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Tunnel Blast Design for Earthquake Accelerometer Installed Rapid Transit Railroads (지진가속도계가 설치된 고속철도 터널 인근의 발파설계)

  • Lee, Jong-Woo;Kim, Nam-Soo;Jung, Sang-Jun;Park, Chi-Myeon
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.18-22
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    • 2014
  • KoRail establishes "Guideline for earthquake acceleration measuring instrument and operation." and applies the management of the rapid transit railroad. KoRail manages the trains by train driving patterns subjected to the train operating know-how for the safety against the earthquake hazards. This paper introduces the case studies on bench blast and tunnel blast designs considering a rapid transit railroad.

Seismic Design and Isolation Design for Highway Bridges (교량구조물의 내진설계 및 면진설계(교량 받침을 중심으로))

  • 전규식
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 1998
  • Earthquake damage civil engineering structures every year in the world and bridges are no exception. Bridge structures have proven to be vulnerable to earthquake, sustaining damage to substructure and foundation and being totally destroys as superstructures collapse from their supporting elements. The poor seismic performance of bridge structures is surprising in view of the substantial advance made in design and construction for vertical load. Recently, bridge spans have been pushed further than before, alignment has become increasingly complex and aesthetic requirement have been become more demanding. To reduce the seismic force and to improve the safety of the advanced bridges, the bridge bearings which are the substructures and foundations and their connections to the superstructure become more important and critical elements. Therefore, the functions about seismic devices to be using as bridge bearing are discussed.

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Vertical Distribution of Seismic Load for Earthquake Resistnat Design of base Isolated Building Structures (면진건축물의 내진설계를 위한 지진하중 분배식 제안)

  • 이동근
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.212-219
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    • 1999
  • In this paper we investigated an applicability of earthquake regulations for seismic-isolated building structures which has been used currently and propose an efficient method for vertical distribution of seismic loads. The distribution of force is revised in UBC-94 as vertical distribution of force of UBC(Uniform Building Code)-91 is not sufficient safety but its distribution is inefficient expensive because of similar expression to fixed-based structures. In order to overcome this difficulties improved vertical distribution to fixed-based structures. In order to overcome this difficulties improved vertical distribution of seismic load is proposed using two degrees-of-freedom isolated structures and mode shape of fixed-based structures. Efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method are verified through analysis of an example structures with moment resisting frame and shear walls so this study approximate to dynamic analysis results in each case.

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Preliminary Design of Retrofitted System of Domestic Subway Tunnel (도시철도 개착식 터널의 내진성능보강시스템 기본설계)

  • Shin, Hong-Young;Kim, Doo-Kie;Kwon, Min-Ho;Chang, Chun-Ho;Kim, Ki-Hong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.6-9
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    • 2009
  • The occurrence rate of the earthquake more than magnitude 5 has been increased since 1990 and the damage of the Odaesan earthquake, 2007 was serious. Due to that, one may say that Korea is not any more safe for the earthquake. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare strategies for possible damage due to strong earthquakes in future. This study is to focus to develop the retrofitting system for the cut and cuver tunnels built without earthquake type load scenario, so that it can provide the safety of existing urban subway system against earthquakes.

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Earthquake Damage Monitoring for Underground Structures Based Damage Detection Techniques

  • Kim, Jin Ho;Kim, Na Eun
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.94-99
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    • 2014
  • Urban railway systems are located under populated areas and are mostly constructed for underground structures which demand high standards of structural safety. However, the damage progression of underground structures is hard to evaluate and damaged underground structures may not effectively stand against successive earthquakes. This study attempts to examine initial damage-stage and to access structural damage condition of the ground structures using Earthquake Damage Monitoring (EDM) system. For actual underground structure, vulnerable damaged member of Ulchiro-3ga station is chosen by finite element analysis using applied artificial earthquake load, and then damage pattern and history of damaged members is obtained from measured acceleration data introduced unsupervised learning recognition. The result showed damage index obtained by damage scenario establishment using acceleration response of selected vulnerable members is useful. Initial damage state is detected for selected vulnerable member according to established damage scenario. Stiffness degrading ratio is increasing whereas the value of reliability interval is decreasing.

Development of Korean Standard Horizontal Design Spectrum Based on the Domestic and Overseas Intra-plate Earthquake Records (국내외 판내부 지진기록을 이용한 한국 표준수평설계스펙트럼의 개발)

  • Kim, Jae Kwan;Kim, Jung Han;Lee, Jin Ho;Heo, Tae Min
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.369-378
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    • 2016
  • The design spectrum for Korea, which is known to belong to an intra-plate region, is developed from the ground motion records of the earthquakes occurred in Korea and overseas intra-plate regions. The horizontal spectrum is defined as geometric mean spectrum, GMRotI50. From the statistical analysis of the geometric mean spectra, a mean plus one standard deviation spectrum in lognormal distribution is obtained. Regression analysis is performed on this curve to determine the shape of spectrum including transition periods. The developed design spectrum is valid for the estimation both spectral acceleration and displacement.

Seismic Analysis of Substation Facilities Considering Interaction Effect (변전설비 간 상호작용을 고려한 지진응답해석)

  • Jang, Jung-Bum;Hwang, Kyeong-Min;Suh, Yong-Pyo;Lee, Guen-Jig
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.605-612
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    • 2006
  • 765kV substation facilities are most important as electric power supply network in the 21 century. So, in order to prevent interruption of electric power supply under earthquake, 765kV substation facilities have to secure the safety against the earthquake. However, even though each substation facility is interconnected mutually, seismic interaction effect doesn't be considered in the initial design. Therefore, seismic capacity evaluation of 765kV substation facilities is carried out considering the seismic interaction effect on a basis of seismic design criteria for Korean transmission and substation facilities.

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Effects of Material Nonlinearity on Seismic Responses of Multistoried Buildings with Shear Walls and Bracing Systems

  • Islam, Md. Rajibul;Chakraborty, Sudipta;Kim, Dookie
    • Architectural research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2022
  • Scads of earthquake-resistant systems are being invented around the globe to ensure structural resistance against the lateral forces induced by earthquake loadings considering structural safety, efficiency, and economic aspects. Shear wall and Bracing systems are proved to be two of the most viable solutions for seismic strengthening of structures. In the present study, three numerical models of a G+10 storied building are developed in commercial building analysis software considering shear wall and bracing systems for earthquake resistance. Material nonlinearity is introduced by using plastic hinges. Analyses are performed utilizing two dynamic methods: Response Spectrum analysis and nonlinear Time-history analysis using Kobe and Loma Prieta earthquake data and results are compared to observe the nonlinear behavior of structures. The outcomes exposed that a significant increase in the seismic responses occurs due to the nonlinearity in the building systems. It was also found that building with shear wall exhibits maximum resistance and minimum nonlinearity when subjected to dynamic loadings.

Earthquake Behavior Characteristics and Seismic Performance Evaluation of Phayathonzu Temple in Myanmar (미얀마 파야똔주 사원의 지진거동 특성 및 내진성능 평가)

  • Kim, Ho-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2024
  • Phayathonzu temple in Myanmar was made of masonry bricks, and so it was vulnerable to lateral load such as earthquake. Especially, it has many difficulties in structural modeling and dynamic analysis because the discontinuous characteristics of masonry structure should be considered. So, it is necessary to provide the seismic performance evaluation technology through the inelastic dynamic modeling and analysis under earthquake loads for the safety security of masonry brick temple. Therefore, this study analyzes the seismic behavior characteristics and evaluates the seismic performance for the 479 structure with many cracks and deformations. Through the evaluation results, we found out the structural weak parts on earthquake loads.

Serious Game Scenario Design for Earthquake Response Education and Training in the Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (지진대응 교육 및 훈련을 위한 Serious Game 시나리오 설계방법론 개발 -경상북도를 사례로-)

  • Kim, Seong-Jae;Choi, Ji-Hyang;Nam, Kwang-Hyun
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.769-777
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: Earthquake disasters are frequently occur unpredictable situations due to various variables and unexpected situations. As a result, the work process itself is not uniform, making it difficult for public officials in the disaster safety department to familiarize themselves with the earthquake field manual. This paper is specifically and accurately grasp the current work situation conducted by the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Office and present a plan for designing serious game scenarios necessary for field manual learning. Method: In this study, scenarios were designed based on the GBS(Goal Based Scenario) model, and in the process of assigning missions and roles based on the Gyeongsangbuk-do earthquake field manual, public officials related to earthquakes were able to acquire knowledge and skills to solve practical tasks. Result: Scenario data of the proposed technique was implemented as a systematic procedure by processing various earthquake-related information into logical data and simplifying and abstracting it for game expression for earthquake situation training. Conclusion: In the event of an earthquake due to learning through serious games, related public officials of Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial are expected to be able to respond quickly to various earthquake disasters.