• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.689-697
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• 2017

Nowadays, there are a great number of various structures that have been retrofitted by using different FRP Composites. Due to this, more researches need to be conducted to know more the characteristics of these structures, not only that but also a comparison among them before and after the retrofitting is needed. In this research, a model steel structure is tested using a bench-scale earthquake simulator on the shake table, using recorded micro tremor data, in order to get the dynamic behaviors. Beams of the model steel structure are then retrofitted by using CFRP composite, and then tested on the Quanser shake table by using the recorded micro tremor data. At this stage, it is needed to evaluate the dynamic behaviors of the retrofitted model steel structure. Various types of methods of OMA, such as EFDD, SSI, etc. are used to take action in the ambient responses. Having a purpose to learn more about the effects of FRP composite, experimental model analysis of both types (retrofitted and no-retrofitted models) is conducted to evaluate their dynamic behaviors. There is a provision of ambient excitation to the shake table by using recorded micro tremor ambient vibration data on ground level. Furthermore, the Enhanced Frequency Domain decomposition is used through output-only modal identification. At the end of this study, moderate correlation is obtained between mode shapes, periods and damping ratios. The aim of this research is to show and determine the effects of CFRP Composite implementation on structural responses of the model steel structure, in terms of changing its dynamical behaviors. The frequencies for model steel structure and the retrofitted model steel structure are shown to be 34.43% in average difference. Finally, it is shown that, in order to evaluate the period and rigidity of retrofitted structures, OMA might be used.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.249-253
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• 2002

There is a great deal evidence concerning crustal uplift, after deglaciation, in the vicinity of Syowa Station $(69^{\circ}S,\;39^{\circ}E)$ from tide gauge data, seismic evidence, raised beaches, marine terraces, etc. The geomorphological and tide gauge data show that the crustal uplift is going on around Syowa Station. Seismic observations at Syowa Station started in 1959. Phase readings of the earthquakes have been published by National Institute of Polar Research once a year since 1968, as one of the Data Report Series. Eighteen local earthquakes were detected on short period seismograms at Syowa Station in 1990-2000. The seismicity during the period from 1990 to 2000 was lower than that from 1987 to 1989 when epicenters of local earthquakes were determined by tripartite seismic array. Local earthquake activity corroborates the crustal uplif4 which is an intermittent phenomenon. Sea level falling of 4.5 mm/y was found using data in 1975-1992. This felling rate is consistent with the geomorphological data. A route for repeat leveling survey was established in East Ongul Island. No appreciable change of sea level was observed for the last 14 years. A dynamics of the crustal uplift around Syowa Station has been discussed using geomorphological data, ocean tide, and seismic and leveling data, which is estimated to be an intermittent phenomenon. When local seismic activity is high, the crustal uplift is estimated to be going on. On the contrary, the crustal uplift is in dormancy when the local seismicity is low. Repeated leveling measurements suggest no significant changes, which further supports the idea that the crustal uplift in offshore is not a tilt trend movement but a block movement.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

비내진 설계된 철근콘크리트 골조는 내진상세의 미확보로 인하여 전단파괴의 가능성이 있다. 이러한 전단파괴를 해석 모델링에 반영하기 위하여 Moehle과 ATC 40을 포함한 4개의 전단강도감소 모델을 선택하고 비교하였으며, 각 모델을 예제 건물에 적용하여 Push-over해석을 수행하였다. 해석용 예제 모델은 3층 규모로 하였으며 국내 콘크리트 설계기준에 따라 설계하였다. 전단강도 감소모델 비교 결과, Moehle의 모델은 NZSEE의 모델보다 전단내력을 작게 평가하고 ATC 40 모델에 비하여 휨 연성도에 따른 내력의 변동이 작으며, 대부분의 경우에 고찰된 모델들의 전단내력은 ACI 318의 공칭 전단강도보다 크게 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 예제 모델의 수치해석 비교 결과, 전단강도 감소모델에 따라 건물의 수평 저항 능력에 큰 차이가 나타나며, 전단스프링에 전단강도 감소를 고려한 모델에 비하여 ATC 40의 횡 소성 변형을 제한하는 모델을 사용하면 횡저항 능력을 과소평가하게 됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.455-462
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• 2011

2011년 3월 11일에 발생한 동일본대지진으로 인해 후쿠시마 원전사고가 발생하여 방사능오염손해에 대한 우려의 목소리가 높다. 특히 방사능오염손해는 선박의 안전항행에 위협이 될 뿐만 아니라, 선원의 안전과 해상운송을 통한 세계 경제의 건전한 발전을 저해시키는 원인으로 작용할 우려가 있다. 선박 또는 화물이 방사능오염손해를 입은 경우에 이러한 방사능오염물질을 제거하는데 상당한 비용이 소요될 것이며, 부득이한 경우에는 선박과 적하를 폐기처분해야 하는 경우도 발생한다. 또한 선원이 방사능에 피복될 경우 이러한 선원에 대한 치료 문제도 발생할 수 있다. 하지만 현재 방사능오염손해에 대한 사후적 대비책으로써 어떠한 방법과 근거에 의하여 보험 보상이 이루어지는지 여부가 명확하게 검토되고 있지 않은 상황이다. 따라서 이 논문에서는 방사능오염으로 인한 피해의 사후적 대비책으로써 방사능오염손해에 대한 해상보험에서의 보상 문제를 검토하고자 한다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권4호
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• pp.531-543
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• 2023

The existing concrete bridges are time-varying working systems, where the maintenance strategy should be planned according to the time-varying performance of the bridge. This work proposes a time-dependent residual capacity assessment procedure, which considers the non-stationary bridge load effects under growing traffic and non-stationary structural deterioration owing to material degradations. Lifetime bridge load effects under traffic growth are predicated by the non-stationary peaks-over-threshold (POT) method using time-dependent generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) models. The non-stationary structural resistance owing to material degradation is modeled by incorporating the Gamma deterioration process and field inspection data. A three-span continuous box-girder bridge is illustrated as an example to demonstrate the application of the proposed procedure, and the time-varying reliability indexes of the bridge girder are calculated. The accuracy of the proposed non-stationary POT method is verified through numerical examples, where the shape parameter of the time-varying GPD model is constant but the threshold and scale parameters are polynomial functions increasing with time. The case study illustrates that the residual flexural capacities show a degradation trend from a slow decrease to an accelerated decrease under traffic growth and material degradation. The reliability index for the mid-span cross-section reduces from 4.91 to 4.55 after being in service for 100 years, and the value is from 4.96 to 4.75 for the mid-support cross-section. The studied bridge shows no safety risk under traffic growth and structural deterioration owing to its high design safety reserve. However, applying the proposed numerical approach to analyze the degradation of residual bearing capacity for bridge structures with low safety reserves is of great significance for management and maintenance.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.303-316
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• 2024

Seismic records are composed of mainshock and a series of aftershocks which often result in the incremental damage to underground structures and bring great challenges to the rescue of post-disaster and the repair of post-earthquake. In this paper, the repetition method was used to construct the mainshock-aftershocks sequence which was used as the input ground motion for the analysis of dynamic time history. Based on the Daikai station, the two-dimensional finite element model of soil-station was established to explore the failure process of station under different seismic precautionary intensities, and the concept of incremental damage of station was introduced to quantitatively analyze the damage condition of structure under the action of mainshock and two aftershocks. An arc rubber bearing was proposed for the shock absorption. With the arc rubber bearing, the mode of the traditional column end connection was changed from "fixed connection" to "hinged joint", and the ductility of the structure was significantly improved. The results show that the damage condition of the subway station is closely related to the magnitude of the mainshock. When the magnitude of the mainshock is low, the incremental damage to the structure caused by the subsequent aftershocks is little. When the magnitude of the mainshock is high, the subsequent aftershocks will cause serious incremental damage to the structure, and may even lead to the collapse of the station. The arc rubber bearing can reduce the damage to the station. The results can offer a reference for the seismic design of subway stations under the action of mainshock-aftershocks.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2019

최근 한반도에서도 크고 작은 지진이 발생하여 더 이상 한국은 지진 안전지대로 볼 수 없으며, 특히 큰 규모의 지진 발생이 잦은 주변국의 영향으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 지진해일에 대한 신속한 대응이 필요하다. 지진해일의 발생은 큰 인명피해를 초래할 수 있으므로 지진 발생에 대비하여 대피소의 위치를 선정하는 것은 매우 중요한 일이다. 기존에 대피소 관련 연구가 다양하게 진행되었지만, 사용한 자료는 대부분 대피소 주변의 정적인 정주인구를 바탕으로 분석되어 현실성이 결여되어있다. 본 연구에서는 긴급상황 발생 시 현실성을 반영하기 위해 유동인구 데이터를 사용하였고, 대피소 위치선정에 다수 활용되고 휴리스틱 알고리즘 중 좋은 결과를 도출해내는 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하였다. 선택, 교차, 변이 과정을 통해 대피 가능 인원을 유전자 알고리즘의 목적함수로 사용하여 최적지를 탐색하였으며, 연구지역으로 선정한 부산 해운대구를 중심으로 연구한 결과, 총 8개의 대피소를 설치하는 것이 가장 효율성이 높은 것으로 최종 도출되었다. 최종 선정된 대피소의 위치는 일반거주지역뿐만 아니라 주요 관광지 주변도 선정되었는데, 이는 정주인구 통계자료만으로는 도출될 수 없는 결과로 본 연구를 통해 유동인구 데이터 활용의 중요성을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.751-760
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• 2017

In recent years, multifractal-based analysis methods have been widely applied in engineering. Among these methods, multifractal detrended cross-correlation analysis (MFDXA), a branch of fractal analysis, has been successfully applied in the fields of finance and biomedicine. For its great potential in reflecting the subtle characteristic among signals, a structural health monitoring (SHM) system based on MFDXA is proposed. In this system, damage assessment is conducted by exploiting the concept of multifractal theory to quantify the complexity of the vibration signal measured from a structure. According to the proposed algorithm, the damage condition is first distinguished by multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis. Subsequently, the relationship between the q-order, q-order detrended covariance, and length of segment is further explored. The dissimilarity between damaged and undamaged cases is visualized on contour diagrams, and the damage location can thus be detected using signals measured from different floors. Moreover, a damage index is proposed to efficiently enhance the SHM process. A seven-story benchmark structure, located at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), was employed for an experimental verification to demonstrate the performance of the proposed SHM algorithm. According to the results, the damage condition and orientation could be correctly identified using the MFDXA algorithm and the proposed damage index. Since only the ambient vibration signal is required along with a set of initial reference measurements, the proposed SHM system can provide a lower cost, efficient, and reliable monitoring process.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.771-777
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• 2017

The applications of smartphones or other portable smart devices have dramatically changed people's lifestyle. Researchers have been investigating useage of smartphones for structural health monitoring, earthquake monitoring, vibration measurement and human posture recognition. Their results indicate a great potential of smartphones for measuring pedestrian-induced loads like walking, jumping and bouncing. Smartphone can catch the device's motion trail, which provides with a new method for pedestrain load measurement. Therefore, this study carried out a series of experiments to verify the application of the smartphone for measuring human-induced load. Shaking table tests were first conducted in order to compare the smartphones' measurements with the real input signals in both time and frequency domains. It is found that selected smartphones have a satisfied accuracy when measuring harmonic signals of low frequencies. Then, motion capture technology in conjunction with force plates were adopted in the second-stage experiment. The smartphone is used to record the acceleration of center-of-mass of a person. The human-induced loads are then reconstructed by a biomechanical model. Experimental results demonstrate that the loads measured by smartphone are good for bouncing and jumping, and reasonable for walking.

• 지질공학
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 1997

한국의 역사 문헌에 의하면 파괴적인 피해를 동반한 대지진들이 1-8 세기와 16-17 세기에 주로 경주와 울산 부근에서 발생했다. 울산단층 동부 지역에서의 선구조선들의 분포를 NNE-SSW, NE-SW, NS 성분이 우세하게 나타나며 울산단층은 중북부에서 세 방향으로 분기하는 단층계를 형성한다고 보여진다. 울산단층은 중북부에서의 트렌치 조사에 의하면 본 단층은 마지막 빙기 (약 25,000 B.P)동안의 심한 결빙작용으로 나타나 엽리구조를 포함하는 사면 퇴적물을 절단하고 있으며 트러스트 성분의 단층운동이 2회 발생한 흔적을 보인다. 야외 노두와 트렌치 조사에 의하면 울산 단층은 제 4 기 후기 이후에도 여러회 활동한 단층으로 추정된다.