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Experimental Study on the Effect of DC Electric Field on Extinction Characteristics of Counterflow Diffusion Flame (대향류 확산화염의 소염특성에 미치는 직류전기장의 영향에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Park, I.H.;Kim, M.K.;Won, S.H.;Cha, M.S.;Chung, S.H.
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.253-259
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    • 2006
  • The effect of DC electric fields on the flame extinction was investigated experimentally in counterflow configurations for the methane/oxygen/nitrogen diffusion flame. The electric fields was applied by connecting the high voltage and ground terminals to the upper and lower burners, respectively. In case of having electric fields, several modes of flame extinction was observed according to the electric field intensity and strain rate defined by the exit velocity. To visualize and characterize the flame structure and intensity, planar LIF technique was adopted for OH radicals. Consequently, several length scales, including the flame width, thickness, and height from the burner tip, were introduced to explain the various flame behaviors and to characterize the flame extinctions. It was found that the variation of flame width and the chemical reaction are strongly related to a critical electric field intensity, thus the various modes of diffusion flame extinction could be observed due to the electric fields.

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Approximate seismic displacement capacity of piles in marine oil terminals

  • Goel, Rakesh K.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.129-146
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    • 2010
  • This paper proposes an approximate procedure to estimate seismic displacement capacity - defined as yield displacement times the displacement ductility - of piles in marine oil terminals. It is shown that the displacement ductility of piles is relatively insensitive to most of the pile parameters within ranges typically applicable to most piles in marine oil terminals. Based on parametric studies, lower bound values of the displacement ductility of two types of piles commonly used in marine oil terminals - reinforced-concrete and hollow-steel - with either pin connection or full-moment-connection to the deck for two seismic design levels - Level 1 or Level 2 - and for two locations of the hinging in the pile - near the deck or below the ground - are proposed. The lower bound values of the displacement ductility are determined such that the material strain limits specified in the Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standard (MOTEMS) are satisfied at each design level. The simplified procedure presented in this paper is intended to be used for preliminary design of piles or as a check on the results from the detailed nonlinear static pushover analysis procedure, with material strain control, specified in the MOTEMS.

Shaking table study of a 2/5 scale steel frame with new viscoelastic dampers

  • Chang, K.C.;Tsai, M.H.;Lai, M.L.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.273-286
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    • 2001
  • Viscoelastic (VE) dampers have shown to be capable of providing structures with considerable additional damping to reduce the dynamic response of structures. However, the VE material appears to be sensitive to the variations in ambient temperature and vibration frequency. To minimize these effects, a new VE material has been developed. This new material shows less sensitivity to variations in vibration frequency and temperature. However, it is highly dependent on the shear strain. Experimental studies on the seismic behavior of a 2/5 scale five-story steel frame with these new VE dampers have been carried out. Test results show that the structural response can be effectively reduced due to the added stiffness and damping provided by the new type of VE dampers under both mild and strong earthquake ground motions. In addition, analytical studies have been carried out to describe the strain-dependent behavior of the VE damper. The dynamic properties and hysteresis behavior of the dampers can be simulated by a simple bilinear model based on the equivalent dissipated energy principle proposed in this study.

Seismic Response Characteristics of Layered Ground Considering Viscoelastic Effects of Clay (점성토의 점탄성 특성을 고려한 층상지반의 지진응답특성)

  • Kim, Yong-Seong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2011
  • In order to estimate the viscous effects of clay over a wide range of strain levels, we confirmed the performance of a viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model by simulating cyclic undrained triaxial tests to determine the cyclic strength and deformation characteristics of natural marine clay. The viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model was then incorporated into an effective stress-based seismic response analysis to estimate the effects of an intermediate clay layer on the behavior of sand layers. Seismic response was simulated by the cyclic viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model created with data recorded at Rokko Island, Kobe, Japan. The results show that a cyclic viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model can provide a good description of dynamic behavior including viscoelastic effects, within a small strain range.

The Characteristics of Shearing Resistance of Silicate-Grouted Soils (물유리계 약액고결토의 전단저항특성)

  • 정형식;류재일
    • Geotechnical Engineering
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 1988
  • Chemical grouting is one of the ground.improvement methods for the purpose of cutting o($\boxUl$ water and increasing the strength of soil. It has ben reported that the effect of strength increasement of groued roils is due to increase of cohesion. In this study, the effect of cohesion on the shearing resistance of grouted soil 9.as intr.estigated tall.ouch triaxial compression test. According to the result of this research, It is found that the improved cohesion increases rapidly up to the maximum value at a small strain and subsequent decrease of cohericn is due to the breaking of grout chemical at a larger strain.

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Effect of Garlic, Chili and Ginseng on the Thermal Gelation of Alaska Pollack Surimi

  • Takeuchi, Atsuyoshi;Lee, Nam-Hyouck;Cho, Young-Je;Konno, Kunihiko
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.16-20
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    • 2005
  • Additions of ground garlic, chili and ginseng powder did not affect the breaking force and strain of directly heated gel of Alaska pollack surimi. In comparison, these additives reduced the setting effect achieved by incubation of the salted surimi at $25^{\circ}C$, and resulted in a decreased breaking force and strain for the two step heated gel. Garlic almost completely inhibited the myosin cross-linking reaction, an important reaction for improving the gel properties occurring in the setting process. However, chili and ginseng powder minimally inhibited the cross-linking reaction. Thus, this study proposes that the mechanism for the suppression of the setting effect by chili and ginseng is different from that of garlic.

A multivariate adaptive regression splines model for estimation of maximum wall deflections induced by braced excavation

  • Xiang, Yuzhou;Goh, Anthony Teck Chee;Zhang, Wengang;Zhang, Runhong
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.315-324
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    • 2018
  • With rapid economic growth, numerous deep excavation projects for high-rise buildings and subway transportation networks have been constructed in the past two decades. Deep excavations particularly in thick deposits of soft clay may cause excessive ground movements and thus result in potential damage to adjacent buildings and supporting utilities. Extensive plane strain finite element analyses considering small strain effect have been carried out to examine the wall deflections for excavations in soft clay deposits supported by diaphragm walls and bracings. The excavation geometrical parameters, soil strength and stiffness properties, soil unit weight, the strut stiffness and wall stiffness were varied to study the wall deflection behaviour. Based on these results, a multivariate adaptive regression splines model was developed for estimating the maximum wall deflection. Parametric analyses were also performed to investigate the influence of the various design variables on wall deflections.

Deformation Estimation of Slope Reinforced Materials by Rain and Temperature (사면보강재의 강우 및 온도에 의한 변형 해석)

  • 홍성진;장기태;한희수
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.643-650
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    • 2002
  • It is necessary, in the light of the importance of long-term slope stability problem, to develop a simple method or tool which can figure out the possible failure zone resulted from weathering effect and other factors. The FBG sensor system is used to estimate the correlations between the temperature and the slope in Yunhwajae, and to find a failure zone in slopes effectively. This research is to seek for the correlation between the soil temperature distribution and the strain distribution in a active zone by analyzing the data from the in-situ measurement so that the possible failure zone should be well defined based on the correlation. The zone of high temperature fluctuation can be regarded as one of the possible sliding zone due to the weathering effect while the constant temperature depth of the ground, if exists, would not be relatively affected by the weathering process.

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Buckling of Buriend Pipelines due to Seismic Waves (지진파에 의한 매설관로의 좌굴)

  • 이종세
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1999.04a
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 1999
  • Lifeline system such as oil or gas pipelines and water supply facilities are vulneratble to seismic damages because they are widely exposed to ground failures. Most seismic design criteria of buried pipelines are based on the notion that the longitudinal compressive strain and therefore buckling controls the design. Buckling analysis of buried pipelines subjected to seismic loading is performed by considering the seismic load as the sinusoidally distributed compressive load on the beam on elastic foundation in contrast to existing studies where the buckling load is treated as an end load on the beam column, An approximated analytical solution is obtained by the energy method and its validity is confirmed by the linearized finite element buckling analysis. The results show the beam mode buckling because longitudinal strains at the buckling loads are substantially lower than the strain at the onset of local buckling.

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Soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic response of multistory frame structure

  • Botic, Amina;Hadzalic, Emina;Balic, Anis
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.373-387
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    • 2022
  • In this paper,soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic response of multistory frame structure on raft foundation are numerically analyzed. The foundation soil profile is assumed to consists of a clay layer of variable thicknessresting on bedrock. Amodified plane-strain numerical model isformed in the software Plaxis, and both free vibration analysis, and earthquake analysis for a selected ground motion accelerogram are performed. The behavior of the structure is assumed to be linear elastic with Rayleigh viscous damping included. The behavior of the clay layer is modeled with a Hardening soil model with small strain stiffness. The computed results in terms of fundamental period and structural horizontal displacementsfor the case of fixed base and for different thicknesses of clay layer are presented, compared, and discussed.