• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.473-491
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• 2022

The research investigates experimentally the effect of confinement on structural behavior at the ends of beam-column in reinforced concrete (RC) frames. In the experimental study, five specimens consisting of 1/3-scaled RC frames having single-bay, representing the traditional deficiencies of existing buildings constructed without receiving proper engineering service is investigated. The RC frame specimens were produced to represent most of the existing buildings in Turkey that have damage potential. To decrease the probable damage to the existing buildings exposed to earthquakes, the carbon Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) strengthening technique (fully wrapping) was used on the ends of the RC frame elements to increase the energy dissipation and deformation capacity. The specimens were tested under reversed cyclic lateral loading with constant axial loads. They were constructed satisfying the weak column-strong beam condition and consisting of low-strength concrete, such as compressive strength of 15 MPa. The test results were compared and evaluated considering stiffness, strength, energy dissipation capacity, structural damping, ductility, and damage propagation in detail. Comprehensive investigations of these experimental results reveal that the strengthening of a brittle frame with fully-TRM wrapping with non-anchored was effective in increasing the stiffness, ductility, and energy dissipation capacities of RC bare frames. It was also observed that the frame-only-retrofitting with an infill wall is not enough to increase the ductility capacity. In this case, both the frame and infill wall must be retrofitted with TRM composite to increase the stiffness, lateral load carrying, ductility and energy dissipation capacities of RC frames. The presented strengthening method can be an alternative strengthening technique to enhance the seismic performance of existing or moderately damaged RC buildings.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권1호
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• pp.29-53
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• 2023

High-strength shielding concrete against gamma radiation is a priority for many medical and industrial facilities. This paper aimed to investigate the gamma-ray shielding properties of high-strength hematite concrete mixed with silica fume (SF) with nanoparticles of lead dioxide (PbO₂), tungsten oxide (WO₃), and bismuth oxide (Bi₂O₃). The effect of mixing steel fibres with the aforementioned binders was also investigated. The reference mixture was prepared for high-strength concrete (HSCC) containing 100% hematite coarse and fine aggregate. Thirteen mixtures containing 5% SF and nanoparticles of PbO₂, WO₃, and Bi₂O₃ (2%, 5%, and 7% of the cement mass, respectively) were prepared. Steel fibres were added at a volume ratio of 0.28% of the volume of concrete with 5% of nanoparticles. The slump test was conducted to workability of fresh concrete Unit weight water permeability, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity tests were conducted to assess concrete's engineering properties at 28 days. Gamma-ray radiation of 137Cs emits photons with an energy of 662 keV, and that of 60Co emits two photons with energies of 1173 and 1332 keV were applied on concrete specimens to assess radiation shielding properties. Nanoparticles partially replacing cement reduced slump in workability of fresh concrete. The compressive strength of mixtures, including nanoparticles was shown to be greater, achieving 94.5 MPa for the mixture consisting of 7.5 PbO2. In contrast, the mixture (5PbO₂-F) containing steel fibres achieved the highest values for splitting tensile, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity (11.71, 15.97, and 42,840 MPa, respectively). High-strength shielded concrete (7.5PbO2) showed the best radiation protection. It also showed the minimum concrete thickness required to prevent the transmission of radiation.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.91-103
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• 2023

본 연구의 목적은 테르밋 반응으로 결정화된 액체혼합물을 순간적으로 기화시켜, 이에 따라 발생되는 증기압을 이용하여 암석 및 콘크리트를 파쇄시키는 Nonex Rock Cracker(NRC) 암석 파쇄제의 동적 파괴 특성을 분석하고 파괴패턴을 예측할 수 있는 해석기법을 개발하기 위함이다. NRC 암석 파쇄제의 순간적의 증기압 발생 특성을 분석하기 위하여 인공취성재료로 알려진 Polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) 블록을 대상으로 NRC를 장전하여 파쇄시험을 수행하였다. NRC의 증기압 발생순간을 촬영하기 위하여 초고속 카메라를 활용하였으며, 장약실과 연결된 관측공에 동적압력게이지를 부착하여 장약공 압력-시간이력을 계측하였다. 증기압 암석 파쇄제에 의한 PMMA 블록의 파괴패턴을 모사하기 위하여 2차원 동적 파괴 과정 해석 기법인 2D Dynamic Fracture Process Analysis(2DDFPA)가 활용되었으며, 계측된 장약공 압력-시간이력을 고려한 입사압력함수를 결정하였다. 제안된 해석조건을 활용하여 화강암재료와 고성능 폭약에 의하여 발생될 수 있는 파괴패턴에 대하여 고찰하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2006

텐서(tensor) 이론에 기초한 기존의 구성방정식 모델은 암석(rock)과 같은 준취성 재료에서 나타나는 복잡한 변형열화(strain softening) 과정을 기술하기가 어려우며, 특히 구속압에 따른 변형열화 과정의 변화를 잘 반영하지 못한다. 본 연구에서는 화강암의 3차원 거동을 예측 분석할 수 있는 구성방정식을 마이크로플레인 모델을 이용하여 개발하였다. 화강암에 대한 마이크로플레인 모델은 Westerly 화강암과 Bonnet 화강암의 일축압축 및 삼축압축 시험 데이터와 최적을 이루도록 개발되었다. 개발된 마이크로플레인 모델은 화강암의 일축 및 삼축거동을 잘 예측하였다. 그리고 개발된 화강암의 마이크로플레인 모델을 유한요소법에 적용하여 암석지반 굴착시의 발파 모사를 통해 화강암의 비선형 거동 및 발파시의 파쇄 영역을 해석하였다. 또한 마이크로플레인 모델을 이용한 비선형 해석결과와 탄성해석 결과를 비교 분석한 결과 화강암의 거동은 비선형에 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2006

본 연구는 지오그리드 혼합 보강경량토의 응력-변형 거동과 강도 특성에 대해 조사하였다. 경량혼합토의 압축강도를 증진하기 위해 경량혼합토에 지오그리드를 혼합하였다. 시험 공시체는 다양한 종류의 배합조건 즉, 시멘트 함유율, 함수비, 기포 함유율에 따라서 각각 제작되어졌고, 여러번의 일축압축강도시험이 수행되었다. 시험결과로부터, 경량혼합토의 일축압축강도와 응력-변형 거동은 배합조건에 의해 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 시멘트 함유율이 증가됨에 따라 일축압축강도 또한 증가한다. 그러나 초기 함수비나 기포 함유율이 증가함에 따라 일축압축강도는 감소하였다. 거의 모든 경우에서 지오그리드에 의한 보강 효과 때문에 지오그리드 보강경량토의 강도가 증가되는 것이 관찰되었다. 지오그리드 혼합 보강경량토의 응력-변형률 관계는 취성거동이라기 보다는 연성적인 거동특성을 가졌다. 보강경량토에서 할선 탄성계수 ($E_{50}$)는 지오그리드 함유로 인해 강도가 증가함에 따라 증가되었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 탄소, 케블라 및 탄소-케블라 하이브리드 등 4가지 소재로 제작된 원형튜브시편에 대한 에너지 흡수능력 및 파손모드를 평가하였다. 이를 위해, 본 연구에서 일방향 프리프레그를 이용해서 원형튜브 제작하고 10mm/min의 하중속도로 준정적 압축시험을 수행하였다. 시험을 통해 취성파괴모드로 압축되는 탄소/에폭시로 제작된 튜브가 가장 우수한 에너지 흡수 특성을 보인 반면, 좌굴에 의해 압축되는 케블라/에폭시 튜브가 가장 낮은 에너지 흡수특성을 보였다. 하이브리드 [$90_C/0_K$]튜브의 경우 국부좌굴모드에 의해 에너지를 흡수했으며 우수한 압축후 구조온전성 특성을 보였다. [$90_K/0_C$] 튜브의 경우 주 파손모드는 단층굽힘모드이고 압축후 구조온전성이 확보되지 못했다.

• Composites Research
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 탄소섬유의 첨가가 흑연 보강 전도성 고분자 복합재료의 전기적, 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 압축성형법을 이용하여 흑연입자/탄소섬유 혼합 보강 전도성 고분자 복합재료를 제조하였으며 흑연입자의 고비율 충진은 복합재료 내에서 입자 사이의 직접 접촉을 통해 높은 전기 전도도(>100S/cm)를 얻는 것을 가능하게 하였다. 하지만 흑연입자의 비율이 높아짐에 따라 소재의 강도가 점차 떨어지게 되므로 이를 보완하기 위해 탄소섬유를 첨가하여 그에 따른 소재의 전기적, 기계적 특성 변화를 연구하였다. 탄소섬유의 충진 비율이 증가함에 따라 소재의 굽힘 강도는 증가하였으나 탄소섬유의 클러스터 형성으로 인해 탄소섬유 사이에 비전도성 영역이 발생하여 복합재료의 전기 전도도는 감소함을 확인하였다. 탄소섬유의 충진 비율이 전체 시스템의 20wt.%인 경우에는 굽힘 강도는 12% 증가한 반면 전기 전도도가 27% 감소하였다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.203-213
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• 2023

New techniques, technologies, and materials should be used to design and build sports stadiums. Since this century, much progress has been made in covering the roofs of sports stadiums, and the possibility of accurate computer calculation has been provided for stadiums, so by choosing a new structure, we can double the beauty and resistance of these stadiums. A stadium has an excellent and valuable design when its structure, shell, building, materials, and joinery follow a high architectural idea at all levels and scales. This article examines the mechanical performance of polymer cement strength in the construction of football stadiums, along with their structural knowledge in the form of the best examples in the world. Portland cement is one of the most used materials for constructing football stadiums. However, its production requires spending a lot of money, wasting energy, and damaging the environment. Considering the disadvantages in the production and consumption of concrete in different environments, it is necessary to find alternative materials. It should be used with cheaper, simpler technology, abundant primary resources, energy saving, less environmental damage, and better chemical and physical properties in concrete. High-strength concrete technology is considered a new development in the construction industry of concrete structures. In hardened concrete, strength and durability are two main factors, and as the compressive strength of concrete increases, concrete becomes more brittle. As a result, its tensile strength does not increase in proportion to the increase in compressive strength and has less strain tolerance. For this reason, the need to use is evident from the fibers in high-strength concrete. Fibers are used in concrete to increase tensile strength, prevent crack propagation, and significantly increase softness. The increase with the change of these resistances depends on the strength of concrete without fibers, the shape of fibers, and the percentage of fibers. This cement is obtained from the wastes of chemical and petrochemical industries and the wastes from coal combustion, which have the properties mentioned as substitutes for Portland cement.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.181-195
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• 2022

Roughness and joint inclination angle are the important factors that affect the strength and deformation characteristics of jointed rock mass. In this paper, 3D printer has been employed to make molds firstly, and casting the jointed specimens with different joint roughness coefficient (JRC), and different joint inclination angle (α). Conventional triaxial compression tests were carried out on the jointed specimens, and the influence of JRC on the strength and deformation parameters was analyzed. At the same time, acoustic emission (AE) testing system has been adopted to reveal the AE characteristic of the jointed specimens in the process of triaxial compression. Finally, the morphological of the joint surface was observed by digital three-dimensional video microscopy system, and the relationship between the peak strength and JRC under different confining pressures has been discussed. The results indicate that the existence of joint results in a significant reduction in the strength of the joint specimen, JRC also has great influence on the morphology, quantity and spatial distribution characteristics of cracks. With the increase of JRC, the triaxial compressive strength increase, and the specimen will change from brittle failure to ductile failure.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제81권1호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2022

The effects of interaction between concrete-gypsum interface and edge crack on the failure behavior of the specimens in senicircular bend (SCB) test were studied in the laboratory and also simulated numerically using the discrete element method. Some quarter circular specimens of gypsum and concrete with 5 cm radii and hieghts were separately prepared. Then the semicircular testing specimens were made by attaching one gypsum and one concrete sample to one another using a special glue and one edge crack is produced (in the interface) by do not using the glue in that part of the interface. The tensile strengths of concrete and gypsum samples were separately measured as 2.2 MPa and 1.3 MPa, respectively. during all testing performances a constant loading rate of 0.005 mm/s were stablished. The proposed testing method showed that the mechanism of failure and fracture in the brittle materials were mostly governed by the dimensions and number of discontinuities. The fracture toughnesses of the SCB samples were related to the fracture patterns during the failure processes of these specimens. The tensile behaviour of edge notch was related to the number of induced tensile cracks which were increased by decreasing the joint length. The fracture toughness of samples was constant by increasing the joint length. The failure process and fracture pattern in the notched semi-circular bending specimens were similar for both methods used in this study (i.e., the laboratory tests and the simulation procedure using the particle flow code (PFC2D)).