• Wind and Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.497-510
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• 2014

Seismic and wind load performances of buildings are commonly improved by using bracing systems. In practice, standard bracing systems, such as X, Y, V, and K types are used. To determine the appropriate bracing type, the designer uses trial & error method among the standard bracings to obtain better results. However, using topology optimization yields more efficient bracing systems or new bracing can be developed depending on building and loading types. Determination of optimum bracing type for minimum deformation on a building under the effect of wind load is given in this study. A new bracing system is developed by using topology optimization. Element removal method is used to determine and remove the comparatively inefficient materials. Optimized bracing is compared with proposed bracing types available in the related literature. Maximum deformation value of building is used as performance indicator to compare effectiveness of different bracings to resist wind loads. The proposed bracing, yielded 99%, deformation reduction compared to the unbraced building.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2001

The characteristics of structural behavior for a cable dome shows a strong nonlinearity and very sensitive by the initial imperfection. The instability phenomenon of Geiger-type cable dome structure is generated due to the in-plane twisting near the critical load level. In this study, therefore, the effect of bracing reinforcement resisting to the in-plane twisting is investigated for the Geiger-type model reinforced by bracing. The effect of initial imperfection is also studied because the structural instability phenomenon of shell-like structure is very sensitive according to the initial condition.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.17-34
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• 2018

Tall buildings are categorized as important structures because of the large number of occupants and high construction costs. The choice of competent lateral load resisting systems in tall buildings is of crucial importance. Bracing systems have long been an economic and effective method for resisting lateral loads in steel structures. However, there are some potential adverse aspects to bracing systems such as the limitations they inflict on architectural plans, uplift forces and poor performances in compression. in order to eliminate the mentioned problems and for cost optimization, in this paper, six 20-story steel buildings and frames with different types of bracing, i.e., conventional, mega-scale and buckling-restrained bracing (BRB) were analyzed. Linear and modal push-over analyses were carried out. The results pointed out that Mega-Scale Bracing (MSB) system has significant superiority over the conventional bracing type. The MSB system is 25% more economic. Some other advantages of MSB include: up to 63% less drift ratio, up to 38% better performance in lateral displacement, up to 100% stiffer stories, and about 50% smaller uplift forces. Moreover, MSB equipped with BRB attests even a better seismic behavior in the aforementioned parameters.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.699-712
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• 2015

Bracing structures with off-centre bracing system is one of the new resistant systems that frequently used in the frame with pin connections. High ductility, high-energy dissipation and decrease of base shear are advantages of this bracing system. However, beside these advantages, reconstruction and hard repair of off-centre bracing system cause inappropriate performance in the earthquake. Therefore, in this paper, the goal is investigating the behavior of this type of bracing system with ductile element (circular dissipater), in order to providing replacement of damaged member without needing repair or reconstruction of the general system. To achieve this purpose, some numerical studies have been performed using ANSYS software, a frame with off-centre bracing system and optimum eccentricity (OBS-C-O) and another frame with the same identifications without ductile element (OBS) has been created. In order to investigate precisely on the optimum placement of circular elements under monotonic load again three steal frames were modeled. Furthermore, the behavior of this general system investigated for the first time, linear and nonlinear behavior of these two steel frames compared to each other, to achieve the benefit of using the circular element in an off-centre bracing system. Eventually, the analytical results revealed that the performance of steel ring at the end of off-centre braces system illustrating as a first defensive line and buckling fuse in the off-centre bracing system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.685-696
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• 2008

This paper deals with the numerical model of a bracing-friction damper system and its deployment using the optimal slip load distribution for the seismic retrofitting of a damaged building. The Slotted Bolted Connection (SBC) type friction damper system was tested to investigate its energy dissipation characteristic. Test results coincided with the numerical ones using the conventional model of a bracing-friction damper system. The placement of this device was numerically explored to apply it to the assumed damaged-building and to evaluate its efficiency. It was found by distributing the slip load that minimizes the given performance indicies based on structural response. Numerical results for the damaged building retrofitted with this slip load distribution showed that the seismic design of the bracing-friction damper system under consideration is effective for the structural response reduction.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.632-638
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• 2014

선박용 저속 2행정 디젤엔진의 선체 탑재 후 본체 진동제어를 위한 방법 중 하나로 마찰식 톱브레이싱과 유압식 톱브레이싱의 사용이 널리 이용되고 있으며 이들의 선택은 선주에게 일임되어져 왔다. 특히, 최근에 이르러 톱브레이싱 설치목적에 반하여 선체강성의 상대적 저하는 주 공진회전수를 상용회전수내에 존재하게 만들었고 마찰식 톱브레이싱이 장착된 선박에서 이와 관련된 사고 사례가 보고되었다. 이에 따른 효율적 해결방안으로 다양한 형태의 선박에 대하여 광범위한 진동측정이 제시되었다. 본 논문에서는 이를 바탕으로 톱브레이싱 형식에 따른 엔진 본체 진동의 특성을 확인하였고 엔진 본체 진동을 제어하기 위하여 보다 효율적인 방법에 대하여 고찰하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 실내실험을 통하여 U형 강박스거더의 상부 수평브레이싱이 휨 거동에 미치는 영향을 파악하고 기존의 수평브레이싱 설계 제안식에 대한 적정성을 검토하기 위하여, 실제 시공되고 있는 U형 강박스 거더 단면의 2/3정도 되는 캔틸레버 형식의 시험체를 제작하여 휨 실험을 수행하였다. 이로써 수집된 데이터를 분석하여 상부 수평브레이싱의 합리적인 휨 설계식 제안을 위한 기초를 마련하였다. 그리고, 상부 수평브레이싱의 형태 및 패널수의 변화에 따른 휨 실험을 통하여 브레이싱 부재의 응력을 측정하고 Helwig가 제안한 설계식으로 구한 값과 비교한 결과 합리적인 브레이싱의 형태 및 패널 수를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2001년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.167-174
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• 2001

A shape resistant shell structure is an extremely efficient mechanical creation because it transmits forces mainly by in-plane forces, but at a certain load level it changes from a stable condition to an unstable condition or vise versa. The instability phenomenon of Geiger-type cable dome structure is generated due to the in-plane twisting near critical load level. Therefore the effect of bracing reinforcement is investigated for the Geiger-type model reinforced by bracing. The effect of initial imperfection is also studied since the structural instability behavior characteristic of shell-like structure is significantly sensitive according to the initial condition.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.407-420
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• 2005

This study presents the strength of braced and unbraced cold-formed steel wall frames consisting of several wall studs acting as columns, top and bottom tracks, and bracing members. The strength and the buckling mode of steel wall frames were found to be different due to the change of bracing type. In addition, the spacing of wall studs is a crucial factor to the strength of steel wall frames. The comparisons were made between the test results and the predictions computed based on AISI Code. The related specifications do not clearly provides the effective length factors for the member of cold-formed steel frame under compression. This paper proposes effective length factors for the steel wall frames based on the test results. A theoretical model is also derived to obtain the modulus of elastic support provided by the bracing at mid-height of steel wall frames in this research.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.447-456
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 실내실험을 통하여 U형 강박스거더의 상부 수평브레이싱이 비틂거동에 미치는 영향을 파악하고 기존의 제안식에 대한 적정성을 검토하기 위하여, 실제 시공되고 있는 U형 강박스거더 단면 크기의 2/3 정도 되는 캔틸레버보 형식의 시험체를 제작하여 상부 수평브레이싱의 형태 및 패널 간격에 따른 비틂강성의 효과를 파악하였다. 그 결과, 상부 수평브레이싱을 설치함으로써 거더의 비틂강성이 상당히 증가함을 알 수 있었으며, 브레이싱의 패널 구성을 가장 경제적으로 설계하기 위해서는 폭과 길이의 비가 약 1:1.5 즉, 대각선브레이싱과 상부 플랜지의 경사 예각이 약 $40^{\circ}$로 설치하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단되었다.