• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.383-397
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• 2018

Traditional base isolation systems focus on isolating the seismic response of a structure in the horizontal direction. However, in regions where the vertical earthquake excitation is significant (such as near-fault region), a traditional base-isolated building exhibits a significant vertical vibration. To eliminate this shortcoming, a rocking-isolated system named Telescopic Column (TC) is proposed in this paper. Detailed rocking and isolation mechanism of the TC system is presented. The seismic performance of the TC is compared with the traditional elastomeric bearing (EB) and friction pendulum (FP) base-isolated systems. A 4-storey reinforced concrete moment-resisting frame (RC-MRF) is selected as the reference superstructure. The seismic response of the reference superstructure in terms of column axial forces, base shears, floor accelerations, inter-storey drift ratios (IDR) and collapse margin ratios (CMRs) are evaluated using OpenSees. The results of the nonlinear dynamic analysis subjected to multi-directional earthquake excitations show that the superstructure equipped with the newly proposed TC is more resilient and exhibits a superior response with higher margin of safety against collapse when compared with the same superstructure with the traditional base-isolation (BI) system.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2020

In this study, a field bridge test was conducted to find the dynamic properties of cable supported bridges with resilient-friction base isolation systems (R-FBI). Various ambient vibration tests were performed to estimate dynamic properties of a test bridge using trucks in a non-transportation state before opening of the bridge and by ordinary traffic loadings about one year later after opening of the bridge. The dynamic properties found from the results of the tests were compared with an analysis model. From the result of the ambient vibration tests of the cable supported bridge with R-FBI, it was confirmed that the dynamic properties were sensitive to the stiffness of the R-FBI in the bridge, and the seismic analysis model of the test bridge using the effective stiffness of the R-FBI was insufficient for reflecting the dynamic behavior of the bridge. In the case of cable supported bridges, the seismic design must follow the "Korean Highway Bridge Design Code (Limit State Design) for Cable supported bridges." Therefore, in order to reflect the actual behavior characteristics of the R-FBI installed on cable-supported bridges, an improved seismic design procedure should be proposed.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2008

내진설계기준이 점차 강화되고 다경간 연속화에 대한 시도가 증가됨에 따라 기존의 내진설계로는 지진력의 처리가 곤란하여 다점고정장치와 감쇠를 통해 지진에너지를 소산시키는 장주기화, 분산, 감쇠를 통해 지진력을 효과적으로 감소시키는 면진장치의 사용이 날로 증가하고 있다. 그러나 내진장치 적용에 대한 다양성 부재와 장치를 적용한 설계경험의 부족 등의 이유로 특정교량에 적절한 내진장치를 선정하는데 상당한 어려움이 따르고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 내진장치가 적용된 교량의 지진시 거동특성에 대한 연구를 수행하여 받침장치 선정시 활용할 수 있도록 하였다.