• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2016

Due to droughts and water shortages causing severe damage to crops and other vegetations, much attention has been given to efficient irrigation for upland farming. However, little information has been known to measure soil moisture levels in a field scale and apply their spatial variability for proper irrigation scheduling. This study aimed to characterize the spatial variability and temporal stability of soil water contents at depths of 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm on flat (loamy soil) and hill-slope fields (silt-loamy soil). Field monitoring of soil moisture contents was used for variogram analysis using GS+ software. Kriging produced from the structural parameters of variogram was applied for the means of spatial prediction. The overall results showed that the surface soil moisture presented a strong spatial dependence at the sampling time and space in the field scale. The coefficient variation (CV) of soil moisture was within 7.0~31.3 % in a flat field and 8.3~39.4 % in a hill-slope field, which was noticeable in the dry season rather than the rainy season. The drought assessment analysis showed that only one day (Dec. 21st) was determined as dry (20.4 % and 24.5 % for flat and hill-slope fields, respectively). In contrary to a hill-slope field where the full irrigation was necessary, the centralized irrigation scheme was appeared to be more effective for a flat field based on the spatial variability of soil moisture contents. The findings of this study clearly showed that the geostatistical analysis of soil moisture contents greatly contributes to proper irrigation scheduling for water-efficient irrigation with maximal crop productivity and environmental benefits.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.454-461
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 일반 전기저항식 변형률센서 및 광섬유센서, 변위계를 이용하여 콘크리트 보의 거동특성을 연구하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 콘크리트 보를 제작하고 여기에 광섬유 및 일반 전기저항식 변형률센서를 표면에 부착 또는 내부에 매설하였고 또한, 보의 하면에는 변위계를 설치한 후 파괴에 이를 때까지 하중을 정적으로 점증시켜가면서 보의 하중단계별 거동을 조사하였다. 실험결과, 이 방식이 보의 거동을 조사하는 데 효과적임을 확인하였으며, 조합형 변형률센서가 보에 균열이 발생한 후의 거동을 파악하는데 매우 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 아울러 보는 균열발생 전에는 인장부 콘크리트가 외력에 저항할 수 있으나 일단 균열이 발생한 후에는 보의 강성이 저하되어 처짐이 계속 증가되는 비선형거동을 하며, 이 때부터는 인장부 철근이 전적으로 외력을 담당하는 것을 본 연구를 통해 파악할 수 있었다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.77-91
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• 2012

최근 우리나라는 국토의 고도 이용과 지역 간의 균형발전을 도모하기 위한 목적으로 택지 및 단지, 도로, 항만 및 공항 등의 건설이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 현재도 많은 공사들이 연약한 지반에서 실시되고 있다. 이로 인해 건설현장에서 지반의 장기침하, 파괴, 부등침하, 국지적인 구조물 손상 등의 공학적인 문제들이 지속적으로 보고되고 있다. 특히, 연약지반이 비교적 두껍게 발달한 서 남해안 지역과 내륙지역의 연약지반 위에 축조되는 각종 구조물, 도로 등의 경우 필연적으로 하중에 의한 지반의 장기침하가 발생하게 된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 기존의 장기침하량 예측기법들인 쌍곡선법, 호시노법, $\sqrt{S}$법, 아사오카법 등의 지역별 적정 분석기법을 검토하는 한편, 일반화된 산정식의 도출을 통한 새로운 예측기법에 대한 연구를 수행하여 토질특성 및 시공조건에 대한 상관관계를 분석하고 장기적인 침하특성과의 연관계수를 도출하였다. 수식의 검증을 위해 16개 지역의 계측자료와 수치해석 결과를 비교 및 분석을 실시하였다.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.255-271
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• 2014

A method of smart system identification of super high-rise buildings is proposed in which super high-rise buildings are modeled by a shear-bending system. The method is aimed at finding the story shear and bending stiffnesses of a specific story only from the horizontal floor accelerations. The proposed method uses a set of closed-form expressions for the story shear and bending stiffnesses in terms of the limited floor accelerations and utilizes a reduced shear-bending system with the same number of elements as the observation points. A difficulty of prediction of an unstable specific function in a low frequency range can be overcome by introducing an ARX model and discussing its relation with the Taylor series expansion coefficients of a transfer function. It is demonstrated that the shear-bending system can simulate the vibration records with a reasonable accuracy. It is also shown that the vibration records at two super high-rise buildings during the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) earthquake can be simulated with the proposed method including a technique of inserting degrees of freedom between the vibration recording points. Finally it is discussed further that the time-varying identification of fundamental natural period and stiffnesses can be conducted by setting an appropriate duration of evaluation in the batch least-squares method.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.217-229
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• 2017

보의 표면에 부착된 압전웨이퍼를 통해 가진되고 측정되는 고주파수 대역의 전기역학적 신호는 보에 발생한 미세 손상에 매우 민감하다. 이러한 부착형 압전웨이퍼의 장점을 이용한 보의 손상 진단을 효과적으로 수행하기 위해서는 압전웨이퍼의 탐지범위 예측이 필요하다. 고주파수 대역에서 압전웨이퍼의 탐지범위에 영향을 주는 여러 가지 요인 중 가장 지배적인 인자는 보의 감쇠이다. 이 연구에서는 보에 부착된 압전웨이퍼의 전기역학적 신호를 이용하여 보의 감쇠를 추정할 수 있는 기법을 제시한다. 공진이 발생하는 과정에서 보의 감쇠효과를 고려하여 압전웨이퍼의 전기역학적 신호를 파전달 관점에서 정식화한다. 실제 계측된 전기역학적 신호로부터 구한 측정 감쇠비 함수값과 정식화된 전기역학적 신호로부터 계산된 감쇠비 함수값의 차이를 최소화하는 최소자승법을 통해 보의 감쇠비를 추정한다. 제시된 방법을 압전웨이퍼가 병치되어 있는 알루미늄 보 수치 및 실험 예제에 적용하여 타당성을 검증한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.481-493
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• 2018

Ultrasonic guided waves have attracted increasing attention for non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridge cables. They offer advantages like single measurement, wide coverage of acoustical field, and long-range propagation capability. To design defect detection systems, it is essential to understand how guided waves propagate in cables and how to select the optimal excitation frequency and mode. However, certain cable characteristics such as multiple wires, anchorage, and polyethylene (PE) sheath increase the complexity in analyzing the guided wave propagation. In this study, guided wave modes for multi-wire bridge cables are identified by using a semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) technique to obtain relevant dispersion curves. Numerical results indicated that the number of guided wave modes increases, the length of the flat region with a low frequency of L(0,1) mode becomes shorter, and the cutoff frequency for high order longitudinal wave modes becomes lower, as the number of steel wires in a cable increases. These findings were used in design of transducers for defect detection and selection of the optimal wave mode and frequency for subsequent experiments. A magnetostrictive transducer system was used to excite and detect the guided waves. The applicability of the proposed approach for detecting and locating wire breakages was demonstrated for a cable with 37 wires. The present ultrasonic guided wave method has been found to be very responsive to the number of brokenwires and is thus capable of detecting defects with varying sizes.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.365-387
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• 2019

This study aims to provide useful information on the fatigue assessment of a top-tensioned riser (TTR) subjected to vortex-induced vibration (VIV) by performing parametric study. The effects of principal design parameters, i.e., riser diameter, wall thickness, water depth (related to riser length), top tension, current velocity, and shear rate (or shear profile of current) are investigated. To prepare the base model of TTR for parametric studies, three (3) riser modelling techniques in the OrcaFlex were investigated and validated against a reference model by Knardahl (2012). The selected riser model was used to perform parametric studies to investigate the effects of design parameters on the VIV fatigue damage of TTR. From the obtained comparison results of VIV analysis, it was demonstrated that a model with a single line model ending at the lower flex joint (LFJ) and pinned connection with finite rotation stiffness to simulate the LFJ properties at the bottom end of the line model produced acceptable prediction. Moreover, it was suitable for VIV analysis purposes. Findings from parametric studies showed that VIV fatigue damage increased with increasing current velocity, riser outer diameter and water depth, and decreased with increasing shear rate and top tension of riser. With regard to the effects of wall thickness, it was not significant to VIV fatigue damage of TTR. The detailed outcomes were documented with parametric study results.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2018

Vibrational problems in the domestic Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (SHAWT) are due to flap wise vibrations caused by varying wind velocities acting perpendicular to its blade surface. It has been reported that monitoring the structural health of the turbine blades requires special attention as they are key elements of a wind power generation, and account for 15-20% of the total turbine cost. If this vibration problem is taken care, the SHAWT can be made as commercial success. In this work, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires made of Nitinol (Ni-Ti) alloys are embedded into the Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) wind turbine blade in order to reduce the flapwise vibrations. Experimental study of Nitinol (Ni-Ti) wire characteristics has been done and relationship between different parameters like current, displacement, time and temperature has been established. When the wind turbine blades are subjected to varying wind velocity, flapwise vibration occurs which has to be controlled continuously, otherwise the blade will be damaged due to the resonance. Therefore, in order to control these flapwise vibrations actively, a non-linear current controller unit was developed and fabricated, which provides actuation force required for active vibration control in smart blade. Experimental analysis was performed on conventional GFRP and smart blade, depicted a 20% increase in natural frequency and 20% reduction in amplitude of vibration. With addition of active vibration control unit, the smart blade showed 61% reduction in amplitude of vibration.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1330-1335
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• 2007

마늘을 발효시켜 만든 흑마늘의 지질 산화 억제 및 사람 Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)에 대하여 항산화 활성을 실험하였다. 표준품으로서 마늘의 주성분인 alliin과 흑마늘의 에탄올과 물 추출물의 전자공여능을 각각 비교하여 측정한 결과 흑마늘 에탄을 추출물이 효능이 가장 높았다. 사람 LDL을 $Cu^{2+}$유도 LDL로 산화시킬 때 그 항산화능은 각 시료를 $10\;{\mu}g/ml$ 및 $20\;{\mu}g/ml$ 씩 첨가하며 TSARS를 측정한 결과 에탄을 추출물이 항산화 활성이 가장 높았으며 용량 의존형으로 나타났다. 흑마늘의 에탄올과 물추출물을 $10\;{\mu}g/ml$ 및 $20\;{\mu}g/ml$ 첨가한 후 J774 유도 산화에 대한 항산화 효과를 측정한 결과 각 추출물은 항산화 효과가 있었고 용량 의존형의 항산화 활성을 나타내었다. 흑마늘의 각 추출물을 이용한 실험에서 전기영동 이동상은 대조구에 비하여 $10\;{\mu}g/ml$ 및 $20\;{\mu}g/ml$에서 산화를 억제하였고 공액 2중 결합에 의한 실험에서도 항산화 효과가 있었으며 $20\;{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 거의 억제되었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.683-696
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• 2017

In this study, the reliability of nonlinear ultrasonic modulation based fatigue crack detection is improved using a feature-level data fusion approach. When two ultrasonic inputs at two distinct frequencies are applied to a specimen with a fatigue crack, modulation components at the summation and difference of these two input frequencies appear. First, the spectral amplitudes of the modulation components and their spectral correlations are defined as individual features. Then, a 2D feature space is constructed by combining these two features, and the presence of a fatigue crack is identified in the feature space. The effectiveness of the proposed fatigue crack detection technique is experimentally validated through cyclic loading tests of aluminum plates, full-scale steel girders and a rotating shaft component. Subsequently, the improved reliability of the proposed technique is quantitatively investigated using receiver operating characteristic analysis. The uniqueness of this study lies in (1) improvement of nonlinear ultrasonic modulation based fatigue crack detection reliability using feature-level data fusion, (2) reference-free fatigue crack diagnosis without using the baseline data obtained from the intact condition of the structure, (3) application to full-scale steel girders and shaft component, and (4) quantitative investigation of the improved reliability using receiver operating characteristic analysis.