• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.5-20
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• 2010

One-dimensional equivalent linear site response analysis is widely used in practice due to its simplicity, requiring only few input parameters, and low computational cost. The main limitation of the procedure is that it is essentially a linear method, in which the time dependent change in the soil properties cannot be modeled and constant values of shear modulus and damping is used throughout the duration of the analysis. Various forms of modified equivalent linear analyses have been developed to enhance the accuracy of the equivalent linear method by incorporating the dependence of the shear strain with the loading frequency. The methods are identical in that it uses the shear strain Fourier spectrum as the backbone of the analysis, but differ in the method in which the strain Fourier spectrum is smoothed. This study used two domestically measured soil profiles to perform a series of nonlinear, equivalent linear, and modified equivalent linear site response analyses to verify the accuracy of two modified procedures. The results of the analyses indicate that the modified equivalent linear analysis can highly overestimate the amplification of the high frequency components of the ground motion. The degree of overestimation is dependent on the characteristics of the input ground motion. Use of a motion rich in high frequency contents can result in unrealistic response.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.113-120
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• 2008

One-dimensional site response analysis is widely used to simulate the seismic site effects. The equivalent linear analysis, which is the most widely used type of site response analysis, is essentially a linear method. The method applies constant shear modulus and damping throughout the frequency range of the input motion, ignoring the dependence of the soil response on the loading frequency. A new type of equivalent linear analysis method that can simulate the frequency dependence of the soil behavior via frequency-strain curve was developed. Various forms of frequency-strain curves were proposed, and all curves were asserted to increase the accuracy of the solution. However, its validity has not been extensively proven and the effect of the shape of the frequency-strain curve is not known. This paper used two previously proposed frequency-strain curves and three additional curves developed in this study to evaluate the accuracy of the frequency-dependent equivalent linear method and the influence of the shape of the frequency-strain curves. In the evaluation, six recordings from three case histories were used. The results of the case study indicated that the shape of the frequency-strain curve has a dominant influence on the calculated response, and that the frequency dependent analysis can enhance the accuracy of the solution. However, a curve that results in the best match for all case histories did not exist and the optimum curve varied for each case. Since the optimum frequency-strain curve can not be defined, it is recommended that a suite of curves be used in the analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.333-338
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• 1996

강진에 의한 원전구조물의 동적해석시 지반의 비선형특성은 반드시 고려해야 할 사항이다. 지반의 비선형특성은 지반-구조계의 동적응답을 구하는 과정에서 가장 중요한 요소중의 하나며 이를 고려한 비선형 지진해석은 일반적으로 매우 복잡하고 정해를 구하기가 매우 어려운 문제다. 본 연구에서는 비선형 해법으로 널리 사용되고 있는 등가선형화방법을 사용하여 계측결과가 있는 TEPSCO 비선형 지진문제를 해석하였으며 이 방법의 정확도와 적용성을 분석하였다. 아울러 축대칭기법을 사용하여 비선형지진해석을 수행할때의 문제점에 관해서도 검토하였다.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.57-64
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• 1994

The subject of this paper is the simulation of a nonlinear stochastic differential equation. The Monte-Carlo solution of stochastic problems is applied to solve it. The method has been applied to problems involving nonlinear rolling motion of ships in irregular waves. These results are compared with those obtained by the stochastic linearization method and the equivalent nonlinear equation method to demonstrate its usefulness.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.389-398
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• 2008

The current design practice of electric transmission tower is based on the allowable stress design. However, it is difficult to find the cause behind a transmission tower's collapse by the above design approach as the collapse is caused by large secondary deformations based on and geometrical nonlinear behavior.influence factor for the nonlinear behavior is mainly residual stress, initial imperfection and end restraints on members. In this study, the necessity of the nonlinear analysis is examined through the comparison between elastic ana the nonlinear analysis, a new analytical method (equivalent nonlinear analysis technique) is proposed. To confirm the reliability of the proposed method, the computed ultimate load of the transmission tower using the method was compared with that of the nonlinear finite element analysis. Effects of parameters, such as compressive force and the slenderness ratio of the brace member on the main post member, were investigated. The effective member length according to influential parameters was formulated in table form for practical purposes.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.169-187
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• 2008

Performance-based approaches as an alternative method of the existing force-based approach have gradually become recognized tools for the seismic design and evaluation. The maximum inelastic displacement response using capacity spectrum method (CSM) with elastic response spectrum is estimated from seismic response of equivalent linear system converted from nonlinear system. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate accuracy of capacity spectrum method using the equivalent SDOF methods of 4 types and the equivalent damping methods of 5 types for RC wall structure. In order to evaluate accuracy of capacity spectrum analysis, the shaking table test results for RC wall structures are compared with those by the capacity spectrum analysis. Also, the effect of bilinear capacity curves by two bilinear approximation methods for capacity spectrum analysis is compared.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.435-443
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• 2010

The current design practice of an electric transmission tower is based on the allowable stress design. Design strengths of the electric transmission tower's compression member are determined by buckling the strength of the member itself without considering joint strength. There is a possibility of a joint failure prior to the buckling of a member. Therefore, in this study, joint strength is calculated for various member forces, and the shape of joint and database of strength were established. These data was compared with the member strength obtained from previous research studies based on an equivalent nonlinear analysis technique. Finally, practical evaluation and design method to distinguish failure mode in an electric transmission tower member is proposed.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.388-391
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 풍하중을 받는 구조물의 응답을 보다 적극적으로 저감시킴으로써 구조물의 안정성과 사용성을 개선하기위한 능동제어 알고리즘을 송도 자유무역 지구에 건설중인 포스코건설 사옥에 수치해석을 통해 적용하여 그 효과를 검증하였다. 수치해석에 의한 시뮬레이션 결과를 보면 최대 제어력이 제한이 된 비선형 제어기가 LQR 제어기와 등등한 제어효과를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 제어력의 측면에서 본다면 비선형 제어기법이 더욱 유리한 것을 알 수 있다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 구조물과 질량형 제진장치의 상호작용을 고려하여 통합적으로 제진효과를 해석하고, 이를 바탕으로 제진장치를 설계할 수 있는 소프트웨어를 개발하였다. 구조물의 모드정보에 기초한 축소모델을 구축하고 제진장치의 설계 및 제진성능 평가를 수행하고 사용성을 평가하게 된다. 전체 소프트웨어는 질량형 제진장치의 설계프로그램과 질량형 제진장치의 종류별 대안설계결과를 등가감쇠비로 표현하여 비교평가하는 두 개의 모듈로 이루어져 있으며 전자는 비제어구조물 해석 모듈 및 TMD, TLD, TLCD, AMD를 대상으로 해석 및 설계를 수행하는 총 5개의 하부 모듈로 구성된다. 본 소프트웨어를 현재 TLCD가 설치되어 있는 인천 송도 국제업무지구의 주상복합건물에 적용하여 TMD, TLD, TLCD, AMD의 대안설계를 실시하였다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.83-91
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 2차원 평면상에서 자유장응답 해석을 위하여 유한요소-경계요소 조합에 의한 수치해석기법을 개발하였다. 전체 계를 외부영역과 내부영역으로 구분하였다. 외부영역은 동적 다층반무한 기본해를 이용한 경계요소로 모형화되고 내부영역은 유한요소로 모형화하여 조합하였다. 다층지반의 외부에서 입사하는 지진에 의한 지진응답해석을 수행하기 위하여 동적기본해를 이용한 자유장응답해석을 수행하였다. 지진응답해석에서는 지반의 전단병형률에 따라 변화하는 비선형특성을 모형화하기 위해 등가선형화기법을 적용하였다. 지진응답해석의 검증에 의하여 해석결과를 상용프로그램의 결과와 비교하였다. 결과적으로 지진응답해석을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 수치해석기법을 개발하였고 구조물이 있는 경우로의 확장돠 가능하게 되었다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.41-49
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• 1997

This paper presents the result of an international cooperative research on the post-correlation analysis of forced vibration tests and the prediction of earthquake responses of a large-scale seismic test structure. The dynamic analysis is carried out using the axisymmetric finite element method incorporating in finite elements for the for field soil region. Through the post-correlation analysis, the properties of the soil layers are revised so that the best correlation in the responses may be obtained compared with the measured force vibration test data. Utilizing the revised soil properties as the initial linear values, the seismic responses are predicted for an earthquake using the equivalent linearlization technique. It has been found that the predicted responses by the equivalent nonlinear procedure are in excellent agreement with the observed responses, while those using the linear properties are fairly off from the measured results.