• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1143-1179
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• 2016

Offshore wind turbines are considered as a fundamental part to develop substantial, alternative energy sources. In this highly flexible structures, monopiles are usually used as support foundations. Since the monopiles are large diameter (3.5 to 7 m) deep foundations, they result in extremely stiff short monopiles where the slenderness (length to diameter) may range between 5 and 10. Consequently, their elastic deformation patterns under lateral loading differ from those of small diameter monopiles usually employed for supporting structures in offshore oil and gas industry. For this reason, design recommendations (API and DNV) are not appropriate for designing foundations for offshore wind turbine structures as they have been established on the basis of full-scale load tests on long, slender and flexible piles. Furthermore, as these facilities are very sensitive to rotations and dynamic changes in the soil-pile system, the accurate prediction of monopile head displacement and rotation constitutes a design criterion of paramount importance. In this paper, the Fourier Series Aided Finite Element Method (FSAFEM) is employed for the determination of static impedance functions of monopiles for OWT subjected to horizontal force and/or to an overturning moment, where a non-homogeneous soil profile has been considered. On the basis of an extensive parametric study, and in order to address the problem of head stiffness of short monopiles, approximate analytical formulae are obtained for lateral stiffness $K_L$, rotational stiffness $K_R$ and cross coupling stiffness $K_{LR}$ for both rough and smooth interfaces. Theses expressions which depend only on the values of the monopile slenderness $L/D_p$ rather than the relative soil/monopile rigidity $E_p/E_s$ usually found in the offshore platforms designing codes (DNV code for example) have been incorporated in the expressions of the OWT natural frequency of four wind farm sites. Excellent agreement has been found between the computed and the measured natural frequencies.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권2호
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• pp.251-267
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• 2020

Transmission tower-line systems have come to represent one of the most important infrastructures in today's society. Recent strong earthquakes revealed that transmission tower-line systems are vulnerable to earthquake excitations, and that ground motions may arrive at such structures from any direction during an earthquake event. Considering these premises, this paper presents experimental and numerical studies on the dynamic responses of a 1000 kV ultrahigh-voltage (UHV) transmission tower-line system under different seismic incidence angles. Specifically, a 1:25 reduced-scale experimental prototype model is designed and manufactured, and a series of shaking table tests are carried out. The influence of the seismic incidence angle on the dynamic structural response is discussed based on the experimental data. Additionally, the incidence angles corresponding to the maximum peak displacement of the top of the tower relative to the ground (referred to herein as the critical seismic incidence angles) are summarized. The experimental results demonstrate that seismic incidence angle has a significant influence on the dynamic responses of transmission tower-line systems. Subsequently, an approximation method is employed to orient the critical seismic incidence angle, and a corresponding finite element (FE) analysis is carried out. The angles obtained from the approximation method are compared with those acquired from the numerical simulation and shaking table tests, and good agreement is observed. The results demonstrate that the approximation method can properly predict the critical seismic incidence angles of transmission tower-line systems. This research enriches the available experimental data and provides a simple and convenient method to assess the seismic performance of UHV transmission systems.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.2878-2885
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 MR유체를 특징으로 하는 하지 재활운동 기구를 제안하고, 재활운동 기구에 적용하기 위한 소형 MR 유체 브레이크를 설계, 제작하여 성능을 평가하였다. MR유체 브레이크의 저항 특성은 MR유체에 부하되는 자기장의 변화에 의해 제어된다. 공간 제한을 고려하여 자기장 세기와 관련된 설계변수는 유한요소 프로그램인 ANSYS Workbench를 사용하여 최대 토오크가 발생할 수 있도록 결정하였다. 제안된 MR유체 브레이크를 제작하고, 자기장에 따른 토오크의 변화를 실험적으로 평가하였다. 전류를 공급하면, MR 유체 브레이크의 토오크는 증가하였으며, 그 반응은 매우 빠르게 나타났다. 공급하는 전류의 세기가 증가함에 따라 MR 유체 브레이크의 토오크는 MR유체의 빙햄 특성과 유사하게 증가하여 나타났다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.335-340
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• 2018

The behavior of concrete slabs in composite beam with C and L shaped angle shear connectors has been studied in this paper. These two types of angle shear connectors' instalment have been commonly utilized. In this study, the finite element (FE) analysis and soft computing method have been used both to present the shear connectors' push out tests and providing data results used later in soft computing method. The current study has been performed to present the aforementioned shear connectors' behavior based on the variable factors aiming the study of diverse factors' effects on C and L shaped angle in shear connectors. ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System), has been manipulated in providing the effective parameters in shear strength forecasting by providing input-data comprising: height, length, thickness of shear connectors together with concrete strength and the respective slip of shear connectors. ANFIS has been also used to identify the predominant parameters influencing the shear strength forecast in C and L formed angle shear connectors.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2015

본 논문은 단면이 정사각형인 임피던스 튜브 내에 고정된 평판의 STL(Sound Transmission Loss)을 해석적으로 구하는 방법을 다루었다. 평판의 진동과 튜브 내의 음장의 연성거동(coupled motion)을 고려하였는데 평판의 진동과 튜브 음장을 무한 급수의 합으로 전개하였으며 평면파 가정을 이용하여 처음 몇 개의 모드만 고려하여도 충분히 정확한 결과를 얻음을 보였다. 평판은 클램프(clamp) 지지로 가정하였는데 진동 모드는 단면의 가로 및 세로방향 보(beam) 진동 모드의 곱으로 전개하였고 고유진동수는 Rayleigh-Ritz 방법을 이용하여 구하였다. 평판의 STL은 가장 낮은 고유진동수에서 골(dip)을 가지며 주파수가 이보다 작아지면 STL은 커짐을 보였다. 기존 논문의 측정 및 FEM(Finite Element Method) 해석결과와 비교한 결과 잘 일치함을 확인하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2015

상하부 스플릿 T 접합부를 이용한 스마트 CFT 기둥-보 접합부는 긴결재의 직경과 체결력, 스플릿 T 형강의 기하학적 형상, 재료적 물성 특성 등의 변화에 의하여 상이한 거동특성을 나타낸다. 본 논문은 반복하중을 받는 상 하부 스플릿 T 접합부의 구조적 거동에 대해 체계적으로 수행된 3차원 비선형 유한요소 해석으로부터 얻은 결과를 제시하고 있다. 이러한 상 하부 스플릿 T 접합부는 CFT 합성골조의 변위복원 및 충분한 에너지 소산 능력을 확보하기 위하여 초탄성 성질을 갖는 형상기억합금(SMA)과 강으로 제작된 봉과 T-stub가 적용된다. 부가적인 다양한 구조적 거동은 T-stub의 두께 및 게이지 거리로 상 하부 스플릿 T 접합부의 파라미터에 대한 영향을 설명하고 있다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.553-560
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• 2015

Fracture mechanics analysis for cracked pipes is essential for applying the leak-before-break (LBB) concept to nuclear piping design. For LBB assessment, crack instability and leak rate should be predicted accurately for through-wall cracked pipes. In a nuclear piping system, elbows are connected with straight pipes by circumferential welding; this weld region is often considered a critical location. Hence, accurate crack assessment is necessary for cracks in the interface between elbows and straight pipes. In this study, the stress intensity factor (SIF) and elastic crack opening displacement (COD) were estimated through detailed 3D elastic finite element (FE) analyses. Based on the results, closed-form solutions of shape factors for calculating the SIFs and elastic CODs were proposed for circumferential through-wall cracks in the abovementioned interfaces under internal pressure. In addition, the effect of the elbow on shape factors was investigated by comparing the results with the existing solutions for a straight pipe.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.1085-1114
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• 2016

This paper investigates the transverse impact response for ultra lightweight cement composite (ULCC) filled pipe-in-pipe structures through a parametric study using both a validated finite element procedure and a validated theoretical model. The parametric study explores the effect of the impact loading conditions (including the impact velocity and the indenter shape), the geometric properties (including the pipe length and the dimensions of the three material layers) as well as the material properties (including the material properties of the steel pipes and the filler materials) on the impact response of the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. The global impact responses predicted by the FE procedure and by the theoretical model agree with each other closely. The parametric study using the theoretical approach indicates the close relationships among the global impact responses (including the maximum impact force and the maximum global displacement) in specimens with the equivalent thicknesses, proposed in the theoretical model, for the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. In the pipe-in-pipe composite structure, the inner steel pipe, together with the outer steel pipe, imposes a strong confinement on the infilled cement composite and enhances significantly the composite action, leading to improved impact resistance, small global and local deformations.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.925-942
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• 2016

With ongoing development of earthquake engineering research and the lessons learnt from a series of strong earthquakes, the seismic design concept of "resilience" has received much attention. Resilience describes the capability of a structure or a city to recover rapidly after earthquakes or other disasters. As one of the main features of urban constructions, tall buildings have greater impact on the sustainability and resilience of major cities. Therefore, it is important and timely to quantify their seismic resilience. In this work, a quantitative comparison of the seismic resilience of two tall buildings designed according to the Chinese and US seismic design codes was conducted. The prototype building, originally designed according to the US code as part of the Tall Building Initiative (TBI) Project, was redesigned in this work according to the Chinese codes under the same design conditions. Two refined nonlinear finite element (FE) models were established for both cases and their seismic responses were evaluated at different earthquake intensities, including the service level earthquake (SLE), the design-based earthquake (DBE) and the maximum considered earthquake (MCE). In addition, the collapse fragility functions of these two building models were established through incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). Based on the numerical results, the seismic resilience of both models was quantified and compared using the new-generation seismic performance assessment method proposed by FEMA P-58. The outcomes of this study indicate that the seismic resilience of the building according to the Chinese design is slightly better than that according to the US design. The conclusions drawn from this research are expected to guide further in-depth studies on improving the seismic resilience of tall buildings.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.13-30
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 해저 터널의 특수성을 고려한 TBM 세그먼트 라이닝의 최적 설계 시스템을 개발하였다. 해저 터널은 일반적으로 일정 수압 하의 토사나 암반 등으로 구성된 해저 지반 내에 시공된다. 본 설계 시스템은 특정 해저 터널 단면에서의 지반 조건, 시공 조건 및 터널 조건을 고려하여 인공신경망 기반의 세그먼트 라이닝 부재력 예측 시스템을 구축하고, 시공성이 확보된 단면 DB를 구축하여 해저터널에서 최적 단면 설계가 가능하도록 구성하였다. 결과적으로 본 시스템은 해저 터널 설계에 사용되는 BIM과 연동되어 자동으로 설계가 가능하도록 하였다. 단면 검토 및 설계에 사용되는 세그먼트 라이닝 부재력 예측은 유한요소해석을 토대로 구축한 인공신경망을 통해 일반화한 후 BIM 시스템에 접목시켜 별도의 추가 해석이 필요없이 유사 단면의 해저 터널 설계에 적용이 가능하도록 하였다.