• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.583-590
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• 2002

When a mechanical structure is driven by stationary wide band random point forces, the resulting vibration depends upon the number, location, and joint statistical properties of the exciting forces. In this study, under the assumption of light damping, an approximate procedure for analyzing plates is briefly outlined. The effects of number, location and correlation of the force field on the vibration level are then investigated for various cases in which random point forces with band limited white noise are applied, and the optimal spacing between input forces that produces a relative minimum in the vibration response is predicted.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.169-180
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• 2012

The performance of pure friction isolation system with respect to the frequency bandwidth of excitation and the predominant frequency is investigated. A set of earthquake ground motions (artificial as well as recorded [with different combinations of magnitude-distance and local site geology]) is considered for investigating effectiveness of pure friction isolators. The results indicate the performance of pure friction base isolated system does not only depend upon coefficient of friction and mass ratio but the stick-slip behaviour depends upon the frequency content of the excitation as well. Slippage prevails if the excitation frequency lies in a suitable frequency range. This range widens with increasing mass ratio. For larger mass ratios, the sliding effect is more pronounced and the maximum acceleration response is further reduced in the neighbourhood of frequency ratio (${\omega}/{\omega}_n$) of unity. The pure friction isolation system is effective in the case of broadband excitations only and that too, in the acceleration sensitive range of periods. The pure friction system is not effective for protection against narrow band motions for which the system response is quasi-periodic.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1055-1067
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• 2015

A theoretical procedure to estimate spectral displacement of a hysteretic oscillator with bilinear stiffness excited by band-limited excitation is presented. The stochastic method of ground-motion simulation is combined with the random vibration theory to compute linear and nonlinear structural response. The response is obtained by computing the root-mean-square oscillator response using dissipation energy balancing by integrating over all energy levels of system weighting with the stationary probability density of the energy. The results are presented in a convenient form, and the accuracy of the procedure is assessed by comparison with results obtained with the time-domain method using the recorded data. The model shows little or no bias at the structural period of engineering interest.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1426-1435
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 확률론적 등가선형화 기법을 사용하여 비선형 랜덤 시스템을 선형화하였다.또 이 선형화된 시스템을 최근에 새로이 제안된 방법을 적용하여 비 백색잡음형태의 랜덤 가진을 받을 때 그 거동을 구하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2017

Liquid storage tank is one of the major infrastructures and generally used to store gases, drinking and utilizing water, dangerous fluids, fire water and so on. According to the recent reports and experiences, the tank structures are damaged in many earthquakes due to their low energy dissipating capacity. Therefore, many researchers have been tried to know the dynamic properties of the tanks including liquids. However, vary limited experimental studies are carried out using relatively small tank models. In this study, a series of shaking table tests are performed with maximum 2 m cubic rectangular liquid storage tanks made of steel to measure the natural frequency and estimate damping coefficient of impulsive and convective mode of the tanks. Especially, the damping values under different shapes and excitation methods are estimated by logarithmic decrement method and half power band-pass method and compared with current design code and standards such as ASCE 7, Eurocode 8 and NZS. Test results show that the impulsive mode damping is around 2% which is proposed by general standards and codes but the impulsive mode damping is 0.13% average that is slightly lower than the code recommendation.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2002

이 논문은 지진을 받는 축소 3층 건물모델의 제어 실험에 관한 것이다. 건물모델에 대해 능동 질량 감쇠기를 사용하여 강인제어기인 $\mu$합성 제어기를 설계하고 실험적으로 검증하였다. 외란 입력과 제어용 출력에 적합한 주파수 가중함수를 설정하고 가중함수의 조합을 분석하여 최적의 $\mu$합성 제어기를 제시하였다. 실험 결과 백색잡음 가진 입력에 대한 RMS 응답에서 60-70%의 감소를 보여주었고, 축소 지진 입력에 대한 최대 응답에서 30-45% 정도의 감소효과를 나타내었다. 수치해석결과와 실험의 결과가 매우 정확히 일치하였으며 불확실성을 갖는 구조물에 대하여 제어기가 불확실성의 범위 내에서 강인하다는 것을 보여주었다.