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Seismic behavior of isolated bridges with additional damping under far-field and near fault ground motion

  • Losanno, Daniele;Hadad, Houman A.;Serino, Giorgio
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.119-130
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents a numerical investigation on the seismic behavior of isolated bridges with supplemental viscous damping. Usually very large displacements make seismic isolation an unfeasible solution due to boundary conditions, especially in case of existing bridges or high risk seismic regions. First, a suggested optimal design procedure is introduced, then seismic performance of three real bridges with different isolation systems and damping levels is investigated. Each bridge is studied in four different configurations: simply supported (SSB), isolated with 10% damping (IB), isolated with 30% damping (LRB) and isolated with optimal supplemental damping ratio (IDB). Two of the case studies are investigated under spectrum compatible far-field ground motions, while the third one is subjected to near-fault strong motions. With respect to different design strategies proposed by other authors, results of the analysis demonstrated that an isolated bridge equipped with HDLRBs and a total equivalent damping ratio of 70% represents a very effective design solution. Thanks to confirmed effective performance in terms of base shear mitigation and displacement reduction under both far field and near fault ground motions, as well as for both simply supported and continuous bridges, the suggested control system provides robustness and reliability in terms of seismic performance also resulting cost effective.

An IE-FFT Algorithm to Analyze PEC Objects for MFIE Formulation

  • Seo, Seung Mo
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.6-12
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    • 2019
  • An IE-FFT algorithm is implemented and applied to the electromagnetic (EM) solution of perfect electric conducting (PEC) scattering problems. The solution of the method of moments (MoM), based on the magnetic field integral equation (MFIE), is obtained for PEC objects with closed surfaces. The IE-FFT algorithm uses a uniform Cartesian grid to apply a global fast Fourier transform (FFT), which leads to significantly reduce memory requirement and speed up CPU with an iterative solver. The IE-FFT algorithm utilizes two discretizations, one for the unknown induced surface current on the planar triangular patches of 3D arbitrary geometries and the other on a uniform Cartesian grid for interpolating the free-space Green's function. The uniform interpolation of the Green's functions allows for a global FFT for far-field interaction terms, and the near-field interaction terms should be adequately corrected. A 3D block-Toeplitz structure for the Lagrangian interpolation of the Green's function is proposed. The MFIE formulation with the IE-FFT algorithm, without the help of a preconditioner, is converged in certain iterations with a generalized minimal residual (GMRES) method. The complexity of the IE-FFT is found to be approximately $O(N^{1.5})$and $O(N^{1.5}logN)$ for memory requirements and CPU time, respectively.

Reliability Analysis of Three-Dimensional Temporary Shoring Structures Considering Bracing Member and Member Connection Condition (가새재 및 부재 연결 조건을 고려한 3차원 가설 동바리 구조물의 신뢰성 해석)

  • Ryu, Seon-Ho;Ok, Seung-Yong;Kim, Seung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.53-61
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    • 2019
  • This study performs reliability analysis of three-dimensional temporary shoring structures with three different models. The first model represents a field model which does not have diagonal bracing members. The installation of bracing members is often neglected in the field for convenience. The second model corresponds to a design model which has the bracing members with the hinge connection of horizontal and bracing members at joints. The third model is similar to the second model but the hinge connection is replaced with partial rotational stiffness. The reliability analysis results revealed that the vertical members of the three models are safe enough in terms of axial force, but the vertical and horizontal members exhibit a big difference among the three models in terms of combination stress of axial force and bi-axial bending moments. The field model showed significant increase in failure probability for the horizontal member, and thus the results demonstrate that the bracing member should be installed necessarily for the safety of the temporary shoring structures.

An Attempt to Measure the Familiarity of Specialized Japanese in the Nursing Care Field

  • Haihong Huang;Hiroyuki Muto;Toshiyuki Kanamaru
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.57-74
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    • 2023
  • Having a firm grasp of technical terms is essential for learners of Japanese for Specific Purposes (JSP). This research aims to analyze Japanese nursing care vocabulary based on objective corpus-based frequency and subjectively rated word familiarity. For this purpose, we constructed a text corpus centered on the National Examination for Certified Care Workers to extract nursing care keywords. The Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) was used as the statistical criterion for keyword identification, giving a list of 300 keywords as target words for a further word recognition survey. The survey involved 115 participants of whom 51 were certified care workers (CW group) and 64 were individuals from the general public (GP group). These participants rated the familiarity of the target keywords through crowdsourcing. Given the limited sample size, Bayesian linear mixed models were utilized to determine word familiarity rates. Our study conducted a comparative analysis of word familiarity between the CW group and the GP group, revealing key terms that are crucial for professionals but potentially unfamiliar to the general public. By focusing on these terms, instructors can bridge the knowledge gap more efficiently.

Field Distribution in High Speed Motor with Diametrically Magnetized PM Rotor Part I : Open Circuit Field (직경방향으로 착자된 영구자석형 고속모터의 자계특성 Part I : 무부하시 자계분포)

  • Jang, Seok-Myeong;Choi, Jang-Young;Cho, Han-Wook;Yang, Hyun-Sub;Lee, Sung-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.101-103
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    • 2003
  • This paper deals with field distributions in high speed motor with two different types of diametrically magnetized PM rotor, one is that rotor is consisted of PM and shaft, the other is that rotor has only PM. In case of high speed motor with rotor consisted of PM and shaft, this paper predicts field distributions in high speed motor according to the quality of shaft. The magnetic field solutions are derived analytically in terms of vector potential and 2-D polar coordinate system. The results are shown in good conformity with those obtained from the commonly used finite element method.

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Bibliometric analysis for emerging technology exploring (신기술 탐색을 위한 Bibliometric 분석 방법)

  • 이우형;손성혁;윤문섭
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.107-110
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    • 2003
  • The aim of this study is to map the intellectual structure of the field of Organic Light Emitting Diode(OLED). Co-word analysis was employed to reveal patterns and trends in the OLED field by measuring the association strengths of terms representative of relevant publications or other texts produced in OLED field. Data were collected from INSPEC. Important keywords were extracted from author keywords. These author keywords were further standardized. In order to trace the dynamic changes of the OLED field, present the technology mapping. The results show that the OLED field has some established research theme and it also changes rapidly to embrace new themes.

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Status of Weed Control Research in Korea (우리나라 잡초방제의 연구현황)

  • Jong-Hoon Lee;Byung-Hoa Kang
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 1978
  • Since 1970, herbicides have been widely used in the crop production, especially in paddy field in Korea. In 1978, both preemergence and postemergence type herbicides are applied in the approximately 70% of total paddy field and 15% of upland to control weeds. Most herbicides control annual weeds effectively, but perennials have been problems in the paddy field. Under upland conditions, effectiveness of herbicides varies depending on many environmental conditions (soil moisture, soil physical properties, temperature, etc.) as well as uniform application of appropriate amounts of herbicides. In Korea, many research works have been concentrated on the screening of new herbicides in terms of herbicide effectiveness and yield or phytotoxicity of crops, and especially on the paddy field. However, physiological aspects of herbicidal action in plant and interaction of herbicides with the environments have not been studied approximately. Therefore, researches on the uptake of herbicides and the influence of herbicides on the physiological phenomena such as photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient uptake etc., to control troublesome perennial weeds in the paddy field are needed in future. Also some researches are needed to improve effectiveness of herbicirdes under upland conditions.

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Derivation of TMA Slagging Indices for Blended Coals

  • Park, Ho Young;Baek, Se Hyun;Kim, Hyun Hee;Park, Sang Bin
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.127-131
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    • 2017
  • The present paper describes the slagging field data obtained with the one-dimensional process model for the 500 MW tangentially coal fired boiler in Korea. To obtain slagging field data in terms of thermal resistances [$m^2{\cdot}^{\circ}C/kW$], a number of plant data were collected and analyzed with the one-dimensional modelling software at 500 MW full load. The slagging field data for the primary superheater were obtained for six coal blends, and compared with two TMA (Thermo-Mechanical analyzer) slagging indices and the numerical slagging index, along with the conventional slagging indices which were modified with the ash loading. The advanced two TMA indices for six blended coals give a good slagging tendency when comparing them with the slagging field data, while the modified conventional slagging indices give a relatively poor agreement.

EFFECT OF ORIENTATION OF A MAGNETIC FIELD ON MOTION OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUID IN A CONFINED ENCLOSURE (자장 방향 변화에 따른 밀폐공간 내 도전성 유체의 거동)

  • Han, C.Y.;Jun, H.Y.;Park, E.S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2009
  • Hydromagnetic flow in a confined enclosure under a uniform magnetic field is studied numerically. The thermally active side walls of the enclosure are kept at hot and cold temperatures specified, while the top and bottom walls are insulated. The coupled momentum and energy equations associating with the electromagnetic retarding force as well as the buoyancy force terms are solved by an iterative procedure using the SIMPLER algorithm based on control volume approach. The changes in the flow and thermal field based on the orientation of an external magnetic field, which varies from 0 to $2{\pi}$ radians, are investigated. Resulting heat transfer characteristics are examined too.

Crop Field Extraction Method using NDVI and Texture from Landsat TM Images

  • Shibasaki, Ryosuke;Suzaki, Junichi
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 1998.09a
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    • pp.159-162
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    • 1998
  • Land cover and land use classification on a huge scale, e.g. national or continental scale, has become more and more important because environmental researches need land cover: And land use data on such scales. We developed a crop field extraction method, which is one of the steps in our land cover classification system for a huge area. Firstly, a crop field model is defined to characterize "crop field" in terms of NDVI value and textual information Textual information is represented by the density of straight lines which are extracted by wavelet transform. Secondly, candidates of NDVI threshold value are determined by "scale-space filtering" method. The most appropriate threshold value among the candidates is determined by evaluating the line density of the area extracted by the threshold value. Finally, the crop field is extracted by applying level slicing to Landsat TM image with the threshold value determined above. The experiment demonstrates that the extracted area by this method coincides very well with the one extracted by visual interpretation.

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