• Computers and Concrete
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.81-95
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• 2019

The unexpected seismic interaction of dry-assembled precast concrete frame structures typical of the European heritage with their precast cladding panels brought to extensive failures of the panels during recent earthquakes due to the inadequateness of their connection systems. Following this recognition, an experimental campaign of cyclic and pseudo-dynamic tests has been performed at ELSA laboratory of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on a full-scale prototype of precast structure with vertical and horizontal cladding panels within the framework of the Safecladding project. The panels were connected to the frame structure by means of innovative arrangements of fastening systems including isostatic, integrated and dissipative. Many of the investigated configurations involved a strong frame-cladding interaction, modifying the structural behaviour of the frame turning it into highly non-linear since small deformation. In such cases, properly modelling the connections becomes fundamental in the framework of a design by non-linear dynamic analysis. This paper presents the peculiarities of the numerical models of precast frame structures equipped with the various cladding connection systems which have been set to predict and simulate the experimental results from pseudo-dynamic tests. The comparison allows to validate the structural models and to derive recommendations for a proper modelling of the different types of existing and innovative cladding connection systems.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.40-48
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• 2022

An automated material handling system (AMHS) has been emerging as an important factor in the semiconductor wafer manufacturing industry. In general, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) in the Fab's AMHS travels hundreds of miles on guided paths to transport a lot through hundreds of operations. The AMHS aims to transfer wafers while ensuring a short delivery time and high operational reliability. Many linear and analytic approaches have evaluated and improved the performance of the AMHS under a deterministic environment. However, the analytic approaches cannot consider a non-linear, non-convex, and black-box performance measurement of the AMHS owing to the AMHS's complexity and uncertainty. Unexpected vehicle congestion increases the delivery time and deteriorates the Fab's production efficiency. In this study, we propose a Q-Learning based dynamic routing algorithm considering vehicle congestion to reduce the delivery time. The proposed algorithm captures time-variant vehicle traffic and decreases vehicle congestion. Through simulation experiments, we confirm that the proposed algorithm finds an efficient path for the vehicles compared to benchmark algorithms with a reduced mean and decreased standard deviation of the delivery time in the Fab's AMHS.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1817-1825
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• 2021

전방향 모바일 로봇은 로봇의 방향을 바꿀 필요 없이 어떤 방향으로든 움직일 수 있어 여러 응용 분야에서 적용이 쉽고 뛰어난 기동성을 제공한다. 전방향 모바일 로봇은 마찰과 같은 비선형 동적 성분을 가지고 있어 정확히 모델링하기에 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 비선형 성분을 제거하기 위하여 모바일 로봇의 역 다이내믹과 적분 슬라이딩 모드 제어기법을 사용하여 모바일 로봇 시스템을 선형화하고, 제안된 제어기법의 최적 성능을 구현하기 위하여 유전알고리즘을 사용하여 위치 및 속도 이득을 최적화한다. 성능 평가 결과 유전알고리즘을 적용한 제어기법이 임의의 이득을 갖는 제어기법보다 뛰어난 성능을 나타내었다. 그리고 제안된 역 다이내믹과 적분 슬라이딩 모드 제어기법은 다른 제어기법에서도 적용될 수 있으며, 특히 선형제어시스템 설계에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권1호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2020

In this paper the dynamic behavior of an isolated building subjected to idealized near-fault pulses is investigated. The building is represented with a simple 2-DOF model. Both linear and non-linear behavior of the isolation system is considered. Using dimensional analysis, in conjunction with closed form mathematical idealized pulses, appropriate dimensionless parameters are defined and self-similar curves are plotted on dimensionless graphs, based on which various conclusions are reached. In the linear case, the role of viscous damping is examined in detail and the existence of an optimum value of damping along with its significant variation with the number of half-cycles is shown. In the nonlinear case, where the behavior of the building depends on the amplitude of the excitation, the benefits of dimensional analysis are evident since the influence of the dimensionless 𝚷-terms is easily examined. Special consideration is given to the normalized strength of the non-linear isolation system that appears to play a complex role which greatly affects the response of the 2-DOF. In the last part of the paper, a comparison of the responses to idealized pulses between a linear fixed-base SDOF and the respective isolated 2-DOF with both linear and non-linear damping is conducted and it is shown that, under certain values of the superstructure and isolation system characteristics, the use of an isolation system can amplify both the normalized acceleration and displacement of the superstructure.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2007

The reinforced concrete slab is one of main structure members in the construction industry sector. However, most of researches regarding to RC slabs have been focused on two-dimensional Mindlin-type plate element on the basis of laminated plate theory since three-dimensional solid element has a lot of difficulties in finite element formulation and costs in CPU time. In reality, the RC slabs are subjected to dynamic loads like a heavy traffic vehicle load, and thus should insure the safety from the static load as well as dynamic load. Once we can estimate the dynamic behaviour of RC slabs exactly, it will be very helpful for design of it. In this study, the 20-node solid element has been used to analyze the dynamic characteristics of RC slabs with clamped edges. The elasto-visco plastic model for material non-linearity and the smeared crack model have been adopted in the finite element formulation. The applicability of the proposed finite element has been tested for dynamic behaviour of RC slabs with respect to characteristics of concrete materials in terms of cracking stress, crushing strain, fracture energy and Poisson's ratio. The effect on dynamic behaviour is dependent on not crushing strain but cracking stress, fracture energy and Poisson's ratio. In addition to this, it is shown the damping phenomenon of RC slabs has been identified from the numerical results by using Rayleigh damping.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.405-423
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• 2020

Non-linear energy sink (NES) is an emerging passive absorber able to mitigate the dynamic response of structures without any external energy supply, resonating with all the modes of the primary structure to control. However, its inherent non-linearities hinder its large-scale use and leads to complicated design procedures. For this purpose, an approximate design approach is herein proposed in a stochastic framework. Since loads are random in nature, the stochastic analysis of non-linear systems may be performed by means of computational intensive techniques such as Monte Carlo simulations (MCS). Alternatively, the Stochastic Linearisation (SL) technique has proven to be an effective tool to investigate the performance of different passive control systems under random loads. Since controlled systems are generally non-classically damped and most of SL algorithms operate recursively, the computational burden required is still large for those problems that make intensive use of SL technique, as optimal design procedures. Herein, a procedure to speed up the Stochastic Linearisation technique is proposed by avoiding or strongly reducing numerical evaluations of response statistics. The ability of the proposed procedure to effectively reduce the computational effort and to reliably design the NES is showed through an application on a well-known case study related to the vibrations mitigation of an aircraft wing.

• 오토저널
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 1993

In this study, 3-dimensional linear and non-linear vehicle models are proposed to improve ride quality. The simulations of a vehicle passing over a bump were performed with those two vehicle models. The dynamic responses of the models were analyzed in time-domain and frequency-domain. Then, discomforts in each vibration axis and the combined-axes were evaluated based on the vibrations of the proposed models. The actual vehicle test results in time domain and frequency domain. Also, the discomfort values were compared. Then the validity of those two models were verified. Also, the design parameters of the suspension system are proposed for improving the ride quality.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.289-299
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 비선형 불연속 시스템인 공간 트러스에 멀티스텝 테일러 해법을 적용하는 것과 비선형 동적 응답 및 불안정 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 해석적 접근에 기초한 보다 정밀한 해는 공간 구조물의 역 문제나 또는 불안정 문제를 다루는데 매우 필요하며, 이는 지배방정식의 비선형성에 기인한다. 따라서 기하학적 비선형을 고려하여 지배 운동 방정식을 유도하였으며, 테일러 해법을 이용하여 정밀한 해석적 해를 구하였다. 해석 방법의 정밀도 검증을 위해서 단일자유도 모델을 채택하였으며, 테일러 해법을 이용한 결과를 4차 룬게-쿠타 법과 비교하였다. 또한, 스텝 하중을 받는 모델의 동적 불안정과 좌굴 특성을 고찰하였다. 두 해석 방법의 비교 결과는 매우 잘 일치하였고, 동적 응답과 위상공간에서의 끌개는 스텝하중 아래에서의 동적 좌굴 현상과, 모델에 감쇠가 미치는 영향을 잘 설명할 수 있음을 보여주었다. 해석결과에서 비감쇠 시스템과 감쇠 시스템의 동적 좌굴 하중 레벨은 각각 정적 좌굴 하중 레벨의 약 77%와 83%의 범위로 나타났다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.643-653
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• 2017

The paper presents controller optimization algorithm for a 12-pulse voltage source converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) system. To get an optimum algorithm, three methods namely conventional-Zeigler-Nichols, linear-golden section search (GSS) and stochastic-particle swarm optimization (PSO) are applied to control of 12 pulse VSC based HVDC system and simulation results are presented to show the best among the three. The performance results are obtained under various dynamic conditions such as load perturbation, non-linear load condition, and voltage sag, tapped load fault at points-of-common coupling (PCC) and single-line-to ground (SLG) fault at input AC mains. The conventional GSS and PSO algorithm are modified to enhance their performances under dynamic conditions. The results of this study show that modified particle swarm optimization provides the best results in terms of quick response to the dynamic conditions as compared to other optimization methods.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.19-36
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• 2015

Modelling and analysis of a brick masonry building involves uncertainties like modelling assumptions and properties of local material. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a calibration to evaluate the dynamic properties of the structure. The response of the finite element model is improved by predicting the parameter by performing linear dynamic analysis on experimental data by comparing the acceleration. Further, a nonlinear dynamic analysis was also performed comparing the roof acceleration and damage pattern of the structure obtained analytically with the test findings. The roof accelerations obtained analytically were in good agreement with experimental roof accelerations. The damage patterns observed analytically after every shock were almost similar to that of experimental observations. Damage pattern with amplification in roof acceleration exhibit the potentiality of earthquake resistant measures in brick masonry models.