• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2008

Rail clamps are mechanical components installed to fix the container crane to its lower members against wind blast or slip. According to rail clamps should be designed to survive harsh wind loading conditions. In this study, a jaw structure, which is a part of a wedge-typed rail clamp, is optimized with respect to its strength under a severe wind loading condition. According to the classification of structural optimization, the structural optimization of a jaw is included in the category of shape optimization. Conventional structural optimization methods have difficulties in defining complex shape design variables and preventing mesh distortions. To overcome the difficulties, the metamodel using Kriging interpolation method is introduced to replace the true response by an approximate one. This research presents the shape optimization of a jaw using iterative Kriging interpolation models and a simulated annealing algorithm. The new Kriging models are iteratively constructed by refining the former Kriging models. This process is continued until the convergence criteria are satisfied. The optimum results obtained by the suggested method are compared with those obtained by the DOE (design of experiments) and VT (variation technology) methods built in ANSYS WORKBENCH.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.185-206
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• 2015

This paper presents statistical models developed to study the influence of key mix design parameters on the properties of lightweight self-consolidating concrete (LWSCC) with expanded shale (ESH) aggregates. Twenty LWSCC mixtures are designed and tested, where responses (properties) are evaluated to analyze influence of mix design parameters and develop the models. Such responses included slump flow diameter, V-funnel flow time, J-ring flow diameter, J-ring height difference, L-box ratio, filling capacity, sieve segregation, unit weight and compressive strength. The developed models are valid for mixes with 0.30-0.40 water-to-binder ratio, high range water reducing admixture of 0.3-1.2 % (by total content of binder) and total binder content of $410-550kg/m^3$. The models are able to identify the influential mix design parameters and their interactions which can be useful to reduce the test protocol needed for proportioning of LWSCCs. Three industrial class ESH-LWSCC mixtures are developed using statistical models and their performance is validated through test results with good agreement. The developed ESH-LWSCC mixtures are able to satisfy the European EFNARC criteria for self-consolidating concrete.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.141-161
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• 2015

A significant portion of residential areas of Turkey is located in active earthquake zones. In Turkey occurred major earthquakes in last twenty years, such as Erzincan (1992), Kocaeli and $D{\ddot{u}}zce$ (1999), $Bing{\ddot{o}}l$ (2003), Van (2011). These earthquakes have demonstrated that reinforced concrete (RC) buildings having horizontal and vertical irregularities are significantly damaged, which in turn most of them are collapsed. Architectural design and arrangement of load-bearing system have important effect on RC building since architectural design criteria in design process provide opportunity to make this type of buildings safer and economical under earthquake loads. This study aims to investigate comparatively the effects of weak story irregularity on earthquake behavior and rough construction costs of RC buildings by considering different soil-conditions given in the Turkish Earthquake Code. With this aim, Sta4-CAD program based on matrix displacement method is utilized. Considering that different story height and compressive strength of concrete, and infill walls or their locations are the variables, a set of structural models are developed to determine the effect of them on earthquake behavior and rough construction costs of RC buildings. In conclusion, some recommendations and results related to making RC buildings safer and more economical are presented by comparing results obtained from structural analyses.

• 대한조선학회 특별논문집
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• 대한조선학회 2017년도 특별논문집
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• pp.1-7
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• 2017

It has been developed large mooring fittings having the capacity of 160 tons and 180 tons installed on 170K LNG FSRU. The finite element analysis for the mooring fittings was carried out in order to check the structural integrity and to confirm satisfaction of the rule requirements. The 3 kinds of mooring fittings such as chock, bollard and universal fairlead are selected for FE analysis and load test. According to the FE analysis results, all the stress levels satisfied the acceptance criteria guided by the IACS UR A2, ISO standard, ship rules and OCIMF. As test results under design load, no structural defects were found.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제18권4호통권70호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 경량, 고내구성 특성을 지니고 있고 신속시공이 가능한 인발성형 복합소재 교량 바닥판의 단면설계와 제작공정에 관해 기술하였으며, 구조해석을 동해 구조안전성과 사용성을 검토하였다. 단면설계에는 바닥판 단면 형상 설계와 복합소재 적층설계 절차를 기술하였고, 해석은 5주형 복합소재 바닥판 거더 교량에 대해 실시하였으며, 처짐 사용성, 파괴지수, 좌굴안정성에 대한 검토를 실시하였다. 설계된 복합소재 바닥판 단면은 인발성형으로 제작하였으며, 제작시편에 대한 재료시험을 실시한 후 그 결과를 기술하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2013

Steel plate concrete (SC) composite structure is now being recognized as a promising technology applicable to nuclear power plants as it is faster and suitable for modular construction. It is required to identify its dynamic characteristics prior to perform the seismic design of the SC structure. Particularly, the damping ratio of the structure is one of the critical design factors to control the dynamic response of structure. This paper compares the criteria for the damping ratios of each type of structures which are prescribed in the regulatory guide for the nuclear power plant. In order to identify the damping ratio of SC shear wall, this study made SC wall specimens and conducted experiments by cyclic lateral load tests and vibration tests with impact hammer. During the lateral loading test, SC wall specimens exhibited large ductile capacities with increasing amplitude of loading due to the confinement effects by the steel plate and the damping ratios increased until failure. The experimental results show that the damping ratios increased from about 6% to about 20% by increasing the load from the safe shutdown earthquake level to the ultimate strength level.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.2
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• pp.329-334
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• 2006

Rail clamps are mechanical components installed to fix the container crane to its bottoms from wind blast or slip. Rail clamps should be designed to survive the harsh wind loading condition. In this study, the jaw structure that is one part of wedge-typed rail clamp is optimized, considering strength under the severe wind loading condition. According to the classification of structural optimization, the structural optimization of a jaw belongs to shape optimization. In the conventional structural optimization methods, they have difficulties in defining complex shape design variables and preventing mesh distortions. To overcome the difficulties, the metamodel using kriging interpolation method is introduced, replacing true response by approximate one. This research presents the shape optimization of a jaw using iterative kriging interpolation models and simulated annealing algorithm. The new kriging models are iteratively constructed by refining the former kriging models. This process is continued until the convergence criteria are satisfied. The optimum results obtained by the suggested method are compared with those obtained by the DOE (design of experiments) and VT (variation technology) methods built in ANSYS WORKBENCH.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.814-819
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• 2004

When we evaluate sound, there are various methods for noise such as A-weighted SPL(sound pressure level), NC(noise criteria), NR(noise rating) and SIL(speech interference level) etc. however, it is not sufficient for the sounds supplied to public places used in soundscape design. Consequently it is needed to develop the tool for evaluating the good acoustical environment and futhermore quantifying the effect of improvement by supplying sound sources. In this study, it was tried to analyse the sound sources applied for soundscape design using sound quality parameters. The sound sources used were natural sound artificial sound. For the sound quality parameters, Loudness(L), Sharpness(S), Fluctuation strength(FL), Tonality(T), Roughness(R), Unbiased Annoyance(UA) were used and sound quality values were compared both natural and artificial sounds, depending on the convolution of sound sources with background noise, the duration, the frequency contents and the SPL. As a result, the values of L and UA have shown to be changed comparing to the other parameters, and it is necessary to analyse the correlation with subjects' responses.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.217-230
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• 2019

One of the most important design criteria in underground structure is to design lightweight protective layers to resist significant blast loads. Sandwich blast resistant panels are commonly used to protect underground structures. The front face of the sandwich panel is designed to resist the blast load and the core is designed to mitigate the blast energy from reaching the back panel. The design is to allow the sandwich panel to be repaired efficiently. Hence, the underground structure can be used under repeated blast loads. In this study, a novel sandwich panel, named RC panel - Helical springs- RC panel (RHR) sandwich panel, which consists of normal strength reinforced concrete (RC) panels at the front and the back and steel compression helical springs in the middle, is proposed. In this study, a detailed 3D nonlinear numerical analysis is proposed using the nonlinear finite element software, AUTODYN. The accuracy of the blast load and RHR Sandwich panel modelling are validated using available experimental results. The results show that the proposed finite element model can be used efficiently and effectively to simulate the nonlinear dynamic behaviour of the newly proposed RHR sandwich panels under different ranges of free air blast loads. Detailed parameter study is then conducted using the validated finite element model. The results show that the newly proposed RHR sandwich panel can be used as a reliable and effective lightweight protective layer for underground structures.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2011

강구조 설계는 재료의 비탄성 변형능력을 활용하는 정도에 따라 탄성설계법, 소성설계법, 내진설계법으로 대별할 수 있다. 현재 국내외 강구조 설계기준에서는 항복강도 450MPa를 초과하는 고강도강재에 대해서는 비탄성 변형능력에 대한 우려와 국부좌굴 및 횡좌굴 거동에 대한 실험자료의 부족으로 소성설계의 적용을 금하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 일반강재를 대상으로 개발된 현행 강구조설계기준의 플랜지 판폭두께비 제한식을 최근에 개발된 고강도강재인 HSB800에도 그대로 확대 적용할 수 있는지 여부를 확인하고 고강도강 휨부재의 국부좌굴 및 비탄성거동을 파악하기 위한 실물대실험을 수행하였다. HSB800 및 SM490A(비교강종) 강재로 조립된 H형강 휨부재를 각각 5개씩 총 10개의 실험체를 제작하고 실험하여 비교분석하였다. 모든 SM490A 비교실험체는 설계기준 상의 판폭두께비에 따른 요구강도와 연성능력을 충분히 발휘하였다. HSB800 실험체 역시 강도 발현의 측면에서는 매우 만족스런 성능을 발휘하였다. 즉, 비콤팩트 및 세장판 요소 플랜지를 지닌 실험체에서도 소성모멘트를 충분히 상회하거나 이에 육박하는 강도가 발현되었다. 이는 현행 판폭두께비 제한규정을 HSB800 고강도강에 그대로 적용해도 강성과 강도 확보를 목표로 하는 모든 탄성설계에 충분히 보수적으로 적용할 수 있음을 의미한다. 그러나 SM490 실험체와는 달리 HSB800 실험체 5개 가운데 3개가 가력점 스티프너와 접합된 하부플랜지에서 조기 인장파단이 발생하여 소성설계에 요구되는 회전능력 R=3에는 미달하였다. HSB800 실험체에서 관측된 파단원인을 규명하고 고강도강재에 보다 적합한 판폭두께비의 정립을 위한 추가실험과 해석적 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.