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A Study on Ductility Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beam without Shear Reinforcement Using Cockle Shells as Fine Aggregate (고막 패각을 잔골재로 사용한 전단보강근이 없는 철근콘크리트 보의 연성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-Sup;Kim, kwang-seok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.5 no.2 s.16
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    • pp.139-146
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    • 2005
  • As a result of compressive strength, specimens having mixture rate of cockle shells of $15\%\;and\;20\%$ showed more increases of compressive strength than non-mixture specimens as age increases. Ductility capacity of specimens was higher in specimens mixing cockle shells than in specimens using general fine aggregates and specimen of $10\%$ of cockle shells was highest in ductility capacity. To sum up all experimental results, ductility capacity of specimen without shear reinforcement using mixture of cockle shell was higher than non-mixture specimen and it is considered that mixture of cockle shells up to $20\%$ as fine aggregate for concrete will be available. Continuous researches on durability, workability and economy of crushed cockle shells used for substitute fine aggregate of concrete will be needed.

An Algorithm for BITC Evaluation considering the Power Control Characteristics of FACTS Devices (FACTS기기의 유효전력 제어특성을 고려한 모선간 송전용량 평가 알고리즘)

  • Yoon, Yong-Beum;Choo, Jin-Boo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.113-118
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    • 1999
  • In this, sensitivity based approach to estimate BITC(bilateral interchange transfer capacity) considering the real power flow control function of FACTS devices is presented. The real power flow setting of the FACTS devices is adjusted so that it transfers the power flow from the first violation point of transmission capacity to other transmission lines in the power system, thus allowing more power to be transferred from the specified generator bus to the specified load bus. The transfer between the two bus locations is increased from this new operating condition until a violation of transmission capacity limits occurs or until the setting of the FACTS devices can no longer be adjusted. The proposed algorithm is illustrated using examples of small and real life power system.

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Seismic interaction of flexural ductility and shear capacity in reinforced concrete columns

  • Howser, Rachel;Laskar, A.;Mo, Y.L.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.593-616
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    • 2010
  • The seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) bridge columns is a significant issue because the interaction of flexural ductility and shear capacity of such columns with varied amounts of lateral reinforcement is not well established. Several relationships between flexural ductility and shear capacity have been proposed by various researchers in the past. In this paper, a parametric study on RC bridge columns is conducted using a nonlinear finite element program, "Simulation of Concrete Structures (SCS)", developed at the University of Houston. SCS has been previously used to predict the seismic behavior of such columns. The predicted results were compared with the test results obtained from experiments available in literature. Based on the results of the parametric study performed in this paper, a set of new relationships between flexural ductility and shear capacity of RC columns is proposed for seismic design.

A Comparative Study of Maintenance Scheduling Methods for Small Utilities

  • Ong, H.L.;Goh, T.N.;Eu, P.S.
    • International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.13-26
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a comparative study of a few commonly used maintenance scheduling methods for small utilities that consists solely of thermal generating plants. Two deterministic methods and a stochastic method are examined. The deterministic methods employ the leveling of reserve capacity criterion, of which one uses a heuristic rule to level the deterministic equivalent load obtained by using the product of the unit capacity and its corresponding forced outage rate. The stochastic method simulates the leveling of risk criterion by using the peak load carry capacity of available units. The results indicate that for the size and type of the maintenance scheduling problem described In this study, the stochastic method does not produce a schedule which is significantly better than the deterministic methods.

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Estimation of Regional Future Agricultural Available Groundwater Supply in Jeju Island Using Water Balance Method (물수지 분석법을 이용한 제주도 권역별 미래 농업용 지하수 공급 가능량 추정)

  • Song, Sung-Ho;Lee, Gyu-Sang;Myoung, Woo-Ho;An, Jung-Gi;Baek, Jin-Hee;Jung, Cha-Youn
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.23-37
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    • 2019
  • To evaluate the available groundwater supply to the agricultural water demand in the future with the climate change scenarios for 40 sub-regions in Jeju Island, groundwater recharge and the available groundwater supply were estimated using water balance analysis method. Groundwater recharge was calculated by subtracting the actual evapotranspiration and direct runoff from the total amount of water resources and available groundwater supply was set at 43.6% from the ratio of the sustainable groundwater capacity to the groundwater recharge. According to the RCP 4.5 scenario, the available groundwater supply to the agricultural water demand is estimated to be insufficient in 2020 and 2025, especially in the western and eastern regions of the island. However, such a water shortage problem is alleviated in 2030. When applying the RCP 8.5 scenario, available groundwater supply can't meet the water demand over the entire decade.

Capacity design considerations for RC frame-wall structures

  • Sullivan, Timothy J.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.391-410
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    • 2010
  • There are several important considerations that need to be made in the capacity design of RC frame-wall structures. Capacity design forces will be affected by material overstrength, higher mode effects and secondary loadpaths associated with the 3-dimensional structural response. In this paper, the main issues are identified and different means of predicting capacity design forces are reviewed. In order to ensure that RC frame-wall structures perform well it is explained that the prediction of the peak shears and moments that develop in the walls is particularly important and unfortunately very challenging. Through examination of a number of case study structures it is shown that there are a number of serious limitations with capacity design procedures included in current codes. The basis and potential of alternative capacity design procedures available in the literature is reviewed, and a new simplified capacity design possibility is proposed. Comparison with the results of 200 NLTH analyses of frame-wall structures ranging from 4 to 20 storeys suggest that the new method is able to predict wall base shears and mid-height wall moments reliably. However, efforts are also made to highlight the uncertainty with capacity design procedures and emphasise the need for future research on the subject.

Estimation of Available Permit Water for Large Scale Agricultural Reservoirs in Youngsan River Basin (영산강권역 대규모 농업용 저수지의 가용허가수량 추정)

  • Kim, Sun-Joo;Park, Ki-Chun;Park, Hee-Sung
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.93-97
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    • 2012
  • Agricultural water reservoirs upstream of the intake on the basis of the intaking water volume is being made. Therefore, the supply capacity of reservoirs are not considered when the water balance analysis, storm water reservoirs are based on agriculture and further secured by the reservoir water is not used to using natural river water analysis. To overcome these problems can supply reservoirs are available to permit analysis of how much the quantity of water balance analysis, it should be reflected in the line to help. In this study, the natural daily flow data and apply the dimensions of the reservoir, and for more than 30 years of the long-term water balance analysis conducted by Date Youngsan river basin can supply reservoirs are large quantity of permits available is presented.

Comparison of Optimization Algorithms for Available Transfer Capability Assessment in Interconnected Systems (연계계통에서 가용송전용량 평가를 위한 최적화 알고리즘의 비교)

  • Kim, Kyu-Ho;Song, Kyung-Bin
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.55 no.12
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    • pp.549-554
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    • 2006
  • Available transfer capability(ATC) is an important indicator of the usable amount of transmission capacity accessible by several parties for commercial trading in power transaction activities. This paper deals with an application of optimization technique for available transfer capability(ATC) calculation and analyzes the results of ATC by considering several constraints. Especially several optimization techniques are used to solve the ATC problem with state-steady security constraints. The results are compared with that of repeat power flow(RPF), sequential quadratic programming(SQP) and linear programming(LP). The proposed method is applied to 10 machines 39 buses model systems to show its effectiveness.

Calculation of CBM, TRM and ATC using Quadratic Function Approximation (이차함수 근사화를 이용한 가용송전용량과 송전신뢰 및 설비편익 여유도 산정)

  • 이효상;신상헌;신동준;김진오
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.296-301
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    • 2004
  • The Available Transfer Capability (ATC) is defined as the measure of the transfer capability remaining in the physical transmission network for further commercial activity above already committed uses. Available Transfer Capability (ATC) calculation is a complicated task, which involves the determination I of total transfer capability (TTC), transmission reliability margin (TRM) and capability benefit margin (CBM). As the electrical power industry is restructured and the electrical power exchange is updated per hour, it is important to accurately and rapidly quantify the available transfer capability (ATC) of the transmission system. In ATC calculation,. the existing CPF method is accurate but it has long calculation time. On the contrary, the method using PTDF is fast but it has relatively a considerable error. This paper proposed QFA method, which can reduce calculation time comparing with CPF method and has few errors in ATC calculation. It proved that the method can calculate ATC more fast and accurately in case study using IEEE 24 bus RTS.

A New Routing Protocol in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks with Multiple Radios and Channels

  • Ko, Sung-Won;Cho, Jeong-Hwan;Hong, Kwon-Eui
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.26-40
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    • 2010
  • We propose a new routing protocol, MCQosR, that is based on bandwidth estimation, admission control, and a routing metric, MCCR - suitable for wireless ad-hoc networks with multiple radios and channels. To use the full capacity of a wireless link, we assume a node with multiple radios for full duplex operation, and a radio using multiple channels to exclude route-intra interference. This makes it possible to use the capacity of a wireless link. Then, to provide bandwidth and delay guarantee, we have a radio with a fixed channel for layer-3 data reception at each node, used to estimate the available bandwidth and expected delay of a wireless link. Based on the estimate of available bandwidth and delay, we apply the call admission control to a new call requiring bandwidth and delay guarantee. New calls with traffic that will overflow link or network capacity are rejected so the accepted calls can use the required bandwidth and delay. Finally, we propose a routing metric, MCCR, which considers the channel contentions and collisions of a wireless link operating in CSMA/CA. MCCR is useful for finding a route with less traffic and distributing traffic over the network to prevent network congestion as much as possible. The simulation of the MCQosR protocol and the MCCR metric shows traffic is distributed and guaranteed service is provided for accepted calls.