• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was conducted to experimentally investigate the structural safety of and identify critical locations in a front-end loader under impact loads. Methods: Impact and static tests were conducted on a commonly used front-end loader mounted on a tractor. In the impact test, the bucket of the front-end loader with maximum live load was raised to its maximum lift height and was allowed to free fall to a height of 500 mm above the ground where it was stopped abruptly. For the static test, the bucket with maximum live load was raised and held at the maximum lift height, median height, and a height of 500 mm from the ground. Strain gages were attached at twenty-three main locations on the front-end loader, and the maximum stresses and strains were measured during respective impact and static tests. Results: Stresses and strains at the same location on the loader were higher in the impact test than in the static test, for most of measurement locations. This indicated that the front-end loader was put under a severe environment during impact loading. The safety factors for stresses were higher than 1.0 at all locations during impact and static tests. Conclusions: Since the lowest safety factor was higher than 1.0, the front-end loader was considered as structurally safe under impact loads. However, caution must be exercised at the locations having relatively low safety factors because failure may occur at these locations under high impact loads. These important design locations were identified to be the bucket link elements and the connection elements between the tractor frame and front-end loader. A robust design is required for these elements because of their high failure probability caused by excessive impact stress.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2010

비닐하우스용 소형 액비살포기를 설계, 제작하였으며, 납작호스용 일체형과 견고한 둥근호스 분리형으로 되어 있다. 살포장치의 구성은 권취기, 유압모터, 유압실린더, 배출장치, 호스, 3점링크히치, 호스고정장치, 프레임 등으로 되어있다. 살포 시스템은 일체형과 분리형으로 나누어진다. 일반적으로 납작호스는 일체형에 사용되고 둥근호스는 분리형에 사용된다. 분리형은 좁은 공간에서 선회 등을 할 때 작업의 활동성을 개선할 수 있다. 액비살포기를 사용함으로써 작업효율을 5배 정도 높일 수 있었으며, 인력소요는 1/3로 감소되었다. 원하는 살포량에 따른 작업속도를 맞추어주면 면적당 목표 살포량을 얻을 수 있다. 관리자에 대한 작업환경이 개선되었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 기존 강재브레이스 내진보강법이 가지는 좌굴문제 등 단점을 극복할 수 있는 중 저층 철근콘크리트 건축물에 효과적으로 적용할 수 있는 새로운 내진보강법을 개발하였다. Carbon Fiber Composite Cable (CFCC)을 이용하여 건축물 골조 외부에 X자 형태로 내진보강을 실시하고, 상부 및 하부 보 양 단부에 CFCC X-브레이싱을 고정하기 위해서 평판 및 돌출형 나사식 접합으로 내진보강을 실시하는 내진보강법으로서, 반복하중 실험을 통하여 내진보강 효과를 규명하였다. 실험체는 비교용 비보강 골조, 평판형 및 돌출형 CFCC X-브레이싱 내진보강 골조 실험체 총 3개를 제작하였다. 실험결과, 본 연구에서 개발한 CFCC 내진보강법은 강도증진형 내진보강법으로 드러났으며, 기존 강재브레이스 보강법 대비 중량증가가 거의 없으며, 재료자체가 압축에 대한 좌굴이 없으며, 경량이므로 시공성이 매우 우수하고 중량 및 체적대비 우수한 강도가 발휘될 뿐만 아니라 특히, CFCC의 직경을 변경함으로서 내진보강 목적 (강도 보강량)에 대응하여 내진성능을 쉽게 변화시킬 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.615-636
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• 2000

Some elevated water tanks have failed due to torsional vibrations in past earthquakes. The overall axisymmetric structural geometry and mass distribution of such structures may leave only a small accidental eccentricity between centre of stiffness and centre of mass. Such a small accidental eccentricity is not expected to cause a torsional failure. This paper studies the possibility of amplified torsional behaviour of elevated water tanks due to such small accidental eccentricity in the elastic as well as inelastic range; using two simple idealized systems with two coupled lateral-torsional degrees of freedom. The systems are capable of retaining the characteristics of two extreme categories of water tanks namely, a) tanks on staging with less number of columns and panels and b) tanks on staging with large number of columns and panels. The study shows that the presence of a small eccentricity may lead to large displacement of the staging edge in the elastic range, if the torsional-to-lateral time period ratio $({\tau})$ of the elevated tanks lies within a critical range of 0.7< ${\tau}$ <1.25. Inelastic behaviour study reveals that such excessive displacement in some of the reinforced concrete staging elements may cause unsymmetric yielding. This may lead to progressive strength deterioration through successive yielding in same elements under cyclic loading during earthquakes. Such localized strength drop progressively develop large strength eccentricity resulting in large localized inelastic displacement and ductility demand, leading to failure. So, elevated water tanks should have ${\tau}$ outside the said critical range to avoid amplified torsional response. The tanks supported on staging with less number of columns and panels are found to have greater torsional vulnerability. Tanks located near faults seem to have torsional vulnerability for large ${\tau}$.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1167-1184
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• 2015

Despite considerable life casualty and financial loss resulting from past earthquakes, many existing steel buildings are still seismically vulnerable as they have no lateral resistance or at least need some sort of retrofitting. Passive control methods with decreasing seismic demand and increasing ductility reduce rate of vulnerability of structures against earthquakes. One of the most effective and practical passive control methods is to use a shear panel system working as a ductile fuse in the structure. The shear Panel System, SPS, is located vertically between apex of two chevron braces and the flange of the floor beam. Seismic energy is highly dissipated through shear yielding of shear panel web while other elements of the structure remain almost elastic. In this paper, lateral behavior and related benefits of this system with narrow-flange link beams is experimentally investigated in chevron braced simple steel frames. For this purpose, five specimens with IPE (narrow-flange I section) shear panels were examined. All of the specimens showed high ductility and dissipated almost all input energy imposed to the structure. For example, maximum SPS shear distortion of 0.128-0.156 rad, overall ductility of 5.3-7.2, response modification factor of 7.1-11.2, and finally maximum equivalent viscous damping ratio of 35.5-40.2% in the last loading cycle corresponding to an average damping ratio of 26.7-30.6% were obtained. It was also shown that the beam, columns and braces remained elastic as expected. Considering this fact, by just changing the probably damaged shear panel pieces after earthquake, the structure can still be continuously used as another benefit of this proposed retrofitting system without the need to change the floor beam.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.128-137
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• 2012

복합 병렬 전단벽(Coupled shear walls)은 커플링 보와 철근콘크리트 벽체로 구성되어 바람이나 지진 등의 횡하중으로부터 유발된 전도모멘트의 상당 부분을 철골 연결보의 커플링 작용에 의하여 골조 작용(Frame action)을 의하여 횡력에 효율적으로 저항하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 접합부 상세에 따른 복합병렬 전단벽의 접합부 강도에 대한 규준식을 정립하기 위한 선행연구로서 병렬 전단벽 접합부에서 커플링 보의 매립길이 및 벽체 두께를 주변수로 실험적 연구를 수행하여 접합부 상세에 따른 복합 병렬 전단벽 시스템의 거동특성을 규명하고자 하였다. 본 실험결과, 실험체의 거동 및 내력은 매립길이 및 접합부 상세에 많은 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며 향후 설계시 이에 대한 영향을 반영해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2006

SThe rigidities of bridge substructures are the important data in the rail-bridge interaction analysis in Korean High -Speed Railway. This experimental study is being performed because of followings. 1) More correct longitudinal stiffness of the structure including substructure should be considered in the calculation of stresses in rails. 2) There are many uncertainties in the design and construction of the piers and foundations. 3) Actual guideline for the rigidities of piers and foundations in the design is necessary. 4) Measurement on the rigidity of pier according to the types of piers, foundations and soil-conditions is needed. Curve for estimating the total rigidity of substructure will be obtained through this and further experimental studies. It may be used in the analysis of Korean High-Speed Railway bridge and then, longitudinal stresses in the rails can be estimated more accurately. One pair of piers, which consist of pot-bearing for fixed support and pad-bearing for movable support, are loaded by steel frame devices with steel wire ropes and hydraulic jack. The responses which are measured at each loading stages in those field tests are displacements and tilted angles on the top and bottom of piers. This study is being performed testing and analysis about several piers in the construction field.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2016

Behavior of RC(Reinforced-concrete) beam-column connections has been subjected to the earthquake loading has been determined by shear and attachment mechanism. However, since the shear and attachment are very fragile for cycle loadings. Through occurring plastic hinges at the beam, the column and the connection should remain elastic condition and the beam should dissipate the energy from the earthquake. This study was investigate on the seismic performance of 6 RC beam - column connections built with the high strength reinforcements (700MPa) based on design and detailing requirements in the ACI 318-05 Provision and KCI-07 appendix II. This is aimed to evaluate the effect of the high-strength reinforcements as used the beam-column connection members. The main comparisons were the seismic performance of the connections affect the seismic performance in terms of strength, stiffness and ductility, joint shear stress-strain. A total of 6 beam-column specimens were built with a 1/2 scale and subjected to the cyclic loadings. Main design considerations were the area of the longitudinal reinforcements of the beam and details of the beam-column joint designed based on the seismic code. Cyclic test results are given and recommendations for the usage of high strength reinforcements for the seismic design is provided.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.317-335
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• 2016

Concentrically braced steel frames (CBFs) can be optimised during the seismic design process by using lateral loading distributions derived from the concept of uniform damage distribution. However, it is not known how such structures are affected by uncertainties. This study aims to quantify and manage the effects of structural and ground-motion uncertainty on the seismic performance of optimum and conventionally designed CBFs. Extensive nonlinear dynamic analyses are performed on 5, 10 and 15-storey frames to investigate the effects of storey shear-strength and damping ratio uncertainties by using the Monte Carlo simulation method. For typical uncertainties in conventional steel frames, optimum design frames always exhibit considerably less inter-storey drift and cumulative damage compared to frames designed based on IBC-2012. However, it is noted that optimum structures are in general more sensitive to the random variation of storey shear-strength. It is shown that up to 50% variation in damping ratio does not affect the seismic performance of the optimum design frames compared to their code-based counterparts. Finally, the results indicate that the ground-motion uncertainty can be efficiently managed by optimizing CBFs based on the average of a set of synthetic earthquakes representing a design spectrum. Compared to code-based design structures, CBFs designed with the proposed average patterns exhibit up to 54% less maximum inter-storey drift and 73% less cumulative damage under design earthquakes. It is concluded that the optimisation procedure presented is reliable and should improve the seismic performance of CBFs.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2002

오늘날 의료기기의 국산화 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있는 가운데 본 연구에서는 적추용 fusion device를 새롭게 개발하고자 시도하였다. 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 삽입형과 나사형을 기본 대상으로 하되 수술 시 뼈를 보다 적게 제거하여 삽입할 수 있게 하는 데 .) 주안점을 두고 형상 개발을 시도하였다. 아직 그 실효성을 논하기는 어려우나 고안된 척추용 fusion device의 형상을 중심으로 소개하고자 한다. 본 연구에서 경첩형과 분리삽입형을 고안하게 되었다. 그러나 경첩형은 기존 형상의 절반 크기로 삽입되는 장점은 있으나 핀의 강도해석과 안정된 잠금 장치의 개발에 더 연구가 요구되어 일단 본 연구에서는 분리삽입형을 중심으로 시제품과 3차인 유한요소 모델을 제작하여 그 역학적 해석을 행하였다. 그 결과 척추에 작용하는 기본 하중에 대한 역학적 안전성은 인정되나 아직 실용화되기까지는 보조 수술장비의 개발이 필요하다고 사료된다.