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.

Structures of domestic nuclear power plants are designed to perform elastic behavior against beyond design earthquakes, but studies on the nonlinear behavior of structures have been insufficient since the beyond design earthquake. Accordingly, it is judged that it will be necessary to develop an evaluation method that considers the nonlinear behavioral characteristics to check the safety margin for a standard nuclear power plant structure. It is confirmed that the restoring force characteristics for each member level can be identified through the calculation formula, and the lateral stiffness for each story can also be easily calculated by JEAC 4601. In addition, as a result of applying the evaluation method of JEAC 4601 as a nonlinear restoring force model of the nuclear power plant, a certain degree of safety margin can be identified.

A shear wall is a structural member designed to effectively resist in-plane lateral forces, such as strong winds and earthquakes. Due to its efficiency and stability, shear walls are often installed in residential buildings and essential facilities such as nuclear power plants. In this research, to predict the results of the shaking table test of the three-story shear wall RC structure hosted by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, three types of numerical modeling techniques are proposed: Preliminary, Calibrated 1, and Calibrated 2 models, in order of improvement. For the proposed models, an earthquake of the 2016 Gyeongju, South Korea (peak ground acceleration of 0.28 g) and its amplified earthquake (peak ground acceleration of 0.50 g) are input. The response spectra of the measuring points are obtained by numerical analysis. Good agreement is observed in the comparisons between the experiment results and the simulation conducted on the finally adopted numerical model, Calibrated 2. In the process of improving the model, this paper investigates the influences of the mode shape, material properties, and boundary conditions on the structure's seismic behavior.

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.

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.

무한 매질에서의 파전파 현상은 공학과 자연과학의 여러 분야에서 다양한 물리적 현상을 서술하는데 활용되고 있고, 이 문제에 대한 해를 얻기 위하여 해석적 방법 또는 수치적 방법이 개발되어 사용되고 있다. 이 문제에 대한 정확한 해를 얻기 위해서는 무한 영역으로의 에너지 방사를 정확히 고려해야 하고, 이를 위해 다양한 수치적 또는 역학적 모형 또는 경계조건이 개발되었다. 이 연구에서는 층상 waveguide에서의 scalar wave 또는 SH파 전파 문제에 적용할 수 있는 새로운 경계조건을 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해 waveguide 의 수직방향으로 유한요소 이산화를 적용하여 얻은 SH파의 지배방정식을 변형하여 waveguide의 무한 영역의 영향을 나타내는 경계조건을 유도한다. 층상 waveguide에서의 SH파에 대한 고유모드의 직교성을 이용하여, 새로운 경계조건은 기존의 root-finding absorbing boundary condition와 동등함을 보이고, 이로부터 새로운 경계조건의 차수가 증가할수록 정확성이 증가하고, 또한 이산화된 수준에서도 안정함을 유도할 수 있다. 제안된 경계조건을 층상 waveguide에서의 파전파 문제에 적용하여 그 정확성과 안정성을 검증한다.

The U-flanged truss hybrid beam is a new composite beam made by pouring concrete into the U-flanged truss beam. In this study, an experimental study was performed to verify the shear capacity of U-flanged truss hybrid beams with the newly developed end reinforcement details. For all specimens, the maximum shear strength was determined by shear failure of concrete in the loading point The detail reinforced with stirrups at the end zone can exhibit the greatest shear strength, but the method of reinforcing the end zone using vertical steel plates, which is a relatively easy method to manufacture, is considered to be the most effective detail in terms of shear strength and ductility. Also, in the case of U-flanged truss hybrid beams reinforced with vertical steel plates at the end zone, the shear strength can be evaluated on the safety side by using the Korea Design Standard formula.

Concrete masonry prisms are strengthened with steel fiber-reinforced mortar (SFRM) overlay and tested for compressive and diagonal tension strength. Masonry prisms are produced in poor condition considering standard workmanship for masonry buildings in Korea. Amorphous steel fibers are adopted for SFRM, and appropriate mixing ratios of SFRM are derived considering constructability and strength. Masonry prisms are strengthened with different fiber volume ratios, while numerous strengthened faces and additional reinforcing meshes are produced for compression and diagonal tension tests. Compression and diagonal tension strength are increased by up to 122% and 856%, respectively, and the enhancement effect for diagonal tension strength was superior compared to compression strength. Finally, the test results and strength prediction equations based on existing literature and regression analysis are compared.

Most commercial buildings among existing RC buildings in Korea have a multi-story wall-frame structure where RC shear wall is commonly used as its core at stairways or elevators. The members of the existing middle and low-rise wall-frame buildings are likely arranged in ordinary details considering building occupancy, and the importance and difficulty of member design. This is because there are few limitations, considerations, and financial burdens on the code for designing members with ordinary details. Compared with the intermediate or unique details, the ductility and overstrength are insufficient. Furthermore, the behavior of the member can be shear-dominated. Since shear failure in vertical members can cause a collapse of the entire structure, nonlinear characteristics such as shear strength and stiffness deterioration should be adequately reflected in the analysis model. With this background, an 8-story RC wall-frame building was designed as a building frame system with ordinary shear walls, and the effect of reflecting the shear failure mode of columns and walls on the collapse mechanism was investigated. As a result, the shear failure mode effect on the collapse mechanism was evident in walls, not columns. Consequently, it is recommended that the shear behavior characteristics of walls are explicitly considered in the analysis of wall-frame buildings with ordinary details.

FRP 보강이 RC 기둥의 내진성능에 미치는 효과를 평가하고자 다양한 실험 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 그 중 많은 연구가 휨지배를 받는 원형 단면 RC 기둥의 거동에 초점을 맞추었다. 단면 형태가 FRP 보강에 의한 구속효과에 영향을 주기 때문에, 단면 형태에 따라 보강효과 및 최종손상 양상이 다를 수 있다. 또한, 기존 RC 기둥 중 일부는 현재의 구조기준을 만족하지 못하는 설계로 인하여 취성적인 파괴 모드인 전단 파괴가 발생할 것으로 여겨진다. 이 두 가지 조건을 고려하여, 현무암 섬유를 함유한 FRP 시트와 복합섬유 패널로 보강한 정사각형 단면을 가진 짧은 RC 기둥의 전단 거동을 살펴보기 위하여 반복하중 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과에서 전체적인 전단 거동의 개선을 확인하였으며, 이러한 경향은 모서리 부분에서 심각한 손상이 발생할 때까지 유효하였다.

Seismic fragility was assessed for non-seismic reinforced concrete shear walls in Korean high-rise apartment buildings in order to implement an earthquake damage prediction system. Seismic hazard was defined with an earthquake scenario, in which ground motion intensity was varied with respect to prescribed seismic center distances given an earthquake magnitude. Ground motion response spectra were computed using Korean ground motion attenuation equations to match accelerograms. Seismic fragility functions were developed using nonlinear static and dynamic analysis for comparison. Differences in seismic fragility between damage state criteria including inter-story drifts and the performance of individual structural members were investigated. The analyzed building had an exceptionally long period for the fundamental mode in the longitudinal direction and corresponding contribution of higher modes because of a prominently insufficient wall quantity in such direction. The results showed that nonlinear static analyses based on a single mode tend to underestimate structural damage. Moreover, detailed assessments of structural members are recommended for seismic fragility assessment of a relatively low performance level such as collapse prevention. On the other hand, inter-story drift is a more appropriate criterion for a relatively high performance level such as immediate occupancy.

세장 구조물은 동하중에 매우 취약한 구조시스템으로써 와흘림에 의한 와류유발진동(Vortex-Induced Vibration, VIV)이 발생 할 가능성이 크다. 또한 와류유발진동이 구조물의 고유진동수 영역에서 발생하는 경우 공진이 지속되는 Lock-in 현상으로 피로 파괴 의 우려가 있다. 본 논문에서는 공진주파수가 유동 조건의 변화에도 불구하고 유지되는 현상의 원인을 분석하기 위해서 유체로 인한 구조물의 동적 거동에 대하여 해석을 수행하였다. 유동의 방향과 수직 방향으로 자유 거동하는 1 자유도의 구조시스템의 2차원 원형 실린더 단면을 대상으로 비정상 층류영역을 가정하였다. 물체의 움직임을 고려하여 매시간 유동장의 격자를 재생성하는 Remeshing 기 법을 사용하였고 물체의 운동방정식과 유동의 지배방정식을 순차적으로 수치계산하는 유체-구조 연성 해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구에 서 구현한 Lock-in 현상은 선행연구와 잘 일치하였고, Lock-in 현상에서 운동진폭이 증가하는 특성이 잘 모사되었다. 또한 단면에서 전 단응력의 변화로 인한 박리현상과 공진주파수가 지속되는 현상의 관계를 분석하였다.