• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.641-656
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• 2017

The effects of vertical component of earthquakes on torsional amplification due to mass eccentricity in seismic responses of base-isolated structures subjected to near-field ground motions are studied in this paper. 3-, 6- and 9-story superstructures and aspect ratios of 1, 2 and 3 have been modeled as steel special moment frames mounted on Triple Concave Friction Pendulum (TCFP) bearings considering different period and damping ratios. Three-dimensional linear superstructures resting on nonlinear isolators are subjected to both 2 and 3 component near-field ground motions. Effects of mass eccentricity and vertical component of 25 near-field earthquakes on the seismic responses including maximum isolator displacement and base shear as well as peak superstructure acceleration are studied. The results indicate that the effect of vertical component on the responses of asymmetric structures, especially on the base shear is significant. Therefore, it can be claimed that in the absence of the vertical component, mass eccentricity has a little effect on the base shear increase. Additionally, the impact of this component on acceleration is remarkable so the roof acceleration of a nine-story structure has been increased 1.67 times, compared to the case that the structure is subjected to only horizontal components of earthquakes.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1027-1041
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• 2016

Different incident angles of ground motions have been considered to evaluate the relationship between floor rotation and torsional irregularity coefficient. The issues specifically addressed are (1) variability in torsional irregularity coefficient and floor rotations with varying incident angles of ground motion (2) contradictory relationship between floor rotation and torsional irregularity coefficient. To explore the stated issues, an evaluation based on relative variation in seismic response quantities of linear asymmetric structure under the influence of horizontal bi-directional excitation with varying seismic orientations has been carried out using response history analysis. Several typical earthquake records are applied to the structure to demonstrate the relative variations of floor rotation and torsional irregularity coefficient for different seismic orientations. It is demonstrated that (1) Torsional irregularity coefficient (TIC) increases as the story number decreases when the ground motion is considered along reference axes of the structure. For incident angles other than structure's reference axes, TIC either decreases as the story number decreases or there is no specific trend for TIC. Floor rotation increases in proportion to the story number when the ground motion is considered along reference axes of structure. For incident angles other than structure's reference axes, floor rotation either decreases as the story number increases or there is no specific trend for floor rotation and (2) TIC and floor rotation seems to be approximately inversely proportional to each other when the ground motion is considered along reference axes of the structure. For incident angles other than structure's reference axes, the relationship can even become directly proportional instead of inversely proportional.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 원형편파 변환에 적합한 정사각형 마이크로스트립 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안한 안테나는 접지면의 비대칭 U자형 슬롯의 구조적 특징으로 인하여, 90도의 위상 차이를 갖는 직교전계가 형성되어 원형편파 특성을 형성한다. 또한 비대칭 U자형 슬롯의 대칭축에 따라 원형편파의 방향을 쉽게 조절할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있다. 비대칭 U자형 슬롯의 대칭축은 두 개의 스위칭 다이오드를 이용하여, 전압조건의 상태에 따라 좌회전편파와 우회전 편파를 각각 실험적으로 구현하였다. 측정된 원형편파의 축비는 2.46 GHz 동작주파수에서 편파방향에 상관없이 약 1.5 dB의 높은 축비특성을 보여주며, 29 MHz (약 1.2 %) 축비 대역폭을 가짐을 실험적으로 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2016

Unlike conventional airplane, a WIG craft experiences righting moment and adverse yaw moment in banked turning in ground effect. Numerical simulations are carried out to study the aerodynamics of banked wing in ground effect. Configurations of rectangular wing and delta wing are considered, and performance of endplates and ailerons during banking are also studied. The study shows that righting moment increase nonlinearly with heeling angle, and endplates enhance the righting. The asymmetric aerodynamic distribution along span of wing with heeling angle introduces adverse yaw moment. Heeling in ground effect with small ground clearance increases the vertical aerodynamic force and makes WIG craft climb. Deflections of ailerons introduce lift decrease and a light pitching motion. Delta wing shows advantage in banked turning for smaller righting moment and adverse yaw moment during banking.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2006년 제4회 한국유체공학학술대회 논문집
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• pp.517-518
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• 2006

Transient and asymmetric density distributions have been investigated by three-dimensional digital speckle tomography with a novel integration method. Multiple CCD images captured movements of speckles in three angles of view simultaneously because the flows were asymmetric and unsteady. The speckle movements which have been formed by a ground glass between no flow and downward butane flow from a circular half opening have been calculated by a cross-correlation tracking method so that those distances can be transferred to deflection angles of laser rays for density gradients. A novel integration method has been developed to obtain projection data from the deflection angles for the speckle tomography.'The three-dimensional density fields have been reconstructed from the accurate projection values by a real-time multiplicative algebraic reconstruction technique (MART) with the developed integration method.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.277-296
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• 2013

Margin of safety against potential of progressive collapse is among important features of a structural system. Often eccentricity in plan of a building causes concentration of damage, thus adversely affects its progressive collapse safety margin. In this paper the progressive collapse of symmetric and asymmetric 3-story reinforced concrete ordinary moment resisting frame buildings subjected to the earthquake ground motions are studied. The asymmetric buildings have 5%, 15% and 25% mass eccentricity. The distribution of the damage and spread of the collapse is investigated using nonlinear time history analyses. Results show that potential of the progressive collapse at both stiff and flexible edges of the buildings increases with increase in the level of asymmetry in buildings. It is also demonstrated that "drift" as a more easily available global response parameter is a good measure of the potential of progressive collapse rather than much difficult-to-calculate local response parameter of "number of collapse plastic hinges".

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.321-338
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• 2009

이 연구의 목적은 비대칭 분포를 가지는 현장 조사 자료로부터 GIS 기반 주제도를 생성하기 위한 공간 내삽 방법으로 단변량 크리깅 기법을 비교하는데 있다. 기존 정규 크리깅과 비선형 자료 변환에 기반을 둔 로그 정규 크리깅, 다중 가우시안 크리깅과 지시자 크리깅을 지화학 원소 비소와 납에 대해 사례 연구를 통해 비교하였다. 예측 능력의 비교 분석을 위해 leave-one-out 기반 교차 검증을 통한 오차 분석을 수행하였으며, 샘플링 밀도의 차이에 따른 오차의 변화 양상도 분석하였다. 비교 분석 결과, 지시자 크리깅이 전반적으로 가장 높은 예측 능력을 나타내었으며, 작은 값과 높은 값의 예측 능력도 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 정규 크리깅에 비해 비선형 자료 변환 기반 크리깅 기법들이 우수한 예측 능력을 나타내었지만, 기존에 많이 적용된 로그 정규 크리깅은 샘플링 밀도와 상관없이 편향 정도가 가장 크게 나타내었다. 이 연구를 통해 얻어지는 정량적 검증 결과는 비대칭 분포를 가지는 현장 조사 자료의 내삽을 위한 크기깅 기법의 선정에 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.377-386
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• 2017

Earthquake-induced pounding damages to building structures were repeatedly observed in many previous major earthquakes. Extensive researches have been carried out in this field. Previous studies mainly focused on the regular shaped buildings and each building was normally simplified as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system or a multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) system by assuming the masses of the building lumped at the floor levels. The researches on the pounding responses between irregular asymmetric buildings are rare. For the asymmetric buildings subjected to earthquake loading, torsional vibration modes of the structures are excited, which in turn may significantly change the structural responses. Moreover, contact element was normally used to consider the pounding phenomenon in previous studies, which may result in inaccurate estimations of the structural responses since this method is based on the point-to-point pounding assumption with the predetermined pounding locations. In reality, poundings may take place between any locations. In other words, the pounding locations cannot be predefined. To more realistically consider the arbitrary poundings between asymmetric structures, detailed three-dimensional (3D) finite element models (FEM) and arbitrary pounding algorithm are necessary. This paper carries out numerical simulations on the pounding responses between a symmetric rectangular-shaped building and an asymmetric L-shaped building by using the explicit finite element code LS-DYNA. The detailed 3D FEMs are developed and arbitrary 3D pounding locations between these two buildings under bi-directional earthquake ground motions are investigated. Special attention is paid to the relative locations of two adjacent buildings. The influences of the left-and-right, fore-and-aft relative locations and separation gap between the two buildings on the pounding responses are systematically investigated.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.214-223
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• 2013

This paper proposes a theoretical analysis of hidden device detection and a design of multiband circular polarization patch array antenna for non-linear junction detector system application. A good axial ratio of circular polarization patch antenna is realized by a new approach that employs inclined slots, two rectangular grooves and a truncated ground for the conventional antenna. A good axial ratio of the 1.5 dB lower is measured by having an asymmetric gap distance between the ground planes of the coplanar waveguide feeding structure. The common ground plane of the linear array has an optimum trapezoidal slot array to reduce the mutual coupling without increasing the distance between the radiators. The higher gain of about 1 dBi is realized by using the novel common ground structure. The measured return loss, gain, and axial ratio of the proposed single radiator, as well as the proposed array antennas, showed a good agreement with the simulated results.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.883-891
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 금속 케이스를 접지 방사체로 활용한 비대칭 다이폴 안테나를 제안하고, 이를 ISM 대역(2.4~2.48 GHz)에서 동작하는 펜타입 무선 프리젠터에 적용하였다. 제안한 비대칭 다이폴 안테나는 긴 원통 모양의 금속 케이스 상단에 수직모드 헬리컬 코일이 장착된 구조로, 접지면인 금속 케이스를 방사소자로 동작하게 하여 헬리컬 안테나의 좁은 대역폭과 낮은 이득을 증가시켰다. 또한, 특수 제작된 인체 팬텀을 사용하여 사람이 무선 프리젠터의 금속 케이스를 손으로 잡을 때 안테나의 성능에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 측정 결과, 제안한 안테나는 자유공간에서 반사손실 -10 dB를 기준으로 2.3~2.5 GHz까지 200 MHz의 대역폭을 가지며, 5 dBi의 최대이득을 나타내었다. 사람 손이 금속 케이스에 접촉한 경우에는 2.24~2.72 GHz까지 480 MHz의 대역폭이 측정되었고, 최대이득은 3 dB만큼 낮아진 2 dBi로 측정되었다.