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Behavior of UHPC-RW-RC wall panel under various temperature and humidity conditions

  • Wu, Xiangguo;Yu, Shiyuan;Tao, Xiaokun;Chen, Baochun;Liu, Hui;Yang, Ming;Kang, Thomas H.K.
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.459-467
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    • 2020
  • Mechanical and thermal properties of composite sandwich wall panels are affected by changes in their external environment. Humidity and temperature changes induce stress on wall panels and their core connectors. Under the action of ambient temperature, temperature on the outer layer of the wall panel changes greatly, while that on the inner layer only changes slightly. As a result, stress concentration exists at the intersection of the connector and the wall blade. In this paper, temperature field and stress field distribution of UHPC-RW-RC (Ultra-High Performance Concrete - Rock Wool - Reinforced Concrete) wall panel under high temperature-sprinkling and heating-freezing conditions were investigated by using the general finite element software ABAQUS. Additionally, design of the connection between the wall panel and the main structure is proposed. Findings may serve as a scientific reference for design of high performance composite sandwich wall panels.

Analysis of Shear Force in Perimeter Column due to Outrigger Wall in a Tall Building (고층 건물의 아웃리거 벽체에 의한 외부 기둥의 전단력 해석)

  • Huang, Yi-Tao;Kim, Han-Soo
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.293-299
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    • 2018
  • Steel truss outriggers can be replaced by reinforced concrete walls to control the lateral drift of tall buildings. When reinforced concrete outrigger walls are connected to perimeter columns, not only axial forces but also shear forces and moments can be induced on the perimeter columns. In this study, the shear force of the perimeter column due to the rotation of the outer edge of the outrigger wall is derived as analytic equations and the result is compared with the finite element analysis result. In the finite element analysis, the effects of connecting beams at each floor and the effect of modeling shear walls and outriggers with beam element and plane stress element was analyzed. The effect of the connecting beam was almost negligible and the plane stress element was determined to have greater stiffness than the beam element. The inter-story rotation and the shear force of the perimeter column due to the rotation of the outer edge of the outrigger wall was considerably smaller than the allowable value. Therefore, even if the outrigger wall made of reinforced concrete is applied to a tall building, it is considered that there is no need to study the shear force and moment induced in the perimeter columns.

The Types and Characteristics of Rural Housing in Ulleungdo Mountains (울릉도 산지 촌락 가옥의 유형과 특성)

  • Lee, Jeon
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.441-454
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    • 2016
  • This study deals with the contemporary rural housing with special reference to the roof types/materials and the outer wall materials in Ulleungdo Mountains. The most frequent roof type of rural housing is the hip-and-gable roof type(42.1%); and the next, the gable roof type(25.8%). For the roof materials, the precoated steel plate(69.1%), the asphalt shingle(11.8%), and the cement(10.7%) are the most frequent but the roofing tile and the artificial slate are not used. And for the outer wall materials, the cement(27.5%), the siding(21.3%), the corrugated galvanized iron(16.8%), and the lumber sheet(6.7%) are the most frequent. It is the hip-and-gable roof housing type with the precoated steel plate(roof materials)(41%), or the hip-and-gable roof housing type with the precoated steel plate(roof materials) and the cement(outer wall material) (18.0%) that is the most frequent type of rural housing in Ulleungdo Mountains. For the roof/wall materials, the ratio of the corrugated galvanized iron is high probably due to the relatively low cost of transport, and the ratio of the roofing tile, the artificial slate, the red brick, and the building stone is very low probably due to the relatively high cost of transport.

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A study on the analysis of energy performance for zero-energy building of rural village hall - Focused on the Jung Juk 4-le village hall - (농촌 마을회관 제로에너지 건축물 구축을 위한 에너지 성능 분석 연구 - 충남 태안군 정죽4리 마을회관을 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Mi-Lan;Choi, Jeong-Man;Lee, Jeong-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2018
  • In this study, we survey the 2 buildings at the Central 1 and 8 buildings at the Central 2, which are divided by each climate region in the rural regions. Major heat loss factors are 47% loss of the outer shell including outer wall, roof, and bottom, 30% loss through window, and 23% loss through crevice wind. We analyze the energy simulation of ECO2 program to construct a zero energy building regarding village hall located in Jung Juk 4-le at Centeral 2. We simulate the primary energy requirement regarding village hall and the simulated results show the $265.3kWh/m^2{\cdot}a$ and it may estimate '2' energy efficiency grade. The energy requirement regarding village hall is the $183.2kWh/m^2{\cdot}a$ when the passive technology are applied in village hall. We research total amount of energy requirement in village hall when the passive and active technologies such as solar cell with 3kW and solar thermal with $20m^2$, geothermal power with 17.5kW. The simulated results show the improved energy efficiency certification grade with $1^{{+}{+}{+}}$ due to the reduced primary energy requirement with 73% when passive technology including 3kW of solar panel is applied and the energy independence rate is 54%, which is estimated to be 4th grade of zero energy buildings. The order of energy consumption are solar panel, solar thermal, and geothermal power under applied passive technology in the building. In order to expand the zero energy building, it is necessary to introduce the zero energy evaluation system in the rural region.

The Structural Design of "China Zun" Tower, Beijing

  • Liu, Peng;Cheng, Yu;Zhu, Yan-Song
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2016
  • The "China Zun" tower in Beijing will rise to 528 meters in height and will be the tallest building in Beijing once built. Inspired by an ancient Chinese vessel, the "Zun", the plan dimensions reduce gradually from the bottom of the tower to the waist and then expand again as it rises to form an aesthetically beautiful and unique geometry. To satisfy the structural requirement for seismic and wind resistance, the structure is a dual system composed of a perimeter mega structure made of composite mega columns, mega braces, and belt trusses, and a reinforced-concrete core with steel plate-embedded walls. Advanced parametric design technology is applied to find the most efficient outer-perimeter structure system. The seismic design basically follows a mixed empirical and performance-based methodology that was verified by a shaking table test and other specimen lab tests. The tower is now half-way through its construction.

A Study for Usability and Designing Manual Controller of a Curtain‐wall Installation Robot (커튼월 설치 로봇 컨트롤러의 설계 및 사용성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Yeol;Seok, Jae-Heuck;Han, Jung-Wan;Kim, Byung-Hwa;Han, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2006
  • A construction robot has been developed for higher productivity and better safety in various construction fields. Especially, curtain wall is suitable for outer wall material of tall commercial building and apartment complexes. This heavy material is, however, hard to install with a manpower and outdated equipment. For this reason, the prototype of ASCI (Automation System for Curtain wall Installation) was developed. This system has a robot controller(i.e. hand-held remote control unit) for the transfer information signal between human operator and robot system. Although study has been conducted on manual controller of ASCI, hardly any information is known about the operator's opinion. In this study, a questionnaire was completed by operator to get their opinion about aspects which need to design a more comfortable and productive manual controller of construction machinery, robot included. Through the result of study, it is expected that this technical data is contributed to the robot controller design for comfort and productivity of various industrial machinery.

Thermal Performance Evaluation Monitoring Study of Transparent Insulation Wall System (투명단열 축열벽 시스템의 열성능 평가 실험 연구)

  • Kim, B.S.;Yoon, J.H.;Yoon, Y.J.;Baek, N.C.;Lee, J.S.
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2003
  • Various efforts to combine new high-tech materials with solar system have been progressed nowadays in order to improve the performance of the existing passive solar system. TIM(Transparent Insulation Material) replacing the conventional outer building envelope glazing as well as the wall is good example for this trend. TI integrated wall is a thermal mass wall with a special shaped TIM instead of using typical envelope materials The tested TIM type is a small(diameter 4mm and thickness 50mm) capillary tube of Okalux model and cement brick(density 1500kg/m3). The purpose of this study was to analyze the thermal performance through the actual measurements performed in a test cell. This study was carried out to justify the following issues. 1) the impact of Tl-wall over the temperature variations 2) the impact of mass wall surface absorptance over the transient thermal behavior and 3) the impact of thermal mass wall thickness over the temperature variations. Finally, as results indicated that the peak time of room temperature was shifted about one hour early when absorptance of thermal mass wall changed from 60% to 95% for the 190mm thickness thermal mass wall test case. the temperature difference of both surfaces of thermal mass wall surface showed about $23^{\circ}C$ during a day of March for the 380mm thickness thermal mass wall case. However, the thermal mass wall was over-heated by outside temperature and solar radiation in a day of May the temperature difference of both surfaces of thermal mass wall surface was indicated $10^{\circ}C$ and inside temperature was observed more than average 22C.

Analysis of the Condenser Stack Effect in a High-Rise Apartment Building (고층 아파트에서 응축기 적층문제 분석)

  • 최석호;이관수;김인규;이동혁
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.796-803
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    • 2004
  • The stack effect of a new type condenser installed in a high-rise apartment building was studied numerically A sirocco fan is introduced to the new type condenser instead of an axial flow In. The new type condenser intakes the cold air through the lower inlet and exhausts the hot air through the upper outlet. The effects of the building height and frontal wind on the performance of an air-conditioner were analyzed. The performance of an air-conditioner was evaluated by using COP (coefficient of performance) and CGPI (condenser group performance indicator). the hot air was exhausted by the new type condenser at an angle of 50$^{\circ}$ from the outer wall of the building. If there was no draft, the new type condenser installed in the high-rise apartment building had a good performance and its performance on each floor is not influenced by the stack effect. It is shown that the efficiency of the air-conditioner installed in several floors below the top floor decreased when the frontal wind velocity was greater than 8 m/s.

The evaluation for adhesion and compatibility properties of polyurethane and silicone sealant for window installation (창호 시공용 폴리우레탄 및 실리콘 실란트 접착성 및 상응성 평가)

  • Ahn, Myung-Su;Jung, Jin-young;Seo, YeonWon;Kim, Sung Hyun;Bae, Keesun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.75-77
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    • 2014
  • Using sealant for window installation is sealing the gap between the window frame and outer wall (such as concrete). A sealant serves to prevent external environmental impacts such as moisture, rain, sand, and dust entering inside of the building and make the building durable. In order to fulfill basic jointing function of sealing, at least 6 mm joint gap between two bonding surfaces are required. Also, adhesion performance between sealant and surfaces and the compatibility with other building materials are required to check before installation. In general, 2 part polyurethane sealant and 1 part silicone sealant are most common materials for sealing the joint of window. In this study, adhesion performances of those two generic sealants reflecting actual application conditions and the compatibility evaluations with other building materials are conducted to propose proper window installation procedures.

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Engineering Properties of Cement Composite Panel for Outer Wall Depending on the Types and Combinations of Insulation Materials (단열소재 종류 및 조합에 따른 외벽단열 패널용 시멘트 복합체의 공학적 특성)

  • Han, Min-Cheol;Cho, Byoung-Young;Lee, Gun-Cheol;Noh, Sang-Kyun;Jeon, Kyu-Nam
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.127-135
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    • 2011
  • In this study, the engineering characteristics of outer wall insulation panels according to type of insulation materials, their combination, and the contents of insulation materials were tested. Vermiculate, ceramic bead, perlite and expanded polystyrene were used as insulation materials. Flexural strength and thermal conductivity depending on the insulation materials used were measured. It was found that the flow of fresh mortar significantly decreased with an increase in the contents of insulation materials. In terms of the effect of insulation materials on thermal conductivity, an increase in insulation materials resulted in a decrease of thermal conductivity. In particular, PL and EPS, when used together, have lower thermal conductivity than other materials. Regarding the flexural strength of the hardened mortar, the strength showed a tendency to gradually decrease according to the increase in contents of insulation materials, compared to that of the plain mortar. In terms of the flexural strength depending on various types of insulation materials and its combination, it was found that the flexural strength of cement mortar containing 3% of vermiculate(V)+ceramic bead(CB)+perlite(PL) was the highest among the specimens tested.