• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.891-907
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• 2020

Many studies reveal that during destructive earthquakes, most of the structures enter the inelastic phase. The amount of hysteretic energy in a structure is considered as an important criterion in structure design and an important indicator for the degree of its damage or vulnerability. The hysteretic energy value wasted after the structure yields is the most important component of the energy equation that affects the structures system damage thereof. Controlling this value of energy leads to controlling the structure behavior. Here, for the first time, the hysteretic behavior and energy dissipation capacity are assessed at presence of elliptical braced resisting frames (ELBRFs), through an experimental study and numerical analysis of FEM. The ELBRFs are of lateral load systems, when located in the middle bay of the frame and connected properly to the beams and columns, in addition to improving the structural behavior, do not have the problem of architectural space in the bracing systems. The energy dissipation capacity is assessed in four frames of small single-story single-bay ELBRFs at ½ scale with different accessories, and compared with SMRF and X-bracing systems. The frames are analyzed through a nonlinear FEM and a quasi-static cyclic loading. The performance features here consist of hysteresis behavior, plasticity factor, energy dissipation, resistance and stiffness variation, shear strength and Von-Mises stress distribution. The test results indicate that the good behavior of the elliptical bracing resisting frame improves strength, stiffness, ductility and dissipated energy capacity in a significant manner.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.663-672
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• 2001

Numerous failures in welded connections in steel moment-resisting building frames (SMRF) were observed when buildings were inspected after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. These observations raised concerns about the effectiveness of such frames for resisting strong earthquake ground motions. The behavior of SMRFs during an earthquake must be assessed using nonlinear dynamic analysis, and such assessments must permit the deterioration in connection strength to capture the behavior of the frame. The uncertainties that underlie both structural and dynamic loading also need to be included in the analysis process. This paper describes the analysis of one of approximately 200 SMRFs that suffered damage to its welded beam-to-column connections from the Northridge Earthquake is evaluated. Nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of this SMRF in the time domain is performed using ground motions representing the Northridge Earthquake. Subsequently, a detailed uncertainty analysis is conducted for the building using an ensemble of earthquake ground motions. Probability distributions for deformation-related limit states, described in terms of maximum roof displacement or interstory drift, are constructed. Building fragilities that are useful for condition assessment of damaged building structures and for performance-based design are developed from these distributions.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2002

일반적으로 모멘트 지지 강구조물은 유한요소법에 의해 이상화되고 해석되어 왔으며 기둥과 기둥의 연결부, 기둥과 보의 접합부의 정확한 비선형 해석 결과를 위해 많은 노력을 해온 반면에 기둥의 지지부에 대한 해석은 고정단 또는 힌지로 간단하게 이루어져 왔다 그러나 실제로 기둥의 지지부는 고정단도 힌지도 아닌 그 중간인 반강성으로 거동한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기둥 지지부를 반강성모델을 이용해서 해석하고 그 결과를 고찰하여 기둥 지지부의 강성 및 강도의 변화가 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 미국 시방서에 의해 설계된 전형적인 두개의 3층 모멘트지지 강구조물을 이미 개발된 강성도법 및 유연도법에 기초한 7iber 유한 요소를 사용하여 해석하였다. 기등의 지지부는 고정단과 힌지사이에 있는 반강성 지지부를 모델하기 위해 다양한 강성도를 갖는 회전 스프링을 사용하였다. 실제의 기둥 지지부와 가깝게 모델된 반강성 지지부를 갖는 구조물의 해석 결과는 고정지지부를 갖는 구조물과 어느 정도 비슷한 결과를 보여주었다. 또한 pushover 해석과 비선형 시간 이력 해석을 통해 기둥 지지부의 강성도가 감소함에 따라 1층 보의 소요 처짐각(rotational demand)이 증가하는 현상이 관찰되었다 시공상의 문제 및 노화로 인한 기동 지지부의 강성도 감소는1층의 접합부에 대한 소요 터짐각의 증가를 유발하고 그것은 곧 soft-story mechanism을 유발하게 된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.65-80
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• 2021

Irregularities of a building in plan and elevation, which results in the change in stiffness on different floors highly affect the seismic performance and resistance of a structure. This study motivated to investigate the seismic responses of high-rise steel-frame buildings of twelve stories with various stiffness irregularities. The building has five spans of 3200 mm distance in both X- and Z-directions in the plan. The design package SAP2000 was adopted for the design of beams and columns and resulted in the profile IPE500 for the beams of all floors and box sections for columns. The column cross-section dimensions vary concerning the number of the story; one to three: 0.50×0.50×0.05m, four to seven: 0.45×0.45×0.05 m, and eight to twelve: 0.40×0.40×0.05 m. Real recorded ground accelerations obtained from the Vrancea earthquake in Romania together with dead and live loads corresponding to each story were considered for the applied load. The model was validated by comparing the results of the current method and literature considering a three-bay steel moment-resisting frame of eight-story height subject to seismic load. To investigate the seismic performance of the buildings, the time-history analysis was performed using ABAQUS. Deformed shapes corresponding to negative and positive peaks were provided followed by the story drifts and fragility curves which were used to examine the probability of collapse of the building. From the results, it was concluded that regular buildings provided a seismic performance much better than irregular buildings. Furthermore, it was observed that building with torsional irregularity was more vulnerable to seismic failure.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1998년도 봄 학술발표회논문집(II)
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• pp.481-486
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• 1998

In this paper, elastic and inelastic behavior of exterior joint of moment-resisting R.C frame with non-seismic detail subjected to reversed cyclic lateral load such as earthquake excitations was investigated. 1/2-scals subassemblage exterior beam-column joint including slab was manufactured based on similitude law. Then, pseudo static test under the displacement control was performed. The results of 1)crack pattern and failure mode, 2)degradation stiffness and strength, energy dissipation capacity from load-displacement hysteresis curve, 3)strain of steel were analysed.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.135-153
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• 2013

This study investigates the direct displacement based design (DDBD) approach for different types of reinforced concrete structural systems including single moment-resisting, dual wall-frame and dual steel-braced systems. In this methodology, the displacement profile is calculated and the equivalent single degree of freedom system is then modeled considering the damping characteristics of each member. Having calculated the effective period and secant stiffness of the structure, the base shear is obtained, based on which the design process can be carried out. For each system three frames are designed using DDBD approach. The frames are then analyzed using nonlinear time-history analysis with 7 earthquake accelerograms and the damage index is investigated through lateral drift profile of the models. Results of the analyses and comparison of the nonlinear time-history analysis results indicate efficiency of the DDBD approach for different reinforced concrete structural systems.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2000

Experiments were carried out to investigate the seismic behaviors, such as lateral strength, ductility and energy-dissipation capacity. of high-strength concrete (HSC) square short column confined in thin steel shell. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the suitability of using HSC square columns confined in thin steel shell in region of moderate-to-high seismic risk. A total of six columns, consisting of two ordinarily reinforced concrete square short columns and four reinforced concrete square short columns confined in thin steel shell was tested. Column specimens, short columns in a moment resisting frame with girder. were tested under a constant axial and reversed cyclic lateral loads. To design the specimens. transverse reinforcing methods, level of axial load applied, and the steel tube width-thickness ratio (D/t) were chosen as main parameters. Test results were also discussed and compared in the light of improvements in general behaviors, ductility, and energy-absorption capacities. Compared to conventionally reinforced concrete columns, the HSC columns confined in thin steel shell had similar load-displacement hysteretic behavior but exhibited greater energy-dissipation characteristics . It is concluded that, in strong earthquake areas, the transverse reinforcing method by using a thin steel shell (D/t=125) is quite effective to make HSC short columns with very strong and ductile.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-27
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• 2007

지난 10년간 건설 환경에서 노무비는 재료비에 대해 상대적으로 계속해서 증가하고 있다. 따라서 강구조물의 최적 설계를 위해 널리 쓰이고 있는 최소중량설계는 더 이상 최소경비설계를 의미하지 못한다. 최근의 강 구조물의 제작 시 재료비 외에 부재연결에 소요되는 경비가 실제로 총 제작비에 커다란 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 대부분의 연구가 최소 중량설계나 구조물의 고등해석에만 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 횡 방향 하중에 효과적으로 저항하도록 보와 기둥이 모멘트 연결된 강 뼈대 구조물을 대상으로 안정성에 문제가 없이 경비절감에 효과적인 설계를 위해 재료비뿐만 아니라 제작비 및 현장에서 가설 시 부재연결에 소요되는 경비를 포함하는 최소 경비 설계를 수행하고자 한다. 하중저항계수설계법에 따른 전단과 처짐 및 보-기둥 상관관계식을 포함하는 비선형 해석과정과 유전알고리즘을 바탕으로 한 최적화 알고리즘을 결합하여 모멘트 부재연결의 수를 줄이고 또한 효과적인 배치를 수행함으로 최적 설계 해 및 모멘트 연결의 수와 총 경비와의 상반관계를 나타내고 이로부터 최적의 모멘트 연결의 수 및 그 배치를 구하였다. 현실적인 하중조건을 고려한 수치 예를 통해 본 연구의 적용성과 효율성을 나타내었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.636-643
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• 2005

Recently, performance based seismic design (PBSD) methods have been suggested in numerous forms and widely studied as a new concept of seismic design. The PBDSs are far from being practical method due to complexity of algorithms resided in the design philosophy. In this paper, optimal seismic design method based on displacement coefficient method (DCM) described in FEMA 273 is developed. As an optimizer simple genetic algorithms are used for implementations. In the optimization problem formulated in this Paper, strength design criteria stiffness design criteria, and nonlinear response criteria specified in DCM are included in design constraints. The optimal performance based design(OPBD) method is applied to seismic design of a 3-story two-dimensional steel frame structures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.851-865
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• 2014

Full penetration welded steel moment-resisting frame (SMRF) structures with welded box sections are widely employed in steel bridges, where a large number of steel bridges have been in operation for over fifty years in Japan. Welding defects such as incomplete penetration at the beam-column connections of these existing SMRF steel bridge piers were observed during inspection. Previous experiments conducted by the authors' team indicate that gusset stiffeners (termed fillets in this study) at the beam-web-to-column-web joint of the beam-column connections may play an important role on the seismic performance of the connections. This paper aims to experimentally study the effect of the fillet radius on seismic performance of the connections with large welding defects. Four specimens with different sizes of fillet radii were loaded under quasi-static incremental cyclic loading, where different load-displacement relations and cracking behaviors were observed. The experimental results show that, as the size of the fillet radius increases, the seismic performance of the connections can be greatly improved.