• 한국안전학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2004

The dynamic behavior of the rectangular liquid storage structure is known to be greatly influenced by fluid-structure interaction. By mounting the liquid storage structure on the properly designed base isolators, dynamic response of the superstructure can be reduced. However, base isolators inevitably incur large displacement of the structure to the ground ·ind may give adverse effects on the sloshing height. This paper presents the analysis method for fluid-structure-isolator interaction in base-isolated rectangular liquid storage structures. In the method, the irrotational motion of invicid and incompressible ideal fluid is expressed by analytic solutions and the superstructure and isolators are properly modeled by finite element and bilinear model. Free surface sloshing motion, hydrodynamic pressure acting on the wall and structural response are obtained by the presented method.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2003년도 추계 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.481-488
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• 2003

A fluid-structure-isolator interaction program was developed in this study. The behavior of liquid regions are simulated by the boundary element method, and then the technique of analyzing the free surface motion in time domain is developed by using the nonlinear free surface boundary condition(NFBC) and the condition of interface between the structure and the fluid. Structure regions are modeled by the finite element method. In order to construct the governing equation of the fluid structure interaction(FSI)problem in time domain, the finite elements for a structure and boundary elements for liquid are coupled using the equilibrium condition, the compatibility condition and NFBC. The isolator is simulated by equation proposedin 3D Basis Me. In order to verify the validity and the applicability of the developed fluid- structure -Isolator interaction program, The horizontal forced vibration analysis was performed. The applicability of the developed method is verified through the artificial seismic analysis of real size liquid storage tank.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.230-236
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• 2018

최근 국내에서도 규모 5.0 이상의 지진이 발생하여 구조물의 내진 안전성에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 특히, 물을 저장하는 시설은 지진에 의해 손상 및 파손이 될 경우, 누수로 식수 및 용수가 부족하게 될 뿐만 아니라 화재 진압의 어려움이 야기되므로 지진에 대한 안전성을 만족하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 기초와 탱크사이에 납고무받침을 고려하여 지진에 대한 물탱크의 내진성능을 향상시키고자 한다. 이를 위해 기존 콘크리트 기초에 설치 가능하도록 납고무받침을 설계하였다. 물탱크에 대하여 유체-구조물 상호작용을 고려하기 위하여 ANSYS를 활용하여 모델링을 수행하였으며 정수압과 4개의 지진파를 이용한 동수압을 고려하였다. 만수위 2.5m의 정수압이 작용하는 경우에 대하여 정적 해석을 수행한 결과, 면진 적용여부와 상관없이 동일한 응력이 발생하였다. 정수압과 동수압을 동시에 고려했을 때, 면진 물탱크는 전반적으로 지진력 감소가 이루어졌지만 일반적인 구조면진과 비교했을 때 감쇠율이 다소 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 이는 물탱크 중량이 면진 강성보다 매우 작아서 나타난 결과로 판단되며, 향후 물탱크 내진성능 평가에 기초 자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권5호
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• pp.627-644
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• 2022

In past major earthquakes (1994 Northridge, 1995 Kobe, Chi-Chi 1999, Kocaeli 1999), significant damages occurred in the liquid storage tanks. The basic failure patterns were observed to be the buckling of the tank wall and uplift of the anchorage system. The damages in the industrial facilities and nuclear power plants have caused the spread of toxic substances to the environment and significant fires. Seismic isolation can be used in liquid storage tanks to decouple the structure and decrease the structural demand in the superstructure in case of ground shaking. Previous studies on the use of seismic isolation systems on liquid storage tanks show that an isolation system reduces the impulsive response but might slightly increase the convective one. There is still a lack of understanding of the seismic response of seismically isolated liquid storage tanks considering the fluid-structure interaction. In this study, one broad tank, one medium tank, and one slender tank are selected and designed. Two- and three-dimensional elastomeric bearings are used as seismic isolation systems. The seismic performance of the tanks is then investigated through nonlinear dynamic time-history analyses. The effectiveness of each seismic isolation system on tanks' performance was investigated. Isolator tension forces, modal analysis results, hydrodynamic stresses, strains, sloshing heights and base shear forces of the tanks are compared. The results show that the total base shear is lower in 3D-isolators compared to 2D-isolators. Even though the tank wall stresses, and strains are slightly higher in 3D-isolators, they are more efficient to prevent the tension problem.