• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2014

In industrial facilities sites, the conventional method determining the earthquake magnitude (M) using earthquake ground-motion records is generally not applicable due to the poor quality of data. Therefore, a new methodology is proposed for determining the earthquake magnitude in real-time based on the amplitude measures of the ground-motion acceleration mostly from S-wave packets with the higher signal-to-ratios, given the Vs30 of the site. The amplitude measures include the bracketed cumulative parameters and peak ground acceleration (As). The cumulative parameter is either CAV (Cumulative Absolute Velocity) with 100 SPS (sampling per second) or BSPGA (Bracketed Summation of the PGAs) with 1 SPS. The arithmetic equations to determine the earthquake magnitude are derived from the CAV(BSPGA)-As-M relations. For the application to broad ranges of earthquake magnitude and distance, the multiple relations of CAV(BSPGA)-As-M are derived based on worldwide earthquake records and successfully used to determine the earthquake magnitude with a standard deviation of ${\pm}0.6M$.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.511-519
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• 2019

The concrete gravity dam is one of the most important parts of the nation's infrastructure. Besides the benefits, the dam also has some potentially catastrophic disasters related to the life of citizens directly. During the lifetime of service, some degradations in a dam may occur as consequences of operating conditions, environmental aspects and deterioration in materials from natural causes, especially from dynamic loads. Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) plays a key role to assess the operational condition of a structure under seismic hazard. In previous researches, CAV is normally used in Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) fields, but there are no particular criteria or studies that have been made on dam structure. This paper presents a method to calculate the limitation of CAV for the Bohyeonsan Dam in Korea, where the critical Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) is estimated from twelve sets of selected earthquakes based on High Confidence of Low Probability of Failure (HCLPF). HCLPF point denotes 5% damage probability with 95% confidence level in the fragility curve, and the corresponding PGA expresses the crucial acceleration of this dam. For determining the status of the dam, a 2D finite element model is simulated by ABAQUS. At first, the dam's parameters are optimized by the Minitab tool using the method of Central Composite Design (CCD) for increasing model reliability. Then the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is used for updating the model and the optimization is implemented from the selected model parameters. Finally, the recorded response of the concrete gravity dam is compared against the results obtained from solving the numerical model for identifying the physical condition of the structure.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.860-868
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• 2018

This article presents a new design of earthquake instrumentation that is suitable for quick decision-making after the seismic event at the nuclear power plant (NPP). The main objective of this work is to ensure more availability of the NPP by expediting walk-down period when the seismic wave is incident. In general, the decision-making to restart the NPP after the seismic event requires more than 1 month if an earthquake exceeds operating basis earthquake level. It affects to the plant availability significantly. Unnecessary shutdown can be skipped through quick assessments of operating basis earthquake, safe shutdown earthquake events, and damage status to structure, system, and components. Multidecision parameters such as cumulative absolute velocity, peak ground acceleration, Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, floor response spectrum, and cumulative fatigue are discussed. The implementation scope on the field-programmable gate array platform of this work is limited to cumulative absolute velocity, peak ground acceleration, and Modified Mercalli Intensity. It can ensure better availability of the plant through integrated decision-making process by automatic assessment of NPP structure, system, and components.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.575-586
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• 2008

The main objective of this paper is to develop an improved model for the analysis of liquefaction potential and to predict excess pore pressure (EPP) using the proposed model that can simulate behavior of saturated sand under earthquake loading conditions. The damage concept is adopted for the development of the proposed model. For the development of the model, a general formulation based on experimental results and damage potential using cumulative absolute velocity (CAV) is proposed for a more realistic description of dynamic responses of saturated sand. Undrained dynamic triaxial tests are conducted using earthquake loading conditions. Based on test results, the NCER-NCW function in terms of $w_d$ and CAV is developed. Procedure for the evaluation of EPP and determination of model parameters for the proposed model is presented as well. For the determination of initial liquefaction, the minimum curvature method using the NCS-NCW curve is proposed. It is observed that predicted initial liquefaction using the proposed method agrees well with measured initial liquefaction. From results of additional undrained dynamic triaxial tests, it is seen that predicted EPP generation using the proposed model agrees well with measured results for earthquake loading cases.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2012

지반가속도의 초당 최대값은 최근 제정된 지진재해대책법에 따라 지진기록계로부터 통신망을 통해 소방방재청으로 실시간 제공되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 현재 PGA를 기반으로 한 신속한 지진피해통보 용도로만 고려되고 있는 지반가속도의 초당 최대값의 추가적인 활용성을 검토하고자, 국내외 강진자료 및 중소규모 지진자료에 대한 초당 100 샘플링된 지반가속도 자료의 1초 구간내 최대 절대값을 30초 동안 적산한 결과($BSPGA_k$)를 CAV(Cumulative Absolute Velocity) 및 진도 등과 비교하였다. CAV는 진도와의 높은 상관성으로 지진발생시 원자력발전소의 운전초과기준으로 사용되고 있으나, 계산시 초당 100 샘플링 이상의 많은 양의 지진파형 디지털 자료를 필요로 하는 단점이 있다. 비교 결과 $BSPGA_k$는 지진규모에 따른 지진동 수준과 상관없이 CAV와 전 범위에서 높은 상관성을 나타내었으며, 다수의 관측소가 연계된 지진관측망 운영시 유용하게 활용될 수 있는 신속 지진피해평가 지진동 파라미터로 확인되었다. 국내 중소규모 유감지진자료에 대한 지진진도 자료와의 비교결과, $BSPGA_k$-진도 상관식을 이용한 진도추정 오차는 CAV-진도 상관식의 진도추정 오차와 유사하였으며, PGA-진도 상관식보다 진도를 신뢰성 있게 추정하였다.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2011

This paper describes the implementation of a precise underwater navigation solution using a multiple sensor fusion technique based on USBL, GPS, DVL and AHRS measurements for the operation of a remotely operated mine disposal vehicle (MDV). The estimation of accurate 6DOF positions and attitudes is the key factor in executing dangerous and complicated missions. To implement the precise underwater navigation, two strategies are chosen in this paper. Firstly, the sensor frame alignment to the body frame is conducted to enhance the performance of a standalone dead-reckoning algorithm. Secondly, absolute position data measured by USBL is fused to prevent cumulative integration error. The heading alignment error is identified by comparing the measured absolute positions with the DR algorithm results. The performance of the developed approach is evaluated with the experimental data acquired by MDV in the South-sea trial.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2016

Following the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident, the IAEA has issued a revised version of the Nuclear Safety Standard for beyond design basis earthquake to consider the core meltdown accident. In Korea, relevant laws and regulations were also revised to consider beyond design basis earthquake to nuclear components. In this paper, CAV, an seismic damage factor that determines the restart of nuclear power plant after operating breakdown earthquake, is proposed for extension to the beyond design basis earthquake. For pipings not satisfying the beyond design basis earthquake condition, several evaluation methods are suggested, such as strain-based evaluation methods, simple nonlinear analysis method and cumulative damage evaluation method.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2020

Floor acceleration plays a major role in the seismic design of nonstructural components and equipment supported by structures. Large floor acceleration may cause structural damage to or even collapse of buildings. For precision instruments in high-tech factories, even small floor accelerations can cause considerable damage in this study. Six P-wave parameters, namely the peak measurement of acceleration, peak measurement of velocity, peak measurement of displacement, effective predominant period, integral of squared velocity, and cumulative absolute velocity, were estimated from the first 3 s of a vertical ground acceleration time history. Subsequently, a new predictive algorithm was developed, which utilizes the aforementioned parameters with the floor height and fundamental period of the structure as the new inputs of a support vector regression model. Representative earthquakes, which were recorded by the Structure Strong Earthquake Monitoring System of the Central Weather Bureau in Taiwan from 1992 to 2016, were used to construct the support vector regression model for predicting the peak floor acceleration (PFA) of each floor. The results indicated that the accuracy of the predicted PFA, which was defined as a PFA within a one-level difference from the measured PFA on Taiwan's seismic intensity scale, was 96.96%. The proposed system can be integrated into the existing earthquake early warning system to provide complete protection to life and the economy.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 1999년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Fall
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• pp.37-44
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• 1999

Spectral characteristic of Kyeongju earthquake occurred on the June 2, 1999 with magnitude 3,4 is analyzed. It is guessed that the stress energy release of source within relatively short period caused the ground near the epicenter to vibrate with large amplitude for the magnitude and predominantly high frequency. The cumulative absolute velocity and average spectrum acceleration are 0.034 gsec and 0.118g, respectively lower than threshold values of potential earthquake damage which is consistent with the investigation of damage in field. The analysis of the acceleration records of Kyeongju earthquake shows the need to develop the ration criterion for the determining the operating basis earthquake of nuclear power plant.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2010

계기에 의한 진도산정은 보통 PGA와 진도와의 경험적인 관계식으로부터 계산되어 왔다. 그러나 일본 기상청은 지진에 의한 피해의 정도는 관측된 PGA보다는 진도와 상관이 더 크다는 점에 착안하여, 지진 계측기에 의해 실시간으로 진도를 산정(JMA 계측 진도)함으로서 지진재해를 좀 더 정확히 평가하는 방안을 채택하고 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 국내에서의 JMA 계측진도의 실제적인 활용방안을 제시하는 것이다. 한반도는 강진의 발생빈도가 낮기 때문에 사용할 수 있는 강진자료가 충분치 않다. 따라서 한반도의 지진원 특성과 감쇠특성에 맞는 강진동을 추계학적인 방법으로 합성하였다. 이러한 방법으로 합성된 강진자료에 대하여 JMA 계측진도를 포함한 6개의 공학적 지진동 상수들을 계산하였다. 다음으로 계산된 상수들 사이의 경험적인 관계식을 결정하였으며, 이 상수들을 몇 개의 그룹으로 분류하기 위한 군집분석을 수행하여 지진동 상수들을 분류하였다. 그 결과, JMA 가속도 ($a_0$)는 스펙트럼 진도와 유사한 그룹으로 분류되었으며, CAV(Cumulative Absolute Velocity)와는 비교적 관계가 먼 그룹으로 나타났다. JMA 계측진도는 지진재해 평가에 있어서 다른 하나의 평가척도로서 사용이 기능할 것으로 생각된다. 한편 지진재해의 예측에 활용이 가능한 PGA와 $a_0$에 대한 감쇠식이 모멘트 규모와 진원거리의 함수로 유도되었다.