• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권5A호
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• pp.433-442
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• 2010

콘크리트의 염화물 확산계수의 제어는 염해에 노출된 콘크리트 구조물의 내구수명 확보에 필수적이며, 이를 위해 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구는 목표 내구수명을 만족하는 목표확산계수를 도출하고 유전자 알고리즘을 통하여, 최적배합을 도출하는데 있다. 이를 위하여, 동일한 골재 및 혼화재를 사용한 30개의 배합과 그에 따른 염화물 확산계수를 분석하였으며, 27개를 대상으로 확산계수 예측식을 도출하였다. 확산계수 예측식의 변수로는 물-결합재비, 단위 혼화재량(슬래그, 플라이 애쉬, 실리카퓸), 단위 시멘트량, 단위 잔골재 및 굵은 골재량을 포함하도록 하였으며 나머지 3개의 배합에 대하여 검증을 수행하였다. 최적 함수식은 27개의 배합에 대하여 평균 18.7%의 오차와 16.0%의 변동계수를 보이고 있었다. 주어진 3개의 확산계수에 대하여, 유전자 알고리즘을 통하여 도출된 배합은 0.3%~12.2%의 오차범위를 가지며 각각의 배합인자를 도출하였다. 최종적으로 서로 다른 내구성 설계변수(목표내구수명, 피복두께, 표면염화물량, 혼화재량)와 노출환경(온도 및 습도)을 가정하여 목표 확산계수를 도출하였으며, 이에 만족하는 최적화된 콘크리트 배합을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서는 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여, 내구성 콘크리트 배합도출에 대한 적용성을 평가하였으며, 제안된 기법은 다양한 확산계수의 범위를 가지는 광범위한 자료구축을 통하여 개선될 것이다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2019

콘크리트 구조물이 극심한 열화 환경에 노출되는 경우 열화현상이 발생하게 되는데, 대표적인 열화 현상으로는 염해에 의한 철근부식이 있다. 본 연구에서는 3가지 수준의 물-결합재 비(0.37, 0.42, 0.47) 및 2가지 수준의 플라이애시 치환율(0%, 30%)을 고려하여 재령 2년 콘크리트 시편을 대상으로 염해 저항 성능을 평가하였다. Tang's method에 준하여 촉진 염화물 확산계수를, ASTM C 1202에 준하여 통과 전하량을, KS F 2405에 준하여 압축강도를 평가하였다. 또한 기존의 제안식들과 촉진 염화물 확산계수 결과를 활용하여 각 배합의 시간의존성 확산 특성을 분석하였다. 플라이애시 혼입 배합은 OPC 배합 대비 뛰어난 내구성능을 나타내는데, 통과 전하량 평가기준에 따르면 재령 49일부터 "Moderate" 등급 이하에 포함되는 반면 OPC 배합은 재령 1년에서야 모든 물-결합재 비에서 "Moderate" 등급 이하에 포함되었다. 각 배합의 시간의존성지수를 도출한 결과 모든 배합에서 물-결합 재비가 증가함에 따라 시간의존성지수가 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한, 플라이애시 혼입 배합에서 OPC 배합 대비 1.57배~2.74배의 시간의존성지수가 평가되었다. 이는 시간의존성지수가 확산계수가 감소하는 기울기를 나타내기 때문이며, 플라이애시의 포졸란 반응에 의해 FA 배합에서 OPC 배합 대비 높은 시간의존성지수를 나타내었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.327-346
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• 2016

The 2012 Emilia (Italy) earthquakes struck a highly industrialized area including several thousands of industrial prefabricated buildings. Due to the lack of specific design and detailing for earthquake resistance, precast reinforced concrete (RC) buildings suffered from severe damages and even partial or total collapses in many cases. The present study reports a data inventory of damages from field survey on prefabricated buildings. The damage database concerns more than 1400 buildings (about 30% of the total precast building stock in the struck region). Making use of the available shakemaps of the two mainshocks, damage distributions were related with distance from the nearest epicentre and corresponding Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration for a period of 1 second (PSA at 1 s) or Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA). It was found that about 90% of the severely damaged to collapsed buildings included into the database stay within 16 km from the epicentre and experienced a PSA larger than 0.12 g. Moreover, 90% of slightly to moderately damaged buildings are located at less than 25 km from the epicentre and were affected by a PSA larger than 0.06 g. Nevertheless, the undamaged buildings examined are almost uniformly distributed over the struck region and 10% of them suffered a PSA not lower than 0.19g. The damage distributions in terms of the maximum experienced PGA show a sudden increase for $PGA{\geq}0.28g$. In this PGA interval, 442 buildings were collected in the database; 55% of them suffered severe damages up to collapse, 32% reported slight to moderate damages, whereas the remaining 13% resulted undamaged.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.349-360
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• 2018

Reinforced concrete (RC) moment frames supported on two ground levels have been widely constructed in mountainous areas with medium to high seismicity in China. In order to investigate the seismic collapse behavior and risk, a scaled frame model was tested under constant axial load and reversed cyclic lateral load. Test results show that the failure can be induced by the development of story yielding at the first story above the upper ground. The strong column and weak beam mechanism can be well realized at stories below the upper ground. Numerical analysis model was developed and calibrated with the test results. Three pairs of six case study buildings considering various structural configurations were designed and analyzed, showing similar dynamic characteristics between frames on two ground levels and flat ground of each pair. Incremental dynamic analyses (IDA) were then conducted to obtain the seismic collapse fragility curves and collapse margin ratios of nine analysis cases designated based on the case study buildings, considering amplification of earthquake effect and strengthening measures. Analysis results indicate that the seismic collapse safety is mainly determined by the stories above the upper ground. The most probable collapse mechanism may be induced by the story yielding of the bottom story on the upper ground level. The use of tie beam and column strengthening can effectively enhance the seismic collapse safety of frames on two ground levels.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.411-424
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• 2018

This study explores the inelastic behavior of systems with flexible base. The use of a single degree of freedom system (ESDOF) with equivalent ductility to represent the response of flexible base systems is discussed. Two different equations to compute equivalent ductility are proposed, one which includes the contribution of rigid body components, and other based on the overstrength of the structure. In order to asses the accuracy of ESDOF approach with the proposed equations, the behavior of a 10-story regular building with reinforced concrete (RC) moment resisting frames is studied. Local and global ductility capacity and demands are used to study the modifications introduced by base flexibility. Three soil types are considered with shear wave velocities of 70, 100 and 250 m/s. Soil-foundation stiffness is included with a set of springs on the base (impedance functions). Capacity curves of the building are computed with pushover analysis. In addition, non linear time history analysis are used to asses the ductility demands. Results show that ductility capacity of the soil-structure system including rigid body components is reduced. Base flexibility does not modify neither yield and maximum base shear. Equivalent ductility estimated with the proposed equations is fits better the results of the numerical model than the one considering elastoplastic behavior. Modification of beams ductility demand due to base flexibility are not constant within the structure. Some elements experience reduced ductility demands while other elements experience increments when flexible base is considered. Soil structure interaction produces changes in the relation between yield strength reduction factor and structure ductility demand. These changes are dependent on the spectral shape and the period of the system with fixed and flexible base.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1001-1024
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• 2014

The size of spread footings was found to be unnecessarily large from some actual engineering practices constructed in Taiwan, due to the strict design provisions related to footing uplift. According to the earlier design code in Taiwan, the footing uplift involving separation of footing from subsoil was permitted to be only up to one-half of the foundation base area, as the applied moment reaches the value of plastic moment capacity of the column. The reason for this provision was that rocking of spread footings was not a favorable mechanism. However, recent research has indicated that rocking itself may not be detrimental to seismic performance and, in fact, may act as a form of seismic isolation mechanism. In order to clarify the effects of the relative strength between column and foundation on the rocking behavior of a column, six circular reinforced concrete (RC) columns were designed and constructed and a series of rocking experiments were performed. During the tests, columns rested on a rubber pad to allow rocking to take place. Experimental variables included the dimensions of the footings, the strength and ductility capacity of the columns and the intensity of the applied earthquake. Experimental data for the six circular RC columns subjected to quasi-static and pseudo-dynamic loading are presented. Results of each cyclic loading test are compared against the benchmark test with fixed-base conditions. By comparing the experimental responses of the specimens with different design details, a key parameter of rocking behavior related to footing size and column strength is identified. For a properly designed column with the parameter higher than 1, the beneficial effects of rocking in reducing ductility and the strength demand of columns is verified.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 푸쉬오버해석을 통해 철근콘크리트 중간모멘트골조의 반응수정계수를 확인하기 위하여 5층 구조물을 KBC2009에 맞게 구조설계 하였다. 보 및 기둥 부재의 휨모멘트-곡률 관계는 화이버 모델로 확인하였으며 보-기둥 접합부 모멘트-회전각 관계는 Simple and Unified Joint Shear Behavior Model과 보-기둥 접합부 모멘트 평형관계를 이용하여 확인하였다. 푸쉬오버해석 결과 보-기둥 접합부 비탄성 전단거동을 무시하는 경우 구조물의 강도가 과대평가 되었다. 반응수정계수는 내진설계범주 C에 대하여 설계한 경우 평균 7.78, 내진설계범주 D에 대하여 설계한 경우 평균 3.64로 평가되었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.173-190
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• 2011

As a practical and effective seismic resisting technology, the base isolation system has seen extensive applications in buildings and bridges. However, a few problems associated with conventional lead-rubber bearings have been identified after historical strong earthquakes, e.g., excessive permanent deformations of bearings and potential unseating of bridge decks. Recently the applications of shape memory alloys (SMA) have received growing interest in the area of seismic response mitigation. As a result, a variety of SMA-based base isolators have been developed. These novel isolators often lead to minimal permanent deformations due to the self-centering feature of SMA materials. However, a rational design approach is still missing because of the fact that conventional design method cannot be directly applied to these novel devices. In light of this limitation, a displacement-based design approach for highway bridges with SMA isolators is proposed in this paper. Nonlinear response spectra, derived from typical hysteretic models for SMA, are employed in the design procedure. SMA isolators and bridge piers are designed according to the prescribed performance objectives. A prototype reinforced concrete (RC) highway bridge is designed using the proposed design approach. Nonlinear dynamic analyses for different seismic intensity levels are carried out using a computer program called "OpenSees". The efficacy of the displacement-based design approach is validated by numerical simulations. Results indicate that a properly designed RC highway bridge with novel SMA isolators may achieve minor damage and minimal residual deformations under frequent and rare earthquakes. Nonlinear static analysis is also carried out to investigate the failure mechanism and the self-centering ability of the designed highway bridge.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2008

이 논문에서는 철근콘크리트 프레임 구조물을 대상으로 직접탐색기법을 도입하여 보다 개선된 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 최적설계 기법을 제안하고 있다. 먼저 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 다양한 초기 가정 단면을 발생시키고, 이로부터 도출되는 각 설계 부재력 조건에 대해 미리 구성한 설계 단면 데이터베이스(DB)를 기반으로 회귀분석과 직접탐색을 이용하여 최적해를 도출한 후 여러 세대에 걸쳐 누적된 결과로부터 전역 최적해(global minimum)를 선택하였다. 제안된 알고리즘은 일반적인 유전자 알고리즘만을 이용할 경우 전역 최적해에 도달하기까지 수렴성이 떨어져서 그 결과 해의 적합도(Fitness)가 저하되는 단점을 보완하여 빠른 수렴성과 함께 최종해의 경제성에서도 향상된 결과를 보인다. 또한, 작용 하중 조건 하에서 전 부재가 최대의 효율로 저항함으로써 보다 경제적인 설계가 되도록 하기 위하여 비선형 해석을 수행하여 도출된 부재력을 바탕으로 설계 단면을 결정하였으며, 제안된 알고리즘을 예제 구조물에 적용하여 그 효율성을 검증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.127-139
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• 2019

Residual drifts after an earthquake can incur huge repair costs and might need to replace the infrastructure because of its non-reparability. Proper functioning of bridges is also essential in the aftermath of an earthquake. In order to mitigate pounding and unseating damage of bridges subjected to earthquakes, a self-adaptive Ni-Ti shape memory alloy (SMA)-cable-based frictional sliding bearing (SMAFSB) is proposed considering self-adaptive centering, high energy dissipation, better fatigue, and corrosion resistance from SMA-cable component. The developed novel bearing is associated with the properties of modularity, replaceability, and earthquake isolation capacity, which could reduce the repair time and increase the resilience of highway bridges. To evaluate the super-elasticity of the SMA-cable, pseudo-static tests and numerical simulation on the SMA-cable specimens with a diameter of 7 mm are conducted and one dimensional (1D) constitutive hysteretic model of the SMAFSB is developed considering the effects of gap, self-centering, and high energy dissipation. Two types of the SMAFSB (i.e., movable and fixed SMAFSBs) are applied to a two-span continuous reinforced concrete (RC) bridge. The seismic vulnerabilities of the RC bridge, utilizing movable SMAFSB with the constant gap size of 60 mm and the fixed SMAFSBs with different gap sizes (e.g., 0, 30, and 60 mm), are assessed at component and system levels, respectively. It can be observed that the fixed SMAFSB with a gap of 30 mm gained the most retrofitting effect among the three cases.