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A study on the review of the Terzaghi's tunnel load theory (Terzaghi 터널토압의 재조명에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Si-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.261-268
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    • 2003
  • Terzaghi's tunnel theory has been accepted to calculate tunnel loads conservatively in practical design until now. In this study, Terzaghi's tunnel theory was expanded to the inclined-layer ground with inclination of ground and stratification. Finally a new tunnel load equation was induced utilizing the original Terzaghi's tunnel theory and Terzaghi's tunnel theory was reviewed as well.

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Evaluation of energy response of space steel frames subjected to seismic loads

  • Ozakgul, Kadir
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.809-827
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, seismic energy response of inelastic steel structures under earthquake excitations is investigated. For this purpose, a numerical procedure based on nonlinear dynamic analysis is developed by considering material, geometric and connection nonlinearities. Material nonlinearity is modeled by the inversion of Ramberg-Osgood equation. Nonlinearity caused by the interaction between the axial force and bending moment is also defined considering stability functions, while the geometric nonlinearity caused by axial forces is described using geometric stiffness matrix. Cyclic behaviour of steel connections is taken into account by employing independent hardening model. Dynamic equation of motion is solved by Newmark's constant acceleration method in the time history domain. Energy response analysis of space frames is performed by using this proposed numerical method. Finally, for the first time, the distribution of the different energy types versus time at the duration of the earthquake ground motion is obtained where in addition error analysis for the numerical solutions is carried out and plotted depending on the relative error calculated as a function of energy balance versus time.

Seismic Evaluation of Ordinary Moment Concrete Frames Using Capacity Spectrum Method (지반특성과 지진지역에 따른 보통모멘트 골조의 내진성능 평가)

  • 권건업;한상환
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.947-952
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    • 2001
  • This study is to evaluate seismic performance of ordinary moment concrete frames. Base shear and roof displacement relations are obtained from the experiment of 3 story ordinary moment resisting concrete frame. The frame was designed only for gravity loads. The performance of the building is evaluated using capacity spectrum method. Five different seismic zones and three different soil types are considered. For each condition of seismic zone and soil type, ten earthquake ground motions are used to establish the demand spectrum.

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Structural Behavior of Polymer Concrete Bos Girders (폴리머콘크리트 박스 거어더의 구조적 거동)

  • 연규석;김광우;이윤수;김성순
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1993.10a
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 1993
  • The box girder was developed using polymer concrete, box girder were made for flexural behavior evaluation. The box girder was reinforced with reinforcing steel bars and fiber glass roving cloths. Failure loads were 13.5 tons and 16.6tons for steel reinforced girder and fiber glass reinforced girder, respectively. Especially for the fiber glass reinforced girder, the shape was not changed even after failure. It is expected that application of this idea will be useful for developing under ground box, girder, utility tunnel, small stream bridge box, etc.

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Development of Onboard Power Supply Device for Precision Guided Kit (정밀유도 비행체 탑재용 전원공급장치 개발)

  • Park, Deok-Bae;Kim, Hyung-Shin
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.209-214
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    • 2008
  • A precision guided kit is a GPS/INS guided range extension system to improve the accuracy and availability of existing dumb bombs. The PSD(power supply device) installed in the GPS guided kit supplies electrical power to all electrical loads in the kit. In this paper, design process and test results of the PSD have been presented. Additionally, the performance results of the PSD during actual ground and flight tests have been described.

A study on the structural behaviors of air-pressurized vertical arch (공기로 지지되는 수직 아치의 구조거동에 관한 연구)

  • 김재열;이장복;권택진
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.274-279
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    • 1998
  • The structural behaviors of a arch composed of flexible membrane are investigated. The membrane is considered as thin shell with internal pressure during FEM analysis by using ABAQUS. In the paper, a wind load and uniformly distributed vertical load are considered. As a vertical load, snow loads including applied over all and half of the structure are introduced. The ends of arch are fixed to the ground. Load-Deflections relationship, buckling mode of the structure are presented.

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Risk evaluation of steel frames with welded connections under earthquake

  • Song, Jianlin;Ellingwood, Bruce R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.663-672
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    • 2001
  • Numerous failures in welded connections in steel moment-resisting building frames (SMRF) were observed when buildings were inspected after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. These observations raised concerns about the effectiveness of such frames for resisting strong earthquake ground motions. The behavior of SMRFs during an earthquake must be assessed using nonlinear dynamic analysis, and such assessments must permit the deterioration in connection strength to capture the behavior of the frame. The uncertainties that underlie both structural and dynamic loading also need to be included in the analysis process. This paper describes the analysis of one of approximately 200 SMRFs that suffered damage to its welded beam-to-column connections from the Northridge Earthquake is evaluated. Nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of this SMRF in the time domain is performed using ground motions representing the Northridge Earthquake. Subsequently, a detailed uncertainty analysis is conducted for the building using an ensemble of earthquake ground motions. Probability distributions for deformation-related limit states, described in terms of maximum roof displacement or interstory drift, are constructed. Building fragilities that are useful for condition assessment of damaged building structures and for performance-based design are developed from these distributions.

Plastic hinge length of RC columns considering soil-structure interaction

  • Mortezaei, Alireza
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.5 no.6
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    • pp.679-702
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    • 2013
  • During an earthquake, soils filter and send out the shaking to the building and simultaneously it has the role of bearing the building vibrations and transmitting them back to the ground. In other words, the ground and the building interact with each other. Hence, soil-structure interaction (SSI) is a key parameter that affects the performance of buildings during the earthquakes and is worth to be taken into consideration. Columns are one of the most crucial elements in RC buildings that play an important role in stability of the building and must be able to dissipate energy under seismic loads. Recent earthquakes showed that formation of plastic hinges in columns is still possible as a result of strong ground motion, despite the application of strong column-weak beam concept, as recommended by various design codes. Energy is dissipated through the plastic deformation of specific zones at the end of a member without affecting the rest of the structure. The formation of a plastic hinge in an RC column in regions that experience inelastic actions depends on the column details as well as soil-structure interaction (SSI). In this paper, 854 different scenarios have been analyzed by inelastic time-history analyses to predict the nonlinear behavior of RC columns considering soil-structure interaction (SSI). The effects of axial load, height over depth ratio, main period of soil and structure as well as different characteristics of earthquakes, are evaluated analytically by finite element methods and the results are compared with corresponding experimental data. Findings from this study provide a simple expression to estimate plastic hinge length of RC columns including soil-structure interaction.

Performance Enhancement of a Satellite's Onboard Antenna Tracking Profile using the Ground Station Searching Method

  • Song, Young-Joo;Lee, Jung-Ro;Kang, Jihoon;Jeon, Moon-Jin;Ahn, Sang-Il
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.391-400
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    • 2016
  • In satellite operations, stable maneuvering of a satellite's onboard antenna to prevent undesirable vibrations to the satellite body is required for high-quality high-resolution images. For this reason, the onboard antenna's angular rate is typically minimized while still satisfying the system requirement that limits the speed of the onboard antenna. In this study, a simple yet effective method, called the ground station searching method, is proposed to reduce the angular rate of a satellite's onboard antenna. The performance of the proposed method is tested using real flight data from the KOMPSAT-3 satellite. Approximately 83% of arbitrarily selected real flight scenarios from 66 test cases show reductions in the onboard antenna's azimuth angular rates. Additionally, reliable solutions were consistently obtained within a reasonably acceptable computation time while generating an onboard antenna tracking profile. The obtained results indicate that the proposed method can be used in real satellite operations and can reduce the operational loads on a ground operator. Although the current work only considers the KOMPSAT-3 satellite as a test case, the proposed method can be easily modified and applied to other satellites that have similar operational characteristics.

Static and Repeat Loads Model Test on Soft Clay Layer due to the Geotextile Reinforcement (토목섬유로 보강된 연약지반의 정.동적 모형실험)

  • Kim, Young-Su;Kwon, Sung-Mok;Kim, Yeun-Wook;Kim, Hyoung-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.232-239
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    • 2005
  • Recently geosynthetics that can be constructed on soft ground have been used for reinforcement and separation in various ways. Through laboratory model tests and numerical analysis, in this study, estimated the suitability of cable elements and appropriate input factors considering loading effect in modeling of geosynthetics. First, in laboratory model tests, geosynthetics were constructed on the clay, and covered with the thickness, 7.5cm of sand mat. And then static and dynamic model tests were performed measuring loading, settlement, ground lateral displacement, and displacements of geosynthetics, but, for cyclic loading, bearing capacity increased linearly with stiff slop because cyclic loading with constant cyclic pressure compacted the ground. Numerical analysis were performed with FLAC 4.0 2D using Mohr-Coulomb and Modified Cam-Clay models, and they compared with the results of model tests. Cable elements of FLAC in modeling geosynthetics couldn't consider the characteristics of geosynthetics that increase shear strength between geosynthetics and clay according to the loading increase. Therefore, in this study, appropriate equation that can consider loading effects in Cable elements was proposed by Case Study.

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