• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.271-281
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• 2014

Fluctuating wind conditions necessitate the use of a variable speed wind turbine (VSWT) with a AC/DC/AC converter scheme in order to harvest the maximum power from the wind and to decouple the synchronous generator voltage and frequency from the grid voltage and frequency. In this paper, a combination of a three phase diode bridge rectifier (DBR) and a modified topology of the diode clamped multilevel inverter (DCMLI) has been considered as an AC/DC/AC converter. A control strategy has been proposed for the DCMLI to achieve the objective of grid interface of a wind power system together with local load compensation. A novel fixed frequency current control method is proposed for the DCMLI based on the level shifted multi carrier PWM for achieving the required control objectives with equal and uniform switching frequency operation for better control and thermal management with the modified DCMLI. The condition of the controller gain is derived to ensure the operation of the DCMLI at the fixed frequency of the carrier. The converter current injected into the distribution grid is controlled in accordance with the wind power availability. In addition, load compensation is performed as an added facility in order to free the source currents being fed from the grid of harmonic distortion, unbalance and a low power factor even though the load may be unbalanced, non-linear and of a poor power factor. The results are validated using PSCAD/EMTDC simulation studies.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.891-906
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• 2014

This study aims to present a three dimensional finite element model to investigate the wave propagation in a concrete filled steel tubular column (CFSC) due to transient impact load. Both the concrete and steel are regarded as linear elastic material. The impact load is simulated by a semi sinusoidal impulse. Besides the CFSC models, a concrete column (CC) model is established for comparing under the same loading condition. The propagation characteristics of the transient waves in CFSC are analyzed in detail. The results show that at the intial stage of the wave propagation, the velocity waves in CFSC are almost the same as those in CC before they arrive at the steel tube. When the waves reach the column side, the velocity responses of CFSC are different from those of CC and the difference is more and more obvious as the waves travel down along the column shaft. The travel distance of the wave front in CFSC is farther than that in CC at the same time. For different wave speeds in steel and concrete material, the wave front in CFSC presents an arch shape, the apex of which locates at the center of the column. Differently, the wave front in CC presents a plane surface. Three dimensional effects on top of CFSC are obvious, therefore, the peak value and arrival time of incident wave crests have great difference at different locations in the radial direction. High-frequency waves on the waveforms are observed. The time difference between incident and reflected wave peaks decreases significantly with r/R when r/R < 0.6, however, it almost keeps constant when $r/R{\geq}0.6$. The time duration between incident and reflected waves calculated by 3D FEM is approximately equal to that calculated by 1D wave theory when r/R is about 2/3.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.569-589
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• 2018

Cloud computing, also known as "country as you go", is used to turn any computer into a dematerialized architecture in which users can access different services. In addition to the daily evolution of stakeholders' number and beneficiaries, the imbalance between the virtual machines of data centers in a cloud environment impacts the performance as it decreases the hardware resources and the software's profitability. Our axis of research is the load balancing between a data center's virtual machines. It is used for reducing the degree of load imbalance between those machines in order to solve the problems caused by this technological evolution and ensure a greater quality of service. Our article focuses on two main phases: the pre-classification of tasks, according to the requested resources; and the classification of tasks into levels ('odd levels' or 'even levels') in ascending order based on the meta-heuristic "Bat-algorithm". The task allocation is based on levels provided by the bat-algorithm and through our mathematical functions, and we will divide our system into a number of virtual machines with nearly equal performance. Otherwise, we suggest different classes of virtual machines, but the condition is that each class should contain machines with similar characteristics compared to the existing binary search scheme.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.477-488
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• 2022

Pile composite foundation (PCF) has been commonly applied in practice. Existing research has focused primarily on semi-infinite media having equal pile lengths with little attention given to the effects of inclined bedrock and dissimilar pile lengths. This investigation considers the effects of inclined bedrock on vertical loaded PCF with dissimilar pile lengths. The pile-soil system is decomposed into fictitious piles and extended soil. The Fredholm integral equation about the axial force along fictitious piles is then established based on the compatibility of axial strain between fictitious piles and extended soil. Then, an iterative procedure is induced to calculate the PCF characteristics with a rigid cap. The results agree well with two field load tests of a single pile and numerical simulation case. The settlement and load transfer behaviors of dissimilar 3-pile PCFs and the effects of inclined bedrock are analyzed, which shows that the embedded depth of the inclined bedrock significantly affects the pile-soil load sharing ratios, non-dimensional vertical stiffness N₀/wdE_s, and differential settlement for different length-diameter ratios of the pile l/d and pile-soil stiffness ratio k conditions. The differential settlement and pile-soil load sharing ratios are also influenced by the inclined angle of the bedrock for different k and l/d. The developed model helps better understand the PCF characteristics over inclined bedrock under vertical loading.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2009

대구지역에 분포하는 고유이방성 셰일(shale)의 점재하지수 및 일축․압축강도 특성을 평가하기 위한 일련의 실험실 시험을 수행하였다. 또한 시험시편의 크기효과 및 형태효과를 조사하기 위하여 축방향 및 직경방향으로 점재하지수를 측정하였다. 일반적으로 직경방향의 점재하지수는 길이/직경(L/D)비가 대략 1.0 이상일때 일정한 값을 보이고 축방향 점재하 시험 결과 L/D비의 증가에 따라 평균 점재하지수가 약간 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 L/D비가 1.0 이상이면 corner파괴가 발생하였다. 최소의 점재하지수는 층리면이 연직과 이루는 각 ($\beta$)이 $15^{\circ}{\sim}30^{\circ}$에서 나타났고 ${\beta}=30^{\circ}$에서 최소의 일축압축강도가 얻어졌다. $\beta$ 값의 범위가 $0^{\circ}{\sim}90^{\circ}$인 시편의 점재하지수와 일축압축강도를 측정하여 이들의 상호관계를 회귀분석하였다. 층리면을 $0^{\circ}$에서 $90^{\circ}$까지 변화시키면서 측정한 점재하지수는 일축압축강도와 선형적인 관계인 ${\sigma}_c=25.0 I_{s(50)}$로 나타났다. 한편, 층리각($\beta$)를 90${^{\circ}}$로 고정시킨 상태에서의 이들의 상관성은 ${\sigma}_c=14.4 I_{s(50)}$로 나타났는데, 이는 ISRM(1985)에서 추천하는 층리가 없는 무결암 시료에 대한 일반적인 상관성, ${\sigma}_c=22 I_{s(50)}$과는 많은 차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 일축압축강도의 이방성 모형은 기존의 Ramamurthy(1993)이론에 지수 'n'을 도입하여 n= 3을 적용 했을때 측정결과와 잘 부합되는 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2014

헬리컬 파일(helical pile)은 회전 관입기로 시공이 가능하므로 비교적 소형의 장비로 말뚝 시공이 가능한 장점이 있어, 최근 다양한 현장에서 그 사용이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 헬리컬 파일의 지지력을 평가하기 위한 현장 정재하시험은 시험하중만큼의 사하중, 반력 말뚝, 반력 앵커 등이 필요하다는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 헬리컬 파일에 상대적으로 재하장치가 간단하고 시험이 간편한 양방향 재하시험을 적용하였으며, 양방향 재하시험 결과와 정재하시험 결과를 비교하였다. 양방향 재하시험은 헬리컬 파일의 중공형 중심축(shaft)에 중심축의 직경과 일치하고 중심축 내부 공간으로 유압재하용 호스가 나올 수 있도록 특수하게 제작된 유압식 셀(cell)을 나선형 원판(helix plate)사이에 삽입한 후, 유압 셀(cell)에 가압하여 지지력을 측정하는 방식으로 수행되었다. 양방향 재하시험은 유압식 셀을 최하단 나선형 원판 상부에 삽입한 경우와 최상단 나선형 원판 상부에 삽입한 두 가지 케이스로 시험을 진행하였으며, 각각의 방법이 선단지지력과 주면마찰력을 측정할 수 있도록 말뚝 두부의 변형을 제한하였다. 시험은 89mm, 114mm의 중심축에 450mm, 350mm, 200mm의 나선형 원판을 부착하여 제작한 헬리컬 파일로 수행되었으며, 시험 결과 정재하시험으로 산정한 지지력과 양방향 재하시험으로 산정한 지지력이 유사함을 확인하였다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.165-175
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 현재 자동차구조에 사용되고 있는 점용접 보강 리어사이드 프레임, 비보강 리어사이드 프레임 및 레이저 용접을 이용한 이종두께 리어사이드 프레임의 응력, 좌굴 및 진동해석이 수행되었다. 응력 및 진동해석의 경계조건은 양단고정이며, 좌굴해석시에는 단순지지 경계조건을 사용하였다. 구조해석에는 ANSYS 5.0 Code를 사용하였다. 점용접된 리어사이드 프레임의 최대응력은 메인프레임에서 발생하였으며, 그값은 80.9MPa이다. 이때의 최대변형률은 501.mu.이다. 이종두께 레이저 용접된 리어사이드 프레임은 두께가 1.8mm일 때 점용접 보강 리어사이드 프레임의 최대응력과 같아진다. 따라서 동일등가 응력을 기준으로 할 때 레이저 용접을 이용하면 중량을 17.2% 줄일 수 있다. 양단 단순지지된 보강 점용접 리어사이드 프레임의 좌굴하중은 52.54kN이다. 이때 동일한 좌굴하중을 갖는 이종두께 레이저 프레임의 두께는 1.9mm이다. 따라서 중량을 15% 감소시킬 수 있다. 보강된 점용접 리어사이드 프레임의 고유진동수는 163.6Hz로 굽힘모드이며, 이종두께 레이저 용접 리어사이드 프레임의 고유진동수는 179.8Hz이다.

• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2005

In the field of welding the mechanical behavior of a welded structure under consideration may be predicted via heat transfer and welding residual stress analysis. Usually such numerical analyses are limited to small regular mesh models or test specimens. Nevertheless, there is very few strength assessment of the whole structure that includes the effect of welded residual stress. The present work is based on the specialized finite element codes for the calculation of nonlinear heat transfer details and residual stress including the external load on the welded RHS (Rectangular Hollow Section) T-joint connections of the whole structure. First the thermal history of the combined fillet and butt-welded T-joint equal width cold-formed RHS are calculated using nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) considering the quarter model of the joint. Then using this thermal history the residual stress around the joints has been evaluated. To validity the FEA result, the calculated residual stresses were compared with the available experimental results. The residual stress obtained from the quarter model is mapped to the full model and then to the whole structure model using FEM codes. The results from the FEM codes were exported to the commercial package for visualization and further analysis applying loads and boundary conditions on the whole structure. The residual stress redistribution along with the external applied load is examined computationally.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.135-140
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• 1996

박벽개단면을 갖는 단일 형강재는 압축재로 될 수 있는데 예를 들면 트러스에서 복재가 이런 경우이다. 이 때에는 부재의 조립 때문에 발생하는 필연적 편심을 구조설계시에는 보통 무시한다. 그러나 편심의 영향은 부재를 설계할 때, 특히 압축부재의 설계에서는 고려되어야 할 사항이다. 비틀림이나 혹은 휨과 비틀림에 의해서 좌굴을 일으키는 압축재의 임계하중은 지배하는 비분방정식의 해를 구함으로써 결정된다. 본 논문에서는 채널([), 등변앵글(L), 리프채널(C)의 편심변화에 따른 내하력을 도표로 나타내기로 한다. 또한 식이복잡하므로 컴퓨터를 이용하여 계산한 후, 그 결과를 SURFER프로그램을 사용하여 그래프로 표시하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 제16권1호
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• pp.746-749
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• 2004

A new-type of FRP-concrete composite bridge deck system is proposed and its behaviors are experimentally studied. The new-typedeck consists of FRP as a permanent form and main tension resisting member and concrete as a compression resisting member. A suitable bonding method such as silica coating is applied to the interface between FRP and concrete to ensure composite behavior. The proposed deck system uses the box-shape FRP member, while a typical FRP-concrete composite deck uses the I-shape FRP member. Theproposed deck system has inherent advantages of a FRP-concrete composite deck like corrosion free and easy construction. The new-type deck shows the equal performances compared to a previous one, and has the advantage of reducing self-weight. In this study, the static tests on 3-span FRP-concrete decks in full scale are carried out, so that load-displacement relation, stress distribution, failure mode and design criteria are analyzed. The test results show that the deflection design criterion (L/800, L: span length) is satisfied at the service load state. No concrete tensile crack occurs in the negative moment region above the main girder, regardless of no tensile reinforcement at upper concrete portion.