• Computers and Concrete
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.495-504
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• 2018

The possibility of earthquakes in vulnerable regions indicates that efficient technique is required for seismic protection of buildings. During the recent decades, the concept is moving towards the insertion of base isolation on seismic prone buildings. So, investigation of structural behavior is a burning topic for buildings to be isolated in base level by bearing device. This study deals with the incorporation of base isolation system and focuses the changes of structural responses for different types of Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB) isolators. A number of sixteen model buildings have been simulated selecting twelve types of bearing systems as well as conventional fixed-base (FB) scheme. The superstructures of the high-rise buildings are represented by finite element assemblage adopting multi-degree of freedoms. Static and dynamic analyses are carried out for FB and base isolated (BI) buildings. The dynamic analysis in finite element package has been performed by the nonlinear time history analysis (THA) based on the site-specific seismic excitation and compared employing eminent earthquakes. The influence of the model type and the alteration in superstructure behavior of the isolated buildings have been duly assessed. The results of the 3D multistory structures show that the lateral forces, displacement, inertia and story accelerations of the superstructure of the seismic prone buildings are significantly reduced due to bearing insertion. The nonlinear dynamic analysis shows 12 to 40% lessening in base shear when LRB is incorporated leading to substantial allowance of horizontal displacement. It is revealed that the LRB isolators might be potential options to diminish the respective floor accelerations, inertia, displacements and base shear whatever the condition coincides. The isolators with lower force intercept but higher isolation period is found to be better for decreasing base shear, floor acceleration and inertia force leading to reduction of structural and non-structural damage. However, LRB with lower isolator period seems to be more effective in dropping displacement at bearing interface aimed at reducing horizontal shift of building structure.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.217-235
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• 2023

Orthogonal pairs of rollers on concave beds (OPRCB) are a low-cost, low-tech rolling-based isolating system, whose high efficiency has been shown in a previous study. However, seismic performance of OPRCB isolators has only been studied in the two-dimensional (2D) state so far. This is while their performance in the three-dimensional (3D) state differs from that of the 2D state, mainly since the vertical accelerations due to rollers' motion in their beds, simultaneously in two orthogonal horizontal directions, are added up and resulting in bigger vertical inertia forces and higher rolling resistance. In this study, first, Lagrange equations were used to derive the governing equations of motion of the OPRCB-isolated buildings in 3D. Then, some regular shear-type OPRCB-isolated buildings were considered subjected to three-component excitations of far- and near-source earthquakes, and their responses were compared to those of their fixed-base counterparts. Finally, the effects of more realistic modeling and analysis were examined by comparing the responses of isolated buildings in 2D and 3D states. Response histories were obtained by the fourth-order Runge-Kutta-Nystrom method, considering the geometrical nonlinearity of isolators. Results reveal that utilizing the OPRCB isolators effectively reduces the acceleration response, however, depending on the system specifications and earthquake characteristics, the maximum responses of isolated buildings in the 3D state can be up to 40% higher than those in the 2D state.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2018

지진은 예보가 거의 불가능하고 짧은 시간동안 일어나 지진이 발생할 때 적극적인 대처를 할 시간적인 여유가 거의 없어 다른 자연재해에 비해 인명피해와 재산피해가 많이 발생한다. 최근 전 세계적으로 지진이 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 이와 같이 지진의 증가에 따라 구조물의 안전성 확보에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있지만 상대적으로 비구조요소인 전기 시설 등에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 그리고 현재 국내의 전기설비는 지진에 대한 안전설계를 하지 않는 경우가 많아 지진이 발생했을 때 손상에 매우 취약하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 ABAQUS를 통해 실제 수배전반과 유사하도록 모델링을 하였고 자연지진파를 이용하여 3D 동적비선형해석을 수행하였다. 송변전설비 내진설계 실무지침서의 지진구역I과 보통지반암 조건에 따르면 기능수행수준의 최대응답가속도는 0.157g이다. 하지만 본 연구에서 일반적인 수배전반에 대한 해석결과의 0.1g에서 한계상태 도달비율은 30%로 안전하다고 볼 수 없다. 그리고 해석결과를 통해 지진취약도를 도출하고 분석하였다. 도출된 지진취약도는 수배전반의 한계상태를 판별하는 정량적 근거로 제시하고 이와 관련된 연구의 기초자료로 활용되는데 목적을 가지고 있다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.323-336
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• 2018

Machine foundations with impact loads are common powerful sources of industrial vibrations. These foundations are generally transferring vertical dynamic loads to the soil and generate ground vibrations which may harmfully affect the surrounding structures or buildings. Dynamic effects range from severe trouble of working conditions for some sensitive instruments or devices to visible structural damage. This work includes an experimental study on the behavior of dry dense sand under the action of a single impulsive load. The objective of this research is to predict the dry sand response under impact loads. Emphasis will be made on attenuation of waves induced by impact loads through the soil. The research also includes studying the effect of footing embedment, and footing area on the soil behavior and its dynamic response. Different falling masses from different heights were conducted using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) to provide the single pulse energy. The responses of different soils were evaluated at different locations (vertically below the impact plate and horizontally away from it). These responses include; displacements, velocities, and accelerations that are developed due to the impact acting at top and different depths within the soil using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and accelerometers (ARH-500A Waterproof, and Low capacity Acceleration Transducer) that are embedded in the soil in addition to soil pressure gauges. It was concluded that increasing the footing embedment depth results in increase in the amplitude of the force-time history by about 10-30% due to increase in the degree of confinement. This is accompanied by a decrease in the displacement response of the soil by about 40-50% due to increase in the overburden pressure when the embedment depth increased which leads to increasing the stiffness of sandy soil. There is also increase in the natural frequency of the soil-foundation system by about 20-45%. For surface foundation, the foundation is free to oscillate in vertical, horizontal and rocking modes. But, when embedding a footing, the surrounding soil restricts oscillation due to confinement which leads to increasing the natural frequency. Moreover, the soil density increases with depth because of compaction, which makes the soil behave as a solid medium. Increasing the footing embedment depth results in an increase in the damping ratio by about 50-150% due to the increase of soil density as D/B increases, hence the soil tends to behave as a solid medium which activates both viscous and strain damping.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.413-419
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• 2016

지진시 사회 인프라시설물의 피해는 시설물 자체의 피해보다 사회 전반에 걸친 2차 피해를 야기한다. 그 중, 지하 공동구 구조물은 통신, 가스, 전기 등 사회의 라이프라인에 해당하여 지진에 대한 취약성을 정확히 평가하여야 할 필요가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 지하 공동구의 지진 발생 지반가속도에 따른 파괴가능성을 평가하였다. 평가를 위한 입력지반운동은 해외 실측 지진데이터와 한반도에서 발생가능한 인공지진파를 차용하였으며, 지진해석 방법은 응답변위법과 시간이력해석법을 사용하였다. 파괴여부를 판별하는 한계상태는 휨모멘트와 전단 파괴를 바탕으로 하였다. 취약도 함수 도출을 위한 방법은 최우도법이 사용되었으며, 그 분포함수는 대수정규분포로 가정하였다. 이는 지진시 지하 공동구 시설물의 피해 평가는 물론 지하 공동구 시설물의 내진설계를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3068-3073
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• 2013

근래에 스카이브릿지를 활용하여 연결된 고층구조물의 진동제어성능을 개선하고자 하는 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 스카이브릿지로 연결되는 두 구조물의 고유진동주기의 차이와 스카이브릿지 설치위치가 진동제어성능에 미치는 영향에 대해서 분석하여 보았다. 이를 위하여 40층과 50층 구조물을 연결된 예제구조물로 선택하였고 두 구조물의 고유진동주기 차이를 1.0배에서 1.5배까지 순차적으로 변경하면서 해석모델을 구성하였다. 각각의 해석 모델에 대하여 KBC2009를 기반으로 생성한 인공지진하중을 입력 하중으로 생성하여 시간이력해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석결과 두 구조물의 고유진동주기차이가 증가할수록, 연결된 층의 높이가 높아질수록 변위 및 속도응답에 대해서 일반적으로 우수한 제어성능을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 가속도응답의 경우에는 이러한 경향과 반대되는 제어성능변화를 나타내었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 등대 구조물을 대상으로 한 면진기술 적용방안을 제시함으로써 지진에 대해 무방비상태에 놓여 있는 등대구조물의 지진안전도 확보방안을 제시하였다. 또한, 제안된 면진기술 적용방안을 활용하여 내진설계 이전에 지어진 등대를 대상으로 등대전체를 면진하였을 경우와 등대 렌즈만을 면진하였을 경우에 대하여 면진효과를 분석해 보았다. 해석결과, 등대 전체를 면진화하였을 경우 최대응답가속도와 층전단력 측면에서 충분한 면진효과를 얻은 반면, 등대 렌즈만을 면진화한 경우에는 렌즈부의 면진효과는 유효한 것으로 나타났으나 등대 자체의 안전이 확보되지 못한 상황에서는 등대의 파괴가 선행될 가능성이 있음에 주의할 필요가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 등대전체와 렌즈를 동시에 면진화한 경우 비 면진구조 대비 유효한 면진효과는 나타내었지만, 최대응답가속도가 등대전체를 면진화한 경우보다 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 렌즈의 면진화로 인한 층전단력의 감소가 미소함으로 이중면진의 적용으로 인한 실효성은 그 효과가 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• 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.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2019

최근 우리나라에서 지진이 발생하여 대도시의 초고층 건물의 내진연구가 증가하고 있다. 하지만 대부분의 초고층 건물의 내진연구 및 해석은 지반을 간접적으로 고려하고 있다. 또한 지진파 탁월주기의 영향이 거의 고려되고 있지 않는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지진파 탁월주기가 초고층 건물 동적거동에 미치는 영향이 지반을 고려하는 연속체 모델을 적용하여 분석되었다. 이를 위해 유한요소기반의 수치해석 프로그램인 MIDAS GTS NX를 사용하여 선형시간이력해석을 적용한 2D 동적해석을 수행하였다. 또한 동적거동 분석을 위해 수평변위, 층간변위비, 휨응력 및 건물 취약부를 이용하였다. 연구 결과, 전반적으로 초고층 건물은 지진파 탁월주기가 길어질수록 더 큰 동적반응이 발생하였다. 또한 지진파 탁월주기가 다른 파라미터인 지반조건, 지진파 크기보다 더 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권1호
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• pp.115-135
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• 2021

This paper focuses on examining the effects of span arrangements on displacement responses of plan-symmetric RC frame buildings designed using the direct displacement-based design (DDBD) method by employing non-linear analyses and the skew seismic attack. In order to show the desired performance of DDBD design approach, the force-based design approach is also used to examine the seismic performance of the selected structures. To realize this objective, 8-story buildings with different plans are selected. In addition, the dynamic behavior of the structures is evaluated by selecting 3, 7, and 12-story buildings. In order to perform non-linear analyses, OpenSees software is used for modeling buildings. Results of an experimental model are used to validate the analytical model implemented in OpenSees. The results of non-linear static and non-linear dynamic analyses indicate that changing span arrangements does not affect estimating the responses of structures designed using the DDBD approach, and the results are more or less the same. Next, in order to apply the earthquake in non-principle directions, DDBD structures, designed for one-way performance, are designed again for two-way performance. Time history analyses are performed under a set of artificial acceleration pairs, applied to structures at different angles. It is found that the mean maximum responses of earthquakes at all angles have very good agreement with the design-acceptable limits, while the response of buildings along the height direction has a relatively acceptable and uniform distribution. Meanwhile, changes in the span arrangements did not have a significant effect on displacement responses.