• Composites Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2006

A decade ago, the technology of strengthening structures using FRP composites was primitive, with very few publications. Nowadays, the potential growth of research is achieved to the wide recognition of the importance of this new technology. In fact, significant practical applications have been preceded and the development of design methods have been achieved. However, the specific design methods for each applications are still lack of design skills in spite of the wide applications of FRP composites in the construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to report the development of design methods for FRP-strengthened structures by technical review design methods and guidelines of fiber reinforced composites.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.485-498
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• 2023

The need for carbon neutrality in the world strives the construction industry to reduce the use of construction materials. Aiming to this, recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) could be used as it reduces the carbon dioxide emissions. Currently, RAC is mainly used in non-structural members of civil constructions, seldom used in structural members. To broaden its structural use, a new type of composite column, i.e., the square and rectangular RAC filled FRP tubes (CFFTs), has been concerned in this study. The investigation on their axial compressive behavior through physical test and numerical analysis demonstrated that the load-carrying capacity of such column is reduced with the increase of replacement ratio of recycled aggregate and aspect ratio of section but can be improved by the increase of FRP confining stiffness and corner radius, said capacity can be equivalent to their steel reinforced concrete counterparts. At failure, the hoop strain at corner of tube is unexpectedly smaller than that at flat side of the tube although the FRP tube ruptured at its corner first, revealing a premature failure. Besides, a design-oriented stress-strain model of concrete and an analysis-oriented finite element model are proposed to predict the load-strain response of square and rectangular CFFT columns, which facilitates the engineering use of RAC in load-carrying structural members.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.727-745
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• 2005

The present study is an experimental investigation into the behaviour of high strength concrete square short columns subjected to biaxial bending moments and strengthened by GFRP laminates. The main objectives of the study are: to evaluate the improvement in the structural performance of HSC short square columns subjected to small biaxial eccentricity when strengthened by externally applied FRP laminates, and to investigate the optimum arrangement and amount of FRP laminates to achieve potential enhancement in structural performance especially ductility. The parameters considered in this study are: number of FRP layers and arrangement of wraps. The load eccentricity is kept corresponding to e/t = 0.125 in two perpendicular directions to the columns principal axes, and the wraps are applied in single or double layers (partial or full wrapping). In the present work, test results of five full scale concrete columns are presented and discussed. The study has shown that FRP wraps can be used successfully to enhance the ductility of HSC columns subjected to biaxial bending by 300%.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

Fiber reinforced polymeric plastic (FRP) materials have many advantages over conventional structural materials, i.e., high specific strength and stiffness, high corrosion resistance, right weight, etc. Among the various manufacturing methods, pultrusion process is one of the best choices for the mass production of structural plastic members. Since the major reinforcing fibers are placed along the axial direction of the member, this material is usually considered as an orthotropic material. However, pultruded FRP (PFRP) structural members have low modulus of elasticity and are composed of orthotropic thin plate components the members are prone to buckle. Therefore, stability is an important issue in the design of the pultruded FRP structural members. Many researchers have conducted related studies to publish the design method of FRP structures and recently, referred to the previous researches, pre-standard for LRFD of pultruded FRP structures is presented. In this paper, the accuracy and suitability of design equation for the local buckling strength of pultruded FRP I-shape compression members presented by ASCE are estimated. In the estimation, we compared the results obtained by design equation, closed-form solution, and experiments conducted by previous researches.

• Composites Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2004

본 연구는 FRP 보강 콘크리트 슬래브의 휨거동에 관한 이론적 연구로서 FRP 보강 콘크리트 슬래브를 구조적 직교이방성판으로 간주하고 고전적 직교이방성판이론에 따른 휨해석 및 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. FRP 보강 콘크리트 슬래브를 직교이방성판으로 모델링하기 위해서는 각 하중한대별로 실제 구조물의 거동에 부합하는 직교이방성판의 휨강성을 결정하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 탄성등가법을 적용하여 FRP 보강 콘크리트 슬래브와 등가인 직교이방성판의 휨강성을 결정하였으며, 탄성등가법에 의해 결정된 휨강성을 사용하여 유한요소해석 수행을 위한 강성행렬의 결정방법을 제안하였다. 또한, 이론식에 의한 해석결과와 제안된 강성행렬을 사용하여 해석한 유한요소해석 결과를 실험결과와 비교하였다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2004

FRP re-bar in concrete structures could be used as a substitute of steel re-bars for that cases in which aggressive environment produce high steel corrosion, or lightweight is an important design factor, or transportation cost increase significantly with the weight of the materials. But FRP fibers have only linearly elastic stress-strain behavior; whereas, steel re-bar has linear elastic behavior up to the yield point followed by large plastic deformation and strain hardening. Thus, the current FRP re-bars are not suitable concrete reinforcement where a large amount of plastic deformation prior to collapse is required. The main objectives of this study in to evaluate the tensile behavior and the fracture mode of hybrid FRP re-bar. Fracture mode of hybrid FRP re-bar is unique. The only feature common to the failure of the hybrid FRP re-bars and the composite is the random fiber fracture and multilevel fracture of sleeve fibers, and the resin laceration behavior in both the sleeve and the core areas. Also, the result of the tensile and interlaminar shear stress test results of hybrid FRP re-bar can provide its excellent tensile strength-strain and interlaminar stress-strain behavior.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.655-662
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• 2019

This study evaluated the multi-bonding performances of timbers as well as those of reinforcement and timber to obtain data for preparing guidelines regarding the use of timbers as large structural members. For the multi-bonding performances of timbers, four types of bonding surfaces were prepared according to the pith position. For the bonding performances of FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic)/steel plate and timber, a total of 11 types of specimens were produced for the selection of the appropriate adhesive. The bonding performances of the produced specimens were evaluated through a water soaking delamination test, a water boiling delamination test, and a block shear strength test. The test results showed that the bonding strength of the bonding surface according to the pith position was highest in the specimen for which the two sections with the pith at the center of the cross-section on timber and between the bonding surfaces (the tangential and radial sections were mixed) were bonded. Furthermore, the specimens for which the section (radial section) with the pith on the bonding surface of the timber was bonded showed a high delamination percentage. The results of the block shear strength test showed that the bonding section did not have a significant effect on the shear strength, and that the measured wood failure percentage was higher than the KS standard value. The PVAc adhesive showed the highest bonding strength between larix timber and GFRP (glass FRP). Furthermore, the epoxy and polyurethane adhesives showed good bonding strength for CFRP (carbon FRP) and structure steel, respectively.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.78-81
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• 2006

In the current study, a force-based fiber frame finite element model of FRP concrete structural members has been developed. For compressive behaviors of confined concrete wrapped by FRP jackets, the multiaxial behavior of concrete has been considered with the equivalent tangent modulus of concrete. The behavior of FRP jackets has been modeled using the mechanics of orthotropic laminated composite materials in two-dimensional stress states. The force-based finite element formulation is based on the force-interpolation functions within the element without using the displacement shape functions to satisfy the equilibrium in element levels.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

국내외에서는 $CO_2$ 저감 및 에너지 효율 증대에 관심의 초점이 되고 있으며 건설 분야 에서도 저탄소 녹색 성장을 위한 노력이 급증하고 있는 실정이다. 특히 FRP는 경량, 고강도, 고내구성 특성을 보유한 신소재로서 최근 국내외에서 제3의 건설소재로 대두되고 있다. 그러나 아직까지 터널이나 아치형 교량 등에 활용가능한 곡면형 FRP 건설자재에 대한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않고 있으며 현재까지 곡면 구조재에 대한 연구는 프리캐스트 콘크리트에 대한 연구가 주를 이루고 있는 실정이다. 복합소재 패널 축소실험체는 실대형 실험체에 비하여 크기가 작기 때문에 다양한 실험을 수행 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FRP 부재로만 구성된 중공형, FRP 부재에 콘크리트를 채운 단일 중실형과, 길이방향 연결부를 가지는 연결부 중실형, 그리고 FRP 부재와 콘크리트간의 부착력을 향상시킨 규사코팅 중실형에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 길이 방향 연결부를 이용하여 복합소재 곡면패널을 결합할 경우에도 단일 부재와 거의 동등한 성능을 보인다고 판단된다. 하지만 실험체의 파괴시 가장 취약한 연결부에서 우선 파괴가 발생하기 때문에 향후 연결부 보강이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.1150-1155
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• 2014

강화플라스틱(FRP) 선박은 화재 시 화염확산을 막기 위하여 관련 구조 기준에 따라 기관실 주위 벽 내부를 난연성 수지로 3회 이상 적층하거나, 이와 동등한 방열재로 둘러싸야한다. 관련 난연성 적층용 수지 및 일부 난연재료(연질폴리우레탄복합체)의 경우 선박용 물건의 형식승인 시험기준에 따라 그 성능을 평가할 수 있으나, 방열재로 빈번하게 사용되고 있는 '겔코트'에 대한 성능기준은 명확하지 않은 실정으로 난연성 수지와 화재안전성능이 비교 평가된 바 없다. 본 연구에서는 FRP 선박을 건조하는 조선소를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 사용 중인 난연성 수지 3종, 겔코트 4종, 방염도료 1종 및 폴리우레탄 복합재 1종에 대해 화염전파시험과 방염성능시험을 적용하여 그 성능을 비교하였다. 화염전파시험 결과 임계열유속(CFE) 기준으로 각 종별 평균값을 비교하면 폴리우레탄 복합재, 난연성 수지, 방염도료, 겔코트 순으로 양호한 것으로 나왔고, 겔코트는 3회 도포한 것이 6회 도포한 것보다 양호한 결과를 보였다. 방염성능시험 결과 탄화면적 기준으로 각 종별 평균값을 비교하면 방염도료가 가장 좋게 나왔고 난연성 수지와 겔코트는 유사한 수준으로 나타났다.