• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.421-438
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• 2016

Explosions inside transportation tunnels might result in failure of tunnel structures. This study investigated the failure mechanisms of circular cast-iron tunnels in saturated soil subjected to medium internal blast loading. This issue is crucial to tunnel safety as many transportation tunnels run through saturated soils. At the same time blast loading on saturated soils may induce residual excess pore pressure, which may result in soil liquefaction. A series of numerical simulations were carried out using Finite Element program LS-DYNA. The effect of soil liquefaction was simulated by the Federal Highway soil model. It was found that the failure modes of tunnel lining were differed with different levels of blast loading. The damage and failure of the tunnel lining was progressive in nature and they occurred mainly during lining vibration when the main event of blast loading was over. Soil liquefaction may lead to more severe failure of tunnel lining. Soil deformation and soil liquefaction were determined by the coupling effects of lining damage, lining vibration, and blast loading. The damage of tunnel lining was a result of internal blast loading as well as dynamic interaction between tunnel lining and saturated soil, and stress concentration induced by a ventilation shaft connected to the tunnel might result in more severe lining damage.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2000년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.387-395
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• 2000

Circular consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system when the failure of component is dependent is studied. We assume that the failure of a component in the system increase the failure rate of the survivor which is working just before the failed component. In this case, a mean time to failure (MTTF), a average failure number of the system, and the expected cost per unit time are obtained. Then the minimum number of consecutive failed components to cause system failure to minimize the expected cost per unit time is determined as searching paths to system failure. And various numerical examples are studied.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.193-204
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 국내 16개의 무공케이슨 방파제 설계자료를 이용하여 원호활동에 대한 신뢰성분석을 통하여 신뢰성 수준을 분석하였다. 신뢰성 분석을 위하여 지반의 강도 및 단위중량, 피복재와 상치구조물의 단위중량, 상치구조물 상부에 재하되는 하중의 불확실성을 결정하였다. 해석변수의 불확실성을 반영하여 임의로 재현된 무공케이슨 방파제 물성에 대하여 Bishop 간편법을 이용하여 하중 및 저항을 산정하였다. 충분히 많은 회수의 무공케이슨 방파제에 대한 해석을 Monte Carlo Simulation으로 수행하였고, 모든 해석 케이스에 도출된 하중과 저항 값을 수집하여 통계분석을 하였다. Monte Carlo Simulation으로부터 도출되는 파괴확률이 아주 낮은 경우가 파괴확률의 수렴 문제가 발생하여 하중과 저항의 통계특성을 반영하여 FORM(First-Order Reliability Method) 해석을 통해 신뢰수준을 평가하였다. 무공케이슨 방파제의 안전율, 하중 및 저항의 불확실성, 하중 및 저항의 상관성이 신뢰수준에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.461-474
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• 2020

Analysing the incompatible deformation and damage evolution around the tunnels in mixed strata is significant for evaluating the tunnel stability, as well as the interaction between the support system and the surrounding rock mass. To investigate this issue, confined compression tests were conducted on upper-soft and lower-hard strata specimens containing a circular hole using a rock testing system, the physical mechanical properties were then investigated. Then, the incompatible deformation and failure modes of the specimens were analysed based on the digital speckle correlation method (DSCM) and Acoustic Emission (AE) data. Finally, numerical simulations were conducted to explore the damage evolution of the mixed strata. The results indicate that at low inclination angles, the deformation and v-shaped notches inside the hole are controlled by the structure plane. Progressive spalling failure occurs at the sidewalls along the structure plane in soft rock. But the transmission of the loading force between the soft rock and hard rock are different in local. At high inclination angles, v-shaped notches are approximately perpendicular to the structure plane, and the soft and hard rock bear common loads. Incompatible deformation between the soft rock and hard rock controls the failure process. At inclination angles of 0°, 30° and 90°, incompatible deformations are closely related to rock damage. At 60°, incompatible deformations and rock damage are discordant due that the soft rock and hard rock alternately bears the major loads during the failure process. The failure trend and modes of the numerical results agree very well with those observed in the experimental results. As the inclination angles increase, the proportion of the shear or tensile damage exhibits a nonlinear increase or decrease, suggesting that the inclination angle of mixed strata may promote shear damage and restrain tensile damage.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.37-50
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• 1996

본 연구는 국내 고속도로의 암반사면의 현장조사를 실시하여 암반사면의 붕괴형상 및 특징을 암종 및 지질구조에 따라 분류하였으며 사면의 암종에 따른 붕괴규모, 붕괴시기 등을 분류하고 불안정한 사면에 영향을 주는 주요 지질구조에 대해 분석하였다. 연구결과, 붕괴 빈도가 높은 사면은 한반도의 남동측에 나타나는 중생대 백악기 퇴적암층과 경기일원 및 강원도 일원의 비교적 넓게 분포하고 있는 선캠브리아기의 편마암, 편암지대에 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 암종에 따른 붕괴유형은 화성암이 낙석, 평면파괴, 토층유실, 원호파괴의 붕괴유형을 보이나 붕괴빈도가 비교적 낮고 퇴적암에서는 평면파괴가 우세하게 나타났으며 계일층의 차별적인 풍화에 의해 붕락형의 붕괴유형을 보이기도 하였다. 그리고 변성암에서는 암질불량으로 인한 원형파괴, 단층구조 및 엽리 등으로 인한 쐐기파괴, 평면파괴양상을 보였다. 지질구조에 따른 붕괴는 퇴적암에서는 주로 층리에 의해서는 붕괴가 발생되었으며 화성암에서는 절리, 그리고 변성암에서는 단층과 암질불량에 의한 붕괴가 우세한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2003년도 추계 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.280-287
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• 2003

The bridge columns with lap-splice reinforcements in earthquake suffered a brittle bond-slip failure due to the deterioration of lap-spliced longitudinal reinforcement without developing its flexural capacity or ductility. In this case, such a brittle failure can be controlled by the seismic retrofit using FRP wrapping. The retrofitted columns using FRP laminated circular tube showed significant improvement in seismic performance due to FRP's confinement effect. This paper presents the circumferential confinement effect of existing circular bridge pier strengthened with FRP wrapping for poor lap-splice details. The effects on the confinement of FRP wrapping, such as gap lengths between footing and FRP, fiber orientations, and thicknesses of FRP, were investigated by Quasi-static experiments.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.739-756
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• 2015

This paper presents investigations on the hysteretic behavior of concrete-filled circular tubular (CFCT) T-joints subjected to axial cyclic loading at brace end. In the experimental study, four specimens are fabricated and tested. The chord members of the tested specimens are filled with concrete along their full length and the braces are hollow section. Failure modes and load-displacement hysteretic curves of all the specimens obtained from experimental tests are given and discussed. Some indicators, in terms of stiffness deterioration, strength deterioration, ductility and energy dissipation, are analyzed to assess the seismic performance of CFCT joints. Test results indicate that the failures are primarily caused by crack cutting through the chord wall, convex deformation on the chord surface near brace/chord intersection and crushing of the core concrete. Hysteretic curves of all the specimens are plump, and no obvious pinching phenomenon is found. The energy dissipation result shows that the inelastic deformation is the main energy dissipation mechanism. It is also found from experimental results that the CFCT joints show clear and steady stiffness deterioration with the increase of displacement after yielding. However, all the specimens do not perform significant strength deterioration before failure. The effect of joint geometric parameters ${\beta}$ and ${\gamma}$ of the four specimens on hysteretic performance is also discussed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.525-540
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• 2016

The CFRP-confined circular concrete-filled steel tubular column is composed of concrete, steel, and CFRP. Its failure mechanics are complex. The most important difficulties are lack of an available method to establish a relationship between a specific damage mechanism and its acoustic emission (AE) characteristic parameter. In this study, AE technique was used to monitor the evolution of damage in CFRP-confined circular concrete-filled steel tubular columns. A fuzzy c-means method was developed to determine the relationship between the AE signal and failure mechanisms. Cluster analysis results indicate that the main AE sources include five types: matrix cracking, debonding, fiber fracture, steel buckling, and concrete crushing. This technology can not only totally separate five types of damage sources, but also make it easier to judge the damage evolution process. Furthermore, typical damage waveforms were analyzed through wavelet analysis based on the cluster results, and the damage modes were determined according to the frequency distribution of AE signals.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.90-93
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• 2002

In view of reliability assessment, the failure mode analysis by performance tests for machine totals is researched in this study. First, the error analysis with circular movement test data is studied. The various errors and their origins are analyzed by error equations and related parts are investigated. Second, This paper deals with analysis of vibration testing fur machine tools spindle. The various frequency components are classified by FFT and order analysis. The simple measuring devices and error evaluation programs for tests are also developed.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.93-96
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• 2005

Since the columns with flexure-shear failure have lower ductility than those with flexural failure, shear capacity curve models shall be applied as well as flexural capacity curve in order to determine ultimate displacement for seismic design or performance evaluation. In this paper, a modified shear capacity curve model is proposed and compared with the other models such as the CALTRANS model, Aschheim et al.'s model, and Priestley et al.'s model. Four shear capacity curve models are applied to the 4 full scale circular bridge column test results and the accuracy of each model is discussed. It may not be fully adequate to drive a final decision from the application to the limited number of test results, however the proposed model provides the better prediction of failure mode and ultimate displacement than the other models for the selected column test results.