• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권2A호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2010

시공단계별 수치해석 및 안전성 평가는 장경간 교량의 시공 중 불안전성을 해결하기 위한 주요 검토사항으로 고려되어야 한다. 장경간 교량의 시공단계해석에 따른 구조응답특성 평가 시, 근거리지진(NFGM)의 영향은 기존 입력지진동 데이터와는 확연히 다른 특성을 가지고 있기 때문에 내진설계를 위한 주요 변수로 평가되어야 한다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 응답스펙트럼 해석결과를 바탕으로 NFGM 특성에 따른 장경간 교량의 응답양상을 재검토하였으며, 장경간 교량의 시공단계해석 및 신뢰성평가를 효율적으로 수행하기 위해 관련연구에서 제시된 수치해석 프로그램을 개선하였다. NFGM 특성을 고려한 다양한 시공방안의 우수성은 주요 부재의 시간이력해석 결과를 이용하여 평가하였다. 정량적인 안전수준 평가를 위해 확률변수에 포함된 External Uncertainty의 영향을 고려하여 신뢰성해석을 수행하였으며, NFGM 특성에 따른 주요 시공단계의 안전지수 및 파괴확률을 제시하였다. 아울러, 몬테카르로 시뮬레이션(MCS)을 이용하여 신뢰성해석 결과에 대해 Internal Uncertainty의 영향을 검토하였으며, 주요 해석결과의 분포양상을 평가하였다. 이 연구는 NFGM 특성을 고려한 장경간 교량의 내진설계 시, 시공안전성 향상을 위한 기초자료를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.49-71
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• 2015

The present paper aims at evaluating damage and collapse behavior of low-rise buildings with unidirectional mass irregularities in plan (torsional buildings). In previous earthquake events, such buildings have been exposed to extensive damages and even total collapse in some cases. To investigate the performance and collapse behavior of such buildings from probabilistic points of view, three-dimensional three and six-story reinforced concrete models with unidirectional mass eccentricities ranging from 0% to 30% and designed with modern seismic design code provisions specific to intermediate ductility class were subjected to nonlinear static as well as extensive nonlinear incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) under a set of far-field real ground motions containing 21 two-component records. Performance of each model was then examined by means of calculating conventional seismic design parameters including the response reduction (R), structural overstrength (${\Omega}$) and structural ductility (${\mu}$) factors, calculation of probability distribution of maximum inter-story drift responses in two orthogonal directions and calculation collapse margin ratio (CMR) as an indicator of performance. Results demonstrate that substantial differences exist between the behavior of regular and irregular buildings in terms of lateral load capacity and collapse margin ratio. Also, results indicate that current seismic design parameters could be non-conservative for buildings with high levels of plan eccentricity and such structures do not meet the target "life safety" performance level based on safety margin against collapse. The adverse effects of plan irregularity on collapse safety of structures are more pronounced as the number of stories increases.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.67-80
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 지진에 대한 고층건물의 응답특성, 그리고 지진응답에 미치는 중력하중의 영향과 중력하중의 영향이 내진설계에 미치는 중요성을 산정하였다. 이를 위해서 예제 구조물에 대한 정적해석 및 지진하중에 대한 동적해석을 하였다. 지진에 대한 고층건물의 지진응답 특성을 파악하기 위하여 비탄성 변형의 건물 높이에 따른 분포를 알아보았다. 지진이 발생하면 휨모멘트 요구도가 건물의 상부층보다 하부층에서 상대적으로 더 많이 증가해서 설계모멘트와의 차이가 건물의 하부층으로 갈수록 더 커진다. 그 결과 현재 쓰이는 내진설계방법에 따라 설계된 예제 건물들은 지진에 대하여 비탄성 응답이 건물의 각 층마다 서로 다르게 발생하는데 주로 건물의 하부층에서 큰 비탄성 응답이 발생한다. 또한 설계시에 고려된 중력하중 때문에 구조적 손상이 건물의 꼭대기 층에서 아래로 갈수록 크게 증가한다. 구조물의 지진응답에 관하여 중력하중은 보의 항복시간을 앞당기며, 보의 양단의 소성힌지에 각기 다른 비탄성 거동을 유발시킨다. 그러나 중력하중에 의한 초기 휨모멘트의 영향은 보가 비탄성 거동을 계속함에 따라 재분배되어 보의 양단에서 그 영향이 감소되며 비탄성 변형이 계속되면 크게 감소한다. 중력하중에 의한 초기 휨모멘트의 영향이 감소는 고층건물의 내진설계에 있어서 중력하중의 영향이 주는 의미는 기둥과 보의 휨강도를 결정할 때 현재의 방법보다 중력하중의 영향을 줄이고 지진하중의 영향을 증가시켜야 한다는 것이다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.211-228
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• 2013

The structure analyzed in this paper has particular building style and special structural system. It is a rigid-connected twin-tower skyscraper with asymmetrical distribution of stiffness and masses in two towers. Because of the different stiffness between the north and the south towers, the torsion seismic vibration is significant. In this paper, in order to study the seismic response of the structure under both frequent low-intensity earthquakes as well as rare earthquakes at the levels of intensity 7, the analysis model is built and analyzed with NosaCAD. NosaCAD is an nonlinear structure analysis software based on second-development of AutoCAD with ObjectARX. It has convenient modeling function, high computational efficiency and diversity post-processing functions. The deformations, forces and damages of the structure are investigated based on the analysis. According to the analysis, there is no damage on the structure under frequent earthquakes, and the structure has sufficient capacity and ductility to resist rare earthquakes. Therefore the structure can reach the goal of no damage under frequent earthquakes and no collapse under rare earthquakes. The deformation of the structure is below the limit in Chinese code. The time sequence and distribution of damages on tubes are reasonable, which can dissipate some dynamic energy. At last, according to forces, load-carrying capacity and damage of elements, there are some suggestions on increasing the reinforcement in the core tube at base and in stiffened stories.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.35-57
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• 2022

This article presents a computationally efficient framework for multi-objective seismic design optimization of steel moment-resisting frame (MRF) structures based on the nonlinear dynamic analysis procedure. This framework employs the uniform damage distribution philosophy to minimize the weight (initial cost) of the structure at different levels of damage. The preliminary framework was recently proposed by the authors based on the single excitation and the nonlinear static (pushover) analysis procedure, in which the effects of record-to-record variability as well as higher-order vibration modes were neglected. The present study investigates the reliability of the previous framework by extending the proposed algorithm using the nonlinear dynamic design procedure (optimization under multiple ground motions). Three benchmark structures, including 4-, 8-, and 12-story steel MRFs, representing the behavior of low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings, are utilized to evaluate the proposed framework. The total weight of the structure and the maximum inter-story drift ratio (IDRmax) resulting from the average response of the structure to a set of seven ground motion records are considered as two conflicting objectives for the optimization problem and are simultaneously minimized. The results of this study indicate that the optimization under several ground motions leads to almost similar outcomes in terms of optimization objectives to those are obtained from optimization under pushover analysis. However, investigation of optimal designs under a suite of 22 earthquake records reveals that the damage distribution in buildings designed by the nonlinear dynamic-based procedure is closer to the uniform distribution (desired target during the optimization process) compared to those designed according to the pushover procedure.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.287-301
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• 2004

Structural acceleration regulation is a means of managing structural response energy and enhancing the performance of civil structures undergoing large seismic events. A quadratic output regulator that minimizes a measure including the total structural acceleration energy is developed and tested on a realistic non-linear, semi-active structural control case study. Suites of large scaled earthquakes are used to statistically quantify the impact of this type of control in terms of changes in the statistical distribution of controlled structural response. This approach includes the impulses due to control inputs and is shown to be more effective than a typical displacement focused control approach, by providing equivalent or better performance in terms of displacement and hysteretic energy reductions, while also significantly reducing peak story accelerations and the associated damage and occupant injury. For earthquake engineers faced with the dilemma of balancing displacement and acceleration demands this control approach can significantly reduce that concern, reducing structural damage and improving occupant safety.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.277-296
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• 2013

Margin of safety against potential of progressive collapse is among important features of a structural system. Often eccentricity in plan of a building causes concentration of damage, thus adversely affects its progressive collapse safety margin. In this paper the progressive collapse of symmetric and asymmetric 3-story reinforced concrete ordinary moment resisting frame buildings subjected to the earthquake ground motions are studied. The asymmetric buildings have 5%, 15% and 25% mass eccentricity. The distribution of the damage and spread of the collapse is investigated using nonlinear time history analyses. Results show that potential of the progressive collapse at both stiff and flexible edges of the buildings increases with increase in the level of asymmetry in buildings. It is also demonstrated that "drift" as a more easily available global response parameter is a good measure of the potential of progressive collapse rather than much difficult-to-calculate local response parameter of "number of collapse plastic hinges".

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.821-840
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• 2016

A simple design process is proposed for supplemental viscous dampers based on structural safety redundancy. In this process, the safety redundancy of the primary structure without a damper is assessed by the capacity and response spectra. The required damping ratio that should be provided by the supplemental dampers is estimated by taking the structural safety redundancy as a design target. The arrangement of dampers is determined according to the drift distribution obtained by performing pushover analysis. A benchmark model is used to illustrate and verify the validity of this design process. The results show that the structural safety redundancy of the structure provided by the viscous dampers increases to approximately twice that of the structure without a damper and is close to the design target. Compared with the existing design methods, the proposed process can estimate the elastic-plastic response of a structure more easily by using static calculation, and determine the required damping ratio more directly without iterative calculation or graphical process. It can be concluded that the proposed process is simple and effective.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.5-19
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• 2009

지진으로 인한 지반 재해의 대부분은 토사 두께나 기반암 심도 그리고 토사 강성과 같은 국부적 지질 조건에 따라 크게 영향을 받는 지반 운동 증폭과 관련된 부지 효과로 인해 발생되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 지반 자료에 관한 통합적 GIS-기반의 정보 시스템인 지반 정보 시스템(GTIS)이 국내 연구 개발의 거점 도시인 대진 지역에서의 지진 유발 재해에 대한 지역적 종합 대책 수립의 일환으로 구축되었다. 관심 대상 영역에 대한 지반 정보 시스템 구축을 위하여, 연구 대상 영역을 포함하는 확장 영역에 대해 기존 지반공학 관련 자료 수집이 이루어 졌고 지표 지반-지식 자료의 확보를 위한 부지 방문 조사가 추가적으로 수행되었다. 관심 대상 영역의 부지 효과 평가를 위한 실질적 적용 목적으로 부지 주기에 관한 지진재해 구역지도를 작성하고 지진 유발 재해 예측을 위한 지역적 종합 대책으로 제시하였다. 또한, 연구 대상 영역 내 임의 부지에서의 내진 설계 및 내진 성능 평가를 위한 부지 증폭계수의 결정 수단으로 부지 주기의 공간 분포 따른 부지 분류의 지진재해 구역화를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 수행된 대전 지역에서의 지진재해 구역화로부터 GIS 기반의 지반 정보 시스템이 지진재해의 지역적 예측 뿐만 아니라 지진재해 저감을 위한 의사 결정에서의 높은 유용성을 확인하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.551-559
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• 2017

A large number of isolation systems are designed without considering the non-uniform friction distribution in space. In order to analyze the effects of non-uniform friction distribution on the structural response of isolation system, this paper presented a simplified rolling-damper-spring isolation system and analyzed the structural responses under earthquakes. The numerical results indicate that the calculation errors related to the peak values of structural acceleration, relative displacement and residual displacement are sequentially growing because of the ignorance of non-uniform friction distribution. However, the influence rule may be weakened by the spring and damper actions, and the unreasonable spring constant may lead to the sympathetic vibration of isolation system. In the case when the friction variability is large and the damper action is little, the non-uniform friction distribution should be taken into consideration during the calculation process of the peak values of structural acceleration and relative displacement. The non-uniform friction distribution should be taken into full consideration regardless of friction variability degree in calculating the residual displacement of isolation system.