• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1119-1139
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• 2014

A damage-based seismic design procedure for steel frame structures is formulated as an optimization problem, in which minimization of the initial construction cost is treated as the objective of the problem. The performance constraint of the design procedure is to achieve "repairable" damage state for earthquake demands that are less severe than the design ground motions. The Park-Ang damage index is selected as the seismic damage measure for the quantification of structural damage. The charged system search (CSS) algorithm is employed as the optimization algorithm to search the optimum solutions. To improve the time efficiency of the solution algorithm, two simplifying strategies are adopted: first, SDOF idealization of multi-story building structures capable of estimating the actual seismic response in a very short time; second, fitness approximation decreasing the number of fitness function evaluations. The results from a numerical application of the proposed framework for designing a twelve-story 3D steel frame structure demonstrate its efficiency in solving the present optimization problem.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 1988

A two channel seismic recorder suitable for long-term observation of microearthquakes is developed. The direct analogue recording on cassette tape is adopted in the recorder whose circuits of amplifier and mortor units of an audio cassette recorder are modified. The recorder provides contineous record of 10 days with DC 12V battery (100AH) and with standard cassette tape of 60 minute use. The binary coded time signals of date, hour, and minute are generated once a minute by the timing system and absolute time input using radio to measure the time drift is also possible. For the seismic signal processing, the analogue signals from audio cassette player pass A/D converter and digitized data are stored in personal computer. Then visual records can be obtained using computer graphic mode. Basic programs "ADCONVO" and "DRAWO" to accomplish A/D conversions, the creation of data files and visualization of signals were written. Some sample signals reproduced from the recorded tape are presented.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.397-404
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• 2012

지진취약도 곡선은 구조물의 피해를 지반가속도에 따른 확률로 나타낸 것으로, 이를 이용하여 구조물의 지진에 대한 손상확률을 추정할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 6층, 12층 중복도형 격간벽 구조 시스템에 대한 취약도 곡선을 산출하기 위해 22쌍의 지반가속도를 이용하여 증분동적해석(Incremental dynamic analysis)을 수행하고, 다양한 지진강도에 대한 파괴확률을 구하였다. 정형의 격간벽 구조의 해석결과와 1층의 격간벽을 기둥으로 대체한 구조물, 중앙 복도에 기둥이 추가된 구조물의 해석결과를 비교하였다. 취약도 해석결과에 따르면 동일한 수준의 지진하중에 대하여 중앙 복도에 기둥을 추가한 모델이 가장 높은 내진 안전성을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.148-156
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• 2003

Shaking table tests and pseudo-static analysis were performed, in this study, on newly-designed aseismatic L-type caisson quay walls, which were constructed by extending the bottom plate of gravity quay walls into the backfill soil. The L-type quay walls are expected to give economical benefits by reducing the cross-sectional area of the wall while maintaining its aseismatic efficiency as much as the classical caisson gravity quay wall. To confirm the effectiveness of the L-type structure, the geometry of L-type quay walls were varied for shaking table tests. And, to verify the influence of backfill soils on the seismic behavior of quay walls, additional shaking table tests were performed on the L-type quay wall after the backfill soils were replaced by gravels and light materials. As a result, it was found that L-type caisson quay walls are good earthquake resistant structures but increasing the length of bottom plate did not proportionally increase the effectiveness of the structure in its aseismatic performance. Replacing the backfill soils by the gravels and light materials, contrary to our expectation, was not an effective measure in improving the seismic performance of L-type caisson quay wall.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2021

This study strives to highlight the importance of considering the vertical ground motions (VGM) in the seismic evaluation of RC buildings. To this aim, IDA (Incremental Dynamic Analysis) is conducted on three code-based designed high-rise RC frame-core wall buildings using a suite of earthquake records comprising of significant VGMs. To unravel the significance of the VGM inclusion on the performance of the buildings, IDAs are conducted in two states (with and without the vertical component), and subsequently based on each analysis, fragility curves are developed. Non-simulated collapse criteria are used to determine the collapse state drift ratio and the area under the velocity spectrum (SIm) is taken into account as the intensity measure. The outcome of this study delineates that the inclusion of VGM leads to the increase in the collapse vulnerability of the structures as well as to the change in the pattern of inter-story drifts and failure mode of the buildings. The results suggested that it would be more conservative if the VGM is included in the seismic assessment and the fragility analysis of RC buildings.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.644-654
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• 2024

After the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami (Japan, 2011), regulatory efforts to mitigate external hazards have increased both the safety requirements and the total capital cost of nuclear power plants (NPPs). In these circumstances, identifying not only disaster robustness but also cost-effective capacity setting of NPPs has become one of the most important tasks for the nuclear power industry. A few studies have been performed to relocate the seismic capacity of NPPs, yet the effects of multiple hazards have not been accounted for in NPP capacity optimization. The major challenges in extending this problem to the multihazard dimension are (1) the high computational costs for both multihazard risk quantification and system-level optimization and (2) the lack of capital cost databases of NPPs. To resolve these issues, this paper proposes an effective method that identifies the optimal multihazard capacity of NPPs using a multi-objective genetic algorithm and the two-stage direct quantification of fault trees using Monte Carlo simulation method, called the two-stage DQFM. Also, a capacity-based indirect capital cost measure is proposed. Such a proposed method enables NPP to achieve safety and cost-effectiveness against multi-hazard simultaneously within the computationally efficient platform. The proposed multihazard capacity optimization framework is demonstrated and tested with an earthquake-tsunami example.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2012

This paper focuses on the finite element (FE) response sensitivity and reliability analyses considering smooth constitutive material models. A reinforced concrete frame is modeled for FE sensitivity analysis followed by direct differentiation method under both static and dynamic load cases. Later, the reliability analysis is performed to predict the seismic behavior of the frame. Displacement sensitivity discontinuities are observed along the pseudo-time axis using non-smooth concrete and reinforcing steel model under quasi-static loading. However, the smooth materials show continuity in response sensitivity at elastic to plastic transition points. The normalized sensitivity results are also used to measure the relative importance of the material parameters on the structural responses. In FE reliability analysis, the influence of smoothness behavior of reinforcing steel is carefully noticed. More efficient and reasonable reliability estimation can be achieved by using smooth material model compare with bilinear material constitutive model.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.183-189
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• 2019

In this study, it has been tried to prepare an analytical fragility curves for isolated straight continues highway bridges by considering different spectral intensity measures. A three-span concrete isolated bridge has been selected and the seismic performance of the bridge has been improved by Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB). Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) is applied to the bridge in longitudinal direction. A suite of 14 earthquake ground motions from medium to sever motions are scaled and used for nonlinear time history analysis. Fragility function considers the relationship of earthquake intensity measures (IM) and probability of exceeding certain Damage State (DS). A full three dimensional finite element model of the isolated bridge has been developed and analyzed. A wide range of different intensity measures are selected and the optimal intensity measure which has the less dispersion is proposed.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.295-305
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 원자력발전소의 주요 설비중의 하나인 전기설비를 대상으로 지진취약도 재평가를 위한 진동대 실험을 수행하였다. 원자력발전소 내에는 많은 전기설비들이 설치되어 있으며, 이러한 전기설비의 손상은 전기설비 자체의 손상에서 그치는 것이 아니고 발전소 전체의 안전성에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 따라서 원자력발전소의 확률론적 지진안전성 평가에서는 주요 전기설비에 대한 지진취약도 결과를 활용한 평가를 수행하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 확률론적 지진안전성 평가에서 사용하고 있는 전기설비의 지진취약도 값에 대한 재평가를 위하여 원자력발전소에서 사용하고 있는 주요 기기에 대한 진동대 실험을 수행하였다. 평가대상 전기설비로는 480V MCC를 선정하였으며, 진동대 실험을 위하여 NRC 설계지진, 등재해도 스펙트럼에 의한 인공지진 그리고 PAB165'에서의 층응답스펙트럼을 이용한 인공지진의 3가지 지진파를 이용하였다. 설계지진동 수준인 최대지반가속도 0.2g부터 단계적으로 입력수준을 증가시키면서 실험을 수행하였다. NUREG/CR-5203에서 제시하고 있는 방법에 의거하여 캐비넷에서의 증폭비를 비교하였으며, EPRI TR-103959의 방법으로 취약도 평가를 수행하여 기존의 확률론적 지진안전성 평가에서 사용하고 있는 지진취약도 결과와 비교하였다. 결론적으로 기존의 보고서에서 제시하고 있는 취약도 결과가 다소 보수적으로 평가하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2017

Liquid storage tank is one of the major infrastructures and generally used to store gases, drinking and utilizing water, dangerous fluids, fire water and so on. According to the recent reports and experiences, the tank structures are damaged in many earthquakes due to their low energy dissipating capacity. Therefore, many researchers have been tried to know the dynamic properties of the tanks including liquids. However, vary limited experimental studies are carried out using relatively small tank models. In this study, a series of shaking table tests are performed with maximum 2 m cubic rectangular liquid storage tanks made of steel to measure the natural frequency and estimate damping coefficient of impulsive and convective mode of the tanks. Especially, the damping values under different shapes and excitation methods are estimated by logarithmic decrement method and half power band-pass method and compared with current design code and standards such as ASCE 7, Eurocode 8 and NZS. Test results show that the impulsive mode damping is around 2% which is proposed by general standards and codes but the impulsive mode damping is 0.13% average that is slightly lower than the code recommendation.