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Space grid analysis method in modelling shear lag of cable-stayed bridge with corrugated steel webs

  • Ma, Ye;Ni, Ying-Sheng;Xu, Dong;Li, Jin-Kai
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.549-559
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    • 2017
  • As few multi-tower single-box multi-cell cable-stayed bridges with corrugated steel webs have been built, analysis is mostly achieved by combining single-girder model, beam grillage model and solid model in support of the design. However, such analysis methods usually suffer from major limitations in terms of the engineering applications: single-girder model fails to account for spatial effect such as shear lag effect of the box girder and the relevant effective girder width and eccentric load coefficient; owing to the approximation in the principle equivalence, the plane grillage model cannot accurately capture shear stress distribution and local stress state in both top and bottom flange of composite box girder; and solid model is difficult to be practically combined with the overall calculation. The usual effective width method fails to provide a uniform and accurate "effective length" (and the codes fail to provide a unified design approach at those circumstance) considering different shear lag effects resulting from dead load, prestress and cable tension in the construction. Therefore, a novel spatial grid model has been developed to account for shear lag effect. The theoretical principle of the proposed spatial grid model has been elaborated along with the relevant illustrations of modeling parameters of composite box girder with corrugated steel webs. Then typical transverse and longitudinal shear lag coefficient distribution pattern at the side-span and mid-span key cross sections have been analyzed and summarized to provide reference for similar bridges. The effectiveness and accuracy of spatial grid analysis methods has been finally validated through a practical cable-stayed bridge.

Optimizing reinforced concrete beams under different load cases and material mechanical properties using genetic algorithms

  • Zhu, Enqiang;Najem, Rabi Muyad;Dinh-Cong, Du;Shao, Zehui;Wakil, Karzan;Ho, Lanh Si;Alyousef, Rayed;Alabduljabbar, Hisham;Alaskar, Abdulaziz;Alrshoudi, Fahed;Mohamed, Abdeliazim Mustafa
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.467-485
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    • 2020
  • Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a meta-heuristic algorithm which is capable of providing robust solutions for optimal design of structural components, particularly those one needs considering many design requirements. Hence, it has been successfully used by engineers in the typology optimization of structural members. As a novel approach, this study employs GA in order for conducting a case study with high constraints on the optimum mechanical properties of reinforced concrete (RC) beams under different load combinations. Accordingly, unified optimum sections through a computer program are adopted to solve the continuous beams problem. Genetic Algorithms proved in finding the optimum resolution smoothly and flawlessly particularly in case of handling many complicated constraints like a continuous beam subjected to different loads as moments shear - torsion regarding the curbs of design codes.

Analysis of the Type of 3D Printing Development Linked with the Textile Structure Principle (텍스타일 스트럭처 원리와 연계된 3D 프린팅 개발 유형 분석)

  • Kim, Hyojin;Kim, Seongdal
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2018
  • 3D printing technology, which is expected to play a leading role within the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is becoming distinguished not only in the space, automotive, medical and engineering industries, but also in the area of design. The fashion and textile structures created by 3D printing technology were classified into three types - basic structure, unified structure, and a new physical structure. When traditional weaving, knitting, and stitching was reinterpreted through 3D printing, there were apparent limitations in reproducing the characteristics of fabric structures due to differences in the materials and structures of traditional textiles. New physical structures are being developed to break away from merely reproducing traditional textile structures, and to bring out the characteristics of 3D printing technology. As examples of new physical structures, there are the kinematics structure which utilizes the hinge method, mesostructure cellular material, and the N12 disk structure. Such techniques potentially open a new paradigm of fashion and textile structures. Some innovative aspects of 3D printing technology may result in changes in the methods of collaboration, manufacturing, and distribution. Designers are receiving help from specialists of various backgrounds to merge 3D printing technology to create original works. Also, 3D printing not only makes personalized custom designs available, but shortens the distribution channels, foretelling a change within the fashion and textile industry.

An improved polynomial model for top -and seat- angle connection

  • Prabha, P.;Marimuthu, V.;Jayachandran, S. Arul;Seetharaman, S.;Raman, N.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.403-421
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    • 2008
  • The design provisions for semi-rigid steel frames have been incorporated in codes of practice for steel structures. In order to do the same, it is necessary to know the experimental moment-relative rotation (M-${\theta}_r$) behaviour of beam-to-column connections. In spite of numerous publications and collection of several connection databases, there is no unified approach for the semi-rigid design of steel frames. Amongst the many connection models available, the Frye-Morris polynomial model, with its limitations reported in the literature, is simple to adopt at least for the linear design space. However this model requires more number of connection tests and regression analyses to make it a realistic prediction model. In this paper, 3D nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis of beam-column connection specimens, carried out using ABAQUS software, for evaluating the M-${\theta}_r$ behaviour of semi-rigid top and seat-angle (TSA) bolted connections are described. The finite element model is validated against experimental behaviour of the same connection with regard to their moment-rotation behaviour, stress distribution and mode of failure of the connections. The calibrated FE model is used to evaluate the performance of the Frye-Morris polynomial model. The results of the numerical parametric studies carried out using the validated FE model have been used in proposing modifications to the Frye-Morris model for TSA connection in terms of the powers of the size parameters.

The Development of the Object Oriented Simulator of the Container Terminal (컨테이너 터미널 시뮬레이터의 객체지향 설계)

  • Yun, Won-Young;Ryu, Sook-Jea;Kim, Gui-Rae;Kim, Do-Hyung;Choi, Yung-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.325-330
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    • 2006
  • The container terminal is the unified transportation system which connects between a land transportation and a sea transportation. This system has many subsystems such as ship operation, yard transfer operation, yard storage system, gate operation, and information manage system. This paper presents a method of modeling a simulator with which user can evaluate the efficiency of the equipment and allocation policies in the container terminal. The final purpose is to estimate the efficiency of each equipments and the distribution policies. In a design step in the simulator development. We suggest the Object Oriented method with which the developer can easily design, because the object oriented method has the advantages of reusability and modularity.

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A Component Design for Advanced Traveler Information System (여행자 정보 고급화 시스템을 위한 컴포넌트 설계)

  • Kim, Jin-Hwan;Jang, Jae-Yeong;Lee, Bong-Gyu
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.8D no.6
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    • pp.789-798
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    • 2001
  • ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) is comprised of a number of advanced technologies, including information processing, communications, control, and electronics. Joining these technologies to the transportation system will save lives more safely, save time, and save money more efficiently. The National ITS Architecture provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems. Most ITS projects are being designed and implemented in accordance with the National ITS Architecture, a reference framework that spans all of standards activities. Recently, as software technology is rapidly improved and stabilized, there are some needs to reuse pre-developed and powerful ITS technology. ITS standardization based on components and open interfaces becomes a way to solve these reusability of current ITS technology. This paper focuses on how could we design and implement the ITS component based on the National ITS Architecture. Furthermore, design and analysis of UML (Unified Modeling Language) was made through the ATIS (Advanced Traveller Information System) component development task and this UML methodology is expected to provide a standardized model for newly developed ITS components.

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A Study on the Teaching Method of Mobile Platform App Development for Improving Computing Thinking (컴퓨팅 사고력 향상을 위한 모바일 플랫폼 앱 개발 교수·학습 방법 연구)

  • Jeon, Mi-Yeon;Kim, Eui-Jeong;Kang, Shin-Cheon;Kim, Chang-Suk;Chung, Jong-In
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.190-192
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    • 2019
  • Not only learners majoring in computer science, but also non-engineered learners want to implement their ideas as apps through real-life problems. In response, first-year university students with little experience in creating apps studied how to develop mobile platform apps to improve computing thinking skills. We applied the teaching and learning procedures of the Discovery-Design-Development among the software teaching and learning models, and used Android Studio Unified Development Environment (IDE) as a development tool to design mobile platform app development projects and assess whether they helped improve computing thinking skills. The application of the designed teaching and learning method found that the project output was implemented as an app through emulator, which gave students high interest in class and satisfaction, and was effective in improving their computing thinking ability.

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Proposal of Urban Agricultural Park Management and Operation Plan Using the Public Service Design Process

  • Lee, Sang-Mi;Yun, Hyung Kwon;Jung, Young-Bin;Hong, In-Kyoung
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.153-167
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    • 2021
  • Background and objective: With the revision of the Act on Urban Parks, Green Areas, Etc. in 2013, the "urban agricultural park" was newly established under the subcategory of "themed park," thereby establishing the institutional basis for the creation of urban agricultural parks. However, urban agricultural parks are still in the early stages of their introduction. There is a lack of research on direction setting and specific operation management that considers urban residents' needs and the city's physical infrastructure. Methods: We utilized the public service design process suggested by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety of the Republic of Korea in 2019 to identify problems and develop directions for urban agricultural parks. The process consisted of the following four steps: Understanding, Discovering people's needs, Defining real problems, and Developing ideas. Results: As four types of ideas for revitalizing urban agricultural parks, 'information users want to know,' 'user participation in design,' 'venue for local communities,' and 'urban agricultural parks as health and rest areas' were derived. This means that urban agricultural parks must provide the information users want; users must plan, decide, and implement such information by directly participating in the creation and efficient management and operation of urban agricultural parks; and urban agricultural parks must be used as a venue for local communities. Urban agricultural parks should also be spaces for health and relaxation. Conclusion: Urban agricultural parks should avoid the unified space and passive participation patterns of existing urban parks, and become real spaces for resident participation that can satisfy all the production, leisure, landscape, ecology, and psycho-social needs of the users of urban agricultural parks. Furthermore, it is necessary to introduce a more systematic and diverse operating system so that it can work to revitalize the local community and connect organically with the function of the city.

Preliminary design of control software for SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Instrument

  • Kim, Changgon;Ji, Tae-geun;Ahn, Hojae;Yang, Mingyeong;Lee, Sumin;Kim, Taeeun;Pak, Soojong;Konidaris, Nicholas P.;Drory, Niv;Froning, Cynthia S.;Hebert, Anthony;Bilgi, Pavan;Blanc, Guillermo A.;Lanz, Alicia E.;Hull, Charles L;Kollmeier, Juna A.;Ramirez, Solange;Wachter, Stefanie;Kreckel, Kathryn;Pellegrini, Eric;Almeida, Andr'es;Case, Scott;Zhelem, Ross;Feger, Tobias;Lawrence, Jon;Lesser, Michael;Herbst, Tom;Sanchez-Gallego, Jose;Bershady, Matthew A;Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi;Hauser, Andrew;Smith, Michael;Wolf, Marsha J;Yan, Renbin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.39.1-39.1
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    • 2021
  • The Local Volume Mapper(LVM) project in the fifth iteration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) will produce large integral-field spectroscopic survey data to understand the physical conditions of the interstellar medium in the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and other local-volume galaxies. We are developing the LVM Instrument control software. The architecture design of the software follows a hierarchical structure in which the high-level software packages interact with the low-level and mid-level software and hardware components. We adopt the spiral software development model in which the software evolves by iteration of sequential processes, i.e., software requirement analysis, design, code generation, and testing. This spiral model ensures that even after being commissioned, the software can be revised according to new operational requirements. We designed the software by using the Unified Modeling Language, which can visualize functional interactions in structure diagrams. We plan to use the SDSS software framework CLU for the interaction between components, based on the RabbitMQ that implemented the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP).

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Development of Integrated Design Methodology for Relational Database Application -Focusing on Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Methodology- (관계형 데이터베이스 응용시스템을 위한 통합 설계방법론 개발 -객체지향 분석.설계 방법론을 중심으로-)

  • Joo, Kyung-Soo;Jho, Do-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.25-34
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    • 2011
  • In this paper we present an integrated design methodology for relational database based on object-oriented analysis and design. The integrated design methodology is based on business profile and has six phases. In the first phase, business use cases are identified and described by macroactivity diagrams and then the macroactivity diagrams are transformed to detailed business activity diagrams by using objects, object flows and business worker's responsibilities. In the third phase, the detailed business activity diagrams are transformed to business class diagrams that describe the static structure of the entire business system based on detailed business activity diagrams. In the four phase, the business class diagrams are transformed to class diagrams that represent the initial conceptual model of the target relational database. In the five phase, we add additional transformations on the class diagrams with generalization and specialization of associations, roles, activities, additional classes and redundant associations. Eventually, the final class diagrams are transformed to relational database schema. The methodology presented in this paper by applying that proposal for organic connection between object-oriented analysis and design methodology and relational database design methodology. And it will be able to deal with integration management. By the integrated design methodology, we can make more easily software systems based on relational database. In the case study, proposal integrated design methodology applied for a visa issuing system.