• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.193-202
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• 2008

Seismic design for bridge columns of the current Korea Highway Bridge Design Specifications which adopt full ductility design concept results in reinforcement congestion problems in construction site. It is due to large amount of confining steel is required even for small ductility demand which is a normal case in low and moderate seismicity regions like Korean peninsular. Therefore a new seismic design method based on limited ductility concept was proposed, which is called ductility demand based design method. It uses the new confining steel design equation considering ductility demand and aspect ratio of the column as well as material strength. The purpose of this study is to verify safety of the ductility demand based design method by the confining steel design equation. Eighty nine circular column test results are selected and investigated in terms of ductility factor and its safety. The safety factor for the circular column test results ranges between 1.11 and 3.98, and the average is 1.90. In this paper, the basic concept and detailed design procedure of the ductility demand based design method are also introduced as well as the investigation of the safety with respect to the major variables in confining steel design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2017

최근 세계적으로 많은 지진이 발생하고 있으며 기상이변으로 인한 자연재해로 인해 주요 시설물들의 안전성에 관한 관심이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 특히 비구조 요소의 경우 구조 요소보다 건설 초기 투자비용이 높아 지진이 발생하였을 때 많은 피해가 발생할 가능성이 있으며 비구조 요소의 파괴는 심각한 2차피해로 발전 될 수 있으므로 내진안전성 평가는 반드시 이루어져야 한다고 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 압착식 조인트의 접촉을 고려한 수계소화설비 파이프라인의 내진성능 평가를 위한 비선형 유한요소 모델을 구축하였다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.15 no.7 s.149
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• pp.56-59
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• 1995

국내 원전은 내진성 확보를 위해 부지의 선정단계에서는 원전의 예상입지를 중심으로 320km 내의 지진특성과 과거지진기록을 면밀히 분석$\cdot$반영하고, 부지중심으로 반경 8km 내에 대해서는 정밀지질조사를 실시하여 단층대나 연약지반 등 지진발생 가능지역은 제외시키고 있으며, 구조물의 설계와 설치시에는 과거의 지진발생기록을 근거로 하여, 발전소 인근지역에서 발생이 가능한 최대 지진과 부지의 지반특성, 그리고 구조물의 하중 등을 복합적으로 고려하여 내진설계하고 있다. 가동중에는 각종 자동지진감시계통이 지진발생 여부를 지속적으로 계측한 후에, 설계지진값의 절반인 지반가속도 0.1g 이상의 지진을 감지하면 자동경보장치를 작동시켜 즉각 운전이 정지되도록 설계되어 있다.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.55-63
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• 2012

This study is about earthquake-proof reinforcement through structural function evaluation of an school building. The purpose of this study is to comparatively analyze structure reinforcement measures in consideration of safety and usability through structural function evaluation of school buididng, to offer rational measures for earthquake-proof function and to provide help in maintaining safe structures against earthquake. For this purpose, was selected for this study as an existing school building, earthquake-proof function evaluation was conducted, and measures to reinforce earthquake-proof function was offered. As for the research method, the first and the second earthquake-proof function evaluations were conducted which is an existing reinforced concrete school building. Through the abovementioned methods, earthquake-proof function evaluation were conducted, the results were analyzed and the measure to reinforce earthquake-proof function were offered(Steel damper, Carbon plate stiffeners). The offered measure to reinforce earthquake-proof function was applied to the subject structure, and comprehensive results were derived from earthquake-proof function evaluation regarding before and after earthquake-proof function reinforcement.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.79-86
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• 1993

A method to verify seismic qualification of the plant protection system cabinet for a nuclear power plant is presented. A finite element model of the cabinet is developed and the dynamic characteristics are obtained. The results of the modal analysis provide insight into the fundamental dynamic properties of the structure, which correspond to the frequency of the peak values of the input seismic spectrum. It necessitates the design modification of the reference cabinet. Techniques for verifying structural integrity and operability are exemplified by summarizing response spectrum and time history analyses of the structure.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.9
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• pp.1009-1015
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• 2012

Valves are one of the most important components of a pipeline system in a nuclear power plant, and it is important to ensure their structural safety under seismic loads. A crucial aspect of structural safety verification is the seismic qualification, and therefore, an optimal shape design and experimental seismic qualification is necessary in case the configuration of the valve parts needs to be modified and their performance needs to be improved. Recently, intensive numerical analyses have been performed before the experimental verification in order to determine the appropriate design variables that satisfy the performance requirements under seismic loads. In this study, static and dynamic numerical structural analyses of a 200A butterfly valve for a nuclear power plant were performed according to the KEPIC MFA. The result of static analysis considering an equivalent static load under SSE condition gave an applied stress of 135 MPa. In addition, the result of dynamic analysis gave an applied stress of 183 MPa, where the CQC method using response spectrums was taken into account. These values are under the allowable strength of the materials used for manufacturing the butterfly valve, and therefore, its structural safety satisfies the requirements of KEPIC MFA.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.34-42
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• 2023

Considering the contribution of industrial facilities to the national economy, securing operability against earthquakes is very important. However, the basic concept of current seismic design mainly allows ductile behavior of facilities against large-scale earthquakes and only considers structural safety for the purpose of preventing collapse. In order to secure the operability of industrial facilities, the level of seismic performance to maintain operability may vary depending on the structural behavior characteristics of the industrial facility, and a seismic design method is needed to satisfy this. In this study, a ground storage tanks Nonlinear seismic behavior characteristics(R-μ-T) were analyzed through nonlinear response history analysis, and based on this, a new reliability-based, performance-based seismic design method was proposed.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.127-134
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• 2021

When constructing a tunnel on a stable ground, stress is changed in the ground during excavation stage and installation of ground support materials. In the standards for safety evaluation of structures in use, it is suggested to perform numerical analysis reflecting the excavation stage. But method of seismic performance evaluation was not presented. Therefore, in this study, numerical analysis was performed with different analysis methods, and the results were compared and analyzed. As a result of the numerical analysis, seismic wave applied in the horizontal direction were no difference depending on the analysis methods. However, there was a big difference in the result according to the evaluation methods of tunnel member forces. When reviewing with the strength design method, the structure performance could be not satisfied depending on the existence or nonexistence of reinforcing bars. Based on these research results, it is suggested that the interpretation method should be clearly presented and reflected in the relevant standards.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.85-92
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• 2010

Recently the earthquake occurrences in Korea are likely to increase. Therefore, the facilities such as bridges and tunnels under the unexpected earthquakes need to be enhanced. Especially most of the subways previously built before 1988 have not been seismically designed, so their seismic safety requirements are required to be inspected and/or reinforced. In this study, the seismic reinforcement using FRP-ductile material layered composites was proposed to reinforce for the subway columns. Material properties of FRP-ductile material layered composites were calculated by laboratory tests considering the laminated conditions of the composites. Numerical simulations were performed using the experimental results of the specimens and the calculated properties of the composites. Seismic performance varied according to the types of composites: ductile material, number of layers, fiber orientations.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.207-214
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• 2017

High voltage electric power transmitter GIS(Gas Insulated Switchgear) above 72.5kV needs to satisfy domestic Korean peninsular standard(ES-6110-0002) in KEPCO with respect to normal and special operation conditions which include internal gas pressure, dead weight, wind and seismic load. Some other requirements not described in Korean standard can be applied from other international standards such as IEC(International Electronical Committee) 62271-203 and 62271-207. The GIS is a kind of pressure vessel structure made of aluminum and filled with SF6 gas of internal pressure 0.4~0.5MPa. Finite element analysis of GIS is performed with such operational loads including seismic loading and the stability and reliability is determined according to ASME BPVC(Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code) SEC. VIII standard where the allowable stress level of the pressure vessel is suggested. The result shows that the stress of GIS is satisfied the allowable stress level and the safety factor is about 2.3 for Korean peninsular standard.