• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.45-53
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• 2010

The unseating failure of bridges, which is one of the most severe types of damage leading to the loss of transportation function, should be avoided in earthquakes. As a measure of prevention of unseating failure resulting from the failure of bearings, bearing-protection devices are frequently used. They are installed beside the bearings and protect the bearings by resisting a seismic load transmitted from the superstructure. In order to show appropriate seismic performance, the strength of anchors as well as of device bodies should be confirmed. In Korea, they have been installed only according to the design provided by device agents, because a proper design method for the anchors has not been established. In this study the performance of bearing-protection devices with various heights of concrete bed blocks has been investigated experimentally, and a proper design method has been proposed to secure seismic performance.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.655-661
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• 2007

A new steel connection method using wedges known as Self-Locking Connector has been developed. In this study, experimental investigation was conducted to verify the seismic performance of steel beam-to-column joints with Self-Locking Connectors. Cyclic-loading tests were performed on two beam-to-column joints with Self-Locking Connectors. The two beam-to-column joint specimens were of the cantilever-type and had the same details. Test results showed that beam-to-column joints with Self-Locking Connectors were able to developa total rotation capacity of 0.06 radian, which is greater than the 0.04 radian required for Special Moment Frames. Moreover, their energy absorption capacity was much greater than that of conventional joints.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.347-348
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• 2007

최근 한반도 및 그 주변에 중소규모 이상의 지진이 빈번히 발생하고 있으나, 국내 대부분의 변전설비들은 내진설계개념을 적용하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 특히 765kV 변전설비는 산업적, 경제적으로 중요한 국가설비이므로 전력공급 중단을 막기 위해 내진성능확보가 필수적이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 765kV 변전소 내 대표설비인 가스절연 개폐장치를 대상으로 내진성능평가를 수행하였으며, 그 결과 지진에 일부 취약한 부위가 발견되어 내진성능개선을 위한 보강이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.331-340
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 이동제한장치가 있는 연속교의 지진응답특성을 고찰하였다. 일점고정연속교에 있어서 이동제한장치는 교각이 탄성거동을 하는 경우 교축방법 수평력 분산기능이 있으며 교각하부에 소성힌지가 발생하거나 내진분리베어링이 있는 경우에는 최대변위 및 비탄성거동에 따른 잔류변위제한에 매우 효과적이다. 상부구조와 이동제한장치의 충돌시 발생하는 충격력은 완충재의 사용으로 상당히 감소시킬 수 있다. 이동제한장치의 설치위치 및 이격거리는 이동제한장치가 설치될 하부구조의 강성 및 강도와 온도변화, 급제동력, 작은 지진발생시 충돌여부, 신축이음장치유간 등을 고려하여 결정되어야 한다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.149-161
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• 2012

The use of seismic energy-dissipative devices for passive control is increasing exponentially in the recent years for both new and existing buildings. Use of these devices started in and has been somewhat limited to developed countries. One of the current challenges is to promote the use of seismic dampers in earthquake-prone developing countries by lowering the cost of the devices. This paper proposed a new type of seismic damper based on yielding of a cantilever type metallic element for seismic retrofit of existing and new building structures. The hysteretic behavior and energy dissipation capacity of the proposed damper was investigated using component tests under cyclic loads. The experimental results indicated that the damping device had stable restoring force characteristics and a high energy dissipation capacity. Based on these results, a simple hysteretic model for predicting the load-displacement curve of the seismic damper was proposed.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.462-465
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 유한요소모델을 사용하여 원자력 발전용 해수 여과장치에 대한 동적 내진해석을 수행하였다. 장치의 검증을 위해서 운전기준지진(Operating Basis Earthquake, OBE)과 안전정지지진(Safe Shutdown Earthquake, SSE)이 설계하중으로 작용하였을 때 부재에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 해석대상은 유한요소법을 사용하여 수학적 모델링을 완성하였고, 층응답스펙트럼(Floor Response Spectrum, FRS)에 따른 지진하중과 사하중등을 적용하여 해석을 수행하였다. 해석된 해수여과장치의 최대변위는 OBE 조건에서 2.5 mm 이고, SSE 조건에서 최대변위는 4.6 mm 이다. 최대응력은 OBE 조건에서 24 MPa, SSE 조건에서 44 MPa이며, 이 값은 재료의 항복강도의 각각 18%, 27% 수준이다. 이에 따라 지진하중조건에 따른 해수여과장치의 구조적 안전성이 제시되었다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.597-605
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• 2008

The feasibility study of a newly proposed smart base isolation system employing magneto-rheological elastomers(MREs) has been carried out. MREs belong to a class of smart materials whose elastic modulus or stiffness can be adjusted by varying the magnitude of the magnetic field. The base isolation systems are considered as one of the most effective devices for vibration mitigation of civil engineering structures such as bridges and buildings in the event of earthquakes. The proposed base isolation system strives to enhance the performance of the conventional base isolation system by improving the robustness of the system wide stiffness range controllable of MREs, which improves the adaptability and helps in better vibration control. To validate the effectiveness of the MRE-based isolation system, an extensive numerical simulation study has been performed using both single-story and five-story building structures employing base isolated devices under several historical earthquake excitations. The results show that the proposed system outperformed the conventional system in reducing the responses of the structure in all the seismic excitations considered in the study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.223-228
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• 2000

지진격리교량은 강진지역의 지반운동과 구조물의 거동에 근거한 내진설계 개념을 바탕으로 설계되었다. 그러나 지반운동의 특성과 구조물의 거동에 있어서 한반도와 같은 중약진 지역과 지각변동운동이 활발한 강진지역은 큰 차이를 보이고 있다. 따라서 중약진 지역의 내진설계에서는 지반운동의 특성이 반영되어야 할 필요가 있으며, 특히, 지진격리교량의 경우에는 교각의 연성 등 중약진 지역의 구조물의 거동특성이 반영되어야 한다. (중략)

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.407-413
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• 2012

In this study, the possibility of applying the damping devices to shear-wall dominant apartment buildings(SDA) was examined. In order to achieve research objectives, ASCE/SEI 7-10 design procedure for structures with damping systems applied to four representative apartment buildings which are under design or previously designed with the shear-wall dominant system, and the performances of damping devices were investigated. It is shown that in order to secure the seismic performance of SDA by using dampers, the stiffness of the dampers should be very large because of the effects of shear walls with the high elastic stiffness. But since this large stiffness is highly difficult to implement in reality, prudent decisions have to be made in designing the SDA with damping system and friction dampers with the high initial stiffness are more effective than hysteretic steel dampers.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.10-17
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• 2015

In this study, to examine seismic reinforcement effect of a school building constructed prior to application of seismic design, a Double I-type damper supported by wall was installed to perform comparative analysis on existing non-seismic designed RC frame. As a result of experiment, while non-seismic designed specimen showed rapid reduction in strength and brittle shear destruction as damages were focused on top and bottom of left and right columns, reinforced specimen showed hysteretic characteristics of a large ellipse with great energy absorption ability, exhibiting perfectly behavior with increased strength and stiffness from damper reinforcement. In addition, as a result of comparing stiffness reduction between the two specimens, specimen reinforced by shear wall type damper was effective in preventing stiffness reduction. Energy dissipation ability of specimen reinforced by Double I-type damper was about 3.5 times as high as energy dissipation ability of non-reinforced specimen. Such enhancement in energy dissipation ability is considered to be the result of improved strength and deformation.