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Current Status and Future of Advanced Composite Materials for Civil Infrastructures (복합소재 구조물의 현황과 전망)

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    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2001.10b
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2001
  • Recently advanced composite materials have been successfully used in the civil infrastructure application due to its many advantages such as light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance. Demand for longer service life, increased durability and reduced maintenance have prompted such developments. In this article, characteristics of composite materials, fabrication process, case studies for various field and future of advanced composite materials for civil infrastructures is presented.

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Design of buckling restrained braces with composite technique

  • Ozcelik, Ramazan;Dikiciasik, Yagmur;Civelek, Kazim B.;Erdil, Elif F.;Erdal, Ferhat
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.687-699
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    • 2020
  • This paper focus on the buckling restrained braces (BRBs) with new casing members (CMs). Seven BRBs with CMs consisting of precast concrete modules (PCMs) were tested to investigate the effects of CMs on the cyclic performance of BRBs. The PCMs consisted of plain and reinforced concrete casted into wooden or steel molds than they were located on the core plate (CP) via bolts. There were 14 or 18 PCMs on the CP for each BRBs. The technique of the PCMs for the CM provides that the BRBs can be constructed inside the steel or reinforced concrete (RC) structures. In this way, their applications may be rapid and practical during the application of the retrofitting. The test results indicated that the cyclic performance of the BRBs was dominated by the connection strength and confinement of the PCMs. The BRBs with PCMs wrapped with fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) sustained stable hysteretic performance up to a CP strain of 2.0 %. This indicates that the new designed BRBs with PCMs were found to be acceptable in terms of cyclic performance. Furthermore, the connection details, isolation materials and their application techniques have been also investigated for the improved BRB design in this study.

Multi-type, multi-sensor placement optimization for structural health monitoring of long span bridges

  • Soman, Rohan N.;Onoufrioua, Toula;Kyriakidesb, Marios A.;Votsisc, Renos A.;Chrysostomou, Christis Z.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.55-70
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    • 2014
  • The paper presents a multi-objective optimization strategy for a multi-type sensor placement for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of long span bridges. The problem is formulated for simultaneous placement of strain sensors and accelerometers (heterogeneous network) based on application demands for SHM system. Modal Identification (MI) and Accurate Mode Shape Expansion (AMSE) were chosen as the application demands for SHM. The optimization problem is solved through the use of integer Genetic Algorithm (GA) to maximize a common metric to ensure adequate MI and AMSE. The performance of the joint optimization problem solved by GA is compared with other established methods for homogenous sensor placement. The results indicate that the use of a multi-type sensor system can improve the quality of SHM. It has also been demonstrated that use of GA improves the overall quality of the sensor placement compared to other methods for optimization of sensor placement.

Delimitation of Jurisdiction of Commercial, Civil and Administrative Courts: IT Challenges

  • Baranenko, Dmytro;Stepanova, Tetiana;Pillai, Aneesh V.;Kostruba, Anatolii;Akimenko, Yuliia
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2022
  • In modern conditions of the development of public relations, there is a continuous development of technologies. This not only reflects the convenience of service users, and new technology but also contributes to the emergence of new disputes to protect the rights of stakeholders. Therefore, it is urgent to study the distinctions between the jurisdiction of commercial, civil and administrative courts in resolving IT disputes. The work aims to study the peculiarities of delimitation of the jurisdiction of commercial, civil, and administrative courts through the prism of IT measurement. The research methodology consists of such methods as a historical, comparative-legal, formal-logical, empirical, method of analogy, method of synthesis, method of analysis, and systematic method. Examining the specifics of delimiting the jurisdiction of commercial, civil, and administrative courts through the IT dimension, it was concluded that there is a problem in determining the jurisdiction of the court. In addition, the judicial practice on this issue is quite variable, which negatively affects the predictability of technology in resolving potential disputes. In this regard, the criterion models for distinguishing between commercial, administrative, and civil proceedings according to the legal classification of the parties, as well as the nature of the claim are identified. This separation will contribute to a more accurate application of legal norms and methods of application of administrative norms and reduce the number of cases of improper proceedings.

An analytical model of the additional confining stress in a prestress-reinforced embankment

  • Fang Xu;Wuming Leng;Xi Ai;Hossein Moayedi;Qishu Zhang;Xinyu Ye
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.517-529
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    • 2023
  • Using a device composed of two lateral pressure plates (LPPs) and a steel reinforcement bar to apply horizontal pressure on slope surfaces, a newly developed prestress-reinforced embankment (PRE) is proposed, to which can be adopted in strengthening railway subgrades. In this study, an analytical model, which is available of calculating additional confining stress (σH) at any point in a PRE, was established based on the theory of elasticity. In addition, to verify the proposed analytical model, three dimensional (3D) finite element analyses were conducted and the feasibility in application was also identified and discussed. In order to study the performance of the PRE, the propagation of σH in a PRE was analyzed and discussed based on the analytical model. For the aim of convenience in application, calculation charts were developed in terms of three dimensionless parameters, and they can be used to accurately and efficiently predict the σH in a PRE regardless of the embankment slope ratio and LPP side length ratio. Finally, the potential applications of the proposed analytical model were discussed.

A Study on the Improved Business Processes of e-Government System for the Integration of Civil Affairs and Suggestions Services (공공행정 서비스 업무의 통합을 위한 전자정부 시스템의 개선된 비즈니스 프로세스에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Dong-Ah;Park, Man-Gon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.1052-1064
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    • 2016
  • For effective management and processing for civil affairs, online public services are in operation in every administrative organizations. However, due to the lack of links in each government departmental business processes on e-Government system, the satisfaction of the civil petitioners has not improved. In this paper, we propose an improved business process for the implementation of one-stop integrated civil affairs and suggestions services on e-Government system to reduce the time and cost for processing civil affairs and to improve the efficiency of the public services by cutting down the cost and time. This paper also suggests the ways to improve the quality of public service through redesigning civil affairs processing in the light of integrated system for the civil affairs and its suggestion.

A Study on the Optimization of a Renewable Energy System in Fire Station Buildings (소방서건물의 신재생에너지시스템 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Yong-Ho;Hong, Jun-Ho;Cho, Young-Hum;Hwang, Jung-Ha
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2013
  • This study set out to evaluate the economy, environmentality, and complexity (economy+environmentality) of fire station buildings of public service facilities and propose ways to apply the optimization of renewable energy system to fire station buildings. As for economy according to life cycle costs, economy increased when the application percentage of the geothermal and solar heat system increased over the three renewable energy system types (geothermal, solar heat, and solar photovoltaic). On the other hand, economy decreased when the application percentage of the solar photovoltaic system increased. As for environmentality according to tons of carbon dioxide, environmentality decreased when the application percentage of the geothermal and solar heat system increased. Environmentality increased when the application percentage of the solar photovoltaic system increased. As for complexity (economy+environmentality) according to the weighted coefficient method, complexity increased when the application percentage of the geothermal system increased. It was highest at the combination of the solar heat system (20%) and geothermal system (80%). On the other hand, complexity decreased when the application percentage of the solar photovoltaic system increased. It was lowest at the combination of the solar photovoltaic system (80%) and geothermal system (20%).

Ripple Effect Analysis of Construction Standard Unit Price in Public Construction (공공건설공사 표준시장단가 적용 파급효과 분석)

  • Jin, Zheng-Xun;Baek, Seung-Ho;Lee, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.6_3
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    • pp.1207-1219
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    • 2022
  • 「Act On Contracts To Which The State Is A Party」 stipulates that the "Construction Standard Production Rate" and "Construction Standard Unit Price" be used as the criteria for determining the estimated price of construction works performed by public institutions. In this regard, issues such as the application scope of the Construction Standard Unit Price, and the effect of budget reduction continue. However, due to the lack of quantitative data on the actual application of Construction Standard Unit Price, it is difficult to objectively evaluate various issues. In order to prepare data for objective evaluation of the Construction Standard Unit Price, this study analyzed the ripple effect of applying the Construction Standard Unit Price based on the bill of quantity. As a result of the analysis, the Construction Standard Unit Price ripple effect in the civil engineering part was 9.2%, and it was analyzed that there was a ripple effect of about 1.9% based on the civil engineering direct cost. In the construction part, the ripple effect was analyzed to be relatively high at 17%, but it was found to have a ripple effect of about 3% in the construction direct cost. Based on the total direct cost, the ripple effect was calculated as 2.2%. Based on the analysis results, it is possible to evaluate the effect of applying the Standard Market Unit Price, and it is expected to be used as basic data to solve issues. As a future study, it is necessary to additionally analyze the ripple effect by Standard Market Unit Price application range (over 10 billion, over 20 billion won, etc.) and delivery system type (comprehensive evaluation, qualification examination, technical bidding, etc.). In addition, it is necessary to study the appropriate ripple effect of the Standard Market Unit Price.

Development of a three dimensional circulation model based on fractional step method

  • Abualtayef, Mazen;Kuroiwa, Masamitsu;Sief, Ahmed Khaled;Matsubara, Yuhei;Aly, Ahmed M.;Sayed, Ahmed A.;Sambe, Alioune Nar
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 2010
  • A numerical model was developed for simulating a three-dimensional multilayer hydrodynamic and thermodynamic model in domains with irregular bottom topography. The model was designed for examining the interactions between flow and topography. The model was based on the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and was solved using the fractional step method, which combines the finite difference method in the horizontal plane and the finite element method in the vertical plane. The numerical techniques were described and the model test and application were presented. For the model application to the northern part of Ariake Sea, the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic results were predicted. The numerically predicted amplitudes and phase angles were well consistent with the field observations.

Practical Issues in Application of RFID to Pipeline Construction and its Benefit Analysis

  • Yun, Ki Cheol;Oh, Chi Don;Cho, Nam Ho;Kim, Kyong Ju;Park, Chan Sik
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2014
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been applied to the construction industry for improving the efficiency of material and process management. Most RFID-related studies have focused on building or plant construction. The application of RFID has been limited in pipeline construction projects where materials are stored and stacked across a large construction site. This paper investigates practical issues in pipeline construction, improves the read rates of RFID tags, and tests their utility by putting them into practice. This paper demonstrates the benefits that may be expected with the use of improved RFID tags and the development of an automated pipeline construction management system. As a result, pipeline construction management time decreased by 28 hours per month compared to the conventional method. Cost decreased by about 26%.