• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2017

Introduction of robustness index in the structure is done in three ways: deterministic robustness index, probabilistic robustness index, and risk-based robustness index. In past decades, there have been numerous researches to evaluate robustness index in both deterministic and probabilistic ways. In this research, by using a risk analysis, a risk-based robustness index has been defined for the structure. By creating scenarios in accordance with uncertainty parameters of critical and unexpected gas blast accident, a new method has been suggested for evaluating risk-based robustness index. Finally, a numerical example for the evaluation of risk-based robustness index of a four-storey reinforced concrete moment frame, designed and built based on Eurocode 8 code, has been presented with results showing a lower risk of robustness.

• 국제강구조저널
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1710-1722
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• 2018

Investigating remained damages from terrible earthquakes, it could be concluded that some events including explosion because of defect and failure in the building mechanical facilities or caused by gas leak, firing, aftershocks, etc., which are occurred during or a few time after the earthquake, will increase the effects of damages. In this paper, by introducing a complete risk analysis which included direct and indirect risks for earthquake (the main shock) and aftershock, the corresponding robustness index was created that called as "robustness index sequential critical events risk-based". One of the main properties of the intended robustness index is using progressive collapse percentage in its evaluation. Then, in a numerical example for a 4-storey moment resisting steel frame structure, a method is presented for obtaining all effective parameters in robustness index evaluation based on the intended risk and at last its results were reported.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권2호
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• pp.193-205
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• 2020

The growing need for assuring efficient and sustainable investments in civil engineering structures has determined a renovated interest in the rational design of such structures from designers, clients and authorities. As a result, risk-informed decision-making methodologies are increasingly being used as a direct decision tool or as an upper-level layer from which performance-based approaches are then calibrated against. One of the most important and challenging aspects of today's structural design is to adequately handle the system-level effects, the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns. These aspects revolve around assessing and evaluating relevant damage scenarios, namely those involving unacceptable/intolerable damage levels. Hence, the importance of risk analysis of disproportionate collapse, and along with it of robustness. However, the way robustness has been used in modern design codes varies substantially, from simple provisions of prescriptive rules to complex risk analysis of the disproportionate collapse. As a result, implementing design for robustness is still very much a grey area and more so when it comes to defining means to quantify robustness. This paper revisits the most common robustness frameworks, highlighting their merits and limitations, and identifies one among them which is very promising as a way forward to solve the still open challenges.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.781-796
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• 2009

The current standard level of Heat Health Watch Warning System consider both daily maximum temperature and daily maximum heat index(HI), but current standard could not consider daily maximum HI due to the difficulties in forecasting when we consider both daily maximum temperature and daily maximum HI and no considering HI because relative humidity could not observed for some regions. So, Newly established standard level of Heat Health Watch Warning System is based on daily maximum temperature exceeding $30^{\circ}C$ for two consecutive days or daily minimum temperature exceeding $25^{\circ}C$ and daily maximum temperature exceeding $30^{\circ}C$. These days are called "extreme heat days". On extreme heat days, the standard of extreme heat advisory is based on daily maximum temperature among exceeding $32.7^{\circ}C$ and not exceeding $34.8^{\circ}C$, and extreme heat warning is based on daily maximum temperature exceeding $34.8^{\circ}C$. ANOVA analysis was carried out using the data of Seoul Metropolitan City in 1994 to check the robustness of the new standard level of Heat Health Watch Warning System from this study, in particular for mortality variable. The results reveal that the new standard specifies excess mortality well, showing significance level of 0.05 in the difference of excess mortality for each phase.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.135-169
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• 2014

본 연구는 농업재해보험으로 인한 농업인들의 생산양식 변화 여부를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 농업재해보험은 자연재해 발생 시 보험가입자에게 보험금을 지급함으로써 농가경영의 안정을 이루고자 함이 주된 목적이라고 할 수 있다. 그러나 생산자들의 경영안정을 도모하고자 시작된 본 사업은 생산자들의 작물 생산량을 증대시키는 방향으로 예기치 않은 생산양식의 변화를 발생시켰고, 생산량 증가에 따른 가격하락 현상이 나타나면서 작물시장에 변화가 일어났다. 이는 재해보험을 통해 생산자들이 자연재해 발생에 따른 위험을 완화시킬 수 있기 때문으로 설명할 수 있다. 본 연구의 실증분석은 도구변수를 이용한 2단계 최소자승법을 바탕으로 이루어졌다. 재해보험 시행 여부를 도구변수로 이용한 이중차분분석 방법론 1단계 실증분석 결과, 재해보험 가입대상 작물의 경우 비가입대상 작물보다 통계적으로 유의한 수준에서 평균적으로 약 80,000톤 정도의 생산량 증가효과가 발생하였다. 또한 일반적인 수요 공급 모형에서 발생하는 내생성 문제를 해결하고자 1단계 분석의 추정치를 이용한 2단계 분석에서는 생산량이 10,000톤 증가함에 따라 작물의 가격지수가 약 2.3% 정도 하락하는 효과가 발생하였다. 그리고 다양한 방법의 강건성 점검을 통해서 결과의 신뢰성도 확보할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 정부가 정책 결정을 하는 데 있어서 생산자 측면뿐만 아니라 소비자 측면에 대한 분석도 포함하는 전체 경제 분석의 필요성에 대한 시사점을 제공해 준다고 볼 수 있다. 이에 더해, 예기치 않은 효과에 대응하기 위해 새로운 시장을 개척하려는 정부의 노력이 필요하다는 점을 시사한다.