• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.59-75
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• 2014

A new concrete confinement model is developed to predict the axial load versus displacement behavior of circular columns under concentric axial load. The new confinement model is proposed for concrete filled steel tube columns as well as circular reinforced concrete columns with steel tube jacketing. Existing confinement models were evaluated and improved using available experimental data from different sets of columns tested under similar loading conditions. The proposed model is based on commonly used confinement models with an emphasis on modifying the effective confining pressure coefficient utilizing the strength of the unconfined concrete and the steel tube, the length of the column, and the thickness of the steel tube. The proposed model predicts the ultimate axial strength and the corresponding strain with an acceptable degree of accuracy while also highlighting the importance of the manner in which the steel tube is used.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1511-1529
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• 2015

This article provides an analysis of the complex character of stress distribution in concrete in stub columns consisting of two HE160A steel sections held together with batten plates and filled with concrete. In such columns, evaluating the effect of concrete confinement and determining the extent of this confinement constitute a substantially complex problem. The issue was considered in close correspondence to rectangular cross section tubular elements filled with concrete, concrete-encased columns, as well as to steel-concrete columns in which reinforcement bars are connected with shackles. In the analysis of concrete confinement in two-chord columns, elements of computational methods developed for different types of composite cross sections were adopted. The achieved analytical results were compared with calculations based on test results.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2000

Recently the Carbon Fiber Sheet(CFS) is widely used for strengthening damaged RC structures. Strengthening compression members such as column can increase ductility and strength due to the confinement effect. In this experiment, the behavior of concrete cylinders confined by CFS was examined. The confinement pressure is increased linearly as axial stress is increased in low axial stress, and the confinement effect of CFS was rapidly developed after near maximum axial stress, thus axial strength and ductility was improved. As the ratio of CPS is increased, concrete cylinders failed due to local fracture of CFS. The confinement effect of circular section is more efficient than that of rectangular section. And significant improvement of axial strength, axial strain, transverse strain at failure is observed in circular section. This is because in rectangular section the local fracture of CFS near corner may be occured, thus the strain efficiency ratio must be considered for RC structures with CFS.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.517-529
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• 2014

In order to increase the load carrying capacity and/or increase the service life of existing circular reinforced concrete bridge columns, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites could be utilized. Transverse wrapping of circular concrete columns with CFRP sheets increases its axial and shear strengths. In addition, it provides good confinement to the concrete column core, which enhances the bending and compressive strength, as well as, ductility. Several experimental and analytical studies have been conducted on CFRP strengthened concrete cylinders/columns. However, there seem to be lack of thorough investigation of the effect of elevated temperatures on the response of CFRP strengthened circular concrete columns. A concrete confinement model that reflects the effects of elevated temperature on the mechanical properties of CFRP composites, and the efficiency of CFRP in strengthened concrete columns is presented. Tensile strength and modulus of CFRP under hot conditions and their effects on the concrete confinement are the primary parameters that were investigated. A modified concrete confinement model is developed and presented.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.101-112
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• 1999

Structural walls have been mostly used for the design of reinforced concrete buildings in seismic areas because they play a role as an efficient bracing system and offer great potential for lateral load resistance and drift control. The lateral resistance system for the earthquake load should be designed to have enough ductility and stable hysteretic response in the critical regions where plastic deformation occurred beyond yielding. The behavior of the reinforced concrete element to experience large deformation in the critical areas by a major earthquake is affected by the performance of the confined core concrete. Thus, the confinement of concrete by suitable arrangements of transverse reinforcement results in a significant increase in both the strength and ductility of compressed concrete. This paper reports the experimental results of reinforced concrete structural walls for wall-type apartment structure under axial loads and cyclic reversal of lateral loads with different confinement of the boundary elements. The results show that confinement of the boundary element by open 'U'-bar and cross tie is effective. The shear strength capacity is not increased by the confinement but deformation capacity is improve.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.313-328
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• 2001

This paper presents a three-dimensional finite element analysis methodology for a quantitative evaluation of confinement in concrete-filled box-shaped unstiffened steel columns. The confinement effects of concrete in non-circular sections can be assessed in terms of maximum average lateral pressure. A brief review of a previous method adopted for the same purpose is also presented. The previous method is based on a two-dimensional finite element analysis method involving a concrete-steel interaction model. In both the present and previous methods, average lateral pressure on concrete is computed by means of the interaction forces present at the concrete-steel interface. Subsequently, the strength enhancement of confined concrete is empirically related to the maximum average lateral pressure. The results of the former and latter methods are then compared. It is found that the results of both methods are compatible in terms of confined concrete strengths, although the interaction model yields a somewhat overestimated estimation of confinement than those of the present method when relatively high strength concrete is used. Furthermore, the confinement in rectangular-shaped sections is investigated and the reliability of previously adopted simplifications in such cases is discussed.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2016

Leading national R&D project to design a PWR spent nuclear fuel interim dry storage system that has been under development since mid-2009, which consists of a dual purpose metal cask and concrete storage cask. To ensure the safe operation of dry storage systems in foreign countries, major confinement monitoring techniques currently consist of pressure and temperature measurement. In the case of a dual purpose metal cask, a pressure sensor is installed in the interspace of bolted double lid(primary and secondary lid) in order to measure pressure. A concrete storage cask is a canister based system made of double/redundant welded lid to ensure confinement integrity. For this reason, confinement monitoring method is real time temperature measurement by thermocouple placed in the air flow(air intake and exit) of the concrete structure(over pack and module). The use of various monitoring technologies and operating experiences for the interim dry storage system over the last decades in foreign countries were analyzed. On the basis of the analysis above, development of the confinement monitoring technology that can be used optimally in our system will be available in the near future.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.877-887
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• 2003

구조벽의 성능에 기초한 내진설계를 위해서는 변형요구량을 만족시킬 수 있도록 구조벽의 횡보강 길이 및 보강상세를 결정하는 합리적인 설계 방법이 필요하다. 이를 위하여, 다양한 설계변수를 고려하여 단부 횡보강된 구조벽의 최대곡률성능을 정의하였고 벽체의 형상, 설계변위에 따른 곡률요구량을 정의하였다. 벽체의 곡률성능과 요구량을 등가로 하여 벽체 단부의 횡보강길이를 산정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 방법에 의하면 단부횡보강길이는 압축력과 설계변위가 증가하면 늘어나고 콘크리트 강도, 벽체두께, 횡보강효과, 형상비가 커지면 줄어든다. 또한 효율적인 단부 횡보강 효과와 시공성을 확보하기 위해서 단부 횡보강상세에 대한 연구를 수행하였으며 이 연구결과를 근거로 효율적인 횡보강근의 배치간격에 대한 합리적인 지침을 제안하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.530-539
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• 2002

전단벽의 연성도 확보를 위한 단부횡보강 설계에 있어서, 현재 설계기준들은 경험적이며 강제적이다. 즉, 현재 설계기준은 연성도 요구량에 관계없이 단부횡보강영역과 상세를 정해 놓고 있으며, 따라서 성능기초설계에 부적합하다. 본 연구의 목적은 성능기초설계에 적합한 전단벽의 연성도 설계방법을 개발하는 것이다. 단부횡보강영역에 따른 전단벽의 연성도변화를 조사하기 위하여 실험연구를 수행하였으며 압축대를 모델링하기 위하여 각기 다른 횡보강영역을 갖는 시험체에 편심축하중을 가력하였다. 실험연구를 통하여 횡보강된 벽체 압축대의 강도, 연성도, 파괴모드 등을 연구하였으며, 벽체 단면 전체에서 단부 횡보강으로 인하여 발생하는 연성도 및 파괴시점을 조사하기 위하여 비선형 수치해석을 수행하였다. 실험과 해석연구 결과를 기반으로 하여 전단벽의 연성도 설계방법을 개발하였다. 제안된 설계방법을 이용하여, 주어진 연성도 요구량에 맞게 단부횡보강영역과 횡보강량을 정확히 결정할 수 있으며, 따라서 벽체의 연성거동을 보장하는 동시에 경제적인 벽체설계가 가능하게 되었다.

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