Concrete structures must maintain their shielding abilities and structural integrity over extended operational periods. Despite the widespread use of dry storage systems for spent nuclear fuel, research on the properties of deteriorated concrete and their impact on structural performance remains limited. To address this significant research gap, static and dynamic material testing was conducted on concrete specimens carefully extracted from the outer wall of the High-flux Advanced Neutron Application ReactOr (HANARO), constructed approximately 30 years ago. Despite its age, the results reveal that the concrete maintains its structural integrity impressively well, with static compression tests indicating an average compressive strength exceeding the original design standards. Further dynamic property testing using advanced high-speed material test equipment supported these findings, showing the consistency of dynamic increase factors with those reported in previous studies. These results highlight the importance of monitoring and assessing concrete structures in nuclear facilities for long-term safety and reliability.

Code-compliant seismic design should be essentially applied to realize the so-called emulative performance of precast concrete (PC) lateral force-resisting systems, and this study developed simple procedures to design precast industrial buildings with intermediate precast bearing wall systems considering both the effect of seismic and blast loads. Seismic design provisions specified in ACI 318 and ASCE 7 can be directly adopted, for which the so-called 1.5S y condition is addressed in PC wall-to-wall and wall-to-base connections. Various coupling options were considered and addressed in the seismic design of wall-to-wall connections for the longitudinal and transverse design directions to secure optimized performance and better economic feasibility. On the other hand, two possible methods were adopted in blast analysis: 1) Equivalent static analysis (ESA) based on the simplified graphic method and 2) Incremental dynamic time-history analysis (IDTHA). The ESA is physically austere to use in practice for a typical industrial PC-bearing wall system. Still, it showed an overestimating trend in terms of the lateral deformation. The coupling action between precast wall segments appears to be inevitably required due to substantially large blast loads compared to seismic loads with increasing blast risk levels. Even with the coupled-precast shear walls, the design outcome obtained from the ESA method might not be entirely satisfactory to the drift criteria presented by the ASCE Blast Design Manual. This drawback can be overcome by addressing the IDTHA method, where all the design criteria were fully satisfied with precast shear walls’ non-coupling and group-coupling strength, where each individual or grouped shear fence was designed to possess 1.5S y for the seismic design.

The design shear strength equations of RC shear walls have been developed based on their performance under in-plane (IP) loads, thereby failing to account for the potential performance degradation of shear strength when subjected to simultaneous out-of-plane (OOP) loading. Most of the previous experimental studies on RC walls have been conducted in one direction under quasi-static conditions, and due to the difficulty in experimental planning, there is a lack of research on cyclic loading and results under multi-axial loading conditions. During an earthquake, shear walls may yield earlier than their design strength or fail unexpectedly when subjected to multi-directional forces, deviating from their intended failure mode. In this paper, nonlinear analysis in finite element models was performed based on the results of cyclic loading experiments on reinforced concrete shear walls of auxiliary buildings. To investigate the reduction trend in IP shear capacity concerning the OOP load ratio, parametric analysis was conducted using the shear wall FEM. The analysis results showed that as the magnitude of the OOP load increased, the IP strength decreased, with a more significant effect observed as the size of the opening increased. Thus, the necessity to incorporate this strength reduction as a factor for the OOP load effect in the wall design strength equation should be discussed by performing various parametric studies.

By developing molds and facilities to horizontally mold the functional part of the dry-cast concrete block, We intend to develop molds and a series of facilities to horizontally mold the functional part of the dry-cast concrete block to increase production per cycle while maintaining existing production methods and major facilities. In order to do so, CAE analysis is first required to develop molds and facilities for horizontally molding the functional part of the drycast concrete block in the horizontal direction. The procedure will be carried out by reviewing the validity of boundary conditions and physical properties, 3D modeling, grid generation, construction of analysis models, model validity, analysis according to frequency changes, and analysis according to physical properties. First, through the comparison of two-point support, three-point support, and two-point and three-point support in the constraint conditions, We would like to compare it with the actual molded product in the horizontal direction. But first of all, it is considered two-point support in the constraint conditions in this paper.

본 연구는 수직 벽체형 콘크리트 구조물의 정밀안전진단을 위한 외관조사시 고품질 정밀영상을 자동화된 방식으로 획득하여 균열손상을 탐지하고 시설물의 상태를 평가하기 위하여 개발된 등벽드론 탑재형 균열진단 시스템에 대한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 영상기반 균열진단 시스템을 이용한 정밀영상 획득기술, 자동화된 영상처리 알고리즘을 이용한 데이터 처리 기법을 제시하였으며, 실험적으로 도출된 지상표본거리를 기반으로 영상처리 자동화 알고리즘을 이용하여 생성된 균열모사 시험벽체의 평면전개 이미지 상 균열손상의 위치 정확도를 평가 분석하였다. 평가분석 결과, 가로축 길이 대비 최대 1.1%, 세로축 길이 대 비 최대 1.4%의 오차율을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 제안된 영상 내 픽셀 좌표와 지상표본거리를 기반으로 균열손상의 위치를 추정하는 기법은 실측 좌표 대비 평균 1.0% 이하의 위치 오차를 가지는 것으로 평가되었다. 최종적으로 영상기반 진단과 긴급 보수와 같은 일반적인 시설물의 유지관리에 요구되는 위치 정확도를 확보하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

In response to the increase in international terrorism threats and demands for terrorism prevention and response activities, the Act on Counter-Terrorism for the Protection of Citizens and Public Security was enacted in 2016, and the need for research to strengthen protection against explosive threats was raised. In the same manner, the Design Basis Threats, which become the standard for the design and evaluation of physical protection systems for nuclear facilities, have been developed and it includes explosive threats. However, the regulatory standards for physical barriers against explosive threats are still not established. Therefore, it is first required to set up a performance database of physical barriers subject to blast loading in order to prepare the regulatory standards. In this study, the pressure with the trinitrotoluene (TNT) charge weights of 0.5-2 kg as a function of time was calculated using Ansys Autodyn software by assuming that the TNT is used for malicious purposes and is attached to a reinforced concrete (RC) corridor wall. The shape of the corridor was the 3×3×6 m cuboid with a rectangular hole of 1.78×1.78×6 m. The RC walls, which make up the corridor, contained the reinforcing bars with a spacing of 0.229 m and a diameter of 0.036 m. The spherical charge of a TNT was placed 0.2 m away from a RC wall in the middle of the corridor. To measure the reflected pressure after the internal explosion with a TNT, three pressure gauges were installed on the three sides of the RC walls in the middle of the corridor, respectively. The results showed that the peak reflected pressure on a RC wall with the standoff distance of 0.2 m was about ten times higher than the opposite RC wall with the standoff distance of 1.58 m in the same condition of TNT charge weight. Thus, it was verified that blast loads are highly affected by standoff distance. It seems that preventing the explosive detonation close to a physical barrier is strategically important to maintain the integrity of the physical barrier.

현재 우리나라에서 설계 및 시공되는 대부분의 철근콘크리트 벽식구조 공동주택은 상부벽체-하부골조 시스템으로 구성되어 있으며 서로 다른 상하부 구조시스템의 결합을 위해 전이보를 이용한다. 상부의 하중을 하부의 기둥 부재에 효율적으로 전달하기 위해 전 이보가 큰 강성을 지녀야하고 이로 인해 부재의 춤이 커져 많은 물량의 투입되고 전반적인 경제성이 떨어지게 된다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 기둥을 벽체요소로 대체하고 일반적인 콘크리트 전이보에 비해 규모가 작은 경계보를 수평 구조요소로 활용한 새로운 경계보-벽체 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템의 축하중에 대한 성능 평가를 위해 3차원 비선형 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 주요 설계변수로 상하부벽체 길이비, 경계보 부재의 전단보강근 간격, 하부벽체로 연속되는 상부벽체 수직근의 꺾임 비율, 슬래브 길이를 설정하고 제안된 시스템의 성능에 얼마나 기여하는지 분석하였다.

본 논문에서는 초고층 건물의 철근콘크리트 아웃리거 벽체 개구부의 최적설계를 위한 수학적 최적화 프레임워크를 제시하였다. 전용 유한요소해석 프로그램을 이용하여 아웃리거 벽체를 해석하였으며 깊은 보의 스트럿-타이 거동을 고려하여 개구부를 배치하였다. 최적화를 위해 파이썬 SciPy 라이브러리 중 순차이차계획법(Sequential Quadratic Programming)을 이용하여 제약 경계 최적화를 수행 하였다. 최적화에 필요한 미분가능한 연속 함수를 얻어내기 위해 선형 보간법을 사용하였으며, 최적화 프로그램의 효율성을 위해 데이터베이스를 이용하였다. 2변수 최적화의 결과를 탐색 알고리즘의 이동 경로를 통해 살펴본 결과 알고리즘이 최적화된 결과를 효율적으로 찾아냄을 확인하였다. 그리고 개구부의 폭을 모두 같게 설정한 것이 아닌 각각의 개구부의 크기를 개별 변수로 설정하였을 경우 목적함수의 값이 최소화되어 더 우수한 최적화 결과를 도출함을 확인하였다. 또한, 최적화의 과정에 있어 데이터베이스를 이용할 경우 최적화 시간을 효과적으로 단축시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study is to pushover analyze existing reinforced concrete(RC) frames strengthened by L-type precast concrete(PC) wall panels. Cyclic loading tests were performed on the partially infilled reinforced concrete(RC) frames by L-type PC wall panels. Based on the results of experimental test, the nonlinear pushover analysis was practiced by using a computer program. The analysis models were designed with two ways according to the test result. The PC wall panel and the RC column exhibited almost composite behavior by using brace when push loading applied. The two structures also exhibited independent behavior when pull loading applied. The results of pushover analysis models generally conform to the experimental results. The ratios of the maximum lateral load measured in the strengthened specimens from the analysis varied between 0.93 and 1.01 in forward cycles, and between 0.84 and 0.90 in backward cycles. The initial stiffness values of the analysis were less than the test values for all strengthened specimens. The ratio of the initial stiffness obtained through testing compared to the values from the analysis varied between 0.72 and 0.90.

In this study, natural period formular is presented for a RC shear wall structure with H-, T-, and L-shaped wall sections. The natural period formular proposed by Goel and Chopra and adopted in ASCE 7-10 was modified by using the ratio of the flange and web wall area. The natural periods of structures with H-shaped wall were numerically obtained, the results indicated that the ASCE 7-10 could not consider the natural period variation according to the length of the flange wall, but the proposed formula could do. Especially, ASCE 7-10 estimated much longer periods than eigenvalue analysis, and this implies that conservative seismic design is difficult. The periods by eigenvalue analysis exist between the upper and lower bounds given by the proposed formula, and conservative design is possible by using the proposed lower bound value. In order to verity the effectiveness of the proposed method, actual residential buildings with various types of flange walls are considered. Ambient vibration tests, eigenvalue analyses, and nonlinear dynamic analyses were conducted and the periods were compared with the values by ASCE 7-10 and the proposed formula. The results showed that the proposed formula could estimate more accurately the periods than ASCE 7-10.

The purpose of this study is to make a generalized analytical based on the proposed experiments on reinforced concrete(RC) partially infilled frames by U-type precast concrete(PC) wall panels with openings. RC frame and PC wall panels were connected with different strengths. Therefore, we developed modified strut-tie model(STM) with two seismic retrofitting specimens and conducted a nonlinear analysis by using a computer analysis program. Based on the test results, truss member of modified STM was designed, applying the strut-tie model theory of ACI 318M-11 Appendix- A. As a result, the modified STM analysis results were very similar to the experimental results. As a result of the load-displacement curve comparison, the failure load were similar within 5∼17% of error range. In particular, the experimental results and the results of modified STM analysis show that the failure behavior almost matched.

Cyclic loading test was performed on the partially infilled reinforced concrete(RC) frames by L-type precast concrete(PC) wall panels with the connections of two different strength. Based on the results of experimental test, the nonlinear analysis was practiced with modified strut-tie model(STM) method by using a computer program. Truss member of modified STM was designed, applying the strut-tie model theory of ACI 318M-11 Appendix-A. Modified STM was designed with two ways according to the test result. PC wall panel and RC frame were assumed to composite when push loading applied. The PC and RC structures were also assumed to behave non-composite and those two structures connected with link(top connector) when pull loading applied. The connection was designed by using elastic link of program. The results of analytical modified STM process generally conform to the experimental results. The failure load and the failure mode of the specimens could be predicted using modified STM. The ratio of failure load measured in specimens to analytical values were between 0.83∼1.16. The member or connection which was failed in experiment yield in the results of modified STM. The failure mode perfectly matched.

The concrete wall panels are composed of various members such as studs, brackets, bolts and nuts, etc. Embedded studs in the concrete wall resist transferred lateral and horizontal load in the structure. The thickness of the concrete wall influences shear behavior of embedded studs. The finite element analysis was carried out with respect to the thickness of the concrete wall to investigate shear behavior of embedded studs. The numerical analysis results were compared with the experimental results and confirmed that The deformation of the stud anchor is reduced with an increase of the thickness of the concrete wall.

When reinforcing an existing reinforced concrete beam-column building with a precast concrete panel, special connection between the PC member and the RC member is required to solve the time dependent deformation of the RC member and to receive the large shear forces. The aim of this study is to obtain the shear strength of upper connection between the existing RC beam-column and infilled PC wall panels in experimentally and theoretically. Thus, the static shear loading tests were conducted on the 6 specimens with the plate connection. Shear failure was resulted from the weakest portion of interior PC panel, exterior RC, and the connection, when the PC portion which located at the center of specimen was pulled upward from the bottom. T he experimental result was compared with analytical result from ACI 318M-14 Chapter 17 for the shear strength of post-installed anchor and PCI Handbook 7th edition 6.8 Structural Steel Corbel (PCI Design Handbook 7th edition, 2010) for the strength of cast-in H-beam. The analytical and experimental results show final failure at the same location. The failure loading of experiment showed larger than average 6% to that of the analysis.

This guidance purpose is setting Safety Health work instruction for prevent accident such as falling from heights work, collapse and trapped under the heavy equipment and Sediment collapse during retaining wall work by unsder the Industry Safety and Health rules.

본 논문에서는 범용유한요소해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS를 사용하여 국내에서 사용되는 콘크리트벽돌을 조적채움벽으로 가진 철근콘크리트 골조를 대상으로 유한요소해석을 실시하였다. 해석대상은 순수골조, 채움벽의 두께가 0.5B인 골조, 두께가 1.0B인 골조의 3종류이다. 철근콘크리트 골조 및 채움벽의 재료특성은 재료시험 결과로부터 구하였으나 두께가 1.0B인 채움벽의 경우 벽돌의 쌓기방법의 차이에 의해 0.5B 두께의 실험체보다 4배 정도 증가된 인장강도를 사용하였다. 유한요소해석결과는 실험을 통해 구한 하중-변위관계 및 변위각에 따른 균열양상을 상당히 정확하게 예측하였다. 유한요소해석 결과의 분석을 통해 조적채움벽과 골조사이의 접촉응력 및 골조의 전단력과 휨모멘트를 산정하였다.