• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.587-607
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• 2014

Progressive collapse, which is referred to as the collapse of the entire building under local damages, is a common failure mode happened by earthquakes. The collapse process highly depends on the whole structural system. Since, asymmetry of the building plan leads to the local damage concentration; it may intensify the progressive collapse mechanism of asymmetric buildings. In this research the progressive collapse of regular and irregular 6-story RC ordinary moment resisting frame buildings are studied in the presence of the earthquake loads. Collapse process and collapse propagation are investigated using nonlinear time history analyses (NLTHA) in buildings with 5%, 15% and 25% mass asymmetry with respect to the number of collapsed hinges and story drifts criteria. Results show that increasing the value of mass eccentricity makes the asymmetric buildings become unstable earlier and in the early stages with lower number of the collapsed hinges. So, with increasing the mass eccentricity in building, instability and collapse of the entire building occurs earlier, with lower potential of the progressive collapse. It is also demonstrated that with increasing the mass asymmetry the decreasing trend of the number of collapsed beam and column hinges is approximately similar to the decreasing trend in the average story drifts of the mass centers and stiff edges. So, as an alternative to a much difficult-to-calculate local response parameter of the number of collapsed hinges, the story drift, as a global response parameter, measures the potential of progressive collapse more easily.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.127-137
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• 2017

Identification of damping characteristics is of significant importance for dynamic response analysis and condition assessment of structural systems. Damping is associated with the behavior of the energy dissipation mechanism. Identification of damping ratios based on the sensitivity of dynamic responses and the model updating technique is investigated with numerical and experimental investigations. The effectiveness and performance of using the sensitivity-based model updating method and vibration monitoring data for damping ratios identification are investigated. Numerical studies on a three-dimensional truss bridge model are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Measurement noise effect and the initial finite element modelling errors are considered. The results demonstrate that the damping ratio identification with the proposed approach is not sensitive to the noise effect but could be affected significantly by the modelling errors. Experimental studies on a steel planar frame structure are conducted. The robustness and performance of the proposed damping identification approach are investigated with real measured vibration data. The results demonstrate that the proposed approach has a decent and reliable performance to identify the damping ratios.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권5호
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• pp.635-655
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• 2020

The sag effect of long stay cables is one of the key factors restricting further increase in the span of cable-stayed bridges. Based on the formerly proposed concept of long stay cables lifted by an auxiliary suspension cable in cross-strait cable-stayed bridges, corresponding static approximate calculations and analytical theory based on catenary and parabolic cable configurations are established. Taking a main span 1400 m cable-stayed bridge as the research object, three typical lifting conditions and the whole process of auxiliary cable lifting are analyzed and discussed. The results show that the sag effect is effectively reduced. The support efficiency is only improved when the cables are lifted above the original cable chord. Reduction of the horizontal component force of the cable is limited. The equivalent elastic modulus and the vertical support stiffness of the lifted cables are significantly increased with increased horizontal projection length and not sensitive to the change of the lifting point position. The scheme of lifting the cable to the chord midpoint is more economical because of the less steel required for the auxiliary suspension cable, but its effect on improving the vertical support efficiency is limited. The support efficiency is better when the cable is lifted to the cable end tangential to the original cable chord, but the lifting force and the cross-sectional area of the auxiliary suspension cable are doubled. The approximate calculation results of the lifted cables are very close to the numerical analysis results, which verifies the applicability of the approximation method proposed in this study. The results of parabolic approximation calculations are approximately equal to that of catenary cable geometry. As the parabolic approximation analysis theory of lifted cables is more convenient in mathematical processing, it is feasible to use parabolic approximation analysis theory as the analytical method for the conceptual design of lifted cables of super-long span cable-stayed bridges.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.891-906
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• 2019

This study considers the instability behavior of sandwich plates considering magnetorheological (MR) fluid core and piezoelectric reinforced facesheets. As facesheets at the top and bottom of structure have piezoelectric properties they are subjected to 3D electric field therefore they can be used as actuator and sensor, respectively and in order to control the vibration responses and loss factor of the structure a proportional-derivative (PD) controller is applied. Furthermore, Halpin-Tsai model is used to determine the material properties of facesheets which are reinforced by graphene platelets (GPLs). Moreover, because the core has magnetic property, it is exposed to magnetic field. In addition, Kelvin-Voigt theory is applied to calculate the structural damping of the piezoelectric layers. In order to consider environmental forces applied to structure, the visco-Pasternak model is assumed. In order to consider the mechanical behavior of structure, sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT) is assumed and Hamilton's principle according to piezoelasticity theory is employed to calculate motion equations and these equations are solved based on differential cubature method (DCM) to obtain the vibration and modal loss factor of the structure subsequently. The effect of different factors such as GPLs distribution, dimensions of structure, electro-magnetic field, damping of structure, viscoelastic environment and boundary conditions of the structure on the vibration and loss factor of the system are considered. In order to indicate the accuracy of the obtained results, the results are validated with other published work. It is concluded from results that exposing magnetic field to the MR fluid core has positive effect on the behavior of the system.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2001

가새형 소성 감쇠기는 에너지 소산 이력거동을 통해 강한 지진하중을 받는 구조물의 구조적 손상을 방지하거나 감소시킨다. 본 연구에서는 성능수준 만족을 위한 가새형 소성 금비기의 직접적인 설계 방법을 개발하였다. 많은 해석 시간이 요구되는 비선형 동적 시간이력해석 대신 비선형 정적해석법인 능력스펙트럼법을 이용하여 주어진 성능을 만족하기 위하여 필요한 유효 감쇠비를 구한 후 이를 이용하여 가새형 소성 감쇠기의 크기를 구하였다. 각 설계변수의 영향을 파악하기 위하여 단자유도계에서 구조물의 주기, 요구되는 탄성강도에 대한 항복강도의 비, 항목 후 강성비, 가새형 소성 감쇠기의 항복응력 등을 변수로 하여 해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구를 통해 제안된 방법을 5층과 10층 건물에 적용하여 검증하였다. 시간이력해석 결과, 제안된 방법에 따라 설계된 가새형 소성 감쇠기를 설치한 예제 구조물의 최대응답은 주어진 목표변위와 잘 일치하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2003

본 연구는 기존 보도교의 TMD를 이용한 진동제어에 대해 기술한 논문이다. 본 연구의 대상인 보도교는 단순 강 박스형 교량이고 주 경간이 47.7m이다. 교량의 중량은 11.17kN/m이고, 매우 작은 감쇠율을 갖고 있으며, 1차 고유진동수가 1.84Hz이다. 이 진동수는 인간의 보행 진동수인 2Hz와 근접하고 있다. 따라서 보행자의 보행에 피해 불안정한 공진진동이 자주 발생하였다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 보행자로 인한 보행 진동을 억제하기 위하여 TMD를 이용한 진동대책에 대해 기술한 논문이고, 진동대책에서 경제성과 시공성을 고려하여 보도교의 난간에 설치하는 소형의 TMD에 대해 기술하고 있다. TMD 설치 이후의 현장실험과 수치해석으로부터 보도교의 구조감쇠가 TMD 설치 이전의 감쇠율보다 약 13배 증가되었고 공진 진동이 거의 억제되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 확률과 신뢰성을 바탕으로 개발된 FEMA-355F의 내진성능 평가기법을 적용하여 철근 콘크리트 모멘트골조 건물의 내진성능을 평가하였다. 철골 구조물을 대상으로 개발된 FEMA의 성능평가 방식을 다른 구조 시스템에 적용할 때 각 시스템에 적합한 성능값을 결정해야하며, 요구값과 성능값 계산 시 수반되는 불확실성을 반영하는 계수들을 새로이 구해야 한다. 이를 수행하기 위해 예제 건물을 IBC 2003에 따라 설계한 후, 성능평가에 필요한 변수들을 결정하기 위해 건물의 위치에 적합한 지반운동을 이용하여 비탄성 동적 해석을 수행하였다. 해석결과에 따르면 계산된 성능값의 분포는 요구값에 비해 상대적으로 작았으며, 이 결과는 본 연구에서 결정된 성능값이 합리적임을 나타낸다. 구해진 신뢰도는 부분 및 전체 붕괴 모두에 대해 목표치를 초과하였으므로 예제 건물은 목표 성능을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.23-28
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• 1990

This study is to investigate the magnitude, direction and distribution of residual stresses in surface ground plate according to working conditions. The specimens were made of structural carbon steel and were machined in various grinding conditions. These were divided in two groups; heat-treated materials and non-heat-treated materials. In each working condition, let the ground specimen generate displacements using deflection-etching techniques. At the same time, these displacements were precisely measured with electronic micrometer. Through the relation formula between the plane stress and strain, which was derived using these measured data, the values of residual stress are calculated, and the results are analyzed. These results are as follows : 1. According to the working conditions in this experiment, it can be seen that the distribution of residual stress generally had same trend and the maximum residual stress remained in 20~30 ((${\mu}m$) beneath the surface. 2. It is observed that compressive residual stress changes into tensile stress in 5~20 (${\mu}m$) beneath the surface. It is suggested that such phenomenon is originated from the friction effect in grinding process. 3. As the hardness increases by the heat treatment, residual stress increases. 4. As the fatigue strength increases by the compressive residual stress, it is desirable that the dowm feed and table feed reduce. 5. It can be seen that the more great the down feed and table feed increase, the more close the changing point, where the stress changed from compressive to tensile, is colse to the surface. This is due to the resultant effects of the grinding temperature and resistence are larger than the effect of the friction.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2000

Potentially significant mechanical improvements in tension can be achieved by the incorporation of randomly distributed, short discrete fibers in concrete. The improvements due to the incorporation fibers significantly influence the composite stress - strain ($\sigma$-$\varepsilon$) characteristics. In general incorporating fibers in a plain concrete has relatively small effect on its precracking behavior. It, however, alters its post-cracking behavior quite significantly, resulting in greatly improved ductility, crack controls, and energy absorption capacity (or toughness). Therefore, a thorough understanding the complete tensile stress - strain ($\sigma$-$\varepsilon$) response of fiber reinforced concrete is necessary for proper analysis while using structural components made with fiber reinforced concrete. Direct tensile stress applied to a specimen is in principle the simplest configuration for determining the tensile response of concrete. However, problems associated with testing brittle materials in tension include (i) the problem related to gripping of the specimen and (ii) the problem of ensuring centric loading. Routinely, indirect tension tests for plain concrete, flexural and split-cylinder tests, have been used as simpler alternatives to direct uniaxial tension test. They are assumed to suitable for fiber reinforced concrete since typically such composites comprise 98% by volume of plain concrete. Clearly since the post-cracking characteristics are significantly influenced by the reinforcing parameters and interface characteristics, it would be fundamentally incorrect to use indirect tensile tests for determining the tensile properties of fiber reinforced concrete. The present investigation represents a systematic look at the failure and toughening mechanisms and macroscopic stress - strain ($\sigma$-$\varepsilon$) characteristics of fiber reinforced concrete in the uniaxial tension test. Results from an experimental parametric study involving used fiber quantity, type, and mechanical properties in the uniaxial tension test are presented and discussed.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

The actual condition is that environmental pollution due to the development of various industries has recently become a serious issue. An interest in improving the gas mileage is rising due to an increase in the number of vehicles in the era of high oil price in particular. In order to solve this problem, priority should be given to light-weight design of car body, However, at present, a design method enabling the conventional steel plate to be replaced is direly needed in order to guarantee passengers' safety according to excessive light-weight design of car body. In this study, in order to apply a design method that could realize fuel savings and environmental pollution prevention through an improvement in gas mileage together with meeting the safety requirements for vehicles, it was supposed that CFRP/Al composites member would be used as primary structural member. And to this end, it was intended to obtain optimum design data by experimentally implementing external impulsive load applied to the car body. According to results of impact test of CFRP/Al composites member, a collapsed shape of folding, crack, and bending occurred. So, it was possible to find that energy was observed. And in case of specimen having an angle of $90^{\circ}$ in the outermost layer and stack sequence of $[90^{\circ}{_2}/0^{\circ}2]s$, its collapsed length was shown to be short. Therefore, it was possible to find that the absorbed energy was shown to be higher by 20% or above at the maximum.