• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.743-755
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• 2019

In this paper, a new system of seismic isolation for buildings - called suspended columns - is introduced. In this method, the building columns are placed on the hinged cradle seats instead of direct connection to the foundation. In this system, each of the columns is put on a seat hung from its surrounding area by a number of cables, for which cavities are created inside the foundation around the columns. Inside these cavities, the tensile cables are hung. Because of the flexibility of the cables, the suspended seats vibrate during an earthquake and as a result, there is less acceleration in the structure than the foundation. A Matlab code was written to analyze and investigate the response of the system against the earthquake excitations. The findings showed that if this system is used in a building, it results in a significant reduction in the acceleration applied to the structure. A shear key system was used to control the structure for service and lateral weak loads. Moreover, the effect of vertical acceleration on the seismic behavior of the system was also investigated. Effect of the earthquake characteristic period on the system performance was studied and the optimum length of the suspension cables for a variety of the period ranges was suggested. In addition, measures have been taken for long-term functioning of the system and some practical feasibility features were also discussed. Finally, the advantages and limitations of the system were discussed and compared with the other common methods of seismic isolation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2020

In this paper, a modified and improved seismic isolation system called suspension columns for seismic isolation was investigated. An experimental study of the proposed isolation method, together with theoretical and numerical analyses, has thoroughly been conducted. In the proposed method, during the construction of the foundation, some cavities are created at the position of the columns inside the foundation and the columns are placed inside the cavities and hanged from the foundation by flexible cables rather being directly connected to the foundation. Since the columns are suspended and due to the gap between the columns and walls of the cavities, the structure is able to move freely to each side thus, the transmitted seismic actions are reduced. The main parameter of this isolation technique is the length of the suspension cable. As the cable length is changed, the natural frequency of the structure is also changed, thus, the desired frequency can be achieved by means of an appropriate cable length. As the experimental phase of the study, a steel frame structure with two floors was constructed and subjected to the acceleration of three earthquakes using a shaking table with different hanging cable lengths. The structural responses were recorded in terms of acceleration and relative displacement. The experimental results were compared to the theoretical and numerical ones, obtained from the MATLAB programming and the finite element software ABAQUS, showing a suitable agreement between them. The results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed isolation method in reducing the seismic effects on the structure.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.165-185
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• 2015

The suspended zipper bracing system is suggested to reduce the flaws of ordinary zipper braced and concentric inverted V braced frames. In the design procedure of suspended zipper bracing systems, columns and top story truss elements are strengthened. This bracing system show different performances and characteristics compared with inverted V braced and ordinary zipper frames. As a result, a different response modification factor for suspend zipper frames is needed. In this research paper, the response modification factor of suspended zipper frames was obtained using the incremental dynamic analysis. Suspended zipper braced frames with different stories and bay lengths were selected to be representations of the design space. To analyze the frames, a number of models were constructed and calibrated using experimental data. These archetype models were subjected to 44 earthquake records of the FEMA-P695 project data set. The incremental dynamic analysis and elastic dynamic analysis were carried out to determine the yield base shear value and elastic base shear value of archetype models using the OpenSEES software. The seismic response modification factor for each frame was calculated separately and the values of 9.5 and 13.6 were recommended for ultimate limit state and allowable stress design methods, respectively.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.393-398
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• 2005

부유된 광물성 미립자는 강, 저수지 그리고 호수의 유속 및 운송력이 감소하는 곳에서 침전되며, 다른 중금속들에 의해 오염된다. 그 실예들이 퇴적물의 준설, 수질오염, 운하 및 수공구조물의 유지관리의 문제이다. 이런 침전 문제들을 다루기 위해선 물에 녹아있는 이온(NaOH, HCl, NaCl)의 첨가 및 밀도의 변화 아래 점착성 퇴적물의 물리-화학적인 특성의 이해가 필요하다. 왜냐하면 미립자인 점착성 퇴적물은 물리-화학적인 영향 때문에 쉽게 응집현상이 일어나며, 다른 특성을 갖게 되기 때문이다. 본 실험은 광물성 미립자(alumina 와 Quartz)를 가지고 담수 및 염분을 함유한 침강수주 안에서 실시되었다. 정수 중에 부유된 미립자의 침강속도는 압력센서(최대 10 mbar)로 측정되었다. 초기 농도 20,000 mg/l)까지 quartz의 침강 속도는 증가하였으며, 그 후 감소하였다. Quartz의 침강 속도는 산성에서 강한 응집현상 때문에 증가하였으며 알칼리성에서는 낮게 측정되었다. 그러나 alumina의 침강 속도는 그 정반대의 현상을 보였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2012

Fine suspended solids from mine drainage draw attentions due to their potential adverse influences on the water quality, such as increasing turbidity and degrading aesthetic landscape. Currently, sand filter beds are adapted in some mine drainage treating systems. However, more efficient system is in demand, as the existing sand beds reveal some problems, such as frequent maintenance intervals. Various filtering mediums including fly ash, mine tailing aggregates and the sand were tested for improving the current system, using column experimental set-up. Mine drainage samples were collected from the current treating systems in the abandoned H coal mine. The experiment was run for 7 days. Suspended solids recorded as 100.9 mg/L and the value exceeds the current standard, 30 mg/L. Sand was proved to still be the optimum medium for the fine suspended solids, compared to fly ash and fly ash + sand. Mine tailing aggregates were placed at the exit of the columns, substituting gravels. The tailing aggregates is made by mine tailings and clay. Sand bed filters can also be improved by mixing granular activated carbon, which was found to be economical and efficient in the batch experiment, conducted at the same time.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to propose future-oriented high-rise buildings where the vehicle is parked at the top of the building. At the same time, the vehicle is used as a part of the building along with the advent of the era of autonomous driving. The suspended structure is proposed as a suitable structural system for architectural planning. This system is free to design because there are no limitations on column planning compared to conventional designs. In particular, the low-floor plan can be used as an open space because colums are not arranged in the lower-floors. Thereby opened low-floor plan has advantages that visual perception of the space is improved, noise problems along the side of the street is solved and planning underground parking spaces are easier. These advantages can solve the problem of overlapping columns with vehicle traffic in the building. However, there are some problems that the suspension structure is mainly a formal form and the usable area is small compared to the core area because it is a core-oriented structural system. In this regard, a new structural system was proposed by combining the concept of suspended structure and cable stayed column. Therefore, this paper analyzes the existing style of high-rise housing suspended Structure and proposes a new structural system and the concept of design for autonomous vehicles.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.67-77
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• 2006

한반도 남해안에 위치하는 마산만의 퇴적환경을 파악하기 위해 표층퇴적물과 부유퇴적물의 조사를 실시하였다. 마산만에서 채취된 표층입도 분석결과 표층퇴적물은 펄(Mud), 자갈이 약간 함유된 펄(slightly gravelly Mud), 자갈펄(gravelly Mud)등 총 3개의 퇴적상으로 구분되었다. 전반적으로 펄이 우세한 퇴적상이며 만 중앙부의 수로 지역에서 약간의 자갈이 함유된 펄이 나타났다. 준설전과 준설후의 퇴적상은 큰 차이가 없이 실트가 우세한 펄이 주로 분포한다. 계절별로 1조석 주기동안 관측된 자료에 의하면, 수온과 염분은 지형의 영향으로 약한 조류로 인하여 계절에 상관없이 성층을 이루고 있으며, 수직적인 혼합은 발생하지 않았다. 육상에서 유입되는 담수와 외해수의 영향은 작은 것으로 보여 진다. 최강유속은 봄과 가을에는 낙조시에 나타나며, 여름과 겨울에는 창조시에 나타난다. 그리고 여기에서 발생하는 잔류유속에 의해 부유물질의 순이동률과 순이동량의 방향이 결정되는 것으로 나타났다. 부유퇴적물의 순이동량은 봄과 가을에 각각 $62.02{\times}10^3kgm^{-1}$, $31.84{\times}10^3kgm^{-1}$의 양이 외해쪽으로 향하며, 여름과 겨울에 각각 $18.23{\times}10^3kgm^{-1}$, $3.22{\times}10^3kgm^{-1}$의 양이 내만쪽으로 향하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2021

사업장에서 유해가스를 처리하는 스크러버는 처리효율은 높으나 설계가 복잡하고 24시간 펌프를 가동시켜야 하므로 많은 비용이 소모될 수 있다. 따라서, 영세한 사업장에서는 스크러버를 설치하지 않거나 순환펌프의 작동을 중지한 상태로 스크러버를 운용하여 운영비를 최소화하고 있다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 소규모 사업장에서 경제적으로 활용할 수 있는 저비용 고효율 스크러버에 대한 적용방안을 연구하였다. 저비용 고효율 스크러버는 bubble column의 방식을 적용하여 유해화학물질 흡수처리 목적으로 장치를 활용하는 것으로, 이러한 스크러버의 개발을 위하여 실험을 통해 흡수성능을 검토하였으며 특정 조건에서 물리적 조건 변화에 따른 유해가스 흡수효율 변화 및 최적의 적용방안을 연구하였다. 그 결과, 저비용 고효율 스크러버로 유입되는 기체를 어느 정도 처리할 수는 있었으나 처리능력이 저하되는 문제가 발생하여 흡수액 공급을 통해 성능저하를 방지하고 순환량에 따라 일정 수준의 흡수율을 유지할 수 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이를 기반으로 최종적으로는 적정 순환시점 및 동결 방지방안을 포함한 저비용 고효율 스크러버의 현장 적용방안을 3가지 방식(type)으로 제시하였다.