• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2023

In this paper, seismic performance evaluation was carried out for eight circular reinforced concrete columns designed seismically by KRTA[1]and KCI[8]. Primary design parameters for such columns included many longitudinal reinforcements, yield strength of reinforcements, the vertical spacing of spirals, aspect ratio, and axial force ratio. The test results showed that all the columns exhibited stable hysteretic and inelastic responses. Based on the test results, drift ratios corresponding to each damage state, such as initial yielding, initial cover spalling, initial core concrete crushing, buckling, and fracture of longitudinal reinforcement and final spalled region, were evaluated. Then, those ratios were compared with widely accepted damage limit states. The comparison revealed that the existing damage states were considerably conservative. This implies that additional research is required for the damage limit states of such columns designed seismically by current Korean design codes.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.727-740
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• 2008

A down hole vertical seismic array is a sequence of instruments installed at various depths in the earth to record the ground motion at multiple points during an earthquake. Numerous studies demonstrate the unique utility of vertical seismic arrays for studying in situ site response and soil behavior. Examples are given of analyses made at two sites to show the value of data from vertical seismic arrays. The sites examined are the Lotung, Taiwan SMART1 array and a new site installed at Jingliao, Taiwan. Details of the installation of the Jingliao array are given. ARX models are theoretically the correct process models for vertical wave propagation in the layered earth, and are used to linearly map deeper sensor input signals to shallower sensor output signals. An example of Event 16 at the Lotung array is given. This same data, when examined in detail with a Bayesian inference model, can also be explained by nonlinear filters yielding commonly accepted soil degradation curves. Results from applying an ARMAX model to data from the Jingliao vertical seismic array are presented. Estimates of inter-transducer soil increment resonant frequency, shear modulus, and damping ratio are presented. The shear modulus varied from 50 to 150 MPa, and damping ratio between 8% and 15%. A new hardware monitoring system - TerraScope - is an affordable 4-D down-hole seismic monitoring system based on independent, microprocessor-controlled sensor Pods. The Pods are nominally 50 mm in diameter, and about 120 mm long. An internal 16-bit micro-controller oversees all aspects of instrumentation, eight programmable gain amplifiers, and local signal storage.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.374-379
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• 2008

The purpose of seismic isolation system among them is to lengthen the period of structure and make its period shift from the dominant period of earthquake. In this study, the seismic behavior of arch structure with lead rubber bearing(LRB) and friction pendulum system(FPS) is analyzed. The arch structure is the simplest structure and has the basic dynamic characteristics among large spatial structures. Also, Large spatial structures have large vertical response by horizontal seismic vibration, unlike seismic behavior of normal rahmen structures. When horizontal seismic load is applied to the large spatial structure with isolation systems, the horizontal acceleration response of the large spatial structure is reduced and the vertical seismic response is remarkably reduced.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.377-394
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• 1998

Slit shear walls an reinforced concrete shear wall structures with purposely built-in vertical slits. If the slits are inserted with visco-elastic damping materials, the shear walls will become viscoelastic sandwich beams. When adequately designed, this kind of structures can be quite effective in resisting earthquake loads. Herein, a simple analysis method is developed for the evaluation of the stochastic responses of visco-elastic slit shear walls. In the proposed method, the stiffness and mass matrices are derived by using Rayleigh-Ritz method, and the responses of the structures are calculated by means of complex modal analysis. Apart from slit shear walls, this analysis method is also applicable to coupled shear walls and cantilevered sandwich beams. Numerical examples are presented and the results clearly show that the seismic responses of shear wall structures can be substantially reduced by incorporating vertical slits into the walls and inserting visco-elastic damping materials into the slits.

• 기술사
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2005

A Tsunami was generated by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake which occurred near Indonesia. An energetic Tsunami will display vertical water displacement of the order of ten meters and lateral scales of the order of tens of kilometers. The Tsunami destroyed many coastal villages in Asia. So, there are many victims in southeastern part Asia by Tsunami. Therefore, the construction of Tsunami prediction and warning system is needed for minimize the damage by seismic sea waves.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.267-273
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• 2011

대륙지각으로부터 해양지각으로의 지각특성 변화가 나타나는 동해연안 해저에서 발생하는 미소지진의 위치를 JHD (Joint Hypocenter Determination) 방법을 사용하여 정밀 재결정하였다. 기상청 국가지진관측망의 지진관측 능력을 충분히 활용하고 지진발생위치 결정에 사용되는 지진의 수를 충분히 확보하기 위하여 연속지진자료를 점검하여, 20 km ${\times}$ 20 km의 연구지역에서 발생하는 56개의 미소지진 자료를 확보하였다. 우선 일반적으로 사용되는 단일진원인자 결정 방법으로 지진의 발생위치를 결정하였으며, 이 결과만으로는 연구지역 해저에 존재하는 해저 구조를 밝혀내기에 충분치 않다. 그러나 JHD 방법을 적용하면, 지진의 발생위치는 공간적 군을 형성하고 지진 발생의 원인이 되는 4개의 단층을 구체적으로 표시한다. 이들 4개의 단층은 2개의 수직으로 분포하는 진원위치와 2개의 가파르게 남쪽으로 경사져서 분포하는 진원위치로 표시된다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.235-244
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 토체내에 발생하는 파괴면(破壞面)의 방향(方向)은 선형변형율증분(線形變形率增分)이 0인 영팽창선(零膨脹線)의 방향(方向)과 일치한다고 하는 Roscoe의 영팽창선이론(零膨脹線理論)과 Mononobe-Okabe의 동적(動的) 토압이론(土壓理論)을 응용(應用)하여 지진(地震)의 영향(影響)을 고려한 동적토압이론식(動的土壓理論式)을 제안하였다. 동적토압식을 유도함에 있어서 벽체는 연직이고 재하중(載荷重)이 없으며, 뒷채움면은 수평면이고 그 재료는 조밀한 비점착성(非粘着性) 사질토(砂質土)로서 지진시에도 토질정수(土質定數)는 변화되지 않는 것으로 가정하였으며, 지진에 의한 영향을 고려하기 위하여 수평방향진도(水平方向震度)만을 고려하였다. 한편, 제안된 토압식에 포함되어 있는 수평진도(水平震度), 흙의 내부마찰각(內部摩擦角), 벽마찰각(壁摩擦角) 및 다이레이션각(角)의 영향을 분석하였으며, 유도된 이론식을 Mononobe-Okabe의 토압식과 비교분석하였다.

• 대기
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2014

The effects of different averaging operators and atmospheric stability on the turbulent fluxes are investigated using the vertical velocity, air temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and absolute humidity data measured at 10 Hz by a 3-dimensional sonic anemometer and an open-path $CO_2/H_2O$ infrared gas analyzer installed at a height of 18.5 m on the rooftop of the Jungnang KT building located at a typical residential area in Seoul, Korea. For this purpose, 7 different averaging operators including block average, linear regression, and moving averages during 100 s, 300 s, 600 s, 900 s, and 1800 s are considered and the data quality control procedure such as physical limit check and spike removal is also applied. It is found that as the averaging interval becomes shorter, turbulent fluxes computed by the moving average become smaller and the ratios of turbulent fluxes computed by the 100 s moving average to the fluxes by the 1800 s moving average under unstable stability are smaller than those under neutral stability. The turbulent fluxes computed by the linear regression are 85~92% of those computed by the 1800 s moving average and nearly the same as those computed by 900 s moving average, implying that the adequate selection of an averaging operator and its interval will be very important to estimate more accurate turbulent fluxes at urban area.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2018

In this study, we develop and propose damping correction factors for the Korean standard design spectra. The newly proposed Korean standard design spectra has been given only for 5% damping ratio. But in practice, engineers need design spectra for damping values other than 5%. To obtain design spectra for various damping values from the standard spectra, damping correction factors are derived. These factors modify the shape of design spectra in accordance with the damping ratio. Response spectra for various damping values are calculated from the earthquake records that had been used to calculate standard design spectra. They consist of 55 records from 18 earthquakes occurred in overseas intraplate regions and Korea. The regressed spectra for the damping values ranging from 0.5% to 50 % are compared with standard spectra at three regions acceleration, velocity and displacement sensitive regions. The regression analysis of these data rendered formula for damping correction factors. Finally, a single formula for damping correction factors is recommended that is valid for both horizontal and vertical design spectra and that is applicable to the entire range of periods. One thing to note that recommended damping correction factors is valid for the design spectrum of the rock grounds because the design spectra was developed based on the earthquake records of the rock ground.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2017

Multi-Axial Testing System (MATS) is a 6-DOF loading system located at National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) in Taiwan for advanced seismic testing of structural components or sub-assemblages. MATS was designed and constructed for a large variety of structural testing, especially for the specimens that require to be subjected to vertical and longitudinal loading simultaneously, such as reinforced concrete columns and lead rubber bearings. Functionally, MATS consists of a high strength self-reacting frame, a rigid platen, and a large number of servo-hydraulic actuators. The high strength self-reacting frame is composed of two post-tensioned A-shape reinforced concrete frames interconnected by a steel-and-concrete composite cross beam and a reinforced concrete reacting base. The specimen can be anchored between the top cross beam and the bottom rigid platen within a 5-meter high and 3.25-meter wide clear space. In addition to the longitudinal horizontal actuators that can be installed for various configurations, a total number of 13 servo-hydraulic actuators are connected to the rigid platen. Degree-of-freedom control of the rigid platen can be achieved by driving these actuators commanded by a digital controller. The specification and information of MATS in detail are described in this paper, providing the users with a technical point of view on the design, application, and limitation of MATS. Finally, future potential application employing advanced experimental technology is also presented in this paper.