STRUCTURAL SYSTEM LABORATORY

• Nonlinear finite element method

• Hydrodynamic analysis

• Discrete element method

• Physics simulation using 3D engines

• Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI)

• Floating renewable energy facilities

• Floating transportation systems

• High-rise Transmission System

• Derailment prevention for railways

• Precast concrete pavement for ports

• Data-driven damage detection

• Pattern recognition-based structural health monitoring

• Sensing optimization

• Digital twin for SHM

Multipurpose coastal floating infrastructure technology (MOLIT, KAIA)

Development of an advanced prepiling jacket substructure system: Higher than 10% reduction in the period and cost of the transport and installation (MOTIE, KETEP)

Submerged floating breakwater development (EWP)

• Full-scale load test of the transmission tower designed by LRFD method

Performed by KEPRI-KSSC (Korea Univ)-BOSUNG/SAMWOO collaboration team

Totally 9 Load cases were examined.

• 8 load tests for operation & abnormal conditions

• 1 ultimate (collapse) load test 

• Study on Failure Modes and Load-Carrying Capacity of a Transmission Tower

3rd International Conference on ACE (Architectural, Civil and Environmental) Forensic Engineering. 2024.1.)

• Suggestion of the ANN-based reverse engineering for estimating design information of power tunnels 

The 2023 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics. 2023. 08. - Youtube link

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• Development of an offshore floating energy hub using extendable modular floaters, 2025-2028.

• Development of optimal circular poles for high-voltage transmission lines, 2025-2025.

• Development of an advanced prepiling jacket substructure system: Higher than 10% reduction in the period and cost of the transport and installation, 2024-2028.

• Investigation of multiple correlations between the rail temperature and gap using pattern recognition from long-term measurement data, 2023.

• Development of high-performance system scaffold using H Core steel, 2023.

• Multipurpose coastal floating infrastructure technology, 2023-2027.

• Development of the portable device for the AI-aided safety check of scaffolds (phase 2), 2023-2024.

• Precast pavement for the port project, 2023.

• Design guideline for offshore wind turbine support structures, 2023-2024 (PI: Prof. G. Zi at KU).

• J. Song et al. (2025). Simplified analysis method for pontoon-supported floating bridges under waves. Ocean Engineering (IF=4.6, JCR Top 5%)

• P. Kim et al. (2025). Investigation of load-carrying capacity and failure mechanisms in full-scale testing of a re-fabricated transmission tower. Engineering Failure Analysis (IF=4.4, JCR Top 10%)

• P. Kim et al. (2025). Experimental validation of a simplified structural design for lattice transmission towers. Journal of Constructional Steel Research (IF=4.0, JCR Top 20%)

• K. Jeong et al. (2025). Design strategy for submerged floating tunnels: Structural response analysis and rational mooring-boundary condition combinations under wave loads. Ocean Engineering (IF=4.6, JCR Top 5%)

• P. Kim et al. (2025). Forensic investigation of unexpected failure in a full-scale transmission tower test. Engineering Failure Analysis (IF=4.4, JCR Top 10%)

• P. Kim et al. (2025). Simplified design of power transmission tower: Strategic variable analysis study. Structures (IF=3.9, JCR Top 20%)

Congrats!

• Best Presentation Award at 2024 

KSCDP (Korean Society of Coastal Disaster Prevention) Conference

- J. Song, Y. Noh, S. Kim (2024). Abnormality detection for mooring system of the multi-coupled floating photovoltaics using artificial intelligence.

KOSACS (Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures) Conference

- Y. Noh, J. Song, S. Kim (2024). The algorithm for estimating the location of damaged mooring in multi-coupled floating photovoltaics using artificial intelligence.

KOSHAM (Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation) Conference

- J. Song, H. Yang, J. Kim, S. Kim (2024). Maintenance technology for mooring system of offshore floating photovoltaic system based on artificial intelligence.

Congrats!

• Jinwoo Sung as a Ph.D. student (M.S.&Ph.D. integrated program)

• Yunseok Kim as an M.S. student

• Jonghyeok Lee as an M.S. student

• Jonghyun Lee as an undergraduate researcher

Welcome onboard!

If you are interested in joining our lab, please do not hesitate to contact us!  

(rocksmell at korea.ac.kr)