• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.594-603
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• 2018

최근 계측 기술의 발달에 따라 종래의 복잡하고 시간 소모적인 현장 계측분석 작업을 단순하고 편리하게 만드는 작업이 가능해지고 있다. 이런 배경에서 이 논문에서는 최소화된 계측 및 신호처리를 통해 상시진동 케이블의 장력을 추정하는 문제에 대해 연구하였다. 최소화 계측 방법으로는 저가 영상장비로 촬영된 동영상만을 이용하는 영상 변위 계측을 구상하였다. 또한 이로 인한 유효 주파수 대역 부족 문제의 해결을 위해 미러 주파수를 이용한 고유진동수 추정 방법을 제시하였다. 더불어 현장 사용 성능과 관련한 상시진동 문제를 처리하기 위해 신호처리 및 고유진동수 추정법으로 FDD 방법이 채택되었다. 제안된 최소화 계측 시스템과 미러 주파수 개념의 특성 및 FDD 방법의 적용성을 보기 위하여 사장교 모형을 이용한 실험적 연구가 수행되었다. 실험 결과는 상시진동을 위한 FDD 방법이 최소화 시스템을 이용한 고유 진동수 판별에서도 효과적으로 잘 작동됨을 보여 주었다. 또한 미러 주파수 개념은 저속촬영에 따라 왜곡된 신호에서도 고주파수 영역에 있는 고유진동수 추정이 가능함을 보여 최소화 시스템의 한계돌파에 효과적임을 보여 주었다. 결론적으로 실험결과는 제안된 최소화 계측 및 신호처리 시스템이 상시진동 케이블 장력 추정에 효과적인 방법이 될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 미국 뉴욕주 로체스터시 소재 강합성 데크 트러스 보도교를 대상으로 사용성을 평가하기 위한 상시진동 실험(ambient vibration test)을 수행하였고 이를 해석적 방법에 의한 결과와 비교하였다. 교량전체에 대한 상시진동실험은 수치모델 작성 시 도입되는 여러 가정들에 대한 타당성을 평가하는데 있어서 유용한 방법이며, 교량의 고유진동수나 모드형상과 같이 구조 동력학에서 중요한 구조적인 변수를 결정하는데 있어 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 교량의 수직방향 및 수평방향 진동 특성과 변위를 측정하기 위하여 실제 교량에서 보행자에 의해 발생하는 진동을 입력하중으로 사용하였다. 교량 구조물에 대한 모델링을 위하여 3차원 유한 요소법을 사용하여 해석을 수행하였으며, 이를 통하여 현장실험 결과와의 유효성을 입증하였다.

• 세라미스트
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.56-69
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• 2019

Recent advances in low-power sensors and transmitters are driving the search for standalone power sources that utilize unused ambient energy. These energy harvesters can alleviate the issues related to the installation and maintenance of sensors. Particularly piezoelectric energy harvesters, with the ability to convert ambient mechanical energy into useful electricity, have received significant attention due to their high energy density, low cost and operational stability over wide temperature and pressure conditions. In order to maximize the generated electrical power, the natural frequency of the piezoelectric energy harvester should be matched with the dominant frequency of ambient vibrations. However, piezoelectric energy harvesters typically exhibit a narrow bandwidth, thus, it becomes difficult to operate near resonance under broadband ambient vibration conditions. Therefore, the resonating of energy harvesters is critical to generate maximum output power under ambient vibration conditions. For this, energy harvesters should have broadband natural frequency or actively tunable natural frequency with ambient vibrations. Here, we review the most plausible broadband energy harvesting techniques of the multi-resonance, nonlinearity, and self-resonance tuning. The operation mechanisms and recent representative studies of each technique are introduced and the advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. In addition, we look into the future research direction for the broadband energy harvester.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.21-44
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• 2014

The aim of this study is to determine the dynamic characteristics of long reinforced concrete highway bridges with post-tension tendons using analytical and experimental methods. It is known that the deck length and height of bridges are affected the dynamic characteristics considerably. For this purpose, Berta Bridge constructed in deep valley, in Artvin, Turkey, is selected as an application. The Bridge has two piers with height of 109.245 m and 85.193 m, and the total length of deck is 340.0 m. Analytical and experimental studies are carried out on Berta Bridge which was built in accordance with the balanced cantilever method. Finite Element Method (FEM) and Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) which considers ambient vibration data were used in analytical and experimental studies, respectively. Finite element model of the bridge is created by using SAP2000 program to obtain analytical dynamic characteristics such as the natural frequencies and mode shapes. The ambient vibration tests are performed using Operational Modal Analysis under wind and human loads. Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition (EFDD) and Stochastic Subspace Identification (SSI) methods are used to obtain experimental dynamic characteristics like natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios. At the end of the study, analytical and experimental dynamic characteristic are compared with each other and the finite element model of the bridge was updated considering the material properties and boundary conditions. It is emphasized that Operational Modal Analysis method based on the ambient vibrations can be used safely to determine the dynamic characteristics, to update the finite element models, and to monitor the structural health of long reinforced concrete highway bridges constructed with the balanced cantilever method.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.343-350
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• 2011

최근 전세계적으로 큰 지진이 빈번히 발생하고 있고, 국내에서도 지진 발생 빈도가 높아짐에 따라 노후화된 토목 구조물에 대한 내진 성능 평가 및 구조 건전성 평가의 중요성이 재조명되고 있다. 하지만 국내 기존 댐 수문에 대한 관련 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 댐 수문 내진 성능 평가 및 구조 건전성 평가의 기초자료가 펴는 댐 수문의 통특성 추정을 위하여 댐 수문에 적용할 수 있는 실험기법을 정립하고, 정립된 실험기법을 통하여 두 종류의 댐 수문에 대한 현장 실험을 수행하였다. 동특성 추정에는 모드 해석 방법 중에 하나인 주파수영역분해기법을 이용하였다. 상시진동실험과 강제진동실험을 이용하여 댐 수문의 동특성을 추정함으로써 두 방법의 성능을 비교하였으며, 상시진동실험이 댐 수문의 동특성을 추정하는데 매우 효과적인 방법임을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.717-725
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• 2004

A power generation systems are proposed to convert ambient mechanical vibration into electrical energy using cantilever-type piezoelectric materials. The vibration-based power device can be used for self-powered systems without batteries. This paper presents the theoretical analysis for the coupled equations of piezoelectric and structural motions and investigates the dynamic characteristics of the self-power system using transfer function method. The theoretical model is verified by the finite element analysis of the resonance frequency, the dynamic response of the structure and the sensor sensibility. Experimental results measured using a prototype system agree with the theoretical predictions. The system is shown to produce 34.5 ㎼ in average. Finally, we perform the optimal design for system variables to maximize output power.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1093-1118
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• 2014

A sophisticated story-wise stiffness identification method for a shear building structure is applied to the case where the shear building is subjected to an actual micro-tremor. While the building responses to earthquake ground motions are necessary in the previous method, it is shown that micro-tremors can be used for identification within the same framework. This enhances the extended usability and practicality of the previously proposed identification method. The difficulty arising in the limit manipulation at zero frequency in the previous method is overcome by introducing an ARX model. The weakness of small SN ratios in the low frequency range is avoided by using the ARX model together with filtering and introducing new constraints on the ARX parameters.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2017

The modal identification of large civil structures such as bridges under the ambient vibrational conditions has been widely investigated during the past decade. Many operational modal analysis methods have been proposed and successfully used for identifying the dynamic characteristics of the constructed bridges in service. However, there is very limited research available on reliable criteria for the robustness of these identified modal parameters of the bridge structures. In this study, two time-domain operational modal analysis methods, the data-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-DATA) method and the covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-COV) method, are employed to identify the modal parameters from field recorded ambient acceleration data. On the basis of the SSI-DATA method, the modal contribution indexes of all identified modes to the measured acceleration data are computed by using the Kalman filter, and their applicability to evaluate the robustness of identified modes is also investigated. Here, the benchmark problem, developed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University with field acceleration measurements under different excitation conditions of a cable-stayed bridge, is adopted to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results from the benchmark study show that the robustness of identified modes can be judged by using their modal contributions to the measured vibration data. A critical value of modal contribution index of 2% for a reliable identifiability of modal parameters is roughly suggested for the benchmark problem.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.491-505
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• 2010

A computational analysis of the nonlinear free vibration of corrugated annular plates with shallow sinusoidal corrugations under uniformly static ambient temperature is examined. The governing equations based on Hamilton's principle and nonlinear bending theory of thin shallow shell are established for a corrugated plate with a concentric rigid mass at the center and rotational springs at the outer edges. A simple harmonic function in time is assumed and the time variable is eliminated from partial differential governing equations using the Kantorovich averaging procedure. The resulting ordinary equations, which form a nonlinear two-point boundary value problem in spatial variable, are then solved numerically by shooting method, and the temperature-dependent characteristic relations of frequency vs. amplitude for nonlinear vibration of heated corrugated annular plates are obtained. Several numerical results are presented in both tabular and graphical forms, which demonstrate the accuracy of present method and illustrate the amplitude frequency dependence for the plate under such parameters as ambient temperature, plate geometry, rigid mass and elastic constrain.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.397-407
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• 2021

This paper investigates the optimal sensor placements and capabilities of this procedure for dynamic characteristics identification of arch dams. For this purpose, a prototype arch dam is constructed in laboratory conditions. Berke arch dam located on the Ceyhan River in city of Osmaniye is one of the highest arch dam constructed in Turkey is selected for field verification. The ambient vibration tests are conducted using initial candidate sensor locations at the beginning of the study. Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition and Stochastic Subspace Identification methods are used to extract experimental dynamic characteristics. Then, measurements are repeated according to optimal sensor locations of the dams. These locations are specified using the Effective Independence Method. To determine the optimal sensor locations, the target mode shape matrices which are obtained from ambient vibration tests of the selected dam with a large number of accelerometers are used. The dynamic characteristics obtained from each ambient vibrations tests are compared with each other. It is concluded that the dynamic characteristics obtained from initial measurements and those obtained from a limited number of sensors are compatible with each other. This situation indicates that optimal sensor placements determined by the Effective Independence Method are useful for dynamic characteristics identification of arch dams.