• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2008

This study proposes a conceptual framework of in-situ vibration tests and analyses for quality appraisal of non-slender, cast-in-place piles with irregular cross-section configuration. It evaluates a frequency index from vibration recordings to a series of impulse loadings that is related to total soil-resistance forces around a pile, so as to assess if the pile achieves the design requirement in terms of bearing capacity. In particular, in-situ pile-vibration tests in sequential are carried out, in which dropping a weight from different heights generates series impulse loadings with low-to-high amplitudes. The high-amplitude impulse is designed in way that the load will generate equivalent static load that is equal to or larger than the designed bearing capacity of the pile. This study then uses empirical mode decomposition and Hilbert spectral analysis for processing the nonstationary, short-period recordings, so as to single out with accuracy the frequency index. Comparison of the frequency indices identified from the recordings to the series loadings with the design-based one would tell if the total soil resistance force remains linear or nonlinear and subsequently for the quality appraisal of the pile. As an example, this study investigates six data sets collected from the in-situ tests of two piles in Taipu water pump project, Jiangshu Province of China. It concludes that the two piles have the actual axial load capacity higher than the designed bearing capacity. The true bearing capacity of the piles under investigation can be estimated with accuracy if the amplitude of impact loadings is further increased and the analyses are calibrated with the static testing results.

• 대기
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2023

Holding the longest observation data from April 1904, Busan is one of the essential points to understand the climate variability of the Korean Peninsula without missing data since implementing the modern weather observation of the South Korea. Busan is featured by coastal areas and affected by various climate factors and fluctuations. This study aims to investigate climate variability and changes in climatic variables, extremes, and several weather indexes. The statistically significant change points in daily mean rainfall intensity and temperature were found in 1964 and 1965. Based on the change point detection, 117 years were divided into two periods for daily mean rainfall intensity and temperature, respectively. In the long-term temperature analysis of Busan, the increasing trend of the daily maximum temperature during the period of 1965~2021 was larger than the daily mean temperature and the daily minimum temperature. Applying Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, daily maximum temperature is largely affected by the decadal variability compared to the daily mean and minimum temperature. In addition, the trend of daily precipitation intensity from 1964~2021 shows a value of about 0.50 mm day^-1, suggesting that the rainfall intensity has increased compared to the preceding period. The results in extremes analysis demonstrate that return values of both extreme temperatures and precipitation show higher values in the latter than in the former period, indicating that the intensity of the current extreme phenomenon increases. For Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (effective humidity), increasing (decreasing) trend is significant in Busan with the second (third)-largest change among four stations.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.169-177
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 기어 전달오차의 EEMD 적용을 통한 기어 이빨의 박리결함과 균열결함의 분류법을 소개한다. 두 가지 결함을 적용한 기어의 유한요소모델을 바탕으로 전달오차를 획득하고 전달오차에서 나타나는 두 가지 결함의 특징과 정상상태의 전달오차와의 차이를 나타내는 RTE에서 나타나는 두 가지 결함의 특징을 확인했으며 유한요소해석 결과를 이용한 시뮬레이션 신호를 구성하여 신호처리를 통한 RTE 획득과정을 구성하였다. 시뮬레이션 신호로부터 얻은 RTE의 EEMD 적용을 통하여 박리과 균열의 신호가 각기 다른 IMF에서 비중이 크다는 것을 확인하였고, 이를 실험을 통해 검증하고자 하였다. 한 쌍의 기어와 서보모터, 파우더브레이크 그리고 기어의 회전량을 측정하기 위한 엔코더로 구성되어있는 테스트베드를 꾸려 전달오차를 획득하였다. 두 개의 기어를 이용하여 정상, 박리, 균열 세가지 상황에 대한 전달오차를 획득하여 시뮬레이션과 같은 과정을 거쳐 결함이 신호로 구분되는 것을 확인했다. 이를 정량화 하기위해 파고율을 각 IMF에 적용하였고 첫 번째 IMF와 세 번째 IMF의 파고율을 특징 신호로 선정하였다. 실험을 통해 확보된 데이터를 이용하여 Bayes decision 이론을 이용하여 분류 방법을 제시하였다.