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Assessment of Zeolite Soil Mixture as Adsorptive Fill Material at Industrial Zones (산업단지에서의 흡착 성토재로써 제올라이트 토양혼합물의 특성평가)

  • Kwon, Patrick Sun;Rahim, Shahrokhishahraki;Park, Jun Boum
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.203-209
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    • 2019
  • A number of industrial zones in South Korea were reported contaminated by heavy metals. Such contamination could cause severe damage to the subsurface environment including soil and groundwater. The treatment of zeolite mixing with soil at the bottom of such industrial zones might prevent, or at least reduce the damage of contamination by adsorption of the heavy metals from the leakage. However, such mixtures should maintain the proper bearing capacity as a foundation fill material from the geotechnical point of view at the same time. To investigate the effect of mixtures of zeolite with local soils for the adsorption of heavy metals (Zn, Pb) and sustainability of bearing capacity, adsorption isotherm tests and direct shear test with compaction tests were performed. Results showed that the mixing zeolite with local soils effectively reduces the spreading of the heavy metal contamination when maintaining its proper geotechnical properties as a fill material of industrial zones.

Seismic Retrofitting Effects of General Hospital Using Self-Centering Energy Dissipative Bracing System (자기복구형 에너지소산 가새시스템을 적용한 종합병원의 내진보강효과)

  • Kim, Taewan;Chu, Yurim;Bhandari, Diwas
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.159-167
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    • 2019
  • 2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquakes led Koreans to acknowledge that the Korean peninsula is not an earthquake-free zone anymore. Among various buildings crucial to after-shock recovery, general hospital buildings, especially existing old ones, are very significant so seismic retrofitting of those must be an important issue. Self-centering energy dissipative(SCED) brace is one of retrofitting methods, which consists of tendon with restoring force and friction device capable of dissipating seismic energy. The strength of the SCED brace is that the tendon forces a structure to go back to the original position, which means residual drift can be negligible. The residual drift is a very important parameter to determine usableness of general hospitals after shock. To the contrary, buckling-restrained braces(BRB) are also a very effective way to retrofit because they can resist both compressive and tensile, but residual drift may exist when the steel core yields. On this background, the seismic retrofitting effect of general hospitals reinforced with SCED braces was investigated and compared to that of the BRD in this study. As a result, although the floor acceleration cannot be reduced, the story drift and residual drift, and the shear demand of walls significantly decreased. Consequently, seismic retrofitting by SCED braces are very effective for domestic low-rise general hospitals.

Modeling of composite MRFs with CFT columns and WF beams

  • Herrera, Ricardo A.;Muhummud, Teerawut;Ricles, James M.;Sause, Richard
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.327-340
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    • 2022
  • A vast amount of experimental and analytical research has been conducted related to the seismic behavior and performance of concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) columns. This research has resulted in a wealth of information on the component behavior. However, analytical and experimental data for structural systems with CFT columns is limited, and the well-known behavior of steel or concrete structures is assumed valid for designing these systems. This paper presents the development of an analytical model for nonlinear analysis of composite moment resisting frame (CFT-MRF) systems with CFT columns and steel wide-flange (WF) beams under seismic loading. The model integrates component models for steel WF beams, CFT columns, connections between CFT columns and WF beams, and CFT panel zones. These component models account for nonlinear behavior due to steel yielding and local buckling in the beams and columns, concrete cracking and crushing in the columns, and yielding of panel zones and connections. Component tests were used to validate the component models. The model for a CFT-MRF considers second order geometric effects from the gravity load bearing system using a lean-on column. The experimental results from the testing of a four-story CFT-MRF test structure are used as a benchmark to validate the modeling procedure. An analytical model of the test structure was created using the modeling procedure and imposed-displacement analyses were used to reproduce the tests with the analytical model of the test structure. Good agreement was found at the global and local level. The model reproduced reasonably well the story shear-story drift response as well as the column, beam and connection moment-rotation response, but overpredicted the inelastic deformation of the panel zone.

Multi-Scale finite element investigations into the flexural behavior of lightweight concrete beams partially reinforced with steel fiber

  • Esmaeili, Jamshid;Ghaffarinia, Mahdi
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.393-405
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    • 2022
  • Lightweight concrete is a superior material due to its light weight and high strength. There however remain significant lacunae in engineering knowledge with regards to shear failure of lightweight fiber reinforced concrete beams. The main aim of the present study is to investigate the optimum usage of steel fibers in lightweight fiber reinforced concrete (LWFRC). Multi-scale finite element model calibrated with experimental results is developed to study the effect of steel fibers on the mechanical properties of LWFRC beams. To decrease the amount of steel fibers, it is preferred to reinforce only the middle section of the LWFRC beams, where the flexural stresses are higher. For numerical simulation, a multi-scale finite element model was developed. The cement matrix was modeled as homogeneous and uniform material and both steel fibers and lightweight coarse aggregates were randomly distributed within the matrix. Considering more realistic assumptions, the bonding between fibers and cement matrix was considered with the Cohesive Zone Model (CZM) and its parameters were determined using the model update method. Furthermore, conformity of Load-Crack Mouth Opening Displacement (CMOD) curves obtained from numerical modeling and experimental test results of notched beams under center-point loading tests were investigated. Validating the finite element model results with experimental tests, the effects of fibers' volume fraction, and the length of the reinforced middle section, on flexural and residual strengths of LWFRC, were studied. Results indicate that using steel fibers in a specified length of the concrete beam with high flexural stresses, and considerable savings can be achieved in using steel fibers. Reducing the length of the reinforced middle section from 50 to 30 cm in specimens containing 10 kg/m3 of steel fibers, resulting in a considerable decrease of the used steel fibers by four times, whereas only a 7% reduction in bearing capacity was observed. Therefore, determining an appropriate length of the reinforced middle section is an essential parameter in reducing fibers, usage leading to more affordable construction costs.

Flow Analysis According to Changing the Junction Angle of the Channel Confluence Using HDM-2D (HDM-2D를 이용한 하천 합류부 합류각 변화에 따른 흐름 변화 분석)

  • Yoon, Tae Won;Kim, San Ha;Park, Inhwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2021.06a
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    • pp.252-252
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    • 2021
  • 하천 합류부의 흐름거동은 단일 하천 흐름거동에 비해 복잡한 흐름 특성을 나타낸다. 하천의 본류와 지류가 만나는 합류지점에서는 유량비, 합류각의 변화에 따라 전단면(shear plane), 재순환류(recirculation zone)가 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 하천 합류부의 복잡한 흐름특성은 하상의 침식 또는 퇴적을 야기할 수 있고, 수심의 변화, 수생태 변화 등을 일으켜, 하천환경 변화에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 2차원 흐름해석모형 HDM-2D를 이용하여 하천합류부에서 2차원 흐름 모의를 수행하였으며, 합류각의 변화에 따른 흐름특성 변화를 분석했다. HDM-2D 흐름모의 결과의 검증을 위해 90° 각도의 합류수로에 대한 Weber et al.(2001)의 실험결과를 이용했다. 그 결과, 합류지점 하류에서 발생하는 재순환류 및 수위하강, 유속의 변화 등의 수치모의결과가 실험결과와 유사한 변화를 나타냈다. 지류 합류 각도의 변화에 따른 하류 흐름변화를 비교하기 위해 3가지 합류부 각도(30°, 45°, 60°)에 대해 흐름모의를 수행했다. 합류지점의 흐름특성을 분석하기 위해 합류지점의 계산격자를 세밀하게 구성했다. 합류지점 하류에서 발생하는 재순환류의 길이와 최대 폭의 변화로부터 재순환류 발생면적을 계산하였으며, 합류각도의 변화에 따른 흐름특성을 비교 분석 하였다. 흐름모의 결과, 본류와 지류의 합류각이 30°일 때 합류부 내측의 재순환류가 거의 발생하지 않았으며, 합류각이 45°이상일 때 합류각 증가에 따라 재순환류의 폭과 너비가 증가하는 결과를 나타냈다. 또한 합류각 증가에 의해 재순환류 발생 면적이 증가함에 따라 합류부 하류의 수심이 더 큰 폭으로 감소하는 결과를 나타냈다.

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Numerical simulation of flow characteristics and pollutant transport at river confluence (하천 합류부의 흐름특성 및 오염물의 혼합거동 모의)

  • Yun, Se Hun;Seo, Il Won
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.91-91
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    • 2022
  • 하천 합류부에서 수체의 흐름은 매우 역동적으로 변화하며 합류부의 복잡한 3차원 흐름과 난류 구조는 2차류(secondary currents)의 강도변화, 전단층(shear layer)의 뒤틀림 그리고 재순환구역(recirculation zone)의 발생 등 합류부에서의 독특한 특징을 형성한다. 이러한 특징들의 변화는 수체의 흐름구조 뿐만 아니라 하천으로 유입된 오염물의 거동에도 영향을 준다. 기존의 합류부 연구들은 주로 본류와 지류의 합류각이나 유량비에 차이를 두어 합류부의 특징 변화를 모의하였다. 하지만 실제 자연하천에서 홍수방지를 위한 수심확보, 건축자재의 골재수집 등 다양한 목적으로 수행되는 본류의 준설작업으로 인해 발생하는 본류와 지류의 하상면 단차 또한 합류부의 특성에 영향을 미치는 주요한 인자 중 하나이다. 단차가 커짐에 따라 증가하는 지류수체의 낙차는 이차류의 강화를 야기하며 이는 합류부에서의 유속구조를 변화시켜 흐름을 가속시키거나 지체시키며 오염물의 혼합에 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 3차원 수치모의를 통해 90도로 합류되는 수로에서의 흐름구조와 오염물의 혼합에 단차비와 유량비가 미치는 영향을 모의하였다. 유동장 해석을 위해 3차원 RANS (Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stoke) 방정식을 사용하였으며 난류해석은 k-𝜔 SST 모델을 이용하였다. 본류의 경우 11.4m의 수로 연장을 갖고, 하폭은 0.3m이며 수심은 단차의 크기에 따라 변화한다. 지류의 경우는 수로연장 1m, 하폭 및 수로깊이는 0.1m이다. 수치결과의 검증을 위해 이주하(2013)이 수행한 실내 합류수로의 실험결과를 이용하였다. 모의결과를 통해 파악한 합류부의 흐름특성을 이용하여 적절한 2차원 분산계수를 산정한다. 자연하천에서 오염물의 혼합거동을 효과적으로 모의하기 위해 수심 평균된 2차원 이송-분산모형을 이용하는데 이때 적절한 분산계수의 산정이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 합류 후 흐름방향에 따라 분산특성이 상이한 구간을 구분하여 분산계수를 산정하였으며 이를 통해 오염물의 거동을 정확하게 모의하였다.

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Geological Structure of Okcheon Metamorphic Zone in the Miwon-Boeun area, Korea (미원-보은지역에서 옥천변성대의 지질구조)

  • 강지훈;이철구
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.11 no.3_4
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    • pp.234-249
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    • 2002
  • The Miwon-Boeun area in the central and northern part of Okcheon metamorphic zone, Korea, is composed of Okcheon Supergroup and Mesozoic Cheongju and Boeun granitoids which intruded it. The Okcheon Supergroup consists mainly of quartzite (Midongsan Formation), meta-calcareous rocks (Daehyangsan Formation, Hwajeonri Formation), meta-psammitic rocks (Unkyori Formation), meta-politic rocks (Munjuri Formation), meta-conglomeratic rocks (Hwanggangni Formation) in the study area, showing a zonal distribution of NE trend. Its' general trend is locally changed into NS to EW trend in and around high-angle fault of NS or NW trend. This study focused on deformation history of the Okcheon Supergroup, suggesting that the geological structure was formed at least by four phases of deformation. (1) The first phase of deformation occurred under ductile shear deformation of top-to-the southeast movement, forming sheath fold or A-type fold, asymmetric isoclinal fold, NW-SE trending stretching lineation. (2) The second phase of deformation took place under compression of NW-SE direction, forming subhorizontal, tight upright fold of M trend in the earlier phase, and formed semi-brittle thrust fault (Guryongsan Thrust Fault) of top-to-the southeast movement and associated snake-head fold in the later phase. (3) The third phase of deformation formed subhorizontal, open recumbent fold through gravitational or extensional collapses which might be generated from crustal thickening and gravitational instability. (4) The fourth phase of deformation formed moderately plunging, steeply inclined kink fold related to high-angle faulting, being closely connected with the local change of NE-trending regional foliation into NS to EW direction of strike in the vicinity of the high-angle fault.

Research of Diffusion Bonding of Tungsten/Copper and Their Properties under High Heat Flux

  • Li, Jun;Yang, Jianfeng
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.14-14
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    • 2011
  • W (tungsten)-alloys will be the most promising plasma facing armor materials in highly loaded plasma interactive components of the next step fusion reactors due to its high melting point, high sputtering resistance and low deuterium/tritium retention. The bonding technology of tungsten to Cu alloy was one of the key issues. In this paper, W/CuCrZr diffusion bonding has been performed successfully by inserting pure metal interlay. The joint microstructure, interfacial elements migration and phase composition were analyzed by SEM, EDS, XRD, and the joint shear strength and micro-hardness were investigated. The mock-ups were fabricated successfully with diffusion bonding and the cladding technology respectively, and the high heat flux test and thermal fatigue test were carried out under actively cooling condition. When Ni foil was used for the bonding of tungsten to CuCrZr, two reaction layers, Ni4W and Ni(W) layer, appeared between the tungsten and Ni interlayer with the optimized condition. Even though Ni4W is hard and brittle, and the strength of the joint was oppositely increased (217 MPa) due primarily to extremely small thicknesses (2~3 ${\mu}m$). When Ti foil was selected as the interlayer, the Ti foil diffused quickly with Cu and was transformed into liquid phase at $1,000^{\circ}C$. Almost all of the liquid was extruded out of the interface zone under bonding pressure, and an extremely thin residual layer (1~2 ${\mu}m$) of the liquid phase was retained between the tungsten and CuCrZr, which shear strength exceeded 160 MPa. When Ni/Ti/Ni multiple interlayers were used for bonding of tungsten to CuCrZr, a large number of intermetallic compound ($Ni_4W/NiTi_2/NiTi/Ni_3T$) were formed for the interdiffusion among W, Ni and Ti. Therefore, the shear strength of the joint was low and just about 85 MPa. The residual stresses in the clad samples with flat, arc, rectangle and trapezoid interface were estimated by Finite Element Analysis. The simulation results show that the flat clad sample was subjected maximum residual stress at the edge of the interface, which could be cracked at the edge and propagated along the interface. As for the rectangle and trapezoid interface, the residual stresses of the interface were lower than that of the flat interface, and the interface of the arc clad sample have lowest residual stress and all of the residual stress with arc interface were divided into different grooved zones, so the probabilities of cracking and propagation were lower than other interfaces. The residual stresses of the mock-ups under high heat flux of 10 $MW/m^2$ were estimated by Finite Element Analysis. The tungsten of the flat interfaces was subjected to tensile stresses (positive $S_x$), and the CuCrZr was subjected to compressive stresses (negative $S_x$). If the interface have a little microcrack, the tungsten of joint was more liable to propagate than the CuCrZr due to the brittle of the tungsten. However, when the flat interface was substituted by arc interfaces, the periodical residual stresses in the joining region were either released or formed a stress field prohibiting the growth or nucleation of the interfacial cracks. Thermal fatigue tests were performed on the mock-ups of flat and arc interface under the heat flux of 10 $MW/m^2$ with the cooling water velocity of 10 m/s. After thermal cycle experiments, a large number of microcracks appeared at the tungsten substrate due to large radial tensile stress on the flat mock-up. The defects would largely affect the heat transfer capability and the structure reliability of the mock-up. As for the arc mock-up, even though some microcracks were found at the interface of the regions, all microcracks with arc interface were divided into different arc-grooved zones, so the propagation of microcracks is difficult.

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Genetic Relationship and Structural Characteristics of the Fe-Ti Ore Body and the Sancheong Anorthosite, Korea (산청 회장암과 철-티탄 광체의 구조적 특징과 발생적 관계)

  • Kang, Ji-Hoon;Lee, Deok-Seon
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.571-588
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    • 2014
  • It consists of the Precambrian Jirisan metamorphic complex and Sancheong anorthosite complex and the Mesozoic granitoids which intrude them in the Sancheong area, the Jirisan province of Yeongnam massif, Korea. The study area is located in the western part of the stock-type Sancheong anorthosite complex. We performed a detailed fieldwork on the Sancheong anorthosite (SA) and Fe-Ti ore body (FTO) which constitute the Sancheong anorthosite complex, and reinterpreted the origin of FTO foliation and the genetic relationship between them from the foliations, shear zones, occurrences of the SA and FTO. The new structural characteristics between them are as follows: the multilayer structures of FTO, the derived veins of straight, anastomosing uneven types and block structures related to the size reduction of SA, the gradual or irregular boundaries of SA blocks and FTO showing bulbous lobate margins and comb structures, the FTO foliation and linear arrangements of flow occurrence which is not ductile shear deformation, the discontinuous shear zone of SA, the orientation of FTO foliations parallel to the boundaries of SA blocks, the predominance of FTO foliations toward the boundaries of SA blocks and being proportional to the aspect ratio of plagioclase xenocrysts and SA xenoblocks, and the flow folding structures of FTO foliation. Such field evidences indicate that the SA is not fully congealed when the FTO is melt and the fracturing of partly congealed SA causes the derived veins of FTO and the size reduction of SA. Also the gradual or irregular boundaries of SA blocks and FTO result from the mutual reaction between the not fully congealed SA blocks and the FTO melt, and the FTO foliation is a magmatic foliation which was formed by the interaction between the FTO melt and the partly congealed SA blocks. Therefore, these suggest that the SA and FTO are not formed from the intrusion of different magmas in genesis and age but from a coeval and cogenetic magma through multiple fractionation. We predict that the FTO will show an very irregular occurrence injected along irregular fractures, not the regular occurrence like as the intrusive vein and dike. It can be applied to the designing of Fe-Ti mineral resource exploration in this area.

A Study on the Advantage with Staged Construction Procedures and Full-Height Rigid Facing of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls (보강토옹벽에서 단계시공과 일체형 강성벽체의 이점에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Myoung-Soo;Kim, You-Seong;Tatsuoka, Fumio
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2007
  • To construct an ideal geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining wall (GRS-RW), the facing of the wall should be flexible enough to accommodate a large deformation of the supporting ground and to develop the large tensile force in reinforcements during wall construction as long as the stability is ensured, but should be rigid enough to be stiff and stable as well as durable and aesthetically acceptable for a long life time when the wall is in service. Facing conditions during the construction and service of the wall are quite different. So it is difficult to be satisfied all these conditions with the current construction method which is mainly used in reinforced wall construction in Korea. Most of this contradiction could be solved by the staged construction procedure. According to the results of cases and references analyses, stage construction procedures make it possible to accommodate large deformation of the supporting ground and backfill without losing the stability of the wall, and to derive the tensile strength of reinforcement causing deformation of the facing. When the facing is a full-height rigid one, it also appeared almost impossible to occur a local shear failure of the active zone, and pull-out failure of reinforcements. Therefore, GRS-RWs having a full-height rigid facing have been constructed by the staged construction procedures that matched well with the theory of reinforced soil, which had outstanding stability and durability, and thus could be used for railways and bridge abutments in Korea in the future.

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