• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.465-478
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• 2002

This study lays emphasis on the development of efficient analytical models for a multistory structure with wings, including the in-plane deformation of floor slabs. For this purpose, a multistory structure with wings is regarded as the combination of multistory structures with rectangular plan and their junctions. In addition, a multistory structure with a rectangular plan is considered to be an assemblage of two-dimensional frames and floor slabs connecting two adjacent frames at each floor level. This modeling, concept can be easily applied to multistory structures with plans in the shape of L, T, Y, U, H, etc. To represent the in-plane deformation of floor slabs efficiently, a two-dimensional frame and the floor slab connecting two adjacent frames at each floor level are modeled as a stick model with two degrees of freedom per floor and a stiff beam with shear deformations, respectively. Three models are used to investigate the effect of in-plane deformation of the floor slab at the junction of wings on the seismic behavior of structures. Based on the comparison of dynamic analysis results obtained using the proposed models and three-dimensional finite element models, it could be concluded that the proposed models can be used as an efficient tool for an approximate analysis of a multistory structure with wings.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.861-876
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• 2016

The determination of the critical buckling load of multistory structures is important since this load is used in second order analysis. It is more realistic to determine the critical buckling load of multistory structures using the whole system instead of independent elements. In this study, a method is proposed for designating the system critical buckling load of torsion-free structures of which the load-bearing system consists of frames and shear walls. In the method presented, the multistory structure is modeled in accordance with the continuous system calculation model and the differential equation governing the stability case is solved using the differential transform method (DTM). At the end of the study, an example problem is solved to show the conformity of the presented method with the finite elements method (FEM).

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.429-438
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• 1994

3차원 유한요소 모델을 사용하여 여러 wing들로 구성된 3차원 다중 구조물의 해석을 수행할 경우에는 입력자료 작성시 번거로움과 긴 해석시간 및 큰 용량의 컴퓨터가 필요하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 이런 문제점을 효율적으로 극복할 수 있는 여러 wing들로 구성된 3차원 구조물에 대한 해석모델들을 제안하였으며 이들 해석모델에는 3차원 다중 구조물에서 계산의 간편성 때문에 통상 무시되어 온 바닥슬라브의 면내변형이 고려되어져 있다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 해석모델에서는 여러 wing들로 구성된 3차원 구조물을 하나의 구조물로 취급하는 종래의 방법 대신에 각 wing 구조물들과 이들 wing 구조물을 서로 연결시켜주는 연결부로 이상화하기 때문에 다양한 형태(Y. U, H 등)의 구조물에도 쉽게 적용할 수 있다. 제안된 해석모델의 정확성은 두가지 구조방식의 예제 구조물에 대하여 3차원 유한 요소 모델과 제안된 해석모델로부터 구한 해석결과(구조물의 고유 진동주기, 모드형상, 임의 절점에서의 변위에 대한 시간이력)의 비교로부터 검증되었으며 그 결과 제안된 해석모델은 여러 wing들로 구성된 3차원 구조물에 대한 근사적인 모델로 적합함을 알 수 있었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2022

This study implements a hybrid Genetic Algorithm to detect, locate, and quantify structural damage for multistory shear buildings using partial modal data. Measuring modal responses at multiple locations on a structure is both challenging and expensive in practice. The proposed method's objective function is based on the building's dynamic properties and can also be employed with partial modal information. This method includes initial residuals between the numerical and experimental model and a damage penalization term to avoid false damages. To test the proposed method, a numerical example of a ten-story shear building with noisy and partial modal information was explored. The obtained results were in agreement with the previously published research. The proposed method's performance was also verified using experimental modal data of an 8-DOF spring-mass system and a five-story shear building. The predicted results for numerical and experimental examples indicated that the proposed method is reliable in identifying the damage for multistory shear buildings.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.479-488
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• 2022

Aiming to examine different failure patterns in multistory URM walls, two 1/3 scaled three-story and three-bay URM models were designed for the quasi-static loading tests to contrastively investigate the failure processes and characteristics of the multistory URM walls. Two different failure responses were observed with special attention paid to the behavior of spandrel-failure mode. By evaluating the seismic performance and deformation behavior of two test walls, it is demonstrated that spandrels, that haven't been properly designed in some codes, are of great significance in the failure of entire URM walls. Additionally, compared with pier-failure mode, spandrel-failure for multistory URM building is more reasonable and advisable as its effectively participation in energy dissipation and its efficiently improvement on seismic capacity and deformation in the overall structure. Furthermore, the experimental results are beneficial to improve seismic design and optimize reinforcement method of URM buildings.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.113-136
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• 2009

The seismic induced interaction between multistory structures with unequal story heights (inter-story pounding) is studied taking into account the local response of the exterior beam-column joints. Although several parameters that influence the structural pounding have been studied sofar, the role of the joints local inelastic behaviour has not been yet investigated in the literature as key parameter for the pounding problem. Moreover, the influence of the infill panels as an additional parameter for the local damage effect of the joints on the inter-story pounding phenomenon is examined. Thirty six interaction cases between a multistory frame structure and an adjacent shorter and stiffer structure are studied for two different seismic excitations. The results are focused: (a) on the local response of the critical external column of the multistory structure that suffers the hit from the slab of the adjacent shorter structure, and (b) on the local response of the exterior beam-column joints of the multistory structure. Results of this investigation demonstrate that the possible local inelastic response of the exterior joints may be in some cases beneficial for the seismic behaviour of the critical column that suffers the impact. However, in all the examined cases the developing demands for deformation of the exterior joints are substantially increased and severe damages can be observed due to the pounding effect. The presence of the masonry infill panels has also been proved as an important parameter for the response of the exterior beam-column joints and thus for the safety of the building. Nevertheless, in all the examined inter-story pounding cases the presence of the infills was not enough for the total amelioration of the excessive demands for shear and ductility of the column that suffers the impact.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.373-387
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• 2022

In this paper,soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic response of multistory frame structure on raft foundation are numerically analyzed. The foundation soil profile is assumed to consists of a clay layer of variable thicknessresting on bedrock. Amodified plane-strain numerical model isformed in the software Plaxis, and both free vibration analysis, and earthquake analysis for a selected ground motion accelerogram are performed. The behavior of the structure is assumed to be linear elastic with Rayleigh viscous damping included. The behavior of the clay layer is modeled with a Hardening soil model with small strain stiffness. The computed results in terms of fundamental period and structural horizontal displacementsfor the case of fixed base and for different thicknesses of clay layer are presented, compared, and discussed.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.301-316
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• 2014

This paper is devoted to investigate the effects of SSI on strength reduction factor of multistory buildings. A new formula is proposed to estimate strength reduction factors for MDOF structure-soil systems. It is concluded that SSI reduces the strength reduction factor of MDOF systems. The amount of this reduction is relevant to the fundamental period of structure, soil flexibility, aspect ratio and ductility of structure, and could be significantly different from corresponding fixed-base value. Using this formula, measuring the amount of this error could be done with acceptable accuracy. For some practical cases, the error attains up to 50%.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2014

본 논문은 화재 시뮬레이션 프로그램(FDS)을 기반으로 만들어진 PyroSim 프로그램을 이용하여, 이중외피 구조를 중공층의 구획과 자연환기의 방법에 따라 4가지(박스형, 샤프트-박스형, 복도형, 전면형)로 분류하고, 각 구조의 화재 특성을 수치적으로 비교 분석하였다. 이를 위해 4층 건축물로 모델링하였으며, 동일한 제반 조건을 갖추고 이중외피 구조를 다르게 하였다. 또한 각 구조별 화재 특성을 확인하기 위해 연기 거동, 연기 밀도, 연기 감지장치, 가시거리를 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 박스형 이중외피 구조는 화재실외에는 크게 영향을 미치지 않았고, 복도형 이중외피 구조는 연기가 화재실 옆으로 이동하는 수평적인 영향이 크게 나타났다. 또한 샤프트-박스형 이중외피 구조는 샤프트를 통한 연기의 수직 상승 현상이 가장 빠르게 나타났고, 수직 상승된 연기가 차고 내려와 기타실에도 영향을 미쳤으며, 전면형 이중외피 구조도 연기의 수직 상승과 함께 기타 구획실에도 큰 영향을 미쳤다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 1989

An efficient model for three-dimensional analysis of multistory structures with flexible floor diaphrgms is proposed in this paper. Three-dimensional analysis of a building structure using a finite element model requires tedious input data preparation, longer computation time, and larger computer memory. The model proposed in this study is developed by assembling a series of two-dimensional resisting systems and is considered to overcome the shortcomings of a three-dimensional finite element model without deteriorating the accuracy of analysis results. Static and dynamic analysis results obtained using the proposed model are in excellent agreement with those obtained using three-dimensional finite element models in terms of displacement, periods, and mode shapes. Effects of floor diaphragm flexibility on seismic response of multistory building structures are investigated.