• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2016

In most cases strengthening reinforced concrete columns exposed to high strain rate is to be expected especially within weak designed structures. A special type of loading is instantaneous loading. Rapid loading can be observed in structural columns exposed to axial loads (e.g., caused by the weight of the upper floors during a vertical earthquake and loads caused by damage and collapse of upper floors and pillars of bridges).Subsequently, this study examines the behavior of reinforced concrete columns under rapid loading so as to understand patterns of failure mechanism, failure capacity and strain rate using finite element code. And examines the behavior of reinforced concrete columns at different support conditions and various loading rate, where the concrete columns were reinforced using various counts of FRP (Fiber Reinforcement Polymer) layers with different lengths. The results were compared against other experimental outcomes and the CEB-FIP formula code for considering the dynamic strength increasing factor for concrete materials. This study reveals that the finite element behavior and failure mode, where the results show that the bearing capacity increased with increasing the loading rate. CFRP layers increased the bearing capacity by 20% and also increased the strain capacity by 50% through confining the concrete.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2022

Experimental and discrete element methods were used to investigate the effects of triple joints lengths and triple joint angle on the failure behavior of rock mass under uniaxial compressive test. Concrete samples with dimension of 20 cm × 20 cm × 5 cm were prepared. Within the specimen, three imbedded joint were provided. The joint lengths were 2 cm, 4cm and 6 cm. In constant joint lengths, the angle between middle joint and other joints were 30°, 60°, 90°, 120° and 150°. Totally 15 different models were tested under compression test. The axial load rate on the model was 0.05 mm/min. Concurrent with experimental tests, the models containing triple joints, length and joint angle are similar to the experiments, were numerical by Particle flow code in two dimensions (PFC2D). Loading rate in numerical modelling was 0.05 mm/min. Tensile strength of material was 1 MPa. The results show that the failure behaviors of rock samples containing triple joints were governed by both of the angle and the length of the triple joints. The uniaxial compressive strengths (UCS) of the specimens were related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the discontinuities. Furthermore, it was shown that the compressive behavior of discontinuities is related to the number of the induced tensile cracks which are increased by decreasing the joint length. Along with the damage failure of the samples, the acoustic emission (AE) activities are excited. There were only a few AE hits in the initial stage of loading, then AE hits rapidly grow before the applied stress reached its peak. In addition, every stress drop was accompanied by a large number of AE hits. Finally, the failure pattern and failure strength are similar in both methods i.e., the experimental testing and the numerical simulation methods.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.715-722
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• 2009

A model to predict failure of designed-to-fail (dtf) fuel particles is discussed. The dtf fuel under study consisted of a uranium oxycarbide kernel coated with a single pyrocarbon seal coat. Coating failure was assumed to be due to fission gas recoil and knockout mechanisms and direct diffusive release of fission gas from the kernel, which acted to increase pressure and stress in the pyrocarbon layer until it ruptured. Predictions of dtf fuel failure using General Atomics' particle fuel performance code for HRB-17/18 and HFR-B1 irradiation tests were reasonably accurate; however, the model could not predict the failure for COMEDIE BD-1. This was most likely due to insufficient information on reported particle fuel failure at the beginning.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2011

2007년 개정된 콘크리트구조설계기준에서 제시하고 있는 강도설계법의 하중 조합은 ACI 318-05 기준의 하중저항계수설계법(LRFD)을 참고하여 작성된 것이다. LRFD는 하중계수와 저항계수의 조합으로 이루어져 있고, 이 계수들의 선정은 대상 파괴 모드에 대하여 미리 규정된 파괴 확률 또는 신뢰도 지수의 수준에 부합하여야한다. 이 때 하중계수 및 저항계수의 결정은 대상 구조물의 지역적 및 시대적 특성을 반영할 수 있는 통계 자료에 기초한 구조 신뢰성 이론에 따라 이루어져야 한다. 그러나 현재 우리나라의 설계기준은 통계자료의 많은 부분을 외국의 연구 결과에 의존하고 있는 실정이다. 이를 개선하기 위하여 이 연구에서는 지금까지 국내에서 연구된 자료에 기초하여 현행 콘크리트 구조설계기준의 안전 수준을 분석하고 이에 따른 합리적인 목표 신뢰도 지수를 결정하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 국내 현실에 적합한 저항계수(강도감소계수)를 제안하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 향후 우리나라의 고유한 저항계수 및 하중계수를 개정할 때 유용한 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국암반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국암반공학회 2011년도 추계 총회 및 창립 30주년 기념 심포지엄
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• pp.3-21
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• 2011

Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations using Particle Flow Code (PFC2D) were performed to study the effects of joint separation and joint overlapping on the full failure behavior of rock bridges under direct shear loading. Through numerical direct shear tests, the failure process is visually observed and the failure patterns are achieved with reasonable conformity with the experimental results. The simulation results clearly showed that cracks developed during the test were predominantly tension cracks. It was deduced that the failure pattern was mostly influenced by both of the joint separation and joint overlapping while the shear strength is closely related to the failure pattern and its failure mechanism. The studies revealed that shear strength of rock bridges are increased with increasing in the joint separation. Also, it was observed that for a fixed cross sectional area of rock bridges, shear strength of overlapped joints are less than the shear strength of non-overlapped joints.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 기존의 모르타르 충전식 슬리브 철근이음에 대한 부착강도식으로부터 유도한 이 철근이음의 파괴모드 추정방법을 이용하여, AIJ 규준에 의하여 평가한 이 슬리브 철근이음의 강성을 검토하였다. 이것을 위하여 261개 모르타르 충전식 슬리브 철근이음의 기존 실험자료를 채택하여 실험의 결과를 분석한 결과에 의하면 모르타르 충전식 철근이음의 파괴모드 추정방법은 돌기가 없는 강관 슬리브에 SD500 철근을 사용한 철근이음을 제외한 모르타르 충전식 슬리브 철근이음에 대한 강성을 효과적으로 평가할 수 있었다. 그리고 이 슬리브 철근이음의 파괴모드 추정방법에 적용하여 철근의 인장파단 영역에 있는 실험체 중에 주물 슬리브와 돌기가 있는 강관 슬리브를 사용한 실험체에서 SD400 철근을 사용한 경우는 98%, SD500 철근을 사용한 경우는 모든 실험체가 단조가력 시의 강성이 AIJ 규준의 A급 이상인 것으로 나타났고, 철근의 인장파단 영역에 있는 모든 실험체는 슬리브의 종류와 슬리브에 매입한 철근 종류에 관계없이 반복가력 시의 강성이 AIJ 규준의 A급 이상인 것으로 나타났다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2010

When memory devices are exposed to space environments, they suffer various effects such as SEU(Single Event Upset). Memory systems for space applications are generally equipped with error detection and correction(EDAC) logics against SEUs. In this paper, several error detection and correction codes - RS(10,8) code, (7,4) Hamming code and (16,8) code - are analyzed and compared with each other. Each code is implemented using VHDL and its performances(encoding/decoding speed, required memory size) are compared. Also the failure probability equation of each EDAC code is derived, and the probability value is analyzed for various occurrence rates of SEUs which the STSAT-3 possibly suffers. Finally, the EDAC algorithm for STSAT-3 is determined based on the comparison results.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.896-902
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• 2016

Luby transform (LT) codes were the first practical rateless erasure codes proposed in the literature. The performances of these codes, which are iteratively decoded using belief propagation algorithms, depend on the degree distribution used to generate the coded symbols. The existence of degree-one coded symbols is essential for the starting and continuation of the decoding process. The absence of a degree-one coded symbol at any instant of an iterative decoding operation results in decoding failure. To alleviate this problem, we proposed a method used in the absence of a degree-one code symbol to overcome a stuck decoding operation and its continuation. The simulation results show that the proposed approach provides a better performance than a conventional LT code and memory-based robust soliton distributed LT code, as well as that of a Gaussian elimination assisted LT code, particularly for short data lengths.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제82권6호
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• pp.713-724
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• 2022

Effects of coal tensile strength and plow configuration on the coal fragmentation process was modeled by two-dimensional particles flow code (PFC2D). Three tensile strength values, 0.5, 1,5 and 3.5 MPa were considered in this numerical study. The cutters of plow penetrated in the coal for 4 mm at a rate of 0.016 m/s. According to the PFC manual, the local damping factor was 0.7. Three failure mechanism of coal during the fragmentation process by plow were modelled. The coal material beneath the cutters showed the elastic, plastic and fracturing behaviors in this analysis. In all the models, the plastic zone was fractured and some micro-cracks were induced but the elastic zone remained undamaged. It was observed that the tensile strength affected the failure mechanism of coal significantly and as it increased the extent of the fractured zone underneath the plow cutter decreased during the fragmentation process.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.164-174
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• 1995

ACI규준에 의하여 설계된 철근콘크리트 보의 휨보강의 신뢰성을 분석하였다. 분석된 결과를 기존의 연구와 비교하였다. 인장철근비가 변함에 따라 일관된 신뢰성이 보장되지 못하고 부적합하게 변하는 것으로 분석되었다. 규준의 최대철근비 조항에 적합하게 설계된 보라도 취성파괴가 매우 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 특히 국내의 철근콘트리트구조물에서는 이러한 현상이 두드러지는 것으로 분석되었다. 이와 같은 현상의 원인을 규명하였고 그 대책을 제시하였다.