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http://dx.doi.org/10.5000/EESK.2018.22.3.175

Comparative Analysis of Structural Damage Potentials Observed in the 9.12 Gyeongju and 11.15 Pohang Earthquakes  

Lee, Cheol-Ho (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
Kim, Sung-Yong (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
Park, Ji-Hun (Division of Architecture and Urban Design, Incheon National University)
Kim, Dong-Kwan (Department of Architectural Engineering, Cheongju University)
Kim, Tae-Jin (Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants)
Park, Kyoung-Hoon (Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants)
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Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea / v.22, no.3, 2018 , pp. 175-184 More about this Journal
Abstract
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+).
Keywords
Strong motion duration; Peak ground acceleration; Effective peak ground acceleration; Site effect; Irregularity; Piloti-type buildings; Non-seismic;
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