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An advanced software interface to make OpenSees for thermal analysis of structures more user-friendly

  • Seong-Hoon Jeong;Ehsan Mansouri;Nadia Ralston;Jong-Wan Hu
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.127-138
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, structural behavior under fire conditions is comprehensively examined, and a novel software interface for testing interfaces efficiently is developed and validated. In order to accurately assess the response of structures to fire scenarios, advanced simulation techniques and modeling approaches are incorporated into the study. This interface enables accurate heat transfer analysis and thermo-mechanical simulations by integrating software tools such as CSI ETABS, CSI SAP2000, and OpenSees. Heat transfer models can be automatically generated, simulation outputs processed, and structural responses interpreted under a variety of fire scenarios using the proposed technique. As a result of rigorous testing and validation against established methods, including Cardington tests on scales and hybrid simulation approaches, the software interface has been proven to be effective and accurate. The analysis process is streamlined by this interface, providing engineers and researchers with a robust tool for assessing structural performance under fire conditions.

Analysis of Orthotropic Spherical Shells under Symmetric Load Using Runge-Kutta Method (Runge-Kutta법을 이용한 축대칭 하중을 받는 직교 이방성 구형쉘의 해석)

  • Kim, Woo-Sik;Kwun, Ik-No;Kwun, Taek-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.2 no.3 s.5
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2002
  • It is often hard to obtain analytical solutions of boundary value problems of shells. Introducing some approximations into the governing equations may allow us to get analytical solutions of boundary value problems. Instead of an analytical procedure, we can apply a numerical method to the governing equations. Since the governing equations of shells of revolution under symmetric load are expressed by ordinary differential equations, a numerical solution of ordinary differential equations is applicable to solve the equations. In this paper, the governing equations of orthotropic spherical shells under symmetric load are derived from the classical theory based on differential geometry, and the analysis is numerically carried out by computer program of Runge-Kutta methods. The numerical results are compared to the solutions of a commercial analysis program, SAP2000, and show good agreement.

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A Study on the Characteristic of Natural Frequencies of Railway Plate Girder Bridges (판형교의 고유진동수 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 오지택;박문석;최진유
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.304-309
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    • 2001
  • Natural frequencies are studied for dynamic analysis of plate girder bridges which are made up about 34% in the existing railway bridges in Korea. In this study, standard plate girder bridges designed by L-22, a standard load type of the railway specification in Korea, are modeled for finite element method analysis. SAP2000n, a commercial finite element method analysis tool, is used for structural analyses and evaluations. Span lengths of Plate girders have 7 types : 6m, 9m, 12m, 15m, 22m, 24m, and 30m. Natural frequencies are considered in mass rations and span lengths and they are compared with a recommendation of UIC 776-1R for alterations, from now on, in train conditions of operation. For changes of natural frequencies in plate girders by damages of structures, Parameter studies are accomplished.

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A Simple Finite Element Analysis of Axisymmetrical Shell Structures (축대칭 쉘 구조의 단순 유한요소 해석)

  • 김용희;이윤성
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.68-77
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    • 2003
  • Shell structure are widely used in a variety of engineering application and mathematical solution of shell structures are available only for a few special cases. The solution of shell structure is more complicated when it has such condition as winker foundation, variable thickness and other problem. In this paper, a simple finite element method is presented for the analysis of axisymmetric several types of shell structure subjected to axisymmetric loads and having uniform and varying wall thickness on elastic foundation. The method is based on the analogy with a beam on elastic foundation (BEF), foundation stiffness matrix where the foundation modulus and beam flexural rigidity are replaced by appropriate parameters pertaining to the shell under considerations. The technique is attractive for implementation on a numerical solution by means of a computer program coded in FORTRAN language with a few elements. To demonstrate this fact, it gives good results which compare well with SAP2000.

Taxonomical Study by the Major Fatty Acid of Genus Rhus(anacardiaceae) in Korean (주요 지방산에 의한 한국산 옻나무屬의 분류학적 연구)

  • 정재민
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.202-209
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    • 1998
  • Through total fatty acid analysis by the Gas chromatography, 17 different fatty acids were identified from the sap extracted from bark of Korean Rhus(Anacardiaceae), six species. Linoleic acid(C18 :2) and oleic acid(C18 : 1) were identified as major fatty acids for the species investigated, but except in R. chinensis.In the fatty acid composition for the species, one or two specific-fatty acid was detected, and its could be utilized as a useful taxonomic character.The result of cluster analysis by the 22 reliable characters in the fatty acid composition suggested first group was R.trichocarpa and R. succedanea, the second group, R.verniciflua, R.ambgua and R. sylvestris, but R.chinensis was a greatly independent species. The possible chemotaxonomic application of the fatty acid composition of bark in the genus Rhus was discussed.

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The development of a computer program for the maximum design moments in slab-bridges (슬래브 교량의 최대 설계 모멘트 산정을 위한 프로그램 개발)

  • 홍순호;신영석
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 1998
  • This monograph is based on the purpose of exploiting the program, which let designers to easily compile the input data of a widely used FEM analysis program, SAP90 - one of structural analysis programs, and making it easy to design slab bridges by studying more efficient analysis method with optimization method. The knowledge of position at which a maximum moment occurs is helpful to do a practical design. Seeing that more time and capital should be invested when engineers depend on manual work in the process of making input data repeatedly, the automatic process would increase the degree of reliability and productivity.

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Determination of Short Term Prognosis Among Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease with Acute Respiratory Failure According to Simplified Acute Physiology Score (만성 폐쇄성 폐질환에서 급성 호흡부전 발생시 Simplifed Acute Physiology Score에 따른 단기예후의 평가)

  • Lee, Sang-Pyo;Sung, Yun-Up;Kim, Sang-Hoon;Kim, Bong-Sik;Kim, Young-Jun;Park, In-Won;Choi, Byung-Whui;Hue, Sung-Ho
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.532-539
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    • 1993
  • Background: Physician's estimates of patient survival often influence clinical decisions, especially those near the end of life. In addition. clinical decisions frequently reflect trade-offs between morbidity and length of survival. As a result, accurate estimates of survival can be extremely useful in clinical decision. When the episode of acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive lung disease, evaluation of the severity of the condition and short term prognosis is difficulit based on the available clinical or paraclinical data at the time of admission. Method: In this study, we performed a retrospective study in Chung Ang University Hospital, 74 patients (51 males, 23 females), who were hospitalized with chronic obstructive lung disease with acute respiratory failure from 1980 to 1992. We evaluated these patients to determine lung prognostic factors at time of admission in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that predict short term survival, and to determine the possible application of the Simplified Acute Phsiology Score (SAPS) to this population, All patients were treated with similar regimen during the hospitalization. Results: The results were as follows: 1) Hospital mortality was 34%(25/74 patients) and surival rate was 66%(49/74 patients) in COPD with acute respiratory failure. The prognosis of the older age was much poorer than those of the young age. 2) There was no difference in mortality according to the results of basal pulmonary test and arterial blood gas analysis. 3) The SAPS at admission was higher in those patients who expired(10.8) than the survived(6.5), and there was positive correlation between SAPS and mortality (r=0.91, p<0.05). 4) Prognostic factors in acute respiratory failure complicating COPD which were identifiable at time of admission to the ICU were as follows: cachexia, encephalopathy, serum creatinine and phosphate. Conclusion: In conclusion, the SAPS might have a good prognostic value for determination of short term survival among chronic obstructive lung disease with acute respiratory failure.

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Analysis of Drought Damage around Tonlé Sap which is Largest Lake in Southeast Asia (동남아시아 최대 호수인 톤레사프호 주변 가뭄피해 분석)

  • Lee, Jong Sin;Um, Dae Yong
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.961-969
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    • 2017
  • Today, the world is experiencing a variety of natural disasters due to the extreme weather. Drought that occurred throughout Southeast Asia from February to May 2016 is also a form of abnormal climate. As a result of this drought, five countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, faced food shortages, food shortages, as well as rice yields for export. In this study, remote sensing technique was applied to the vicinity of Tonlé Sap, the largest lake in Southeast Asia, to quantitatively analyze the damage caused by drought. As a result, the change of land cover caused a drastic decrease in the water system (132.582㎢) and greenery (706.937㎢) in February 2016, and the reduced water system and greenery changed to dry land and paddy field. It was also found that the temperature rise of 6℃ ~ 8 ℃ compared to the previous year due to the drought from February to April 2016 due to the change of the surface temperature. And it was found that the function of the lake was deteriorated in April due to continuous drought.

Development of Expert System for Tower Cranes

  • Kim, Ki-sung;Kang, Dong-gil;Hong, Ki-sup
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.27-48
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    • 1999
  • The paper is concerned with application to develop the expert system, which structural analysis and design process for tower cranes. The system is organized into three groups. One is pre-processor for creating input data files, another is `model former' which combines knowledge-base with inference engine for automatic generating structural analysis models, a third is application group for final analysis checks. In this study, geometric subroutine of `model former' designates node positions, nodes, elements numbers and element types. Load data subroutine computes weight of tower crane and device, slewing force, cargo load, wind force form rules or equations in knowledge-base. Also, Property and boundary subroutine applies element properties and boundary conditions to suitable elements and nodes. Design and analysis expert system for tower crane integrates these subroutine, `model former' and pre-processor. RBR(Rule-Base Reasoning) was adopted for a reasoning strategy of this expert system. And this expert system can produce structural analysis model and data, which can be used in ordinary structural analysis program (SAP, ADINA or NASTRAN, etc.). In this paper, this expert system produces format of the analysis model data, which are used in MSC/NASTRAN. The main discussions included in the paper are introduction of the tower crane and structural analysis, composition of the design expert system for tower crane and structural analysis using the expert system.

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Identification and Differentiation of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolated from Forsythia koreana (CMV-Fk) Using PCR Techniques (PCR기법을 이용한 오이 모자이크 바이러스 개나리 분리주(CMV-Fk)의 동정과 구분)

  • 이상용;박선정;최장경
    • Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.308-313
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    • 1998
  • Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techiniques were used to identification and differentiation of cucumber mosaic virus isolated from Forsythia koreana (CMV-Fk). RT-PCT used by two set of 20-mer primers one was CMV-common primers and another was CMV subgroup I-specific primers designed in a conserved region of the 3' end of CMV RNA3, amplified about 490 bp and 200 bp DNA fragments from CMV-Fk, respectively. CMV could be detected by RT-PCR at a dilution as low as 10-4 in forsythia crude sap extracts. Restriction enzyme analysis of RT-PCR products using EcoRI and MspI showed that CMV-Fk belonged to CMV subgroup I. But, analysis of RNA fingerprinting by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (RAP-PCR) showed heterogeneity of RNA3 between CMV-Fk and CMV-Y as a member of subgroup I.

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