• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2024

Floor inertial forces are transferred to lateral force resisting systems through a diaphragm action during earthquakes. The diaphragm action requires floor slabs to carry in-plane forces. In precast concrete diaphragms, these forces must be carried across the joints between precast floor units as they represent planes of weakness. Therefore, diaphragm reinforcement with sufficient strength and deformability is necessary to ensure the diaphragm action for the floor inertial force transfer. In a shake table test for a three-story precast concrete structure, an unexpected local failure in the diaphragm flexural reinforcement occurred. This failure caused loss of the diaphragm action but did not trigger collapse of the structure due to a possible alternative path for the floor inertial force transfer. This paper investigates this failure event and its impact on structural seismic responses based on the shake table test and simulation results. The simulations were conducted on a structural model with discrete diaphragm elements. The structural model was also validated from the test results. The investigation indicates that additional floor inertial force will be transferred into the gravity columns after loss of the diaphragm action which can further result in the increase of seismic demands in the gravity column and diaphragms in adjacent floors.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 1997

A numerical procedure for dynamic analysis of structures including lateral-torsional coupling, axial force effect and soil-structure interaction is presented in this study. A simple soil-structure system model has been designed for microcomputer applications capable of reflecting both kinematic and inertial soil-foundation interaction as well as the effect of this interaction on the superstructure response. A parametric study focusing on inertial soil-structure interaction is carried out through a simplified nine-degree of freedom building model with different foundation conditions. The inertial soil-structure interaction and axial force effects on a 20-storey building excited by an Australian earthquake is analysed through its top floor displacement time history and envelope values of structural maximum displacement and shear force.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.543-562
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• 2006

Base isolation technology has been accepted as a feasible and attractive way in improving seismic resistance of structures. The seismic design of new seismically isolated structures is mainly governed by the Uniform Building Code (UBC-97) published by the International Conference of Building Officials. In the UBC code, the distribution formula of the inertial (or lateral) forces leads to an inverted triangular shape in the vertical direction. It has been found to be too conservative for most isolated structures through experimental, computational and real earthquake examinations. In this paper, four simple and reasonable design formulae, based on the first mode of the base-isolated structures, for the lateral force distribution on isolated structures have been validated by a multiple-bay three-story base-isolated steel structure tested on the shaking table. Moreover, to obtain more accurate results for base-isolated structures in which higher mode contributions are more likely expected during earthquakes, another four inertial force distribution formulae are also proposed to include higher mode effects. Besides the experimental verification through shaking table tests, the vertical distributions of peak accelerations computed by the proposed design formulae are in good agreement with the recorded floor accelerations of the USC University Hospital during the Northridge earthquake.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.2101-2112
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• 1994

A two-dimensional biomechanical model was developed in order to calculated the lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during level walking. This model consists of three segments : the thigh, calf, and foot. Each segment was assumed to be a rigid body ; its motion to be planar in the sagittal plane. Five young males were involved in the gait experiment and their anthropometric data were measured for the calculation of segmental masses and moments of inertial. Six markers were used to obtain the kinematic data of the right lower extremity for at least three trials of walking at 1.0m/s, and simultaneously a Kistler force plate was used to obtain the foot-floor reaction data. Based on the experimental data acquired for the stance phase of the right foot, calculated vertical joint forces reached up to 0.91, 1.05, and 1.11 BW(body weight) at the hip, the knee, the ankle joints, respectively. The flexion-extension moments reached up to 69.7, 52.3, and 98.8 Nm in magnitude at the corresponding three joints. It was found that the calculated joint loadings of a subject were statistically the same for all his three trials, but not the same for all five subjects involved in the gait study.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2004

In this paper, the dynamic stability of a hydraulic excavator using ZMP concept is considered. When a load is moved in an excavator based on automation, an excavator often loses the stability and falls over. This is because a dynamic element is not included in the moment equilibrium equation that is used in order to judge a reversal. Consequently, reversal distinction algorithm including all a static and a dynamic element along a load movement in crane work is necessary. Zero Moment Point(ZMP) is a point on the floor where the resultant moment of the gravity, the inertial force of the manipulator and the external force is zero. This study is going to interpret the reversal stability of the excavator to which is applied ZMP concept through simulation.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.480-507
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• 2019

본 논문은 무풍관 선풍기를 이용한 대단면 갱내 국부통기시스템의 최적화를 목적으로 한다. 갱내 맹갱도 형태의 작업공간을 대상으로 일련의 CFD분석과 현장실험을 수행하였다. 선풍기 위치, 운전방식 및 배치가 최적화의 주요 대상변수이다. 국부선풍기에서 토출되는 제트류는 대부분의 경우, 풍속이 15m/s이상으로 고속이므로 토출 후 갱도 바닥, 내벽, 천정 그리고 다른 선풍기에서 토출되는 제트류와 충돌할 가능성이 있다. 따라서 충돌시 상당한 에너지 손실이 발생하므로 통기 효율이 급격히 저하될 수 있다. 본 논문에서 최적 선풍기 간격은 제트류가 충돌 없이 최대의 유동거리를 유지할 수 있는 거리로 정의하며, 반면 단면상의 최적 위치란 갱도내벽과의 충돌 가능성이 최소화된 위치로 정의하였다. 따라서 선풍기 설치위치의 최적화는 통기의 효율뿐만 아니라 에너지 비용 또한 최소화가 가능하다. 3차원 CFD분석을 위하여 다양한 갱내 맹갱도 작업공간을 가정하였다. 무풍관 국부통기의 설계 및 최적화를 위하여 풍속 및 CO농도 분포를 CFD분석하였으며 동시에 비교 목적으로 현장실험을 수행하였다. 본 논문의 궁극적인 목적은 풍관을 사용하기 않는 국부통기시스템을 최적화함으로써 대단면 맹갱도 작업공간에 고효율, 저비용 국부통기를 가능케하여 깨끗하고 안전한 작업환경을 확보하기 위함이다.