• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.465-477
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• 2018

In this research, vibration and smart control analysis of a concrete foundation reinforced by $SiO_2$ nanoparticles and covered by piezoelectric layer on soil medium is investigated. The soil medium is simulated with spring constants and the Mori-Tanaka low is used for obtaining the material properties of nano-composite structure and considering agglomeration effects. With considering first order shear deformation theory, the total potential energy of system is calculated and by means of Hamilton's principle in three displacement directions and electric potential, the six coupled equilibrium equations are obtained. Also, based an analytical method, the frequency of system is calculated. The effects of applied voltage, volume percent and agglomeration of $SiO_2$ nanoparticles, soil medium and geometrical parameters of structure are shown on the frequency of system. Results show that with applying negative voltage, the frequency of structure is increased.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.381-395
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• 2012

Dynamic response of Pile Supported Structures is highly depended on Soil Pile Structure Interaction. In this paper, by comparison of experimental and numerical dynamic responses of a prototype jacket offshore platform for both hinge based and pile supported boundary conditions, effect of soil-pile-structure interaction on dynamic characteristics of this platform is studied. Jacket and deck of a prototype platform is installed on a hinge-based case first and then platform is installed on eight skirt piles embedded on continuum monolayer sand. Dynamic characteristics of platform in term of natural frequencies, mode shapes and modal damping are compared for both cases. Effects of adding and removing vertical bracing members in top bay of jacket on dynamic characteristics of platform for both boundary conditions are also studied. Numerical simulation of responses for the studied platform is also performed for both mentioned cases using capability of ABAQUS and SACS software. The 3D model using ABAQUS software is created using solid elements for soil and beam elements for jacket, deck and pile members. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and pile-soil interface element are used for considering nonlinear pile soil structure interaction. Simplified modeling of soil-pile-structure interaction effect is also studied using SACS software. It is observed that dynamic characteristics of the system changes significantly due to soil-pile-structure interaction. Meanwhile, both of complex and simplified (ABAQUS and SACS, respectively) models can predict this effect accurately for such platforms subjected to dynamic loading in small range of deformation.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제13권4호통권35호
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• pp.143-150
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• 1999

Multipurpose fisheries base was conceptually designed to establish marine ranching system in the coastal waters around Tongyoung, southern sea of Korea. Fisheries base for marine ranching system has integrated various facilities which were required for the process of spawning, rearing, training, releasing, monitoring and catching functions. This base has five steel piles for supporting upper structure and systems. Four steel piles are surrounded by circular net pen made by steel wire, they have the function of the protection against fouling for pile and scouring for bottom soil as well as secondary rearing and short stocking. We can use the last pile to moor a ship and access to the base. Principal structure with steel piles is designed by optimization technique considering design external forces in the coastal waters of return period of 50 years. Design optimization Problem is formulated for this base. Optimal design of multipurpose fisheries base is numerically investigated by sequential quadratic programming method.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2002

강판벽체와 뒷채움 지반의 상호작용에 의해 외력을 지지하는 지중강판구조물은 도로 제방의 하부 통·수로 구조물로 널리 사용되고 있다. 해안도로로 사용되는 성토체 내에 통로용 횡단구조물로 설치한 직경 6.25m의 원형단면 지중강판구조물에 대하여 상부 도로의 차량 통행에 의한 활하중 작용시 강판 벽체의 축력과 모멘트 변화를 평가하고, 토목섬유에 의한 강판구조물 상부 지반의 보강효과를 검증하였다. 이를 위하여 실제 구조물을 대상으로 정적 및 동적 차량재하시험을 실시하고, 구조물 내에 발생하는 축력과 모멘트, 그리고 구조물에 작용하는 토압을 계측하였으며 그 결과를 각각 분석하였다. 또한 지오그리드를 이용한 토피부 보강 효과에 대해서도 검증하였다. 차량하중 작용시 강판 부재의 축력은 주로 상부 아치부에서 증가하였으며, 그 최대값은 구조물 정점부 또는 도관 어깨부에서 발생하였다. 모멘트도 상부 아치부를 중심으로 증가하는 형태를 보였으나, 그 크기는 무시할 수 있을 만큼 작았다. 정적차량하중이 가해질 때 토피부에 지오그리드를 포설한 단면에서 계측된 최대축력 증가량은 지오그리드가 설치되지 않은 단면에서 계측된 값의 85∼92%를 나타내어 사하중에 대한 효과 외에 추가적인 축력감소 효과를 확인할 수 있었으나 차량주행시에는 차량하중에 대한 추가적인 보강 효과는 없어짐을 관찰하였다. 동적재하시험을 통해 산정한 충격계수 (DLA)는 토피두께가 0.9m에서 1.5m까지 증가함에 따라 반비례하여 감소하였는데, 그 크기는 CHBDC 방법으로 예측한 값보다 1.2-1.4배 정도 크게 나타났다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2013

최근, 갑작스런 집중호우로 인하여 자연 및 인공사면의 붕괴가 종종 발생하고 있다. 이를 예방하기 위한 여러 가지 보강공 법들이 개발되어 적용되고 있다. 그 중에서도 쏘일네일링 공법은 시공성과 경제성 등의 이유로 그 활용이 증대되고 있다. 쏘일네일링 공법은 다른 보강공법들과 함께 사용하는 경우도 있으며, 또한 강재와 시멘트그라우팅과의 일종의 복합 구조체로서 지반과 그라우팅사이의 마찰력을 활용하는 공법이다. 본 연구에서는 선단확장형 쏘일네일링 공법을 개발하였으며, 이는 네일 끝단에 앵커체가 부착되어 있다. 이 앵커체는 네일링 작업 중 네일 끝단에서 확개되면서 지반에 정착되게 된다. 본 연구에서는 네일링 시공 후 그라우팅을 하지 않은 상태와 그라우팅 후 양생이 된 경우 각각에 대해 현장인발저항시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과로부터 선단확장형 쏘일네일의 선단쐐기력을 분석하였으며, 거동특성을 종합적으로 고찰하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.315-324
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• 2016

Frictional forces between soil and structural elements are of vital importance for the foundation engineering. Although numerous studies were performed about the soil-structure interaction in recent years, the approximate relations proposed in the first half of the 20th century are still used to determine the frictional forces. Throughout history, wood was often used as friction piles. Steel has started to be used in the last century. Today, alternatively these materials, FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) piles are used extensively due to they can serve for long years under harsh environmental conditions. In this study, various ratios of low plasticity clays (CL) were added to the sand soil and compacted to standard Proctor density. Thus, soils with various internal friction angles (${\phi}$) were obtained. The skin friction angles (${\delta}$) of these soils with FRP, which is a composite material, steel (st37) and wood (pine) were determined by performing interface shear tests (IST). Based on the data obtained from the test results, a chart was proposed, which engineers can use in pile design. By means of this chart, the skin friction angles of the soils, of which only the internal friction angles are known, with FRP, steel and wood materials can be determined easily.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제88권3호
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• pp.273-285
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• 2023

This study examines how the interaction between soil and a wind turbine's supporting system affects the optimal design. The supporting system resting on an elastic soil foundation consists of a steel conical tower and a concrete circular raft foundation, and it is subjected to wind loads. The material cost of the supporting system is aimed to be minimized employing various metaheuristic optimization algorithms including teaching-learning based optimization (TLBO). To include the influence of the soil in the optimization process, modified Vlasov and Gazetas elastic soil models are integrated into the optimization algorithms using the application programing interface (API) feature of the structural analysis program providing two-way data flow. As far as the optimal designs are considered, the best minimum cost design is achieved for the TLBO algorithm, and the modified Vlasov model makes the design economical compared with the simple Gazetas and infinitely rigid soil models. Especially, the optimum design dimensions of the raft foundation extremely reduce when the Vlasov realistic soil reactions are included in the optimum analysis. Additionally, as the designated design wind speed is decreased, the beneficial impact of soil interaction on the optimum material cost diminishes.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.21-41
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• 2010

Multi-span steel-concrete composite (SCC) bridges are very sensitive to earthquake loading. Extensive damage may occur not only in the substructures (piers), which are expected to yield, but also in the other components (e.g., deck, abutments) involved in carrying the seismic loads. Current seismic codes allow the design of regular bridges by means of linear elastic analysis based on inelastic design spectra. In bridges with superstructure transverse motion restrained at the abutments, a dual load path behavior is observed. The sequential yielding of the piers can lead to a substantial change in the stiffness distribution. Thus, force distributions and displacement demand can significantly differ from linear elastic analysis predictions. The objectives of this study are assessing the influence of piers-deck stiffness ratio and of soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic behavior of continuous SCC bridges with dual load path, and evaluating the suitability of linear elastic analysis in predicting the actual seismic behavior of these bridges. Parametric analysis results are presented and discussed for a common bridge typology. The response dependence on the parameters is studied by nonlinear multi-record incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). Comparisons are made with linear time history analysis results. The results presented suggest that simplified linear elastic analysis based on inelastic design spectra could produce very inaccurate estimates of the structural behavior of SCC bridges with dual load path.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.803-824
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• 2014

The dynamic characterization is important in making accurate predictions of the seismic response of the hybrid structures dominated by different damping mechanisms. Different damping characteristics arise from the construction of the tower with different materials: steel for the upper part; reinforced concrete for the lower main part and interaction with supporting soil. The process of modeling damping matrices and experimental verification is challenging because damping cannot be determined via static tests as can mass and stiffness. The assumption of classical damping is not appropriate if the system to be analyzed consists of two or more parts with significantly different levels of damping, such as steel/concrete mixed structure - supporting soil coupled system. The dynamic response of structures is critically determined by the damping mechanisms, and its value is very important for the design and analysis of vibrating structures. An analytical approach capable of evaluating the equivalent modal damping ratio from structural components is desirable for improving seismic design. Two approaches are considered to define and investigate dynamic characteristics of hybrid tower of cable-stayed bridges: The first approach makes use of a simplified approximation of two lumped masses to investigate the structure irregularity effects including damping of different material, mass ratio, frequency ratio on dynamic characteristics and modal damping; the second approach employs a detailed numerical step-by step integration procedure in which the damping matrices of the upper and the lower substructures are modeled with the Rayleigh damping formulation.

• 한국터널공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국터널공학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.233-247
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• 2005

Most tunnel lining material which has been used in the domestic is a concrete. But many problems as the construction period, the cost, and the crack occurrence for the design, construction, and management were happened in the concrete lining. For this reason, many research institutes like the Korea Highway Corporation recognize the necessity of an alternate material development and grow on the interest for that. So in this study, the seismic behaviour characteristics for the application of the Corrugated Steel Plate Lining in cut-and-cover tunnel are evaluated as several conditions for the backfill height, the cutting slope, and the relative density of backfill soil are changed. The compressive stress which is calculated in the Corrugated Steel Plate Lining by the seismic load is decreased as the backfill height increases and the cut slope grows gentle. Also, the moment shows the tendency of decrease according to the increase of the backfill height. But in the case of the relative density of the backfill soil is small, the moment increases according to the increase of the backfill height and affects the dynamic behaviour characteristic. So it is considered that the relative density of the backfill soil is also the important point. As the result in analyzing the seismic response characteristics of the reinforcement spacing of the Corrugated Steel Plate, the variation in the compressive force is hardly happened, but the moment and the shear force increase on the reinforcement spacing being narrow.