• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2006년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.256-263
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• 2006

In this paper, an experimental hybrid method, which implements the earthquake response control of a building structure with a TLD(Tuned Liquid Damper) by using only a TLD as an experimental part, is proposed and is experimentally verified through a shaking table test. In the proposed methodology, the whole building structure with a TLD is divided into the upper TLD and the lower structural parts as experimental and numerical substructures, respectively. At the moment, the control force acting between their interface is measured from the experimental TLD with shear-type load-cell which is mounted on shaking table. Shaking table vibrates the upper experimental TLD with the response calculated from the numerical substructure, which is subjected to the excitations of the measured interface control force at its top story and an earthquake input at its base. The experimental results show that the conventional method, in which both a TLD and a building structure model are physically manufactured and are tested, can be replaced by the proposed methodology with a simple experimental installation and a good accuracy for evaluating the control performance of a TLD.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1031-1054
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• 2014

Real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) of a stacked wood shear wall retrofitted with a rate-dependent seismic energy dissipation device (viscous damper) was conducted at the newly constructed Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Alabama. This paper describes the implementation process of the RTHS focusing on the controller scheme development. An incremental approach was adopted starting from a controller for the conventional slow pseudodynamic hybrid simulation and evolving to the one applicable for RTHS. Both benchmark-scale and full-scale tests are discussed to provide a roadmap for future RTHS implementation at different laboratories and/or on different structural systems. The developed RTHS controller was applied to study the effect of a rate-dependent energy dissipation device on the seismic performance of a multi-story wood shear wall system. The test specimen, setup, program and results are presented with emphasis given to inter-story drift response. At 100% DBE the RTHS showed that the multi-story shear wall with the damper had 32% less inter-story drift and was noticeably less damaged than its un-damped specimen counterpart.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.589-613
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• 2019

Cables are prone to vibration due to their low inherent damping characteristics. Recently, negative stiffness dampers have gained attentions, because of their promising energy dissipation ability. The viscous inertial mass damper (termed as VIMD hereinafter) can be viewed as one realization of the inerter. It is formed by paralleling an inertial mass part with a common energy dissipation element (e.g., viscous element) and able to provide pseudo-negative stiffness properties to flexible systems such as cables. A previous study examined the potential of IMD to enhance the damping of stay cables. Because there are already models for common energy dissipation elements, the key to establish a general model for IMD is to propose an analytical model of the rotary mass component. In this paper, the characteristics of the rotary mass and the proposed analytical model have been evaluated by the numerical and experimental tests. First, a series of harmonic tests are conducted to show the performance and properties of the IMD only having the rotary mass. Then, the mechanism of nonlinearities is analyzed, and an analytical model is introduced and validated by comparing with the experimental data. Finally, a real-time hybrid simulation test is conducted with a physical IMD specimen and cable numerical substructure under distributed sinusoidal excitation. The results show that the chosen model of the rotary mass part can provide better estimation on the damper's performance, and it is better to use it to form a general analytical model of IMD. On the other hand, the simplified damper model is accurate for the preliminary simulation of the cable responses.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2006년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.527-534
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• 2006

A real-time hybrid method, in which the experimental implementation and the numerical computation of a structure are simultaneously carried out in real-time and combined on-line, has been used as a dynamic testing technique of structure to investigate its dynamic behaviors. In this paper, an experimental hybrid method, which implements the earthquake response control of a building structure with a TLD by using only a TLD as an experimental part, is proposed and is experimentally verified through a shaking table test. In the proposed methodology, the whole building structure with a TLD is divided into the upper TLD and the lower structural parts as experimental and numerical substructures, respectively. At the moment, the control force acting between their interface is measured from the experimental TLD with shear-type load-cell which is mounted on shaking table. Shaking table vibrates the upper experimental TLD with the response calculated from the numerical substructure, which is subjected to the excitations of the measured interface control force at its top story and an earthquake input at its base. The experimental results show that the conventional method, in which both a TLD and a building model are physically manufactured and are tested, can be replaced by the proposed methodology with a simple experimental installation and a good accuracy for evaluating the control performance of a TLD.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2006

본 논문에서는, 동조액체감쇠기(이하 TLD)만을 실험적 부분구조로 이용하여 TLD가 설치된 건축구조물의 지진 응답 제어효과를 평가하기 위한 실시간 하이브리드 실험법을 제안하고 진동대 실험을 통해 실험적으로 규명한다. 제안된 실험법에서, TLD가 설치된 전체구조물은 상부의 TLD와 하부의 구조물 부분으로 각각 실험적 그리고 수치해석적 부분구조로 나누어진다. 이때 부분구조 사이의 경계면에서 작용하는 하중 또는, TLD에 의한 제어력은 진동대에 설치된 전단형 로드셀에 의해 계측되며 진동대는, 계측된 경계면에서의 제어력이 상부에 작용하고 또한 동시에 기초에 지진하중이 작용하는 수치해석적 부분구조로부터 계산된 응답으로, 상부에 설치된 TLD를 가진하게 된다. 제안된 실험법에 의한 결과와 TLD와 건물모델 모두를 제작하여 실험하는 기존의 방법에 의한 실험 결과들은 서로 잘 일치하며, 이로써 본 논문에서 제안된 실험법을 이용하여 TLD의 제어성능을 손쉽게 평가 할 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.413-421
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• 2012

하이브리드 실험은 구조물의 거동을 수치해석 모델과 물리적 부분구조 모델로 나누어 동시에 수행되는 실험법으로써 본 논문에서는 지진하중에 의한 1경간 2층 강 뼈대 구조에 대한 하이브리드 시험을 수행하였다. 1층 기둥 1개소를 물리적 부분구조모형으로 선택하고, 한 개의 액추에이터를 이용해 수평방향으로 변위를 가하여 수치해석과 하이브리드 실험결과 사이의 거동추이를 분석하였다. 입력 지진데이터로는 El Centro를 사용하였으며, OpenSees를 이용하여 강구조물의 선형 또는 비선형 거동을 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 선형해석은 수치해석과 하이브리드 응답형상이 매우 잘 일치하였으며, 비선형 해석은 재료 비선형성에 의한 영구변형의 차이는 발생하였으나 최대변위 및 전체응답형상은 매우 유사하였다. 또한, 하이브리드 실험 소요시간은 실제 가진 시간에 약 9.6%의 속도로 현재 국내에서 수행된 실험 중 가장 실시간에 근접한 실험이라 할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 하이브리드 실험은 구조물의 동적 거동을 예측하는데 적절하게 활용될 수 있으며, 공간적, 경제적 제약이 있는 진동대 실험을 대체할 수 있으리라 판단된다.