• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2013

The most soil anchor works have been concerned with the uplift problem on embedded in non-reinforced soils under pullout test. Symmetrical anchor plates are a foundation system that can be resisting tensile load with the support of around soil in which symmetrical anchor plate is embedded. Engineers and authors proved that the uplift response can be improved by grouping the symmetrical anchor plates, increasing the unit weight, embedment ratio and the size of symmetrical anchor plates. Innovation of geosynthetics in the field of geotechnical engineering as reinforcement materials found to be possible solution in symmetrical anchor plate responses. Unfortunately the importance of reinforcement in submergence has received very little attention by researchers. In this paper, provision of tensile reinforcement under embedded conditions has been studied through uplift experiments on symmetrical anchor plates by few researchers. From the test results it has been showed that the provision of geogrid reinforcement system enhances the uplift response substantially under uplift test although other results are such as increase the ultimate uplift response of symmetrical anchor plate embedded using geosynthetic and Grid Fixed Reinforced (GFR) and symmetrical anchor plate improvement is very dependent on geosynthetic layer length and increases significantly until the amount of beyond that further increase in the layer length does not show a significant contribution in the anchor response.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2008

콘크리트 구조물 내의 철근탐사는 구조물의 상태를 평가하는 가장 중요한 단계중의 하나이다. 콘크리트 내의 철근 탐사 장비는 전자파레이더법과 전자기 유도법의 원리를 적용하고 있으며, 본 연구에서는 두 가지 원리를 적용한 비파괴시험장비의 철근직경, 피복두께 및 습윤상태에 따른 철근탐사 신뢰성을 시험적으로 분석하였다. 시험에는 1,000mm(길이)${\times}$300mm(폭)인 9개의 콘크리트 시험체가 이용되었으며, 시험체내 철근의 피복두께는 45, 60, 100mm로 변화시키고 배근간격은 100mm이상으로 하였다. 시험결과, 전자기 유도법의 경우, 철근직경이 커짐에 따라 오차가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 그 반면에 전자파레이더법의 경우, 실제 피복두께에 맞는 비유전율에 따라 계측하여 깊은 심도의 경우에도 신뢰성이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2020

Genetic algorithms find the optimal solution by mimicking the evolution of natural organisms. In this study, the genetic algorithm was used to enable Pac-Man's reinforcement learning, and a simulator to observe the evolutionary process was implemented. The purpose of this paper is to reinforce the learning of the Pacman AI of the simulator, and utilize genetic algorithm and artificial neural network as the method. In particular, by building a low-power artificial neural network and applying it to a genetic algorithm, it was intended to increase the possibility of implementation in a low-power embedded system.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 10th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.224-230
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• 2024

This study investigates the corrosion rate measurements for multiple reinforcements in concrete by using the galvanostatic pulse technique. In order to know whether or not this technique can distinguish corrosion status for multiple reinforcements covered by the guard ring, two programs were conducted. For the first stage, a reinforcement was embedded in two concrete blocks and the part of reinforcement in one of the block was in a corrosion environment while another part of reinforcement in another block was not in a corrosion environment. Results reconfirmed that the galvanostatic pulse technique detected the local corrosion current owing to the help from guard ring. For the second stage, two parallel reinforcements (one epoxy-coated reinforcement and one plain reinforcement) were embedded in a chloride contaminated concrete block. Results showed that when two reinforcements were covered by guard ring, the galvanostatic pulse technique could not distinguish the corrosion current for each individual reinforcement and an average value would be obtained. In such a case, for the reinforcement which was not corroded one may overestimate its corrosion rate, and for the reinforcement which was corroded one may underestimate its corrosion. Therefore, results imply that a C-scan method (which is commonly used for the ultrasonic testing) may be required to obtain a correct measurement of corrosion rate.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2017

In order to improve the deformation capacity of the high-strength concrete shear wall, five high-strength concrete shear wall specimens confined with high-strength rectangular spiral reinforcement (HRSR) possessing different parameters, were designed in this paper. One specimen was only adopted high-strength rectangular spiral hoops in embedded columns, the rest of the four specimens were used high-strength rectangular spiral hoops in embedded columns, and high-strength spiral horizontal distribution reinforcement were used in the wall body. Pseudo-static test were carried out on high-strength concrete shear wall specimens confined with HRSR, to study the influence of the factors of longitudinal reinforcement ratio, hoop reinforcement form and the spiral stirrups outer the wall on the failure modes, failure mechanism, ductility, hysteresis characteristics, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation capacity of the shear wall. Results showed that using HRSR as hoops and transverse reinforcements could restrain concrete, slow load carrying capacity degeneration, improve the load carrying capacity and ductility of shear walls; under the vertical force, seismic performance of the RC shear wall with high axial compression ratio can be significantly improved through plastic hinge area or the whole body of the shear wall equipped with outer HRSR.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2024

Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) are primarily used for the maintenance of offshore wind farms. Despite being manually operated by professional captains and crew, collisions with other ships and marine structures still occur. To prevent this, the introduction of autonomous navigation systems to CTVs is necessary. In this study, research on the obstacle avoidance system of the autonomous navigation system for CTVs was conducted. In particular, research on obstacle avoidance simulation for CTVs using deep reinforcement learning was carried out, taking into account the currents and wind loads in offshore wind farms. For this purpose, 3 degrees of freedom ship maneuvering modeling for CTVs considering the currents and wind loads in offshore wind farms was performed, and a simulation environment for offshore wind farms was implemented to train and test the deep reinforcement learning agent. Specifically, this study conducted research on obstacle avoidance maneuvers using MATD3 within deep reinforcement learning, and as a result, it was confirmed that the model, which underwent training over 10,000 episodes, could successfully avoid both static and moving obstacles. This confirms the conclusion that the application of the methods proposed in this study can successfully facilitate obstacle avoidance for autonomous navigation CTVs within offshore wind farms.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.257-274
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• 2024

This work aims to study and analyse the dynamic size dependent behvior of functionally graded carbon nanotubes (FGCNTs) nanoplates embedded in elastic media and subjected to moving point load. The non-classical effect is incorporated into the governing equations using the nonlocal strain gradient theory (NSGT). Four different reinforcement configurations of the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered to show the effect of reinforcement configuration on the dynamic behvior of the FGCNTs nanoplates. The material characteristics of the functionally graded materials are assumed to be continuously distributed throughout the thickness direction according to the power law. The Hamiltonian principle is exploited to derive the dynamic governing equations of motion and the associated boundary conditions in the framework of the first order shear deformation plate theory. The Navier analytical approach is adopted to solve the governing equations of motion. The obtained solution is checked by comparing the obtained results with the available results in the literature and the comparison shows good agreement. Numerical results are obtained and discussed. Obtained results showed the significant impact of the elastic foundation parameters, the non-classical material parameters, the CNT configurations, and the volume fractions on the free and forced vibration behaviors of the FGCNT nanoplate embedded in two parameters elastic foundation and subjected to moving load.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2011

In this paper, we describe the structural reinforcement approach of the throwing-type firefighter assistance robot which can be thrown into a fire site to monitor inside the place and search trapped people while ensuring a firefighter's safety. The reinforcement design is focused on high strength with low weight for the robot. The in-depth structural analysis of the platform is carried out to track down the weakest part, especially with the 1.8m height of drop test. The analysis is verified by comparing with the 1.8m height of the drop test of the throwing-type firefighter assistance robot. The optimal approach for improving the strength of the weakest part aims at topological equivalent and equivalently stress distributed shape.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.454-462
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• 2016

지오폴리머 콘크리트는 콘크리트 생산과정에서 발생하는 이산화탄소 배출을 감소시킬 수 있는 대안의 하나로 고려되는 새로운 건설재료이다. 지오폴리머 콘크리트의 재료 개발 및 재료 특성 연구는 많이 진행되고 있으나, 이의 구조부재 적용에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이 논문은 지오폴리머 콘크리트에 매입된 철근의 부착특성에 대한 것으로 압축강도 수준 20, 30 및 40MPa 지오폴리머 콘크리트에 대하여 공칭지름 10,16 및 25mm 철근을 매입한 실험체에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 총 27개의 시험체를 제작하여 EN10080의 규정에 따라 부착강도 및 부착-슬립 관계를 계측한 내용을 정리한 것이다. 실험결과에 따르면, 압축강도 증가에 따라 부착강도가 증가하는 것을 확인하였고, 일반 콘크리트와 유사하게 철근의 지름이 증가함에 따라 부착강도는 감소하였다. 또한, 이 실험의 결과에 근거하여 지오폴리머 콘크리트에 매입된 철근의 기본 정착길이 산정식을 제안하였다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2007

This paper discusses the chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcement in marine concrete structures focusing on the variability in the progress of deterioration. Through tests and analyses of reinforced concrete slabs taken out from existing open-pile structures that have been in service for 30 to 40 years, the following topics were particularly discussed: variation in chloride ion profiles of concrete, variation in corrosion properties of reinforcement embedded in concrete, and influence of the reinforcement corrosion on the load-carrying capacity of the concrete slabs. As a result, their variability was found to be very large even in one reinforced concrete slab with almost the same conditions. It was also discussed how to determine the calculation parameters for prediction of decreasing in load-carrying capacity of concrete members with chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcement.