• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국지진공학회 1998년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Spring 1998
• /
• pp.12-19
• /
• 1998

Response spectrum analysis method is widely used for seismic analysis of building structure. Analysis of structural vibration for equipment, machine and moving loads are executed by time history analysis. This method is very complex, difficult and tedious. In this study, maximum response of structure for this case are simply and fast. calculated by mode shape and response spectrum for excitation. At first, Response spectrum and time history analysis for some earthquake is carried and investigate the error of maximum displacement response for R. S. A. Secondly, The process for response spectrum analysis in excitation are calculated, and maximum model response are combined by CQC (Complete Quadratic Combination) methods. Finally, Combining maximum displacement response is compared with one of time history analysis.

• 한국정밀공학회지
• /
• 제28권6호
• /
• pp.687-693
• /
• 2011

Spring-mass models have been widely accepted to explain the basic dynamics of human gait. Researchers found that the leg stiffness increased with gait speed to increase energy efficiency. However, the difference of leg stiffness change with gait speed between the young and the elderly has not been verified yet. In this study, we calculated the lower limb stiffness of the elderly using walking model with an axial spring. Vertical stiffness was defined as the ratio of the vertical force change to the vertical displacement change. Seven young and eight elderly subjects participated to the test. The subjects walked on a 12 meter long, 1 meter wide walkway at four different gait speeds, ranging from their self-selected speed to maximum speed randomly. Kinetic and kinematic data were collected using three force plates and motion capture cameras, respectively. The vertical stiffness of the two groups increased as a function of walking speed. Maximum walking speed of the elderly was slower than that of the young, yet the walking speed correlated well with the optimal stiffness that maximizes propulsion energy in both groups. The results may imply that human may use apparent limb stiffness to optimize energy based on spring-like leg mechanics.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제86권5호
• /
• pp.647-661
• /
• 2023

It is recognized that the installation of energy dissipation devices, such as the tuned mass damper (TMD), decreases the dynamic response of structures, however, the best parameters of each device persist hard to determine. Unlike many works that perform only a deterministic optimization, this work proposes a complete methodology to minimize the dynamic response of footbridges by optimizing the parameters of multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMD) taking into account uncertainties present in the parameters of the structure and also of the human excitation. For application purposes, a steel footbridge, based on a real structure, is studied. Three different scenarios for the MTMD are simulated. The proposed robust optimization problem is solved via the Circle-Inspired Optimization Algorithm (CIOA), a novel and efficient metaheuristic algorithm recently developed by the authors. The objective function is to minimize the mean maximum vertical displacement of the footbridge, whereas the design variables are the stiffness and damping constants of the MTMD. The results showed the excellent capacity of the proposed methodology, reducing the mean maximum vertical displacement by more than 36% and in a computational time about 9% less than using a classical genetic algorithm. The results obtained by the proposed methodology are also compared with results obtained through traditional TMD design methods, showing again the best performance of the proposed optimization method. Finally, an analysis of the maximum vertical acceleration showed a reduction of more than 91% for the three scenarios, leading the footbridge to acceleration values below the recommended comfort limits. Hence, the proposed methodology could be employed to optimize MTMD, improving the design of footbridges.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
• /
• 제24권1호
• /
• pp.5-14
• /
• 2023

본 연구에서는 설계 대상인 현장타설말뚝기초에 대하여 상사율을 고려한 하중전이 대형토조 모형시험과 3차원 수치해석을 수행함으로써 현장타설말뚝 선단부와 주면부의 하중전이 특성을 분석하고 하중분담율을 산정하였다. 대형토조 모형시험 및 3차원 수치해석 결과에서 나타난 현장타설말뚝의 선형적 거동으로부터, 본 연구의 설계 조건에 대한 주면하중전이곡선은 Baquelin 등의 제안식, 선단하중전이곡선은 Baquelin 등의 제안식, 수평하중전이곡선은 Reese 등의 제안식이 적정한 것으로 확인되었다. 암반근입부에서 축하중은 시험값이 수치해석값보다 약간 크게 측정되었지만 암반 근입부에서 하중분담율은 연직하중이 증가함에 따라 평균적으로 약 27.8%의 분담율을 나타내었다. 연직재하 시에 말뚝두부의 침하량은 해석값이 시험값보다 약간 작게 평가되었으며, 모형시험 및 해석 최대 연직하중에서 말뚝두부의 최대 침하량은 시험치 10.6mm, 해석치 10.0mm 이고, 말뚝선단에서 최대 침하량은 시험치 2.0mm, 해석치 1.9mm로 나타났다. 수평재하 시에 기둥 두부(지표)와 말뚝 두부에서 수평변위는 시험값과 해석값이 비교적 잘 일치하는 것으로 나타났고, 모형토조시험 결과 최대 수평변위 38.0mm에서 측정된 수평하중은 24,713kN, 수치해석에서의 수평하중은 26,073kN으로 평가되었다.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
• /
• 제3권4호
• /
• pp.309-320
• /
• 2010

With taking the geometric nonlinearity of bridge structure into account, a framework is presented for predicting the dynamic responses of a long-span suspension bridge subjected to running train and turbulent wind. The nonlinear dynamic equations of the coupled train-bridge-wind system are established, and solved with the Newmark numerical integration and direct interactive method. The corresponding linear and nonlinear processes for solving the system equation are described, and the corresponding computer codes are written. The proposed framework is then applied to a schemed long-span suspension bridge with the main span of 1120 m. The whole histories of the train passing through the bridge under turbulent wind are simulated, and the dynamic responses of the bridge are obtained. The results demonstrate that the geometric nonlinearity does not influence the variation tendency of the bridge displacement histories, but the maximum responses will be changed obviously; the lateral displacement of bridge are more sensitive to the wind than the vertical ones; compared with wind velocity, train speed affects the vertical maximum responses a little more clearly.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
• /
• 제13권1호
• /
• pp.57-77
• /
• 2023

In the present study, the total hydrodynamic pressure exerted by the fluid on walls of rectangular tanks due to horizontal excitations of different frequencies, is investigated by pressure based finite element method. Fluid within the tanks is invisid, compressible and its motion is considered to be irrotational and it is simulated by two dimensional eight-node isoparametric. The walls of the tanks are assumed to be rigid. The total hydrodynamic pressure increases with the increase of exciting frequency and has maximum value when the exciting frequency is equal to the fundamental frequency. However, the hydrodynamic pressure has decreasing trend for the frequency greater than the fundamental frequency. Hydrodynamic pressure at the free surface is independent to the height of fluid. However, the pressure at base and mid height of vertical wall depends on height of fluid. At these two locations, the hydrodynamic pressure decreases with the increase of fluid depth. The depth of undisturbed fluid near the base increases with the increase of depth of fluid when it is excited with fundamental frequency of fluid. The sloshing of fluid with in the tank increases with the increase of exciting frequency and has maximum value when the exciting frequency is equal to the fundamental frequency of liquid. However, this vertical displacement is quite less when the exciting frequency is greater than the fundamental frequency.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제49권3호
• /
• pp.257-270
• /
• 2023

In this study, the feasibility and applicability of a friction damper with a vertical installation scheme are investigated. This device is composed of a steel section and two friction hinges at both ends which dissipate seismic energy. Due to its small width and vertical installation scheme, the proposed damper can minimize the interference with architectural functions. To evaluate the performance of the proposed damper, its mechanical behavior is theoretically evaluated and the required formulas for the yield strength and elastic stiffness are derived. The theoretical formulas are verified by establishing the analytical model of the damper in the SAP2000 software and comparing their results. To further investigate the performance of the developed damper, the provided analytical model is applied to a 4-story reinforced concrete (RC) structure and its performance is evaluated before and after retrofit under the Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE) hazard level. The seismic performance is thoroughly evaluated in terms of maximum interstory drift ratio, displacement time history, residual displacement, and energy dissipation. The results show that the proposed damper can be efficiently used to protect the structure against seismic loads.

• Earthquakes and Structures
• /
• 제14권5호
• /
• pp.449-458
• /
• 2018

Earthquakes have shown the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures. The aim of this research is to study a technique for in-plane seismic retrofitting of URM walls in which both diagonal and vertical steel strips are added to a single side of a URM wall. Specimens have been tested under quasi-static cyclic lateral load in combination with constant vertical load. The tests show that vertical and diagonal strips cause a significant increase in seismic capacity in terms of both strength (about 200%) and displacement at maximum (about 20%). Furthermore, this technique caused the failure modes of URM walls were influenced.

• Earthquakes and Structures
• /
• 제17권6호
• /
• pp.533-543
• /
• 2019

This paper presents a study on the behavior of an RC bridge under near-field and far-field ground motions. For this purpose, a dynamic nonlinear finite element time history analysis has been conducted. The near-field and far-field records are chosen pairwise from the same events which are fits to the seismic design of the bridge. In order to perform an accurate seismic evaluation, the model has been analyzed under two vertical and horizontal components of ground motions. Parameters of relative displacement, residual displacement, and maximum plastic strain have been considered and compared in terms of near-field and far-field ground motions. In the following, in order to decrease the undesirable effects of near-field ground motions, a viscous damper is suggested and its effects have been studied. In this case, the results show that the near-field ground motions increase maximum relative and residual displacement respectively up to three and twice times. Significant seismic improvements were achieved by using viscous dampers on the bridge model. Somehow under the considered near-field ground motion, parameters of residual and relative displacement decrease dramatically even less than the model without damper under the far-field record of the same ground motion.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
• /
• 제20권4호
• /
• pp.534-544
• /
• 2019

IPM Bridge는 파일벤트가 지표면으로부터 돌출되어, 교대의 과도한 변위가 유발될 수 있다. 본 연구에 사용된 교량의 형상은 IPM Bridge의 설계지침에 제시된 최대 적용 조건인 경간 120.0m, 사각 30도, 파일벤트의 돌출높이 최대 10.0m를 적용하였다. 이 교량모델을 이용하여, IPM Bridge의 최대 경간 적용조건에 따른 최대 변위를 산정하였으며, Bozozuk가 제시한 허용 변위에 근거하여 IPM Bridge의 수평변위의 안정성을 검토하였다. IPM Bridge의 최대 수평변위는 여름철의 팽창 조건보다는 겨울철의 수축 조건에서 더 크게 산정되었으며, 수평변위는 사각보다는 교량의 길이에 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 수직 변위는 사각과 연장에 큰 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 경간의 증가에 따라 수평변위가 크게 증가되었으며, 연장 120.0m에서의 수평변위는 Bozozuk가 제시한 허용 변위를 초과하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, 파일벤트에 발생되는 모멘트가 소성모멘트를 초과하지는 않았다. IPM Bridge는 설계지침에 제시된 최대 적용조건인 파일벤트의 돌출높이 10.0m, 연장 120.0m에서는 수평변위가 과도하게 발생될 수 있으므로, 설계단계에서 면밀한 검토가 필요하다.