• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.483-498
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• 2017

Real-Time Hybrid Simulation (RTHS) is a powerful and cost-effective dynamic experimental technique. To implement a stable and accurate RTHS, time delay present in the experiment loop needs to be compensated. This delay is mostly introduced by servo-hydraulic actuator dynamics and can be reduced by applying appropriate compensators. Existing compensators have demonstrated effective performance in achieving good tracking performance. Most of them have been focused on their application in cases where the structure under investigation is subjected to inputs with relatively low frequency bandwidth such as earthquake excitations. To advance RTHS as an attractive technique for other engineering applications with broader excitation frequency, a discrete-time feedforward compensator is developed herein via various optimization techniques to enhance the performance of RTHS. The proposed compensator is unique as a discrete-time, model-based feedforward compensator. The feedforward control is chosen because it can substantially improve the reference tracking performance and speed when the plant dynamics is well-understood and modeled. The discrete-time formulation enables the use of inherently stable digital filters for compensator development, and avoids the error induced by continuous-time to discrete-time conversion during the compensator implementation in digital computer. This paper discusses the technical challenges in designing a discrete-time compensator, and proposes several optimal solutions to resolve these challenges. The effectiveness of compensators obtained via these optimal solutions is demonstrated through both numerical and experimental studies. Then, the proposed compensators have been successfully applied to RTHS tests. By comparing these results to results obtained using several existing feedforward compensators, the proposed compensator demonstrates superior performance in both time delay and Root-Mean-Square (RMS) error.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.127-143
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• 2015

In conventional seismic design, structures are assumed to be fixed at the base. To reduce the impact of earthquake loading, while at the same time providing an economically feasible structure, minor damage is tolerated in the form of controlled plastic hinging at predefined locations in the structure. Uplift is traditionally not permitted because of concerns that it would lead to collapse. However, observations of damage to structures that have been through major earthquakes reveal that partial and temporary uplift of structures can be beneficial in many cases. Allowing a structure to move as a rigid body is in fact one way to limit activated seismic forces that could lead to severe inelastic deformations. To further reduce the induced seismic energy, slip-friction connectors could be installed to act both as hold-downs resisting overturning and as contributors to structural damping. This paper reviews recent research on the concept, with a focus on timber shear walls. A novel approach used to achieve the desired sliding threshold in the slip-friction connectors is described. The wall uplifts when this threshold is reached, thereby imparting ductility to the structure. To resist base shear an innovative shear key was developed. Recent research confirms that the proposed system of timber wall, shear key, and slip-friction connectors, are feasible as a ductile and low-damage structural solution. Additional numerical studies explore the interaction between vertical load and slip-friction connector strength, and how this influences both the energy dissipation and self-centring capabilities of the rocking structure.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.419-444
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• 2009

Flange and web local buckling in beam plastic hinge regions of steel moment frames can prevent beam-column connections from achieving adequate plastic rotations under earthquake-induced forces. Reducing the flange-web slenderness ratios (FSR/WSR) of beams is the most effective way in mitigating local member buckling as stipulated in the latest seismic design specifications. However, existing steel moment frame buildings with beams that lack the adequate slenderness ratios set forth for new buildings are vulnerable to local member buckling and thereby system-wise instability prior to reaching the required plastic rotation capacities specified for new buildings. This paper presents results from a research study investigating the cyclic behavior of steel I-beams modified by a welded haunch at the bottom flange and reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymers at the plastic hinge region. Cantilever I-sections with a triangular haunch at the bottom flange and flange slenderness ratios higher then those stipulated in current design specifications were analyzed under reversed cyclic loading. Beam sections with different depth/width and flange/web slenderness ratios (FSR/WSR) were considered. The effect of GFRP thickness, width, and length on stabilizing plastic local buckling was investigated. The FEA results revealed that the contribution of GFRP strips to mitigation of local buckling increases with increasing depth/width ratio and decreasing FSR and WSR. Provided that the interfacial shear strength of the steel/GFRP bond surface is at least 15 MPa, GFRP reinforcement can enable deep beams with FSR of 8-9 and WSR below 55 to maintain plastic rotations in the order of 0.02 radians without experiencing any local buckling.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2018

Damping ratio and frequency have influence on dynamic serviceability or instability such as vortex-induced vibration and displacement amplification due to earthquake and critical flutter velocity, and it is thus important to make determination of damping ratio and frequency accurate. As bridges are getting longer, small scale model test considering similitude law must be conducted to evaluate damping ratio and frequency. Analysis conditions modified by similitude law are applied to experimental test considering different scale ratios. Generally, Nyquist frequency condition based on natural frequency modified by similitude law has been used to determine sampling rate for different scale ratios, and total time length has been determined by users arbitrarily or by considering similitude law with respect to time for different scale ratios. However, Nyquist frequency condition is not suitable for multimode system with noisy signals. In addition, there is no specified criteria for determination of total time length. Those analysis conditions severely affect accuracy of damping ratio. The focus of this study is made on the determination of minimum analysis conditions for different scale ratios. Influence of signal to noise ratio is studied according to the level of noise level. Free initial value problem is proposed to resolve the condition that is difficult to know original initial value for free vibration. Ambient and free vibration tests were used to analyze the dynamic properties of a system using data collected from tests with a two degree-of-freedom section model and performed on full bridge 3D models of cable stayed bridges. The free decay is estimated with the stochastic subspace identification method that uses displacement data to measure damping ratios under noisy conditions, and the iterative least squares method that adopts low pass filtering and fourth order central differencing. Reasonable results were yielded in numerical and experimental tests.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.720-725
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 멀티 해저드를 고려한 빌딩 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성에 대한 평가를 수행하였고 지진 하중 및 풍하중에 대한 안전성과 사용성이 관련된 구조 성능을 개선하기 위하여 TMD 기반 적응형 스마트 구조 제어 시스템을 제안하였다. TMD 기반 적응형 스마트 구조 제어 시스템은 MR 감쇠기를 이용하여 구성하였다. 멀티 해저드 하중을 작성하기 위하여 미국의 대표 강진 지역 및 강풍 지역을 선택 하여 해당 지역의 특성을 고려한 인공 지진 하중 및 인공 풍 하중을 작성 하였다. 작성된 하중을 사용하여 20층 예제 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성을 검토하였다. 대상 예제 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성을 개선하기 위하여 스마트 TMD를 적용 하였고 성능 개선 정도를 평가하였다. 스마트 TMD는 MR 감쇠기를 이용하여 구성하였다. 수치 해석 결과 예제 구조물은 멀티 해저드에 대하여 안전성 및 사용성 측면에서 모두 설계 기준 값을 벗어났다. 스마트 TMD가 안전성과 연관되는 지진 응답과 사용성과 연관되는 풍 응답을 모두 효과적으로 저감시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.205-229
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• 2018

Energy induced by minor earthquake and micro vibration cannot be dissipated by traditional buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). To solve this problem, a new type of hybrid passive control device, named as VE-BRB, which is configured by a BRB with high-damping viscoelastic (VE) layers, is developed and studied. Theoretical analysis, performance tests, numerical simulation and case analysis are conducted to study the seismic behavior of VE-BRBs. The results indicate that the combination of hysteretic and damping devices lead to a multi-phased nature and good performance. VE-BRB's working state can be divided into three phases: before yielding of the steel core, VE layers provide sufficient damping ratio to mitigate minor vibrations; after yielding of the steel core, the steel's hysteretic deformations provide supplemental dissipative capacity for structures; after rupture of the steel core, VE layers are still able to work normally and provide multiple security assurance for structures. The simulation results agreed well with the experimental results, validating the finite element analysis method, constitutive models and the identified parameters. The comparison of the time history analysis on a 6-story frame with VE-BRBs and BRBs verified the advantages of VE-BRB for seismic protection of structures compared with traditional BRB. In general, VE-BRB had the potential to provide better control effect on structural displacement and shear in all stages than BRB as expected.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2015

불포화토에는 부(-)의 압력인 석션(Suction)이 작용한다. 석션은 입자간 응력을 증가시키며, 이에 따라 토립자 골격의 항복응력 및 소성전단강성을 증대시킨다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 석션의 효과를 지진 등의 동적 하중조건에서 고려하기 위해 불포화토에 대하여 확장된 반복탄소성구성식으로부터 제1 항복함수 및 제2 항복함수를 고려하여 유도된 응력-변형률 관계를 이용하여 반복삼축시험의 요소 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 그 결과 응력경로, 응력-변형률 관계 및 체적변형률-축변형률 관계로부터 요소 시뮬레이션은 반복삼축거동을 양호하게 모사함을 확인하였다. 본 연구결과는 동적 하중이 작용하는 불포화토 거동 예측의 정확도 제고에 기여할 것으로 전망된다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 얕은기초를 가지는 단자유도 구조물의 지진시 응답특성을 시간영역 비선형 유한차분해석을 이용하여 살펴보았다. 해석결과는 중력가속도 20g에서 시행된 동일한 제원을 가지는 동적원심모형실험 결과를 통하여 검증되었다. 검증결과 실험과 해석의 통제운동지점 경계조건 차이에서 발생하는 차이는 지반의 비선형 거동특성으로 발생하는 이력감쇠에 지반의 감쇠비를 추가하여 감소시킬 수 있었다. 이로부터 얻어진 구조물과 지반에서 계측된 가속도 시간이력 및 주파수대역 응답곡선 모두 유사한 결과를 나타내어, 시간영역 비선형 유한차분해석을 통한 지반-구조물 상호작용 해석의 신뢰성을 확보할 수 있었으며, 향후 동적원심모형으로 계측이 어려운 구조물의 잔류변위, 작용토압 등을 효과적으로 판단할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.572-580
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• 2013

이 사례연구에서는 스위스 바젤에서 진행되었던 인공지열발전(EGS) 프로젝트인 Deep Heat Mining Basel(DHMB)의 미소진동 관리시스템을 살펴보았다. 인공지열발전 프로젝트에 꼭 필요한 인공지열저류층 생성을 위한 수리자극으로 인해 발생하는 유도진동은 안전관리시스템을 수립하여 수리자극의 압력과 유량을 관리하여야 한다. DHMB프로젝트에서는 수리자극 기간 동안 지속적인 관측활동을 통해 미소진동 발생 진도에 따라 단계별로 대응하는 경보시스템과 커뮤니케이션 대응 절차가 사전에 수립되어 관리되었다. 그러나 수리자극을 위한 주입 완료 후에도 지열저류층에서 발생한 주입이후 진동현상으로 인해 예상보다 큰 지진이 발생하자 프로젝트가 중단되었다. 사후분석 결과 실시간 경보시스템은 주입이후 진동 현상을 감안한 새로운 미소진동 안전관리시스템을 수립하는 것이 필요하다고 확인되었다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호통권35호
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• pp.221-232
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 지진 등과 같이 소성변형의 범위가 큰 Low-Cycle-Fatigue 범주에서 구조물의 응력변동을 중심으로 사용되는 기존의 피로곡선인 S-N선도 보다 실질적으로 간단하게 측정하여 분석할 수 있는 소성회전각에 의한 피로곡선을 제시하였다. 이는 소성힌지가 생성되는 곳의 소성변형율과 구조물의 소성회전각이 서로 정비례를 이루는 상관관계임을 입증하여, 실험을 통하여 밝혀진 소성변형율의 피로곡선의 기울기와 소성회전각의 기울기가 서로 같은 값을 가짐을 보여 주었다. 이론은 Manson과 Coffin의 변형을 피로곡선을 도입하였고, 실험은 ECCS 주관하에 실시하였으며, 수치해석을 통하여 소성힌지 부위의 위치와 정확한 소성변형율을 산정할 수 있었다.