• Computers and Concrete
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.177-188
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• 2005

This paper presents a numerical model developed to evaluate the load-deflection and moment-curvature relationship for concrete beams strengthened externally with four different Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite systems. The developed model considers the inelastic behavior of concrete section subjected to a combined axial force and bending moment. The model accounts for tensile strength of concrete as defined by the modulus of rupture of concrete. Based on the adopted material constitutive relations, the model evaluates the sectional curvature as a function of the applied axial load and bending moment. Deflections along the beam are evaluated using a finite difference technique taking into account support conditions. The developed numerical technique has been tested on a cantilever beam with a transverse load applied at its end. A study of the behavior of the beam with tension reinforcement compared to that with FRP areas giving an equivalent ultimate moment has been carried out. Moreover, cracking of the section in the tensile region at ultimate load has also been considered. The results indicated that beams reinforced with FRP systems possess more ductility than those reinforced with steel. This ductility, however, can be tuned by increasing the area of FRP or by combining different FRP layers.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.705-724
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• 2013

The behaviour of steel column at elevated temperature is significantly different than that at ambient temperature due to its changes in the mechanical properties with temperature. Reported literature suggests that steel column may become vulnerable when exposed to fire condition, since its strength and capacity decrease rapidly with temperature. The present study aims at investigating the lateral load resistance of non-insulated steel columns under fire exposure through finite element analysis. The studied parameters include moment-rotation behaviour, lateral load-deflection behaviour, stiffness and ductility of columns at different axial load levels. It was observed that when the temperature of the column was increased, there was a significant reduction in the lateral load and moment capacity of the non-insulated steel columns. Moreover, it was noted that the stiffness and ductility of steel columns decreased sharply with the increase in temperature, especially for temperatures above $400^{\circ}C$. In addition, the lateral load capacity and the moment capacity of columns were plotted against fire exposure time, which revealed that in fire conditions, the non-insulated steel columns experience substantial reduction in lateral load resistance within 15 minutes of fire exposure.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.921-947
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• 2016

Concrete Filled Fibre Reinforced Polymer Tube (CFFT) for new columns construction has attracted significant research attention in recent years. The CFFT acts as a formwork for new columns and a barrier to corrosion accelerating agents. It significantly increases both the strength capacity (Strength enhancement ratio) and the ductility (Strain enhancement ratio) of reinforced concrete columns. In this study, based on predefined selection criteria, experimental investigation results of 134 circular CFFT columns under axial compression have been compiled and analysed from 599 CFFT specimens available in the literature. It has been observed that actual confinement ratio (expressed as a function of material properties of fibres, diameter of CFFT and compressive strength of concrete) has significant influence on the strength and ductility of circular CFFT columns. Design oriented models have been proposed to compute the strength and strain enhancement ratios of circular CFFT columns. The proposed strength and strain enhancement ratio models have significantly reduced Average Absolute Error (AAE), Mean Square Error (MSE), Relative Standard Error of Estimate (RSEE) and Standard Deviation (SD) as compared to other available strength and strain enhancement ratios of circular CFFT column models. The predictions of the proposed strength and strain enhancement ratio models match well with the experimental strength and strain enhancement ratios investigation results in the compiled database.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.581-598
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• 2020

This paper aims to investigate the seismic behavior and influence parameters of the large-scaled thin-walled reinforced concrete (RC) tubular columns in air-cooled supporting structures of thermal power plants (TPPs). Cyclic loading tests and finite element analysis were performed on 1/8-scaled specimens considering the influence of wall diameter ratio, axial compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, stirrup reinforcement ratio and adding steel diagonal braces (SDBs). The research results showed that the cracks mainly occurred on the lower half part of RC tubular columns during the cyclic loading test; the specimen with the minimum wall diameter ratio presented the earlier cracking and had the most cracks; the failure mode of RC tubular columns was large bias compression failure; increasing the axial compression ratio could increase the lateral bearing capacity and energy dissipation capacity, but also weaken the ductility and aggravate the lateral stiffness deterioration; increasing the longitudinal reinforcement ratio could efficiently enhance the seismic behavior; increasing the stirrup reinforcement ratio was favorable to the ductility; RC tubular columns with SDBs had a much higher bearing capacity and lateral stiffness than those without SDBs, and with the decrease of the angle between columns and SDBs, both bearing capacity and lateral stiffness increased significantly.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.185-195
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 탄소섬유쉬트로 추가구속된 각형 CFT기둥 실험체의 단조압축실험을 수행하였고 이를 토대로 실험체의 연성능력을 평가하였다. 실험변수는 탄소섬유쉬트 보강겹수와 폭-두께비, 갭부착유무이며 실험변수에 따라 총 9개의 실험체를 제작하여 단조압축실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 통하여 각 실험체의 파괴거동, 하중-축변위 곡선, 최대내력, 변형성능을 비교한다. 탄소섬유쉬트의 추가구속은 기둥의 국부좌굴을 지연시켰으며 갭의 부착으로 탄소섬유쉬트의 구속분담시점을 지연시켜 연성능력은 상승한 것으로 나타났다.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2000

Experiments were carried out to investigate the seismic behaviors, such as lateral strength, ductility and energy-dissipation capacity. of high-strength concrete (HSC) square short column confined in thin steel shell. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the suitability of using HSC square columns confined in thin steel shell in region of moderate-to-high seismic risk. A total of six columns, consisting of two ordinarily reinforced concrete square short columns and four reinforced concrete square short columns confined in thin steel shell was tested. Column specimens, short columns in a moment resisting frame with girder. were tested under a constant axial and reversed cyclic lateral loads. To design the specimens. transverse reinforcing methods, level of axial load applied, and the steel tube width-thickness ratio (D/t) were chosen as main parameters. Test results were also discussed and compared in the light of improvements in general behaviors, ductility, and energy-absorption capacities. Compared to conventionally reinforced concrete columns, the HSC columns confined in thin steel shell had similar load-displacement hysteretic behavior but exhibited greater energy-dissipation characteristics . It is concluded that, in strong earthquake areas, the transverse reinforcing method by using a thin steel shell (D/t=125) is quite effective to make HSC short columns with very strong and ductile.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.3-13
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• 2018

Load bearing capacity of dowel type fasteners loaded perpendicular to the shear plane is determined based on Johansen's yield theory (Johansen, 1949). In case of inclined screws whose axis is no longer perpendicular, the ultimate load of connection increases because of additional axial withdrawal capacity. To calculate load bearing capacity for inclined screws, KBC2016 and Eurocode5 provide design equations using the combination of two effects; axial and bending strength. Although their equations have been validated for a long time, there is still minimal information how to apply them for concrete-CLT joints. Since there are not many test data available, engineers have to make certain assumptions and thus results may look inconsistent in practice. In this paper, authors would like to describe the current approach and assumptions indicated by KBC2016 and Eurocode 5 and how they match the experimental results in terms of shear strength of CLT-concrete connections. To fulfill the objective, several push-out tests were performed on nine different test specimens. Each specimen has different penetration angles and depths. By analyzing load-displacement curves, the maximum shear strength, stiffness, and ductility were obtained. Shear strength values were compared with the current design codes and theoretical equations proposed in this paper. Observations on stiffness and ductility were briefly discussed.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.443-454
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• 2023

Steel shear walls are used to strengthen steel and concrete structures. One such system is Partial Attached Steel Shear Walls (PASSW), which are only connected to frame beams. This system offers both structural and architectural advantages. This study first calibrated the numerical model of RC frames with and without PASSW using an experimental sample. The seismic performance of the RC frame was evaluated by 30 non-linear static analyses, which considered stiffness, ductility, lateral strength, and energy dissipation, to investigate the effect of PASSW width and column axial load. Based on numerical results and a curve fitting technique, a lateral stiffness equation was developed for frames equipped with PASSW. The effect of the shear wall location on the concrete frame was evaluated through eight analyses. Nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed to investigate the effect of the shear wall on maximum frame displacement using three earthquake records. The results revealed that if PASSW is designed with appropriate stiffness, it can increase the energy dissipation and ductility of the frame by 2 and 1.2 times, respectively. The stiffness and strength of the frame are greatly influenced by PASSW, while axial force has the most significant negative impact on energy dissipation. Furthermore, the location of PASSW does not affect the frame's behavior, and it is possible to have large openings in the frame bay.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.603-611
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 합리적인 내진설계기준의 정립을 위하여 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능에 영향을 미치는 주요 인자에 대하여 분석하였다. 주요 각국의 내진규정에서 내진성능을 발휘하기 위한 심부구속철근량을 규정함에 있어 다양한 요소들을 고려하고 있다. 하지만, 이러한 요소들이 합리적으로 고려되었는가에 대해서는 의문이 남는다. 따라서 본 연구에서 국내의 도로교설계기준, Eurocode 8 part2, NZS 3101, ATC-32 등의 설계기준을 비교분석하고, 기존 실험 연구 결과와 비교 분석하여 합리적인 영향인자들을 제안하고자 하였다. 연구결과에 따르면 원형 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능에 가장 지배적인 영향인자는 축하중비인 것으로 조사되었다. 따라서 심부구속철근비 산정식에 축하중비의 영향을 전혀 고려하고 있지 않는 현행 도로교설계기준에 축하중비를 도입해야 한다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2008

와이어로프와 T형 강판을 이용한 개선된 비부착형 기둥보강 공법이 개발되었다. 제시된 절차에 따라 보강된 기둥 8개와 동일한 조건의 무보강 기둥 1개가 중심 축하중 하에서 실험되었다. 주요 변수는 와이어로프 체적비와 T 강판의 플랜지 폭 및 배치 형상이다. 실험된 기둥의 축하중 내력과 연성비는 각각 ACI 318-05의 예측값과 Chung et al.에 의해 수행된 일반 띠기둥의 실험 결과와 비교되었다. 게다가 와이어로프와 T 강판으로 구속된 콘크리트의 응력-변형률 관계를 평가하기 위한 모델이 제시되었다. 실험 결과로부터 기둥의 축하중 내력과 연성은 와이어로프의 체적비와 T 강판의 플랜지 폭의 증가와 함께 증가하였다. 특히 동일 횡보강근 지수에서 와이어로프 체적비가 0.0039 이상일 때 보강된 기둥의 연성비는 띠철근 기둥에 비해 현저히 높았다. 개발된 보강기술에 의해 구속된 콘크리트의 응력-변형률 관계 모델이 제시되었다. 예측된 응력-변형률 관계는 실험 결과와 잘 일치하였다.