• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권6호
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• pp.751-763
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• 2020

Available records of recent earthquakes show that near-field earthquakes have different characteristics than far-field earthquakes. In general, most of these unique characteristics of near-fault records can be attributed to their forward directivity. This phenomenon causes the records of ground motion normal to the fault to entail pulses with long periods in the velocity time history. The energy of the earthquake is almost accumulated in these pulses causing large displacements and, accordingly, severe damages in the building. Damage to structures caused by past earthquakes raises the need to assess the chance of future earthquake damage. There are a variety of methods to evaluate building seismic vulnerabilities with different computational cost and accuracy. In the meantime, fragility curves, which defines the possibility of structural damage as a function of ground motion characteristics and design parameters, are more common. These curves express the percentage of probability that the structural response will exceed the allowable performance limit at different seismic intensities. This study aims to obtain the fragility curve for low- and mid-rise structures of reinforced concrete moment frames by incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). These frames were exposed to an ensemble of 18 ground motions (nine records near-faults and nine records far-faults). Finally, after the analysis, their fragility curves are obtained using the limit states provided by HAZUS-MH 2.1. The result shows the near-fault earthquakes can drastically influence the fragility curves of the 6-story building while it has a minimal impact on those of the 3-story building.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 1991

조밀하게 채취된 한욱 근해 대륙붕 상의 표층퇴적물의 입도 자료 1.044 개를 재해 석하였다. 이들 표층퇴적물의 입도곡선은 31%가 단일 모르를, 54%가 두 개의 모드를 보이며 나머지는 세 개 이상의 모르를 가진다. 단일모드 퇴적물과 북모드 퇴적물의 각 구성모드의 입도곡선은 대체로 정규분포와 세립질화 한다. 군산 앞바다 및 남해 외대 륙붕의 단일모드 모래지역의 지리적 분포는 중금속 및 부유퇴적물 농도의 최저값지역 과 거의 합치한다. 이상의 사실들에서 퇴적물의 세립질 모드의 입도분포가 현세의 운 반 퇴적과정을 잘 반영한다는 것을 알게되었다. 동시에 모드분석수법이 퇴적물의 입도 자료를 해석하는데 유용한 방법임을 알게되었다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.145-155
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• 1996

이 논문은 평면 상의 영역 경계와 조절선(control curve)에 맞추어서 요소망을 자동 생성하는 알고리즘을 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 여기서 제안하는 알고리즘은 요소망 생성 영역의 경계와 조절선들을 하나의 수퍼 루프(super loop)로 연결하고, 루프(loop)위에 있는 두 절점을 연결하는 최소벌점(minimum penalty)의 경로를 따라서 순환적으로 분할하여 요소를 생성하는 기법에 바탕을 두고 있다. 이 방법은 요소망 생성영역의 형상에 제한이 없으며, 모든 과정을 쉽게 자동화 할 수 있기 때문에 복잡한 영역의 요소망을 최소한의 사용자 개입을 통해서 간편하게 처리할 수 있는 프로그램으로 쉽게 이행할 수 있다. 이 알고리즘은 곡면 요소망 생성이나, 적응적 요소망 생성등에 쉽게 확장하여 적용할 수 있다.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.102-108
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• 2018

Objective: To investigate whether the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) clinically defines improvement of Berg Balance Scale (BBS) scores in people with acute stroke in response to rehabilitation. Design: Retrospective study. Methods: Seventy-three participants with acute stroke participated in the study. Balance evaluation was performed using the BBS. All patients received rehabilitation with physical therapy for 4 weeks, 5 times a week, for 2 hours and 20 minutes a day. An anchor-based approach using the clinical global impression was used to determine the MCID of the BBS. The MCID was used to define the minimum change in the BBS total score (postintervention-preintervention) that was needed to perceive at least a 3-point improvement on the global rating of change. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves was used to define the cut-off values of the optimal MCID of the BBS in order to discriminate between improvement and no improvement groups. Results: The optimal MCID cut-off point for the BBS change scores was 12.5 points for males with a sensitivity (Sn) of 0.62 and a specificity (Sp) of 0.89, and 12.5 points for females with a Sn of 0.69 and Sp of 0.85. The area under the curve of the ROC curve for all participants were 0.84 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.72; 0.95, p<0.001), and 0.89 (95% CI, 0.77; 1.00, p<0.001), respectively. Conclusions: The MCID for improvement in balance as measured by the BBS was 13.5 points, indicating that the MCID does clinically detect changes in balance abilities in persons with stroke.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1984

In the present study, we developed a nuclear stethoscope interfaced with a personal computer (APPLE- II) and evaluated it's performances as compared with the gamma camera. This single-probe, ECG-gated system has been used for displaying the left ventricular time-activity curves, the peak ejection time and its rate, the peak filling time and its rate, and the R-R interval distribution. The radioactivity was measured at every 10msec around the ventricular region, where the activity curves shows the maximal peak to peak variations. The background activity was measured around the lung area showing its counts approximately 50% of the end-diastolic count with minimal variations. The average time-activity curves of 100 beats were used for analysis in the equilibrium study after intravenous injection of 15-20mCi of Tc. The ejection fractions measured by the nuclear stethoscope(Y) were compared with those measured by gamma camera(X) in 47 patients with various heart diseases. The correlation coefficient between two measurements was 0.766 with a relation of Y=1.04 x-8.48. Also, the high reproducibility was obtained for the same patient. Also, the high reproducibility was obtained for the same patient. From this study, we conclude that this device is useful for continuous monitoring in the intensive care unit, as it is portable, compact, and inexpensive.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.317-320
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• 1996

The time-kill curves of LB20304, a novel fluoroquinolone that has potent antibacterial activity against gram-positve and gram-negative bacteria, were calculated at the concentrations of 1/4-, 1/2-, 1-, 2- and 4-times the MIC against Staphylococcus aureus 77, Escherichia coli 3739E, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1912E. The bactericidal activity of LB20304 for these strains was very rapid and comparable to that of ciprofloxacin. LB20304 produced a decrease in the $log_10$ CFU per milliliter of${\geq}$3 within 2 h at 4-times the MIC for all strains and consitently prevented regrowth of bacteria after 24 h of incubation. The MBCs (Minimal Bactericidal Concentration) of LB20304 against test organisms were equal to or at most four-times higher than the MICs.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.161-173
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• 2018

Point bending is often used for cambering and curving structural steel girders. An analytical solution, applicable in the elasto-plastic range only, that relates applied loads to the desired curve was recently developed for inducing horizontal curves using four-point bending. This solution does not account for initial residual stresses and geometric imperfections built-in hot-rolled sections. This paper presents results from a full-scale test on a hot-rolled steel section curved using four-point bending. In parallel, a numerical analysis, accounting for both initial geometric imperfections and initial residual stresses, was carried out. The models were validated against the experimental results and a good agreement for lateral offset and for strain in the elasto-plastic and post-plastic ranges was achieved. The results show that the effect of initial residual stresses on deformation and strain is minimal. Finally, residual stresses due to cold bending calculated from the numerical analysis were assessed and a revised stress value for the service load design of the curved girder is proposed.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1983

직선 및 곡선과 같은 선형 특징은 영상 처리에 있어 중요한 특징중의 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 의미있는 선형 특징의 새로운 기법이 제안된다. 이 기법은 그래프 이론의 미니멀 스패닝 트리를 이용하여 경계점들을 연결하고 그 다음, 헤어(의미없는 잔가지)와 불합리한 선분을 제거한다. 이와 같이 추적된 선형 특징을 근사화 묘사하기 위하여 부분 선형 근사화를 수행한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 기법으로 실험을 수행하여 그 결과를 보여 주었다.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.403-411
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• 2006

NURBS surfaces have been widely used in engineering design since it can create a smooth surface using minimal numbers of data. But deformation of the surfaces is quite difficult especially for the detailed modification. Also, NURBS surface deformation processes need many inputs, and it is not easy to be implemented in 3D virtual system. In this paper, both the surface trimming and multi-resolution surface are used for the detailed sculpting including sharp edges of NURBS surface. QuadTree is used to separate cleanly the target surface with the surface for sculpting effect. Simple user strokes are also used for the sculpting target curves and GOMS(Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection Rules) model is applied to verify the efficiency of the proposed sculpting process.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.165-180
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• 1999

The cost effectiveness of using steel roof systems for residential buildings is becoming increasingly apparent with the decrease in manufacturing cost of steel components, reliability and efficiency in construction practices, and the economic and environmental concerns. While steel has been one of the primary materials for structural systems, it is only recently that its use for residential buildings is being explored. A comprehensive system for the design of residential steel roof truss systems is presented. In the first stage of the research the design curves obtained from the AISI-LRFD code for the manufactured cross-sections were verified experimentally. Components of the truss systems were tested in order to determine their member properties when subjected to axial force and bending moments. In addition, the experiments were simulated using finite element analysis to provide an additional source of verification. The second stage of the research involved the development of an integrated design approach that would automatically design a lowest cost roof truss given minimal input. A modified genetic algorithm was used to handle sizing, shape and topology variables in the design problem. The developed methodology was implemented in a software system for the purpose of designing the lowest cost truss that would meet the AISI code provisions and construction requirements given the input parameters. The third stage of the research involved full-scale testing of a typical residential steel roof designed using the developed software system. The full scale testing established the factor of safety while validating the analysis and design procedures. Evaluation of the test results indicates that designs using the present approach provide a structure with enough reserve strength to perform as predicted and are very economical.