• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.717-733
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• 2015

Modal parameters of a structure are commonly used quantities for system identification and damage detection. With a limited number of studies on the statistics assessment of modal parameters, this paper presents procedures to properly account for the uncertainties present in the process of extracting modal parameters. Particularly, this paper focuses on how to deal with the measurement error in an ambient vibration test and the modeling error resulting from a modal parameter extraction process. A bootstrap approach is adopted, when an ensemble of a limited number of noised time-history response recordings is available. To estimate the modeling error associated with the extraction process, a model prediction expansion approach is adopted where the modeling error is considered as an "adjustment" to the prediction obtained from the extraction process. The proposed procedures can be further incorporated into the probabilistic analysis of applications where the modal parameters are used. This study considers the effects of the measurement and modeling errors and can provide guidance in allocating resources to improve the estimation accuracy of the modal data. As an illustration, the proposed procedures are applied to extract the modal data of a damaged beam, and the extracted modal data are used to detect potential damage locations using a damage detection method. It is shown that the variability in the modal parameters can be considered to be quite low due to the measurement and modeling errors; however, this low variability has a significant impact on the damage detection results for the studied beam.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2018

Nowadays, there are a great number of various structures that have been retrofitted by using different FRP Composites. Due to this, more researches need to be conducted to know more the characteristics of these structures, not only that but also a comparison among them before and after the retrofitting is needed. In this research, a model steel structure is tested using a bench-scale earthquake simulator on the shake table, using recorded micro tremor data, in order to get the dynamic behaviors. Columns of the model steel structure are then retrofitted by using GFRP composite, and then tested on the Quanser shake table by using the recorded micro tremor data. At this stage, it is needed to evaluate the dynamic behaviors of the retrofitted model steel structure. Various types of methods of OMA, such as EFDD, SSI, etc. are used to take action in the ambient responses. Having a purpose to learn more about the effects of GFRP composite, experimental model analysis of both types (retrofitted and no-retrofitted models) is conducted to evaluate their dynamic behaviors. There is a provision of ambient excitation to the shake table by using recorded micro tremor ambient vibration data on ground level. Furthermore, the Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition is used through output-only modal identification. At the end of this study, moderate correlation is obtained between mode shapes, periods and damping ratios. The aim of this research is to show and determine the effects of GFRP Composite implementation on structural responses of the model steel structure, in terms of changing its dynamical behaviors. The frequencies for model steel structure and the retrofitted model steel structure are shown to be 33.916% in average difference. Finally, it is shown that, in order to evaluate the period and rigidity of retrofitted structures, OMA might be used.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2003

토목구조물의 손상평가를 위해 현재까지 인공신경망이 유형분류기로 많이 이용되어왔다. 그러나 본 논문에서는 신경망을 구조재해석기로 사용하여 최적화에 의한 모델업데이팅을 이용한 손상평가를 수행하였다. 최적화에 의한 모델업데이팅을 위해 손상전후의 구조물 모드형상의 절대차의 합을 목적함수로 하였으며, 부재의 강성을 미지의 변수로 취급하였다. 본 손상평가 알고리즘의 적용성을 검토하기 위해 단순보 형태의 판형교 모델에 수치적으로 적용하였다. 적용결과 구조 재해석을 위해 유한요소법을 이용한 결과와 유사한 정도의 손상추정 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1207-1213
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• 2007

기존의 수도설비의 밸브실과 유량계의 관리는 기계적이고 숙련자의 경험적인 방식으로 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 USN 기반의 실시간 수도설비 모니터링 시스템을 활용한 시설물 관리는 안전성과 정확성을 제공함으로서 양질의 수자원을 관리하는데 기술적인 발전을 가져올 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network)과 CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access) 망을 이용한 수도 시설물의 안전 관리 시스템에 관하여 연구하였다. 수도 설비 중에서 밸브실과 유량계실을 대상으로 유량계, 압력센서, 진동센서, Co센서, 온 습도센서들의 RFID(Radio-frequency identification) 센서로 구성된 USN을 구성하고, USN으로부터 실시간으로 수도 시설물 정보 및 수(水)처리 측정 정보를 수집하여, CDMA망을 통해 원거리 관제 시스템에 전송한다. USN 기술을 이용하여 수도설비를 관리함으로서 현장에서의 편리성, 안전성, 정확성을 높여 더욱 효율적이고 안정적으로 깨끗한 수돗물을 공급하는데 기여할 수 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.219-233
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• 2014

In a companion paper, Pasala and Nagarajaiah analytically and experimentally validate the Adaptive Length Pendulum Smart Tuned Mass Damper (ALP-STMD) on a primary structure (2 story steel structure) whose frequencies are time invariant (Pasala and Nagarajaiah 2012). In this paper, the ALP-STMD effectiveness on a primary structure whose frequencies are time varying is studied experimentally. This study experimentally validates the ability of an ALP-STMD to adequately control a structural system in the presence of real time changes in primary stiffness that are detected by a real time observer based system identification. The experiments implement the newly developed Adaptive Length Pendulum Smart Tuned Mass Damper (ALP-STMD) which was first introduced and developed by Nagarajaiah (2009), Nagarajaiah and Pasala (2010) and Nagarajaiah et al. (2010). The ALP-STMD employs a mass pendulum of variable length which can be tuned in real time to the parameters of the system using sensor feedback. The tuning action is made possible by applying a current to a shape memory alloy wire changing the effective length that supports the damper mass assembly in real time. Once a stiffness change in the structural system is detected by an open loop observer, the ALP-STMD is re-tuned to the modified system parameters which successfully reduce the response of the primary system. Significant performance improvement is illustrated for the stiffness modified system, which undergoes the re-tuning adaptation, when compared to the stiffness modified system without adaptive re-tuning.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.185-201
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• 2022

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is used to provide reliable information about the structure's integrity in near realtime following extreme incidents such as earthquakes, considering the inevitable aging and degradation that occurs in operating environments. This paper experimentally investigates an integrated wireless sensor network (Wi-SN) based monitoring technique for damage detection in concrete structures. An effective SHM technique can be used to detect potential structural damage based on post-earthquake data. Two novel methods are proposed for damage detection in reinforced concrete (RC) building structures including: (i) Jerk Energy Method (JEM), which is based on time-domain analysis, and (ii) Modal Contributing Parameter (MCP), which is based on frequency-domain analysis. Wireless accelerometer sensors are installed at each story level to monitor the dynamic responses from the building structure. Prior knowledge of the initial state (immediately after construction) of the structure is not required in these methods. Proposed methods only use responses recorded during ambient vibration state (i.e., operational state) to estimate the damage index. Herein, the experimental studies serve as an illustration of the procedures. In particular, (i) a 3-story shear-type steel frame model is analyzed for several damage scenarios and (ii) 2-story RC scaled down (at 1/6th) building models, simulated and verified under experimental tests on a shaking table. As a result, in addition to the usual benefits like system adaptability, and cost-effectiveness, the proposed sensing system does not require a cluster of sensors. The spatial information in the real-time recorded data is used in global damage identification stage of SHM. Whereas in next stage of SHM, the damage is detected at the story level. Experimental results also show the efficiency and superior performance of the proposed measuring techniques.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2023

Mostly in motor fault detection the instantaneous values 3 axis vibration and 3phase current in time domain are acquired and converted to frequency domain. Vibrations are more useful in diagnosing the mechanical faults and motor current has remained more useful in electrical fault diagnosis. With having some experience and knowledge on the behavior of acquired data the electrical and mechanical faults are diagnosed through signal processing techniques or combine machine learning and signal processing techniques. In this paper, a single-layer LSTM based condition monitoring system is proposed in which the instantaneous values of three phased motor current are firstly acquired in simulated motor in in health and supply imbalance conditions in each of three stator currents. The acquired three phase current in time domain is then used to train a LSTM network, which can identify the type of fault in electrical supply of motor and phase in which the fault has occurred. Experimental results shows that the proposed single layer LSTM algorithm can identify the electrical supply faults and phase of fault with an average accuracy of 88% based on the three phase stator current as raw data without any processing or feature extraction.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2023

선박 구조 특성상 격실 구조는 복잡하고 협소하여 작업 과정에서 안전사고가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 사고의 주된 원인은 구조물 충돌, 낙하물, 독성물질 누출, 화재, 폭발, 질식 등이 존재한다. 사고 발생 시 작업자의 현장 상황을 파악하는 것이 피해를 완화하는 요소 중 하나이다. 이에 안전성을 확보하기 위해 선박 내 CCTV로 현장 상황을 모니터링하고 있으나, 기존의 방식으로는 사고를 예방하기엔 어려움이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 안전 기술로 위치 식별, 음성/영상 통신 기능이 탑재되는 스마트 안전모가 개발 중에 있다. 또한, 작업 구역 내 환경 정보 수집 및 저장기능을 포함한 온도, 습도, 진동, 소음, 기울기(자이로 센서), 가스 센서를 사용하여 스마트 안전모를 착용한 작업자에게 위험 상황을 알릴 수 있다. 이를 통해 스마트 안전모 및 환경 센서의 사용으로 선박 내 작업자의 안전성을 강화할 수 있을 것이다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2006

전기도금 방법으로 유리기판 위에 제작한 코일과 영구자석을 이용하여 초소형발전기를 제작하였다. 여러 크기의 코일 구조를 설계한 마스크를 제작하고, 이를 이용하여 MEMS 코일을 제작하였다. 그 중 두께가 $7{\mu}m$ 선폭이 $20{\mu}m$ 길이가 1.6 m인 코일을 선택하여 실험하였다. 광학현미경과 SEM을 사용하여 제작된 코일의 구조를 분석하였다. 또한 모터의 회전운동을 진동운동과 유사한 선형운동으로 변환하는 진동발생시스템을 제작하였고, 자석과 코일을 진동발생장치에 설치하고 진동을 발생시키면 교류 전압이 발생한다. 0.5Hz에서 8Hz까지 진동주파수를 변화시켜 특성을 측정하였다. 발생된 전압은 3Hz에서 106mV가 발생하였고, 6Hz에서 198mV가 발생하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 쓸모없이 버려지는 진동에너지를 유용한 전기에너지로 변환하는 초소형발전기 소자를 제작하는 것이다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.391-404
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• 2000

This study investigated the geochemical characteristics of mine drainage discharged from an abandoned coal mine in the Hwasoon area. Surface water samples were collected from 23 locations along the Hancheon creek. The concentration of Zn and Cu in stream waters was highest at low pH (3.53), whereas the content of TDS and TDI was highest at high pH (7.78) due to the concentration of Ca, $HCO_3$ and $SO_4$. At the upstream site, the Ba, Fe, Mn, Zn, and $SO_4$ contents were relatively high but decreased significantly with the distance from the coal mine. On the contrary, the Na and $NO_3$ contents were low at the upstream site but increased downstream. Yellow precipitate material collected in the Hancheon consisted mainly of iron and LOI. This yellow precipitate was heated from 100 to $900^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour. With increasing temperature, the intensity of hematite peaks were sharply produced in X-ray pattern and the absorption band Fe-O of hematite increased in IR due to dehydration and melting. The yellow to brown precipitate and evaporite materials were collected by a air-dry from the acid mine water at the laboratory. After drying, the concentration of ions in the acid water samples increased progressively in oversaturation with respect to either gypsum, ferrohexahydrite or quenstedetite. The X-ray powder diffraction studies identified that the precipitated and evaporated materials after drying were well crystallized gypsum, ferrohexahydrite and quenstedetite. Diagnostic peaks used for identification of gypsum were the 7.65, 4.28, 3.03, 2.87 and 2.48$\AA$ peaks and those for ferrohexahydrite were the 5.46, 5.12, 4.89, 4.44, 4.05, 3.62, 3.46, 3.40, 3.20, 3.03, 2.94, 2.53, 2.28, 2.07, 1.88 and 1.86${\AA} peaks. The IR spectra with OH-stretching, deformation of $H_2O$and ${SO_4}^{2-}$stretching vibration include the existence of gypsum, ferrohexahydrite and quenstedetite in the precipitated and evaporite materials. In the SEM and EDS analysis for the evaporite material, gypsum with well-crystallized, acicular, and columnar form was distinctly observed.