• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.209-216
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• 2004

Numerical analysis is carried out to identify the appropriateness of the design codes that is available for the tensile design of fastening system at Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in this study. This study is intended for the cast-in-place anchor that is widely used for the fastening of equipment in Korean NPPs. The microplane model and the elastic-perfectly plastic model are employed for the quasi-brittle material like concrete and for the ductile material like anchor bolt as constitutive model for numerical analysis and smeared crack model is employed for the crack and damage phenomena. The developed numerical model is verified on a basis of the various test data of cast-in-place anchor. The appropriateness of both ACI 349 Code and CCD approach of CEB-FIP Code is evaluated for the tensile design of cast-in-place anchor and it is proved that both design codes give a conservative results compared with real tensile capacity of cast-in-place anchor.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.281-292
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• 1999

지반-기초 상호작용계를 해석할 때 실제로 지반은 다양한 지반종류와 다층으로 형성되어 있으므로 지반 특성의 변화를 고려해야 한다. 초기의 대부분의 상호작용계의 정·동적 해석은 지반의 복잡한 성질을 역학적으로 탄성거동을 한다고 가정한 Winkler 지반모델 혹은 지반을 등방성이고 균질한 반무한 탄성체로 가정한 반무한 탄성지반 모델로 보아 수행되었다. 본 연구는 유한 요소법을 이용하여 지반-기초 상호작용계의 동적 거동을 해석하기 위해 기초는 4절점 후판요소를 사용하고 지반은 지반특성을 고려할 수 있도록 8절점 6면체 요소를 사용하였고, 지반의 감쇠효과 및 지반특성을 고려한 지반-기초 상호작용계의 동적 거동을 유한요소법으로 해석하고 지반의 영향범위를 결정하는 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.63-70
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• 2005

For using narrow site effectively, recently constructions of high-rise buildings have been increased. High-rise buildings are mainly governed by wind loads. Since wind flow Is vaned irregularly, the experimental method such as wind tunnel test is used to evaluate real wind loads. In this study, it is intended to estimate design wind pressure and amounts of material of cladding by AIK recommendations and wind tunnel test. Also, this study includes the investigation of reliability, suitability and economical efficiency in design of cladding of buildings by AIK recommendations and wind tunnel test by comparing and examining various results. Finally, it is concluded that not only AIK recommendations but also wind tunnel test should be considered to get the reasonable wind pressure acting on the cladding of high-rise buildings.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.688-695
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• 2005

The aim of this study is to develop a procedure to estimate the wind loads from the accelerations of a tall building structure. The wind loads may be directly calculated using the inverse analysis or simply integrating the wind pressures of the overall structure. But, these methods are too expensive and impossible to implement in some cases. In this study, a simple method is proposed to estimate the wind loads using the Kalman filter. This method is very stable compared to the direct integration of the acceleration to get the velocity or displacement. The proposed method is verified thorough numerical analysis, and results show that the proposed method is robust and estimates the wind loads accurately.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.464-470
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• 2005

The numerical analysis is carried out to identify the influence of design factors to shear capacity of cast-in-place (CIP) anchor in ACI 349 Code that is available for the design of fastening system at Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in this study. The MASA program is used to develop the numerical analysis model and the developed numerical analysis model is verified on a basis of the various test data of CIP anchor. Both $l/d_o$ and $c_1/l$ we considered as design factors. As a result, the variation of $l/d_o$ has no influence on the shear capacity of CIP anchor but $c_1/l$ has a large influence on the shear capacity of CIP anchor, Therefore, it is proved that ACI 349 Code may give a non-conservative results compared with real shear capacity of CIP anchor according to $c_1/l$.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1989.04a
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• pp.11-16
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• 1989

This paper presents a fatigue reliability model for the reliability-based evaluation of remaining fatigue life of existing rail-road bridges. It is demonstrated that the simple fatigue reliability model based on the Weibull distribution of fatigue life can be extended by incorporating various effects due to the rate of the train-traffic increase and in-service Inspections. The paper also suggests the system fatigue reliability analysis using an approximate formulation and 2nd-order bound solutions. The application of the proposed model to existing rail-road brdiges based on field load tests shows that it may be practically used for the assessment of fatigue reliability, remaining life, and in-service inspection scheduling of existing rail-road bridges.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.499-504
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• 2008

Recently, the problem controlling lateral drift is important in tall buildings for improvement in economic efficiency and habitability. But, the Outrigger System, general used for tall building in Korea, has weak points with the occupancy of special space and the long duration of works. The dampers are applied to actively control building's response by earthquake and wind load in these days. Accordingly, we analyze the effect of the drift control using various dampers to substitute for the Outrigger System as the efficient system in tall buildings.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.350-355
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• 2008

This paper addresses vibration comfort evaluation on suspension bridge subjected to moving vehicles. The moving load method is commonly employed for the analysis, even though it is less accurate than the moving mass approach which considers vehicle-bridge interaction effects and roughness of the pavement. In this study, a parametric study on modeling method by means of the moving load technique, such as the number of modes included in the analysis, types of moving loads, and length of the stiffening girder, is carried out. The numerical result indicated that use of the triangular pulse load may result in significant overestimation on vibration discomfortness.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.319-324
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• 2008

In this study the progressive collapse potential of special concentrically braced frames were investigated using the nonlinear static. All of seven different brace types were considered. According to the pushdown analysis results, most braced frames designed according to current design codes satisfied the design guidelines for progressive collapse initiated by loss of a first story mid-column; however most model structures showed brittle failure mode. This was caused by buckling of columns after compressive braces buckled. Among the braced frames considered, the inverted-V type braced frames showed superior ductile behavior during progressive collapse.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.325-330
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• 2008

In this study 3- and 6-story flat plate structures designed only for gravity load are retrofitted with steel plates and braces and their seismic performances are evaluated to verify the effect of seismic retrofit. According to the analysis results obtained from nonlinear static analysis both the strength and stiffness are significantly enhanced as a result of the seismic retrofit. When buckling-restrained braces are used instead of conventional braces, the structures show more ductile behavior, especially in the 3-story structure.