• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.701-713
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• 2018

Many bridges in Algeria were constructed without taking into account the seismic effect in the design. The implantation of a new regulation code RPOA-2008 requires a higher reinforcement ratio than with the seismic coefficient method, which is a common feature of the existing bridges. For better perception of the performance bridge piers and evaluation of the risk assessment of existing bridges, fragility analysis is an interesting tool to assess the vulnerability study of these structures. This paper presents a comparative performance of bridge piers designed with the seismic coefficient method and the new RPOA-2008. The performances of the designed bridge piers are assessed using thirty ground motion records and incremental dynamic analysis. Fragility curves for the bridge piers are plotted using probabilistic seismic demand model to perform the seismic vulnerability analysis. The impact of changing the reinforcement strength on the seismic behavior of the designed bridge piers is checked by fragility analysis. The fragility results reveal that the probability of damage with the RPOA-2008 is less and perform well comparing to the conventional design pier.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2019

본 연구는 수도권 지역의 전력구 매설지반을 대상으로 지진 재현주기 1,000년을 고려한 최대기반암가속도 0.154g로 설정하여 지진시 위험을 평가하였다. 이때, 지진시 위험도 평가는 총 3단계로 진행하였으며 1단계는 대상지역의 지반조사 정보를 기초로 지반분류를 우선 실시한 후, 액상화 발생가능성을 파악할 수 있는 Macro영역 기법인 지반증폭계수를 이용한 액상화 발생가능지수(LPI, Liquefaction Potential Index) 재해지도를 이용하여 후보지를 선정한다. 2단계 위험도 평가는 1단계 평가에서 액상화 발생가능성이 매우 높게 판정된 전력구 주변의 시추주상도를 바탕으로 부지특성을 반영한 지진응답해석을 수행하고 이를 토대로 액상화 발생가능성 지수를 재산정하여 지진시 액상화 위험도를 상세평가 하였다. 3단계는 시추공자료를 기반으로 하는 한계성을 보완하기 위하여 2단계에서 액상화 발생가능성이 높게 평가된 대상 전력구의 현장조사를 실시하여 건설시 보강공법적용, 내진설계적용 및 현장상태 등을 고려하여 최종적으로 액상화 위험도를 평가하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 공용 중인 91개 고속철도 터널을 대상으로 단계별 내진성능평가를 실시하여 설계기준에서 제시하는 목표 내진성능 확보여부를 검토하였다. 또한 지진취약도 함수도 함께 개발하여 지진규모에 따른 시설물의 확률론적 피해예측이 가능하도록 하였다. 단계별 내진성능평가는 내진성능 예비평가 및 상세평가 순으로 실시하였으며, 평가결과 대상터널들은 설계기준 수준의 내진성능을 확보하는 것으로 분석되었다. 지진취약도 함수는 최대지반가속도(Peak Ground Acceleration, PGA)를 기준으로 한 대수 정규분포형태로 설정하였으며, 함수도출방법은 설계 PGA수준에 대한 손상발생확률을 이용하여 취약도함수의 모수를 결정하는 방식으로 하였다. 손상발생 검토부재는 라이닝콘크리트로서, 대상터널을 굴착식 터널(NATM 터널) 및 개착식 터널로 구분하여 각각에 대한 손상수준별 지진취약도 함수를 개발하였다. 이번연구에서 도출된 지진취약도 함수와 기존연구결과(FEMA, 2004)와의 비교 분석을 통하여 대상터널의 내진성능확보수준을 평가하였으며, 그 결과 대상터널이 기존연구의 대상인 재래식 터널(American Steel Support Method, ASSM)에 비하여 상대적으로 내진성능이 우수한 것으로 분석되었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.563-576
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• 2015

Over the past few decades, seismic retrofitting of structural systems has been significantly improved by the adoption of various methods such as FRP composite wraps, base isolation systems, and passive/active damper control systems. In parallel with this trend, probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for structural and nonstructural components has become necessary for risk mitigation and the achievement of reliable designs in performance-based earthquake engineering. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect on piping fragility at T-joints due to seismic retrofitting of structural systems with passive energy-dissipation devices (i.e., linear viscous dampers). Three mid-rise building types were considered: without any seismic retrofitting; with distributed damper systems; with optimal placement of dampers. The results showed that the probability of piping system failure was considerably reduced in a Multi Degree of Freedom (MDOF) building retrofitted with optimal passive damper systems at lower floor levels. This effect of damper systems on piping fragility became insignificant as the floor level increased.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.1258-1270
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• 2009

Recently, the earthquakes activities are more of frequency occurred in the country. In case of nomal or large magnitude earthquakes, which cause a rising number of life loss or widespread loss of property. It must be considered how to cope with the situperty of dpmage in the country ty account of ay earthquake. Consequently, the public works have currently ensured against a lot of risk about seismism not only on large scale structures but also relatively small structures. Therefore, in this study, in order to make the seismic stability safe, it has been evaluated by the seismic performance for caisson-type breakwater. The seismic response analyses have conducted on the caisson-type breaker under long-period, short-period and artificial seismic wave. The liquefaction potential of the foundation, which is caisson-type, is also estimated by using the simplified assessment method. Finally, the result of the numerical analysis by PENTAGON 2D finite element method(FEM) program are presented for 3 cases with time-history seismic analysis under the seismic load.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.515-537
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• 2014

Current seismic codes (e.g. the NTC08 Italian code and the EC8 European code) adopt a performance-based approach for both the design of new buildings and the assessment of existing ones. Different limit states are considered by verifying structural members as well as non structural elements and facilities which have generally been neglected in practice. The key role of non structural elements on building performance has been shown by recent earthquakes (e.g. L'Aquila 2009) where, due to the extensive damage suffered by infills, partitions and ceilings, a lot of private and public buildings became unusable with consequent significant socio-economic effects. Furthermore, the collapse of infill panels, particularly in the case of out-of-plane failure, represented a serious source of risk to life safety. This paper puts forward an infill model capable of accounting for the effects arising from prior in-plane damage on the out-of-plane capacity of infill panels. It permits an assessment of the seismic performance of existing RC buildings with reference to both structural and non structural elements, as well as of their mutual interaction. The model is applied to a building type with RC framed structure designed only to vertical loads and representative of typical Italian buildings. The influence of infill on building performance and the role of the out-of-plane response on structural response are also discussed.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.57-82
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• 2014

The heritage value of the mixed wood-masonry 18th century Pombalino buildings of downtown Lisbon is recognized both nationally and internationally. The present paper focuses on the seismic assessment of global response and retrofitting of a typical Pombalino building by nonlinear static analyses, performed by the research software Tremuri, which is able to model 3D configurations. The structure is modelled using nonlinear beams for masonry panels, while in case of the internal walls (frontal walls) an original formulation has been developed in order to take into account their specific seismic behaviour. Floors are modelled as orthotropic membrane finite elements: this feature allows to simulate the presence of both flexible and rigid diaphragms, being the first ones more representative of the original state while the second ones of retrofitted configurations. Seismic assessment has been evaluated by applying nonlinear static procedure and comparing the performance of different configurations (by considering various retrofitting strategies). Finally, assuming a lognormal cumulative distribution, fragility curves are obtained to be representative of Pombalino buildings: the most important application of such curves is for seismic risk and loss estimation analyses.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.57-69
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• 2023

In this study, in order to establish a strategy for developing an fire following earthquake risk assessment method that can utilize domestic public databases(building datas, etc.), the method of calculating the ignition and fire-spread among the fire following earthquake risk assessment methodologies proposed by past researchers is investigated After investigating and analyzing the methodology used in the HAZUS-MH earthquake model in the United States and the fire following earthquake risk assessment methodology in Japan, based on this, a database such as a domestic building data utilized to an fire following earthquake risk assessment method suitable for domestic circumstances (planned) was suggested.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.19-43
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• 2014

A risk assessment framework for evaluating building structures is implemented in this study. This framework allows considering sources of uncertainty both on structural capacity and seismic demand. In particular randomness on seismic load, incident angle, material properties, floor mass and structural damping are considered; in addition the choice of fibre modelling versus plastic hinge model is also considered as a source of uncertainty. The main objective of this work is to study the contribution of these sources of uncertainty on the fragilities of steel and steel-reinforced concrete composite 3D building structures. The fragility curves are expressed in the form of a two-parameter lognormal distribution where vertical statistics in conjunction with metaheuristic optimization are implemented for calculating the two parameters.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.873-885
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• 2016

Determination of earthquake-safety of existing buildings requires a rather long and challenging process both in terms of time and expertise. In order to prevent such a tedious process, rather rapid methods for evaluating buildings were developed. The purpose of these rapid methods is to determine the buildings that have priority in terms of risk and accordingly to minimize the number of buildings to be inspected. In these rapid evaluation methods detailed information and inspection are not required. Among these methods the Canadian Seismic scanning method and the first stage evaluation method included in the principles concerning the determination of risk-bearing buildings promulgated by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in Turkey are used in the present study. Within the scope of this study, six reinforced concrete buildings damaged in Van earthquakes in Turkey are selected. The performance scores of these buildings are calculated separately with the mentioned two methods, and then compared. The purpose of the study is to provide information on these two methods and to set forth the relation they have between them in order to manifest the international validity.