A methodology to assess seismic fragility of a nuclear power plant (NPP) using a conditional mean spectrum is proposed as an alternative to using a uniform hazard response spectrum. Rather than the single-scenario conditional mean spectrum, which is the conventional conditional mean spectrum based on a single scenario, a multi-scenario conditional mean spectrum is proposed for the case in which no single scenario is dominant. The multi-scenario conditional mean spectrum is defined as the weighted average of different conditional mean spectra, each one of which corresponds to an individual scenario. The weighting factors for scenarios are obtained from a deaggregation of seismic hazards. As a validation example, a seismic fragility assessment of an NPP containment structure is performed using a uniform hazard response spectrum and different single-scenario conditional mean spectra and multi-scenario conditional mean spectra. In the example, the number of scenarios primarily influences the median capacity of the evaluated structure. Meanwhile, the control frequency, a key parameter of a conditional mean spectrum, plays an important role in reducing logarithmic standard deviation of the corresponding fragility curves and corresponding high confidence of low probability of failure (HCLPF) capacity.

The purpose of this study is to examine the function of wall posts in pit-houses in the Bronze Age, in the Kyung-nam Province. Wall posts were found as post-holes, created after wooden posts had decayed. In this research, the role of wall posts is newly defined from the perspective of a construction engineering. While existing studies in archaeology regard wall posts as sub-posts that support the roof of a pit-house, this study views wall posts as piles installed to support the soil wall, not as sub-posts. Based on the existing reports on excavation in prehistoric settlement sites by archaeologists, the study examines the remnants of the wall posts and remains after a fire. The main findings of this study are threefold. First, the wall posts were installed not as posts but as piles, cut sharply and hammered along the building lines of a pit-house. Second, wall piles were used to support the walls during earthwork, such as excavating and banking for low ground, mostly because a large amount of soil is often lost during the process. Third, wall piles were used as post piles of retaining walls that enabled the installation of transverse wall panels, which were used to prevent the soil loss.

에폭시/산무수물계의 등온 경화거동을 새로이 제작된 Torsion Pendulum(TP)으로 다양한 온도에서 조사하였으며 경화반응을 촉진시키기 위하여 두 종류의 경화촉진제를 사용하였다. 새로이 제작된 TP는 개인용 컴퓨터를 이용하여 모든 기계?인 작동과 date 수집 및 분석이 자동으로 처리될 수 있도록 하였다. 이 기기로부터 얻어진 결과인 경화 동안의 상대전단강성율(RSR, relative shear rigidity)과 log decrement(LD)의 변화로부터 제작된 TP가 잘 작동한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 두 종류의 촉진제가 전체적인 경화과정에 미치는 촉진효과는 비슷하였으나 각 촉진제로부터 얻어진 LD 곡선을 보면 서로 다른 모양을 나타내었다. 이것은 경화촉진제가 반응 촉진효과 이외에도 경화거동에 영향을 미친다는 것을 의미하며, 따라서 이러한 경화거동의 차이는 경화물의 성질에 영향을 줄 수 있다.