Recently, in newly constructed apartment buildings, the exterior wall structures have been characterized by thinness, having various openings, and a significantly low reinforcement ratio. In this study, a nonlinear finite element analysis was performed to investigate the crack damage characteristics of the exterior wall structure. The limited analysis models for a 10-story exterior wall were constructed based on the prototype apartment building, and nonlinear static analysis (push-over analysis) was performed. Based on the finite element (FE) analysis model, the parametric study was conducted to investigate the effects of various design parameters on the strength and crack width of the exterior walls. As the parameters, the vertical reinforcement ratio and horizontal reinforcement ratio of the wall, as well as the uniformly distributed longitudinal reinforcement ratio and shear reinforcement ratio of the connection beam, were addressed. The analysis results showed that the strength and deformation capacity of the prototype exterior walls were limited by the failure of the connection beam prior to the flexural yielding of the walls. Thus, the increase of wall reinforcement limitedly affected the failure modes, peak strengths, and crack damages. On the other hand, when the reinforcement ratio of the connection beams was increased, the peak strength was increased due to the increase in the load-carrying capacity of the connection beams. Further, the crack damage index decreased as the reinforcement ratio of the connection beam increased. In particular, it was more effective to increase the uniformly distributed longitudinal reinforcement ratio in the connection beams to decrease the crack damage of the coupling beams, regardless of the type of the prototype exterior walls.

목적: 본 연구는 남성 척수손상 환자들을 대상으로 사회연결망 분석을 활용하여 작업연결망의 구조를 분석하는 데 목적이 있다. 연구방법: 연구대상은 남성 척수손상 환자 12명이다. 대상자들의 작업연결망 구조는 사회연결망 분석을 활용하였 으며, 연결망 분포에 대한 지표와 중심성에 대한 지표로 구분하여 분석하였다. 연결망 분포에 대한 지표는 밀도, 평균 연결정도, 평균 거리, 포괄성, 고립노드를 분석하였다. 중심성에 대한 지표는 연결정도 중심성과 매개 중심성을 분석하였다. 일상생활 활동의 항목은 지역사회 건강조사 활동항목을 활용하여 조사하였으며, 활동에 대한 강도는 만족도로 설정하였고, 10점 척도로 조사하여 적용하였다. 결과: 연결망 특성에서 밀도는 60%, 평균 연결정도는 8.40, 평균 거리 1.40, 포괄성 100%, 고립노드 0으로 나타났다. 중심성 분석 결과 내향 연결정도 중심성과 외향 연결정도 중심성 모두 참여활동, 개인건강관리, 교제활동의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 매개 중심성 분석 결과 개인건강관리, 교제활동, 여가활동 순으로 높게 나타났다. 결론: 본 연구에서는 사회연결망 분석을 활용하여 척수손상 환자들의 작업수행에 대한 구조와 그 특성을 파악하였다. 본 연구에서 분석한 결과는 척수손상 환자들의 일상 속에서 만족감을 지니며 수행하고 있는 작업수행의 구조를 의미한다. 이에, 본 연구결과는 척수손상 환자들이 자신의 일상을 더욱 의미 있게 구성하고, 작업수행에 적극적으로 참여할 수 있는 근거로서 활용할 수 있는 중요한 의미와 가치를 지니며, 임상적으로 의미를 지닌다. 이에, 본 연구 결과는 척수손상 환자들의 재활과정에서 작업수행에 대한 참여를 확대하고, 영역별 확장을 유도할 수 있는 기초자료로서 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

본 논문에서는 다중 시그마포인트 세트(MSP)를 사용하는 분산점 칼만필터(UKF)인 UKF-MSP를 소개한다. 비선형 동적시스템을 표현하기 위해 널리 알려진 Bouc-Wen 모델을 사용하였고, 비선형성 고려가 가능한 칼만필터 중 UKF를 선정하였다. 그런데 UKF는 두 가지 인공오차와 시그마포인트의 분포를 결정하는 스케일링 파라미터의 값을 튜닝(Tuning)하는 과정을 통해 적절히 설정해야만 대상 동적시스템의 추정하고자 하는 상태(State)를 정확히 추정할 수가 있다. 본 논문에서는 후자의 스케일링 파라미터 설정 문제를 완화하고자 하였으며, MSP를 사용함으로써 기존 UKF에 비해 칼만필터 튜닝 과정에 덜 민감한 UKF-MSP를 제안하였다. 지진으로 인한 급격한 구조손상 시나리오에 대해 UKF-MSP의 안정성을 검증하였다. 제안된 방법은 튜닝과정을 완화함과 동시에 다른 칼만필 터 파라미터인 인공오차에 대해서도 덜 민감한 거동을 보임을 확인하였다.

In case of stone pagoda structures, the various construction types appear, and various damages occur due to exposure to the outdoors for a long time. Such damages can be classified into non-structural damages and structural damages. However, studies for the effects of structural damages on stone pagoda structures are insufficient. Accordingly, this study intends to perform structural modeling and structural analysis according to structural damages of stone pagoda structure, and to perform risk analysis through the fragility curve. So, we expects that this study gives a great contribution to the preservation and maintenance of stone pagoda structures under the various structural damages.

There has been considerable recent interest in deep learning techniques for structural analysis and design. However, despite newer algorithms and more precise methods have been developed in the field of computer science, the recent effective deep learning techniques have not been applied to the damage detection topics. In this study, we have explored the structural damage detection method of truss structures using the state-of-the-art deep learning techniques. The deep neural networks are used to train knowledge of the patterns in the response of the undamaged and the damaged structures. A 31-bar planar truss are considered to show the capabilities of the deep learning techniques for identifying the single or multiple-structural damage. The frequency responses and the elasticity moduli of individual elements are used as input and output datasets, respectively. In all considered cases, the neural network can assess damage conditions with very good accuracy.

The damage detection method using the extended Kalman filter(EKF) technique has been continuously used since EKF can estimation the responses of the damaged building structure and the stiffness of the structure. However, in the use of EKF, the requirement of setting the initial paramters P, Q, and R has caused the divergence and instability of the state vector, and various researches have been conducted to determine theses parameters. In this paper, adaptive extended Kalman filter(AEKF) method is proposed to solve the problem of setting the values of P, Q, and R, which are important parameters determining the convergence performance of the EKF state vector. By using the AEKF method proposed in this study, the P, Q, and R parameters are updated every k steps. The proposed algorithm is applied for the estimation of stiffness and the damage detection of 3-DOF problem. Based of the verification, it can be found that the selection process for the values of P, Q, and R can improve the convergence performance of EKF.

In 2017 Pohang Earthquake, a number of residential buildings with pilotis at their first level were severely damaged. In this study, the results of an analytical investigation on the seismic performance and structural damage of two bearing wall buildings with pilotis are presented. The vibration mode and lateral force-resisting mechanism of the buildings with vertical and plan irregularity were investigated through elastic analysis. Then, based on the investigations, methods of nonlinear modeling for walls and columns at the piloti level were proposed. By performing nonlinear static and dynamic analyses, structural damages of the walls and columns at the piloti level under 2017 Pohang Earthquake were predicted. The results show that the area and arrangement of walls in the piloti level significantly affected the seismic safety of the buildings. Initially, the lateral resistance of the piloti story was dominated mainly by the walls resisting in-plane shear. After shear cracking and yielding of the walls, the columns showing double-curvature flexural behavior contributed significantly to the residual strength and ductility.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the structural safety of cultural altar since its bearing capacity has been questioned due to weathering damages and sectional defections. This evaluation process consists two stages; which the first is field investigation and the second is structural modeling and analysis. Based on field investigation, all of the structural members supporting the altar were carefully examined and all the findings were accounted for the development of the structural modeling using the Midas computer program. Using a 3D scanner, the weight of the Buddha statue was applied to the structural modeling. Then, according to the allowable stress design method of KBC2016, the structural safety was evaluated. Based on this result, replacements of several structural members were recommended to increase the structural safety and value of cultural property.

In this paper, comparative analysis of the 9.12 Gyeongju and 11.15 Pohang earthquakes was conducted in order to provide probable explanations and reasons for the damage observed in the 11.15 Pohang earthquake from both earthquake and structural engineering perspectives. The damage potentials like Arias intensity, effective peak ground acceleration, etc observed in the 11.15 Pohang earthquake were generally weaker than those of the 9.12 Gyeongju earthquake. However, in contrast to the high-frequency dominant nature of the 9.12 Gyeongju earthquake records, the spectral power of PHA2 record observed in the soft soil site was highly concentrated around 2Hz. The base shear around 2 Hz frequency was as high as 40% building weight. This frequency band is very close to the fundamental frequency of the piloti-type buildings severely damaged in the northern part of Pohang. Unfortunately, in addition to inherent vertical irregularity, most of the damaged piloti-type buildings had plan irregularity as well and were non-seismic. All these contributed to the fatal damage. Inelastic dynamic analysis indicated that PHA2 record demands system ductility capacity of 3.5 for a structure with a fundamental period of 0.5 sec and yield base shear strength of 10% building weight. The system ductility level of 3.5 seems very difficult to be achievable in non-seismic brittle piloti-type buildings. The soil profile of the PHA2 site was inversely estimated based on deconvolution technique and trial-error procedure with utilizing available records measured at several rock sites during the 11.15 Pohang earthquake. The soil profile estimated was very typical of soil class D, implying significant soil amplification in the 11.15 Pohang earthquake. The 11.15 Pohang earthquake gave us the expensive lesson that near-collapse damage to irregular and brittle buildings is highly possible when soil is soft and epicenter is close, although the earthquake magnitude is just minor to moderate (M 5+).

The result of the previous work leads to the idea that the inner area of the hyperbolic shell generator should be minimized for the cooling tower with higher first natural frequency. In this study the inner area of the hyperbolic shell generator was graphically established under varying height of the throat and angle of the base lintel. From the graph, several shell geometries were selected and analysed in the aspect of the natural frequency. Three representative towers reinforced differently due to different first natural frequencies were analysed non-linearly and evaluated using a damage indicator based on the change of natural frequencies. The results demonstrated that the damage behaviour of the tower reinforced higher due to a lower first natural frequency was not necessarily advantageous than the others

Determining of the shape in the process of design for natural draught cooling tower is very important, because the shape of hyperbolic shell is respond sensitively to dynamic behavior of the whole cooling tower against wind load. In engineering practice, the geometric parameters have been determining based on the natural frequency. This study analyses influence of the tower shell geometric parameters on the structural behavior. For three representative models were selected, they were analyzed based on evaluation of damage by means of nonlinear FE-method. As a result, a hyperbolic rotational shell with the small radius overall was the lowest damage index induced by sufficient capacity of the stress redistribution and thus a wind-insensitive structure.

The suspension system of special tracked vehicle is using hydraulic piston pump to adjust track tension and control vehicle position change. During operation of vehicle on rough field, failure of suspension control was occurred due to the piston pump failure. In this study, investigation was performed to analyze the cause of hydraulic piston pump failure. Main reason of piston pump failure is strong peak pressure and insufficient structural safety of shoe. The static stress analysis considering peak pressure was performed to find the weak point of the shoe. From the result, it is confirmed that pass hole of lubrication is the weakest point. Improved piston shoe shows 27% decrease in maximum stress and satisfies the design target which is less than 40% of stress margin.

This study carried out fiber damage detections of laminated GFRP plate structures using a modified bi-variate Gamma function. The effects of different layup sequences of composites on the fiber damage detection are studied using the finite element commercial package and genetic algorithm. Four unknown parameters are considered to determine the shape of the damage distribution, which is a modified form of the bivariate Gamma density distribution function. The sample studies show the excellence of the proposed method from the standpoints of its computation efficiency as well as its ability to determine the complex shape of an arbitrary stiffness degradation distribution.

최근 들어 겨울철 날씨가 추운 강원도, 경기도, 충청도 지역의 콘크리트 구조물에 동결손상에 의한 파손이 빈번히 일어나고 있다. 특히 택지개발공사 구간의 도로 소구조물에 다량의 표면박리파손이 조기에 발생하고 있어, 사회적인 문제로 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 도로 소구조물 중 하나인 L형 측구에 발생된 표면박리 파손의 원인을 분석하기 위해, 일부 택지개발공사 구간을 대상으로 건전, 불건전 구간을 구분하여 코어채취를 실시하였으며, 이 코어시료를 이용하여 압축강도실험과 화상분석실험을 수행하였다. 압축강도실험결과, 설계기준강도를 만족하지 못하는 곳이 16개소 중 6개소로 나타났다. 일반적으로 강도는 내부에 발생되는 응력에 저항하기 위한 능력을 나타내는 지표 중 하나이고, 이에 강도가 큰 구간이 파손정도가 작고, 파손시점도 지연될 수 있는 가능성이 있는 것은 분명하다. 그러나 전체적으로 압축강도크기와 상관없이 건전구간과 불건전구간이 무작위로 존재하는 특성을 나타내었다. 화상분석실험결과, 적정 공기량, 간격계수를 확보한 구간이 단 몇 개소 정도밖에 되지 않으며, 전반적으로 콘크리트의 공기량 부족, 공극구조 불량으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과가 실제 현장에서 다량의 표면박리파손을 유도한 주요한 요인일 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구결과, 건전구간과 불건전구간에 공극구조가 분명한 차이를 나타내고 있어, 본 구간의 적정 공기량을 확보하지 못한 것이 주요한 파손의 원인이라고 판단된다. 또한 해당 구간의 물-결합재비가 약 60%정도를 나타내고 있어, 높은 물-결합재비가 이와 같은 손상에 일부 영향을 미쳤을 것으로 판단된다.

구조물 내 설치된 파이프시스템은 주로 내부구성원들의 인간생활에 근간이 되는 기반시설로서 현대 도시생활의 생명선과 같은 역할을 한다. 이들 구조물 내 파이프시스템이 만약 지진발생에 의하여 손상될 경우 1차적으로 구조물 내 기능성이 저하되고 구조물 내 많은 정신적, 물질적 피해가 발생할 수 있다. 실제 내진공학에서 지진발생에 따른 비구조재요소의 거동은 크게 중요하게 고려되지 않으나 인적 및 물적 피해와 매우 밀접하게 연관되는 가스 혹은 수계파이프시스템에 대한 비구조적 요소의 거동예측 및 성능평가 연구는 보다 효과적인 구조물 유지관리를 위하여 그 필요성이 크다고 판단된다. 본 연구는 현재 일반적으로 널리 시공되어져 있는 노후 철근콘크리트 빌딩구조물 내 설치된 가스 혹은 수계파이프시스템에 대하여 실제 지진발생이 예측되는 거동을 살펴보고 이들 거동에 따른 성능평가 및 현 설계기준에 대한 검토도 병행하여 수행하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 해석적으로 발생 가능한 총 10회의 지진파에 대하여 현재 실제 건물 내 기설치된 수계파이프시스템 모델링 및 해석을 통하여 그 결과를 검증, 평가하였으며 부가적으로 실제 발생 가능한 파괴유형 분석을 통하여 현 설치된 수계파이프시스템의 설계에 대한 적절한 내진보강방법에 대하여도 제안하고자 한다.

이 연구에서는 손상된 철근콘크리트 구조물의 구조성능평가를 위한 비선형 유한요소해석 기법을 제시하였다. 사용된 프로그램은 철근콘크리트 구조물의 해석을 위한 RCAHEST이다. 재료적 비선형성에 대해서는 균열콘크리트에 대한 인장, 압축, 전단모델과 콘크리트 속에 있는 철근모델을 조합하여 고려하였다. 그리고 철근콘크리트 구조물의 비탄성거동의 예측에 근거한 손상지수를 제시하였다. 이 연구에서는 손상된 철근콘크리트 구조물의 구조성능을 파악하기 위해 제안한 해석기법을 신뢰성 있는 연구자의 실험결과와 비교하여 그 타당성을 검증하였다.