• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.133-148
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• 2021

The paper presents a simplified force-based seismic design procedure for the preliminary design of steel haunch retrofitting for the seismic upgrade of deficient RC frames. The procedure involved constructing a site-specific seismic design spectrum for the site, which is transformed into seismic base shear coefficient demand, using an applicable response modification factor, that defines base shear force for seismic analysis of the structure. Recent experimental campaign; involving shake table testing of ten (10), and quasi-static cyclic testing of two (02), 1:3 reduced scale RC frame models, carried out for the seismic performance assessment of both deficient and retrofitted structures has provided the basis to calculate retrofit-specific response modification factor Rretrofitted. The haunch retrofitting technique enhanced the structural stiffness, strength, and ductility, hence, increased the structural response modification factor, which is mainly dependent on the applied retrofit scheme. An additional retrofit effectiveness factor (ΩR) is proposed for the deficient structure's response modification factor Rdeficient, representing the retrofit effectiveness (ΩR=Rretrofitted /Rdeficient), to calculate components' moment and shear demands for the retrofitted structure. The experimental campaign revealed that regardless of the deficient structures' characteristics, the ΩR factor remains fairly the unchanged, which is encouraging to generalize the design procedure. Haunch configuration is finalized that avoid brittle hinging of beam-column joints and ensure ductile beam yielding. Example case study for the seismic retrofit designs of RC frames are presented, which were validated through equivalent lateral load analysis using elastic model and response history analysis of finite-element based inelastic model, showing reasonable performance of the proposed design procedure. The proposed design has the advantage to provide a seismic zone-specific design solution, and also, to suggest if any additional measure is required to enhance the strength/deformability of beams and columns.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.351-360
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• 2014

이 연구의 목적은 감쇠시스템 설계 시 ASCE7-10의 등가선형해석과 응답스펙트럼해석의 설계절차 및 비선형해석에 간략화된 등가프레임모델을 제안하여, 선형 및 비선형 해석 시 소모되는 시간을 줄이고 해석 조건 및 변수조건을 다양화함으로 감쇠시스템 적용 시 효과를 합리적으로 검토하는데 있다. 이 연구에서는 최근에 이슈화 되고 있는 공동주택의 감쇠시스템 도입과 관련하여 ASCE7-10의 성능기반 내진설계를 근간으로 내진성능평가 및 감쇠시스템 설계를 비선형응답이력 해석을 통하여 수행하였다. 특히 공동주택 대상건물을 건축구조기준의 75% 지진력 수준으로 최적화 설계 시 내진성능평가를 수행하여 안전성을 검토하는 한편, 기준에 제시된 지진력 수준으로 내진설계 시 골조물량을 비교 하여 경제성을 검토하였다. 또한, 대상건물에 외부제어 이력형 감쇠장치를 적용 시 제안한 프레임 등가모델을 이용하여 ASCE7-10 감쇠시스템 설계를 수행하였으며 Full Scale Model에서 그 제어효과를 검증하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.467-476
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• 2004

철근콘크리트(RC)의 경우 철근과 콘크리트의 부착특성에 의한 균열의 제어로 균열 후의 재료모델은 무근콘크리트(PL)와 다르다. 수평력을 받는 RC 기둥의 비선형 거동특성을 기둥의 단면을 영역화(RC영역과 PL영역)하여 각기 다른 재료모델을 적용하여 3차원 해석으로 모사였다. 파괴시 면외방향으로의 전단변형률은 비균일성을 나타내면서 진전되고 이러한 경향은 면외방향으로의 두께가 클수록 강하게 나타났다. 이러한 변형률의 분포특성을 고려하지 않는다면 2차원 해석에서는 기둥의 내하력과 변위성능을 과다하게 예측하게 된다. 인장과 전단모델에서 적절한 등가 경화계수를 도입함으로써 2차원 해석에서도 3차원 해석과 유사한 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2024

Code-compliant seismic design should be essentially applied to realize the so-called emulative performance of precast concrete (PC) lateral force-resisting systems, and this study developed simple procedures to design precast industrial buildings with intermediate precast bearing wall systems considering both the effect of seismic and blast loads. Seismic design provisions specified in ACI 318 and ASCE 7 can be directly adopted, for which the so-called 1.5S_y condition is addressed in PC wall-to-wall and wall-to-base connections. Various coupling options were considered and addressed in the seismic design of wall-to-wall connections for the longitudinal and transverse design directions to secure optimized performance and better economic feasibility. On the other hand, two possible methods were adopted in blast analysis: 1) Equivalent static analysis (ESA) based on the simplified graphic method and 2) Incremental dynamic time-history analysis (IDTHA). The ESA is physically austere to use in practice for a typical industrial PC-bearing wall system. Still, it showed an overestimating trend in terms of the lateral deformation. The coupling action between precast wall segments appears to be inevitably required due to substantially large blast loads compared to seismic loads with increasing blast risk levels. Even with the coupled-precast shear walls, the design outcome obtained from the ESA method might not be entirely satisfactory to the drift criteria presented by the ASCE Blast Design Manual. This drawback can be overcome by addressing the IDTHA method, where all the design criteria were fully satisfied with precast shear walls' non-coupling and group-coupling strength, where each individual or grouped shear fence was designed to possess 1.5S_y for the seismic design.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.409-436
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• 2014

Although it is widely accepted that the interaction -between masonry infill and structural members significantly affects the seismic response of reinforced concrete (RC) frames, this interaction is generally neglected in current design-oriented seismic analyses of structures. Moreover, the role of masonry infill is expected to be even more relevant in the case of existing frames designed only for gravitational loads, as infill walls can significantly modify both lateral strength and stiffness. However, the additional contribution to both strength and stiffness is often coupled to a modification of the global collapse mechanisms possibly resulting in brittle failure modes, generally related to irregular distributions of masonry walls throughout the frame. As a matter of principle, accurate modelling of masonry infill should be at least carried out by adopting nonlinear 2D elements. However, several practice-oriented proposals are currently available for modelling masonry infill through equivalent (nonlinear) strut elements. The present paper firstly outlines some of the well-established models currently available in the scientific literature for modelling infill panels in seismic analyses of RC frames. Then, a parametric analysis is carried out in order to demonstrate the consequences of considering such models in nonlinear static and dynamic analyses of existing RC structures. Two bay-frames with two-, three- and four-storeys are considered for performing nonlinear analyses aimed at investigating some critical aspects of modelling masonry infill and their effects on the structural response. Particularly, sensitivity analyses about specific parameters involved in the definition of the equivalent strut models, such as the constitutive force-displacement law of the panel, are proposed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.977-988
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• 1994

본 연구는 연약지반상에 sand drain을 타설하고 성토하여 교대 및 교각을 시공하는 진월 인터체인지에서 기초지반의 침하, 융기 및 이미 시공된 교각기초부분의 수평방향 변위를 측정한 실측치와 Sekiguchi의 탄 점소성모델을 Biot의 압밀방정식과 결합하여 2차원 평면변형용조건으로 유한요소해석한 결과를 비교 검토하였다. 이때 교각기초인 강판말뚝은 등가의 강널말뚝벽으로 환산하였다. 그리고 환산한 벽체에 축력의 변화, 강성의 변화, 지지조건의 변화 및 고정점위치의 변화 동에 따른 기초지반의 거동과 강널말뚝벽체의 거동 특성을 밝혔다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2016

The objective of this study is to apply performance-based seismic design to high-rise apartment buildings in Korean considering collapse prevention level. The possible issues during its application were studied and the suggestions were made based on the findings from the performance-based seismic design of a building with typical residential multi-unit layout. The lateral-force-resisting system of the building is ordinary shear walls system with a code exception of height limit. In order to allow the exception, the serviceability and the stability of the ordinary shear wall structure need to be evaluated to confirm that it has the equivalent performance as the one designed under the Korean Building Code 2009. The structure was evaluated whether it satisfied its performance objectives to withstand Service Level and Maximum Considered Earthquake.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.419-429
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• 2018

The seismic vulnerability analysis of multi-span bridges can be based on the response of the piers, provided that deck, bearings and foundations remain elastic. The lateral response of an RC bridge pier can be affected by different mechanisms (i.e., flexure, shear, lap-splice or buckling of the longitudinal reinforcement bars, second order effects). In the literature, simplified formulations are available for mechanisms different from the flexure. On the other hand, the flexural response is usually calculated with a numerically-based Moment-Curvature diagram of the base section and equivalent plastic hinge length. The goal of this paper is to propose a simplified analytical solution to obtain the Moment-Curvature relationship for hollow circular RC sections. This based on calibrated polynomials, fitted against a database comprising 720 numerical Moment-Curvature analyses. The section capacity curve is defined through the position of 6 characteristic points and they are based on four input parameters: void ratio of the hollow section, axial force ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, transversal reinforcement ratio. A case study RC bridge pier is assessed with the proposed solution and the results are compared to a refined numerical FEM analysis, showing good match.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.19-43
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• 2016

In the present study, a new methodology is presented to study the ride comfort and bridge responses of a long-span bridge-traffic-wind coupled vibration system considering stochastic characteristics of traffic flow and bridge surface progressive deterioration. A three-dimensional vehicle model with 24 degrees-of-freedoms (DOFs) including a three-dimensional non-linear suspension seat model and the longitudinal vibration of the vehicle is firstly presented to study the ride comfort. An improved cellular automaton (CA) model considering the influence of the next-nearest neighbor vehicles and a progressive deterioration model for bridge surface roughness are firstly introduced. Based on the equivalent dynamic vehicle model approach, the bridge-traffic-wind coupled equations are established by combining the equations of motion of both the bridge and vehicles in traffic using the displacement relationship and interaction force relationship at the patch contact. The numerical simulations show that the proposed method can simulate rationally the ride comfort and bridge responses of the bridge-traffic-wind coupled system; and the vertical, lateral, and longitudinal vibrations of the driver seat model can affect significantly the driver's comfort, as expected.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.699-716
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• 2016

Buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) are commonly used as lateral force-resisting systems in the structures located in seismic-active regions. The nearly symmetric load-displacement behavior of buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) helps in dissipating the input seismic energy through metallic hysteresis. In this study, an experimental investigation has been conducted on the reduced-core length BRB (RCLBRB) specimens to evaluate their hysteretic and overall performance under gradually increased cyclic loading. Detachable casings are used for the concrete providing confinement to the steel core segments of all test specimens to facilitate the post-earthquake inspection of steel core elements. The influence of variable core clearance and the local detailing of casings on the cyclic performance of RCLBRB specimens has been studied. The RCLBRB specimen with the detachable casing system and a smaller core clearance at the end zone as compared to the central region exhibited excellent hysteretic behavior without any slip. Such RCLBRB showed balanced higher yielding deformed configuration up to a core strain of 4.2% without any premature instability. The strength-adjustment factors for the RCLBRB specimens are found to be nearly same as that of the conventional BRBs as noticed in the past studies. Simple expressions have been proposed based on the regression analysis to estimate the strength-adjustment factors and equivalent damping potential of the RCLBRB specimens.