• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.473-494
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• 2014

Progressive collapse, which is referred to as the collapse of the entire building under local damages, is a common failure mode happened by earthquakes. The collapse process highly depends on the whole structural system. Since, asymmetry of the building plan leads to the local damage concentration; it may intensify the progressive collapse mechanism of asymmetric buildings. In this research the progressive collapse of regular and irregular 6-story RC ordinary moment resisting frame buildings are studied in the presence of the earthquake loads. Collapse process and collapse propagation are investigated using nonlinear time history analyses (NLTHA) in buildings with 5%, 15% and 25% mass asymmetry with respect to the number of collapsed hinges and story drifts criteria. Results show that increasing the value of mass eccentricity makes the asymmetric buildings become unstable earlier and in the early stages with lower number of the collapsed hinges. So, with increasing the mass eccentricity in building, instability and collapse of the entire building occurs earlier, with lower potential of the progressive collapse. It is also demonstrated that with increasing the mass asymmetry the decreasing trend of the number of collapsed beam and column hinges is approximately similar to the decreasing trend in the average story drifts of the mass centers and stiff edges. So, as an alternative to a much difficult-to-calculate local response parameter of the number of collapsed hinges, the story drift, as a global response parameter, measures the potential of progressive collapse more easily.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.195-207
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• 2018

First-order reliability method (FORM) is enhanced based on the search direction using relaxed conjugate reliability (RCR) approach for the embedded nanocomposite beam under buckling failure mode. The RCR method is formulated using discrete conjugate map with a limited scalar factor. A dynamical relaxed factor is proposed to control instability of proposed RCR, which is adjusted using sufficient descent condition. The characteristic of equivalent materials for nanocomposite beam are obtained by micro-electro-mechanical model. The probabilistic model of nanocomposite beam is simulated using the sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT). The beam is subjected to external applied voltage in thickness direction and the surrounding elastic medium is modeled by Pasternak foundation. The governing equations are derived in terms of energy method and Hamilton's principal. Using exact solution, the implicit buckling limit state function of nanocomposite beam is proposed, which is involved various random variables including thickness of beam, length of beam, spring constant of foundation, shear constant of foundation, applied voltage, and volume fraction of ZnO nanoparticles in polymer. The robustness, accuracy and efficiency of proposed RCR method are evaluated for this engineering structural reliability problem. The results demonstrate that proposed RCR method is more accurate and robust than the excising reliability methods-based FORM. The volume fraction of ZnO nanoparticles and the applied voltage are the sensitive variables on the reliable levels of the nanocomposite beams.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.105-112
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• 1996

고온 고압의 액체 로켓 엔진 연소실 설계에서 연소 불안정 현상은 항상 큰 문제로 인식되어 왔다. 이 문제의 근본적인 원인은 연소로 인한 급격한 열 방출에 기인하며 연소 과정에서 생기는 아주 작은 소음이 연소실 내의 음향모드와 상이 일치하면서 연소실 내의 압력이 급격히 높아져 엔진의 파손까지도 가져오게 한다. 본 연구는 이러한 연소 불안정 현상을 제거하기 위해 사용되는 안정화 장치로서 배플이 어떻게 로켓 연소실의 안정화에 도움을 주는가에 대한 이론적인 배경을 제공하는데 그 주안점을 두어 베플이 부착된 연소실에 대하여 음향해석을 행하여 배플을 사용함으로 인한 여러 가지 특이한 효과들이 연소 불안정 현상을 제거하는 중요한 메카니즘으로 작용함을 밝혀 내었다. 이중 대표적인 것으로는 첫째, 배플 격실내에서 횡모드 음향파가 종모드화되는 경향이며, 둘째, 연료 분사면 주위에서 불안정 유동이 극히 억제되는 현상과, 셋째로 연소실 내의 정상모드 진동수가 감소되는 현상등이다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제34회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.469-471
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• 2010

초공동 수중 운동체의 구조물은 수중 운동 시에 유동 마찰에 의해 생성되는 높은 축 방향 하중과 추력의 조합에 의해 좌굴 현상이 발생하게 되며, 이는 구조물의 손상과 연결된다. 따라서 운용하고자 하는 수동 운동체의 속도 범위에서 이러한 좌굴이 발생되지 않도록 구조 설계가 요구되며, 이는 유한요소 해석을 이용한 정적 및 동적 좌굴 해석으로 좌굴 예측이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 좌굴 해석을 위한 기초적인 소개와 유한요소 좌굴 해석에 필요한 고유치 해법을 소개하고, 좌굴 해석에 앞서 고유치 해법을 통한 고유 진동수 및 모드 형상을 DIAMOND/IPSAP 프로그램을 통해 예측하여 보았다.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.5-8
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• 2006

A novel a-Si TFT integrated gate driver circuit using multi-thread driving has been developed. The circuit consists of two independent shift registers alternating between the two modes, "wake" and "sleep". The degradation of the circuit is retarded because the bias stress is removed during the sleep mode. It has been successfully integrated in 14.1-in. XGA LCD Panel, showing enhanced stability.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.177-189
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• 2015

The output of the controller is said to exceed the input limits of the plant being controlled when a control system operates in a non-linear region. This process is called the windup phenomenon. The windup phenomenon is not preferable in the control system because it leads to performance degradation, such as overshoot and system instability. Many anti-windup strategies involve switching, where the integral component differently operates between the linear and the non-linear states. The range of state for the non-overshoot performance is better illustrated by the boundary integral error plane than the proportional-integral (PI) plane in windup inspection. This study proposes a PI controller with a separate closed-loop integral controller and reference value set with respect to the input command and external torque. The PI controller is compared with existing conventional proportional integral, conditional integration, tracking back calculation, and integral state prediction schemes by using ScicosLab simulations. The controller is also experimentally verified on a direct current motor under no-load and loading conditions. The proposed controller shows a promising potential with its ability to eliminate overshoot with short settling time using the decoupling mode in both conditions.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.567-575
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• 2008

Transient security assessment(TSA) is becoming an essential requirement not only for security monitoring but also for stabilizing control of power systems under new electricity environments. It has already been pointed out that fast transient stability study is an important part for monitoring and controlling system security. In this paper, we discuss an energy function method for stabilizing control of transiently unstable systems by introducing generator tripping system to enhance the transient stability of power systems. The stabilization with less tripped power can be obtained by tripping the generators faster than out-of-synchronism relay. Fast transient stability assessment based on the state estimation and direct transient energy function method is an important part of the stabilizing scheme. It is possible to stabilize the transiently unstable system by tripping less generators before the action of out-of-synchronism relay, especially when a group of generator are going to be out-of-synchronism. Moreover, the amount of generator output needed for tripping can be decided by Transient Energy Function(TEF) method. The main contribution of this paper is on the stabilizing scheme which can be running in the Wide Area Control System.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.270-273
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 능동형 모드록킹 방식을 이용하여 10 GHz의 고반복률을 가지는 초단펄스 광섬유 고리형 레이저를 제작하였다. 레이저 공진기의 모든 부분을 편광유지 광섬유로 구성하여 편광변화에 의한 불안정성이 없는 비교적 안정된 펄스를 얻을 수 있었으며, 투과 대역폭 2.4 nm의 파장가변 필터를 공진기 내부에 삽입하여 발진파장을 1530 nm에서 1560 nm 까지 조절할 수 있었고, 0.4 nm 파장 선폭과 8 psec 펄스폭, 그리고 1.2mW평균출력을 갖는 펄스를 발생시킬 수 있었다. 또한, 여기광의 세기에 따른 relaxation oscillation 주파수 변화를 측정함으로써 레이저 공진기의 손실을 알 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.292-296
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• 2018

Recent events in the nuclear industry have resulted in a movement towards increased seismic and LOCA excitations and requirements that challenge current fuel designs. AREVA NP's GAIA fuel design introduces unique and robust characteristics to resist the effects of seismic and LOCA excitations. For demanding seismic and LOCA scenarios, fuel assembly spacer grids can undergo plastic deformations. These plastic deformations must not prohibit the complete insertion of the control rod assemblies and the cooling of the fuel rods after the accident. The specific structure of the GAIA spacer grid produces a unique and stable compressive deformation mode which maintains the regular array of the fuel rods and guide tubes. The stability of the spacer grid allows it to absorb a significant amount of energy without a loss of load-carrying capacity. The GAIA-specific grid behavior is in contrast to the typical spacer grid, which is characterized by a buckling instability. The increased mechanical robustness of the GAIA spacer grid is advantageous in meeting the increased seismic and LOCA loadings and the associated safety requirements. The unique GAIA spacer grid behavior will be incorporated into AREVA NP's licensed methodologies to take full benefit of the increased mechanical robustness.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2008

The stability of a rotating cantilever pipe conveying fluid with a crack and tip mass is investigated by the numerical method. That is, the effects of the rotating angular velocity, mass ratio, crack severity and tip mass on the critical flow velocity for flutter instability of system are studied. The equations of motion of rotating pipe are derived by using the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and the extended Hamilton's principle. The crack section of pipe is represented by a local flexibility matrix connecting two undamaged pipe segments. Also, the crack is assumed to be in the first mode of fracture and always opened during the vibrations. When the tip mass and crack are constant, the critical flow velocity for flutter is proportional to the rotating angular velocity of pipe. In addition, the stability maps of the rotating pipe system as a rotating angular velocity and mass ratio ${\beta}$ are presented.