• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 상부구조물과 진동대에서 측정된 가속도를 이용하여 구조물과 지반의 동적 상호작용을 고려한 진동대 시험을 수행하는 방법이 제안된다. 부분구조법을 기반으로 한 제안된 실험법은 상부구조물만을 실험체로 사용하고 지반모델에 대해서는 동적지반강성을 진동대 제어기에 반영하는 방법이다. 이 때, 실험부분인 상부구조물은 전체 구조물 지반계의 동적거동을 모사하기 위한 운동으로 진동대에 의해 가진된다. 먼저, 구조물 지반계의 운동방정식으로부터 유도된 수치 시뮬레이션 검증모델에 의해 제안된 방법의 타당성이 검증된다. 또한, 진동대의 전달함수를 고려한 시뮬레이션 모델로부터 진동대 시험에 의한 제안된 방법의 적용성이 수치 시뮬레이션에 의해 검증된다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2006년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.337-344
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• 2006

This paper is concerned with the simplified criterion given in ASCE 4-98, for determining whether soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis is required for seismic response analysis of nuclear power plant structures. In this study, the criterion is evaluated for a couple of example structures including an existing nuclear power plant and the Hualien large-scale seismic test building. Forced vibration analysis and seismic response analysis are carried out using the simple stick model with soil springs and an elaborated SSI analytical model. From the numerical analyses, it is found that the criterion may not allow the fixed-base analysis for bedrock with shear wave velocity of greater than 1,100m/s which is a well-known criterion for a rock site. In addition, it is indicated that peak amplification as well as the peak broadening specified in NRC RG 1.122. shall be considered to include the effects of SSI.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2018

In the last decades, valuable results have been reported regarding conventional passive, active, semi-active, and hybrid structural control systems on two-dimensional and a few three-dimensional shear buildings. In this research, using a three-dimensional finite element model of high-rise concrete structures, designed by performance based plastic design method, it was attempted to construct a relatively close to reality model of concrete structures equipped with Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) by considering the effect of soil-structure interaction (SSI), torsion effect, hysteresis behavior and cracking effect of concrete. In contrast to previous studies which have focused mainly on linearly designed structures, in this study, using performance-based plastic design (PBPD) design approach, nonlinear behavior of the structures was considered from the beginning of the design stage. Inelastic time history analysis on a detailed model of twenty-story concrete structure was performed under a far-field ground motion record set. The seismic responses of the structure by considering SSI effect are studied by eight main objective functions that are related to the performance of the structure, containing: lateral displacement, acceleration, inter-story drift, plastic energy dissipation, shear force, number of plastic hinges, local plastic energy and rotation of plastic hinges. The tuning problem of TMD based on tuned mass spectra is set by considering five of the eight previously described functions. Results reveal that the structural damage distribution range is retracted and inter-story drift distribution in height of the structure is more uniform. It is strongly suggested to consider the effect of SSI in structural design and analysis.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권3호
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• pp.381-391
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• 2023

The seismic performance of the tall building equipped with a tuned mass damper (TMD) considering soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects is well studied in the literature. However, these studies are performed on the nominal model of the seismic-excited structural system with SSI. Hence, the outcomes of the studies may not valid for the actual structural system. To address the study gap, the reliability theory as a useful and powerful method is utilized in the paper. The present study aims to carry out reliability analyses on tall buildings equipped with TMD under near-field pulse-like (NFPL) ground motions considering SSI effects using a subset simulation (SS) method. In the presence of uncertainties of the structural model, TMD device, foundation, soil, and near-field pulse-like ground motions, the numerical studies are performed on a benchmark 40-story building and the failure probabilities of the structures with and without TMD are evaluated. Three types of soils (dense, medium, and soft soils), different earthquake magnitudes (M_w = 7,0. 7,25. 7,5 ), different nearest fault distances (r = 5. 10 and 15 km), and three seismic performance levels of immediate occupancy (IO), life safety (LS), and collapse prevention (CP) are considered in this study. The results show that tall buildings built near faults and on soft soils are more affected by uncertainties of the structural and ground motion models. Hence, ignoring these uncertainties may result in an inaccurate estimation of the maximum seismic responses. Also, it is found the TMD is not able to reduce the failure probabilities of the structure in the IO seismic performance level, especially for high earthquake magnitudes and structures built near the fault. However, TMD is significantly effective in the reduction of failure probability for the LS and CP performance levels. For weak earthquakes and long fault distances, the failure probabilities of both structures with and without TMD are near zero, and the efficiency of the TMD in the reduction of failure probabilities is reduced by increasing earthquake magnitudes and the reduction of fault distance. As soil softness increases, the failure probability of structures both with and without TMD often increases, especially for severe near-fault earthquake motion.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.583-595
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• 2019

In this paper, a comprehensive investigation of the dynamic response of a long-bridge subjected to spatially varying earthquake ground motions (SVEGM) is performed based on a proposed analytical model which includes the effect of soil-structure interaction (SSI). The spatial variability of ground motions is simulated by the powerful record generator, SIMQKE II. Modeling of the SSI in the system is simplified by replacing the pile foundations and soil with sets of independent equivalent linear springs and dashpots along the pile groups. One of the most fundamental objectives of this study is to examine how well the proposed model simulates the dynamic response of a bridge system. For this purpose, the baseline data required for the evaluation process is derived from analyzing a 3D numerical model of the bridge system which is validated in this paper. To emphasize the importance of the SVEGM and SSI, bridge responses are also determined for the uniform ground motion and fixed base cases. This study proposing a compatible analytical model concerns the relative importance of the SSI and SVEGM and shows that these effects cannot be neglected in the seismic analysis of long-bridges.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.499-512
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• 2016

경계반력법은 일반적인 복합법에서 필요한 진동수영역과 시간영역의 반복 작업이 필요없는 두 단계의 시간수영역 부구조법이다. 경계반력법은 다음의 두 단계로 나누어진다: (1) 진동수영역에서 선형구간과 비선형구간 경계에서 경계반력계산, (2) 시간영역에서 경계반력을 이용한 파동방사형문제 해석. 이때 시간영역에서는 파동방사형문제를 모사하기 위해 근역지반을 모델링한다. 이 연구에서는 면진원전구조물의 비선형 SSI 해석을 위한 BRM 해석의 근역지반 모델링 범위에 따른 응답을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 등가선형 SSI 문제를 이용하여 매개변수해석을 수행하였다. BRM 응답의 정확성을 평가하기 위해 BRM 응답은 재래의 SSI 해석의 응답과 비교하였다. 수치해석결과 BRM 해석을 위한 근역지반 모델링 범위는 기초의 크기뿐만 아니라 지반조건의 영향을 받았다. 마지막으로, BRM 해석을 면진원전구조물의 비선형 SSI 해석에 적용하므로 BRM의 정확성과 효율성을 입증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1293-1309
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• 2015

3D two adjacent buildings with different heights founded in different kinds of soil connected with viscous dampers groups, with especial arrangement in plane, were investigated. Soil structure interaction for three different kinds of soil (stiff, medium and soft) were modeled as 3D Winkler model to give the realistic behavior of adjacent buildings connected with viscous dampers under various earthquake excitations taking in the account the effect of different kinds of soil beneath the buildings, using SAP2000n to model the whole system. A range of soil properties and soil damping characteristics are chosen which gives broad picture of connected structures system behavior resulted from the influence soil-structure interaction. Its conclusion that the response of connected structures system founded on soft soil are more critical than those founded on stiff soil. The behavior of connected structures is different from those with fixed base bigger by nearly 20%, and the efficiency of viscous dampers connecting the two adjacent buildings is reduced by nearly 25% less than those founded on stiff soil.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권2호
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• pp.173-189
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• 2023

For a given structural geometry, the stiffness and damping parameters of the soil and the dynamic response of the structure may change in the face of an equivalent linear soil behavior caused by a strong earthquake. Therefore, the influence of equivalent linear soil behavior on the impedance functions form and the seismic response of the soil-structure system has been investigated. Through the substructure method, the seismic response of the selected structure was obtained by an analytical formulation based on the dynamic equilibrium of the soil-structure system modeled by an analog model with three degrees of freedom. Also, the dynamic response of the soil-structure system for a nonlinear soil behavior and for the two types of impedance function forms was also analyzed by 2D finite element modeling using ABAQUS software. The numerical results were compared with those of the analytical solution. After the investigation, the effect of soil nonlinearity clearly showed the critical role of soil stiffness loss under strong shaking, which is more complex than the linear elastic soil behavior, where the energy dissipation depends on the seismic motion amplitude and its frequency, the impedance function types, the shear modulus reduction and the damping increase. Excellent agreement between finite element analysis and analytical results has been obtained due to the reasonable representation of the model.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2001

전단파속도가 1,050m/sec 이하인 경우의 기초지반에 대한 내진해석에서는 지반-구조물 상호작용해석이 반드시 수행되어야 하며, 이러한 기초지반에서는 강지진동 작용시 지반의 비선형성이 현저하게 나타나므로 내진해석시 지반의 비선형성은 필수적으로 고려되어야 한다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 입력지진동에 따른 지반의 비선형 거동을 평가하기 위한 방법으로서 기존의 수치해석적인 방법에 비하여 평가절차가 단순하고 신뢰성이 높은 Downhole 지진계측자료에 의한 평가방법을 제안하였다. 대만 화련부지를 대상으로 본 연구에서 제안한 지반의 비선형성 평가방법에 대한 신뢰성을 검증한 결과, 기존의 SHAKE프로그램에 의한 평가결과 및 지진응답 계측결과에 잘 일치하는 높은 수준의 정확성을 보임으로써 그 신뢰성 및 가용성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.591-617
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• 2015

Standards for seismic assessment and retrofitting of buildings provide deformation limit states for structural members and connections. However, in order to perform fully consistent performance-based seismic analyses of soil-structure systems; deformation limit states must also be available for foundations that are vulnerable to nonlinear actions. Because such limit states have never been established in the past, a laboratory testing program was conducted to study the rotational capacity of small-scale foundation models under combined axial load and moment. Fourteen displacement-controlled monotonic and cyclic tests were performed using a cohesionless soil contained in a $2.0{\times}2.0{\times}1.2m$ container box. It was found that the foundation models exhibited a stable hysteretic behavior for imposed rotations exceeding 0.06 rad and that the measured foundation moment capacity complied well with Meyerhof's equivalent width concept. Simplified code-based soil-structure analyses of an 8-story building under an array of strong ground motions were also conducted to preliminary evaluate the implication of finite rotational capacity of vulnerable foundations. It was found that for the same soil as that of the experimental program foundations would have a deformation capacity that far exceeds the imposed rotational demands under the lateral load resisting members so yielding of the soil may constitute a reliable source of energy dissipation for the system.