• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.233-256
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• 2011

This paper investigates the applicability of newly developed Cu-Al-Mn shape memory alloy (SMA) bars to retrofitting of historical masonry constructions by performing quasi-static tests of half-scale brick walls subjected to cyclic out-of-plane flexure. Problems associated with conventional steel reinforcing bars lie in pinching, or degradation of stiffness and strength under cyclic loading, and in their inability to restrain residual deformations in structures during and after intense earthquakes. This paper attempts to resolve the problems by applying newly developed Cu-Al-Mn SMA bars, characterized by large recovery strain, low material cost, and high machinability, as partial replacements for steel bars. Three types of brick wall specimens, unreinforced, steel reinforced, and SMA reinforced specimens are prepared. The specimens are subjected to quasi-static cyclic loading up to rotation angle enough to cause yielding of reinforcing bars. Corresponding nonlinear finite element models are developed to simulate the experimental observations. It was found from the experimental and numerical results that both the steel reinforced and SMA reinforced specimens showed substantial increment in strength and ductility as compared to the unreinforced specimen. The steel reinforced specimen showed pinching and significant residual elongation in reinforcing bars while the SMA reinforced specimen did not. Both the experimental and numerical observations demonstrate the superiority of Cu-Al-Mn SMA bars to conventional steel reinforcing bars in retrofitting historical masonry constructions.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 대역폭 제한과 시분산 특성을 갖는 통신 채널에서 부호간 간섭을 제거시킬 수 있는 MCMA 블라인드 등화 기에 Adaptive Modulus 개념을 적용하여 등화 성능을 개선시킬 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 학습열의 도움없이 채널에서 발생되는 부호간 간섭의 진폭과 위상 회전을 동시에 경감시킬 수 있는 MCMA 블라인드 알고리즘에서 송신 신호의 통계적 특성인 Constant Modulus를 고정시켜 사용하지만, 제안 방식에서는 등화기 출력 신호에 따라 Modulus를 적응적으로 변화시킴으로서 개선된 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다. 이를 위해 수신측에서의 등화기 출력 신호인 복원된 신호 성상도, 수렴 성능을 나타내는 성능 지수인 MSE, MD(Maximum Distortion) 및 잔류 isi 특성 곡선을 사용하였으며, 동일한 조건의 적응 등화 알고리즘에서 제안 방식이 기존 MCMA 알고리즘보다 우월함을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.197-208
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• 2000

최 등/sup 1)/은 total lagrangian formulation에 근거한 증분 평형방정식을 적용하고, 강도행렬 산정시 회전각의 2차항을 포함시켜 기하학적 비선형 해석시 해의 수렴성을 향상시켰다. 또한 등매개 쉘 유한요소의 단점인 전단구속 현상과 제로 에너지 모드가 발생하는 문제를 극복하기 위하여 가정 변형률장을 적용하여 보강된 판 및 쉘 구조의 비선형 해석법을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 잔류응력을 고려한 쉘구조의 극한강도 해석을 수행하기 위하여, 대변형거동과 함께 소성붕괴거동을 추적할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제시한다. 잔류응력을 고려한 증분평형방정식에 return mapping algorithm을 이용한 탄소성 해석법을 결합시켜서 보강된 판 및 쉘구조의 극한거동을 파악한다. 수치해석 예제를 통하여 본 연구에서 제시된 유한요소 및 비선형 해석 알고리즘에 대한 효율성 및 적용성을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2017

극한지 동결 지반에서 구조물의 설계 및 시공이 진행됨에 따라, 안정성 평가를 위해 동결토의 강도 특성에 대한 실험적 연구가 필수적이다. 본 연구의 목적은 전단 상자 시스템에 따른 동결토의 강도를 평가하는 것으로, 이를 위하여 보편적으로 사용되는 기존 직접전단 시스템(Type-1), 상부 전단 상자 위쪽에 롤러를 설치한 시스템(Type-2), 그리고 상부 전단 상자를 하부 전단 상자와 분리되도록 기둥으로 고정한 시스템(Type-3)을 제작하였다. 모든 시스템에는 모래, 실트, 그리고 증류수를 동일한 비율로 혼합한 시료를 이용하여 조성하였으며, 냉동 챔버 내에서 $-5^{\circ}C$까지 동결된 후 연직 응력 5, 10, 25 그리고 50kPa을 가하며 직접전단실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과, Type-1은 전단 이동에 따라 상부 전단 상자가 회전(rotation)하여 하부 전단 상자와 접촉하는 문제가 발생했다. 상부 전단 상자의 회전을 롤러로 방지한 Type-2의 경우, 회전을 막는 힘이 전단강도에 추가되어 강도가 과대 평가되었다. Type-3의 경우, 동결 시료만의 전단강도가 평가되었으며, 최대전단강도 발현 시점과 수직변위가 증가하기 시작하는 시점이 유사하게 나타났다. 또한, Type-3의 최대전단강도와 잔류전단강도의 내부마찰각과 점착력은 롤러의 영향이 제거되어 Type-2보다 작게 나타났다. 본 연구는 동결토와 같이 강도가 큰 시료의 경우 Type-3과 같이 개선된 전단 상자 시스템을 이용하여 동결토만의 강도를 평가할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.196.2-196.2
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• 2016

The design and development procedures of SF6 gas circuit breakers are still largely based on trial and error through testing although the development costs go higher every year. The computation cannot cover the testing satisfactorily because all the real processes arc not taken into account. But the knowledge of the arc behavior and the prediction of thermal plasmas inside SF6 interrupters by numerical simulations are more useful than those by experiments due to the difficulties to obtain physical quantities experimentally and the reduction of computational costs in recent years. In this paper, in order to get further information into the interruption process of a SF6 self-blast interrupter, which is based on the combination of thermal expansion and arc rotation, gas flow simulations with a CFD-arc modeling are performed during the whole switching process such as high-current period, pre-current zero period, and current-zero period. Through the complete work, the temperature of residual arcs as well as the breakdown index after current zero should be a good criterion to predict the dielectric capability of interrupters.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.507-527
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• 2016

The use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) has been seriously considered in seismic engineering due to their capabilities, such as the ability to tolerate cyclic deformations and dissipate energy. Five 3-D extended end-plate connection models have been created, including one conventional connection and four connections with Nitinol bolts of four different prestress forces. Their cyclic behaviors have been investigated using the finite element method software ANSYS. Subsequently, the moment-rotation responses of the connections have been derived by subjecting them to cyclic loading based on SAC protocol. The results obtained in this research indicate that the conventional connections show residual deformations despite their high ductility and very good energy dissipation; therefore, they cannot be repaired after loading. However, while having good energy dissipation and high ductility, the connections equipped with Nitinol bolts have good recentering capability. Moreover, a connection with the mentioned specifications has been modeled, except that only the external bolts replaced with SMA bolts and assessed for seismic loading. The suggested connection shows high ductility, medium energy dissipation and very good recentering. The main objective of this research is to concentrate the deformations caused by cyclic loading on the connection in order to form super-elastic hinge in the connection by the deformations of the shape memory alloy bolts.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.483-492
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• 2009

소성영역에서 부재의 강성감소, 휨효과 및 잔류응력의 영향을 고려하면서 극한 한계상태에서 강골조의 거동을 평가하기 위해 개선 소성 힌지법을 이용하여 평면강골조의 비선형해석을 실시하고, 강접 및 반강접 평면강골조의 다양한 모델에 대한 수치해석을 통하여 거동을 평가하는데 목적이 있다. 그리고 상용프로그램을 이용한 해석결과를 이용하여 반강접율의 변화에 따른 골조의 거동을 분석한다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.214-221
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• 2007

This paper presents a myoelectric hand prosthesis(MHP) with two degree of freedom(2-DOF), which consists of a mechanical hand, a surface myoelectric sensor(SMES) for measuring myoelectric signal, a control system and a charging battery. The actuation for the 2-DOF hand functions such as grasping and wrist rotation was performed by two DC-motors, and controlled by myoelectric signal measured from the residual forearm muscle. The grip force of the MHP was automatically changed by a mechanical automatic speed reducer mounted on the hand. The skin interface of SMES was composed of the electrodes using the SUS440 metal in order to endure a wet condition due to the sweat. The sensor was embedded with a amplifier and a filter circuit for rejecting the offset voltage caused by power line noises. The control system was composed of the grip force sensor, the slip sensor, and the two controllers. The two controllers were made of a RISC-type microprocessor, and its software was executed on a real-time kernel. The control system used Force Sensing Resistors, FSR, as slip pick-ups at the fingertip of a thumb and the grip force information was obtained from a strain-gauge on the lever of the MHP. The experimental results were showed that the proposed control system is feasible for the MHP.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1988-1997
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• 2005

This study is concerned with structural integrity evaluations for the interference-fit flywheels in reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) of nuclear power plants. Stresses in the flywheel due to the shrinkage loads and centrifugal loads at the RCP normal operation speed, design overspeed and joint-release speed are obtained using the finite element method (FEM), where release of the deformation-controlled stresses as a result of structural interactions during rotation is considered. Fracture mechanics evaluations for a series of cracks assumed to exist in the flywheel are conducted, considering ductile (fatigue) and non-ductile fracture, and stress intensity factors are obtained for the cracks using the finite element alternating method (FEAM). From analysis results, it is found that fatigue crack growth rates calculated are negligible for smaller cracks. Meanwhile, the material resistance to non-ductile fracture in terms of the critical stress intensity factor (K$_{IC}$) and the nil-ductility transition reference temperature (RT$_{NDT}$) are governing factors for larger cracks.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.258-265
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• 2001

Turbine blade is subject to force of three type ; torsional force by torsion-mount, centrifugal force by rotation of rotor and cyclic bending force by steam pressure. Cyclic bending force of them is main factor on fatigue fracture. In the X-ray diffraction method, the change in the values related to plastic deformation and residual stress near the fracture surface mat be determined, and information of internal structure of material can be obtained. Therefore, to find a fracture mechanism of torsion-mounted blade in nuclear plant, based on the information from the fracture surface obtained by fatigue test, the correlation of X-ray parameter and fracture mechanics parameter was determined, and then the load applied to actual broken turbine blade parts was predicted. Failure analysis is performed by finite element method and Goodman diagram on torsion-mounted blade.