• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.707-721
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• 2017

The objective of this paper is to experimentally study the consolidation of saturated silty clay subjected to repeated heating-cooling cycles using a modified temperature-controlled triaxial apparatus. Focus is placed on the influence of the water content, confining pressure, and magnitudes and number of thermal loading cycles. The experimental results show that the thermally induced pore pressure increases with increasing water content and magnitude of thermal loading in undrained conditions. After isothermal consolidation at an elevated temperature, the pore pressure continues to decrease and gradually falls below zero during undrained cooling, and the maximum negative pore pressure increases as the water content decreases or the magnitude of thermal loading increases. During isothermal consolidation at ambient temperature after one heating-cooling cycle, the pore pressure begins to rise due to water absorption and finally stabilizes at approximately zero. As the number of thermal loading cycles increases, the thermally induced pore pressure shows a degrading trend, which seems to be more apparent under a higher confining pressure. Overall, the specimens tested show an obvious volume reduction at the completion of a series of heating-cooling cycles, indicating a notable irreversible thermal consolidation deformation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제81권3호
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• pp.281-292
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• 2022

This study aimed to analyze the dynamic punching shear performance of slab-column joints under cyclic loads with the use of double-hooked end (5D) steel fibers. Structural systems such as slab-column joints are widely found in infrastructures. The susceptibility to collapse of such structures when submitted to seismic loads is highly dependent on the structural performance of the slab-column connections. For this reason, the punching capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) structures has been the subject of a great number of studies. Steel fibers are used to achieve a certain degree of ductility under seismic loads. In this context, 5D steel hooked fibers provide high levels of fiber anchoring, tensile strength and ductility. However, only limited research has been carried out on the performance under cyclic loads of concrete structural members containing steel fibers. This study covers this gap with experimental testing of five different full-scale subassemblies of RC slab-column joints: one without punching reinforcement, one with conventional punching reinforcement and three with 5D steel fibers. The subassemblies were tested under cyclic loading, which consisted of applying increasing lateral displacement cycles, such as in seismic situations, with a constant axial load on the column. This set of cycles was repeated for increasing axial loads on the column until failure. The results showed that 5D steel fiber subassemblies: i) had a greater capacity to dissipate energy, ii) improved punching shear strength and stiffness degradation under cyclic loads; and iii) increased cyclic loading capacity.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.169-180
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 국내 소규모 철골조 건축물에서 실제 시공된 보-기둥 약축 접합부에 대한 현황조사를 바탕으로 시공성을 향상시킨 약축접합부 상세를 제안하였으며, 제안된 약축접합부에 대한 반복가력 실험을 통해 접합부 내진성능을 평가하였다. 실험변수는 보-기둥 접합부에 사용된 볼트의 개수이다. 실험결과, 본 연구에서 제안하고 있는 보-기둥 약축 접합부의 거동은 수평 스티프너에 연결되는 고력볼트의 개수의 의해 결정되는 것으로 나타났다. 접합부에 4개 이상의 볼트접합이 사용될 경우 현행 기준에서 요구하는 부분 강접합 요구조건을 만족시키는 것으로 나타났다. 모든 실험체는 플랜지 연결플레이트의 연단쪽 보 플랜지 볼트 구멍 주위에서 국부적인 지압파괴와 파단 등이 발생하였다. 하지만, 웨브 높이와 플랜지 폭이 작은 기둥을 사용할 경우, 접합부에 사용되는 고력볼트의 개수가 제한적으로 사용되어야 할 것으로 판단되므로 향후 이 부분에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.221-225
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• 2015

In-situ neutron diffraction has been employed to examine the effect of strain path on lattice strain evolution during monotonic and cyclic tension in an extruded Mg-8.5wt.%Al alloy. In the cyclic tension test, the maximum applied stress increased with cycle number. Lattice strain data were acquired for three grain orientations, characterized by the plane normal to the stress axis. The lattice strain in the hard {10.0} orientation, which is unfavorably oriented for both basal slip and {10.2} extension twinning, evolved linearly throughout both tests during loading and unloading. The {00.2} orientation exhibited significant relaxation associated with {10.2} extension twinning. Coupled with a linear lattice strain unloading behavior, this relaxation led to increasingly compressive residual strains in the {00.2} orientation with increasing cycle number. The {10.1} orientation is favorably oriented for basal slip, and thus showed a soft grain behavior. Microyielding occurred in the monotonic tension test and in all cycles of the cyclic test at an applied stress of ~50 MPa, indicating that strain hardening in this orientation was not completely stable from one cycle to the next. The lattice strain unloading behavior was linear in the {10.1} orientation, leading to a compressive residual strain after every cycle, which, however, did not increase systematically from one cycle to the next as in the {00.2} orientation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.581-609
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• 2014

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures are likely to experience damage when subjected to earthquakes. Damage index (DI) has been recognised as an advanced tool of quantitatively expressing the extent of damage in such structures. Last 30 years have seen many concepts for DI proposed in order to calibrate the observed levels of damage. The current research briefly reviews all available concepts and investigates their relative merits and limitations with a view to proposing a new concept based on residual deformation. Currently available DIs are classified into two broad categories - non-cumulative DI and cumulative DI. Non-cumulative DIs do not include the effects of cyclic loading, whilst the cumulative concepts produce more rational indication of the level of damage in case of earthquake excitations. Ideally, a DI should vary within a scale of 0 to 1 with 0 representing the state of elastic response, and 1 referring to the state of total collapse. Some of the available DIs do not satisfy these criteria. A new DI based on energy is proposed herein and its performances, both for static and for cyclic loadings, are compared with those obtained using the most widely accepted DI in literature. The proposed DI demonstrates a rational way to predict the extent of damage for a number of case studies. More research is encouraged to address some identified issues.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.144-156
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• 1996

The deformation behaviors under uniaxial compressive cyclic loading were investigated for fresh rocks and freeze-thaw cycled samples. The Pocheon granite which is one of the most popular building stone in Korea was selected for tests. 0.5 Hz and 50% of dynamic strength were used as test conditions for frequency and fatigue span, respectively. For freezethaw procedure, sample were frozen for 3 hours under the temperature of -2$0^{\circ}C$ and then followed 3 hours thawing under the temperature of +2$0^{\circ}C$. Twenty seven samples were used as untreated and seventy three for freeze-thaw samples. No failure occurred up to 15000 cycles at the stress level of 60% of dynamic strength, indicating that the lowest strees level for fatigue failure may be around 60% of dynamic strength. Permanent strain and damping capacity curves show that there were three stages when rock behaves like under creep. Young's moduli were increased and Possion's ratios were decreased with the increase of the number of cycles. Possion's ratios varied more rapidly than Young's moduli did with the increase of the number of cycles. This may represent that most microcracks developed by fatigue stress are parallel to the axis of loading. The deformation behavior of freeze-thaw cycled samples were almost the same as that of untreated samples. However, the result of freeze-thaw cycled samples showed lower regression constant, indicating that the physical durability of rock is much lowered because of cyclic temperature variation.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 1986

유효구속추력, 초기전단응력, 응력비 및 반복회수등의 영향을 고려하면서 비배수조건하에 있는 연약점토시료의 동력학적 전단탄성계수 및 감쇠비의 변화특성을 파악하기 위하여 일련의 삼축롱륜시험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 초기전단응력 및 구속압력이 동력학적 토성치에 미치는 영향은 크지 않았지만, 축방향 변형의 증가에 따라 전단탄성계수는 감소하고 감쇠하는 증가하는 영향을 나타낸다. 또한, 전단탄성 계수는 Marcuson et al(3)과 Kokusho et al.(4)에 의해 제안된 경험식으로 얻어진 범위내에 분포되었고, 감쇠비는 Kokusho et al.(4)과 Ishihara et al.(9)에 의해 얻어진 범위에 분포됨을 보이고 있다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.383-400
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• 2009

Low rise building roofs can be subjected to large fluctuating pressures during a tropical cyclone resulting in fatigue failure of cladding. Following the damage to housing in Tropical Cyclone Tracy in Darwin, Australia, the Darwin Area Building Manual (DABM) cyclic loading test criteria, that loaded the cladding for 10000 cycles oscillating from zero to a permissible stress design pressure, and the Experimental Building Station TR440 test of 10200 load cycles which increased in steps to the permissible stress design pressure, were developed for assessing building elements susceptible to low cycle fatigue failure. Recently the 'Low-High-Low' (L-H-L) cyclic test for metal roofing was introduced into the Building Code of Australia (2007). Following advances in wind tunnel data acquisition and full-scale wind loading simulators, this paper presents a comparison of wind-induced cladding damage, from a "design" cyclone proposed by Jancauskas, et al. (1994), with current test criteria developed by Mahendran (1995). Wind tunnel data were used to generate the external and net pressure time histories on the roof of a low-rise building during the passage of the "design" cyclone. The peak pressures generated at the windward roof corner for a tributary area representative of a cladding fastener are underestimated by the Australian/New Zealand Wind Actions Standard. The "design" cyclone, with increasing and decreasing wind speeds combined with changes in wind direction, generated increasing then decreasing pressures in a manner similar to that specified in the L-H-L test. However, the L-H-L test underestimated the magnitude and number of large load cycles, but overestimated the number of cycles in the mid ranges. Cladding elements subjected to the L-H-L test showed greater fatigue damage than when experiencing a five hour "design" cyclone containing higher peak pressures. It is evident that the increased fatigue damage was due to the L-H-L test having a large number of load cycles cycling from zero load (R=0) in contrast to that produced during the cyclone.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.296-302
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• 1997

SiC휘스커를 첨가한 알루미나 분말 기지 복합체의 치밀화에 미치는 상온 반복 압축의 영향을 조사하였다. 반복 압축 응력과 반복 횟수가 증가할수록, 또한 바이어스 압력이 낮을수록 복합체의 초기 성형 밀도가 증가하였으며 가압 및 제하 속도, 반복 속도는 분말의 미끄러짐과 재배열에 큰 영향을 미치지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 상온 반복 압축으로 인한 SiC 휘스커의 파단은 거의 없었으며 휘스커의 배열 방향은 반복 압축 방향에 관계없이 고른 분포를 나타냄으로써 상온 반복 압축 성형이 SiC 휘스커를 첨가한 알루미나 분말 기지 복합체의 초기 성형 밀도를 높일 수 있는 효과적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2007

실내 시험기에 의하여 3가지 타입의 지오그리드의 시공 시 손상을 압밀조건에 따라 평가하였다. 이 실험은 ENV ISO 10722-1에 근거하여 실행되었다. 우선 실험에 사용된 흙 입자의 입도분석과 함수비를 측정하였다. 그리고 내시공성에 영향을 주는 인자로서 반복하중과 지오그리드의 타입을 변화시켰다. 실험에 사용된 시료는 6, 8, 10T woven, warp-knitted, welded type의 지오그리드이다. 이 실험은 반복하중과 감소계수의 관계를 설명하기 규명하기 위하여 진행되었다. 실험 결과 반복하중은 지오그리드의 손상과 밀접한 관련이 있었다. 특히, welded type의 지오그리드의 경우는 다른 종류의 지오그리드보다 더 낮은 감소경향을 보였는데 이는 coating material 때문이다. 즉 welded type의 지오그리드는 피복 재료가 PP이나 나머지 다른 두 종류의 경우 PVC로 되어있다. 다짐 횟수 이외의 감소 계수를 측정하기 위하여 실험을 하였다. 흙 입자의 크기가 9.5mm이상 23.5mm이하인 자갈을 가지고 다시 내시공성 시험을 하였다. 시료 포설 전 흙의 다짐 횟수를 200회로 하였으며, 그 이유는 이때의 감소계수가 다른 조건보다 더 크기 때문이었다.