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A Study on the Dynamic Characteristics of Tension Structures according to Initial Tension Forces and Equilibrium Shape (초기인장력과 평형형상을 고려한 인장구조물의 동적 특성에 대한 연구)

  • Chang, Dong Il;Kim, Hak Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.10 no.1 s.34
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    • pp.73-83
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    • 1998
  • Considering dynamic behaviors according to initial tension forces, geometric nonlinearity and the effect of higher eigen modes to participate in dynamic behaviors increase as initial tension forces decrease, and from phase portrait we can realize that period attractors are produced in many area with complexity. If initial tension forxes increase, difference between linear and nonlinear solutions will decrease and the first eigen mode dominate the dynamic behaviors and observing phase portrait, period attractors appear in certain area regularly. These results may offer meaningful informations to nonlinear dynamic analysis using modal reduction methods such as Lanczos modal analysis. And actually nonlinear dynamic analysis needs very large computational efforts. So, if we determine the number of eigen modes to take part in modal analysis corresponding to initial tension forces we will get more accurate data close to exact nonlinear dynamic solutions.

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Analytical study on cable shape and its lateral and vertical sags for earth-anchored suspension bridges with spatial cables

  • Gen-min Tian;Wen-ming Zhang;Jia-qi Chang;Zhao Liu
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.87 no.3
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    • pp.255-272
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    • 2023
  • Spatial cable systems can provide more transverse stiffness and torsional stiffness without sacrificing the vertical bearing capacity compared with conventional vertical cable systems, which is quite lucrative for long-span earth-anchored suspension bridges' development. Higher economy highlights the importance of refined form-finding analysis. Meanwhile, the internal connection between the lateral and vertical sags has not yet been specified. Given this, an analytic algorithm of form-finding for the earth-anchored suspension bridge with spatial cables is proposed in this paper. Through the geometric compatibility condition and mechanical equilibrium condition, the expressions for cable segment, the recurrence relationship between catenary parameters and control equations of spatial cable are established. Additionally, the nonlinear general reduced gradient method is introduced into fast and high-precision numerical analysis. Furthermore, the analytic expression of the lateral and vertical sags is deduced and discussed. This is very significant for the space design above the bridge deck and the optimization of the sag-to-span ratio in the preliminary design stage of the bridge. Finally, the proposed method is verified with the aid of two examples, one being an operational self-anchored suspension bridge (with spatial cables and a 260 m main span), and the other being an earth-anchored suspension bridge under design (with spatial cables and a 500 m main span). The necessity of an iterative calculation for hanger tensions on earth-anchored suspension bridges is confirmed. It is further concluded that the main cable and their connected hangers are in very close inclined planes.

Expansion of Dusty H II Regions and Its Impact on Disruption of Molecular Clouds

  • Kim, Jeong-Gyu;Kim, Woong-Tae;Ostriker, Eve
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.58.3-59
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    • 2015
  • Dynamical expansion of H II regions plays a key role in dispersing surrounding gas and therefore in limiting the efficiency of star formation in molecular clouds. We use analytic methods and numerical simulations to explore expansions of spherical dusty H II regions, taking into account the effects of direct radiation pressure, gas pressure, and total gravity of the gas and stars. Simulations show that the structure of the ionized zone closely follows Draine (2011)'s static equilibrium model in which radiation pressure acting on gas and dust grains balances the gas pressure gradient. Strong radiation pressure creates a central cavity and a compressed shell at the ionized boundary. We analytically solve for the temporal evolution of a thin shell, finding a good agreement with the numerical experiments. We estimate the minimum star formation efficiency required for a cloud of given mass and size to be destroyed by an HII region expansion. We find that typical giant molecular clouds in the Milky Way can be destroyed by the gas-pressure driven expansion of an H II region, requiring an efficiency of less than a few percent. On the other hand, more dense cluster-forming clouds in starburst environments can be destroyed by the radiation pressure driven expansion, with an efficiency of more than ~30 percent that increases with the mean surface density, independent of the total (gas+stars) mass. The time scale of the expansion is always smaller than the dynamical time scale of the cloud, suggesting that H II regions are likely to be a dominant feedback process in protoclusters before supernova explosions occurs.

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Development of a Numerical Model for Measuring a Comprehensive Regional Accessibility (종합지역접근성 측정모형의 개발)

  • 노정현;류재영
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.61-71
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    • 1994
  • Despite of being the criteria to choose the efficient and reasonable alternatioves inactual planning process, the measure of accessibility rarely has applied to practices because each model has unexplicity concept of it and limitations in itself. Accessibility implies transportation system which offers opportunity of movement to overcome spatial separation and, simultaneously, land-use system which represents the location of each activity. Therefore, measures of accessibility have to represent the attractiveness of locations and the interactions of activities, that is, land-use and transportation, with an index. Considering that urban activity is based on the economic efficiency, costs and benfits, accessibility means the economic efficiency of the location of activity and the travel in view of land-use and transport repectively. Combined models that measure accessibility with considering land-use and tranportation simultaneously depend on reasonable concepts, but it is too simple for them to explain the accessibility which resulted from complex interaction of urban activities. Combined urban activity model developed by Kim (1983) and Rho (1989) explains the characteristics of activities in each regions and urban strcture in economic general equilibrium states in the long term of urban system. This model measures a regional accessibility with a dual variable which means the location surplus. This is a more systematic and comprehensive model for calculating the regional accessibility because it considers the interaction of each activity in urban system. It needs efforts to apply the accessibility index as a criterion in actual planning process through finding and quantitification of other explanatory variables to measure it in combined urban activity model.

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Is Expansionary Fiscal and Monetary Policy Effective in Australia?

  • HSING, Yu
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.5-9
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    • 2019
  • Purpose - This paper examines whether fiscal and monetary expansion would affect output in Australia. Research design, data, and methodology - An extended IS-LM model which describes the equilibrium in the goods market and the money market is applied. The real effective exchange rate and the real stock price are included in order to determine whether there may be any substitution or wealth effect. The sample consists of Annual data ranging from 1990 to 2018. The GARCH process is used in empirical work to correct for potential autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity. Results - Expansionary fiscal policy reduces output; whereas, expansionary monetary policy raises output. In addition, real appreciation of the Australian dollar, a lower U.S. interest rate, a higher real stock price or a lower expected inflation would increase output. The finding that expansionary fiscal policy has a negative impact on real GDP suggests that the negative crowding-out effect on private spending dominates the positive impact. Conclusions - Fiscal prudence needs to be pursued. Real depreciation of the Australian dollar hurts output. Monetary tightening in the U.S. generates a negative effect on Australia's output. A healthy stock market is conducive to economic growth as higher stock prices tend to result in the wealth and other positive effects, increasing consumption and business spending.

Mona Hatoum, Artist in Residence: A Nomad's Relationship to Community (모나 하툼, 입주 작가: 공동체와의 유목적 관계)

  • Chang, Ena Ying-Tzu;Wu, Chin-Tao
    • The Journal of Art Theory & Practice
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    • no.10
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    • pp.85-103
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    • 2010
  • Mona Hatoum and community make unlikely bedfellows. From her beginnings as a teenage exile to her maturity as an internationally celebrated artistic nomad, Hatoum defies classification within any single geographical or cultural community. Attempting, however, to locate specific points of contact between her and certain communities in terms of artist-in-residence projects in which she participated might be a particularly fruitful way of circumventing her notorious critical resistance to identity and her refusal of homogeneity. This paper starts with Miwon Kwon's critique of contemporary practices in community-based art, which locate an essentialising force that isolates a single point of commonality and overlooks authentic differences. It then turns to Jean-Luc Nancy's reconceptualization of community as 'unworked' and 'being-in-common' to provide analytical tools for avoiding the dangers of essentialism. By examining the three residencies that Hatoum accepted in the mid-1990s in the light of Nancy's observations and theories, and by bringing the idea of artistic nomadism and that of community into juxtaposition, we hope to show that Hatoum succeeds in finding an equilibrium between art and community, and that this sheds new light on the issues raised in recent discussions on such relationship.

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Synthesis of GBSB-based Neural Associative Memories Using Evolution Program

  • Hyuk Cho;Park, Joo-young;Moon, Jong-sub;Park, Dai-hee
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.11 no.7
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    • pp.680-688
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, we propose a reliable method for searching the optimally performing generalized brain-state-in-a-box (GBSB) neural associative memory using an evolution program (EP) given a set of prototype patterns to be stored as stable equilibrium points. First, we exploit some qualitative guidelines necessary to synthesize the GBSB model. Next, we parameterize the solution space utilizing the limited number of parameters to represent the solution space. Then, we recast the synthesis of GBSB neural associative memories as two constrained optimization problems, which are equivalent to finding a solution to the original synthesis problem. Finally, we employ an evolution program (EP), which enables us to find an optimal set of parameters related to the size of domains of attraction (DOA) for prototype patterns. The validity of this approach is illustrated by a design example and computer simulations.

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Topological Structural Optimization under Multiple-Loading Conditions (Multiple-loading condition을 고려한 구조체의 위상학적 최적화)

  • 박재형;홍순조;이리형
    • Computational Structural Engineering
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.179-186
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    • 1996
  • A simple nonlinear programming(NLP) formulation for the optimal topology problem of structures is developed and examined. The NLP formulation is general, and can handle arbitrary objective functions and arbitrary stress, displacement constraints under multiple loading conditions. The formulation is based on simultaneous analysis and design approach to avoid stiffness matrix singularity resulting from zero sizing variables. By embedding the equilibrium equations as equality constraints in the nonlinear programming problem, we avoid constructing and factoring a system stiffness matrix, and hence avoid its singularity. The examples demonstrate that the formulation is effective for finding an optimal solution, and shown to be robust under a variety of constraints.

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The Rubber Pricing Model: Theory and Evidence

  • SRISUKSAI, Pithak
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.11
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    • pp.13-22
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    • 2020
  • This research explores the appropriate rubber pricing model and the consistent empirical evidence. This model has been derived from the utility function and firm profit-maximization model of commodity goods. The finding shows that the period t - 1 affects expected commodity price and expected profit of commodity production. In fact, a change in the world price of rubber in the past period led to a change in the expected price of rubber in the short run which influenced the expected rubber profit. As a result, the past-period free on board price has an entirety effect on expected farm price of rubber given an exchange rate. In addition, the rubber pricing model indicates that the profit of local farmer on rubber plant depends solely on the world price of rubber in the short run in case of Thailand. In an empirical study, it was found that a change in the price of ribbed smoke sheet 3 in Singapore Commodity Exchange significantly and positively determined the fluctuation of rubber price at the farm gate in Thailand which was consistent with the behavior of the Thai farmers. Both prices are also cointegrated in the long run. That is, the result states that the VECM is an appropriated pricing model for forecasting the farm price in Thailand.

Calculation of Electron concentration and Electrostatic potential profile for $Al_{x}Gal{-x}As/Ga_{x}In1$_{-x}$As/GaAs HEMT device by 2-Dimensional Quantum Mechanical analysis) (2차원 양자 역학적 해석에 의한 고속 통신용 $Al_{x}Gal{-x}As/Ga_{x}In1$_{-x}$As/GaAs HEMT 소자의 전자 농도 및 전위분포 계산)

  • 송영진;황호정
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.30A no.3
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    • pp.76-87
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    • 1993
  • We present a self-consistent, 2-dimensional solution of the Poisson and Sch rodinger equation based on the finite difference method with a nonuniform mesh size for a AlGaAs/GaInAs/GaAs HEMT devide. During the interative self-consistent calculation, however, we calculate Schrodinger equation only a some region of device, not a fully region in order to save the moemory and the speed-up of computation, and then use the approximated data for the other region using by a interpolation method with a given values. Also we adopt the proper matrix transformation method that allows preservation of the symmetric, form of the discretized Schrodinger equation, even with the use of a nonumiform mesh size, therefor, can reduce the computation time. We calculate the wavefunction, eigenstates and the electron concentration uat channel layer nder the thermal equilibrium and the biased conditions, respectively. Also,these parameters are used to solve 2-dimensional tdistribution of potential in he entire region of device. It is proved that the method is very efficient in finding eigenstages extending over relatively large spatial area without loss of accuracy. So, it can be used rather easily in any sarbitrary modulation doped utucture.

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