• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권6호
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• pp.703-710
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• 2019

While fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) materials have been largely used in the retrofitting of concrete buildings, its application has been limited because of some problems such as de-bonding of FRP layers from the concrete surface. This paper is the part of a wide experimental and analytical investigation about flexural retrofitting of reinforced concrete (RC) columns using FRP and mechanical fasteners (MF). A new generation of MF is proposed, which is applicable for retrofitting of RC columns. Furthermore, generally, to evaluate a retrofitted structure the nonlinear static and dynamic analyses are the most accurate methods to estimate the performance of a structure. In the nonlinear analysis of a structure, accurate modeling of structural elements is necessary for estimation the reasonable results. So for nonlinear analysis of a structure, modeling parameters for beams, columns, and beam-column joints are essential. According to the concentrated hinge method, which is one of the most popular nonlinear modeling methods, structural members shall be modeled using concentrated or distributed plastic hinge models using modeling parameters. The nonlinear models of members should be capable of representing the inelastic response of the component. On the other hand, in performance based design to make a decision about a structure or design a new one, numerical acceptance should be determined. Modeling parameters and numerical acceptance criteria are different for buildings of different types and for different performance levels. In this paper, a new method was proposed for FRP retrofitted columns to avoid FRP debonding. For this purpose, mechanical fasteners were used to achieve the composite behavior of FRP and concrete columns. The experimental results showed that the use of the new method proposed in this paper increased the flexural strength and lateral load capacity of the columns significantly, and a good composition of FRP and RC column was achieved. Moreover, the modeling parameters and acceptance criteria were presented, which were derived from the experimental study in order to use in nonlinear analysis and performance-based design approach.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.179-196
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• 2021

Experimental investigations on the seismic behaviors of the PVC-FRP Confined Reinforced Concrete (PFCRC) columns under low cyclic loading are carried out and two variable parameters including CFRP strips spacing and axial compression ratio are considered. The PFCRC column finally fails by bending and is characterized by the crushing of concrete and yielding of the longitudinal reinforcement, and the column with a high axial compression ratio is also accompanied by the cracking of the PVC tube and the fracture of CFRP strips. The hysteretic curves and skeleton curves of the columns are obtained from the experimental data. With the increase of axial compression ratio, the stiffness degradation rate accelerates and the ductility decreases. With the decrease of CFRP strips spacing, the unloading sections of the skeleton curves become steep and the ductility reduces significantly. On the basis of fiber model method, a numerical analysis approach for predicting the skeleton curves of the PFCRC columns is developed. Additionally, a simplified skeleton curve including the elastic stage, strengthening stage and unloading stage is suggested depending on the geometric drawing method. Moreover, the loading and unloading rules of the PFCRC columns are revealed by analyzing the features of the skeleton curves. The quantitative expressions that are used to predict the unloading stiffness of the specimens in each stage are proposed. Eventually, an analytical model for the PFCRC columns under low cyclic loading is established and it agrees well with test data.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.403-417
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• 2022

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures with low-strength RC columns are rampant in several countries, especially those constructed during the early 1960s and 1970s. The weakness of these structures due to overloading or some natural disasters such as earthquakes and building age effects are some of the main reasons to collapse, particularly with the scarcity of data on the impact of aspect ratio and corner radius on the confinement effectiveness. Hence, it is crucial to investigate if these columns (with different aspect ratios) can be made safe by strengthening them with carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) sheets. Therefore, experimental and numerical studies of CFRP-strengthened low-strength reinforced concrete short rectangular, square, and circular columns were studied. In this investigation, a total of 6 columns divided into three sets were evaluated. The first set had two circular cross-sectional columns, the second set had two square cross-section columns, and the third set has two rectangular cross-section columns. Furthermore, FEM validation has been conducted for some of the experimental results obtained from the literature. The experimental results revealed that the confinement equations for RC columns as per both CSA and ACI codes could give incorrect results for low-strength concrete. The control specimen (unstrengthened ones) displayed that both ACI and CSA equations overestimate the ultimate strength of low-strength RC columns by order of extent. For strengthened columns with CFRP, the code equations of CSA and ACI code overestimate the maximum strength by around 6 to 13% and 23 to 29%, respectively, depending on the cross-section of the column (i.e., square, rectangular, or circular). Results of finite element models (FEMs) showed that increasing the layer number of new commonly CFRP type (B) from one to 3 for circular columns can increase the column's ultimate loads by around eight times compared to unjacketed columns. However, in the case of strengthened square and rectangular columns with CFRP, the increase of the ultimate loads of columns can reach up to six times and two times, respectively.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.217-238
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• 2023

In this study, a parametric study was performed considering material properties of concrete, material properties of steel, the number of longitudinal reinforcement (reinforcement ratio), CFRP ply orientations, a number of layers as variables by using ABAQUS. Firstly, the parameters used in the Hashin failure criteria were verified using four coupon tests of CFRP. Secondly, the numerical models of the beams strengthened by CFRP were verified using five experimental data. Finally, eighty numerical models and eighty analytic calculations were developed to investigate the effects of the aforementioned variables. The results revealed that in the case of using fibrous polymer to prevent shear failure, the variables related to reinforced concrete significantly affected the behavior of specimens, whereas the variables related to CFRP composite have a slight effect on the behavior of the specimens. As a result of numerical analysis, while the increase in the longitudinal tensile and compression reinforcement, load bearing capacity increases between 23.6%-70.7% and 5.6%-12.2%, respectively. Increase in compressive strength (29 MPa to 35 MPa) leads to a slight increase in the load-carrying capacity of the specimens between 4.6% and 7.2%. However, the decrease in the compressive strength (29 MPa to 20 MPa) significantly affected (between 6.4% and 8.1% decrease observed) the behavior of the specimens. As the yield strength increases or decreases, the capacity of specimens increase approximately 27.1% or decrease 12.1%. The effects of CFRP ply orientation results have been obtained as a negligible well approximately 3.7% difference. An increasing number of CFRP layers leads to almost no effect (approximately 2.8%) on the behavior of the specimen. Finally, according to the numerical analysis, the ductility values obtained between 4.0 and 6.9 indicate that the beams have sufficient ductility capacity.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권4A호
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• pp.597-604
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• 2006

FRP재료를 이용한 바닥판은 교량생애주기비용 측면에서 재료가 고강도이고 내구성이 우수하여 유지관리를 최소화하고 교체주기가 길게 되므로 경제성이 우수할 것으로 기대되며, 프리캐스트 부재로 가설되므로 시공성이 우수하다. 본 연구에서는 FRP바닥판 시공시 합리적이며 경제적인 강재거더와의 연결방법을 검토하기 위해 연결볼트를 이용한 7가지 기계적 연결지점 조건에 대한 하중재하실험 및 해석을 수행하였다. 실험결과 향후 FRP바닥판과 강재거더 사이의 전단력에 대해 볼트의 강도가 안전측에 있다면 시공시의 효율성 및 경제성을 고려하여 지그재그 체결을 하여도 구조계는 안전할 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.175-186
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• 2006

FRP 시스템으로 보강된 철근콘크리트 단면 대부분이 철근콘크리트로 구성되어 있어 휨해석 및 휨설계를 직사각응력블록을 이용한 강도설계법에 의존하는 경향이 있다. 그러나, 보강단면의 인장철근 및 FRP시스템에 의한 인장력이 부족한 단면의 FRP 시스템의 변형률이 인장파단변형률을 초과하면 강도설계법을 적용할 수 없는 해석상 모순에 빠져든다. 인장철근과 탄소섬유시트에 의한 인장력이 낮은 탄소섬유시트 보강보 실험에서 콘크리트 최대압축변형률이 0.003보다 낮은 것으로 측정되었을 뿐 아니라 최대휨모멘트는 강도설계법으로 산정된 공칭휨모멘트보다 작은 것으로 측정되어, FRP 시스템 보강단면의 공칭휨모멘트 산정에 강도설계법의 적용한계가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 외부 부착 프리스트레스트 탄소섬유판으로 보강된 RC보의 휨거동을 분석하기 위한 실험연구를 수행하였다. 실험체는 프리스트레스 양을 변수로 축소모형으로 제작되었다. 또한 프리스트레스의 도입에 따른 구조성능 비교를 위하여 기준실험체와 단순부착 실험체를 함께 제작하였다. 실험결과, 단순 부착 탄소섬유판으로 보강된 부재는 조기 박리에 의해 탄소섬유판 인장강도의 50% 이하에서 최종파괴되었다. 그러나, 프리스트레스를 도입하여 보강한 실험체는 모두 탄소섬유판의 파단하중까지 도달하였다. 또한 프리스트레스 보강량의 증가에 따라서 균열하중, 항복하중은 증가하며 최대하중은 프리스트레스 양과 관계없이 일정한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 기존 철근콘크리트 구조물 보-기둥 접합부의 내진성능의 개선을 위해 보-기둥 접합부 영역을 FRP보강재 (탄소섬유시트, 아라미드섬유시트, 매입형 CFRP Rod)를 사용하여 보강한 후 내진성능을 평가하였다. 총 7개의 실험체를 제작하고 실험을 수행하여 내진성능을 평가하였으며, 본 연구의 실험결과를 근거로 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 기존 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부의 접합부 영역을 보강한 결과, 초기 재하시 접합부 영역의 균열억제 효과와 재하 전 과정을 통하여 보강재의 구속효과로 인하여 균열억제 효과가 커서 안정적인 파괴형태 및 내력향상 효과를 나타내었다. 매입형 CFRP Rod와 탄소섬유시트를 활용한 R/C 외부 보-기둥 접합부 실험체 LBCJ-CRUS는 표준실험체 LBCJ와 비교하여 변위연성 4, 7에서 각각 최대내력은 1.54배, 에너지소산능력은 2.36배 증가하였다. 그리고 실험체 LBCJ-CS, LBCJ-AF시리즈는 변위연성 7에서 표준실험체 LBCJ 보다 에너지소산능력이 각각 2.04~2.34, 1.63~3.02배 증가하였다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1454-1461
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• 2008

In oriental medicine, it is known that Eucommiae Cortex (EC) has strengthening and rehabilitative effects on the bone-muscle dysfunction. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of EC on the skeletal muscle atrophy. The muscle atrophy was induced by unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve in Sprague-Dawley rats. EC (water-extract, 170mg/100 g body weight) was treated once a day for 12 days. In this study, the effect of EC examined the muscle weight of hind limb, cross section areas of muscle fibers, fiber type compositions, apoptosis related factors (Bax and Bcl-2). EC reduced muscle atrophy in soleus (SOL), medial gastrocnemius (MGT), extensor digitorum longus, and tibialis posterior significantly in the damaged hind limb. EC increased type-I muscle fibers and decreased type-II muscle fibers significantly in SOL of the damaged hind limb. EC enlarged cross section areas of type-I and type-II muscle fibers significantly in SOL. EC enlarged cross section areas of type-I and type-II muscle fibers significantly in. EC reduced apoptotic nuclei and atrophic muscle fibers in SOL and MGT. EC reduced Bax positive muscle nuclei in SOL and MGT. EC up-regulated Bcl-2 positive muscle fibers in SOL and MGT. These results suggest that EC has an anti-atrophic effect and anti-apoptotic effect against myonuclear apoptosis induced by the peripheral nerve damage.

• 박물관보존과학
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• 제13권
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• pp.51-58
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• 2012

국립중앙박물관 보존과학팀에서는 동북아지석묘연구소에서 의뢰한 전라남도 여수 월내동 출토 비파형동검에 대한 보존처리를 실시하였다. 여수 월내동 비파형동검은 현재까지 출토된 비파형동검 중 가장 길이가 긴 동검에 해당되며, 1차적으로 보존처리가 이루어진 상태였다. 부식이 진행되어 매우 취약한 상태로 상단부와 하단부 2개체로 분리되어 있었고, 상단부는 표면에 노출된 형태로 하단부는 흙과 함께 응급 수습되었다. 보존과학팀에서는 흙 속에 있는 비파형동검 하단부를 노출시켜 상단부와 접합하고, 결실된 부위는 추정 복원하는 방법으로 보존처리를 진행하였다. 보존처리 시 취약한 유물을 강화하는 방법으로 유리섬유는 10 wt.% Paraloid B-72 (in Xylene)를 이용하였고, 성분을 확인하기 위해 X-선 형광분석기를 이용한 비파괴 분석을 실시하였다.