• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.103-114
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• 2003

This paper aims to propose a method that helps maintenance engineers to evaluate the damage states of bridge structure systems by using a Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis. It may be stated that Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis may be very useful for the systematic and rational fuzzy reliability assessment for real bridge structure systems problems because the approach is able to effectively deal with all the related bridge structural element damages in terms of the linguistic variables that incorporate systematically experts experiences and subjective judgement. This paper considers these uncertainties by providing a fuzzy reliability-based framework and shows that the identification of the optimum maintenance scenario is a straightforward process. This is achieved by using a computer program for LIFETIME. This program can consider the effects of various types of actions on the fuzzy reliability index profile of a deteriorating structures. Only the effect of maintenance interventions is considered in this study. However. any environmental or mechanical action affecting the fuzzy reliability index profile can be considered in LIFETIME. Numerical examples of deteriorating bridges are presented to illustrate the capability of the proposed approach. Further development and implementation of this approach are recommended for future research.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.109-116
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 사무실 적재하중을 체계적으로 조사.수집하여 등가등분하중을 산정하였다. 등가등분포하중은 슬래브, 보 기둥등의 부재별로 영향선을 이용하여 분석하였다. 여기에서 하중효과는 보와 슬래브에서는 휨모멘트, 기둥에서는 축력이 고려되었다. 산정된 등가등분포하중 자료로부터 적재하중의 확률적 특성과 영향면적과의 상관관계가 분석되었으며, 다른 하중조사결과와도 비교되었다. 분석된 적재하중의 확률모형을 이용하여 사용기간 동안의 극한값을 산정하였으며, 이 결과는 현행 설계적재하중과 비교되었다. 또한 보다 합리적인 설계적재하중을 결정할 수 있는 기초자료로서 영향면적에 따른 설게하중식을 제안하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.3034-3055
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• 2014

Wireless Sensor Networks have extensively been utilized for ambient data collection from simple linear structures to dense tiered deployments. Issues related to optimal resource allocation still persist for simplistic deployments including linear and hierarchical networks. In this work, we investigate the case of dimensioning parameters for linear and tiered wireless sensor network deployments with notion of providing extended lifetime and reliable data delivery over extensive infrastructures. We provide a single consolidated reference for selection of intrinsic sensor network parameters like number of required nodes for deployment over specified area, network operational lifetime, data aggregation requirements, energy dissipation concerns and communication channel related signal reliability. The dimensioning parameters have been analyzed in a pipeline monitoring scenario using ZigBee communication platform and subsequently referred with analytical models to ensure the dimensioning process is reflected in real world deployment with minimum resource consumption and best network connectivity. Concerns over data aggregation and routing delay minimization have been discussed with possible solutions. Finally, we propose a node placement strategy based on a dynamic programming model for achieving reliable received signals and consistent application in structural health monitoring with multi hop and long distance connectivity.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.703-712
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• 2017

The composite blades of offshore wind turbines accumulate structural damage such as fatigue cracking due to harsh operation environments during their service time, leading to premature structural failures. This paper investigates various fatigue crack models for reproducing crack development in composite blades and proposes a stochastic approach to predict fatigue crack evolution and to analyse failure probability for the composite blades. Three typical fatigue models for the propagation of fatigue cracks, i.e., Miner model, Paris model and Reifsnider model, are discussed to reproduce the fatigue crack evolution in composite blades subjected to cyclical loadings. The lifetime probability of fatigue failure of the composite blades is estimated by stochastic deterioration modelling such as gamma process. Based on time-dependent reliability analysis and lifecycle cost analysis, an optimised maintenance policy is determined to make the optimal decision for the composite blades during the service time. A numerical example is employed to investigate the effectiveness of predicting fatigue crack growth, estimating the probability of fatigue failure and evaluating an optimal maintenance policy. The results from the numerical study show that the stochastic gamma process together with the proper fatigue models can provide a useful tool for remaining useful life predictions and optimum maintenance strategies of the composite blades of offshore wind turbines.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1158-1164
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• 2007

Recently, the demand on the practical application of life-cycle cost effectiveness for design and rehabilitation of civil infrastructure is rapidly growing unprecedentedly in civil engineering practice. Accordingly, it is expected that the life-cycle cost in the 21st century will become a new paradigm for all engineering decision problems in practice. However, in spite of impressive progress in the researches on the LCC, so far, most researches in Koreahave only focused on roadway bridges, which are not applicable to railway bridges. Thus, this paper presents the formulation models and methods for uncertainty-based LCCA for railroad bridges consideringboth objective statistical data available in the agency database of railroad bridges management and subjective data obtained form interviews with experts of the railway agency, which are used to anew uncertainty-based expected maintenance/repair costs including lifetime indirect costs. For reliable assessment of the life-cycle maintenance/repair costs, statistical analysis considering maintenance history data and survey data including the subjective judgments of railway experts on maintenance/management of railroad bridges, are performed to categorize critical maintenance items and associated expected costs and uncertainty-based deterioration models are developed. Finally, the formulation for simulation-based LCC analysis of railway bridges with uncertainty-based deterioration models are applied to the design-decision problem, which is to select an optimal bridge type having minimum Life-Cycle cost among various railway bridges types such as steel plate girder bridge, and prestressed concrete girder bridge in the basic design phase.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2005

Breakdown characteristics and survival probability of turn-to-turn models were investigated under ac and impulse voltage at 77K. For experiments, two test electrode models were fabricated: One is point contact model and the other is surface contact model. Both are made of copper wrapped by O.025mm thick polyimide film(Kapton). The experimental results were analyzed statistically using Weibull distribution in order to examine the wrapping number effects on voltage-time characteristics under ac voltage as well as under impulse voltage in LN$_{2}$. Also survival analysis were performed according to the Kaplan-Meier method. The breakdown voltages of surface contact model are lower than that of point contact model, because the contact area of surface contact model is wider than that of point contact model. Besides, the shape parameter of point contact model is a little bit larger than that of surface contact model. The time to breakdown t$_{50}$ is decreased as the applied voltage is increased, and the lifetime indices slightly are increased as the number of layers is increased. According to the increasing applied voltage and decreasing wrapping number, the survival probability is increased.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2020

무선 센서 네트워크는 인간의 개입 없이 다양한 환경에서 센싱 데이터를 수집하고 분석한다. 센서 네트워크는 초기에 설치된 라우팅 프로토콜들에 따라 네트워크 수명이 변경된다. 게다가, 네트워크가 운영 중에 라우팅 경로를 변경하기 위해 센서들은 많은 에너지를 소모해야 한다. 센서 네트워크를 실제 필드에 구축하기 전에 시뮬레이션을 통해 성능 측정하는 것은 중요하다. 본 논문은 DEVS 커널 모델들을 사용하여 저전력 적응형 클러스터링 계층 프로토콜을 위한 WSN 모델을 제안한다. 제안 모델은 커널 모델인 브로드캐스트 모델과 컨트롤드 모델로 구현된다. 실험 결과, 컨트롤드 기반의 WSN 모델은 데이터 전송 부분에서는 효율적이지만, 컨트롤드 모델에서 특정 모델을 선택하기 위해 CPU 사용량이 높은 것을 확인했다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.3099-3120
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• 2023

The present fast-moving era brings a serious stress issue that affects elders and youngsters. Everyone has undergone stress factors at least once in their lifetime. Stress is more among youngsters as they are new to the working environment. whereas the stress factors for elders affect the individual and overall performance in an organization. Electroencephalogram (EEG) based stress level classification is one of the widely used methodologies for stress detection. However, the signal processing methods evolved so far have limitations as most of the stress classification models compute the stress level in a predefined environment to detect individual stress factors. Specifically, machine learning based stress classification models requires additional algorithm for feature extraction which increases the computation cost. Also due to the limited feature learning characteristics of machine learning algorithms, the classification performance reduces and inaccurate sometimes. It is evident from numerous research works that deep learning models outperforms machine learning techniques. Thus, to classify all the emotions based on stress level in this research work a hybrid deep learning algorithm is presented. Compared to conventional deep learning models, hybrid models outperforms in feature handing. Better feature extraction and selection can be made through deep learning models. Adding machine learning classifiers in deep learning architecture will enhance the classification performances. Thus, a hybrid convolutional neural network model was presented which extracts the features using CNN and classifies them through machine learning support vector machine. Simulation analysis of benchmark datasets demonstrates the proposed model performances. Finally, existing methods are comparatively analyzed to demonstrate the better performance of the proposed model as a result of the proposed hybrid combination.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2022

경사제의 평균 잔류수명을 간편하게 추정할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 누적피해의 시간 이력 자료를 기반으로 하는 추계학적 확률모형과 다르게 내구수명의 분포함수를 이용하여 평균 잔류수명을 추정하는 방법이다. 설계 내구수명과 과거 하중이력에 따라 전문가들이 판단한 내구수명의 상한치와 하한치 그리고 그 발생 가능성을 활용하여 분포함수의 모수도 쉽게 추정할 수 있다. 본 연구에서 제시된 간편법을 전면이 TTP로 피복된 경사제에 적용하였다. TTP 피복재의 시간에 따른 누적피해에 대한 모형실험 자료가 있는 동일 조건에 대하여 WP(Wiener Process) 기반의 추계학적 확률모형도 MCS(Monte-Carlo Simulation) 기법과 함께 적용하였다. 각각의 해석 방법으로부터 얻어진 결과들을 MTTF(Mean Time To Failure)와 함께 비교하여, 실제 발생 가능한 시간에 따른 모든 형태의 피해경로에 대하여 경사제의 내구수명 분포함수는 대수정규분포를 따른다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 본 연구에서 제시된 간편법으로 추정된 경사제의 재령에 따른 평균 잔류수명을 WP 기반 추계학적 확률모형의 결과와 비교하였다. 일정한 재령까지는 누적피해의 증가 형태와 관계없이 비교적 잘 일치하였으나, MTTF 근방의 재령에서는 선형적인 증가와 대수적인 증가 형태에서 어느 정도 차이를 보이고 있다. 따라서 불확실성을 올바로 고려하기 위해서는 추계학적 확률모형을 사용하는 것이 바람직하지만, 본 연구에서 제시한 간편법은 누적피해에 대한 시간 이력 자료를 필요로 하지 않기 때문에 항만 구조물에 대하여 평균 잔류수명 기반의 예방적 유지관리를 신속하게 계획할 필요성이 있는 경우에 유용하게 활용될 수 있다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.199-213
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• 2017

Chloride penetration is among the main causes of corrosion initiation in reinforced concrete (RC) structures producing premature degradations. Weather and exposure conditions directly affect chloride ingress mechanisms and therefore the operational service life and safety of RC structures. Consequently, comprehensive chloride ingress models are useful tools to estimate corrosion initiation risks and minimize maintenance costs for RC structures placed under chloride-contaminated environments. This paper first presents a coupled thermo-hydro-chemical model for predicting chloride penetration into concrete that accounts for realistic weather conditions. This complete numerical model takes into account multiple factors affecting chloride ingress such as diffusion, convection, chloride binding, ionic interaction, and concrete aging. Since the complete model could be computationally expensive for long-term assessment, this study also proposes model simplifications in order to reduce the computational cost. Long-term chloride assessments of complete and reduced models are compared for three locations in France (Brest, Strasbourg and Nice) characterized by different weather and exposure conditions (tidal zone, de-icing salts and salt spray). The comparative study indicates that the reduced model is computationally efficient and accurate for long-term chloride ingress modeling in comparison to the complete one. Given that long-term assessment requires larger climate databases, this research also studies how climate models may affect chloride ingress assessment. The results indicate that the selection of climate models as well as the considered training periods introduce significant errors for mid- and long- term chloride ingress assessment.