• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.467-478
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• 2019

Composite floor structures formed by continuous slab panels may be susceptible to excessive vibrations, even when properly designed in terms of ultimate limit state criteria. This is due to the inherent vibration characteristics of continuous floor slabs composed by precast orthotropic reinforced concrete panels supported by steel beams. These floor structures display close spaced multimode vibration frequencies and this dynamic characteristic results in a non-trivial vibration problem. Structural stiffening and/or insertion of struts between floors are the usual tentative solution applied to existing vibrating floor structures. Such structural alterations are in general expensive and unsuitable. In this paper, this vibration problem is analyzed on the basis of results obtained from experimental measurements in typical composite floors and their theoretical counterpart obtained with computational modeling simulations. A passive control system composed by multiple synchronized dynamic attenuators (MSDA) was designed and installed in these floor structures and its efficiency was evaluated both experimentally and through numerical simulations. The results obtained from experimental tests of the continuous slab panels under human walking dynamic action proved the effectiveness of this control system in reducing vibrations amplitudes.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.179-193
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• 2022

The shear behaviour of reinforced concrete members has been studied over the past decades by various researchers, and it can be simulated by analysing shear panel elements which has been regarded as a basic element of reinforced concrete members subjected to in-plane biaxial stresses. Despite various experimental studies on shear panel element which have been conducted so far, there are still a lot of uncertainties related to what influencing factors govern the shear behaviour and affect failure mechanism in reinforced concrete members. To identify the uncertainties, a finite element analysis can be used, which enables to investigate the impact of specific variables such as the reinforcement ratio, the shear retention factor, and the material characteristics including aggregate interlock, tension stiffening, compressive softening, and shear behaviour at the crack surface. In this study, a non-linear probabilistic analysis was conducted on reinforced concrete panels using a finite element method optimized for reinforced concrete members and advanced sampling techniques so that probabilistic analysis can be performed effectively. Consequently, this study figures out what analysis methodology and input parameters have the most influence on shear behaviour of reinforced concrete panels.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2022

Oil refineries' Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU) when in full operation may exhibit strong fluid dynamics caused by turbulent flow in the piping system that may induce vibrations in other mechanical and structural components of the Unity. This paper reports on the experimental-theoretical-computational program performed to get the vibration properties and the dynamic response amplitudes to find out alternative solutions to attenuate the excessive vibrations that were causing fatigue fractures in components of the bottle like reactor-regenerator of an FCC unit in operation in an existing oil refinery in Brazil. Solutions to the vibration problem were sought with the aid of a 3D finite element model calibrated with the results obtained from experimental measurements. A short description of the found solutions is given and their effectiveness are shown by means of numerical results. The solutions were guided by the concepts of structural stiffening and dynamic control performed by a nonlinear pendulum controller whose mechanical design was based on parameters determined by means of a parametric study carried out with 2D and 3D mathematical models of the coupled pendulum-structure system. The effectiveness of the proposed solutions is evaluated in terms of the fatigue life of critical welded connections.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.597-602
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• 2007

For the hotel industry, the situations having difficulties in management are becoming we planed by the rises of the cost and labor costs, the imbalance between supply and demand, stiffening competitions between the hotels. Therefore, there has been a plan for a great change to attract customers, escaping from the existing form of management in order to secure competitive powers in the food and beverage field. For that purpose, we plan to investigate into the preference of buffet restaurants in ten 5star hotels in Seoul. By the analysis, we also plan to present the menu concepts that stand out and are preferred by the customers in managing semi-buffet restaurants. Therefore, the linear and planar coordinate values of the H Hotels and I Hotels came out both positive(+) as results of a similarity analysis using MOS, we can predict that they would be positioning on the same dimension. Furthermore we can predict that the menu of antipasto, sushi, sashimi and desserts would be positioning on the same dimension as a result of analysis of the most preferred menu by customers for each station in managing a semi-buffet restaurant. Based on these results, there must be continuous supervision over the menu of buffet restaurants.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.119-131
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• 2022

Due to the complexity of the structure and the limits of classical SEA, a combined SEA approach is employed, with angle-dependent SEA in the low- and mid-frequency ranges and advanced SEA (ASEA) considering indirect coupling in the high-frequency range. As an important component of the steel box girder, the dynamic response of an L-junction periodic ribbed plate is calculated first by the combined SEA and validated by the impact hammer test and finite element method (FEM). Results show that the indirect coupling due to the periodicity of stiffened plate is significant at high frequencies and may cause the error to reach 38.4 dB. Hence, the incident bending wave angle cannot be ignored in comparison to classical SEA. The combined SEA is then extended to investigate the vibration properties of the steel box girder. The bending wave transmission study is likewise carried out to gain further physical insight into indirect coupling. By comparison with FEM and classical SEA, this approach yields good accuracy for calculating the dynamic responses of the steel box girder made of periodic ribbed plates in a wide frequency range. Furthermore, the influences of some important parameters are discussed, and suggestions for vibration and noise control are provided.

• Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.202-211
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• 2022

BACKGROUND: This study aims to investigate normal changes throughout aging of the heart in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in healthy volunteers. While type 2 diabetes mellitus is a frequent finding in the elderly population, also the influence of this circumstance in otherwise healthy persons is part of our study. METHODS: In this prospective single-center trial, 75 healthy subjects in distinct age groups and 10 otherwise healthy diabetics were enrolled. All subjects underwent functional, flow sensitive, native T2- and T1-mapping in a 1.5T CMR scanner. RESULTS: No differences in right and left ventricular ejection fractions were observed between aging healthy groups. Bi-ventricular volumes lowered significantly (p<0.001) between the age groups. There was also a significant decrease in myocardial T1 values, aortic distensibility, and left ventricular peak diastolic strain rates. There were no differences in T2 mapping and the other deformation parameters. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had lower end-diastolic volume indexes; all the other measurements were comparable. CONCLUSIONS: Aging processes in the healthy heart involve a decrease in ventricular volumes, with ejection fractions remaining normal. Stiffening of the myocardium and aorta and a decrease in T1 values are potential indications of age-related remodeling. Type 2 diabetes mellitus seems to have no major influence on aging processes of the heart.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.713-720
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• 2015

저압터빈 최종단 블레이드는 발전설비의 대용량화에 따라 대형화 되고 있으며, 터빈을 구성하는 모든 블레이드 중 상대적으로 그 크기가 가장 크다. 그 결과 블레이드는 매우 높은 원심력과 낮은 고유 진동수 특성을 가지며 그에 따른 각종 손상이 발생하게 된다. 최근 국내에서 가동연수 증가와 잦은 기동정지에 따른 저압터빈 최종단 블레이드의 손상이 자주 보고되고 있어, 본 연구에서는 유한요소법을 이용하여 원심력에 의한 응력해석, 응력경화효과에 따른 고유진동수 해석 및 조화응답해석을 수행 하였다. 그 결과 예측된 블레이드의 에어포일 선단부 최대 피로응력의 위치와 실제 균열의 발생위치가 일치함으로써 피로손상에 의한 결과임을 확인하였고, 노치에 의한 등가피로한도가 노치피로한도에 접근하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 비부착형 포스트텐션 시스템의 해석에 적용할 수 있는 모델링기법을 제시하였다. 모델링은 유한요소 해석 프로그램을 이용하였으며, tube-to-tube contact 요소를 도입하여 강연선의 물리적 형상을 직접적으로 모델링하는 방법과 실제의 강연선 외에 가상의 강연선을 콘크리트에 매입하고, 두 개의 강연선을 스프링으로 연결하여 간접적으로 모델링하는 방법을 동시에 제시하고 비교하였다. 콘크리트의 인장경화 현상을 무시하였을때 두 모델링기법에서는 거의 동일한 결과를 제공하지만 콘크리트의 인장경화를 고려한 경우에는 스프링을 이용한 간접적인 모델링기법을 통해서만 결과를 얻을 수 있었으며, 결과 또한 콘크리트의 경화현상을 고려하지 않은 경우와 다소 상이하였다. 비교를 통하여 비부착형 포스트텐션 시스템의 모델링기법으로 스프링을 이용한 모델링기법을 최종적으로 선정하고 기존의 실험적 연구에서 인용한 실험결과와 해석결과를 비교, 검증하였으며 또한 파라미터 스터디를 통해서 모델링의 적절성을 확인하였다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2017

제지슬러지 소각재, 용광로 슬래그 미세분말 생석회, 무수석고 및 프라이애쉬 등을 혼합하여 무기계고화재를 제조하였다. 슬러지 처리용으로 개발된 고화재의 주성분은 SiO, $Al_2O_3$, $TiO_2$, $Fe_2O_3$, $Mn_2O_3$, CaO, MgO, $Na_2O$, $K_2O$, $P_2O$, $SO_3$이었다. 시멘트와 달리, 개발된 고화재에는 발암물질로 알려진 $Cr^{6+}$가 함유되지 않았다. 중금속 및 기름 오염토를 고화재와 혼합한 후 7일간 양생하여 빗물용출실험을 시행한 결과 중금속이 미미하였다. 하수슬러지 케이크 및 음식물쓰레기와 고화재를 각각 혼합하여 7일 양생 후 토양성분실험을 한 결과 중금속 함량이 환경기준치 이하로 나타났다. 슬러지, 고화재 및 첨가제 혼합시료를 비이커에 혼합한 후 암모니아 농도를 측정한 결과 3일 후 0이 되었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.342-348
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• 2003

Zr(1.32mm) 판재 위 $Be-Zr(100{\mu}m)$ 합금층의 평가를 목적으로 후방산란 초음파 의 입사각 의존성인 프로파일이 여러 입사위치에서 측정되었다. 누설 램(Lamb)파로부터 후방복사된 초음파 프로파일에는 4개의 주요 세부 프로파일이 발견되었다. 세부프로파일들의 정점각과 정점세기는 Be 확산층의 강화효과로 인해 감소하였다. 세부 프로파일들의 존재와 변화가 시편재질의 음향학적 특성, 램파모드들의 군속도 집단적 변화 그리고 표면파의 누설율 차이 등으로 설명되었다 판재 위 얇은 확산층의 평가를 위한 유용한 평가 기법으로 판재로부터의 후방복사 세부 프로파일이 제안되었다.