Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea (한국전산구조공학회논문집)

Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea (한국전산구조공학회)
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Effects of the Recorded Earthquake Data on the Seismic Fragilities of Korean Nuclear Power Plant Structures

한반도 기록지진의 특성이 원자력발전소 구조물의 지진취약도에 미치는 영향 평가

  • 조양희 (시립인천대학교 토목환경시스템공학과) ;
  • 조성국 (시립인천대학교 토목환경시스템공학과)
  • Published : 2003.09.01
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Abstract

Seismic fragility analysis (SFA) has been utilized to evaluate the actual seismic capacity of structure and equipment in nuclear power plants (NPP). This paper briefly introduces an improved method for evaluating seismic fragilities of components of NPP's in Korea. Engineering characteristics of small magnitude earthquake spectra recorded in the Korean peninsula during the last several years are also discussed in this paper. Some significant differences between the Newmark's spectra and the recorded spectra as a site-dependent spectra are assessed. Several comparative SFA's have been performed to evaluate the effects of the recorded earthquakes on the seismic capacities of Korean NPP structures. The results showed that SFA using the Newmark's spectra might over estimate the actual seismic capacities of Korean facilities.

지진취약도분석 기술은 원자력발전소의 구조물 및 기기의 실제 내진성능을 평가하기 위하여 이용된다. 이 논문에서는 원자력 발전소를 구성하는 구조물들의 지진취약도를 평가하는 개선된 기법에 대하여 요약하였다. 또한, 최근 몇 년간 한반도에서 발생된 소규모 기록지진의 응답스펙트럼에 대한 공학적 특성을 평가하고, 이러한 기록지진의 응답스펙트럼을 부지의 실제 지반운동으로 사용할 경우, 지진취약도 분석에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 몇가지 예제 구조물에 대한 지진취약도분석을 통하여 기록지진의 특성이 한국형 원자력발전소의 내진성능에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 평가하였다. 평가결과, 현재까지 부지의 실제 지반운동으로 사용되어 오던 Newmark 스펙트럼은 국내 시설물의 내진성능을 과대평가 할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

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