• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.412-418
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• 2015

Objective : To investigate the effects of posterior implant rigidity on spinal kinematics at adjacent levels by utilizing a cadaveric spine model with simulated physiological loading. Methods : Five human lumbar spinal specimens (L3 to S1) were obtained and checked for abnormalities. The fresh specimens were stripped of muscle tissue, with care taken to preserve the spinal ligaments and facet joints. Pedicle screws were implanted in the L4 and L5 vertebrae of each specimen. Specimens were tested under 0 N and 400 N axial loading. Five different posterior rods of various elastic moduli (intact, rubber, low-density polyethylene, aluminum, and titanium) were tested. Segmental range of motion (ROM), center of rotation (COR) and intervertebral disc pressure were investigated. Results : As the rigidity of the posterior rods increased, both the segmental ROM and disc pressure at L4-5 decreased, while those values increased at adjacent levels. Implant stiffness saturation was evident, as the ROM and disc pressure were only marginally increased beyond an implant stiffness of aluminum. Since the disc pressures of adjacent levels were increased by the axial loading, it was shown that the rigidity of the implants influenced the load sharing between the implant and the spinal column. The segmental CORs at the adjacent disc levels translated anteriorly and inferiorly as rigidity of the device increased. Conclusion : These biomechanical findings indicate that the rigidity of the dynamic stabilization implant and physiological loading play significant roles on spinal kinematics at adjacent disc levels, and will aid in further device development.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.371-390
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• 2003

The concept of the seismic slit shear wall was proposed in the early 1990's. A series of experimental and theoretic studies on the wall with reinforced concrete short connecting beams cast in the slit were carried out. In this paper another type of slit shear wall is studied. It is one with vertical slit purposely cast within the wall, and the rubber belt penetrated by a part of web shear reinforcement as seismic energy-dissipation device is filled in the slit. Firstly, an experiment under cyclic loading was carried out on two shear wall models, one slit and the other solid. The failure mechanism and energy-dissipation capacity are compared between the two different models, which testifies the seismic performance of the slit wall improved significantly. Secondly, for engineering practice purpose, a macroscopic analytical model is developed to predict the nonlinear behavior of the slit shear wall under cyclic loading. The mechanical properties of each constituent elements of this model are based on the actual behavior of the materials. Furthermore, the effects of both the axial force and bending moment on the shear behavior are taken into account with the aid of the modified compression-field theory. The numerical results are verified to be in close agreement with the experimental measurements.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

In this study, the effectiveness of a multi-action hybrid damper (MHD) composed of lead rubber bearing (LRB) and friction pad was verified in terms of seismic performance improvement of a frame structure. The LRB and the friction elements are connected in series, so the LRB governs the intial small deformation and the friction determines large deformation behavior. Cyclic loading tests were conducted by using a half scale steel frame structure with the MHD, and the results indicated that the structure became to have the stable trilinear hysteresis with large initial stiffness and first yielding due to the LRB, and the second yielding due to the friction. The MHD could significantly increase the energy dissipation capacity of the structure and the hysteresis curves obtained by tests were almost identical to the analytically estimated ones.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.305-312
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• 2014

대부분 군사용 초음속 전투기는 후기 연소기를 사용한다. 후기 연소기는 초음속 비행, 이륙, 전투 상황에 대해 비상 임무 수행을 가능하게 하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 최근 전투기 J85-GE-21 터보제트 엔진 후기 연소기 연료펌프의 내부 피스톤 패킹고무에서 반복적인 연료 누출 결함이 발생하였다. 이러한 결함은 두 제조사 중 한 제조사의 부품에서만 발생하였다. 따라서, 결함발생 원인을 제조사가 상이한 정상품 및 결함품에 대하여 다양한 비교 분석방법을 통하여 조사하였다. 결함분석에는 팽윤 또는 팽윤도, 총 황함량, 폴리머 확인, 카본블랙 함량 및 표면적, 경도와 같은 분석방법이 적용되었다. 결론적으로, 반복적인 연료 누출 결함의 주요 원인은 보강제 카본블랙의 함량 미달로 확인되었으며, 더불어 표면적이 작은 카본블랙과 함량이 낮은 황 적용이 결함원인에 부가적인 영향을 준 것으로 확인되었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 자동차에서 댐핑 재료로 많이 사용되고 있는 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼를 대체할 수 있는 소재로서 유기탄성체를 사용하였다. 그러나 유기탄성체를 사용하여 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼를 대체하기 위해서는 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼에 상응하는 비중의 구현이 가장 중요하고도 해결하기 어려운 과제이다. 본 연구에서는 고비중 구현을 위한 첫 단계로 최적의 매트릭스 탄성체 및 충전제를 선정하여 충전제의 충전량(vol%)에 따른 고무 혼합물의 경화 특성, 인장 강도, 혼련과정중의 고무 혼합물의 온도 변화 및 반발 탄성 등의 특성을 조사하였다. 충전량이 증가할수록 고무 혼합물의 $t_{s2}$는 감소하였고 $t_{90}$는 전반적으로 증가하였다. 또한 인장 강도는 감소하였고 고무 혼합물의 온도는 충전제 입자간의 마찰열로 인하여 증가하였다. 반발탄성은 충전제가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 따라서 초 고비중을 얻기 위해서는 고충전 기술이 선결되어야 하는데 고충전을 할 경우 매트릭스인 유기탄성체의 부피가 상대적으로 감소하기 때문에 기존의 유기탄성체 경화 시스템으로는 경화가 불가능하여 고충전에 부합하는 경화 시스템을 구축 하고자 매트릭스의 광화학적 개질을 시도하였고, 개질여부는 FTIR-ATR로 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 충전제의 충전밀도를 높여 매트릭스 탄성체에 충전제의 안정한 분산 및 고충전 기술을 확립하고자 충전제의 개질을 통해 충전제의 입도, 입도 분포도 및 형태를 제어하였다. 입도분석기로 입도 및 입도 분포의 변화를 확인하였고 SEM을 이용하여 충전제의 형태 변화를 확인하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2008

이 논문에서는 하이브리드 마운트의 능동진동제어 성능에 대하여 기술하였다. 제안된 하이브리드 마운트는 압전작동기의 능동요소와 고무의 수동요소로 구성하였다. 압전작동기의 작동력 특성과 고무의 동적 특성을 실험적으로 구하여 이를 바탕으로 하이브리드 마운트를 설계 및 제작하였다. 그리고 특정 질량을 결합한 진동제어 시스템을 구축하고, 그 시스템의 지배 방정식을 수립하였다. 지면으로부터 전달되는 진동을 능동적으로 절연시키기 위해서 앞먹임 제어기를 구축하고 실험적으로 구현하였다. 그리고 가속도, 힘 전달력 등 진동제어 성능을 시간과 주파수 영역에서 평가하였다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2001년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Fall 2001
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• pp.107-114
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• 2001

When group pile supporting structures are to be subjected to large lateral loads, generally, hatter piles are used in group pile with vertical piles. It is well known that batter piles resist lateral static loads which are acted upon the piles as axial farces quite well but, they show a poor performance under seismic loads. However, it is not yet known how the batter piles behave under dynamic loading and how to strengthen the batter piles to improve the seismic performance. Shaking table tests were performed to investigate the seismic behavior of the batter pile and to bring up the countermeasures to improve the seismic performance. As the result of the shaking table tests, batter piles failed due to not only the excessive increase of compressive force near the pile head but also that of tensile force. In case that the pile head was connected with pile cap by rubber joint, the max. acceleration at the pile cap was reduced due to the high damping ratio of rubber and the max. moment and max. axial farce at the pile head was decreased remarkably. When the inclinations(V:H) of the batter pile were 8:3 and 8:4, max. moment, max. shear force, and max. axial farce were reduced notably and max. acceleration and max. displacement at the pile cap was diminished, too.

• 폴리머
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.233-239
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• 2001

Mechanical mixing법으로 ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM)과 ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM)과 acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) 블렌드 혼련물을 제조하여, 이들의 무늬 점도, 가교 거동, 영구 압축 줄음율 및 동적 기계적 성질 등을 검토하였다. Rheovibron에 의한 동적 특성 측정의 결과로부터 EPDM/NBR 블렌드는 -43$^{\circ}C$ 및 -4$^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 두 개의 전이를 보였으며 이를 각각 NBR 고무 및 EPDM 고무의 T$_{g}$로 해석하였다. tan${\delta}$ 피크의 위치는 NBR 고무의 함량이 증가함에 따라 고온 쪽으로 이동함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 NBR 고무량이 증가할수록 최적 가황시간이 단축되는 경향을 보였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.427-444
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• 2020

The performance of an isolated horizontally curved continuous bridge with High Damping Rubber (HDR) Bearings has been investigated under seismic loading conditions. The effectiveness of response controls of the bridge by HDR bearings for various aspects viz. variation in ground motion characteristics, multi-directional effect, level of earthquake shaking, varying incidence angle, have been determined. Three recorded ground motions, representative of historical earthquakes along with near-field, far-field and forward directivity effects, have been considered in the study. The efficacy of the bearings with bidirectional effect considering interaction behavior of bearing and pier has also been investigated. Modeling and analysis of the bridge have been done by finite element approach. Sensitivity studies of the bridge response with respect to design parameters of the bearings for the considered ground motions have been performed. The importance of the nonlinearity of HDR bearings along with crucial design parameters has been identified. It has been observed that the HDR bearings performed well in different variations of ground motions, especially for controlling torsional moment. However, the deck displacement has been found to be increased significantly in case of Turkey ground motions, considering forward directivity effect, which needs to be paid more attention from designer point of view.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2022

In this study, an incremental loading test of the HRS(Hybrid Rubber Slit) damper was additionally performed to define the physical characteristics according to the incremental test results, and an analytical study was performed according to the damping design procedure by selecting an example structure. As a result of performing seismic performance evaluation before reinforcement by selecting a RC structure similar to an actual school structure as an example structure, the story drift ratio was satisfied, but some column members collapsed due to bending deformation. In order to secure the seismic performance, the damping design procedure of the HRS damper was presented and performed. As a result of calculating the amount of damping device according to the expected damping ratio and applying it to the example structure, the hysteresis behavior was stable without decrease in strength, and the story drift ratio and the shear force were reduced according to the damping effect. Finally the column members that had collapsed before reinforcement satisfied the LS Level.