• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.671-684
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• 2011

Deciding on an optimal sensor placement (OSP) is a common problem encountered in many engineering applications and is also a critical issue in the construction and implementation of an effective structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The present study focuses with techniques for selecting optimal sensor locations in a sensor network designed to monitor the health condition of Dalian World Trade Building which is the tallest in the northeast of China. Since the number of degree-of-freedom (DOF) of the building structure is too large, multi-modes should be selected to describe the dynamic behavior of a structural system with sufficient accuracy to allow its health state to be determined effectively. However, it's difficult to accurately distinguish the translational and rotational modes for the flexible structures with closely spaced modes by the modal participation mass ratios. In this paper, a new method of the OSP that computing the mode shape matrix in the weak axis of structure by the simplified multi-DOF system was presented based on the equivalent rigidity parameter identification method. The initial sensor assignment was obtained by the QR-factorization of the structural mode shape matrix. Taking the maximum off-diagonal element of the modal assurance criterion (MAC) matrix as a target function, one more sensor was added each time until the maximum off-diagonal element of the MAC reaches the threshold. Considering the economic factors, the final plan of sensor placement was determined. The numerical example demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2012

최근의 토목분야의 프로젝트에 있어 장대교량의 건설이 주를 이루고 있으며, 장대교량의 여러 형식 가운데서도 사장교가 현재 계획, 설계 중인 프로젝트에서 상당한 비중을 차지하고 있다. 사장교가 대형화 및 장경간화 됨에 따라, 구조물의 경량화를 위하여 강재를 사용한 사장교가 건설되어 왔다. 그러나 많은 사례에서 주탑은 구조적, 경제적인 이유로 콘크리트로 시공되고 있다. 콘크리트는 재료적 특성상 크리프와 건조수축에 의한 장기거동의 영향을 크게 받는데, 이러한 특성으로 인하여 응력의 재분배와 시공 중 구조계의 변화 등 해석상 고려해야 할 부분이 많아진다. 본 연구에서는 철근콘크리트의 비선형성을 고려한 유한요소해석 프로그램 RCAHEST를 사용하여 콘크리트 주탑을 채택한 사장교 중에 국내 최장의 강사장교인 인천대교를 선택하여 해석을 수행하였다. 실제 시공된 교량의 시공단계해석과 완공 후 시간해석을 통하여 콘크리트 주탑만의 시간 의존적 효과가 사장교 전체계에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다.

• 한국기술사회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국기술사회 1992년도 제22회 한일기술사 합동 Symposium자료
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• pp.143-150
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• 1992

환일본해(동해)권는 EC등과 같이 정치ㆍ경제 문화적인 면으로 하나의 이념하에서 형성된 권역은 아니다. 현재, 특히 냉전 후, 일본은 대안제국과 지방자치체나 민간의 레벨에서, 우의적인 면에서 경제적인 면으로 교류가 넓어지고 있다. 앞으로 국제적인 경제를 중심으로 한 권역을 형성하기 위해서는 그 골격이 될 국제교류네트워크와 교통기관별 교통체계의 확립과 정비의 추진이 불가피한 것이다. 이를 위해서는 각국의 국토계획ㆍ지역계획의 수정이 기본이 되고, 기술적으로는 국제해협등의 해양토목기술에 관한 연구와 개발, 그리고 고속도로와 고속철도의 구축기술이 연구와 자동차ㆍ전차등의 차량개발이 중요한 과제가 된다. 이번에는 이들의 교통체계와 교통시스템의 꿈에 대하여 기술자의 눈으로 본 방책등을 제기한다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.327-334
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 단면수리실험으로 다양한 실험파 조건과 유수실 폭(B)을 변화시키면서 유공부 길이(S)와 반사율의 관계를 검토하여 유공 1실인 유공구조물의 정수면 아래 최적 유공부 길이를 제시하였다. 입사파로 불규칙파를 적용함에 따라 최저 반사계수는 상대 유수실 폭($B/L_s$)이 $B/L_s{\approx}0.15$에서 발생하였다. 유공부 길이와 입사파고와의 관계를 고려한 상대 유공부 길이($S/H_s$)는 $S/H_s{\approx}2.5$에서 최저 반사계수를 보였으며, 이는 정수면 아래 유공부 길이가 입사파고의 약 2.5배일때 최적임을 의미하는 것이다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.41-44
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• 2008

Fiber Reinforced Plymers (FRPs)는 기존 보수 보강재료에 비해 높은 강도, 내부식성, 절연성등 뛰어난 역학적 특성으로 인하여, 최근들어 기존 구조물의 보수 및 보강에 FRP를 이용한 외부부착 공법 이 활발하게 사용되어지고 있다. 현재 국내 외적으로 FRP 재료를 이용한 외부부착 공법이 적용된 철근 콘크리트보에 관한 연구는 활발히 진행되고 있으나 시간 의존적 거동에 관한 연구는 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 대하여 본 연구에서는 무보강 RC보, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plymers(CFRPs) 와 Glass Fiber Reinforced Plymers (GFRPs)로 보강된 철근콘크리트보 실험체를 제작하여 약 300일간 25KN의 지속하중을 받은 FRP 보강보의 시간경과에 따른 처짐, 변형률 그리고 온도 변화의 영향을 관찰하였다. 실험 결과 CFRP로 보강된 실험체는 GFRP로 보강된 실험체보다 시간의존적 거동에 있어 더 우수한 보강성능이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.133-150
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• 1999

Significant costs to the public and private sectors due to recent extreme wind events have motivated the need for systematic post-hurricane damage data collection and analysis. Current post disaster data are collected by many different interested groups such as government agencies, voluntary disaster relief agencies, representatives of media companies, academicians and companies in the private sector. Each group has an interest in a particular type of data. However, members of each group collect data using different techniques. This disparity in data is not conducive to quantifying damage data and, therefore, inhibits the statistical and spatial description of damage and comparisons of damage among different extreme wind events. The data collection does not allow comparisons of data or results of analyses within a group and also prohibits comparison of damage data and information among different groups. Typically, analyses of data from a given event lead to different conclusion depending upon the definition of damage used by individual investigators and the type of data collected making it difficult for members of groups to compare the results of their analyses with a common language and basis. A formal method of data collection and analysis-within any single group-would allow comparisons to be made among different individuals, hazardous events and eventually among different groups, thus facilitating the management and reduction of damage due to future disaster. This research introduces a definition of damage to single family dwellings, and a common method of data collection and analysis suited for groups interested in regional characterization of damage. The current state-of-data is presented and a method for data collection is recommended based on these existing data collection methods. A fixed-scale damage index is proposed to consider the damage to a dwelling's feature. Finally, the damage index is applied to three dwellings damaged by Hurricane Iniki (1992). The damage index reflects the reduced functionality of a structure as a single family detached dwelling and provides a means to evaluate regional damage due to a single event or to compare damage due to events of different severity. Evaluation of the damage index and the data available support recommendation for future data collection efforts.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.417-426
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• 2018

This paper presents the seismic behaviors and restoring force model of ring beam joints of steel tube-reinforced concrete column structure under cyclic loading. First, the main failure mode, ultimate bearing capacity, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation capacity are studied. Then, the effects of concrete grade, steel grade, reinforcement ratio and radius-to-width ratios are discussed. Finally, the restoring force model is proposed. Results show that the ring beam joints of steel tube-reinforced concrete column structure performs good seismic performances. With concrete grade increasing, the ultimate bearing capacity and energy dissipation capacity increase, while the stiffness degradation rates increases slightly. When the radius-width ratio is 2, with reinforcement ratio increasing, the ultimate bearing capacity decreases. However, when the radius-to-width ratios are 3, with reinforcement ratio increasing, the ultimate bearing capacity increases. With radius-to-width ratios increasing, the ultimate bearing capacity decreases slightly and the stiffness degradation rate increases, but the energy dissipation capacity increases slightly.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권6호
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• pp.785-797
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• 2020

As the growth of world trade has surged rapidly over the past years, the number is expected to continue growing over the coming years. Although the transportation costs can be reduced by using larger vessels, however, new berthing structures have to be constructed in order to cater for the larger vessels. This leads to a need for researching on designing a better berthing structure. For optimization of berthing structure design, we need to provide a better estimation of berthing energy than the previous methods in the existing guidelines. In this study, several berthing parameters were collected from previous works and researches. Moreover, the scenarios were selected efficiently by using a sampling technique. First, the berthing energy was calculated by executing 150 numerical simulations. Then, the numerical simulation results were compared with the results calculated by existing methods quantitatively to investigate the sensitivity of the berthing parameters and the accuracy of existing methods. The numerical method results have shown some deviation with respect to the existing method results in which the degree of deviation varies with the methods and the tendency of differences is dependent on certain berthing parameters. Then, one of the existing methods which has shown a small deviation was selected as a representative method and applied with several safety factors to obtain a suitable safety factor for the design.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2016

Floods have been known to be one of the main causes of bridge collapse. Contrary to earthquakes, flood events tend to occur repeatedly and more frequently in rainfall areas; flood-induced damage and collapse account for a significant portion of disasters in many countries. Nevertheless, in contrast to extensive research on the seismic fragility analysis for civil infrastructure, relatively little attention has been devoted to the flood-related fragility. The present study proposes a novel methodology for deriving flood fragility curves for bridges. Fragility curves are generally derived by means of structural reliability analysis, and structural failure modes are defined as excessive demands of the displacement ductility of a bridge under increased water pressure resulting from debris accumulation and structural deterioration, which are known to be the primary causes of bridge failures during flood events. Since these bridge failure modes need to be analyzed through sophisticated structural analysis, flood fragility curve derivation that would require repeated finite element analyses may take a long time. To calculate the probability of flood-induced failure of bridges efficiently, in the proposed framework, the first order reliability method (FORM) is employed for reducing the required number of finite element analyses. In addition, two software packages specialized for reliability analysis and finite element analysis, FERUM (Finite Element Reliability Using MATLAB) and ABAQUS, are coupled so that they can exchange their inputs and outputs during structural reliability analysis, and a Python-based interface for FERUM and ABAQUS is newly developed to effectively coordinate the fragility analysis. The proposed framework of flood fragility analysis is applied to an actual reinforced concrete bridge in South Korea to demonstrate the detailed procedure of the approach.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.675-684
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• 2012

최근 기상변화에 의한 집중호우는 하천의 통수능력을 초과하는 홍수를 발생시키고 있다. 하천의 폭이 제한된 상태에서 이러한 초과 홍수에 대비할 수 있는 관리방법은 제방증고, 저류지 및 방수로 건설, 하상 준설 등을 생각할 수 있다. 천변저류지인 화순홍수조절지는 저류지와 수위조절을 위한 제수문이 설계되어 있다. 본 연구는 저류지 운영시간동안 일정 홍수량만을 배제해야 할 상황에 대해 설계의 적정성을 수리모형실험을 통해 검토하였다. 검토결과 저류지 유입부의 횡월류위어 월류량은 설계상의 월류량을 초과하였고, 제수문 1.1m 개방시 설계유량($326m^3/s$)을 방류할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 설계유량 방류시 제수문 직하류에 7.19m/s의 고유속은 baffle block을 설치할 경우 3.3m/s까지 저감시킬 수 있는 것으로 검토되었다.