• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권5호
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• pp.635-655
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• 2020

The sag effect of long stay cables is one of the key factors restricting further increase in the span of cable-stayed bridges. Based on the formerly proposed concept of long stay cables lifted by an auxiliary suspension cable in cross-strait cable-stayed bridges, corresponding static approximate calculations and analytical theory based on catenary and parabolic cable configurations are established. Taking a main span 1400 m cable-stayed bridge as the research object, three typical lifting conditions and the whole process of auxiliary cable lifting are analyzed and discussed. The results show that the sag effect is effectively reduced. The support efficiency is only improved when the cables are lifted above the original cable chord. Reduction of the horizontal component force of the cable is limited. The equivalent elastic modulus and the vertical support stiffness of the lifted cables are significantly increased with increased horizontal projection length and not sensitive to the change of the lifting point position. The scheme of lifting the cable to the chord midpoint is more economical because of the less steel required for the auxiliary suspension cable, but its effect on improving the vertical support efficiency is limited. The support efficiency is better when the cable is lifted to the cable end tangential to the original cable chord, but the lifting force and the cross-sectional area of the auxiliary suspension cable are doubled. The approximate calculation results of the lifted cables are very close to the numerical analysis results, which verifies the applicability of the approximation method proposed in this study. The results of parabolic approximation calculations are approximately equal to that of catenary cable geometry. As the parabolic approximation analysis theory of lifted cables is more convenient in mathematical processing, it is feasible to use parabolic approximation analysis theory as the analytical method for the conceptual design of lifted cables of super-long span cable-stayed bridges.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.991-996
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• 2007

Since the performance of the circuit breaker mainly depends on the spring operating mechanism, the analysis of the spring operating mechanism is required. The spring, especially closing spring, stores the deformation energy due to the compression and then accelerates the big loads rapidly in the circuit breaker. To accurately carry out the kinematic and dynamic analysis of the circuit breaker, the precise modeling of the spring behavior is necessary. In this paper, the static stiffness of the spring is captured by using the tester. When the spring is used in the circuit breaker, it is installed horizontally. Therefore, Sine excitation tests are carried out horizontal and vertical direction. Three types of spring models such as a linear spring model, modal spring model, and nodal spring model are suggested and compared with the experimental results.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.47-50
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• 2004

Weight reduction of the carbody is of great concern in developing high speed tilting train. Currently the composite materials are widely applied to the carbody structure due to their excellent material properties such as high specific strength and stiffness characteristics. In this paper, finite element analysis was conducted to design sandwich structures of composite carbody of the Korean Tilting Train eXpress(TTX). Several load tests on the carbody according to JIS E 7105, such as static vertical, compressive and torsional load tests was performed by finite element analysis, and the structural safety of composite carbody structure was verified.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2024

본 논문은 조선시대의 대표적인 중층 목구조인 공주 마곡사 대웅보전에 대하여 수직하중에 대한 구조성능을 평가하였다. 구조해석 소프트웨어인 midas Gen으로 실물과 근접하게 해석모델을 3차원으로 구축하였다. 정적해석으로 수직하중에 대한 주요 수직 및 수평 부재의 안전성과 사용성을 평가하였다. 모든 부재가 안전성과 사용성 기준을 만족하였으나, 하층 대량은 전이보 역할로 구조적 취약점이 나타나 개선의 필요가 있다. 동적거동특성 평가를 위한 고유치해석시 주요 접합부의 상대회전강성은 5%로 가정하였다. 고유주기는 1.105초로 비슷한 규모의 한옥 범주에 속하고 있으며, 1차 모드는 건물 전후방향의 병진운동으로 나타났다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.190-198
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• 2019

Gas foil bearings (GFBs) enable small- to medium-sized turbomachinery to operate at ultra-high speeds in a compact design by using ambient air or process gas as a lubricant. When using air or process gas, which have lower viscosity than lubricant oil, the turbomachinery has the advantage of reduced power loss from bearing friction drag. However, GFBs may have high Reynolds number, which causes turbulent flows due to process gas with low viscosity and high density. This paper analyzes gas foil journal bearings (GFJBs) with high Reynolds numbers and studies the effects of turbulent flows on the static and dynamic performance of bearings. For comparison purposes, air and R-134a gas lubricants are applied to the GFJBs. For the air lubricant, turbulence is dominant only at rotor speeds higher than 200 krpm. At those speeds, the journal eccentricity decreases, but the film thickness, power loss, and direct stiffness and damping coefficients increase. On the other hand, the R-134a gas lubricant, which that has much higher density than air, causes dominant turbulence at rotor speeds greater than 10 krpm. The turbulent flow model predicts decreased journal eccentricity but increased film thickness and power loss when compared with the lamina flow model predictions. The vertical direct stiffness and damping coefficients are lower at speeds below 100 krpm, but higher beyond that speeds for the turbulent model. The present results indicate that turbulent flow effects should be considered for accurate performance predictions of GFJBs with high Reynolds number.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.499-512
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• 2022

This work proposes a novel contactless vibration damping and thermal isolation tripod platform based on Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SML). This prototype is suitable for cryogenic environments, where classical passive, semi active and active vibration isolation techniques may present tribological problems due to the low temperatures and/or cannot guarantee an enough thermal isolation. The levitating platform consists of a Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SML) with inherent passive static stabilization. In addition, the use of Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) technique is proposed to characterize the transmissibility function from the baseplate to the platform. The OMA is based on the Stochastic Subspace Identification (SSI) by using the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm. This paper contributes to the use of SSI-EM for SML applications by proposing a step-by-step experimental methodology to process the measured data, which are obtained with different unknown excitations: ambient excitation and impulse excitation. Thus, the performance of SSI-EM for SML applications can be improved, providing a good estimation of the natural frequency and damping ratio without any controlled excitation, which is the main obstacle to use an experimental modal analysis in cryogenic environments. The dynamic response of the 510 g levitating platform has been characterized by means of OMA in a cryogenic, 77 K, and high vacuum, 1E-5 mbar, environment. The measured vertical and radial stiffness are 9872.4 N/m and 21329 N/m, respectively, whilst the measured vertical and radial damping values are 0.5278 Nm/s and 0.8938 Nm/s. The first natural frequency in vertical direction has been identified to be 27.39 Hz, whilst a value of 40.26 Hz was identified for the radial direction. The determined damping values for both modes are 0.46% and 0.53%, respectively.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2014

일반적으로 암반 터널 지진해석 시 절리의 영향을 무시하며 암반을 연속체라 가정한다. 하지만 이와 같은 가정의 적절성에 관해서는 연구된 바 없다. 본 연구에서는 응답변위법을 적용하여 지진동에 의하여 유발되는 암반 절리의 변위가 터널의 응답에 미치는 영향을 일련의 개별요소법을 이용하여 수치적으로 규명하였다. 해석에는 절리와 터널의 교차위치, 절리의 강성, 경사, 간격, 그리고 암반과 터널 사이의 인터페이스 강성이 고려되었다. 해석 결과, 절리의 강성이 터널에 가장 지배적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 절리의 간격은 클수록 변위가 국부적으로 집중되어 응답이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 절리의 경사는 정적인 경우와는 상반되게 $45^{\circ}$에서 응답이 가장 작게 계산되었다. 이는 전단변형으로 인하여 수직면과 수평면에 큰 전단응력이 작용하여 주응력면이 $45^{\circ}$로 회전하기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 결과적으로 절리의 경사, 간격, 강성 모두 터널의 응답에 큰 영향을 미치며 특히 간격이 큰 미끈한 수직 또는 수평방향 절리가 터널을 통과하는 경우가 가장 위험한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 터널 라이닝에는 휨응력보다는 전단응력이 큰 폭으로 증가하므로 내진설계 시 이를 반드시 검토해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.257-273
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• 2013

Top tensioned riser (TTR) is often used in a floating oil/gas production system deployed in deep water for oil/gas transport. This study focuses on the extension of the existing numerical code, known as CABLE3D, to allow for static and dynamic simulation of a TTR connected to a floating structure through a tensioner system or buoyancy can, and restrained by riser guides at different elevations. A tensioner system usually consists of three to six cylindrical tensioners. Although the stiffness of individual tensioner is assumed to be linear, the resultant stiffness of a tensioner system may be nonlinear. The vertical friction between a TTR and the hull at its riser guide is neglected assuming rollers are installed there. Near the water surface, a TTR is forced to move horizontally due to the motion of the upper deck of a floating structure as well as related riser guides. The extended CABLE3D is then integrated into a numerical code, known as COUPLE, for the simulation of the dynamic interaction among the hull of a floating structure, such as spar or TLP, its mooring system and riser system under the impact of wind, current and waves. To demonstrate the application of the extended CABLE3D and its integration with COUPLE, the numerical simulation is made for a truss spar under the impact of Hurricane "Ike". The mooring system of the spar consists of nine mooring lines and the riser system consists of six TTRs and two steel catenary risers (SCRs).

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.427-438
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• 2016

두본 연구는 실험적인 방법을 통하여 단부판 이음부의 이음면에서 초기 오차로 발생하는 이격이 이음부의 내력 및 거동에 미치는 영향을 평가한 연구이다. 이를 위하여 총 5가지의 단순보형 실험체를 확장형 단부판 이음부를 이용 계획하였고 주요 변수로는 이음면 초기 이격(gap) 여부, 고력볼트 채결 전 끼움판(finger shim plate) 설치 유무, 고력볼트 체결 후 이음면 이격, 고력볼트 채결 후 끼움판 삽입 여부를 적용하였다. 정적가력실험 결과 이음판의 이격은 이음부의 최대휨강도에 미치는 영향은 제한적이나 수직변형과 초기 및 탄성강성에는 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이격을 제어하기 위해 고력볼트 장력을 이용할 경우 고력볼트의 취성파괴 우려도 있는 것으로 나타나서 이들에 대한 충분한 고려가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권3호
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• pp.283-294
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• 2020

In general, the study of a high-rise building's behaviour when subjected to a horizontal load (wind or earthquake) is carried out through numerical modelling with finite elements method. This paper proposes a new, original approach based on the use of a multi-beams model. By redistributing bending and axial stiffness of horizontal elements (beams and slabs) along vertical elements, it becomes possible to produce a system of differential equations able to represent the structural behaviour of the whole building. In this paper this approach is applied to the study of bending behaviour in a 37-storey building (Torre Pontina, Latina, Italy) with a regular reinforced concrete structure. The load considered is the wind, estimated in accordance with Italian national technical rules and regulations. To simplify the explanation of the approach, the wind load was considered uniform on the height of building with a value equal to the average value of the wind load distribution. The system of differential equations' is assessed numerically, using Matlab, and compared with the obtainable solution from a finite elements model along with the obtainable solutions via classical Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. The comparison carried out demonstrates, in the case study examined, an excellent approximation of structural behaviour.