• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2016

Korea is part of a region of low to moderate seismicity located inside the Eurasian plate with bedrock located at depths less than 30 m. However, the spectral acceleration obtained from site response analyses based on the geologic conditions of inland areas of the Korean peninsula are significantly different from the current Korean seismic code. Therefore, suitable site classification scheme and design response spectra based on local site conditions in the Korean peninsula are required to produce reliable estimates of earthquake ground motion. In this study, site-specific response analyses were performed at more than 300 sites with at least 100 sites at each site categories of $S_C$, $S_D$, and $S_E$ as defined in the current seismic code in Korea. The process of creating a huge database of input parameters - such as shear wave velocity profiles, normalized shear modulus reduction curves, damping curves, and input earthquake motions - for site response analyses were described. The response spectra and site coefficients obtained from site response analyses were compared with those proposed for the site categories in the current code. Problems with the current seismic design code were subsequently discussed, and the development and verifications of new site classification system and corresponding design response spectra are detailed in companion papers (II-development of new site categories and design response spectra and III-Verifications)

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제90권1호
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• pp.51-70
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• 2024

Poorly designed reinforced concrete (RC) columns of actual moment-resisting frame (MRF) buildings can undergo Axial Compression Ratios (ACR) so high as their demand exceeds their capacity, even for serviceability gravity load combinations, this lack commonly leads to insufficient seismic strength. Nonetheless, many seismic design codes do not specify limits for ACR. The main contribution of this research is to investigate the need to limit the ACR in seismic design. For this purpose, three prototype 6 and 11-story RC MRF buildings are analyzed in this paper, these buildings have columns undergoing excessive ACR, according to the limits prescribed by standards. To better that situation, three types of alterations are performed: retrofitting the abovementioned overloaded columns by steel jacketing, increasing the concrete strength, and reducing the number of stories. Several finite element analyses are conducted using the well-known software SAP2000 and the results are used for further calculations. Code-type and pushover analyses are performed on the original and retrofitted buildings, the suitability of the other modified buildings is checked by code-type analyses only. The obtained results suggest that ACR is a rather reliable indicator of the final building strength, hence, apparently, limiting the ACR in the standards (for early stages of design) might avoid unnecessary verifications.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1989년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.22-27
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• 1989

This paper presents a study of soil-structure interaction problems using infinite elements. The infinite elements are formulated for homogeneous and layered soil media, based on approximate expressions for three components of propagating waves, namely Rayleigh, compressive and shear waves. The integration scheme which was proposed for problems with single wave component by Zienkiewicz is expanded to the multi-wave problem. Verifications are carried out on rigid circular footings which are placed on and embedded in elastic half space. Numerical analysis is performed for a containment structure of a nuclear power plant subjected seismic excitation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.561-580
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• 2014

After strong earthquakes conventional frames used worldwide in multi - story steel buildings (e.g. moment resisting frames) are not well positioned according to reparability. Two innovative systems for seismic resistant steel frames incorporated with dissipative fuses were developed within the European Research Program "FUSEIS" (Vayas et al. 2013). The first, FUSEIS1, resembles a vertical Vierendeel beam and is composed of two closely spaced strong columns rigidly connected to multiple beams. In the second system, FUSEIS2, a discontinuity is introduced in the composite beams of a moment resisting frame and the dissipative devices are steel plates connecting the two parts. The FUSEIS system is able to dissipate energy by means of inelastic deformations in the fuses and combines ductility and architectural transparency with stiffness. In case of strong earthquakes damage concentrates only in the fuses which behave as self-centering systems able to return the structure to its initial undeformed shape. Repair work after such an event is limited only to replacing the fuses. Experimental and numerical investigations were performed to study the response of the fuses system. Code relevant design rules for the seismic design of frames with dissipative FUSEIS and practical recommendations on the selection of the appropriate fuses as a function of the most important parameters and member verifications have been formulated and are included in a Design Guide. This article presents the design and performance of building frames with FUSEIS 1-1 based on models calibrated on the experimental results.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

In 2016, an earthquake occurred at Gyeongju, Korea. At the Wolsong site, the observed peak ground acceleration was lower than the operating basis earthquake (OBE) level of Wolsong nuclear power plant. However, the measured spectral acceleration value exceeded the spectral acceleration of the operating-basis earthquake (OBE) level in some sections of the response spectrum, resulting in a manual shutdown of the nuclear power plant. Analysis of the response spectra shape of the Gyeongju earthquake motion showed that the high-frequency components are stronger than the response spectra shape used in nuclear power plant design. Therefore, the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment of nuclear power plants should be made to reflect the characteristics of site-specific earthquakes. In general, the floor response spectrum shape at the installation site or the generalized response spectrum shape is used for the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment. In this study, a generalized response spectrum shape is proposed for seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment for nuclear power plants. The proposed response spectrum shape reflects the characteristics of earthquake motion in Korea through earthquake hazard analysis, and it can be applied to structures and equipment at various locations.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.395-409
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• 2020

With verifications through many relevant researches in the past few decades, adopting the equivalent lateral force procedure for designing seismically isolated structures as a preliminary or even final design approach has become considerably mature and publicly acceptable, especially for seismic isolation systems that mechanically exhibit bilinear hysteretic behavior. During the design procedure, in addition to a given seismic demand, structural designers still need to previously determine three parameters, such as mechanical properties of seismic isolation systems or design parameters and performance indices of seismically isolated structures. However, an arbitrary or improper selection of given parameters might cause diverse or even unacceptable design results, thus troubling structural designers very much. In this study, first, based on the criterion that at least either two design parameters or two performance indices of seismically isolated structures are decided previously, the rationality and applicability of design results obtained from different conditions are examined. Moreover, to consider variations of design parameters of seismically isolated structures attributed to uncertainties of mechanical properties of seismic isolation systems, one of the conditions is adopted to perform bounding analysis for seismic isolation design. The analysis results indicate that with a reasonable equivalent damping ratio designed, considering a specific variation for two design parameters (the effective stiffness and equivalent damping ratio) could present more conservative bounding design results (in terms of isolation displacement and acceleration transmissibility) than considering the same variation but for two mechanical properties (the characteristic strength and post-yield stiffness).

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2008

본 연구는 원자력발전소에 설치되는 캐비닛형 전기기기의 동적 진동시험 자료를 이용하여 캐비닛의 지진응답을 예측할 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 기법은 1) 절점질량 이상화 모델에 기반한 등가 지진하중 산정, 2) 진동시험자료에 기반한 캐비닛 구조의 입출력 상태방정식 규명, 3) 산정된 등가지진하중과 규명된 입출력 상태방정식을 사용한 지진응답산정의 과정으로 구성된다. 제안된 기법은 유한요소기법(FEM) 모델 개선(Model Updating)에 기반한 지진응답예측기법에 비하여 모델링 오차가 개입 되지 않는 장점을 가진다. 캐비넷 구조를 이상화한 2차원 프레임 모델과 3차원 상세 모델에 대한 수치검증을 통하여 제안된 기법이 지진응답을 매우 정확하게 예측을 함을 관찰하였고, 측정 노이즈에 대해서도 강인함을 관찰하였다. 추후연구로 실험검증이 요구된다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.85-95
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• 1989

본 논문에서는 Rayleigh파, 전단파 및 압축파의 영향을 동시에 해석할 수 있는 주파수 종속 무한요소와 이를 이용한 지반-구조물의 동적상호작용의 해석법에 대하여 연구하였다. 방사적으로 전파되는 응력파의 성분에 대한 무한요소와 아울러 매립(Embedded)기초나 적층(Layered)지반을 해석하기 위하여 수평으로 전파되는 파를 해석할 수 있는 무한요소를 개발하였고, 요소행렬 구성하기 위한 적분시 하나의 파성분만 존재하는 경우에 대하여 효율적으로 적용되었던 Newton Cotes 적분과 유사한 방법을 Multi-Waves 문제에 알맞게 확장 적용하였다. 이 방법의 타당성은 반무한, 균질 지만의 위에 놓여있는 원형강판과 지반에 묻혀 있는 원통형 강체기초의 Compliance 함수를 구하여 기존의 문헌에 발표된 값과 비교함으로써 검증하였다. 예제해석은 지진하중을 받는 원자력발전소 격납구조를 대상으로 하여 수행하였으며, 매립깊이의 크기, 지반의 재료감쇠 및 지반의 모형기법에 따른 구조물-지반의 상호작용의 해석결과를 비교 분석하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권4C호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2006

온라인 실험 방법은 실험 정보를 직접 수치 해석에 사용하는 수치 실험법의 하나로, 지반의 역학적 특성이 요소 시험체로 부터 실시간으로 수치해석에 업데이트되므로 이상화된 역학모델을 사용하지 않고 지반 해석을 수행할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 이 방법은 모래 지반을 주요한 대상으로 하는 지반내진공학 분야에서 주로 사용되어 왔으나 최근 압밀 문제에 적용할 수 있는 실험법이 개발되어 실내 검증과 현장검증이 시도되었다. 지금까지의 관련 연구에서는 압밀층 중앙에 요소 시험체를 위치시켜 평균적인 반응 거동만을 수치해석에 업데이트하는 방법이 주로 사용되어 왔으나, 이러한 경우에는 압밀층 두께가 두꺼워 질수록 해석 정도가 떨어질 수 있다는 점이 단점으로 지적되어 왔다, 따라서 압밀 문제에 대한 온라인 실험법의 유효성 및 가능한 해석 범위를 명확하게 하기 위해서는 이러한 영향요소를 완전히 배제할 수 있는 실험 조건을 적용하여 결과를 검토할 필요가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 동일한 조건 하에서 실시된 온라인 압밀 시험과 분할형 압밀시험 결과를 이용하여 점토 시료의 압밀 침하와 과잉간극수압 소산 재현 측면에서 온라인 압밀 실험 결과를 검토하였다. 실험결과, 온라인 압밀 실험은 재구성 카올리나이트 점토의 유효 응력에 따른 압축성 변화를 큰 모순 없이 재현해 내고 있었으며, 과잉간극수압 소산 속도 측면에서는 온라인 압밀 실험이 조금 빠른 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 실험 결과를 바탕으로 점토 시료의 과잉간극수압 소산 거동을 보다 정도 높게 예측하기 위해서는 점토의 투수성도 리얼타임으로 업데이트 할 수 있는 방향으로 실험 절차가 개선이 되어야 한다는 점과 과잉간극수압 소산 후의 변형에 대해서는 추가적인 연구나 개선이 필요하다는 점을 알 수 있었다.