• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.267-273
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• 2024

Bridge lanterns are installed on bridges or piers to signal the presence of these structures on navigational routes and navigable waters, and they fall under the category of light wave signals in Aids to Navigation. In Korea, medium to large bridges installed over major rivers and seas are equipped with bridge lanterns, which are necessary for routes frequented by ships and require periodic inspections on a monthly or multi-month basis. However, most bridge lanterns are mounted externally on bridge railings as fixed or manual rotary supports, posing a high risk of fatal falls during inspections. Furthermore, high -traffic bridges demand quick maintenance works due to complaints about traffic disruption, thus increasing work hazards. Consequently, this study introduced a tailored automatic bridge lantern support concept based on different types of bridge lantern installations, aiming for safe and rapid inspections. Additionally, the study sought to achieve full automation of the bridge lighting system by integrating it with a management program for monitoring and controlling bridge lanterns, utilizing both wired and wireless communication technologies. These findings provide foundational design data for new and refurbished bridges that will be installed in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.661-668
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• 2008

It is necessary to develop a new technology for effectively reducing hydration heat and controlling thermal cracking caused increasing construction of large size massive concrete structures such as mat foundation of high-rise building, grandiose bridge, and LNG tank. Therefor, to develop a new technology for reducing hydration heat of large size massive concrete in this study, after developing the latent heat binder for controling hydration heat of concrete by application of latent heat material, it was investigated basic properties and durability such as slump, air content and compressive strength, shrinkage properties, permeability, freezing and thawing resistance, corrosion, and hydration heat generation properties of concrete using latent heat binder. As a test result, it was confirmed that latent heat binder was not affected adversely the basic property and durability of concrete, and was advanced on the reduction of hydration heat and control of thermal crack. It is expected to be applied as the excellent technology on the management of hydration heat and thermal crack in large size mass concrete structures.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.53-64
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• 2003

Many transmission towers, high-rise buildings and bridges are constructed near steep slopes and are supported by large-diameter piles. These structures may be subjected to large lateral loads, such as violent winds and earthquakes. Widely used types of foundations for these structures are pier foundations, which have large-diameters with high stiffness. The behavior of a pier foundation subjected to lateral loads is similar to that of a short rigid pile because both elements seem to fail by rotation developing passive resistance on opposite faces above and below the rotation point, unlike the behavior of a long flexible pile. This paper describes the results of several numerical studies performed with a three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) of model tests of a laterally loaded short pile located near slopes, respectively. In this paper, the results of model tests of single piles and pile groups subjected to lateral loading, in homogeneous sand with 30$^{\circ}$ slopes and horizontal ground were analyzed by the 3-D FE analyses. The pile was assumed to be linearly elastic. The sand was assumed to have non-associative characteristics, following the MC-DP model. The failure criterion is governed by the Mohr-Coulomb equation and the plastic potential is given by the Drucker-Prager equation. The main purpose of this paper is the validation of the 3-D elasto-plastic FEM by comparisons with the experimental data.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.66-71
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• 2018

In general, when an existing pier is enlarged and reinforced using a small diameter pile, bonded anchor with deformed reinforcing bars is used to maintain the integrity of the joint. However, in the case of bonded anchors, the performance depends largely on the type of joint material. Nevertheless, unlike mechanical anchors, there is no standard method for designing appropriate design methods and proper performance evaluation. Therefore, in this study, the performance of the anchoring anchor was evaluated by performing a model experiment using the reinforcing bars and anchor reinforcing bars. Experimental results show that the structural performance of the unbonded specimen is the best, and the failure mode is the punching shear failure. The deflection of the end of the member is smaller than that of the unconnected member, The deflection of the connected member is larger than the deflection of the small connected member. As the load increases, the possibility of slippage of the anchor steel or fold connection rebar is high.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-14
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• 2009

Ductility-based seismic design is strongly required for the rational and cost-effective design of RC piers, and a reliable evaluation of shear strength is indispensable for its success. Unlike the flexural behavior of RC columns, shear behavior is highly complex, due to its many effects such as size, aspect ratio, axial force, ductility and so on. To address this, many design and empirical equations have been proposed considering these effects. However, these equations show significant differences in their evaluation of the initial shear strength, and the reduction in strength with the increase of ductility. In this study, the characteristics of initial shear strength of hollow sectional columns were investigated using experiments with the parameters of aspect ratios, void ratios, web area ratios and load patterns. The test results were analyzed through a comparison with the values predicted by empirical equations. On the basis of the mechanical characteristics and test results, a new empirical equation was proposed, and its validity was assessed.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.25-31
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• 2003

Most recently, environmental problems arise from management waste tires by increasing number of automobiles. Waste tires are not compressible and not easy for degradation in landfill. Even if it were landfill, it is difficult to treat. Total amount of waste tires is about 20 million per year and the collection is 68.6% in this country. Structure of slope stability using waste tire blocks filled with concrete increases durability, reduce construction period, and it can be utilized as an example. Therefore, it reduces the volume of waste and recycles waste. Also, it prevents the air pollution due to the incineration and creates economic value.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

Transverse steel bars are used in the plastic hinge zone of columns to insure adequate confinement, prevention of longitudinal bar buckling and ductile behavior. Fabrication and placement of rectangular hoops and cross-ties in columns are difficult to construct. Details of reinforcement for rectangular section require a lot of rectangular hoops and cross-ties. In this paper, to solve these problems, the new lateral confinement method using oblong hoop is proposed for the transverse confinement of the flared column. It can be the alternative for oblong cross-section and flared column with improved workability and cost-efficiency. The final objectives of this study are to suggest appropriate oblong hoop details and to provide quantitative reference data and tendency for seismic performance or damage assessment based on the drift levels such as residual deformation, elastic strain energy. This paper describes factors of seismic performance such as ultimate displacement/drift ratio, displacement ductility, response modification factor, equivalent viscous damping ratio and effective stiffness.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.73-76
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• 2008

The damage of earthquakes have to achieve by probabilistic evaluation because of uncertainty of earthquake. Fragility analysis is a useful tool for predicting the probability of damage induced by the probable earthquake. This paper presents the probability of damage as a function of peak ground acceleration and estimates the probability of five damage levels for the pier of prestressed concrete (PSC) bridge subjected to given ground acceleration. At each 100 artificial earthquake motions were generated in terms of soil conditions, and nonlinear time domain analyses were performed for the damage states of the pier of PSC bridge structures. These damage states are described by displacement ductility result from seismic performance based on existing research results. Using the damage states and ground motion parameters, five fragility curves for the pier of PSC bridges with five types of dominant frequencies were constructed assuming a log-nomal distribution. It was found that there was a significant effect on the fragility curves due to the dominant frequencies.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.79-93
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• 1998

The eigenvalue problem is presented for the building with added viscoelastic dampers by using component mode method. The Lagrange multiplier formulation is used to derive the eigenvalue problem which is expressed with the natural frequencies of the building, the mode components at which the dampers are added, and the viscoelastic property of the damper. The derived eigenvalue problem has a nonstandard form for determining the eigenvalues. Therefore, the problem is examined by the graphical depiction to give new insight into the eigenvalues for the building with added viscoelastic dampers. Using the present approach the exact eigenvalues can be found and also upper and lower bounds of the eigenvalues can be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.463-463
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• 2018

우리나라의 공공용수역에서는 오염배출규제 및 하수도 정비에 의한 점오염원 부하량의 삭감에 의해 수질개선이 진행되어 왔다. 그러나, 비점오염원부하는 상대적으로 증가하는 경향에 있음에도 불구하고 그것을 실증하기 위한 강우시의 오염부하유출의 관측은 충분히 실시되지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 영주댐 유입하천을 대상으로 강우시 유입 오염부하량 파악 및 수질변동모의 예측을 위한 기초자료 획득을 위한 강우시 유입부하량 특성 및 수질영향이 분석되었다. 영주댐의 조사지점은 석표교, 멀내교의 총 2개 지점으로 본류인 내성천, 지류인 토일천에 각각 1곳씩 선정하였다. 유입수 샘플링은 자동모니터링 장치를 설치하여 채수하였고, 유랑조사는 교각에 설치된 자동수위측정기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 조사기간은 누적 강우량 133mm가 내린 2017년 7월 2일부터 5일간 실시하였다. 수질 시료 분석결과, 비강우시대비 COD 및 영양염류 부하량이 큰 폭으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 토일천에서 채수된 시료의 경우 T-P는 비강우시 유입농도보다 최대 60배 높고, T-N은 비강우시에 비해 약 2.3배 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 강우유출 발생 시의 수질은 비강우시의 수질보다 COD 및 영양염류 부하량이 큰 폭으로 증가하였다. 비 강우시 유입되는 영양염류농도에 비해 강우시에는 강우강도에 비례하여 높은 농도의 인과 질소성분이 유입되고 있었고, 댐 저수량의 많은 부분이 강우시의 유입수량으로 채워지는 점을 고려할 때, 강우시 유입 수질이 댐 저수지 수질변화에 큰 영향을 주고 있을 것으로 판단된다. 영주댐 유역의 강우유출 특성은 강우유출이 시작 된 후, 수 시간 이내에 오염물질 농도가 급격히 증가하였고 유량의 증감속도와 유출량은 비례하였다. COD, 질소 계열 및 인 계열 물질의 유량과 비례한 증감을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 강우시 질소와 인의 유출이 강우량과 영향이 있음을 알 수 있었으나, 계절적인 유출 특성의 유무를 무시 할 수 없기 때문에 이에 대한 보다 상세한 조사 및 검토가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.