The collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings is mainly caused by the failure of columns. To prevent brittle failure of RC column, numerous studies have been conducted on the seismic performance of strengthened RC columns. Concrete jacketing method, which is one of the retrofitting method of RC members, can enhance strength and stiffness of original RC column with enlarged section and provide uniformly distributed lateral load capacity throughout the structure. The experimental studies have been conducted by many researchers to analyze seismic performance of seismic strengthened RC column. However, structures which have plan and vertical irregularities shows torsional behavior, and therefore it causes large deformation on RC column when subjected to seismic load. Thus, test results from concentric cyclic loading can be overestimated comparing to eccentric cyclic test results, In this paper, two kinds of eccentric loading pattern was suggested to analyze structural performance of RC columns, which are strengthened by concrete jacketing method with new details in jacketed section. Based on the results, it is concluded that specimens strengthened with new concrete jacketing method increased 830% of maximum load, 150% of maximum displacement and changed the failure modes of non-strengthened RC columns.

In the case of columns in buildings with soft story, the concentration of stress due to the difference in stiffness can damage the columns. The irregularity of buildings including soft story requires retrofit because combined load of compression, bending, shear, and torsion acts on the structure. Concrete jacketing is advantageous in securing the strength and stiffness of existing members. However, the brittleness of concrete make it difficult to secure ductility to resist the large deformation, and the complicated construction process for integrity between the existing member and extended section reduces the constructability. In this study, two types of Steel Grid Reinforcement (SGR), which are Steel Wire Mesh (SWM) for integrity and Steel Fiber Non-Shrinkage Mortar (SFNM) for crack resistance are proposed. One reinforced concrete (RC) column with non-seismic details and two columns retrofitted with each different types of proposed method were manufactured. Seismic performance was analyzed for cyclic loading test in which a combined load of compression, bending, shear, and torsion was applied. As a result of the experiment, specimens retrofitted with proposed concrete jacketing method showed 862% of maximum load, 188% of maximum displacement and 1,324% of stiffness compared to non-retrofitted specimen.

This paper has identified detailed climate types and their geographical extents in the Republic of Korea using MK (Modified Korean)-PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regression on Independent Slopes Model) 1×1km high-resolution grid climate data and Trewartha climate classification. When considering 60 ASOS (The Automated Synoptic Observing Systems) stations, only four climate types were identified over South Korea. Three climate types, Dca (52%), Doa (28%) and Cfa (18%), were prevalent while Dcb type was only located at Daegwallyeong. When based on a high-resolution grid climate data, six climate types were identified including Dob and E types which were not detected with ASOS stations. High-resolution grid climate data reflected better and detailed geographical characteristics. Areas occupied by Cfa climate types were located along the narrow southern and Jeju coastal areas, dedicating only 6.9% of South Korea. Trewartha climate classification was also applied to 1km×1km RCP scenarios. The most distinct feature of future climate changes based on RCPs was a larger expansion of Cfa and Doa types with a drastic reduction of Dca and Dcb, indicating that a warmer and wetter climate would be prevalent over South Korea in the latter period of this century. Even for RCP2.6, all the coastal areas, some of Seoul metropolitan area, a large part of Daegu and Gwangju metropolitan areas would be classified as Cfa. For RCP8.5, 51.5% of South Korea would be occupied by the Cfas and 25.1% by the Doas, leaving only 23.2% of Dcas.

본 연구에서는 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B43 V7 (25 km)의 월 누적 격자 강우량을 1 km 해상도로 상세화하기 위해 Support Vector Machine (SVM) 회귀를 활용한 상세화 기법을 제안하였다. 비선형 예측모델인 SVM은 상세화의 기반이 되는 다양한 수문기상인자와 강우 발생간의 월별 상관성 구축에 효율적으로 활용되었다. 상세화된 격자 강우는 전국에 고루 분포한 64개 지점 관측 강우와의 비교 분석을 통해 상세화 이전의 격자 강우 보다 다소 개선된 정확도를 지니는 것으로 확인되었다. 특히, 상세화 이전 격자 강우가 지니는 양의 Bias가 효과적으로 개선되었다. 상세화 전후의 공간분포 비교에서 두 분포는 평균적으로 유사했으나, 상세화 이전 강우의 공간분포에서 나타나지 않았던 강우의 국지적 특성이 상세화된 공간분포를 통해 잘 표현되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히, 일부 지점의 과소 및 과대산정이 상세화를 통해 개선되어 전반적인 정확도 향상에 기여하였음을 확인했다. 본 연구에서 제안된 상세화 기법이 적용된 격자 강우는 모델의 정확도 향상을 위한 고해상도 입력자료로 활용될 수 있으며, 추후 연구에서는 SVM 외에 다른 회귀 방식을 활용하여 최적의 강우 상세화 기법 개발에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

본 연구에서는 강우의 멀티프랙탈거동(multifractal behavior)에 기반을 둔 시공간 상세격자강우량 생산기법을 우리나라에 적용하여 그 성능을 평가하였다. 이를 위해, 우리나라에 2008년 7월부터 2012년 8월까지 호우주의보를 발생시킨 8 개의 주요 강우이벤트에 대한 기상청제공 레이더강우자료를 추출하여 강우의 멀티프랙탈 거동을 조사하였다. 조사 결과, 대상 레이더 시공간강우장이 강한 멀티프랙탈 거동의 특성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였고, 이에 기반을 두고 시공간 로그-프아송 무작위 분열모형(space-time log-Poisson random cascade model)과 3차원 웨이블랫(wavelet)을 모형을 결합한 다운스케일링 모형을 사용하여 한반도 전역에 대하여 7km-35분 해상도를 가진 시공간 강우장을 생성한 후, 이를 관측레이더 강우자료와 비교하였다. 비교 결과, 8개의 모든 강우 이벤트에 대하여 다운스케일링 모형에 기반을 두고 생성된 시공간 강우장이 레이더강우장의 멀티프랙탈 거동을 95% 이상의 정확도를 가지고 재현함을 확인하였으며, 누적분포함수 또한 매우 정확히 재현함을 확인할 수 있었다.