• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.355-366
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• 2024

Severe natural multi-hazard events can cause damage to infrastructure and economic losses of billions of dollars. The challenges of modeling these losses include dependency between hazards, cause and sequence of loss, and lack of available data. This paper presents and explores multi-hazard loss modeling in the context of the combined wind and rain vulnerability of mid/high-rise buildings during hurricane events. A component-based probabilistic vulnerability model provides the framework to test and contrast two different approaches to treat the multi-hazards: In one, the wind and rain hazard models are both decoupled from the vulnerability model. In the other, only the wind hazard is decoupled, while the rain hazard model is embedded into the vulnerability model. The paper presents the mathematical and conceptual development of each approach, example outputs from each for the same scenario, and a discussion of weaknesses and strengths of each approach.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 10th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.285-292
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• 2024

Physiological devices and immersive technologies are crucial innovations being implemented for construction safety. Physiological devices provide insights into the wellbeing of workers while immersive technologies have a potential to simulate or enhance construction environments. These two technologies present numerous benefits for construction safety and have been extensively implemented in various dimensions. In addition to the individual benefits of these two technologies, combining them presents more opportunities for construction safety research and numerous studies have been conducted using this approach. However, despite promising results achieved by studies which have used this technological combination, no review has been conducted to summarize the findings of these studies. This review therefore summarizes studies that have combined immersive technologies with physiological monitoring for construction safety. A systematic approach is employed, and 24 articles are reviewed. This review highlights four safety aspects which have been explored using a combination of immersive technologies and physiological monitoring. These aspects are (1) Safety training and evaluation (2) Hazard identification (3) Attention assessment and (4) Cognitive strain assessment. In addition, there are three main directions for future research. (1) Future studies should explore other types of immersive technologies such as immersive audio (2) Physiological reactions to hazard exposure should be studied and (3) More multi-physiological approaches should be adopted.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2010

상수도관망의 최적설계는 단목적함수와 고정된 수리학적 변수로 구성된 비용최소화의 문제로 시작되었다. 하지만, 미래의 불확실한 수요량의 변동과 같이 상수도관망 내에 존재하는 여러 불확실성을 고려하여 설계하는 것이 실제 상수도관망의 거동을 보다 적절히 예측하는 것이다. 따라서 상수도관망 내 존재하는 불확실성을 양적으로 고려하는 다양한 방법이 연구되어 상수도관망의 최적설계에 반영되었고, 다목적함수를 사용한 최적화문제도 다루게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 관망의 절점에서의 수요량과 관의 조도계수를 불확실성을 가진 변수로 두고, 비용 최소화와 관망의 강건성 (Robustness)을 최대화 하는 두 가지 목적함수를 가진 다목적함수 최적화 문제를 다루었다. 최적화 과정은 비용최소화와 불확실성을 고려한 최종 최적화의 두 과정으로 나뉜다. 각 절점에서의 수요량과 관의 조도계수는 베타확률밀도함수 (Beta PDF)를 사용, Latin Hypercube 샘플링 방법으로 불확실성을 고려하였고, 다목적함수의 최적화는 유전자 알고리듬 (Multi-objective Genetic Algorithms, MOGA)을 사용하였다. 제안된 방법은 New York Tunnels이라는 실제 상수도관망에 적용하여 적용성을 검증 하였고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 다목적 최적화 문제에서 최적화가 진행될 수 록 초기 값에 모여 있던 점들이 그 점 주위를 시작으로 해 공간에 최적 해를 찾아 오른쪽 아래 부분으로 탐색해 나가는 것을 확인할 수 있었고 최적설계의 해는 해 공간에서 Pareto Front를 구성하며 파레토 최적해를 구하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.503-529
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• 2015

Traditionally, multi-story buildings are designed to provide stiffer structural support to withstand lateral earthquake loading. Introducing flexible elements at the base of a structure and providing sufficient damping is an alternative way to mitigate seismic hazards. These features can be achieved with a device known as an isolator. This paper covers the design of base isolators for multi-story buildings in medium-risk seismicity regions and evaluates the structural responses of such isolators. The well-known tower building for police personnel built in Dhaka, Bangladesh by the Public Works Department (PWD) has been used as a case study to justify the viability of incorporating base isolators. The objective of this research was to establish a simplified model of the building that can be effectively used for dynamic analysis, to evaluate the structural status, and to suggest an alternative option to handle the lateral seismic load. A finite element model was incorporated to understand the structural responses. Rubber-steel bearing (RSB) isolators such as Lead rubber bearing (LRB) and high damping rubber bearing (HDRB) were used in the model to insert an isolator link element in the structural base. The nonlinearities of rubber-steel bearings were considered in detail. Linear static, linear dynamic, and nonlinear dynamic analyses were performed for both fixed-based (FB) and base isolated (BI) buildings considering the earthquake accelerograms, histories, and response spectra of the geological sites. Both the time-domain and frequency-domain approaches were used for dynamic solutions. The results indicated that for existing multi-story buildings, RSB diminishes the muscular amount of structural response compared to conventional non-isolated structures. The device also allows for higher horizontal displacement and greater structural flexibility. The suggested isolation technique is able to mitigate the structural hazard under even strong earthquake vulnerability.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.755-773
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• 2013

One of the main requirements of the seismic design codes must be its easy application by structural engineers. The use of practically-applicable models or simplified models as single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems is a good alternative to achieve this condition. In this study, deterministic and probabilistic response transformation factors are obtained to evaluate the response in terms of maximum ductility and maximum interstory drifts of multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems based on the response of equivalent SDOF systems. For this aim, five steel frames designed with the Mexican City Building Code (MCBC) as well as their corresponding equivalent SDOF systems (which represent the characteristics of the frames) are analyzed. Both structural systems are subjected to ground motions records. For the MDOF and the simplified systems, incremental dynamic analyses IDAs are developed in first place, then, structural demand hazard curves are obtained. The ratio between the IDAs curves corresponding to the MDOF systems and the curves corresponding to the simplified models are used to obtain deterministic response transformation factors. On the other hand, demand hazard curves are used to calculate probabilistic response transformation factors. It was found that both approaches give place to similar results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.361-383
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• 2024

Earthquake soil-structure interaction (ESSI) is the dynamic interaction between seismic waves, soil layers underlying structures, and the structures themselves during earthquakes, which affects the structures' response. This relationship impacts foundation behaviour, soil amplification, energy dissipation, nonlinear effects, resonance phenomena, and earthquake design considerations. Comprehending ESSI is crucial for evaluating structural performance, creating resilient structures and executing efficient seismic retrofitting procedures in earthquake-prone areas. Present seismic standards do not account for interbuilding dynamic interactions through the soil, and hence the associated seismic risk is ignored. However, due to recent population growth in cities and rising land costs, there has been a rise in city building surface density, resulting in buildings being more closely spaced. The seismic analysis of a city with high building surface density is very complex due to detailed requirement material and geometrical properties of historical as well as present structures. The construction of new building adjacent to preexisting building can either reduce or increase its structural response. This phenomenon of dynamic interaction between existing and newly built buildings is known as dynamic cross interaction (DCI) whereas site-city interactions (SCI) describe the effects of a group of structures on the overall seismic response of the site or city. This study covers the entire literature review of the pioneer findings in the field of ESSI considering different types of structures, mitigation techniques, ESSI modelling techniques, comparison between experimental and numerical techniques for earthquake analysis and latest concepts related to ESSI, DCI and SCI further the research gaps and future scope is also discussed.