• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.429-455
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• 2010

The current research presents a detailed methodology for generating air blast loading for use within a finite element context. Parameters describing blast overpressure loading on a structure are drawn from open literature sources and incorporated within a blast load generation computer code developed for this research. This open literature approach lends transparency to the details of the blast load modeling, as compared with many commonly used approaches to blast load generation, for which the details are not publicly available. As a demonstration, the load generation code is used with the finite element software LS-DYNA to simulate the response of a steel plate and girder subjected to explosions modeled using these parameters as well as blast parameters from other sources.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.291-306
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• 2006

In order to improve the constructability and meanwhile ensure excellent seismic behavior, several innovative composite connection details were conceived and studied by the authors. This paper reports experimental results and observations on seismic behavior of steel beam bolted to reinforced concrete column connections (bolted RCS or BRCS). The proposed composite connection details involve post tensioning the end plates of the steel beams to the reinforced concrete or precast concrete columns using high-strength steel rods. A rational design procedure was proposed to assure a ductile behavior of the composite structure. Strut-and-tie model analysis indicates that a bolted composite connection has a favorable stress transfer mechanism. The excellent capacity and behavior were then validated through five full-scale beam to column connection model tests.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2004

Computer-based analysis tools for forensic assessment of reinforced concrete structures are presented. The analysis tools, mostly in the form of nonlinear finite element procedures, are based on the concepts and formulations of the Modified Compression Field Theory. Relevant details regarding their formulation are provided. Development of realistic constitutive models and corroboration of the analysis procedures, through comprehensive experimental programs, are discussed. Also presented are graphics-based pre- and post-processors, which are of significant aid in structural modeling, input of data, and interpretation of analysis results. The details and results of a case study, illustrating the application and value of such analytical tools, are also discussed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.727-734
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• 2004

An uncoupled computational model for analyzing the hygrothermal dynamic response of composite laminates has been developed. The constitutive equations, expressed in an integral form, and involving relaxation moduli are adopted, to describe the non-aging hygrothermorheologically simple materials. A Prony series represents the relaxation moduli is exploited in order to derive a recursive relationship, and thereby eliminate the storage problem that arises when dealing with material possessing memory. The problem is formulated in a descritized variational form. Mindlin and higher order finite elements are employed for spatial descretization, while the Newmark average acceleration scheme is exploited for temporal descritization. The adopted recursive formula uses only the details of the previous event to compute the details of the current one. Numerical results of the displacement fields of both thin and thick viscoelastic laminates problems are discussed to show up the effectiveness of Mindlin and higher-order shear theories.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.645-664
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• 2021

There is a growing need of seismic retrofit of existing non-seismically designed structures in Korea after the 2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquakes, especially school buildings which experienced extensive damage during those two earthquakes. To this end, a steel multi-slit damper (MSD) was developed in this research which can be installed inside of partition walls of school buildings. Full-scale two-story RC frames were tested with and without the proposed dampers. The frames had structural details similar to school buildings constructed in the 1980s in Korea. The details of the experiments were described in detail, and the test results were validated using the analysis model. The developed seismic retrofit strategy was applied to a case study school building structure, and its seismic performance was evaluated before and after retrofit using the MSD. The results show that the developed retrofit strategy can improve the seismic performance of the structure to satisfy a given target performance level.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.275-288
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• 2023

Many image edge details are easily lost in the image denoising process, and the smooth image regions are prone to produce jagged. In this paper, we propose a wavelet-based image global k- singular value decomposition variational method to remove image noise. A layer of wavelet decomposition is applied to the noisy image first. Then, the image global k-singular value decomposition (IGK-SVD) method is used to remove the random noise of low-frequency components. Furthermore, a constructed variational denoising method (VDM) removes the random noise in the high-frequency component. Finally, the denoised image is obtained by wavelet reconstruction. The experimental results show that the proposed method's peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) value is higher than other methods, and its structural similarity (SSIM) value is closer to one, indicating that the proposed method can effectively suppress image noise while retaining more image edge details. The denoised image has better denoising effects.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2023

In this study, the displacement dependence, strength, and energy dissipation capacity of the steel rod damper were evaluated. The test variables are the number of steel rod dampers and the lateral deformation prevention details. From test results, it was evaluated that the displacement dependence conditions in the structural design code were satisfied. The maximum strength and energy dissipation capacity increased linearly as the number of steel rod increased. In addition, the maximum strength and energy dissipation capacity were evaluated by more than 20 times increased by using of the lateral deformation prevention details.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2009

효과적인 횡력저항 시스템중에 하나인 다이아그리드 구조 시스템의 사용이 늘어나고 있다. 하지만 다이아그리드 노드의 바람 및 지진에 대한 구조성능을 해석적으로 평가하는 것은 한계가 있다. 특히 용접특성의 반영이 어려운데, 이 연구에서는 횡하중을 받는 다이아그리드 노드의 구조적 거동을 알아보기 위해 실제부재의 5분의 1로 축소한 모형을 이용해 실험을 수행했다. 주요 부위의 용접방법, 설계상세등 5가지 변수에 대하여 총 네 개의 실험체를 제작했다. 한쪽 가새부재에는 압축력을, 다른 쪽 가새부재에는 인장력을 가하는 반복가력 실험을 수행했다. 실험 결과 주요 파괴 원인은 인장력과 부가모멘트에 의한 파괴와 인장력만에 의한 용접부의 파단으로 나뉜다. 용접방법과 설계상세에 따른 초기강성, 항복강도의 차이는 없었다. 용접방법에 따른 파괴 형상의 차이가 있었으며 설계상세는 에너지 흡수능력에 영향을 미쳤다.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.422-431
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 프리스트레스트 강합성 거더의 콘크리트 케이싱 분절부 상세에 따른 연결부 성능 평가를 위해 각각 다른 분절부를 가진 실험체를 제작하여 실험하였다. 분절부가 없는 일반 강합성 거더와 분절부에 이음철근 보강 유무 및 이음철근 상세를 변수로 하는 총 4본의 비교 실험체를 제작하여 구조적 거동 평가하였다. 또한, 분절형 강합성 거더의 비균열등급 설계 가능 여부 및 균열발생 후 루프철근 상세에 따른 강성과 강도 영향에 대해 분석하고, 매립강판면과 타설접합면에 따른 균열폭 제어 적정성을 평가하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.755-763
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 강섬유보강 콘크리트와 L형강을 사용한 합성 복근보의 구조성능을 평가하고자 실험 연구를 수행하였다. 총 6개의 강섬유보강 합성 복근보 실험체를 제작하였으며, 모든 실험체는 혼입률 1%의 강섬유 보강이 이루어졌다. 실험체의 주요 변수는 전단보강상세와 전단경간비이며, 실험에서 구한 강도특성을 대상으로 설계강도 산정식의 적용성을 분석하였다. 또한 실험체의 강성, 연성능력 및 에너지소산능력 등의 구조성능을 평가하였다. 그 결과에 의하면 합성보의 휨 및 전단강도 산정식은 양호한 수준으로 실험체의 강도특성을 예측할 수 있었다. 한편 실험체에 적용한 전단보강상세에 따라 최대강도, 연성능력, 에너지흡수능력이 다르게 나타나고 있으며, 트러스 형태의 대각부재에 의한 전단보강상세가 가장 우수한 구조성능을 보여 주었다.