• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.223-232
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• 2021

The spatial variation characteristics of seismic motions at the nuclear power plant's site and structures were analyzed using earthquake records obtained at the Fukushima nuclear power plant during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The ground responses amplified as they approached the soil surface from the lower rock surface, and the amplification occurred intensively at about 50 m near the ground. Due to the soil layer's nonlinear characteristics caused by the strong seismic motion, the ground's natural frequency derived from the response spectrum ratio appeared to be smaller than that calculated from the shear wave velocity profile. The spatial variation of the peak ground acceleration at the ground surface of the power plant site showed a significant difference of about 0.6 g at the maximum. As a result of comparing the response spectrums at the basement of the structure with the design response spectrum, there was a large variability by each power plant unit. The difference was more significant in the Fukushima Daiichi site record, which showed larger peak ground acceleration at the surface. The earthquake motions input to the basement of the structure amplified according to the structure's height. The natural frequency obtained from the recorded results was lower than that indicated in the previous research. Also, the floor response spectrum change according to the location at the same height was investigated. The vertical response on the foundation surface showed a significant difference in spectral acceleration depending on the location. The amplified response in the structure showed a different variability depending on the type of structure and the target frequency.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2016

The static and dynamic structural integrity qualification was performed through the seismic analysis of a small-size Savonius-type vertical wind turbine at dead weight plus wind load and seismic loads. The ANSYS finite element program was used to develop the FEM model of the wind turbine and to accomplish static, modal, and dynamic frequency response analyses. The stress of the wind turbine structure for each wind load and dead weight was calculated and combined by taking the square root of the sum of the squares (SRSS) to obtain static stresses. Seismic response spectrum analysis was also carried out in the horizontal (X and Y) and vertical (Z) directions to determine the response stress distribution for the required response spectrum (RRS) at safe-shutdown earthquake with a 5% damping (SSE-5%) condition. The stress resulting from the seismic analysis in each of the three directions was combined with the SRSS to yield dynamic stresses. These static and dynamic stresses were summed by using the same SRSS. Finally, this total stress was compared with the allowable stress design, which was calculated based on the requirements of the KBC 2009, KS C IEC 61400-1, and KS C IEC 61400-2 codes.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.235-252
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• 2016

A wind velocity power spectrum (WVPS) with high fidelity is extremely important for accurate prediction of structural buffeting response. WVPS heavily depends on the geographical locations, local terrains and topographies. Hence, field measurement of wind characteristics may be the unique way to obtain the accurate WVPS for a specific region. In this paper, a systematic analysis and discussions of existing WVPSs were performed. Six recorded strong wind data from the structural health monitoring systems (SHMS) of Runyang Suspension Bridge (RSB) and Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge (SCB) in Jiangsu Province of China were selected for analysis. The measured and pre-processed wind velocity data was first transformed from time domain to frequency domain to obtain the measured spectrum. The spectrum for each strong wind was then fitted using the nonlinear least square method and compared with both the fitted spectrum from statistical analysis and the recommended spectrum in specifications. The modified Kaimal spectrum was proved to be the "best" choice for the coastal area of East Jiangsu Province. Finally, a suitable WVPS formula fit for the coastal area of East Jiangsu Province was presented based on the modified Kaimal spectrum. Results in this study provide a more accurate and reliable WVPS for wind-resistant design of engineering structures in the coastal area of East Jiangsu Province.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.1847-1861
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• 2020

A design study was performed to improve the limit aseismic performance (LSP) of a primary heat transport system (PHTS) pump. This pump is part of the primary equipment of a prototype generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (PGSFR). The LSP is the maximum allowable seismic load that still ensures structural integrity. To calculate the LSP of the PHTS pump, a structural analysis model of the pump was developed and its dynamic characteristics were obtained by modal analysis. The floor response spectrum (FRS) initiated from a safety shutdown earthquake (SSE), 0.3 g, was applied to the support points of the PHTS pump, and then the seismic induced stresses were calculated. The structural integrity was evaluated according to the ASME code, and the LSP of the PHTS pump was calculated from the evaluation results. Based on the results of the modal analysis and LSP of the PHTS pump, design parameters affecting the LSP were selected. Then, ways to improve the LSP were proposed from sensitivity analysis of the selected design variables.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

제어효과가 탁월한 능동제어알고리듬의 하나인 슬라이딩 모드제어(SMC)는 지진력을 받는 구조물의 제어를 위해 매우 큰 크기의 제어력을 요구한다. 따라서, SMC의 설계에 있어 제어기의 포화문제는 반드시 고려되어야 한다. 본 논문은 설계응답스펙트럼에 따른 구조율의 복원력을 이용하여 제어기의 최대 제어력을 결정하는 방법을 제안한다. 한 개 혹은 다수의 제어장치를 설치한 다층건물의 수치해석 결과는 제안된 방법이 지진하중을 받는 구조물의 포화 슬라이딩모드제어에 유효함을 보며준다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

최근, 콘크리트 충전 강교각은 신속한 시공과 뛰어난 연성능력으로 인해 도심지에서 철근 콘크리트 교각의 대안이 되고 있다. 이러한 콘크리트 충전 강교각은 내진 설계에서도 훌륭한 성능을 발휘할 수 있으나 내진 설계의 가이드가 없어 내진 설계시 그 성능을 모두 반영하지 못하고 있는 상황이다. 이에 실제 적용을 위해 콘크리트 충전 강교각 실험으로부터 얻어진 실험치로부터 내진 설계에 지침이 될 수 있는 가이드를 제시하고자 한다. 콘크리트 충전 강교각과 일반 강교각의 연성 능력을 평가하기 위해 준 정적 반복 재하 실험을 수행하고, 지진 거동을 검증하기 위해 고베 지진을 입력 데이타로 한 유사 동적 실험을 수행한다. 콘크리트 충전 강교각은 일반 강교각에 비해 만족할 만한 연성도와 강도를 보이고, 동적 거동은 상대적으로 큰 이력감쇠를 증명한다. 실험으로 얻어진 데이터를 근거로 하여 콘크리트 충전 강교각의 내진 성능을 정량화 하고, 탄성응답 스펙트럼에 의한 지진응답 수정계수법과 유효 점성 감쇠를 이용한 성능 곡선 및 요구 스펙트럼에 의한 성능기초 설계법의 비교를 통하여, 콘크리트 충전 강교각과 일반 강교각의 내진 성능을 평가한다. 이러한 내진 성능 평가를 기초로 하여, 일반 강교각과 더불어 내진 설계에 적용할 수 있는 콘크리트 충전 강교각의 지진응답 수정계수를 제시한다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.719-747
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• 2012

In this paper a novel approach is proposed to address the problem of deriving non-stationary stochastic processes which are compatible in the mean sense with a given (target) response (uniform hazard) spectrum (UHS) as commonly desired in the aseismic structural design regulated by contemporary codes of practice. The appealing feature of the approach is that it is non-iterative and "one-step". This is accomplished by solving a standard over-determined minimization problem in conjunction with appropriate median peak factors. These factors are determined by a plethora of reported new Monte Carlo studies which on their own possess considerable stochastic dynamics merit. In the proposed approach, generation and treatment of samples of the processes individually on a deterministic basis is not required as is the case with the various "two-step" approaches found in the literature addressing the herein considered task. The applicability and usefulness of the approach is demonstrated by furnishing extensive numerical data associated with the elastic design UHS of the current European (EC8) and the Chinese (GB 50011) aseismic code provisions. Purposely, simple and thus attractive from a practical viewpoint, uniformly modulated processes assuming either the Kanai-Tajimi (K-T) or the Clough-Penzien (C-P) spectral form are employed. The Monte Carlo studies yield damping and duration dependent median peak factor spectra, given in a polynomial form, associated with the first passage problem for UHS compatible K-T and C-P uniformly modulated stochastic processes. Hopefully, the herein derived stochastic processes and median peak factor spectra can be used to facilitate the aseismic design of structures regulated by contemporary code provisions in a Monte Carlo simulation-based or stochastic dynamics-based context of analysis.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권3_4호
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• pp.581-609
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• 2012

In this paper a novel non-iterative approach is proposed to address the problem of deriving non-stationary stochastic processes which are compatible in the mean sense with a given (target) response (uniform hazard) spectrum (UHS) as commonly desired in the aseismic structural design regulated by contemporary codes of practice. This is accomplished by solving a standard over-determined minimization problem in conjunction with appropriate median peak factors. These factors are determined by a plethora of reported new Monte Carlo studies which on their own possess considerable stochastic dynamics merit. In the proposed approach, generation and treatment of samples of the processes individually on a deterministic basis is not required as is the case with the various approaches found in the literature addressing the herein considered task. The applicability and usefulness of the approach is demonstrated by furnishing extensive numerical data associated with the elastic design UHS of the current European (EC8) and the Chinese (GB 50011) aseismic code provisions. Purposely, simple and thus attractive from a practical viewpoint, uniformly modulated processes assuming either the Kanai-Tajimi (K-T) or the Clough-Penzien (C-P) spectral form are employed. The Monte Carlo studies yield damping and duration dependent median peak factor spectra, given in a polynomial form, associated with the first passage problem for UHS compatible K-T and C-P uniformly modulated stochastic processes. Hopefully, the herein derived stochastic processes and median peak factor spectra can be used to facilitate the aseismic design of structures regulated by contemporary code provisions in a Monte Carlo simulation-based or stochastic dynamics-based context of analysis.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권1A호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2008

원전 구조물의 내진해석에서 사용하는 시간이력 함수는 적절한 하중을 보장하기 위하여 설계응답스펙트럼에 부합할 뿐만 아니라 최소 PSD함수 이상의 PSD함수를 갖도록 함으로서 각각의 진동수에서 일정 크기 이상의 에너지를 갖고 있어야 한다. 도로교 구조물에서도 구조물의 대형화와 정교화로 인한 구조물의 공공 기능의 안전성이 더욱 강조되어, 설계 목적의 PSD함수의 규정이 필요하지만 적절한 절차가 개발이 되지 않아 현실적으로 적용하기 어려운 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 다수의 인공지진을 이용하여 표준 PSD함수를 계산하는 절차를 제시하고 현재의 도로교 내진설계 스펙트럼에 부합하는 표준 PSD 함수를 제안하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.821-840
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• 2016

A simple design process is proposed for supplemental viscous dampers based on structural safety redundancy. In this process, the safety redundancy of the primary structure without a damper is assessed by the capacity and response spectra. The required damping ratio that should be provided by the supplemental dampers is estimated by taking the structural safety redundancy as a design target. The arrangement of dampers is determined according to the drift distribution obtained by performing pushover analysis. A benchmark model is used to illustrate and verify the validity of this design process. The results show that the structural safety redundancy of the structure provided by the viscous dampers increases to approximately twice that of the structure without a damper and is close to the design target. Compared with the existing design methods, the proposed process can estimate the elastic-plastic response of a structure more easily by using static calculation, and determine the required damping ratio more directly without iterative calculation or graphical process. It can be concluded that the proposed process is simple and effective.