• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.277-296
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• 2013

Margin of safety against potential of progressive collapse is among important features of a structural system. Often eccentricity in plan of a building causes concentration of damage, thus adversely affects its progressive collapse safety margin. In this paper the progressive collapse of symmetric and asymmetric 3-story reinforced concrete ordinary moment resisting frame buildings subjected to the earthquake ground motions are studied. The asymmetric buildings have 5%, 15% and 25% mass eccentricity. The distribution of the damage and spread of the collapse is investigated using nonlinear time history analyses. Results show that potential of the progressive collapse at both stiff and flexible edges of the buildings increases with increase in the level of asymmetry in buildings. It is also demonstrated that "drift" as a more easily available global response parameter is a good measure of the potential of progressive collapse rather than much difficult-to-calculate local response parameter of "number of collapse plastic hinges".

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.305-320
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• 2024

We consider a mathematical model which describes the quasistatic contact of electro-viscoelastic rod with an obstacle. We use a modified Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic constitutive law in which the elasticity operator is nonlinear and locally Lipschitz continuous, taking into account the piezoelectric effect of the material. We model the contact with a general damped response condition. We establish a local existence and uniqueness result of the solution by using arguments of time-dependent nonlinear equations and Schauder's fixed-point theorem and obtain a global existence for small enough data.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집(제1권)
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• pp.211-216
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• 2006

수중세장체의 동적거동 해석시, 세장체간의 접촉, 세장체와 지면의 접촉이 흔히 포함된다. 본 논문에서는 접촉모델의 동적거동 해석을 위해 효율적이고 일반적인 접촉알고리듬을 다루고 있다. 절대 좌표계에서 시스템의 경계상자를 만들고, 그것을 세분화하여 접촉감지에 사용하는 전역 감지 기술이 제안되었다. 접촉 감지의 횟수, 즉 접촉 감지 시간이 다른 방법에 비해 작다는 것이 이 방법의 장점이다. 개발된 효율적인 접촉 감지 알고리듬을 3차원 비선형 세장체 해석 프로그램에 적용하였으며, 몇 가지 수치예제를 통하여 제안된 방법의 효율성을 검증하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2007

수중세장체의 동적거동 해석시, 세장체간의 접촉, 세장체와 지면의 접촉이 흔히 포함된다. 본 논문에서는 접촉모델의 동적거동 해석을 위해 효율적이고 일반적인 접촉알고리듬을 다루고 있다. 절대좌표계에서 시스템의 경계상자를 만들고, 그것을 세분화하여 접촉감지에 사용하는 전역 감지 기술이 제안되었다. 접촉 감지의 횟수, 즉 접촉 감지 시간이 다른 방법에 비해 작다는 것이 이 방법의 장점이다. 개발된 효율적인 접촉 감지 알고리듬을 3차원 비선형 세장체 해석 프로그램에 적용하였으며, 몇 가지 수치예제를 통하여 제안된 방법의 효율성을 검증하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.905-924
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• 2016

Several two-dimensional analytical beam column joint models with varying complexities have been proposed in quantifying joint flexibility during seismic vulnerability assessment of non-ductile reinforced concrete (RC) frames. Notable models are the single component rotational spring element and the super element joint model that can effectively capture the governing inelastic mechanisms under severe ground motions. Even though both models have been extensively calibrated and verified using quasi-static test of joint sub-assemblages, a comparative study of the inelastic seismic responses under nonlinear time history analysis (NTHA) of RC frames has not been thoroughly evaluated. This study employs three hypothetical case study RC frames subjected to increasing ground motion intensities to study their inherent variations. Results indicate that the super element joint model overestimates the transient drift ratio at the first story and becomes highly un-conservative by under-predicting the drift ratios at the roof level when compared to the single-component model and the conventional rigid joint assumption. In addition, between these story levels, a decline in the drift ratios is observed as the story level increased. However, from this limited study, there is no consistent evidence to suggest that care should be taken in selecting either a single or multi component joint model for seismic risk assessment of buildings when a global demand measure such as maximum inter-storey drift is employed in the seismic assessment framework.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.503-515
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• 2022

Global or partial damage to a structure due to the failure of gravity or lateral load-bearing elements is called progressive collapse. In the present study, the alternate load path (ALP) method introduced by GSA and UFC 4-023-03 guidelines is used to evaluate the progressive collapse in special steel moment-resisting frame (SMRF) buildings. It was assumed that the progressive collapse is due to the earthquake force and its effects after the removal of the elements still remain on the structures. Therefore, nonlinear dynamic time history analysis employing 7 earthquake records is used to investigate this phenomenon. Internal and external column removal scenarios are investigated and the stiffness of the connections is changed from semi-rigid to rigid. The results of the analysis performed in the OpenSees program show that the loss of the bearing capacity of an exterior column due to a seismic event and the occurrence of progressive collapse can increase the inter-story drift of the structure with semi-rigid connections by more than 50% and make the structure unable to satisfy the life safety performance level. Furthermore, connection stiffness severely affects the redistribution of forces and moments in the adjacent elements of the removed column.

• 물과 미래
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.217-224
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 관망 시스템에서의 관경, 관경 및 전체유속, 유량 및 전체조도계수를 주어진 지점의 압력과 유량값을 이용하여 산정하는 기법을 개발하였다. 선택된 관망의 수리학적 인자들은 연속방정식과 에너지방정식을 재구성함으로써 결정될 수 있었다. 계수메트릭스를 해석하기 위하여 부가적인 에너지방정식이 사용되었다. 복잡한 관로 시스템에 대해 본 연구모형들이 적용되었다. 본 모형의 검증을 위해 계산결과를 KYPIPE2 모형에 역대입한 결과는 서로 잘 일치하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1333-1342
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• 1992

본 논문은 제어 입력 u(t)에 대하여 비선형 결합된 3차 미분 방정식으로 표현되는 조작기를 갖는 로보트 매니퓰레이터에 대하여 제어기의 설계에 관한 논문이다. 제어 방식은 두 단계로 구성되며, 첫째 단계로는 비결합된 제어가능한 선형 계통을 얻기 위하여 대역적(global)선형화를 수행하며, 둘째 단계로는 선형화 계통에 대하여, 모델의 불확실성이 존재하는 경우에도 강건성과 안정도를 보장하도록 Lyapunov 방정식과 전체 안정도 이론을 적용하여 제어기를 설계한다. 제안된 제어기를 조작기가 포함된 자유도가 3인 로보트 매니퓰레이터에 대하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.589-611
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• 2016

This paper presents an analytical study aimed at evaluating the seismic performance of steel moment resisting frames (MRFs) retrofitted with different approaches. For this, 3, 6 and 12 storey MRFs having four equal bays of 5 m were selected as the case study models. The models were designed with lateral stiffness insufficient to satisfy code drift and hinge limitations in zones with high seismic hazard. Three different retrofit strategies including traditional diagonal bracing system and energy dissipation devices such as buckling restrained braces and viscoelastic dampers were used for seismic upgrading of the existing structures. In the nonlinear time history analysis, a set of ground motions representative of the design earthquake with 10% exceedance probability in fifty years was taken into consideration. Considering the local and global deformations, the results in terms of inter-storey drift index, global damage index, plastic hinge formations, base shear demand and roof drift time history were compared. It was observed that both buckling-restrained braces and viscoelastic dampers allowed for an efficient reduction in the demands of the upgraded frames as compared to traditional braces.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.413-433
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• 2017

The dynamic and structural responses of a 1000-m long circular submerged floating tunnel (SFT) with both ends fixed under survival irregular-wave excitations are investigated. The floater-mooring nonlinear and elastic coupled dynamics are modeled by a time-domain numerical simulation program, OrcaFlex. Two configurations of mooring lines i.e., vertical mooring (VM) and inclined mooring (IM), and four different buoyancy-weight ratios (BWRs) are selected to compare their global performances. The result of modal analysis is included to investigate the role of the respective natural frequencies and elastic modes. The effects of various submergence depths are also checked. The envelopes of the maximum/minimum horizontal and vertical responses, accelerations, mooring tensions, and shear forces/bending moments of the entire SFT along the longitudinal direction are obtained. In addition, at the mid-section, the time series and the corresponding spectra of those parameters are also presented and analyzed. The pros and cons of the two mooring shapes and high or low BWR values are systematically analyzed and discussed. It is demonstrated that the time-domain numerical simulation of the real system including nonlinear hydro-elastic dynamics coupled with nonlinear mooring dynamics is a good method to determine various design parameters.