• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.501-521
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• 2007

This study presents a model to better understand the shear behavior of reinforced concrete walls subjected to lateral load. The scope of the study is limited to squat walls with height to length ratios not exceeding two, deformed in a double-curvature shape. This study is based on limited knowledge of the shear behavior of low-rise shear walls subjected to double-curvature bending. In this study, the wall ultimate strength is defined as the smaller of flexural and shear strengths. The flexural strength is calculated using a strength-of-material analysis, and the shear strength is predicted according to the softened strut-and-tie model. The corresponding lateral deflection of the walls is estimated by superposition of its flexibility sources of bending, shear and slip. The calculated results of the proposed procedure correlate reasonably well with previously reported experimental results.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2008

프리스트레스트 띠장을 적용한 새로운 흙막이 시스템에 대한 유한요소 해석이 수행되었다. 본 연구에서는 프리스트레스트 띠장을 적용한 흙막이 시스템의 거동을 규명하기 위하여 3 차원 유한요소 모델이 적용되었다. 새로운 흙막이 시스템에 대한 유한요소 모델링 절차와 방법이 제시되었다. 지반, 벽체, 버팀보 및 프리스트레스트 띠장 시스템을 구성하고 있는 띠장, 받침대, 강선에 대한 모델링과 지반-벽체 그리고 벽체-띠장 간의 접촉면 모델링이 제시되었다. 벽체 횡방향 변위, 버팀보 축력, 프리스트레스트 띠장 시스템 부재인 띠장과 받침대 축력에 대한 유한요소 해석결과가 현장 계측결과와 비교 검증되었다. 검증된 3 차원 유한요소 모델을 이용하여 강선 인장력 변화에 따른 새로운 프리스트레스트 띠장의 휨모멘트와 변형 거동이 규명되었으며 이에 따른 흙막이 벽체 배면에서의 토압 거동이 규명되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2020

Steel plate shear walls are recently used as efficient seismic lateral resisting systems. These lateral resistant structures are implemented to provide more strength, stiffness and ductility in limited space areas. In this study, the seismic behavior of the multi-story steel frames with steel plate shear walls are investigated for buildings with 4, 8, 12 and 16 stories using verified computational modeling platforms. Different number of steel moment bays with distinctive lengths are investigated to effectively determine the deflection amplification factor for low-rise and high-rise structures. Results showed that the dissipated energy in moment frames with steel plates are significantly related to the inside panel. It is shown that more than 50% of the dissipated energy under various ground motions is dissipated by the panel itself, and increasing the steel plate length leads to higher energy dissipation capability. The deflection amplification factor is studied in details for various verified parametric cases, and it is concluded that for a typical multi-story moment frame with steel plate shear walls, the amplification factor is 4.93 which is less than the recommended conservative values in the design codes. It is shown that the deflection amplification factor decreases if the height of the building increases, for which the frames with more than six stories would have less recommended deflection amplification factor. In addition, increasing the number of bays or decreasing the steel plate shear wall length leads to a reduction of the deflection amplification factor.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2004

절개사면에 설치된 앵커지지 흙막이벽의 설계법을 확립하기 위해서는 흙막이벽체 및 배면지반의 변형거동을 규명할 필요가 있다 따라서, 본 연구에서는 아파트 신축부지 절개사면의 보강을 위해 앵커지지 흙막이벽과 억지말뚝이 설치된 사면을 대상으로 계측을 수행하였다. 굴착단계별 앵커설치시 흙막이벽의 수평변위는 감소하고 상대적으로 배면지반의 변형은 증가하는 경향이 있다. 앵커력 도입시 흙막이벽의 수평변위는 전반적으로 감소하며, 앵커의 인장력은 흙막이벽의 변형에는 큰 영향을 미치지만 배면지반의 변형에 미치는 영향은 크지 않았다. 흙막이벽의 최대수평 변위는 굴착깊이의 $1~4\%$사이에 발생하며, 암반굴착면을 갖는 배면수평면인 앵커지지 흙막이벽의 최대수평변위보다 $2\~8$배정도 크게 발생된다. 한편, SLOPILE(Ver 3.0)프로그램을 이용하여 앵커지지 흙막이벽의 사면안정효과를 검토하였으며, 사면안정해석시 앵커지지 흙막이말뚝에 작용하는 측방토압은 배면수평면인 앵커지지 흙막이벽에 적용하는 경험토압의 평균값이 적용가능하다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.315-327
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• 2019

Deep excavations for development of subway systems in metropolitan regions surrounded by adjacent buildings is an important geotechnical problem, especialy in Tabriz city, where is mostly composed of young alluvial soils and weak marly layers. This study analyzes the wall displacement and ground surface settlement due to deep excavation in the Tabriz marls using two dimensional finite element method. The excavation of the station L2-S17 was selected as a case study for the modelling. The excavation is supported by the concrete diaphragm wall and one row of steel struts. The analyses investigate the effects of wall stiffness and excavation width on the excavation-induced deformations. The geotechnical parameters were selected based on the results of field and laboratory tests. The results indicate that the wall deflection and ground surface settlement increase with increasing excavation depth and width. The change in maximum wall deflection and ground settlement with considerable increase in wall stiffness is marginal, however the lower wall stiffness produces the larger wall and ground displacements. The maximum wall deflections induced by the excavation with a width of 8.2 m are 102.3, 69.4 and 44.3 mm, respectively for flexible, medium and stiff walls. The ratio of maximum ground settlement to maximum lateral wall deflection approaches to 1 with increasing wall stiffness. It was found that the wall stiffness affects the settlement influence zone. An increase in the wall stiffness results in a decrease in the settlements, an extension in the settlement influence zones and occurrence of the maximum settlements at a larger distance from the wall. The maximum of settlement for the excavation with a width of 14.7 m occurred at 6.1, 9.1 and 24.2 m away from the wall, respectively, for flexible, medium and stiff walls.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1147-1170
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• 2015

In this paper, the behavior of underground strutted retaining structure under seismic condition in non-liquefiable dry cohesionless soil is analyzed numerically. The numerical model is validated against the published results obtained from a study on embedded cantilever retaining wall under seismic condition. The validated model is used to investigate the difference between the static and seismic response of the structure in terms of four design parameters, e.g., support member or strut force, wall moment, lateral wall deflection and ground surface displacement. It is found that among the different design parameters, the one which is mostly affected by the earthquake force is wall deflection and the least affected is the strut force. To get the best possible results under seismic condition, the embedment depth of the wall and thickness of the wall can be chosen as around 100% and 6% of the depth of final excavation level, respectively. The stiffness of the strut may also be chosen as $5{\times}105kN/m/m$ to achieve best possible performance under seismic condition.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2002

This paper intends to investigate such effects through experiments. The contents of the investigation are effects of position of repeated loading and unloading, passing frequency. For the purpose of the investigation an experimental load-deflection system is developed and the system is possible to measure deflection of the wall and earth pressure due to different size of strip loading and cyclic loading. The findings from the experiments are as follows: 1. As repeated loading approaches to the wall, the measured horizontal residual earth pressure agrees well with Rowe's empirical formula, while as the loading is far from the wall the earth pressure consists with Boussinesq's and Spangler's formulas. Also it is found that below 0.6m depth from ground surface the effects of repeated loading can be nearly neglected. 2. From comparison analyses of earth pressure theories and experimental results, a reagression equation is suggested herein, and earth pressure at any depth and maximum earth pressure due to cyclic loading can be estimated from the equation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.487-502
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• 2014

In buildings structures, the flexural stiffness reduction of beams and columns due to concrete cracking plays an important role in the nonlinear load-deformation response of reinforced concrete structures under service loads. Most Seismic Design Codes do not precise effective stiffness to be used in seismic analysis for structures of reinforced concrete elements, therefore uncracked section properties are usually considered in computing structural stiffness. But, uncracked stiffness will never be fully recovered during or after seismic response. In the present study, the effect of concrete cracking on the lateral response of structure has been taken into account. Totally 120 cases of 3 Dimensional Dynamic Analysis which considers the real and accidental torsional effects are performed using ETABS to determine the effective structural system across the height, which ensures the performance and the economic dimensions that achieve the saving in concrete and steel amounts thus achieve lower cost. The result findings exhibits that the dual system was the most efficient lateral load resisting system based on deflection criterion, as they yielded the least values of lateral displacements and inter-storey drifts. The shear wall system was the most economical lateral load resisting compared to moment resisting frame and dual system but they yielded the large values of lateral displacements in top storeys. Wall systems executes tremendous stiffness at the lower levels of the building, while moment frames typically restrain considerable deformations and provide significant energy dissipation under inelastic deformations at the upper levels. Cracking found to be more impact over moment resisting frames compared to the Shear wall systems. The behavior of various lateral load resisting systems with respect to time period, mode shapes, storey drift etc. are discussed in detail.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 서고보드로 둘러 싸여진 냉간성형강재 벽체패널의 실험에 근거한 한계높이를 산정하는 것이다. 이 패널은 내장 비내력벽으로서 등분포하중이 측면으로 작용된다고 가정한다. 한계높이는 처짐공식 뿐만 아니라 휨, 전단, 그리고 복부판 압착을 고려한 강도에도 기초하여 산정한다. 3가지 처짐제한(L/360, L/240, L/120)에 대한 한계높이는 전형적인 설계압력 범위에 걸쳐 산정된다(여기서 L은 벽체의 높이임).

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.285-299
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• 2006

The free vibration of stiffened and damaged coupled shear walls is investigated using the mixed finite element method. The anisotropic damage model is adopted to describe the damage extent of the reinforced concrete shear wall element. The internal energy of a locally damaged shear wall element is derived. Polynomial shape functions established by Kwan are used to present the component of displacements vector on each point within the wall element. The principle of virtual work is employed to deduce the stiffness matrix of a damaged shear wall element. The stiffened system is reinforced by an additional stiffening beam at some level of the structure. This induces additional axial forces, and thus reduces the bending moments in the walls and the lateral deflection, and increases the natural frequencies. The effects of the damage extent and the stiffening beam on the free vibration characteristics of the structure are studied. The optimal location of the stiffening beam for increasing as far as possible the first natural frequency of vibration is presented.