In 2016, an earthquake occurred at Gyeongju, Korea. At the Wolsong site, the observed peak ground acceleration was lower than the operating basis earthquake (OBE) level of Wolsong nuclear power plant. However, the measured spectral acceleration value exceeded the spectral acceleration of the operating-basis earthquake (OBE) level in some sections of the response spectrum, resulting in a manual shutdown of the nuclear power plant. Analysis of the response spectra shape of the Gyeongju earthquake motion showed that the high-frequency components are stronger than the response spectra shape used in nuclear power plant design. Therefore, the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment of nuclear power plants should be made to reflect the characteristics of site-specific earthquakes. In general, the floor response spectrum shape at the installation site or the generalized response spectrum shape is used for the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment. In this study, a generalized response spectrum shape is proposed for seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment for nuclear power plants. The proposed response spectrum shape reflects the characteristics of earthquake motion in Korea through earthquake hazard analysis, and it can be applied to structures and equipment at various locations.

본 연구의 목적은 에너지 흡수형 강재 댐퍼를 이용하여 손상순서를 제어함으로써 주구조체를 재사용 할 수 있는 철골조시스템을 개발하고, 지진응답특성을 파악하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 강재 댐퍼의 형상을 제안하고, 제안된 강재 댐퍼의 변형 형상과 응력 분포를 알아보기 위하여 범용 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ANSYS(ver.10.0)을 이용한 비선형 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 또한 지진응답특성을 파악하기 위하여 실대형 사이즈 5.4m×2.4m의 1층 철골조 실험체 4개를 설계 및 제작하여 유사동적 지진응답실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 강재 댐퍼를 제진요소로 사용하는 경우, 주구조체에 비하여 높은 강성을 갖는 댐퍼가 소폭의 변위에 먼저 소성화함으로써 이력에 의한 지진에너지를 흡수할 수 있으며, 지진응답에서 유리한 것이 판명되었다.

응답스펙트럼은 내진설계에 있어서 중요한 기초자료의 하나이다. 응답스펙트럼을 얻기 위하여, 한반도에서 발생하는 지진들의 지진원 특성에 근거하여 다수의 강진동을 Boore(2005)에 의해 개발된 컴퓨터 프로그램 SMSIM을 사용하여 모사하였다. 여러 연구결과들에 대한 충분한 검토를 통하여, 모사에 필요한 입력자료들을 선정하였다. 모사된 강진동으로부터 얻은 응답스펙트럼은 가속도 1.0 g에 대하여 정규화하여 미국 원자력위원회(1973)의 표준응답스펙트럼과 비교하였다. 이 연구에서 얻어진 응답스펙트럼의 스펙트럼 진폭은 대략 10 Hz 이상의 고주파 대역에서 표준 응답스펙트럼 값에 비하여 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한 응력강하량의 변화에 따른 응답스펙트럼의 변화를 평가하였다. 그 결과 큰 응력강하량에 대한 응답스펙트럼의 스펙트럼 진폭은 저주파 범위내에서 큰 값을 나타냄을 제시하였다.

Seismic control performance of MR dampers, which have severe nonlinearity, is different with respect to the dynamic characteristics of earthquake excitations such as magnitude and frequency contents. In this study, effects of excitation characteristics on the equivalent linear system represented by an equivalent damping ratio for single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems with a MR damper are investigated through numerical analysis for various natural frequencies of the structures and design parameters of the MR damper. In addition, to implement the an equivalent linearization procedure considering non-stationarity and frequency contents of the earthquake excitation, seismic response reduction factors for artificial earthquake ground motions are proposed using regression analysis of the linear structural responses. Analysis results show that the relative magnitude of the excitation compared to the friction force of the MR damper and frequency contents of the excitation affect the equivalent damping ratio considerably, and appropriate combination of friction and damping produces additional damping effect

This paper presents the seismic assessment of the effect of vertical ground motion on the three-story RC building with different geometric configurations considering the vertical-to-horizontal peak ground acceleration (V/H) ratio increases. The effects of a suite of earthquake ground motion records on three-story RC buildings are presented and the results are compared with the case of horizontal only excitation. Interstory drift was considered as a global failure criterion, while the curvature ductility and shear capacity of structural members were monitored to assess failure on a local level. The effect of vertical ground motion on axial force and shear capacity is also investigated.