• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2015

Whilst it is clear that increasing temperatures from global environmental change will impact the positions of alpine treelines, it is likely that a range of regional and local scaled factors will mediate the overall impact of global scale climate drivers. We summarized 12 categories of abiotic and biotic factors as 4 groups determining treeline positions. First, there are global factors related to climate-induced growth limitation and carbon limitation. Second, there are seven regional and local factors related to treeline dynamics including frost stress, topography, water stress, snow, wind, fire and non-fire disturbance. Third, species-specific factors can control treeline dynamics through their influence on reproduction and life history traits. Fourth, there are positive feedbacks in structuring the dynamics of treelines. Globally, the commonly accepted growth limitation hypothesis is that growth at a treeline is limited by temperature. Meanwhile, positive feedbacks between canopy cover and tree establishment are likely to control the spatial pattern and temporal dynamics of many treelines. The presence of non-linear dynamics at treelines has implications for the use of treelines as barometers of climate change because the lagged responses and abrupt shifts inherent in non-equilibrium systems may combine to mask the overall climate trend.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.263-275
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• 2015

This study presents conceptual information of newly optimized shapes and connectivity of the so-called outrigger truss system for modern tall buildings that resists lateral loads induced by wind and earthquake forces. In practice, the outrigger truss consists of triangular or Vierendeel types to stiffen tall buildings, and the decision of outrigger design has been qualitatively achieved by only engineers' experience and intuition, including information of structural behaviors, although outrigger shapes and the member's connectivity absolutely affect building stiffness, the input of material, construction ability and so on. Therefore the design of outrigger trusses needs to be measured and determined according to scientific proofs like reliable optimal design tools. In this study, at first the shape and connectivity of an outrigger truss system are visually evaluated by using a conceptual design tool of the classical topology optimization method, and then are quantitatively investigated with respect to a structural safety as stiffness, an economical aspect as material quantity, and construction characteristics as the number of member connection. Numerical applications are studied to verify the effectiveness of the proposed design process to generate a new shape and connectivity of the outrigger for both static and dynamic responses.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제86권4호
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• pp.573-587
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• 2023

A conventional tuned mass damper (TMD) provides a passive control option to suppress the structures' wind- or earthquake-induced vibrations. However, excessive displacements of the TMD raise concerns in the practical implementation. Therefore, this study proposes a novel TMD designed for and deployed on a high-rise sightseeing tower. The device consists of an integrated two-way slide rail mount and an eddy current damper (ECD) with a stroke control mechanism. This stroke control mechanism allows the damping coefficient to automatically increase when the stroke reaches a predetermined value, preventing excessive damper displacements during large earthquakes. The corresponding two-stage damping parameters are designed with a variable-thickness copper plate to enable the TMD stroke within a specified range. Thus, this study discusses the detailed design schemes of the device components in TMD. The designed two-stage damping parameters are also numerically verified, and the structural responses with/without the TMD are compared. As seen in the results, the proposed TMD yields effective control authority to limit the acceleration response within a comfort level. In addition, this TMD resolves the spatial availability for the damper movement in high-rise buildings by the controllable damping mechanism.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2018

이 논문에서는 다중 재난을 고려한 복합 구조제어 시스템의 최적 설계방법을 제시한다. 한 가지 유형의 위험에 대해 하나의 시스템이 설계되는 전형적인 구조제어 시스템과는 달리, 구조물의 지진 및 바람에 의한 진동응답을 저감하기 위해 능동 및 수동제어 시스템에 대한 동시 최적 설계방법을 제안하였다. 수치 예로서, 30층 빌딩 구조물에 설치된 30개의 점성 댐퍼와 복합형 질량 감쇠기에 대한 최적 설계문제를 보였다. 최적화 문제를 풀기 위해 자체적응 화음탐색(harmony search, HS)알고리즘을 채택하였다. 화음탐색 알고리즘은 사람이 연주하는 악기의 튜닝 과정을 모방한 전역 최적화를 위한 메타 휴리스틱 진화 연산방법의 하나이다. 또한 전역 탐색 및 빠른 수렴을 위해 자가적응적이고 동적인 매개변수 조정 알고리즘을 도입하였다. 최적화 설계 결과, 능동 및 수동 시스템이 독립적으로 최적화된 표준적인 복합제어 시스템에 비해 제안한 동시 최적제어 시스템의 성능과 효율성이 우수함을 보였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.383-393
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• 2024

Monopile foundations of offshore wind turbines embedded in soft clay are subjected to the long-term cyclic lateral loads induced by winds, currents, and waves, the vibration of monopile leads to the accumulation of pore pressure and cyclic strains in the soil in its vicinity, which poses a threat to the safety operation of monopile. The researchers mainly focused on the hysteretic stress-strain relationship of soft clay and kinds of stiffness degradation models have been adopted, which may consume considerable computing resources and is not applicable for the long-term bearing performance analysis of monopile. In this study, a modified cyclic stiffness degradation model considering the effect of plastic strain and pore pressure change has been proposed and validated by comparing with the triaxial test results. Subsequently, the effects of cyclic load ratio, pile aspect ratio, number of load cycles, and length to embedded depth ratio on the accumulated rotation angle and pore pressure are presented. The results indicate the number of load cycles can significantly affect the accumulated rotation angle of monopile, whereas the accumulated pore pressure distribution along the pile merely changes with pile diameter, embedded length, and the number of load cycles, the stiffness of monopile can be significantly weakened by decreasing the embedded depth ratio L/H of monopile. The stiffness degradation of soil is more significant in the passive earth pressure zone, in which soil liquefaction is likely to occur. Furthermore, the suitability of the "accumulated rotation angle" and "accumulated pore pressure" design criteria for determining the required cyclic load ratio are discussed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.267-279
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• 2023

Data modelling and interpretation for structural health monitoring (SHM) field data are critical for evaluating structural performance and quantifying the vulnerability of infrastructure systems. In order to improve the data modelling accuracy, and extend the application range from data regression analysis to out-of-sample forecasting analysis, an improved most likely heteroscedastic Gaussian process (iMLHGP) methodology is proposed in this study by the incorporation of the outof-sample forecasting algorithm. The proposed iMLHGP method overcomes this limitation of constant variance of Gaussian process (GP), and can be used for estimating non-stationary typhoon-induced response statistics with high volatility. The first attempt at performing data regression and forecasting analysis on structural responses using the proposed iMLHGP method has been presented by applying it to real-world filed SHM data from an instrumented cable-stay bridge during typhoon events. Uncertainty quantification and correlation analysis were also carried out to investigate the influence of typhoons on bridge strain data. Results show that the iMLHGP method has high accuracy in both regression and out-of-sample forecasting. The iMLHGP framework takes both data heteroscedasticity and accurate analytical processing of noise variance (replace with a point estimation on the most likely value) into account to avoid the intensive computational effort. According to uncertainty quantification and correlation analysis results, the uncertainties of strain measurements are affected by both traffic and wind speed. The overall change of bridge strain is affected by temperature, and the local fluctuation is greatly affected by wind speed in typhoon conditions.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2000

본 연구는 변색립, 수발아를 유발시킨 기상환경을 구명하고 출수기의 변색립, 등숙 중 .후기의 수발아, 생식생장기의 침관수, 황숙기의 도복에 타른 수량반응을 구명하기 위하여 피해를 받은 농가 포장 및 경기도농업기술원 포장에서 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 벼 출수시기에 영화변색 발생시의 기상조건은 평균 기온은 21.3-26.4$^{\circ}C$, 상대습도는 75.2-98.4%, 증발계수는 19.3, 풍속은 10.8-13.m/sec.이였으며, 영화변색비율이 63.2-65.7%, 38.3-45.2%일 때 임실비율과 등숙비율 저하로 수량이 각각 26-27%. 10-17%감소하였다. 벼 등숙 중.후기에 포장에서 연속강우에 의한 수발아 발생 기상조건은 7일간 연속강우로 상대습도가 96% 이상이였고 7일간의 평균기온은 18.9$^{\circ}C$, 최고기온은 21.9$^{\circ}C$, 최저기온은 16.8$^{\circ}C$이였으며, 수발아율이 높은 품종은 주안벼(45.5%), 진부벼(14.5%). 봉광벼(14.2%), 오봉벼(12.6%) 등 이였다. 벼 생식생장기 관수시 곁가지는 1.5-2m 수심에 1일간 관수부터 발생하였고, 3-4m 수심에 2-3일간 관수시는 m$^2$당 269-571개 발생하여 전체수량에 32-52%기여하였다. 벼 황숙기 도복시 일으켜 세움과 방치시 수량 차는 대차없었으나 방치시 미숙립 증가로 완전미비율이 세움에 비하여 중묘기계이앙답은 9.1%, 건답직파답은 12.5% 낮아졌다.