• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.65 no.5
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• pp.547-556
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• 2018

Based on the shaking table tests of a 1:3.52 scale one-bay and one-story ancient wooden structure, a simplified structural mechanics model was established, and the structural state equation and observation equation were deduced. Under the action of seismic waves, the damage rule of initial stiffness and yield stiffness of the joint was obtained. The force hammer percussion test and finite element calculations were carried out, and the structural response was obtained. Considering the 5% noise disturbance in the laboratory environment, the stiffness parameters of the mortise-tenon joint were identified by the partial least squares of singular value decomposition (PLS-SVD) and the Extended Kalman filter (EKF) method. The results show that dynamic and static cohesion method, PLS-SVD, and EKF method can be used to identify the damage degree of structures, and the stiffness of the mortise-tenon joints under strong earthquakes is reduced step by step. Using the proposed model, the identified error of the initial stiffness is about 0.58%-1.28%, and the error of the yield stiffness is about 0.44%-1.21%. This method has high accuracy and good applicability for identifying the initial stiffness and yield stiffness of the joints. The identification method and research results can provide a reference for monitoring and evaluating actual engineering structures.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.233-247
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• 2007

The insertion of steel braces has become a common technique to limit the deformability of steel framed buildings subjected to wind loads. However, when this technique is inadequate to keep floor accelerations within acceptable levels of human comfort, dampers placed in series with the steel braces can be adopted. To check the effectiveness of braces equipped with viscoelastic (VEDs) or friction dampers (FRDs), a numerical investigation is carried out focusing attention on a three-bay fifteen-storey steel framed building with K-braces. More precisely, three alternative structural solutions are examined for the purpose of controlling wind-induced vibrations: the insertion of additional diagonal braces; the insertion of additional diagonal braces equipped with dampers; the insertion of both additional diagonal braces and dampers supported by the existing K-braces. Additional braces and dampers are designed according to a simplified procedure based on a proportional stiffness criterion. A dynamic analysis is carried out in the time domain using a step-by-step initial-stress-like iterative procedure. Along-wind loads are considered at each storey assuming the time histories of the wind velocity, for a return period $T_r=5$ years, according to an equivalent wind spectrum technique. The behaviour of the structural members, except dampers, is assumed linear elastic. A VED and an FRD are idealized by a six-element generalized model and a bilinear (rigid-plastic) model, respectively. The results show that the structure with damped additional braces can be considered, among those examined, the most effective to control vibrations due to wind, particularly the floor accelerations. Moreover, once the stiffness of the additional braces is selected, the VEDs are slightly more efficient than the FRDs, because they, unlike the FRDs, dissipate energy also for small amplitude vibrations.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.118-126
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• 2003

In this study, a battery charge and discharge regulator of modular type is designed as paralleled bi-directional converter that is possible to provide the power without failure not only in the steady state but also in the transient period by the step load variation or the unexpected faults among the converter modules. Each converter module is designed to get stability, performance, reliability, and maintainability and the average current mode method used for controller has the advantages such as noise immunity, fast response, and the real average current signal acquisition. The equivalent model and small signal model for the paralleled battery chargerIdischarger are presented, and also the transfer functions are analyzed for the CCM(Continuous Charge Mode), CDM(Continuous Discharge Mode) and DDM(Discontinuous Discharge Mode). The experiments of the paralleled bi-directional converter are carried out in the step load variation, and in faults of one converter module respectively. And the performance of paralleled bi-directional converter is verified via the experimental results.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2013

In this paper, decoupled controller design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle(AUV) and its simulated performance test results and Hardware In the Loop Simulation(HILS) results are presented. Control system design is done using the PD control scheme. Stability analysis and step response of closed loop system under uncertain parameter condition are also presented. The results of full coupled nonlinear model simulation show the well applicability of the designed controller. From the results of HILS, we can verify performance of real time processing and implemented hardware for AUV.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.902-907
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• 2004

In this paper, a multi-step optimization using a G.A. (Genetic Algorithm) with variable penalty function is introduced to the structural design optimization of a 5-head route machine. Our design procedure consist of two design optimization stage. The first stage of the design optimization is static design optimization. The following stage is dynamic design optimization stage. In the static optimization stage, the static compliance and weight of the structure are minimized simultaneously under some dimensional constraints and deflection limits. On the other hand, the dynamic compliance and the weight of the machine structure are minimized simultaneously in the dynamic design optimization stage. As the results, dynamic compliance of the 5-head router machine was decreased by about 37％ and the weight of the structure was decreased by 4.48％ respectively compared with the simplified structure model.

• Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.09a
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• pp.41-51
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• 1994

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) has been chosen as a model species for the study of hotomorphogenesis. The aurea (au) and yellow-green-2 (yg-2) mutants which are severely photochrome deficient appear to be phytochrome chromophore mutants. Mutants modified with respect to specific members of the phytochrome gene family: the far-red light-insensitive mutant (fri, for phytochrome A) and the temporarily red light-insensitive mutant (tri, for phytochrome B1) have been identified. Mutants that exhibit an exaggerated phytochrome response are putative transduction-chain mutants affecting an amplification step in phytochrome signal transduction. These mutants are being used to understand the complexities of juvenile anthocyanin in the hypocotyl during seedling de-etiolation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.301-305
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• 2002

Among many structural dynamics modification methods for plate and shell vibration problems, embedding an emboss to the surface is very efficient. But deciding an optimal position and shape using optimization algorithm needs defining geometry and remeshing the model for every iteration step to implement the method, which takes much numerical cost. An equivalent element produced here lessen the cost by representing the geometrical characteristics of an emboss using the element's material properties and thickness becoming a geometrically homogenous element of the base plate or shell. Some efficient factors which let the equivalent system have the same dynamical response as the original system embedded with emboss will be shown and the degree of equivalence will be tested in terms of natural frequency matching.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.411-419
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• 1999

A nonlinear model for time-step analysis of bridges subjected to two orthogonal horizontal components of earthquake motions was developed. The focus of the study was on elastomeric isolators with or without lead cores. The hysteretic behavior of the isolators, the columns, abutments, and shear keys was taken into account. The nonlinear analysis showed that, contrary to linear theory prediction, the use of isolators does not necessarily increase the displacement of the superstructure. Furthermore, it was shown that properly designed isolators can reduce the ductility demand in RC bridge columns substantially.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.31-34
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• 2002

It studied modelling about employing analog PSS in domestic 500MW grade standard thermoelectric power plant in this paper. Modeling and parameters were verified by simulation of PSS response characteristics measured in AVR step examination and using power plant system model parameters decided by generator characteristics test. Through this PSS modelling research, contributed in domestic electrical power system small signal stability as that do modelling to be possible exact analysis of power system.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1986.10a
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• pp.238-243
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• 1986

Distillation columns are widely used in almost every chemical plant. The use of multivariable control for such units is attractive because of the strong interactions exhibited between outputs and inputs and the desire to control simultaneously both top and bottom products. In this research design of a robust multivariable controller for distillation column was considered; output feedback controller with proportional and integral modes was designed using pole assignment. The transfer function matrix was obtained by fitting the step response realtions between single input double output pairs of variables. This matrix was then converted to linear time invariant state space model by multivariable realization technique. With the proposed multivariable proportional and integral controller applied to the process, the result of the digital computer simulation showed a good performance of asymtotic tracking. The limited experimental performance of this multivariable control was compared with the result from simulation. It was found that the proposed controller performed satisfactorily for the distillation column which separated binary mixture of methanol and water.