Background: It is known that hand strength and fingertip force are used as an indicator of muscle strength and are also highly related to the various chronic symptoms and even lifespan. To use the individual fingertip force (IFF) as a quantitative index for clinical evaluation, the IFF should be measured and analyzed with various variables from various subjects, such as the normal range of fingertip force and the difference in its distribution by disease. Objects: We tried to measure and analyze the mean maximum IFF distribution during grasping a cylindrical object in healthy adults and patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: Five Force-sensitive resistor (FSR) sensors were attached to the fingertips of 24 healthy people and 13 patients with SCI. They were asked to grip the object three times for five seconds with their maximum effort. Results: The mean maximum IFF of the healthy adult group’s thumb, index, and middle finger was similar statistically and showed relatively larger than IFF of the ring and small finger. It is a 3-point pinch grip pattern. All fingertip forces of patients with SCI decreased by more than 50% to the healthy group, and their IFF of the middle finger was relatively the largest among the five fingertip forces. The cervical level injured SCI patients showed significantly decreased IFFs compared to thoracic level injured SCI patients. Conclusion: We expect that this study results would be helpful for rehabilitation diagnosis and therapy goal decision with robust further study.

본 연구는 경주부근에서 일어난 3개의 지진 (1999년 4월 24일, 규모 3.3, 6개 관측소; 1999년 6월 2일, 규모 4.0, 14개 관측소; 1999년 9월 12일, 규모 3.2, 7개 관측소)으로부터 27개의 관측된 지반진동 자료를 이용하여 지진원 및 지진파감쇄특성 변수값을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 구하고자 하는 모든 값을 동시에 비선형적으로 분석하기 위해 LM (Levenberg -Marquardt) 역산방법을 적용하였고 전단파 에너지를 이용하였다. 3개지진의 평균 응력강하값은 약48-bar이고 본 연구에 이용된 모든 관측소 부지부근 지진파감쇄 {\kappa}값의 평균은 0.0312-sec로 분석되었다. 또한 광역 지진파감쇄값인 Qo 과 {\eta}값은 각각 417 및 0.83으로 분석되었다. 특히 지진파감쇄 {\kappa}값은 미국 동부지역 대푯값 보다 훨씬 크고 미국 서부지역 대푯값 보다 약간 작은 값을 보여주고 있어 관측소 부지증폭 특성에 대한 분석자료가 있으면 보다 의미있는 결과를 얻을 수 있다고 판단된다. 본 연구에서 분석된 지진원 및 지진파감쇄 특성 변수값들은 지배방정식의 차이 등으로 인해 기존의 연구결과와 일부 파라메타값에 있어서 다소 커다란 차이를 보여주고 있다.

본 연구에서는 지진하중을 받는 탄성구조물을 대상으로 층전단력 분포에 기초한 마찰감쇠기의 설계방법을 제시하였다. 먼저 마찰감쇠기의 슬립하중(slip-load)을 정규화하는 방법 별로 단자유도 시스템의 수치해석을 수행하고 비교하였다. 이를 통해 슬립하중과 가새 강성의 영향을 파악하였으며, 설치용 가새와 원구조물의 최적강성비를 찾았다. 다음으로는 다양한 고유주기와 층수를 갖는 구조물을 대상으로 수치해석을 통해 마찰감쇠기의 설치 층수와 위치의 결정방법 및 슬립하중의 분배 방법을 도출하였다. 이 과정에서 설치 층수가 포함된 성능지수를 사용하여 슬립하중의 총합으로부터 최적의 설치 층수를 도출하는 경험식을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 실제 지진하중을 사용한 수치해석을 통해 기존의 최적설계 방법과 비교하여 제안된 방법의 우수성을 입증하였다.

In most of sintered metal powder compacts, the sintered density distribution is controlled to be as high and uniform as possible to ensure the required mechanical properties. In general, the density distribution in the compacts is not uniform and not easy to measure. In the present study, a method for measuring the density distribution was developed, based on the indentation force equation by which the hardness and the relative density were related. The indentation force equation, expressed as a function of strength constant, workhardening coefficient and relative density, was obtained by finite element analysis of rigid-ball indentation on sintered powder metal compacts. The present method was verified by comparing the predicted density distribution in the sintered Fe-0.5%C-2%Cu compacts with that obtained by experiments, in which the density distribution was directly measured by machining the compacts from the outer surface progressively.

The wind pressure distributions were analyzed through the wind tunnel experiment to provide fundamental criteria for the structural design on the three-span arched house according to the wind directions. In order to investigate the wind force distribution, the variation of the wind force coefficients, the mean wind force coefficients, the drag force coefficients and the lift force coefficients were estimated from the experimental data. The results obtained are as follows : 1. The variation of the wind force with the wind directions on the side walls was the greatest at the upwind edge of the walls. The change of pressure from the positive to the negative on the side walls occurred at the wind direction of 30˚ in the first house and 60˚ in the third house. 2. The maximum negative wind force along the length of the roof appeared at the length ratio of 0-0.2, when the wind directions were 90˚ in the first house, 60˚ in the second house and 30˚ in the third house. 3. The maximum negative wind force along the width of the roof appeared at the width ratio and the wind direction of 0.4 and 0˚ in the first house, 0.4-0.6 and 30˚ in the second house and 0.6 and 30˚ in the third house, respectively. 4. The maximum mean positive and negative wind forces occurred at the wind direction of 60˚ and 30˚, respectively, on the side walls of the first house, and the maximum mean negative wind force on the roof occurred at the wind direction of 30˚ in third house. 5. The maximum drag and lift forces occurred at the wind direction of 30˚, and the maximum lift force appeared in the third house. 6. The parts to be considered for the local wind forces were the edges of the walls, the edges of the x-direction of the roofs, and the locations of the width ratio of 0.4 of the first and third house and the center of the width of the second house for the y-direction of the roofs.

The wind pressure distributions were analyzed to provide fundamental criteria for the structural design on the two-span arched house according to the wind directions through the wind tunnel experiment. In order to investigate the wind force distributions, the variation of the wind force coefficients, the mean wind force coefficients, the drag force coefficients and the lift force coefficients were estimated using the experimental data. The results obtained are as follows : 1. The variation of the wind force with wind directions on the side walls was the greatest at the upwind edge of the walls. 2. The maximum negative wind force along the length of the roof appeared at the upwind edge at the wind direction of 60˚. 3. The maximum negative wind force along the width of the roof appeared at the width ratio and wind direction of 0˚ and 0.4 in the first house and 0.6 and 30˚ in the second house, respectively. 4. The mean negative wind force on the side walls of the first house at the wind direction of 0˚ was far greater than that of the second house, and the maximum negative wind force on the roof occurred at the wind direction of 30˚. 5. The maximum lift force appeared on the second house at the wind direction of 30˚, but the lift force on the first house was far greater than that on the second house at the wind direction of 0˚. 6. The parts to be considered for the local wind forces were the edges of the walls, and the edges of the x-direction and the width ratio, 0.4 of the y-direction in the roofs.

The wind pressure distributions were analyzed to provide fundamental criteria for the structural design on e single-span arched house according to the wind directions through the wind tunnel experiment. In order to investigate the wind force distributions, the variation of the wind force coefficients, the mean wind force coefficients, the drag force coefficients and the lift force coefficients were estimated by using the experimental data. The results obtained are as follows: 1. When the wind direction was normal to the wall, the maximum positive wind pressure along the height of the wall occurred approximately at two-thirds of the wall height because of the effects of boundary layer flow. 2. When the wind direction was 30˚ to the wall, the maximum positive wind force occurred at the windward edge of the wall. When the wind direction was parallel to the wall, the maximum negative wind force occurred at the windward edge of the wall. 3. The maximum negative wind force along the width of the roof appeared around the width ratio, 0.4, and that along the length of the roof appeared around the length ratio, 0.5. 4. According to the results of the mean wind force coefficients analysis, the maximum negative wind force occurred on the roof at the wind direction of 30˚. 5. The wind forces at the wind direction of 30˚ instead of 0˚ are recommended in the structural design of supports for a house. 6. To prevent partial damage of a house structure by wind forces, the local wind forces should be considered to the structural design of a house.

강상자형사교의 경우 국내의 도로교 설계기준이 갖추어지지 않아, 미국의 AASHTO 및 AASHTO LRFD 설계기준을 적용할 경우에는 실제의 거동과 다른 하중분배계수를 산출하게 되어 과대설계 및 과소설계를 초래할 가능성을 가지고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 실제 거동을 바탕으로 한 강상자형 사교의 둔각부 지점에서의 전단력 산정을 위한 하중분배계수식을 제시하는 데 있다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 강상자형 사교의 다양한 구조모델들에 대해 유한요소해석을 수행하고, 각 매개변수들이 강상자형사교의 하중분배계수에 미치는 영향을 분석한 후, 다중회귀분석을 수행하여 강상자형사교의 전단력 산정을 위한 하중분배계수식을 제시한다.