• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2001

A framework for reliability analysis of structural components and systems under conditions of statistical and model uncertainty is presented. The Bayesian parameter estimation method is used to derive the posterior distribution of model parameters reflecting epistemic uncertainties. Point, predictive and bound estimates of reliability accounting for parameter uncertainties are derived. The bounds estimates explicitly reflect the effect of epistemic uncertainties on the reliability measure. These developments are enhance-ments of second-moment uncertainty analysis methods developed by A. H-S. Ang and others three decades ago.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2006년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.77-81
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• 2006

An attempt has been made to measure existing steel stress using magnetoelasticity. A device has been developed and used for the measurement of magnetism in response to the deformation of a steel bar. The proposed technique can be used for the assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures by the measurements of steel stress embedded inside concrete. A traditional technique requires to break the existing steel bar to measure existing strain. However, the proposed technique is developed to measure the stress without damaging the steel bar. A successful application of magnetoelasticity depends on the establishment of relationship between elastic and magnetic response due to loading. To investigate the correlation between the two, steel bars are loaded in tension under uniaxial loading while the magnetic reading is recorded. Based on the test results, equations are suggested to predict stress for steel bars with different diameters.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2002

교량의 안전성과 사용성을 검토하기 위해서는 외적 하중에 대한 구조 부재의 거동 특성과 정확한 저항 능력 평가가 반드시 고려 되어야 한다. 구조 부재의 거동 특성과 저항능력을 평가하기 위해서는 구조물의 변형률과 변위가 반드시 측정 되어야 한다. 변형률 측정을 위해서 전기 저항식 변형률 게이지를 사용하는 것이 보통이다. 그러나 교량의 교각이 높고, 장지간을 갖는 경우 변형률 게이지 부착은 매우 어렵고 경제적이지 못하다. 또한 구조 부재에 균열이 많이 발생되어 있거나 습윤 상태라면 전기 저항식 변형률 게이지에 의한 변형률 계측은 추천할만한 방법이 못된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 보완 할수 있도록 측정 변위를 이용한 변형률 해석 알고리즘을 제안 하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1999년도 학회창립 10주년 기념 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.455-458
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• 1999

It has been known that buildings having inappropriate expansion joints in their spacings may be subject to exterior damages due to extensive cracks on the outer walls under service loads, and structural damages due to excessive moment induced by temperature changes at ultimate load conditions. Rather inconsistent code provisions are available regarding spacings of expansion joints from different foreign structural codes and even worse, no quantiative measure on spacings is given in our codes for building structures. In order to establish a rational measure on the spacing of expansion joints, theoretical approaches are taken in this study. The developed theoretical formula is, then, converted to design chart for structural designer's convenience in its use. The chart considers both service and ultimate load stages.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.219-228
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• 1996

힌지가 발생하는 철근콘크리트 골조구조물의 비선형해석시에 부재강성값을 사용하는 새로운 방법에 대한 연구이다. 본 연구에서는 부재의 비선형상태에서 힌지영역의 접선강성을 평가하고 효율적으로 이용하는 방법을 제시하였다. 비선형응답을 얻기위해 고유벡터를 이용하는 해석법은 비선형범위에서 시각증분에 따라 강성이 변하고 따라서 고유벡터군도 그 변하는 수만큼 재산정 하여야 하기 때문에 일반적인 해석방법이 아니다. 그러나 부재의 비선형상태를 나타내는 강성값, 즉 고유벡터의 산정횟수를 줄이며 산정된 기존값을 적절하게 재사용하여 해석의 효율성을 입증하였다. 지진하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 골조구조물의 비선형 해석의 경제성은 고유벡터의 산정횟수에 의존되기 때문에 고유벡터의 산정횟수를 감소시키며 신뢰성있는 응답을 구하여 본 해석법의 효율성을 입증하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2003

FBG sensor의 다중 측정성을 이용하여 모르타르 시편의 열 변형률과 온도 변화를 동시에 측정하였다. 또한, 광섬유 격자 센서를 이용하여, 열 변화에 따른 모르타르 시편의 내부 온도 구배를 측정하였다. 열 변형률을 기존 strain gauge와 함께 측정하였을 때, strain gauge는 섭씨 60도 이상의 온도에서 오차를 보이는 반면, FBG 센서는 안정된 측정값을 나타냈다. FBG 온도 sensor로 측정한 온도 변화량은 thermocouple로 측정한 값과 비교하였으며, 선형적인 대응관계를 보였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1996

A new error measure for a static finite element analysis is proposed. This error measure is a modification to the Zienkiewicz and Zhu energy norm. The new error estimator is a global error measure for the analysis and is independent of finite element model size and internal stresses, hence it is readily transportable to other error calculations. It is shown in this paper the the new error estimator also produces conservative error measurements, making it a suitable procedure to adopt in commerical packages.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2004

본 연구는 테스트 패턴 생성 알고리즘에서 결정 과정을 안내하는 데 이용되는 새로운 테스트 용이도 척도 계산법을 제안한다. 이 테스트 용이도 척도는 학습에 의해 얻어지는 회로의 구조적 정보를 이용한다. 제안된 테스트 용이도 척도는 오직 하나의 해결책이 존재할 경우 모순조건을 조기에 찾아내는 패턴을 유도하며, 반면에 다수의 해결책들이 존재할 경우 최소한의 모순이 발생토록 유도한다. 제안된 테스트 용이도 척도는 기존의 방법과 동일한 고장 검출율을 얻는 패턴을 얻는데 소요되는 CPU 시간을 상당히 감소시킨다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.567-576
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• 2017

Structural failures are undesirable events that devastate the construction industry resulting in loss of life, injury, huge property loss, and also affect the economy of the region. Roof truss failures occur mainly due to excessive loading, improper fabrication, deterioration, inadequate repair, etc. Although very rare, a roof truss may even fail due to inappropriate location of supports. One such case was reported from the recent failure of a steel roof truss used in an indoor stadium at Kargil in India. Kargil region, being mountainous in nature, receives heavy snowfall and hence the steel roof trusses are designed for heavy snow loads. Due to inappropriate support location, the indoor stadium's steel roof truss had failed under heavy snow load for which it was designed and became an interesting structural engineering problem. The failure observed was primarily in terms of yielding of the bottom chord under the supports, leading to partial collapse of the roof truss. This paper summarizes the results of laboratory tests and analytical studies that focused on the validation of the proposed remedial measure for rehabilitating this distressed steel roof truss. The study presents the evaluation of (i) significant reduction in strength and stiffness of the distressed truss resulting in its failure, (ii) desired recovery in both strength and stiffness of the rectified truss contributed by the proposed remedial measure. Three types of models i.e., ideal truss model, as build truss model and rectified truss model were fabricated and tested under monotonic loading. The structural configuration and support condition varied in all the three models to represent the ideal truss, distressed truss and the rectified truss. To verify the accuracy of the experimental results, an analytical study was carried out and the results of this analytical study are compared with the experimental ones.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.287-301
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• 2004

Structural acceleration regulation is a means of managing structural response energy and enhancing the performance of civil structures undergoing large seismic events. A quadratic output regulator that minimizes a measure including the total structural acceleration energy is developed and tested on a realistic non-linear, semi-active structural control case study. Suites of large scaled earthquakes are used to statistically quantify the impact of this type of control in terms of changes in the statistical distribution of controlled structural response. This approach includes the impulses due to control inputs and is shown to be more effective than a typical displacement focused control approach, by providing equivalent or better performance in terms of displacement and hysteretic energy reductions, while also significantly reducing peak story accelerations and the associated damage and occupant injury. For earthquake engineers faced with the dilemma of balancing displacement and acceleration demands this control approach can significantly reduce that concern, reducing structural damage and improving occupant safety.