• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.115-128
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• 2022

One common method to select input ground motions to predict dynamic behavior of structures subjected to seismic excitation requires spectral acceleration (S_a) match target mean response spectrum. However, dispersion of ground motions, which explicitly affects the structural response, is rarely discussed in this method. Generally, selecting ground motions matching target mean and variance has been utilized as an appropriate method to predict reliable seismic response. The goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of target spectra variance of ground motions on structural seismic response. Two sets of ground motions with different target variances (zero variance and minimum variance larger than inherent variance of the target spectrum) are selected as input to two different structures. Structural responses at different heights are compared, in terms of peak, mean and dispersion. Results show that increase of target spectra variance tends to increase peak floor acceleration, peak deformation and dispersions of response of interest remarkably. To short-period structures, dispersion increase ratios of seismic response are close to that of S_a of input ground motions at the first period. To long-period structures, dispersions of floor acceleration and floor response spectra increase more significantly at the bottom, while dispersion increase ratios of IDR and deformation are close to that of S_a of input ground motions at the first period. This study could further provide useful information on selecting appropriate ground motion to predict seismic behavior of different types of structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2000

This paper presents a case study with a multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) system where the Floor Response Spectra (FRS) have been derived from a large ensemble of ground motion accelerograms. The FRS are evaluated by the frequency response function which is calculated numerically. The advantage of this scheme over a repetitive time-history analysis of the entire structure for each accelerogram of the set has been highlighted. The present procedure permits generation of FRS with a specified probability of exceedence.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.67-72
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• 1993

주구조물의 여러층에 지지점을 가지는 부구조물의 응답스펙트럼 해석방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 본 연구에서는 지지점 입력간의 상관관계를 고려할 수 있으며, 실무에서 부구조물의 내진설계에 쉽게 적용할 수 있는 다중 응답스펙트럼 해석방법을 제시하였다. 다중 응답스펙트럼과 지지점 입력간의 상관계수 스펙트럼은 추계론적 진동이론을 이용하여 설계지반응답스펙트럼으로부터 직접 유도하였다. 예제해석 결과 본 연구에서 제안한 방법은 지지점 입력간의 상관관계를 고려하지 않는 통상의 다중 응답스펙트럼 해석방법보다 정확한 지진응답을 예측함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 1991

주구조물내에 설치될 부구조물의 내진설계를 위한, 층 응답스펙트럼을 두 구조계의 상호작용을 고려하여 작성하는 효율적인 방법을 제안하였다. 지반 응답스펙트럼으로 부터 층 응답스펙트럼을 추계론적 기법을 통하여 유도하였다. 이 과정에서 지반운동에 대한 부구조물 거동의 전달함수를 주구조물과 부구조물, 각각의 자유진동 특성으로 부터 구함으로써 복합된 구조물의 자유진동해석을 피할 수 있었다. 본 방법은 주구조물-부구조물의 복합된 구조계의 비 비례감죄 특성을 고려할 수 있다.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2020

An innovative high-rise timber-concrete hybrid structure was proposed in previous research, which is composed of the concrete frame-tube structure and the prefabricated timber modules as main structure and substructures, respectively. Considering that the timber substructures are built on the concrete floors at a different height, the floor response spectrum is more effective in estimating the seismic response of substructures. In this paper, the floor response spectra of the hybrid structure with different structural parameters were calculated using dynamic time-history analysis. Firstly, one simplified model that can well predict the seismic response of the hybrid structure was proposed and validated. Then the construction site, the mass ratio and the frequency ratio of the main-sub structure, and the damping ratio of the substructures were discussed. The results demonstrate that the peaks of the floor response spectra usually occur near the vibration periods of the whole structure, among which the first two peaks stand out; In most cases, the acceleration amplification effect on substructures tends to be more evident when the construction site is farther from the fault rupture; On the other hand, the acceleration response of substructures can be effectively reduced with an appropriate increase in the mass ratio of the main-sub structure and the damping ratio of the substructures; However, the frequency ratio of the main-sub structure has no discernible effect on the floor response spectra. This study investigates the characteristics of the floor response spectrum of the novel timber-concrete structure, which supports the future applications of such hybrid structure in high-rise buildings.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2005

원자력발전소의 기기, 배관 시스템과 같은 부속구조물의 동적 응답을 먼기 위해 사용되는 층응답스펙트럼은 일반적으로 주구조물과 부속구조물의 동적 상호작용이 반영되지 않고 만들어진다. 본 연구에서는 기기와 구조물의 동적 상호작용이 고려된 해석을 통해 층응답스펙트럼을 생성시키는 해석법을 기술하였다. 이 방법은 기기를 모사하는 단자유도계와 기기가 놓여있는 구조물의 임피던스로 분할되는 부분구조 해석법을 적용하여 기기의 응답을 구한다. 단자유도계의 진동수, 감쇠비 및 질량 특성을 변화시키면서 최대 동적 응답을 계산함으로써 일련의 층응답스펙트럼을 작성한다. 전형적인 원자력발전소의 원자로 구조물에서 본 방법을 고려한 층응답스펙트럼과 기기를 포함한 전체 해석으로부터 작성된 층응답스펙트럼과 비교함으로써 본 연구의 타당성을 확인하였다. 기기-구조물 상호작용 효과를 확인하기 위하여 구조물 질량의 1% 이내인 기기에 대하여 기술된 방법과 기존 방법을 각각 적용하여 최대 응답값을 비교하였다. 그 결과 지배 진동수 부근에서 기기-구조물 상호작용을 고려한 응답이 그렇지 않은 경우인 기존방법의 응답에 비하여 저감되는 현상을 보였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권4호
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• pp.377-390
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• 2019

A method for estimating the floor response spectra (FRS) of elastic structures under earthquake excitations is proposed. The method is established based on a previously proposed direct estimation method for single degree of freedom systems, which generally overestimates the FRS of a structure, particularly in the resonance period range. A modification factor is introduced to modify the original method; the modification factor is expressed as a function of the period ratio and is determined through regression analysis on time history analysis results. Both real and artificial ground motions are considered in the analysis, and it is found that the modification factors obtained from the real and artificial ground motions are significantly different. This suggests that the effect of ground motion should be considered in the estimation of FRS. The modified FRS estimation method is further applied to a 10-story building structure, and it is verified that the proposed method can lead to a good estimation of FRS of multi-story buildings.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.565-581
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• 2018

This paper proposes a new analytical formulation for computing the seismic input at various levels of a structure in terms of floor response spectra. The approach, which neglects the dynamic interaction between primary structure and secondary element, is particularly useful for the seismic assessment of secondary and non-structural elements. The proposed formulation has a robust theoretical basis and it is based on few meaningful dynamic parameters of the main building. The method has been validated in the linear and nonlinear behavior of the main building through results coming from both experimental tests (available in literature) and parametric numerical analyses. The conditions, for which the Floor Spectrum Approach and its simplified assumptions are valid, have been derived in terms of specific interval ratios between the mass of the secondary element and the participant mass of the main structure. Finally, a practice-oriented formulation has been derived, which could be easily implementable also at code level.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2013

The seismic damage of non-structural components, such as communication facilities, causes direct economic losses as well as indirect losses which result from social chaos occurring with downtime of communication and financial management network systems. The current Korean seismic code, KBC2009, prescribes the design criteria and requirements of non-structural components based on their elastic response. However, it is difficult for KBC to reflect the dynamic characteristics of structures where non-structural components exist. In this study, both linear and nonlinear time history analyses of structures with various analysis parameters were carried out and floor acceleration spectra obtained from analyses were compared with both ground acceleration spectra used for input records of the analyses and the design floor acceleration spectrum proposed by National Radio Research Agency. Also, this study investigates to find out the influence of structural dynamic characteristics on the floor acceleration spectra. The analysis results show that the acceleration amplification is observed due to the resonance phenomenon and such amplification increases with the increase of building heights and with the decrease of structure's energy dissipation capacities.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2020

Seismic qualification of equipment including piping is performed by using floor response spectra (FRS) or in-structure response spectra (ISRS) as the earthquake input at the base of the equipment. The amplitude of the FRS may be noticeably reduced when obtained from coupling analysis because of interaction between the primary structure and the equipment. This paper introduces a method using a modal synthesis approach to generate the FRS in a coupled primary-secondary system that can avoid numerical instabilities or inaccuracies. The FRS were generated by considering the dynamic interaction that can occur at the interface between the supporting structure and the equipment. This study performed a numerical example analysis using a typical nuclear structure to investigate the coupling effect when generating the FRS. The study results show that the coupling analysis dominantly reduces the FRS and yields rational results. The modal synthesis approach is very practical to implement because it requires information on only a small number of dynamic characteristics of the primary and the secondary systems such as frequencies, modal participation factors, and mode shape ordinates at the locations where the FRS needs to be generated.