• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.215-223
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• 2013

An experimental research on the possibility of using fiber reinforced concrete precast tunnel segments instead of traditional reinforced concrete(RC) segment has been performed in europe. This solution allows removing the traditional reinforcement with several advantages in terms of quality and cost reduction. Full-scale bending tests were carried out in order to compare the behaviour of the segments under flexural actions on both rebar reinforced concrete and rebar-fiber reinforced elements. The test results showed that the fiber reinforced concrete can substitute the traditional reinforcement; in particular the segment performance is improved by the fiber presence, mainly in terms of crack.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.209-216
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• 2007

This study reports on the structural characteristics of slab-column connections using fiber-reinforced ultra-high-strength concrete (UHSC). Compression tests were performed on two slab-column and four isolated column specimens. In the column load tests, slab loads were also applied on the slab-column specimens so that the actual confinement condition at the slab-column joint was considered. The main parameter investigated was the "puddling" of fiber-reinforced UHSC. This paper also investigates the effects of some parameters, such as confinement of slab concrete, steel fibers, and concrete strength of the joint, related to the ability of the slab-column specimens and isolated column specimens without the surrounding slab to transmit axial loads from the UHSC columns through slab-column connections. Furthermore, the ACI Code (2005) and the CSA Standard (2004) are compared to the experimental results. The beneficial effects of the puddling of fiber-reinforced UHSC on the transmission of column loads through slab-column connections are demonstrated.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.103-111
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• 2007

Experimental study was carried out to investigate the structural performance of composite beams with steel fiber concrete and angle. For this purpose, seven specimens composed of two RC beams with or without steel fiber and five composite beams with steel fiber and angle were constructed and tested. All specimens had no web shear reinforcement. Main variables for the specimens were tensile reinforcement ratio and fiber volume fraction. Based on the test results, structural performance such as strength, stiffness, ductility and energy dissipation capacity was evaluated and compared with the predicted strength. The prediction of flexure and shear strength gives a good relationship with the observed strength. The strength, ductility and energy dissipation capacity are increased, as the fiber volume fraction is increased. Meanwhile, high tensile reinforcement ratio resulted in the reduction of ductility and energy dissipation capacity for the composite beams.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.59-60
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• 2009

Steel fibers are recently well recognized for good composite/strengthening materials because of their ductile behavior and good performance on crack control and shear behavior compared to concrete materials. Especially, the great improvement in shear strength by steel fibers led researchers to be involved in many experimental studies. However, our understanding on the complex shear behavior of the steel fiber reinforced concrete(SFRC) members are still very limited, and the fundamental test data are also not enough. In this study, therefore, 4 SFRC specimens were fabricated and tested, from which the effectiveness of steel fibers as shear reinforcement were evaluated. The test results shows that the shear strength of SFRC members increases as the amount of steel fibers increases.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.501-510
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• 2015

Composite construction of precast concrete and cast-in-place concrete is currently used for the modular construction. In this case, the use of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) could be beneficial for precast concrete. However, the shear strength of such composite members (SFRC and cast-in-place concrete) is not clearly defined in current design codes. In the present study, steel fiber composite beam tests were conducted to evaluate the effect of steel fibers on the composite members. The test variables are the area ratio of SFRC and shear reinforcement ratio. The test results showed that when minimum horizontal shear reinforcement was used, the shear strength of composite beams increased in proportion to the area ratio of steel fiber reinforced concrete. However, because of the steel fiber, the composite beams were susceptible to horizontal shear failure. Thus, minimum horizontal shear reinforcement is required for SFRC composite beams.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.31-38
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• 2011

In this study, in order to observe the behaviors of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthened and steel fiber reinforced concrete specimens for impact and static loads, flexural and punching tests were performed. For the one-way flexural and two-way punching tests, concrete specimens with the dimensions of $50{\times}100{\times}350$ mm and $50{\times}350{\times}350$ mm were fabricated, respectively. The steel fiber reinforced concrete specimens showed much enhanced resistance on two-way punching of static and impact loads. In addition the FRP strengthening system provided the outstanding performance under a punching load. Because of a large tensile strength and toughness of ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), the UHPC specimens retrofitted with FRP showed marginally enhanced strength and energy dissipating capacity.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.311-321
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• 2021

Many studies have been performed on hybrid fiber reinforced concrete for years, which is to improve some of the weak material properties of concrete. Studies on characteristics of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete using amorphous steel fiber and organic fiber, however, yet remain to be done. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the compressive and tensile behaviors and then propose a material model of high performance hybrid fiber reinforced concrete using amorphous steel fiber and polyamide fiber. For this purpose, the high performance hybrid fiber reinforced concretes were made according to their total volume fraction of 1.0% for target compressive strength of 40MPa and 60MPa, respectively, and then the compressive and tensile behaviors of those were evaluated. Also, based on the experimental results of the high performance hybrid fiber reinforced concrete and mortar, each material model for the compressive and tensile behavior was suggested. It was found that the experimental results and the proposed models corresponded relatively well.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.195-206
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• 1997

비선형 layered 유한요소법과 비선형 프로그래밍 기법에 의하여 주어진 기존의 철근콘크리트 보의 휨강도 및 연성을 근사하게 나타낼 수 있는 강섬유고강 철근콘크리트 보(Reinforced Steel Fibrous Concrete Beam : RSFC Beam)의 인장 및 압축철근량, 강섬유의 혼입률 등을 산정하였다. 개발된 모델을 이용하여 콘트리트의 압축강도 및 철근비가 서로 다른 일반 철근콘크리트 보에 있어서 강섬유보강 콘크리트를 사용할 경우, 기존 철근을대체하는 강섬유의 량과 또한 이로 인한 인장 \ulcorner 압축 철근량의 변화량을 조사하였다. 기존 문헌에 나타난 강섬유보강 콘크리트보의 전간강도식을 이용하여 일반 철근콘크리트보와 비교하여 강섬유보강 철근콘크리트 보에서 증가될 수 있는 스터럽의 간격을 산정하였다.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.209-217
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• 2021

This paper investigates the effect of high strength hooked-end steel fiber content and aspect ratio on the compressive and flexural performance of concrete. A total of ten mixtures were prepared and tested. Concretes with specific compressive strength of 30 MPa were reinforced with three different aspect ratios (l/d) of steel fibers 64, 67, and 80 and three different percentages of steel fibers 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75% by volume of concrete. Tensile strengths of steel fibers with l/d of 64, 67, and 80 are 2,000, 2,400, and 2,100 MPa, respectively. The compressive and flexural properties of plain and steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) mixtures were evaluated and compared. The experimental results indicated that the incorporation of high-strength hooked-end steel fibers had significant effects on the compressive and flexural performance of concrete. With the increase of steel fiber content, compressive performances, such as Poisson's ratio and toughness, of concrete were improved. The steel fibers with the least l/d of 67 resulted in a larger enhancement of compressive performances. The residual flexural strength, that is, post-cracking flexural resistance and toughness, of concrete is mainly depended on the dosage and aspect ratio of steel fibers. The residual flexural strength at serviceability (SLS) and ultimate limit state (ULS) defined in fib Model Code 2010 (MC2010) is increased as the fiber content and aspect ratio increase.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.4-9
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• 1994

강섬유 보강 콘크리트는 콘크리트 내에 강섬유를 임의로 투입함으로써 취성의 콘크리트 물성을 연성적으로 향상시킴과 동시에 압축, 인장, 휨 강도를 증가시킨 새로운 구조 신소재라고 할 수 있다. 과거 70년대가 SFRC의 재료적 물성에 대한 실험적 시기였던 반면 현재는 현장에 SFRC를 시공하는 응용단계라 할 수 있다. SFRC의 우수성은 선진 외국의 경우 일반적으로 기업, 정부, 계약관계자 등에게 잘 인식되어 있어 이미 많은 시공현장에서 응용되고 있다. 이로 인하여 외국(미국, 일본, 유럽 등)의 경우 구조적으로 안정되고 경제적인 구조물을 실현하고 있으나 국내의 경우는 안타깝게도 SFRC에 대한 인식이 아직 일반화되어 있지 않으며 시공현장도 매우 드문 실정이다. SFRC에대한 연구는 국.내외 학회에서 꾸준히 연구, 개발하고 있으며 이들 연구결과가 경제적이고 우수한 구조물을 실현하는데 기여할 수 있기를 기대한다.