• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.3 s.49
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• pp.65-75
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• 2006

Nonlinear pushover analysis is used to evaluate the earthquake response of building structures. To accurately predict the inelastic response of a structure, the prescribed story load profile should be able to describe the earthquake force profile which actually occurs during the time-history response of the structure. In the present study, a new modal combination method was developed to predict the earthquake load profiles of building structures. In the proposed method, multiple story load profiles are predicted by combining the modal spectrum responses multiplied by the modal combination factors. Parametric studies were performed far moment-resisting frames and walls. Based on the results. the modal combination factors were determined according to the hierarchy of each mode affecting the dynamic responses of structures. The proposed modal combination method was applied to prototype buildings with and without vertical irregularity. The results showed that the proposed method predicts the actual story load profiles which occur during the time-history responses of the structures.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.43-53
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• 2021

Three-dimensional finite element analysis of 1,300 ton stainless water reservoirs was undertaken to consider differential settlement effects of the reservoir when subjected to earthquake loads. The earthquake load for large (>1,000 ton) water reservoirs are further determined using a specification established from the Korean Standards Association. The structural behavior of water reservoirs with differential settlements can be heavily dependent on seismic loading effects. Stress and displacement distributions are induced for various load combinations, including for with and without differential settlements. From numerical examples, the induced maximum displacements of the water reservoirs largely increase with differential settlements compared to those without differential settlements.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.265-272
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• 2015

Finite element analyses were performed on large-sized (>5000 ton) stainless steel circular water reservoirs subjected to earthquake loading for different stainless steel materials. The earthquake load inputs for the analyses were selected by the guidelines in the Korean Standards Association specification KS B 6283. Seismic effects can be heavily dependent on water capacity, especially for large reservoirs. The numerical results show the interactions between the different load combinations and other parameters such as the water capacity and stainless steel materials. Structural performance is also evaluated for the various load combinations.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.51-57
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• 1990

The current load combination criteria for design of nuclear power plant structures(NPP) are not based on the probability-based design concept but rely on the conventional design concept. In this paper, a load combination criteria for design of NPP containment structures are proposed based on a FEM-based random vibration analysis. More accurate reliability analyses under various dynamic loads such as earthquake loads were made possible by incorporating the FEM and random vibration theory, which is different from the conventional reliability analysis method, In this paper, the toad factors for the design of NPP structures in Korea are proposed by considering appropriate load combination criteria for design.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.811-819
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• 2019

Since the Gyeongju earthquake in 2016 and the Pohang earthquake in 2017, the performance of various dynamic tests for seismic design has increased in Korea. However, sinusoidal load has been continuously used in the conventional laboratory tests to evaluate liquefaction potential and determine input-parameters in the numerical analysis. However, recent research results suggest that it is difficult to accurately simulate excess pore water changes of the ground under earthquake loads. In order to solve this problem, this study proposes a combined sinusoidal loading and examines its applicability to the cyclic shear and triaxial test. Also, its validity is examined through performing of shaking-table test and numerical analysis based on the effective stress model. As a result, it was found that the proposed combined sinusoidal loading can more accurately simulate the change of excess pore water pressure in saturated soils under real earthquake load than the sinusoidal load.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.40-48
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• 2016

To observe the rail-slab interaction in continuous welded railway(CWR) bridge when earthquake occurs, additional axial rail stresses and relative longitudinal displacements between rail and bridge deck were calculated with input of various load combinations and 3 different types of seismic loads to an analytical model. As results of analysis, it can be found that standard response spectrum proposed by Korea Rail(KR) network authority for earthquake design showed less additional axial rail stresses than allowable levels, but greater relative longitudinal displacement between rail and bridge deck, which means that adjustment of relative longitudinal displacement within a standard level is much more difficult than axial train stress. Additionally, if a large-scaled earthquake as occurred at Kobe, Japan comes up, then both of additional axial rail stress and relative displacement in rail-bridge deck may exceed allowable levels, which indicates to make proper design guides against sudden earthquake occurrence.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.304-311
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• 1985

원자력발전소는 사고시 주변의 인구 및 환경에 미치는 영향의 심각성을 고려하여 가능한 모든 안전조치를 취하여 설계. 건설되도록 하고 있다. 특히 원자로냉각재 계통의 배관이 그러하며 고도의 안전성 및 신뢰성을 확보하기 위하여 지진에 대해서도 구조적인 건전성이 입증되어야 한다. 일반적으로 지진하중에 대한 배관계통의 내진해석에서는 층응답스펙트럼에 의한 모우드 해석 방법이 이용되고 있다. 이 때 내진해석으로 얻어진 응답의 조합에는 신중한 고려가 필요 하다. 즉 배관계통의 특성, 입력지진의 특성, 계산에 고려하는 모우드의 수등을 감안하여 적절한 응답조합이 이루어져야 한다. 본 해설에서는 여러 가지의 응답조합방법과 해석시 고려되는 모 우드의 수를 제한함으로써 발생하는 오차를 보정하기 위한 누락질량효과(missing mass effect)에 대하여 설명하고자 한다. 또 두 가지의 해석모델에 대하여 실제 내진 해석을 수행하여 그 결 과를 비교검토하기로 한다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.125-138
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• 2001

고유진동수와 감쇠비는 지진이나 바람과 같은 동적 횡하중에 대해 구조물의 응답을 결정하는 주요한 특성이다. 본 연구는 지진하중에 대하여 목표응답 수준을 만족하는 구조물의 고유진동수와 감쇠비를 지정하고, 이 값을 실현하는 점탄성 감쇠기 파라미터의 처적분포를 구하는 설계방법을 제안한다. 여기서 지정할 고유진동수와 감쇠비는 목표응답 수준을 만족하는 여러 조합 중 설계조건과 원래 건물의 특성에 따라 결정될 수 있다. 제안한 설계방법은 점탄성 감쇠기의 감성 파라미터를 고유값의 기울기 정보를 바탕으로 분포시키므로 최적 위치와 크기에 대한 정보를 동시에 제공한다. 예제로서 평면 10층 전단 건물을 대상으로 최적설계를 수행하여 지정된 고유값을 실현하는 파라미터의 최적분포를 구하고 이를 통해 제안한 최적 설계의 특성을 확인하였다. 또한 더 나아가 3차원 일방향 비대칭 전단전물에 제안된 최적설계를 수행하여 그에 대한 적용가능성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.374-381
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 지진 발생시, LRB가 설치된 교량의 시간이력 해석을 수행하였다 이를 위해 LRB의 비선형 거동특성을 Bi-linear로 모형화 하였으며, 기존의 방법인 등가선형으로 모형화된 해석결과와 비교하였다. 또한 LRB받침만 설치된 경우와, LRB받침과 일반탄성받침이 함께 사용된 경우를 해석하여, 받침이 혼합된 경우, 상시하중과 지진하중시 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 검토하였다. 4경간 연속교량에 적용된 해석결과를 보면, LRB만을 설치한 경우, Pot-Bearing만 설치된 경우에 .비해, 고유주기 상승과 이력감쇠에 의한 지진력의 감소와 함께, 지진력의 효과적인 분배를 볼 수 있었으며, 일반탄성받침과의 적절한 조합에 의해서도, 충분한 면진성능을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 LRB의 등가선형 모델이 Bi-linear 모델에 비해 보수적인 해석결과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.21-32
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• 2004

A Seismic analysis procedure of bi-directional brideg motions is developed by using mechanical bridge model. A three-dimensional mechanical model can consider major phenomena under bi-directional seismic excitations, such as nonlinear pier motion under biaxial bending, pounding and bearing damage due to the rotaion of the superstructure, etc. The analyses utilizing the uni-directional and the bi-directional bridge model for the 3-span simply supported bridge are then performed. The seismic responses in two cases are examined and compared by investigating the relative displacements of each superstructure to both ground and adjacent superstructures and the restoring forces of RC pier. The analysis using either the uni-directional model or bi-directional model is acceptable for estimating the displacement responses of a bridge, but the bi-directional analysis is found to give more conservative results for resisting forces of RC piers. To make general conclusions, therefore, the analysis using the bi-directional bridge model should be performed in evaluating the seismic safety of bridges.