• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.699-706
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• 2014

The probabilistic seismic performance of a standard Korean nuclear power plant (NPP) with an idealized isolation is investigated in the present work. A probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) of the Wolsong site on the Korean peninsula is performed by considering peak ground acceleration (PGA) as an earthquake intensity measure. A procedure is reported on the categorization and selection of two sets of ground motions of the Tohoku earthquake, i.e. long-period and common as Set A and Set B respectively, for the nonlinear time history response analysis of the base-isolated NPP. Limit state values as multiples of the displacement responses of the NPP base isolation are considered for the fragility estimation. The seismic risk of the NPP is further assessed by incorporation of the rate of frequency exceedance and conditional failure probability curves. Furthermore, this framework attempts to show the unacceptable performance of the isolated NPP in terms of the probabilistic distribution and annual probability of limit states. The comparative results for long and common ground motions are discussed to contribute to the future safety of nuclear facilities against drastic events like Tohoku.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.721-731
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• 2004

The dispersion of suspended particulates in the coastal complex terrain of mountain-inland basin (city)-sea, considering their recycling was investigated using three-dimensional non-hydrostatic numerical model and lagrangian particle model (or random walk model). Convective boundary layer under synoptic scale westerly wind is developed with a thickness of about I km over the ground in the west of the mountain, while a thickness of thermal internal boundary layer (TIBL) is only confined to less than 200m along the eastern slope of the mountain, below an easterly sea breeze circulation. At the mid of the eastern slop of the mountain, westerly wind confronts easterly sea breeze, which goes to the height of 1700 m above sea level and is finally eastward return flow toward the sea. At this time, particulates floated from the ground surface of the city to the top of TIBL go along the eastern slope of the mountain in the passage of sea breeze, being away the TIBL and reach near the top of the mountain. Then those particulates disperse eastward below the height of sea-breeze circulation and widely spread out over the coastal sea. Total suspended particulate concentration near the ground surface of the city is very low. On the other hand, nighttime radiative cooling produces a shallow nocturnal surface inversion layer (NSIL) of 200 m thickness over the inland surface, but relatively thin thickness less than 100m is found near the mountain surface. As synoptic scale westerly wind should be intensified under the association of mountain wind along the eastern slope of mountain to inland plain and further combine with land-breeze from inland plain toward sea, resulting in strong wind as internal gravity waves with a hydraulic jump motion bounding up to about 1km upper level in the atmosphere in the west of the city and becoming a eastward return flow. Simultaneously, wind near the eastern coastal side of the city was moderate. Since the downward strong wind penetrated into the city, the particulate matters floated near the top of the mountain in the day also moved down along the eastern slope of the mountain, reaching the. downtown and merging in the ground surface inside the NSIL with a maximum ground level concentration of total suspended particulates (TSP) at 0300 LST. Some of them were bounded up from the ground surface to the 1km upper level and the others were forward to the coastal sea surface, showing their dispersions from the coastal NSIL toward the propagation area of internal gravity waves. On the next day at 0600 LST and 0900 LST, the dispersed particulates into the coastal sea could return to the coastal inland area under the influence of sea breeze and the recycled particulates combine with emitted ones from the ground surface, resulting in relatively high TSP concentration. Later, they float again up to the thermal internal boundary layer, following sea breeze circulation.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.367-380
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• 2024

Investigations has shown that the correct estimation of the effective amplification period is as important as the amplification value itself. It gets more important in 2D basins. This study presents a quantitative coefficient for consideration of the nonlinearity effect in terms of amplification value and the shift in its period which is missing or ineffectively considered in the previous studies. To attain this goal, by the application of a time domain fully nonlinear method, the deviation of the more common equivalent linear results from the basin nonlinear behavior under strong ground motions is investigated quantitatively. Also, despite the increase in the damping ratio, the possibility of the increase in the amplification due to the increase in motion strength is shown. To make the results useful in engineering practice, by introducing nonlinearity ratio, the effect of the nonlinearity is quantitatively estimated for two soft and stiff clayey basins with three different depths under a set of motions scaled to two target spectrum. Results show that at the 100 m depth soft clayey basin, while the nonlinearity ratio shows a 35% deviation at the basin edge part under DD1 motion level, its effect moves to the central part with 20% effect under DD3 motion level. By the increase in depth to 150 m, the results show a decrease in the overall effect of the nonlinear behavior for both clay types. At this depth, the nonlinearity ratio gives a 30% and 17% difference on a limited distance from outcrop at the soft clayey basin under DD1 and DD3 motion levels, respectively. At the 30 m depth basins, the nonlinearity ratio shows up to 25% difference for different cases. The presented ratio would be introduced as nonlinearity coefficients for consideration of the nonlinearity effects in the codes. The presented quantitative margins will help the designer to have a better understanding of the amplification period change because of nonlinearity over 2D basin surface.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2011

동적 지진해석 수행 시 적절한 입력지진파를 선정 생성하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 현재 국내에서는 일반적으로 국외에서 계측된 강진 기록이나 인공지진파가 입력지진파로 사용된다. 계측지진기록은 지진파의 고유성질인 시간에 따라서 주파수 특성이 변이하는 비정상(Non-Stationary) 특성을 가지고 있지만 설계 응답스펙트럼과는 일치하지 않으며 주파수영역에서 생성된 인공지진파는 설계 응답스펙트럼과는 일치하지만 정상(Stationary) 특성을 가지고 있는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 계측기록의 Non-stationary 특성을 보존하되 동시에 설계 응답스펙트럼에 상응하는 지진파를 생성하였다. 적용된 기법은 Impulse 함수를 이용하여 시간영역에서 지진기록을 목표 스펙트럼에 상응하도록 보정하는 알고리즘이다. 적용 결과, 시간영역 변화 알고리즘은 성공적으로 계측 지진기록을 설계 응답스펙트럼와 일치하도록 조정할 수 있으며 원 지진기록의 Non-stationary 특성을 보존하는 것으로 나타났다. 나아가 계측 지진기록과 보정된 지진기록을 적용한 비선형 지반응답해석을 수행한 결과, 보정된 지진파를 이용한 결과가 보다 합리적인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 변환된 지진기록은 기존 기록의 문제점을 보완하는 진보된 입력지진파인 것으로 나타났으며 추후 지진해석 시 이를 준용하는 것이 합리적일 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

대부분의 내진설계기준에서는 설계지반운동을 정의하기 위해서 설계스펙트럼을 제시하고 있다. 기준에서 제시되는 설계스펙트럼은 일반적으로 5% 임계감쇠비에 대한 것이며, 이것은 일반적인 건축구조물에 적용할 수 있는 것이다. 에너지 소산장치나 면진 시스템의 적용이 점차 증가하고 있으며, 이러한 장치를 적용한 건축구조물의 내진해석을 위해서는 5% 임계감쇠비를 초과하는 설계스펙트럼이 필요하다. 5% 임계감쇠비에 대한 설계스펙트럼을 다른 임계감쇠비에 대한 설계스펙트럼으로 변환하기 위해서는 감쇠계수가 효과적으로 이용될 수 있다. 현재의 내진설계기준에서 제시하고 있는 감쇠계수는 강진자료를 바탕으로 제시된 것이다. 중진 및 약진은 강진과는 다른 특성을 가지므로, 이러한 감쇠계수가 중진 및 약진 지역에 적용하는 것은 충분한 검토가 필요할 것이다. 이 논문에서는 중진 및 약진자료를 이용한 감쇠계수를 제시하고, 현재 설계기준에서 제시하고 있는 감쇠계수와 비교하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2017

Observations from past strong earthquakes revealed that near-fault ground motions could lead to the failure, or even collapse of electricity transmission towers which are vital components of an overhead electric power delivery system. For assessing the performance and robustness, a high-fidelity three-dimension finite element model of a long span transmission tower-line system is established with the consideration of geometric nonlinearity and material nonlinearity. In the numerical model, the Tian-Ma-Qu material model is utilized to capture the nonlinear behaviours of structural members, and the cumulative damage D is defined as an index to identify the failure of members. Consequently, incremental dynamic analyses (IDAs) are conducted to study the collapse fragility, damage positions, collapse margin ratio (CMR) and dynamic robustness of the transmission towers by using twenty near-fault ground motions selected from PEER. Based on the bending and shear deformation of structures, the collapse mechanism of electricity transmission towers subjected to Chi-Chi earthquake is investigated. This research can serve as a reference for the performance of large span transmission tower line system subjected to near-fault ground motions.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.380-392
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• 2002

이 연구의 목적은 지하구조와 강진동에 의한 지반의 응답을 추정하는 데에 있어서 상시미동의 활용법을 평가하는 것이다. 이 목적을 달성하기 위하여, 상시미동의 연구현황을 검토하였으며, 여러 곳에서 측정한 상시미동을 분석하였다. 먼저 오후 10시부터 다음날 오전 6시까지 매시간 80초씩 밤에 8시간에 걸쳐 측정한 상시미동을 분석하여 상시미동의 안정성을 조사하였다. 그 결과 10Hz이하의 저주파 대역에서 상시미동 스펙트럼은 시간에 따라 대체로 변화가 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 또한 스펙트림은 지하구조에 대한 정보를 포함하고 있는 것으로 보였다. 지하구조는 상시미동 기록으로 결정한 탁월주파수로부터 추정되었으며, 이 방법으로 추정된 구조는 경주의 여러 장소에서 다른 지구물리학적 탐사에 의하여 알려진 구조와 비교되었다. 이러한 비교결과 대부분의 장소에서 두 구조는 개략적으로 일치함을 보여 주었다 상시미동의 수직성분에 대한 수평성분의 스펙트럼비(HVSR)를 이용하는 기법은 지진동에 대한 지반의 응답을 결정하는 간접적인 방법으로서 제안되어 왔다. 경주의 여러 장소에서 기록된 상시미동의 HVSR을 계산하여 지하구조가 알려진 장소에서 이론적으로 계산한 전달함수와 서로 비교해 보았다. 비교결과는 양자 사이에 스펙트럼의 최대 주파수에서 개략적인 일치를 보여 준다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2001년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Fall 2001
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• pp.36-43
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• 2001

In Korea, we are absolutely short of earthquake data in good quality from moderate and large earthquakes, which are needed fur the study of strong ground motion characteristics. This means that the best use of the available data is needed far the time being. In this respect, several methods are suggested in this paper, which can be applied in the process of data selection and analysis. First, it is shown that the calibration status of seismic stations can be easily checked by comparing the spectra from accelerometer and velocity sensor both of which are located at the same location. Secondly, it is recommended that S/N ratio in the frequency domain should be checked before discarding the data by only look of the data in time domain. Thirdly, the saturated earthquake data caused by ground motion level exceeding the detection limit of a seismograph are considered to see if such data can be used for spectrum analysis by performing numerical simulation. The result reveals that the saturated data can still be used within the dominant frequency range according to the levels of saturation. Finally, a technique to minimize the window effect that distorts the low frequency spectrum is suggested. This technique involves detrending in displacement domain once the displacement data are obtained by integration of low frequency components of the original data in time domain. Especially, the low frequency component can be separated by using discrete wavelet transform among many alternatives. All of these methods mentioned above may increase the available earthquake data and frequency range.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.349-360
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• 1998

Effects of uniform flow on a two-dimensional mesoscale horizontal convection were investigated by using the vorticity and thermodynamic equations. For thins purpose, We simulated properties of a thermal convection m a stably stratified Boussinesq flued caused by partial heating at the center of a lower boundary If we don't consider effects of the uniform flow, the convection takes the form of aidsymmetrlc with respect to the z-alds. But when uniform flow Is strong, velocity field and temperature field consist of a sin91e cell structure which spreads upstream side of the partial heating area. The flow pattern for strong uniform flows takes the form of positive temperatue near the ground and negative temperature perturbation soft over the partial heating area, and downward motion directly over the upwind portion of the partial heating area and upward motion on the downstream side. The downstream edge of the upstream cell Is shifted in the downstream direction with the Increase of uniform flow almost linearly.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.365-372
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• 2019

Post-earthquake crisis management is a key capability for a country to be able to recover after a major seismic event. Instrumental seismic data transmitted and processed in a very short time can contribute to better management of the emergency and can give insights on the earthquake's impact on a specific area. Romania is a country with a high seismic hazard, mostly due to the Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes. The elastic acceleration response spectrum of a seismic motion provides important information on the level of maximum acceleration the buildings were subjected to. Based on new data analysis and knowledge advancements, the acceleration elastic response spectrum for horizontal ground components recommended by the Romanian seismic codes has been evolving over the last six decades. This study aims to propose a framework for post-earthquake warning based on code spectrum exceedances. A comprehensive background analysis was undertaken using strong motion data from previous earthquakes corroborated with observational damage, to prove the method's applicability. Moreover, a case-study for two densely populated Romanian cities (Focsani and Bucharest) is presented, using data from a $5.5M_W$ earthquake (October 28, 2018) and considering the evolution of the three generations of code-based spectral levels for the two cities. Data recorded in free-field and in buildings were analyzed and has confirmed that no structural damage occurred within the two cities. For future strong seismic events, this tool can provide useful information on the effect of the earthquake on structures in the most exposed areas.