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Enabling role of hybrid simulation across NEES in advancing earthquake engineering

  • Gomez, Daniel;Dyke, Shirley J.;Maghareh, Amin
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.913-929
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    • 2015
  • Hybrid simulation is increasingly being recognized as a powerful technique for laboratory testing. It offers the opportunity for global system evaluation of civil infrastructure systems subject to extreme dynamic loading, often with a significant reduction in time and cost. In this approach, a reference structure/system is partitioned into two or more substructures. The portion of the structural system designated as 'physical' or 'experimental' is tested in the laboratory, while other portions are replaced with a computational model. Many researchers have quite effectively used hybrid simulation (HS) and real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) methods for examination and verification of existing and new design concepts and proposed structural systems or devices. This paper provides a detailed perspective of the enabling role that HS and RTHS methods have played in advancing the practice of earthquake engineering. Herein, our focus is on investigations related to earthquake engineering, those with CURATED data available in their entirety in the NEES Data Repository.

DEVS/HLA-based Virtual Warfare Simulation Methodology (DEVS/HLA 기반 가상전장 모델링 방법론)

  • Kang Kwang-Chun;Oh Ji-Yeon;Chi Sung-Do;Chae Soo-Hwan;Lee Sang-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2005
  • War-game modeling and simulation system have been developed and applied to virtual tactical training both inside and outside of country However, most existing models have been developed for individual purpose based on the simple platform modeling such as physical modeling, visual modeling, and conceptual modeling. Thus, those modeling and simulation system cannot support the interoperability, expensively, variety and reusability. To deal with these problems, the paper propose an integrated design methodology for the War-game systems based on the DEVS/HLA.

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The numerical simulation on variation of phytoplankton maximum region in the estuary of Nakdong river -II. The numerical simulation on variation of phytoplankton maximum region- (낙동강 하구지역의 식물플랑크톤 극대역 변동에 관한 수직시뮬레이션 -II. 식물플랑크톤 극대역 변동의 수치시뮬레이션-)

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    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.375-384
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    • 2000
  • It is very important to interprete and simulate the variation of phytoplankton maximum region for the prediction and control of red tide. This study was composed of two parts first the hydrodynamic simulation such as residual current and salinity diffusion and second the ecological simulation such as phytoplankton distribution according to freshwater discharge and pollutant loads. Without the Nakdong river discharge residual current was stagnated in inner side of this estuary and surface distribution of salinity was over 25psu. On the contrary with summer mean discharge freshwater stretched very far outward and some waters flowed into Chinhae Bay through the Kadok channel and low salinity extended over coastal sea and salinity front occurred. From the result of contributed physical process to phytioplankton biomass the accumulation was occurred at the west part of this estuary and the Kadok channel with the Nakdong river discharge. When more increased input discharge the accumulation band was transported to outer side of this estuary. The frequently outbreak of red tide in this area is caused by accumulation of physical processes. The phytoplankton maximum region located inner side of this estuary without the Nakdong river discharge and with mean discharge of winter but it was moved to outer side when mean discharge of the Nakdong river was increased. The variation of input concentration from the land loads was not largely influenced on phytoplankton biomass and location of maximum region. When discharge was increased phytoplankton maximum region was transferred to inner side of the Kadok channel. ON the other hand when discharge was decreased phytoplankton maximum region was transferred to inner side of this estuary and chlorophyll a contents increased to over 20$\mu\textrm{g}$/L Therefore if any other conditions are favorable for growth of phytoplankton. decreas of discharge causes to increase of possibility of red tide outbreak.

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Study of physical simulation of electrochemical modification of clayey rock

  • Chai, Zhaoyun;Zhang, Yatiao;Scheuermann, Alexander
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.197-209
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    • 2016
  • Clayey rock has large clay mineral content. When in contact with water, this expands considerably and may present a significant hazard to the stability of the rock in geotechnical engineering applications. This is particularly important in the present work, which focused on mitigating some unwelcomed properties of clayey rock. Changes in its physical properties were simulated by subjecting the rock to a low voltage direct current (DC) using copper, steel and aluminum electrodes. The modified mechanism of the coupled electrical and chemical fields acting on the clayey rock was analyzed. It was concluded that the essence of clayey rock electrochemical modification is the electrokinetic effect of the DC field, together with the coupled hydraulic and electrical potential gradients in fine-grained clayey rock, including ion migration, electrophoresis and electro-osmosis. The aluminum cathodes were corroded and generated gibbsite at the anode; the steel and copper cathodes showed no obvious change. The electrical resistivity and uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of the modified specimens from the anode, intermediate and cathode zones tended to decrease. Samples taken from these zones showed a positive correlation between electric resistivity and UCS.

Joint Beamforming and Power Splitting Design for Physical Layer Security in Cognitive SWIPT Decode-and-Forward Relay Networks

  • Xu, Xiaorong;Hu, Andi;Yao, Yingbiao;Feng, Wei
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-19
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    • 2020
  • In an underlay cognitive simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) network, communication from secondary user (SU) to secondary destination (SD) is accomplished with decode-and-forward (DF) relays. Multiple energy-constrained relays are assumed to harvest energy from SU via power splitting (PS) protocol and complete SU secure information transmission with beamforming. Hence, physical layer security (PLS) is investigated in cognitive SWIPT network. In order to interfere with eavesdropper and improve relay's energy efficiency, a destination-assisted jamming scheme is proposed. Namely, SD transmits artificial noise (AN) to interfere with eavesdropping, while jamming signal can also provide harvested energy to relays. Beamforming vector and power splitting ratio are jointly optimized with the objective of SU secrecy capacity maximization. We solve this non-convex optimization problem via a general two-stage procedure. Firstly, we obtain the optimal beamforming vector through semi-definite relaxation (SDR) method with a fixed power splitting ratio. Secondly, the best power splitting ratio can be obtained by one-dimensional search. We provide simulation results to verify the proposed solution. Simulation results show that the scheme achieves the maximum SD secrecy rate with appropriate selection of power splitting ratio, and the proposed scheme guarantees security in cognitive SWIPT networks.

Behavior of Dry-stone Segmental Retaining Wall Using Physical Modeling and Numerical Simulation (모형시험과 수치해석을 이용한 조적식 석축옹벽의 거동 특성)

  • Kim, Seong-Su;Mok, Young-Jin;Jung, Young-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2011
  • The behavior of the dry-stone masonry retaining structure has been investigated via physical model test and numerical simulation. In the model test, the digital image analysis using PIV technique was employed to measure horizontal displacements in the backfill soils and retaining blocks. For finite element numerical analyses, the commercial code, ABAQUS, was used. The horizontal displacements observed in the model test showed that the development of the failure surface is progressive. Numerical results showed that in most cases horizontal earth pressure is distributed similarly to a conventional Rankine’s distribution. However, lower values of the internal friction angle of the backfill soils and interface friction angle in the front blocks produce irregularly nonlinear distribution of the horizontal earth pressure.

Training and Performances of the HPA Pilot (인간동력항공기 조종사 훈련 및 성과)

  • Chang, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Jeong-Won
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.202-208
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes establishment of a pilot training plan, training and an outcome for Human Powered Aircraft which can take off, landing and fly using the energy generated by only human muscle without using mechanical power. To achieve these, a special trainer made a plan by considering physical trait of each pilot and each pilot was performed an indoor training for principle physical improvement, an outdoor training for generating sustainable power, a simulation training to learn maneuver ability. The pilot mastered the basic maneuver ability needed to fly and each pilot was lose their weight and experienced their improved physical strength via the training.

Simulation of oxygen mass transfer in fuel assemblies under flowing lead-bismuth eutectic

  • Feng, Wenpei;Zhang, Xue;Chen, Hongli
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.908-917
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    • 2020
  • Corrosion of structural materials presents a critical challenge in the use of lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) as a nuclear coolant in an accelerator-driven system. By forming a protective layer on the steel surfaces, corrosion of steels in LBE cooled reactors can be mitigated. The amount of oxygen concentration required to create a continuous and stable oxide layer on steel surfaces is related to the oxidation process. So far, there is no oxidation experiment in fuel assemblies (FA), let alone specific oxidation detail information. This information can be, however, obtained by numerical simulation. In the present study, a new coupling method is developed to implement a coupling between the oxygen mass transfer model and the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS-CFX. The coupling approach is verified. Using the coupling tool, we study the oxidation process of the FA and investigate the effects of different inlet parameters, such as temperature, flow rate on the mass transfer process.

Development of web-based collaborative framework for the simulation of embedded systems

  • Yang, Woong;Lee, Soo-Hong;Jin, Yong Zhu;Hwang, Hyun-Tae
    • Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.363-369
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    • 2016
  • Cyber Physical System (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) are hot objects of interest as an extension of the embedded system. These interactive products and systems contain Mobile Devices which are most popular and used most frequently. Also these have been widely used from the control of the Nuclear Power Control System (NPCS) to IoT Home Service. Information & Communication Technology (ICT) topics of trend fused-complex current Information Technology (IT) and Communication Technology (CT) are closely linked to real space and virtual space. This immediately means the arrival of the ultra-connected society. It refers to a society in which various objects surrounding the human innovation and change in the social sector are expected through the connection between the data which are to be generated. In addition, studies of Tool-kit for the design of such systems are also actively pursued. However, only increased cooperation and information sharing between the physical object consists of a variety of machinery and equipment. We have taken into consideration a number of design variables of the high barriers to entry about the product. In this study, It has been developed a Web-based collaboration framework which can be a flexible connection between macroscopically virtual environment and the physical environment. This framework is able to verifiy and manage physical environments. Also it can resolve the bottlenecks encountered during the base expansion and development process of IoT (Internet of Things) environment.

Study on bearing characteristic of rock mass with different structures: Physical modeling

  • Zhao, Zhenlong;Jing, Hongwen;Shi, Xinshuai;Yang, Lijun;Yin, Qian;Gao, Yuan
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.179-194
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, to study the stability of surrounding rock during roadway excavation in different rock mass structures, the physical model test for roadway excavation process in three types of intact rock mass, layered rock mass and massive rock mass were carried out by using the self-developed two-dimensional simulation testing system of complex underground engineering. Firstly, based on the engineering background of a deep mine in eastern China, the similar materials of the most appropriate ratio in line with the similarity theory were tested, compared and determined. Then, the physical models of four different schemes with 1000 mm (height) × 1000 mm (length) × 250 mm (width) were constructed. Finally, the roadway excavation was carried out after applying boundary conditions to the physical model by the simulation testing system. The results indicate that the supporting effect of rockbolts has a great influence on the shallow surrounding rock, and the rock mass structure can affect the overall stability of the surrounding rock. Furthermore, the failure mechanism and bearing capacity of surrounding rock were further discussed from the comparison of stress evolution characteristics, distribution of stress arch, and failure modes in different schemes.