• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2013

The paper introduces Multi-Platform Analysis (MPA) for the seismic performance of a structure controlled by Magneto-Rheological (MR) dampers and presents analytical assessment of the effect of MR damper when taking into account nonlinear behavior of the structure. This paper introduces the MR Damper Plugin that can facilitate communication between MATLAB/Simulink and a finite element analysis tool in order to account for more complex inelastic behavior of the structure with MR dampers. The MPA method using the developed MR Damper Plugin is validated with experimental results from the real-time hybrid simulation. By utilizing the proposed MPA method, the three-story RC structure controlled by MR dampers is more realistically modeled and its performance under seismic loads is investigated. It is concluded that MR damper designed for a linear structure is not effective in a nonlinear structure and can overestimate the effect of MR damper. This work is expected to overcome difficulties in the analytical assessment of structural control strategies for complex and nonlinear structures by obtaining more reliable results.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2017

Columns in existing reinforced concrete structures that are designed and constructed without considering seismic loads generally exhibit widely spaced transverse reinforcements without using seismic hooks. Due to the insufficient reinforcement details in columns compared to the reinforcement requirements specified in modern seismic codes, brittle shear failure is likely to occur. This may lead to sudden collapse of entire structure during earthquakes. Adequate retrofit strategy is required for these columns to avoid such catastrophic event. In order to do so, behavior of columns in existing reinforced concrete structures should be accurately predicted through computational analysis. In this study, an analytical model is proposed for accurately simulating the cyclic behavior of shear critical columns. The parameters for backbone, as well as pinching and cyclic deterioration in strength and stiffness are calibrated using test data of column specimens failed by shear.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.440-446
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• 2010

본 논문은 적층고무받침을 이용하여 지진으로부터 교량의 손상피해를 줄이기 위한 연구이다. 적층고무 받침은 지진 발생시 변위를 증가시키고, 주기를 길게하여 하중을 전환시킨다. 적층고무받침과 같은 면진장치에 몇 가지 지진파를 가진하여 진동대 실험을 하였다. 이 실험에서는 가속도계와 하중계, 변위계를 설치하여 상판의 가속도 및 전단력 등을 측정하였다. 더구나 적층고무받침을 설치한 경우와 지진격리장치를 설치하지 않은 경우로 구분하여 진동대 실험하여 그 성능을 비교 평가하였다. 실험결과 상판의 가속도 및 전단력은 적층고무받침을 사용할 경우 응답이 감소하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.887-904
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• 2016

An efficient, economical and practical strengthening method for hollow brick infill walls was proposed and investigated in the present study, experimentally and numerically. This method aims at increasing the overall lateral strength and stiffness of the structure by increasing the contribution of the infill walls and providing the non-bearing components of the structure with the capability of absorbing earthquake-induced energy to minimize structural damage during seismic excitations. A total of eleven full-scale infill walls strengthened with expanded mild steel plates were tested under diagonal monotonic loading to simulate the loading condition of the non-bearing walls during an earthquake. The contact surface between the plates and the wall was increased with the help of plaster. Thickness of the plates bonded to both faces of the wall and the spacing of the bolts were adopted as test parameters. The experiments indicated that the plates were able to carry a major portion of the tensile stresses induced by the diagonal loads and provided the walls walls with a considerable confining effect. The composite action attained by the plates and the wall until yielding of the bolts increased the load capacities, rigidities, ductilities and energy-absorption capacities of the walls, considerably.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2015

A shared tuned mass damper (STMD) was proposed in previous research for reduction of dynamic responses of the adjacent buildings subjected to earthquake loads. A single STMD can provide similar control performance in comparison with two traditional TMDs. In previous research, a passive damper was used to connect the STMD with adjacent buildings. In this study, a smart magnetorheological (MR) damper was used instead of a passive damper to compose an adaptive smart STMD (ASTMD). Control performance of the ASTMD was investigated by numerical analyses. For this purpose, two 8-story buildings were used as example structures. Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) fuzzy logic controller (FLC) was used to control the command voltages sent to two MR dampers. The MIMO FLC was optimized by a multi-objective genetic algorithm. Numerical analyses showed that the ASTMD can effectively control dynamic responses of adjacent buildings subjected to earthquake excitations in comparison with a passive STMD.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.1515-1520
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• 2011

본 연구는 유한요소해석에 의해 300톤 골리앗 크레인의 구조해석 및 평가를 하였다. 300톤 골리앗 크레인의 구조는 110m의 스판과 50m의 높이로 구성되어 있다. 크레인은 자중, 크레인의 주행 관성력, 트롤리의 주행 관성력, 풍하중, 지진하중을 받는다. 다양한 하중 조건을 입력하여 크레인의 구조 해석을 수행하였다. 크레인의 등가응력과 전체 변형량을 ANSYS Workbench에서 얻은 결과를 이용하여 크레인의 구조 안전성 여부를 판단하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2004

본 논문은 강교좌장치를 가지고 있는 연속 강교량을 지진으로부터 보호하기 위해서 형상기억합금을 이용한 장치를 제안했다. 예로 사용하고 있는 연속 강교량은 고정단을 가진 교각에 지진하중이 집중하고 상당히 큰 상부구조의 중량으로 인하여 교각에 손상을 입기 쉽고 상판의 교대에 대한 충돌로 교대의 수동변위가 크게 나타날 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 두 가지 종류의 restrainer-damper가 제안되었으며 지진해석을 통해서 효과를 검증하였다. 또한 미주에서 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 강재 케이블의 restraoiner와 성능을 비교하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2011

개발된 완전 조립식 교량 하부구조에 대한 설계비교와 비선형 해석을 수행하였다. 조립식 교량 하부구조는 현행설계법과 하중저항계수설계법으로 설계하였다. 설계시에는 현 도로교설계기준에 규정된 DB-24 및 DL-24 설계활하중을 적용하였다. 이 연구는 비선형 유한요소해석을 통해서 완전 조립식 교량 하부구조의 현행 설계법인 KHBD (2005)와 AASHTO-LRFD (2007)를 평가하였다. 사용된 프로그램은 철근콘크리트 구조물의 해석을 위한 RCAHEST이다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.255-264
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• 2017

Dynamic numerical simulation of pile-supported slab track system embedded in a soft soil and embankment was performed. 3D model was formulated in a time domain to consider the non-linearity of soil by utilizing FLAC 3D, which is a finite difference method program. Soil non-linearity was simulated by adopting the hysteric damping model and liner elements, which could consider soil-pile interface. The long period seismic loads, Hachinohe type strong motions, were applied for estimating seismic respose of the system, Parametric study was carried out by changing subsoil layer profile, embankment height and seismic loading conditions. The most of horizontal permanent displacement was initiated by slope failure. Increase of the embedded height and thickness of the soft soil layer leads increase of member forces of PHC piles; bending moment, and axial force. Finally, basic guidelines for designing pile-supported slab track system under seismic loading are recommended based on the analysis results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.915-934
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• 2015

Within the context of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), it is often the case that structural systems are described by uncertainty, both with respect to their parameters and the characteristics of the input loads. For the purposes of system identification, efficient modeling procedures are of the essence for a fast and reliable computation of structural response while taking these uncertainties into account. In this work, a reduced order metamodeling framework is introduced for the challenging case of nonlinear structural systems subjected to earthquake excitation. The introduced metamodeling method is based on Nonlinear AutoRegressive models with eXogenous input (NARX), able to describe nonlinear dynamics, which are moreover characterized by random parameters utilized for the description of the uncertainty propagation. These random parameters, which include characteristics of the input excitation, are expanded onto a suitably defined finite-dimensional Polynomial Chaos (PC) basis and thus the resulting representation is fully described through a small number of deterministic coefficients of projection. The effectiveness of the proposed PC-NARX method is illustrated through its implementation on the metamodeling of a five-storey shear frame model paradigm for response in the region of plasticity, i.e., outside the commonly addressed linear elastic region. The added contribution of the introduced scheme is the ability of the proposed methodology to incorporate uncertainty into the simulation. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methodology for accurate prediction and simulation of the numerical model dynamics with a vast reduction of the required computational toll.