• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2022

The static design approach in the current code implies that the inherent torsional moment represents the state of zero inertial torsional moments at the center of mass (CM). However, both experimental and analytical results prove the existence of a large amount of the inertial torsional moment at the CM. Also, the definition of eccentricity by engineers, which is referred to as the resistance eccentricity, is defined as the distance between the center of mass and the center of resistance, which is conceptually different from the static eccentricity in the current codes, defined as the arm length about the center of rotation. The difference in the definitions of eccentricity should be made clear to avoid confusion about the torsion design. This study proposed prediction equations as a function of resistance eccentricity based on a resistance eccentricity model with advantages of (1) the recognition of the existence of torsional moment at the CM, (2) the avoidance of the confusion by using resistance eccentricity instead of the design eccentricity, and (3) a clear relationship of applied inertial forces at the CM and resisting forces. These predictions are compared with the seismic responses obtained from time-history analyses of a five-story building structure under moderate and severe earthquakes. Then, the trend of the resistance eccentricity corresponding to the maximum edge drift is investigated for elastic and inelastic responses. The comparison given in this study shows that these prediction equations can serve as a useful reference for the prediction in both the elastic and the inelastic ranges.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.395-405
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• 2022

Tornado-induced damages to high-rise buildings and low-rise buildings are quite different in nature. Tornado losses to high-rise buildings are generally associated with building envelope failures while tornado-induced damages to low-rise buildings are usually associated with structural or large component failures such as complete collapses, or roofs being torn off. While studies of tornado-induced structural damages tend to focus mainly on low-rise residential buildings, transmission towers, or nuclear power plants, the current rapid expansion of city centers and development of large-scale building complexes increases the risk of tornadoes impacting tall buildings. It is, therefore, important to determine how tornado-induced load affects tall buildings compared with those based on synoptic boundary layer winds. The present study applies an experimentally simulated tornado wind field to the Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council (CAARC) building and estimates and compares its pressure coefficient effects against the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) flow field. Simulations are performed at the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Dome which is capable of generating both ABL and tornadic winds. A model of the CAARC building at a scale of 1:200 for both ABL and tornado flows was built and equipped with pressure taps. Mean and peak surface pressures for TLV flow are reported and compared with the ABL induced wind for different time-averaging. By following a compatible definition of the pressure coefficients for TLV and ABL fields, the resulting TLV pressure field presents a similar trend to the ABL case. Also, the results show that, for the high-rise building model, the mean and 3-sec peak pressures are larger for the ABL case compared to the TLV case. These results provide a way forward for the code implementation of tornado-induced pressures on high-rise buildings.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.226-235
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• 2021

연구목적: 에너지저장시설의 주요 시설물인 Coalescer 시설물을 대상으로 현행 설계기준(KBC2016)에 따라 지진에 대한 위험성평가를 수행하였다. 연구방법: 구조해석은 상용프로그램인 MIDAS-IT의 MIDAS GENw를 사용하였고, 구조물의 해석을 위해 기존 설계 도서를 준용하였으며, 해석에 사용한 하중은 국토교통부의 「건축구조기준 KBC2016」와 미국 연방기준인 「Provisions of the Uniform Building Code」를 따랐다. 연구결과: 본 연구에서는 지진하중을 정적으로 재하하고 특급 구조물의 붕괴방지수준에 대하여 평가함으로써 시설물의 관리자가 간편하게 위험도를 인지하고 평가할 수 있도록 고려하였으며, 본 해석결과를 활용하여 향후 시설물의 위험관리에 적용할 수 있도록 지진해석을 수행하였다. 결론: 현재 설계기준인 KBC2016에 의해 Coalescer 시설을 해석한 결과, 주요 지지부재의 stress ratio는 최대 4.7% 정도로 나타났다. 따라서 Coalescer를 지지하는 부재는 국내에 발생할 수 있는 재현주기 2400년 수준의 지진에 대하여 안전한 것으로 해석되었다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.61-70
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• 1992

국내 원전의 주종인 가압경수로를 대상으로 스펙트로메트리 기법에 의한 감마, 중성자 그리고 베타 방사선장에 대한 특성조사를 수행하였다. 감마선장의 경우, HPGe 반도체 검출기로 구성된 휴대용 감마 스펙트로메타를 사용하여 측정한 결과, 평균 에너지 값의 분포는 가동정지중일 때 원전의 격납용기내에서 $440{\sim}780keV$, 가동중일 때 원전의 보조건물내에서 $280{\sim}760 keV$로 나타났다. 가동중인 원전의 격납용기내 operation deck를 중심으로 5개 지점에 대하여 BMSS (Bonner Multiple Spectrometry System)을 사용하여 중성자선장을 조사하였다. BUNKI 코드를 사용하여 측정스펙트럼을 분해하였으며, 측정 장소에서의 평균 에너지 값의 분포는 $20{\sim}210 keV$이었다. 베타피폭원인 오염에 대하여 가동정지 상태인 원전의 격납용기내와 보조건물의 총 14개 지점의 고방사성 오염지역에서 smearing 시료를 채취하여 표면장벽형 Si 반도체검출기를 사용하여 에너지 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 그 결과 부식생성물 $^{60}Co$에 의한 베타 에너지가 지배적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.151-164
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• 2017

This article aims to investigate the possible retrofitting of a deficient building with soft story failure mode by connecting it to an adjacent building which is designed based on current code with friction dampers at all floors. Low cost and high performance reliability along with significant energy dissipation pertaining to stable hysteretic loops may be considered in order to choose the proper damper for connecting adjacent buildings. After connecting two neighbouring floors by friction dampers, the sliding forces of dampers at various stories are set in two arrangements: uniform sliding force and then variable sliding force. In order to account for the stochastic nature of the seismic events, incremental dynamic analyses are employed prior and after the installation of the friction dampers at the various floors. Based on these results, fragility curves and mean annual rate of exceedance of serviceability and ultimate limit states are obtained. The results of this study show that the collapse mode of the deficient building can affect the optimum arrangement of sliding forces of friction dampers at Collapse Prevention (CP) performance level. In particular, the Immediate Occupancy (IO) performance level is not tangible to the sliding force arrangement and it depends solely on sliding force value. Generally it can be claimed that this rehabilitation scheme can turn the challenge of pounding two adjacent buildings into the opportunity of dissipating a large amount of the seismic input energy by the friction dampers, thus improving significantly the poor seismic performance of the deficient structure.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2004

Energy efficiency evaluation method for a multi-type air conditioning system still has not been developed. In this study, analysis on capacity range and evaluating method of standards for air conditioners was conducted with world-wide Standards. It is not a proper approach to use the standards for residential air conditioner to multi type air conditioners. Some difficulties and problems are commented in this study with overview of the standards. Through the analytic research, an evaluating method for multi type air conditioner was suggested with Integrated Part Load Value (IPLV). The suggested concept for evaluating energy efficiency during part load condition considers building load pattern and operating hours of the system at different locations. Load was weighted in IPLV to consider not only the concept of occurrence of outdoor temperature such as bin method but also operation hours of the system. An experiment about the IPLV was conducted with variable air volume ducted type air conditioning system and multi-type system through modified code tester to give a glance at quantitative value of the IPLV.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.329-346
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• 2024

In this study, it is aimed to investigate the vertical seismic performance of reinforced concrete (R/C) frame buildings in two different building stocks, one of which consists of those designed as per the previous Turkish Seismic Code (TSC-2007) that does not consider the vertical earthquake load, and the other of which consists of those designed as per the new Turkish Seismic Code (TSCB-2018) that considers the vertical earthquake load. For this aim, three R/C buildings with heights of 15 m, 24 m and 33 m are designed separately as per TSC-2007 and TSCB-2018 based on some limitations in terms of seismic zone, soil class and structural behavior factor (Rx/Ry) etc. The vertical earthquake motion effects are identified according to the linear time-history analyses (LTHA) that are performed separately for only horizontal (H) and combined horizontal+vertical (H+V) earthquake motions. LTHA is performed to predict how vertical earthquake motion affects the response of the designed buildings by comparing the linear response parameters of the base shear force, the base overturning, the base axial force, top-story vertical displacement. Nonlinear time-history analysis (NLTHA) is generally required for energy dissipative buildings, not required for design of buildings. In this study, the earthquake records are scaled to force the buildings in the linear range. Since nonlinear behavior is not expected from the buildings herein, the nonlinear time-history analysis (NLTHA) is not considered. Eleven earthquake acceleration records are considered by scaling them to the design spectrum given in TSCB-2018. The base shear force is obtained not to be affected from the combined H+V earthquake load for the buildings. The base overturning moment outcomes underline that the rigidity of the frame system in terms of the dimensions of the columns can be a critical parameter for the influence of the vertical earthquake motion on the buildings. In addition, the building stock from TSC-2007 is estimated to show better vertical earthquake performance than that of TSCB-2018. The vertical earthquake motion is found out to be highly effective on the base axial force of 33 m building rather than 15 m and 24 m buildings. Thus, the building height is a particularly important parameter for the base axial force. The percentage changes in the top-story vertical displacement of the buildings designed for both codes show an increase parallel to that in the base axial force results. To extrapolate more general results, it is clear to state that many buildings should be analyzed.

• 에너지공학
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.96-108
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• 2015

피동원자로건물냉각계통(Passive Containment Cooling System; PCCS)은 전원 공급 없이도 원자로건물 내부의 열을 제거하여 그 건전성을 유지시키기 위한 안전설비이다. 본 연구에서는 현재 연구중인 PCCS를 1400 MWe 가압경수형 원전(APR1400)에 설치하는 경우 PCCS 성능을 분석하였다. 분석도구로 계통열수력분석코드 MARS-KS1.3을 사용하였다. PCCS의 성능분석을 위해 APR 1400 표준안전성분석 보고서를 참고하여 원자로건물 내부의 최대압력을 유발하는 사고 시나리오인 저온관 양단 파단사고를 모의하였다. 이 계산에서는 PCCS, 원자로냉각계통 및 원자로건물의 열수력을 동시에 모의하였다. 계산결과를 통해 기존의 원자로건물 살수계통을 대체하여 PCCS가 원자로건물의 건전성을 유지시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 PCCS의 성능에 영향을 줄 수 있는 여러 인자를 변경해가며 민감도 분석을 수행하였고 PCCS의 문제점도 확인하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.862-873
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• 2007

Energy dissipation devices can be considered as an alternative for the seismic performance enhancement of existing structures based on the strengthened seismic design code. In this study, seismic response mitigation effects of friction dampers are investigated through the shaking table test of a full scale 3 story building structure. Frist, the bilinear force-displacement relationship of a structure-brace-friction damper system and the effect of brace-friction damper on the increase of frequency and damping ratio are identified. Second, frequency, displacement, and torque dependent characteristics of the friction damper are investigated by using harmonic load excitation tests. Finally, the shaking table tests are performed for a full scale 3 story steel frame. System identification results using random signal excitation indicated that brace-friction damper increased structural damping ratio and frequency, and El Centro earthquake test showed that brace-friction damper reduced the peak displacement and acceleration significantly. In particular, it was observed that the damping effect due to friction damper becomed obvious when the structure was excited by more intensive load causing frequent slippage of the friction dampers.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2007년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.5-9
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• 2007

The construction method for Foamed-Concrete has not been important due to following process of construction work. However, according to the code about enhance of energy saving design policy and impact noise, noised isolation has been used in construction site so that the resistance for cracking and capability for insulating of Foamed-Concrete has been required. Therefore, new alternatives are demanded. Optimum mixing design, which can get the improvement of insulation and resistance of crack for Foamed-Concrete adding EVA chip, was derived and also the device, applying to construction site, was invented to equalize quality. This device can measure quantity of all input and placement, and show up the sum of placement and mixing design on a touch screen. This valuable construction method is friendly environment and recycling method because of using EVA chip, by-product of an EVA insole scrap burned or embedded, as a light-weight aggregate.