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Bridge load testing and rating: a case study through wireless sensing technology

  • Shoukry, Samir N.;Luo, Yan;Riad, Mourad Y.;William, Gergis W.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.661-678
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a wireless sensing system for structural field evaluation and rating of bridges is presented. The system uses a wireless platform integrated with traditional analogue sensors including strain gages and accelerometers along with the operating software. A wireless vehicle position indicator is developed using a tri-axial accelerometer node that is mounted on the test vehicle, and was used for identifying the moving truck position during load testing. The developed software is capable of calculating the theoretical bridge rating factors based on AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Rating specifications, and automatically produces the field adjustment factor through load testing data. The sensing system along with its application in bridge deck rating was successfully demonstrated on the Evansville Bridge in West Virginia. A finite element model was conducted for the test bridge, and was used to calculate the load distribution factors of the bridge deck after verifying its results using field data. A confirmation field test was conducted on the same bridge and its results varied by only 3% from the first test. The proposed wireless sensing system proved to be a reliable tool that overcomes multiple drawbacks of conventional wired sensing platforms designed for structural load evaluation of bridges.

A Study on the Compensation Control of Distribution Static Compensator Considering Induction Motor Load Using PSCAD/EMTDC (PACAD/EMTDC을 이용한 유도기 부하를 고려한 DSTATCOM의 보상제어에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Myung-Un;Cho, Myung-Hyun
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.32-38
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    • 2006
  • When induction motor moves, power quality decline of line is risen seriously because provoking voltage drop the moment to system power supply by excessive moving current as well as power-factor drop in case drive by light-load because current reaches in 6 times $\sim$ 8 times of rated current. In this paper, a modeling did an distribution system 13 bus type model and induction machine load presents in IEEE using a PSCAD/EMTDE package, and it displayed an accident conspiracy and a compensating factor of DSTATCOM through simulation show.

Stress intensity factors for periodic edge cracks in a semi-infinite medium with distributed eigenstrain

  • Afsar, A.M.;Ahmed, S.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.67-82
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    • 2005
  • This study analyzes stress intensity factors for a number of periodic edge cracks in a semiinfinite medium subjected to a far field uniform applied load along with a distribution of eigenstrain. The eigenstrain is considered to be distributed arbitrarily over a region of finite depth extending from the free surface. The cracks are represented by a continuous distribution of edge dislocations. Using the complex potential functions of the edge dislocations, a simple as well as effective method is developed to calculate the stress intensity factor for the edge cracks. The method is employed to obtain the numerical results of the stress intensity factor for different distributions of eigenstrain. Moreover, the effect of crack spacing and the intensity of the normalized eigenstress on the stress intensity factor are investigated in details. The results of the present study reveal that the stress intensity factor of the periodic edge cracks is significantly influenced by the magnitude as well as distribution of the eigenstrain within the finite depth. The eigenstrains that induce compressive stresses at and near the free surface of the semi-infinite medium reduce the stress intensity factor that, in turn, contributes to the toughening of the material.

Energy and Performance-Efficient Dynamic Load Distribution for Mobile Heterogeneous Storage Devices (에너지 및 성능 효율적인 이종 모바일 저장 장치용 동적 부하 분산)

  • Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Ji-Hong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we propose a dynamic load distribution technique at the operating system level in mobile storage systems with a heterogeneous storage pair of a small form-factor and disk and a flash memory, which aims at saving energy consumption as well as enhancing I/O performance. Our proposed technique takes a combinatory approach of file placement and buffer cache management techniques to find how the load can be distributed in an energy and performance-aware way for a heterogeneous mobile storage air of a hard disk and a flash memory. We demonstrate that the proposed technique provides better experimental results with heterogeneous mobile storage devices compared with the existing techniques through extensive simulations.

Voltage Unbalance Factor for Phase and Line Voltage (상전압 및 선간전압에 대한 불평형율)

  • Kim, Jong-Gyeum;Park, Young-Jeen;Lee, Dong-Ju;Lee, Jong-Han;Lee, Eun-Wong;Park, Jong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.74-77
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    • 2005
  • Most of the loads in industrial power distribution systems are balanced and connected to three power systems. However, voltage unbalance is generated at the user's 3-phase 4-wire distribution systems with single & three phase. Voltage unbalance is mainly affected by load system rather than power system. Unbalanced voltage will draws a highly unbalanced current and results in the temperature rise and the low output characteristics at the machine. It is necessary to analyse correct voltage unbalance factor for reduction of side effects in the industrial sites. Voltage unbalance is usually defined by the maximum percent deviation of voltages from their average value, by the method of symmetrical components or by the expression in a more user-friendly form which requires only the three line voltage readings. If the neutral point is moved at the 3-phase 4-wire system by the unbalanced load, by the conventional analytical method, line and phase voltage unbalance leads to different results due to zero-sequence component. This paper presents a new analytical method for phase and line voltage unbalance factor in 4-wire systems. Two methods indicate exact results.

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A new bridge-vehicle system part II: Parametric study

  • Chan, Tommy H.T.;Yu, Ling;Yung, T.H.;Chan, Jeffrey H.F.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.21-38
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    • 2003
  • The formulation of a new bridge-vehicle system using shell with eccentric beam elements has been introduced in a companion paper (Part I). The new system takes into account of the contribution of the twisting and pitching modes of vehicles to the bridge responses. It can also be used to study the dynamic transverse load distribution of a bridge. This paper presents a parametric study on the impact induced by one vehicle or multi-vehicle running across a bridge using the proposed model. Several parameters were considered as variables including the mass ratio, the speed parameter, the frequency ratio and the axle spacing parameter to investigate their effects on the impact factor. A total number of 189 cases were carried out in this parametric study. Within the realistic range of vehicle considered, the maximum impact factors could be 2.24, 1.78 and 1.49 for bridges with spans 10 m, 20 m and 30 m respectively.

A Study on the Forming Characteristics of Forward and Backward Extrusions (전.후방 캔 압출공정의 성형특성 연구)

  • Shim Ji-Hun;Choi Ho-Joon;Ok Jeong-Han;Ham Byoung-Soo;Hwang Beong-Bok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.22 no.3 s.168
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    • pp.86-92
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    • 2005
  • In this paper a forward-backward can extrusion process are analyzed by using rigid-plastic FEM simulation. FEM simulation is conducted to investigate forming characteristics such as deformation modes fur different process parameters. Design parameters such as thickness ratio, punch angle, friction factor and diameter ratio are selected to study the effect of them on the pattern of material flow. The analysis is focused mainly on the influences of the design factors on deformation pattern in terms of forming load, extruded length ratio and volume ratio. It is known for the simulation that the forming load, the length ratio and the volume ratio increase as the thickness ratio (TR), the wall thickness in forward direction to that in backward direction, decreases. The various punch angles have slight influence on the forming load. length ratio and volume ratio. However friction factor have little effect on the forming characteristics such as the forming load, volume ratio and so on. In addition the forming load increases as diameter ratio (DR), the outer diameter of a can in forward direction to that in backward direction, increases. Furthermore the extruded length ratio is lowest with a certain value of DR=0.85 among diameter ratios. Pressure distribution exerted on the die-material interface is illustrated schematically.

Customer Classification Method Using Customer Attribute Information to Generate the Virtual Load Profile of non-Automatic Meter Reading Customer (미검침 고객의 가상 부하패턴 생성을 위한 고객 속성 정보를 이용한 고객 분류 기법)

  • Kim, Young-Il;Ko, Jong-Min;Song, Jae-Ju;Choi, Hoon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.10
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    • pp.1712-1717
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    • 2010
  • To analyze the load of distribution line, real LPs (Load Profile) of AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) customers and VLPs (Virtual Load Profile) of non-AMR customers are required. Accuracy of VLP is an important factor to improve the analysis performance. There are 2 kinds of methods to generate the VLP; one is using ALP (Average Load Profile) per each industrial code and PNN (Probability neural networks) algorithm; the other is using LSI (Load Shape Index) and C5.0 algorithm. In this paper, existing researches are studied, and new method is suggested. Each methods are compared the performance with same LP data of real high voltage customers.

A Study on the Characteristics for Power Capacitor under the Voltage Unbalance Operation (불평형 전압 운전시의 역률보상용 커패시터 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Il-Jung;Kim, Jong-Gyeum
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.36-40
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    • 2008
  • Most of the low-voltage feeder are designed with approximately balanced and connected at the three phase four wire systems. However, Most of the power distribution systems' load which is composed of single or three phase are unbalanced by generating load unbalance. Unbalanced current will draw a highly unbalanced voltage. The power factor of an induction motor at rated operation is between 25 and 90%, depending on the size and speed of the motor. However, many induction motors operate below the nominal rating, resulting in poor power factor. This condition needs power factor improvement. Addition of power capacitor at the motor terminal may draw to stress due to voltage unbalance. This paper presents operation characteristics on steady states of a three-phase induction motor under unbalanced voltages with power capacitor. The existence of voltage unbalance have an effect on stress of power capacitor.

Operating Analysis of Power Factor Compensation Condenser and Series Reactor in the Induction Generator (유도발전기 역률 보상 콘덴서와 직렬 리액터의 동작 분석)

  • Kim, Jong-Gyeum;Park, Young-Jeen
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.66 no.3
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    • pp.593-598
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    • 2017
  • Induction generator is always required reactive power in order to generate a rotating magnetic field as an inductive load. The reactive power must be continuously supplied to the induction generator as well as load of distribution system from the power supply side. So the power factor of the power supply side during the induction generation operation is low. Condenser is installed in order to raise the low power factor of the induction generator. Switching transients occurs when the power supply of the capacitor is turned on in order to ensure the low power factor. When using the reactor in series with the capacitor in order to reduce the influence of switching transient, it can affect the reactive power by the condenser voltage rises. In this study, we analyzed the operating characteristics for power and power factor of induction generator in accordance with the presence or absence of the application of the serial reactors for switching transients reduction of the condenser and the condenser for power factor correction.