• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2024

To properly extract the strain components under varying operational conditions is very important in bridge health monitoring. The abnormal sensor readings can be correctly identified and the expected operational performance of the bridge can be better understood if each strain components can be accurately quantified. In this study, strain components under varying load conditions, i.e., temperature variation and live-load variation are evaluated based on field strain measurements collected from a real concrete box-girder bridge. Temperature-induced strain is mainly regarded as the trend variation along with the ambient temperature, thus a smoothing technique based on the wavelet packet decomposition method is proposed to estimate the temperature-induced strain. However, how to effectively extract the vehicle-induced strain is always troublesome because conventional threshold setting-based methods cease to function: if the threshold is set too large, the minor response will be ignored, and if too small, noise will be introduced. Therefore, an autoencoder framework is proposed to evaluate the vehicle-induced strain. After the elimination of temperature and vehicle-induced strain, the left of which, defined as the model error, is used to assess the operational performance of the bridge. As empirical techniques fail to detect the degraded state of the structure, a clustering technique based on Gaussian Mixture Model is employed to identify the damage occurrence and the validity is verified in a simulation study.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.505-510
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• 2008

FBG Sensor, which is smaller than strain gauge and has better durability and does not have a noise from electromagnetic waves, was adapted to develope a smart anchor. A series of pullout tests were performed to verify the feasibility of smart anchor and find out the load transfer mechanism around the steel wire fixed to rock with grout. Distribution of shear stresses at steel wire-grout interface is assessed from the measured strain distribution by the optical fiber sensors and compared with stress distributions predicted by Farmer's and Aydan's formulas. It was found that present theoretical formulas may underestimate the failure depth and magnitude of shear stresses when the pullout loads increase.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.643-650
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• 2002

It is necessary, in the light of the importance of long-term slope stability problem, to develop a simple method or tool which can figure out the possible failure zone resulted from weathering effect and other factors. The FBG sensor system is used to estimate the correlations between the temperature and the slope in Yunhwajae, and to find a failure zone in slopes effectively. This research is to seek for the correlation between the soil temperature distribution and the strain distribution in a active zone by analyzing the data from the in-situ measurement so that the possible failure zone should be well defined based on the correlation. The zone of high temperature fluctuation can be regarded as one of the possible sliding zone due to the weathering effect while the constant temperature depth of the ground, if exists, would not be relatively affected by the weathering process.

• 지구물리
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2005

Early detection in real-time response of slope movements ensures tremendous saving of lives and repair costs from catastrophic disaster. Therefore, it is essential to constantly monitor the performance and integrity of slope-stabilizing structures such as Rock bolt, Nail and Pile during or after installation. We developed a novel monitoring system using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor. It's advantages are highly sensitivity, small dimension and electro-magnetic immunity. capability of multiplexing, system integrity, remote sensing - these serve real-time health monitoring of the structures. Real-time strain measurement by the signal processing program is shown graphically and it gives a warning sound when the monitored strain state exceeds a given threshold level so that any sign of abnormal disturbance on the spot can be easily perceived.

• Composites Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 구조의 건전성을 실시간으로 모니터링하기 위해 변형률 및 파손을 동시에 감지할 수 있는 두 가지 형태의 광섬유 센서 시스템을 제안하였다. 구성된 광섬유 센서 시스템은 파손신호 취득에 사용되는 단파장 광원의 형태에 따라 EDFA에 FBG 사용한 것과 Fabry-Perot 필터를 사용한 것으로 나뉘며 EFPI센서를 통해 복합재 시편의 인장실험을 모니터링 하는데 적용되었다. 먼저, 복합재의 초기파손모드에 해당하는 모재균열 신호의 특징을 알기 위해 압전세라믹 센서를 이용하여 시편의 두께와 폭의 변화에 따른 신호특성을 파악하였다. 정량적 파손신호의 특성 분석을 위해 STFT와 Wavelet Transform과 같은 시간 주파수 변환방법을 사용하였으며, 시편의 형상변화에 따라 모재균열 신호의 주파수영역 특성이 변화함을 확인하였다 광섬유 센서로 취득 된 파손신호 및 변형률 측정값을 각각 압전세라믹 센서와 변형률게이지의 결과 값과 서로 비교하였다. 광섬유 센서 시스템들을 이용한 장시간동안의 인장실험 결과 변형률의 값은 변형률게이지의 측정값과 잘 일치하였으며 파손감지 시스템 또한 미세한 파손신호까지 민감하게 감지해 낼 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2002년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.161-164
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• 2002

Optical fiber vibrations sensors (OFVSs) and extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) were used in damage monitoring of fiber-metal laminates(FML). The optical fiber vibration sensor and EFPI were applied in order to detect and evaluate the strain, damage and failure of FML. Damages in composites, such as matrix cracks, delamination and fiber breakage may occur as a result of excessive load, fatigue and low-velocity impacts. Tensile test was performed with the measurement of optical signal and acoustic emission (AE). The signals of the optical fiber vibration sensor due to damages were quantitatively evaluated by wavelet transform. EFPI was less sensible to the damage signals compared with the optical fiber vibration sensor. It was found that damage information of comparable in quality to acoustic emission data could be obtained from the optical fiber vibration sensor signals.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.469-482
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• 2009

The emerging sensor-based structural health monitoring (SHM) technology has a potential for cost-effective maintenance of aging civil infrastructure systems. The author proposes to integrate continuous and global monitoring using on-structure sensors with targeted local non-destructive evaluation (NDE). Significant technical challenges arise, however, from the lack of cost-effective sensors for monitoring spatially large structures, as well as reliable methods for interpreting sensor data into structural health conditions. This paper reviews recent efforts and advances made in addressing these challenges, with example sensor hardware and health monitoring software developed in the author's research center. The hardware includes a novel fiber optic accelerometer, a vision-based displacement sensor, a distributed strain sensor, and a microwave imaging NDE device. The health monitoring software includes a number of system identification methods such as the neural networks, extended Kalman filter, and nonlinear damping identificaiton based on structural dynamic response measurement. These methods have been experimentally validated through seismic shaking table tests of a realistic bridge model and tested in a number of instrumented bridges and buildings.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2011

발파에 의한 암반손상영역을 평가하고 암반 파쇄도를 제어하기 위해서는 장약실 내 발생하는 폭발압력에 관한 정보는 중요하다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 철, 알루미늄, 아크릴 재질의 센서에 대한 낙추 충격 시험으로부터 동적 변형률 신호를 측정하여 센서의 동적 응답 특성을 분석하였다. 철재 센서의 경우 충격하중에 가장 적은 변형률 출력 값을 보였으며 센서길이에 대한 출력 값의 변화는 적게 나타났다. 철제 센서를 뇌관의 충격하중 측정에 적용하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2003

강관 내부 속채움한 현장타설말뚝에 대한 기존의 하중전이 측정에서는 강관의 변형률만 측정하고 콘크리트의 변형률은 강관과 동일하다고 가정하였으며, 시방서에 규정한 방법으로 구한 강관과 콘크리트의 탄성계수를 이용하여 말뚝 구성부재의 응력 및 축하중을 산정하였다. 그러나 강관의 변형률만 측정하여 강관과 콘크리트가 완전합성 거동하는 것으로 산정한 축하중은 실제 하중값과 상당한 차이를 보이고 있어 강관 내부 속채움한 현장타설말뚝의 거동을 정확히 분석할 수 없었다. 본 연구에서는 현장에서 제작한 콘크리트 공시체의 압축강도 시험을 통하여 탄성계수를 구하고 강재와 콘크리트의 변형률을 각각 측정할 수 있는 변형봉 센서를 이용하여 새로운 말뚝축하중 측정 방법을 제안하였다. 변형봉 센서를 사용하여 말뚝축하중을 산정할 경우 콘크리트의 탄성계수는 현장에서 제작한 콘크리트 공시체의 압축강도 시험에서 구하였으며, (0.2-0.6)$f_{ck}$의 응력 범위에 해당하는 평균접선기울기를 탄성계수로 사용하였다. 세 개의 현장타설말뚝에 대해 수행된 하중전이 측정 실험 결과를 이용하여 현장 적용성을 확인하였다. 변형봉 센서의 적용성은 대구경 현장타설말뚝에 대한 축하중 분포도를 통하여 확인하였는데, 말뚝머리에서 계산된 하중은 강관 내부속채움한 현장타설말뚝의 경우 실제작용하중에 비하여 -11∼-16% 오차를 나타내었으며, 현장타설 철근콘크리트말뚝의 경우 3.4% 오차를 나타내었다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.189-203
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• 2016

This paper investigates on the use of advanced optical measurement methods, i.e. 3D coordinate measurement machines (3D CMM) and stereo-vision digital image correlation (3D DIC), for the mechanical analysis of shear deficient prestressed concrete members. Firstly, the experimental program is elaborated. Secondly, the working principle, experimental setup and corresponding accuracy and precision of the considered optical measurement techniques are reported. A novel way to apply synthesised strain sensor patterns for DIC is introduced. Thirdly, the experimental results are reported and an analysis is made of the structural behaviour based on the gathered experimental data. Both techniques yielded useful and complete data in comparison to traditional mechanical measurement techniques and allowed for the assessment of the mechanical behaviour of the reported test specimens. The identified structural behaviour presented in this paper can be used to optimize design procedure for shear-critical structural concrete members.