• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권6호
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• pp.747-760
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• 2018

In the present study, a methodology for developing fragilities of arch concrete dams to assess their performance against seismic hazards is introduced. Firstly, the probability risk and fragility curves are presented, followed by implementation and representation of the way this method is used. Amirkabir arch concrete dam was subjected to non-linear dynamic analyses. A modified three dimensional rotating smeared crack model was used to take the nonlinear behavior of mass concrete into account. The proposed model considers major characteristics of mass concrete. These characteristics are pre-softening behavior, softening initiation criteria, fracture energy conservation, suitable damping mechanism and strain rate effect. In the present analysis, complete fluid-structure interaction is included to account for appropriate fluid compressibility and absorptive reservoir boundary conditions. In this study, the Amirkabir arch concrete dam is subjected to a set of 8 three-component earthquakes each scaled to 10 increasing intensity levels. Using proposed nonlinear smeared crack model, nonlinear analysis is performed where the structure is subjected to a large set of scaled and un-scaled ground motions and the maximum responses are extracted for each one and plotted. Based on the results, fragility curves were plotted according to various and possible damages indexes. Discrete damage probabilities were calculated using statistical methods for each considered performance level and incremental nonlinear analysis. Then, fragility curves were constructed based on the lognormal distribution assumption. Two damage indexes were introduced and compared to one another. The results indicate that the dam has a proper stability under earthquake conditions at MCE level. Moreover, displacement damages index is more conservative and impractical in the fragility analysis than tensional damage index.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2007

In this study, analysis of structural design criteria for the canopy actuating device has been conducted considering the aerodynamic breakaway capabilities of jettisonable canopy system. Unsteady aerodynamic loads for the opened canopy configuration at passively controlled jettision mode were computed using CFD method. The general purpose multi-body finite element code, SAMCEF Mecano, is used in the implemented analyses for the passive jettision condition. The recommended altitude and speed of aircraft was suggested as design criteria of aerodynamic breakaway capability of jettisonable canopy system as a bakup egress method when normal canopy jettison sequence malfunctioned. Aerodynamic breakaway condition of jettisonable canopy was also simulated and the fracture load conditions of canopy actuator were investigated.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.67-81
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• 2006

Using a strain-controlled rheometer, the dynamic viscoelastic properties of aqueous xanthan gum solutions with different concentrations were measured over a wide range of strain amplitudes and then the linear viscoelastic behavior in small amplitude oscillatory shear flow fields was investigated over a broad range of angular frequencies. In this article, both the strain amplitude and concentration dependencies of dynamic viscoelastic behavior were reported at full length from the experimental data obtained from strain-sweep tests. In addition, the linear viscoelastic behavior was explained in detail and the effects of angular frequency and concentration on this behavior were discussed using the well-known power-law type equations. Finally, a fractional derivative model originally developed by Ma and Barbosa-Canovas (1996) was employed to make a quantitative description of a linear viscoelastic behavior and then the applicability of this model was examined with a brief comment on its limitations. Main findings obtained from this study can be summarized as follows: (1) At strain amplitude range larger than 10%, the storage modulus shows a nonlinear strain-thinning behavior, indicating a decrease in storage modulus as an increase in strain amplitude. (2) At strain amplitude range larger than 80%, the loss modulus exhibits an exceptional nonlinear strain-overshoot behavior, indicating that the loss modulus is first increased up to a certain strain amplitude(${\gamma}_0{\approx}150%$) beyond which followed by a decrease in loss modulus with an increase in strain amplitude. (3) At sufficiently large strain amplitude range (${\gamma}_0>200%$), a viscous behavior becomes superior to an elastic behavior. (4) An ability to flow without fracture at large strain amplitudes is one of the most important differences between typical strong gel systems and concentrated xanthan gum solutions. (5) The linear viscoelastic behavior of concentrated xanthan gum solutions is dominated by an elastic nature rather than a viscous nature and a gel-like structure is present in these systems. (6) As the polymer concentration is increased, xanthan gum solutions become more elastic and can be characterized by a slower relaxation mechanism. (7) Concentrated xanthan gum solutions do not form a chemically cross-linked stable (strong) gel but exhibit a weak gel-like behavior. (8) A fractional derivative model may be an attractive means for predicting a linear viscoelastic behavior of concentrated xanthan gum solutions but classified as a semi-empirical relationship because there exists no real physical meaning for the model parameters.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2014

This paper is the sequel of a companion paper (I. Performance Evaluation) evaluating the relation between the seismic performance of steel intermediate moment frames (IMFs) and the rotation capacity of connections. The evaluation revealed that the seismic performance of IMFs having the required minimum rotation capacity suggested in the current standards did not meet the seismic performance criteria presented in FEMA 695. Therefore, thepresent study evaluates the causes of the vulnerable seismic performance for steel IMFs and proposes alternatives to satisfy the seismic performance suggested in FEMA 695. To that goal, the results of nonlinear analysis, which are the pushover analysis and the incremental dynamic analysis, are examined and evaluated. As a result, high-rise IMF systems are seen to have the lower collapse margin ratio after connection fracture than row-rise IMF systems and, the actual response isfound to compared tothedesign drift ratio acting on design load design. Finally, the minimum design load values are proposed to meet the seismic performance suggested in FEMA 695 for IMF systems having vulnerable seismic performance.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.751-760
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 Welded Unreinforced Flange-Bolted web(WUF-B) 접합부로 설계된 골조의 내진 성능 평가를 수행 하였다. WUF-B 접합부의 설계는 FEMA 350에서 제시한 방법을 사용하였으며, FEMA 350에 따르면 WUF-B 접합부 골조를 보통모멘트 골조(Ordinary Moment Resisting Steel Frames: OMFSFs)로 사용을 제한하고 있다. 이를 위해 WUF-B 접합부 실험결과를 바탕으로 패널존 강도 비를 변수로 하여 Post-Northridge WUF-B 접합부 해석 모델을 제안하였다. 이 해석 접합부 모델을 이용하여 SAC Phase II에서 사용된 3층, 9층 골조를 모델링 하고 내진 해석을 수행하였다. 해석 방법 중 비선형 정적 푸쉬오버 해석을 통하여 Post-Northridge 접합부 골조의 연성능력과 최대 모멘트 강도비, 최대 층간변위비를 구하였고, Incremental Dynamic Analysis(IDA)를 통해 각 성능 레벨(IO, CP)지점에서의 최대 층간변위비를 구하였다. 해석 결과는 Pre-Northridge 접합부 골조와 ductile 접합부 골조의 성능과 비교 검토 하였으며 접합부 상세 보강이 이루어진 Post-Northridge 접합부 골조의 성능이 Pre-Northridige 접합부 골조보다 향상된 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.173-185
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• 1988

철근콘크리트 보의 전단피로거동(剪斷疲勞擧動)에 관(關)해 실험적(實驗的)인 연구(硏究)를 실시하여, 수치해석(數値解析) 결과(結果)와 비교(比較) 검토하였다. 전단실험(剪斷實驗)은 정적실험(靜的實驗)과 피로파괴실험(疲勞破壞實驗)으로 구별하였는데, 정적실험(靜的實驗)에서는 3가지 경우의 시험부재(試驗部材) 4개를 제작하여 실험한 결과, 응력과 스터럽의 변형률 관계를 관찰하였고, 피로파괴실험(疲勞破壞實驗)에서는 4가지 경우의 시험부재(試驗部材) 11개를 제작하여 실험한 결과, 하중-중앙처짐 관계와 하중-인장철근 변형률 관계 그리고, 하중-스터럽의 변형률 관계를 관찰하였다. 100 만회(萬回)에 대한 부재(部材)의 피로강도(疲勞强度)는 정적극한강도(靜的極限强度)의 약 65%임을 확인할 수 있었다.