• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.225-238
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• 2019

In this paper a novel and efficient computational framework to estimate the stress range versus number of cycles curves experienced by a cable due to external excitations (e.g., seismic excitations, traffic and wind-induced vibrations, among others) is proposed. This study is limited to the wind-cable interaction governed by the Vortex Shedding mechanism which mainly rules cables vibrations at low amplitudes that may lead to their failure due to bending fatigue damage. The algorithm relies on a stochastic approach to account for the uncertainties in the cable properties, initial conditions, damping, and wind excitation which are the variables that govern the wind-induced vibration phenomena in cables. These uncertainties are propagated adopting Monte Carlo simulations and the concept of importance sampling, which is used to reduce significantly the computational costs when new scenarios with different probabilistic models for the uncertainties are evaluated. A high fidelity cable model is also proposed, capturing the effect of its internal wires distribution and helix angles on the cables stress. Simulation results on a 15 mm diameter high-strength steel strand reveal that not accounting for the initial conditions uncertainties or using a coarse wind speed discretization lead to an underestimation of the stress range experienced by the cable. In addition, parametric studies illustrate the computational efficiency of the algorithm at estimating new scenarios with new probabilistic models, running 3000 times faster than the base case.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.169-184
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• 2022

The importance of seismicity in developing countries and the strengthening of buildings is a topic of major importance. Therefore, the study of several solutions with the development of new technologies is of great importance to investigate the damage on retrofitted structures by using probabilistic methods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency considers three types of performance levels by considering different scenarios, intensity and duration. The selection and scaling of ground motions mainly depends on the aim of the study. Intensity-based assessments are the most common and compute the response of buildings for a specified seismic intensity. Assessments based on scenarios estimate the response of buildings to different earthquake scenarios. A risk-based assessment is considered as one of the most effective. This research represents a practical method for developing countries where exists many active faults, tall buildings and lack of good implementable approaches. Therefore, to achieve the main goal, two high-rise steel buildings have been modeled and assessed. The contribution of buckling-restrained braces in the elastic design of both buildings is firstly verified. In the nonlinear static range, both buildings presented repairable damage at the central top part and some life safety hinges at the bottom. The nonlinear incremental dynamic analysis was applied by 15 representative/scaled accelerograms to obtain levels of performance and fragility curves. The results shown that by using probabilistic methods, it is possible to estimate the probability of collapse of retrofitted buildings by buckling-restrained braces and tuned mass dampers, which are practical retrofitting options to protect existing structures against earthquakes.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.694-709
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• 2021

연구목적: 지진에 의한 산사태 위험도 평가를 통하여 지진발생 전에는 산사태 예방사업, 지진발생 후에는 피해지 예측 및 복구 우선순위 선정으로 지진유발 산사태 피해저감을 효율적·선제적으로 하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행하였다. 연구방법: 국외 선행연구를 분석하여 평가 방법론 검토와 평가 인자를 도출하고 국내 산사태 위험지도 활용성을 검토하였다. 또한 지진동 감쇠식을 이용하여 포항지역의 단층대 및 진앙지 기준으로 지진에 의한 산사태 위험지도를 시범 구축하였다. 연구결과: 지진에 의한 산사태 위험도 평가 연구는 중국이 전체의 44%, 이탈리아 16%, 미국 15%, 일본 10%, 대만 8% 순으로 나타났다. 평가 방법론으로 통계적 모형이 59%로 가장 많았고, 물리적 모형이 23%로 나타났다. 통계적 모형에 많이 사용된 인자는 고도, 단층대와의 거리, 경사도, 사면방향, 모암, 지형곡률로 나타났다. 현재 국내의 산사태 위험지도는 지형·지질·임상이 반영되는데 이를 활용한 지진에 의한 산사태 위험도 평가는 합리적인 것으로 나타났다. 포항지역에 단층대 및 진앙지 기준으로 산사태 위험도를 평가한 결과 기존의 낮은 등급이 높은 등급으로 변화하는 등 지진의 영향이 고려되었다. 결론: 광역 단위의 지진유발 산사태 위험도 평가를 위해서는 산사태 위험지도를 활용하는 것이 효율적이다. 단층대 기준의 위험지도는 지진에 의한 산사태 피해방지를 위한 예방사방사업 대상지 선정에 활용하고, 진앙지 기준의 위험지도는 지진이 발생한 이후 산사태 피해 현황을 조사하거나 피해지 복구 등 피해방지 대책 우선순위 선정의 효율적 사후관리에 활용할 수 있다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2005

이 연구는 결함수분석(FTA)를 이용해 완전방호 형식 및 멤브레인 형식의 KOGAS 탱크 설계에 대한 비교 정량적 위험성평가를 위해 수행하였다. 이 연구를 위해 표준 완전방호식 탱크와 초기 멤브레인 탱크 및 4가지의 개선된 멤브레인 탱크를 포함한 총 6개 모델에 대해 위험성을 평가하였다. 이 연구에서는 FTA를 이용해 누출빈도를 정량화 하였다. 분석의 명확성 및 일관성을 위해서 모든 경우는 동일한 고장수(fault tree)를 이용해 정량화하였다. 개선되지 않은 멤브레인 저장탱크(초기 모델)를 제외하고 예측된 위험도 수준은 매우 유사해서 각각의 탱크는 동일한 위험도 수준(the same level of risk)을 나타내는 것으로 평가되었다. 펌프 낙하에 의한 손상은 완전방호식 탱크에 비해서 박판으로 되어있는 멤브레인 탱크가 두드러지게 큰 것으로 예측되었다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2009년도 정기 학술발표대회
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• pp.43-50
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• 2009

Strong ground motion attenuation relationship represents a comprehensive trend of ground shakings at sites with distances from the source, geology, local soil conditions, and others. It is necessary to develop an attenuation relationship with careful considerations of characteristics of the target area for reliable seismic hazard/risk assessments. In the study, observed ground motions from the January 2007 magnitude 4.9 Odaesan earthquake and the events occurring in the Gyeongsang provinces are compared with the previously proposed ground attenuation relationships in the Korean Peninsula to select most appropriate one. In the meantime, a few strong ground motion attenuation relationships are proposed and introduced in HAZUS, which have been designed for the Western United States and the Central and Eastern United States. The selected relationship from the ones for the Korean Peninsula has been compared with attenuation relationships available in HAZUS. Then, the attenuation relation for the Western United States proposed by Sadigh et al. (1997) for the Site Class B has been selected for this study. Reliability of the assessment will be improved by using an appropriate attenuation relation. It has been used for the earthquake loss estimation of the Gyeongju area located in southeast Korea using the deterministic method in HAZUS with a scenario earthquake (M=6.7). Our preliminary estimates show 15.6% damage of houses, shelter needs for about three thousands residents, and 75 life losses in the study area for the scenario events occurring at 2 A.M. Approximately 96% of hospitals will be in normal operation in 24 hours from the proposed event. Losses related to houses will be more than 114 million US dollars. Application of the improved methodology for loss estimation in Korea will help decision makers for planning disaster responses and hazard mitigation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.511-519
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• 2019

The concrete gravity dam is one of the most important parts of the nation's infrastructure. Besides the benefits, the dam also has some potentially catastrophic disasters related to the life of citizens directly. During the lifetime of service, some degradations in a dam may occur as consequences of operating conditions, environmental aspects and deterioration in materials from natural causes, especially from dynamic loads. Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) plays a key role to assess the operational condition of a structure under seismic hazard. In previous researches, CAV is normally used in Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) fields, but there are no particular criteria or studies that have been made on dam structure. This paper presents a method to calculate the limitation of CAV for the Bohyeonsan Dam in Korea, where the critical Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) is estimated from twelve sets of selected earthquakes based on High Confidence of Low Probability of Failure (HCLPF). HCLPF point denotes 5% damage probability with 95% confidence level in the fragility curve, and the corresponding PGA expresses the crucial acceleration of this dam. For determining the status of the dam, a 2D finite element model is simulated by ABAQUS. At first, the dam's parameters are optimized by the Minitab tool using the method of Central Composite Design (CCD) for increasing model reliability. Then the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is used for updating the model and the optimization is implemented from the selected model parameters. Finally, the recorded response of the concrete gravity dam is compared against the results obtained from solving the numerical model for identifying the physical condition of the structure.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.515-530
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• 2021

In a tall reinforced concrete (RC) core wall system subjected to strong ground motions, inelastic behavior near the base as well as mid-height of the wall is possible. Generally, the formation of plastic hinge in a core wall system may lead to extensive damage and significant repairing cost. A new configuration of core structures consisting of buckling restrained braced frames (BRBFs) and RC walls is an interesting idea in tall building seismic design. This concept can be used in the plan configuration of tall core wall systems. In this study, tall buildings with different configurations of combined core systems were designed and analyzed. Nonlinear time history analysis at severe earthquake level was performed and the results were compared for different configurations. The results demonstrate that using enough BRBFs can reduce the large curvature ductility demand at the base and mid-height of RC core wall systems and also can reduce the maximum inter-story drift ratio. For a better investigation of the structural behavior, the probabilistic approach can lead to in-depth insight. Therefore, incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) curves were calculated to assess the performance. Fragility curves at different limit states were then extracted and compared. Mean IDA curves demonstrate better behavior for a combined system, compared with conventional RC core wall systems. Collapse margin ratio for a RC core wall only system and RC core with enough BRBFs were almost 1.05 and 1.92 respectively. Therefore, it appears that using one RC core wall combined with enough BRBF core is an effective idea to achieve more confidence against tall building collapse and the results demonstrated the potential of the proposed system.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.357-367
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 단일 및 연속지진하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 교량 교각의 누적손상의 영향을 조사하였다. 이 목적을 위하여 세 쌍의 입력지진파들이 선택되었고 이중 한 쌍은 3개월 간격으로 같은 지역에서 기록된 연속지진에 의한 입력지진파들을 나타낸다. 해석결과 교각들은 연속지진하중에 의하여 많은 수의 비탄성 반복주기를 경험하고 변위 연성요구도가 증가되었다. 따라서 교각들은 강성의 감소로 인한 손상이 클 것으로 사료된다. 뿐만 아니라 교각의 변위 연성요구도의 비교분석 결과, 교각의 비탄성 지진응답은 작용된 입력지진파들의 특성에 크게 영향을 받는다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 또한 연속지진하중이 전단을 고려한 응답에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 전단을 고려한 경우와 고려하지 않은 경우의 비교해석 결과, 연속지진하중 하에서 전단을 고려한 경우 교각의 강성저하와 그에 따른 에너지 소산능력 감소의 정도가 심각한 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 철근콘크리트 교량 교각의 안전성 검토에 연속지진하중의 효과가 고려되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.