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A Study on Characteristics of Maintenance and Standarization Plan Concerned with DB of Retainging Wall (옹벽 구조물의 표준 DB화 방안 및 유지관리 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Song;Shim, Min-Bo
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.129-140
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    • 2000
  • Retaining wall is a constructed structure in order to construct road, rail, building for effective use and obtainments of the limited ground. Recently, many kinds of research have been actively developed for a standardization and information to the maintenance and management of bridge, tunnel, road. With the works of database construction of that, many kinds of data with respect to statistics is cumulated. Database work of retaining wall is wholly lacking and lagged behind in the works of database construction. This paper suggests classification system on inspection data. On the basis of that, code work with classification system was practised and DB program of inspection data of retaining wall was developed. And input work for a data of maintenance and management was practised. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a kind of statistics data and investigate a characteristics of inspection using statistic data on retaining wall.

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EPAR V2.0: AUTOMATED MONITORING AND VISUALIZATION OF POTENTIAL AREAS FOR BUILDING RETROFIT USING THERMAL CAMERAS AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) MODELS

  • Youngjib Ham;Mani Golparvar-Fard
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2013.01a
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2013
  • This paper introduces a new method for identification of building energy performance problems. The presented method is based on automated analysis and visualization of deviations between actual and expected energy performance of the building using EPAR (Energy Performance Augmented Reality) models. For generating EPAR models, during building inspections, energy auditors collect a large number of digital and thermal imagery using a consumer-level single thermal camera that has a built-in digital lens. Based on a pipeline of image-based 3D reconstruction algorithms built on GPU and multi-core CPU architecture, 3D geometrical and thermal point cloud models of the building under inspection are automatically generated and integrated. Then, the resulting actual 3D spatio-thermal model and the expected energy performance model simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis are superimposed within an augmented reality environment. Based on the resulting EPAR models which jointly visualize the actual and expected energy performance of the building under inspection, two new algorithms are introduced for quick and reliable identification of potential performance problems: 1) 3D thermal mesh modeling using k-d trees and nearest neighbor searching to automate calculation of temperature deviations; and 2) automated visualization of performance deviations using a metaphor based on traffic light colors. The proposed EPAR v2.0 modeling method is validated on several interior locations of a residential building and an instructional facility. Our empirical observations show that the automated energy performance analysis using EPAR models enables performance deviations to be rapidly and accurately identified. The visualization of performance deviations in 3D enables auditors to easily identify potential building performance problems. Rather than manually analyzing thermal imagery, auditors can focus on other important tasks such as evaluating possible remedial alternatives.

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A Study on the Analysis of Concrete Indurance Inspections Processes (IDEF0를 이용한 콘크리트 내구성 진단 프로세스 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Hun;Lee, Sang-Bum;Lim, Nam-Gi
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest a method of concrete safety inspection management system for safety inspection. this research investigates the process of building safety inspection with IDEF0(Integration DEFinition) process modeling method, focusing on concrete durability inspection, and then suggests a data management system, which allows user communications between site and related unit with RDBMS(Relational Database Management System). The suggested system is expected to provide more efficient data sharing tools and consequently improve safety inspection's quality.

Seismic Safety Assessment of Containment Building (격납건물의 내진안전성 평가)

  • Lee, Seong-Lo;Bae, Yong-Gwi
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.225-233
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    • 2004
  • In this study, the seismic safety of containment building is assessed using response surface method. The structural analyses considering random variables such as load, resistance and analysis by ABAQUS are performed to obtain the structural response. The structural response is represented by polynomial of random variables, and the reliability analysis is performed by Level II method. Drucker-Prager failure criterion is applied as limit state function to take bi-axial stress states into account in the concrete. The lifetime probability of failure is evaluated by considering the lifetime of containment building, the annual occurrence rate of earthquake and the conditional probability of failure. Also the sensitivity analysis on the selection of sampling points is performed to obtain the steady results from response surface method.

Seismic Isolation Effects According to Set up the Isolation Period in the Medium and Low-rise Framed Building (중.저층골조에서 면진주기 설정에 따른 면진효과)

  • Chun, Young-Soo;Hur, Moo-Won
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2010
  • Seismic isolation offers an attractive approach for reducing seismic loads in the building and its components. This paper deals with the seismic isolation effects due to variation in period ratio between superstructure and isolation layer of the building. Seismic isolation effects of the moment-resisting frames with the various period ratio were studied by nonlinear time history analysis, and the guidelines on the stiffness ratio of the superstructure and isolation layer of the building for the effective seismic isolation follow from the results of this study. It is recommended that the isolation period should be greater than 2.5 times of that of the superstructure for the effective seismic isolation.

Experiment on the Feasibility of Cleaning Building Pipelines using Ultrasonic Cavitation

  • Jo, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Ung-Kyun;Kim, Jae-Yeob;Lee, Sungchul;Kim, Kukhyun
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.295-303
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    • 2022
  • Residential heating systems in South Korea are largely based on the use of ondol pipelines. Heat is transferred to the floor by passing hot water through a metal or plastic pipe buried within the concrete of the floor. Consequently, it is difficult to clean the inside of these pipes after installation. Over time, foreign substances such as scale accumulate in the pipe when the ondol heating method is used for an extended period. Therefore, in the past, pipes were cleaned by removing foreign substances attached to the inside surfaces of the pipes using high-pressure water or by disassembling the pipes and removing foreign substances with chemical agents. Recently, a method for removing foreign substances through the cavitation effect of ultrasound has been proposed. This idea might lead to the development of new technologies for cleaning pipe interiors. Consequently, this study investigated the use of ultrasound to clean pipes embedded in concrete. In this study, devices that generated ultrasonic waves with various frequencies and directions were prepared. After preparing arbitrarily contaminated pipes, the appropriate frequency, output strength, and output direction for each foreign substance were determined through repeated experiments. The results of this experiment could provide important information for future methods of cleaning the interior of ondol piping systems.

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Assessment of damages on a RC building after a big fire

  • Ada, Mehmet;Sevim, Baris;Yuzer, Nabi;Ayvaz, Yusuf
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.177-197
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents a case study about the damages on the structural elements of a cast in place reinforced concrete (RC) building after a big fire which was able to be controlled after six hours. The fire broke off at the $2^{nd}$ basement floor of the building, which has five basements, one ground, and two normal floors. As a result of intensely stocked ignitable materials, it spread out to the all of the upstairs. In visual inspection, most of the typical fire damages were observed (such as spalling, net-like cracks, crumbled plasters, bared or visible reinforcement). Also, failures of the $2^{nd}$ basement columns were encountered. It has been concluded that the severity failures of the columns at the $2^{nd}$ basement caused utterly deformation of the building, which is responsible for the massive damages on the beam-column connections. All of the observed damages were categorized related to the types and presented separated regarding the floors. Besides to the visual inspection, the numerical analysis was run to verify the observed damaged on the building for columns, beams, and the connection regions. It is concluded from the study that several parameters such as duration of the fire, level of the temperature influence on the damages to the RC building. Also, it is highlighted by the study that if the damaged building is considered on the overall structural system, it is not able to satisfy the minimum service requirements neither gravity loads nor earthquake conditions.

A Study in the Selection Factors of Facility Management(FM) Enterprises Using AHP Analysis (AHP 분석을 활용한 Facility Management(FM) 기업의 선택 요인에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Sanghun;Kim, Seungchul;Park, Sohyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.193-205
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    • 2019
  • Looking at recent safety accidents in buildings, most of them due to lack of FM expertise, and this is due to human resources. In each all industry areas, some companies are competitive, representational, and leading in the market through long-term expertise and research in their respective fields. In the field of FM industry, some companies offer core-competencies in internal and external innovative building management through competition with others. However, old custom and old management form still exist in the FM field. However, an old custom and old management system still exist in the FM field; it forces cost-cutting and caused by carelessness in technical development competitiveness and safety measures. The government control by safety inspection and facility inspection through legislation of building management, but the management is still weak as a side of in the facility management section due to inspect sth as a mere formality and submit a paper report. These facts exist different kind of usage of the building have a three-party encounter between a building owner, user, and FM enterprises. In this research identify survey, especially building owner (manager)'s choice perception priority for optional factors to choose FM enterprises. Based on this, FM enterprises will be forced to seek a new dimension for better building management. In this light, the purpose of the research is to shape changes in the FM market culture safely and providing better service in building management and understanding building owner's insight through this research's information.

Effect of Cap Truss on Optimal Outrigger Location in Tall Building (초고층건물에서 아웃리거 구조의 최적위치에 대한 캡 트러스가 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyong-Kee
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.40-49
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    • 2013
  • This study purposed to investigate the optimal outrigger location in tall building with cap truss after a structural schematic design of 80 stories building was performed by using MIDAS-Gen. In this paper, the main parameters of structural analysis were the outrigger location and stiffness of main structural elements (outrigger, exterior column, shear wall etc). In order to search the optimal outrigger position in high-rise building with cap truss, we analysed and examined the lateral displacement of top floor which is one of the very important considering factors of tall building structural design. The paper results indicated that the outrigger location and the stiffness of main structural elements such as outrigger, exterior column and shear wall had an effect on the optimal outrigger location. And it is verified that the study results provided the basic engineering data for fixing the most optimal outrigger location for minimizing the lateral displacement of tall building.