• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2021

A shake table test is conducted for the three-story reinforced concrete building structure using 0.28 g, 0.5 g, 0.75 g, and 1.0 g of seismic input motions based on the Gyeongju earthquake. Computational efforts are made in parallel to explore the mechanical details in the structure. For engineering practice, the elastic modulus of concrete and rebar in the dynamic analysis is reduced to 38% and 50%, respectively, to calibrate the structure's natural frequencies. The engineering approach to the reduced modulus of elasticity is believed to be due to the inability to specify the flexibility of the actual boundary conditions. This aspect may lead to disadvantages of nonlinear dynamic analysis that can distort local stress and strain relationships. The initial elastic modulus can be applied directly without the so-called engineering adjustment with infinite element models with spring and spring-dashpot boundary conditions. This has the advantage of imposing the system flexibility of the structure on the sub-boundary conditions of springs and damping devices to control its sensitivity in a serial arrangement. This can reflect the flexibility of realistic boundary conditions and the effects of system damping (such as the gap between a concrete footing and shake table, loosening of steel anchors, etc.) in scalar quantities. However, these spring and dashpot coefficients can only be coordinated based on experimental results, making it challenging to select the coefficients in-prior to perform an experimental test.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2019

2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquakes led Koreans to acknowledge that the Korean peninsula is not an earthquake-free zone anymore. Among various buildings crucial to after-shock recovery, general hospital buildings, especially existing old ones, are very significant so seismic retrofitting of those must be an important issue. Self-centering energy dissipative(SCED) brace is one of retrofitting methods, which consists of tendon with restoring force and friction device capable of dissipating seismic energy. The strength of the SCED brace is that the tendon forces a structure to go back to the original position, which means residual drift can be negligible. The residual drift is a very important parameter to determine usableness of general hospitals after shock. To the contrary, buckling-restrained braces(BRB) are also a very effective way to retrofit because they can resist both compressive and tensile, but residual drift may exist when the steel core yields. On this background, the seismic retrofitting effect of general hospitals reinforced with SCED braces was investigated and compared to that of the BRD in this study. As a result, although the floor acceleration cannot be reduced, the story drift and residual drift, and the shear demand of walls significantly decreased. Consequently, seismic retrofitting by SCED braces are very effective for domestic low-rise general hospitals.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2011

흙막이 가시설 공사에 사용되는 H-pile은 철거의 어려움으로 공사 완료 후 그대로 지중에 사장되거나 사용 후 인발된다. 이때 H-pile 외부에 공동이 있을 경우 지반 변형을 일으키게 된다. 본 연구의 목적은 H-pile을 이용한 흙막이 구조물 조성 시 천공 후 공동 충진을 용이하게 할 수 있고, H-pile 회수 시 마찰을 최소화하는 채움재 개발에 있다. 일차시험에서는 연구 목적을 만족하는 배합비를 선정하기 위해 수행되었고, 이차시험에서는 사용재료와 철판의 전단시험으로 인발 시 적용성을, 압밀시험을 통해 공동 충진 시 적용성을 평가하였다. 시험결과 유동화 채움재로서 우수한 성질을 보이는 배합은 벤토나이트를 기준으로 물 350%~450%, 시멘트 70%~100%, 모래 70%~100%가 포함된 배합으로 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.775-786
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• 2022

원자력발전소 구조물을 포함하여 플랜트 구조물에서는 사용 중 설비보강을 위하여 벽체 및 슬래브에 관통부를 신설하는 경우가 빈번히 발생하고 있으며, 관통부 설치작업 중에 철근이 절단되는 사례가 일부 발생하고 있다. 이 관통부들은 설계 또는 건설 단계에서 고려된 것이 아니므로 설치 중 발생한 철근의 절단은 사실상 구조물의 손상이기 때문에, 관통부 주변 응력 전이범위 또는 유효폭을 고려한 구조물의 건전성 평가가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 가동중인 원자력발전소 벽식 건물의 전단벽에 관통부를 신설할 경우에 발생하는 철근 절단의 영향을 평가하기 위하여 다양한 비선형 해석과 정적 가력 실험을 수행하였다. 그리고 관통부 신설과 철근의 절단으로 인한 벽체의 강성저하와 관통부 주변 철근의 응력 및 변형률 분포를 평가하였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.75-85
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• 2023

굴착공사가 이루어지는 지역에서는 지하수위 변화와 지반침하를 최소화하기 위한 흙막이 벽체 공법 선정이 매우 중요하다. 이러한 측면에서 CIP 공법의 단점을 보완할 수 있는 SPW 공법은 국내 흙막이 벽체 시공 시 점차 증가하는 추세이다. 이러한 여건을 고려하여 본 연구에서는 SPW 공법의 설계요소와 흙막이 벽체의 구조적 안정요소간 상호 특성에 대하여 연구하였다. 여기서, 흙막이 벽체의 설계요소는 말뚝 간 겹침길이, 말뚝직경, H형강 보강재 규격이며 이에 따른 흙막이 벽체의 구조적 안정요소는 흙막이 벽체의 휨응력, 전단응력, 수평변위, 콘크리트 강도이다. 연구 결과 H형강 보강재의 부재력에 큰 영향을 미치는 설계요소는 말뚝직경과 H형강 보강재 규격이며, 수평변위에 큰 영향을 미치는 설계요소는 말뚝직경과 말뚝 간 겹침길이인 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 콘크리트 강도에 큰 영향을 미치는 설계요소는 말뚝직경과 H형강 보강재 규격인 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2006

최근 보강토는 토지활용의 극대화 방법의 일환으로 토목구조물에 다양하게 이용되고 있다. 일반적으로 보강토를 축조하는 과정에서 높이 약 $20{\sim}50cm$ 내외로 다짐을 실시하고 있으며, 이러한 다짐과정에서 기계진통이 보강토에 영향을 미치고 있는 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 토목섬유(부직포)로 보강된 화강풍화토에 대한 정적하중 및 동적하중에 의한 비압밀비배수 삼축압축시험을 실시하여 무보강 및 보강화강풍화토의 응력-변형특성 등에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 즉 비압밀비배수 조건하에서 토목섬유로 보강된 화강풍화토의 전단장도는 주로 점착력성분 증가는 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, 내부마찰각 성분의 증가는 무보강에 비해 다소 작게 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2010

화강풍화토는 가장 일반적인 흙의 종류이다. 비등방성 화강풍화토의 응력-변형-강도를 측정하는 것은 사면, 옹벽, 굴착의 변형과 안정을 위하여 매우 중요하다. 불포화 강도특성을 알기 위하여 일련의 불포화 배수삼축압축시험을 시행하였다. 시험시료는 다짐방향에 각각 0, 45, 90도의 축방향각을 갖도록 하였다. 등방압축을 받는 시료의 축변형률은 다짐방향에 의하여 크게 영향을 받으며 이차압축과정에는 시간의존성은 다짐방향과 관계가 거의 없다. 삼축압축강도와 변형에 미치는 다짐방향의 영향은 저구속압과 포화토에서 더 확연한것으로 나타났다. 다짐방향과의 각도를 고려하는 불포화화강풍화토의 강도를 추정하는 방법을 제안하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.237-248
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• 2022

Nowadays, more and more subway tunnels were planed and constructed underneath the ground of urban cities to relieve the congested traffic. Potential damage may occur in existing tunnel if the new tunnel is constructed too close. So far, previous studies mainly focused on the tunnel-tunnel interactions with circular shape. The difference between circular and horseshoe shaped tunnel in terms of deformation mechanism is not fully investigated. In this study, three-dimensional numerical parametric studies were carried out to explore the effect of different tunnel shapes on the complicated tunnel-tunnel interaction problem. Parameters considered include volume loss, tunnel stiffness and relative density. It is found that the value of volume loss play the most important role in the multi-tunnel interactions. For a typical condition in this study, the maximum invert settlement and gradient along longitudinal direction of horseshoe shaped tunnel was 50% and 96% larger than those in circular case, respectively. This is because of the larger vertical soil displacement underneath existing tunnel. Due to the discontinuous hoop axial stress in horseshoe shaped tunnel, significant shear stress was mobilized around the axillary angles. This resulted in substantial bending moment at the bottom plate and side walls of horseshoe shaped tunnel. Consequently, vertical elongation and horizontal compression in circular existing tunnel were 45% and 33% smaller than those in horseshoe case (at monitored section X/D = 0), which in latter case was mainly attributed to the bending induced deflection. The radial deformation stiffness of circular tunnel is more sensitive to the Young's modulus compared with horseshoe shaped tunnel. This is because of that circular tunnel resisted the radial deformation mainly by its hoop axial stress while horseshoe shaped tunnel do so mainly by its flexural rigidity. In addition, the reduction of soil stiffness beneath the circular tunnel was larger than that in horseshoe shaped tunnel at each level of relative density, indicating that large portion of tunneling effect were undertaken by the ground itself in circular tunnel case.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.455-464
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• 2023

Seismologists now suggest that the earth has entered an active seismic period; many earthquake-related events are occurring globally. Consequently, numerous casualties, as well as economic losses due to earthquakes, have been reported in recent years. Primarily, significant and colossal damage occurs in reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with masonry infill wall systems, and the construction of these types of structures have increased worldwide. According to a report from the Ministry of Education in the Republic of Korea, many buildings were built with RC frames with masonry infill walls in the Republic of Korea during the 1980s. For years, most structures of this type have been school buildings, and since the Pohang earthquake in 2017, the government of the Republic of Korea has paid close attention to this social event and focused on damage from earthquakes. From a long-term research perspective, damage from structural collapse due to the short column effect has been a major concern, specifically because the RC frame with a masonry infill wall system is the typical form of structure for school buildings. Therefore, the short column effect has recently been a major topic for research. This study compares one RC frame with four different types of RC frames with masonry infill wall systems. Structural damage due to the short column effect is clearly analyzed, as the result of this research is giving in a higher infill wall system produces a greater shear force on the connecting point between the infill wall system and the column. The study is expected to be a useful reference for research on the short column effect in RC frames with masonry infill wall systems.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.349-361
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• 2024

Excessive torsional behaviour is one of the major reasons for failure of buildings, as inferred from past earthquakes. Numerous seismic codes across the world specify a displacement-based or drift-based criterion for classifying buildings as torsionally irregular. In recent years, quite a few researchers have pointed out some of the inherent deficiencies associated with the current codal guidelines on torsional irregularity. This short communication paper aims to envisage the need for a revision of the displacement-based guidelines on torsional irregularity, and further highlight the appropriateness of a rotation-based criterion. A set of 6 reinforced concrete building models with asymmetric shear walls are analysed using ETABS v18.0.2, by varying the number of stories from 1 to 9, and the torsional irregularity coefficient of various stories is calculated using the displacement-based formula. Since rotation about the vertical axis is a direct indication of the twist experienced by a building, the calculated torsional irregularity coefficients of all stories are compared with the corresponding floor rotations. The conflicting results obtained for the torsional irregularity coefficients are projected through five categories, namely mismatch with floor rotations, inconsistency in trend, lack of clarity in incorporation of negative values, sensitivity to low values of displacement and error conceived in the mathematical formulation. The findings indicate that the irregularity coefficient does not accurately represent the torsional behaviour of buildings in a realistic sense. The Indian seismic code-based values of 1.2 and 1.4, which are used to characterize buildings as torsionally irregular are observed to be highly sensitive to the numerical values of displacements, rather than the actual degree of rotation. The study thus emphasizes the revision of current guidelines based on a more relevant rotation-based or eccentricity-based approach.