• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.363-379
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• 2013

Dynamic displacement of structures is an important index for in-service structural condition and behavior assessment, but accurate measurement of structural displacement for large-scale civil structures such as long-span bridges still remains as a challenging task. In this paper, a vision-based dynamic displacement measurement system with the use of digital image processing technology is developed, which is featured by its distinctive characteristics in non-contact, long-distance, and high-precision structural displacement measurement. The hardware of this system is mainly composed of a high-resolution industrial CCD (charge-coupled-device) digital camera and an extended-range zoom lens. Through continuously tracing and identifying a target on the structure, the structural displacement is derived through cross-correlation analysis between the predefined pattern and the captured digital images with the aid of a pattern matching algorithm. To validate the developed system, MTS tests of sinusoidal motions under different vibration frequencies and amplitudes and shaking table tests with different excitations (the El-Centro earthquake wave and a sinusoidal motion) are carried out. Additionally, in-situ verification experiments are performed to measure the mid-span vertical displacement of the suspension Tsing Ma Bridge in the operational condition and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge during loading tests. The obtained results show that the developed system exhibits an excellent capability in real-time measurement of structural displacement and can serve as a good complement to the traditional sensors.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.5980-5987
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• 2014

디젤엔진의 사용은 루돌프 디젤에 의하여 발명된 이후 산업의 발달을 이끌어가는 중추적인 역할을 하고 있다. 2013년 기준으로 국내의 디젤엔진의 차량은 7,395,739대이다. 디젤엔진에서의 인젝터는 엔진의 구동에 직접적인 역활을 수행하기 때문에 성능향상에 대한 연구는 지속적으로 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 운행 중인 디젤차량의 매연의 농도와 인젝터 클리닝 전 후의 관계를 비교분석하기 위하여 인젝터 클리닝 전 후의 매연의 농도를 KD147 모드("운행차 수시점검 및 정기검사의 배출허용기준")로 측정하여 인젝터 클리닝이 매연 저감에 미치는 영향에 대하여 실험적으로 고찰하였다. 실험결과 인젝터 클리닝 후의 매연의 농도가 20% 이상 감소하는 것을 확인하였으며 매연의 농도의 감소율은 매연의 발생량이 클수록 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.106.1-106.1
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• 2013

When strong static magnetic field is applied to the TMP, it is expected that the presence of the magnetic field might retard the velocity of the blades which results in the change of the pumping speed of the TMP. However, such effect of the magnetic field on the TMP has not been well characterized. Thus, under the strong magnetic field, monitoring pumping speed as well as generated heat, pressure, and vibration of the TMP may be an important issue to understand the magnetic field tolerance of the TMP and the development of magnetic shielding technique for the key components of the pump. For this purpose, magnetic field generation system to the vertical direction by a circular current source was firstly designed and suggested [K. Baik et al., 44th Annual Conf. KVS, 22(1), 153, (2012)]. In the current study, another magnetic field generation systems are presented to apply the magnetic field to the horizontal and radial directions by the rectangular current sources and the permanent magnets respectively. Such systems were made to generate at least 50 Gauss of magnetic field along the vertical direction and at least 25 Gauss of magnetic field along the horizontal or radial direction. Current study introduces the evaluation system of the magnetic field along the vertical, horizontal, and radial directions and presents the measured experimental results of the magnetic field when such systems are combined with the equipment where TMP will be installed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.1478-1485
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 풍향 풍속 계측모듈 및 DSP 센서인터페이스 회로 보드를 포함하는 기상계측 시스템을 제안한다. 이 DSP 시스템은 풍향풍속모듈, 대기압센서, 대기 온도 센서의 정보를 받아들이고, 빠르게 처리하여 PC 모니터링 시스템에 전달한다. 특히 풍향 풍속 모듈과 DSP 하드웨어는 직접 설계하여 적용한다. 풍향 풍속 모듈은 바람에 관한 벡터적 정보를 얻기 위해 4개의 박막형 RTD(Resistive Temperature Detectors) 저항센서를 히팅 코일에 의해 일정하게 가열된 원기둥 모양의 지지 표면에 벡터적으로 배치하는 구조를 채택한다. 이 구조를 채택한 계측 모듈은 진동, 습기, 부식 등에 강인하면서 정확한 계측을 가능케 한다. 센서 신호처리 회로는 TI사의 고속 DSP인 TMS320F2812 사용한다. 적용된 풍향 풍속 모듈을 통해 얻어진 데이터와 DSP 인터페이스 회로보드의 빠른 데이터 처리를 통해 저렴한 기상계측시스템을 구성 할 수 있었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.223-242
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• 2015

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as a novel solution to many of the challenges of structural health monitoring (SHM) in civil engineering structures. While research projects using WSNs are ongoing worldwide, implementations of WSNs on full-scale structures are limited. In this study, a WSN is deployed on a full-scale 17.3m-long, 11-bay highway sign support structure to investigate the ability to use vibration response data to detect damage induced in the structure. A multi-level damage detection strategy is employed for this structure: the Angle-between-String-and-Horizon (ASH) flexibility-based algorithm as the Level I and the Axial Strain (AS) flexibility-based algorithm as the Level II. For the proposed multi-level damage detection strategy, a coarse resolution Level I damage detection will be conducted first to detect the damaged region(s). Subsequently, a fine resolution Level II damage detection will be conducted in the damaged region(s) to locate the damaged element(s). Several damage cases are created on the full-scale highway sign support structure to validate the multi-level detection strategy. The multi-level damage detection strategy is shown to be successful in detecting damage in the structure in these cases.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.219-233
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• 2014

In a companion paper, Pasala and Nagarajaiah analytically and experimentally validate the Adaptive Length Pendulum Smart Tuned Mass Damper (ALP-STMD) on a primary structure (2 story steel structure) whose frequencies are time invariant (Pasala and Nagarajaiah 2012). In this paper, the ALP-STMD effectiveness on a primary structure whose frequencies are time varying is studied experimentally. This study experimentally validates the ability of an ALP-STMD to adequately control a structural system in the presence of real time changes in primary stiffness that are detected by a real time observer based system identification. The experiments implement the newly developed Adaptive Length Pendulum Smart Tuned Mass Damper (ALP-STMD) which was first introduced and developed by Nagarajaiah (2009), Nagarajaiah and Pasala (2010) and Nagarajaiah et al. (2010). The ALP-STMD employs a mass pendulum of variable length which can be tuned in real time to the parameters of the system using sensor feedback. The tuning action is made possible by applying a current to a shape memory alloy wire changing the effective length that supports the damper mass assembly in real time. Once a stiffness change in the structural system is detected by an open loop observer, the ALP-STMD is re-tuned to the modified system parameters which successfully reduce the response of the primary system. Significant performance improvement is illustrated for the stiffness modified system, which undergoes the re-tuning adaptation, when compared to the stiffness modified system without adaptive re-tuning.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.35-50
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• 2008

Wind and temperature have been shown to be the critical sources causing changes in the modal properties of large-scale bridges. While the individual effects of wind and temperature on modal variability have been widely studied, the investigation about the effects of multiple environmental factors on structural modal properties was scarcely reported. This paper addresses the modeling of the simultaneous effects of wind and temperature on the modal frequencies of an instrumented cable-stayed bridge. Making use of the long-term monitoring data from anemometers, temperature sensors and accelerometers, a neural network model is formulated to correlate the modal frequency of each vibration mode with wind speed and temperature simultaneously. Research efforts have been made on enhancing the prediction capability of the neural network model through optimal selection of the number of hidden nodes and an analysis of relative strength of effect (RSE) for input reconstruction. The generalization performance of the formulated model is verified with a set of new testing data that have not been used in formulating the model. It is shown that using the significant components of wind speeds and temperatures rather than the whole measurement components as input to neural network can enhance the prediction capability. For the fundamental mode of the bridge investigated, wind and temperature together apply an overall negative action on the modal frequency, and the change in wind condition contributes less to the modal variability than the change in temperature.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.842-848
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• 2020

연구목적: 노후화된 발전기의 지속 가능한 운영을 위하여 효율적이며, 안전한 운영이 중요하다. 효율적 운영이란 경제적 관점이며, 안전한 운영은 발전 설비의 치명적 사고 발생에 대한 발생 이전의 사전 조치를 말한다. 그러므로 발전기의 지속가능 운영 모니터링을 위하여 관련된 센서 설치와 이를 기반으로 지속 가능에 대한 예측할 수 있는 모델에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 연구방법: 전기와 열에 대한 수요 예측, 엔진의 성능과 이상을 탐지하는 예측, 그리고 재 난 안전에 대한 예측 모델을 제시하였다. 이를 위하여 필요한 센서를 정의하였으며, 이를 기반으로 예측 모델을 각각 개발하여 수행하였다. 연구결과: 수요 예측 모델은 기존의 79%에서 90% 이상으로 예측 정확도를 향상시켰으며, 다른 2개 모델도 시스템의 지속가능한 안정적 운영을 지원하였다. 결론: 노후화된 발전설비의 지속가능 운영을 지원하기 위한 3가지 종류의 예측 모델을 개발하고 이를 제이비주식회사의 발전 설비에 실제 적용하여 운영하고 있다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 건축물 진동저감장치에 적용되는 액체감쇠기 내 유체 자유표면의 동적 거동 계측을 위해 저가형 RGB-depth 센서인 Microsoft사 $Kinect^{(R)}$ v2의 활용과 계측시스템을 구축하는 방법을 제안하였다. $Kinect^{(R)}$ v2의 성능검토 및 실효성 확인, SDK(software development kit)를 사용한 실시간 모니터링, 3D 공간상에서 유체의 표면 정보 취득, 기존 비디오 센싱기법과의 비교를 통해 본 연구에서 제안한 유체의 동적 거동 계측 시스템의 정확성과 우수성을 검증하였다. 제안된 계측시스템을 활용하여 소형 수조 내 액체에 대한 동적 거동 정밀계측을 수행하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 광범위한 가진입력에 대한 유체 자유표면의 동적 거동 특징을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 RGB-depth센서의 건축물 진동저감 적용을 통해 정밀한 모니터링 시스템을 구축하고 최적화된 액체감쇠기의 설계 및 운용을 기대할 수 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2019

During the last two decades, much joint research regarding vibration based methods has been done, leading to developing various algorithms and techniques. These algorithms and techniques can be divided into modal methods and signal methods. Although modal methods have been widely used for health monitoring and damage detection, signal methods due to higher efficiency have received considerable attention in various fields, including aerospace, mechanical and civil engineering. Signal-based methods are derived directly from the recorded responses through signal processing algorithms to detect damage. According to different signal processing techniques, signal-based methods can be divided into three categories including time domain methods, frequency domain methods, and time-frequency domain methods. The frequency domain methods are well-known and interest in using them has increased in recent years. To determine dynamic behaviours, to identify systems and to detect damages of bridges, different methods and algorithms have been proposed by researchers. In this study, a new algorithm to detect seismic damage in the bridge's piers is suggested. To evaluate the algorithm, an analytical model of a bridge with simple spans is used. Based on the algorithm, before and after damage, the bridge is excited by a sine force, and the piers' responses are measured. The dynamic specifications of the bridge are extracted by Power Spectral Density function. In addition, the Least Square Method is used to detect damage in the bridge's piers. The results indicate that the proposed algorithm can identify the seismic damage effectively. The algorithm is output-only method and measuring the excitation force is not needed. Moreover, the proposed approach does not need numerical models.