• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

A simplified model of seat-human body is presented to analyze vibrations of human body on a seat of vehicle. The theoretical model having seven degrees-of-freedom is composed of the inter-connected masses, springs and dampers. Until now, evaluation of ride comfort has been usually performed only through vehicle tests. This study aims to complement shortcomings of conventional vehicle tests in evaluation of ride comfort by using the theoretical model. The acceleration values of the human body are obtained from frequency response functions of the theoretical model. Thereafter, Ride and SEAT indexes are acquired by considering response characteristics of the human body for the 12 axes that are presented in BS 6841. A vehicle test is carried out to measure the acceleration values for the three parts of the human body such as upper body, hip and foot. Ride and SEAT indexes of the vehicle test are also obtained by considering the response characteristics of the human body, of which results are compared with the values from the theoretical model. It is found that the theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental results.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.101-116
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• 2018

As one of the most important engineering structures, arch dams are huge constructions built with human hands and have strategical importance. Because of the fact that long construction duration, water supply, financial reasons, major loss of life and material since failure etc., the design of arch dams is very important problem and should be done by expert engineers to determine the structural behavior more accurately. Finite element analyses and non-destructive experimental measurements can be used to investigate the structural response, but there are some difficulties such as spending a long time while modelling, analysis and in-situ testing. Therefore, it is more useful to conduct the research on the laboratory conditions and to transform the obtained results into real constructions. Within the scope of this study, it is aimed to determine the structural behavior of arch dams considering experimentally validated prototype laboratory model using similitude and scaling laws. Type-1 arch dam, which is one of five arch dam types suggested at the "Arch Dams" Symposium in England in 1968 is selected as reference prototype model. The dam is built considering dam-reservoir-foundation interaction and ambient vibration tests are performed to validate the finite element results such as dynamic characteristics, displacements, principal stresses and strains. These results are considered as reference parameters and used to determine the real arch dam response with different scales factors such as 335, 400, 416.67 and 450. These values are selected by considering previously examined dam projects. Arch heights are calculated as 201 m, 240 m, 250 m and 270 m, respectively. The structural response is investigated between the model and prototype by using similarity requirements, field equations, scaling laws etc. To validate these results, finite element models are enlarged in the same scales and analyses are repeated to obtain the dynamic characteristics, displacements, principal stresses and strains. At the end of the study, it is seen that there is a good agreement between all results obtained by similarity requirements with scaling laws and enlarged finite element models.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2018

To understand the dynamic characteristics of the vessel with hydroelastic response, it is very important to estimate the dynamic modal parameters such as mode shapes, natural frequency, and damping ratio. These dynamic modal parameters of full scale ship are a priori unknowns, hence to be estimated directly based upon the full scale measurement data. In this paper, dynamic modal parameters were extracted by signal processing of acceleration and strain data measured from a large container ship whose loading capacity is 9400TEU. The mode shapes of the vibrating hull were identified using the proper orthogonal decomposition and the vibration response of hull was decomposed into its modal magnitudes. Natural frequencies of specific modes were derived via Fourier transform of these modal magnitude. Also, the free decay signal of the vibrating hull was obtained through the random decrement technique and the damping ratio was estimated with accuracy.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 구조 시스템의 구조적 손상에 의한 고유주파수 감소율과 감쇠변수 증가율을 비교 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 저주파 영역의 고유주파수와 비교적 높은 감쇠변수 특성을 갖는 2경간 H-Beam을 대상으로 실내실험과 수치해석을 수행하였으며, 충격하중에 대한 손상 전과 손상 후 응답신호를 각각 14개 위치에서 분석하였다. 각 위치에 대한 손상 전과 손상 후 응답신호는 푸리에 변환을 통하여 고유주파수 감소율을 분석하였으며, 감쇠변수 증가율은 웨이블릿 변환을 통하여 수행되었다. 웨이블릿 변환은 최대 웨이블릿 계수에 대응되는 스케일의 시간함수 분리가 가능하기 때문에 감쇠변수 평가에 대한 정확성을 높일 수 있다. 손상 전과 손상 후 계측된 응답신호에 대하여 고유주파수 감소율은 민감하지 못한 결과로 평가되었고, 감쇠변수 증가율은 비교적 큰 변화량을 보여 구조 시스템의 손상도 평가에 신뢰할 수 있는 결과를 보여주었다.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.173-189
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• 2015

In reality, masonry infill modifies the seismic response of reinforced concrete (r.c.) frame structures by increasing the overall rigidity of structure which results in: increasing of total seismic load value, decreasing of deformations and period of vibration, therefore masonry infill frame structures have larger capacity of absorbing and dissipating seismic energy. The aim of the paper is to explore and assess actual influence of masonry infill on seismic response of r.c. frame structures, to determine whether it's justified to disregard masonry infill influence and to determine appropriate way to consider infill influence by design. This was done by modeling different structures, bare frame structures as well as masonry infill frame structures, while varying masonry infill to r.c. frame stiffness ratio and seismic intensity. Further resistance envelope for those models were created and compared. Different structures analysis have shown that the seismic action on infilled r.c. frame structure is almost always twice as much as seismic action on the same structure with bare r.c. frames, regardless of the seismic intensity. Comparing different models resistance envelopes has shown that, in case of lower stiffness r.c. frame structure, masonry infill (both lower and higher stiffness) increased its lateral load capacity, in average, two times, but in case of higher stiffness r.c. frame structures, influence of masonry infill on lateral load capacity is insignificant. After all, it is to conclude that the optimal structure type depends on its exposure to seismic action and its masonry infill to r.c. frame stiffness ratio.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2019

In the precedent study, the retractable-roof spatial structure was selected as the analytical model and a tuned mass damper (TMD) was installed to control the dynamic response for the earthquake loads. Also, it is analyzed that the installation location of TMD in the analytical model and the optimal number of installations. A single TMD mass installed in the analytical model was set up 1% of the mass of the whole structure, and the optimum installation location was derived according to the number of change. As a result, it was verified that most effective to install eight TMDs regardless of opening or closing. Thus, in this study, eight TMDs were installed in the retractable-roof spatial structure and the optimum mass ratio was inquired while reducing a single TMD. In addition, the optimum mass distribution ratio was identified by redistributing the TMD masses differently depending on the installation position, using the mass ratio of vibration control being the most effective for seismic load. From the analysis results, as it is possible to confirm the optimum mass distribution ratio according to the optimum mass ratio and installation location of the TMD in the the retractable-roof spatial structure, it can be used as a reference in the TMD design for large space structure.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.491-500
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• 2020

The present study proposes a time domain model for the Vortex-induced Vibration (VIV) simulation of a catenary riser under the combination of the current and oscillatory flow induced by vessel motion. In this model, the hydrodynamic force of VIV comprises excitation force, hydrodynamic damping and added mass, which are taken as functions of the non-dimensional frequency and amplitude ratio. The non-dimensional frequency is related with the response frequency, natural frequency, lock-in range and the fluid velocity. The relatively oscillatory flow induced by vessel motion is taken into account in the fluid velocity. Considering that the added mass coefficient and the non-dimensional frequency can affect each other, an iterative analysis is conducted at each time step to update the added mass coefficient and the natural frequency. This model is in detail validated against the published test models. The results show that the model can reasonably reflect the effect of the added mass coefficient on the VIV, and can well predict the riser's VIV under stationary and oscillatory flow induced by vessel motion. Based on the model, this study carries out the VIV simulation of a catenary riser with harmonic vessel motion. By analyzing the bending moment near the touchdown point, it is found that under the combination of the ocean current and oscillatory flow the vessel motion may decrease the VIV response, while increase the excited frequencies. In addition, the decreasing rate of the VIV under vessel surge is larger than that under vessel heave at small vessel motion velocity, while the situation becomes opposite at large vessel motion velocity.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2015

본 연구는 햅틱 진동자의 개발과정에 있어 성능인자의 단계별 설정절차와 성능 및 소형화를 위한 자석의 착자방법에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 착자방법에 대한 연구는 수평착자와 수직착자의 구성방법에 따른 전자기력을 비교분석하여 수행하였으며, 수행결과 수평착자가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 시스템적 설계 절차로는 제품의 특성으로부터 설계 인자를 설정하는 단계적 절차를 구성하여 시작품을 제작하고 시험을 통하여 검증하였다. 해석적 방법에서는 진동응답 특성 해석과 전기장의 해석을 독립적으로 수행하였으며, 시험결과와의 검증을 통해 잘 일치하는 결과를 도출하였다. 제품신뢰성 확보를 위한 신뢰성 기반 설계인자는 스프링 높이, 용접 위치, 코일의 위치로 선정하였다. 그리고 설계 인자에 따른 전자기장 민감도 및 성능 변화를 분석하였고 이를 바탕으로 신뢰성 기반의 고성능 햅틱 진동자를 구현할 수 있도록 설계방법을 제시하였다.

• 소음진동
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.260-266
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• 1998

수조 내에 잠긴 구조물에 대한 미끄럼 지진응답의 해석시 비선형 모델에 포함되는 유체동적 효과를 계산할 때에 종래의 방법은 수조와 구조물 사이의 초기 간격 조건만으로 계산한 다음, 이를 지진 작용 시간동안 일정한 값으로 가정하여 사용하였다. 이는 지진시 수중구조물의 예상변위가 유체 간격에 비해 아주 작다고 가정하였기 때문이다. 그러나 유체 간격이 비교적 크지 않은 조건에서는 이 방법은 자칫 비보수적인 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 건물내 수조에 잠긴 구조물에 대한 지진해석의 한가지 예를 통하여 어떠한 경우 얼마나 미끄럼변위를 과소평가 할 수 있는지를 보인다. 그리고, 이러한 경우 최대 미끄럼변위의 예측시 예상되는 과도한 오차를 피하기 위하여는 시간적분을 위한 각 적분 단위시간마다 유체동적 효과를 지속적으로 계산하여 개정하여 주어야 한다는 사실을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권6호
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• pp.789-807
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• 2020

Multiple earthquakes that occur during short seismic intervals affect the inelastic behavior of the structures. Sequential ground motions against the single earthquake event cause the building structure to face loss in stiffness and its strength. Although, numerous research studies had been conducted in this research area but still significant limitations exist such as: 1) use of traditional design procedure which usually considers single seismic excitation; 2) selecting a seismic excitation data based on earthquake events occurred at another place and time. Therefore, it is important to study the effects of successive ground motions on the framed structures. The objective of this study is to overcome the aforementioned limitations through testing a two storey RC building structural model scaled down to 1/10 ratio through a similitude relation. The scaled model is examined using a shaking table. Thereafter, the experimental model results are validated with simulated results using ETABS software. The test framed specimen is subjected to sequential five artificial and four real-time earthquake motions. Dynamic response history analysis has been conducted to investigate the i) observed response and crack pattern; ii) maximum displacement; iii) residual displacement; iv) Interstorey drift ratio and damage limitation. The results of the study conclude that the low-rise building model has ability to resist successive artificial ground motion from its strength. Sequential artificial ground motions cause the framed structure to displace each storey twice in correlation with vary first artificial seismic vibration. The displacement parameters showed that real-time successive ground motions have a limited impact on the low-rise reinforced concrete model. The finding shows that traditional seismic design EC8 requires to reconsider the traditional design procedure.