• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.351-368
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• 2014

This study presents a hunting search based optimum design algorithm for engineering optimization problems. Hunting search algorithm is an optimum design method inspired by group hunting of animals such as wolves, lions, and dolphins. Each of these hunters employs hunting in a different way. However, they are common in that all of them search for a prey in a group. Hunters encircle the prey and the ring of siege is tightened gradually until it is caught. Hunting search algorithm is employed for the automation of optimum design process, during which the design variables are selected for the minimum objective function value controlled by the design restrictions. Three different examples, namely welded beam, cellular beam and moment resisting steel frame are selected as numerical design problems and solved for the optimum solution. Each example differs in the following ways: Unlike welded beam design problem having continuous design variables, steel frame and cellular beam design problems include discrete design variables. Moreover, while the cellular beam is designed under the provisions of BS 5960, LRFD-AISC (Load and Resistant Factor Design-American Institute of Steel Construction) is considered for the formulation of moment resisting steel frame. Levy Flights is adapted to the simple hunting search algorithm for better search. For comparison, same design examples are also solved by using some other well-known search methods in the literature. Results reveal that hunting search shows good performance in finding optimum solutions for each design problem.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.405-415
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• 2011

건축물의 안전한 내진설계를 위해서는 층간변위비 뿐만 아니라 부재에 요구되는 소성변형을 평가하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 복잡한 비선형해석 없이 탄성해석을 사용하여 강기둥-약보로 설계된 철골 특수모멘트골조의 보에 요구되는 소성변형을 평가하는 간편한 방법을 개발하였다. 개발한 방법은 탄성해석 결과를 근거로 모멘트 재분배, 기둥 단면치수 및 보 소성힌지 이동, 패널존 변형, 중력하중, 변형경화 거동 등을 고려하여 보의 소성변형각을 직접적으로 예측한다. 또한 가새골조 또는 코어벽 등 횡력 저항구조와 모멘트골조의 상호 작용인 로킹 효과 고려한다. 검증을 위하여 강기둥-약보로 설계된 6층 특수모멘트골조에 제안된 방법을 적용하여 보의 소성변형각을 예측하고, 그 결과를 비선형 해석 결과와 비교하였다. 검증 결과, 제안된 방법은 설계 변수에 따른 보의 소성변형각을 합리적으로 예측하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.65-88
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• 2011

A new method for the seismic design of plane steel moment resisting frames is developed. This method determines the design base shear of a plane steel frame through modal synthesis and spectrum analysis utilizing different values of the strength reduction (behavior) factor for the modes considered instead of a single common value of that factor for all these modes as it is the case with current seismic codes. The values of these modal strength reduction factors are derived with the aid of a) design equations that provide equivalent linear modal damping ratios for steel moment resisting frames as functions of period, allowable interstorey drift and damage levels and b) the damping reduction factor that modifies elastic acceleration spectra for high levels of damping. Thus, a new performance-based design method is established. The direct dependence of the modal strength reduction factor on desired interstorey drift and damage levels permits the control of deformations without their determination and secures that deformations will not exceed these levels. By means of certain seismic design examples presented herein, it is demonstrated that the use of different values for the strength reduction factor per mode instead of a single common value for all modes, leads to more accurate results in a more rational way than the code-based ones.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.69-78
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• 1997

철골 모멘트 접합부의 보 하부를 헌치로 보강하여 내진성을 크게 향상 시킬 수 있음이 최근의 실물대 보-기둥 "부분골조" 실험을 토하여 확인된 바 있다. 그러나 헌치보강에서 기인할 수 있는 부작용 (side effecs) 또는 보강구조체의 "시스템 레벨"의 거동에 관해서는 현재 잘알려진 것이 없다. 본 연구에서는 헌치보강시 생성되는 이중패널존의 거동을 해석과정에 반영하여 보강구조체의 시스템 레벨의 거동변화를 고찰하였다. 이중패널존의 모델링은 최근에 필자가 제시한 기법을 사용하였으며 1994년 노스리지 지진 당시 접합부 손상을 입은 13층 철골모멘트골조를 대상으로 연구를 수행하였다. 정적/동적 비선형해석에 의해 얻어진 원구조물과 부강구조물의 전체적 응답(global responses)은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으며 취약층(weak story)의 촉진과 같은 유해한 부작용도 수반되지 않았다.은 유해한 부작용도 수반되지 않았다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2018

Design of structures subjected to blast loads are usually carried out through nonlinear inelastic dynamic analysis followed by imposing acceptance criteria specified in design codes. In addition to comprehensive aspects of inelastic dynamic analyses, particularly in analysis and design of structures subjected to transient loads, they inherently suffer from convergence and computational cost problems. In this research, a strategy is proposed for design of steel moment resisting frames under far range blast loads. This strategy is inspired from performance based seismic design concepts, which is here developed to blast design. For this purpose, an algorithm is presented to calculate the capacity modification factors of frame members in order to simplify design of these structures subjected to blast loading. The present method provides a simplified design procedure in which the linear dynamic analysis is preformed, instead of the time-consuming nonlinear dynamic analysis. Nonlinear and linear analyses are accomplished in order to establish this design procedure, and consequently the final design procedure is proposed as a strategy requiring only linear structural analysis, while acceptance criteria of nonlinear analysis is implicitly satisfied.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.315-328
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• 2018

Built-up Double-I (BD-I) columns consist of two hot rolled IPE sections and two cover plates which are welded by fillet welds. In Iran, this type of column is commonly used in braced frames with simple connections and sometimes in low-rise Moment Resisting Frames (MRF) with Welded Flange Plate (WFP) beam-column detailing. To evaluate the seismic performance of WFP connection of I-beam to BD-I column, traditional and modified exterior MRF connections were tested subjected to cyclic prescribed loading of AISC. Test results indicate that the traditional connection does not achieve the intended behavior while the modified connection can moderately meet the requirements of MRF connection. The numerical models of the connections were developed in ABAQUS finite element software and validated with the test results. For this purpose, moment-rotation curves and failure modes of the tested connections were compared with the simulation results. Moreover to avoid improper failure modes, some improvements of the connections were evaluated through a numerical study.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.589-611
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• 2016

The primary objectives of this research are to investigate the energy factor response of steel moment resisting frame (MRF) systems equipped with fuses subject to ground motions and to develop an energy-based evaluation approach for evaluating the damage-control behavior of the system. First, the energy factor of steel MRF systems with fuses below the resilience threshold is derived utilizing the energy balance equation considering bilinear oscillators with significant post-yielding stiffness ratio, and the effect of structural nonlinearity on the energy factor is investigated by conducting a parametric study covering a wide range of parameters. A practical transformation approach is also proposed to associate the energy factor of steel MRF systems with fuses with classic design spectra based on elasto-plastic systems. Then, the energy balance is extended to structural systems, and an energy-based procedure for damage-control evaluation is proposed and a damage-control index is also derived. The approach is then applied to two types of steel MRF systems with fuses to explore the applicability for quantifying the damage-control behavior. The rationality of the proposed approach and the accuracy for identifying the damage-control behavior are demonstrated by nonlinear static analyses and incremental dynamic analyses utilizing prototype structures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.93-107
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• 2016

Seismic fragility analysis is a probabilistic decision-making framework which is widely implemented for evaluating vulnerability of a building under earthquake loading. It requires ingredient named probabilistic model and commonly developed using statistics requiring collecting data in large quantities. Preparation of such a data-base is often costly and time-consuming. Therefore, in this paper, by developing generic seismic drift demand model for regular-multi-story steel moment resisting frames is tried to present a novel application of the probabilistic decision-making analysis to practical purposes. To this end, a demand model which is a linear function of intensity measure in logarithmic space is developed to predict overall maximum inter-story drift. Next, the model is coupled with a set of regression-based equations which are capable of directly estimating unknown statistical characteristics of the model parameters.To explicitly address uncertainties arise from randomness and lack of knowledge, the Bayesian regression inference is employed, when these relations are developed. The developed demand model is then employed in a Seismic Fragility Analysis (SFA) for two designed building. The accuracy of the results is also assessed by comparison with the results directly obtained from Incremental Dynamic analysis.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.361-371
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• 2006

최근 전통적인 구조 최적화 알고리즘의 단점을 극복하기 위해서 부재 변위기여도를 이용뼈 부재 사이즈를 조절함으로써 건물의 변위을 만족시키는 재분배기법이 실용적인 고층 건물 변위설계법으로 인식되고 있다. 재분배 기법을 이용한 변위 설계법은 변위에 효과적인 부재는 물량은 증가시키고, 변위제어에 효과적이지 못한 부재의 물량은 감소시키는 방법으로 변위를 제어한다. 기존 연구에서 재분배 기법은 동적 변위기여도에 근거하여 지진하중을 받는 철골 구조물의 변위를 효과적으로 제어할 수 있었다 기존의 연구에서 재분배 기법은 정하중과 지진하중을 받는 고층 건물의 변위를 효과적으로 제어할 수 있었으나, 재분배 기법으로 설계된 구조물의 비선형 성능에 대한 평가는 이루어 지지 못했다. 본 연구에서는 변위 제어 뿐 만 아니라 비선형 특성을 함께 개선할 수 있는 재분배 기법을 개발하기 위한 기초 연구로서, 재분배 기법의 비선형 특성 평가 모델을 개발하고, 이를 구조 시스템 중에서 가장 단순한 형태인 철골 모멘트 저항 골조 예제에 적용히여 철골 모멘트 저항 골조에 대한 재분배 기법의 비선형 특성을 평가하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.457-468
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• 2006

얇은 웨브강판을 사용한 전단지배 강판벽의 최대 에너지소산능력 및 연성능력을 연 구하기 위한 실험 연구를 실시하였다. 이를위해서 얇은 강판을 사용한 3층 골조 강판벽 실험을 수행하였다. 주요 실험 변수는 강판의 형상비와 기둥 단면의 전단강도이며, 골조 강판벽 시스템의 상대적 비교를 위해 중심가새골조 및 모멘트저항골조와의 비교실험을 실시하였다. 골조 강판벽 실험체는 중심가새골조와 모멘트저항골조 실험체에 비하여 매우 우수한 연성도와 에너지소산능력을 나타냈다. 따라서 전단지배형 골조강판벽은 큰 강도, 강성 및 변형능력을 동시에 달성할 수 있는 이상적인 내진구조시스템으로 사용할 수 있다. 전단지배 강판벽의 주기거동을 예측하기 위하여, 본 연구의 실험결과와 기존 실험결과를 토대로 강판벽의 에너지소산능력을 예측할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다.