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Comparative Evaluation of Nonlinear Seismic Responses of Bridge Structures Using Different Analysis Technique (해석방법에 따른 교량 구조물의 비선형지진응답 비교연구)

  • Kwon, Kyong-Il;Joe, Yang-Hee;Kim, Jae-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.396-404
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    • 2005
  • Nonlinear responses of structures may be obtained through three different methods. They are time-history analysis techniques, response spectrum method, and R-factor method. The nonlinear response spectrum method is frequently used in the practice, because the time history analysis method is time-consuming and complicated. There are two different approaches in obtaining the nonlinear response spectrum, which results in "constant displacement ductility spectra" and "constant damage spectra", respectively. The nonlinear response spectra of the various time-histories had been computed and the results were comparatively evaluated in this study. The study results showed that the existing constant displacement ductility spectra can induce unconservative design especially for the structures on soft soil base. This unconservatism can be removed by using the newly proposed constant damage spectra.

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A Study on the Applicability of Amplification Factor to Estimate Peak Ground Acceleration of Pohang Area (국내 내진설계기준의 지반증폭계수를 활용한 포항지역의 지표면 최대가속도 산출 적절성 검토)

  • Kim, Jongkwan;Han, Jin-Tae;Kwak, Tae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.36 no.11
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2020
  • Ground response analysis has been conducted for each borehole data in Pohang area, using 1D equivalent linear method program, to investigate the applicability of amplification factor to estimate peak ground acceleration. Earthquake motions for ground response analysis were prepared by matching response spectrums for return period of 500, 1000, and 2400 years suggested by seismic design code (MOIS, 2017). Ground survey data were acquired from Geotechnical Information DB System. It has been confirmed that response spectrum obtained from ground response analysis showed good agreement with those from seismic design code irrespective of ground classification. However, PGA (Peak Ground Accelerations) of ground response analysis did not coincide with PGA calculated using amplification factor suggested by seismic design code.

Preliminary strong ground motion simulation at seismic stations within nuclear power plant sites in South Korea by a scenario earthquake on the causative fault of 2016 Gyeongju earthquake

  • Choi, Hoseon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.7
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    • pp.2529-2539
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    • 2022
  • Stochastic and an empirical Green's function (EGF) methods are preliminarily applied to simulate strong ground motions (SGMs) at seismic stations within nuclear power plant (NPP) sites in South Korea by an assumed large earthquake with MW6.5 (scenario earthquake) on the causative fault of the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake with MW5.5 (mainshock). In the stochastic method, a ratio of spectral amplitudes of observed and simulated waveforms for the mainshock is assumed to be an adjustment factor. In the EGF method, SGMs by the mainshock are simulated assuming SGMs by the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake with MW5.0 (foreshock) as the EGF. To simulate SGMs by the scenario earthquake, a ratio of fault length to width is assumed to be 2:1 in the stochastic method, and SGMs by the mainshock are assumed to be EGF in the EGF method. The results are similar based on a bias of the simulated response spectra by the two methods, and the simulated response spectra by the two methods exceeded commonly standard design response spectra anchored at 0.3 g of NPP sites slightly at a frequency band above 4 Hz, but considerable attention to interpretation is required since it is an indirect comparison.

A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT SOURCE, BACKGROUND COLOR, AND TIME SPENT ON THE ABILITY TO MATCH TOOTH SHADE (광원(光源), 배경색(背景色), 소요시간(所要時間)이 치아색(齒牙色) 선택(選擇) 능력(能力)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Kwon, Oh-Im
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 1978
  • Color is an important factor in dental esthetics. Application of natural tooth color will not fail to produce pleasing results. But a standardized method of shade matching has not been adopted. If we are to overcome the color matching problem in dentistry, an understanding of the nature of color and light is essential. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of different light sources and different background colors on the ability of observers to correctly match shades of artifical teeth. And observation was made to determine if the time spent in making a shade match was a factor in the correctness of the response. A test method was devised and 50 individuals made observations which were recorded and analyzed. $X^2$-test gave results indicating that the time factor had no effect on the response made. An analysis of variance showed the following effects significant at the five percent level; (1) light source (2) background color (3) subject. The following conclusions can be drawn from this study; (1) The time spent in making shade selection is not a factor in the correctness of the selections. (2) The light source used is an important factor in matching tooth shade; and there is no significant difference between the light sources in shade matching. (3) Under the conditions of this study, the greatest accuracy in shade matching was obtained on the brown background.

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An Improvement for Impact Factor Determination to Traffic Loads (통행차량에 의한 충격계수 산정방법 개선)

  • Koo, Bong-Kuen;Ryu, Taek-Eun;Lee, Jae-Bum;Ryu, Youn-Jong
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.217-224
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    • 2002
  • This paper is proposed a reasonable method for determining the dynamic properties, the impact factors caused by traffic loads on highway bridges. In addition, the impact factors obtained in previous inspection reports were classified by the span length of the bridge, kind of bridge and type of bridge and the result of the impact factor was adjusted by a statistical method and presented problems. Also, the method for determining the impact factor using traffic load is proposed and the proposed method is compared with the specification code. The method estimating the impact factors due to the traffic loads can efficiently recognize the response of the structure by providing the impact factors and help to save the investigation cost, and also it can be used for the maintenance of structures using the usual test of bridges.

Influence of the Random Yield Strength Distribution on the Behaviour Factor of Steel Structures (임의항복강도의 분포가 강구조물의 거동계수에 미치는 영향)

  • Kook, Seung Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.9 no.2 s.31
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    • pp.229-235
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    • 1997
  • In order to check the influence of the randomness in yield strengths on the energy dissipation capacity of steel structures, behaviour factors applied for the "Response Spectrum Method" and their distributions are determined in this study with 7 steel framed models. Also 4 artificial accelerograms simulated with a given spectrum are applied to check the influence of the randomness in seismic action on the behviour factor. To execute numerous time-step calculations for the investigation a time-step analysis method is developed and applied after the reliability estimation to determine the action effects.

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Magnetic Field Calculation and Multi-objective Optimization of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator with Coreless Stator Windings

  • Zhu, Jun;Li, Shaolong;Song, Dandan;Han, Qiaoli;Li, guanghua
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.1586-1595
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    • 2018
  • For the problem that the complexity of 3-D modeling and multi parameter optimization, as well as the uncertainty of the winding factor of axial flux permanent magnet generator with coreless windings. The complex 3-D model was simplified into 2-D analytic model, and an analytical formula for the winding factor that adapting different coreless stator winding is proposed in this paper. The analytical solution for air-gap magnetic fields, no-load back EMF, electromagnetic torque, and efficiency are calculated by using this method. The multiple objective and multivariable optimization of the maximum fundamental and the minimum harmonic content of back EMF are performed by using response surface methodology. The proposed optimum design method was applied to make a generator. The generator was tested and the calculated results are compared with the proposed method, which show good agreements.

Evaluation of Seismic Performance for Reinforced Concrete Piers Using Capacity Spectrum Method (역량스펙트럼 방법을 이용한 철근 콘크리트 교각의 내진성능 평가)

  • Song, Jong-Keol;Chang, Dong-Huy;Chung, Yeong-Hwa
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.24 no.A
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    • pp.185-194
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    • 2004
  • To evaluate seismic performance of reinforced concrete piers two procedures for capacity spectrum method are presented. The capacity spectrum procedures include the reduction factor-ductility-period($R_{\mu}-{\mu}-T$)relationship in order to construct the inelastic demand spectra from the elastic demand spectra. Application of the procedures are illustrated by example analysis. Maximum displacements estimated by the procedures are compared to those by inelastic time history analysis for several artificial earthquakes. The results show that the maximum displacements estimated by the procedures are, on overall, smaller than those by the inelastic time history analysis.

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A study on the Capacity Spectrum for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Bridge (교량의 내진성능 평가를 위한 역량스펙트럼 적용 연구)

  • Park, Yeon-Soo;Lee, Byung-Geun;Kim, Eung-Rok;Suh, Byung-Chul;Park, Sun-Joon;Choi, Sun-Min
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.1012-1017
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    • 2008
  • In this study, We examine closely the capacity spectrum method which a kind of displacement-based method evaluated by displacement of structure as an alternative to the load-based analysis method. The displacement-based method can easily review the strength of structure, seismic performance, ductility. Seismic performance by using capacity spectrum method is divided into design response spectrum and capacity spectrum. We can diagram design response spectrum by deciding the design seismic factor depending on performance target, site classification, seismic level, return period as UBC-97. Capacity spectrum is a load-displacement curve obtained by Push-over analysis considering the geometric parameter and the material parameter. We execute the seismic performance evaluation by using the capacity spectrum method to reinforced concrete pier which has been seismic design. As a result, We confirmed that there is a yield point and a ultimate point close by design response spectrum of UBC-97.

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Performance evaluation technique of a heat exchanger using a transient response analysis (과도응답해석을 이용한 열교환기의 성능평가방법에 관한 연구)

  • Park, B.K.;Hong, T.;Park, S.H.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 1999
  • The performance evaluation technique of a heat exchanger is described by using a transient response analysis for the determination of an average heat transfer coefficient. The model using a finite difference method can accommodate arbitrary inlet fluid temperature as well as longitudinal conduction. Temperature histories are obtained from the experiments at the inlet and outlet of test core. Heat transfer coefficient and friction factor of the plate array are obtained in short times using the data reduction program of transient response analysis in the single-blow method. The results agree very well with theoretical results. It is shown that the rms deviations are very small and the performance evaluation technique gives rapid and accurate results.

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