• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제80권6호
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• pp.645-655
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• 2021

Performance-based reliability analysis is a practical approach to investigate the seismic performance and stochastic nonlinear response of structures considering a random process. This is significant due to the uncertainties involved in every aspect of the analysis. Therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the performance-based reliability within a stochastic finite element (FE) framework for reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls that are considered as one of the most essential elements of structures. To accomplish this purpose, deterministic FE analyses are conducted for both squat and slender shear walls to validate numerical models through experimental results. The presented numerical analysis is performed by using the ABAQUS FE program. Afterwards, a random-effects investigation is carried out to consider the influence of different random variables on the lateral load-top displacement behavior of RC members. Using these results and through utilizing the Monte-Carlo simulation method, stochastic nonlinear analyses are also performed to generate random FE models based on input parameters and their probabilistic distributions. In order to evaluate the reliability of RC walls, failure probabilities and corresponding reliability indices are calculated at life safety and collapse prevention levels of performance as suggested by FEMA 356. Moreover, based on reliability indices, capacity reduction factors are determined subjected to shear for all specimens that are designed according to the ACI 318 Building Code. Obtained results show that the lateral load and the compressive strength of concrete have the highest effects on load-displacement responses compared to those of other random variables. It is also found that the probability of shear failure for the squat wall is slightly lower than that for slender walls. This implies that 𝛽 values are higher in a non-ductile mode of failure. Besides, the reliability of both squat and slender shear walls does not change significantly in the case of varying capacity reduction factors.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2003

연구대상 사면은 충북 보은군 보은읍 도로공사구간 내의 절취사면으로 절취시공 후 암반사면내의 일부 구간에서 평면파괴로 인한 사면 붕괴가 발생하였다. 이 구간에서는 파괴면과 유사한 방향성을 갖는 불연속면이 암반사면 내에 다수 분포하여 추가 붕괴가 예상되는 불안정한 상태이다. 따라서, 본 사면에 대하여 암반사면의 안정성 해석에 보편적으로 사용되는 SMR, 평사투영법, 한계평형법 및 수치해석 등의 기법을 이용하여 사면의 안정성을 해석하였다. 사면의 안정성평가에 보편적으로 사용되는 한계평형법은 간단한 계산에 의해 사면의 안정성을 평가할 수 있는 장점이 있으나 파괴 활동면을 가정할 수 없는 단일 안전율에 의해 전체 사면의 안정성을 평가하는 단점이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 개별절리를 고려하여 사면의 안정성을 평가하는 전단강도 감소기법으로부터 안전율을 계산하였으며, 이를 한계평형해석의 결과와 비교ㆍ분석하였다. 또한 본 사면내에 지하수 영향을 고려하고 보강공법을 적용하여 종합적인 안정성을 검토하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.176-183
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• 2008

This paper highlights the importance of carrying out global slope stability analysis as part of design calculations for geosynethetic walls in tiered configuration. Four design case histories were selected to examine the appropriateness of their design by performing additional slope stability analyses using the shear strength reduction method with in the frame work of finite element analysis. The results indicated that all of the walls examined, which were designed to meet the current design guide lines, did not satisfy the global slope stability requirement, and that longer reinforcements are required in the upper tiers to achieve the minimum factor of safety. Practical implications of the findings are discussed.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.783-790
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• 2004

In this study, a newly modified soil nailing technology named as the PSN(pretensioned soil nailing) system, is developed to reduce both facing displacements and ground surface settlements in top-down excavation process as well as to increase the global stability. Up to now, the PSN system has been investigated mainly focusing on an establishment of the design procedure. In the present study, the analytical procedure and design technique are proposed to evaluate maximum pretension force and stability of the PSN system. Also proposed arc techniques to determine the required thickness of a shotcrete facing and to estimate probability of a failure against the punching shear. Based on the proposed procedure and technique, effects of the radius of a influence circle and dilatancy angle on the thickness of a shotcrete facing, bonded length and safety factors arc analyzed. In addition, effects of the reduction of deformations expected by pretensioning of the soil nails are examined in detail throughout an illustrative example and $FLAC^{2D}$ program analysis. And a numerical approach is further made to determine a postulated failure surface as well as a minimum safety factor of the proposed PSN system using the shear strength reduction technique with the $FLAC^{2D}$ program. Global minimum safety factors and local safety factors at various excavation stages computed in case of the PSN system arc analyzed throughout comparisons with the results expected in case of the general soil nailing system. The efficiency of the PSN system is also dealt with by analyzing the wall-facing deformations and the adjacent ground surface settlements.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.346-355
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• 2019

근접병설터널에서 필라의 안정성을 평가할 때, 필라 폭이 최소가 되는 지점에서의 국부안전율(강도/응력비)을 조사하는 방법이 널리 사용된다. FEM 응력해석결과를 바탕으로 국부안전율이 1.0 이하인 경우는 필라의 안정성이 확보되지 못 하는 것으로 판단하고 인장볼트 등의 보강공법을 적용하고 있다. 그러나 국부안전율은 필라폭/터널반경(PW/D)의 변화와 무관하게 일정한 값을 보이고 있으며 인장볼트의 프리스트레싱 도입 시에도 축차응력의 변화가 크지 않아 상대적으로 필라의 안전율을 과소평가 할 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 아울러 Hoek and Brown(1980)이 제안한 평균안전율을 검토하였으나 상대적으로 필라폭의 크기가 커질 경우 필라의 안전율을 과대평가하는 현상을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이에 대한 대안으로 강도 감소법을 이용한 SRM 안전율을 도입하여 필라의 안정성을 평가한 결과 필라폭/터널반경 변화에 따른 무보강 및 인장볼트 보강효과가 잘 반영됨을 알 수 있었으며 파괴형상 또한 기존 극한 이론의 검토결과와 유사함을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 인장볼트의 보강효과를 구별하기 위해 록볼트 및 숏크리트를 고려하지 않고 안전율을 평가하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.401-411
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• 2020

The paper describes the influence of pile reinforcement on the stability of the slope behaviour, and the exploitation of the results of in situ measurements will be conducted. In the second part, a 2D numerical modelling will be conducted by using the finite element code PLAXIS2D; in order to validate the proposed modelling approach by comparing the numerical results with the measurements results carried out on the slides studied; to study the effect of positioning of piles as a function of the shear parameters of the supported soil on the behaviour of the soil. For various shear strength of the soil a row of pile position is found, at which the piles offer the maximum contribution to slope stability. The position of piles is found to influence the safety factor in granular soil whereas it shows a slight influence on the safety factor in coherent soil. The results also indicate that the ideal position for such stabilizing piles is in the middle height of the slope. Comparison of results of present study with literature from publication: indicated that to reach the maximum stability of slope, the pile must be installed with L_x/L ratio (0.37 to 0.62) and the inclination must be between 30° to 60°. Even, after a certain length of the pile, the increasing will be useless. The application of the present approach to such a problem is located at the section of PK 210+480 to 210+800 of the Algerian East-West Highway.

• Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2017

This study introduces the case of pipelines installed in subsea conditions and buried offshore. Such installations generate pore water pressure under the seabed because of cyclic wave excitation, which is an environmental load, and consistent cyclic wave loading that reduce the soil shear strength of the seabed, possibly leading to liquefaction. Therefore, in view of the liquefaction of the seabed, stability of the subsea pipelines should be examined via calculations using a simple method for buried subsea pipelines and floating structures. Particularly, for studying the possible liquefaction of the seabed in regard to subsea pipelines, high waves of a 10- and 100-year period and the number of occurrences that are affected by the environment within a division cycle of 90 s should be applied. However, when applying significant wave heights (HS), the number of occurrences within a division cycle of 3 h are required to be considered. Furthermore, to research whether dynamic vertical load affect the seabed, mostly a linear wave is used; this is particularly necessary to apply for considering the liquefaction of the seabed in the case of pile structure or subsea pipeline installation.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.239-258
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• 2012

In this paper, experimental investigations on high strength steel (HSS) stud connected steel-concrete composite (SCC) girders to understand the effect of shear connector density on their flexural behaviour is presented. SCC girder specimens were designed for three different shear capacities (100%, 85%, and 70%), by varying the number of stud connectors in the shear span. Three SCC girder specimens were tested under monotonic/quasi-static loading, while three similar girder specimens were subjected to non-reversal cyclic loading under simply supported end conditions. Details of casting the specimens, experimental set-up, and method of testing, instrumentation for the measurement of deflection, interface-slip and strain are discussed. It is found that SCC girder specimen designed for full shear capacity exhibits interface slip for loads beyond 25% of the ultimate load capacity. Specimens with lesser degree of shear connection show lower values of load at initiation of slip. Very good ductility is exhibited by all the HSS stud connected SCC girder specimens. It is observed that the ultimate moment of resistance as well as ductility gets reduced for HSS stud connected SCC girder with reduction in stud shear connector density. Efficiency factor indicating the effectiveness of high strength stud connectors in resisting interface forces is estimated to be 0.8 from the analysis. Failure mode is primarily flexure with fracturing of stud connectors and characterised by flexural cracking and crushing of concrete at top in the pure bending region. Local buckling in the top flange of steel beam was also observed at the loads near to failure, which is influenced by spacing of studs and top flange thickness of rolled steel section. One of the recommendations is that the ultimate load capacity can be limited to 1.5 times the plastic moment capacity of the section such that the post peak load reduction is kept within limits. Load-deflection behaviour for monotonic tests compared well with the envelope of load-deflection curves for cyclic tests. It is concluded from the experimental investigations that use of HSS studs will reduce their numbers for given loading, which is advantageous in case of long spans. Buckling of top flange of rolled section is observed at failure stage. Provision of lips in the top flange is suggested to avoid this buckling. This is possible in case of longer spans, where normally built-up sections are used.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.457-464
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• 2016

Soil Nailing으로 보강된 사면안정 해석시 프로그램에 대한 전문적인 지식과 숙련된 기술이 필요하며, 해석시 많은 시간과 경제적 손실이 따르게 된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 손실을 절약하고자 하였다. 네일링으로 보강된 사면안정해석에 강도감소법을 적용한 MIDAS GTS 프로그램을 사용한 후 그 결과를 도표화 하였다. 작성된 도표들은 신속한 사면재해 방지에 활용 가능하다. 네일의 간격, 입사각, 사면의 형태와 토질 정수를 변화시키며 구한 사면 안전율을 분석한 결과, 네일의 입사각이 $10{\sim}20^{\circ}$일 때 네일의 간격은 0.8~1.2m 사이일 때 효과적으로 나타났다. 사면의 경사가 1:0.5, 1:1, 1:2일 때 본 연구에서 제시한 안정도표와 Singh의 안정도표 값의 오차가 각각 3.45%, 8.65%, 4.35%,로 나타났다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.1021-1038
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• 2016

Considerable part of reinforced concrete building has suffered from destructive earthquakes in Turkey. This situation makes necessary to determine nonlinear behavior and seismic performance of existing RC buildings. Inelastic response of buildings to static and dynamic actions should be determined by considering both flexural plastic hinges and brittle shear hinges. However, shear capacities of members are generally neglected due to time saving issues and convergence problems and only flexural response of buildings are considered in performance assessment studies. On the other hand, recent earthquakes showed that the performance of older buildings is mostly controlled by shear capacities of members rather than flexure. Demand estimation is as important as capacity estimation for the reliable performance prediction in existing RC buildings. Demand estimation methods based on strength reduction factor (R), ductility (${\mu}$), and period (T) parameters ($R-{\mu}-T$) and damping dependent demand formulations are widely discussed and studied by various researchers. Adopted form of $R-{\mu}-T$ based demand estimation method presented in Eurocode 8 and Turkish Earthquake Code-2007 and damping based Capacity Spectrum Method presented in ATC-40 document are the typical examples of these two different approaches. In this study, eight different existing RC buildings, constructed before and after Turkish Earthquake Code-1998, are selected. Capacity curves of selected buildings are obtained with and without considering the brittle shear capacities of members. Seismic drift demands occurred in buildings are determined by using both $R-{\mu}-T$ and damping based estimation methods. Results have shown that not only capacity estimation methods but also demand estimation approaches affect the performance of buildings notably. It is concluded that including or excluding the shear capacity of members in nonlinear modeling of existing buildings significantly affects the strength and deformation capacities and hence the performance of buildings.