경주 및 포항 지진으로 인한 수도관의 파열 및 누수로 배관 시스템용 신축이음부의 내진 안전성 확보가 강조되고 있 다. 일반적으로 금속 벨로우즈에 스테인리스강을 이용한 금속 벨로우즈가 사용되며 목적에 따라 다양한 주름 형상과 단층 및 다층 형태로 제작된다. 그러나 벨로우즈의 불규칙한 산의 형상에 대한 휨 거동 및 피로 파괴에 대한 연구는 미비하다. 본 연구 에서는 벨로우즈의 불규칙한 산의 형상을 고려한 휨 거동을 검토하기 위하여 단조시험, 준정적 반복재하시험 및 피로시험을 수 행하였다. 시험을 위해 제작된 벨로우즈는 단층(1ply)과 다층(3ply)으로 제작되었다. 다층 벨로우즈의 최대하중과 최대변형이 단 층 벨로우즈보다 크게 평가되었다. 단층 벨로우즈는 산과 산 사이에서 파괴가 되었으며, 다층 벨로우즈의 경우에는 산에서 파괴 가 발생하였다. 주름의 높이와 전체 두께가 다른 벨로우즈의 휨 파괴 거동을 평가하였으며, 단층의 초기 피로 균열은 고정 플랜 지와 첫 번째 산의 곡률에서 관찰되었다. 다층의 경우에는 첫 번째 산과 두 번째 산 사이의 곡률에서 관찰되었다.

Communication facilities play an essential role in disaster situations. Therefore, communication facilities need to have structural and functional safety during and after earthquakes. Recently, technology for partial seismic isolation has been increasing to protect data facilities and communication equipment installed in buildings from earthquakes. However, excessive displacement may occur in the seismic isolator during an earthquake due to the resonance between the building and the seismic isolator having long-period characteristics, which may cause overturning and separation of the installed equipment. In this study, analytical and experimental studies were conducted to evaluate the safety of seismic isolators installed in high-rise buildings. It was confirmed that damages might occur in buildings' seismic isolator, with resonance characteristics of less than 1 Hz.

This study experimentally and analytically examines the seismic vulnerability of steel rack storage frames subjected to Korea earthquakes (2016 Gyeongju earthquake and 2017 Pohang earthquake). To achieve this aim, this study selects a three-story, one-bay steel rack frame with a typical configuration of rack frame in Korea. Firstly, the local behavior for frame components is examined by performing monotonic and/or cyclic load tests and the global response and dynamic characteristics of the subject rack frame are investigated by conducting a shaking table test. The analytical model of the rack frame is then created based on the experimental results and is used to perform nonlinear time history analyses with recorded Korea earthquakes. The seismic demand of the rack frame is considerably affected by the spectral acceleration response, instead of peak ground accelerations (peak floor accelerations). Moreover, the collapse fragility curve of the rack frame is developed using incremental dynamic analyses for the Gyeongju and Pohang earthquakes. Fragility results indicate that the ground motion characteristics of these earthquakes do not significantly affect the frame vulnerability at the collapse state.

In this study, dynamic characteristics and seismic capacity of the nuclear power plant piping system are evaluated by model test results using multi-platform shake table. The model is 21.2 m long and consists of straight pipes, elbows, and reducers. The stainless steel pipe diameters are 60.3 mm (2 in.) and 88.9 mm (3 in.) and the system was assembled in accordance with ASME code criteria. The dynamic characteristics such as natural frequency, damping and acceleration responses of the piping system were estimated using the measured acceleration, displacement and strain data. The natural frequencies of the specimen were not changed significantly before and after the testing and the failure and leakage of the piping system was not observed until the final excitation. The damping ratio was estimated in the range of 3.13 ~ 4.98 % and it is found that the allowable stress(345 MPa) according to ASME criteria is 2.5 times larger than the measured maximum stress(138 MPa) of the piping system even under the maximum excitation level of this test.

This study introduces a decision-making support method for maintenance activities of bridges after earthquake. A seismic damage prediction system for bridges which do not have seismic acceleration sensors was developed to support the maintenance activities. The system consists of two main modules, one is seismic load estimation module based on the data from seismic stations and the other is seismic damage prediction modules based on the finite elements analysis models for seismic analysis. After verifying the prediction system for the damaged bridges after Po-Hang Earthquake, it was found that the system was able to predict seismic damages of bridges enough to make a decision of maintenance activities.

Interest and requirement of seismic qualification for nonstructural components are increasing in South Korea after observing nonstructural component failures by Kyungju earthquake on 12, October, 2016. However, amplification of input motion by hight of building are not considered in most of seismic qualification or design for nonstructural components in South Korea. In this study, seismic loads are compared which is applied to seismic qualification or design for structural or nonstructural component. As a result, amplification effect by vertical location in a building for nonstructural component should be considered for efficient seismic qualifications. Also, further studies are needed how to apply those amplification effects to required response spectra.

본 연구에서는 일반촬영에서 자동노출제어장치를 이용하여 검사할 때 체내에 잔존하는 CT 조영제와 MRI 조영제가 면적선량에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 복부 두께의 파라핀 팬텀 중앙에 사각형의 홀을 만든 후 CT 조영제, MRI 조영제를 각각 식염수 대 조영제 희석 비율, 10:0, 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5, 4:6, 3:7, 2:8, 1:9, 0:10 %의 비율로 희석하였다. 각 실험은 KUB 촬영의 적정 조건인 78kVp, 320mA로 설정 후 자동노출제어장치를 이용하여 희석 비율 당 총 30회씩의 검사를 하였고, 각 조영제의 희석 비율에 따른 면적선량, 노출지수에 대해 평균 비교와 상관분석을 하였다. 그 결과, CT 조영제와 MRI 조영제는 희석 비율에 따라 면적선량이 다르게 나타났고(p<0.05), 희석 비율이 증가함에 따라 CT 조영제와 MRI 조영제는 면적선량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 각 검사에서 노출지수는 제조사 권고 사항인 200-800 EI값을 나타냈으며, 노출지수와 면적선량은 면적선량이 증가할수록 노출지수도 증가하였다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 CT 조영제와 MRI 조영제는 모두 자동노출제어장치를 사용하는 일반촬영 검사에서 면적선량을 증가시키는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 CT와 MRI 검사에서 조영제를 사용한 후 일반촬영 검사를 할 때에는 조영제가 충분히 배설된 후 시행하여야 할 것으로 사료된다.