According to the recently revised seismic design standards, seismic design of underground structures is required. Concrete underground outer walls are installed separately from temporary earth retaining walls as permanent underground outer walls. This raises issues of constructability, economy, and space narrowness. Therefore, a steel underground continuous wall is developed to promote construction efficiency, safety, and economy by introducing the off-site construction (OSC) method of underground structures. The steel underground continuous wall will be used as a permanent underground continuous wall along with the temporary earth retaining wall. To this end, it must satisfy structural performance equivalent to or higher than the concrete underground outer wall. The integrity and in-plane shear resistance performance between single panel members must be satisfied to be used as a permanent wall. The interlocking effect through geometric bonding is intended to enhance the bonding effect between these members. Therefore, trapezoidal members were developed, and bending performance tests and analyses of each member were performed to confirm the structural bending performance of these members. The bending performance improvement effect of the combined multiple members was confirmed. As a result, it was confirmed that the integration of members and structural performance was improved due to the interlocking effect of the absence of joints. The seismic design analysis of the demonstration site was performed with these developed members, and it was confirmed that the structural performance was equivalent to or higher than that of the existing RC underground continuous wall. As a result, it was confirmed that the steel underground continuous wall can be used as a permanent underground wall together with the temporary earth retaining wall.
Recently, high-rise residential buildings in Korea have adopted slender shear walls with irregular section shapes, such as T-shape, H-shape, and C-shape. In the seismic design of the slender shear walls, the transverse reinforcement for lateral confinement should be provided in the boundary elements to increase deformation capacity and subsequent ductility. However, in practice, the irregularity of the shear walls is not adequately considered, and the lateral confinement region is calculated for the rectangular wall segments. This study investigated the proper design method for lateral confinement regions using finite element analysis. The lateral confinement region was considered in analysis for two cases: 1) as a typical rectangular wall segment and 2) as an irregular wall. When the irregularity of the walls was considered, the compression zone depth was increased because the vertical reinforcement in the flange was addressed. The effect of lateral confinement design methods on the structural performance of the walls was directly compared under various design parameters, including the length of the flange, concrete compressive strength, vertical rebar layout, axial load ratio, and loading direction. According to the results of the parametric analysis, the peak strength and deformation capacity could be significantly increased when the lateral confinement region was calculated based on irregularly shaped walls, regardless of the design parameters. In addition, the effective compression zone was located within the lateral confinement region. Thus, it is recommended that the lateral confinement region of T-shaped walls is calculated by addressing the irregularity of the walls.
통일신라시대의 석성이란 무엇인가. 삼국시대와 고려시대 석성과는 어떤 다른 점이 있는 것인가. 결국 기준이 되는 것은 석축으로 쌓은 성벽과 출토유물의 조합일 것이다. 유물이 어 떤 층위와 맥락속에서 출토되었는지도 중요한 점이다. 이 논문은 통일신라시대 서울·경기 지역에 분포한 12개 석성을 분석 유적으로 삼았고, 외벽, 기단보축, 보축성벽, 치성, 출토유 물과 층위를 종합적으로 파악해 통일신라시대 석성의 특징을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이 중에서 가장 주목되는 것은 보축성벽이며, 서울·경기지역 통일신라시대 석성에서 새 롭게 나타나는 특징 중에 하나라고 알려져 있다. 보축성벽의 출현은 아마도 삼국이 통일된 이후 방어적인 기능과 성곽의 위계를 나타낼 수 있는 기재가 필요했을 것이다. 이는 서울· 경기지역의 중심 지역인 한산주(한주)의 주성인 이성산성에서 가장 치석이 잘 되고, 형태적 으로도 견고하고 미적으로 뛰어난 보축성벽이 이를 말해 주는 것 같다. 보축성벽과 함께 치성 변화가 있다. 계단형 보축성벽의 축조방식을 치성의 하단부(기단) 에 적용하고 상단부터는 수직기둥홈에 나무를 세워 상단부 외벽을 수직으로 쌓은 치성이 등 장한다. 이러한 치성은 아차산성 3차 치성에서 등장하고 이후 계양산성 치성(고려시대)으로 이어진다. 이번 분석 대상에서 빠진 서울·경기지역의 석성과 더 나아가 통일신라 한산주(한주)의 영역까지 차후 분석하여 통일신라시대의 석성 특징과 변화의 원인을 밝혀보고자 한다.
For low-rise piloti-type buildings that suffered significant damage in the Pohang earthquake, the seismic performance of those designed by codes issued before and after the earthquake has been recently revised. This study started with the expectation that many of the requirements presented in the current codes may be excessive, and among them, the spacing of column stirrup could be relaxed. In particular, the recently revised design code of concrete structures for buildings, KDS 41 20 00, suggests that the column stirrup spacing is 1/2 of the minimum cross-sectional size or 200 mm, which is strengthened compared to KBC 2016, but relaxed than the current KDS, 41 17 00, which is 1/4 of the minimum size or 150 mm. As a result of the study, it was found that the target performance level was sufficiently satisfied by following the current standards and that it could be satisfied even if the relaxed spacing was followed. Therefore, the strict column stirrup spacing of KDS 41 17 00 could be relaxed if a wall other than core walls is recommended in the current guideline for the structural design of piloti-type buildings.
본 연구에서는 구조물의 재료, 구조물의 단면, 지진 하중등의 불확실성을 고려한 저형 전단벽의 최대 전단력를 예측하는 뉴 런-네트워크 모델을 개발하였다. 이를 위해 실험 데이터를 통해 검증된 박스타입 저형 전단벽 수치해석 모델을 구축하였고, 가정된 분 포를 통해 200개의 구조물의 재료, 단면변수를 라틴 하이퍼 큐브 샘플링을 통해 추출하였다. 또한 이전 연구에서 사용된 인공지진파를 데이터를 기반으로 10개의 다른 PGA 레벨별 총 200개의 인공지진파 데이터를 구축하였다. 뉴런-네트워크 모델의 Training 및 testing을 위해 200개의 데이터셋에 상응 수치해석 모델을 구축하고 최대 전단력을 산출하였다. 이렇게 구축된 데이터셋을 이용하여 최종적으로 뉴런-네트워크 모델을 확정하였다. 마지막으로 구축된 모델로부터 얻어진 취약도와 기존에 사용되는 방법들로부터 얻은 취약도를 비교, 분석하여 본 연구에서 구축된 모델의 정확도를 보여주었다.
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.
The equivalent static load for non-structural elements has a limitation in that the sloshing effect and the interaction between the fluid and the water tank cannot be considered. In this study, the equations to evaluate the impulse and convective components in the design codes and previous research were compared with the shaking table test results of a rectangular water tank with flexible wall panels. The conclusions of this study can be summarized as follows: (1) It was observed that the natural periods of the impulsive component according to ACI 350.3 were longer than system identification results. Thus, ACI 350.3 may underestimate the earthquake load in the case of water tanks with flexible walls. (2) In the case of water tanks with flexible walls, the side walls deform due to bending of the front and back walls. When such three-dimensional fluid-structure interaction was included, the natural period of the impulsive component became similar to the experimental results. (3) When a detailed finite element (FE) model of the water tank was unavailable, the assumption could be used, resulting in a reasonably conservative design earthquake load.
This study investigated the rocking behavior of unreinforced masonry walls and wall piers under cyclic loading. Based on the benchmark tests, the characteristics of load-deformation relations in masonry walls with rocking failure were captured, focusing on observed deformation modes. The rocking strengths of masonry walls (i.e., peak and residual strengths) were evaluated, and the effects of opening configurations on the masonry wall strength were examined. The deformation capacity of the rocking behavior and the hysteresis shape of the load-deformation relations were also identified. Based on the results, modeling approaches for the rocking behavior of masonry walls were discussed.
The paper introduces an experimental program for the newly developed vertical joints between Precast Concrete (PC) walls to improve their in-plane shear capacity. Compared to the existing vertical joints, two types of vertical joints were developed by increasing the transverse reinforcement ratio and improving frictional force at the joint interface. A total of four specimens including the Reinforced Concrete (RC) wall and PC walls with developed vertical joints were designed and constructed. The constructed specimens were experimentally investigated through monotonic shear tests. The observed damage, load-deformation relationship, strain and strength are investigated and compared with the cases of RC wall specimen. Experimental results indicate that the maximum force and initial stiffness of the PC wall with proposed vertical joints were decreased by comparing with those of RC wall. However, the ultimate displacement increased by up to 217.30% compared to the RC wall specimen. In addition, brittle failure did not occurred and relatively few cracks and damages occurred.
현 설계기준에서 제시한 단부횡보강 상세는 시공성과 생산품질이 현저히 떨어지므로 내진성능과 시공성을 확보할 수 있는 RC 구 조벽체의 단부횡보강 상세 개발이 필요하다. 최근 선재 제작기술의 발전으로 다양한 선조립철근의 제작이 가능해지고 있으며 특히 다양한 연속횡보강 철근 상세의 제작이 가능하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 사각 연속횡보강 선조립철근 단부횡보강 상세를 적용한 RC 구조벽체의 모멘트-곡률 관계에 대한 분석을 진행하였다. 비선형 단면해석에 의하면 사각 연속횡보강의 상세를 적용한 RC 구조벽체 는 사각 연속횡보강 영역의 면적이 증가할수록 내진성능을 확보할 수 있다. 이러한 연구결과에 근거하여 사각 연속횡보강 선조립 철 근의 상세 적용시, 단부횡보강 영역의 면적만큼 사각 연속횡보강 영역의 면적을 확보해야 한다.
This study proposed a simplified finite element analysis procedure for designing the nonstructural masonry wall in the out-of-plane direction. The proposed method is a two-step elastic analysis procedure by bilinearizing the behavior of the masonry wall. The first step analysis was conducted with initial stiffness representing the behavior up to the effective-yield point, and the second step analysis was conducted with post-yield stiffness. In addition, the orthotropic material property of the masonry was considered in the FE analysis. The maximum load was estimated as the sum of the maximum loads in the first and second step analyses. The maximum load was converted into the moment coefficients and compared with those from the yield line method applied in Eurocode 6. The moment coefficients calculated through the proposed procedure showed a good match with those from the yield line method with less than 6% differences.
최근 국내 원자력발전소의 격납건물 벽체와 Containment Liner Plate(CLP) 사이에서 다양한 크기의 공극이 발견됨에 따라 원전 격납건물의 보수를 위해 내부 공극의 분포와 크기를 정밀하게 평가할 수 있는 진단기법의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 이에 따라 이 연구에서 는 격납건물 벽체에서의 탄성파 전파거동을 계산하는 2차원 유한요소해석 기법을 제시한다. 격납건물 벽체를 기반으로 해석영역을 구성하고 경계면에서의 반사파를 제거하기 위해 수치적 파동흡수 경계층인 perfectly matched layer를 도입하였다. Galerkin 기반 혼합 유한요소법을 이용해 2차원 유한영역에서 탄성파 파동방정식의 해를 구하여 충격하중에 대한 격납건물 벽체의 변위와 응력을 계산하였다. 제시한 수치적 기법을 이용하여 격납건물 콘크리트 벽체의 CLP 부착 유무와 공동의 위치 및 크기 변화에 따른 탄성파 전파거 동을 살펴보았다. 이 연구의 결과는 원전 격납건물 내부의 공동을 진단하는 탄성파 전체파형 역해석 기법 개발에 활용될 수 있다.
A shake table test is conducted for the three-story reinforced concrete building structure using 0.28 g, 0.5 g, 0.75 g, and 1.0 g of seismic input motions based on the Gyeongju earthquake. Computational efforts are made in parallel to explore the mechanical details in the structure. For engineering practice, the elastic modulus of concrete and rebar in the dynamic analysis is reduced to 38% and 50%, respectively, to calibrate the structure's natural frequencies. The engineering approach to the reduced modulus of elasticity is believed to be due to the inability to specify the flexibility of the actual boundary conditions. This aspect may lead to disadvantages of nonlinear dynamic analysis that can distort local stress and strain relationships. The initial elastic modulus can be applied directly without the so-called engineering adjustment with infinite element models with spring and spring-dashpot boundary conditions. This has the advantage of imposing the system flexibility of the structure on the sub-boundary conditions of springs and damping devices to control its sensitivity in a serial arrangement. This can reflect the flexibility of realistic boundary conditions and the effects of system damping (such as the gap between a concrete footing and shake table, loosening of steel anchors, etc.) in scalar quantities. However, these spring and dashpot coefficients can only be coordinated based on experimental results, making it challenging to select the coefficients in-prior to perform an experimental test.
Bang walls surround the four sides of Band in ancient capital cities of East Asia where the Bang system was in operation. There are ongoing research efforts for the structure of a capital city and Bang system around the capital of Silla, but there is a huge shortage of research on Bang walls. This study thus set out to examine Bang walls in the capital of Silla around the Hwangnyongsa Temple and its surroundings. The findings show that the Bang walls in the capital of Silla were built with a mix of earth and stone and with tiled roofs on top. The sizes of Bang walls were distinguished from the walls of individual structure groups inside Bang and closely related to the Bang size and the width of adjacent roads.
Generally the non-bearing walls in apartment buildings in Korea are not considered as a lateral force resisting members for the design consideration. This engineering practice caused large crack damages and brittle fractures of the non-bearing walls when subjected to Pohang earthquakes in 2017 since those have not been designed for seismic loading. In this study, finite element analysis was conducted for slot type non-bearing wall connection system to reduce damages and concentrate damages to the designated damping device through separation from the structural wall members. Steel plate and dowel bar systems designed for the dissipation of seismic energies were modeled and analyzed to investigate the damage reductions. Finally, the test result and the analysis result were compared and verified.
An approximate analysis method is proposed to predict the dynamic amplification of shear forces in ordinary reinforced concrete shear walls as a preliminary study. First, a seismic design for three groups of ordinary reinforced concrete shear walls higher than 60 m was created on the basis of nonlinear dynamic analysis. Causes for the dynamic amplification effect of shear forces were investigated through a detailed evaluation of the nonlinear dynamic analysis result. A new modal combination rule was proposed on the basis of that observation, in which fundamental mode response and combined higher mode response were summed directly. The fundamental mode response was approximated by nonlinear static analysis result, while higher mode response was computed using response spectrum analysis for equivalent linear structural models with the effective stiffness based on the nonlinear dynamic analysis result. The proposed approximate analysis generally predicted vertical distribution of story shear and shear forces of individual walls from the nonlinear dynamic analysis with comparable accuracy.
A corrugated steel plate wall (CSPW) system is advantageous to secure the strength and stiffness required for lateral force resistance because of its high out-of-plane stability. It can also stably dissipate large amounts of energy even after peak strength. In this paper, a preliminary study has been carried out to use the CSPW system in the seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete (RC) moment frame buildings. The seismic performance for an example building was evaluated, and then a step-by-step retrofit design procedure for the CSPW was proposed. An equivalent analytical model of the CSPW was also introduced for a practical analysis of the retrofitted building, and the strengthening effect was finally evaluated based on the results of nonlinear analysis.