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Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea (한국전산구조공학회)
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Data Model for Hybrid Structural Experiments

하이브리드 구조실험을 위한 데이터 모델

  • Received : 2009.03.30
  • Accepted : 2009.07.30
  • Published : 2009.10.30
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Abstract

The hybrid approach for structural experiments decomposes a structure into independent substructures that can be tested or simulated. The results from the decomposed substructures are combined to predict the behaviors of the entires structure. The hybrid approach is especially useful for the hybrid pseudo-dynamic tests that overcome the limitations of size of a test structure present in a shaking table test. The development of a computer system for the hybrid experiment requires a data model that formally organizes the information involved in the hybrid experiments. This paper provides the data model for representing the information involved in the hybrid experiments, by modifying the classes and attributes for the hybrid experiments in the Lehigh Model that is one of the data models for structural experiments. The data model for the hybrid experiments includes the classes for the physical substructures being tested and the analytical substructures being analyzed, and the simulation coordinator managing the overall experiments. Some objects for classes are implemented as an example to show the links among the classes. The data model presented in this paper can be applied for developing a computer system that helps structural engineers and researchers store, share, and access the information for the hybrid experiments.

하이브리드 구조실험에서는 구조물을 여러 개의 부분구조물로 나누어서 실험과 해석을 하고 이의 결과를 합쳐서 전체적인 구조물의 거동을 파악한다. 이러한 방법은 진동대 실험과 비교하여 구조물의 크기제한의 영향을 받지 않는 유사동적 실험에 효과적이다. 하이브리드 구조실험과정에서 발생된 데이터와 관련 정보를 저장하고 검색할 수 있는 컴퓨터시스템을 만들기 위해서는 하이브리드 구조실험과 관련된 정보를 체계화시켜서 구성하는 작업이 선행되어야 한다. 본 논문은 하이브리드 구조실험에 관련된 정보를 표현하는 데이터 모델을 제시하고 있는데, 이 데이터 모델은 포괄적인 구조실험 정보를 표현하는 데이터 모델의 하나인 리하이 모델에서 하이브리드 실험부분을 개선한 것이다. 하이브리드 구조실험에서의 부분구조물들을 표현하기 위하여 실험모델 클래스와 해석모델 클래스를 정의하였고, 이러한 클래스들의 정보교환을 조정하는 클래스를 정의하였으며, 제한된 범위의 시스템을 구현하여 객체들 간의 연결 상태를 파악할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 논문에서 기술한 데이터 모델은 구조실험자와 연구자들이 사용할 수 있는 하이브리드 구조실험 정보를 저장하는 컴퓨터 시스템을 개발하는데 적용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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