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Sustainable controlled low-strength material: Plastic properties and strength optimization

  • Mohd Azrizal, Fauzi;Mohd Fadzil, Arshad;Noorsuhada Md, Nor;Ezliana, Ghazali
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.393-407
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    • 2022
  • Due to the enormous cement content, pozzolanic materials, and the use of different aggregates, sustainable controlled low-strength material (CLSM) has a higher material cost than conventional concrete and sustainable construction issues. However, by selecting appropriate materials and formulations, as well as cement and aggregate content, whitethorn costs can be reduced while having a positive environmental impact. This research explores the desire to optimize plastic properties and 28-day unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of CLSM containing powder content from unprocessed-fly ash (u-FA) and recycled fine aggregate (RFA). The mixtures' input parameters consist of water-to-cementitious material ratio (W/CM), fly ash-to-cementitious materials (FA/CM), and paste volume percentage (PV%), while flowability, bleeding, segregation index, and 28-day UCS were the desired responses. The central composite design (CCD) notion was used to produce twenty CLSM mixes and was experimentally validated using MATLAB by an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Variance analysis (ANOVA) was used for the determination of statistical models. Results revealed that the plastic properties of CLSM improve with the FA/CM rise when the strength declines for 28 days-with an increase in FA/CM, the diameter of the flowability and bleeding decreased. Meanwhile, the u-FA's rise strengthens the CLSM's segregation resistance and raises its strength over 28 days. Using calcareous powder as a substitute for cement has a detrimental effect on bleeding, and 28-day UCS increases segregation resistance. The response surface method (RSM) can establish high correlations between responses and the constituent materials of sustainable CLSM, and the optimal values of variables can be measured to achieve the desired response properties.

Design of an effective controlle via disturbance accommodating left eigenstructure assignment

  • Choi, Jae-Weon;Lee, Jang-Gyu;Kim, Youdan;Kang, Taesam
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1993.10b
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    • pp.412-419
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    • 1993
  • The transient responses of a linear system having undesired disturbances are dominantly governed by the system's left eigenstructure(eigenvalues/left eigenvectors). In control system design problem of altering the transient response of the system, both the controllability and the disturbance suppressibility, should be considered simultaneously to obtain a robust, effective controller. The controllability of the system may be degraded if the left eigenstructure is chosen to suppress the disturbance, or vice versa. In this paper, first, proposed are a modal disturbance suppressibility measure and an improved version of the modal controllability measure suggested by Hamdan and Nayfeh. Second, a simple and general left eigenstructure assignment scheme, considering both the proposed modal disturbance suppressibility measure and the improved version of modal controllability measure, is suggested. When the previous works are applied to assign the left eigenvectors may differ from the desired ones. But the proposed left eigenstructure assignment scheme makes it possible to achieve the desired colsed-loop eigenvalues exactly, provided the desired left eigenvectors reside in the achievable subspace. In case the desired left eigenvectors do not reside in the achievable subspace, the closed-loop eigenvalues are achieved exactly and the left eigenvectors are assigned to the best possible set of eigenvectors in the least square sense. Finally, a numerical example is included to confirm and demonstrate the usefulness of our propositions and to illustrate the proposed design scheme.

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An Accurate and Efficient Method for Selecting and Scaling Ground Motions Considering Target Response Spectrum Mean and Variance (목표스펙트럼의 평균과 분산을 고려한 지반운동 선정과 배율조정계수 결정방법)

  • Ha, Seong Jin;Park, Mi Yeong;Han, Sang Whan
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.331-340
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    • 2016
  • It is important to select proper ground motions for obtaining accurate results from response history analyses. The purpose of this study is to propose an accurate and efficient method that does not require excessive computation for selecting and scaling ground motions to match target response spectrum mean and variance. The proposed method is conceptually simple and straightforward, and it does not use a simulation algorithm that requires a sophisticated subroutine program. In this method, the desired number of ground motions are sequentially scaled and selected from a ground motion library. The proposed method gives the best selection results using Sum of Square Error and has the smallest value(=0.14). Also, The accuracy and consistency of the proposed method are verified by comparing the selection results of the proposed method with those of existing methods.

Fast Graphic Visualization of Frequency Response for Audio Equalizer (오디오 이퀄라이저를 위한 주파수 응답의 고속 그래픽 표현 방법)

  • Kim, Ki-Jun;Park, Hochong
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.632-640
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes a new method for fast graphic visualization of accurate frequency response of audio equalizer (EQ). When a logarithmic frequency scale is used, a frequency response in high resolution is required for accurate low-band frequency response. However, the high-resolution frequency response requires a huge amount of computational load, which makes the real-time graphic visualization of frequency response impossible. In order to solve the problem of computational load, the proposed method utilizes a low-resolution virtual frequency response in the mid band. It first computes the virtual frequency response of each filter of EQ in the mid band, and then moves it to the target band so that the result corresponds to the desired filter response. Then, it determines the final frequency response of EQ by combining all filter responses. The experiments confirm that the proposed method provides the frequency response of EQ which has an equivalent shape to that computed in high frequency resolution with huge computational load.

Control and Response Characteristics of a Continuously Variable ER Damper (연속가변 ER 댐퍼의 제어 및 응답특성)

  • 최승복;최영태;박우철;정재천;서문석;여문수
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.4 no.6
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    • pp.164-174
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    • 1996
  • This paper presents control and response characteristics of a continuously variable ER(electrorheological) damper for small-sized vehicles. The ER damper is devised and its governing equation of motion is derived from the bond graph model. The field-dependent yield shear stresses are distilled from experimental investigation on the Bingham property of the ER fluid. The distilled data are incorporated into the governing system model and, on the basis of this model, an appropriate size of the ER damper is manufactured. After evaluating the field-dependent damping performance of the proposed ER damper, the skyhook control algorithm is formulated to achieve desired level of the damping force. The controller is then experimentally implemented and control characteristics of the ER damper are presented in order to demonstrate superior controllability of the damping force. In addition, response characteristics of the damping force with respect to the electric field with fast on-off frequency are provided to show the feasibility of practical application.

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Current Mode PWM Control for the Buck Converter Using One Cycle Response (한주기 응답 기법을 적용한 벅 컨버터의 전류 모드 PWM 제어)

  • 전칠환;김철웅
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.4 no.5
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    • pp.1117-1125
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    • 2000
  • A current mode PWM method applied one cycle response to averaging circuit model Buck converters is presented. The controller nonlinear PWM implement is based on the error between the switched variable and the response reference to zero each cycle. As the result, the system transfer function is derived as a function of the desired close loop poles, simplifying the design procedure and bringing forward all the important characteristics of the close loop system. The proposed controller has significant advantages over conventional current mode control methods in noise susceptibility, dynamic response and without inductor current sensing, Finally, the simulation and experiment results confirm the proposed PWM control techniques.

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Multi-support excitation shaking table test of a base-isolated steel cable-stayed bridge (지진격리 강재 케이블 교량의 다지점 진동대 실험)

  • Kim, Seong-Do;Ahn, Jin-Hee;Kong, Young-Ee;Choi, Hyoung-Suk;Cheung, Jin-Hwan
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.161-171
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    • 2015
  • A series of tests was conducted for full-scale single-pylon asymmetric cable-stayed bridges using a system of multiple shaking tables. The 2-span bridge length was 28 m, and the pylon height was 10.2 m. 4 different base conditions were considered: the fixed condition, RB (rubber bearings), LRB (lead rubber bearings), and HDRB (high damping rubber bearings). Based on investigation of the seismic response, the accelerations and displacements in the axial direction of the isolated bridge were increased compared to non-isolated case. However, the strain of the pylon was decreased, because the major mode of the structure was changed to translation for the axial direction due to the dynamic mass. The response of the cable bridge could differ from the desired response according to the locations and characteristics of the seismic isolator. Therefore, caution is required in the design and prediction in regard to the location and behavior of the seismic isolator.

Thermal Load Calculations on Stud-Frame Walls by Response Coefficient Method (응답계수(應答係數)를 이용(利用)한 건물벽에서의 열부하(熱負荷) 계산(計算))

  • Hwang, Y.K.;Pak, E.T.
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.357-368
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    • 1988
  • An application of thermal response coefficient method for obtaining thermal load on stud-frame walls in a typical house is presented. A set of stud-frame walls is two-dimensional heat conduction transients with composite structure. The ambient temperature on the right-hand face of the stud-frame walls is a typical day-cycle input and the room temperature on the left-hand face is a constant input. The desired output is thermal load at the left-hand face. The time-dependent ambient temperature is approximated by a continuous, piecewise-linear function each having one hour interval. The conduction problem is spatially discretized as 8 computer modelings by finite elements to obtain thermal response coefficients. The discretization and round-off errors can be neglected in the range of adequate number of nodes. A 60-node discretization is recommended as the optimum model among 8 computer modelings. Several sets of response coefficients of the stud-frame walls are generated by which the rate of heat transfer through the walls or some temperature in the walls can be calculated for different input histories.

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Transmission Power Control using FACTS Device (FCATS Device를 이용한 송전전력 제어)

  • Park, Seung-Ho;Kim, Young-Jo;Kim, Young-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.10d
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    • pp.152-154
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents an electric power control scheme in the transmission line using a UPFC(Unified Power Flow Controller). From the practical application viewpoint, the simultaneous realization of the power response desired. The author propose a new power control algorithm for UPFC. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, a protype inverter is built and some experiments are carried out.

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Design of Ratio Control Valve for a Pressure Control Type CVT Using P-Line (P-라인을 이용한 압력제어방식 CVT 변속비제어밸브 설계)

  • 류완식;이용준;김현수
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, a pressure control type ratio control valve(RCV) is designed for a metal belt CVT. Steady state and transient characteristics of the pressure control CVT are investigated by simulations and experiments. In addition, P-line is proposed to predict the shift performance. It is found that the bigger the pressure margin, the faster the shift response. It is expected that the P-line can be used in design of the RCV to meet the desired shift performance.