• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.144-153
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• 2016

In this research performed on a pneumatic actuator, the air flow entering and exiting the cylinder, and the motion and deformation characteristics of the piston during operation of the actuator, were predicted. This was carried out by utilizing an FSI(Fluid-Structural Interaction) analysis technique that incorporates principles in computational fluid dynamics and structural stress analysis, and potential performance degradation factors were examined. Analysis results indicated that performance improvements could be made through design modifications. These include adding an inlet and outlet on the upper and lower sections of the cylinder in the conventional model, and increasing the number of sites for piston guide bars from three to four.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.205-210
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• 2000

The objective of this study is to investigate the structural behavior of steel beam-high strength concrete column joints subjected to reversed cyclic loadings. The variables of the experimental study is amount of steel plates at the beam-to-column joint panel zone. Three specimens were prepared and tested under constant uniaxial load($0.2f_{ck}A_g$) to reinforced high strength concrete column, and the reversed cyclic loads were applied to end of steel beams, The failure modes, hysteresis loop, stiffness degradations and energy dissipation capacities were analyzed and compared for test variables.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.319-326
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• 2001

In this paper, 3-D frame design using refined plastic-hinge analysis accounting for local buckling is developed. This analysis accounts for material and geometric nonlinearities of the structural system and its component members. Moreover, the problem associated with conventional refined plastic-hinge analyses, which do not consider the degradation of the flexural strength caused by local buckling, is overcome. Efficient ways of assessing steel frame behavior including gradual yielding associated with residual stresses and flexure, second-order effect, and geometric imperfections are presented. In this study, a model consisting of the width-thickness ratio is used to account for local buckling. The proposed analysis is verified by the comparison of the LRFD results.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.680-685
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• 2004

The effects of acid rain and salt content on corrosion behavior were investigated with rolling stock structural steels be caused by environmental. Since these materials are exposed to the corrosive environments like polluted air, acid rain and sea water, it is important to investigate corrosion behaviour in various corrosive environments. The aqueous corrosion of the characteristic materials in aerated acid rain and neutral solution were studied by using immersion tests, electrochemical measurements and analytical techniques. In order to examine corrosion characteristic, structural steels were electrochemically evaluated with respect to the dissolved oxygen content, pH, chloride ion concentration.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.53-60
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• 2002

It has been recognized that damage control must become a more explicit design consideration. In an effort to develop design methods based on performance it is clear that the evaluation of the inelastic response is required. The methods available to the design engineer today are nonlinear time history analyses, or monotonic static nonlinear analyses, or equivalent static analyses with simulated inelastic influences. Some codes proposed the capacity spectrum method based on the nonlinear static(pushover) analysis to determine earthquake-induced demand given the structure pushover curve. This procedure is conceptually simple but iterative and time consuming with some errors. This paper presents a nonlinear direct spectrum method to evaluate seismic Performance of structure, without iterative computations, given the structural initial elastic period and yield strength from the pushover analysis, especially for multi degree of freedom structures. The purpose of this paper is to investigate accuracy and confidence of this method from a point of view of various earthquakes and unloading stiffness degradation parameters.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.201-209
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• 2013

A new dynamic reliability analysis of structure under repeated random loads is proposed in this paper. The proposed method is developed based on the idea that the probability density of several times random loads can be derived from the probability density of single-time random load. The reliability prediction models of structure based on time responses under several times random loads with and without strength degradation are obtained by using the stress-strength interference theory and probability density evolution method. The resulting differential equations in the prediction models can be solved by using the forward finite difference method. Then, the probability density functions of strength redundancy of the structures can be obtained. Finally, the structural dynamic reliability can be calculated using integral method. The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated numerically through a speed reducer. The results have shown that the proposed method is practicable, feasible and gives reasonably accurate prediction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.437-440
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• 2004

The radiation-induced changes taking place in poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) exposed to $^{60}Co\;\gamma-ray$ irradiation were investigated in correlation with the applied doses. Samples were irradiated in air at room temperature by $^{60}Co\;\gamma-ray$ to doses in the range of 200 to 1000 kGy. Various properties of the irradiated PVDF were studied using nm, differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) and gel fraction. $^{60}Co\;\gamma-ray$ irradiation was found to induce changes in chemical, thermal, structural properties of PVDF and such changes vary depending on the radiation dose.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.53-71
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• 2014

Accurate prognoses of the durability of concrete structures require a detailed description of the continuously running aging processes and a consideration of the complete load history. Therefore, in the framework of continuous porous media mechanics a model is developed, which allows a detailed analysis of the most important aging processes of concrete as well as a flexible coupling of different processes. An overview of the prediction model and the balance equations is given. The material dependent model equations, the consequences of coupling different processes and the solution scheme are discussed. In two case studies the aging of concrete due to hydration and chloride penetration are presented, which illustrate the capabilities and the characteristics of the developed model.

• Journal of KIBIM
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.13-22
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• 2018

Future performance prediction of bridges is challenging task for structural engineers. Well-organized information from design, construction and operation stages is essential for the assessment of structures. Digital twin model is a new concept to realize more reliable data platform for management of infrastructures. Damage history including degradation of material, cracking, corrosion, etc. needs to be accumulated in the digital model. The digital model is linked to the analysis model for the assessment of structural performance considering changed mechanical properties of structural components. In this paper, initial definition digital twin model of a PSC-I girder bridge is proposed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.64 no.6
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• pp.793-802
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• 2017

The damage of concrete due to the expansion of alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) and thermal-chemical reactions affecting the strength of concrete is studied. The empirical equations for the variations of expansion of AAR, compressive strength and degradation of the modulus of elasticity with time, and compressive strength with degradation of the modulus of elasticity are proposed by analysing numerous experimental data. It is revealed that the expansion of AAR and compressive strength increase with time. The proposed combination of the time variations of chemical and mechanical parameters provides a satisfactory prediction of the concrete strength. Seismic analysis of the aged Koyna dam is conceded for two different long-term experimental data of concrete incorporating the proposed AAR based properties. The responses of aged Koyna dam reveal that the crest displacement of the Koyna dam significantly increases with time while the contour plots show that major principal stress at neck level reduces with time. As the modulus of elasticity decreases with ages the stress generated in the concrete structure get reduces. On the other hand with lesser value of modulus of elasticity the structure becomes more flexible and the crest displacement becomes very high that cause the seismic safety of the dam reduce.