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Progress in Seismic Design Concept in Moderate Seismicity Regions (중약진 지역에서의 내진설계 개념의 발전동향)

  • Jang, Seung-Pil;Kim, Jae-Gwan
    • 도로교통
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    • s.76
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    • pp.2-7
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    • 1999
  • Seismic design in low to moderate seismic regions has to be based on the characteristics of seismic risk, ground motion and structural response in that region. The characteristics of seismic hazard in low to moderate seismic regions are reviewed briefly. The recent findings on the dynamic behavior subjected to the moderate intensity level of ground motion are summarized. The seismic design considerations in Eastern America, China, Australia, Thailand and Hong Kong will be introduced. The effort to adopt the limited ductility design in low to moderate seismicity regions will be reported. Finally research works that are required for the implementation of the limited design concept will be proposed.

Development of Composite Tension.Compression Anchor System based on the pull out resistance characteristics of Ground Anchor (지반앵커의 인발저항 특성에 따른 인장.압축 복합 시스템 개발)

  • Yeom, Ho-Hyeong;Im, Jong-Chul;Hong, Seok-Woo;Kim, Chul-Ung;Shin, Chul-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.788-795
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    • 2005
  • In this study, the progressive failure and creep of the traditional ground anchor structure were decreased and a new ground anchor that can attain the required pull-out resistance even in soft sandy soils with low confining pressure was developed. Ground anchors are classified depending on the kind of stress the grout is subjected. If the grout material is subjected to tension then it is classified as tension anchor while when the grout material is subjected to compression it is classified as compression anchor. The ground anchor that possesses both the tension and compression mechanism mentioned above is known as composition anchor. It is the objective of this study to develope this type of composition anchor. The structure of the newly developed ground anchor was presented. Pull-out test in different types of soil and the behaviour during Pull-out test was also presented.

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Development of Integrated Ground Support System for Integrated Flight Test of Small UAVs (무인항공기의 통합비행시험을 위한 통합형 지상지원시스템 개발)

  • Jeong, Jae-Hyeon;Lim, Byoung-Do;Kim, Sung-Su;Ryoo, Chang-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.9
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    • pp.800-806
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    • 2012
  • This paper proposes design and development of the Integrated Ground Support System (IGSS) for the flight test of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which combines ground support and ground control. The integrated flight test of the UAV is a necessary procedure to validate the functionality of the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). In order to execute cost-effective and systematic flight tests, the IGSS is regarded as an inevitable infrastructure of UAS for small laboratories. The proposed IGSS has functions of ground control, radio communication, power generation, transportation and the maintenance of the UAV.

Noncontact techniques for monitoring of tunnel linings

  • White, Joshua;Hurlebaus, Stefan;Shokouhi, Parisa;Wittwer, Andreas;Wimsatt, Andrew
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.197-211
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    • 2014
  • An investigation of tunnel linings is performed at two tunnels in the US using complimentary noncontact techniques: air-coupled ground penetrating radar (GPR), and a vehicle-mounted scanning system (SPACETEC) that combines laser, visual, and infrared thermography scanning methods. This paper shows that a combination of such techniques can maximize inspection coverage in a comprehensive and efficient manner. Since ground-truth is typically not available in public tunnel field evaluations, the noncontact techniques used are compared with two reliable in-depth contact nondestructive testing methods: ground-coupled GPR and ultrasonic tomography. The noncontact techniques are used to identify and locate the reinforcement mesh, structural steel ribs, internal layer interfaces, shallow delamination, and tile debonding. It is shown that this combination of methods can be used synergistically to provide tunnel owners with a comprehensive and efficient approach for monitoring tunnel lining conditions.

Body Weight Changes of Laboratory Animals during Transportation

  • Lee, Sung-Hak;Nam, Hyun-Sik;Kim, Jin-Sung;Cho, Hye-Jung;Jang, Yu-Mi;Lee, Eun-Jung;Choi, Eun-Sung;Jin, Dong-Il;Moon, Hong-Sik
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.286-290
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    • 2012
  • The majority of laboratory animals were transported from commercial breeders to a research facility by ground transportation. During the transportation, many biological functions and systems can be affected by stress. In this experiment, the change of body weight during the transportation was measured and the recovery periods from the transportation stress established based on the body weight changes. Total 676 laboratory animals which were aged between 3 to 9 wk old were studied. The transportation time taken from container packing to unpacking the container was approximately 24 h. The temperature of animal container was constantly maintained by air-conditioning and heating equipment. Rats were found to be more sensitive than mice. The body weight of rats was significantly decreased 3.71% (p<0.05) compared to the body weight of mice which decreased 0.9% There was no significant difference between the strains in the same species. When the changes of body weights were compared between delivery days, C57BL/6 mice showed the most variable changes compared to other species and strains. Consequently, C57BL/6 was more sensitive to stress than the other strains and the transportation process needs to be standardized to reduce between day variability. To establish the recovery periods from transportation stress, the body weight changes were measured during the acclimation period. Although the body weight of animals decreased during transportation, animals recovered their weight loss after the next day.

Study on the Improvement of a Spectral Method for the Computation of Wake Vortex Behavior Near the Ground (지면에 근접한 항공기의 와 거동 계산을 위한 스펙트럴법 개선 연구)

  • Ji, Seunghwan;Han, Cheolheui
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2022
  • The study on the wake vortex behavior during the aircraft's take-off and landing flight phase is critical to the flight safety of the aircraft, following close behind and the economy of the airport. The study on the wake vortex behavior should include the understanding of the ground effect on the behavior of the multiple wake vortices, generated from aircraft during the take-off and landing flight phase. In thia study, numerical schemes that can consider the ground effect were devised, by applying a vorticity boundary condition and an image method into the existing two-dimensional Fourier-spectral method. The present method was validated by comparing the present results, with the computed and measured data in the published literature. It was shown that the present method can predict the generation and behavior of the secondary vortex near the ground with reasonable accuracy. In future, the effect of the atmospheric conditions such as the stratification and the wind shear on the behavior of the vortex pair will be studied.

Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Variable-Span Wing Flying Inside a Channel II (Effect of Asymmetric Wing Extensions) (채널 내를 비행하는 가변스팬 날개 공력특성 II (비대칭 날개 펼침))

  • Han, Cheolheui
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.39-43
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, a wind-tunnel test is accomplished to investigate the roll characteristics of a variable-span wing flying inside a channel. The factors that affect the roll characteristics of the wing were identified by analyzing the measured data; accordingly, when the wing is flying without both the ground and sidewall effects, the asymmetric wing extension causes the roll moment. Both the ground and the sidewall can increase the roll moment, but when the wing is affected by both the ground and the sidewall, the roll moment does not increase as much as the case where the wing is only affected by the ground. Also, the aerodynamic characteristics of the flying wing inside a channel are the nonlinear function of the wing height and the gap between the wingtip and the sidewall, both of which should be considered in a study of the stability and the flight control of the wing-in-ground effect of the vehicle flying inside a channel.

A simple model for ground surface settlement induced by braced excavation subjected to a significant groundwater drawdown

  • Zhang, Runhong;Zhang, Wengang;Goh, A.T.C.;Hou, Zhongjie;Wang, Wei
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.635-642
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    • 2018
  • Braced excavation systems are commonly required to ensure stability in construction of basements for shopping malls, underground transportation and other habitation facilities. For excavations in deposits of soft clays or residual soils, stiff retaining wall systems such as diaphragm walls are commonly adopted to restrain the ground movements and wall deflections in order to prevent damage to surrounding buildings and utilities. The ground surface settlement behind the excavation is closely associated with the magnitude of basal heave and the wall deflections and is also greatly influenced by the possible groundwater drawdown caused by potential wall leakage, flow from beneath the wall, flow from perched water and along the wall interface or poor panel connections due to the less satisfactory quality. This paper numerically investigates the influences of excavation geometries, the system stiffness, the soil properties and the groundwater drawdown on ground surface settlement and develops a simplified maximum surface settlement Logarithm Regression model for the maximum ground surface settlement estimation. The settlements estimated by this model compare favorably with a number of published and instrumented records.

A Study on the RAM Application of a Light Rail Transit Business, Ac-cording to the Technique Application in System Engineering (시스템엔지니어링 기법 적용에 따른 경량전철사업의 RAM적용에 관한 고찰)

  • Lee, Seong-Gwon;Min, Kyong-Se;Jeon, Seo-Tak;Jung, Kye-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2011
  • A LRT(Light Rail Transit) is one of the Future Urban Railway Development Project. The project's goal is to reduce a transportation congestion in the center of the city. New transportation is intensely required in order to overcome a limit of the ground transportation that is the existing public transportation, A LRT(Light Rail Transit) construction project to be based on an unmanned driving system is the large composition system that a vehicle, a signal, communication, electric, track etc. were organically integrated as echo-friendly urban transportation systems. It also put a huge budget, which is a large-scale infrastructure projects. It is international trend that Light Rail Transit projects apply a technique in System Engineering for a schedule, cost, quality elevations, and to approach in viewpoints of life-cycle from initial construction steps to operation, abolition. This paper intends to analyze RAM requirements taking into consideration ISO/IEC 15288 throughout life-cycle from concept, design, manufacture, operation and maintenance to the final phase, decommissioning, and the study seeks to suggest directions of efficient use to domestic LRT projects.

Experimental Study on the Ground Behavior around a Tunnel due to the Sidewall Deformation of Shallow Tunnel in Longitudinal Direction Excavated under the Slope (사면 하부지반에 종단 방향으로 굴착한 얕은 터널에서 측벽변형에 따른 터널 주변지반의 거동에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Na, Yong Soo;Lee, Sang Duk
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2019
  • While the study of the shallow tunnel has been mainly on the longitudinal load transfer and horizontal surface conditions, the study of the ground behavior of shallow tunnel under the slope is not sufficient. Therefore, in this study on the ground behavior around a tunnel due to the sidewall deformation of shallow tunnel under the slope that is excavated in longitudinal direction, a scale-down model test has been performed. The model tunnel has the dimension of 320 mm wide, 210 mm high and 55 mm long with enough material strength in aluminum and the model ground has the uniform ground conditions by 3 types of carbon rods. The model test has been performed with the variables of slopes and the cover depths by controlling the tunnel sidewall deformation, and the change of sidewall-load, load transfer, ground subsidence was monitored and analyzed. According to the increase of the slope, the maximum ground subsidence increased by 20~39% compared to the horizontal surface. The load ratio increased by maximum 20% in the tunnel crown and decreased in sidewall according to the surface slope. The load transfer shows maximum 128% of increase at the cover depth of 1.0D, while at the 1.5D cover depth it shows non-critical difference from horizontal surface. The slope has major effects on load transfer at the cover depth of 1.0D.