• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.439-453
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• 2023

Older brick masonry structures generally suffer from low strength defects. Using a cement mortar layer (CML) or steel-meshed cement mortar layer (S-CML) to reinforce existing low-strength brick masonry structures (LBMs) is still an effective means of increasing seismic performance. However, performance indices such as lateral displacement ratios and skeleton curves for LBMs reinforced with CML or S-CML need to be clarified in performance-based seismic design and evaluation. Therefore, research into the failure mechanisms and seismic performance of LBMs reinforced with CML or S-CML is imperative. In this study, thirty low-strength brick walls (LBWs) with different cross-sectional areas, bonding mortar types, vertical loads, and CML/S-CML thicknesses were constructed. The failure modes, load-carrying capacities, energy dissipation capacity and lateral drift ratio limits in different limits states were acquired via quasi-static tests. The results show that 1) the primary failure modes of UBWs and RBWs are "diagonal shear failure" and "sliding failure through joints." 2) The acceptable drift ratios of Immediate Occupancy (IO), Life Safety (LS), and Collapse Prevention (CP) for UBWs can be 0.04%, 0.08%, and 0.3%, respectively. For 20-RBWs, the acceptable drift ratios of IO, LS, and CP for 20-RBWs can be 0.037%, 0.09%, and 0.41%, respectively. Moreover, the acceptable drift ratios of IO, LS, and CP for 40-RBWs can be 0.048%, 0.09%, and 0.53%, respectively. 3) Reinforcing low-strength brick walls with CML/S-CML can improve brick walls' bearing capacity, deformation, and energy dissipation capacity. Using CML/S-CML reinforcement to improve the seismic performance of old masonry houses is a feasible and practical choice.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.311-326
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• 2024

Transmission tower structures are particularly susceptible to damage and even collapse under strong seismic ground motions. Conventional seismic analyses of transmission towers are usually performed by considering only ground motion uncertainty while ignoring structural uncertainty; consequently, the performance evaluation and failure prediction may be inaccurate. In this context, the present study numerically investigates the seismic responses and failure mechanism of transmission towers by considering multiple sources of uncertainty. To this end, an existing transmission tower is chosen, and the corresponding three-dimensional finite element model is created in ABAQUS software. Sensitivity analysis is carried out to identify the relative importance of the uncertain parameters in the seismic responses of transmission towers. The numerical results indicate that the impacts of the structural damping ratio, elastic modulus and yield strength on the seismic responses of the transmission tower are relatively large. Subsequently, a set of 20 uncertainty models are established based on random samples of various parameter combinations generated by the Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) method. An uncertainty analysis is performed for these uncertainty models to clarify the impacts of uncertain structural factors on the seismic responses and failure mechanism (ultimate bearing capacity and failure path). The numerical results show that structural uncertainty has a significant influence on the seismic responses and failure mechanism of transmission towers; different possible failure paths exist for the uncertainty models, whereas only one exists for the deterministic model, and the ultimate bearing capacity of transmission towers is more sensitive to the variation in material parameters than that in geometrical parameters. This research is expected to provide an in-depth understanding of the influence of structural uncertainty on the seismic demand assessment of transmission towers.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2011

국내에서 1990년대 설계된 철근콘크리트 내력벽시스템으로 설계된 공동주택에 대한 내진 성능평가를 연구하기 위하여 실제 시공된 13개 건물의 도면을 수집하고 해석을 수행하였다. 내진성능을 평가하기 위하여 FEMA 356과 FEMA 440에 따라 산정하였다. 요구곡선을 위하여 내진설계 스펙트럼은 건축구조설계기준(2009년)에서 정한 값을 사용하였다. 각 건물에 대하여 인명안전과 붕괴방지의 수준에 대한 성능점을 산정하였다. 붕괴방지수준에 대하여 성능점에 도달할 때의 부재의 상태를 확인하여 본 결과, 총 13개중 9개(약70%)의 건물의 연결보와 벽체에 붕괴방지 수준 이상의 손상이 발생하였으며, 내력벽보다 연결보에서 손상이 더 크게 나타났다. 또한 본 연구에서 산정한 성능점과 주기의 상관성을 고찰한 결과, 반비례의 상관성이 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2009

묘도-광양간 현수교는 광양항에 진입하는 항로에 위치해있으므로 큰 배들에 대하여 충돌 방지공이 필요하다. 본 논문은 선박충돌을 고려하여 위험도 분석과 비선형 수치해석을 실시하였다. 위험도 분석 결과 충돌 방지공 설치 이전에는 연간 파괴확률이 기준치인 0.0001을 초과하여 충돌 방지공이 필요한 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서, 선박의 충돌을 방지하기 위해서 인공섬과 콘리트트 블록으로 만든 방파제 벽을 사용하여 설계하였다. 계획된 충돌 방지공 설치 후 비선형 수치해석 결과 교량에 미치는 하중이 교량의 내하력 이내로 나타나 선박 충돌시에도 교량의 안정성이 확보되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2016

최근 사회기반시설의 안전설계 용량을 초과하는 잦은 위험기상 등으로 자연재난의 빈도가 증가하고 피해규모도 대형화되고 있으며, 도시화 진전에 따른 시설의 고층화 노후건축물 증가와 세계화에 따른 유동인구 및 물류 증가 등이 신종 복합 재난을 가중시키는 요인으로 작용하고 있다. 첨단 과학기술을 활용하여 재난위험 사전 감지, 실시간 정보분석, 재난현장에 대한 신속한 대응이 가능하지만, 매몰자 긴급구호에 필요한 시공에서는 반드시 검증된 기술을 활용해야 함에도 불구하고 현장 시험시공을 통한 검증은 미흡하다. 본 연구에서는 도심지 시설물 붕괴 재난 사고 발생 시 매몰지점에 고립된 피구호자를 대상으로 골든타임인 72시간 이내에 식수 및 구호품을 신속하게 공급하기 위한 1차 생명선 설치와 철근 콘크리트 구조체 굴착 성능을 평가하는 데 목적이 있다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.779-807
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• 2016

Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) are essential tools in seismic hazard analysis. With the introduction of probabilistic approaches for the estimation of seismic response of structures, also known as, performance based earthquake engineering framework; new tasks are defined for response spectrum such as the reference criterion for effective structure-specific selection of ground motions for nonlinear time history analysis. One of the recent efforts to introduce a high quality databank of ground motions besides the corresponding selection scheme based on the broadband spectral consistency is the development of SIMBAD (Selected Input Motions for displacement-Based Assessment and Design), which is designed to improve the reliability of spectral values at all natural periods by removing noise with modern proposed approaches. In this paper, a new global GMPE is proposed by using selected ground motions from SIMBAD to improve the reliability of computed spectral shape indicators. To determine regression coefficients, 204 pairs of horizontal components from 35 earthquakes with magnitude ranging from Mw 5 to Mw 7.1 and epicentral distances lower than 40 km selected from SIMBAD are used. The proposed equation is compared with similar models both qualitatively and quantitatively. After the verification of model by several goodness-of-fit measures, the epsilon values as the spectral shape indicator are computed and the validity of available prediction equations for correlation of the pairs of epsilon values is examined. General consistency between predictions by new model and others, especially, in short periods is confirmed, while, at longer periods, there are meaningful differences between normalized residuals and correlation coefficients between pairs of them estimated by new model and those are computed by other empirical equations. A simple collapse assessment example indicate possible improvement in the correlation between collapse capacity and spectral shape indicators (${\varepsilon}$) up to 20% by selection of a more applicable GMPE for calculation of ${\varepsilon}$.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.599-609
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• 2020

The tension-only braced frames (TOBFs) are widely used as a lateral force resisting system (LFRS) in low-rise steel buildings due to their simplicity and economic advantage. However, the system has poor seismic energy dissipation capacity and pinched hysteresis behavior caused by early buckling of slender bracing members. The main concern in utilizing the TOBF system is the determination of appropriate performance factors for seismic design. A formalized approach to quantify the seismic performance factor (SPF) based on determining an acceptable margin of safety against collapse is introduced by FEMA P695. The methodology is applied in this paper to assess the SPFs of the TOBF systems. For this purpose, a trial value of the R factor was first employed to design and model a set of TOBF archetype structures. Afterwards, the level of safety against collapse provided by the assumed R factor was investigated by using the non-linear analysis procedure of FEMA P695 comprising incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) under a set of prescribed ground motions. It was found that the R factor of 3.0 is appropriate for safe design of TOBFs. Also, the system overstrength factor (Ω₀) was estimated as 2.0 by performing non-linear static analyses.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2012

기둥은 건물에서 하중을 지지하는 중요한 구성요소이므로 기둥의 손상 또는 파괴는 건물의 연쇄붕괴의 원인이 된다. 특히 폭발하중에 의한 기둥의 거동평가는 연쇄붕괴 방지에 있어 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 축하중을 받고 있는 기둥이 폭발하중을 받을 때의 거동과 폭발 저항성능을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 동일단면적과 비슷한 철근비를 가지는 기둥에서 주 철근의 개수를 달리하여 각 변수에 따른 폭발하중에 대한 폭발 저항성능을 평가하였다. 또한, 동일한 성능을 지니는 기둥에서 단면비를 달리하여 기둥의 폭발 저항성능을 비교하였다. 해석결과, 폭발 직후 충격량에 대한 수직 변형률은 철근의 개수 및 단면비에 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 수평변형의 경우 폭발압력을 받는 면의 철근 개수가 증가함에 따라 기둥의 저항성능이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 기둥 단면의 단면 2차모멘트가 클수록 폭발하중에 대한 저항 성능 및 복원력이 더 큰 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 벽식 구조시스템의 일부 전단벽을 제거하여 공간의 가변성을 높인 무량복합 구조시스템의 내진성능을 ATC-63에 제시되어 있는 절차에 따라 파악하였으며, 동일한 규모의 벽식 구조시스템의 내진성능과 비교하였다. 해석모델로 12층 무량복합 및 벽식 구조시스템을 KBC 2009에 따라 설계하고 비선형 정적 및 비선형 증분 동적해석(IDA)을 수행하여 지진응답 및 붕괴거동을 파악하였다. 무량복합 시스템은 벽식 구조시스템 보다 적은 양의 콘크리트 물량으로 설계되었으며, 동일한 지진하중에 대하여 좀 더 큰 변위응답을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. IDA 해석결과 얻어진 붕괴 여유비(CMR)는 ATC-63에 제시된 한계상태를 만족하여 설계지진하중에 대하여 충분한 내진성능을 보유한 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.705-726
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• 2014

In general, cylindrically curved plates are used in ships and offshore structures such as wind towers, spa structures, fore and aft side shell plating, and bilge circle parts in merchant vessels. In a number of studies, it has been shown that curvature increases the buckling strength of a plate under compressive loading, and the ultimate load-carrying capacity is also expected to increase. In the present paper, a series of elastic and elastoplastic large deflection analyses were performed using the commercial finite element analysis program (MSC.NASTRAN/PATRAN) in order to clarify and examine the fundamental buckling and collapse behaviors of curved plates subjected to combined axial compression and lateral pressure. On the basis of the numerical results, the effects of curvature, the magnitude of the initial deflection, the slenderness ratio, and the aspect ratio on the characteristics of the buckling and collapse behavior of the curved plates are discussed. On the basis of the calculated results, the design formula was developed to predict the buckling and ultimate strengths of curved plates subjected to combined loads in an analytical manner. The buckling strength behaviors were simulated by performing elastic large deflection analyses. The newly developed formulations were applied in order to perform verification analyses for the curved plates by comparing the numerical results, and then, the usefulness of the proposed method was demonstrated.