Seismic designs for Korean nuclear power plants (NPPs) under earthquakes’ design basis are noticed due to the recent earthquake events in Korea and Japan. Japan has developed the technologies and experiences of the NPPs through theoretical research and experimental verification with extensively accumulated measurement data. This paper describes the main features of the design-time history complying with the Japanese seismic design standard. Proper seed motions in the earthquake catalog are used to generate one set of design time histories. A magnitude and epicentral distance specify the amplitude envelope function configuring the shape of the earthquake. Cumulative velocity response spectral values of the design time histories are compared and checked to the target response spectra. Spectral accelerations of the time histories and the multiple-damping target response spectra are also checked to exceed. The generated design time histories are input to the reactor building seismic analyses with fixed-base boundary conditions to calculate the seismic responses. Another set of design time histories is generated to comply with Korean seismic design procedures for NPPs and used for seismic input motions to the same reactor containment building seismic analyses. The responses at the dome apex of the building are compared and analyzed. The generated design time histories will be also applied to subsequent seismic analyses of other Korean standard NPP structures.

대부분의 대공간구조물은 극장, 스타디움, 체육관 등 공공성을 가지게 되어 내진안전성에 있어서 중요성이 많이 인식되고 있다. 그러나 구조형식 및 형상에 관하여 다양성을 가지고 있는 대공간구조물이 동적하중인 지진하중을 받을 때 나타나는 구조물의 거동은 파악하기 힘들다. 본 논문에서는 대공간구조의 주 구조요소인 아치구조물에 대하여 고유진동모드를 검토하였고 모의지진파를 입력하여 지진거동특성을 분석한 결과로서 아치구조물은 설계가속도스펙트럼의 크기보다 장주기 성분에 더 많은 영향을 받는다는 것을 파악하였다.