• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.291-299
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• 2014

There has been an increasing demand for introducing a base isolation system to secure the seismic safety of a nuclear power plant. However, the design criteria and the safety assessment methodology of a base isolated nuclear facility are still being developed. A performance based design concept for the base isolation system needs to be added to the general seismic design procedures. For the base isolation system, the displacement responses of isolators excited by the extended design basis earthquake are important as well as the design displacement. The possible displacement response by the extended design basis earthquake should be limited less than the failure displacement of the isolator. The failure of isolators were investigated by an experimental test to define the ultimate strain level of rubber bearings. The uncertainty analysis, considering the variations of the mechanical properties of isolators and input ground motions, was performed to estimate the probabilistic distribution of the isolator displacement. The relationship of the displacement response by each ground motion level was compared in view of a period elongation and a reduction of damping. Finally, several examples of isolator parameters are calculated and the considerations for an acceptable isolation design is discussed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.1295-1302
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• 2013

구조물의 변형 형상은 구조해석을 위한 중요한 정보이다. 구조물 모니터링 시스템에서도 충분한 변위 계측점이 확보되어 명확하고 합리적인 구조물의 변형 형상이 도출된다면 이를 이용한 구조해석이 가능 할 것이다. 하지만 실제 구조물에서는 한정된 비용으로 인해 충분한 변위 계측점이 확보되지 못하기 때문에 합리적인 구조물 변형 형상의 도출이 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 경제적이고 합리적인 구조물 변형 형상 추정을 위해 최소의 변위 계측 데이터를 이용한 효과적인 구조물의 거동 형상 추정기법인 SFSM-LS알고리즘을 개발하였다. 본 기법은 구조물의 변형 형상을 추정하기 위해 계측 대상 구조물의 사전 유한요소해석을 통해 여러 구조 거동 형상을 기본 구조형상함수로 정의하고, 이들 함수를 추정 변위의 오차를 최소화 시키는 각 함수의 가중치로써 중첩한다. 2경간 연속교 모델의 수치해석을 통해 개발된 알고리즘을 검증하고 매개변수 연구를 수행하였다. 개발된 알고리즘의 매개 변수인 구조형상함수, 변위 계측 위치, 변위 계측 개소에 대한 형상 추정 결과의 특성을 분석하고 Polynomial, Lagrange, Spline 보간법과 형상 추정 정밀도를 비교하여 개발된 기법의 적용성을 검증하였다. 이를 통해 적은 개소의 변위 데이터로 정밀한 형상을 추정하는 결과를 도출하여 제안된 기법의 우월성을 입증하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제36권11호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2020

횡방향의 토압에 저항하는 앵커블록, 흙막이 가설벽체, 레이커 지지블록 등에서 수동토압 산정은 중요한 요소이다. 실무에서는 사용의 편의성으로 인하여 파괴면을 직선으로 가정한 Coulomb과 Rankine의 이론을 사용하여 토압을 산정하는 것이 일반적이다. 하지만 실제 발생하는 수동파괴면은 벽면과 지반의 마찰로 인하여 벽체부근에서는 곡면이고 지표부근에서는 평면이 되는 복합파괴면을 형성한다. 흙막이 구조물의 안정검토에서 저항력으로 산정되는 수동토압이 발생되는 변위는 주동토압이 발생되는 주동변위 보다 커 대부분 구조물의 안정성을 초과하는 변위가 발생하여야 수동토압의 저항력이 발휘되므로 수동토압을 설계에 적용하기 위해서는 허용변위 이내의 임의변위에서 발휘되는 수동측토압의 산정이 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 복합파괴면을 반영한 한계변위 내의 임의 변위에서 발휘되는 수동측토압을 산정할 수 있는 반경험식을 활용하여 벽체의 세 가지 거동조건에 따라 임의 변위에서 발휘되는 수동토압을 분석하였다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2012

According to recent research on leak-rate estimates to assess rupture probabilities of nuclear piping which contains a circumferential surface/through-wall cracks due to PWSCC, i.e., xLPR (Extremely Low Probability of Rupture) program, it has been revealed that the use of crack shape with an idealized circumferential through-wall crack during actual crack growth can lead to overestimate of the leak-rate. Thus, for accurate estimation of the leak-rate during crack growth, the more realistic crack shape that can simulate the crack shape transition from surface crack to through-wall crack should be used. In this context, in the present study, the elastic crack opening displacement of slanted circumferential through-wall crack in thick-walled cylinder was proposed based on 3-dimensional elastic finite element fracture mechanics analyses. To propose the elastic crack opening displacement of slanted circumferential through-wall crack in thick-walled cylinder, the geometric variables affecting crack opening displacement, i.e., thickness of cylinder, reference inner crack length and slant crack ratio were systematically varied. In terms of loading conditions, axial tension, global bending moment and internal pressure were considered. The present results can be applied to calculate the leak-rate considering more realistic crack shape transition from surface crack to idealized through-wall crack, and can be expected to enhance current leak-rate estimation scheme, for instance, in xLPR program etc.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.363-372
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• 2010

Accurate peak response estimation of a seismically excited structure with frictional damping system (FDS) is very difficult since the structure with FDS shows nonlinear behavior dependent on the structural period, loading characteristics, and relative magnitude between the frictional force and the excitation load. Previous studies have estimated the peak response of the structure with FDS by replacing a nonlinear system with an equivalent linear one or by employing the response spectrum obtained based on nonlinear time history and statistical analysis. In case that earthquake excitation is defined probabilistically, corresponding response of the structure with FDS becomes to have probabilistic distribution. In this study, nonlinear time history analyses were performed for the structure with FDS subjected to artificial earthquake excitation generated using Kanai-Tajimi filter. An equation for the probability density function (PDF) of the displacement response is proposed by adapting the PDF of the normal distribution. Coefficients of the proposed PDF are obtained by regression of the statistical distribution of the time history responses. Finally, the correlation between the resulting PDFs and statistical response distribution is investigated.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.699-718
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• 2014

The indirect displacement estimation using acceleration and strain (IDEAS) method is extended to various types of beam structures beyond the previous validation on the prismatic or near-prismatic beams. By fusing different types of responses, the IDEAS method is able to estimate displacements containing pseudo-static components with high frequency noise to be significantly reduced. However, the concerns to the IDEAS method come from possible disagreement of the assumed sinusoidal mode shapes to the actual mode shapes, which allows the IDEAS method to be valid only for simply-supported prismatic beams and limits its applicability to real world problems. In this paper, the extension of the IDEAS method to the general types of beams is investigated by the mathematical formulation of the modal mapping matrix only for the monitored substructure, so-called monitoring span. The formulation particularly considers continuous and wide beams to extend the IDEAS method to general beam structures that reflect many real bridges. Numerical simulations using four types of beams with various irregularities are presented to show the effectiveness and accuracy of the IDEAS method in estimating displacements.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2007년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.639-644
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• 2007

The accurate peak response estimation of a seismically excited structure with frictional damping system(FDS) is very difficult since the structure with FDS shows nonlinear behavior dependent on the structural period, loading characteristics, and relative magnitude between the frictional force and the excitation load. Previous studies have estimated that by replacing a nonlinear system with an equivalent linear one or by employing the response spectrum obtained based on nonlinear time history and statistical analysis. In the case that on earthquake load is defined with probabilistic characteristics, the corresponding response of the structure with FDS has probabilistic distribution. In this study, nonlinear time history analyses were performed for the structure with FDS subjected to artificial earthquake loads generated using Kanai-Tajimi filter. An equation for the probability density function (PDF) of the displacement response is proposed by adapting the PDF of the normal distribution. Finally, coefficients of the proposed PDF is obtained by regression analysis of the statistical distribution of the time history responses. Finally, the correlation between PDFs and statistical response distribution is presented.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.617-630
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• 2019

Currently most of the vision-based structural identification research focus either on structural input (vehicle location) estimation or on structural output (structural displacement and strain responses) estimation. The structural condition assessment at global level just with the vision-based structural output cannot give a normalized response irrespective of the type and/or load configurations of the vehicles. Combining the vision-based structural input and the structural output from non-contact sensors overcomes the disadvantage given above, while reducing cost, time, labor force including cable wiring work. In conventional traffic monitoring, sometimes traffic closure is essential for bridge structures, which may cause other severe problems such as traffic jams and accidents. In this study, a completely non-contact structural identification system is proposed, and the system mainly targets the identification of bridge unit influence line (UIL) under operational traffic. Both the structural input (vehicle location information) and output (displacement responses) are obtained by only using cameras and computer vision techniques. Multiple cameras are synchronized by audio signal pattern recognition. The proposed system is verified with a laboratory experiment on a scaled bridge model under a small moving truck load and a field application on a footbridge on campus under a moving golf cart load. The UILs are successfully identified in both bridge cases. The pedestrian loads are also estimated with the extracted UIL and the predicted weights of pedestrians are observed to be in acceptable ranges.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2023

선행연구에서는 지중경사계의 문제점인 1) 지중경사계관 설치의 어려움, 2) 단면 변위 파악의 한계성, 3) 인력 중심의 계측 방식을 해결하기 위한 2D LiDAR 센서 기반의 흙막이 벽체 변위 계측 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 선행연구에서 개발된 흙막이 벽체 변위 계측 시스템 내 탑재될 변위 분석 알고리즘을 선정하는 것이다. 변위 분석 알고리즘 선정 결과, 변위 추정 오차가 2mm인 M3C2 알고리즘이 흙막이 벽체 변위 분석 알고리즘으로 선정되었다. 본 연구 결과에서 선정된 M3C2 알고리즘이 흙막이 벽체 변위 계측 시스템에 탑재되고 수차례의 현장 실험을 통해 변위 분석 결과의 신뢰성이 담보될 경우 흙막이 벽체 변위 계측 시스템이 현행 계측관리 대비 변위 계측의 편리성 측면에서 효과적으로 흙막이 벽체의 변위를 관리할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2009

In this study, it was developed that the software could be used to estimate consolidation settlement by curve fitting method according to Terzaghi's consolidation theory on the condition of gradual incremental loading, and the method of estimating settlement caused by lateral displacement was suggested, in which the settlement was calculated from the difference between the settlement calculated with the developed software using the early part of measured data and the settlement measured for the short duration from the beginning of embankment in the field. The verification of the suggested method of estimating settlement caused by lateral displacement showed good results.