• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.133-154
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• 2023

Obscured structural members are mostly under-evaluated during condition assessment due to lack of visual inspection capability. Insufficient information about the integrity of these structural members poses a significant risk for public safety. Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is a novel approach in structural health monitoring (SHM). Ordinary coaxial cables "as is" without a major modification are not suitable for SHM with TDR. The objective of this study is to propose a practical and cost-effective modification approach to commercially available coaxial cables in order to use them as a "cable sensor" for damage detection with the TDR equipment for obscured structural members. The experimental validation and assessment of the proposed modification approach was achieved by conducting 3-point bending tests of the model piles as a representative obscured structural member. It can be noted that the RG59/U-6 and RG6/U-4 cable sensors expose higher strain sensitivity in comparison with non-modified "as is" versions of the cables used. As a result, the cable sensors have the capability of sensing both the presence and the location of a structural damage with a maximum aberration of 3 cm. Furthermore, the crack development can be monitored by the RG59/U-6 cable sensor with a simple calibration.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.41-48
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• 2002

2001년도 년간 302만 4,000ton의 사용실적을 보이고 전체 콘크리트 말뚝 사용량의 99.5%를 점유하고 있는 PHC 말뚝은 국내에 도입된 1992년이래 약 10년 동안 양적, 질적으로 많은 발전을 거듭하여 왔으며 현재 우리나라의 건축 토목공사용 기초자재로서 없어서는 안될 중요한 위치를 확보하고 있는 것이 사실이다. 1970년대까지 주로 사용되었던 RC 말뚝은 1970년대 후반부터 PC 말뚝으로 대체되었고, 1990년도 초반 생산되기 시작한 PHC 말뚝이 우리나라 콘크리트 말뚝의 주류를 이루어 현재콘크리트 말뚝의 대명사로 자리 매김하며 발전을 거듭하고 있는 것이다. 또한 PHC 말뚝에 사용되는 콘크리트의 압축강도는 800kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ 이상이 확보되어야 함으로 콘크리트 공장제품 중에서 보기 드물게 고강도를 요구하고 있으며 고강도화를 위한 제조공정의 품질관리도 높은 수준이 요구되어 우리나라 콘크리트 공장제품의 고강도화와 품질향상에 기여한 정도가 이루 말할 수 없을 정도로 크다고 볼 수 있다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.118-126
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• 2011

The objective of this paper is to study the structural behavior of Composite Basement Wall (CBW) according to shear span-to-depth ratio through an experiment and predict the nonlinear behavior of CBW by using ADINA program widely has been being used for FE analysis. Especially, this study focuses on the part of CBW in which the Reinforced Concrete (RC) is under compression stress; At the region of CBW around each floor, RC part stresses by compressive force when lateral press by soil acts on the wall. The contact condition between RC wall and steel (H-Pile) including stud connector is main factor in the analysis since it governs overall structural behavior. In order to understand the structural behavior of CBW whose RC part is under compressive stress, an experimental work and finite element analysis were performed. Main parameter in the test is shear span-to-depth ratio. For simplicity in analysis, reinforcements were not modeled as a seperated element but idealized as smeared to concrete. All elements were modeled to have bi-linear relation of material properties. Three type of contact conditions such as All Generate Option (AGO), Same Element Group Option with Tie(SEGO-T) and Same Element Group Option with Not tie(SEGO-NT) were considered in the analysis. For each analysis, the stress flow and concentration were reviewed and analysis result was compared to test one. From the test result, CBW represented ductile behavior by contribution of steel member even if it had short shear span-to-depth ration which is close to "1". The global composite behavior of CBW whose concrete wall was under compressive stress could be predicted by using contact element in ADINA program. Especially, the modeling by using AGO and SEGO-T showed more close relation on comparing with test result.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.63 no.6
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• pp.17-26
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• 2021

Greenhouses have been damaged due to the uplift pressure from strong wind, for which rebar piles are often installed near the greenhouse to resist the pressure. For the effective design of rebar piles, it is necessary to access the shear strength of soil on which the greenhouse is constructed. This study experimentally evaluates the shear strength of the soil beneath the greenhouse. Four soil samples were collected from four agricultural sites, and prepared for testing with 75, 80, 85, and 90% compaction rates. One-dimensional unconfined compression test (UC), consolidated-undrained triaxial test (CU), and resonant column test (RC) were performed for the evaluation of shear strength and shear modulus. Generally, the higher shear strength and modulus were observed with the higher compaction rates. In particular, the UC shear strength increases with the increase of #200 sieve passing rate. Resulting from the CU test, the sample with the most of coarse soil had the highest friction angle, but the variation is small among samples. Resulting from the CU and RC tests, the ratio of maximum shear modulus with the major principle stress at failure was the higher at the finer soil. The ratio was two to three times greater than the ratio from the standard sand. This indicates that the shear strength is lower for the fine soil than the coarse soil at the same shear modulus. The results of this study will be a useful resource for the estimation of the pull-out strength of the rebar pile against the uplift pressure.