This experiment can maximize the decline of the heat on steel structure by using the magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide which generally used to resistant or retardant. These materials can delay a temperature rise due to the generation of vapors around the fire resistive covering, when reacting with heat by a creating moisture. Therefore, applicability of the fire resistance mortar used magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide was studied and experimented. As a result, in case of the workability is satisfied with the condition of site, but in case of the bonding strength is not satisfied with the standard with fire resistance mortar.
A state-of-the-art safety management system of water infrastructures based on ICT Technology is now under development by incorporating 1) real-time safety evaluation system, 2) disaster risk management support system based on GIS, and 3) decision-making support system for damage restoration equipped with multi sensor information acquisition system such as UAV and CCTV. This study includes development of practical natural disaster scenarios for flooding, typhoon and earthquake events based on recorded data, and standardization of disaster management platform.
Recently efficient maintenance technology has been rising because of the structural deterioration. Specific technology development and research related to the real-time monitoring has been conducted in various ways. All-in-one enclosure including GPS was fabricated to measure the displacement of the retaining wall structure exposed the extreme environment such as very high and low temperature. Also it measured the displacement of the structure under the phased construction.
Membrane structure is a system that is stabilized by maintaining a tensile state of the membrane material that originally cannot resist the bending or pressure. Thus, it is important to accurately understand the size of the membrane tension after the completion of the structure, for maintenance and management purposes. The author of this paper measured the tension of preexisting membrane structure for its maintenance purpose by using the developed portable measurement equipment. Through analyzing the measurement data, the author check the points that should be improved and the technical method for the new maintenance system of membrane tension.
This paper describes the effect of norton tape and boundary sealant on structural performance of structural sealant glazing(SSG) system. A total 3 specimens were made and tested under four point loading condition. In this study, it was found that norton tape and boundary sealant considerably affects the structural performance of SSG system.
This study relates to a crack repair techniques in the concrete structure. In order to develop repair material containing self-healing agents, smart repair methods were investigated. For the micro cracks of less than 0.3 ㎜, new repair method of surface treatment was suggested by the simple crack repair stick. In case of over 0.3 ㎜ cracks, injection method using inorganic materials was suggested for drying shrinkage and water leakage.
This paper presents a new strengthening method for underground RC box structures against seismic loads. results confirmed that the proposed pre-flexed member system can enhance the seismic capacity of the underground RC box structures
In order to evaluate the seismic safety of weir structure subjected to seismic ground motions, Non-linear elastic 2D plane strain Finite Model (FE) was developed in ABAQUS. Also, the 1994 Northridge earthquake as a ground motion uncertainty was selected. The numerical results show that the tensile stress was increased with increase the friction coefficient
This study presents the experimental process to secure the shear capacity of connections for form integrated insulation structure. To this end, this study evaluates the capacity and safety of connections through the bearing capacity experiment according to the various design variables.
The purpose of this paper is to detect the fiber stiffness degradation of GFRP plates from natural frequency response data. The combined finite element analysis using ABAQUS program and the inverse algorithm described in this paper may allow us not only to detect the deteriorated elements from the mirco mechanical point of view. Several numerical results show that the proposed system is computationally efficient in identifying fiber stiffness degradation for complex structures such as composites.
This study is to solve the structural optimization problem by a quantum-inspired harmony search algorithm. For the optimization, we suggest the mathematical modeling of the plane truss which is possible to minimum weight design. In its model, the cost function is minimum weight and constraint function consists of the stress.
In this research, we used half model instead of full model in order to consider convergence and analysis running time. We carried out nonlinear analysis on the joints between steel tower to concrete supporting structure of the 5MW offshore wind turbine applying only half of the load on the joint.
Austenitic stainless steels have excellent corrosion resistance, durability, aesthetic appeal, fire resistance etc. compared with ferritic stainless steels and so especially 304 stainless steels have been utilized widely in the exterior member of building structure. In this paper, ultimate behaviors such as ultimate strength and fracture mechanism of fillet-welded connections with TIG(tungsten inert gas) welding have been investigated through test results. Main variables of specimens are weld length and welding direction against loading and ultimate strengths were compared according to the variables.
The result of structural performance evaluation about circular CFT column-H shape steel beam which was performed as in previous study, even though we designed the Y type plate tension as below the axial force which was under design criteria, the flexure of steel beam was happened. For these reasons, in this study, to figure out the time of connections failure and the minimum value of parameters in order to evaluate the performance of advanced Y type plate in detail.
In this paper, we propose an image-based measurement method of structure dynamic characteristics to assess the damage of structure in a more cost-effective way than traditional structure health monitoring system.