• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.881-896
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• 2015

The authors' research group has developed a noncontact type of sensors which directly measure the inter-story drift displacements of a building during a seismic event. Soon after that event, such seismically-induced drift displacement data would provide structural engineers with useful information to judge how the stories have been damaged. This paper presents a scheme of estimating the story cumulative plastic deformation ratios based on such measured drift displacement information toward the building safety monitoring. The presented scheme requires the data of story drift displacements and the ground motion acceleration. The involved calculations are rather simple without any detailed information on structural elements required: the story hysteresis loops are first estimated and then the cumulative plastic deformation ratio of each story is evaluated from the estimated hysteresis. The effectiveness of the scheme is demonstrated by utilizing the data of full-scale building model experiment performed at E-defense and conducting numerical simulations.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

노반 성토체에서 발생하는 소성 변형은 콘크리트 궤도의 안정성과 유지보수에 영향을 미친다. 철도 노반에서의 장기적인 소성 변형은 주로 반복적인 열차 통과로 발생하는 누적된 비탄성적 변형률에 의해 발생한다. 누적 소성 변형의 예측은 궤도의 유지보수와 열차의 안전한 운영을 위해서 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 강화노반 두께를 가진 철도노반에서 발생하는 연직 변위를 계산하였다. 누적 소성 변형률을 계산하기 위한 멱함수의 상수는 삼축 실험과 실대형 재하 실험의 결과로부터 구하였다. 표준 노반 단면에 대한 3차원 유한요소해석 결과로부터 강화노반의 두께를 선정하는 가이드라인을 제시하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.331-348
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• 2010

Ample research effort has been oriented into developing damage indices with the aim of estimating in a reasonable manner the consequences, in terms of structural damage and deterioration, of severe plastic cycling. Although several studies have been devoted to calibrate damage indices for steel and reinforced concrete members; currently, there is a challenge to study and calibrate the use of such indices for the practical evaluation of complex structures. The aim of this paper is to introduce an energy-based damage index for multi-degree-of-freedom steel buildings that accounts explicitly for the effects of cumulative plastic deformation demands. The model has been developed by complementing the results obtained from experimental testing of steel members with those derived from analytical studies regarding the distribution of plastic demands on several steel frames designed according to the Mexico City Building Code. It is concluded that the approach discussed herein is a promising tool for practical structural evaluation of framed structures subjected to large energy demands.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.33-44
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• 1999

지진의 시간적인 요인, 즉 반복하중효과와 이에 따른 누적소성변위를 고려하기 위하여 에너지 평형에 근거한 해석방법이 개발되었다 본 논문에서는 내진 설계되지 않은 골조 기둥의 파괴유형에 주목하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 기둥의 휨강도저감모델이 제안되는데 파괴유형별로는 콘크리트에의한 파괴 주근의 부착/정착강도 파괴 및 저사이클피로에 의한 주근의 파단등을 고려하였다 에너지에 근거한 모델에 의하여 예측된 응답과 실험결과를 비교하였으며 이론과 실험간의 응답과 파괴유형이 서로 매우 가까움을 확인하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2023

Buckling Restrained Braces can not only express the strength considered at the time of design, but also reduce the seismic load by energy dissipation according to the plastic behavior after yield deformation of the steel core. The physical characteristics and damping effect may be different according to the buckling prevention method of the steel core by the lateral restraint element. Accordingly, in this study, To compare hysteresis characteristics, Specimen(BRB-C) filled with mortar, specimen(BRB-R) combined with a buckling restraint ring and Specimen(BRB-EP) filled with engineering plastics was fabricated, and a cyclic loading test was performed. As a result of the cyclic loading test, the maximum compressive strength, cumulative energy dissipation and ductility of each test specimen was similar. But in case of the cumulative energy dissipation and ductility, BRB-C filled with the mortar specimen showed the lowest. This is considered to be because the gap between the steel core and the reinforcing material for plastic deformation was not uniformly formed by pouring mortar around the core part.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to show how to eliminate the noises and to obtain the data related with the relationship between AE signal characteristics and mechanical behaviors for the pressure vessel steel. Various kinds of noises are introduced into the AE data in the course of experiments. Accordingly, real AE data have to be obtained after tests. AE test was carried out under four point bending load. Among AE signals, counts and signal strength are used to find out the differences of AE characteristics between the basemetal and weldment. After tests, this paper shows the procedures of filtering the noises against basemetal of the pressure vessel steel to obtain the real data around crack tip. Relationships between plastic zone size and cumulative AE counts are shown also. AE signals were absent within an elastic region, regardless of the specimens. Most of AE signals are produced in the process of plastic deformation. The deformation and fracture modes of basemetal and weldment are quiet different.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.417-433
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• 2023

The maximum ductility and cumulative ductility of connection joints of Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBF) are critical to the structural overall performance, which should be matched with the BRB ductility. The two-story and one-span BRBF with a one-third scale was tested under cyclic quasi-static loading, and the top-flange beam splice (TFBS) rotational connections were proposed and adopted in BRBF. The deformation capacity of TFBS connections was observed during the test, and the relationship between structural global ductility and local connection ductility was studied. The rotational capacity of the beam-column connections and the stability performance of the BRBs are highly relevant to the structural overall performance. The hysteretic curves of BRBF are stable and full under large displacement demand imposed up to 2% story drift, and energy is dissipated as the large plastic deformation developed in the structural components. The BRBs acted as fuses and yielded first, and the cumulative plastic ductility (CPD) of BRBs is 972.6 of the second floor and 439.7 of the first floor, indicating the excellent energy dissipation capacity of BRBs. Structural members with good local ductility ensure the large global ductility of BRBF. The ductile capacity and hysteretic behavior of BRBF with TFBS connections were compared with those of BRBF with Reduced Beam Section (RBS) connections in terms of the experimental results.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1422-1430
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• 1995

Al6061 alloy reinforced with 15 volume% of Saffil fibers was fabricated by squeeze infiltration method. Uniform distribution of reinforcements and good bondings between reinforcements and matrix alloy were found in the microstructure of composites. Comparing with A16061 matrix alloy, tensile strength and elastic modulus of $Al_{2}$O$_{3}$/Al composites were increased up to 26% and 31%, respectively. Cyclic deformation and fatigue behavior of $Al_{2}$O$_{3}$/Al metal matrix composites were studied. The specimens were cycled using tension-tension(R=0.1) loading and under load controlled fatigue test. Cyclic stress-displacement curve through fatigue test was obtained. Fatigue strength of $Al_{2}$O$_{3}$/Al composites was about 200 MPa, i.e.0.55 of applied stress level(q). During fatigue test, $Al_{2}$O$_{3}$/Al composites displayed cyclic hardening at all applied stress levels. The most of resultant displacement due to permanent plastic deformation occurred in less than the first 5% of fatigue life. Displacement-to-failure of the fatigue test was smaller than that of the tensile test because of accumulative damage by cumulative plastic deformation.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.473-478
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 비파괴법을 이용하여 압력용기 강 다층용접부에서 채취한 표준 샤르피 시험편의 균열선단에서 형성되는 소성변형 거동을 평가하였다. 모재, 후열처리재 및 용접재를 대상으로 시험편에 기계적인 노치를 가공한 후 예균열(pre-crack)을 낸 다음 4점 굽힘실험과 음향방출(acoustic emission: AE)실험을 동시에 실시하였다. 균열선단은 용접재외 후열처리재의 경우 용융선 근처에 위치하도록 하였다. 하중이 가해짐에 따라 균열선단에서 형성되는 소성영역의 크기는 응력확대계수를 이용하여 구했으며, 각 시험편에 대한 소성역의 크기와 음향방출 특성과의 관계는 축적된 AE 에너지 관점에서 고찰하였다. 시험편에 관계없이 탄성역역에서는 거의 AE신호가 감지되지 않았으며, 대부분의 AE신호는 소성변형 과정에서 발생하였다. 또한, 용접재가 모재와 후열처리재에 비해 AE신호가 훨씬 많이 발생하였다. 모재와 후열처리재 및 용접재의 균열선단에서 소성영역 크기와 축적된 AE에너지와의 관계는 현저히 다르게 나타났으며, 용접재의 AE counts는 모재와 후열처리재에 비해 많이 발생하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호통권30호
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• pp.95-105
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• 1997

Structures subjected to strong seismic excitation may undergo inelastic deformation cycles. The resulting cumulative fatigue damage process reduces the ability of structures and components to withstand seismic loads. Yet, the present earthquake resistance design methods focus mainly on the maximum displacement ductility, ignoring the effect of the cyclic responses. The damage parameters closely related to the cumulative damage need to be properly reflected on the aseismic design methods. In this study, two cumulative damage assessment methods derived from the plastic fatigue theory are investigated. The one is based on the hysteretic ductility amplitude, and the other is based on the dissipated hysteretic energy. Both methods can consider the maximum ductility and the cyclic behavior of structural response. The validity of two damage methods has been examined for single degree of freedom structures with various natural frequencies against two different earthquake excitations.