• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.77-83
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• 1993

A modified Lanczos method combined with a substructure analysis technique was used for calculating natural frequencies and mode shapes of large structural systems. The method does not require generation and storage of stiffness and mass matrices of the entire structure. It only uses the stiffness and mass matrices of each substucture. No approximating assumptions are required other than the usual assumption of linear elastic system modelled by finite elements. Thus, natural frequencies and mode shapes for the finite element model employed are the same as those with or without the suhstructuring algorithm. To check the efficiency of the proposed method, first ten natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of an open truss helicopter tail-boom structure are calculated by using it.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.6
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• pp.35-43
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• 1999

We propose and analyze novel optical thyristor which can be used in free-space optical interconnection(FSOI). Novel optical thyristors are fully depleted optical thyristors(DOTs) using bottom mirror and/or multiple quantum wells (MQW), thereby its switching characteristics can be improved significantly. We obtain switching characteristics using coupled junction model associated with current oriented method. Emission characteristics of the DOT are obtained using thin film characteristic matrix and van Roosbroeck-Shockley relation. Compared to the performance using conventional DOT, the optical switching energy is decreased by a factor of 0.43 and the bit-rate is increased by a factor of 1.61 when the DOT with MQW and bottom mirror is employed for FSOI.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.261-268
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• 2001

An investigation on nondestructive evaluation of thermal stress-nduced damage in the composite laminates (3mm in thickness and $[+45_6/-45_6]_s$ lay-up angles) has been performed using the thermo-acoustic emission technique. Reduction of thermo-AE events due to repetitive thermal load cycles showed a Kaiser effect. An analysis of the thermo-AE behavior determined the stress free temperature of composite laminates. Fiber fracture and matrix cracks were observed using the optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and ultrasonic C-sean. Short-Time Fourier Transform of thermo-AE signals offered the time-frequency characteristics which might classily the thermo-AE as three different types to estimate the damage processes of the composites.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.639-644
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• 2015

A cylindrical secondary Li-ion cell is a device in which stored chemical energy is converted to electrical energy via an electrochemical reaction. These cells are widely used for applications that require high capacity and rate power, such as notebooks, power tools, and electric vehicles. The role of a center pin is to retain the channel for gas release, preventing blockage of the hollow of the jelly roll during a charge-discharge cycle, and to prevent an internal short circuit for tearing of separator under mechanical free fall. In this paper, two experiments are conducted with and without the center pin to experimentally verify the importance of the role of the center pin. The first experiment is a 50-cycle charge-discharge cycle test, and the second is a free fall test conducted according to the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards. Based on these experiments, we demonstrate that the center pin in a cylindrical cell is a very important component in terms of safety.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.15-21
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• 2008

In case of estimating the shocking vibration during the blasting demolitions, the weight and falling height of the structure, that is a potential energy, had been considered. But, this study presented a new equation which used the impulse concerning a falling weight instead of potential energy as a method of predicting the shock vibration. In this experiment, the data of the impulse were compared with the data of the potential energy by performing the free-fall, and all data were comparatively analyzed by the regression analysis method. Also, the method of the superposition theory, which is calculated by the diminution ratio according to distance, the free-fall difference according to height, and the time giving the shock to the ground according to the breakdown pattern, was compared with the previous vibration data occurring from the blasting demolitions in the same conditions. As a result, this study suggests that the impulse and the method of superposition theory be applied as a method of predicting the shocking vibration. Therefore, these results could be expected to estimate the shocking vibration more accurately than the previous method.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1584-1595
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• 1993

Many researches were carried out to estimate heat transfer rate on a circular cylinder in a uniform flow. Various empirical correlations were suggested in the past through expermental studies, however there are considerable discrepancies in the estimated values of heat transfer coefficient. Effects of variable properties of fluid on the heat transfer between a circular cylinder and the external uniform flow were numerically investigated in the present study. The flow and temperature fields were solved using a finite volume method for the uniform flow temperature of 200-900K and the wall temperature of 300-900K. The cold as well as the hot cylinders in the uniform flow of constant temperature were investigated. A unified correlation was obtained for the both cases.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1171-1179
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• 2012

In this study, we consider a dynamic positioning system (DPS) design problem that can be extended to many application fields. Toward this end, tracking and positioning control problems are discussed. In particular, we design a tracking control system that incorporates an observer based on the 2-DOF servo system design approach in order to obtain the desired state information. In the case of observer design, a weighted $H_{\infty}$ error bound approach for a state estimator is considered. Based on an algebraic Riccati equation (inequality) approach, a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a full-order estimator that satisfies the weighted $H_{\infty}$ error bound is introduced. The condition for the existence of the estimator is denoted by a linear matrix inequality (LMI) that yields an optimized solution and the observer gain.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.173-185
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 자동차엔진 및 트랜스미션 성능시험을 위한 다이나모 베드구조물을 분석하고 설계하였다. 해석상에 고려된 베드구조물은 Ⅰ형강 구조물, 보강된 박스구조물 그리고 블록구조물로 제작되었으며, 시험을 위한 엔진 및 트랜스미션은 베드상판에 장착된다. 엔진구동시 회전에 의한 진동이 발생된다. 공진을 피하기 위해 베드구조는 충분한 구조적 일체성을 가져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 베드 구조물의 응력, 변위 그리고 자유진동해석이 ANSYS Code를 이용한 유한요소해석이 수행되었다. Ⅰ형강 구조형 베드 구조물에서 최대 응력은 23.2MPa에서 90.3MPa까지 나타났으며, 최대 처짐은 0.25㎜에서 0.92㎜까지 나타났다. 박스 구조형 베드 구조물에서 최대 응력은 0.028MPa에서 0.259MPa까지 나타났으며, 최대 처짐은 0.031㎜에서 0.413㎜까지 나타났다. 그리고 박스구조형 베드 구조물에서 최대 처짐은 0.92MPa에서 2.15MPa까지 나타났으며, 최대 처짐은 1.1㎜에서 2.7㎜까지 나타났다. 모든 구조물이 응력과 처짐 값에서 매우 안정적인 범위 내에서 발생됨을 볼 수 있었다. 구조진동해석에서 Ⅰ형강 베드구조물의 고유진동수는 112.03㎐에서 141.66㎐까지의 범위에 발생되었다. 박스 구조형 베드구조물에서의 고유진동수는 396.93㎐에서 755.11㎐까지의 범위에서 발생되었다. 마지막으로 블록구조형 베드구조물에서는 266.51㎐에서 244.67㎐까지의 고유진동수를 찾을 수 있었다. 모든 구조물에서 베드구조물의 무게증가에 따른 기본진동수는 증가된다. 베드시스템의 지지기초시스템은 2자유도계 시스템으로 설계되었으며, 다양한 질량변화 및 스프링상수 변화에 따른 진동해석을 수행하였다. 질량비가 증가될수록 고유진동수는 크게 감소되며, 스프링상수가 증가될수록 고유진동수는 감소된다.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.60-68
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• 2012

This study describes an analytical and experimental investigation of the pedestrian steel-deck truss bridge in the City of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. This investigation was undertaken to provide assurance that this important bridge continues to be functional for this use. An ambient vibration experiment on full-scale structures is a way of assessing the reliability of the various assumptions employed in the mathematical models used in analysis. It is also the most reliable way of determining the structural parameters of major importance in structural dynamics, such as the mode shapes and the associated natural frequencies. Pedestrian-induced vibrations have been measured on the bridge to determine the displacement and the vertical and transverse dynamic characteristics of the steel deck truss. In the analytical modeling, three-dimensional finite element analysis was developed and validated against the ambient tests.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.5 no.3 s.17
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• pp.91-100
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• 2005

The paper presents a direct method for the diplacement control and stiffness redesign using displacement and response force contribution factors. At first, these two kinds of factors are derived and the relationship between them is examined. An equation to evaluate the change of displacement according to the change of each member stiffness is proposed. For the statically determinate structures, the proposed equation gives the exact solution with no approximation. But it has some error in case of statically indeterminate structures because the redistribution of response forces is neglected in the equation. However, the equation may be very useful even for statically indeterminate structures because it provides the relationship between the member stiffness and the global displacement. The proposed method is expected to be useful for the displacement control of large space or hi-rise building structures where the stiffness design governs the design result.