su;Byun Tae-Young
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.8B
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    • pp.757-763
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a novel multiple access scheme using SMA(Split and Merge Algorithm) is proposed to reduce the accessdelay of wireless MAC protocols. The key idea of the SMA is to dynamically split and merge the contending terminals depending on their traffic loads for effective control of access to the channels. The SMA divides the collided terminals into several sub-groups if a collision occurs and merges the idle terminals of the split sub-groups into their original group. The merge algorithm can be used to resolve collision and split operation can be used to dynamic group management. The simulation results indicate that our algorithm may provide a higher throughput and a lower collision rate than the existing algorithms, especially under heavy traffic loads.

Characterization of Stormwater Pollutants and Estimation of Unit Loads for Road and Parking Lot in Gyeongan Stream Watershed (경안천지역의 도로 및 주차장에 대한 강우유출수의 특성분석과 원단위 산정)

  • Go, Sung-Hun;Memon, Sheeraz Amed;Lee, Chang-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.689-696
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    • 2009
  • Unit load approach has been used to estimate the non-point pollutant load in Total Water Pollution Load Management System (TWPLMS). In this study, locally applicable unit loads for road and parking lot were developed based on the measurements of 9 rainfall events from 2007 to 2008 in Yongin city of Gyeongan stream watershed. Observations showed that stormwater runoff began at low precipitation (>1 mm) and peak pollutant concentration occurred at the beginning of the runoff because of impervious nature of the sites. Averaged event mean concentrations (EMCs) of road (parking lot) were estimated as COD 105.36(62.69) mg/L, BOD 15.94(13.20) mg/L, TSS 183.45(66.52) mg/L, T-N 4.63(3.28) mg/L, T-P 0.45(0.39) mg/L. Higher EMCs at the road than parking lot may reflect heavier traffic. Unit loads Estimated from the EMCs and 10 year average rainfall data were COD $331.17kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, BOD $50.20kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, TSS $580.13kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, T-N $14.68kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, T-P $1.43kg/km^2{\cdot}day$ in the road and COD $186.59kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, BOD $39.22kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, TSS $199.15kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, T-N $9.70kg/km^2{\cdot}day$, T-P $1.16kg/km^2{\cdot}day$ in the parking lot. The estimated unit loads are not so comparable to the ones listed in TWPLMS technical guideline and published data that locally developed unit loads should be used to estimate non-point pollutant loads.

Assessment of Equivalent Heights of Soil for the Lateral Earth Pressure Against Retaining Walls Due to Design Truck Load (표준트럭하중에 의해 옹벽에 작용하는 수평토압의 등가높이 산정)

  • Kim, Duhwan;Jin, Hyunsik;Seo, Seunghwan;Park, Jaehyun;Kim, Dongwook;Chung, Moonkyung
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.119-128
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    • 2018
  • Limit state design has been implemented in Korea since 2015; however, there exists no specification of lateral load determination on retaining wall due to the Korean standard traffic load on retaining wall's backfill surface. The lateral load from traffic depends on lane number, standard truck's axle loads and locations, loading distance from the inner wall. The concept of equivalent height of soil accounting for traffic loadings is typically used for design of retaining walls to quantify the traffic loads transmitted to the inner wall faces. Due to the different characteristics of the standard design trucks between Korea and US (AASHTO), the direct use of the guidelines from AASHTO LRFD leads to incorrect estimation of traffic load effects on retaining walls. This paper presents the results of evaluation of equivalent height of soil to reflect the Korean standard truck, based on the findings from analytical solutions using Bounessq's theory and numerical assessment using 2D finite element method. Consequently, it was found that the equivalent heights of soil from the Korean standard truck load were lower for lower retaining wall height.