• Wind and Structures
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2001

The classical two-degree-of-freedom (2-d-o-f) "sectional model" is currently used to study the dynamics of suspension bridges. Taking into account the first pair of vertical and torsional modes of the bridge, it describes well global oscillations caused by wind actions on the deck and yields very useful information on the overall behaviour and the aerodynamic and aeroelastic response, but does not consider relative oscillation between main cables and deck. The possibility of taking into account these relative oscillations, that can become significant for very long span bridges, is the main purpose of the 4-d-o-f model, proposed by the Authors in previous papers and fully developed here. Longitudinal deformability of the hangers (assumed linear elastic in tension and unable to react in compression) and external loading on the cables are taken into account: thus not only global oscillations, but also relative oscillations between cables and deck can be described. When the hangers go slack, large nonlinear oscillations are possible; if the hangers remain taut, the oscillations are small and essentially linear. This paper describes the model proposed for small and large oscillations, and investigates in detail the limit condition for linear response under harmonic actions on the cables (e.g., like those that could be generated by vortex shedding). These results are sufficient to state that, with geometric and mechanical parameters in a range corresponding to realistic cases of large span suspension bridges, large relative oscillations between main cables and deck cannot be excluded, and therefore should not be neglected in the design. Forthcoming papers will investigate more general cases of loading and dynamic response of the model.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2001

A linear chemigation system, integrating agrichemical appication units of pesticide and fertilizer into an irrigation system, was selected as a suitable model for the cost savings in farm management and automation. Technical designs were conducted in the areas of structure, power, drive, control, and hydraulic systems. An experimental farm was sectioned into the fields of 40m by 200m and systemized with the linear-move chemigation system of 36m in span. The chemigation system consisted of a base unit monitoring and controlling overall operation, and a driving unit traveling linearly and injecting agrichemicals. Monitoring and interlocking systems were utilized against unexpected malfunctions of power, injection and drive systems using radio freuency modems between the units. The system can be also modified to various farm sizes and stationary systems of indoor and outdoor.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2016

This paper is the first of its kind using a non-linear approach based on cross-correlation function (CCF) to investigate the information arrival hypothesis in crude palm oil (CPO) futures market. Based on daily data from 1986 to 2010, our empirical results reveal that: First, the volume of volatility is not a proxy of information flow. Second, dependence causality running from current return to future volume in conditional variance exhibit an asymmetric pattern of time span with different signs of correlation between price and volume series. This finding indicates the presence of noise traders' hypothesis of price-volume interaction in CPO futures market. Both findings suggest that this futures market is weak-form inefficiency. In terms of investors' behavior, they tend to change their expectations on current return based on errors made in previous trade in generating abnormal volume in the subsequent period. As implied, it is advisable for the investors devise their future trading strategies according to time span and changes of return.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권3호
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• pp.311-324
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• 2019

Long-span steel suspension bridges develop significant vibrations under the effect of external time-variable loadings because their slenderness. This causes significant stresses variations that could induce fatigue problems in critical components of the bridge. The research outcome presented in this paper includes a fatigue analysis of a long suspension bridge with 3300 meters central suspended span under wind action and train transit. Special focus is made on the counterintuitive interaction effects between train and wind loads in terms of fatigue damage accumulation in the hanger ropes. In fact the coupling of the two actions is shown to have positive effects for some hangers in terms of damage accumulation. Fatigue damage is evaluated using a linear accumulation model (Palmgren-Miner rule), analyses are carried out in time domain by a three-dimensional non-linear finite element model of the bridge. Rational explanation regarding the above-mentioned counterintuitive behavior is given on the basis of the stress time histories obtained for pertinent hangers under the effects of wind and train as acting separately or simultaneously. The interaction between wind and train traffic loads can be critical for a some hanger ropes therefore interaction phenomena within loads should be considered in the design.

• 인지과학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.325-353
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• 2016

읽기의 초기 단계에서 처리되는 글자의 정보량을 지칭하는 시각 폭은 개별 글자의 획수가 증가하거나 폰트의 종류, 고정된 지면에서 차지하는 잉크의 면적, 글자 간의 간격과 같은 복잡성 요인들에 의해 영향을 받는다. 한글은 자음과 모음들이 조합되는 독특한 알파벳-음절 표기법을 사용하는 글자 체계를 가지고 있어 영어나 중국어를 중심으로 한 결과들에 비해, 자모구성의 글자 유형에 따라서도 복잡성이 달라질 수 있다는 특수성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 세 글자 쌍 패러다임을 이용하여 글자의 유형에 따라 한글 읽기 시각 폭의 크기가 영향을 받는지 살펴보았다. 그리고 여러 글자 유형의 시각 폭 중 읽기 능력의 개인차를 예측하는 글자 유형을 확인해보고자 시각 폭과 읽기 폭, 읽기 유창성, 읽기 이해와의 상관도 살펴보았다. 실험결과, 글자 유형이 복잡해질수록 글자 재인 정확률이 감소하고 시각 폭이 줄어드는 경향이 관찰되었으나 자음+모음+자음의 형태가 자음+모음 형태보다 글자 재인율이 높고 시각 폭도 큰 것으로 나타나 자모조합의 복잡성에 따른 영향이 선형적이지 않고 다른 요인이 개입할 가능성이 관찰되었다. 자음만 제시한 조건과 CV조건의 글자 재인율은 읽기 이해와 정적 상관을 보여 향후 읽기 능력과 관련한 시각 폭 측정 시 사용할 수 있는 글자 유형으로 나타났다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.505-522
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• 2015

Variation of temperature is a primary environmental factor that affects the behavior of structures. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of normal temperature-induced variations of structural behavior would help in distinguishing them from anomalies. In this study, we used the structural health monitoring data of the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge, a steel girder cable-stayed bridge, to investigate the mechanisms of thermally induced vertical deflection ($D_T$) at mid-span of such bridges. The $D_T$ results from a multisource combination of thermal expansion effects of the cable temperature ($T_{Cab}$), girder temperature ($T_{Gir}$), girder differential temperature ($T_{Dif}$), and tower temperature ($T_{Tow}$). It could be approximated by multiple linear superpositions under operational conditions. The sensitivities of $D_T$ of the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge to the above temperatures were in the following order: $T_{Cab}$ > $T_{Gir}$ > $T_{Tow}$ > $T_{Dif}$. However, the direction of the effect of $T_{Cab}$ was observed to be opposite to that of the other three temperatures, and the magnitudes of the effects of $T_{Cab}$ and $T_{Gir}$ were found to be almost one order greater than those of $T_{Dif}$ and $T_{Tow}$. The mechanisms of the thermally induced vertical deflection variation at mid-span of a cable-stayed bridge as well as the analytical methodology adopted in this study could be applicable for other long-span cable-stayed bridges.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.233-242
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• 1997

이 논문은 연속보의 동적 최적설계에 관한 연구이다. 본 연구에서는 연속보의 근사적인 최적제원을 결정하기 위하여 컴퓨터 프로그램의 실행결과를 이용한 기법을 이용하였다. 경간길이, 질량 및 휨강성이 변화하는 연속보의 자유진동해석과 이동 집중하중이 작용하는 경우 동적응답해석을 실행할 수 있는 컴퓨터 프로그램을 개발하였다. 모형실험 결과와 이론적인 해석결과가 잘 일치하여 해석결과의 타당성을 검증할 수 있었다. 설계효율을 나타내기 위하여 최대 동적응력, 경간사이의 응력차이, 이동 집중하중이 작용하는 점에서의 rms 처짐 및 전체지간의 총질량 등 4가지의 무차원 변수들의 선형결합으로 이루어지는 최적함수를 정의하였다. 3경간 연속보에 대한 해석결과 개략적인 최적제원을 갖는 연속보로 설계하는 경우 등간격의 등단면 연속보에 비해 설계효율을 개선할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.383-393
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 비선형 유한요소해석을 기초로 기둥이 손실된 철골모멘트골조의 2경간 보 모멘트-축인장력 상호작용의 모형화 방안을 제안하였다. 본 목적을 위해 기둥이 손실된 2경간 부분골조 모델을 구성한 후 보스팬길이 대 보춤 비 및 보 사이즈를 변수로 하여 재료적/기하학적 비선형이 고려된 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 비선형 해석을 통하여 보스팬길이 대 보춤 비가 보의 현수작용 발현에 가장 지배적인 요소임을 확인하였다. 해석결과를 토대로 초기 탄성거동에서부터 현수작용에 이르기까지의 보의 현회전각-수직저항력 관계를 일련의 선형 모델로서 근사화하는 방안을 제안하였다. 아울러, 본 연구에서 제안한 방안을 에너지평형법과 결합하여 철골모멘트골조의 비선형 정적 연쇄붕괴해석 및 설계에 편리하게 활용될 수 있음을 예시하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2017

Prestressed concrete I-girders are subject to different load types at their construction stages. At the time of strand release, i.e., detensioning, prestressed concrete girders are under the effect of dead and prestressing loads. At this stage, the camber, total net upward deflection, of prestressed girder is summation of the upward deflection due to the prestressing force and the downward deflection due to dead loads. For the calculation of the upward deflection, it is generally considered that prestressed concrete I-girder behaves linear-elastic. However, the field measurements on total net upward deflection of prestressed I-girder after detensioning show contradictory results. In this paper, camber calculations with the linear-elastic beam and elastic-stability theories are presented. One of a typical precast I-girder with 120 cm height and 31.5 m effective span length is selected as a case study. 3D finite element model (FEM) of the girder is developed by SAP2000 software, and the deflections of girder are obtained from linear and nonlinear-static analyses. Only geometric nonlinearity is taken into account. The material test and field measurement of this study are performed at prestressing girder plant. The results of the linear-elastic beam and elastic-stability theories are compared with FEM results and field measurements. It is seen that the camber predicted by elastic-stability theory gives acceptable results than the linear-elastic beam theory while strand releasing.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2011

Objectives : Though a proportion of Alzheimer's disease(AD) patients treated with donepezil have shown positive response on cognition, but the responders' characteristics are still uncertain. This study attempts to identify whether a single oral dose of donepezil(5mg) can change cognition and the relationship between single dose responder items and long-term responder are examined. Methods : Twenty-three AD patients for single donepezil challenge study group and eleven AD patients for controls were participated in the study. Seven days after baseline study for neuropsychological test and EEG, same studies were rechecked after donepezil medication in study group. In donepezil study groups, 12 weeks after donepezil medication, neuropsychological test and EEG were rechecked. Results : After single donepezil challenge, forward digit span, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test copy, SVLT delayed recall were significantly improved, and beta spectra power in anterior, theta spectra power in posterior field were significantly decreased. According to linear regression analysis, forward digit span after single donepezil challenge was significantly positive correlated with long-term responders. Conclusions : This study suggests that single donepezil medication can significantly change cognitive functions and EEG in AD patients. Among these responsive items, forward digit span was significantly correlated with long-term responder.