• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.525-538
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• 2022

This paper presents a more general model for T-shaped combined footings that support two columns aligned on a longitudinal axis and each column provides an axial load and two orthogonal moments. This model can be applied to the following conditions: (1) without restrictions on its sides, (2) a restricted side and (3) two opposite sides restricted. This model considers the linear soil pressure. The recently published works have been developed for a restricted side and for two opposite sides restricted by Luévanos-Rojas et al. (2018a, b). The current model considers the uniform pressure distribution because the position of the resultant force coincides with the center of gravity of the surface of the footing in contact with the soil in direction of the longitudinal axis where the columns are located. This paper shows three numerical examples. Example 1 is for a T-shaped combined footing with a limited side (one column is located on the property boundary). Example 2 is for a T-shaped combined footing with two limited opposite sides (the two columns are located on the property boundary). Example 3 is for a T-shaped combined footing with two limited opposite sides, one column is located in the center of the width of the upper flange (b₁/2=L₁), and other column is located at a distance half the width of the strip from the free end of the footing (b₂/2=b-L₁-L). The main advantage of this work over other works is that this model can be applied to T-shaped combined footings without restrictions on its sides, a restricted side and two opposite sides restricted. It also shows the deficiencies of the current model over the new model.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권4A호
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• pp.407-419
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• 2009

이 연구는 조립식 기초부를 갖는 프리캐스트 세그먼트 PSC 교각의 지진거동을 파악하고 이에 대한 상세와 기초자료를 제공하는데 그 목적이 있다. 6개의 프리캐스트 세그먼트 PSC 교각 실험체에 일정 축하중 하에서 횡방향 반복하중을 가하는 준정적 실험을 수행하였다. 사용된 프로그램은 철근콘크리트 구조물의 해석을 위한 RCAHEST이다. 사용된 부착 또는 비부착 텐던요소는 유한요소법에 근거하며 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 부재의 콘크리트와 텐던의 상호작용을 구현할 수 있다. 수정된 접합요소는 세그먼트 접합부의 비탄성거동을 예측할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 조립식 기초부를 갖는 프리캐스트 세그먼트 PSC 교각의 실험적, 해석적 결과를 제시하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.85-107
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• 2012

The building frame and its foundation along with the soil on which it rests, together constitute a complete structural system. In the conventional analysis, a structure is analysed as an independent frame assuming unyielding supports and the interactive response of soil-foundation is disregarded. This kind of analysis does not provide realistic behaviour and sometimes may cause failure of the structure. Also, the conventional analysis considers infill wall as non-structural elements and ignores its interaction with the bounding frame. In fact, the infill wall provides lateral stiffness and thus plays vital role in resisting the seismic forces. Thus, it is essential to consider its effect especially in case of high rise buildings. In the present research work the building frame, infill wall, isolated column footings (open foundation) and soil mass are considered to act as a single integral compatible structural unit to predict the nonlinear interaction behaviour of the composite system under seismic forces. The coupled isoparametric finite-infinite elements have been used for modelling of the interaction system. The material of the frame, infill and column footings has been assumed to follow perfectly linear elastic relationship whereas the well known hyperbolic soil model is used to account for the nonlinearity of the soil mass.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
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• pp.466-467
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• 2008

In case of a line-to-ground fault at transmission lines, a portion of fault current will flow into the earth through the footings of the faulted tower causing electrical potential rise nearby the faulted tower footings. In this situation, any buried pipelines or structures nearby the faulted tower can be exposed to the electrical stress by earth potential rise. Although many research works has been conducted on this phenomena, there has been no clear answer of the required separation distance between tower footings and neary buried pipeline because of its dependancy on the soil electrical charactersics of the concerned area and the faulted system.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.219-239
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• 2009

Vertical vibration tests were conducted using model footings of different size and mass resting on the surface of finite sand layer with different height to width ratios and underlain by either rigid concrete base or natural red-earth base. A comparative study of the ratio of predicted and observed natural frequency ratio of the finite sand stratum was made using the calculated values of equivalent stiffness suggested by Gazetas (1983) and Baidya and Muralikrishna (2001). Comparison of results between model footings resting on finite sand stratum underlain by the rigid concrete base and the natural red-earth base showed that, the presence of a finite base of higher rigidity increases the resonant frequency significantly. With increase in H/B ratio beyond 2.0, the influence of both the rigid concrete and natural red-earth base decreases. Increase in the contact area of the footing increases the resonant frequency of the model footings resting on finite sand stratum underlain by both the types of finite bases. Both the predicted and the observed resonant frequency ratio decreases with increase in force rating and height to width ratio for a given series of model footing.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.355-367
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• 2020

This paper proposed a numerical investigation based on finite elements analysis (FEA) in order to study the punching shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) flat slabs using ABAQUS and SAP2000 programs. Firstly, the concrete and the steel reinforcements were modeled by hexahedral 3D solid and linear elements respectively, and the nonlinearity of the used materials was considered. In order to validate this model, experimental results considered in literature were compared with the proposed FE model. After validation, a parametric study was performed. The parameters include the slab thickness, the flexure reinforcement ratios and the axial membrane loads. Then, to reduce the time of FEA, a simplified modelling using 3D layered shell element and shear hinge concept was also induced. The effect of the footings settlement was studied using the proposed simplified nonlinear model as a case study. Results of numerical models showed that increase of the slab thickness by 185.7% enhanced the ultimate load by 439.1%, accompanied with a brittle punching failure. The punching failure occurred in one of the tested specimens when the tensile reinforcement ratio increased more than 0.65% and the punching capacity improved with increasing the horizontal flexural reinforcement; it decreased by 30% with the settlement of the outer footings.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2023

The use of a skirt, a vertical projection attached to the footing, is a recently developed method to increase the bearing capacity of soils and reduce foundation settlements. Most of the studies were focused on vertical skirted circular footings resting on clay while neglecting the rigidity and inclination of skirts. This study employs finite element limit analysis to investigate the bearing capacity enhancement of flexible and rigid inclined skirts in cohesionless soils. The results indicate that the bearing capacity initially improves with an increase in the skirt inclination but subsequently decreases for both flexible and rigid skirts. However, the rigid skirt exhibits more apparent optimum skirt inclination and bearing capacity enhancement than the flexible one, owing to differences in their failure mechanisms. Furthermore, the bearing capacity of the inclined skirted foundation increases with the skirt length, footing depth, and internal friction angle of the soil. In the case of rigid skirts, the bearing capacity increases linearly with skirt length, while for flexible skirts, it reaches a stable value at a certain skirt length. The efficiency of the flexible footing reduces as the footing depth and soil internal friction angle increase. Conversely, the efficiency of the rigid skirt decreases only with an increase in the depth of the footing. The paper also presents a detailed analysis of various failure patterns, highlighting the behaviour of inclined skirted footings. Additionally, nonlinear regression equations are provided to quantify and predict the bearing capacity enhancement with the inclined skirts.

• 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.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2005

기초지반의 거동은 선형탄성이 아니며, 완전소성상태도 아닌 비선형 응력-변형률의 거동을 보이며, 지반 물성은 하중조건 및 상태에 따라 상이한 값을 나타내게 된다. 기존 기초 지지력 산정방법의 대부분은 기초지반 특성치의 대표값을 적용하고 있어, 응력상태에 따른 지반특성의 변화를 고려하지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 상재하중을 받는 얕은 기초를 대상으로 지반의 상태의존적 변화특성을 고려하며 현장시험결과인 콘지지력값들 적용할 수 있는 얕은 기초의 지지력 산정에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 상태의존적 응력-변형률 거동 모델을 적용한 비선형 유한요소해석과 콘지지력해석을 수행하였으며, 이를 토대로 콘지지력의 함수로 표시되는 얕은 기초의 지지력 산정방법을 제안하였다. 보다 일반화된 결과를 도출하기 위해 다양한 범위의 상대밀도, 기초의 근입심도 및 크기 등을 고려하여 유한요소해석을 수행하였으며, 이를 통해 얻어진 하중-침하량 곡선을 토대로 콘지지력 값으로 정규화된 얕은 기초의 지지력값은 도출하였다. 상재하중이 적용된 지반에서 기초의 근입심도에 따른 정규화 극한 지지력의 차이는 비교적 작은 것으로 나타났으나, 상대밀도에 의한 차이는 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 상대밀도가 증가할수록 얕은 기초의 정규화 지지력은 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.29-46
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• 2014

모래지반의 지표면에 위치한 거친 바닥면을 가진 강체 원형기초에 대하여 삼차원 수치해석을 통하여 수직-수평 조합하중 조건에서의 지지력을 구하였다. 조합하중 상관도를 효율적으로 산출할 수 있는 swipe 재하방법과 실제 구조물의 하중 조건과 유사한 probe 재하방법을 모사할 수 있는 수치모델을 구현하였으며 요소망의 조밀도에 의한 오차를 소거할 수 있는 분석 절차를 개발하였다. Mohr-Coulomb 소성모델을 사용하고 관련흐름법칙을 적용하여 지반의 내부 마찰각에 따른 수직-수평 조합하중에 대한 지지력 상관도와 경사계수를 산출하였다. Swipe 재하방법의 결과는 probe 재하방법을 사용한 결과와 유사함을 확인하였으며, 거친 바닥면 조건에서 수직-수평 조합하중 지지력 상관도의 내부 마찰각에 따른 변화는 미미하고, 원형기초에 대해서 연속기초 및 사각형기초와 동일한 경사계수를 적용할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 하중의 경사가 큰 경우에는 수치모델링을 통해 산출된 원형기초에 대한 지지력 상관도와 경사계수는 기존의 연구 결과보다 작게 평가되었으며, 수치모델링 결과에 영향을 미치는 요인과 향후 연구 방향에 대하여 고찰하였다.