• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.367-374
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• 2019

This study concluded the results of a research on the features of cement based permeation grout, based on some important grout parameters, such as the rheological properties (yield stress and viscosity), coefficient of permeability to grout ($k_G$) and the inject ability of cement grout (N and $N_c$ assessment), which govern the performance of cement based permeation grouting in porous media. Due to the limited knowledge of these important grout parameters and other influencing factors (filtration pressure, rate and time of injection and the grout volume) used in the field work, the application of cement based permeation grouting is still largely a trial and error process in the current practice, especially in the local construction industry. It is seen possible to use simple formulas in order to select the injection parameters and to evaluate their inter-relationship, as well as to optimize injection spacing and times with respect to injection source dimensions and in-situ permeability. The validity of spherical and cylindrical flow model was not verified by any past research works covered in the literature review. Therefore, a theoretical investigation including grout flow models and significant grout parameters for the design of permeation grouting was conducted in this study. This two grout flow models were applied for three grout mixes prepared for w/c=0.75, w/c=1.00 and w/c=1.25 in this study. The relations between injection times, radius, pump pressure and flow rate for both flow models were investigated and the results were presented. Furthermore, in order to investigate these two flow model, some rheological properties of the grout mixes, particle size distribution of the cement used in this study and some geotechnical properties of the sand used in this work were defined and presented.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.407-426
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• 2022

Superior to traditional welded studs, high strength friction-grip bolted shear connectors facilitate the assembling and demounting of the composite members, which maximizes the potential for efficiency in the construction and retrofitting of new and old structures respectively. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the structural properties of high strength friction-grip bolts used in steel concrete composite beams. By means of push-out tests, an experimental study was conducted on post-installed high strength friction-grip bolts, considering the effects of different bolt size, concrete strength, bolt tensile strength and bolt pretension. The test results showed that bolt shear fracture was the dominant failure mode of all specimens. Based on the load-slip curves, uplifting curves and bolt tensile force curves between the precast concrete slab and steel beam obtained by push-out tests, the anti-slip performance of steel-concrete interface and shear behavior of bolt shank were studied, including the quantitative analysis of anti-slip load, and anti-slip stiffness, frictional coefficient, shear stiffness of bolt shank and ultimate shear capacity. Meanwhile, the interfacial anti-slip stiffness and shear stiffness of bolt shank were defined reasonably. In addition, a total of 56 push-out finite element models verified by the experimental results were also developed, and used to conduct parametric analyses for investigating the shear behavior of high-strength bolted shear connectors in steel-concrete composite beams. Finally, on ground of the test results and finite element simulation analysis, a new design formula for predicting shear capacity was proposed by nonlinear fitting, considering the bolt diameter, concrete strength and bolt tensile strength. Comparison of the calculated value from proposed formula and test results given in the relevant references indicated that the proposed formulas can give a reasonable prediction.

• 센서학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2023

An integrated-optical biochemical sensor structure that can perform homogeneous and surface sensing using a 2×2 balanced-bridge Mach-Zehnder interference structure based on the optimized SOI slot optical waveguide was described, and its performance and characteristics were evaluated. Equations for the two output optical powers were derived and examined using the transfer matrices of a 3-dB coupler and phase shifter (channel waveguide). The length of the 3-dB coupler was determined such that the two output optical powers were same using these formulas. In homogeneous sensing, the effect of the refractive index of an analyte in the range of 1.33-1.36 on the two output optical power distributions was numerically derived, and the sensitivity was calculated based on each output and the difference between the two outputs, the former and the latter being 7.5796-19.0305 [au/RIU] and 15.2601-38.1351 [au/RIU], respectively. In the case of surface sensing, the sensitivity range of the refractive index of 1.337 based on each of the two outputs was calculated as -2.2490--3.5854 [au/RIU] and 1.2194-3.8012 [au/RIU], and the sensitivity range of 4.8048-7.0694 [au/RIU] was confirmed based on the difference between the two outputs.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2023

The influence of material composition such as aggregate types, addition of supplementary cementitious materials as well as exposed temperature levels have significant impacts on concrete residual mechanical strength properties when exposed to elevated temperature. This study is based on data obtained from literature for fly ash blended concrete produced with natural and recycled concrete aggregates to efficiently develop prediction models for estimating its residual compressive strength after exposure to high temperatures. To achieve this, an extensive database that contains different mix proportions of fly ash blended concrete was gathered from published articles. The specific design variables considered were percentage replacement level of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) in the mix, fly ash content (FA), Water to Binder Ratio (W/B), and exposed Temperature level. Thereafter, a simplified mathematical equation for the prediction of concrete's residual compressive strength using Gene Expression Programming (GEP) was developed. The relative importance of each variable on the model outputs was also determined through global sensitivity analysis. The GEP model performance was validated using different statistical fitness formulas including R², MSE, RMSE, RAE, and MAE in which high R² values above 0.9 are obtained in both the training and validation phase. The low measured errors (e.g., mean square error and mean absolute error are in the range of 0.0160 - 0.0327 and 0.0912 - 0.1281 MPa, respectively) in the developed model also indicate high efficiency and accuracy of the model in predicting the residual compressive strength of fly ash blended concrete exposed to elevated temperatures.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.71-84
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• 2023

국내 구조물 기초설계기준은 전체 말뚝 수량의 1~3%에 대해 동재하시험 또는 정재하시험을 수행하도록 규정하였다. 나머지 약 97%에서 99% 말뚝의 시공 품질은 통상적으로 항타 관입량으로 관리한다. 대다수 말뚝에 적용되는 기존 관입량 관리방식에서 항타 에너지도 함께 고려하는 항타공식으로 말뚝의 시공 품질을 관리한다면 신뢰성이 향상될 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 기존 항타공식의 국내 말뚝 관리 활용 가능성을 검토하였다. 하지만, 해외에서 만들어진 기존 항타공식들은 상대적으로 얕은 깊이에 풍화암이나 연암이 있으며 매입 말뚝을 주로 활용하는 국내 실정에 맞게 개선할 필요가 있다. 그러므로, Modified Gates 공식을 국내 데이터를 활용하여 개선하였고, 이를 활용한 말뚝 관리 가능성을 확인하였다. 개선된 공식은 적은 변수를 활용함에도, 동재하시험과 유사한 수준의 정확도로 매입 말뚝 지지력을 예측하였다. 제안된 항타공식은 향후 말뚝의 시공 품질관리에 실무적으로 잘 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.383-401
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• 2024

The research comprehensively studies the axial compression performance of T-shaped concrete-filled thin-walled steel tubular (CTST) long columns after fire exposure. Initially, a series of tests investigate the effects of heating time, load eccentricity, and stiffeners on the column's performance. Furthermore, Finite Element (FE) analysis is employed to establish temperature and mechanical field models for the T-shaped CTST long column with stiffeners after fire exposure, using carefully determined key parameters such as thermal parameters, constitutive relations, and contact models. In addition, a parametric analysis based on the numerical models is conducted to explore the effects of heating time, section diameter, material strength, and steel ratio on the axial compressive bearing capacity, bending bearing capacity under normal temperature, as well as residual bearing capacity after fire exposure. The results reveal that the maximum lateral deformation occurs near the middle of the span, with bending increasing as heating time and eccentricity rise. Despite a decrease in axial compressive load and bending capacity after fire exposure, the columns still exhibit desirable bearing capacity and deformability. Moreover, the obtained FE results align closely with experimental findings, validating the reliability of the developed numerical models. Additionally, this study proposes a simplified design method to calculate these mechanical property parameters, satisfying the ISO-834 standard. The relative errors between the proposed simplified formulas and FE models remain within 10%, indicating their capability to provide a theoretical reference for practical engineering applications.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.61-74
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• 2017

One of the most reliable and simplest tools for structural vibration control in civil engineering is Tuned Mass Damper, TMD. Provided that the frequency and damping parameters of these dampers are tuned appropriately, they can reduce the vibrations of the structure through their generated inertia forces, as they vibrate continuously. To achieve the optimal parameters of TMD, many different methods have been provided so far. In old approaches, some formulas have been offered based on simplifying models and their applied loadings while novel procedures need to model structures completely in order to obtain TMD parameters. In this paper, with regard to the nonlinear decision-making of fuzzy systems and their enough ability to cope with different unreliability, a method is proposed. Furthermore, by taking advantage of both old and new methods a fuzzy system is designed to be operational and reduce uncertainties related to models and applied loads. To design fuzzy system, it is required to gain data on structures and optimum parameters of TMDs corresponding to these structures. This information is obtained through modeling MDOF systems with various numbers of stories subjected to far and near field earthquakes. The design of the fuzzy systems is performed by three methods: look-up table, the data space grid-partitioning, and clustering. After that, rule weights of Mamdani fuzzy system using the look-up table are optimized through genetic algorithm and rule weights of Sugeno fuzzy system designed based on grid-partitioning methods and clustering data are optimized through ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System). By comparing these methods, it is observed that the fuzzy system technique based on data clustering has an efficient function to predict the optimal parameters of TMDs. In this method, average of errors in estimating frequency and damping ratio is close to zero. Also, standard deviation of frequency errors and damping ratio errors decrease by 78% and 4.1% respectively in comparison with the look-up table method. While, this reductions compared to the grid partitioning method are 2.2% and 1.8% respectively. In this research, TMD parameters are estimated for a 15-degree of freedom structure based on designed fuzzy system and are compared to parameters obtained from the genetic algorithm and empirical relations. The progress up to 1.9% and 2% under far-field earthquakes and 0.4% and 2.2% under near-field earthquakes is obtained in decreasing respectively roof maximum displacement and its RMS ratio through fuzzy system method compared to those obtained by empirical relations.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

모래다짐말뚝은 연약 지반에 조립질 재료로 채워진 말뚝 형태의 치환재료 시공을 통해 지반의 안정성을 확보하기 위한 목적으로 활용되는 지반개량 공법이다. 육상 및 해상의 연약지반 개량을 목적으로 꾸준히 사용되고 있는 모래다짐말뚝의 거동 특성은 지반 조건, 설치 방법 및 시공 형태에 따른 치환율 등에 의해 결정된다. 그러므로 모래다짐말뚝의 지지력 및 거동특성에 따른 안정성을 확보하기 위해서는 기존의 설계 식뿐만 아니라 시공 현장의 특성 및 영향 인자 등을 고려해 종합적으로 검토되어야 할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 모래다짐말뚝 시공 중 예상치 못한 말뚝의 과다 변위가 발생한 국내 현장의 호안 축조 현장조건을 바탕으로 수치해석을 수행하고, 모래다짐말뚝의 치환율에 따른 지반의 변위 특성을 기존 제안식과 비교하였다. 해석결과 모래다짐말뚝의 치환율이 증가하여도 호안 구조물의 수평변위가 교대 말뚝 변위의 기준값을 초과할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 지반 치환율에 따른 구조물의 거동 특성은 기존의 모래다짐말뚝 지지력 산정식에는 반영되지 못함을 확인하였다. 그러므로 모래다짐말뚝 시공 후에는 현장 시공성 확인을 병행하여 SCP 복합지반의 안정성을 검토해야 할 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국조사연구학회지:조사연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 패널회귀모형에서 회귀계수 추정량으로 일반최소제곱추정량과 가중최소 제곱추정량의 설계기반 성질을 고찰한다. 회귀계수의 최소제곱추정량을 선형화하여 일반최소제곱추정량의 근사편향, 근사분산, 그리고 근사평균제곱오차의 수식과, 가중최소제곱추정량의 근사분산 수식을 유도한 후, 모의실험을 통하여 두 추정량의 근사분산 및 근사평균 제곱오차의 크기를 수치적으로 비교한다. 모의실험에서는 한국복지패널 3개년 데이터를 모집단으로 간주하고, 가구소득 변수를 관심변수로 하며 가구와 가구주 관련 7개 변수를 설명변수로 하는 유한모집단 회귀계수를 고려한다. 두 추정량의 설계기반 성질을 비교하기 위하여 표본수를 50에서 1,000까지 50 간격으로 설정하여 일반최소제곱추정량의 근사편향, 근사분산 그리고 가중최소제곱추정량의 근사분산을 계산한다. 모의실험을 통하여 다음과 같은 경향을 확인하였다. 첫째, 표본의 크기가 커지면 일반최소제곱추정량의 평균제곱오차가 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산보다 커진다. 둘째, 일반최소제곱추정량의 평균제곱오차를 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산으로 나눈비(ratio)는 설명변수에 따라 크기가 다르게 나타나고, 일반최소제곱추정량의 편향이 클수록 큰 값을 보인다. 셋째, 분산만 비교하면 일반최소제곱추정량의 분산이 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산보다 대부분의 경우에 더 작게 나타난다.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권10호
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• pp.39-50
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• 1998

넓은 통과대역과 좁은 천이대역폭을 갖는 디지털 필터는 이동통신 장비의 CODEC이나 의료장비등에 사용된다. 이러한 주파수 특성을 갖는 디지털 필터는 다른 주파수 특성의 디지털 필터에 비해 계수 및 내부신호의 양자화 영향을 크게 받기 때문에 긴 워드 길이가 요구되며 이로 인해 칩의 면적 및 소모 전력이 증가한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 주파수 특성을 갖는 디지털 필터의 저전력 구현을 위하여 CPL (Complementary Pass-Transistor Logic), 격자 웨이브 디지털 필터와 수정된 DIFIR (Decomposed & Interpolated FIR) 알고리듬을 이용한 설계 방법을 제시한다. CPL에서의 단락전류 성분을 줄이기 위하여 PMOS 몸체효과, PMOS latch 및 weak PMOS를 이용하는 3가지 방법에 대해 시뮬레이션을 통하여 비교한 결과 전파지연, 에너지 소모 및 잡음여유 면에서 PMOS latch를 사용하는 방법이 가장 유리하였다. 통찰력을 가지고 CPL 회로를 최적화하기 위해 CPL 기본구조에 대해 시뮬레이션 결과로부터 전파지연과 에너지 소모에 대한 경험식을 유도하여 트랜지스터의 크기를 정하는데 적용하였다. 또한 필터계수를 CSD (Canonic Signed Digit)로 변환하고 계수 양자화 프로그램을 이용하여 필터계수의 non-zero 비트수를 최소화시켜 곱셈기를 효율적으로 구현하였다. 알고리듬 측면에서 하드웨어 비용을 최소화하기 위해 수정된 DIFIR 알고리듬을 사용하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 제안된 방법의 전력 소모가 기존 방법보다 38% 정도 감소되었다.