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Application of linear array microtremor survey for rock mass classification in urban tunnel design (도심지 터널 암반분류를 위한 선형배열 상시진동 탄성파탐사 적용)

  • Cha Young Ho;Kang Jong Suk;Jo Churl Hyun;Lee Kun
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2005
  • Urban conditions such as underground facilities and ambient noises due to cultural activity restrict the application of conventional geophysical techniques in general. We used the refraction microtremor (REMI) technique as an alternative way to get the geotechnical information, in particular shear-wave (S-wave) velocity information, at a site along an existing rail road. The REMI method uses ambient noises recorded using standard refraction equipment to derived shear-wave velocity information at a site. It does a wavefield transformation on the recorded wavefield to produce Rayleigh wave dispersion curve, which are then picked and modeled to get the shear-wave velocity structure. At this site the vibrations from the running trains provided strong noise sources that allowed REMI to be very effective. REMI was performed along the planned new underground rail tunnel. In addition, Suspension PS logging (SPS) were carried out at selected boreholes along the profile in order to draw out the quantitative relation between the shear wave velocity from the PS logging and the rock mass rating (RMR) determined from the inspection of the cores recovered from the same boreholes, These correlations were then used to relate the shear-wave velocity derived from REMI to RMR along the entire profile. The correlation between shear wave velocity and RMR was very good and so it was possible to estimate the RMR of the total zone of interest for the design of underground tunnel,

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Design and Performance Evaluation of Shear Wave Phased Array Ultrasonic Transducer (횡파 위상배열 초음파 탐촉자 설계 및 성능 평가)

  • Yoon, Byung-Sik;Lee, Hee-Jong;Braconnier, Dominique
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.185-191
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    • 2012
  • Typically, a wedge is involved to generate effectively high inspection angle in pipe weld inspection using phased array ultrasonic technique. But the usage of this wedge for weld or access limited area can cause coverage limitation for the examination volume because of the wedge front length. Therefore, the shear wave phased array probe which can generate high inspection angle without wedge is essentially necessary. In this paper, the shear wave phased array ultrasonic probe which can generate high inspection angle designed by modeling and manufactured from the modelling result. And this shear wave probe tested whether it can detect and sizing for EDM test block that contains various depth. As results, the experimental results show that the designed shear wave phased array probe can detect and size with reliable accuracy. Therefore if this phased array probe apply in field inspection, it is expected that it show more reliable inspection result for plant structure having access limitation.

Case Study on Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity in Core Zone of Rockfill Dam Using MASW (MASW를 이용한 사력댐 코어죤 전단파속도 산정 사례 연구)

  • Lee, Jongwook;Ha, Iksoo
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.9 no.7
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to make case studies on estimation of shear wave velocity in core zone of some rockfill dams by MASW (Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves) and to compare the results of case studies with those of the empirical method. Furthermore, the purpose is to recommend the range of shear wave velocity in core zone by MASW and to supply the preliminary data for estimation of shear wave velocity in core zone which is needed for dynamic analysis. From the results of case studies and the comparison between the results of case studies and those of empirical equation, it was found that the shear wave velocities obtained by MASW were smaller than those by the empirical recommendation (Sawada & Takahashi) in the depth of more than 10 m. Also, it is recommended that using the lower bound of empirical formulation by Sawada and Takahashi be available and resonable in case that MASW is not available due to the field condition and the investigation is preliminary.

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Determination of Shear Wave Velocity Profile under Existing Building for Site Response Analysis Using HWAW Method (HWAW방법을 이용한 기존 건물 내진 보강을 위한 건물 하부지반 전단파 속도 주상도 결정)

  • Park, Hyung-Choon;Hwang, Hea-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2017
  • The evaluation of earthquake load on the surface is very important factor for the seismic reinforcement of existing building, and the magnitude of earthquake load depends on a shear wave velocity profile of soil under a building. To determine a shear wave velocity profile under a existing building, test method should be able to determine a reliable shear wave velocity profile under conditions such as heavy background noise and the small test area, and be sensitive to the variation of material property. In this research, HWAW (Harmonic Wavelet Analysis of Waves) method is applied to determine a shear wave velocity profile under a existing building. In this paper, through numerical simulations and field tests, the feasibility of the proposed method was shown.

Finite element formulations for free field one-dimensional shear wave propagation

  • Sun-Hoon Kim;Kwang-Jin Kim
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.163-174
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    • 2024
  • Dynamic equilibrium equations for finite element analysis were derived for the free field one-dimensional shear wave propagation through the horizontally layered soil deposits with the elastic half-space. We expressed Rayleigh's viscous damping consisting of mass and stiffness proportional terms. We considered two cases where damping matrices are defined in the total and relative displacement fields. Two forms of equilibrium equations are presented; one in terms of total motions and the other in terms of relative motions. To evaluate the performance of new equilibrium equations, we conducted two sets of site response analyses and directly compared them with the exact closed-form frequency domain solution. Results show that the base shear force as earthquake load represents the simpler form of equilibrium equation to be used for the finite element method. Conventional finite element procedure using base acceleration as earthquake load predicts exact solution reasonably well even in soil deposits with unrealistically high damping.

A Study on method of Using Ultrasonic Transducers With shear wave Polarization Direction (전단파 분극현상을 갖는 초음파 탐촉자 민감도 기법에 관한 연구)

  • 나승우;임광희;송상기;정동화;양인영
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.744-747
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    • 2001
  • This paper shows shear wave behavior of CFRP composite laminates as a polar grid form to evaluate vibration pattern of ultrasonic transducers, which gives measured modelling fundamental contents of nondestructive evaluation. Polarized direction can be obtained by using a c-scanner and sensitivity of transducers is founded when using through-transmission method of two transducers. And modelling of vector decomposition is presented based on ply-to-ply method to apply practicable nondestructive evaluation of CFRP laminate lay up. This modelling decomposes the transmission of linearly polarized wave into orthogonal components through each ply of a laminate. It is found that a high provable shows between the model and experimental developed in characterizing layup of CFRP composite laminates.

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Development of an omni-directional shear-horizontal wave magnetostrictive patch transducer for the effective inspection of a ferromagnetic plate (효과적인 강자성체 평판구조물 검사를 위한 전 방향 전단파 자기변형 패치 트랜스듀서 개발)

  • Seung, Hong Min;Kim, Yoon Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.548-549
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    • 2014
  • Omni-directional shear-horizontal magnetostrictive patch transducers have a disadvantage that magnetic flux leakage into the plate when it is installed on a ferromagnetic plate. The leakage produces poor transduction efficiency and unwanted wave mode excitation which should be avoided in guided wave inspections of large plate-like structures. In order to resolve these problems, we newly developed a method to reduce the leakage into the plate. In the method, the patch and the magnet are vertically lifted off and their optimal positions are determined by numerical simulations. Also, the verification of the developed method is successfully verified by experiments.

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Wave propagation in functionally graded beams using various higher-order shear deformation beams theories

  • Hadji, Lazreg;Zouatnia, Nafissa;Kassoul, Amar
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.62 no.2
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    • pp.143-149
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    • 2017
  • In this work, various higher-order shear deformation beam theories for wave propagation in functionally graded beams are developed. The material properties of FG beam are assumed graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents, the governing equations of the wave propagation in the FG beam are derived by using the Hamilton's principle. The analytic dispersion relations of the FG beam are obtained by solving an eigenvalue problem. The effects of the volume fraction distributions on wave propagation of functionally graded beam are discussed in detail. The results carried out can be used in the ultrasonic inspection techniques and structural health monitoring.

Estimation of Dynamic Characteristics of Core Zone of Rockfill Dam by Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW 조사를 통한 사력댐 코어존 동적물성의 평가)

  • Lee, Jong-Wook;Ha, Ik-Soo;Oh, Byung-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.860-868
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    • 2008
  • Seismic safety analysis of rockfill dams are consist of the stability analysis as an simplifed method and the dynamic analysis as an detailed method. When high risk dams such as Multi-purpose dams were often applied detailed method by dynamic analysis, dynamic properties of dam materials such as shear modulus are considered as most important factor. Dynamic material properties such as shear modulus had to be investigated by cyclic triaxial test et al. during design and construction stage but these were not conducted because of the condition of domestic seismic design technique. MASW and SASW methods had been applied as a non destructive method to investigate dynamic material properties of existing rockfill dam, has no problems in dam safety at present. These methods were usually performed under the assumptions that the subsurface can be described horizontally homogeneous and isotropic layers. Recent studies(Marwin, 1993, Kim, 2001) showed that surface waves generated through inclined structures have different characteristics from those through a horizontally homogeneous layered model. further Kim et al(2005) and Min and Kim(2006) showed that central core type rockfill dam overestimated the shear wave velocities as increasing the depth through the 3D numerical modelling dut to the effect of outer rockfill and geometrical reasons In this study the results of shear wave velocities of seven rockfill dams form comprehensive facility review, was carried out from 2003 to 2007, were collected and analysed to establish the shear wave velocity distribution characteristics in increasing confining stress in rockfill dams and surface wave velocity ranges in rockfill dam through MASW and the limitation in application are discussed to be utilized as an reference value for dynamic analysis.

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