As climate change and population growth raise the likelihood of natural disasters, it becomes crucial to comprehend and mitigate these risks in vital infrastructure systems, especially nuclear power plants (NPPs). This research addresses the necessity for evaluating multiple hazards by concentrating on slope failures triggered by earthquakes near NPPs over a timeframe extending up to a return period of 100,000 years. Utilizing a Geographical Information System (GIS) and Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS), the research conducts a comprehensive fragility assessment to predict failure probability under varying ground-shaking conditions. According to the Newmark displacement method, factors such as Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), slope angle, soil properties, and saturation ratio play significant roles in determining slope safety outcomes. The investigation aims to enhance understanding seismic event repercussions on NPP-adjacent landscapes, providing insights into long-term dynamics and associated risks. Results indicate an increase in slope vulnerability with longer return periods, with distinct instances of slope failures at specific return periods. This analysis not only highlights immediate seismic impacts but also underscores the escalating risk of slope displacement across the extended return period scales, crucial for evaluating long-term stability and associated hazards near nuclear infrastructure.

Evaluation of low temperature performance of asphalt mixture is significant not only for mitigating transverse thermal cracking but also for preventing potential traffic accidents. In addition, the engineers in pavement agency need to inform the proper pavement section where urgent management is needed. Since early 2000, Korea Expressway Corporation Research Division (KECRD) developed an 3D Pavement condition Monitoring profiler vehicle (3DPM) to survey expressway pavement surface condition precisely. The management of whole expressway network became more precise, effective and efficient than before due to application of 3DPM and HPMS. One thing recommended is: performing extensive mechanical test and corresponding data analysis work procedure to further strengthen the feasibility of current 3DPM approach and HPMS. In this paper two activities were considered: first, the pavement section where the urgent care is recommended is selected by means of 3DPM approach. Then asphalt mixture cores were acquired on that specified section then low temperature fracture test: Semi Circular Bending (SCB) test, was performed. The mechanical parameters, energy release rate and fracture toughness were computed then compared. It is concluded that the current 3DPM approach in KEC can successfully evaluate and analyze selected pavement condition. However, more extensive experimental works are needed to further strengthen the current pavement analyzing approaches.

Existing reinforced concrete buildings with seismically deficient column details affect the overall behavior depending on the failure type of column. This study aims to develop and validate a machine learning-based prediction model for the column failure modes (shear, flexure-shear, and flexure failure modes). For this purpose, artificial neural network (ANN), K-nearest neighbor (KNN), decision tree (DT), and random forest (RF) models were used, considering previously collected experimental data. Using four machine learning methodologies, we developed a classification learning model that can predict the column failure modes in terms of the input variables using concrete compressive strength, steel yield strength, axial load ratio, height-to-dept aspect ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, and transverse reinforcement ratio. The performance of each machine learning model was compared and verified by calculating accuracy, precision, recall, F1-Score, and ROC. Based on the performance measurements of the classification model, the RF model represents the highest average value of the classification model performance measurements among the considered learning methods, and it can conservatively predict the shear failure mode. Thus, the RF model can rapidly predict the column failure modes with simple column details.

In this study, we investigated the change in fracture properties after friction stir welding on Al606. In the L-T direction test, the fracture toughness of the unwelded base material was 275 MPa, and the specimen subjected to friction stir welding (FSW) was 227 MPa, showing that the fracture toughness decreased significantly with friction stir welding. In the T-L direction test, the difference between the base material and the weld material was not large, but the fracture toughness was shown to decrease during welding. In the comparison of the L-T direction and the T-L direction, it was found that both the base material and the weld material showed high fracture toughness in the L-T direction.In this study, the following conclusions were obtained after friction stir welding of Al 6061-T6.

루쉰의 ｢묘비문(墓碣文)｣에 대한 기존 연구가 간과했던 측면의 하나는 산문시가 지닌 문학적, 미학적 특성에 대해 충분히 주의를 기울이지 않았다는 것이다. 루쉰의 사상은 체계적이고 논리적인 개념이 아니라 예술적이고 시적인 형상으로 표현될 수 밖에 없는 특성을 지니고 있다. 이런 의미에서 “시화된 철학”이라는 용어로 루쉰의 사상을 개괄하는 것이 가능하다고 할 것이다. 이런 시화된 철학은 동서양의 철학사 상사에서 일반적 경향이라고 할 수는 없지만, 그래도 꾸준하게 있어 온 것이 사실이 다. 시화된 철학이라는 말은 시와 사상, 형상과 개념의 고도의 융합을 가리키는 것이 다. 시로 표현될 수밖에 없는 사상, 사상을 떠나서 존재할 수 없는 시, 이런 특이한 시와 사상은 그 예술적, 미학적 특징에 대한 텍스트 분석이 그대로 사상적, 철학적 의미에 대한 해석과 직결되는 놀라운 경험을 제공한다. 이런 의미에서 본고에서는 예술과 사상의 긴밀한 결합에 주목함으로써 ｢묘비문｣에 대한 기존 연구에서 간과되 거나 해석하기 어려웠던 문제들에 대해 하나의 새로운 해결책을 제시해 볼 것이다. 따라서 ｢묘비문｣에 대한 텍스트 분석과 사상적 해석을 고도로 융합시키는 것이 이 글의 과제이다.

PURPOSES : The wedge-type anchorage system requires a complex analysis of not only the tensile stress of the CFRP plate, but also the compressive stress and shear stress generated by the wedge action. The purpose of this study is to find a composite material failure theory that is suitable for analyzing the behavior of wedge-type anchorage system among various failure theories. METHODS : In this study, numerical analysis of various composite material failure theories was performed to analyze the anchorage strength and failure mode of the wedge-type anchorage system according to each failure theory, and compared with actual test results to determine the composite material failure theory most suitable for analyzing the behavior of a wedge-type anchorage system. RESULTS : Since the Maximum Stress failure theory shows similar results to the actual test in terms of failure mode and anchorage strength, there is no significant problem in applying it to the wedge-type anchorage system. However, it is judged to be difficult to apply under property conditions where interactions between stresses are highlighted. The Tsai-Hill and Tsai-Wu failure theories are considered unsuitable for application to wedge-type anchorage systems because the wedge angle conditions at which the most advantageous anchorage strength occurs are significantly different from other theories and the fracture type cannot be predicted. The Hashin-Rotem failure theory is considered to be the most appropriate to apply as a failure theory for the wedge-shaped anchorage system because the anchorage strength was slightly lower than the actual test results, but there was no significant difference, and the failure mode was consistent with the test results. The Hashin failure theory is judged to be unsuitable for application as a failure theory for the wedge-type anchorage system because the anchorage strength and failure mode were interpreted differently from the actual test results. CONCLUSIONS : The Hashin-Rotem failure theory was presented as the composite material failure theory most suitable for analyzing the behavior of wedge-type anchorage system.

This study reports an experimental and analytical exploration of concrete columns laterally confined with Fe-based shape-memory alloy (Fe-SMA) spirals. For performing experiments, Fe-SMA rebars with a 4% prestrain and diameter of 10 mm were fabricated and concrete columns with internal Fe-SMA spiral reinforcement were constructed with a diameter of 200 mm and height of 600 mm. An acrylic bar with an attached strain gauge was embedded in the center of the specimen to measure local strains. Experimental variables encompassed the Fe-SMA spiral reinforcement, spacing, and activation temperature. Uniaxial compression tests were conducted after applying active confinement to the concrete columns through electrical-resistance heating. Notably, as the Fe-SMA spiral spacing decreased, the local failure zone length and compressive fracture energy of the prepared specimens increased. Additionally, a model incorporating compressive fracture energy was proposed to predict the stress–strain behavior of the. This model, accounting for active and passive confinement effects, demonstrated accurate predictions for the experimental results of this study as well as for previously reported results.

본 논문에서는 유한요소해석 프로그램을 통해 파괴 거동 유형별 철근콘크리트 기둥 및 폭발 하중을 모델링하였으며, 실제 실험과 의 동적 응답을 비교하여 모델의 적합성을 입증하였다. 개발한 모델을 이용하여 폭발 하중에 대한 부재의 동적 응답을 확인하기 위해 폭발 하중 시나리오를 설정하였으며 해당 시나리오별 폭발 하중에 대한 시간에 따른 변위 및 응력 결과를 도출하였다. 동적 응답을 통 해 폭발 하중에 대한 기둥의 성능평가(Ductility, Residual)를 수행하였으며 이를 비교 및 분석하였다.

본 연구에서는 평활화 유한요소법(Smoothed finite element method)을 도입한 위상분야법(Phase-field method)에 대해 소개하고자 한다. 위상분야법은 최근 균열 개시 및 전파 해석에 많이 사용되는 기법으로 균열 표면을 추적하기 위한 추가적인 처리기법이 필요하 지 않는 특징이 있다. 위상분야법에서 복잡한 균열 전파를 포착하기 위해 높은 정확도의 변형률 에너지를 평활화 유한요소법을 도입 하여 계산하였다. 평활화 유한요소법은 유한요소를 하위 셀로 나누고 각각의 하위 셀을 평활화 영역으로 재조립하여 변형률 에너지 를 계산하게 된다. 또한 해석 시간 단축을 위하여 쿼드트리 요소망을 제안한 기법에 사용하였다. 수치 예제를 통하여 제안한 기법을 참 조해 및 유한요소법과 비교하여 검증하였다.

PURPOSES : The evaluation of the low-temperature performance of an asphalt mixture is crucial for mitigating transverse thermal cracking and preventing traffic accidents on expressways. Engineers in pavement agencies must identify and verify the pavement sections that require urgent management. In early 2000, the research division of the Korea Expressway Corporation developed a three-dimensional (3D) pavement condition monitoring profiler vehicle (3DPM) and an advanced infographic (AIG) highway pavement management system computer program. Owing to these efforts, the management of the entire expressway network has become more precise, effective, and efficient. However, current 3DPM and AIG technologies focus only on the pavement surface and not on the entire pavement layer. Over the years, along with monitoring, further strengthening and verification of the feasibility of current 3DPM and AIG technologies by performing extensive mechanical tests and data analyses have been recommended. METHODS : First, the pavement section that required urgent care was selected using the 3DPM and AIG approaches. Second, asphalt mixture cores were acquired from the specified section, and a low-temperature fracture test, semi- circular bending (SCB) test, was performed. The mechanical parameters, energy-release rate, and fracture toughness were computed and compared. RESULTS : As expected, the asphalt mixture cores acquired from the specified pavement section ( poor condition – bad section) exhibited negative fracture performances compared to the control section (good section). CONCLUSIONS : The current 3DPM and AIG approaches in KEC can successfully evaluate and analyze selected pavement conditions. However, more extensive experimental studies and mathematical analyses are required to further strengthen and upgrade current pavement analysis approaches.

In this study, non-destructive technologies that can be applied to evaluate the integrity of valve materials, safety against internal pressure caused by corrosion, and the blocking function of large-diameter water valves during operation without requiring specimen collection or manpower entering the inside of the valve were tested to assess the reliability of the technologies and their suitability for field application. The results showed that the condition of the graphite structure inside the valve body can be evaluated directly through the optical microscope in the field without specimen collection for large-diameter water butterfly valves, and the depth of corrosion inside the valve body can be determined by array ultrasound and the tensile strength can be measured by instrumented indentation test. The reliability of each of these non-destructive techniques is high, and they can be widely used to evaluate the condition of steel or cast iron pipes that are significantly smaller in thickness than valves. Evaluation of blocking function of the valves with mixed gas showed that it can be detected even when a very low flow rate of mixed gas passes through the disk along with the water flow. Finally, as a result of evaluating the field applicability of non-destructive technologies for three old butterfly valves installed in the US industrial water pipeline, it was found that it is possible to check the material and determine the suitability of large-diameter water valves without taking samples, and to determine the corrosion state and mechanical strength. In addition, it was possible to evaluate safety through the measurement results, and it is judged that the evaluation of the blocking function using mixed gas will help strengthen preventive response in the event of an accident.

This study aims to present a method to evaluate the relative risk of failure due to liquefaction of domestic small to medium-sized earthfill dams with a height of less than 15 m, which has little information on geotechnical properties. Based on the results of previous researches, a series of methods and procedures for estimating the probability of dam failure due to liquefaction, which calculates the probability of liquefaction occurrence of the dam body, the amount of settlement at the dam crest according to the estimation of the residual strength of the dam after liquefaction, the overtopping depth determined from the amount of settlement at the dam crest, and the probability of failure of the dam due to overtopping was explicitly presented. To this end, representative properties essential for estimating the probability of failure due to the liquefaction of small to medium-sized earthfill dams were presented. Since it is almost impossible to directly determine these representative properties for each of the target dams because it is almost impossible to obtain geotechnical property information, they were estimated and determined from the results of field and laboratory tests conducted on existing small to medium-sized earthfill dams in previous researches. The method and procedure presented in this study were applied to 12 earthfill dams on a trial basis, and the liquefaction failure probability was calculated. The analysis of the calculation results confirmed that the representative properties were reasonable and that the overall evaluation procedure and method were effective.

목적 : 온열 안구 마사지기 사용 시 실시간으로 눈꺼풀 온도 및 눈물막 파괴 시간을 측정하여 차이를 평가하고 자 하였다. 방법 : 연구 대상은 성인 30명 (23.7±2.60세)을 대상으로 하였고 OSDI설문지 점수에 따라 건성안 그룹과 정 상안 그룹으로 나누었다(건성안 15명, 정상안 15명). 온열 안구 마사지기는 OA-MA011(OA, Seoul, Korea), OA-MA 030(OA, Seoul, Korea), DP-EM50(Caremedi, Hanam, Korea)를 사용하였고, A400 열화상카메라 (FLIR, Wilsonville, Clackamas County USA) 사용하여 착용 전과 후 1, 3, 5, 10, 15분 측정하고, 탈거 후 5, 10, 15분 시간별로 측정 후 평균값을 기록하였다. 그리고 Kekatography 5 m(OCULUS, Wetzlar, Germany)를 사용하여 마사지기 착용하기 전과 착용 15분 뒤에 눈물막 파괴 시간을 측정해서 비교 분석하였다. 결과 : 15분 착용 시 눈꺼풀 온도는 건성안 그룹은 39.77±0.69℃, 정상안 그룹은 39.57±0.77℃ 측정되었 으며, 눈꺼풀 온도 측정 시 건성안, 정상안 그룹 모두 5분 이상 착용 시 통계적으로 유의성이 있었다(p=0.033). 눈물막 파괴시간은 착용하기 전보다는 향상이 있었지만 정상범위에 못 미치는 것으로 확인하였고 건성안에서는 통 계적으로 유의성이 있었지만(p=0.041) 정상안 그룹에서는 통계적으로 유의성이 없었다(p=0.084). 결론 : 안구건조증으로 인한 개선 방법으로 안구마사지기를 사용했을 때 10분 이상 착용 시 눈꺼풀 높은 온도 에서 유지가 되었고 눈물막 파괴 시간은 15분 이상 착용 및 온도 40℃ 유지 시 눈물막 파괴 시간에 영향을 줄 수 있었다. 따라서 온열 기능의 마사지기를 사용 시 정확한 사용 방법과 눈꺼풀 온도가 유지되며 착용 시간은 충분한 상태에서 진행해야 할 것으로 사료 된다.

목적 : 대학생을 대상으로 디지털기기의 사용시간을 조사하고, 비침습적 눈물막파괴시간(NITBUT)을 측정하여 디지털기기가 눈물막에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 2022년 8월부터 2개월간 충남 소개 대학에 재학 중인 대학생 55명을 대상으로 분석하였다. 눈물막 평 가는 Cornea 550을 이용하여 NITBUT를 측정하여 안구건조증과 정상안으로 구분하였다. 설문은 대상자의 일반 적 특성, 디지털기기의 사용 환경, 그리고 안구건조증 관련 자각 증상에 관해 총 14문항을 조사하였다. 결과 : 대상자들이 디지털기기를 사용하는 시간은 하루 평균 9.93±4.90시간이었다. 하루에 디지털기기를 8 시간 이상 사용하는 그룹에서 NITBUT가 안구건조증에 속한 경우는 58.5%였고, 8시간 미만의 21.4% 보다 유의 하게 높았다(p=0.029). 또한, 하루에 8시간 이상 디지털기기를 사용한 대상자들은 눈의 건조감과 안정피로를 더 크게 호소하였고, 연령, 성별, 콘택트렌즈, 굴절수술, 흡연, 수면시간을 보정한 후에 8시간 이상의 디지털기기의 사용은 안구건조증에 걸릴 확률을 5.18배 높였다(p=0.023). 디지털기기가 스마트폰인 경우는 NITBUT가 정상인 그룹에서 53.8%였고, 안구건조증 그룹에서는 69.0%였다(p>0.050). 결론 : 디지털기기의 사용시간이 8시간 이상 일 경우에는 비침습적 눈물막파괴시간이 짧아졌고, 안구건조증에 걸릴 확률이 높아짐을 확인할 수 있었다.

Steel brace strengthening is the most popular seismic rehabilitation method for school buildings. This is because the design can be conducted by using relatively easy nonlinear pushover analysis and standard modeling in codes. An issue with steel brace strengthening is that the reinforced building should behave elastically to satisfy performance objectives. For this, the size of steel braces should be highly increased, which results in excessive strengthening cost by force concentration on existing members and foundations due to the considerable stiffness and strength of the steel braces. The main reason may be the brittle failure mode of columns, so this study investigated the relationship between the efficiency of steel brace strengthening and column failure modes. The result showed that the efficiency is highly dependent on the shear capacity ratio of columns and structural analysis methods. School buildings reinforced by steel braces do not need to behave elastically when the shear capacity ratio is low, and pushover analysis is used, which means reducing steel material is possible.

강풍, 폭우 등 이상기후의 대형화와 빈도 증가로 인해 나무가 부러지거나 쓰러지는 훼손이 증가하고 있으나 나무 내부의 공동, 부후 등 구조적 결함은 육안조사로 판별이 어렵기 때문에 예측을 통한 사전대응에 한계가 있다. 비파괴 음파단층촬영은 나무에 미치는 물리적 훼손을 최소화하면서 내부결함을 추정하는 방법으로 내부결함 진단에 효율적이 나 수종별 정확도에 차이가 발생하기 때문에 현장적용 전 측정결과의 신뢰성 분석이 선행되어야 한다. 이번 연구는 우리나라 대표 수종인 소나무와 은행나무 노거수를 대상으로 음파단층촬영의 신뢰성 검증을 위해 침입성 드릴저항 측정을 교차 적용하여 목재 내부결함을 측정하고 평가결과를 비교하였다. 두 집단 간 결함부 측정 평균값에 대한 t검정 결과 소나무는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없는 반면, 은행나무는 유의성에 차이가 있었다. 선형회귀분석 결과 두 수종 모두 드릴저항그래프의 결함이 증가할 때 음파단층영상 결함이 증가하는 양의 상관관계를 보였다.

Architectural Monuments have to overcome the challenge of time due to physical properties. The fundamental issue must be grounded in an understanding of history and art to overcome this challenge and make them sustainable. Many efforts to preserve the monuments through the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century to record them in scientific form were successful. To be aware of the meaning of the art and not to be ‘barbare’ anymore was behind the promotion of these activities. Above all, the 19th-century French architect Viollet-le-Duc contrasted the concept of barbarism with the concept of art and tried to redefine architecture as art. The ritual to escape ‘barbare’ played an important role in the end. This consciousness was also at work in the propaganda for the preservation of medieval architectural monuments in France, led by intellectuals such as Rodin. Also, the concept of ‘barbare’ served as an important yardstick whenever the cause of their loss was questioned while important monuments were destroyed in the First World War. From the viewpoint of Germany, Dehio was the pioneer of the preservation movement and documentation of monuments. The principle he advocated was preservation, not restoration. The historian Pevsner, who moved to England, also surveyed monuments in various parts of England and left them in the same format as Dehio. These facts show that architecture as art plays a fundamental role in the history of human life.

As earthquakes have increased in Korea recently, people are paying attention to the seismic performance of buildings built in the past. Many school buildings in Korea were built based on standard drawings before the seismic design was applied. However, since school buildings are often designated as emergency evacuation facilities in case of disasters such as earthquakes, seismic evaluation and retrofit must be done quickly. This study investigated the failure modes among structural components (beams, columns, and joints), focusing on 1980s standard drawings for school buildings. The effects of column axial force, partial masonry infills, and different material strengths for concrete and rebar were considered for detailed evaluation. As a result, most of the joints were found to be the weakest among structural components. Column axial forces tended to make the joints more vulnerable, and partial masonry infills increased the possibility of joint failure and shear failure in columns.

Most of the drinking water dams managed by the local governments in Korea are earthfill dams, and these dams have almost no geotechnical property information necessary for seismic performance evaluation. Nevertheless, in the rough planning stage for improving seismic safety for these dams, it is necessary to classify their relative seismic hazard against earthquakes and conduct an additional ground investigation. The zero seismic failure probability curve is a curve suggested in this study in which the probability of failure due to an earthquake becomes ‘0’ regardless of the geotechnical properties of the earthfill dam. By examining the method and procedure for calculating failure probability due to an earthquake suggested in previous researches, the zero seismic failure probability curves for an earthquake in 1,000-year and 2,400-year return periods in Korea were presented in the form of a hyperbola on the plane of the dam height versus freeboard ratio (ratio of freeboard to dam height), respectively. The distribution characteristics of the dam height and the freeboard ratio of 81 Korean earthfill dams were presented. The two proposed zero seismic failure probability curves are shown on the plane of the dam height versus freeboard ratio, and the relative seismic hazard of 81 dams can be classified into three groups using these curves as boundaries. This study presented the method of classifying the relative seismic hazard and the classification result.