• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.130-136
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• 2010

For stability analysis of the lumbar spine, the hypothesis presented is that the disc has stress sensors driving feedback mechanism, which could react to the imposed loads by adjusting the contraction of the muscles. Fusion in the motion segment of the lumbar spinal column is believed to alter the stability of the spinal column. To identify this effect finite element (FE) models combined with optimization technique was applied and quantify the role of each muscle and reaction forces in the spinal column with respect to the fusion level. The musculoskeletal FE model was consisted with detailed whole lumbar spine, pelvis, sacrum, coccyx and simplified trunk model. Vertebral body and pelvis were modeled as a rigid body and the rib cage was constructed with rigid truss element for the computational efficiency. Spinal fusion model was applied to L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1 (single level) and L3-L5 (two levels) segments. Muscle architecture with 46 local muscles was used as acting directions. Minimization of the nucleus pressure deviation and annulus fiber average axial stress deviation was selected for cost function. As a result, spinal fusion produced reaction changes at each motion segment as well as contribution of each muscle. Longissimus thoracis and psoas major muscle showed dramatic changes for the cases of L5-S1 and L3-L5 level fusion. Muscle force change at each muscle also generated relatively high nucleus pressure not only at the adjacent level but at another level, which can explain disc degeneration pattern observed in clinical study.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.2409-2421
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 지진하중에 의한 1경간 1층 강재골조구조에 대한 하이브리드 실험을 수행하였다. 오른쪽 기둥 1개소와 상부의 트러스요소 또는 보요소는 수치해석모형으로, 왼쪽기둥 1개소는 물리적 부분구조모형으로 선택하여 요소의 성능 및 거동을 평가하였다. 실험은 1자유도 또는 3자유도만을 고려하여 실시간으로 하이브리드 실험을 수행하였으며, 이를 위한 제어 알고리즘은 MATLAB/Simulink를 이용한 방법과 OpenSees, OpenFresco와 xPCTarget를 이용하는 방법으로 나누어 수행하였다. 그리고 수치해석모형과 물리적 부분구조모형의 실시간 데이터 통신을 위하여 SCRAMNet을 사용하였다. 파이버단면을 이용한 구조해석이 가능한 OpenSees를 사용하여 수치해석을 실시하였으며, 실시간 하이브리드 실험결과를 이와 비교하였다. 단순한 구조모형을 이용하여 제어시스템의 유효성을 검증하고자 실시간 하이브리드 실험이 실시되었으며, 추후 심각한 비선형성을 갖거나 복잡한 구조물의 하이브리드 실험으로 확장할 예정이다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.313-321
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• 2008

최근 일본에서 하로식 트러스교의 콘크리트 상판을 관통하는 사재가 콘크리트 상판의 상부 또는 하부에서 심한 부식손상 에 의해 파단 된 사례가 보고되었다. 이는 도장막의 노화에 따른 콘크리트와의 경계부에 있어 사재의 국부부식에 기인한 것으로 추정되고 있다. 그러므로 이와 같이 콘크리트와 강재의 경계부에 있어서의 국부 부식손상 대책수립 및 이를 기점으로 발생될 수 있는 피로손상에 대한 검토가 필요하다. 본 실험에서는 인장시험편에 부분적으로 콘크리트 블록을 설치한 콘크리트-강재의 모델시험체에 대한 부식환경촉진실험을 실시하여, 경계부의 부식감소량을 측정하였으며, 부식실험 후의 모델시험체를 이용한 피로실험을 실시하였다. 부식촉진실험의 조건으로는 실제대기환경에의 적용성이 검토된 S6사이클(JIS K5621)을 사용하였으며, 부식촉진실험기간은 150일, 300일, 450일, 600일로 각 5개의 모델시험체를 사용하였다. 부식촉진실험결과를 근거로 실험기간에 따른 최대 및 평균 부식깊이를 정량화하였으며, 부식실험 후의 부식 손상된 모델시험체의 피로실험결과를 근거로 실험기간의 증가에 따른 피로강도 감소량을 명확히 하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.607-621
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• 2012

The Expo Culture Centre is one of the permanent buildings at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. The main structure has an oval shape and consists of 36 radial cantilever steel trusses with different lengths and inner frames made of concrete-filled rectangular steel tube members. Tuned mass dampers are used to reduce the excessive vibrations of the sixth floor that are caused by human-induced resonance. A three-dimensional analytical model of the system is developed, and its main characteristics are established. A series of field tests are performed on the structure, and the test results show that the vertical vibration frequencies of most structural cantilevers are between 2.5 Hz and 3.5 Hz, which falls in the range of human-induced vibration. Twelve pairs of tuned mass dampers weighing 115 tons total were installed in the structure to suppress the vibration response of the system. These mass dampers were tuned to the vertical vibration frequency of the structure, which had the highest possibility of excitation. Test data obtained after the installation of the tuned mass dampers are used to evaluate their effectiveness for the reduction of the vibration acceleration. An analytical model of the structure is calibrated according to the measured dynamic characteristics. An analysis of the modified model is performed and the results show that when people walk normally, the structural vibration was low and the tuned mass dampers have no effect, but when people run at the structural vibration frequency, the tuned mass dampers can reduce the floor vibration acceleration by approximately 15%.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.533-539
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 먼저 완전 신전상태의 병변이 없는 26세 남자의 자기공명영상이미지를 기반으로 대퇴골, 경골, 관절연골, 반월상 연골의 정밀한 3차원 재구축을 실시하였다. 재구축된 무릎모델에 인대와 건을 생리학적으로 적합한 위치에 부착시켜 3차원 유한요소모델을 완성시켰다. 뼈, 관절연골, 반월상 연골은 균질성, 등방성 선형탄성거동을 보이는 것으로 고려하였으며, 인대와 건은 트러스 요소와 선형, 비선형 스프링 요소를 사용하여 모델링하였다. 제작된 무릎관절의 유한요소모델을 ABAQUS를 사용하여 비선형 접촉해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석결과로서 조직의 손상과 환자의 통증을 추정하기 위한 중요매개변수로 간주될 수 있는 관절연골과 반월상연골의 접촉압력과 von Mises 응력분포를 계산하였으며, 관절연골과 반월상 연골의 접촉압력과 von Mises 응력분포를 분석하여 무릎관절에 대한 파손평가를 실시하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.31-48
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• 2024

In order to get a better understanding of seismic performance of exterior beam-column joint, reciprocating loading tests with variable loading speeds or axial forces were carried out. The main findings indicate that only few cracks exist on the surface of the joint core area, while the plastic hinge region at the beam end is seriously damaged. The damage of the specimen is more serious with the increase of the upper limit of variable axial force. The deflection ductility coefficient of specimen decreases to various degrees after the upper limit of variable axial force increases. In addition, the higher the loading speed is, the lower the deflection ductility coefficient of the specimen is. The stiffness of the specimen decreases as the upper limit of variable axial force or the loading speed increase. Compared to the influence of variable axial force, the influence of the loading speed on the stiffness degradation of the specimen is more obvious. The cumulative energy dissipation and the equivalent viscous damping coefficient of specimen decrease with the increase of loading speed. The influence of variable axial force on the energy dissipation of specimen varies under different loading speeds. Based on the truss model, the biaxial stress criterion, the Rankine criterion, the Kent-Scott-Park model, the equivalent theorem of shearing stress, the softened strut-and-tie model, the controlled slip theory and the proposed equations, a calculation method for the shear capacity is proposed with satisfactory prediction results.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제12권5호통권48호
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• pp.581-593
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• 2000

본 연구는 지진하중을 받는 현수교의 수직 동적 해석방법을 발전시켰다. 시간 영역해석, 불규칙 진동 해석 및 스펙트럼 해석의 이론을 체계적으로 정립하였다. 불규칙 진동 해석을 다시 수치적분을 이용하는 방법과 수학적 적분식 및 상관계수를 이용한 방법으로 나누고 각각은 다시 지진하중을 white noise로 가정한 경우와 filtered white noise로 가정한 경우에 대해 CQC 방법과 SRSS 방법을 사용하였다. 현수교의 모델링은 빔, 트러스 및 프레임요소를 사용하였고 케이블과 주탑은 사하중에 의한 기하학적 강성을 고려하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제67권5호
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• pp.465-479
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• 2018

In a previous study, design charts where proposed to help the torsional design of axially restricted reinforced concrete (RC) beams with squared cross section. In this article, new design charts are proposed to cover RC beams with rectangular cross section. The influence of the height to width ratio of the cross section on the behavior of RC beams under torsion is firstly shown by using theoretical and experimental results. Next, the effective torsional strength of a reference RC beam is computed for several values and combinations of the study variables, namely: height to width ratio of the cross section, concrete compressive strength, torsional reinforcement ratio and level of the axial restraint. To compute the torsional strength, the modified Variable Angle Truss Model for axially restricted RC beams is used. Then, an extensive parametric analysis based on multivariable and nonlinear correlation analysis is performed to obtain nonlinear regression equations which allow to build the new design charts. These charts allow to correct the torsional strength in order to consider the favourable influence of the compressive axial stress that arises from the axial restraint.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.261-277
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• 2015

Internal solitary waves occur due to density stratification and are nonlinear in nature. These waves have been observed in many parts of the world including the South China Sea, Andaman Sea and Sulu Sea. Their effect on floating systems has been an emerging field of interest and recent offshore developments in the South China Sea where several offshore oil and gas discoveries are located have confirmed adverse effects including large platform motions and riser system damage. A valid numerical model conforming to the physics of internal waves is implemented in this paper and the effect on a spar platform is studied. The physics of internal waves is modeled by the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation, which has a general solution involving Jacobian elliptical functions. The effects of vertical density stratification are captured by solving the Taylor Goldstein equation. Fully coupled time domain analyses are conducted to estimate the effect of internal waves on a typical truss spar, which is configured to South China Sea development requirements and environmental conditions. The hull, moorings and risers are considered as an integrated system and the platform global motions are analyzed. The study could be useful for future guidance and development of offshore systems in the South China Sea and other areas where the internal wave phenomenon is prominent.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.108-113
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• 2002

This paper presents a multi-step structural design optimization method fur machine tool structures using a genetic algorithm with dynamic penalty. The first step is a sectional topology optimization, which is to determine the best sectional construction that minimize the structural weight and the compliance responses subjected to some constraints. The second step is a static design optimization, in which the weight and the static compliance response are minimized under some dimensional and safety constraints. The third step is a dynamic design optimization, where the weight static compliance, and dynamic compliance of the structure are minimized under the same constraints. The proposed design method was examined on the 10-bar truss problem of topology and sizing optimization. And the results showed that our solution is better than or just about the same as the best one of the previous researches. Furthermore, we applied this method to the topology and sizing optimization of a crossbeam slider for a high-speed machining center. The topology optimization result gives the best desirable cross-section shape whose weight was reduced by 38.8% than the original configuration. The subsequent static and dynamic design optimization reduced the weight, static and dynamic compliances by 5.7 %, 2.1% and 19.1% respectively from the topology-optimized model. The examples demonstrated the feasibility of the suggested design optimization method.