• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.79-99
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• 2018

The effects of BPC (blade pitch control) on FOWT (floating offshore wind turbine) motions and generated power are investigated by using a fully-coupled turbine-floater-mooring simulation program. In this regard, two example FOWTs, OC4-5MW semi-submersible FOWT and KRISO four-3MW-units FOWT, are selected since the numerical simulations of those two FOWTs have been verified against experiments in authors' previous studies. Various simulations are performed changing BPC natural frequency (BPCNF), BPC damping ratio (BPCDR), and wind speeds. Through the numerical simulations, it was demonstrated that negative damping can happen for platform pitch motions and its influences are affected by BPCNF, BPCDR, and wind speeds. If BPCNF is significantly larger than platform-pitch natural frequency, the pitch resonance can be very serious due to the BPC-induced negative-damping effects, which should be avoided in the FOWT design. If wind speed is significantly higher than the rated wind velocity, the negative damping effects start to become reduced. Other important findings are also given through systematic sensitivity investigations.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.287-292
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• 2005

This paper presents a rational polynomial approximation method to estimate modal parameters of wind excited structures using incomplete noisy measurements of structural responses and partial measurements of wind velocities only. A stochastic model of the excitation wind force acting on the structure is estimated from partial measurements of wind velocities. Then the transfer functions of the structure are approximated as rational polynomial functions. From the poles and zeros of the estimated rational polynomial functions, the modal parameters, such as natural frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes are extracted. Since the frequency characteristics of wind forces acting on structures can be assumed as a smooth Gaussian process especially around the natural frequencies of the structures according to the central limit theorem (Brillinger, 1969; Yaglom, 1987), the estimated modal parameters are robust and reliable with respect to the assumed stochastic input models. To verify the proposed method, the modal parameters of a TV transmission tower excited by gust wind are estimated. Comparison study with the results of other researchers shows the efficacy of the suggested method.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.47-69
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• 2024

Pounding of structures may result in considerable damages, to the extent of total failure during severe lateral loading events (e.g., earthquakes and wind). With the new generation of tall buildings in densely occupied locations, wind-induced pounding becomes of higher risk due to such structures' large deflections. This paper aims to develop mathematical formulations to determine the maximum pounding force when two adjacent structures come into contact. The study will first investigate wind-induced pounding forces of two equal-height structures with similar dynamic properties. The wind loads will be extracted from the Large Eddy Simulation models and applied to a Finite Element Method model to determine deflections and pounding forces. A Genetic Algorithm is lastly utilized to optimize fitting parameters used to correlate the maximum pounding force to the governing structural parameters. The results of the wind-induced pounding show that structures with a higher natural frequency will produce lower maximum pounding forces than those of the same structure with a lower natural frequency. In addition, taller structures are more susceptible to stronger pounding forces at closer separation distances. It was also found that the complexity of the mathematical formula from optimization depends on achieving a more accurate mapping for the trained database.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2005

본 연구는 지하역사 승강장 가판대에서 화재발생 시 자연풍의 영향과 강제배연 시스템의 작동 여부에 따른 열과 연기의 유동특성을 알아보기 위하여 수치해석을 수행하였다. 해석 조건으로는 1)자연풍이 없고 배연설비도 가동되지 않는 경우, 2) 자연풍은 불고 있으나 배연설비는 가동되지 않는 경우, 3) 자연풍은 없으나 배연설비가 가동되는 3가지 경우이다. 수치해석의 결과자연풍이 역사의 길이 방향으로 불고 있을 경우에는 길이방향으로 화재의 확산이 빠르게 진행되며 열과 연기가 승강장에 급속하게 확산되어 피난에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 배연설비가 가동될 경우 지하역사 승강장으로 열과 연기가 보다 빠르게 전파되었지만 호흡안전 높이까지 열 및 연기가 도달하는 데에는 배연설비를 작동하지 않는 경우에 비하여 훨씬 많은 시간이 소요되었다. 그리고 화재발생위치에서 자연풍이 불어오는 지하공간영역에서는 배연설비의 제연효과가 하류 측의 영역에 비하여 보다 크게 나타나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 배연설비의 작동은 연기와 열을 동시에 외부로 배출시키는 역할을 하여 승객의 시야 확보 및 피난 시간을 확보하여 주는 것으로 나타났다. 해석조건에서 가장 큰 차이를 보이는 조건2)와 조건3)에서 화재구역 내의 온도차는 약 2배 차이를 보였으며, 화재지점에서 200m 지점의 연기농도분포도 약 6배 정도의 차이를 보였다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.216-222
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• 2013

A solar power generator is usually installed outdoors and it is exposed to extreme environments such as heavy fall of snow and high speed wind. Therefore, the solar tracker structure should be designed to have sufficient static and dynamic stiffness against such environmental conditions. In this paper, eigenvalue analysis of the solar tracker is carried out by varying the pose of the solar panel and unsteady flow analysis around a single tracker or multi-trackers arranged in a line is performed by varying the parameters such as wind directions, wind speeds and the pose of the solar panel to evaluate whether there exists an instability of resonance due to vortex shedding. Finite element eigenvalue analysis shows that natural frequencies and modes are almost not influenced by the pose of the solar panel and the finite element flow analysis shows that there does not exist periodic vortex shedding due to the flow around single tracker or multiple solar trackers in a line.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.667-675
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• 2012

A damage estimation method for support structure of offshore wind turbine using modal parameters is presented for effective structural health monitoring. Natural frequencies and mode shapes for a support structure with monopile of an offshore wind turbine were calculated considering soil condition and added mass. A neural network was learned based on training patterns generated by the changes of natural frequency and mode shape due to various damages. Natural frequencies and mode shapes for 10 prospective damage cases were input to the trained neural network for damage estimation. The identified damage locations and severities agreed reasonably well with the accurate damages. Multi-damage cases could also be successfully estimated. Enhancement of estimation result using another parameters as input to neural network will be carried out by further study. Proposed method could be applied to other type of support structure of offshore wind turbine for structural health monitoring.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1427-1435
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• 2001

Air movement in wokplaces, whether resulting from a forced ventilation system or naturally occurring airflow, has a significant impact on occupational health. In a huge shipbuilding factory building, typical harmful factors such as fume or vaporized gas from welding and cutting of steel plates, and dusts from grinding give unpleasant feeling. From field data survey, the yearly dominant, wind directions for the shipbuilding factory building tested were northwest, northeast and southeast Among the three wind directions, the ventilation improvement was the worst for the northeastern wind. This study was focused on location of the opening vents in order to utilize the natural ventilation effectively. Instantaneous velocity fields inside the 1/1000 scale-down factory building model were measured using a 2-frame PIV system. The factory building model was embedded in an atmospheric boundary layer simulated in a wind tunnel. The modified vents improve the internal Ventilation flow with increasing the flow speed more than two times, compared with that of present vents.

• 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.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2008

최근 급증하고 있는 초고층건축물의 건립에 있어 건축법에서 규정하는 자연제연방식인 배연창이 바람의 영향과 함께 연돌효과에 미치는 영향을 네트워크 모델인 CONTAMW을 통해 분석하였다. 초고층건축물에서 연돌효과는 배연창 개방 및 외기풍속에 따라 중성대의 위치형성에 중요한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 배연창 개방은 중성대를 개방층 쪽으로 이동시켰으며, 외기풍속의 영향은 중성대를 고층부로 상향이동시키는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 화재조건에서 바람의 영향을 고려하지 않을 경우 화재실의 부력 및 팽창으로 실내공기가 배출되는 정상적으로 배연성능을 보였으나, 바람의 영향을 고려할 경우 외기풍속이 빠를수록 화재실의 부력 및 팽창보다 바람의 영향이 크게 작용하여 오히려 외기가 유입되는 비정상적인 배연성능을 나타낼 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2010

건축물의 풍진동은 건축물의 사용성평가에 중요한 구조설계 요인 중 하나이다. 신뢰성있는 풍하중 및 풍진동을 구하기 위해서는 정확한 고유주기의 예측이 필요하며 이러한 고유주기에 오차가 있을 경우 하중을 과대 또는 과소평가하게 되는 문제를 유발한다. 본 논문에서는 최근 본격적으로 증가하고 있는 초고층 무량판 구조시스템의 건축물에 대하여 계측을 통한 횡강성 산정식의 유효성을 검정하였다. 이를 위하여 최근 건설된 초고층 무량판 구조시스템이 적용된 3개의 건물에 대하여 계측 결과와 해석 모델의 고유주기를 비교 분석하였다. 이때, 무량판 구조물의 횡강성에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대하여 각 케이스별로 해석을 수행하였으며, 특히 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 콘크리트의 할선탄성계수와 동탄성계수가 적용 되었을 때의 구조물의 고유주기 변화를 비교하였다. 그 결과 풍진동에 의한 건물의 변형률은 매우 적기 때문에 할선탄성계수의 적용보다는 동탄성계수의 적용이 보다 정확한 해석의 결과를 가져올 것으로 판단된다.