• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.435-448
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• 2018

This paper reports the development of a theoretically rigorous method for permanent way engineers to assess the condition of railway ballast under a concrete sleeper with the potential to be extended to a smart system for long-term health monitoring of railway ballast. Owing to the uncertainties induced by the problems of modeling error and measurement noise, the Bayesian approach was followed in the development. After the selection of the most plausible model class for describing the damage status of the rail-sleeper-ballast system, Bayesian model updating is adopted to calculate the posterior PDF of the ballast stiffness at various regions under the sleeper. An obvious drop in ballast stiffness at a region under the sleeper is an evidence of ballast damage. In model updating, the model that can minimize the discrepancy between the measured and model-predicted modal parameters can be considered as the most probable model for calculating the posterior PDF under the Bayesian framework. To address the problems of non-uniqueness and local minima in the model updating process, a two-stage hybrid optimization method was developed. The modified evolutionary algorithm was developed in the first stage to identify the important regions in the parameter space and resulting in a set of initial trials for deterministic optimization to locate all most probable models in the second stage. The proposed methodology was numerically and experimentally verified. Using the identified model, a series of comprehensive numerical case studies was carried out to investigate the effects of data quantity and quality on the results of ballast damage detection. Difficulties to be overcome before the proposed method can be extended to a long-term ballast monitoring system are discussed in the conclusion.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2017

용접변형이란 용접열원에 의해 구조물에 생성되는 불균일 온도분포에 의해서 발생하는 영구적인 변형이다. 용접변형은 용접구조물의 강도와 외관 및 치수 정밀도를 저하시킴으로써 생산성 저하의 주원인이 되기도 하며, 이러한 용접변형을 제어하기 위해 많은 실험과 연구가 수행되었다. 본 논문은 용접시 발생되는 변형 중에 하나인 종굽힘에 대하여 실험과 수치적 해석결과를 통해 비교 및 분석하였으며, 이를 통해 종굽힘 용접변형의 생성기구에 대하여 연구한 것이다. 용접실험은 4, 8.5 mm 두께의 평판에 대해 실시하였으며, 수치적 해석은 MSC.marc 상용프로그램을 사용하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.158-166
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 PVDF 중공사막을 열유도상분리와 연신의 복합공정에 의해 제조하였으며, 연신비에 따른 분리막의 구조 및 물성을 분석하였다. 이 분리막 제조의 메카니즘은 액-액 상분리에 기초하며, 최종 중공사막은 bicontinuous한 구조와 연신에 의해 fibrill 구조를 가지게 되어, 구정(spherulite)구조를 갖는 고-액 상분리막과 bicontinuous한 구조만을 갖는 액-액상분리막과 차별화된다. 우선, TIPS공정을 통해, gamma-butyrolacton, dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 등을 단일 혹은 이들을 조합한 혼합 diluent로 사용하여, 냉각조건, PVDF와 희석제의 함량을 조절하면서 중공사막 전구체를 제조하고, 후속공정인 연신에 의해 최종적으로 중공사막의 외부표면을 porous하게, 혹은 dense하게 만들 수 있었다. 연신된 중공사막을 에탄올에 추출, 건조한 후 SEM을 통하여 pore 구조의 변화를 관찰하였으며, 수투과량, 다공도, 기공 크기, 표면 거칠기, 인장강도 등의 변화를 분석하였다.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2007년도 학술대회
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• pp.427-431
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• 2007

Applications in present-day mobile communication systems particularly require miniaturized dimensions and low-profiles of antenna in order to meet the mobile units. Thus, size reductions and bandwidth enhancements are becoming crucial design considerations for practical applications of microstrip antennas. The motivation of further experiments have been stepped to follow those studies for achieving compact and broadband, even multiplied operation modes, which are greatly increased with much attentions recently. To obtain broadband, single-feed, circularly polarized characteristics of microstrip antennas, a design with feed-line ought to be a factor of two. Usually, diagonally balanced-line feeds with hybrid coupler are employed to attain circular polarizations. We firstly formulated DGS (Defected Ground Structures) based operation principles of the entire microstrip components and therefore were able to derive impedance variance of feed-lines. After verifying corresponding experimental results, we targeted the frequency bands of UHF RFID (Ultra High Frequency Radio Frequency IDentification) and approximately of 0.4-2.4GHz have exhibited remarkable two resonance amplitudes as a dual band antenna. Our secondary researches were aimed to design quad band microstrip antenna which represents four resonance characteristics within the identical frequency bands as well. Microstrip patch has been meandered to lengthen the electrical paths, and the other design criteria with respecting physical parameters including radiation patterns and impedance bandwidths measurements will be described for verification. Advisable applications of these antennas can be GSM850, GSM900, GPS (L1-1575 and L2-1227) and UMTS-2110 of cellular systems, which extremely desire multiband and minimum size.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:데이타베이스
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.58-71
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• 2002

일반적으로 이미지나 공간 데이터베이스와 같은 다차원의 특징을 갖는 데이터들은 대용량의 저장공간을 요구한다. 이 대량의 데이터를 하나의 워크스테이션에 저장하고 검색을 수행하는 데는 한계가 있다. 최근 활발히 연구되고 있는 병렬 컴퓨팅 환경에서 이들에 대한 저장 및 검색을 수행한다면 훨씬 더 높은 성능 향상을 가져 올 수 있을 것이다. 이 논문에서는 기존에 존재하는 병렬 컴퓨팅 환경의 장점을 최대한 이용하는 병렬 고차원 색인구조를 제안한다. 제안하는 색인구조는 nP(프로세서)-nD(디스크)와 lP-nD의 결합 형태인 nP-n$\times$mD의 구조라고 볼 수 있다. 노드 구조는 팬-아웃을 증가시키고 트리의 높이를 줄일 수 있도록 설계되었다. 또한 I/O의 별렬성을 최대화하는 범위 탐색 알고리즘을 제안하고 이것을 K-최근접 탐색 알고리즘에 적용하여 탐색 성능향상을 꾀한다. 마지막으로, 다양한 환경에서의 실험을 통해 제안하는 색인구조의 탐색 성능을 테스트하고 기존에 제안된 병렬 다차원 색인구조와의 비교를 통해 제안한 방법의 우수함을 보인다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2018

In this paper, the organic material Poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA is used with inorganic $Al_2O_3$ to fabricate organic-inorganic multilayer barrier thin films. The organic thin films are developed using a roll-to-roll electrohydrodynamic atomization system, whereas the inorganic are grown using a roll-to-roll low-temperature atmospheric pressure atomic layer deposition system. For the first time, these two technologies are used together to develop organic-inorganic multilayer barrier thin films in atmospheric condition. The films are grown under optimized parameters and classified into three classes based on the layer structures, when the total thickness of the barrier is maintained at ~ 160 nm. All classes of barriers show good morphological, optical and chemical properties. The $Al_2O_3$ films with a low average arithmetic roughness of 1.58 nm conceal the non-uniformity and irregularities in PMMA thin films with a roughness of 5.20 nm. All classes of barriers show a notably good optical transmission of ~ 85 %. The hybrid organic-inorganic barriers show water vapor and oxygen permeation in the range of ${\sim}3.2{\times}10^{-2}g/m^2/day$ and $0.015cc/m^2/day$ at $23^{\circ}C$ and 100% relative humidity. It has been confirmed that it can be mass-produced and used as a low-cost barrier thin film in various printing electronic devices.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.195-219
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• 2015

A partial (hybrid) seismic isolation scheme for precast girder bridges in the form of a "buffer-gap-elastomeric bearings" system has been endorsed in the literature as an efficient seismic design system. However, no guides exist to detail an optimal gap size for different configurations. A numerical study is established herein for different scenarios according to Euro code seismic requirements in order to develop guidelines for the selection of optimal buffer-gap arrangements for various design cases. Various schemes are hence designed for ductile and limited ductility behavior of the bridge piers for different seismic demand levels. Seven real ground records are selected to perform incremental dynamic analysis of the bridges up to failure. Bridges with typical short and high piers are studied; and different values of initial gaps at piers are also investigated varying from a zero gap (i.e., fully locked) condition up to an initial gap at piers that is three quarters the gap left at abutments. Among the main conclusions is that the as-built initial gaps at piers (and especially large gap sizes that are ${\geq}1/2$ as-built gaps at abutments) do not practically reduce the seismic design demand and do not affect the reserve capacity of the bridge against failure for bridges featuring long piers, especially when these bridges are designed a priori for ductile behavior. To the contrary, the "buffer-gap-elastomeric bearings" system is more effective for the bridge schemes with short piers having a large difference between the stiffness of the bearings and that of their supporting (much stiffer) squat piers, particularly for designs with limited ductility. Such effectiveness is even amplified for the case of larger initial as-built gap sizes at piers.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.847-867
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• 2014

There are continuous efforts to mitigate structural losses from earthquakes and manage risk through seismic risk assessment; seismic fragility curves are widely accepted as an essential tool of such efforts. Seismic fragility curves can be classified into four groups based on how they are derived: empirical, judgmental, analytical, and hybrid. Analytical fragility curves are the most widely used and can be further categorized into two subgroups, depending on whether an analytical function or simulation method is used. Although both methods have shown decent performances for many seismic fragility problems, they often oversimplify the given problems in reliability or structural analyses owing to their built-in assumptions. In this paper, a new method is proposed for the development of seismic fragility curves. Integration with sophisticated software packages for reliability analysis (FERUM) and structural analysis (ZEUS-NL) allows the new method to obtain more accurate seismic fragility curves for less computational cost. Because the proposed method performs reliability analysis using the first-order reliability method, it provides component probabilities as well as useful byproducts and allows further fragility analysis at the system level. The new method was applied to a numerical example of a 2D frame structure, and the results were compared with those by Monte Carlo simulation. The method was found to generate seismic fragility curves more accurately and efficiently. Also, the effect of system reliability analysis on the development of seismic fragility curves was investigated using the given numerical example and its necessity was discussed.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2008

The effective mixture of structural laminated timber and other materials is expected to extend the potentials of building structures because of the potentials to realize high performance in structural safety. The classical joint types using drift pin and bolts are occurred local failures due to the small bearing area. In result, new joints using H shaped steel were suggested in this research. The objective of this study is to evaluate elasto-plastic behaviors by strengthening types of wood frames with new joints connecting structural laminated timber with H shaped steel. A total of five specimens of about one-second scale were tested. Specimens had columns with 1,050 height and $84mm{\times}100mm$ section, and a beams with 1,950mm length and $130mm{\times}100mm$ section. Also, the specimens were stiffened by brace, hwang-toh brick, and autoclaved lightweight concrete. The results of the test showed that the specimen stiffened with autoclaved lightweight concrete was characterized by fairly good strength and stiffness than those of the other specimens. Initial stiffness of H-2.0D-NS specimen with 2 times inserting length of beam height showed 1.33 times than that of H-1.5D-NS specimen. However, the strength of H-2.0D-NS specimen has not improved too much than H-1.5D-NS specimen.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.75-85
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• 1995

본 연구의 목적은 부착되어 있거나 혹은 부착되어 있지 않는 텐돈을 갖고 있는 프리스트래스트 콘크리트 구조체의 해석이 가능한 프로그램을 개발하는데 있다. 이를 위해서 먼저 콘크리트, 철근, 그리고 텐돈등의 반복하중에 대한 모델을 선정 개발하고, 텐돈이 부착되어 있지 않는 경우에 그 응력 및 변형도를 보다 정확하게 해석할 수 있는 복합유한요소법을 유도하였다. 이러한 복합 유한요소법을 사용하였을때 요소의 변형 형상을 가정하지 않고도 각 단면들의 변형을 결정할 수 있어 요소의 길이가 기존의 유한요소법에 비하여 상당히 길어질 수 있다. 이러한 복합유한요소법을 가능하게 하기 위해서 다양한 형태의 적분 방법이 프로그램되었다. 그리고 텐돈이 부착되어 있지 않는 경우 그효과를 예측할 수 있는 방법이 개발되었다. 끝으로, 실제 구조체에 대한 해석결과 및 실제시험에 대한 해석결과를 비교하여 프로그램의 적용성을 검토하였다.