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The development of Evaluation Program for the Quantitatively Instrumentation Management of Geotechnical Structures (지반구조물의 정량적인 계측관리를 위한 평가프로그램 개발)

  • Kim, Yong-Soo;Yun, Hae-Bum
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2012
  • In this study, data collected from geotechnical instrumentation, analyzers using Stochastic methods for evaluating the state of law and the automation program was developed. Is expected based data driven non-parametric methods modeling may be useful for evaluation of complex geotechnical instrumentation installed on the system from the measurements collected. Result of the verification of assessment techniques developed by the sensing data collected from the actual ground structures (reinforced retaining wall and tunnel), PCA analysis techniques applied to the present study was to determine the structural behavior and environmental factors.

Seismic fragility analysis of base isolation reinforced concrete structure building considering performance - a case study for Indonesia

  • Faiz Sulthan;Matsutaro Seki
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.243-260
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    • 2023
  • Indonesia has had seismic codes for earthquake-resistant structures designs since 1970 and has been updated five times to the latest in 2019. In updating the Indonesian seismic codes, seismic hazard maps for design also update, and there are changes to the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA). Indonesian seismic design uses the concept of building performance levels consisting of Immediate occupancy (IO), Life Safety (LS), and Collapse Prevention (CP). Related to this performance level, cases still found that buildings were damaged more than their performance targets after the earthquake. Based on the above issues, this study aims to analyze the performance of base isolation design on existing target buildings and analyze the seismic fragility for a case study in Indonesia. The target building is a prototype design 8-story medium-rise residential building using the reinforced concrete moment frame structure. Seismic fragility analysis uses Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) with Nonlinear Time History Analysis (NLTHA) and eleven selected ground motions based on soil classification, magnitude, fault distance, and earthquake source mechanism. The comparison result of IDA shows a trend of significant performance improvement, with the same performance level target and risk category, the base isolation structure can be used at 1.46-3.20 times higher PGA than the fixed base structure. Then the fragility analysis results show that the fixed base structure has a safety margin of 30% and a base isolation structure of 62.5% from the PGA design. This result is useful for assessing existing buildings or considering a new building's performance.

Shipboard Fire Evacuation Route Prediction Algorithm Development (선박 화재시 승선자 피난동선예측을 위한 알고리즘 개발 기초연구)

  • Hwang, Kwang-Il;Cho, So-Hyung;Ko, Hoo-Sang;Cho, Ik-Soon;Yun, Gwi-Ho;Kim, Byeol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.519-526
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    • 2018
  • In this study, an algorithm to predict evacuation routes in support of shipboard lifesaving activities is presented. As the first step of algorithm development, the feasibility and necessity of an evacuation route prediction algorithm are shown numerically. The proposed algorithm can be explained in brief as follows. This system continuously obtains and analyzes passenger movement data from the ship's monitoring system during non-disaster conditions. In case of a disaster, evacuation route prediction information is derived using the previously acquired data and a prediction tool, with the results provided to rescuers to minimize casualties. In this study, evacuation-related data obtained through fire evacuation trials was filtered and analyzed using a statistical method. In a simulation using the conventional evacuation prediction tool, it was found that reliable prediction results were obtained only in the SN1 trial because of the conceptual and structural nature of the tool itself. In order to verify the validity of the algorithm proposed in this study, an industrial engineering tool was adapted for evacuation characteristics prediction. When the proposed algorithm was implemented, the predicted values for average evacuation time and route were very similar to the measured values with error ranges of 0.6-6.9 % and 0.6-3.6 %, respectively. In the future, development of a high-performance evacuation route prediction algorithm is planned based on shipboard data monitoring and analysis.

A Study of the Monitoring Model for the Serious Civil Accidents (중대시민재해 모니터링 모델 연구)

  • ChangYeol Lee;GilJoo Park;Twehwan Kim;Jonggil Chae
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.834-843
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The Serious Civil Accidents consist of the public use facilities, the public transports, and the material and its products. According to the Serious Civil Accidents of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, it must be constructed the safety and health management framework and execution system. In this study. we are design the model of the Serous Civil Accidents management and action system. Method: Firstly, we review from 8th article to 11th article of the enforcement ordinance of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. From the articles, we design the visual and structural management system supporting the Act. Result: The Serious Civil Accidents apply to the system is consisted of 6 monitoring modules and 4 kinds DB modules. Conclusion: The Serious Civil Accidents are managed by the private enterprises, local governments, and public institutions. Specially, the CEO of restaurants, cafes, et al, do not know the detail information related to the Act. Also in case of the local governments, there are many facilities related the Act. It is not easy to the construct the management framework of the Act. This study provides the simple management structure for the Act.

Corrosion Monitoring of Reinforcing Bars in Cement Mortar Exposed to Seawater Immersion-and-dry Cycles (해수침지-건조 환경에 노출된 모르타르속 철근의 부식속도 평가)

  • Kim, Je-kyoung;Kee, Seong-Hoon;Yee, Jurng-Jae
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.10-18
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    • 2018
  • The primary purposes of this study are to understand a fundamental aspect of current uniformity around a reinforcing bar (rebar) in cement mortar, and to develop an accurate monitoring method in a wet-dry cycling process with the alternative current (AC) impedance method. Three cement mortar specimens with two embedded rebars were prepared in the laboratory. As a main variable, the distance between two rebars was designed to be 10, 20 and 30 mm with the same thickness of 20 mm. To simulate the corrosion of rebars in concrete structures in a marine environment, three cement mortar specimens were exposed to 15 wet-drying cycles (24-hour-immersion in seawater and 48-hour-drying in a room temperature) in the laboratory. It was observed that the potential level shifted to a noble value during corrosion potential monitoring, which is attributed to acceleration of dissolved oxygen diffusion at the drying process. AC impedance was measured in a frequency range from 100 kHz to 1 mHz on a wet-drying process. A theoretical model was proposed to explain the interface condition between the rebars and cement mortar by using the equivalent circuit consisting of a solution resistance, a charge transfer resistance and a CPE (constant phase element). It was observed that the diffusion impedance appeared in a low frequency range as corrosion of rebars progresses. At the drying stage of the wet-drying cycles, the currents line for monitoring tended to be non-uniform at the interface of rebar/mortar, being phase shift, ${\theta}$, close to $-45^{\circ}$.

Precision Determination of Structure Displacement using LIDAR (라이다를 이용한 구조물 변위의 정밀계측)

  • Lee Hong-Min;Park Hyo-Seon;Lee Im-Pyeong;Lee Sang-Joo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 2006
  • Monitoring structures is important to maintain the safety and serviceability of the structures. The maximum displacement in the structure should be precisely and frequently monitored because it is a direct assessment index indicating its stiffness. However, no practical method has been developed to monitor such displacement precisely, particularly for high-rise buildings and long span bridges because they cannot be easily accessible. To overcome such difficult accessibility, we propose to use a LIDAR system that remotely samples the surface of an object using laser pulses and generates the coordinates of numerous points on the surface. By analyzing the LIDAR points sampled from the surfaces of a deformed structure, we can precisely determine the displacement of the structure. In this study, we thus develop a novel method based the LIDAR system and perform an indoor experiment to prove its performance. This experimental results strongly supports that the displacement measurement using the LIDAR system are enough accurate to be used for structural analyses.

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Nonlinear first ply failure analysis of composite skewed hypar shells using FEM

  • Ghosh, Arghya;Chakravorty, Dipankar
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.68 no.1
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    • pp.81-94
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    • 2018
  • This paper uses the finite element method (FEM) considering geometrically nonlinear strains to study the first ply failure of laminated composite skewed hypar shell roofs through well-established failure criteria along with the serviceability criterion of deflection. Apart from validating the approach through solution of benchmark problems, skewed hypars with different practical parametric variations are studied for failure loads and tendencies. First ply failure zones are also identified to suggest design and non-destructive monitoring guidelines to the practising engineers. Recommendation tables regarding the design approaches to be adopted in specific cases and factor of safety values needed to be imposed on first ply failure load values for varying shell curvatures are also suggested in this paper. Providing practical inputs to design engineers is the main achievement of the present study.

Gradual pipe wall thinning diagnosis through the variation of dispersion characteristics of SH waves (SH파 분산특성 변화를 이용한 배관 점진감육 진단 기법)

  • Cho, Seung-Hyun;Kwon, Hyu-Sang;Ahn, Bong-Young;Lee, Seung-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.258-259
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    • 2009
  • Pipe wall thinning is one of severe problems on structural safety in nuclear power plants. A guided wave can be a proper tool for the fast evaluation or monitoring. As for gradual wall thinnings, however, low sensitivity caused by the low reflection coefficient limits the use of the guided wave. In this work, instead of the guided wave reflection at the wall thinning, the variation of dispersion characteristics is concerned. SH waves were employed due to several advantages and the magnetostrictive patch transducers were used for the excitation and sensing of the SH waves. The proposed method were verified with some experiments and showed the feasibility as an effective tool for the inspection of gradual wall thinning.

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Dynamic Characteristic Identification on Steel Column bases Installed in Pendulum-type Earthquake Response Observatory

  • Choi, Jae-Hyouk;Ohi, Kenichi
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.2225-2235
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    • 2004
  • An observatory termed 'Steel Swing' has been developed, where a 15000 kg pendulum is hanged from a stiff steel frame. A building element can be tested after inserted between the pendulum and the frame. Free vibration, forced vibration tests and earthquake monitoring were performed on an exposed-type steel column base. The response records monitored during natural earthquakes were used to identify the vibration property of the specimen. Identified system gain was approximated by a theoretical gain of linear SDOF system, and the response calculated based on such a linear system agrees with the monitored response fairly well. This research technique can be applied to check the behaviors of new materials and new details of connections and the safety of non-structural elements as well.

Damage Detection of Building Structures Using Ambient Vibration Measuresent (자연진동을 이용한 건물의 건전도 평가)

  • Kim, Sang Yun;Kwon, Dae Hong;Yoo, Suk Hyeong;Noh, Sam Young;Shin, Sung Woo
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.147-152
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    • 2007
  • Numerous non-destructive tests(NDT) to assess the safety of real structures have been developed. System identification(SI) techniques using dynamic responses and behaviors of structural systems become an outstanding issue of researchers. However the conventional SI techniques are identified to be non-practical to the complex and tall buildings, due to limitation of the availability of an accurate data that is magnitude or location of external loads. In most SI approaches, the information on input loading and output responses must be known. In many cases, measuring the input information may take most of the resources, and it is very difficult to accurately measure the input information during actual vibrations of practical importance, e.g., earthquakes, winds, micro seismic tremors, and mechanical vibration. However, the desirability and application potential of SI to real structures could be highly improved if an algorithm is available that can estimate structural parameters based on the response data alone without the input information. Thus a technique to estimate structural properties of building without input measurement data and using limited response is essential in structural health monitoring. In this study, shaking table tests on three-story plane frame steel structures were performed. Out-put only model analysis on the measured data was performed, and the dynamic properties were inverse analyzed using least square method in time domain. In results damage detection was performed in each member level, which was performed at story level in conventional SI techniques of frequency domain.