• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권6호
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• pp.823-837
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• 2020

In this research, the idea of improving the seismic response of an existing steel structure with use of friction dampers between external walls and the structure is discussed. The main difference of this method with other methods of seismic rehabilitation is that interior spaces of the existing structure remain untouched and new parts including external walls and dampers are added outside of the structure. Three frames having 3, 6 and 9 stories are modeled in SAP2000 software before and after seismic retrofit and responses of the system are investigated under the effect of seven earthquake records. Initially, different ratios of seismic weight of stories are presumed for slip forces of the dampers with a distribution based on given equations. The optimized capacity of dampers is obtained by investigating the average of maximum displacement, acceleration and base shear of the structure caused by earthquakes. For this optimized values, maximum inter-story drifts and acceleration are obtained through numerical models. Results show that in 3, 6 and 9-story frames peak roof displacement decreased up to 80%. Maximum roof acceleration and base shear of the frames also decreased 46, 40 and 32% and 84, 67 and 65%, respectively for three building structures.

• 대한건축학회연합논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2019

Recently, the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes are increasing worldwide. In Korea, the Gyeongju earthquake (2016) and the Pohang earthquake (2017) caused structural damage to many buildings. Since Korea's seismic design standards were revised to three or more stories in 2005, five-story buildings built before the revision are not designed to be earthquake-resistant. In this situation, if strong earthquake occurs in Korea, there will be great damage. To prevent this, seismic retrofit of buildings should be necessary. The seismic retrofit of classical method is mainly used to reduce the displacement generated in the structure by strengthening stiffness and strength. However, since this method increases the base shear force of the structure, it is difficult to apply it to buildings which have weak foundation. Therefore, in this study, we propose the damper system that reduces the response displacement of buildings and suppresses the increase of base shear force by using high damping rubber and steel. And the seismic performance of the damper system is verified through the experiment and the seismic analysis of the structure.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.325-337
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• 2022

In this research, an earthquake-resistant structural system consisting of a pin-connected steel frame and a bracing with metallic fuses is proposed. Contrary to the conventional braced frames, the main structural elements are deemed to remain elastic under earthquakes and the seismic energy is efficiently dissipated by the damper-braces with an amplification mechanism. The superiority of the proposed damping system lies in easy manufacture, high yield capacity and energy dissipation, and an effortless replacement of damaged fuses after earthquake events. Furthermore, the stiffness and the yield capacity are almost decoupled in the proposed damper-brace which makes it highly versatile for performance-based seismic design compared to most other dampers. A special attention is paid to derive the theoretical formulation for nonlinear behavior of the proposed damper-brace, which is verified using analytical results. Next, a direct displacement-based design procedure is provided for the proposed system and an example structure is designed and analyzed thoroughly to check its seismic performance. The results show that the proposed system designed with the provided procedure satisfies the given performance objective and can be used for developing highly efficient low-damage structures.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2019

국내 내진규정은 1988년에 최초로 제정되었으나 국내에서 발생하는 지진의 규모와 발생빈도가 증가하면서 내진 의무대상을 지속적으로 확대시켜왔다. 공공 시설물의 내진율은 58.3%로 증가한 반면에 교육 시설물의 내진율은 24.8%에 그치고 있는 실정이다. 이로 인해, 지진발생 시 국내 교육시설물의 50% 이상이 대규모피해를 받을 것이라 예측되고 있다. 실제로 포항지진에 의해 발생한 피해는 45%가 교육시설물로 나타남에 따라 국내 기존 교육시설물에 대한 내진 보강은 국민들의 주요 관심사가 되었다. 보다 효과적인 내진 공법을 개발하기 위하여 국내의 많은 연구자들이 연구를 수행해왔으며 앞으로도 활발히 진행될 것으로 예상된다. 하지만, 국내 기술의 발전이 어느 정도까지 이루어졌는가에 대한 고찰은 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 외 기존 교육시설물의 내진에 대한 가이드라인을 비교 분석하고 향후 연구 방향을 제언하고자 한다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.307-321
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• 2020

The slim-floor solution provides an efficient alternative to the classic slab-over-beam configuration due to architectural and structural benefits. Two deficiencies can be identified in the current state-of-art: (i) the technique is limited to nonseismic applications and (ii) the lack of information on moment-resisting slim-floor beam-to-column joints. In the seismic design of framed structures, continuous beam-to-column joints are required for plastic hinges to form at the ends of the beams. The present paper proposes a slim-floor technical solution capable of expanding the current application of slim-floor joints to seismic-resistant composite construction. The proposed solution relies on a moment-resisting connection with a thick end-plate and large-diameter bolts, which are used to fulfill the required strength and stiffness characteristics of continuous connections, while maintaining a reduced height of the configuration. Considering the proposed novel solution and the variety of parameters that could affect the behavior of the joint, experimental and numerical validations are compulsory. Consequently, the current paper presents the experimental and numerical investigation of two slim-floor beam-to-column joint assemblies. The results are discussed in terms of moment-rotation curves, available rotational capacity and failure modes. The study focuses on developing reliable slim-floor beam joints that are applicable to steel building frame structures located in seismic regions.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.391-397
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• 2018

This study deals with the microstructure and tensile properties of 700 MPa-grade high-strength and seismic reinforced steel bars. The high-strength reinforced steel bars (600 D13, 600 D16 and 700 D13 specimens) are fabricated by a TempCore process, while the seismic reinforced steel bar (600S D16 specimen) is fabricated by air cooling after hot rolling. For specimens fabricated by the TempCore process, the 600 D13 and 600 D16 specimens have a microstructure of tempered martensite in the surface region and ferrite-pearlite in the center region, while the 700 D13 specimen has a microstructure of tempered martensite in the surface region and bainite in the center region. Therefore, their hardness is the highest in the surface region and shows a tendency to decrease from the surface region to the center region because tempered martensite has a higher hardness than ferrite-pearlite or bainite. However, the hardness of the 600S D16 specimen, which is composed of fully ferrite-pearlite, increases from the surface region to the center region because the pearlite volume fraction increases from the surface region to the center region. On the other hand, the tensile test results indicate that only the 700 D13 specimen with a higher carbon content exhibits continuous yielding behavior due to the formation of bainite in the center region. The 600S D16 specimen has the highest tensile-to-yield ratio because the presence of ferrite-pearlite and precipitates caused by vanadium addition largely enhances work hardening.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-129
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• 2019

The effectiveness of an innovative method for the earthquake-resistant rehabilitation of existing poorly detailed reinforced concrete (RC) structures is experimentally investigated herein. Eight column subassemblages were subjected to earthquake-type loading and their hysteretic behaviour was evaluated. Four of the specimens were identical and representative of columns found in RC structures designed in the 1950s-70s period for gravity load only. These original specimens were subjected to cyclic lateral deformations and developed brittle failure mechanisms. Three of the damaged specimens were subsequently retrofitted with innovative high-strength steel fiber-reinforced concrete (HSSFC) jackets. The main variables examined were the jacket width and the contribution of mesh steel reinforcement in the seismic performance of the enhanced columns. The influence of steel fiber volume fraction was also examined using test results of a previous work of Tsonos et al. (2017). The fourth earthquake damaged subassemblage was strengthened with a conventional RC jacket and was subjected to the same lateral displacement history as the other three retrofitted columns. The seismic behaviour of the subassemblages strengthened according to the proposed retrofit scheme was evaluated with respect to that of the original specimens and that of the column strengthened with the conventional RC jacket. Test results clearly demonstrated that the HSSFC jackets effectively prevented the development of shear failure mechanisms, while ensuring a ductile seismic response similar to that of the subassemblage retrofitted with the conventional RC jacket. Ultimately, an indisputable superiority in the overall seismic performance of the strengthened columns was achieved with respect to the original specimens.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.95-111
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• 1998

본 연구에서 구조요소 및 구조계에 대한 지진손상 해석방법의 개념 및 과정을 연구하였다. 구조요소에 대한 지진손상도 해석은 구조요소나 단자유도계에 관한 기존의 방법으로 가장 널리사용되고 있는 Park & Ang 방법에 의하여 예제구조물에 대하여 수행하였다. 구조계에 대한 지진손상도 해석을 수행하기 위해서는 두 가지의 과정을 사용하였다. 첫 번째 과정은 구조계에 해당하는 지진응답을 구조계 대표응답법과 등가단자유도계 응답법을 이용하여 구한 후, 구조계의 지진손상도는 기존의 단자유도계나 구조요소에 관한 방법을 이용하여 구조계의 지진응답으로부터 구한다. 두 번째 구조요소에 대한 지진손상도 해석결과를 손상지수 조합법을 이용하여 선형적으로 조합하여 구조계의 지진손상도를 구한다. 각 방법의 유용성은 몇 개의 다른 지진과 예제구조물에 대하여 비교를 통하여 연구하였다.

• 공학기술논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2012

Large scale earthquake was occurred in different parts of the world like Japan (in 1995), Republic of Pakistan (2005), in China (2008) etc and enormous structures were damaged. As a result of collapse of school buildings structures numerous students are died and it had a big impact on the international community. Therefore, the interest of preparing the seismic resistant school building structures in our country is increases as school building are used as emergency shelter for local residents. But the current standard of seismic design ratio of 3.7% is applied for school building in Korea which is only significant earthquake damage is expected. In order to overcome the current situation, seismic performance evaluation is carried out for the existing school building and an accurate and appropriate seismic retrofit is required based on performance evaluation to upgrade the existing school buildings. In this paper, nonlinear analysis on existing school buildings for ATC-40(Applied Technology Council, ATC) and FEMA-356(Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA) are carried out using the capacity spectrum method to evaluate seismic performance and to determine the need for retrofitting. In addition, after reinforcement to enhance the seismic performance is applied the seismic performance evaluation is carried out to verify the effectiveness of seismic retrofit.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 최근 정부에서 제시한 표준설계 응답스펙트럼을 이용하여 송전용량, 높이 및 구조타입 등 다양한 변수를 고려한 송전철탑 24기를 선정하여 내진성능평가를 수행하였다. 또한, 정부에서 요구한 내진기준 상향 시 철탑의 설계에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위하여, 현 설계 풍하중 및 개정 지진하중에 의해 발생되는 응력 및 단면력의 크기를 비교해 보았다. 내진성능평가 결과 대상 철탑들은 0.31~0.91g의 내진성능을 보유하고 있는 것으로 나타나, 2,400년 재현주기의 내진특등급 수준을 만족하였으며 내진안전성을 확보하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 철탑의 지진에 의한 단면력은 풍하중에 의한 값의 33~82.5%로 나타나, 상향된 내진기준에서도 설계 풍하중이 지진하중보다 지배적임을 확인하였다.