• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.215-227
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• 2018

Supplemental passive control devices are widely considered as an important tool to mitigate the dynamic response of a building under seismic excitation. Nevertheless, a systematic method for strategically placing dampers in the buildings is not prescribed in building codes and guidelines. Many deterministic and stochastic methods have been proposed by previous researchers to investigate the optimum distribution of the viscous dampers in the steel frames. However, the seismic performances of the retrofitted buildings that are under large earthquake intensity levels or near collapse state have not been evaluated by any seismic research. Recent years, an increasing number of studies utilize genetic algorithms (GA) to explore the complex engineering optimization problems. GA interfaced with nonlinear response history (NRH) analysis is considered as one of the most powerful and popular stochastic methods to deal with the nonlinear optimization problem of damper distribution. In this paper, the effectiveness and the efficiency of GA on optimizing damper distribution are first evaluated by strong ground motions associated with the collapse failure. A practical optimization framework using GA and NRH analysis is proposed for optimizing the distribution of the fluid viscous dampers within the moment resisting frames (MRF) regarding the improvements of large drifts under intensive seismic context. Both a 10-storey and a 20-storey building are involved to explore higher mode effect. A far-fault and a near-fault earthquake environment are also considered for the frames under different seismic intensity levels. To evaluate the improvements obtained from the GA optimization regarding the collapse performance of the buildings, Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) is conducted and comparisons are made between the GA damper distribution and stiffness proportional damping distribution on the collapse probability of the retrofitted frames.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권5호
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• pp.541-557
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• 2020

A novel family of controllable, dissipative structure-dependent integration methods is derived from an eigen-based theory, where the concept of the eigenmode can give a solid theoretical basis for the feasibility of this type of integration methods. In fact, the concepts of eigen-decomposition and modal superposition are involved in solving a multiple degree of freedom system. The total solution of a coupled equation of motion consists of each modal solution of the uncoupled equation of motion. Hence, an eigen-dependent integration method is proposed to solve each modal equation of motion and an approximate solution can be yielded via modal superposition with only the first few modes of interest for inertial problems. All the eigen-dependent integration methods combine to form a structure-dependent integration method. Some key assumptions and new techniques are combined to successfully develop this family of integration methods. In addition, this family of integration methods can be either explicitly or implicitly implemented. Except for stability property, both explicit and implicit implementations have almost the same numerical properties. An explicit implementation is more computationally efficient than for an implicit implementation since it can combine unconditional stability and explicit formulation simultaneously. As a result, an explicit implementation is preferred over an implicit implementation. This family of integration methods can have the same numerical properties as those of the WBZ-α method for linear elastic systems. Besides, its stability and accuracy performance for solving nonlinear systems is also almost the same as those of the WBZ-α method. It is evident from numerical experiments that an explicit implementation of this family of integration methods can save many computational efforts when compared to conventional implicit methods, such as the WBZ-α method.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2006

스월 인젝터의 비선형 동적특성을 모사할 수 있는 수치해석 모델을 개발하여 인젝터내의 정적/동적 특성을 분석하였다. Boundary Element Methods (BEMs)을 적용한 수치모델은 유체 경계면 산출에 매우 유리한 장점이 있어 표면의 불안정성 해석에 유용하게 적용되어 왔다. 이전의 연구 결과에서는 스월효과를 고려할 수 있도록 확장된 수치모델을 이용하여 인젝터의 형상을 고려한 정적특성을 보여주었다. 본 논문에서는 유입 흐름에 교란이 발생했을 때 인젝터의 각 구성요소에서의 동적응답을 분석하였고, 이론적 결과와 비교하여 수치모델에 대한 타당성을 검증하였다. 본 수치해석 결과는 입력류에서의 교란이 각 인젝터 구성품을 지나면서 감쇠/증폭되고 위상차를 만들게 되는 과정을 잘 모사하고 있다. 개발된 수치모델은 인젝터의 다양한 설계변수들이 유동특성에 미치는 효과 분석과 이론적 모델로는 예측이 어려운 비선형 영역에서의 동적 응답특성 분석에 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.21-28
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• 1997

우리나라 전통 초가삼간의 1/4 축소모델을 제작하여 연약지반 조건에 대한 내진 성능실험을 수행하였다. Imperial Valley 지진파를 사용하여 모델의 파괴 시까지 거동을 분석하였다. 탄성한계 내에서 초가삼간의 고유진동수는 장방향 및 단방향 각각 1.66Hz 및 1.76Hz로 측정되었다. 탄성한게 내에서의 감쇠비는 약 7%이다. 수평방향의 최대 가속도응답은 입력에 비해 감소하며 이는 목조 프레임의 비선형, 비탄상 특성 때문이다. 수평방향의 변위응답은 입력이 증가함에 따라 급격히 증가하여 최대 지반가속도 0.25g에서 모델이 붕괴되었다. 비선형 지진해석 결과와 실험결과를 비교하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.566-577
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• 2002

비선형 정적해석법과 같은 발전된 지진 해석 및 설계방법은 강도, 연성도, 에너지 소산량으로 대표되는 철근콘크리트 부재의 주기거동을 정확하게 예측하는 것이 필요하게 되었다. 그러나 현재, 에너지 소산량의 평가는 정확하지 못한 경험식을 사용하거나 실무적으로 사용하기 어려운 실험이나 정교한 수치해석에 의존하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 주기하중을 받는 휨지배 철근콘크리트 부재의 주기거동특성을 연구하기 위하여 비선형 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 또한 압축력, 철근비, 배근형태 등이 주기거동에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구하였다. 이러한 연구를 토대로 주기거동에 의한 에너지 소산량을 산정할 수 있는 약산법을 개발하였으며, 실험 및 수치해석 결과와의 비교를 통해 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법은 현재사용되고 있는 경험식보다 더 정확하게 철관콘크리트 부재의 에너지 소산능력을 평가할 수 있으며, 실무에 쉽게 적용할 수 있다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 진동대 실험을 통해 얻은 동적 데이터를 이용하여 TDL의 동적 비선형 특성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 현재까지 TDL의 설계는 액체의 비선형 거동이 나타남에도 불구하고 TMD 근사이론이나 선형파동이론과 같은 선형 거동을 가정으로 설계되어 지는 한계를 가지고 있다. 또한 조화하중과 같은 특정진동수에 지배되는 하중형태에 대한 TDL의 동적 비선형 특성이 규명되었지만 백색잡음과 같은 특정진동수 성분에 지배되지 않은 하중형태에 대한 TDL의 동적 비선형 특성은 아직까지 검증된 바가 없다. 본 논문은 백색잡음을 이용하여 가진 하중 크기에 따른 TDL의 동적 비선형 특성을 검토하여 설계 시 필요한 동조액체감쇠기의 감쇠비, 고유진동수비 및 유효질량비를 평가할 수 있는 산정식을 제안하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.603-623
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• 2015

The scale and nature of the recent earthquakes in the world and the related earthquake disaster index coerce the concerned community to become anxious about it. Therefore, it is crucial that seismic lateral load effect will be appropriately considered in structural design. Application of seismic isolation system stands as a consistent alternative against this hazard. The objective of the study is to evaluate the structural and economic feasibility of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with base isolation located in medium risk seismic region. Linear and nonlinear dynamic analyses as well as linear static analysis under site-specific bi-directional seismic excitation have been carried out for both fixed based (FB) and base isolated (BI) buildings in the present study. The superstructure and base of buildings are modeled in a 3D finite element model by consistent mass approach having six degrees of freedom at each node. The floor slabs are simulated as rigid diaphragms. Lead rubber bearing (LRB) and High damping rubber bearing (HDRB) are used as isolation device. Change of structural behaviors and savings in construction costing are evaluated. The study shows that for low to medium rise buildings, isolators can reduce muscular amount of base shears, base moments and floor accelerations for building at soft to medium stiff soil. Allowable higher horizontal displacement induces structural flexibility. Though incorporating isolator increases the outlay, overall structural cost may be reduced. The application of base isolation system confirms a potential to be used as a viable solution in economic building design.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2011

This study investigates the feasibility of detecting structural damage using the HHT method. A damage detection index, the ratio of bandwidth (RB) is proposed. This index is highly correlated or approximately equal to the change of equivalent damping ratio for an intact structure incurring damage from strong ground motions. Based on an analysis of shaking table test data from benchmark models subjected to adjusted Kobe and El Centro earthquakes, the damage detection index is evaluated using the Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) methods, respectively. Results indicate that, when the response of the structure is in the elastic region, the RB value only slightly changes in both the HHT and the FFT spectra. Additionally, RB values estimated from the HHT spectra vs. the PGA values change incrementally when the structure response is nonlinear i.e., member yielding occurs, but not in the RB curve from the FFT spectra. Moreover, the RB value of the top floor changes more than those from the other floors. Furthermore, structural damage is detected only when using the acceleration response data from the top floor. Therefore, the ratio of bandwidth RB estimated from the smoothed HHT spectra is an effective and sensitive damage index for detecting structural damage. Results of this study also demonstrate that the HHT is a powerful method in analyzing the nonlinear responses of steel structures to strong ground motions.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2014

부유식 해양구조물은 설계수명동안 파랑에 의한 압축력, 굽힘하중, 전단력 등의 작용으로 인해 좌굴이 발생할 가능성이 높다. 이는 부재의 면내 강성 저하를 유발하여 국부 구조물 뿐만 아니라 전체구조의 최종강도에도 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 부유식 진자형 파력발전장치의 수실부와 감쇠판을 연결하는 원통부재의 최종강도에 대해 조사하였다. 탄성좌굴해석을 통해 얻어진 1차 좌굴모드를 초기처짐으로 가정하여 탄소성대변형해석을 수행하였으며 최종강도 특성을 바탕으로 부유식 파력발전장치의 연결부인 원통부재의 최적설계인자를 도출하였다. 이를 통해, 원통부재의 직경을 크게하거나, 판의 두께를 두껍게 하는 방법과 보강재를 사용하여 단면적을 크게하는 것이 최종강도를 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.49-65
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• 2013

This article presents the statistical characteristics of elastic floor acceleration spectra that represent the peak response demand of non-structural components attached to a nonlinear supporting frame. For this purpose, a set of stiff and flexible general moment resisting frames with periods of 0.3-3.6 sec. are analyzed using forty-nine near-field strong ground motion records. Peak accelerations are derived for each single degree of freedom non-structural component, supported by the above mentioned frames, through a direct-integration time-history analysis. These accelerations are obtained by Floor Acceleration Response Spectrum (FARS) method. They are statistically analyzed in the next step to achieve a better understanding of their height-wise distributions. The factors that affect FARS values are found in the relevant state of the art. Here, they are summarized to evaluate the amplification and/or reduction of FARS values especially when the supporting structures undergo inelastic behavior. The properties of FARS values are studied in three regions: long-period, fundamental-period and short-period. Maximum elastic acceleration response of non-structural component, mounted on inelastic frames, depends on the following factors: inelasticity intensity and modal periods of supporting structure; natural period, damping ratio and location of non-structural component. The FARS values, corresponded to the modal periods of supporting structure, are strongly reduced beyond elastic domain. However, they could be amplified in the transferring period domain between the mentioned modal periods. In the next step, the amplification and/or reduction of FARS values, caused by inelastic behavior of supporting structure, are calculated. A parameter called the response acceleration reduction factor ($R_{acc}$), has been previously used for far-field earthquakes. The feasibility of extending this parameter for near-field motions is focused here, suggested repeatedly in the relevant sources. The nonlinearity of supporting structure is included in ($R_{acc}$) for better estimation of maximum non-structural component absolute acceleration demand, which is ordinarily neglected in the seismic design provisions.