• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.263-273
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• 2020

The use of energy concepts in seismic analysis and design of structures requires the understanding of the input energy response of multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems subjected to strong ground motions. For design purposes and non-time consuming analysis, however, it would be beneficial to associate the input energy response of MDOF systems with those of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems. In this paper, the theoretical formulation of energy input to MDOF systems is developed on the basis that only a particular portion of the total mass distributed among floor levels is effective in the nth-mode response. The input energy response histories of several reinforced concrete frames subjected to a set of eleven horizontal acceleration histories selected from actual recorded events and scaled in time domain are obtained. The contribution of the fundamental mode to the total input energy response of MDOF frames is demonstrated both graphically and numerically. The input energy of the fundamental mode is found to be a good indicator of the total energy input to two-dimensional regular MDOF structures. The numerical results computed by the proposed formulation are verified with relative input energy time histories directly computed from linear time history analysis. Finally, the elastic input energies are compared with those computed from time history analysis of nonlinear MDOF systems.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2006

비보강 조적조는 비균일 재료로 이루어진 합성재료에 가까우므로 그 거동이 하중종류와 구조물의 손상 정도에 따라서 매우 달라지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 여러 차례의 모의 지진을 받는 구조물의 손상거동이 어떻게 전개되어 가는지 살펴보는 간단한 방법을 제시한다. 특히, 시간영역 자료를 여러 구간으로 나누어서 주파수가 어떻게 변화해 가는지 살펴보는 부분 FFT방법을 이용하였다. 또한, 주파수와 강도와의 관계식을 이용하여 단자유도계의 이선형모델도 유도하였다. 본 연구에서 제시하는 이러한 방법들을 이용하여 비보강 조적조의 비탄성 성질들을 합리적으로 구할 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.541-554
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• 2007

A simplified yet effective design procedure for viscous dampers was presented based on improved capacity spectrum method in the context of performance-based seismic design. The amount of added viscous damping required to meet a given performance objective was evaluated from the difference between the total demand for effective damping and inherent damping plus equivalent damping resulting from hysteretic deformation of system. Application of the method is illustrated by means of two examples, using Chinese design response spectrum and mean response spectrum. Nonlinear dynamic analysis results indicate that the maximum displacements of structures installed with supplemental dampers designed in accordance with the proposed method agree well with the given target displacements. The advantage of the presented procedure over the conventional iterative design method is also highlighted.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2007

NEHRP 지반조건 B,C,D에서 이선형 단자유도 감쇠시스템의 지반조건, 후탄성기울기, 감쇠비, 항복강도 감소계수, 고유 주기 등의 변화가 비탄성변위비에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 기존의 제안식은 변위일정 법칙을 따라 일정주기 이상에서 비탄성 변위비를 과대평가하게 된다. 또한 기존식은 5%이상의 감쇠비에 대하여만 제안되었다. 본 연구는 후탄성기울기, 감쇠비 20% 이하의 이선형 시스템의 비탄성 변위비의 평균과 편차를 제안하였고 범용적으로 사용할 수 있음을 보였다. 제안식을 사용하여 비탄성 변위비의 확률적 분포를 계산하여 구조물의 성능기반설계에 이용할 수 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1151-1172
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• 2014

This paper presents a user programmable computational/control platform developed to conduct real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS). The architecture of this platform is based on the integration of a real-time controller and a field programmable gate array (FPGA).This not only enables the user to apply user-defined control laws to control the experimental substructures, but also provides ample computational resources to run the integration algorithm and analytical substructure state determination in real-time. In this platform the need for SCRAMNet as the communication device between real-time and servo-control workstations has been eliminated which was a critical component in several former RTHS platforms. The accuracy of the servo-hydraulic actuator displacement control, where the control tasks get executed on the FPGA was verified using single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) and 2 degrees-of-freedom (2DOF) experimental substructures. Finally, the functionality of the proposed system as a robust and reliable RTHS platform for performance evaluation of structural systems was validated by conducting real-time hybrid simulation of a three story nonlinear structure with SDOF and 2DOF experimental substructures. Also, tracking indicators were employed to assess the accuracy of the results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.459-465
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• 2018

Reducing response of buildings during earthquakes by mass dampers, has been examined in many articles and books. Nowadays, many researchers are trying to realistically examine this type of dampers by new methods of performance. In this paper, for the better study of tuned mass damper (TMD), two schematic models are presented for a passive TMD with softening stiffness (softening TMD) and a passive TMD with hardening stiffness (hardening TMD). Then by modeling and analysis of the damper on a single degree of freedom (SDOF) structure and an 11-story steel building, the dampers performance was evaluated. State space was used for damper and structure modeling and to solve nonlinear equations, the Newton-Raphson method was used. The results show that when the structure is subjected to the Chi-Chi earthquake, response of the sixth floor in the system without TMD reduces 54.0% in comparison to the structure with softening TMD. This percentage of reduction for hardening TMD is 55.0%. Also for the Tabas earthquake, reduction in the RMS acceleration of the sixth floor in the system with hardening TMD is 96.2% more than the structure without TMD. This percentage of reduction for hardening TMD is 96.3%.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.585-595
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• 2022

Using the nonlinear static procedures has become very common in seismic codes to achieve the nonlinear response of the structure during an earthquake. The capacity spectrum method (CSM) adopted in ATC-40 is considered as one of the most known and useful procedures. For this procedure the seismic demand can be approximated from the maximum deformation of an equivalent linear elastic Single-Degree-of-Freedom system (SDOF) that has an equivalent damping ratio and period by using an iterative procedure. Data from the results of this procedure are plotted in acceleration- displacement response spectrum (ADRS) format. Different improvements have been made in order to have more accurate results compared to the Non Linear Time History Analysis (NL-THA). A new procedure is presented in this paper where the iteration process shall not be required. This will be done by estimation the ductility demand response spectrum (DDRS) and the corresponding effective damping of the bilinear system based on a new parameter of control, called normalized yield strength coefficient (η), while retaining the attraction of graphical implementation of the improved procedure of the FEMA-440. The proposed procedure accuracy should be verified with the NL-THA analysis results as a first implementation. The comparison shows that the new procedure provided a good estimation of the nonlinear response of the structure compared with those obtained when using the NL-THA analysis.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2020

This study proposes a fast estimation method of dynamic reliability indices or failure probability for SDOF structure subjected to earthquake excitations. The proposed estimation method attempts to derive coefficient function for correcting dynamic effects from static reliability analysis in order to estimate the dynamic reliability analysis results. For this purpose, a total of 60 cases of structures with various characteristics of natural frequency and damping ratio under various allowable limits were taken into account, and various types of approximation coefficient functions were considered as potential candidate models for dynamic effect correction. Each reliability index was computed by directly performing static and dynamic reliability analyses for the given 60 cases, and nonlinear curve fittings for potential candidate models were performed from the computed reliability index data. Then, the optimal estimation model was determined by evaluating the accuracy of the dynamic reliability analysis results estimated from each candidate model. Additional static and dynamic reliability analyses were performed for new models with different characteristics of natural frequency, damping ratio and allowable limit. From these results, the accuracy and numerical efficiency of the optimal estimation model were compared with the dynamic reliability analysis results. As a result, it was confirmed that the proposed model can be a very efficient tool of the dynamic reliability estimation for seismically excited SDOF structure since it can provide very fast and accurate reliability analysis results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.271-284
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• 2017

This paper presents a multimodal adaptive nonlinear static method of analysis that, differently from the nonlinear static methods suggested in seismic codes, does not require the definition of the equivalent Single-Degree-Of-Freedom (SDOF) system to evaluate the seismic response of structures. First, the proposed method is formulated for the assessment of r.c. plane frames and then it is extended to 3D framed structures. Furthermore, the proposed nonlinear static approach is re-elaborated as a displacement-based design method that does not require the use of the behaviour factor and takes into account explicitly the plastic deformation capacity of the structure. Numerical applications to r.c. plane frames and to a 3D framed structure with inplan irregularity are carried out to illustrate the attractive features as well as the limitations of the proposed method. Furthermore, the numerical applications evidence the uncertainty about the suitability of the displacement demand prediction obtained by the nonlinear static methods commonly adopted.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제16권6호통권73호
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• pp.793-805
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 철골 연성 모멘트 골조에 대하여 반응수정계수(R)의 핵심 구성요소인 연성계수 및 강도계수를 평가하였다. 철골 연성 모멘트 골조에 대한 연성계수($R_{{\mu},MDOF}$) 는 단자유도 구조물에 대한 연성계수($R_{{\mu},SDOF}$)에 다자유도 보정계수($R_M$)를 곱하여 산정하였다. 단자유도 구조물에 대한 연성계수($R_{{\mu},SDOF}$)는 지진하중을 받는 탄소성 단자유도(SDOF) 구조물의 목표 변위 연성비와 주기에 따른 비선형 동적해석으로부터 산정하였다. 통계적 연구와 회귀분석으로부터 연성계수를 산정하기 위한 평가식이 제시되었다. 다자유도의 영향을 고려하기 위한 보정계수($R_M$)는 기존의 연구결과로보터 회귀분석을 이용하여 구하였다. 철골 연성 모멘트 골조에 대한 강도계수는 비선형 정적해석으로부터 산정하였다. 철골 연성 모멘트 골조의 연성 계수 및 강도계수를 평가하기 위하여, 구조물의 층수(4, 8 및 16층), 지진구역계수(Z=0.075, 0.2 및 0.4), 골조 시스템(외곽골조 및 분배골조) 및 붕괴 메카니즘(강기둥-약보 및 약기둥-강보)을 설계 매개변수로 하여 총 36개의 예제구조물을 설계하였다. 철골 연성 모멘트 골조의 연성계수 및 강도계수에 이러한 설계 매개변수가 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.