• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.397-407
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• 2021

This paper investigates the optimal sensor placements and capabilities of this procedure for dynamic characteristics identification of arch dams. For this purpose, a prototype arch dam is constructed in laboratory conditions. Berke arch dam located on the Ceyhan River in city of Osmaniye is one of the highest arch dam constructed in Turkey is selected for field verification. The ambient vibration tests are conducted using initial candidate sensor locations at the beginning of the study. Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition and Stochastic Subspace Identification methods are used to extract experimental dynamic characteristics. Then, measurements are repeated according to optimal sensor locations of the dams. These locations are specified using the Effective Independence Method. To determine the optimal sensor locations, the target mode shape matrices which are obtained from ambient vibration tests of the selected dam with a large number of accelerometers are used. The dynamic characteristics obtained from each ambient vibrations tests are compared with each other. It is concluded that the dynamic characteristics obtained from initial measurements and those obtained from a limited number of sensors are compatible with each other. This situation indicates that optimal sensor placements determined by the Effective Independence Method are useful for dynamic characteristics identification of arch dams.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.465-492
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• 2008

Proper pretest planning is a vital component of any successful vibration test on engineering structures. The most important issue in dynamic testing of many engineering structures is arriving at the number and optimal placement of sensors. The sensors must be placed on the structure in such a way that all the important dynamic behaviour of a structural system is captured during the course of the test with sufficient accuracy so that the information can be effectively utilised for structural parameter identification or health monitoring. Several optimal sensor placement (OSP) techniques are proposed in the literature and each of these methods have been evaluated with respect to a specific problem encountered in various engineering disciplines like aerospace, civil, mechanical engineering, etc. In the present work, we propose to perform a detailed characteristic evaluation of some selective popular OSP techniques with respect to their application to practical civil engineering problems. Numerical experiments carried out in the paper on various practical civil engineering structures indicate that effective independence (EFI) method is more consistent when compared to all other sensor placement techniques.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.235-250
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• 2013

Optimal sensor placement (OSP) technique plays a key role in the structural health monitoring (SHM) of large-scale structures. According to the mathematical background and implicit assumptions made in the triaxial effective independence (EfI) method, this paper presents a novel multi-dimensional OSP method for the Canton Tower focusing on application demands. In contrast to existing methods, the presented method renders the corresponding target mode shape partitions as linearly independent as possible and, at the same time, maintains the stability of the modal matrix in the iteration process. The modal assurance criterion (MAC), determinant of the Fisher Information Matrix (FIM) and condition number of the FIM have been taken as the optimal criteria, respectively, to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method. Numerical investigations suggest that the proposed method outperforms the original EfI method in all instances as expected, which is looked forward to be even more pronounced should it be used for other multi-dimensional optimization problems.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2015년도 학술발표회
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• pp.537-537
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• 2015

In recent decades, the independence and identical distribution (iid) assumption for extreme events has been shown to be invalid in many cases because long-term climate variability resulting from phenomena such as the Pacific decadal variability and El Nino-Southern Oscillation may induce varying meteorological systems such as persistent wet years and dry years. Therefore, in the current study we propose a new parameter estimation method for probability distribution models to more accurately predict the magnitude of future extreme events when the iid assumption of probability distributions for large-scale climate variability is not adequate. The proposed parameter estimation is based on a metaheuristic approach and is derived from the objective function of the rth power probability-weighted sum of observations in increasing order. The combination of two distributions, gamma and generalized extreme value (GEV), was fitted to the GEV distribution in a simulation study. In addition, a case study examining the annual hourly maximum precipitation of all stations in South Korea was performed to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. The results of the simulation study and case study indicate that the proposed metaheuristic parameter estimation method is an effective alternative for accurately selecting the rth power when the iid assumption of extreme hydrometeorological events is not valid for large-scale climate variability. The maximum likelihood estimate is more accurate with a low mixing probability, and the probability-weighted moment method is a moderately effective option.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.25-42
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• 1998

Improvements to the Gumbel method of extreme value analysis of wind data made over the last two decades are reviewed and illustrated using sample data for Jersey. A new procedure for extending the Gumbel method to include M-th highest annual extremes is shown to be less effective than the standard method, but leads to a method for calibrating peak-over-threshold methods against the standard Gumbel approach. Peak-over-threshold methods that include at least the 3rd highest annual extremes, specifically the modified Jensen and Franck method and the "Method of independent storms" are shown to give the best estimates of extremes from observations.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2006

이 논문에서는 진동형상의 민감도로 유도한 피셔정보행렬(Fisher Information Matrix)를 이용하는 가속도계의 최적위치 결정 기법 MS-EIDV(modal sensitivity-effective independence distribution vector)을 제안하고, 이를 사용하여 구조물의 동적 거동을 잘 반영하여 가속도계의 최적위치를 결정할 수 있는 합리적인 기준을 제시한다. 실험을 위한 가속도계의 최적위치는 구조물의 변수가 기지값이어야 결정되지만 구조물의 변수값은 실험결과를 사용한 SI(system identification)기법과 같은 역해석을 통해 구해지기 때문에, 본 논문에서는 구조변수의 오차를 감안하여 미지의 구조물의 현 상태를 통계적으로 반영하는 방법을 제시하였다. 제안된 방법들의 검증을 위해 주파수영역 SI기법을 적용하였으며, 구조변수 추정 결과를 통해 현장에서 계측하고자하는 진동형상의 수에 따른 최소 필요 가속도계의 개수를 제시하였다. 수치예제에서는 진동형상만을 이용한 최적위치 결정법인 EIDV기법과 제안된 MS-EIDV기법에 의해 추정된 구조 변수 결과를 비교하였다.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.348-353
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• 2015

The PEPS(Polar-coordinated Effective Plastic Strain) FLD(Forming Limit Diagram), a new type of FLD based on a polar representation of the EPS(Effective Plastic Strain), appears to be an effective solution to the problem of non-linear strain path effects. This method has the advantages of the familiar strain-based diagram for linear loading, but without the strain-hardening limitations of the stress-based diagram, or non-intuitive aspects of alternate Cartesian diagrams based on effective plastic strain. In the current study, the PEPS FLD was applied to the development process of an aluminum automobile-body panel, including the necking or crack prediction, die design, and die modification. As a result, the PEPS FLD provided improved formability of aluminum sheet as compared to deriving the potential formability with non-linearity.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제49권11호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 동일한 동영상을 검출하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 시공간 그룹특징 핑거프린팅이다. 동영상의 프레임은 고정된 비율 방법으로 추출되며, 수직그룹과 수평그룹으로 나눠진다. 서술자는 각 그룹특징을 이진화 핑거프린팅으로 추출하여 만든다. 그 다음 원본 동영상의 서술자로 두 종류의 핑거프린팅 데이터베이스를 구축하여 질의 동영상과 정합한다. 효율적이고 효과적인 동영상 복사 검색을 하기 위해 높은 강인성, 독립성, 정합 속도를 가져야 한다. 제안한 방법에선 그룹특징으로 동영상의 다양한 변형에 높은 강인성과 독립성을 가지게 된다. 구축된 원본 핑거프린팅 데이터베이스는 질의 동영상과의 고속 정합을 가능하게 해준다. 제안한 방법은 기존 방법들과 비교했을 때 다양한 변형에서 뛰어난 성능향상을 보였다. 특히, 속도 향상에 매우 뛰어난 성능을 가져온 것이 본 논문의 큰 장점이라 할 수 있다.

• 대한감각통합치료학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2003

Objective : To explore the effectiveness of sensory integration program of home-based outcomes in child with sensory modulation disorder. Methods : This study used the simple case study. The subjects were three children diagnosed as developmentally delayed who 14 month and 26 month males and a 15 month female. After initial evaluation, parents were educated on sensory diet and Wilbarger protocol method for 30 minutes twice for home-based treatment and asked to make out daily treatment planning. To measure improvement of children, we used for the Denver Developmental Screening Test II(DDST II), Wee Functional Independence Measure(WeeFIM), hand function, functional ability, oral motor function, Sensory Profile(Dunn, 1999). Results : After the home-based program, the scored of the Denver Developmental Screening Test II(DDST II), Wee Functional Independence Measure(WeeFIM), hand function, functional ability, oral motor function, Sensory Profile(Dunn, 1999) were higher rather than initial evaluation after the home-based program. Conclusion : The home-based program is effective for children with sensory modulation disorder but parents had to be educated by therapist specific evaluation and treatment in sensory integration.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2012

The independent component analysis (ICA) technique is a source identification method that uses statistical independence to separate source signals from measured signals. It has been successfully applied to various fields such as medical care and communication. In this study, the ICA technique was adopted to analyze the vibration source contribution of plate structures. The theory of the ICA technique is introduced and the procedure of the vibration source contribution analysis based on the ICA technique is proposed. To investigate the applicability of the proposed method to plate structures, numerical examples are presented for a rectangular plate under harmonic force excitations. The results show that the proposed method could become an effective tool for the vibration source contribution analysis of a plate structure.