In 2017 Pohang Earthquake, a number of residential buildings with pilotis at their first level were severely damaged. In this study, the results of an analytical investigation on the seismic performance and structural damage of two bearing wall buildings with pilotis are presented. The vibration mode and lateral force-resisting mechanism of the buildings with vertical and plan irregularity were investigated through elastic analysis. Then, based on the investigations, methods of nonlinear modeling for walls and columns at the piloti level were proposed. By performing nonlinear static and dynamic analyses, structural damages of the walls and columns at the piloti level under 2017 Pohang Earthquake were predicted. The results show that the area and arrangement of walls in the piloti level significantly affected the seismic safety of the buildings. Initially, the lateral resistance of the piloti story was dominated mainly by the walls resisting in-plane shear. After shear cracking and yielding of the walls, the columns showing double-curvature flexural behavior contributed significantly to the residual strength and ductility.

The Pohang earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred on November 15, 2018. The epicenter of this earthquake located in south-east region of the Korean peninsula. Since instrumental recording for earthquake ground motions started in Korea, this earthquake caused the largest economic and life losses among past earthquakes. Korea is located in low-to moderate seismic region, so that strong motion records are very limited. Therefore, ground motions recorded during the Pohang earthquake could have valuable geological and seismological information, which are important inputs for seismic design. In this study, ground motions associated by the 2018 Pohang earthquake are generated using the point source model considering domestic geological parameters (magnitude, hypocentral distance, distancefrequency dependent decay parameter, stress drop) and site amplification calculated from ground motion data at each stations. A contour map for peak ground acceleration is constructed for ground motions generated by the Pohang earthquake using the proposed model.

Pohang earthquake occurred on November 15, 2017, with a magnitude of 5.4. The damage of the structure caused by the Pohang earthquake was the most significant in 4-story piloti-type buildings, where the damage patterns were different according to the location of columns and walls at the first story. One　building with a staircase at a corner shows shear failure at columns, and Another building with a staircase in the middle shows no failure or shear failure at staircase walls. Therefore, two different piloti-type buildings were selected; one has a staircase at a corner and another has in the middle, and the seismic behavior of the buildings were examined by nonlinear dynamic analysis applying a ground motion measured at Pohang. Analytical model well simulated the actual behavior of the piloti-type buildings during the earthquake. Analysis results showed that walls have an insufficient shear strength wherever the location of the staircase is and columns with insufficient transverse reinforcement could be failed when the staircase is located at a corner. Conclusively, structural engineers should design columns and walls in piloti-type buildings to possess sufficient capacity according to the location of staircase.

On November 15, 2017, Pohang earthquake occurred. Its local magnitude was announced to be ML=5.4 by Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). Ground motion data recorded at KMA stations were obtained from their data bases. From the data, horizontal and vertical response spectra, and V/H ratio were calculated. The horizontal spectra were defined as GMRotI50 spectra. From the statistical analysis of the GMRotI50 spectra, a mean plus one standard deviation spectrum in lognormal distribution is obtained. Regression analysis is performed on this curve to determine the shape of spectrum including transition periods. Applying the same procedure, the shape and transition periods of vertical spectrum were obtained. These results were compared with the Korean standard design spectra, which were developed from domestic and overseas intra-plate earthquake records, and Gyeongju earthquake response spectra. The response spectra of Pohang earthquake were found to be almost identical with the newly proposed design spectra. Even the V/H ratios showed good agreement. These results confirmed that the method adopted when developing the standard design spectra were valid and the developed design spectra were reliable.

This study examines the seismic failure of RC low-rise building structures having irregularities at the ground story during the 15 November 2017 Pohang, Korea, earthquake, Mw = 5.4, which is the second strongest since the government began monitoring them in 1978 in South Korea. Some 2,000 private houses were damaged or destroyed in this earthquake. Particularly, serious damage to the piloti story of RC low-rise residential building structures of fewer than five stories was observed within 3 km of the epicenter with brittle shear failure of columns and walls due to severe torsional behavior. Buildings below six stories constructed before 2005 did not have to comply with seismic design requirements, so confinement detailing of columns and walls also led to inadequate performance. However, some buildings constructed after 2005 were damaged at the flexible side of the piloti story due to the high torsional irregularity. Based on these results, this study focuses on the problems of the seismic torsion design approach in current building codes.

2017년 11월 15일 Mw 5.4의 포항지진은 흥해지역 지하 약 4 km의 진원 깊이에서 발생하여 포항시에 막대한 피해를 끼쳤다. 포항분지의 중부에 해당하는 흥해지역은 백악기 경상누층군과 백악기 말~고신생기 초 불국사 화성암류를 기반암으로 하여 포항분지 충전물인 신신생기 연일층군이 분포한다. 이 논문에서는 포항 분지에서 지각변형물(습곡, 단층, 절리)과 포항지진 동시성 지표변형물(모래화산, 지표균열, 팝업구조)에 대한 구조지질학적 연구를 수행하여 포항분지의 변형작용사와 포항지진 동시성 지표변형의 특성을 고찰해 보았다. 연구지역의 지각변형물은 제4기 단층운동 이전까지 적어도 5회의 변형단계를 거쳐 형성되었다: (북)북동 주향에 고각 경사하는 정이동(곡강단층) 단층 형성단계, 연일층군에 광역적으로 인지되는 동-서 방향의 고각 절리와 이에 (준)평행한 단층 형성단계, 동-서 주향에 중각 내지 저각 경사하는 공액상 정이동 단층(흥해단층과 형산 단층)과 이에 수반된 동-서 계열의 습곡 형성단계, (역이동성) 좌수향 주향이동의 (북)북서 방향 단층조와 우 수향 주향이동의 동-서(북동) 방향 단층조가 고각으로 경사하는 공액상 주향이동 단층 형성단계, 북북동과 북 북서 주향에 중각 경사하는 공액상 역이동 단층과 이에 수반된 남-북 계열의 습곡 형성단계. 포항지진 동시성 지 표변형물에서 모래화산은 종종 지표균열과 (준)평행한 선상배열을 보인다. 남-북 내지 (북)북동 방향의 팝업구 조와 지표균열, 동-서 내지 서북서 방향의 지표균열 등은 포항지진 발생 응력원의 최대수평응력에 의한 지진원 단층의 역이동성 운동과 이에 수반된 상반지괴의 좌굴습곡작용에 의해 형성되었다. 이러한 구조적 활동은 지 진원 단층의 상반지괴에 해당하는 포항시 흥해읍 중심으로 광범위하게 발생하여 이곳에 막대한 재산 피해를 끼쳤다.