• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2019

In Korea, the seismic design of non-structural elements was interested by Earthquake of the 2016 Gyeong-ju and 2017 Po-hang. Among the non-structural elements, the ceiling system with steel panel used in Po-hang station showed failure examples of non-seismic design ceiling. In this study, the seismic performance of suspended ceiling with steel-panel, such as those used in Po-hang Station, was evaluated by shaking table tests. The shaking table tests were performed in accordance with the ICC-ES AC156 standard with floor acceleration being applied horizontally in one direction using a $3.3{\times}3.3m^2$ frame. The ceiling system consists of steel-panels, carrying channels, main and cross T-bars, and anti-falling clips. The anti-falling clip prevents the steel panel falling completely. The shaking table test confirmed that the damage at the previous stage had a direct impact on the damage state at the next stage. Through the shaking table test, the damage state of the T-bar type steel-panel suspended ceiling system was defined.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.667-684
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• 2008

Numerous devices exist for reducing or eliminating seismic damage to structures. These include passive dampers, semi-active dampers, and active control devices. The performance of structural systems with these devices has often been evaluated using numerical simulations. Experiments on structural systems with these devices, particularly at large-scale, are lacking. This paper describes a real-time hybrid testing facility that has been developed at the Lehigh University NEES Equipment Site. The facility enables real-time large-scale experiments to be performed on structural systems with rate-dependent devices, thereby permitting a more complete evaluation of the seismic performance of the devices and their effectiveness in seismic hazard reduction. The hardware and integrated control architecture for hybrid testing developed at the facility are presented. An application involving the use of passive elastomeric dampers in a three story moment resisting frame subjected to earthquake ground motions is presented. The experiment focused on a test structure consisting of the damper and diagonal bracing, which was coupled to a nonlinear analytical model of the remaining part of the structure (i.e., the moment resisting frame). A tracking indictor is used to track the actuator ability to achieve the command displacement during a test, enabling the quality of the test results to be assessed. An extension of the testbed to the real-time hybrid testing of smart structures with semi-active dampers is described.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.569-585
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• 2013

The use of the rigid polyurethane foam (RPF) to strengthen sandwich structures against blast terror has great interests from engineering experts in structural retrofitting. The aim of this study is to use the RPF to strengthen sandwich steel structure under blast load. The sandwich steel structure is assembled to study the RPF as structural retrofitting. The filed blast test is conducted. The finite element analysis (FEA) is also used to model the sandwich steel structure under shock wave. The sandwich steel structure performance is studied based on detonating different TNT explosive charges. There is a good agreement between the results obtained by both the field blast test and the numerical model. The RPF improves the sandwich steel structure performance under the blast wave propagation.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 아치 형상을 갖는 강재 거더에 콘크리트가 충진되고 외부에 긴장력을 도입하여 구조적 효율성을 높인 CFTA 거더(Concrete-Filled and Tied Steel Tubular Arch Girder)의 아치효과와 구조적 성능을 검증하기 위해 정적하중재하실험을 수행하였고, 실험결과의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. CFTA 거더는 강재, 콘크리트, PS강재 등을 이용하여 각 재료의 역학적 장점을 최대한 발휘하도록 형상화하였다. 본 연구에서는 프레임해석프로그램으로 지간장 12m인 축소모형을 설계하였으며, 해석결과에 근거하여 정적재하실험이 수행되었다. 정적재하실험 결과, CFTA 거더의 구조적 성능과 안전성이 검증되었으며, 아치 효과에 의해 타 구조형식과는 다른 처짐 형상이 나타났다. 또한 ABAQUS 프로그램을 이용한 유한요소해석을 통해 차량 충돌 안정성과 정적재하실험결과의 타당성을 입증하였다.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.315-327
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• 2016

Damage detection and localisation in structures is essential since it can be a means for preventive maintenance of those structures under service conditions. The use of structural modal data for detecting the damage is one of the most efficient methods. This paper presents comparative performance of various state-of-the-art meta-heuristics for use in structural damage detection based on changes in modal data. The metaheuristics include differential evolution (DE), artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC), real-code ant colony optimisation (ACOR), charged system search (ChSS), league championship algorithm (LCA), simulated annealing (SA), particle swarm optimisation (PSO), evolution strategies (ES), teaching-learning-based optimisation (TLBO), adaptive differential evolution (JADE), evolution strategy with covariance matrix adaptation (CMAES), success-history based adaptive differential evolution (SHADE) and SHADE with linear population size reduction (L-SHADE). Three truss structures are used to pose several test problems for structural damage detection. The meta-heuristics are then used to solve the test problems treated as optimisation problems. Comparative performance is carried out where the statistically best algorithms are identified.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.185-198
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• 2003

The concept of performance based seismic design has been gradually accepted by the earthquake engineering profession recently, in which the cost-effectiveness criterion is one of the most important principles and more attention is paid to the structural performance at the inelastic stage. Since there are many uncertainties in seismic design, reliability analysis is a major task in performance based seismic design. However, structural reliability analysis may be very costly and time consuming because the limit state function is usually a highly nonlinear implicit function with respect to the basic design variables, especially for the complex large-scale structures for dynamic and nonlinear analysis. Understanding statistical properties of the structural inelastic deformation, which is the aim of the present paper, is helpful to develop an efficient approximate approach of reliability analysis. The present paper studies the statistical properties of the maximum elastoplastic story drift of steel frames subjected to earthquake load. The randomness of earthquake load, dead load, live load, steel elastic modulus, yield strength and structural member dimensions are considered. Possible probability distributions for the maximum story are evaluated using K-S test. The results show that the choice of the probability distribution for the maximum elastoplastic story drift of steel frames is related to the mean value of the maximum elastoplastic story drift. When the mean drift is small (less than 0.3%), an extreme value type I distribution is the best choice. However, for large drifts (more than 0.35%), an extreme value type II distribution is best.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2010

PHE(Process Heat Exchanger) is a key component required to transfer heat energy of $950^{\circ}C$ generated in a VHTR(Very High Temperature Reactor) to the chemical reaction that yields a large quantity of hydrogen. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute established the gas loop for the performance test of components, which are used in the VHTR, and they manufactured a PHE prototype to be tested in the loop. In this study, as part of the high-temperature structural-integrity evaluation of the PHE prototype, which is scheduled to be tested in the gas loop, we carried out high-temperature structural-analysis modeling, thermal analysis, and thermal expansion analysis of the PHE prototype. The results obtained in this study will be used to design the performance test setup for the PHE prototype.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.789-809
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• 2015

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies into the structural behavior of a high performance corbel type composite connection adopted in Raffles City of Hangzhou, China. Physical tests under both monotonic and quasi-static cyclic loads were conducted to investigate the load carrying capacities and deformation characteristics of this new type of composite connection. A variety of structural responses are examined in detail, including load-deformation characteristics, the development of sectional direct and shear strains, and the history of cumulative plastic deformation and energy. A three-dimensional finite element model built up with solid elements was also proposed for the verification against test results. The studies demonstrate the high rigidity, strength and rotation capacities of the corbel type composite connections, and give detailed structural understanding for engineering design and practice. Structural engineers are encouraged to adopt the proposed corbel type composite connections in mega high-rise buildings to achieve an economical and buildable and architectural friendly engineering solution.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2008

The modern automotive industry develops innovative vehicle designs to meet increasing stability of car and performance demands of their customers. The improvement of frame rigidity by the structural foam is thought to be an effective means to improve the performance because of high applicability and minimum weight. The object of this paper is to examine the use of structural foam in a hat section as an optimum reinforcing means, to compare the reinforcing performance of structural foam versus a plastic reinforcement. The result of this paper indicated that reinforcing efficiencies are achieved by structural foam and plastic reinforcement shape.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.94-103
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• 2016

궤도가 역사의 상부에 위치하여 열차운행으로 인하여 발생한 진동이 직접 전달되는 선하역사에서 구조물 진동과 이로 인한 구조물기인 소음이 기준치보다 높은 것으로 나타남에 따라, 기존 선하역사에 대하여 열차 운행의 중단 없이 진동저감이 가능한 경제적, 효율적 방안이 요구된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 진동전달 경로상의 기둥에 워터젯 공법으로 기둥단면에서 피복재 부분을 파쇄한 후 진동전달 절연기능을 가지는 에폭시 소재의 방진재를 보강하여 진동을 저감시키기 위한 구조진동절연시스템을 개발하였다. 방진재의 보강체적을 변수로 한 진동절연 시스템을 실제역사 기둥의 1/4축소모형에 적용하고, 충격가진 시험을 통한 진동저감 성능과 횡하중 반복가력시험을 통한 구조적 성능을 검증하고자 하였다. 충격가진 실험결과로부터 구조진동절연시스템을 적용할 경우 고유 진동주기가 하향되어 진동응답 특성이 변화되고 감쇠비는 약 15~30%까지 증가를 나타내어 진동저감 성능이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 반복하중 가력에 의한 구조성능 실험에서 하중-변위 및 강성변화에 대한 고찰과 연성도 및 에너지 소산의 증가를 보인 결과로 부터 구조부재로의 기능을 유지함을 확인 할 수 있었다.