• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2019

Tubular joints are used in the construction of offshore structures and other land-based structures because of its ease of fabrication. These joints are subjected to different environmental loadings in their lifetime. At the time of fabrication or modification of an existing offshore platform, tubular joints are usually strengthened to withstand the environmental loads. Currently, various strengthening techniques such as ring stiffeners, gusset plates are employed to strengthen new and existing tubular joints. Due to some limitations with the present practices, some new techniques need to be addressed. Many researchers used Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) to strengthen tubular joints. Some of the studies were focused on axial compression of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) strengthened tubular joints and found that it was an efficient technique. Earlier, the authors had performed studies on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strengthened tubular joint subjected to axial compression. The study steered to the conclusion that FRP composites is an alternative strengthening technique for tubular joints. In this work, the study was focused on axial compression of Y-joint and in plane and out of plane bending of T-joints. Experimental investigations were performed on these joints, fabricated from ASTM A106 Gr. B steel. Two sets of joints were fabricated for testing, one is a reference joint and the other is a joint strengthened with CFRP. After performing the set of experiments, test results were then compared with the numerical solution in ANSYS Parametric Design Language (APDL). It was observed that the joints strengthened with CFRP were having improved strength, lesser surface displacement and ovalization when compared to the reference joint.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 고로슬래그 미분말 등의 순환자원을 재활용하여 건설 현장에서 다양한 목적으로 사용되고 있는 지반안정재에 대해 매입말뚝용 주면고정액으로서의 활용 가능성을 분석하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 주면고정액의 일반적인 물/결합재비인 70%와 83%를 적용하여 시편을 제작하고, 압축강도, 주면마찰력, 내진 성능을 파악하기 위한 압축시험, 모형시험, 진동대 시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과. 순환자원을 재활용한 지반안정재의 경우, 국내 관련 기준에 제시된 압축강도 기준을 상회하고, 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트 대비 동등한 주면마찰력을 발휘하며, 지진으로 인한 발생 변위량도 국내 허용변위 기준에 비해 매우 작은 수준을 나타내었다. 따라서 시험결과를 종합적으로 고려할 때, 매입말뚝용 주면고정액으로서 순환자원을 재활용한 지반안정재의 활용 가능성은 충분한 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2586-2591
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• 2022

In the present work, we have irradiated the DI-BSCCO superconducting tapes with the 100 keV deuterium ions to investigate the effect of ion irradiation on their critical current (Ic). The damage simulations are carried out using the binary collision approximation method to get the spatial distribution and depth profile of the damage events in the high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape. The point defects are formed near the surface of the HTS tape. These point defects change the vortex profile in the superconducting tape. Due to the long-range interaction of vortices with each other, the Ic of the tape degrades at the 77 K and self magnetic field. The radiation dose of 2.90 MGy degrades the 44% critical current of the tape. The results of the displacement per atom (dpa) and dose deposited by the deuterium ions are used to fit an empirical relation for predicting the degradation of the Ic of the tape. We include the dpa, dose and columnar defect terms produced by the incident particles in the empirical relation. The fitted empirical relation predicts that light ion irradiation degrades the Ic in the DI-BSCCO tape at the self field. This empirical relation can also be used in neutron irradiation to predict the lifetime of the DI-BSCCO tape. The change in the Ic of the DI-BSCCO tape due to deuterium irradiation is compared with the other second-generation HTS tape irradiated with energetic radiation.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권6_1호
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• pp.1081-1089
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• 2022

본 연구는 시계열 Small Baseline Subset (SBAS)-InSAR 기법을 이용하여 울산시의 지반 침하를 조사하였으며, 79개의 Sentinel-1 SAR 영상과 385개의 간섭도 영상(interferogram)을 사용하여 2015년 5월부터 2021년 12월 울산광역시의 지상 변위(surface displacement)를 추정하였다. 지반 침하율은 북구와 남구 삼산동 2지역에서 연 3.44 cm, 1.68 cm로 계측되었다. 또한 Generic Atmospheric Correction Online Service (GACOS)로 생성한 Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) 지도를 활용하여 unwrapping된 간섭도 위상에서 대기 지연(tropospheric delay)의 영향을 제거할 수 있는 가능성을 평가하였으며, GACOS ZTD 보정 전후의 SBAS-InSAR 지상 변위 측정의 차이가 연 1 mm 미만임을 발견하였다.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.485-502
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• 2021

터널 굴착으로 인해 필연적으로 발생되는 지반침하 및 상부 구조물 영향 평가를 수행하기 위해 지표침하와 구조물 건전도 저감의 총 7개의 주요 영향 인자들을 설정하고 수치해석을 이용한 Parameter Study를 수행하였다. 그 결과를 통해 Boscardin and Cording 구조물 손상도표를 이용한 안정성 분석, 최대침하량과 각변위를 이용한 안정성 분석을 수행하고 각각의 주요 영향 인자들에 대한 상관성 분석을 실시하였다. 또한, 매개변수 해석을 통한 지반 및 구조물 상호거동 양상을 이용하여 경기도 화성시에 위치한 𐩒𐩒𐩒터널 현장에 적용하고 현장 적용성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 오차가 약 1.0%로 나타나 설계단계에서의 터널 굴착에 따른 구조물 안정성 평가 시 다양한 조건에서 적합한 노선 결정을 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있도록 하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.243-256
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• 2022

A coupled finite element method (FEM)-boundary element method (BEM) for analyzing the hydroelastic response of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) floating plates under moving loads is firstly introduced in this article. For that aim, the plate displacement field is described utilizing a generalized shear deformation theory (GSDT)-based FEM, meanwhile the linear water-wave theory (LWWT)-relied BEM is employed for the fluid hydrodynamic modeling. Both computational domains of the plate and fluid are coincidentally discretized into 4-node Hermite elements. Accordingly, the C1-continuous plate element model can be simply captured owing to the inherent feature of third-order Hermite polynomials. In addition, this model is also completely free from shear correction factors, although the shear deformation effects are still taken into account. While the fluid BEM can easily handle the free surface with a lower computational effort due to its boundary integral performance. Material properties through the plate thickness follow four specific CNT distributions. Outcomes gained by the present FEM-BEM are compared with those of previously released papers including analytical solutions and experimental data to validate its reliability. In addition, the influences of CNT volume fraction, different CNT configurations, water depth, and load speed on the hydroelastic behavior of FG-CNTRC plates are also examined.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2022

Pre-stressed concrete circular spun piles are widely used in various infrastructure projects around the world and offer an economical deep foundation system with consistent and superior quality compared to cast in-situ and other concrete piles. Conventional methods for measuring the lateral response of piles have been limited to conventional instrumentation, such as electrical based gauges and pressure transducers. The problem with existing technology is that the sensors are not able to assist in recording the lateral stiffness changes of the pile which varies along the length depending on the distribution of the flexural moments and appearance of tensile cracks. This paper describes a full-scale bending test of a 1-m diameter spun pile of 30 m long and instrumented using advanced fibre optic distributed sensor, known as Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA). Optical fibre sensors were embedded inside the concrete during the manufacturing stage and attached on the concrete surface in order to measure the pile's full-length flexural behaviour under the prescribed serviceability and ultimate limit state. The relationship between moments-deflections and bending moments-curvatures are examined with respect to the lateral forces. Tensile cracks were measured and compared with the peak strains observed from BOTDA data which corroborated very well. By analysing the moment-curvature response of the pile, the structure can be represented by two bending stiffness parameters, namely the pre-yield (EI) and post-yield (EI_cr), where the cracks reduce the stiffness property by 89%. The pile deflection profile can be attained from optical fibre data through closed-form solutions, which generally matched with the displacements recorded by Linear Voltage Displacement Transducers (LVDTs).

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.551-561
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• 2022

In this paper, the effect of fire conditions according to ISO 834 standard on the behavior of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) reinforced steel beams coated with gypsum-based mortar has been investigated numerically. To study the efficiency of these beams, 3D coupled temperature-displacement finite element analyzes have been conducted. Mechanical and thermal characteristics of three different parts of composite beams, i.e., steel, CFRP plate, and fireproof coating, were considered as a function of temperature. The interaction between steel and CFRP plate has been simulated employing the adhesion model. The effect of temperature, CFRP plate reinforcement, and the fireproof coating thickness on the deformation of the beams have been analyzed. The results showed that within the first 120 min of fire exposure, increasing the thickness of the fireproof coating from 1 mm to 10 mm reduced the maximum temperature of the outer surface of the steel beam from 380℃ to 270℃. This increase in the thickness of the fireproof layer decreased the rate of growth in the temperature of the steel beam by approximately 30%. Besides excellent thermal resistance and gypsum-based mortar, the studied fireproof coating method could provide better fire resistance for steel structures and thus can be applied to building materials.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.471-483
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• 2023

This paper presents an analytical hyperbolic theory based on the refined shear deformation theory for mechanical stability analysis of the simply supported advanced composites plates (exponentially, sigmoidal and power-law graded) under triangular, trapezoidal and uniform uniaxial and biaxial loading. The developed model ensures the boundary condition of the zero transverse stresses at the top and bottom surfaces without using the correction factor as first order shear deformation theory. The mathematical formulation of displacement contains only four unknowns in which the transverse deflection is divided to shear and bending components. The current study includes the effect of the geometric imperfection of the material. The modeling of the micro-void presence in the structure is based on the both true and apparent density formulas in which the porosity will be dense in the mid-plane and zero in the upper and lower surfaces (free surface) according to a logarithmic function. The analytical solutions of the uniaxial and biaxial critical buckling load are determined by solving the differential equilibrium equations of the system with the help of the Navier's method. The correctness and the effectiveness of the proposed HyRPT is confirmed by comparing the results with those found in the open literature which shows the high performance of this model to predict the stability characteristics of the FG structures employed in various fields. Several parametric analyses are performed to extract the most influenced parameters on the mechanical stability of this type of advanced composites plates.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2023

본 연구에서 개발하고자 하는 고강도 포획망은 심선 직경 3.2mm, 인장강도 290~540MPa급 강선으로 제작되는 일반 PVC 코팅망을 활용한 낙석방지망 공법을 대체하기 위함이다. 일반 PVC 코팅망은 그 성능이 낮아 낙석이나 표층유실이 발생할 경우 그 하중을 버티지 못하고 찢어지며 오히려 피해가 가중된다. 따라서 심선 직경 2.8~3.2mm, 인장강도 1,000~2,000MPa급 강선을 활용하여 고강도 포획망을 제작하였다. 시험 방법은 국제 기준인 Steel wire rope net panels and rolls-Definitions and specifications(ISO 17746:2016)을 참조하였으며, 펀칭시험에 대한 사항의 규정을 따라 실시하였다. 실내펀칭시험을 통해 일반 PVC 코팅망과 개발한 고강도 포획망(1,000MPa, 2,000MPa)의 하중-변위 곡선을 비교하였으며, 최대 인발력이 324.47%(고강도 포획망 2,000MPa)가 향상되는 것으로 분석되었다.