• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1171-1190
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• 2015

Enhancement of strength and ductility is the main reason for the extensive use of FRP jackets to provide external confinement to reinforced concrete columns especially in seismic areas. Therefore, numerous researches have been carried out in order to provide a better description of the behavior of FRP-confined concrete for practical design purposes. This study presents a new approach to obtain strength enhancement of CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) confined concrete cylinders by applying artificial neural networks (ANNs). The proposed ANN model is based on experimental results collected from literature. It represents the ultimate strength of concrete cylinders after CFRP confinement which is also given in explicit form in terms of geometrical and mechanical parameters. The accuracy of the proposed ANN model is quite satisfactory when compared to experimental results. Moreover, the results of the proposed ANN model are compared with five important theoretical models proposed by researchers so far and considered to be in good agreement.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2002

Concrete filled FRP tube has lately attracted attention as the member that can substitute the conventional reinforced concrete. Glass fiber and carbon fiber are some of available materials for FRP tube. Carbon tube is filament wound with specified winding angle to meet the appropriate capacity demands. Confinement effect of carbon tube is varied according to winding angle. In this study, a total 4 of large scale circular specimens of 30cm diameter and 60cm height is tested. To estimate the effect of winding angle and thickness of carbon tube on the increased confined compressive strength, the test tube are wound with $\pm45^{\circ}\;and\;\pm30^{\circ}$ with two types of thickness, 2mm and 3mm, respectively. It is shown that effectively increased confined strength and ductility are observed from the specimens with $\pm45^{\circ}$ winding angle than $\pm30^{\circ}$ winding angle. Increasing thickness is not as effective as adjusting winding angle for the confinement of concrete core.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.111-135
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• 2013

An experimental study has been carried out on square plain concrete (PC) and reinforced concrete (RC) columns strengthened with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets. A total of 78 specimens were loaded to failure in axial compression and investigated in both axial and transverse directions. Slenderness of the columns, number of wrap layers and concrete strength were the test parameters. Compressive stress, axial and hoop strains were recorded to evaluate the stress-strain relationship, ultimate strength and ductility of the specimens. Results clearly demonstrate that composite wrapping can enhance the structural performance of square columns in terms of both maximum strength and ductility. On the basis of the effective lateral confining pressure of composite jacket and the effective FRP strain coefficient, new peak stress equations were proposed to predict the axial strength and corresponding strain of FRP-confined square concrete columns. This model incorporates the effect of the effective circumferential FRP failure strain and the effect of the effective lateral confining pressure. The results show that the predictions of the model agree well with the test data.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.892-899
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• 2002

콘크리트 휨 부재의 내하능력을 개선하는 방법들 중에서, 최근에 와서, 기존의 철근콘크리트 부재에서 사용하는 철근을 대신하여 섬유보강폴리머(FRP) 복합재료 층으로 보강한 콘크리트 부재에 관한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 휨을 받는 원형단면 FRP 콘크리트 부재의 거동을 예측하기 위한 해석모델에 중점을 두고 있다. FRP층과 내부에 충진된 콘크리트로 이루어진 부재의 응력 및 변형을 예측하기 위하여 층분할 단면해석 모델이 제시되었다. 콘크리트의 압축거동이 횡방향 팽창에 의존한다는 가정과 다축 압축 응력상태의 구성관계에 기초하여 FRP 층으로 둘러 쌓인 콘크리트의 응력변형률 관계를 정식화하였다. 고전적 적층이론에서, FRP 층의 거동은 2차원 적층의 면내거동의 응력-변형률 관계에 기초한 등 가직교재료특성에 기초하여 정식화하였다. 소개된 해석모델의 검증을 위하여 원형단면 FRP 콘크리트 휨 부재의 4점 실험과 비교한 결과, 본 모델은 부재의 모멘트-곡률 관계, 단면에서의 축방향 변형률뿐만 아니라 횡방향 변형률, 그리고 FRP 층으로 인한 콘크리트의 구속효과의 증진에 관한 거동 특성들을 잘 예측해 주었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.495-506
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• 2019

This paper presents the results of axial pressure testing on reinforced concrete columns (RCCs) filled with confined normal concrete (NC) and high-strength concrete (HSC) using glass-fiber reinforced plastic pipes (GRP) casing as well as fiber reinforced polymer (FRP). This study aims to evaluate the behavior and mechanical properties of columns confined with GRP casing and FRP wrapping under pressure loads. The major parameters in the experiments were the type of concrete, the effect of GRP casing and FRP wrapping, as well as the number of FRP layers. 12 cylindrical RCCs (150*600) mm were prepared and divided into two groups, NC and HSC, and each group was divided into two parts. In each part, one column was without FRP strengthening layer, a column was wrapped with one FRP layer and another column with two FRP layers. All columns were tested under concentrated compression load. The results of the study showed that the utilization of FRP wrapping and GRP casing improved compression capacity and ductility of RCCs. The addition of one and two layers-FRP wrapping increased compression capacity in the NC group to an average of 18.5% and 26.5% and to an average of 10.2% and 24.8% in the HSC group. Meanwhile, the utilization of GRP casing increased the compression capacity of the columns by 4 times in the NC group and 3.38 times in the HSC group. The results indicated that although both FRP wrapping and GRP casing result in confinement, the GRP casing resulted in increased compression capacity and ductility of the RCCs due to higher confinement. Furthermore, the confinement effect was higher on columns made with NC.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.201-204
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• 2008

FRP 합성재료로 구속된 콘크리트의 응력-변형률 응답을 합리적으로 예측할 수 있는 해석모델이 제시되었다. 제안된 모델은 하중이 증가함에 따라 점진적으로 발생하는 미세균열에 의한 부피팽창이 미세재료구조의 손상을 나타내는 중요한 척도이며, 이에 손상정도에 따라 하중지지능력을 일관되게 산정할 수 있다는 기본개념에 근거한다. 이를 위하여 제안모델은 면적변형률 및 공극의 함수로 표시된 탄성계수, 팽창콘크리트와 구속매체의 상호작용을 나타내는 에너지 평형식, 변화하는 구속력 및 점증계산논리를 포함한다. 따라서 실험으로부터 유도된 팽창비 관계식으로부터 횡방향 혹은 부피팽창변형률을 산정하는 기존의 해석모델과는 달리 역학적 거동 및 에너지 평형식으로부터 연속적으로 변화하는 횡방향 변형률을 산정한다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.110-118
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• 2008

FRP bar는 높은 인장강도와 경량의 재료로 철근부식문제를 해결할 수 있는 대안으로 대두되고 있다. 그러나 FRP와 콘크리트 모두 취성적인 재료로 철근콘크리트보다 낮은 연성을 갖게 되며, 갑작스러운 파괴를 유발할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FRP 보강근을 사용한 휨부재의 압축측을 나선형 보강근으로 구속하여 거동을 개선하고자 하였으며, 구조실험을 통하여 파괴모드의 개선 및 연성증가를 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.351-354
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• 2003

Triaxial behavior of concrete cylinders wrapped with FRP material has been investigated for the increase of concrete strength by lateral confinement. Using the model by Richart et al., a modified empirical equation was proposed to estimate the strength of concrete cylinders with FRP confinement based on the linear relationship between the concrete strength and lateral confining pressure. From the experimental stress-strain result of the cylinder specimens having similar confining pressure, less ductility was observed for higher strength concrete. But the compressive strength of the specimen was linearly increased by lateral confinement. The confinement effectiveness coefficient for the strength enhancement of the cylinders by FRP wrap was obtained as 2.27 from the regression analysis.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.90-94
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• 2008

This study suggested a section of a new module that will allow for applying a large section in order to solve the technical difficulties mentioned above and to secure low stiffness of FRP, developed a new FRP + concrete composite girder that is filled with the appropriate amount of concrete. To identify the structural behavior of this FRP + concrete composite girder, experiments were conducted to measure its shear strength according to the difference in the strength of confined concrete and variation of the shear span to depth. The results of the shear strength test confirmed the composite effect from confining concrete and the effect of increase in strength proportional to the strength of concrete.

• 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.