In order to evaluate earthquake response of structures affected by shallow soft soil deposits, centrifuge tests were performed. The test specimen was composed of a single-degree-of-freedom structure model, a shallow foundation and sub-soil deposits in a centrifuge container. The structure response directly measured from the test showed that a large rocking rotation occurred due to the soil-foundation interaction. Thus, the acceleration of the structure was significantly smaller than the fixed base structure response.

This study presents the application of seismic performance evaluation methods specialized in dam and reservoir structures in Korea. Related criteria and evaluation methods are reviewed, and then, the indicators needed to perform the seismic performance evaluation and how to take advantage of these are suggested in this study.

In this study, experimental research was carried out to evaluate the structural performance of the reinforced concrete beam retrofitted by strengthening methods(embedded FRP rod of hexagon, metal fittings) in existing reinforced concrete buildings. Test results showed that the maximum load carrying capacity of retrofitted specimens(BCR, BCR-AC1, BCR-AC2) were increased by 55%, 47%, and 52% respectively in comparison with the standard specimen BSS.

In this study, experimental research was carried out to study the high strength RC exterior beam-column joints regions, without the shear reinforcement, using high ductile fiber-reinforced mortar. Test results showed that specimen BCJNSP1.0 were increased th maximum load-carrying capacity and showed stable hysteresis behavior and satisfactory crack pattern in comparison with th specimen BCJNS without shear reinforcement in the beam-column joint region.

In this paper, a new direct search method, Near-Up Search method, is proposed for the discrete nonlinear structural optimization. The proposed method is illustrated and tested by the minimum weight structural optimization problem of 3D truss. The results of the trusses design show that the Near-Up Search method is much more efficient than Genetic Algorithm.

This study presents the tracker structural composition system for the effective angle variation of solar module. Also, the structural performance is evaluated through the structural modelling and analysis and the field application is considered.

In this paper, the program finite element analysis We investigated the stress generated by the action of plate loading a load using to model the system exceeds the maximum load design ground anchor to apply 900kN a strength test evaluation it.

This study was performed to develop a reinforcing head method for steel pipe piles using screw type bending reinforcement, which can fix piles using nuts, and experimentally prove structural performances. In order to do so, steel pipe pile reinforcing head method test specimen using screw bending iron was produced and implemented to vertical tensile test, vertical compression test, and horizontal loading test. As a result, the test showed that it secured 1.28-3.62 times safety factors that are demanded from the design criteria for highway bridge.

The objective of this study is about hollow core slab with GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced plastics) Reinforcing bar instead of using deformed bar. This experiment is planed because using GFRP Reinforcing bar instead of tension bar in existing RC hollow core slab will improve not only on the constructability but also on the durability by solving the corrosion of slab. As the result of the experimental study, GFRP Reinforcing bar and additional deformed bar appear to be superior compared to RC hollow core slab in structural ability.

This study investigated characteristics of buckling load and effective buckling length by member rigidity of dome-typed space frame which was sensitive to initial conditions. A critical point and a buckling load were computed by analyzing the eigenvalues and determinants of the tangential stiffness matrix. The hexagonal pyramid model and star dome were selected for the case study in order to examine the nodal buckling and member buckling in accordance with member rigidity.

This study is to understand the flexural behaviors of hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing Bar. The ultimate goal of this study is to apply the hollow core slab using GFRP reinforcing bar in a construction site. To achieve this, five specimens is planned and conducted on experimental study. The shape and size of specimen are rectangular shape of cross section with 210mm x 230mm. As a results of test, to add deformed bar in hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing bar demonstrated superior flexural performance. Therefore hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing bar is considered appropriate to apply in the field.

Recently, SC(Steel plate concrete) structure has been widely used in the design of the nuclear power plant structure because of its construction efficiency. In this study, the structural design program for SC structure was developed in accordance with KEPIC-SNG to provide optimal design condition. Especially, to reduce unnecessary simple repeat work in the design process, the design automation function was extensively included. The developed program is consist of three different design module: wall, slab, and connection design module.

Test-bed site in Honam High Speed Railway is under construction for developing infra system core technology and speed-up test over 400km/h. High Speed Railway Infra System’s development are composed of comprehensive research developments which are comprising infra system such as railraod infrastructure, environmental noise reduction, catenary, train control and etc. For high speed-up, the review of track alignment, structural and running safety are required. In this paper, speed-up patterns of train by TPS and structural safety according to load variation are evaluated.

To evaluate the deformation of space frame dome structure in Daegu Athletic Center, horizontal displacements of all 32 supports and vertical deflections at 8 points are predicted through the elastic analysis. The result of a comparison with the measurement data shows that the analysis well predicts the measured horizontal displacements and vertical deflections

The AEMM uses the ageing factor to consider the effects of the increase of the modulus of elasticity of concrete with time on the deformation and stress distribution of reinforced concrete members. Previous researches proposed appropriate values of the ageing factor when the applied load is constant or the deformation is concstant. In this paper, the validity of ageing factor for the building structures were studied by the comparison with the results of step-by step method

To evaluate underground behavior characteristic according to the ground water level variation, displacement and bending moment using FEM(Plaxis) were analyzed. When the ground water level difference is more than 10m, it were analyzed that effects on underground structures was great

Recently, the manually adjustable solar structures are reguired for the angle variation of solar module to increase the electric power efficiency. Therefore, this study presents the adjustable connections in support structure and estimates the stiffness of the connections for the structural performance evaluation of the manually adjustable solar structure

The road luminaires are indispensable facilities for the safety of pedestrians and vehicles. However, foreign products have been used without any verification. In this study, the road luminaires for structural safety against wind load was evaluated through structural analysis. Results show that adequate safety is improved through strengthening inspection hole and use of circular arm.

In this study, an analytical studies were carried out for the buoyancy preflexion method to improve structural performance of concrete floating structures. The buoyancy preflexion means that the preflexion effects were induced to the floating structure due to the difference in buoyancy between the pontoon modules composing the floating structures. As the results of this study, it was found that the buoyancy preflexion significantly influence on structural performance of floating structures.

In this paper, we analyze the lateral behavior of a jacket substructure for offshore wind turbine embedded in sandy soil, and identify the differences of results by soil modeling methods that are fixed end method, coefficient of subgrade reaction method, coupled matrix method, and p-y, t-z, q-z curve methods.