• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.21-41
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• 2010

Multi-span steel-concrete composite (SCC) bridges are very sensitive to earthquake loading. Extensive damage may occur not only in the substructures (piers), which are expected to yield, but also in the other components (e.g., deck, abutments) involved in carrying the seismic loads. Current seismic codes allow the design of regular bridges by means of linear elastic analysis based on inelastic design spectra. In bridges with superstructure transverse motion restrained at the abutments, a dual load path behavior is observed. The sequential yielding of the piers can lead to a substantial change in the stiffness distribution. Thus, force distributions and displacement demand can significantly differ from linear elastic analysis predictions. The objectives of this study are assessing the influence of piers-deck stiffness ratio and of soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic behavior of continuous SCC bridges with dual load path, and evaluating the suitability of linear elastic analysis in predicting the actual seismic behavior of these bridges. Parametric analysis results are presented and discussed for a common bridge typology. The response dependence on the parameters is studied by nonlinear multi-record incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). Comparisons are made with linear time history analysis results. The results presented suggest that simplified linear elastic analysis based on inelastic design spectra could produce very inaccurate estimates of the structural behavior of SCC bridges with dual load path.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2010

The one of the major problems in the development of PEMFC was regarding to the assurance of sealing on stack. The failure on the sealing creates the problems of fuel leakage, mixing, internal combustion, damage on parts and can be a direct reason for the degrading the efficiency of fuel cell. This paper studies on the analytical approach for improving the contacting pressure distribution on the gasket at the evaluation on the sealing of fuel cell stack. So, the assembly analysis on multi layered fuel cell stack was performed. The research on the simplification of finite element model was performed for three dimensional analysis at the multi layered state. The improved contact pressure distribution was obtained through the case studies on gasket for better sealing. In addition, the number of the cell was determined for the effective analysis and the structural characteristics were evaluated based on this research.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1067-1087
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• 2016

In this paper, a decoupled proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control approach for seismic control of smart structures is presented. First, the state space equation of a structure is transformed into modal coordinates and parameters of the modal PID control are separately designed in a reduced modal space. Then, the feedback gain matrix of the controller is obtained based on the contribution of modal responses to the structural responses. The performance of the controller is investigated to adjust control force of piezoelectric friction dampers (PFDs) in a benchmark base isolated building. In order to tune the modal feedback gain of the controller, a suitable trade-off among the conflicting objectives, i.e., the reduction of maximum modal base displacement and the maximum modal floor acceleration of the smart base isolated structure, as well as the maximum modal control force, is created using a multi-objective cuckoo search (MOCS) algorithm. In terms of reduction of maximum base displacement and story acceleration, numerical simulations show that the proposed method performs better than other reported controllers in the literature. Moreover, simulation results show that the PFDs are able to efficiently dissipate the input excitation energy and reduce the damage energy of the structure. Overall, the proposed control strategy provides a simple strategy to tune the control forces and reduces the number of sensors of the control system to the number of controlled stories.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.81-94
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• 1994

It is well recognized that structures designed to resist strong ground motions should be able to withstand substantial inelastic deformations. A simple procedure has been developed in this paper to monitor the dynamic earthquake response (time-history analysis) of both steel and concrete multistorey buildings in the inelastic range. The building is treated as a shear beam model with three degrees of freedom per floor. The entire analysis has been programmed to run on a microcomputer and can output time histories of displacements, velocities, accelerations and member internal forces at any desired location. A record of plastic hinge formation and restoration to elastic state is also provided. Such information can be used in aseismic analysis and design of multistorey buildings so as to control the damage and optimize their performance.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.25-36
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• 2018

지반의 액상화는 지진 피해의 대표적인 형태 중 하나이다. 이는 막대한 인적 경제적 피해를 줄 수 있는 현상으로, 지반구조물의 설계 전 필수적으로 검토해야 하는 대상이다. 본 연구에서는 하천 제방을 대상으로 임의의 지진 규모와 수위에서 액상화에 대한 실용적인 복합재해 취약도 곡면 작성법을 제시하였다. 지반의 파괴 정도를 나타내는 액상화 가능 지수(LPI)로 제방의 액상화에 대한 한계상태를 정의하였다. 지반 물성치의 불확실성을 고려하기 위해 Monte Carlo Simulation 기반의 확률론적 해석을 수행하였고, 해석 결과를 바탕으로 임의 수준의 수위와 지진 규모에 대하여 액상화에 의한 파괴확률을 나타내는 3차원의 취약도 곡면을 작성하였다. 작성된 복합재해 취약도 곡면은 홍수 및 지진에 대한 제방의 안전성 평가와 취약지역에 대한 위험도 평가에 사용될 수 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.567-585
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• 2019

In the past two decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) systems have been widely installed on various civil infrastructures for the tracking of the state of their structural health and the detection of structural damage or abnormality, through long-term monitoring of environmental conditions as well as structural loadings and responses. In an SHM system, there are plenty of sensors to acquire a huge number of monitoring data, which can factually reflect the in-service condition of the target structure. In order to bridge the gap between SHM and structural maintenance and management (SMM), it is necessary to employ advanced data processing methods to convert the original multi-source heterogeneous field monitoring data into different types of specific physical indicators in order to make effective decisions regarding inspection, maintenance and management. Conventional approaches to data analysis are confronted with challenges from environmental noise, the volume of measurement data, the complexity of computation, etc., and they severely constrain the pervasive application of SHM technology. In recent years, with the rapid progress of computing hardware and image acquisition equipment, the deep learning-based data processing approach offers a new channel for excavating the massive data from an SHM system, towards autonomous, accurate and robust processing of the monitoring data. Many researchers from the SHM community have made efforts to explore the applications of deep learning-based approaches for structural damage detection and structural condition assessment. This paper gives a review on the deep learning-based SHM of civil infrastructures with the main content, including a brief summary of the history of the development of deep learning, the applications of deep learning-based data processing approaches in the SHM of many kinds of civil infrastructures, and the key challenges and future trends of the strategy of deep learning-based SHM.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2010

토석류는 사면 붕괴, 산사태, 홍수 등과 같은 인명 및 재산피해를 수반하는 자연재해의 일종이다. 2006년 7월 집중호우로 인하여 대규모 토석류가 발생하였으며, 이에 따라 고속국도, 일반국도, 철도 등의 국가 기간망이 통제되어 언론에 보도되는 사태가 발생하곤 하였다. 토석류에 대한 연구는 지금까지 충실히 수행되지 않은 것이 사실이다. 원인으로는 예측이 매우 어려웠을 뿐 아니라, 발생위치가 산지에서 주로 발생하였으며 도심지 및 주택가에서 발생하지 않아 국민들에게 부각되지 않았던 이유도 있다. 본 연구에서는 토석류를 방지하기 위하여 사방댐 등의 대책방안이 수립되어 적용되어 오고 있으나, 단점 및 보완점을 개발하여 새로운 기법을 적용하였다. 또한, 계곡부의 특성 및 형상에 따라 다단계의 유연성 시설물을 설치함하여 인명 및 재산피해를 최소화 할 수 있도록 고안하였다. 대상지역을 2개소 선정하여 적용성에 대한 평가를 실시하고 결과를 제시하였다. 연구결과, Site A, B 지역에 토석류 방지시설이 각각 17개와 13개가 설치요구되었다. 향후 토석류에 대한 체계적인 지침 및 방안에 대하여 정립해 나갈 필요가 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.103-142
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• 2020

One of the next frontiers in structural wind engineering is the design of tall buildings using performance-based approaches. Currently, tall buildings are being designed using provisions in the building codes and standards to meet an acceptable level of public safety and serviceability. However, recent studies in wind and earthquake engineering have highlighted the conceptual and practical limitations of the code-oriented design methods. Performance-based wind design (PBWD) is the logical extension of the current wind design approaches to overcome these limitations. Towards the development of PBWD, in this paper, we systematically review the advances made in this field, highlight the research gaps, and provide a basis for future research. Initially, the anatomy of the Wind Loading Chain is presented, in which emphasis was given to the early works of Alan G. Davenport. Next, the current state of practice to design tall buildings for wind load is presented, and its limitations are highlighted. Following this, we critically review the state of development of PBWD. Our review on PBWD covers the existing design frameworks and studies conducted on the nonlinear response of structures under wind loads. Thereafter, to provide a basis for future research, the nonlinear response of simple yielding systems under long-duration turbulent wind loads is studied in two phases. The first phase investigates the issue of damage accumulation in conventional structural systems characterized by elastic-plastic, bilinear, pinching, degrading, and deteriorating hysteretic models. The second phase introduces methods to develop new performance objectives for PBWD based on joint peak and residual deformation demands. In this context, the utility of multi-variate demand modeling using copulas and kernel density estimation techniques is presented. This paper also presents joined fragility curves based on the results of incremental dynamic analysis. Subsequently, the efficiency of tuned mass dampers and self-centering systems in controlling the accumulation of damage in wind-excited structural systems are investigated. The role and the need for explicit modeling of uncertainties in PBWD are also discussed with a case study example. Lastly, two unified PBWD frameworks are proposed by adapting and revisiting the Wind Loading Chain. This paper concludes with a summary and a proposal for future research.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.159-170
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• 2022

기후변화로 인한 도시유역의 물 관련 재해의 심각성이 증가함에 따라 미래 기후 환경에서 도시 유역의 홍수피해를 줄이는 것은 중요한 문제 중 하나이다. 본 연구는 다기준의사결정기법을 이용하여 미래 기후 환경에서 도시 유역의 홍수 피해 저감 효율을 극대화하기 위해 투수성 포장 시설을 설치하기 위한 지역의 우선순위를 선정한다. 과거에 비해 도시화가 많이 진행된 목감천 유역을 대상유역으로 선정하였으며, 목감천 유역의 27개 소유역을 투수성 포장 시설의 설치 가능지역으로 하였다. 2개의 Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) 시나리오에 따른 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6(CMIP6)의 6개 전지구모형(General Circulation Model, GCM)을 사용하여 연구대상지의 미래 월 강수 자료를 추정했다. 투수성 포장의 우선순위를 결정하기 위한 수량 평가 기준은 Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) 체계를 토대로 선정하였으며, 평가 기준별 투수성 포장 시설의 평가값은 국가통계자료와 Storm Water Management Model의 모의 값을 사용했다. 최종적으로 Fuzzy TOPSIS 및 Minimax regret 방법을 사용하여 투수성 시설을 설치하기 위한 지역의 우선순위를 선정했다. 결국 우선순위가 높은 지역은 목감천 유역의 상류 유역에 비해 도시화가 많이 진행되었고 인구밀도가 높은 하류유역에 집중되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 다단계 하중 Falling Weight Deflectometer를 사용하여 도로기초의 상태를 평가하는 방법을 제시하였다. 응력의존 재료모델을 포함한 동적 유한요소법을 활용하여 가상의 처짐과 응력/변형률 데이터베이스를 구축하였다. 이러한 가상의 데이터베이스를 바탕으로 표면처짐 및 보조기층 또는 노상의 중요한 위치에서 발생하는 응력/변형률과의 관계를 제시하였다. 미국의 LTPP와 노스캐롤라이나 주도로국에서 실시한 FWD 처짐값, 동적관입시험 결과, 그리고 반복하중 탄성계수시험을 활용하여 평가방법을 개발하였다. 특히 본 연구는 FWD 하중크기가 상태평가 방법에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구의 초점을 맞추었다. 연구결과, 구조적으로 수정된 보조기층 손상지수와 보조기층 곡률지수가 각각 보조기층과 노상토의 강성도 특성을 예측할 수 있는 좋은 인자들로 판단되었다. 66.7kN 또는 그 보다 작은 하중은 예측의 정밀도를 높이는데 부족하였다. 도로기초의 비선형 거동에 대한 연구결과, 다단계 하중으로부터 발생하는 처짐비는 도로기초 재료의 종류와 상태를 판단할 수 있었다.