• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.567-576
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• 2017

Design of piezoelectric energy harvester for a wide operating frequency range is a challenging problem and is currently being investigated by many researchers. Widening the operating frequency is required, as the energy is harvested from ambient source of vibration which consists of spectrum of frequency. This paper presents a new technique to increase the operating frequency range which is achieved by designing a harvester featured by a propped cantilever beam with variable over hang length. The proposed piezoelectric energy harvester is modeled analytically using Euler Bernoulli beam theory and the effectiveness of the harvester is demonstrated through experimentation. The results from analytical model and from experimentation reveal that the proposed energy harvester generates an open circuit output voltage ranging from 36.43 V to 11.94 V for the frequency range of 27.24 Hz to 48.47 Hz. The proposed harvester produces continuously varying output voltage and power in the broadened operating frequency range.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.37-60
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• 2008

Structural health monitoring of existing infrastructure is currently an important field of research, where elaborate experimental programs and advanced analytical methods are used in identifying the current state of health of critical and important structures. The paper outlines two methods of system identification of beam-like reinforced concrete structures representing bridges, through static measurements, in a distributed damage scenario. The first one is similar to the stiffness method, re-cast and the second one to flexibility method. A least square error (LSE) based solution method is used for the estimation of flexural rigidities and damages of simply supported, cantilever and propped cantilever beam from the measured deformation values. The performance of both methods in the presence of measurement errors is demonstrated. An experiment on an un-symmetrically damaged simply supported reinforced concrete beam is used to validate the developed method. A method for damage prognosis is demonstrated using a generalized, indeterminate, propped cantilever beam.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.109-118
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• 1992

보(Beam)의 횡-비틀림 좌굴(Lateral-Torsional Buckling)에 대한 저항능력을 향상시키기 위해 횡-브레이싱(Lateral Bracing)을 실제 설계에 오랫동안 사용해 왔으나, 횡-브레이싱의 성능에 중요한 인자들은 아직 설계공식에 많이 포함되어 있지 않다. 해석적 모델을 사용하여 아래와 같은 몇개의 인자들에 대한 Parametric Study를 반복하중을 받는 짧은 보에 적용하여 그 영향들을 고찰하고자 한다 : 브레이스의 보 길이 방향의 위치, 브레이스의 보의 절단중심에 대한 높이, 브레이스의 강도와 강성. 일단고정 타단가중 지반(Propped Cantilever)보를 이용하여 Parametric Study를 수행하고, 또한 구조물 전체의 좌굴현상을 잘 포착하기 위해 보와 브레이스에 기하학적 (완전) 비선형의 보 모델을 사용한다. 여기에서 이상화된 브레이스는 보 단면의 횡방향의 이동은 구속하지만 회전은 자유롭게 하도록 한다. 또한 금속의 주기적 소성(Cyclic Plasticity)거동을 보다 잘 나타내기 위해 다축 주기적 소성 모델을 Consistent Return Mapping Algorithm과 결합시켜 적용한다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.49-59
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• 1996

This paper considers large deflection problem of a simply supported beam with variable are length subjected to a point load. The beam has one of its ends hinged and at a fixed distance from this end propped by a frictionless support over which the beam can slide freely. This highly nonlinear flexural problem is solved by elliptic-integral method and shooting-optimization technique, thereby providing independent checks on the new solutions. Because the beam can slide freely over the frictionless support, there is a maximum or critical load which the beam can carry and it is dependent on the position of the load. Interestingly, two possible equilibrium configurations can be obtained for a given load magnitude which is less than the critical value. The maximum arc-length was found to be equal to about 2.19 times the fixed distance between the supports and this value is independent of the load position.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.259-279
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 다단계 굴착시 연성토류 벽체의 수평변형, 굴착단계별 토압변화 및 분포, 그리고 배면지반의 지표침하와 지중변위의 분포를 규명하기 위하여 벽체강성, 벽마찰의 유무 및 지반조건에 대하여 굴착모형실험을 실시하였다. 모형실험 결과 벽체강성 및 벽체와 배면지반의 벽마찰각에 유무에 따른 지표침하 형태는 다소 차이를 나타내었으며, 지중변위 결과는 최대지중변위의 발생심도는 심도비 0.1H에서 0.15H(H는 최종굴착심도)의 범위에서 나타났다. 그리고 벽체의 강성에 따라 배면지반의 토압재분배 현상인 아칭효과는 벽체강성과 지반조건에 직접적인 관계가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 모형실험에서 얻은 벽체변위 및 토압분포는 기존 탄소성보법 프로그램으로 또한 지표침하 및 지중변위는 본 연구진에 의해 개발된 GDHM 재료모델을 이용한 유한요소법 프로그램으로 각각 비교분석하였다. 기존 탄소성보법 프로그램을 이용하여 모형실험을 해석한 결과 벽체변위 및 토압분포는 모형실험 결과와 상이한 결과를 얻었으며, GDHM 재료모델을 적용한 유한요소해석에서는 벽체수평변위의 형태는 다소 상이한 결과를 얻었으나 배면지반의 지중변위 분포는 벽체강성에 따라서 유사한 결과를 얻었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.169-184
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• 2003

This paper presents a generic modelling of composite steel-concrete beams with elastic shear connection. It builds on the well-known seminal technique of Newmark, Siess and Viest, in order to formulate the partial interaction formulation for solution under a variety of end conditions, and lends itself well for modification to enable direct quantification of effects such as shrinkage, creep, and limited shear connection slip capacity. This application is possible because the governing differential equations are set up and solved in a fashion whereby inclusion of the kinematic and static end conditions merely requires a statement of the appropriate constants of integration that are generated in the solution of the linear differential equations. The method is applied in the paper for the solution of the well-studied behaviour of simply supported beams with partial interaction, as well as to provide solutions for a beam encastr$\acute{e}$ at its ends, and for a propped cantilever.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.505-518
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• 2000

A major cause of premature debonding of tension face plates is shear peeling (Jones et al. 1988, Swamy et al. 1989, Ziraba et al. 1994, Zhang et al. 1995), that is debonding at the plate ends that is associated with the formation of shear diagonal cracks that are caused by the action of vertical shear forces. It is shown in this paper how side plated beams are less prone to shear peeling than tension face plated beams, as the side plate automatically increases the resistance of the reinforced concrete beam to shear peeling. Tests are used to determine the increase in the shear peeling resistance that the side plates provide, and also the effect of vertical shear forces on the pure flexural peeling strength that was determined in the companion paper. Design rules are then developed to prevent premature debonding of the plate ends due to peeling and they are applied to the strengthening and stiffening of continuous reinforced concrete beams. It is shown how these design rules for side plated beams can be adapted to allow for propped and unpropped construction and the time effects of creep and shrinkage, and how side plates can be used in conjunction with tension face plates.