Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) have been recognized as an effective seismic-force resisting systems due to their excellent strength and stiffness characteristics. The infill steel plate in a SPSW is constrained by a boundary frame consisting of vertical and horizontal structural members. The main purpose of this study was to investigate deformation modes and hysteretic characteristics of steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) to consider the effects of their aspect ratios and width-to-thicness ratios. The finite element model (FEM) was establish in order to simulate cyclic responses of SPSWs which have the two-side clamped boundary condition and made of conventional steel grade. The stress distribution obtained from the FEA results demonstrated that the principal stresses on steel plate with large thickness-to-width ratio were more uniformly distributed along its horizontal cross section due to the formation of multiple struts.

이 연구는 바잘트 섬유시트로 전단보강한 철근콘크리트 보의 전단경간비에 따른 구조물의 구조적 거동을 실험을 통해 확인하였다. 철근콘크리트 보의 전단보강은 무보강, 45도, 90도, U형보강을 변수로 두었으며 전단경간비에 따른 실험결과 U형으로 보강하였을 때 철근콘크리트 보의 전단보강효과가 높음을 확인하였다.

교량의 내진보강용으로 탄성받침이 널리 사용되고 있다. 이에 사용되는 고무재료는 크게 천연고무(NR), 합성고무 (CR), 이 둘을 적정하게 배합한 혼합고무(BR)가 있다. 강재와 달리 고무재료는 다양한 환경요인에 의해 노화(열화)가 빨리 진행 되고 이로 인해 전단강성에 변화가 발생한다. 교량받침에 적용되는 3가지 고무재료에 대해서 전단시편을 제작하여 열을 가하여 노화를 촉진시킨 후(노화촉진시험) 전단성능시험을 수행하였다. 시험변수는 노화촉진온도 3가지(70℃, 80℃, 90℃)와 노출시간 10단계(Fresh∼168days)로 설정하였으며, 시험의 신뢰도를 향상시키기 위해 각각의 변수별로 4개의 시험체를 제작하였다. 시험체는 총 360개이다. 전단성능시험 결과 노출강도가 클수록(노화촉진온도가 높을수록, 노출시간이 길수록) 노화에 따른 고무의 전단 경화 현상(전단강성 증가)이 나타났으며 노화강도가 클수록 심화되었다. 이런 경향은 천연고무(NR), 혼합고무(BR), 합성고무 (CR) 순으로 크케 나타났다. 향후 실제 고무받침에 대해서도 노화에 의한 전단거동 특성 연구가 필요하다.

This paper conducted a comparative analysis of the shear buckling characteristics of trapezoidal and sinusoidal corrugated steel plates considering of their initial imperfection. Initial imperfection refers to the state where the shape of the corrugated plate is initially not perfect. As such, an initially imperfect shape was assumed using the eigen buckling mode. To calculate the buckling stress of corrugated steel plates, the linear buckling analysis used a boundary condition which was applied to the plate buckling analysis. For the comparison of trapezoidal and sinusoidal corrugation, the shape parameters were assumed using the case where the length and slope of each corrugation were the same, and the initial imperfection was considered to be from 0.1% to 5% based on the length of the steel plate. Here, for the buckling analysis, ANSYS, a commercial FEA program, was used. From the results of buckling analysis, the effect of overall initial imperfection showed that the larger the initial imperfection, the lower the buckling stress. However, in the very thin model, interaction or local buckling was dominant in the perfect shape, and in this case, the buckling stress did not decrease. Besides, the sinusoidal model showed higher buckling stress than the trapezoidal one, and the two corrugation shapes decreased in a similar way.

After the manual shutdown of the Wolseong nuclear power plant due to an earthquake in Gyeongju in 2016, anxiety about the earthquake safety of nuclear power plants has become a major social issue. The shear wall structure used as a major structural element in nuclear power plants is widely used as a major structural member because of its high resistance to horizontal loads such as earthquakes. However, due to the complexity of the structure, it is challenging to predict the dynamic characteristics of the structure. In this study, a three-story shear wall structure is fabricated, and the in-structure response characteristics of the shear wall structure are evaluated through shaking table tests. The test is performed using the Gyeongju earthquake that occurred in 2016, and the response characteristics due to the domestic earthquake are evaluated.

The dynamic characterization of a three-story auxiliary building in a nuclear power plant (NPP) constructed with a monolithic reinforced concrete shear wall is investigated in this study. The shear wall is subjected to a joint-research, round-robin analysis organized by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea, to predict seismic responses of that auxiliary building in NPP through a shake table test. Five different intensity measures of the base excitation are applied to the shaking table test to get the acceleration responses from the different building locations for one horizontal direction (front-back). Simultaneously to understand the global damage scenario of the structure, a frequency search test is conducted after each excitation. The primary motivation of this study is to develop a nonlinear numerical model considering the multi-layered shell element and compare it with the test result to validate through the modal parameter identification and floor responses. In addition, the acceleration amplification factor is evaluated to judge the dynamic behavior of the shear wall with the existing standard, thus providing theoretical support for engineering practice.

본 연구는 육상 기원 조립질 하상 퇴적물의 높은 이동성에 영향을 미치는 전단과 파쇄특성을 조사하기 위하여 링전단실험을 수행하였다. 평균 입경 6 mm 자갈에 대하여 링전단시험장치를 사용하여 전단시간(shear time)과 전단속도(shear velocity)에 따른 전단-변형률 역학특성과 입자파쇄 특성을 조사하였다. 특히 배수(장시간 전단)와 비배수(단시간 전단)조건을 고려하기 위하여 초기 전단속도(0.01→0.1→1 mm/sec와 0.1→0.01→1 mm/sec)에 따른 링전단실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과에 따르면, (i) 배수와 비배수조건 모두에서 입자파쇄 특성이 확인되었지만, 비배수조건에서 상대적으로 큰 전단저항을 받는 것으로 나타났다. (ii) 배수조건에 관계없이 수중 자갈의 초기 전단속도는 전단응력-전단변형률 관계곡선을 결정하는 중요한 요인으로 나타났다. (iii) 입자파쇄는 평균 입경에 영향을 받으며 사용된 수중 자갈은 상대적으로 큰 입자파쇄 특성을 보였다. 그리고 (iv) 전단응력 결정에서 가장 크게 영향을 미치는 영향인자는 전단시간과 초기 전단속도임을 확인할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 모래와 자갈을 다량 함유한 조립질 하상 퇴적물은 입자-입자 간 상호 접촉, 마모, 맞물림, 마찰 등의 물리적 이동과정을 통해 입자파쇄와 세립토 함량이 증가되고 이러한 현상은 하상 퇴적물의 고유동성을 초래하는 원인이 되는 것으로 판단된다.

PURPOSES : In this study, a numerical analysis method and the shear strength model of unsaturated soil were applied to understand the governing factors that affect the development and progress of road subsidence at various water content levels. METHODS: Laboratory testing methods, the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC), relationship between internal friction and interparticle friction, and different numerical analysis methods used to characterize or simulate road subsidence processes were evaluated from the literature review. A contact model, and a range of interparticle static friction coefficients and cohesion energy densities to simulate the captivity initiation and progress in the discrete element method (DEM) were selected and suggested, respectively. By using the proposed contact model and values, a set of parametric studies were performed to clearly understand the progress of subsidence at various water content levels and the shear strength characteristics of soil. RESULTS : When the interparticle friction and cohesion energy density are very low, the ground particles flow like an inviscid fluid. The sequential expansion of the cavity is governed by the tangential strength of the soil around the cavity, especially when the interparticle friction and cohesion energy density are high enough. Furthermore, the difference between the quantum of flow at the outlet and the quantum of detaching particles around the cavity determines the progress and the size of the cavity. CONCLUSIONS : The parametric study using the discrete element method clearly showed the effect of the interparticle friction and cohesion energy density on the progress and subsidence of the cavity. The resizing of particles depending on the water content appears to be a reasonable consideration to create a more realistic simulation with the DEM.

The improvement in computing systems and sensor technologies devotes to conduct data-driven structural health monitoring algorithms for existing civil infrastructures. Despite of the development of techniques, the uncertainty oriented from the measurement results in the discrepancy to the actual structural parameters and let engineers or decision makers hesitate to adopt such techniques. Many studies have shown that the modal identification results can be affected by the uncertainties due to the applied methods and the types of loading. This paper aims to compare the performance of modal identification methods using Structural Modal Identification Toolsuite (SMIT) which has been developed to facilitate multiple identification methods with a user-friendly designed platform. The data fed into SMIT processes three stages for the comprehensive identification including preprocessing, eigenvalue estimation, and post-processing. The seismic and white noise response for shear frame model was obtained from numerical simulation. The identified modal parameters is compared to the actual modal parameters. In order to improve the quality of coherence in identified modal parameters, several hurdles including modal phase collinearity and extended modal amplitude coherence were introduced. Numerical simulation conducted on the 5 dof shear frame model were used to validate the effectiveness of using these parameters.

본 연구에서는 알루미늄 폼을 TDCB 형태의 시험편으로 설계하여 ModeⅡ 조건에서의 정적 거동 실험 및 전단 피로 실험을 통해 평가 및 검토하였다. TDCB 시험편 모델들의 길이와 두께는 각각 200mm 와 25mm이고, 접착면의 각도는 6°에서 12°까지 2° 간격으로 4가지의 모델을 모델링을 하였다. 세 가지 모델의 실험 과정을 데이터화한 그래프들을 비교해 보면 같은 피로하중 조건에서는 모델의 경사진 각도가 클수록 피로하중을 견딜 수 있는 사이클 수가 많은 것을 알 수 있다. 실제 실험에서와 유사한 결과를 보이기 때문에 본 연구에서 수행한 유한요소법 해석 결과에 대한 검증을 할 수 있었고, 이와 같은 방법을 이용하면 많은 비용과 시간이 들어가는 실험 대신에 시뮬레이션만으로도 그 구조적 안전성을 파악할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

In this study, tapered double cantilever beam bonded with aluminum foam composite is modelled and analyzed by finite element analysis. The bonding strength on Mode II of this structure is evaluated and investigated. In cases of inclined angles of 6°, 8° and 10°, maximum equivalent stresses occur 1.29, 1.59 and 2.6 MPa respectively at the range of forced displacement of 5 to 6 mm. And maximum reaction forces become 186, 208 and 235 N individually at this range of displacement in these cases. By the analysis result on 3 kinds of models, the maximum reaction load increases as angle of inclination of model increases. And the elapsed time to approach the maximum load and the time to disappear away become shorter. This study result can be applied into the real composite structure with aluminum foam in case that the surface bonded with adhesive is inclined. This fracture behavior can also be investigated and the impact property can be examined

The curved bridges shows very complicate behaviors compare to straight girders due to its initial curvature. Usually, the shear strength is investigated due to the aspect ratio(transverse stiffeners spacing/height of girder) and many researches have been conducted for the web shear strength for I-shaped curved girders with high aspect ratios(larger than 3). In this study, numerical studies are carried out and the results are compared with the current design practices. By the analyses, the maximum aspect ratio of a transversely stiffened web panel are suggested to revisits the validity of a limited imposed by Basler.

Torque control method and turn of nut method are specified as clamping method of high strength bolts in the steel construction specifications. Quality control of torque coefficient is essential activity because torque control method, which is presently adopted as clamping method in domestic construction sites, is affected by variation of torque coefficient. This study was focused to evaluate the effect of environmental factors and errors of installing bolts during tightening high strength bolts. The environmental parameters were composed of 'wet' condition, 'rust' condition, 'only exposure to air' condition.

The effects of printed circuit board electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) and organic solderability preservative (OSP) surface finishes on the electromigration reliability and shear strength of Sn-3.5Ag Pb-free solder bump were systematically investigated. In-situ annealing tests were performed in a scanning electron microscope chamber at 130, 150, and 170˚C in order to investigate the growth kinetics of intermetallic compound (IMC). Electromigration lifetime and failure modes were investigated at 150˚C and 1.5×105A/cm2, while ball shear tests and failure mode analysis were conducted under the high-speed conditions from 10 mm/s to 3000 mm/s. The activation energy of ENIG and OSP surface finishes during annealing were evaluated as 0.84 eV and 0.94 eV, respectively. The solder bumps with ENIG surface finish showed longer electromigration lifetime than OSP surface finish. Shear strengths between ENIG and OSP were similar, and the shear energies decreased with increasing shear speed. Failure analysis showed that electrical and mechanical reliabilities were very closely related to the interfacial IMC stabilities.