• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.283-297
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• 2013

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the soil-structure interaction affects sloshing response of the elevated tanks. For this purpose, the elevated tanks with two different types of supporting systems which are built on six different soil profiles are analyzed for both embedded and surface foundation cases. Thus, considering these six different profiles described in well-known earthquake codes as supporting medium, a series of transient analysis have been performed to assess the effect of both fluid sloshing and soil-structure interaction (SSI). Fluid-Elevated Tank-Soil/Foundation systems are modeled with the finite element (FE) technique. In these models fluid-structure interaction is taken into account by implementing Lagrangian fluid FE approximation into the general purpose structural analysis computer code ANSYS. A 3-D FE model with viscous boundary is used in the analyses of elevated tanks-soil/foundation interaction. Formed models are analyzed for embedment and no embedment cases. Finally results from analyses showed that the soil-structure interaction and the structural properties of supporting system for the elevated tanks affected the sloshing response of the fluid inside the vessel.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.381-396
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• 2023

The present paper evaluates seismic bearing capacity of rock masses subjected to loads of strip footings using the upper bound method. A general formula was proposed to evaluate the seismic bearing capacity considering both the horizontal and vertical accelerations of the earthquake and the effects of footing embedment depth simultaneously. Modified Hoek-Brown failure criterion was employed for the rock mass. Some comparisons were made with the available solutions and the finite element numerical models to show the accuracy of the developed upper bound formulations. The obtained results show significant improvement compared to the other available solutions. By increasing the horizontal earthquake acceleration from 0.1 to 0.3, the bearing capacity was reduced by up to 39%, while the effect of the vertical earthquake acceleration depends on its direction. An upward acceleration in the range of zero to 0.2 results in an increase in the bearing capacity by up to 24%, while the downward earthquake acceleration has an adverse effect. Also, by increasing the embedment depth of the footing from zero to 5 times the footing width, the value of seismic bearing capacity was raised about 86%. The obtained results were presented as design tables for use in practical applications.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.839-856
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• 2012

To enable remodeling of the exterior of buildings more convenient, such finishing materials as curtain walls, metal panels, concrete panels or dry stones need to be easily detached. In this respect, this study proposed a new design of the slab for the purposes. In the new design, the sides of the slab were properly modified, and the capabilities of anchors fixed in the modified slab were experimentally tested. In details, a number of concrete specimens with different sizes and compressive strengths were prepared, and the effect of anchors with different diameters and embedment depths applied in the concrete specimens were tested. The test results of the maximum capacities of the anchors were compared with the number of current design codes and the stress distribution was identified. This study found that the embedment depth specified in the current design code (ACI318-08) should be revised to be more than 1.5 times the edge distance. However, with the steel sheet reinforcement, the experiment acquired higher tensile strength than the design code proposed. In addition, for two types of specimens in the tensile strength experiment, the current design code (ACI 318-08) is overestimated for the anchor depth of 75 mm. This study demonstrated that the ideal breakout failure was attainable for the side slot details of a slab with more than 180 mm of a slab thickness and less than 75 mm of an anchor embedment depth. It is expected that these details of the modified slab can be specified in the upgraded construction design codes.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.455-483
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• 2018

The study deals with physical modeling of a typical three storeyed building frame supported by a pile group of four piles ($2{\times}2$) embedded in cohesive soil mass using three dimensional finite element analysis. For the purpose of modeling, the elements such as beams, slabs and columns, of the superstructure frame; and that of the pile foundation such as pile and pile cap are descretized using twenty noded isoparametric continuum elements. The interface between the pile and the soil is idealized using sixteen node isoparametric surface element. The soil elements are modeled using eight nodes, nine nodes and twelve node continuum elements. The present study considers the linear elastic behaviour of the elements of superstructure and substructure (i.e., foundation). The soil is assumed to behave non-linear. The parametric study is carried out for studying the effect of soil- structure interaction on response of the frame on the premise of sub-structure approach. The frame is analyzed initially without considering the effect of the foundation (non-interaction analysis) and then, the pile foundation is evaluated independently to obtain the equivalent stiffness; and these values are used in the interaction analysis. The spacing between the piles in a group is varied to evaluate its effect on the interactive behaviour of frame in the context of two embedment depth ratios. The response of the frame included the horizontal displacement at the level of each storey, shear force in beams, axial force in columns along with the bending moments in beams and columns. The effect of the soil- structure interaction is observed to be significant for the configuration of the pile groups and in the context of non-linear behaviour of soil.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2023

말뚝이 결합된 블록식 안벽의 말뚝 근입깊이의 영향에 따른 거동파악을 하기 위해 잔류수위차 크기와 상치 콘크리트 유무 조건에 대하여 2차원 수치해석을 실시하였다. 수치해석 결과, 말뚝의 근입에 따라 안벽의 수평변위의 억제 효과가 나타나는 것을 확인하였으며, 말뚝이 사석층까지 근입된 경우에서 수평변위 억제 효과가 가장 크게 나타났다. 말뚝이 근입되지 않은 조건에서는 잔류수위차가 증가함에 따라 안벽의 수평변위도 비례적으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 말뚝이 지반에 근입된 경우 잔류수위차가 증가하더라도 안벽의 수평변위에 대한 제어가 크게 발휘되었다. 상치콘크리트 유·무에 따른 블록식 안벽의 수평변위는 차이가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 말뚝의 근입깊이가 사석층까지 근입된 경우 조건에서는 말뚝이 짧은 말뚝에서 보이는 회전 거동을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 말뚝의 근입깊이가 더 깊어짐에 따라 중간 말뚝의 거동과 같은 휨거동 양상을 보이는 것으로 해석되어 말뚝이 결합된 블록식 안벽에서 말뚝이 수평변위 억제에 크게 기여하는 것을 알 수 있다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.701-714
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• 2017

The effect of nearby cohesionless sloping ground on the uplift capacity of horizontal strip plate anchor embedded in sand deposit with horizontal ground surface has been studied numerically. The numerical analysis has been carried out by using the lower bound theorem of limit analysis with finite elements and linear optimization. The results have been presented in the form of non-dimensional uplift capacity factor of anchor plate by changing its distance from the slope crest for different slope angles, embedment ratios and angles of soil internal friction. It has been found that the decrease in horizontal distance between the edge of the anchor plate and the slope crest causes a continuous decrease in uplift capacity of anchor plate. The optimum distance is that distance between slope crest and anchor plate below which uplift capacity of an anchor plate has been found to decrease with a decrease in normalized crest distance from the anchor plate in presence of nearby sloping ground. The normalized optimum distance between the slope crest and the anchor plate has been found to increase with an increase in slope angle, embedment ratio and soil internal friction angle.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2003

모르타르 충전식 철근이음은 철근위치의 오차를 쉽게 흡수하여 시공이 용이하고 또한 콘크리트 타설을 최소화할 수 있는 프리캐스트 공법의 철근이음 방법중 하나로서 적용하는 경우가 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 아직도 이에 대한 연구는 불충분한 실정으로 그라우트 충전식 철근이음 시스템의 보다 적극적인 활용을 위해서는 그 동안 연구의 미비한 부분을 보완하고 개선하여 그라우트 충전식 철근이음의 보다 합리적인 설계방법을 제시하여 실용화시킬 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 모르타르 충전식 철근이음에서의 구속효과를 파악하기 위하여 슬리브 표면에 변형률 게이지를 부착한 실물크기의 D25, D19 철근용 스플라이스 슬리브 이음 실험체를 제작한 후에 가력실험을 실시하였다. 이 실험결과로부터 슬리브의 구속효과가 모르타르 충전식 철근이음의 부착성능에 미치는 영향을 고찰하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 본 실험에서 측정한 슬리브 표면의 변형률 분포로부터 철근이음에 작용하는 구속력을 산정한 결과, 철근이음 실험체에 최고 $200{\sim}300kgf/{cm}^2$ 이상의 원주방향 구속응력이 작용하였고 이런 구속응력은 철근 정착길이가 감소할수록 커지는 경향이 있었다. 또한 횡방향 구속효과를 고려한 Untrauer와 Merry의 부착강도식에 측정한 슬리브 표면의 변형률로부터 구한 구속응력을 적용하면 본 연구의 실험값을 5% 이내의 편차범위에서 예측할 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.451-460
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• 2016

An anchorage system is necessary in most reinforced concrete structures for connecting attachments. It is very important to predict the strength of the anchor to safely maintain the attachments to the structures. However, according to experimental results, the existing design codes are not appropriate for large anchors because they offer prediction equations only for small size anchors with diameters under 50 mm. In this paper, a new prediction model for breakout shear strength is suggested from experimental results considering the characteristics of large anchors, such as the prying effect and size effect. The proposed equations by regression analysis of the derived model equations based on the prying effect and size effect can reasonably be used to predict the breakout shear strength of not only ordinary small size anchors but also large size anchors.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2013

The horizontal pullout capacity of a group of two vertical strip plate anchors, placed along the same vertical plane, in a fully cohesive soil has been computed by using the lower bound finite element limit analysis. The effect of spacing between the plate anchors on the magnitude of total group failure load ($P_{uT}$) has been evaluated. An increase of soil cohesion with depth has also been incorporated in the analysis. For a weightless medium, the total pullout resistance of the group becomes maximum corresponding to a certain optimum spacing between the anchor plates which has been found to vary generally between 0.5B and B; where B is the width of the anchor plate. As compared to a single plate anchor, the increase in the pullout resistance for a group of two anchors becomes greater at a higher embedment ratio. The effect of soil unit weight has also been analyzed. It is noted that the interference effect on the pullout resistance increases further with an increase in the unit weight of soil mass.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2016

If scour is occurred at shallow foundation of bridge, seismic performance of the bridge will be reduced. In order to evaluate accurate seismic response of bridge according to scour depths, modeling of foundation reflecting scour effect is important. In this study, taking into account the effect of the reduction in embedment depth of the shallow foundation by scouring, the soil around the foundation is modelled as an equivalent soil spring with various stiffness. Seismic fragility analyses for 3 types of bridges subjected to 4 types of ground motions classified into Site Class A, B, C, D are evaluated according to several scour depths. From the fragility analysis results, it can be observed that the deeper the scour depth, the higher probability of exceeding damage states. Also, seismic failure probability of asymmetric bridge is higher than that of symmetric bridge.