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An Experimental Study on the Application of FRP Tube to the Struts of PSC Box Girder Bridge (스트럿을 가진 PSC 박스거더교의 FRP 외양관 적용성 평가를 위한 실험연구)

  • Song, Jae-Joon;Hwang, Yoon-Koog;Lee, Young-Ho;Lee, Seung-Hye
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.13 no.1 s.53
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    • pp.179-185
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    • 2009
  • In recent, the investigations related to the FRP(Fiber Reinforced Polymers) have been increased due to their superior material and mechanical properties such as environmental resistance, high specific strength and stiffness. Considering these advantages, the FRP tube may be proper for strut on the PSC box girder bridge that can maximize the efficiency of cross section and are effective on economics and aesthetics of bridges. In this research, the specimen tests of the FRP tube and compression tests of the concrete member enclosed with the FRP were performed in order to evaluate the suitability of the FRP tubes, which are applied to the PSC box girder bridge with strut. The specific strength of concrete and the energy absorbing capacity as well as ductility were increased according to the experimental results, and it was found that FRP tubes have sufficient safety as strut member.

Analysis Evaluation of Torsional Behavior of Hybrid Truss Bridge according to Connection Systems (격점구조형식에 따른 복합트러스교의 비틀림 거동 해석)

  • Choi, Ji-Hun;Jung, Kwang-Hoe;Kim, Tae-Kyun;Lee, Sang-Won;Kim, Jang-Ho Jay
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2014
  • Hybrid Truss Bridge (HTB) uses steel truss webs instead of concrete webs in prestressed box girder bridges, which is becoming popular due to its structural benefits such as relatively light self-weight and good aesthetics appearance. Since the core technology of this bridge is the connection system between concrete slabs and steel truss members, several connection systems were proposed and experimentally evaluated. Also, the selected joint system was applied to the real bride design and construction. The research was performed on the connection system, since it can affect the global behavior of this bridge such as flexural and fatigue behaviors as well as the local behavior around the connection region. The evaluation study showed that HTB applied to a curved bridge or an eccentrically loaded bridge had a weak torsional capacity compared to an ordinary PSC box girder bridge due to the open cross-sectional characteristic of HTB. Therefore, three types of girders with different joint system between truss web member and concrete slab were tested for their torsional capacity. In this study, the three different types of HTB girders under torsional loading were simulated using FEM analysis to investigate the torsional behavior of HTB girders more in detail. The results are discussed in detail in the paper.

Torsional Behavior of Hybrid Truss Bridge according to Connection Systems (복합트러스교의 격점구조별 비틀림 거동)

  • Jung, Kwang-Hoe;Lee, Sang-Hyu;Yi, Jong-Won;Choi, Ji-Hun;Kim, Jang-Ho Jay
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2013
  • HTB (hybrid truss bridge) steel truss webs instead of concrete webs in prestressed box girder bridges has been widely used in, because of its structural benefit such as relatively less self-weight and good aesthetics due to open web structure. Since the core technology of this bridge is the connection system between concrete slabs and steel truss members, several connection systems were proposed and experimentally evaluated. Also, the selected joint system was applied to the real bride design and construction. The researches were performed on the connection system, since it can affect the global behavior of this bridge such as flexural and fatigue behaviors as well as the local behavior around the connection region. The evaluation study showned that HTB applied to a curved bridge or a eccentric loading bridge, characteristic has a weak torsional capacity compared to an ordinary PSC box girder bridges due to the open structure of HTB. In this study, three box shaped hybrid truss specimens were made and the torsional test and evaluation for them were performed in order to find out the torsional behavior of HTB according to the connection system.

The Design Concept and World-wide Trends for the Structural Design of Footbridge (보도육교 구조디자인의 세계적 추세와 설계개념)

  • Park, Sun-Woo;Lee, Ju-Na
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.4 no.2 s.12
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 2004
  • A vocabulary for a understanding bridge has a different scope. The main characteristics of the modem footbridge are appropriateness, aesthetics and structural efficiency. Design concepts of footbridge design are investigated. There are functional concepts, aesthetical concepts like geometry, symbolism, lighting, and movement, and technical concepts. Futhermore, adaptation examples of these structural concepts for pedestrian bridges are presented.

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Aesthetic Concept of Play and Architecture of Alvar Aalto (미학적 놀이 개념과 알바 알토의 건축)

  • Kim, Hyon-Sob
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.67-83
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this research is to rethink Alvar Aalto's architecture on the basis of the aesthetic concept of play. This attempt is valid because he had asserted the importance of play in his design. But more fundamentally, his critical view of the instrumentalised rationalism implied the idea that a human being is "Man the Player" as well as "Man the Thinker", of which theory was elaborated in Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens (1938). Premised on it, this paper investigated the evolution of the play idea in aesthetics and located Aalto's concept within the map. Summing up, his play was an intuitively grasped desire opposed to a rational requirement, which leads to a dialectical synthesis. This schema is similar to that of Schiller, in which Spiel reconciles the reason and the sense. However, Aalto's play could be differentiated into the "astonishingly rational" and "a jest", each of which roughly corresponds to the Spieltrieb (play impulse) and the sinnliche Trieb (sensuous impulse) in Schiller's thinking. On the other hand, Aalto's architecture illustrates play that could be interpreted as the overflow of surplus energy. This play is the very concept that can bridge the gap in the form-function formula of modern architecture. Aalto's play idea seemed to basically originate from his personality but its value must be confirmed by the Finnish litterateur Yrjo Hirn as Aalto mentioned in his statements (1953 & 1972). It appears that Aalto's play concept was materialised in architecture through his typical design language, such as the undulating wall, the aperspective space, the imitation of nature and the collage of heterogenous elements. However, we should be careful not to reductively analyse the application of play in practise. As Huizinga's comprehensive theory suggests, the play element exists in any cultural areas including any architectural activities. In conclusion, this paper argues that Alvar Aalto the Homo Ludens presented the possibility of critical rationalism in modern architecture by imbuing dry modernism with "the life enhancing charm" of "the art of play".

Structural Performance of Precast Concrete Arch with Reinforced Joint (보강된 이음부를 가진 조립식 프리캐스트 콘크리트 아치의 구조성능)

  • Chung, Chulhun;Joo, Sanghoon;Choi, Dongchan;Lee, Jongyun
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.29-47
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    • 2014
  • The masonry stone arch bridge, due to its superior durability and aesthetics, has been one of the oldest and popular types of short span bridges. In Europe, this type of bridges have been continuously constructed, and numerous related researches have been conducted until recently. However, there are few construction cases in Korea since the economic efficiency and the construction effectiveness is not contentable. Therefore, this study proposed the reinforced joint to improve structural performance of the conventional arch systems which is proposed by previous researchers. The structural performance of the proposed reinforced joint, which consists of the transverse loop joint and the longitudinal reinforcement, is validated by experimental test of an arch bridge which is constructed using precast concrete segments. Based on this results of the experimental test, it is concluded that the strength of arch bridges can be enhanced by applying the proposed reinforced joints since the reinforced joint restrains hinge behavior and relative displacement between segments with a little reinforcement.

Performance Evaluation of Laminated-Tempered Glass as a Component of Noise Barrier on Metro Railway Elevated Bridge Against Train Induced Vibration and Wind Load (지하철 고가교 접합강화유리 방음판의 열차진동 및 풍하중에 대한 성능평가)

  • Kim, Suk-Su;Lee, Ho-Beom;Song, Jae-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.30-41
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    • 2017
  • Types of noise barrier installed for noise attenuation are largely divided into noise-absorbing format and noise-proofing format. In these days, installation of transparent noise barrier is general trend to solve problems that hinder sunshine and landscape. Some kinds of transparent boards are used to one of components in noise barriers, but in some cases, less transparency and worse pollution due to yellowing phenomena, and severe material deformation are to harm the urban aesthetics Therefore laminated-tempered glass board in that yellowing phenomena does not occur can be replaced as a transparent one to secure those shortcomings. In this paper, the structural safety against train induced vibration and the resistibility to wind load are analyzed for laminated-tempered glass system as a component of noise barrier installed on Metro railway elevated bridges. Also the appropriateness is evaluated through flexural bending performance test, compressive strength test, modulus of elasticity tests, and impact test for the system or the glass material itself. All of these processes are intended to present the deployment of logic to evaluate the adequacy for the system.

Expressive Characteristics of Antonio Citterio's Minimalist Interior Spaces (안토니오 치테리오의 미니멀리즘적 실내공간 표현특성)

  • Han, Mi-Hee;Kim, Moon-Duck
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.96-106
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    • 2015
  • Occupying the center of architecture, design, painting and culture, minimalism is aesthetics of essence that reflects modern age but transcends age at the same time. Pursuing minimalist trend like this and covering the range of furniture, interior and architecture, total designer Antonio Citterio is developing minimalist designs of his own. Called one of the 3 greatest furniture designers in the world today, he leads the trend and enjoys high reputation as a world-renowned interior designer and architect. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze and integrate minimalist descriptive characteristics which appeared in interior space of Citterio who pursues minimalist design. As a study method, this study reorganized minimalism from methodological perspective, drew out expressive characteristics of minimalist interior spaces unique to Citterio based on background and influence of Citterio's design and, centering on this frame of analysis, analyzed and integrated interior spaces he designed. The results of this study are as follows; first, in order to overcome problems that can become monotonous in a minimalist space, Citterio provides spatial experiences to feel visual and spatial variations using the ramp and bridge. Second, he created various senses of space with visual and spatial expansion using transparency in the walls made of glass. Third, with linear expressions, he designed modern spaces with beauty of proportion and balance through contrast and emphasis. Fourth, he made constructive expression through exposure of structures or stairs in the space. Fifth, he created sophisticated atmosphere with contrast between natural and artificial materials and emphasis of material properties. Sixth, his design also shows the characteristic of using furniture as the role of adjusting overall atmosphere of interior space, not as separated parts from it. The author hopes that above results of this study will provide new implications for the development of domestic interior design.

A Study on Clothing Attitudes of Middle and High School Girls (중.고등학교 여학생의 의생활태도에 관한 연구)

  • 최은영;전경란
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.75-87
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study is to find out how middle and high school girls show their clothing attitudes and their life-style. clothing behavior. use their ornaments according to demographic variables. The subject of this study consists o 345 middle and high school girls living in Chung-Nam Province and Taejon Metropolitan City. SPSS/PC+ program was utilized to calculate frequency(N) mean value(M) and standard deviation (SD) for statistical analysis. Differences among the populations are examined through t-test. F-test and X2-test. The results of this study are as follow : 1. Correlation between the life style and demographic variables. Especially. life-style has significant difference(p<. 05) according to type of school. middle school girls have high tendency in the type of modern and fashion. Life-style has significant difference(p< .01) according to level of achievement studying, high level girls has high tendency in the type of practical and secure. 2. Correlation between the clothing behavior and demographic variables. According to type of school. middle school girls showed higher than high school girls in clothing conformity and clothing aesthetics. According to level of achievement studying, high level girls have high tendency in clothing conformity and clothing modesty. 3. Correlation between the use their ornaments and demographic variables. Buying the ornaments, higher-level achievement studying girl’s get information in show window. but lower-level achievement studying girl’s get information in TV or radio. The use of ornaments according to the site of school, most of school girls who live in small city or town use the ornaments as usual school life but school girls who live in big city use the ornaments to look good on their clothes. Following suggestions can be made based on the discussions above: It is necessary for us to have correct understanding about the correlation between the ornaments and clothing of school girls in order to lead them to have appropriate clothing behavior. Furthermore. it is required to construct a bridge linking a course of study to rational habits guidance which will provide us more appropriate tools for clothing behavior guidance.

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Pontic site development with an implant submergence technique for unaesthetic implant in the anterior maxilla (상악 전치부 임플란트의 비심미성 개선을 위한 임플란트 침수(submergence)를 동반한 치조제 증대술)

  • Song, Yujeong;Lee, Ju-Youn
    • Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.289-295
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    • 2020
  • Improving implant esthetics is very difficult, especially in cases where unaesthetic problems are related to implants in the maxillary anterior dentition. A 69-year old male patient was referred by a prosthodontist for periodic pus discharge and an unaesthetic implant prosthesis (maxillary right lateral incisor). The implant was placed too deeply and showed soft tissue volume deficiency and a long clinical crown. After a clinical and radiographic examination, implant submergence and alveolar ridge augmentation were performed to enhance the aesthetics instead of an explantation. The treatment plan was as follows: extraction the adjacent teeth with tooth mobility, secondary caries, and poor prognosis; placement an additional dental implant with hard and soft tissue grafting; fabrication a fixed bridge using implant abutments. A fixed esthetic prosthesis using implants was fabricated, and the patient was satisfied with the prosthesis. A ridge augmentation with implant submergence may be an alternative for solving the problems of unaesthetic implant restorations in the esthetic zone.