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Evaluation of Impact Factor on Pipe-truss Bridges According to Driving Bimodal Tram (저상굴절차량의 주행에 따른 파이프트러스교의 충격계수 산정)

  • Kim, Hee-Ju;Jun, Myung-Il;Hwang, Won-Sup
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2010
  • This paper estimated the impact factor using the finite element program to confirm the dynamic behavior of new type of bridges constructed by introduction of new vehicles and compared the design criteria about the impact factor applied to domestic as well as each country. The study estimated effects of the impact factor according to pipe truss types modeled as respectively 34m, 44m, 54m and span length. The vehicle models are vehicle for bimodal tram of two axis and three axis which passes on actual bridge and dump truck model proposed by Park Young suk(1997). Each vehicle is estimated the impact factor according to velocity from 10 to 100(km/h) and examined. Also, the study investigated and compared the design regulation of domestic and a foreign country based on the impact factor on span center calculated in accordance with vehicle and span length.

Performance Evaluation of the New Smart Passive Control Device using Shaking Table Test (진동대 실험을 통한 신개념 스마트 수동제진장치의 제진성능 평가)

  • Jang, Dong-Doo;Jung, Hyung-Jo;Moon, Seok-Jun
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents the vibration control performance of the smart passive control system to suppress the undesired vibration of the structure subjected to the earthquake loadings. Smart passive control system is the MR damper-based control system augmented with electromagnetic induction(EMI) device which consists of permanent magnets and solenoid coils. According to the Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, an EMI device produces electrical energy from the mechanical energy due to the reciprocal motions of the structure and provide it to the MR damper. The smart passive control system can be the simple and easy to implement and maintain control system by replacing the feedback control system including sensors, controllers and external power sources of the conventional MR damper-based semiactive control system with the EMI device. The control performance of the smart passive control system is evaluated through the set of shaking table test considering the various historical earthquake loadings.

Experimental Study and Evaluation of Tension Stiffening Model in High Strength Concrete Beams (고강도 콘크리트 보에서 Tension Stiffening 모델을 이용한 실험적 연구 및 평가)

  • Shin, Dae Hwan;Jo, Eunsun;Kim, Min Sook;Kim, Heechuel;Lee, Young Hak
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2014
  • In strength limit states design, it is assumed that after cracking, reinforcement carries all tension in the tension zone of reinforced concrete members. However, it can be seen the concrete between cracks will contribute to carrying a part of the tension stress in actual concrete members particularly at service load levels, this effect is referred as tension stiffening effect. In this study, tension stiffening models and high strength concrete beam flexural test results were verified through comparison. The relationship between moment-curvature and load-deflection was evaluated by result of tension stiffening model and test result values. The analysis results showed that ACI 318 and Owen & Damjanic generally shows good agreement.

Comparison and Evaluation of Current Strut-and-Tie Design Provisions for Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams (철근콘크리트 깊은 보의 현행 스트럿-타이 설계기준에 대한 비교 및 평가)

  • Kim, Jin Woo;Hong, Sung-Gul;Lee, Young Hak;Kim, Heecheul;Kim, Dae-Jin
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.305-312
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    • 2014
  • The current American Concrete Institute(ACI), Canadian Standard Associate(CSA) and CEB-FIP Model Code 2010 provisions on the shear strength of a simply supported deep beam suggest that deep beams should be designed using the strut-and-tie model. Although this is a useful methodology to design members in disturbed regions, the quality of the design is highly dependent on the truss model that designers create. However, Hong et al. derived the shear strength equations of reinforced concrete deep beams. This thesis investigates the validity of the current ACI, CSA and CEB-FIP code provisions on the shear strength of simply supported reinforced concrete deep beams by comparing them with the shear strength equations proposed by Hong et al. The comparison shows that all of these code provisions provide reasonable estimates on the shear strength of concrete deep beam members and the selection of an internal truss model plays an important role on the estimation of shear strength.

Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis of Dynamic Crack Propagation Problems using Peridynamics and Parallel Computation (페리다이나믹스 이론과 병렬연산을 이용한 균열진전 문제의 형상 설계민감도 해석)

  • Kim, Jae-Hyun;Cho, Seonho
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.297-303
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    • 2014
  • Using the bond-based peridynamics and the parallel computation with binary decomposition, an adjoint shape design sensitivity analysis(DSA) method is developed for the dynamic crack propagation problems. The peridynamics includes the successive branching of cracks and employs the explicit scheme of time integration. The adjoint variable method is generally not suitable for path-dependent problems but employed since the path of response analysis is readily available. The accuracy of analytical design sensitivity is verified by comparing it with the finite difference one. The finite difference method is susceptible to the amount of design perturbations and could result in inaccurate design sensitivity for highly nonlinear peridynamics problems with respect to the design. It turns out that $C^1$-continuous volume fraction is necessary for the accurate evaluation of shape design sensitivity in peridynamic discretization.

A Study on the Wind-Induced Response Characteristics of Freeform Shaped Tall Building using FSI Analysis (FSI 해석에 의한 비정형 초고층 빌딩의 풍응답 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sung Chul;Kim, Hyo Jin;Han, Sang Eul
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.223-230
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, the wind-induced response characteristics of freeform shaped tall building is studied by using FSI analysis. The analytical models are twist shaped ones at representing type of atypical tall building, and this study focused on the relationship between twist angle and wind acceleration. Firstly, 1-way FSI analysis is performed, so maximum lateral displacement of the analytical model for 100 years return period wind speed is calculated, then the elastic modulus of a structure that satisfies the constraints condition is evaluated. And 2-way FSI analysis is carried out. so acceleration of the analytical model for the evaluated modulus of elasticity and arbitrary density is predicted through time history analysis. The basic model is a set of a square shape, height is 400m, slenderness ratio is 8, and twist model is rotated at square model from 0 to 90 degrees at intervals of 15 degrees and from 90 to 360 degrees at intervals of 90 degrees. According to the result of predicting wind acceleration by the shape of each model, the wind vibration effect of square shape model is confirmed to be sensitive more than a twist shape ones.

Evaluation of Crack-tip Cohesive Laws for the Mode I Fracture of the Graphene from Molecular Dynamics Simulations (그래핀의 모드 I 균열에 대한 분자동역학 해석으로부터 균열 선단 응집 법칙의 평가)

  • Kim, Hyun-Gyu
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a novel approach to estimate cohesive laws for the mode I fracture of the graphene is presented by combining molecular dynamic simulations and an inverse algorithm based on field projection method and finite element method. The determination of crack-tip cohesive laws of the graphene based on continuum mechanics is a non-trivial inverse problem of finding unknown tractions and separations from atomic simulations. The displacements of molecular dynamic simulations in a region far away from the crack tip are transferred to finite element nodes by using moving least square approximation. Inverse analyses for extracting unknown cohesive tractions and separation behind the crack tip can be carried out by using conservation nature of the interaction J- and M-integrals with numerical auxiliary fields which are generated by systematically imposing uniform surface tractions element-by-element along the crack surfaces in finite element models. The preset method can be a very successful approach to extract crack-tip cohesive laws from molecular dynamic simulations as a scale bridging method.

Development of Home Visiting Nursing Standards Base on a Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Program (노인장기요양보험제도에 의한 방문간호 표준개발)

  • Kim, Myung-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.285-301
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The study was aimed at qualitatively enhancing and promoting a home visiting nursing program established in Korea on July 1, 2008, as part of the Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly program. Methods: Structural, procedural and consequential aspects of home visiting nursing care wereclassified on the horizontal axis by applying the standard notions for the evaluation of medical care (Donabedian, 1998). At the same time, the home visiting nursing care service support system and the service provision system weredivided on the vertical axis with reference to the accreditation standards for home visiting nursing care organizations suggested by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO, 2008). The data were collected from June 4, 2008 to October 27, 2008, and were analyzed using SPSS ver. 15.0. Results: Twenty-two (proposed) standards, centered on the standard elements under the conceptual framework of the study, were developed, and comprised structural aspects (n=10), procedural aspects (n=6) and consequential aspects (n=6). Those criteria and indicators underwent two content validity surveys among groups of home visiting nursing care research and training experts. The research produced 22 proposed standards, 50 proposed criteria and 166 proposed indicators. Conclusion: The home visiting nursing care standards developed pursuant to the Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Act and the applicability of these standards need to be verified by home visiting nurses. These proposed standards should prove useful in developing an assessment tool to encourage the qualitative enhancement of visiting nursing care in Korea.

Design and Construction of the Burj Dubai Concrete Building Project (버즈 두바이 콘크리트 건물의 설계와 시공)

  • Abdelrazaq, Ahmad
    • Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.28-35
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    • 2008
  • The Burj Dubai Project will be the tallest structure ever built by man; when completed the tower will be more than 700 meter tall and more than 160 floors. While the early integration of aerodynamic shaping and wind engineering considerations played a major role in the architectural massing and design of this multi-use/residential tower, where mitigating and taming the dynamic wind effects was one of the most important design criteria, the material selection for the structural systems of the tower was also a major consideration and required detailed evaluation of the material technologies and skilled labor available in the market at the time Concrete was selected for its strength, stiffness, damping, redundancy, moldability, free fireproofing, speed of construction, and cost effectiveness. In addition, the design challenges of using concrete for the design of the structural system components will be addressed. The focus on this paper will also be on the early planning of the concrete works of the Burj Dubai Project.

Super Resolution using Dictionary Data Mapping Method based on Loss Area Analysis (손실 영역 분석 기반의 학습데이터 매핑 기법을 이용한 초해상도 연구)

  • Han, Hyun-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we propose a method to analyze the loss region of the dictionary-based super resolution result learned for image quality improvement and to map the learning data according to the analyzed loss region. In the conventional learned dictionary-based method, a result different from the feature configuration of the input image may be generated according to the learning image, and an unintended artifact may occur. The proposed method estimate loss information of low resolution images by analyzing the reconstructed contents to reduce inconsistent feature composition and unintended artifacts in the example-based super resolution process. By mapping the training data according to the final interpolation feature map, which improves the noise and pixel imbalance of the estimated loss information using a Gaussian-based kernel, it generates super resolution with improved noise, artifacts, and staircase compared to the existing super resolution. For the evaluation, the results of the existing super resolution generation algorithms and the proposed method are compared with the high-definition image, which is 4% better in the PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) and 3% in the SSIM (Structural SIMilarity Index).