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Design on illumination of structures for lighthouse in Korea

  • Han, Ju-Seop;Yu, Yong-Su;Kim, Jong-Uk
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.10
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    • pp.1327-1332
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents information about the examples of the design on Illumination of Structures(LED Light Pipe for lighthouse) in Korea. We have applied illumination by flood-lighting or facade-lighting in place of the 57 lighthouses (offshore structures) and 4 beacons. The ways of illumination of structures are using direct illumination with LED, halogen lamps and metal halide lamps, and indirect illumination with LED non-neon lamps. The illumination of structures helps a observer to identify the Aids to Navigation and w aterway. The fabricated LED Light Pipe is a transparent acrylic round bar and easy to install. The Light Pipe is arranged in two rows of L ED (78ea). It can be connected in series. It has 4 colours(Red, Green, Yellow, White). We analyzed and the horizontal divergence angle of the LED light pipe is defined as the range with 50% of maximum luminous intensity. Also, we evaluated the conspicuity on the origin al lantern and LED Light pipe for lighthouse. The field experiment was conducted in 'Yeosuguhang lighthouse' in Yeosu-city (Korea). F rom the experimental results, it was confirmed that the fabricated LED Light Pipe is clearly distinguished.

A Study on Noise and Vibration Characteristics of Pipe Structures (파이프 구조물의 소음 및 진동특성 연구)

  • 류봉조;임경빈;이규섭;송영봉;공용식;오부진
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.334-337
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    • 2002
  • The paper presents noise and vibration characteristics of three kinds of pipe materials (PVC pipe, cast-iron pipe and newly developed pp pipe). In order to measure structure bone noise, impact force using small balls was applied to earth pipe. It was confirmed that structure bone noise can be reduced by more large damping materials. Also, transmission loss of pipes depending on the frequency ranges was investigated by using sound source through speakers.

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Practical estimation of the plastic collapse limit of curved pipes subjected to complex loading

  • Yan, A.M.;Nguyen, D.H.;Gilles, Ph.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.421-438
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    • 1999
  • In this paper a practical limit load estimating procedure is proposed for general pipe-elbow structures subjected to complex loading (in-plane and out-of-plane bending, internal pressure and axial force). The explicit calculating formulae are presented on the basis of theoretical analysis combined with numerical simulation. Von Mises' yield criterion is adopted in both analytical and numerical calculation. The finite element examination shows that the method provides a simple but satisfactory prediction of pipe structures in engineering plastic analysis.

A Study on Stress Concentration Alleviation at Pipe Connections (관로 연결부의 응력집중저감기법연구)

  • Chung, So-Young;Han, Taek-Hee;Han, Keum-Ho;Kang, Young-Jong
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2007
  • Stress concentration have a effect on commission of structures and sometimes it cause the fracture of structures. Stress concentration is appeared where have a sudden section change like pipe connections. So stress concentration is a potent influence at pipe connentions. This paper make a study of pipe connections to alleviate stress concentration, and propose the stress concentration alleviation method that will make better efficient pipe system and will have a good effect on economic, social aspect.

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A numerical and theoretical investigation on composite pipe-in-pipe structure under impact

  • Wang, Yu;Qian, Xudong;Liew, J.Y. Richard;Zhang, Min-Hong
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.1085-1114
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    • 2016
  • This paper investigates the transverse impact response for ultra lightweight cement composite (ULCC) filled pipe-in-pipe structures through a parametric study using both a validated finite element procedure and a validated theoretical model. The parametric study explores the effect of the impact loading conditions (including the impact velocity and the indenter shape), the geometric properties (including the pipe length and the dimensions of the three material layers) as well as the material properties (including the material properties of the steel pipes and the filler materials) on the impact response of the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. The global impact responses predicted by the FE procedure and by the theoretical model agree with each other closely. The parametric study using the theoretical approach indicates the close relationships among the global impact responses (including the maximum impact force and the maximum global displacement) in specimens with the equivalent thicknesses, proposed in the theoretical model, for the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. In the pipe-in-pipe composite structure, the inner steel pipe, together with the outer steel pipe, imposes a strong confinement on the infilled cement composite and enhances significantly the composite action, leading to improved impact resistance, small global and local deformations.

Evaluation on Cooling Performance of Ground Source Heat Pump System Equipped with Steel-pipe Civil Structures (강관 토목구조물이 설치된 지열 히트펌프 시스템의 냉방 성능 평가)

  • Seokjae Lee;Jeonghun Yang;Hangseok Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.14-22
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    • 2023
  • Steel-pipe civil structures, including steel-pipe energy piles and cast-in-place piles (CIPs), utilize steel pipes as their primary reinforcements. These steel pipes facilitate the circulation of a working fluid through their annular crosssection, enabling heat exchange with the surrounding ground formation. In this study, the cooling performance of a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system that incorporated steel-pipe civil structures was investigated to assess their applicability. First of all, the thermal performance test was conducted with steel-pipe CIPs to evaluate the average heat exchange amount. Subsequently, a GSHP system was designed and implemented within an office container, considering the various types of steel-pipe civil structures. During the performance evaluation tests, parameters such as the coefficient of performance (COP) and entering water temperature (EWT) were closely monitored. The outcomes indicated an average COP of 3.74 for the GSHP system and the EWT remained relatively stable throughout the tests. Consequently, the GSPH system demonstrated its capability to consistently provide a sufficient heat source, even during periods of high cooling thermal demand, by utilzing the steel-pipe civil structures.

Structural Vibration and Noise Characteristics of Pipe Structures (파이프 구조물의 구조진동 및 소음특성)

  • Ryu B.J.;Shin G.B.;Han H.H.;Lee G.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1459-1462
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    • 2005
  • The paper deals with the structural vibration and noise characteristics of pipe structures. In general, A structure bone noise has a great effect on the drain noise of toilets, and depends on the natural frequency of the related structures. In order to measure and to find the relationships between structural vibration and noise of the pipe structures, some experiments have been performed. Through the experiments, impact acceleration signal in time domain and magnitude of transfer function in the frequency domain have been investigated for three kinds of pipes. Transmission loss of pipes depending on the frequency ranges was also found by using small speakers as a sound source.

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The Development of Aluminum Pipe Support for Apartment Slabs(I) (공동주택 슬래브의 알루미늄 파이프서포트 개발에 관한 연구(I))

  • Cha, Jung-Koo;Yi, Young-Seop
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2012
  • Steel elements are widely used for temporary structures on every construction site. but despite its strong resistences against heavy concrete volumes, they are easily eroded by oxygens in the space as times have been gone. If they are used several times in the construction fields, their elements are rusted and deformed and the strength is gradually reduced through the weak part. From this point of view, aluminum pipe support has been developed in stead of steel pipe sopport with enhancing durability against oxygens all the more. The developed aluminium pipe support has been lighter than steel unit, so workability has been improved. In another advantage of aluminium pipe support, different level control is possible with being equipped with the level control nut which enables the length adjustment of aluminium pipe support and the collapse of aluminum pipe support could be also prevented from the structures in the long term.

Two-module robotic pipe inspection system with EMATs

  • Lee, Jin-Hyuk;Han, Sangchul;Ahn, Jaekyu;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Moon, Hyungpil
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.1041-1063
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    • 2014
  • This work introduces a two-module robotic pipe inspection system with ultrasonic NDE device to evaluate the integrity of pipe structures. The proposed robotic platform has high mobility. The two module mobile robot platform overcomes pipe obstacle structures such as elbow, or T-branch joints by cooperative maneuvers. Also, it can climb up the straight pipeline at a fast speed due to the wheel driven mechanism. For inspection of pipe structure, SH-waves generated by EMAT are applied with additional signal processing methods. A wavelet transform is implemented to extract a meaningful and specific signal from the superposed SH-wave signals. Intensity ratio which is normalized the defect signals intensity by the maximum intensity of directly transmitted signals in the wavelet transforms spectrum is applied to evaluate defects quantitatively. It is experimentally verified that the robotic ultrasonic inspection system with EMAT is capable of non-destructive inspection and evaluation of defects in pipe structure successfully by applying signal processing method based on wavelet transform.

An experimental study on structural behaviour of the MMA double wide flanged GFRP pipe composite structures (II) (MMA 이중 플랜지를 갖는 GFRP 복합관 구조거동에 관한 실험 연구 (II))

  • Ji, Hyo-Seon;Mamdouh, El-Badry
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.50-61
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents on the structural behavior of the the methyl methacrylate monomer (MMA) double wide flanged the glass fiber-reinforced polymer(GFRP) pipe composite structures for the manhole raise. The evaluation of structural performance on this composite structure was conducted by the axial load, fatigue load, and ultimate load test. The assessment indicates that the MMA double wide flanged GFRP pipe composite structures was confirmed safety, durability and reliability in result as expected. It was found that this composite structure was able to short working times to around 30-50% and construction costs to around 10-23% with compare other construction methods. Also, environmental pollution and civil complaints will be prevented because there will be no longer any noises, vibrations, dust, or construction wastes.