• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.795-812
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• 2011

Estimation of damage probability of buildings under a future earthquake is an essential issue to ensure the seismic reliability. Fragility curves are useful tools for showing the probability of structural damage due to earthquakes as a function of ground motion indices. The purpose of this study is to compare the damage probability of R/C buildings with low and high level of strength and ductility through fragility analysis. Two different types of sample buildings have been considered which represent the building types mentioned above. The first one was designed according to TEC-2007 and the latter was designed according to TEC-1975. The pushover curves of sample buildings were obtained via pushover analyses. Using 60 ground motion records, nonlinear time-history analyses of equivalent single degree of freedom systems were performed using bilinear hysteretic model and peak-oriented hysteretic model with stiffness - strength deterioration for each scaled elastic spectral displacement. The damage measure is maximum inter-story drift ratio and each performance level considered in this study has an assumed limit value of damage measure. Discrete damage probabilities were calculated using statistical methods for each considered performance level and elastic spectral displacement. Consequently, continuous fragility curves have been constructed based on the lognormal distribution assumption. Furthermore, the effect of hysteresis model parameters on the damage probability is investigated.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.289-302
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• 2023

Insulating glass units (IGUs) have been widely used in buildings in recent years due to their superior thermal insulation performance. However, because of the panel reciprocating motion and fatigue deterioration of sealants under long-term wind loads, many IGUs have the problem of early failure of watertight properties in real usage. This study aimed to propose a statistical method for wind-induced deflection of IGU panels during the whole life service period, for further precise analysis of the accumulated fatigue damage at the sealed part of the edge bond. By the estimation of the wind occurrence regularity based on wind pressure return period, the events of each wind speed interval during the whole life were obtained for the IGUs at 50m height in Beijing, which are in good agreement with the measured data. Also, the wind-induced deflection analysis method of IGUs based on the formula of airspace coefficient was proposed and verified as an improvement of the original stiffness distribution method with the average relative error compared to the test being about 3% or less. Combining the two methods above, the deformation of the outer and inner panes under wind loads during 30 years was precisely calculated, and the deflection and stress state at selected locations were obtained finally. The results show that the compression displacement at the secondary sealant under the maximum wind pressure is close to 0.3mm (strain 2.5%), and the IGUs are in tens of thousands of times the low amplitude tensile-compression cycle and several times to dozens of times the relatively high amplitude tensile-compression cycle environment. The approach proposed in this paper provides a basis for subsequent studies on the durability of IGUs and the wind-resistant behaviors of curtain wall structures.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.304-311
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• 2002

절리의 기하학적 특성이 절리의 수직변형 및 투수성에 미치는 영향에 대해 수치해석적 방법을 통해 연구하였다. 실험적 계측 결과에 의하면, 절리의 간극은 통계적 방법에 의해 묘사되며 이에 근거하여 수치해석에 사용할 수 있는 절리를 모사할 수 있었다. 이를 위해. 자동 상관관계 함수를 이용하여 다양한 공간 상관길이의 인공 절리를 발생하였으며, 이를 토대로 수직변천 모델 및 수리해석 모델을 개발하였다. 수직변형 모델은 수직응력에 의한 절리면의 압축과 변형을 고려하여 절리의 변형거동을 해석하려 시도하였으며, cubic law에 근거한 유한차분법을 이용하여 수리해석을 수행하였다. 여러 가지 공간 상관길이의 인공 절리에 대한 수직변형 거동 및 이에 따른 수리해석의 결과, 간극의 공간 상관길이가 증가함에 따라 절리의 수직변형 및 투수성 감소가 분명하였다. 절리의 수직강성 역시 간극의 상관길이에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 이로 인해 절리의 투수성이 수직강성과 내재적 관계가 있음을 유추할 수 있겠다. 본 연구 결과는 공학적 프로젝트로 인한 절리 암반의 수리-역학적 거동을 이해하는데 공헌할 것으로 사료된다.