• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2018

This study examines the seismic failure of RC low-rise building structures having irregularities at the ground story during the 15 November 2017 Pohang, Korea, earthquake, $M_w=5.4$, which is the second strongest since the government began monitoring them in 1978 in South Korea. Some 2,000 private houses were damaged or destroyed in this earthquake. Particularly, serious damage to the piloti story of RC low-rise residential building structures of fewer than five stories was observed within 3 km of the epicenter with brittle shear failure of columns and walls due to severe torsional behavior. Buildings below six stories constructed before 2005 did not have to comply with seismic design requirements, so confinement detailing of columns and walls also led to inadequate performance. However, some buildings constructed after 2005 were damaged at the flexible side of the piloti story due to the high torsional irregularity. Based on these results, this study focuses on the problems of the seismic torsion design approach in current building codes.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2015

Wind tunnel testing of a low-rise building with openings (holes) of different sizes and shapes on a roof corner is conducted to measure the internal and external pressures from the building model. Detailed analysis of the testing data is carried out to investigate the characteristics of the internal and external pressures of the building with different openings' configurations. Superimposition of the internal and external pressures makes the emergence of positive net pressures on the roof. The internal pressures demonstrate an overall uniform distribution. The probability density function (PDF) of the internal pressures is close to the Gaussian distribution. Compared with the PDF of the external pressures, the non-Gaussian characteristics of the net pressures weakened. The internal pressures exhibit strong correlation in frequency domain. There appear two humps in the spectra of the internal pressures, which correspond to the Helmholtz frequency and vortex shedding frequency, respectively. But, the peak for the vortex shedding frequency is offset for the net pressures. Furthermore, the internal pressure characteristics indirectly reflect that the length of the front edge enhances the development of the conical vortices.The objective of this study aims to further understanding of the characteristics of internal, external and net pressures for low-rise buildings in an effort to reduce wind damages to residential buildings.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.669-691
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• 2014

Since low-rise residential buildings are the most common and vulnerable structures in coastal areas, a reliable prediction of their performance under hurricanes is necessary. The present study focuses on developing a refined finite element model that is able to more rigorously represent the load distributions or redistributions when the building behaves as a unit or any portion is overloaded. A typical 5:12 sloped low-rise residential building is chosen as the prototype and analyzed under wind pressures measured in the wind tunnel. The structural connections, including the frame-to-frame connections and sheathing-to-frame connections, are modeled extensively to represent the critical structural details that secure the load paths for the entire building system as well as the boundary conditions provided to the building envelope. The nail withdrawal, the excessive displacement of sheathing, the nail head pull-through, the sheathing in-plane shear, and the nail load-slip are found to be responsible for the building envelope damage. The uses of the nail type with a high withdrawal capacity, a thicker sheathing panel, and an optimized nail edge distance are observed to efficiently enhance the building envelope performance based on the present numerical damage predictions.

• 한국공간구조학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공간구조학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집 제3권1호(통권3호)
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• pp.102-109
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• 2006

The effects of wind fence on the pressure characteristics around low-rise building model were investigated experimentally. Flow characteristics of turbulences behind wind fence were measured using hot-wire anemometer. The wind fence characterize by varying the porosity of 0 %, 40 % and the distances from the wind fence from 1 H to 6 H with maintaining the uniform flow velocity of 6 m/s. We investigated the overall characterization of the low-rise building by measuring pressure seventy four on model. The effects of porosity fences varied with the porosity of the fence and measurement locations(1H-6H). The 0% porosity proved to be effective for the protection area of 4H to 6H, but the 40% porosity proved to be effective for the protection area of 1H to 6H. The low-rise building of front face was found to be best wind fence for decreasing the mean, maximum and minimum pressure fluctuation.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.389-404
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• 2019

In coastal regions, it is common to witness significant damages on low-rise buildings caused by hurricanes and other extreme wind events. These damages start at high pressure zones or weak building components, and then cascade to other building parts. The state-of-the-art in experimental and numerical aerodynamic load evaluation is to assume buildings with intact envelopes where wind acts only on the external walls and correct for internal pressure through separate aerodynamic studies. This approach fails to explain the effect of openings on (i) the external pressure, (ii) internal partition walls; and (iii) the load sharing between internal and external walls. During extreme events, non-structural components (e.g., windows, doors or rooftiles) could fail allowing the wind flow to enter the building, which can subject the internal walls to lateral loads that potentially can exceed their load capacities. Internal walls are typically designed for lower capacities compared to external walls. In the present work, an anticipated damage development scenario is modelled for a four-story building with a stepped gable roof. LES is used to examine the change in the internal and external wind flows for different level of assumed damages (starting from an intact building up to a case with failure in most windows and doors are observed). This study demonstrates that damages in non-structural components can increase the wind risk on the structural elements due to changes in the loading patterns. It also highlights the load sharing mechanisms in low rise buildings.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 구릉지의 노후된 주택지 정비에 있어 경관을 고려한 저층고밀형 개발방식의 가능성을 검토하는 것이다. 구릉지역에 있어서는 기존의 평지형 정비방식을 적용해서는 곤란하며 지형순응형 개발을 유도할 수 있는 방안이 필요하다. 이를 위해 우선 사례지역을 선정하여 GIS DATA 등을 활용하여 토지이용현황을 조사하고 사업의 손익분기점이 되는 용적률을 산출하였다. 그 결과 용적률 180% 정도에서 최소한의 정비사업이 가능한 것을 알 수 있었다. 이에 따라 공동주택과 테라스하우스 등을 혼합한 정비방식을 적용하여 개발시뮬레이션과 경관시뮬레이션을 실시하였다. 경관시뮬레이션은 AutoCAD 2004와 ArcView 3.2a를 활용하였다. 이를 통해 혼합형 저층고밀의 정비방식을 도입한다면 지형순응형 개발에 대한 가능성과 효과가 나타나는 것으로 입증되었다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.241-244
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• 2008

본 연구의 필자는 우리나라 철근콘크리트(RC) 건물의 대다수를 차지하고 있는 중 저층 RC 건물, 특히 전단 및 휨파괴형 부재가 혼합된 중.저층 RC 건물의 성능지정이 가능한 내진성능평가법을 제안하였다$^{1)}$. 문헌[1]에서는 중 저층 RC 건물의 전단 및 휨파괴형 부재 내력과 연성능력 사이의 상관관계를 파악함과 동시에, 전단 및 휨파괴형 부재의 각각의 피해 정도가 건물 전체의 피해 상황에 어떻게 영향을 미치는가를 검토 및 검증하여 내진성능 평가법을 제안하였으며, 또한 실제 지진에서 피해를 입은 중 저층 RC 건물에 적용하여 제안한 평가법의 신뢰성을 검증하였다. 문헌[1]에서 제안한 평가법은 기존의 내력 중심의 내진성능 평가법(일본 내진진단법)에 비하여 보다 효율적으로 내진성능이 우수한 건물을 선별 가능하다고 사료되며, 이에 제안한 평가법을 토대로 본 연구에서는 국내 현존 저층 RC 건물을 대상으로 그 내진안정성을 평가 및 검토하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.163-173
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• 2018

The design wind pressure for low-rise buildings in the ASCE 7-10 is defined by procedures that are categorized into the Main Wind Force-Resisting System (MWFRS) and the Components and Cladding (C&C). Some of these procedures were originally developed based on steel portal frames of industrial buildings, while the residential structures are a completely different structural system, most of which are designed as low-rise light-frame wood constructions. The purpose of this study is to discuss the rationality (or irrationality) of the extension of the wind loads calculated by the ASCE 7-10 to the light-frame wood residential buildings that represent the most vulnerable structures under extreme wind conditions. To serve this purpose, the same approach as used in the development of Chapter 28 of the ASCE 7-10 that envelops peak responses is adopted in the present study. Database-assisted design (DAD) methodology is used by applying the dynamic wind loads from Louisiana State University (LSU) database on a typical residential building model to assess the applicability of the standard by comparing the induced responses. Rather than the postulated critical member demands on the industrial building such as the bending moments at the knee, the maximum values at the critical points for wood frame buildings under wind loads are used as indicators for the comparison. Then, the critical members are identified through these indicators in terms of the displacement or the uplift force at connections and roof envelope. As a result, some situations for each of the ASCE 7 procedures yielding unconservative wind loads on the typical low-rise residential building are identified.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.289-299
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• 2009

본 연구는 각주형 저층건축물에 작용하는 지점별 풍압을 다점동시측정시스템을 이용하여 건물 폭과 깊이변화에 따른 평균풍압분포 특성에 대한 기초적인 결과를 정리한 것이다. 본 실험에서는 건물의 폭과 깊이를 변화시킨 5개의 각주형 풍압실험모형이 사용되었으며, 풍동실험은 금오공과대학교 소재 토출식 경계층풍동에서 실시하였다. 실험결과는 저층건축물의 건물 폭 및 깊이의 변화에 따른 저층건축물의 평균풍압분포 변화경향을 건축물의 풍상면, 풍측면 및 풍하면 중심으로 특성을 분석하였다. 실험결과를 토대로 저층건축물의 구조골조 설계용 풍하중을 합리적으로 산정하기 위해 필요한 새로운 풍압계수 및 간략한 약산식을 제시하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.245-255
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• 2009

산업용 건축물은 일반적으로 박공지붕형 저층의 형태로 많이 건설된다. 본 연구는 박공지붕형 저층건물의 풍압분포와 특성을 알아보기 위하여 풍동실험을 수행하였다. 풍동실험은 경사각 변화에 따른 외장재용 피크외압계수 분포양상을 알아보기 위하여 동일한 폭과 높이, 길이를 가지지만 지붕 경사각이 서로 다른 7가지의 모형을 제작하여 실험하였다. 실험결과 지붕과 벽면의 모서리 부분에서 최대 피크외압계수가 나타났으며, 이를 KBC-2005 및 각국의 기준과 비교하여 보았다. 실험에 의한 피크외압계수는 AIJ-2004와 매우 유사하게 나타났지만 KBC -2005보다는 다소 크게 나타났다.