• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.421-433
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• 2018

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) cable has good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. However, the anchorage of CFRP cable is a big issue due to the anisotropic property of CFRP material. In this article, a high-efficient bonding anchorage with novel configuration is developed for CFRP cables. The acoustic emission (AE) technique is employed to evaluate the performance of anchorage in the fatigue test and post-fatigue ultimate bearing capacity test. The obtained AE signals are analyzed by using a combination of unsupervised K-means clustering and supervised K-nearest neighbor classification (K-NN) for quantifying the performance of the anchorage and damage evolutions. An AE feature vector (including both frequency and energy characteristics of AE signal) for clustering analysis is proposed and the under-sampling approaches are employed to regress the influence of the imbalanced classes distribution in AE dataset for improving clustering quality. The results indicate that four classes exist in AE dataset, which correspond to the shear deformation of potting compound, matrix cracking, fiber-matrix debonding and fiber fracture in CFRP bars. The AE intensity released by the deformation of potting compound is very slight during the whole loading process and no obvious premature damage observed in CFRP bars aroused by anchorage effect at relative low stress level, indicating the anchorage configuration in this study is reliable.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1003-1020
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• 2017

Estimation of groundwater inflow into underground opening is of critical importance for the design and construction of underground structures. Groundwater inflow into a pilot underground storage facility in China was estimated using analytical equations, numerical modeling and field measurement. The applicability of analytical and numerical methods was examined by comparing the estimated and measured results. Field geological investigation indicated that in local scale the high groundwater inflows are associated with the appearance of open joints, fractured zone or dykes induced by shear and/or tensile tectonic stresses. It was found that 8 groundwater inflow spots with high inflow rates account for about 82% of the total rate for the 9 caverns. On the prediction of the magnitude of groundwater inflow rate, it was found that could both (Finite Element Method) FEM and (Discrete Element Method) DEM perform better than analytical equations, due to the fact that in analytical equations simplified assumptions were adopted. However, on the prediction of the spatial distribution estimation of groundwater inflow, both analytical and numerical methods failed to predict at the present state. Nevertheless, numerical simulations would prevail over analytical methods to predict the distribution if more details in the simulations were taken into consideration.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.507-519
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• 2020

Double skin composite walls are increasingly popular and have been applied to many safety-related facilities. They come from the concept of composite slabs. Conventional connectors such as shear studs and binding bars were used in previous studies to act as the internal mechanical connectors to lock the external steel faceplates to the concrete core. However, the restraint effects of these connectors were sometimes not strong enough. In this research, a recently proposed unique type of steel truss was employed along the wall height to enhance the composite action between the two materials. Concrete-filled tube columns were used as the boundary elements. Due to the existence of boundary columns, the restraints of steel faceplates to the concrete differ significantly for the walls with different widths. Therefore, there is a need to explore the effect of height-to-width ratio on the structural behavior of the wall. In the test program, three specimens were designed with the height of 3000 mm, the thickness of 150 mm, and different widths, to simulate the real walls in practice. Axial compression was applied by two actuators on the tested walls. The axial behavior of the walls was evaluated based on the analysis of test results. The influences of height-to-width ratio on structural performance were evaluated. Finally, discussion was made on code-based design.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.481-493
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• 2020

The negative stiffness spring and inerter are both characterized by the negative stiffness effect in the force-displacement relationship, potentially yielding an amplifying mechanism for dashpot deformation by being incorporated with a series tuning spring. However, resisting forces of the two mechanical elements are dominant in different frequency domains, thus leading to necessary complementarity in terms of vibration control and the amplifying benefit. Inspired by this, this study proposes a Negative Stiffness Inerter System (NSIS) as an earthquake protection system and developed analytical design formulae by fully utilizing its advantageous features. The NSIS is composed of a sub-configuration of a negative stiffness spring and an inerter in parallel, connected to a tuning spring in series. First, closed-form displacement responses are derived for the NSIS structure, and a stability analysis is conducted to limit the feasible domains of NSIS parameters. Then, the dual advantageous features of displacement reduction and the dashpot deformation amplification effect are revealed and clarified in a parametric analysis, stimulating the establishment of a displacement-based optimal design framework, correspondingly yielding the design formulae in analytical form. Finally, a series of examples are illustrated to validate the derived formulae. In this study, it is confirmed that the synergistic incorporation of the negative stiffness spring and the inerter has significant energy dissipation efficiency in a wide frequency band and an enhanced control effect in terms of the displacement and shear force responses. The developed displacement-based design strategy is suitable to utilize the dual benefits of the NSIS, which can be accurately implemented by the analytical design formulae to satisfy the target vibration control with increased energy dissipation efficiency.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제72권3호
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• pp.355-366
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• 2019

Self-centering wall (SCW) is a resilient and sustainable structural system which incorporates unbonded posttensioning (PT) tendons to provide self-centering (SC) capacity along with supplementary dissipators to dissipate seismic energy. Hysteretic energy dissipators are usually placed at two sides of SCWs to facilitate ease of postearthquake examination and convenient replacement. To achieve a good prediction for the skeleton curve of the wall, this paper firstly developed an analytical investigation on lateral load responses of self-centering walls with distributed vertical dampers (VD-SCWs) using the concept of elastic theory. A simplified method for the calculation of limit state points is developed and validated by experimental results and can be used in the design of the system. Based on the analytical results, parametric analysis is conducted to investigate the influence of damper and tendon parameters on the performance of VD-SCWs. The results show that the proposed approach has a better prediction accuracy with less computational effects than the Perez method. As compared with previous experimental results, the proposed method achieves up to 60.1% additional accuracy at the effective linear limit (DLL) of SCWs. The base shear at point DLL is increased by 62.5% when the damper force is increased from 0kN to 80kN. The wall stiffness after point ELL is reduced by 69.5% when the tendon stiffness is reduced by 75.0%. The roof deformation at point LLP is reduced by 74.1% when the initial tendon stress is increased from $0.45f_{pu}$ to $0.65f_{pu}$.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.285-298
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• 2019

For super long-span bridges, the aerodynamic forces induced by the flow passing the box girder should be considered carefully. And the Reynolds number sensitively of aerodynamic characteristics is one of considerable issue. In the study, a numerical study on the Reynolds number sensitivity of aerodynamic characteristic (flow pattern, pressure distribution and aerodynamic forces) of a twin-box girder were carried out using large eddy simulation (LES) with the dynamic Smagorinsky-Lilly subgrid model. The results show that the aerodynamic characteristics have strong correlation with the Reynolds number. At the leading edge, the flow experiences attachment, departure, and reattachment stages accompanying by the laminar transition into turbulence, causing pressure plateaus to form on the surface, and the pressure plateaus gradually shrinks. Around the gap, attributing that the flow experiences stages of laminar cavity flow, the wake with alternate shedding vortices, and turbulent cavity flow in sequence with an increase in the Reynolds number, the pressures around the gap vary greatly with the Reynold number. At the trailing edge, the pressure gradually recovers as the flow transits to turbulence (the flow undergoes wake instability, shear layer transition-reattachment station), In addition, at relative high Reynolds numbers, the drag force almost does not change, however, the lift force coefficient gradually decreases with an increase in Reynolds number.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.533-540
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• 2012

납코어가 삽입된 적층고무받침은 주요 재료가 온도에 대한 의존성을 보유하고 있으므로 온도 환경이 장치의 성능에 미치는 영향이 적지 않다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 대표적인 면진장치인 납면진받침에 대하여 실규모 장치를 제작하고 온도변화에 따른 강성 및 감쇠 특성변화에 대하여 실험을 통하여 분석하고 평가하였다. 실물 크기의 납면진받침을 사용하여 $-10^{\circ}C$, $0^{\circ}C$, $10^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$, $30^{\circ}C$, $40^{\circ}C$의 온도 조건에 대하여 ISO22762:2010에서 제시하고 있는 특성시험법을 적용하여 수직강성 및 수평특성에 대하여 의존성 경향을 파악하였다. 또한, 면진받침 설계 시 주요한 평가지표로 사용되는 2차강성 및 특성강도에 대하여 해외 제조사에서 제시하고 있는 온도보정식과 시험결과를 비교하였으며 수직강성에 대한 온도의존 경향을 파악하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2013

비동결된 지반에서의 말뚝기초 지지력은 주면마찰력과 선단지지력에 의해 지배되는 것과 달리 동토지역에서의 말뚝기초지지력은 일반적으로 주면마찰력에 의해 지배된다. 동토지역에서 말뚝기초와 동결토 사이 접촉면에서 발현하는 주면마찰력은 동착강도로 정의하며, 동착강도는 동토지역 말뚝기초의 설계 지배정수로 알려져 있다. 동토지역에서 말뚝기초의 지지력을 지배하는 설계정수인 동착강도 특성을 분석하기 위하여 지난 50여 년 동안 많은 연구가 수행되었으며, 현재에도 활발히 연구가 수행 중에 있다. 하지만 동착강도의 경우 토사의 물성특성, 말뚝표면의 거칠기 및 외부적인 시험조건에 의하여 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 알려져 있어 현재까지 진행된 많은 연구들은 제한된 영향인자를 고려하여 수행되었다. 본 연구에서는 동결온도 및 수직응력 조건에 따른 동착강도 특성을 분석하기 위하여 대형 냉동챔버 내에서 직접전단시험을 수행하였으며, 시험결과를 바탕으로 기존에 동일한 조건으로 측정된 동결토 전단강도와 상관관계를 분석하였다. 또한, 향후 동결토 전단강도를 활용하여 동착강도를 추정할 수 있는 동착강도 비례계수를 산정하였으며, 기존 연구와의 비교분석을 통하여 기존 계수에 대한 문제점을 고찰하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2017

극한지에 구조물을 안정적으로 건설하기 위해서는 동결토의 지반공학적 특성을 평가하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 남극 제2과학기지(장보고 기지)가 건설된 남극 테라노바만 인근지역의 현장시료를 이용하여 동결토와 비동결토의 동적특성(전단탄성계수, 감쇠비)을 Stokoe 식 공진주 실험기를 이용하여 평가하였다. 시편을 동결시키기 위해 시편의 온도제어가 가능하도록 공진주 실험시스템을 개선하였으며, 다양한 밀도로 조성된 시편에 대해 동결상태와 비동결상태에서 공진주 실험을 수행하였다. 동결토 실험에서는 $-7^{\circ}C$에서 얼린 시료를 이용해 전단변형률에 따른 전단탄성계수와 감쇠비를 획득하였고, 이를 비동결토의 특성과 비교하였다. 또한, 동결토의 온도변화에 따른 최대전단탄성계수와 감쇠비 변화를 실험적으로 평가하여 동결-융해 작용에 의한 지반의 역학적 특성 변화를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 동결토와 비동결토의 동적특성 차이를 확인하였으며, 온도상승이 동결토에 미치는 영향을 확인했다는 점에서 공학적 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2012

Sn-Bi eutectic alloy has been widely used as one of the key solder materials for step soldering at low temperature. The Sn-58Bi solder paste containing chloride flux was adopted to compare with that using the chloride-free flux. The paste was applied on the electroless nickel-immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish by stencil printing, and the reflow process was then performed at $170^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. After reflow, the solder joints were aged at $125^{\circ}C$ for 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1000 h in an oven. The interfacial microstructures were obtained by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the composition of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) was analyzed using energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Two different IMC layers, consisting of $Ni_3Sn_4$ and relatively very thin Sn-Bi-Ni-Au were formed at the solder/surface finish interface, and their thickness increased with increasing aging time. The wettability of solder joints was investigated by wetting balance test. The mechanical property of each aging solder joint was evaluated by the ball shear test in accordance with JEDEC standard (JESD22-B117A). The results show that the highest shear force was measured when the aging time was 100 h, and the fracture mode changed from ductile fracture to brittle fracture with increasing aging time. On the other hand, the chloride flux in the solder paste did not affect the shear force and fracture mode of the solder joints.