• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.983-1000
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• 2016

To date the engineering community has seen facade systems as non-structural elements with high aesthetic value and a barrier between the outdoor and indoor environments. The role of facades in energy use in a building has also been recognized and the industry is also witnessing the emergence of many energy efficient facade systems. This paper will focus on using exterior skin of the double skin facade system as a dissipative movable element during earthquake excitation. The main aim of this study is to investigate the potential of the facade system to act as a damper system to reduce earthquake-induced vibration of the primary structure. Unlike traditional mass dampers, which are usually placed at the top level of structures, the movable/smart double skin facade systems are distributed throughout the entire height of building structures. The outer skin is moveable and can act as a multi tuned mass dampers (MTMDs) that move and dissipate energy during strong earthquake motions. In this paper, using a three dimensional 10-storey building structure as the example, it is shown that with optimal choice of materials for stiffness and damping of brackets connecting the two skins, a substantial portion of earthquake induced vibration energy can be dissipated which leads to avoiding expensive ductile seismic designs. It is shown that the engineering demand parameters (EDPs) for a low-rise building structures subjected to moderate to severe earthquakes can be substantially reduced by introduction of a smart designed double skin system.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2006

Earthquake motion is one of the most significant influence factors on the slope stability. In this paper, an effective stress analysis with the elasto-plastic model was carried out to investigate the behavior of the slope stability subjected to the successive two strong earthquake motions, fore and main shock. The major influence of fore shock to the slope stability was considered as the existence of the residual excess pore water pressure. The paper presents the influence of the existence of the fore shock to slope stability using the numerical analyses. In conclusion, the excess pore pressure by the fore shock was not dissipated during the 7hrs of consolidation. By this residual excess pore water pressure, the factor of safety at the sliding face showed the minimum values, and the deformations of slope was large when compared with the case that considered the main shock only. Furthermore, the minimum of the factor of safety came out after the end of the earthquake motion.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.197-214
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• 2010

The paper presents a methodology for developing earthquake damage and loss scenarios for urban areas, as well as its application to two cities located in Mediterranean countries, Grevena (in Greece) and D$\ddot{u}$zce (in Turkey), that were struck by strong earthquakes in the recent past. After compiling the building inventory in each city, fragility curves were derived using a hybrid approach previously developed by the authors, and a series of seismic scenarios were derived based on microzonation studies that were specifically conducted for each city (see companion paper by Pitilakis et al.). The results obtained in terms of damage estimates, required restoration times and the associated costs are presented in a GIS environment. It is deemed that both the results obtained, and the overall methodology and tools developed, contribute towards the enhancement of seismic safety in the Mediterranean area (as well as other earthquake-prone regions), while they constitute a useful pre-earthquake decision-making tool for local authorities.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.431-453
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• 2015

A destructive earthquake, the magnitude of this earthquake was 7.2, hit Van, Turkey on October 23, 2011. After this devastating earthquake, a moderate earthquake which had 5.7 magnitude on November 9, 2011 occurred in Edremit, Van. These earthquakes caused heavy damages and collapses in many reinforced concrete buildings with loss of lives. In this paper, characteristics of ground motions of these earthquakes were studied and, deficiencies in structural elements and engineering faults such as poor workmanship and quality of construction, soft and weak stories, strong beam-weak column, short column, large overhang, hammering and unconfined gable wall were investigated. According to the observations, it was seen that, low quality of structural materials, lack of engineering services, inappropriate design and construction with insufficient detailing of the structural elements were the main reasons of heavy damages.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.673-688
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• 2022

Post-earthquake fire is a major threat since most structures are designed allowing some damage during strong earthquakes, which will expose a more vulnerable structure to post-earthquake fire compared to an intact structure. A series of experimental research on steel-concrete composite beam-to-column joints subjected to fire after cyclic loading has been carried out and a clear reduction of fire resistance due to the partial damage caused by cyclic loading was observed. In this paper, by using ABAQUS a robust finite element model is developed for exploring the performance of steel-concrete composite joints in post-earthquake fire scenarios. After validation of these models with the previously conducted experimental results, a comprehensive numerical analysis is performed, allowing influential parameters affecting the post-earthquake fire behavior of the steel-concrete composite joints to be identified. Specifically, the level of pre-damage induced by cyclic loading is regraded to deteriorate mechanical and thermal properties of concrete, material properties of steel, and thickness of the fire protection layer. It is found that the ultimate temperature of the joint is affected by the load ratio while fire-resistant duration is relevant to the heating rate, both of which change due to the damage induced by the cyclic loading.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제88권4호
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• pp.379-387
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• 2023

Wind and earthquake loads may cause strong vibrations in large-span cable-stayed bridges, leading to the inability of the bridge to operate normally. An improved Pounding Tuned Mass Damper (PTMD) system was designed to improve the safety of the large-span cable-stayed bridge. The vibration control effect of the improved PTMD system on the large-span cablestayed bridge under the combined action of earthquake-wind-traffic was studied. Furthermore, the impact of different parameters on the vibration suppression performance of the improved PTMD system was analyzed. The numerical results indicate that the PTMD system is very effective in suppressing the displacements of the bridge caused by both the traffic-wind coupling and traffic-earthquake coupling. Moreover, the number, mass ratio, pounding stiffness, and gap values have a significant influence on the vibration suppression performance of the improved PTMD system. When the number of PTMD is increased from 3 to 9, the vibration reduction ratio of the vertical displacement is increased from 25.39% to 48.05%. As the mass ratio changes from 0.5% to 2%, the vibration reduction ratio increases significantly from 22.23% to 53.30%.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2005

에너지 설계법은 지진에 의해 누적된 손상과 구조물의 이력거동에 의한 영향을 직접적으로 고려할 수 있기 때문에 현행 내진설계 기준보다 더 합리적이다. 그러나 지반운동과 구조물 특성에 따른 에너지 응답에 대한 관련 연구자들의 합의가 아직 도출되지 않고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 에너지 요구에 대한 지진하중과 구조물 특성의 영향을 다른 지반조건에서 계측된 100개의 지진기록을 이용하여 평가하고 기존 연구결과와 비교하였다. 해석 결과에 따르면 연성비와 지반조건은 입력에너지에 상당한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 입력에너지에 대한 이력에너지비는 연성비, 감쇠비와 강한 지진파의 지속시간에 많은 영향을 받았지만 지반조건에 따른 변화는 작았다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2014

The plastic hinge region of RC pier ensures its nonlinear behavior during strong earthquake events. It is assumed that the piers secure sufficient strength and ductility in order to prevent the collapse of the bridge during strong earthquake. However, the presence of a lap-splice of longitudinal bars in the plastic hinge region may lead to the occurrence of early bond failure in the lap-splice zone and result in significant loss of the seismic performance. The current regulations for seismic performance evaluation limit the ultimate strain and displacement ductility considering the eventual presence of lap-splice, but do not consider the lap-splice length. In this study, seismic performance test and analysis are performed according to the cross-sectional size and the lap-splice length in the case of longitudinal bars with lap-splice located in the plastic hinge region of existing RC bridge columns with circular cross-section. The seismic behavioral characteristics of the piers are also analyzed. Based upon the results, this paper presents a more reasonable seismic performance evaluation method considering the lap-splice length and the cross-sectional size of the column.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.56-67
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 미국 남캘리포니아 지진센터에서 개발한 물리적 지진모델링 기반 광대역 강지진동 모사 플랫폼(버전 16.5)을 활용하여, 규모 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 지진에 대한 진도 감쇠 특성 분석을 수행하였다. 지진 발생 위치는 2016년 규모 5.8 경주 지진 진앙 인근을 가정하였으나 지각 전파 모델의 경우 남캘리포니아 강지진동 모사 플랫폼에서 제공하는 미국의 대표적인 지각 모델 두 개를 사용하였다. 하나는 판 내부를 대표하는 미국 중동부 지역(Central and Eastern United States, CEUS) 모델이고 다른 하나는 판의 경계를 대표하는 미 서부 지역(LA Basin) 모델이다. 버전 16.5 플랫폼에는 5개의 모델링 방법론이 제시되고 있으며 본 연구에서는 Song 모델과 Exsim 모델을 사용하였다. 동일 규모의 지진이라 하더라도 지진발생 환경이 다른 지역(CEUS vs LA Basin)에서는 같은 진앙 거리에서 진도 2 등급에 가까운 차이가 발생할 수 있음을 본 연구를 통해서 발견하였다. 본 연구에서 나타난 지역별 진도 감쇠 특성의 차이를 감안할 때 한반도에서 좀 더 정밀한 지진재해 평가를 위해서는 지역에 적합한 진도 감쇠 특성을 이해하는 것이 중요할 것으로 판단되며 본 연구는 지역 특화된 진도 감쇠 특성을 고려하지 않을 경우 진도 감쇠 분포의 불확실성 정도를 잘 보여준다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2001

Near source earthquakes can be characterized not only by strong horizontal but also by strong vertical ground motions with broad range of dominant frequencies. The inelastic horizontal response of thin-walled L-shaped steel bridge piers, which are popularly used as highway bridge supports, subjected to simultaneous horizontal and vertical ground excitations of near source earthquakes is investigated. A comprehensive damage index and an evolutionary-degrading hysteretic model are applied. Numerical analysis reveals that the strong vertical excitation of a near source earthquake exerts considerable influences on the damage development and horizontal response of thin-walled L-shaped steel bridge piers.