scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Post-Earthquake Safety Assessment System for High-Rise Buildings Using Acceleration Measurements

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 1758
Author(s):  
Koji Tsuchimoto ◽  
Yasutaka Narazaki ◽  
Billie F. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Model Updating ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Earthquake Safety

After a major seismic event, structural safety inspections by qualified experts are required prior to reoccupying a building and resuming operation. Such manual inspections are generally performed by teams of two or more experts and are time consuming, labor intensive, subjective in nature, and potentially put the lives of the inspectors in danger. The authors reported previously on the system for a rapid post-earthquake safety assessment of buildings using sparse acceleration data. The proposed framework was demonstrated using simulation of a five-story steel building modeled with three-dimensional nonlinear analysis subjected to historical earthquakes. The results confirmed the potential of the proposed approach for rapid safety evaluation of buildings after seismic events. However, experimental validation on large-scale structures is required prior to field implementation. Moreover, an extension to the assessment of high-rise buildings, such as those commonly used for residences and offices in modern cities, is needed. To this end, a 1/3-scale 18-story experimental steel building tested on the shaking table at E-Defense in Japan is considered. The importance of online model updating of the linear building model used to calculate the Damage Sensitive Features (DSFs) during the operation is also discussed. Experimental results confirm the efficacy of the proposed approach for rapid post-earthquake safety evaluation for high-rise buildings. Finally, a cost-benefit analysis with respect to the number of sensors used is presented.

scholarly journals Numerical Evaluation of Structural Safety of Linear Actuator for Flap Control of Aircraft Based on Airworthiness Standard

Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Dong-Hyeop Kim ◽  
Young-Cheol Kim ◽  
Sang-Woo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Linear Actuator ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Margin Of Safety ◽  
Verification Methodology ◽  
The Given

Airworthiness standards of Korea recommend verifying structural safety by experimental tests and analytical methods, owing to the development of analysis technology. In this study, we propose a methodology to verify the structural safety of aircraft components based on airworthiness requirements using an analytical method. The structural safety and fatigue integrity of a linear actuator for flap control of aircraft was evaluated through numerical analysis. The static and fatigue analyses for the given loads obtained from the multibody dynamics analysis were performed using the finite element method. Subsequently, the margin of safety and vulnerable area were acquired and the feasibility of the structural safety evaluation using the analytical method was confirmed. The proposed numerical analysis method in this study can be adopted as an analytical verification methodology for the airworthiness standards of civilian aircraft in Korea.

Structural Safety Assessment of a 1100 TEU Container Ship, Based on a Enhanced Long Term Fatigue Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 1036 ◽  
pp. 935-940
Author(s):  
Leonard Domnisoru ◽  
Ionica Rubanenco ◽  
Mihaela Amoraritei
Keyword(s):  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Random Wave ◽  
Wave Loads ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Hydroelastic Response

This paper is focused on an enhanced integrated method for structural safety assessment of maritime ships under extreme random wave loads. In this study is considered an 1100 TEU container test ship, with speed range 0 to 18 knots. The most comprehensive criteria for ships structural safety evaluation over the whole exploitation life is based on the long term ship structures analysis, that includes: stress hot-spots evaluation by 3D/1D-FEM hull models, computation of short term ship dynamic response induced by irregular waves, long term fatigue structure assessment. The analysis is enhanced by taking into account the ships speed influence on hydroelastic response. The study includes a comparative analysis on two scenarios for the correlation between the ships speed and waves intensity. The standard constant ship speed scenario and CENTEC scenario, with total speed loss at extreme waves condition, are considered. Instead of 20 years ship exploitation life estimated by classification societies rules from the long term structural safety criteria, the enhanced method has predicted more restrictive values of 14.4-15.7 years. The numerical analyses are based on own software and user subroutines. The study made possible to have a more realistic approach of ships structural strength assessment, for elastic and faster ships as container carriers, in compare to the standard one based only on naval rules, delivering a method with higher confidence in the designed structural safety.

scholarly journals Structural Safety Evaluation of Tunnel Based on the Dynamic Monitoring Data during Construction

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Xiaokun Yan ◽  
Hu Li ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Dynamic Monitoring ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Underground Excavation ◽  
Tunnel Excavation ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Shallow Buried Tunnel

It is still a challenge to accurately evaluate the structural safety of tunnel during the process of construction. To address this issue, a safety evaluation approach of tunnel based on the monitoring data during construction is proposed in this study. Firstly, the detailed description of modelling the tunnel excavation, releasing the load acting on the tunnel, and selecting the constitutive relationship of surrounding rock of tunnel is introduced. Secondly, aiming at an actual shallow-buried tunnel with underground excavation, utilizing the analytical results of deformation of tunnel, the structural safety of tunnel is evaluated by using a reliability-based method. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by using the dynamic monitoring data obtained during the construction of an actual tunnel.

Structural Safety Evaluation of the Hybrid Composite Bodyshell for Korean Tilting Train by a Whole Body Test

2007 ◽  
pp. 313-316
Author(s):  
Jung Seok Kim ◽  
Jong Cheol Jeong ◽  
Sang Jin Lee ◽  
Se Hyun Cho ◽  
Sung Ho Yoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Tilting Train

scholarly journals Safety Evaluation of Hyperbolic Arch Aqueduct Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning and Finite Element Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Chengfa Deng ◽  
Chang Xu ◽  
Qi Xie ◽  
Qiang Peng
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Design Data

The safety evaluation of the aqueduct in many years of operation is often performed to determine the structural operational behaviour so as to provide a scientific basis for further reinforcement or reconstruction. The missing of the original design data due to the long construction period provides great challenging in the structural safety evaluation of the aqueduct. Taking a hyperbolic arch aqueduct in China as an example, we first rebuilt the aqueduct model using the three-dimensional (3D) point cloud from the three-dimensional laser scanning technology. Coupled with the on-site safety inspection, the 3D finite element analysis was then performed to learn the stress performance of the aqueduct body and its supporting structures, so as to achieve the purpose of safety evaluation of aqueduct structure in a whole.

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