• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2019

This paper studies damage detection as an optimization problem. A new objective function based on changes in natural frequencies, and Natural Frequency Vector Assurance Criterion (NFVAC) was developed. Due to their easy and fast acquisition, natural frequencies were utilized to detect structural damages. Moreover, they are sensitive to stiffness reduction. The method presented here consists of two stages. Firstly, Finite Element Model (FEM) is updated. Secondly, damage severities and locations are determined. To minimize the proposed objective function, a new bio-inspired optimization algorithm called salp swarm was employed. Efficiency of the method presented here is validated by three experimental examples. The first example relates to three-story shear frame with two single damage cases in the first story. The second relates to a five-story shear frame with single and multiple damage cases in the first and third stories. The last one relates to a large-scale eight-story shear frame with minor damage case in the first and third stories. Moreover, the performance of Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) was compared with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The results show that better accuracy is obtained using SSA than using PSO. The obtained results clearly indicate that the proposed method can be used to determine accurately and efficiently both damage location and severity in multi-story shear frames.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2015

This paper presents a sorting method of mode vectors and natural frequencies about a rotor-journal bearing system. The rotor is solved by the finite element method, the bearing stiffness and damping coefficient are solved by the finite difference method. At any rotation speed section through the eigenvalue analysis of the system, mode vectors and natural frequencies not sorted are confirmed via the Campbell diagram and the MAC(modal assurance criterion). To sort mode vectors and natural frequencies of the section, a mode sorting method is presented through a method of rearranging the MAC of the mode vectors. Finally, the mode vectors and the natural frequencies are sorted by using the presented method, these are verified through the MAC.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

구조물의 내진설계 시 지진력은 구조모델 수립 및 구조해석에 기반하여 산정되는데, 구조모델이 실제 구조물의 동특성치를 정확하게 반영하기 위해서는 실제 계측을 통한 보정이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 실제 건물을 모사한 4층 골조 시험체를 대상으로 각 층별 가속도계를 부착하여 1축 진동대 실험을 수행하였다. 실험체의 주기는 실제 건축물의 주기와 유사하며, 수평부재의 무한강성을 고려하여 기둥은 이중곡률로 거동하도록 설계하였다. 입력지진파의 특성에 따른 영향을 고려하기 위해 다양한 주파수와 가속도 크기를 갖는 역사지진파와 인공지진파를 가력하였다. 동적응답신호를 통해 얻은 주파수응답함수를 이용하여 고유진동수와 감쇠비, 모드벡터를 도출하였으며, Mode assurance criterion(MAC)를 통해 입력지진파에 따른 모드벡터 간의 편차를 확인하였다. 또한 진동대 실험을 통해 도출된 감쇠비를 구조모델에 적용하였으며, 실험 결과와의 비교를 통하여 동특성 도출 방법을 검증하였다.