• Computers and Concrete
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.539-546
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• 2018

Making a transverse opening in concrete beams in order to accommodate utility services through the member instead of below or above of that, sometimes may be necessary. It is obvious that inclusions of an opening in a beam decreases its flexural and shear strengths. Fabricated steel bars are usually used to increase the capacity of the opening section, but details of reinforcements around the opening are dense and complex resulting in laborious pouring and setup process. The goal of this study was to investigate the possibility of using steel fibers in concrete mixture instead of complex reinforcement detailing order to strengthen opening section. Nonlinear finite element method was employed to investigate the behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams. The numerical models were validated by comparison with experimental measurements tested by other investigators and then used to study the influence of fiber length, fiber aspect ratio and fiber content on the shear performance of SFRC slender beams with opening. Finally, it was concluded that the predicted shear strength enhancement is considerably influenced by use of steel fibers in concrete mixture but the effect of fiber length and fiber aspect ratio wasn't significant.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2004

본 논문은 스터드를 사용한 철근콘크리트 부재와 철골 부재의 접합부의 인장거동에 관한 연구를 나타내었다. 스터드 접합부의 인장 및 휨 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 행거를 스터드 주위에 설치하였다. 행거로 보강된 스터드 접합부의 인장 성능을 평가하기 위하여 철근비, 행거 상세, 묻힘길이 등을 변수로 한 8 개의 실험체를 계획하였다. 인장실험을 통하여 행거 보강이 접합부의 인장강도를 증가시키는데 매우 효과적인 것을 알 수 있었다. 기준식에 의한 인장강도 평가로부터 CCD식이 강도 산정에 보다 적합한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2000

A series of in-situ inspection and measurements have been conducted to estimate rebar corrosion incidence of concrete bridges in Seoul metropolitan area. The objectives of this study were to obtain the fundamental data to analysis the causes of rebar corrosion and to establish the repair strategies of deteriorated concrete bridges due to corrosion. The results of this study had been analysed to identify the extent of chloride content and incidence of rebar corrosion by construction ages and by members. After measuring chloride content in concrete, it was concluded that about 76% of all tests on samples from concrete exceed the maximum acceptable limit to risk of chloride-induced corrosion. On the whole, slabs had the most highly chloride content. About 16% of the concrete bridges had a value lower than -350mV (vs. CSE), so it could concluded that the excessive chloride content and carbonation were a major causes of rebar corrosion. Concrete member which carbonation depth penetrates toward rebar was 39% among all tests on samples. The major causes of rebar corrosion were highly chloride content 50%, concrete carbonation 38%, poorly visual condition 6% and etc, 6%.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.385-404
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• 2005

The paper presents a model to calculate reinforcement strain using measured crack width in members under applied tension, flexure, and/or shear stress. Crack mapping using a new type of distributed coaxial cable sensors for health monitoring of large-scale civil engineering infrastructure was recently proposed and developed by the authors. This paper shows the results and performance of such sensors mounted on near surface of two flexural beams and a large scale reinforced concrete box girder that was subjected to cyclic combined shear and torsion. The main objectives of this health monitoring study was to correlate the sensor's response to strain in the member, and show that magnitude of the signal's reflection coefficient is related to increases in applied load, repeated cycles, cracking, and reinforcement yielding. The effect of multiple adjacent cracks, and signal loss was also investigated. The results shown in this paper are an important step in using the sensors for crack mapping and determining reinforcement strain for in-situ structures.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2017

This study aims to establish a seismic resistance performance evaluation method that makes sure to secure the seismic resistance performance of the existing mid-low story reinforced concrete structures. This study focuses on the development of the seismic resistance performance evaluation method for the overall seismic resistance performance evaluation on the buildings by applying fuzzy theory. This seismic resistance performance evaluation method considers the mutual relations among the type of force, the type of member, the type of story, and the states of deterioration of the buildings. The total seismic resistance performance index from this method was calculated by the intensity weight of each evaluation item, fuzzy measure, fuzzy integration. Moreover, the evaluation methodology was established in this study to identify the performance level of the Immediate Occupancy, Life Safe, Collapse Prevention by applying the fuzzy theory.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.291-312
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• 2016

Seismic performance evaluation of shear wall is essential as it is the major lateral load resisting member of a structure. The ultimate load and ultimate drift of the shear wall are the two most important parameters which need to be assessed experimentally and verified analytically. This paper comprises the results of monotonic tests, quasi-static cyclic tests and shake-table tests carried out on a midrise shear wall. The shear wall considered for the study is 1:5 scaled model of the shear wall of the internal structure of a reactor building. The analytical simulation of these tests is carried out using micro and macro modeling of the shear wall. This paper mainly consists of modification in the hysteretic macro model, developed for RC structural walls by Lestuzzi and Badoux in 2003. This modification is made by considering the stiffness degradation effect observed from the tests carried out and this modified model is then used for nonlinear dynamic analysis of the shear wall. The outcome of the paper gives the variation of the capacity, the failure patterns and the performance levels of the shear walls in all three types of tests. The change in the stiffness and the damping of the wall due to increased damage and cracking when subjected to seismic excitation is also highlighted in the paper.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2002

합성재료중 강섬유(Steel fiber)로 보강된 콘크리트는 보강되지 않은 콘크리트에 비하여 전단, 휨, 피로강도 증진 및 균열제어 효과가 우수한 것으로 평가되고 있다. 특히 전단에 대한 강섬유 보강효과는 취성적인 전단파괴에서의 안정적인 휨 파괴로의 파괴 양상 변화를 보이는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 기존연구결과 및 총 10개의 실험체를 대상으로 철근콘크리트 기둥에 대한 강섬유의 전단보강 효과를 평가하였다. 실험결과, 강섬유 혼입율 1.5 %에서 전단강도 증진효과가 가장 우수한 것으로 평가되었으며, 연성능력의 증진도 우수한 것으로 평가되었다. 그러나, 강도 및 연성능력 증진에 비하여 강성 및 에너지 소산 능력에 대한 강섬유 보강효과는 다소 미흡한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2019

In this study, rebar QTO(Quantity Take-Off) was quickly produced from the BIM model prepared by Revit in the early design phase, and the available premium rates were quantitatively presented. For this purpose, the amount of rebar calculated using the BuilderHub, which specializes in calculating rebar QTO, was analyzed according to various factors such as member type, rebar diameter, building size, item type, and order length, and the effect of each factor on the rebar QTO was determined. In addition, the BIM model generated on Revit was used to establish parameters and processes required to produce rebar QTO, and proposed a rebar premium rate and a stirrup/hoop premium rate based on the BuilderHub output results. Through this study, it is expected that a rapid and efficient comparative evaluation of rebar QTO will be possible according to various structural design alternatives in the early design phase.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2022

In the case of columns in buildings with soft story, the concentration of stress due to the difference in stiffness can damage the columns. The irregularity of buildings including soft story requires retrofit because combined load of compression, bending, shear, and torsion acts on the structure. Concrete jacketing is advantageous in securing the strength and stiffness of existing members. However, the brittleness of concrete make it difficult to secure ductility to resist the large deformation, and the complicated construction process for integrity between the existing member and extended section reduces the constructability. In this study, two types of Steel Grid Reinforcement (SGR), which are Steel Wire Mesh (SWM) for integrity and Steel Fiber Non-Shrinkage Mortar (SFNM) for crack resistance are proposed. One reinforced concrete (RC) column with non-seismic details and two columns retrofitted with each different types of proposed method were manufactured. Seismic performance was analyzed for cyclic loading test in which a combined load of compression, bending, shear, and torsion was applied. As a result of the experiment, specimens retrofitted with proposed concrete jacketing method showed 862% of maximum load, 188% of maximum displacement and 1,324% of stiffness compared to non-retrofitted specimen.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.527-541
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• 2023

This paper emphasizes the use of CFT columns in frame structures subjected to strong horizontal forces and shows that the efficiency of using CFT columns is increased when the plastic design approach is adopted. Because the plastic design approach is based on redistribution of the force of the internal member, a double node for the rotational degrees of freedom, where the adjacent two rotational degrees of freedom can be connected by a non-dimensional spring element, is designed and implemented into the formulation. In addition, an accompanying criterion is considered in order to make it possible to describe the continuous moment redistribution in members connected to a nodal point up to a complete plastic state. The efficiency of CFT columns is reviewed in comparison with RC columns in terms of the cost and the resistance capacity, as defined by a P-M interaction diagram. Three representative frame structures are considered and the obtained results show that the most efficient and economical design can be expected when the use of CFT columns is considered on the basis of the plastic design, especially when a frame structure is subjected to significant horizontal forces, as in a high-rise building.