• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.4A
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• pp.587-596
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• 2006

A half portion of Korean railway bridges depends on the type of steel plate girder bridge. Since these bridges have been built in the early stage of Korean economical boom, numerous maintenance effort suffers from aging and progressive degradation issues at present. In accordance with these efforts, this paper would like to address the detailed analyses of thin steel plates with bolts in order to simulate the connection regions of steel plate girder bridge. The fundamental modal analysis, transient dynamic analysis with 3D piezoelectric element in open circuit loop and signal process with aids of TOF(time of flight) and WC(wavelet coefficient) are extensively discussed.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.5-12
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• 1997

최근 지진에서 발생한 건물의 손상을 살펴보면, 지진하중을 받는 건물의 3차원 거동에 의해서만 설명할 수 있는 경우가 많이 있다. 특히, 비대칭의 평면을 가지는 건물에서 발생하는 비틀림 거동은 2차원 모델로는 파악하기가 어렵기 때문에 구조물과 개별 부재의 3차원 거동을 보다 정확히 이해함으로써 구조물의 내진능력을 더 정확히 평가할 수 있다. 이를 위해서는 3차원 모델에 의한 비탄성 동적해석이 필요하게 된다. 현재, 전산기의 발달과 더불어 많은 자유도를 요구하는 3차원 구조물의 비탄성해석이 가능해지고, 구조부재의 비탄성거동에 관한 많은 실험으로 다양한 구조부재의 모델이 개발되어 지진에 대한 건물의 설계시 개인용 컴퓨터를 사용하여 이러한 3차원 비탄성 동적해석의 반영이 가능하게 되었다. 실제로 지진이 많이 발생하는 국가에서는 비탄성해석에 대해 많은 연구들이 진행되고 있으며, 일부 국가에서는 건물의 내진설계시 강진에 대한 비탄성해석을 요구하고 있다. 이 글에서는 삼성건설 기술연구소에서 도곡동 102고층 건물의 해석에 사용하였던 3차원 비탄성 동적해석 프로그램인 CANNY-E에 대하여 그 구성과 특징을 소개하고자 한다.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.45-51
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• 2006

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome disrupts normal sleep. However, there were few studies to evaluate the asymmetric distribution, the one of the important factors of normal sleep in OSA subjects. We hypothesized that asymmetry would be broken in OSA patients. 49 male subjects with the complaint of heavy snoring were studied with polysomnography. We divided them into two groups based on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) fifteen: 13 simple snoring group (SSN, average AHI $5.9{\pm}4.4$) and 32 OSA group (average AHI $47.3{\pm}23.9$). We compared split sleep variables between the first half and the second half of sleep within each group with paired t-test for the evaluation of asymmetry. Changes of sleep architecture of OSA were higher stage 1 sleep% (S1), total arousal index (TAI), AHI, and mean heart rate (HR) and lower stage 2 sleep% (S2), REM sleep%, and mean arterial O2 saturation (SaO2) than SSN subjects. SWS and wake time after sleep onset (WASO) were not different between two groups. In split-night analysis, OSA subjects showed higher S2, slow wave sleep% (SWS), spontaneous arousal index (SAI), and mean HR in the first half, and higher REM sleep% and mean SaO2 in the second half. Those were same pattern as in SSN subjects. Mean apnea duration and longest apnea duration were higher in the second half only in the OSA. No differences of AHI, ODI, WASO, and S1 were found between the first and the second half of sleep in both groups. TAI was higher in the first half only in the SSN. SWS and WASO seemed to be influenced sensitively by simple snoring as well as OSA. Unlike our hypothesis, asymmetric distributions of major sleep architecture variables were preserved in OSA group. Losing asymmetry of TAI might be related to pathophysiology of OSA. We need more studies that include large number of subjects in the future.

• Journal of Music and Human Behavior
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.19-36
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) on gait parameters, with and without the presence of a melody, for adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Three adolescents with TBI received a total of ten individual RAS training sessions. At pre and posttest, spatiotemporal parameters including cadence, velocity and kinematic parameters were measured using the VICON 370 Motion Analysis System. The results showed no significant difference in gait velocity between the two conditions, thus the presence of the melody condition did not impact the outcome of RAS gait training. On the other hand, all participants showed improvement in gait function after RAS training. The cadence, velocity, stride length, and symmetry were increased and the stride time was reduced after training. The motion analysis demonstrated that the movement patterns of hip and knee joints improved, as they were more similar to normal gait, which indicates that the walkings tance became more stable. The research findings indicate that rhythm is the primary factor in mediating gait functions via RAS training. This study also supports that RAS training can effectively improve the gait function for adolescents with TBI.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.57-68
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• 2004

Although variable-length codes (VLCs) increase coding efficiency using the statistical characteristics of the source data, they have catastrophic effects from bit errors in noisy transmission environments. In order to overcome this problem with VLCs, reversible variable-length codes (RVLCS) have recently been proposed owing to their data recovering capability. RVLCS can be divided into two categories: symmetrical and asymmetrical RVLCs. Although the symmetrical RVLC has generally more overheads than the asymmetrical RVLC, it has some advantages of simpler design and more efficient memory usage. However, existing symmetrical RVLCs still have high complexity in their code design and some room for improvement in coding efficiency. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for constructing a symmetrical RVLC from the optimal Huffman code table. The proposed algorithm has a simpler design process and also demonstrates improved performance in terms of the average codeword length relative to the existing symmetrical RVLC algorithms.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.281-287
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• 2011

This paper explains the basic theory and a new development of for the residual strength prediction program of the asymmetrically damaged ships, being capable of searching moment-curvature relations considering neutral axis mobility. It is noted that moment plane and neutral axis plane should be separately defined for asymmetric sections. The validity of the new program is verified by comparing moment-curvature curves of 1/3 scaled frigate model where the results from new algorithm well coincide with experimental and nonlinear FEA results for intact condition and with nonlinear FEA results for damaged condition. Applicability of new algorithm is also verified by applying VLCC model to the newly developed program. It is proved that reduction of residual strengths is visually presented using the new algorithm when damage specifications of ABS, DNV and IMO are applied. It is concluded that the new algorithm shows very good performance to produce moment-curvature relations with neutral axis mobility on the asymmetrically damaged ships. It is expected that the new program based on the developed algorithm can largely reduce design period of FE modeling and increase user conveniences.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.79-88
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• 2017

In this paper, the wind tunnel test for the measurement of aerodynamic characteristics of transmission conductors with asymmetric sections is described. A single conductor model and bundled conductor models with ice accreted shapes are tested both in steady and turbulent flow, and the aerodynamic coefficients are acquired. Transmission conductor galloping is a kind of wind-induced vibration which is characterized by primarily vertical oscillation with a very low frequency and a high amplitude. It is well known that transmission conductor galloping is generally caused by moderately strong, steady winds when a transmission conductor has an asymmetric cross-section shaped by accreted ice. Galloping should be considered from the design stage of overhead lines because it can cause severe wear and fatigue damage to attachments as well as transmission conductors. It is reported that there have been normally 20 events of galloping per year in Korea, which may be followed by serious consequences in the electric power system. Therefore, this research is performed to measure aerodynamic characteristics of ice accreted transmission conductors to understand and control transmission conductor galloping so that it would help to prevent unexpected failures and reduce the maintenance costs caused by galloping.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.585-593
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• 2010

On the basis of the strain-based shear strength model developed in the previous study, a strength model was developed to predict the direct punching shear capacity and unbalanced moment-carrying capacity of interior and exterior slab-column connections. Since the connections are severely damaged by flexural cracking, punching shear was assumed to be resisted mainly by the compression zone of the slab critical section. Considering the interaction with the compressive normal stress developed by the flexural moment, the shear strength of the compression zone was derived on the basis of the material failure criteria of concrete subjected to multiple stresses. As a result, shear capacity of the critical section was defined according to the degree of flexural damage. Since the exterior slab-column connections have unsymmertical critical sections, the unbalanced moment-carrying capacity was defined according to the direction of unbalanced moment. The proposed strength model was applied to existing test specimens. The results showed that the proposed method predicted the strengths of the test specimens better than current design methods.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.359-366
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• 2010

For the application of Lamb wave to structural health monitoring(SHM), understanding its physical characteristic and interaction between Lamb wave and defect of the host structure is an important issue. In this study, reflected, transmitted and mode converted Lamb waves at discontinuity of a plate structure were simulated and the amplitude ratios are calculated theoretically using Modal decomposition method. The predicted results were verified comparing with finite element method(FEM) and experimental results simulating attached PZTs. The result shows that the theoretical prediction is close to the FEM and the experimental verification. Moreover, quantitative estimation method was suggested using amplitude ratio of Lamb wave at discontinuity.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.110-117
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• 2020

In this paper, we estimated the straight line stability by performing a 3 degree of freedom spiral test simulation of a intact/damaged surface combatant using the hydrodynamic coefficient obtained through the PMM(Planar motion mechanism) test based on system engineering process. A model ship was ONR Tumblehome and damaged compartment was set on the starboard bow. As a result of conducting a spiral test simulation based on the experimental results of J.Ha (2018), the asymmetric straight line stability due to the damaged compartment was confirmed. In the case of a ship in which the starboard bow was damaged, it was confirmed that it had the characteristic to deflect to the left when going straight. Also, when estimating the straight line stability of a both port and starboard asymmetric surface combatant, a separated equation of motion model that sees the port and starboard as different ships seems suitable.