• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.39-40
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.893-898
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• 2003

A new type of the Expanded Knee brace was developed to measure the human knee joint. This instrument was composed of six parts, four arranged for two hinge joints and two pin joint , and two hinge for the expanded system. With a developed instrument, the experimental results obtained the data of Accelerometer, the experimental results obtained of the data FEM, the experimental results obtained the data of Motion Analysis and Force platform. Compared to earlier developed sports type knee brace, new instrument shows its convenience in application and accuracy in measurement.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.274-281
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• 2002

In this study a analytical model for a structure with buckling-restrained unbonded knee-braces is proposed, and a performance-based seismic design procedure for such a system Is provided. The proposed structure system has advantage of simplifying the structural design procedure in that the hinge-connected main structural members, such as beams and columns, are designed only for gravity loads, and all the lateral seismic load is resisted by the braces. The design procedure is based on the concept of equivalent damping, and is implemented to the capacity spectrum method. Parametric study is performed with design variables such as yield stress and cross-sectional area of knee-braces to find out proper slope of the braces.