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A response surface method based on sub-region of interest for structural reliability analysis

  • Zhao, Weitao;Shi, Xueyan;Tang, Kai
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.587-602
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    • 2016
  • In structural reliability analysis, the response surface method is widely adopted because of its numerical efficiency. It should be understood that the response function must approximate the actual limit state function accurately in the main region influencing failure probability where it is evaluated. However, the size of main region influencing failure probability was not defined clearly in current response surface methods. In this study, the concept of sub-region of interest is constructed, and an improved response surface method is proposed based on the sub-region of interest. The sub-region of interest can clearly define the size of main region influencing failure probability, so that the accuracy of the evaluation of failure probability is increased. Some examples are introduced to demonstrate the efficiency and the accuracy of the proposed method for both numerical and implicit limit state functions.

Determination of Urban Surface Aerodynamic Characteristics Using Marquardt Method

  • Zhang, Ning;Jiang, Weimei;Gao, Zhiqiu;Hu, Fei;Peng, Zhen
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.281-283
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    • 2009
  • Marquardt method is used to estimate the aerodynamic parameters in urban area of Beijing City, China, including displacement length (d), roughness length ($z_0$) and friction velocity (u*) and drag coefficient. The surface drag coefficient defined as the ratio between friction velocity and mean wind speed is 0.125 in our research, which is close to typical urban area value. The averaged d and $z_0$ are 1.2 m and 7.6 m. d and $z_0$ change with direction because of the surface heterogeneity over urban surface and reach their maximum values at S-SW sector, this tendency agrees with the surface rough element distribution around the observation tower.

A position control of step motor with minimum time sliding surface (최단시간 슬라이딩 면에 의한 스텝모터의 위치제어)

  • You, Wan-Sik;Park, Hyung-Nam;Kim, Yeong-Seok
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 1995
  • For the robust control, sliding mode control has gained a great attention. Sliding mode control has the good robustness, because it makes the state of system reach the origin of the state space, by a varying the structure of system on the sliding surface. The slope of sliding surface affects to the control performance. If it is small, robustness is increased at the expense of reaching time. On the contrary, if it is large, reaching time is decreased at the expense of robustness and overshoot. In this paper, to design the optimal sliding surface, optimal control theory is introduced. To confirm the validity of the proposed method, the position control of step motor is implemented.

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Wide-Viewing Liquid Crystal Displays with Periodic Surface Gratings

  • Lee, Sin-Doo;Park, Jae-Hong;Yoon, Tae-Young;Yu, Chang-Jae
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.947-952
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    • 2002
  • A new concept of forming self-aligned multidomains is used for fabricating wide-viewing liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with periodic surface gratings.An array of the periodic surface gratings is produced on substrates using a photosensitive polymer by the illumination o. the UV light through a patterned photomask. A multidomain structure is naturally formed on the grating surface by the initial director distortions together with continuous variations of an external electric field. The LCD cells with periodic surface gratings are found to show excellent extinction in the off-state and wide-viewing property m the on-state.

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Studies on the flow stabilization around the turbine suction with utilizing the surface water overflow at small-hydraulic power plant (표층수의 월류를 통한 소수력빌전소 수차터빈측의 유동안정화 연구)

  • Lee, Sungmyung;Kim, Cheolhan;Yoo, Gunjong;Kim, Wonseok
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.165.2-165.2
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    • 2011
  • Flow with suction to water turbine must be in stable state at small hydraulic power plant. But because of water level fluctuation and water gate effect according to irregular supply of cooling water, it would happen to produce bubble and vortex and finally lead to problems in power-plant system. With utilizing the concept design of double size gate, surface water overflowed the overhead of gate for stable flow at suction. We developed the overflow condition and analyzed the design factor with existed one such as water level(overflow amount) and overhead of water gate(overflow figure). Flow test and CFD simulation say that flow have stable state around suction and 20% of wave reduction effect at surface layer after surface water overflow.

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New Surface Treatment Process in Magnesium Alloy for Wheelchair

  • Han, Byung-Kuk
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.112-115
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    • 2013
  • One of the most important characteristics of Mg alloys is the high ratio of strength to weight. This is why there is a high demand for applications with these alloys in the transportation industries to reduce the fuel consumption and to save energy. In addition, magnesium (and its alloys) is of considerable interest as a structural material, especially in the aerospace and automotive industries thanks to its low density. However, its major drawback is its high sensitivity to corrosion. Therefore, its use requires the application of a surface treatment. This study used a die-casted AZ91D Mg alloyand all the samples were annealed (in $120^{\circ}C$). The surface microstructure and phase distribution in thin-walled AZ91D magnesium components cast on a hot-chamber die-casting machine were investigated by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The reflectance differences in the bulk state comparison with the annealing state are caused by hydrogenation presence of the Mg layer under an oxidation surface layer.

Wavepacket Correlation Function Approach for Nonadiabatic Reactions: Quasi-Jahn-Teller Model

  • Park, Heesoo;Shin, Changkyun;Shin, Seokmin
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.1061-1066
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    • 2014
  • Time-dependent formulations of the reactive scattering theory based on the wavepacket correlation functions with the M${\phi}$ller wavepackets for the electronically nonadiabatic reactions are presented. The calculations of state-to-state reactive probabilities for the quasi-Jahn-Teller scattering model system were performed. The conical intersection (CI) effects are investigated by comparing the results of the two-surface nonadiabatic calculations and the single surface adiabatic approximation. It was found that the results of the two-surface nonadiabatic calculations show interesting features in the reaction probability due to the conical intersection. Single surface adiabatic calculations with extended Born-Oppenheimer approximation using simple wavepacket phase factor was found to be able to reproduce the CI effect semi-quantitatively, while the single surface calculations with the usual adiabatic approximation cannot describe the scattering process for the Jahn-Teller model correctly.

Bond Strength of Latex Modified Concretes with Surface Preparation (부착면 특성에 따른 라텍스 개질 콘크리트 부착강도)

  • Kim Sung-Hwan;Kim Kyoun-Jin;Won Chi Moon;Yun Kyong-Ku
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.445-448
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    • 2004
  • Recently, bridge deck overlay with latex modified concrete is widely applied in domestic. the capacity of bridge deck overlay depends on bond state on the surface. factors that have an effect on bond state are clean condition on the surface, absence of surface microcracking, absence of laitance, overlay curing. In this study, it is researched that characteristic of bond strength according to moisture condition on the surface and the removal method of concrete. As a result, it shows high bond strength in dry condition when w/c is $31\%$ and in moisture condition when w/c is $38\%$ respectively. characteristic of bond strength according to the removal method of concrete shows high bond strength when using water-jets rather than jackhammers.

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