• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.669-681
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• 2017

The design of reinforced concrete buildings must satisfy the serviceability stiffness criteria in terms of maximum lateral deflections and inter story drift in order to prevent both structural and non-structural damages. Consideration of plastic hinge formation is also important to obtain accurate failure mechanism and ultimate strength of reinforced concrete frames. In the present study, an iterative procedure has been developed for the analysis of reinforced concrete frames with cracked elements and consideration of plastic hinge formation. The ACI and probability-based effective stiffness models are used for the effective moment of inertia of cracked members. Shear deformation effect is also considered, and the variation of shear stiffness due to cracking is evaluated by reduced shear stiffness models available in the literature. The analytical procedure has been demonstrated through the application to three reinforced concrete frame examples available in the literature. It has been shown that the iterative analytical procedure can provide accurate and efficient predictions of deflections and ultimate strength of the frames studied under lateral and vertical loads. The proposed procedure is also efficient from the viewpoint of computational time and convergence rate. The developed technique was able to accurately predict the locations and sequential development of plastic hinges in frames. The results also show that shear deformation can contribute significantly to frame deflections.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.766-772
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• 2013

Background Hypospadias is the most common congenital malformation of the male urinary tract, wherein the urethral opening is located proximal to the normal site. Tubularized incised-plate urethroplasty reconstruction, and its efficacy, remains controversial due to the high recurrence rate. This study aimed to evaluate the results of dartos fascia-reinforced flap surgery in hypospadias patients with previous operative complications. Methods Nine patients (mean age, 12 years) who had previous one- or two-stage repair with TIP urethroplasty and suffered from urethrocutaneous fistulas or fissures as complications, underwent dartos fascia-reinforced flap surgery in our clinic between January 2010 and December 2012. The mean postoperative follow-up period was 6 months. Results Among the 9 patients, 7 had complete correction. In all the patients, the maximum uroflow angle was > $45^{\circ}$. No patient complained of an unnatural urinating position. The patients and parents gave very high satisfaction scores (4.7 points) with regard to the appearance of the outer genitalia. Conclusion The dartos fascia-reinforced flap could be a useful and reliable option for complications of hypospadias repair or fissure with the prepuce preserved, given that histological aspects vary and that the possibility of recurrence in the glanular region is high.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.69-91
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• 2010

Current seismic design codes do not contemplate explicitly some variables that are relevant for the design of structures subjected to ground motions exhibiting large energy content. Particularly, the lack of explicit consideration of the cumulative plastic demands and of the degradation of the hysteretic cycle may result in a significant underestimation of the lateral strength of reinforced concrete structures built on soft soils. This paper introduces and illustrates the use of a numerical performance-based methodology for the predesign of standard-occupation reinforced concrete ductile structures. The methodology takes into account two limit states, the performance of the non-structural system, and in the case of the life safety limit state, the effect of cumulative plastic demands and of the degradation of the hysteretic cycle on the assessment of structural performance.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2002

Fiber-reinforced composites are extensively used in electronic, ship and aerospace applications due to their high strength and high toughess. In these applications, they are often subjected to localized heat damage due to various sources. In order to ensure their reliability, it is important to predict their residual properties using nondestructive evaluation thchniques. Fabric fiber composite specimens were manufactured with six layers of the glass-fiber prepreg and the carbon-fiber prepreg, respectively. The specimens were subjected to a localized heat damage using a heated copper tip with a diameter of 10mm at 35$0^{\circ}C$(CFRP) and 30$0^{\circ}C$(GFRP), respectively. The specimens were then subjected to tension tests while acoustic emission (AE) activities of specimens were collected. The AE activity of all specimens showed three types of distinct frequency regions. Those are matrix cracking, failure of the fiber/matrix interface and fiber breakage.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.395-409
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• 1998

This paper concerns the development and implementation of an orthotropic, stress resultant elasto-plastic finite element model for the collapse load analysis of reinforced concrete plates. The model implements yield line plasticity theory for reinforced concrete. The behaviour of the yield functions are studied, and modifications introduced to ensure a robust finite element model of cases involving bending and twisting stress resultants ($M_x$, $M_y$, $M_{xy}$). Onset of plasticity is always governed by the general yield-line-model (YLM), but in some cases a switch to the stress resultant form of the von Mises function is used to ensure the proper evolution of plastic strains. Case studies are presented, involving isotropic and orthotropic plates, to assess the behaviour of the yield line approach. The YLM function is shown to perform extremely well, in predicting both the collapse loads and failure mechanisms.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2000

The Compression molding process is widely used in the automotive industry to produce parts that are large, thin, light-weight, strong and stiff. Compression molded parts are formed by squeezing a glass fiber reinforced polypropylene sheet, known a glass mat thermoplastic(GMT), between two heated cavity surfaces. In this study, the anisotropic viscosity of the Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composites is measured using the parallel plastometer and the composites is treated as an incompressible Newtonian fluid. The effects of molding parameter and fiber contents ratio on longitudinal/transverse viscosity are also discussed.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.385-388
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to offer an appropriate method of the degree of the flexural moment redistribution for continuous reinforced concrete beams. Twenty-four two-span continuous beams were selected to determine the manner and degree of moment redistribution. The concept of ductility is linked to the moment redistribution capacity and, consequently, the safety of the structure. Knowledge of the plastic rotation capacity of plastic regions of the structure is important for a plastic analysis or a linear analysis with moment redistribution. A nonlinear finite element analysis program named RCAHEST (Reinforced Concrete Analysis in Higher Evaluation System Technology) was used to evaluate the ultimate strength and degree of moment redistribution. The nonlinear material model for the reinforced concrete is composed of models for characterizing the behavior of the concrete, in addition to a model for characterizing the reinforcing bars.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.861-867
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• 2015

유리섬유 보강적층재의 파괴인성을 평가하기 위하여 Compact tension (CT)형 시험을 실시하였다. 보강재는 직물형 유리섬유와 시트형 유리섬유강화플라스틱을 사용하였으며, 보강적층재는 층재사이에 보강재를 삽입 적층하였다. ASTM D5045에 의거하여 CT형 시험편을 제작하였다. 시험편의 길이는 끝면거리를 고려하여 선정하였으며, 인위적인 노치 끝에 볼트구멍(12 mm, 16 mm, 20 mm)을 선공하였다. 시트형 유리섬유강화플라스틱 보강적층재의 파괴인성하중은 보강하지 않은 적층재보다 최대 33% 증가하였으며, 직물형 유리섬유 보강적층재는 최대 152% 증가하였다. 이중외팔보(Double Cantilever Beam)이론에 의한 응력확대계수는 시트형 유리섬유강화플라스틱 보강적층재의 경우 1.08~1.38이었으며, 직물형 유리섬유 보강적층재는 1.38~1.86이었다. 이는 직물형 유리섬유 보강적층재의 경우 유리섬유와 층재의 섬유배열방향이 직교하여 파괴하중으로 인한 목재의 할렬진행을 억제시켰기 때문이다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2012

이 연구에서는, 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체를 대상으로 기둥의 휨 위험 단면부에 국부적으로 강섬유 시멘트모르타르를 적용함으로서 기존 철근콘크리트 기둥에 비해 내진성능이 우수한 강섬유 모르타르 적용 철근콘크리트 복합기둥공법에 관해 제시하였다. 제시된 적용공법의 성능검증을 위하여 기존 철근콘크리트 기둥 1개 및 소성힌지구간에 국부적으로 강섬유 모르타르를 적용한 복합기둥 실험체 2개를 제작하여 일정 축하중 하에서 횡방향 반복하중을 받는 재하시험을 수행하였다. 콘크리트 및 강섬유 모르타르는 모두 현장타설되었다. 재하시험 결과 기존 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체와 비교하여 강섬유 모르타르 적용 철근콘크리트 복합기둥 실험체의 경우 휨 및 전단 균열의 제어에 우수할 뿐만 아니라 기둥의 횡하중 내력 및 횡방향 변형 능력 향상에서도 우수한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2002

In this study, performance of reinforced railroad roadbeds with the reinforced roadbed materials were investigated through the real scale roadbed tests. It was also found that the reinforced roadbed with reinforced roadbed materials has less elastic and plastic settlement than the one with soil. The slag roadbed was more effective than the crushed stone roadbed with the same condition for load distribution. Therefore considering overall characteristics of reinforced roadbed material, the optimum thickness was recommended as 50 cm. Furthermore the real scale model test under the simulated rainfall condition, the settlement in the slag roadbed was about 8 times smaller than the settlement in the soil roadbed.