• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.351-373
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• 2014

This paper investigates the seismic response of lightweight acceleration-sensitive non-structural components (NSCs) mounted on irregular reinforced concrete (RC) primary structures (P-structures) using non-linear dynamic finite element (FE) analysis. The aim of this paper is to study the influence of NSC to P-structure vibration period ratio, peak ground acceleration, NSC to P-structure height ratio, and P-structure torsional behaviour on the seismic response of the NSCs. Representative constitutive models were used to simulate the behaviour of the RC P-structures. The NSCs were modelled as vertical cantilevers fixed at their bases with masses on the free ends and varying lengths so as to match the frequencies of the P-structures. Full dynamic interaction is considered between the NSCs and P-structures. A set of 21 natural and artificial earthquake records were used to evaluate the seismic response of the NSCs. The numerical results indicate that the behaviour of the NSCs is significantly influenced by the investigated parameters. Comparison between the FE results and Eurocode (EC8) predictions suggests that EC8 underestimates the response of NSCs mounted on the flexible sides of irregular RC P-structures when the fundamental periods and heights of the NSCs match those of the P-structures. The perceived cause of this discrepancy is that EC8 does not take into account the amplification in the dynamic response of NSCs induced by the torsional behaviour of RC P-structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.31-50
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• 2016

During the recent years, resistance mechanisms of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings against progressive collapse are investigated extensively. Although a general agreement is observed about their qualitative behavior in technical literature, there is not such a comprehensive point of view regarding the quantitative methods for predicting collapse resistance of RC members. Therefore, in the present study a simplified theoretical method is developed in order to predict general behavior of RC frames under the column removal scenario. In the introduced method, the robustness of the frame is extracted based on the capacity of the beams. The proposed method expresses ultimate arching and catenary capacities of the beams and also obtains the corresponding vertical displacements. Based on the calculated capacities, the introduced method also provides a quantitative assessment of structural robustness and determines whether or not the collapse occurs. The capability of the method is evaluated using experimental results in the literature. The evaluation study indicates that the proposed theoretical procedure can establish a reliable foundation for progressive collapse assessment of RC frame structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.321-341
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• 2010

The seismic-induced failure of a dam could have catastrophic consequences associated with the sudden release of the impounded reservoir. Depending on the severity of the seismic hazard, the characteristics and size of the dam-reservoir system, preventing such a failure scenario could be a problem of critical importance. In many cases, the release of water is controlled through a reinforced-concrete intake tower. This paper describes the application of a static nonlinear procedure known as the Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM) to evaluate the structural integrity of intake towers subject to seismic ground motion. Three variants of the CSM are considered: a multimodal pushover scheme, which uses the idea proposed by Chopra and Goel (2002); an adaptive pushover variant, in which the change in the stiffness of the structure is considered; and a combination of both approaches. The effects caused by the water surrounding the intake tower, as well as any water contained inside the hollow structure, are accounted for by added hydrodynamic masses. A typical structure is used as a case study, and the accuracy of the CSM analyses is assessed with time history analyses performed using commercial and structural analysis programs developed in Matlab.

• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2001

Collapse behavior of Mission-Gothic Undercrossing under Northridge earthquake is studied by performing nonlinear time-history analysis and three-dimensional nonlinear finite element method for flared columns. Bridge structural model is characterized as three-dimensional with consideration of columns, superstructures, and abutment conditions. Three components of ground motion, corresponding to bridge's longitudinal, transverse, and vertical direction and their combinations are used to investigate bridge collapse. Studies indicate that bridge collapse is dominantly caused by transverse ground motion and the consideration of three-dimensional ground motion leads to a more accurate assessment. Failure mechanism of flared columns is analyzed applying nonlinear finite element method. Reduction of column capacity is observed due to orientation of flare. Further investigation demonstrates that the effects of flare play an important role in predicting of bridge failure mechanism. Suggestions are offered to improve the performance of bridges during severe earthquake.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.101-126
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• 2016

Seismic structural fragility constitutes an important step for performance based seismic design. Lateral load-resisting structural members are often analyzed under one component base excitation, while the effect of bi-directional shaking is accounted per simplified rules. Fragility curves are constructed herein under real bi-directional excitation by a simple extension of the conventional Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) under uni-directional shaking. Simple SODF systems, parametrically adjusted to different periods, are examined under a set of near-fault and far-fault excitations. Consideration of bi-directional interaction appears important for stiff systems. Further, the study indicates that the peak ground accelertaion, velocity and displacement (PGA, PGV and PGD) of accelerogram are relatively stable and efficient intensity measures for short, medium and long period systems respectively. '30%' combination rule seems to reasonably predict the fragility under bi-directional shaking at least for first mode dominated systems dealt herein up to a limit state of damage control.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.195-206
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• 2022

Significant structural damages due to earthquakes reveal the importance of seismic design provisions. This paper presents a comparison between the seismic design provisions of Albania, Croatia, Iran, and Turkey for the design of mid-rise reinforced-concrete (RC) frames. Information on the historical development of the considered provisions are given. The code provisions are compared, illustrating the main differences in the minimum requirements for column and beam detailing and analysis for mid-rise RC frames. 4-story, 5-story, and 6-story buildings are designed according to each design code, and their performance is evaluated comparatively by using a displacement-based adaptive pushover procedure and eigenvalue analysis. It is observed that recent Turkish code has the highest and Albanian code has the lowest level of requirements in terms of member size and reinforcement detailing. The considered models indicate 15%, 20% and 50%, lower period values than the Croatia, Iran and Albania buildings, respectively. Additionally, building models per Croatia, Iran and Albania codes have 30%, 35% and 65% less base shear capacity when compared to Turkish building codes. Building models per Croatia and Iran codes indicate similar properties both in terms of strength and stiffness.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 반응표면법과 다목적최적화 기법을 이용한 유한요소모델개선기법의 절차를 제안하고 이를 저층의 철근콘크리트건물의 모델개선에 적용하였다. 대상건물은 전단벽 신설 및 댐퍼부착을 위한 부재의 강재보강을 통해 내진보강이 이루어진 건물로서 보강전후에 소형 가진기를 이용한 진동실험을 실시하여 동특성을 구하였다. 대상건물의 개선에 사용된 변수는 기존콘크리트, 신규타설된 콘크리트, 조적의 탄성계수, 신축줄눈부의 스프링계수, 강재보강된 부재의 유효강성비이다. 보강전후 건물의 초기모델을 구축한 후 중심합성법에 따라 개선변수의 값을 변화시키면서 얻은 해석결과를 통해 고유진동수의 오차와 모드형상의 오차를 나타내는 2개의 반응함수를 구하고, 이를 다목적최적화의 목적함수로 사용하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.673-685
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• 2007

Reinforced concrete beams can be strengthened in a structural retrofit process by attaching steel plates to their sides by bolting. Whilst bolting produces a confident degree of shear connection under conditions of either static or seismic overload, the plates are susceptible to local buckling. The aim of this paper is to investigate the local buckling of unilaterally-restrained plates with point supports in a generic fashion, but with particular emphasis on the provision of the restraints by bolts, and on the geometric configuration of these bolts on the buckling loads. A numerical procedure, which is based on the Rayleigh-Ritz method in conjunction with the technique of Lagrange multipliers, is developed to study the unilateral local buckling of rectangular plates bolted to the concrete with various arrangements of the pattern of bolting. A sufficient number of separable polynomials are used to define the flexural buckling displacements, while the restraint condition is modelled as a tensionless foundation using a penalty function approach to this form of mathematical contact problem. The additional constraint provided by the bolts is also modelled using Lagrange multipliers, providing an efficacious method of numerical analysis. Local buckling coefficients are determined for a range of bolting configurations, and these are compared with those developed elsewhere with simplifying assumptions. The interaction of the actions in bolted plates during buckling is also considered.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 기준압축강도 120MPa의 강섬유 보강 고강도 콘크리트(FRHSC)의 재료 특성 모델링을 수행하였다. 실험변수로서 강섬유 혼입량을 1.0%, 1.5% 및 2.0%로 설정하였다. 우선, 콘크리트의 압축 거동 특성을 파악하기 위하여 압축강도 실험을 수행하였으며, 압축응력-변형률 곡선을 산정하였다. 보통 강도 콘크리트의 경우, 응력-변형률 관계는 곡선 형태로 나타나지만, 강섬유 보강 고강도 콘크리트의 경우 거의 직선으로 비례하여 증가하는 형상을 나타냈다. 또한, 콘크리트의 인장 특성을 파악하기 위해 균열개구변위(CMOD) 실험을 수행하고 역해석을 통하여 인장응력-CMOD 곡선을 산정하였으며, 이를 토대로 인장응력-변형률 관계 곡선을 모델링하였다. 강섬유 혼입량이 1.0%에서 1.5%로 증가할 때 인장강도는 뚜렷히 증가하였으나, 강섬유 혼입량이 1.5%에서 2.0%로 증가할 때 인징강도는 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 이러한 실험결과는 강섬유의 분산성과 배열이 향상되지 않아 콘크리트 재료 특성에 영향을 주었기 때문이다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2014

이 연구에서는 중소지간 합성형 강거더교량에 대한 신뢰성 해석을 위해 강거더와 콘크리트슬래브의 강성을 토대로 처짐을 고려한 한계 함수를 구축하여 신뢰성해석을 수행하였다. 확률적 하중과 저항모델을 통해 처짐을 예측하기 위해 계산에 필요한 변수들을 확률변수로 고려하였다. 강재의 부식에 의한 단면의 감소, 그리고 콘크리트의 크리프는 합성형교의 처짐에 많은 영향을 미친다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 AASHTO LRFD 기준으로 설계된 교량에 대해 시간에 따른 변수를 고려하여 강재단면의 감소와 크리프의 영향을 통계적 모델에 반영하기 위해 몬테-카를로 시뮬레이션 기법을 이용하였으며, 처짐과 사용성을 고려하여 다양한 지간과 거더간격을 가진 교량에 신뢰성 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 장지간 교량의 경우, 단지간 교량과 비교해 보았을 때 상대적으로 크리프와 강재단면감소의 처짐에 대한 영향이 작았으며, 이에 반해 단지간 거더 교량의 경우 크리프의 진행에 따라 처짐에 많은 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었다.