• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.735-753
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• 2013

The wind load is always the dominant load of cooling tower due to its large size, complex geometry and thin-wall structure. At present, when computing the wind-induced response of the large-scale cooling tower, the wind pressure distribution is obtained based on code regulations, wind tunnel test or computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis, and then is imposed on the tower structure. However, such method fails to consider the change of the wind load with the deformation of cooling tower, which may result in error of the wind load. In this paper, the analysis of the large cooling tower based on the iterative method for wind pressure is studied, in which the advantages of CFD and finite element method (FEM) are combined in order to improve the accuracy. The comparative study of the results obtained from the code regulations and iterative method is conducted. The results show that with the increase of the mean wind speed, the difference between the methods becomes bigger. On the other hand, based on the design of experiment (DOE), an approximate model is built for the optimal design of the large-scale cooling tower by a two-level optimization strategy, which makes use of code-based design method and the proposed iterative method. The results of the numerical example demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed method.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2017

PURPOSE: The initiation of the trunk muscles in stroke patients is delayed because the muscles involved in reach arm are activated earlier than the trunk muscles. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of mobility, balance, and trunk control ability through selective trunk exercise (STE) in patients with chronic stroke. METHODS: A randomized pre-test and post-test control group design was initially used, with subjects randomly assigned to the STE group (n=15) and a control group (n=14). All groups underwent physical therapy based on the neuro-developmental therapy (NDT) for 30 minutes a day, five times per week for four weeks. Additionally, the STE group did the trunk exercise for 30 minutes a day, three times per week for four weeks. The timed up and go test (TUG), Berg balance scale (BBS), and trunk impairment scale (TIS) were used for assessment. RESULTS: The scores of the TUG, BBS, dynamic sitting balance subscale, and coordination subscale of TIS improved significantly in both groups but the improvement was more pronounced in the STE group (p<.05). This study showed a large effect on the scores of the TIS coordination subscale (d=.93) (p<.05), TIS dynamic balance subscale (d=.81) (p<.05), TUG (d=.75) (p<.05), and BBS (d=.73) (p<.05). CONCLUSION: The combined STE and NDT program showed improvements in measures of mobility, balance, and trunk control in chronic stroke patients. These results suggest that STE should be considered to be included in the treatment program for patients with chronic stroke.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 국제공동연구원 대형지진시험구조물의 강세진동시험결과 대한 상관해석와 지진응답해석에 관해 연구하였다. 지반-구조물 상호작용을 위해서 구조물과 근영지반은 유한요소로 모형화하고 원역지반은 무한요소로 모형화하는 직적법을 사용하였으며, 지진응답은 부분구조법에 근거한 파 입력기법을 사용하여 해석하였다. 시험후 상관해석을 통해 각 지반영역의 물성이 강제진동 시험에서 계측된 구조물 응답과 일치하도록 보정하였다. 보정된 지반물성을 초기 선형값으로 사용하고 등가선형화기법을 적용하여 지진에 관한 구조물의 응답을 예측하였다. 지반의 비선형거동을 고려하여 얻어진 구조물 응답은 계측된 결과와 매우 잘 일치한 반면, 초기 선형물성치를 사용한 응답결과는 상당한 차이를 보이고 있어서, 지반 비선형 거동의 영향이 중요함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.121-127
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• 1983

In this paper an efficient algorithm for Pontriagin's maximum principle is developed. Fletcher-Powell method is adopted as optimization technique which shows fast and stable convergence characteristics. Terminal constraints are alse considered by using Hestens' algorithm and penalty function method together. Control variable inequality constraints are also considered by using Gradient Projection technique combined with Flectcher-Powell method. Test experiment shows good and reliable results.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2012

In this paper, we designed Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) for large scale Superconductor Flywheel Energy Storage System (SFESS) and PD controller for AMB. And we experimentally evaluated SFESS including hybrid type AMB. The radial AMB was designed to provide force slew rate that was sufficient for the unbalance disturbances at the maximum operating speed. The thrust AMB is a hybrid type where a permanent magnet carries the weight of the flywheel and an electromagnetic actuator generates the dynamic control force. We evaluated the design performance of the manufactured AMB through comparison of FEM analysis and the results of experimental force measurement. In order to obtain gains of PD controller and design a notch filter, the system identification was performed through measuring frequency response including dynamics for the AMBs, a power amp and a sensor using a sine swept test method after levitating the flywheel. Through measuring the current input of the AMBs and the orbit of a flywheel according to rotational speed, we verified excellent control performance of the AMBs with small amount current for the large scale SFESS.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2010

재활용된 암버력-토사의 회복탄성계수 예측모델이 개발되었다. 반복삼축시험을 통한 회복탄성계수의 전통적 평가방법은 큰 입경을 가진 자갈에는 실현 불가능하다. 미세한 차이가 있는 비선형 전단탄성계수를 이용하여 회복탄성계수를 산출하는 대체기법을 제안하였다. 현장에서 측정한 최대전단탄성계수와 대형공진주 시험으로 구한 감소곡선을 이용하여 회복탄성계수 예측모델을 개발하였다. 이 예측모델을 김천의 고속도로공사현장에서 재활용한 암버력-토사에 적용하여 모델인자 $A_E,\;n_E,\;{\varepsilon}_r,\;{\alpha}$를 각각 9618, 0.47, 0.0135, 0.8로 제안하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.473-480
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• 1998

The substructuring pseudodynamic test is a hybrid testing method consisting of a numerical simulation of the earthquake response of an analytical model and a loading test of a specimen. The substructuring pseudodynamic testing technique has been applied to various seismic experiments since it has advantages over the shaking table test to study dynamic behaviors of relatively large scale structures. However, experimental errors are inevitable in substructuring pseudodynamic testing. Some of these errors can be monitored during the test, but, due to limitations in control system, they cannot be eliminated. For example, one cannot control exactly the displacements that are actually imposed on the structures at each time step. This paper focuses on a technique to minimize the cumulative effect of such control errors for MDOF system. For this purpose, the modified posterior adjustment of the time increment from a target value $\Delta$t$_{n}$ to an adjusted value is performed to minimize the effect of the control errors for MDOF system.for MDOF system.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.234-240
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• 1999

This paper presents a new approach for large-scale generator maintenance scheduling optimizations. The generator preventive maintenance scheduling problems are typical discrete dynamic n-dimensional vector optimization ones with several inequality constraints. The considered objective function to be minimized a subset of{{{{ { R}^{n } }}}} space is the variance (i.g., second-order momentum) of operating reserve margin to levelize risk or reliability during a year. By its nature of the objective function, the optimal solution can only be obtained by enumerating all combinatorial states of each variable, a task which leads to computational explosion in real-world maintenance scheduling problems. This paper proposes a new priority search mechanism based on each generator's discrete sensitivity value which was analytically developed in this study. Unlike the conventional capacity-based priority search, it can prevent the local optimal trap to some extents since it changes dynamically the search tree in each iteration. The proposed method have been applied to two test systems (i.g., one is a sample system with 10 generators and the other is a real-world lage scale power system with 280 generators), and the results anre compared with those of the conventional capacith-based search method and combinatorial optimization method to show the efficiency and effectiveness of the algorithm.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.793-810
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• 2015

Tests were conducted at the Florida International University (FIU) Wall of Wind (WOW) to investigate the susceptibility of Variable Message Signs (VMS) to wind induced vibrations due to vortex shedding and galloping instability. Large scale VMS models were tested in turbulence representative of the high frequency end of the spectrum in a simulated suburban atmospheric boundary layer. Data was measured for the $0^{\circ}$ and $45^{\circ}$ horizontal wind approach directions and vertical attack angles ranging from $-4.5^{\circ}$ to $+4.5^{\circ}$. Analysis of the power spectrum of the fluctuating lift indicated that vertical vortex oscillations could be significant for VMS with a large depth ratio attached to a structure with a low natural frequency. Analysis of the galloping test data indicated that VMS with large depth ratios, greater than about 0.5, and low natural frequency could also be subject to galloping instability.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2001

A large floating structure is attracting great attention in recent years from the view of ocean space utilization. Its huge scale in the horizontal directions compared with the wavelength and relatively shallow depth make this type of floating structure flexible and its wave-induced motion be characterized by the elastic deformation. In this paper, a boundary integral equation method is proposed to predict the wave-induced dynamic response mat-like floating offshore structure. The structure is modeled as an elastic plate and its elastic deformation is expressed as a superposition of free-vibration modes in air. This makes it straightforward to expand the well-established boundary integral technique for rigid floating bodies to include the hydroelastic effects. In order to validate the theoretical analysis, we compare with the experimental result of reduced model test. Satisfactory agreement is found between theory and experiment.