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Dynamic Behavior and Seismic Fragility Analysis of Shallow Foundation Bridge Considering Scour (세굴을 고려한 얕은 기초 교량의 동적거동 분석 및 지진 취약도 해석)

  • Kim, Na-Yeon;Song, Jong-Keol
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2016
  • If scour is occurred at shallow foundation of bridge, seismic performance of the bridge will be reduced. In order to evaluate accurate seismic response of bridge according to scour depths, modeling of foundation reflecting scour effect is important. In this study, taking into account the effect of the reduction in embedment depth of the shallow foundation by scouring, the soil around the foundation is modelled as an equivalent soil spring with various stiffness. Seismic fragility analyses for 3 types of bridges subjected to 4 types of ground motions classified into Site Class A, B, C, D are evaluated according to several scour depths. From the fragility analysis results, it can be observed that the deeper the scour depth, the higher probability of exceeding damage states. Also, seismic failure probability of asymmetric bridge is higher than that of symmetric bridge.

Buckling analysis of semi-rigid connected and partially embedded pile in elastic soil using differential transform method

  • Catal, Seval
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.971-995
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    • 2014
  • The parts of semi-rigid connected and partially embedded piles in elastic soil, above the soil and embedded in the soil are called the first region and second region, respectively. The upper end of the pile in the first region is supported by linear-elastic rotational spring. The forth order differential equations of both region for critical buckling load of partially embedded and semi-rigid connected pile with shear deformation are established using small-displacement theory and Winkler hypothesis. These differential equations are solved by differential transform method (DTM) and analytical method and critical buckling loads of semirigid connected and partially embedded pile are obtained, results are given in tables and graphs are presented for investigating the effects of relative stiffness of the pile and flexibility of rotational spring.

Dynamic Response of Linear Actuator with the Thrust Force of Transverse Flux Linear Motor (횡자속 선형전동기의 추력특성에 따른 선형액추에이터의 동특성)

  • Woo Byung-Chul;Kang Do-Hyun;Hong Do-Kwan
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.16-20
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    • 2006
  • The proposed paper presents an integrated linear actuator which combines Transverse Flux Linear Motor(TFLM) for Household elelctric applications. They both use the same primary magnetic circuit, but they have different secondary movers. The paper presents a new design of linear motor for a new electromagnetic linear actuator, an tintegrated TFLM. The calculated tthrust force is good agreement with experiments. We have studied a transient response of a linear actuator with a damping ratio, spring constant and specially a pressed power patterns for a constant stroke control.

Adaptive Control of the Active Pantograph for a High-speed Train

  • Park, In-Ki;Park, Tong-Jin;Wang, Yeung-Yong;Han, Chang-Soo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.174.3-174
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    • 2001
  • Electric power collection is one of the most important factors for the high-speed trains' operation. For the stable current collection, the contact wire of a catenary and the panhead of a pantograph should maintain a constant contact each other. In this paper, the catenary was modeled as a spring with time-varying stiffness from the point of a pantograph moving along the catenary, and the pantograph was modeled as a 3-D.O.F. mass-spring-damper system. Using the adaptive control method, the desired control performance could be obtained with the modeling errors and the time varying parameters. Also the state estimator was used considering the difficulty of applying the sensors obtaining feedback signals. Simulations were accomplished in various ...

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Analytical Study on Fatigue Behavior of Resilient Pad for Rail Fastening System (레일체결장치용 방진패드의 피로거동에 관한 해석적 연구)

  • Choi, Jung-Youl
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.405-410
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    • 2021
  • In this study, a finite element analysis was performed applying a nonlinear material model and fatigue load conditions to evaluate the service life and spring stiffness of the resilient pad for rail fastening system. As a result of the fatigue analysis, the rate of change in spring stiffness compared to the initial condition was about 16%, indicating that fatigue hardening occurred. As for the stress generated in the longitudinal direction of the resilient pad, the difference between the stress generated at the center and the edge was about 10 times or more. In addition, it was analyzed that the equivalent stress of the outer boundary was more than twice as large as that of the central part. Therefore, it was analyzed that the damage and deformation of the resilient pad are the corners of the resilient pad under actual service conditions. The fatigue life diagram of the resilient pad (S-N curve) was derived using the equivalent stress of the resilient pad according to the fatigue cycles. Using the fatigue life diagram of the resilient pad derived in this study, it is considered that it can be used to predict the fatigue life under the relevant conditions by calculating the equivalent stress of the resilient pad under various load conditions.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Contact Process in AFM/FFM Surface Observation

  • Shimizu, J.;Zhou, L.;Eda, H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.10b
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    • pp.61-62
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    • 2002
  • In order to clarify the contact mechanism between specimen surface and probe tip in the surface observation by the AFM (atomic force microscope) or the FFM (friction force microscope), several molecular dynamics simulations have been performed. In the simulation, a 3-dimensional simulation model is proposed where the specimen and the probe are assumed to consist of mono-crystal line copper and a carbon atom respectively and the effect of cantilever stiffness is also taken into considered. The surface observation process on a well-defined Cu{100} is simulated. The influences of cantilever stiffness on the reactive force images and the behavior of probe tip were evaluated. As a resuIt, several phenomena similar to those observed by the actual surface observation experiment, such as double-slip behavior and dispersion in the stick-slip wave period were observed.

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Nonlinear Analysis of Large Concrete Panel Structures subjected to Cyclic Loads (반복하중을 받는 대형 콘크리트 판구조의 비선형 해석)

  • 정봉오;서수연;이원호;이리형
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 1994
  • Large Concrete Panel Structures behave quite differently from frame or monolithic shear wall structures because of the weakness of Joint in stiffness and strength. The joint experiences large deformation such as shear-slip in vertical and horizontal joint and rocking and crushing in horizontal joint because of localized stress concentration, but the wall panels behave elastically under cyclic loads. In order to describe the nonlinear behavior of the joint in the analysis of PC structures, different analysis technique from that of RC structures is needed. In this paper, for analysis of large concrete panel subassemblage subjected to cyclic loads, the wall panels are idealized by elastic finite elements, and the joints by nonlinear spring elements with various load-deflection relationship. The analytical results are compared with the experimental results on the strength, stiffness, energy dissipation and lateral drift, and the effectiveness of this computer analysis modelling technique is checked.

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A Study on Optimal Design Factors of Frictional bearing for Isolated Bridges (교량의 마찰형 지진격리장치 최적 인자 결정에 관한 연구)

  • 고현무;박관순;김동석;송현섭
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2002.03a
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    • pp.451-458
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    • 2002
  • To secure structures from strong earthquakes occurred recently and design economically seismic isolation design is spread rapidly. Specially, frictional isolator has superiority in application to bridge because it has many advantages. however, because isolator lies between pier and girder, responses of pier and superstructure contradict each other and we need to control the two responses to minimize the bridge's failure probability. In this study, frictional coefficient and horizontal stiffness is defined as design parameters of frictional isolator. the optimal design parameters of frictional isolator to minimize the bridge's failure probability are presented according to strength of earthquake and soil conditions. The result says that optimal friction coefficient is higher as the strength of earthquake is increased. And it is also higher as the soils are more flexible. But, optimal horizontal stiffness of rubber spring is insensitive to strength of earthquake and soil condition.

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Derivation of General Link Finite Element Equation representing Pad Shoe in Bridge under Earthquake (지진시에 교량의 탄성 받침을 표현하는 범용 연결 유한 요소 모델의 유도식)

  • 정대열
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1999.04a
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    • pp.226-233
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    • 1999
  • When we numerically model the bridge under seismic condition, the full model combining the super-structure and the sub-structure is considered for the more accurate results than the separate model. In this case, the super-structure is connected with the sub-structure by the elastic pad shoe that is difficult to model, because it has the three translational elastic stiffness and the three rotational elastic stiffness. The two-node General Link element is derived in finite element equation representing such a pad shoe, and it is verified by comparing the one General Link element model with the corresponding three legacy spring element model. It is easy to model the pad shoe, if the General Link finite element is used. And the seismic analysis result of the bridge full model structure, which is modeled with the General Link element, has been compared with the one of the separate model structure. The present study gives. more conservative result than that of the separate model, which does not consider the dynamic behaviour of the sub-structure.

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Impedance characteristic of human arm for cooperative robot

  • Rahman, Mozasser;Ikeura, Ryojun;Mizutani, Kazuki
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.85.3-85
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    • 2002
  • In this study, we tried to investigate the impedance characteristic of human arm in a cooperative task. Human arm was moved in a desired trajectory. The motion was actuated by a 1 degree-of-freedom robot system. As the muscle is mechanically analogous to a spring-damper system, a second-order equation was considered as the model for arm dynamics. In the model, inertia, stiffness and damping factor were considered. The impedance parameter was estimated from the position and torque data obtained from the experiment and based on the "Estimation of Parametric Model". It was found that the inertia is almost constant over the operational time. The damping factor and stiffness were high...

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