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A load-bearing structural element with energy dissipation capability under harmonic excitation

  • Pontecorvo, Michael E.;Barbarino, Silvestro;Gandhi, Farhan S.;Bland, Scott;Snyder, Robert;Kudva, Jay;White, Edward V.
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.345-365
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    • 2015
  • This paper focuses on the design, fabrication, testing and analysis of a novel load-bearing element with energy dissipation capability. A single element comprises two von-Mises trusses (VMTs), which are sandwiched between two plates and connected to dashpots that stroke as the VMTs cycle between stable equilibrium states. The elements can be assembled in-plane to form a large plate-like structure or stacked with different properties in each layer for improved load-adaptability. Also introduced in the elements are pre-loaded springs (PLSs) that provide high initial stiffness and allow the element to carry a static load even when the VMTs cannot under harmonic disturbance input. Simulations of the system behavior using the Simscape environment show good overall correlation with test data. Good energy dissipation capability is observed over a frequency range from 0.1 Hz to 2 Hz. The test and simulation results show that a two layer prototype, having one soft VMT layer and one stiff VMT layer, can provide good energy dissipation over a decade of variation in harmonic load amplitude, while retaining the ability to carry static load due to the PLSs. The paper discusses how system design parameter changes affect the static load capability and the hysteresis behavior.

Evaluation of the Load Carrying Capacity of Existing Bridges with Long Span Hollow Web Prestressed Concrete Girder by Static Load Test (정적재하시험을 통한 장경간 중공 웨브 PSC 거더교의 내하력 평가)

  • Kim, Seong-Kyum;Jang, Pan-Ki;Jang, Il-Young
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2018
  • Conventional PSC I type girders were adversely affected by the self - weight of concrete, anchorage, prestressing. In order to overcome this problem, PSC girder was constructed with a hollow in the web and developed a hollow web PSC type I girder which is applicable to 50 - 70m span by multistage stressing and then actually long span hollow web PSC girder bridge was constructed. In this study, the results of Static Load Test and the Finite Element Analysis of the hollow web PSC I girder bridges were compared and analyzed, and the Load Carrying Capacity and safety of PSC girder bridges were evaluated. The Static Load Test and the numerical analysis results of this bridge showed similar tendency and the behavior of the hollow web PSC I girder was well simulated. The entire girders of the bridges had sufficient Load Carrying Capacity under the live load design condition and the bridges satisfied the safety and confirmed the appropriateness of the construction.

The Static Characteristics of Hydrostatic Journal Bearings (정압저어널 베어링의 정특성 해석)

  • Park, Cheon-Hong;Kim, Seok-Il;Lee, Hu-Sang
    • 한국기계연구소 소보
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    • s.18
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 1988
  • In this study, a series of experiments and analyses are performed to estimate the static characteristics of hydrostatic journal bearing such as load capacity, pressure change in each recess, eccentricity of spindle, etc. The experiments are carried out for a multi-recess type journal bearing with capillary restrictor. The Finite Element Method(FEM) is used for the analyses. The predicted load capacity under the condition of stationary or eccentric ratio of bellow 0.2 of the spindle shows excellent agreement with the measured. But, with an increase of the eccentric ratio when the spindle is rotating, the predicted load capacity is largely estimated than the measured. It seems that the difference is mainly caused among others from the fact that the effect of oil-viscosity variation due to the temperature change in the bearing is not introduced into the analyses. The analysis method proposed to estimate the static characteristics of hydrostatic journal bearing is considered to be very reliable since the predicted results are overall in good agreement with the measured.

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An Evaluation of Structural Test and Analysis for Composites Vehicle Structures of Automatic Guideway Transit (자동무인경전철 복합재 차체 구조물의 구조 시험 및 해석적 평가)

  • Ko, Hee-Young;Shin, Kwang-Bok;Cho, Se-Hyun;Kim, Dae-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1103-1108
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes the results of structural test and finite element analysis for rubber wheel-type Automatic Guideway Transit(AGT) made of aluminum honeycomb sandwich composites with WR580/NF4000 glass-fabric epoxy laminate face sheets. The static tests of vehicle structure were conducted according to JIS E7l05. These static tests have been done under vertical load, compressive load and 3-point support load. The structural integrity of AGT vehicle structure was evaluated by displacement, stress obtained from LVDT and strain gauges, and natural frequency. And finite element analysis using Ansys v11.0 was done to compare with the results of static test. The result showed that the results of structural integrity for static test were in an good agreement with these of finite element analysis.

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Case Studies of Several Load Tests for Large Diameter Battered Steel Pipe Piles Constructed on the Offshore Area. (대구경 해상 강관말뚝의 설계지지력 확인을 위한 여러 가지 재하시험의 적용)

  • 이정학;서덕동;정헌주
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2001.03a
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    • pp.291-298
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    • 2001
  • It is very difficult to accomplish load tests of piles with large diameter constructed on the offshore area, because of requirement for large scaled loading equipment and bad testing conditions. Therefore, so far in many cases pile driving dynamic formulas have applied to quality control, and recently dynamic load test method is widely used for confirming bearing capacities of such piles. However, in cases of piles with very large diameter about 2,500mm, it is nearly impossible for regular type load test methods of piles such as static and dynamic to apply owing to very large design load. This is case studies of load tests such as modified static and dynamic load tests of piles and point load tests of rock samples for estimating rational allowable bearing capacity of very large diameter piles constructed on the marine area.

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Measurement-based Estimation of the Composite Load Model Parameters

  • Kim, Byoung-Ho;Kim, Hong-Rae
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.845-851
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    • 2012
  • Power system loads have a significant impact on a system. Although it is difficult to precisely describe loads in a mathematical model, accurately modeling them is important for a system analysis. The traditional load modeling method is based on the load components of a bus. Recently, the load modeling method based on measurements from a system has been introduced and developed by researchers. The two major components of a load modeling problem are determining the mathematical model for the target system and estimating the parameters of the determined model. We use the composite load model, which has both static and dynamic load characteristics. The ZIP model and the induction motor model are used for the static and dynamic load models, respectively. In this work, we propose the measurement-based parameter estimation method for the composite load model. The test system and related measurements are obtained using transient security assessment tool(TSAT) simulation program and PSS/E. The parameter estimation is then verified using these measurements. Cases are tested and verified using the sample system and its related measurements.

Effects of Surface Roughness on the Performance of a Gas Foil Thrust Bearing (표면 거칠기가 가스 포일 스러스트 베어링의 성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Sung Ho Hwnag;Dae Yeon Kim;Tae Ho Kim
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2023
  • This study presents an experimental investigation of the effects of surface roughness on gas foil thrust bearing (GFTB) performance. A high-speed motor with the maximum speed of 80 krpm rotates a thrust runner and a pneumatic cylinder applies static loads to the test GFTB. When the motor speed increases and reaches a specific speed at which a hydrodynamic film pressure generated within the gap between the thrust runner and test GFTB is enough to support the applied static load, the thrust runner lifts off from the test GFTB and the friction mechanism changes from the boundary lubrication to the hydrodynamic lubrication. The experiment shows a series of lift-off test and load-carrying capacity test for two thrust runners with different surface roughnesses. For a constant static load of 15 N, thrust runner A with its lower surface roughness exhibits a higher start-up torque but lower lift-off torque than thrust runner B with a higher surface roughness. The load capacity test at a rotor speed of 60 krpm reveals that runner A results in a higher maximum load capacity than runner B. Runner A also shows a lower drag torque, friction coefficient, and bearing temperature than runner B at constant static loads. The results imply that maintaining a consistent surface roughness for a thrust runner may improve its static GFTB performance.

Determination of True Resistance from Load Transfer Test Performed on a PHC Pile (PHC 말뚝의 하중전이실험을 통한 참 지지력의 산정)

  • Kim, Sung-Ryul;Chung, Sung-Gyo;Dzung, N.T.
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.113-122
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    • 2006
  • Although a number of static pile load tests have been performed in this country, re-consideration on the interpretation and loading method is needed, because of their less usefulness in practice. For this study, a static loading testing was performed for a long instrumented PHC pile, which was installed in sand layer overlying thick soft clay. The shaft resistance of the pile had been monitored for a long time after installation, and then the static load testing was performed by the quick load test, unlike the recent Korean practice. Using the measured data, the elastic modulus of pile, residual stress and true resistance on the pile were determined. In the event, it was found that the residual stress on the pile, which remained prior to the static loading, significantly affects the shaft and toe resistances. Also, it was realized that the setup effect for the long pile is significant.

Simulation and Parameter Identification of Induction Machine in Load Modeling based on the Static Circuit Analysis (정태회로해석에 의한 전력부하로서의 유도전동기 시뮬레이션 및 파라메터 식별)

  • Lee, Bong-Yong;Shim, Keon-Bo;Ko, Tae-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1991.07a
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    • pp.370-374
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    • 1991
  • This paper presents a static circuit model for static ant dynamic simulation of induction motors and identification of motor parameters. Instead of usual T-circuits, equivalent ${\pi}$-circuit has been proposed so that power Inputs into motor terminals can very easily calculated with very well known load flow method. It has been shown that, with wide range variation of applied voltage and frequency, successful static simulations can be performed and further the proposed static model can be used to simulate dynamic characteristics. Finally it is shown also that motor parameters can easily be identified based on the proposed static circuit.

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Analysis of three dimensional equivalent static wind loads of symmetric high-rise buildings based on wind tunnel tests

  • Liang, Shuguo;Zou, Lianghao;Wang, Dahai;Huang, Guoqing
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.565-583
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    • 2014
  • Using synchronous surface pressures from the wind tunnel test, the three dimensional wind load models of high-rise buildings are established. Furthermore, the internal force responses of symmetric high-rise buildings in along-wind, across-wind and torsional directions are evaluated based on mode acceleration method, which expresses the restoring force as the summation of quasi-static force and inertia force components. Accordingly the calculation methods of equivalent static wind loads, in which the contributions of the higher modes can be considered, of symmetric high-rise buildings in along-wind, across-wind and torsional directions are deduced based on internal forces equivalence. Finally the equivalent static wind loads of an actual symmetric high-rise building are obtained by this method, and compared with the along-wind equivalent static wind loads obtained by China National Standard.