• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권3호
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• pp.257-268
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• 2019

Infills are as important members in structural design as beams, columns and braces. They have significant effect on structural behavior. Because of lots of variables in infills like material non-linear behavior, the interaction between frames and infill, etc., the infills performance during an earthquake is complicated, so have led designers do not consider the effect of infills in designing the structure. However, the experimental studies revealed that the infills have the remarkable effect on structure behavior. As if these effects ignored, it might occur soft-story phenomena, torsion or short-column effects on the structures. One simple and appropriate method for considering the infills effects in analyzing, is replacing the infills with diagonal compression strut with the same performance of real infill, instead of designing the whole infill. Because of too many uncertainties, codes and researchers gave many expressions that were not as the same as the others. The major intent of this paper is calculation the width of this diagonal strut, which has the most characteristics of infill. This paper by comprehensive on different parameters like the modulus of young or moment of inertia of columns presents a new formula for achieving the equivalent strut width. In fact, this new formula is extracted from about 60 FEM analyses models. It can be said that this formula is very efficient and accurate in estimating the equivalent strut width, considering the large number of effective parameters relative to similar relationships provided by other researchers. In most cases, the results are so close to the values obtained by the FEM. In this formula, the effect of out of plane buckling is neglected and this formula is used just in steel structures. Also, the thickness of infill panel, and the lateral force applied to frame are constant. In addition, this new formula is just for modeling the lateral stiffness. Obtaining the nearest response in analyzing is important to the designers, so this new formula can help them to reach more accurate response among a lot of experimental equations proposed by researchers.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2022

Motivated by the high-resolution properties of high-order Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory (WENO) and flux limiter (FL) for steep-gradient problems and the robust convergence of Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov (JFNK) methods for nonlinear systems, the preconditioned JFNK fully implicit high-order WENO and FL schemes are proposed to solve the transient two-phase two-fluid models. Specially, the second-order fully-implicit BDF2 is used for the temporal operator and then the third-order WENO schemes and various flux limiters can be adopted to discrete the spatial operator. For the sake of the generalization of the finite-difference-based preconditioning acceleration methods and the excellent convergence to solve the complicated and various operational conditions, the random vector instead of the initial condition is skillfully chosen as the solving variables to obtain better sparsity pattern or more positions of non-zero elements in this paper. Finally, the WENO_JFNK and FL_JFNK codes are developed and then the two-phase steep-gradient problem, phase appearance/disappearance problem, U-tube problem and linear advection problem are tested to analyze the convergence, computational cost and efficiency in detailed. Numerical results show that WENO_JFNK and FL_JFNK can significantly reduce numerical diffusion and obtain better solutions than traditional methods. WENO_JFNK gives more stable and accurate solutions than FL_JFNK for the test problems and the proposed finite-difference-based preconditioning acceleration methods based on the random vector can significantly improve the convergence speed and efficiency.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.87-105
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• 2023

Seismic regulations have been updated from time to time to accommodate an increase in seismic hazards. Comparison of seismic fragility of the existing bridges in Indonesia from different historical periods since the era before 1990 will be the basis for seismic assessment of the bridge stock in Indonesia, most of which are located in earthquake-prone areas, especially those built many years ago with outdated regulations. In this study, seismic fragility curves were developed using incremental non-linear time history analysis and more holistically according to the actual strength of concrete and steel material in Indonesia to determine the uncertainty factor of structural capacity, βc. From the research that has been carried out, based on the current seismic load in SNI 2833:2016/Seismic Map 2017 (7% probability of exceedance in 75 years), the performance level of the bridge in the era before SNI 2833:2016 was Operational-Life Safety whereas the performance level of the bridge designed with SNI 2833:2016 was Elastic - Operational. The potential for more severe damage occurs in greater earthquake intensity. Collapse condition occurs at As = F_PGA x PGA value of bridge Era I = 0.93 g; Era II = 1.03 g; Era III = 1.22 g; Era IV = 1.54 g. Furthermore, the fragility analysis was also developed with geometric variations in the same bridge class to see the effect of these variations on the fragility, which is the basis for making bridge risk maps in Indonesia.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.399-405
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 철근콘크리트 모멘트골조의 보-힌지 붕괴 기구를 유도하기 위한 유전자알고리즘 기반의 최적내진설계기법을 제시한다. 제안하는 기법은 두 가지의 목적함수을 사용한다. 첫 번째는 구조물의 비용을 최소화하는 것이고, 두 번째는 구조물의 에너지소산능력을 최대화하는 것이다. 제약조건은 기둥과 보의 강도조건, 기둥-보 휨강도비 최소 조건, 기둥의 소성힌지 발생 방지조건 등이 사용된다. 부재의 강도 평가를 위해 선형정적해석이 수행되고, 에너지소산능력과 소성힌지 발생여부를 평가하기 위해 비선형정적해석이 수행된다. 제안하는 기법은 4층 예제 구조물에 적용되었으며, 보-힌지 붕괴 기구를 유도하는 설계안이 얻어지는 것을 확인하였다. 획득된 설계안의 기둥-보 휨강도비를 분석한 결과, 그 값은 기존 내진 기준에서 제시하는 값보다 큰 것으로 나타났다. 보-힌지 붕괴 모드를 유도하기 위해서는 보다 더 강화된 전략이 필요하다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.359-367
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• 2023

High-rise structures are considered as symbols of economic power and leadership. Developing countries like India are also emerging as centers for new high-rise buildings (HRB). As the land is expensive and scarce everywhere, construction of tall buildings becomes the best solution to resolve the problem. But, as building's height increases, its stiffness reduces making it more susceptible to vibrations due to wind and earthquake forces. Several systems are available to control vibrations or deflections; however, outrigger systems are considered to be the most effective systems in improving lateral stiffness and overall stability of HRB. In this paper, a 42-storey RCC HRB is analyzed to determine the optimum position of outriggers of different materials. The linear static analysis of the building is performed with and without the provision of virtual outriggers of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and pre-stressed concrete (PSC) at different storey levels by response spectrum method using finite element based Extended3D Analysis of building System (ETABS) software for determining responses viz. storey displacement, base shear and storey drift for individual models. The maximum allowable limit and percentage variations in earthquake responses are verified using the guidelines of Indian seismic codes. Results indicate that the outriggers contribute in significantly reducing the storey displacement and storey drift up to 28% and 20% respectively. Also, it is observed that the PSC outriggers are found to be more efficient over RCC outriggers. The optimum location of both types of outriggers is found to be at the mid height of building.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.367-380
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• 2024

Investigations has shown that the correct estimation of the effective amplification period is as important as the amplification value itself. It gets more important in 2D basins. This study presents a quantitative coefficient for consideration of the nonlinearity effect in terms of amplification value and the shift in its period which is missing or ineffectively considered in the previous studies. To attain this goal, by the application of a time domain fully nonlinear method, the deviation of the more common equivalent linear results from the basin nonlinear behavior under strong ground motions is investigated quantitatively. Also, despite the increase in the damping ratio, the possibility of the increase in the amplification due to the increase in motion strength is shown. To make the results useful in engineering practice, by introducing nonlinearity ratio, the effect of the nonlinearity is quantitatively estimated for two soft and stiff clayey basins with three different depths under a set of motions scaled to two target spectrum. Results show that at the 100 m depth soft clayey basin, while the nonlinearity ratio shows a 35% deviation at the basin edge part under DD1 motion level, its effect moves to the central part with 20% effect under DD3 motion level. By the increase in depth to 150 m, the results show a decrease in the overall effect of the nonlinear behavior for both clay types. At this depth, the nonlinearity ratio gives a 30% and 17% difference on a limited distance from outcrop at the soft clayey basin under DD1 and DD3 motion levels, respectively. At the 30 m depth basins, the nonlinearity ratio shows up to 25% difference for different cases. The presented ratio would be introduced as nonlinearity coefficients for consideration of the nonlinearity effects in the codes. The presented quantitative margins will help the designer to have a better understanding of the amplification period change because of nonlinearity over 2D basin surface.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.75-86
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• 2005

성능에 기초한 설계법에서는 비선형 응답산정이 필수적이다. 이를 위한 해석법으로는 비선형 시간이력해석, 비선형 정적해석 혹은 비선형의 영향을 고려한 등가정적해석 등이 있다. 비선형 응답을 산정하기 위한 가장 정확한 해석방법은 비선형 시간이력해석법이지만, 많은 시간과 노력을 필요로 한다. 비선형 직접스펙트럼법은 pushover곡선으로부터 구조물의 선형 진동주기와 항복강도를 구한 다음, 반복계산 없이 비선형 응답을 직접 산정하는 약산법이다. 본 연구에서는 비선형 약산법들의 정확성과 신뢰성을 다양한 지진과 전단형 건물의 여러 가지 조건에 대해 검토하고자 한다. 본 연구의 결론은 다음과 같다. 1) 선형 능력스펙트럼법에 의한 약산응답들은 수렴하는 해를 구하지 못하거나 발산하는 경우가 발생하며 수렴하더라도 큰 오차가 발생하는 경우가 있으며, 지진별로 오차의 편차가 크다. 2) 비선형 능력스펙트럼법은 능력스펙트럼법보다 계산량이 크게 줄어들고, 해는 구해지나 요구곡선의 특성으로 정확한 해를 구하기 어려울 수 있으며, 전반적으로 큰 오차가 발생한다. 3) 비선형 직접스펙트럼법은 다른 약산법들에 비해 추가적이고 반복적인 계산과정 없이 pushover곡선과 비선형 응답스펙트럼으로부터 비교적 정확한 값을 직접 구할 수 있으므로 실용적인 방법으로 사료된다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.67-77
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• 2007

IBC와KBC 기준의 지반계수는 지반증폭 만이 고려되고 구조물-지반 상호작용 영향이 고려되지 않은 지반계수로 합리적인 구조물의 지진거동을 예측하는데 어떤 한계가 있다. 이 연구에서는 선형과 비선형 지반 위에 세워진 구조물의 탄성지진응답해석을 의사 3-D 해석으로 수행하여 구조물-지반 상호작용 영향이 고려된 지반계수의 상 하 한계값을 평가하였다. 지반의 특성은 지반 A, B, C의 경우에는 선형으로 가정하였고, 지반 D와 E의 경우에는 비선형으로 가정하여 Ramberg-Osgood 모델을 사용하여 전단파속도를 기준으로 전단탄성계수와 감쇠비 계산식을 규정하였다. 지진해석은 중 약진 지진기록 12개를 선정하여 최대 지진가속도를 0.1g와 0.2g로 조정하고, 구조물-지반 체계에 대한 의사 3-D 해석 시에는 30m 지반 하부 암반에서의 지진기록으로 변환하여 사용하였다. 구조물의 탄성 지진응답해석을 통해서 얻은 결과로부터 구조물-지반 상호작용 영향을 고려한 새로운 표준응답스펙트럼과 단주기 영역 및 주기 1초에서의 지반계수 $F_{a}$와 $F_{v}$의 상 하 한계값을 제시하였으며, KBC 기준을 위한 새로운 지반계수도 제안하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2020

The wind design of buildings is typically based on strength provisions under ultimate loads. This is unlike the ductility-based approach used in seismic design, which allows inelastic actions to take place in the structure under extreme seismic events. This research investigates the application of a similar concept in wind engineering. In seismic design, the elastic forces resulting from an extreme event of high return period are reduced by a load reduction factor chosen by the designer and accordingly a certain ductility capacity needs to be achieved by the structure. Two reasons have triggered the investigation of this ductility-based concept under wind loads. Firstly, there is a trend in the design codes to increase the return period used in wind design approaching the large return period used in seismic design. Secondly, the structure always possesses a certain level of ductility that the wind design does not benefit from. Many technical issues arise when applying a ductility-based approach under wind loads. The use of reduced design loads will lead to the design of a more flexible structure with larger natural periods. While this might be beneficial for seismic response, it is not necessarily the case for the wind response, where increasing the flexibility is expected to increase the fluctuating response. This particular issue is examined by considering a case study of a sixty-five-story high-rise building previously tested at the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario using a pressure model. A three-dimensional finite element model is developed for the building. The wind pressures from the tested rigid model are applied to the finite element model and a time history dynamic analysis is conducted. The time history variation of the straining actions on various structure elements of the building are evaluated and decomposed into mean, background and fluctuating components. A reduction factor is applied to the fluctuating components and a modified time history response of the straining actions is calculated. The building components are redesigned under this set of reduced straining actions and its fundamental period is then evaluated. A new set of loads is calculated based on the modified period and is compared to the set of loads associated with the original structure. This is followed by non-linear static pushover analysis conducted individually on each shear wall module after redesigning these walls. The ductility demand of shear walls with reduced cross sections is assessed to justify the application of the load reduction factor "R".

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.279-288
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• 1999

콘크리트 구조물의 크리프해석은 주로 크리프식의 중첩원리에 기초한 방법에 의해 수행되고 있다. 그러나 크리프식의 중첩을 응력이 증가하거나 일정할 경우에는 비교적 정확한 예측이 가능하지만, 응력이 감소하는 경우에는 상당한 오차를 나타낸다. 이것은 지속하중과 응력감소 과정에서 크리프와 관련된 콘크리트의 성질이 변화되므로 크리프 회복을 크리프 식의 중첩으로 정확하게 모사할수 없기 때문이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 감소와 증가를 반복하는 응력 이력을 지니는 콘크리트 구조물의 좀더 정확하고 합리적인 장기거동 해석을 위하여 응력의 감소를 단순히 크리프식의 중첩에 의해 해석한 기존의 방법과는 달리 크리프식과 크리프 회복식으로 표현하여, 소위 2함수 방법(two-function method)를 콘크리트구조물의 해석에 적용하는 방법을 제시하였다. 본 연구의 2함수방법을 콘크리트 구조물의 장기거동 해석을 적용하기 위해, 시간단계 동안 다양한 응력 변화에 대하여 크리프 변형도 증분량을 계산하는 방법을 제시하였다. 본 연구의 해석방법에 의해서 해석된 결과를 기존의 크리프식의 중첩에 의한 결과 및 기존의 실험결과들과 비교 분석한 결과, 기존의 중첩법은 실험결과와 많은 차이를 보이고 있으나 본 연구의 해석방법은 실험결과와 잘 맞고 있음을 보여주고 있다. 따라서, 크리프회복식을 이용하는 본 연구의 해석방법은 기존의 크리프식의 중첩방법이나 기존의 설계기준에 비해 변화하는 응력이력 하에서의 콘크리트 구조물의 크리프거동을 더 정확하게 서술할 수 있는 방법으로서 앞으로 설계기준 작성과 실제 구조물 해석에 효율적인 응용이 기대되고 있다.