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DYNAMICS OF PAKISTAN'S POST 9/11 CRISIS FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

  • Hussain, Mehmood
    • Korea and Global Affairs
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.157-184
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    • 2018
  • The study has applied the four stage "Model of State Behavior in Crisis" to trace the post 9/11 crisis foreign policy decision making process in Pakistan. It argues that ominous attacks on the United States by al-Qaeda and subsequent declaration of President Bush to fight against terrorism transformed the global and regional politico-security dimensions at t1 stage. Being a neighboring country, Pakistan's support was inevitable in the war on terror and Washington applied coercive diplomacy to win the cooperation from Islamabad. Consequently, in case of decline to accept American demands, Pakistan perceived threat to basic values/objectives of the country and simultaneous time pressure amplified the psychological stress in decision makers at t2 stage. Therefore, the decisional forum was setup at t3 stage and Pakistan decided to join the United States at t4 stage, which defused the foreign policy crisis.

Tensile behavior of new 2,200 MPa and 2,400 MPa strands according to various types of mono anchorage

  • Kim, Jin Kook;Seong, Taek Ryong;Jang, Kyung Pil;Kwon, Seung Hee
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.383-399
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    • 2013
  • High-strength strands are widely used as a key structural element in cable-stayed bridges and prestressed concrete structures. Conventional strands for stay cable and tendons in prestressed concrete structures are ${\phi}$15.7mm coated seven-wire strands and ${\phi}15.2mm$ uncoated seven-wire strands, respectively, but the ultimate strengths of both strands are 1860MPa. The objective of this paper is to investigate the tensile behavior of a newly developed ${\phi}15.7mm$ 2,200 MPa coated strand and a ${\phi}15.2mm$ 2,400 MPa uncoated strand according to various types of mono anchorages and to propose appropriate anchorages for both strands. Finite element analyses were initially performed to find how the geometry of the anchor head affects the interaction among the anchor head, the wedge and the strand and to find how it affects the stress distributions in both parts. Tensile tests for the new strands were carried out with seven different types of mono anchorages. The test results were compared to each other and to the results obtained from the tensile tests with a grip condition. From the analysis and the test results, desirable mono anchorages for the new strands are suggested.

Influence of pinching effect of exterior joints on the seismic behavior of RC frames

  • Favvata, Maria J.;Karayannis, Chris G.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.89-110
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    • 2014
  • Nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out to investigate the influence of the pinching hysteretic response of the exterior RC beam-column joints on the seismic behavior of multistory RC frame structures. The effect of the pinching on the local and global mechanisms of an 8-storey bare frame and an 8-storey pilotis type frame structure is evaluated. Further, an experimental data bank extracted from literature is used to acquire experimental experience of the range of the real levels that have to be considered for the pinching effect on the hysteretic response of the joints. Thus, three different cases for the hysteretic response of the joints are considered: (a) joints with strength and stiffness degradation characteristics but without pinching effect, (b) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and low pinching effect and (c) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and high pinching effect. For the simulation of the beam-column joints a special-purpose rotational spring element that incorporates the examined hysteretic options developed by the authors and implemented in a well-known nonlinear dynamic analysis program is employed for the analysis of the structural systems. The results of this study indicate that the effect of pinching on the local and global responses of the examined cases is not really significant at early stages of the seismic loading and especially in the cases when strength degradation in the core of exterior joint has occurred. Nevertheless in the cases when strength degradation does not occur in the joints the pinching may increase the demands for ductility and become critical for the columns at the base floor of the frame structures. Finally, as it was expected the ability for energy absorption was reduced due to pinching effect.

Experimental Study on the Similitude of Small-Scale Models in Cyclic Lateral Behaviors of RC Shear Wall Subassemblages (RC벽식 부분구조의 반복 횡하중 거동에서의 축소모델 상사성 실험연구)

  • Lee, Han-Seon;Cho, Chang-Seok;Lee, Sang-Ho;Oh, Sang-Hoon;Park, Hong-Gun
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.805-816
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    • 2010
  • For earthquake simulation test it is essential to make sure the similitude in behaviors between the full scale prototype and the reduced scale model. This paper presents the test results obtained through the cyclic lateral-force test, on two-story RC wall subassemblages. A lower 2-story portion of the prototype structure was selected as subassemblages. The global behavior such as the strength and ductility, and the local behavior such as flexural, shear and uplift deformation were measured. The test results of the 3 : 5 scale specimens representing the prototype were compared with those of 1 : 7 scale models. Two types of subassemblages were used: One with lintel beams and one without lintel beams. The comparison shows that 1 : 7 scale model simulated in general successfully the global and local behaviors of the prototype.

A Simulation Model for the Study of the Territorial Behavior of Subterranean Termites (흰개미 테리토리행동 연구를 위한 시뮬레이션 모델)

  • Jeon, Won-Ju;Lee, Sang-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2012
  • Subterranean termites forage by constructing tunnel networks in soil and encounter food resources during tunnel excavation. Some species of termites can travel up to 150 m underground. They often travel to the surface to find wood cellulose to feed their colony, which in turn causes extensive damage to wooden architecture, such as timber-frame houses. This type of damage has been constantly increasing along with global warming because higher temperatures provide an ecological niche for termites. The damage is closely related to termite territory size and distribution. Recently, as a way to research termite control, the necessity of a mathematical model to simulate termite territory formation in relation to damage has increased. So far, however, few studies have been conducted on the development of a model because it is difficult to quantify or characterize the relationship between territorial behavior and field conditions including complicated environmental factors. In the present study, we suggest a simulation model of the territoriality of the Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki), and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), based on empirical data. The model consists of 2 procedures. One describes tunnel network growth for each colony, and the other represents territoriality based on tunnel-tunnel interactions between different colonies. Using the model, we show changes in territorial competition according to the termination probability of tunnel growth.

Construction of Global State Transition Graph for Verifying Telecommunications Software Specifications written in Message Chart (MSC로 기술된 통신소프트웨어 명세의 검증을 위한 전체 상태 전이 그래프 생성)

  • Kim, Byeong-Man;Kim, Hyeon-Su;Sin, Yun-Sik
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.1428-1444
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    • 1999
  • MSC는 ITU에 의해 표준화된, 병행 시스템의 명세를 기술하기 위한 그래픽 형태와 텍스트 형태를 제공하는 언어로서 실시간 시스템 특히 통신 교환 시스템의 특성을 기술하기 위해 자주 사용된다. 통신 시스템이 제대로 동작함을 보이기 위해서는 정형적인 방법을 사용하여 시스템 행위를 검증할 필요가 있다. 통신 소프트웨어를 검증하는 방법 중 하나의 방법으로 유한 상태를 기반으로 하는 방법이 있다. 유한 상태를 기반으로 하는 방법에서는 먼저 시스템 명세에 해당하는 전체 상태 전이 그래프를 생성한 후 이를 바탕으로 model-checking 등의 방법을 사용하여 시스템의 특성을 검증한다. 본 논문에서는 MSC로 기술된 통신 소프트웨어 명세로부터 전체 상태 전이 그래프를 생성하는 방법에 초점을 맞추었다. 시스템 명세에 해당하는 상태 전이 그래프를 생성하기 위해 보다 직관적으로 MSC의 의미론을 표현할 수 있고, 또한 쉽게 전체 상태 전이 그래프를 생성할 수 있는 행위 종속 그래프를 제안하였다. MSC 명세는 일단 행위 종속 그래프로 변환이 되고 이 행위 종속 그래프를 이용하여 전체 상태 전이 그래프가 생성된다.Abstract Message Sequence Chart (MSC) standardized by International Telecommunication Union is a graphical and textual language for describing the specification of concurrent systems. It is frequently used both formally and informally for specifying the behavior of real-time systems, in particular telecommunication switching systems. To ensure that a communication system operates properly, the verification process showing the correctness of system's behavior formally is necessary. One of the verification methods is a finite-state method. In the finite-state method, the global state transition graph (GSTG) is constructed and then safety and liveness properties of systems are verified through a well-known method such as model checking. In this paper, we forcus on the construction of GSTG from the specifications of telecommunication software written in MSC. We suggest Action Dependency Graph (ADG) which can present the semantics of MSC intuitively and also provide a GSTG construction method from ADG. MSC specifications are translated to ADGs and, in turns, the GSTGs are constructed by using these ADGs.

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Building Structures Based on the Adaptive Lateral Load Distribution (적응적 횡하중 분배방법을 이용한 건축구조물의 내진성능평가)

  • 이동근;최원호;정명채
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.39-58
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    • 2004
  • It is very important that predict the inelastic seismic behavior exactly for seismic performance evaluation of a building in the performance based seismic design. Evaluation method of seismic performance based on the pushover analysis reflected in PBSE was developed by some researchers. For the evaluation of inelastic global and local seismic responses by pushover analysis exactly. lateral load distribution should be adjusted and reflected the dynamic characteristics of structural system and various seismic ground motions. And performance point should be determined based on the evaluation of reasonable deformation capacity of a building more exactly. An effective method based on the improved the adaptive lateral load distribution and the equivalent responses of a multistory building is proposed in this study to efficiently estimate the accurate inelastic seismic responses. The proposed method can be used to evaluate the seismic performance for the global inelastic behavior of a building and to accurately estimate its local inelastic seismic responses. In order to demonstrate the accuracy and validity of this method, inelastic seismic responses estimated by the proposed method are compared with those obtained from other analytical methods.

Evaluation of the influence of pillar width on the stability of a twin tunnel (필라폭이 병설터널의 안정성에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • You, Kwang-Ho;Kim, Jong-Gyu
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.115-131
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    • 2011
  • Recently, considering the aspects of disaster prevention and environmental damage, the construction of a twin tunnel is increasing. When constructing a twin tunnel, the stresses are concentrated at the pillar so that stability of the tunnel is decreased. Since the previous studies on the behavior of a twin tunnel pillar are mainly restricted to the estimation of the tunnel behavior and the analysis of surface settlement, there is a limit to a quantitative stability estimation of the pillar. Therefore, it was quantitatively investigated how the pillar width of a twin tunnel affects its stability. To ensure this end, global tunnel safety factors obtained numerically using shear strength reduction technique, local safety factors of a pillar using the equation that Matsuda et al. suggested, and strength/stress ratios of the pillar were estimated and their results were analyzed for two sections with different rock covers. For a reasonable design of a twin tunnel pillar, it was turned out that strength/stress ratio, the local pillar safety factor, and global tunnel safety factor should be used interrelatedly rather than independently.

Thermal Deformation Measurement of Notched Structure Using Global-local Multi-DIC System (전역-국부 다중 DIC 시스템을 이용한 노치 구조물의 열변형 계측)

  • Xin, Ruihai;Doan, Nguyen Vu;Goo, Nam Seo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.49 no.8
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    • pp.617-626
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    • 2021
  • During supersonic flight of vehicles, the thermal behavior of structures under high-temperature environment is important for thermal-structural design. In this study, full-field thermal deformation and stress concentration of the notched structure was performed using global-local multi-digital image correlation (multi-DIC) systems. This techniques were developed and implemented by multi-DIC systems consists of 2D DIC system and 3D DIC system. The specimen was heated in a heating chamber to achieve the thermal expansion behavior. Then the images of structure's deformation and stress concentration at various temperature were recorded and analyzed by multi-DIC system. Afterward, full-field thermal deformation of the notched structure was determined with DIC technique and stress concentration at the notched structure was calculated by further processing. Finite element analysis of the notched structure is performed in ABAQUSTM and the results of the experiments show good agreement with those obtained from simulation. The results achieved in this study show the efficiency of the muilti-DIC method in thermal deformation as well as stress concentration of notched structure.

Analysis of the Content of Global Citizenship Education in the 2015 Revised Home Economics Textbook (2015 개정 중학교 가정 교과서 세계시민교육 내용 분석)

  • Heo, Young Sun;Kim, Nam Eun
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.111-133
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the contents of global citizenship education in the 2015 revision of Home Economics textbook and examine the relevance of global citizenship education in the subject of Home Economics. To this end, the contents of global citizenship education included in the 2015 revision of middle school Home Economics textbook were extracted and analyzed from the viewpoint of the UNESCO Topics and Learning Objectives (TLO), according to the procedure of the concurrent triangulation design. When the frequencies of inclusion of the 9 topics of TLOs were counted, about 54.6% of global citizenship education(GCED) content covered in the 2015 revision of Home Economics textbooks in total was related to the socio-emotional aspects. In particular, TLO 4 (Different levels of identity) showed the highest ratio, followed by TLO 5(Different communities people belong to and how these are connected) and TLO 1 (Local, national and global systems and structures). As a result of categorizing global citizenship education learning topics extracted from Home Economics textbooks of middle school by Home Economics sub-topic area, the child and family(94) area showed the greatest relevance to all learning topics. Food and nutrition(13), clothing(13), housing(15), and consumption (14) showed similar distributions of learning subjects. Child and family area is related to global citizenship education in the topics of adolescent development and its characteristics, family relations, sexual and domestic violences prevention, change in family structures and healthy families, aging society and work-family balance, and life planning and career exploration. The food and nutrition area is related to global citizenship education in the topics of nutrition and eating behavior, and adolescents' food selection and safe cooking. The topic of clothing management and recycling of clothing area, housing culture, residential space utilization, and residential life and safety of housing area, consumer life in adolescence of consumption area were related to the learning subject of global citizenship education. As such, high relations between GCED learning topics and Home Economics learning content elements were found. It is expected that the data of this study will be used as basic data for program development, class improvement, and textbook development with global citizenship education as a content element in Home Economics education.