• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-129
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• 2019

The effectiveness of an innovative method for the earthquake-resistant rehabilitation of existing poorly detailed reinforced concrete (RC) structures is experimentally investigated herein. Eight column subassemblages were subjected to earthquake-type loading and their hysteretic behaviour was evaluated. Four of the specimens were identical and representative of columns found in RC structures designed in the 1950s-70s period for gravity load only. These original specimens were subjected to cyclic lateral deformations and developed brittle failure mechanisms. Three of the damaged specimens were subsequently retrofitted with innovative high-strength steel fiber-reinforced concrete (HSSFC) jackets. The main variables examined were the jacket width and the contribution of mesh steel reinforcement in the seismic performance of the enhanced columns. The influence of steel fiber volume fraction was also examined using test results of a previous work of Tsonos et al. (2017). The fourth earthquake damaged subassemblage was strengthened with a conventional RC jacket and was subjected to the same lateral displacement history as the other three retrofitted columns. The seismic behaviour of the subassemblages strengthened according to the proposed retrofit scheme was evaluated with respect to that of the original specimens and that of the column strengthened with the conventional RC jacket. Test results clearly demonstrated that the HSSFC jackets effectively prevented the development of shear failure mechanisms, while ensuring a ductile seismic response similar to that of the subassemblage retrofitted with the conventional RC jacket. Ultimately, an indisputable superiority in the overall seismic performance of the strengthened columns was achieved with respect to the original specimens.

• Composites Research
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 단순지지 경계조건을 갖는 적층 복합재료 사다리꼴 주름판에 대한 탄성 좌굴특성을 이론적 방법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 좌굴 해석에서는 한 방향 하중, 두 방향 하중 및 전단하중 등 3가지 유형의 내평면 하중조건이 고려되었다. 3차원 주름 구조물을 해석적으로 기계적 거동을 표현하는 것이 매우 어렵기 때문에 본 해석에서는 주름판의 전반적인 좌굴 거동을 분석하기 위해 등가균질모델을 적용하였다. 이를 위해 단위 주름을 직교이방성재료로 등가시켰으며, 이전 연구에서 유도한 주름판에 대한 등가 굽힘강성계수식을 본 해석에 적용하였다. 제안된 이론해석 결과의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 셸요소를 바탕으로 한 3차원 유한요소해석을 수행하였으며, 두 방법을 이용해 얻은 임계 좌굴하중 및 좌굴형상을 비교하였다. 주름판의 기하형상에 따른 영향을 분석하기 위해 다양한 수치 예가 제시되었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2019

굳지 않은 콘크리트의 적층성은 콘크리트 3D 프린팅의 핵심 요소로써 필라멘트의 변형 및 붕괴 없이 일정한 높이로 적층하는 성능이다. 적층성은 항복응력과 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 항복응력이 높을수록 우수하다. 또한, 굳지 않은 콘크리트는 압출된 후 시간경과에 따라 경화되면서 전단응력이 증가하기 때문에 적층성이 높아지게 된다. 따라서, 콘크리트 3D 프린팅 시 굳지 않은 콘크리트의 적층성 확보를 위해서는 출력되는 레이어 사이의 적절한 시간 간격(Printing Time Gap, 이하 PTG)이 필요하다. PTG가 증가함에 따라 적층성은 증가하지만, PTG가 과다하게 커지면 출력된 레이어 간의 부착성능이 감소하며, 출력시간이 길어짐에 따라서 압출성능이 저하될 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 100 MPa급 고강도 콘크리트 배합에 적합한 적층성을 확보하기 위하여 PTG를 변수로 한 3D 프린팅 실험을 수행하였으며, 이와 더불어 콘크리트 3D 프린팅 방법을 유사하게 모사할 수 있는 모의 적층실험 방법의 유효성을 검토하기 위하여 모의 적층실험을 수행하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.394-399
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• 2021

Piecewise Integrated Composite(PIC) 보는 구간 조합 복합재 보로 구간 마다 적층 각도 및 순서를 다르게 적용하여 보의 강성과 강도를 향상시킬 수 있는 복합재료 보의 새로운 개념이다. 본 연구에서는 보의 거동을 고려하기 어려운 2차원 학습 데이터를 대신하여 3차원 학습 데이터가 적용된 머신 러닝 모델을 이용한 PIC 보가 제안되었다. 학습 데이터 및 훈련 데이터 셋(Training Data Set)은 지정된 참조 요소에서 3축 특성 값(Stress Triaxiality Factor)을 추출하여 세 가지 하중 유형(인장, 압축 그리고 전단)으로 분류되어 구성되었고, 이에 따른 하이퍼파라미터(Hyperparameter)가 제안되었다. 이를 통하여 예측된 PIC 보로 유한 요소 해석이 진행되었고 3차원 학습 데이터로 예측된 모델이 처짐 변형량이 감소된 것이 확인되었다. 이를 통해 3차원 학습 데이터를 이용하는 것이 경쟁력있는 것으로 판단되었고 처짐 변형량의 감소로 타당성이 검증되었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2022

본 연구는 내진설계가 되어 있지 않은 필로티 건축물의 부족한 횡력을 보강할 수 있는 외부부착형 내진보강공법(Binding Column Method, BCM)을 제안하였다. 또한, 제안된 내진보강공법을 대상으로 보강실험체 4개, 기준 실험체 1개를 제작하여 반복가력 실험을 통하여 보강 전·후의 내진성능향상 효과를 검토하였다. 실험 결과, 기준 실험체(SC1)는 급격한 강도저하와 함께 취성적인 전단파괴의 양상을 나타낸 반면, BCM 공법을 적용한 실험체(SC2, SC3, SC4, SC5)는 강도 및 강성의 증가와 함께 에너지 흡수 능력이 큰 타원형의 이력특성을 나타내었다. 또한, 간격이 좁고 토크가 크며, L자형 강판의 두께가 두꺼울수록 보강효과가 향상됨을 알 수 있다. BCM공법 중 전단보강간격이 작고, 조임력 값이 크며, 연결철물이 두꺼운 SC4실험체가 가장 뛰어난 내진성능보강 효과를 나타내었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.31-45
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• 2022

Experimental and numerical simulation were used to investigate the effects of angle and number of T shape non-persistent crack on the shear behaviour of crack's bridge area under uniaxial compressive test. concrete samples with dimension of 150 mm×150 mm×40 mm were prepared. Within the specimen, T shape non-persistent notches were provided. 16 different configuration systems were prepared for T shape non-persistent crack based on two and three cracks. In these configurations, the length of cracks were taken as 4 cm and 2 cm based on the cracks configuration systems. The angle of larger crack related to horizontal axis was 0°, 30°, 60° and 90°. Similar to cracks configuration systems in the experimental tests, 28 models with different T shape non-persistent crack angle were prepared in numerical model. The length of cracks were taken as 4 cm and 2 cm based on the cracks configuration systems. The angle of larger crack related to horizontal axis was 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°. Tensile strength of concrete was 1 MPa. The axial load was applied to the model. Displacement loading rate was controlled to 0.005 mm/s. Results indicated that the failure process was significantly controled by the T shape non-persistent crack angle and crack number. The compressive strengths of the specimens were related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the discontinuities. Furthermore, it was shown that the compressive behaviour of discontinuities is related to the number of the induced tensile cracks which are increased by increasing the crack number and crack angle. The strength of samples decreased by increasing the crack number. In addition, the failure pattern and failure strength are similar in both methods i.e. the experimental testing and the numerical simulation methods (PFC2D).

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.185-201
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• 2022

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is used to provide reliable information about the structure's integrity in near realtime following extreme incidents such as earthquakes, considering the inevitable aging and degradation that occurs in operating environments. This paper experimentally investigates an integrated wireless sensor network (Wi-SN) based monitoring technique for damage detection in concrete structures. An effective SHM technique can be used to detect potential structural damage based on post-earthquake data. Two novel methods are proposed for damage detection in reinforced concrete (RC) building structures including: (i) Jerk Energy Method (JEM), which is based on time-domain analysis, and (ii) Modal Contributing Parameter (MCP), which is based on frequency-domain analysis. Wireless accelerometer sensors are installed at each story level to monitor the dynamic responses from the building structure. Prior knowledge of the initial state (immediately after construction) of the structure is not required in these methods. Proposed methods only use responses recorded during ambient vibration state (i.e., operational state) to estimate the damage index. Herein, the experimental studies serve as an illustration of the procedures. In particular, (i) a 3-story shear-type steel frame model is analyzed for several damage scenarios and (ii) 2-story RC scaled down (at 1/6th) building models, simulated and verified under experimental tests on a shaking table. As a result, in addition to the usual benefits like system adaptability, and cost-effectiveness, the proposed sensing system does not require a cluster of sensors. The spatial information in the real-time recorded data is used in global damage identification stage of SHM. Whereas in next stage of SHM, the damage is detected at the story level. Experimental results also show the efficiency and superior performance of the proposed measuring techniques.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2022

Tall buildings are often subjected to steady and unsteady forces due to external wind flows. Measurement and mitigation of these forces becomes critical to structural design in engineering applications. Over the last few decades, many approaches such as modification of the external geometry of structures have been investigated to mitigate wind-induced load. One such proven geometric modification involved the rounding of sharp corners. In this work, we systematically analyze the impact of rounded corner radii on the reducing the flow-induced loading on a square cylinder. We perform 3-Dimensional (3D) simulations for high Reynolds number flows (Re=1 × 105) which are more likely to be encountered in practical applications. An Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) method capable of capturing flow accurately at large Reynolds numbers is employed in this study. The IDDES formulation uses a k-ω Shear Stress Transport (SST) model for near-wall modelling that prevents mesh-induced separation of the boundary layer. The effects of these corner modifications are analyzed in terms of the resulting variations in the mean and fluctuating components of the aerodynamic forces compared to a square cylinder with no geometric changes. Plots of the angular distribution of the mean and fluctuating coefficient of pressure along the square cylinder's surface illustrate the effects of corner modifications on the different parts of the cylinder. The windward corner's separation angle was observed to decrease with an increase in radius, resulting in a narrower and longer recirculation region. Furthermore, with an increase in radius, a reduction in the fluctuating lift, mean drag, and fluctuating drag coefficients has been observed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.775-786
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• 2022

원자력발전소 구조물을 포함하여 플랜트 구조물에서는 사용 중 설비보강을 위하여 벽체 및 슬래브에 관통부를 신설하는 경우가 빈번히 발생하고 있으며, 관통부 설치작업 중에 철근이 절단되는 사례가 일부 발생하고 있다. 이 관통부들은 설계 또는 건설 단계에서 고려된 것이 아니므로 설치 중 발생한 철근의 절단은 사실상 구조물의 손상이기 때문에, 관통부 주변 응력 전이범위 또는 유효폭을 고려한 구조물의 건전성 평가가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 가동중인 원자력발전소 벽식 건물의 전단벽에 관통부를 신설할 경우에 발생하는 철근 절단의 영향을 평가하기 위하여 다양한 비선형 해석과 정적 가력 실험을 수행하였다. 그리고 관통부 신설과 철근의 절단으로 인한 벽체의 강성저하와 관통부 주변 철근의 응력 및 변형률 분포를 평가하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.327-340
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• 2022

A vast amount of experimental and analytical research has been conducted related to the seismic behavior and performance of concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) columns. This research has resulted in a wealth of information on the component behavior. However, analytical and experimental data for structural systems with CFT columns is limited, and the well-known behavior of steel or concrete structures is assumed valid for designing these systems. This paper presents the development of an analytical model for nonlinear analysis of composite moment resisting frame (CFT-MRF) systems with CFT columns and steel wide-flange (WF) beams under seismic loading. The model integrates component models for steel WF beams, CFT columns, connections between CFT columns and WF beams, and CFT panel zones. These component models account for nonlinear behavior due to steel yielding and local buckling in the beams and columns, concrete cracking and crushing in the columns, and yielding of panel zones and connections. Component tests were used to validate the component models. The model for a CFT-MRF considers second order geometric effects from the gravity load bearing system using a lean-on column. The experimental results from the testing of a four-story CFT-MRF test structure are used as a benchmark to validate the modeling procedure. An analytical model of the test structure was created using the modeling procedure and imposed-displacement analyses were used to reproduce the tests with the analytical model of the test structure. Good agreement was found at the global and local level. The model reproduced reasonably well the story shear-story drift response as well as the column, beam and connection moment-rotation response, but overpredicted the inelastic deformation of the panel zone.