• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제12권4호
• /
• pp.611-626
• /
• 2017

The research reported herein is concerned with the model testing of piles socketed in soft rock which was simulated by cement, plaster, sand, water and concrete hardening accelerator. Model tests on a single pile socketed in simulated soft rock under axial cyclic loading were conducted and the bearing capacity and accumulated deformation characteristics under different static, and cyclic loads were studied by using a device which combined oneself-designed test apparatus with a dynamic triaxial system. The accumulated deformation of the pile head, and the axial force, were measured by LVDT and strain gauges, respectively. Test results show that the static load ratio (SLR), cyclic load ratio (CLR), and the number of cycles affect the accumulated deformation, cyclic secant modulus of pile head, and ultimate bearing capacity. The accumulated deformation increases with increasing numbers of cycles, however, its rate of growth decreases and is asymptotic to zero. The cyclic secant modulus of pile head increases and then decreases with the growth in the number of cycles, and finally remains stable after 50 cycles. The ultimate bearing capacity of the pile is increased by about 30% because of the cyclic loading thereon, and the axial force is changed due to the applied cyclic shear stress. According to the test results, the development of accumulated settlement is analysed. Finally, an empirical formula for accumulated settlement, considering the effects of the number of cycles, the static load ratio, the cyclic load ratio and the uniaxial compressive strength, is proposed which can be used for feasibility studies or preliminary design of pile foundations on soft rock subjected to cyclic loading.

• Computers and Concrete
• /
• 제31권6호
• /
• pp.513-525
• /
• 2023

This research presents the experimental and theoretical evaluations on circular steel-fiber-reinforced-concrete (SFRC) columns reinforced by glass-fiber-reinforced-polymer (GFRP) rebar under the axial compressive loading. Test programs were designed to investigate and compare the effect of different parameters on the structural behavior of columns by performing tests. Theses variables included conventional concrete (CC), fiber concrete (FC), steel/GFRP longitudinal rebars, and transversal rebars configurations. A total of 16 specimens were constructed and categorized into four groups in terms of different rebar-concrete configurations, including GFRP-rebar-reinforced-CC columns (GRCC), GFRP-rebar-reinforced-FC columns (GRFC), steel-rebar-reinforced-CC columns (SRCC) and steel-rebar- reinforced-FC columns (SRFC). Experimental observations displayed that failure modes and cracking patterns of four groups of columns were similar, especially in pre-peak branches of load-deflection curves. Although the average ultimate axial load of columns with longitudinal GFRP rebars was obtained by 17.9% less than the average ultimate axial load of columns with longitudinal steel rebars, the average axial ductility index (DI) of them was gained by 10.2% higher than their counterpart columns. Adding steel fibers (SFs) into concrete led to the increases of 7.7% and 6.7% of the axial peak load and the DI of columns than their counterpart columns with CC. The volumetric ratio had greater efficiency on peak loads and DIs of columns than the type of transversal reinforcement. A simple analytical equation was proposed to predict the axial compressive capacity of columns by considering the axial involvement of longitudinal GFRP rebars, volumetric ratio, and steel spiral/hoop rebar. There was a good correlation between test results and predictions of the proposed equation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제8권2호
• /
• pp.137-150
• /
• 1999

This paper presents a numerical study on the flat plates in deep basements, subjected to floor load and in-plane compressive load due to soil and hydraulic lateral pressure. For nonlinear finite element analysis, a computer program addressing material and geometric nonlinearities is developed. The validity of the numerical model is established by comparison with existing experiments performed on plates simply supported on four edges. The flat plates to be studied are designed according to the Direct Design Method in ACI 318-95. Through numerical study on the effects of different load combinations and loading sequence, the load condition that governs the strength of the flat plates is determined. For plates under the governing load condition, parametric studies are performed to investigate the strength variations with reinforcement ratio, aspect ratio, concrete strength, and slenderness ratio. Based on the numerical results, the floor load magnification factor is proposed.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
• /
• 제12권2호통권45호
• /
• pp.209-219
• /
• 2000

콘크리트충전 강관구조는 합성효과에 의해 강관과 콘크리트의 단점을 상호보완하여 역학적으로 우수한 성능을 발휘할 수 있다. 그래서, 최근에는 초고층구조물시스템의 하나로 주목을 받고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 일정축력과 반복 수평력을 받는 콘크리트 충전 각형강관기둥의 내력 및 변형성능을 평가하는 것이다. 이 실험의 변수로는 강관의 폭 두께비, 축력비, 콘크리트 강도, 하중가력방법과 콘크리트의 충전유무로 정하여 총 16개의 실험체를 제작하여 실험하였다. 실험결과로부터 실험체의 최대내력, 초기강성 및 변형성능에 대해 검토하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제33권3호
• /
• pp.375-388
• /
• 2019

This paper aims to investigate the axial load behavior and stability strength of square tubed steel-reinforced concrete (TSRC) columns. Unlike concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) column, the outer steel tube of a TSRC column is mainly used to provide confinement to the core concrete. Ten specimens were tested under axial compression, and the main test variables included length-to-width ratio (L/B) of the specimens, width-to-thickness ratio (B/t) of the steel tubes, and with or without stud shear connectors on the steel sections. The failure mode, ultimate strength and load-tube stress response of each specimen were summarized and analyzed. The test results indicated that the axial load carried by square tube due to friction and bond of the interface increased with the increase of L/B ratio, while the confinement effect of tube was just the opposite. Parametric studies were performed through ABAQUS based on the test results, and the feasibility of current design codes has also been examined. Finally, a method for calculating the ultimate strength of this composite column was proposed, in which the slenderness effect on the tube confinement was considered.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
• /
• 제36권8호
• /
• pp.61-72
• /
• 2020

수직증축 리모델링시 상부 구조물의 구조적 안정성 확보를 위해서는 기초의 안정성이 우선적으로 확보되어야 한다. 수직증축형 리모델링 구조기준 고시(2014)에 따라, 수직증축시 기존 말뚝과 보강 말뚝의 강성에 따라 상부 하중을 분담하여 지지한다. 하지만, 국내에서는 증축시 활용할 수 있는 기초 보강공법 등에 대하여 연구 주제가 집중되어 있으며, 기존 기초와 보강 기초의 강성 차이에 의한 하중 분담율에 대한 연구는 미비하다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 현장 재하시험을 통해 수직증축 리모델링시 기존 말뚝과 보강 말뚝의 강성에 따른 하중 분담 거동에 대하여 분석을 수행하였다. 서로 강성이 다른 일반 및 파형 마이크로파일을 시공하여 기존 말뚝과 보강 말뚝을 모사하고, 각각의 말뚝에 대한 재하시험을 수행하여 각 말뚝의 강성을 산정하였다. 그 후, 기존 말뚝과 보강 말뚝 두부를 연결하는 기초판을 타설하고 기초판 상부에 하중을 재하함으로써 기존 말뚝 및 보강 말뚝의 강성 차이에 따른 하중 분담 거동을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 파형 마이크로파일의 강성이 일반 마이크로파일에 비해 약 2.5배 크게 산정되었으며, 이에 비례하여 하중을 분담하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
• /
• 제35권1호
• /
• pp.17-30
• /
• 2019

본 연구는 3차원 수치해석을 통해 기존말뚝과 보강말뚝의 하중분담율(Load Distribution Ratio)과 근사적 해석 기법으로 보강말뚝의 축방향 강성(Axial Stiffness)을 산정하였다. 시공단계를 고려하여 말뚝기초의 LDR에 영향을 미치는 인자를 파악하기 위해서 1) 말뚝기초의 강성, 2) 말뚝기초의 선단지지조건, 3) 기초판 접촉효과, 4) 보강말뚝의 설치위치에 따라 해석을 수행하여 기존말뚝과 신설말뚝의 하중분담율 거동을 확인하였다. 또한 5) 기존말뚝의 축방향 강성($K_{ve}$)를 사용하여 말뚝지지 전면기초의 3차원 근사적 해석기법(YSPR)으로 보강말뚝의 직경에 따른 강성($K_{vr}$)을 산정하고, 장기간 사용으로 인한 경화를 고려하여 $K_{ve}$를 3단계로 나누어 감소시켜 보강말뚝의 강성 변화의 경향을 살펴보고, 신설 말뚝의 강성 산정방법을 제시하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제31권1호
• /
• pp.13-25
• /
• 2019

Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is a type of ultra-high strength concrete that has a relatively high brittleness. However, its ductility can be improved by confinement, and the use of RPC in composite RPC filled steel tube columns has become an important subject of research in recent years. This paper aims to present an experimental study of axial capacity calculation of RPC filled circular steel tube columns. Twenty short columns under axial compression were tested and information on their failure patterns, deformation performance, confinement mechanism and load capacity were presented. The effects of load conditions, diameter-thickness ratio and compressive strength of RPC on the axial behavior were further discussed. The experimental results show that: (1) specimens display drum-shaped failure or shear failure respectively with different confinement coefficients, and the load capacity of most specimens increases after the peak load; (2) the steel tube only provides lateral confinement in the elastic-plastic stage for fully loaded specimens, while the confinement effect from steel tube initials at the set of loading for partially loaded specimens; (3) confinement increases the load capacity of specimens by 3% to 38%, and this increase is more pronounced as the confinement coefficient becomes larger; (4) the residual capacity-to-ultimate capacity ratio is larger than 0.75 for test specimens, thus identifying the composite columns have good ductility. The working mechanism and force model of the composite columns were analyzed, and based on the twin-shear unified strength theory, calculation methods of axial capacity for columns with two load conditions were established.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집(I)
• /
• pp.430-433
• /
• 2006

The reinforced concrete column confined by square steel tubes(RCST) is a reinforced column (RC) confined by thin steel tubes which cover over the full length of the column but terminates 15mm from the column's ends. The steel tube is in uniaxial tension stress state and won't buckle when the column sustains axial load. This will highly increase the bearing capacity and ductility of the columns. The hysteretic behavior of four square RCST columns and one square RC column were experimentally studied under constant axial load and lateral cyclic load. The wide-to-thickness (D/t) ratio of RCST columns employed in this research is 75. The main variables of the experiment were axial load ratio and compressive strength of the concrete. Based on the findings in this research, RCST columns exhibits high lateral strength, ductility, and energy dissipation ability.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국콘크리트학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표대회 논문집(III)
• /
• pp.615-620
• /
• 1998

The objective of this experimental study is to investigate the hysteretic behavior of reinforced concrete piers subjected to quasi-static cyclic loads, which have been used in large numbers for railway and urban transportation facilities. Important test parameters are hoop ratio, axial load, loading type, and the behaviors f members have been evaluated through limit states of crack occurrence, yielding and ultimate state of member, ductility and load-deflection loop can be secured by considering the influence of hoop reinforcement ratio and axial load, and that plastic hinge length and ductility ar determined by the combination of the quantities of hoop reinforcement and axial load.