• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.765-779
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• 2020

Collapse of bridges in recent earthquakes demonstrates the need to deepen the understanding of the behaviour of these structures against seismic actions. This paper presents a highly detailed numerical model of an actual bridge subjected to extreme seismic action which results in its collapse. Normally, nonlinear numerical models have high difficulties to achieve convergence when reinforced concrete is intended to be represented. The main objective of this work is to determine the efficiency of different passive control strategies to prevent the structural collapse of an existing bridge. Metallic dampers and seismic isolation by decoupling the mass were evaluated. The response is evaluated not only in terms of reduction of displacements, but also in increasing of shear force and axial force in key elements, which can be a negative characteristic of the systems studied. It can be concluded that the use of a metallic damper significantly reduces the horizontal displacements and ensures the integrity of the structure from extreme seismic actions. Moreover, the isolation of the deck, which in principle seems to be the most effective solution to protect existing bridges, proves inadequate for the case analysed due to its dynamic characteristics and its particular geometry and an unpredictable type of axial pounding in the columns. This unexpected effect on the isolation system would have been impossible to identify with simplified models.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.195-211
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• 2020

Among anti-seismic technologies, base isolation is a very effective means of mitigating damage to structural and nonstructural components, such as equipment. However, most seismic isolation systems are designed for mitigating only horizontal seismic responses because the realization of a vertical isolation system (VIS) is difficult. The difficulty is primarily due to conflicting isolation stiffness demands in the static and dynamic states for a VIS, which requires sufficient rigidity to support the self-weight of the isolated object in the static state, but sufficient flexibility to lengthen the isolation period and uncouple the ground motion in the dynamic state. To overcome this problem, a semi-active VIS, called the piezoelectric inertia-type vertical isolation system (PIVIS), is proposed in this study. PIVIS is composed of a piezoelectric friction damper (PFD) and a leverage mechanism with a counterweight. The counterweight provides an uplifting force in the static state and an extra inertial force in the dynamic state; therefore, the effective vertical stiffness of PIVIS is higher in the static state and lower in the dynamic state. The PFD provides a controllable friction force for PIVIS to further prevent its excessive displacement. For experimental verification, a shaking table test was conducted on a prototype PIVIS controlled by a simple controller. The experimental results well agree with the theoretical results. To further investigate the isolation performance of PIVIS, the seismic responses of PIVIS were simulated numerically by considering 14 vertical ground motions with different characteristics. The responses of PIVIS were compared with those of a traditional VIS and a passive system (PIVIS without control). The numerical results demonstrate that compared with the traditional and passive systems, PIVIS can effectively suppress isolation displacement in all kinds of earthquake with various peak ground accelerations and frequency content while maintaining its isolation efficiency. The proposed system is particularly effective for near-fault earthquakes with long-period components, for which it prevents resonant-like motion.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2022

최근 인공위성 임무 고도화에 따라 고성능의 전장품이 탑재되어 시스템 소요전력이 증가되고 있다. 이에 따라 충분한 전력확보를 위하여 태양전지판 크기 또한 점차 증가하고 있다. 태양전지판의 크기 증가 및 중량화는 위성체 자세 기동 시 발생하는 진동과의 커플링 등에 의해 태양전지판 탄성 진동의 크기 증가를 유발한다. 상기 진동은 힌지 및 요크를 통해 위성체에 전달되어 지향성능이 요구되는 고정밀 관측위성의 지향성능과 직결되어 고해상도 영상 획득 임무 성능을 저하시킨다. 종래에는 태양전지판의 탄성 진동을 저감시키고자 고강도 설계에 집중 또는 별도의 보강재 및 댐퍼 시스템을 적용하였다. 그러나, 이는 부피 및 무게를 증가시키며 시스템 복잡성이 증가하는 한계점이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 상기 한계점을 극복하고자 초탄성 형상기억합금(SMA: Shape Memory Alloy) 양면에 점탄성 테이프로 박막층을 적층함으로써 댐핑 특성을 극대화하였으며, 별도 시스템 적용없이 작은 부피 및 무게로 진동을 저감하여 시스템 경량화에 기여할 수 있는 설계기법을 제안하였다. 제안한 초탄성 SMA 적층형 태양전지판 요크를 태양전지판 더미에 적용시켜 자유감쇠시험 및 온도시험을 통해 설계 유효성을 입증하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권2C호
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• pp.140-156
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• 2012

최근 NFC(Near Field Communcation) 기반 통신 기능을 채용한 스마트기기 및 OS 등이 확산됨에 따라 기존 RFID를 이용하던 다양한 응용 분야에 대하여 NFC로의 대체가 진행되고 있다. 대표적으로 출입 통제나, e-ticket, 전자 결제 등의 분야에서 NFC가 RFID를 대체하고 있다. 기존의 RFID는 수동적 통신 기능만 제공하여 충분히 안전한 인증 및 권한 검증 방법을 제시하지 못하였으나, 능동형 통신기능을 제공하는 NFC를 활용하면 보다 안전한 인증 방식을 제공하여 다양한 응용에서 요구하는 보안 요구사항을 만족시킬 수 있다. 그러므로 본 논문은 NFC의 능동형 통신 기능을 활용하여 신용카드 결제, 출입통제 시스템 등에 활용될 수 있는 능동형 인증 방식을 제공할 수 있는 방법으로 EAP(Extensible Authentication Protocol)과 AAA(Authentication. Authorization and Accounting) 규약을 활용하는 방법을 제안한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.41-57
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• 2011

A deeper understanding of the effectiveness of adopting devices mounting shape memory alloy (SMA) elements in applications targeted to the mitigation of vibrations is pursued via an experimental approach. During a seismic event, less than 1000 loading-unloading cycles of the alloy are required to mitigate the earthquake effects. However, the aging effects during the time of inactivity prior to the oscillations (several decades characterized by the yearly summer-winter temperature wave) should be considered in order to avoid and/or minimize them. In this paper, the results obtained by carrying out, in different laboratories, fatigue tests on SMA specimens are compared and discussed. Furthermore, the effects of seismic events on a steel structure, with and without SMA dampers, are numerically simulated using ANSYS. Under an earthquake excitation, the SMA devices halve the oscillation amplitudes and show re-centering properties. To confirm this result, an experimental campaign is conducted by actually installing the proposed devices on a physical model of the structure and by evaluating their performance under different excitations induced by an actuator.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2019

Nowadays, the IoT portable electronic devices have become more useful and diverse, so they require various supply voltage levels to operate. This paper presents a DC-DC buck converter with pulse width modulation (PWM) for portable electronic devices. The proposed step-down DC-DC converter consists of passive elements such as capacitors, inductors, and resistors and an integrated chip (IC) for signal control to reduce power consumption and improves ripple voltage with the resolution. The proposed DC-DC converter is simulated and analyzed in PSPICE circuit design platform, and implemented on the prototype PCB board with a Texas Instruments LM5165 IC. The proposed buck converter is showed 92.6% of peak efficiency including a load current range of 4-10 mA, 3.29 mV of the voltage ripple at 5 V output voltage for the supply voltage 12 V. Measured and Simulated power efficiency are made good agreement with each other.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2019

Tall buildings are prone to wind-induced vibrations due to their slenderness whereby peak structural accelerations may be higher than the recommended maximum value. The common countermeasure is the installation of a tuned mass damper (TMD) near the highest occupied floor. Due to the extremely large modal mass of tall buildings and because of the narrow to broad band type of wind excitation the TMD mass may become inacceptable large - in extreme cases up to 2000 metric tons. It is therefore a need to develop more efficient TMD concepts which provide the same damping to the building but with reduced mass. The adaptive TMD concept described in this paper represents a solution to this problem. Frequency and damping of the adaptive TMD are controlled in real-time by semi-active oil dampers according to the actual structural acceleration. The resulting enhanced TMD efficiency allows reducing its mass by up to 20% compared to the classical passive TMD. The adaptive TMD system is fully fail-safe thanks to a smart valve system of the semi-active oil dampers. In contrast to active TMD solutions the adaptive TMD is unconditionally stable and its power consumption on the order of 1 kW is negligible small as controllable oil dampers are semi-active devices. The adaptive TMD with reduced mass, stable behavior and lowest power consumption is therefore a preferable and cost saving damping tool for tall buildings.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.579-589
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• 2021

In the era of tough competition, the customer's emotional attachment to brand plays a vital role to the successes and failures of enterprises. Specifically in the case of doing business online, brands have to cope with the troubles of rising from brand hate as brand avoidance, negative word of mouth and brand retaliation. Traditionally, the brand communication is very hard to control and with online communities, the problems tend to be even more severe. This paper aims to explore and discuss the core concept, the driven factors and the actionable consequences of brand hate among netizens. A total of 358 valid responses were obtained from surveys taken from the internet users across the nation. Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was conducted using Smart PLS to assess the hypotheses. The result shows that the expression of brand hate among netizen consists of active hate and passive hate. Deficit value, deceptive advertising, negative past experience and ideology incompatibility have been confirmed as influencing factors on customers' brand hate emotion. Then brand hate itself causes the customer's actionable outcomes such as brand avoidance, brand negative word of mouth and brand retaliation. Along with the theoretical contributions and managerial implications have been recommended for enterprises to avoid netizens' brand hate.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제82권1호
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• pp.107-120
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• 2022

The bracing members capable of active control against seismic loads to reduce earthquake damage have been widely utilized in construction projects. Effectively reducing the structural damage caused by earthquake events, bracing systems equipped with retrofitting damper devices, which take advantage of the energy dissipation and impact absorption, have been widely used in practical construction sites. Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are a new generation of smart materials with the capability of recovering their predefined shape after experiencing a large strain. This is mainly due to the shape memory effects and the superelasticity of SMA. These properties make SMA an excellent alternative to be used in passive, semi-active, and active control systems in civil engineering applications. In this research, a new system in diagonal braces with slit damper combined with SMA is investigated. The diagonal element under the effect of tensile and compressive force turns to shear force in the slit damper and creates tension in the SMA. Therefore, by creating shear forces in the damper, it leads to yield and increases the energy absorption capacity of the system. The purpose of using SMA, in addition to increasing the stiffness and strength of the system, is to create reversibility for the system. According to the results, the highest capacity is related to the case where the ratio of the width of the middle section to the width of the end section (b₁/b) is 1.0 and the ratio of the height of the middle part to the total height of the damper (h₁/h) is 0.1. This is mainly because in this case, the damper section has the highest cross-section. In contrast, the lowest capacity is related to the case where b₁/b=0.1 and the ratio h₁/h=0.8.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.239-245
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 스마트기기의 배터리를 전원으로 갖는 12 V 승압형 PWM 변환기를 설계하고 컨버터를 구성하는 각 소자들의 손실을 계산하여 가장 안정적인 동작을 하는 설계 값을 도출하였다. 12 V 승압형 PWM 변환기는 저항, 커패시터 및 인덕터 등의 여러 수동소자를 비롯하여, 다이오드, 전력 스위치용 파워 MOS 트랜지스터와 PWM 신호제어를 위한 IC를 사용하여 구현하였다. 컨버터를 구성하는 주요 소자들의 이론적인 계산 값과 회로설계 해석프로그램인 PSPICE를 사용한 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교하고 각 소자 값들을 변화시키며 결과 파형을 분석한다. 분석한 컨버터를 실제 PCB 보드에 구성하고 디지털 오실로스코프와 DMM 멀티미터를 사용하여 측정하였고, SPICE 시뮬레이션을 통해 얻은 결과 값과 비교하였다. 설계한 컨버터에서 사용한 제어용 IC 칩은 TI(텍사스 인스트루먼트) 사의 LM3481을 사용하여 설계를 구현하였고, 5V 입력, 12V의 출력 값을 가지는 것을 확인하였다. 모의실험과 동일한 조건에서 출력전압, 리플전압 및 부하, 입력전압 변도율 등의 특성에 대한 측정결과는 SPICE 시뮬레이션 결과와 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.