• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.213-233
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• 2009

In this paper the study of a reinforced concrete wall used as protection against accidental explosions in the petrochemical industry is presented. Many alternatives of accidental scenarios and sizes of the wall are analyzed and discussed. Two main types of events are considered, both related to vessel bursts: Pressure vessel bursts and BLEVE. The liberated energy from the explosion was calculated following procedures firmly established in the practice and the effects over the structures and the reinforced concrete wall were calculated by using a CFD tool. The results obtained show that the designed wall reduces the values of the peak overpressure and impulse and, as a result, the damage levels to be expected. It was also proved that a reinforced concrete wall can withstand the blast load for the considered events and levels of pressure and impulse, with minor damage and protect the buildings.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 다층 주방식 채광 광산에서 우발적 폭발이 일어났을 때 구조변수가 파괴(낙석 등)에 미치는 영향 및 기여도를 평가 분석하였다. 다층 주방식 광산에서 대형 폭발에 따른 최대진동속도 영향을 산출하기 위해 AUTODYN으로 수치해석을 수행하였으며, 각 인자들의 기여도 분석을 위해 강건설계 실험계획법을 이용하여 설계인자를 분석하였다. 분석에 사용된 직교배열은 $L_9(3^4)$ 이었고 변수는 각각 3수준의 값을 갖는 광주의 높이, 광주의 폭, 갱도 폭, 바닥필라 두께 등으로 하였다. 분석결과 폭발원 갱도로 부터 하부레벨 갱도 천반에서 최대진동속도 발생에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것은 광주의 높이이며, 이어서 바닥필라, 갱도 폭, 광주의 폭 순으로 나타났다. 수평인접 갱도 측면중앙의 경우는 광주의 폭, 갱도 폭, 광주의 높이, 바닥필라의 두께 순으로 기여율이 평가되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.771-786
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• 2009

In the past few decades, effects of natural hazards, such as earthquakes and wind, on existing structures have attracted the attention of researchers and designers. More recently, however, the phenomenon of progressive collapse is becoming more recognized in the field of structural engineering. In practice, the phenomenon can result from a number of abnormal loading events, such as bomb explosions, car bombs, accidental fires, accidental blast loadings, natural hazards, faulty design and construction practices, and premeditated terrorist acts. Progressive collapse can result not only in disproportionate structural failure, but also disproportionate loss of life and injuries. This paper provides an up-to-date comprehensive review of this phenomenon and its momentousness in structural engineering communities. The literature reveals that although the phenomenon of progressive collapse of buildings is receiving considerable attention in the professional engineering community, more research work is still needed in this field to develop a new methodology for efficient and inexpensive design to better protect buildings against progressive collapse.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2016

An accident of an ammonia tank pipeline at a storage plant resulted in one death and three injuries in 2014. Many accidents including toxic gas releases and explosions occur in the freezing and refrigerating systems using ammonia. Especially, the consequence can be substantial due to that the large amount of ammonia is usually being used in the refrigeration systems. In this study, offsite consequence analysis has been investigated when ammonia leaks outdoors from large storages. Both flammable and toxic effects are under consideration to calculate the affected area using simulation programs for consequence analysis. ERPG-2 concentration (150 ppm) has been selected to calculate the evacuation distance out of various release scenarios for their dispersions in day or night. For offsite residential, the impact area by flammability is much smaller than that by toxicity. The methodology consists of two steps as followings; 1. Calculation for discharge rates of accidental release scenarios. 2. Dispersion simulation using the discharge rate for different conditions. This proactive prediction for accidental releases of ammonia would help emergency teams act as quick as they can.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.478-489
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• 2020

대기 압력 변동을 측정하는 인프라사운드 관측 기술을 통하여 원거리 지표폭발 사고를 분석하였다. 2019년 12월 24일 전남 광양시에서 발생한 2차례 폭발 사고에서 발생한 인프라사운드 신호가 151-435 km 거리에 위치하는 12개 음파 관측소에 기록되었다. 당시 인프라사운드는 북북서 방향의 성층권 바람에 의해 약 40 km 고도에서 굴절되어 같은 방향에 분포하는 관측소에 도달하였다. 반면, 약 10 km 고도에서는 강한 서풍의 영향으로 대류권 굴절 신호가 북동 및 동쪽 방향에 위치하는 관측소에 도달하는 등 방향에 따라 상이한 전파 경로를 보였다. 대기 유효음파속도구조와 포물선 방정식 모델링을 통해 전파 경로상의 투과손실을 계산하고 폭발 지점으로부터 기준거리에서의 초과압력을 추정하였다. 추정된 초과압력은 초과압력-폭발량 관계식에 적용함으로써, 두 차례의 폭발은 각각 14, 65 kg TNT 폭발 에너지에 상응하는 것으로 계산되었다. 1차 폭발 당시에 폭발 충격으로 부속물이 대기 중으로 비산하는 현상이 관측되었고, 폭발충격에 의한 파편 운동과 초과압력 간의 관계식으로 1차 폭발의 에너지는 약 49 kg 이하 TNT 폭발에 상응하는 것으로 계산되었다. 본 연구에서 제안한 폭발 에너지 추정 방법은 향후 다양한 원거리 폭발 에너지 계산에 활용이 가능하리라 본다. 향후 계산 결과의 신뢰도를 높이기 위해서는 대기 속도구조 불확실성에 대한 연구와 다양한 발파 자료를 통한 검증 연구가 필요하다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.503-510
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• 2020

Concrete dams are important structures due to retaining amount of water on their reservoir. So such kind of structures have to be designed against static and dynamic loads. Especially considering on critical importance against blasting threats and environmental safety, dams have to be examined according to the blast loads. This paper aims to investigate structural response of concrete gravity dams under blast loads. For the purpose Sarıyar Concrete Gravity Dam in Turkey is selected for numerical application with its 85 m of reservoir height (H), 255 m of reservoir length (3H), 72 m of bottom and 7 m of top widths. In the study, firstly 3D finite element model of the dam is constituted using ANSYS Workbench software considering dam-reservoir-foundation interaction and a hydrostatic analysis is performed without blast loads. Then, nearly 13 tons TNT explosive are considered 20 m away from downstream of the dam and this is modeled using ANSYS AUTODYN software. After that explicit analyses are performed through 40 milliseconds. Lastly peak pressures obtained from analyses are compared to empirical equations in the literature and UFC 3-340-02 standard which provide unified facilities criteria for structures to resist the effects of accidental explosions. Also analyses' results such as displacements, stresses and strains obtained from both hydrostatic and blasting analysis models are compared to each other. It is highlighted from the study that blasting analysis model has more effective than the only hydrostatic analysis model. So it is highlighted from the study that the design of dams should be included the blast loads.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2023

When a fire accident accompanied by an explosion occurs, the surrounding firewalls are affected by impact and thermal loads. Damaged firewalls due to accidental loads may not fully perform their essential function. Therefore, this paper proposes an advanced methodology for evaluating the fire resistance performance of firewalls damaged by explosions. The fragments were assumed to be scattered, and fire occurred as a vehicle exploded in a large compartment of a roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) vessel. The impact velocity of the fragments was calculated based on the TNT equivalent mass corresponding to the explosion pressure. Damage and thermal-structural response analyses of the firewall were performed using Ansys LS-DYNA code. The fire resistance reduction was analyzed in terms of the temperature difference between fire-exposed and unexposed surfaces, temperature increase rate, and reference temperature arrival time. The degree of damage and the fire resistance performance of the firewalls varied significantly depending on impact loads. When naval ships and RO-RO vessels that carry various explosive substances are designed, it is reasonable to predict that the fire resistance performance will be degraded according to the explosion characteristics of the cargo.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2024

지하철 공사장 인근에서 천공작업 중 부주의로 지하에 매설된 도시가스 배관에 구멍을 발생시켜 새어 나온 가스가 우수관 및 하수관을 통하여 지하 공사장 내부로 유입 정전기 등의 점화원과 접촉 폭발할 경우 피해 영향범위 및 위협구역을 ALOHA 프로그램에 적용 산정하였다. 도시가스 배관의 길이,직경 및 압력 등 다양한 조건을 입력하여 위협구역 산정결과 증기구름 가연성지역의 Red Zone는 1.2~1.4km, 폭발지역의 Yellow Zone는 0.8~1.0km 및 제트화재의 Red Zone는 45~61m로 나타났다. 이 연구에서는 증기구름의 가연성 지역에서 농도와 조건이 적절히 조합된 상태이면 가연성을 증가시키고, 폭발지역 내부에서는 유리창이 깨질 수 있는 압력인 1.0psi로 폭발이 일어날 수 있으며, 제트화재인 경우에는 높은 온도와 열복사가 발생 주위 건물 밀집지역으로 화재가 빠르게 확산할 뿐만 아니라 열복사 영향으로 많은 인명피해가 발생할 수 있음을 영향범위 및 위협구역 범위로 나타내었다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2016

Accidental events such as collisions, groundings, and hydrocarbon explosions in marine structures can cause catastrophic damage. Thus, it is extremely important to predict the extent of such damage, which determines the total amount of oil spills and the residual hull girder strength. Punching fracture tests were conducted by Choung (2009b), where various sizes of indenters and circular unstiffened steel plates with different thicknesses were used to quasi-statically realize damage extents. A three-dimensional fracture strain surface was developed based on a reference (Choung et al., 2015b), where the average stress triaxiality and average normalized Lode angle were used as the parameters governing the fracture of ductile steels. In this study, new numerical analyses were performed using very fine axisymmetric elements in combination with an Abaqus user-subroutine to implement the three-dimensional fracture strain surface. Conventional numerical analyses were also conducted for the tests to identify the best fit fracture strain values by changing the fracture strains. Based on the phenomenon of the average normalized Lode angle starting out positive and then becoming slightly negative, it was inferred that the shear stress primarily dominates in determining the fractures locations, with a partial contribution from the compressive stress. It should be stated that the three-dimensional fracture surface effectively predicted at least the shear stress-dominant fracture behavior of a mild steel.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2016

탄약고 지하 및 주변에 시공된 지하구조물의 안정성 평가의 필요성은 도심지 및 사회기반시설의 확장으로 대두되었다. 그러나 지하구조물에 대한 우발적인 폭발의 영향에 대한 연구는 미진하다. 본 연구에서는 지하구조물의 안정성평가를 위한 방법을 제시하고 사례연구를 통해 적용성을 확인하였다. AUTODYN과 SPACECLAIM을 이용하여 구조체 및 지반모델링을 실시하였으며, 폭발효과를 모의하여 지반의 진동속도를 측정하였다. 사례연구의 결과에 따르면, 70m 지하에 설치된 지하구조물은 모의된 폭발 효과로부터의 영향이 거의 없는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서 활용된 안정성평가방법은 지하형 탄약고 설계에 사용되거나, 혹은 주기적인 진동으로부터 영향하에 있는 지하구조물의 안정성을 평가하는데 활용될 수 있을 것이다.