• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.679-702
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• 2013

During an earthquake, soils filter and send out the shaking to the building and simultaneously it has the role of bearing the building vibrations and transmitting them back to the ground. In other words, the ground and the building interact with each other. Hence, soil-structure interaction (SSI) is a key parameter that affects the performance of buildings during the earthquakes and is worth to be taken into consideration. Columns are one of the most crucial elements in RC buildings that play an important role in stability of the building and must be able to dissipate energy under seismic loads. Recent earthquakes showed that formation of plastic hinges in columns is still possible as a result of strong ground motion, despite the application of strong column-weak beam concept, as recommended by various design codes. Energy is dissipated through the plastic deformation of specific zones at the end of a member without affecting the rest of the structure. The formation of a plastic hinge in an RC column in regions that experience inelastic actions depends on the column details as well as soil-structure interaction (SSI). In this paper, 854 different scenarios have been analyzed by inelastic time-history analyses to predict the nonlinear behavior of RC columns considering soil-structure interaction (SSI). The effects of axial load, height over depth ratio, main period of soil and structure as well as different characteristics of earthquakes, are evaluated analytically by finite element methods and the results are compared with corresponding experimental data. Findings from this study provide a simple expression to estimate plastic hinge length of RC columns including soil-structure interaction.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2023

"Performance-based design (PBD)" is based on designing a structure with choosing a performance target under design criteria to increase the structure's resistance against earthquake effect. The plastic hinge formation is determined as one of the fundamental data in finite elements nonlinear analysis to distinguish the condition of the structure where more significant potential damage could occur. If the number of plastic hinges in the structure is increased, the total horizontal load capability of the structure is increased, also. Theoretically, when the number of plastic hinges of the plane frame structure reaches "the degree of hyperstaticity plus one", the structure will reach the capability of the largest ultimate horizontal load. As the number of plastic hinges to be formed in the structure increases towards the theoretical plastic hinge number (TPHN), the total horizontal load capability of the structure increases, proportionally. In the previous studies of the authors, the features of examining the new performance criteria were revealed and it was formulated as follows "Increase the total number of plastic hinges to be formed in the structure to the number of theoretical plastic hinges as much as possible and keep the structure below its targeted performance with related codes". With this new performance criterion, it has been shown that the total lateral load capability of the building is higher than the total lateral load capability obtained with the traditional PBD method by the FEMA 440 and FEMA 356 design guides. In this study, PBD analysis results of structures with frame carrier systems are presented in the light of the Turkey Building Earthquake Code 2019. As a result of this study, it has been shown that the load capability of the structure in the examples of structures with frame carrier system increases by using this new performance criterion presented, compared to the results of the examination with the traditional PBD method in TBEC 2019.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.130-136
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• 2005

This paper presents an optimal design and the performance evaluation of two-axis nano positioning stage with round notched flexure hinges. A flexure hinge mechanism with round notched flexure hinges is to guide the linear motions of a moving plate in the nano positioning stage. A Min-Max algorithm is applied to the design of the flexure hinge mechanism for nano positioning stage. In the design process, the structure of the flexure hinge mechanism is fixed, then the radius of a round hole and the width of two round holes are chosen as design variables, and finally the do sign variables are calculated by the Min-Max algorithm. The machined flexure hinge mechanism, stack type PZTs for actuation and capacitance type displacement sensors for position measurement are assembled into the nano positioning stage. The experimental results of the manufactured nano positioning stage show the first modal resonance frequency of 197 Hz, the operating range of 40 um, and the resolution of 3 nm.

• 대한공업교육학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.312-324
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• 2008

상용 냉장고에서 새로 설계된 힌지 키트 시스템(HKS, Hinge Kit System)을 개선하기 위하여 새로운 강인 방법론을 연구하였다. 이 방법은 결함 모드, 시장에서의 메카니즘, 가속수명시험법(ALT, Accelerated Life Test)을 이용한 다양하게 개선된 HKS의 설계변수 등을 고려한 것이다. 시장에서의 결함 반품 조사와 첫 번째 ALT 시험을 통한 공통적 크랙 부위는 HKS의 하우징 부분에서 일어남을 확인하였다. 냉장고 HKS의 초기 설계 단계에서 간과한 설계 변수는 하우징이었다. 이를 통하여 냉장고의 특정 열린 지지 구조에서 모든 열린 지지 구조로 확산하여 설계 수정하는 계기가 되었다. 두 번째 ALT 시험을 통하여 발견한 파괴와 크랙 부위는 비틀림 축에서 발생하였다. 설계 변수에서 비틀림 축의 동심도를 고려치 않았던 것이 원인이었다. ALT 시험 절차를 통하여 간과한 설계 변수를 수정할 수 있었다. ALT 시험의 결과를 통하여 연간 결함 발생률이 약 0.01%였고 재설계된 HKS의 B1 수명은 10년으로 파악되었다. 본 논문에서 사용된 변수 설계 방법은 결함 제품 검사, 하중 분석, 세 번의 ALT 시험 등이며 이들은 기계 시스템의 강인 설계에 매우 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 향후 본 연구에서 제시된 방법은 새로운 가전제품의 강인 설계에 적용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2022

The demand for new processing technology that can improve productivity is increasing in industries that require large-scale and various products. In response to this demand, a robot machining system with flexibility is required. Because of the low rigidity of the robot, the robot machining system has a large error during machining and is vulnerable to vibration generated during machining. Vibration generated during machining deteriorates machining quality and reduces the durability of the machine. To solve this problem, a stage for fixing the spindle during machining is required. In order to compensate for the robot's low rigidity, a system combining a piezoelectric actuator for generating a large force and a guide mechanism to actuate with a desired direction is required. Since the rigidity of flexible hinges varies depending on the structure, it is important to optimal design the flexible hinge and high-rigidity system. The purpose of this research is to make analytic model and optimize a flexible hinge and to design a high rigidity stage. In this research, to design a flexible hinge stage, a concept design of system for high rigidity and flexure hinge modeling is carried out. Based on analytic modeling, the optimal design for the purpose of high rigidity is finished and the optimal design results is used to check the error between the modeling and actual simulation results.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2020

Laser Assisted Thermo-Compression Bonding (LATCB) has been proposed to improve the "chip tilt due to the difference in solder bump height" that occurs during the conventional semiconductor chip bonding process. The bonding module of the LATCB system has used a piezoelectric actuator to control the inclination of the compression jig on a micro scale, and the piezoelectric actuator has been directly coupled to the compression jig to minimize the assembly tolerance of the compression jig. However, this structure generates a lateral force in the piezoelectric actuator when the compression jig is tilted, and the stacked piezoelectric element vulnerable to the lateral force has a risk of failure. In this paper, the optimal design of the flexure hinge was performed to minimize the lateral force generated in the piezoelectric actuator when the compression jig is tilted by using the displacement difference of the piezoelectric actuator in the bonding module for LATCB. The design variables of the flexure hinge were defined as the hinge height, the minimum diameter, and the notch radius. And the effect of the change of each variable on the stress generated in the flexible hinge and the lateral force acting on the piezoelectric actuator was analyzed. Also, optimization was carried out using commercial structural analysis software. As a result, when the displacement difference between the piezoelectric actuators is the maximum (90um), the maximum stress generated in the flexible hinge is 11.5% of the elastic limit of the hinge material, and the lateral force acting on the piezoelectric actuator is less than 1N.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.103-113
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• 1996

본 논문에서는 강구조물의 설계를 위한 가상하중 소성활절 해석기법이 연구되었다. 구조물의 기하학적인 불완전성을 가상하중기법으로 고려하였다. 본 해석기법을 통하여 구조물이 거동과 하중 지지능력을 직접적인 방법으로 예측할 수 있다. 즉 본 기법은 강구조 설계에서 전통적으로 사용되고 있는 유효길이 인자(K-factor)의 계산 및 각 부재의 강도계산을 필요로 하지 않으므로써 다음 세대의 설계기법이라고 할 수 있다. 본 기법에 의하여 예측된 강도와 변위는 정확한 해라고 알려진 Plastic-Zone해석 결과와 비교 검증하였다. 본 기법의 해석 및 설계 세부지침과 순서를 제시하였으며, 본 해석기법 및 AISC-LRFD방법에 의하여 결정된 부재크기를 비교하였다. 본 해석기법은 실제 설계에 효율적으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.501-516
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• 2014

The rocking pier system (RPS) allows the columns to rock on beam or foundation surfaces during the attacks of a strong earthquake. Literatures have proved that seismic energy dissipated by the RPS through the column impact is limited. To enhance the energy dissipation capacity of a RPS bridge substructure, frictional hinge dampers (FHDs) were installed and evaluated by shaking table tests. The supplemental FHDs consist of two brass plates sandwiched by three steel plates. The strategy of self-centering design is to isolate the seismic energy by RPS at the columns and then dissipate the energy by FHDs at the bridge deck. Component tests of FHD were first conducted to verify the friction coefficient and dynamic characteristic of the FHDs. In total, 32 shaking table tests were conducted to investigate parameters such as wave forms of the earthquake (El Centro 1940 and Kobe 1995) and normal forces applied on the friction dampers. An analytical model was also proposed to compare with the tested damping of the bridge sub-structure with or without FHDs.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 재료 및 기하학적 비선형을 고려한 개선된 소성힌지 해석을 이용한 평면 강골조 시스템의 최적설계알고리즘 개발이다. 개발된 알고리즘을 이용하여 기둥의 유효길이계수(K-factor) 산정없이 골조의 최적설계를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 2개의 파리미터를 이용한 다단계 이산화 최적화기법이 개발되어 적용되었다. 목적함수는 구조물의 중량을, 제약조건은 임계하중, 사용성, 유연성등이 고려되었다. 예제를 통해 개발된 프로그램의 효율성, 적용성, 유용성등을 보였다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.397-400
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• 2000

The demands of high data transfer rate and high recording density in optical disk memory device are being increased. In order to achieve high performance, lever actuator for optical disk is proposed. Firstly, the role of lever and structure are discussed and the flexure hinge is introduced to enhance the precise movement. Next is to present the magnetic circuit structure and concept design for the lever actuator. Finally, the dynamic modeling of the lever actuator is found and the analysis results are shown. Consequently, the lever actuator shows the possibility as a pickup actuator for the next generation optical disk.