• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.215-233
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• 2016

Exterior beam-column joints are structural elements that ensure connection between beams and columns. The joint strength is generally assumed to be governed by the structural element of lowest load capacity (beam or column), however, the joint may be the weakest link. The joint shear behavior is still not well understood due to the influence of several variables, such as geometry of the connection, stress level in the column, concrete strength and longitudinal beam reinforcement. A parametrical study based only on experiments would be impracticable and not necessarily exposes the failure mechanisms. This paper reports on a set of numerical simulations conducted in DIANA$^{(R)}$ software for the investigation of the shear strength of exterior joints. The geometry of the joints and stress level on the column are the variables evaluated. Results have led to empirical expressions that provide the shear strength of unreinforced exterior beam-column joints.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.385-403
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• 2011

Continuous deep girders which transmit the gravity load from the upper wall to the lower columns have frequently long end shear spans between the boundary of the upper wall and the face of the lower column. This paper presents the results of tests and analyses performed on three 1:2.5 scale specimens with long end shear spans, (the ratios of shear-span/total depth: 1.8 < a/h < 2.5): one designed by the conventional approach using the beam theory and two by the strut-and-tie approach. The conclusions are as follows: (1) the yielding strength of the continuous RC deep girders is controlled by the tensile yielding of the bottom longitudinal reinforcements, being much larger than the nominal strength predicted by using the section analysis of the girder section only or using the strut-and-tie model based on elastic-analysis stress distribution. (2) The ultimate strengths are 22% to 26% larger than the yielding strength. This additional strength derives from the strain hardening of yielded reinforcements and the shear resistance due to continuity with the adjacent span. (3) The pattern of shear force flow and failure mode in shear zone varies depending on the amount of vertical shear reinforcement. And (4) it is necessary to take into account the existence of the upper wall in the analysis and design of the deep continuous transfer girders that support the upper wall with a long end shear span.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.427-439
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• 2007

The exploitation of fibre reinforced polymer composites, as external reinforcement is an evergreen and well-known technique for improving the structural performance of reinforced concrete structures. The demand to use FRP composites in the civil engineering industry is mainly due to its high strength, light weight, and stiffness. This paper exemplifies the shear strength of partially precracked reinforced concrete rectangular beams repaired with externally bonded Bi-Directional Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Fabrics strips. All specimens were cast in the laboratory environment without any internal shear reinforcement. The test parameters were longitudinal tensile reinforcement, shear span to effective depth ratio, spacing of CFRP strips, and orientation of CFRP reinforcement. It mainly focuses on the shear capacity and modes of failure of the CFRP strengthened shear beams. Results have shown that the CFRP repaired beams attained a shear enhancement of 32% and 107.64% greater than the control beams. This study underscores that the CFRP strip technique significantly enhanced the shear capacity of precracked reinforced concrete rectangular beams without any internal shear reinforcement.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.611-620
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• 2006

보의 전단 메커니즘을 구성하는 보 작용과 아치 작용은 전단경간비(a/d)에 따라 그 존재 비율이 바뀔 뿐, 항상 공존한다. 그러나 대부분의 제안식들은 이를 함께 고려하지 않으며, 단순히 a/d=2.5를 기준으로 식의 형태를 나누어 제시하는 것에 그치고 있다. 또한 현 설계 기준은 과거의 일반 강도 콘크리트를 기준으로 설립되었기 때문에, 현재 사용 추세가 점차 증가하고 있는 고강도 콘크리트에 적용하기에는 다소 한계점이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 보완하고자, 본 연구에서는 a/d의 범위에 구애받지 않으며 고강도의 콘크리트에서도 사용이 가능한 전단 강도 예측식을 제안하였다. 보 작용과 아치 작용을 동시에 고려하기 위해 Jenq과 Shah 모델을 바탕으로 축방향에 따른 철근의 응력 변화를 산정하여, 단면의 모멘트로부터 전단 강도를 산출하였다. 보다 정확한 예측식의 제안을 위하여 장부 작용과 전단 마찰과 같은 2차적인 작용들 역시 제안식에 포함시켰으며, 크기 효과도 반영하였다. 식의 상수를 결정하고 식의 형태를 간략화하기 위해 다량의 실험 자료를 이용하여 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 제안식을 콘크리트의 압축강도($f'_c$), 전단경간비(a/d), 철근비($\rho$), 보의 유효 깊이(d), 철근의 항복강도($f_y$)의 변수를 기준으로 기존의 식들과 비교 검증한 결과, 제안식이 보다 정확하고 합리적인 예측을 하는 것으로 판명되었다. 또한 제안식의 변수별 거동 양상 역시 실험값과 비교적 일치하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.113-127
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• 2020

In this study, the behavior of external beam-column joints reinforced by plain and deformed bars with non-seismic reinforcement details is investigated and compared. The beam-column joints represented in this study include a benchmark specimen by seismic details in accordance with ACI 318M-11 requirements and four other deficient specimens. The main defects of the non-seismic beam-column joints included use of plain bar, absence of transverse steel hoops, and the anchorage condition of longitudinal reinforcements. The experimental results indicate that using of plain bars in non-seismic beam-column joints has significantly affected the failure modes. The main failure mode of the non-seismic beam-column joints reinforced by deformed bars was the accumulation of shear cracks in the joint region, while the failure mode of the non-seismic beam-column joints reinforced by plain bars was deep cracks at the joint face and intersection of beam and column and there was only miner diagonal shear cracking at the joint region. In the other way, use of plain bars for reinforcing concrete can cause the behavior of the substructure to be controlled by slip of the beam longitudinal bars. The experimental results show that the ductility of non-seismic beam-column joints reinforced by plain bars has not decreased compared to the beam-column joints reinforced by deformed bars due to lack of mechanical interlock between plain bars and concrete. Also it can be seen a little increase in ductility of substructure due to existence of hooks at the end of the development length of the bars.

• 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.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2012

국내외 교량의 내진성능 평가관련 연구들을 조사, 분석한 결과 국내에서 휨 거동 교각의 내진성능에 대한 연구는 상당히 이루어졌으나, 국내에 상당수 분포하는 것으로 분석된 휨-전단 교각에 대해서는 연구실적이 부족한 것으로 파악되었다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 휨-전단 복합거동이 예측되는 형상비 2.67과 전단거동이 예측되는 형상비 2.25의 실물크기 실험체 및 형상비 2.67의 축소모형 실험체를 제작하여 준정적 내진성능 실험을 실시하였으 며, 주철근의 겹침이음과, 형상비 변화에 따른 파괴거동을 조사 및 분석하였다. 실험결과 휨-전단거동이 예상되는 형상비 부근의 교각은 형상비와 철근상세 변화에 따라 파괴거동 특성이 휨-전단 파괴에서 전단 파괴 또는 휨 파괴, 그리고 주철근 부착파괴로 변하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 실험결과들로부터 비내진 원형 철근콘크리트 교각에 대한 항복변위 및 극한변위 산정식을 제안하여 실험을 실시하지 않고도 실제 비내진 교각의 내진성능을 파악할 수 있도록 하였으며, 이는 추후 비내진으로 분류되는 실제 교량의 내진성능 조사 및 보수보강에 큰 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권2호
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• pp.167-179
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• 2020

This study provides a simplified method for the evaluation of shear lag stress in rectangular box T-joints. The occurrence of shear lag phenomenon in the box T-joint generates stress concentration localized at both web-flange junctions of the beam, which leads to cracking or failure in the weld region of the joint. To prevent such critical circumstance, peak stress at the weld region is required to be checked during a preliminary design stage. In this paper, the shear lag stresses in the T-joints were evaluated using least-work solution in which the longitudinal displacements of the beam flange and web were presumed. The evaluation process considered particularly the effect of column flange flexibility, which was represented by an axial spring model, on the shear lag stress distribution. A simplified method for stress evaluation was provided to avoid solving complex mathematical problems using a stress modification factor β_s from a parametric study. The results showed that the proposed method was valid for predicting the shear lag stress in the box T-joints manually, as well compared with finite element results. The results are further summarized, discussed, and clarified that more flexible column flange caused higher stress concentration.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.397-418
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• 2009

Eight panel specimens were tested in one-way bending to study the behaviour and capacity of composite slab joists consisting of cold-formed steel C-sections and concrete. Various shear transfer mechanisms were implemented on the C-section flange embedded in the concrete to provide the longitudinal shear resistance. Results showed that all specimens reached serviceability limit state while in elastic range and failure was ductile. Shear transfer achieved for all specimens ranged from 42 to 99% of a full transfer while specimens employed with shear transfer enhancements showed a greater percentage and therefore a higher strength compared with those relying only on surface bond to resist shear. The implementation of pre-drilled holes on the embedded flange of the steel C-section was shown to be most effective. The correlation study between the push-out and panel specimens indicated that the calculated moment capacity based on shear transfer resistance obtained from push-out tests was, on average, 10% lower than the experimental ultimate capacity of the panel specimen.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.423-436
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• 2023

In this research, we tested 10 simply supported concrete-encased composite columns under monotonic eccentric loads and investigated their shear behaviour. The specimens tested were two reinforced concrete specimens, three steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) specimens with an H-shaped steel section (also called a beam section), and five SRC specimens with a cruciform-shaped steel section (also called a column section). The experimental variables included the transverse steel shape's depth and the longitudinal steel flange's width. Experimental observations indicated the following. (1) The ultimate load-carrying capacity was controlled by web compression failure, defined as a situation where the concrete within the diagonal strut's upper end was crushed. (2) The composite effect was strong before the crushing of the concrete outside the steel shape. (3) We adjusted the softened strut-and-tie SRC (SST-SRC) model to yield more accurate strength predictions than those obtained using the strength superposition method. (4) The MSST-SRC model can more reasonably predict shear strength at an initial concrete softening load point. The rationality of the MSST-SRC model was inferred by experimentally observing shear behaviour, including concrete crushing and the point of sharp variation in the shear strain.