• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2015

Purpose: Healthcare is on the whole a personal and critical service that consumer's use, whereas hospitalization is as a rule painful, because nature nurtures and Sun Light Luminosity for healthcare settings is considered healing. The performance and design of climate responsive buildings such as AKU requires a detailed study of attributes of climate both at micro as well as macro level. The therapeutic value of contact with nature through window view, greenery and landscape is calculated there. Method: A two prong strategy is been devised for this article, at micro level three typical morphologies are analysed by creating same environment of neighboring building on sun shading chart, radiation and temperature range. Since the analysis of local climate helps to determine the design strategies for hospital Healing Environment which is suitable for Karachi climate; in order to track the macro climatic behaviour, a considerable analysis of psychometrics chart for AKU Karachi are designed on Climate Consultant (CC) and analysed by Machine Learning. Climate Consultant proposes different design strategies suitable for Karachi. And on the other hand time wise illumination sources for clinical area which are then measured on psychrometric chart- according to singular space: multi patient admission, secondly: acute ambulatory ward, and tertiary: multi windowed space according to the mushrabiyah and sky light pattern. Result: Our findings support the hypothesis that windowed wall is 75-80% more healing wall; an accelerated evidence was found for healing at macro level if the form of the hospital is designed according to the climatologically preferences, whereas at micro level: the light resource becomes the staff attentiveness determinant. In Conclusion evidence was provided that the actual form of luminosity results consequently in satisfaction while light entering from several set of windows and other sources might be valued if design according to the healing environment. The data added on the sun shading chart to calculate rays entraining into space in patient room equal to 124416.21 Watts/ meter $m^2$ is calculated as precise healing rate-and is confirmed by questionnaire from patients belonging from each clinical stage having different illnesses.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2014

Among the various building envelope elements, the glass area takes up the largest portion in the office building design. However, a large area of glass can cause problems such as excessive solar radiation, thermal comfort, and glare. Thus it is important to install the glass area to an appropriate level, and control solar radiation and inflow of daylight with blind devices. This study aims to improve the visual performance of the work plane through the automatic control of the venetian blinds. A total of eight kinds of control strategies were chosen; Case 1 does not control the blinds, Case 2 with the blind slats fixed at the angle of 0 degree, Case 3 to 6 using the existing blind control programs, and Case 7 and 8 with improved blind control. Case 3 with 90 degrees had the best energy performance, but the average indoor illuminance was 113lux, which is below the standards. Cases 4 and 5 showed higher levels of interior daylight illuminance with the average of 281lux and 403lux respectively. However, the fixed angles may have difficulties controlling excessive direct sunlight coming into the room and may cause glare. Cases 6 and 7 used sun tracking angle control and cut-off angle control, and the average interior illuminance was measured 250lux and 385lux respectively. Case 8 used the cut-off angle control in an hourly manner, satisfying the standard illuminance of 400lux with an average interior illuminance of 561lux. It was evaluated to be the best method to control direct solar radiation and to guarantee proper level of interior illumination.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.383-411
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• 2011

Roof is an integral part of building envelope. It protects occupants from environmental forces such as wind, rain, snow and others. Among those environmental forces, wind is a major factor that can cause structural roof damages. Roof due to wind actions can exhibit either flexible or rigid system responses. At present, a dynamic test procedure available is CSA A123.21-04 for the wind uplift resistance evaluation of flexible membrane-roofing systems and there is no dynamic test procedure available in North America for wind uplift resistance evaluation of rigid membrane-roofing system. In order to incorporate rigid membrane-roofing systems into the CSA A123.21-04 testing procedure, this paper presents the development of a load cycle. For this process, the present study compared the wind performance of rigid systems with the flexible systems. Analysis of the pressure time histories data using probability distribution function and power spectral density verified that these two roofs types exhibit different system responses under wind forces. Rain flow counting method was applied on the wind tunnel time histories data. Calculated wind load cycles were compared with the existing load cycle of CSA A123.21-04. With the input from the roof manufacturers and roofing associations, the developed load cycles had been generalized and extended to evaluate the ultimate wind uplift resistance capacity of rigid roofs. This new knowledge is integrated into the new edition of CSA A123.21-10 so that the standard can be used to evaluate wind uplift resistance capacity of membrane roofing systems.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2003

The aim of this study was to analyze the thermal performance through Test-Cell of TI-wall in domestic climate. This study was carried out as follows: 1) The TI-wall was studied for ability to reduce heat loss through the building envelope and analyzed to TIM properties. 2) Test models of TI-wall were designed through the investigation of previous paper and work, measured for winter and spring, and the thermal effects were analyzed. The type of the TIM used in test model is small-celled(diameter 4mm and thickness 50mm) capillary and cement brick(density $1500kg/m^3$) was used by thermal mass. 3) Test-cell of TI-wall was calibrated from measured data and the dynamic simulation program ESP-r 9.0. In these simulations, the measured climate conditions of TaeJon were used as outdoor conditions, and the simulation model of Test-cell was developed. 4) The sensitivity analysis is executed in various aspects with standard weather files and ESP-r 9.0, and then most suitable system of TI-wall are predicted. Finally, The suitable system of TI-wall was analysed according to sizes of air gap, kinds, thickness, and the surface absorption of therm wall. The result is following. In TI-wall, Concrete is better than cement brick, at that time the surface absorption is 95%, and the most efficient thickness is 250mm. As smaller of a air gap, as reducer of convection heat loss, it is efficient for heating energy. However, ensuring of a air gap at least more than 50mm is desirable for natural ventilation in Summer.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 철도, 도로 등 대형 성토지반구조물의 주요 지반재료인 입경이 큰 조립재료에 대해 전단강도, 변형계수, 응력-변형 거동과 같은 지반공학적 설계정수를 평가 산정할 수 있는 대형삼축압축시험장비를 구축하고, 이를 활용한 도상자갈재료에 대한 정적삼축압축시험 결과를 통해 그 의미와 적용 가능성을 제시하였다. 도상자갈과 같이 지표면에 설치되어 포화 가능성이 낮고, 구속압이 작은 경우에는 진공압(vacuum)으로 구속압을 제어하는 방식이 효과적임을 확인할 수 있었다. 도상자갈 재료의 삼축압축시험 결과로부터 구속압별 전단강도, 변형계수, 입자파쇄 영향 등의 합리적인 결과와 경향을 확인하였으며, 모암의 입자강도, 구속압 등의 영향을 고려하여 전단강도 포락선을 예측할 수 있는 비선형식에 적합한 재료 상수를 산정, 적용하여 실험 결과를 근접하게 재현해낼 수 있었다.

• 태양에너지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.71-80
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• 1999

본 연구는 예비실험에서 나타난 평판 및 모서리형 현장 열저항 측정기의 내부공기 온도편차를 줄일 수 있는 방안을 모색하기 위한 것으로 연구결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, 측정기의 크기에 따라 기기내의 온도편차는 큰 변화가 없으므로 사용과 운반이 용이한 소형이 적정하며 둘째, 방열판의 위치는 측정기 Casing을 통한 부수적인 손실열량을 최소화하기 위해 측정기 내부 표면과 이격시켜 설치하고 셋째, 방열판의 온도는 측정기내부온도가 실내온도까지 접근하는 도달시간을 고려하여 가능한 한 낮게 설정하고 넷째, 측정기 내부에 설치되는 팬은 측정기의 상부에 설치하여 기류를 하향으로 토출하며 다섯째, 방열판 앞에는 Baffle Plate를 설치하는 것이 기기내의 온도편차를 줄일 수 있는 유효한 방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.299-315
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• 2013

Numerical research on four typical configurations of noise mitigation structures and their characteristics of wind loads are reported in this paper. The turbulence model as well the model parameters, the modeling of the equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer, the mesh discretization etc., were carefully considered in the numerical model to improve the numerical accuracy. Also a numerical validation of one configuration with the wind tunnel test data was made. Through detailed analyses of the wind load characteristics with the inclined part and the wind incidence angle, it was found that the addition of an inclined part to a noise mitigation structure at-grade would affect the mean nett pressure coefficients on the vertical part, and that the extent of this effect depends on the length of the inclined part itself. The magnitudes of the mean nett pressure coefficients for both the vertical part and the inclined part of noise mitigation structure at-grade tended to increase with length of inclined part. Finally, a comparison with the wind load code British/European Standard BS EN 1991-1-4:2005 was made and the envelope of the mean nett pressure coefficients of the noise mitigation structures was given for design purposes. The current research should be helpful to improve current wind codes by providing more reasonable wind pressure coefficients for different configurations of noise mitigation structures.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2023

반복하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 부재는 이력거동이 진행됨에 따라 강성과 강도의 저하 그리고 핀칭현상 등으로 인하여 에너지소산 능력이 감소된다. 그러나 지침서 「철근콘크리트 건축구조물의 성능기반 내진설계를 위한 비선형해석모델, 2021」에서는 각 부재별로 모든 이력단계별 단일한 에너지소산계수를 산정하도록 하고 있어 이력단계에 따른 에너지소산능력의 감소를 고려할 수 없을 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 반복하중을 받는 일반보에 대한 기존 실험결과와 비선형시간이력해석 결과를 비교하여 이력단계에 따른 에너지소산계수를 고찰하였다. 에너지소산계수는 비선형시간이력해석 결과로 구한 이상화된 탄소성거동 에너지 소산량에 대한 실제 실험체의 에너지소산량의 비로써 산출하였다. 기존 실험결과는 1회 Cycle을 각 이력단계별로 산정하여 에너지소산계수를 도출하였으며, 지침서 내 비선형모델링 과정을 토대로 에너지소산계수를 도출하였다. 기존 실험연구에선 각 이력단계(Y-L-R)를 설정하여 에너지소산계수를 구하였으며, 에너지소산계수는 Y-L구간 0.36, L-R구간 0.28로 나타났고, 지침서 에너지소산계수는 0.31로 나타났다. 이는 지침서의 에너지소산계수 산정식이 철근콘크리트 부재의 에너지소산능력의 감소를 나타내지 못하는 것으로 나타났다.