• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.71-85
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• 2006

This paper presents the results of a series of tests carried out on cold-formed steel rectangular hollow and concrete infilled beam to column connections and frames. A stub column was chosen such that overall buckling does not influence the connection behaviour. The beam chosen was a short-span cantilever with a concentrated load applied at the free end. The beam was connected to the columns along the strong and weak axes of columns and these connections were tested to failure. Twelve experiments were conducted on cold-formed steel direct welded tubular beam to column connections and twelve experiments on connections with concrete infilled column subjected to monotonic loading. In all the experiments conducted, the stiffness of the connection, the ductility characteristics and the moment rotation behaviour were studied. The dominant mode of failure in hollow section connections was chord face yielding and not weld failure. Provision of concrete infill increases the stiffness and the ultimate moment carrying capacity substantially, irrespective of the axis of loading of the column. Weld failure and bearing failure due to transverse compression occurred in connections with concrete infilled columns. Six single-bay two storied frames both with and without concrete infill, and columns loaded along the major and minor axes were tested to failure. Concentrated load was applied at the midspan of first floor beam. The change in behaviour of the frame due to provision of infill in the column and in the entire frame was compared with hollow frames. Failure of the weld at the junction of the beam occurred for frames with infilled columns. Design expressions are suggested for the yielding of the column face in hollow sections and bearing failure in infilled columns which closely predicted the experimental failure loads.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.409-420
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• 2017

This paper theoretically studies the cyclic behavior of hybrid connections between steel coupling beams and concrete shear walls with embedded steel columns. Finite element models of connections with long and short embedded steel columns are built in ABAQUS and validated against the test results in the companion paper. Parametric studies are carried out using the validated FE model to determine the key influencing factors on the load-bearing capacity of connections. A close-form solution of the load-bearing capacity of connections is proposed by considering the contributions from the compressive strength of concrete at the interface between the embedded beam and concrete, shear yielding of column web in the tensile region, and shear capacity of column web and concrete in joint zone. The results show that the bond slip between embedded steel members and concrete should be considered which can be simulated by defining contact boundary conditions. It is found that the loadbearing capacity of connections strongly depends on the section height, flange width and web thickness of the embedded column. The accuracy of the proposed calculation method is validated against test results and also verified against FE results (with differences within 10%). It is recommended that embedded steel columns should be placed along the entire height of shear walls to facilitate construction and enhance the ductility. The thickness and section height of embedded columns should be increased to enhance the load-bearing capacity of connections. The stirrups in the joint zone should be strengthened and embedded columns with very small section height should be avoided.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2010

The purpose of this paper is to carry out both experimental and theoretical investigations of R.C. short column subjected to horizontal forces under constant compressive loading. Eight specimens with section of 40 cm ${\times}$ 40 cm, height 40 cm and 50 cm and different type hoop were used of the steel cage to detect the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete short columns. Hoop spacing of column, strength of concrete, and the axial load of experiments were the three main parameters in this test. A series of equations were derived to reveal the theory could be used on analysis short column, too. Through test failure model of R.C short column being established, the type of hoop affects the behavior R.C short column in ductility rather than in strength. And the effect of analysis by Truss Model is evident and reliable in shear failure model of short column.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.523-532
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• 2010

If an infill wall in a reinforced concrete frame is shorter than the column height and there is no initial gap between the column and the infill wall, the short column effect can occur during an earthquake shaking. This form of damage is frequently observed in many earthquake-damaged buildings all around the world and especially in Turkey. In this study, an effective method, which consists of placing additional infill wall segments surrounding the short column, to prevent this type of failure is examined. The influence of adding infill wall in the reduction of the shear force in the short column is also investigated. A parametric study is carried out for one-storey infilled frames with one to five bays using the percentage of the additional infill wall surrounding the short column and the number of spans as the parameters. Then the investigation is extended to a case of a multistorey building damaged due to short column effect during the 1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake in Turkey. The results show that the addition of the infill walls around the potential short columns is an effective way to significantly reduce the shear force.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.267-287
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• 2016

The seismic performance of the ordinary steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns has no significant improvement compared to the reinforced concrete (RC) columns mainly because I, H or core cross-shaped steel cannot provide sufficient confinement for core concrete. Two improved SRC columns by constructing with new-type shaped steel were put forward on this background, and they were named as enlarging cross-shaped steel and diagonal cross-shaped steel for short. The seismic behavior and carrying capacity of new-type SRC columns have been researched theoretically and experimentally, while the shear behavior remains unclear when the new-type columns are joined onto SRC beams. This paper presents an experimental study to investigate the shear capacity of new-type SRC joints. For this purpose, four new-type and one ordinary SRC joints under low reversed cyclic loading were tested, and the failure patterns, load-displacement hysteretic curves, joint shear deformation and steel strain were also observed. The ultimate shear force of joint specimens was calculated according to the beam-end counterforce, and effects of steel shape, load angel and structural measures on shear capacity of joints were analyzed. The test results indicate that: (1) the new-type SRC joints display shear failure pattern and has higher shear capacity than the ordinary one; (2) the oblique specimens have good bearing capacity if designed reasonably; and (3) the two proposed construction measures have little effect on the shear capacity of SRC joints embedded with diagonal cross-shaped steel. Based on the mechanism observed from the test, the formulas for calculating ultimate shear capacity considering the main factors (steel web, stirrup and axial compression ratio) were derived, and the calculated results agreed well with the experimental and simulated data.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.132-142
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 Sprayed FRP 공법을 이용하여 보강된 철근 콘크리트 전단 파괴형 기둥의 구조성능을 평가하기 위하여 2/3 크기로 축소된 총 6개의 기둥 실험체를 제작하여, 일정한 축하중 (0.1Agfc')하에서 반복 횡하중을 가력한 구조 실험을 수행하였다. 4개의 실험체는 유리 및 탄소 단섬유와 에폭시 및 비닐에스테르 수지를 조합하여 Sprayed FRP로 보강하였으며, 또한 비교 목적을 위하여 고강도 탄소섬유시트(CFS)로 보강된 실험체 1개와 무 보강 실험체 1개를 포함하였다. 실험결과, Sprayed FRP로 보강된 실험체의 최대내력은 무 보강 실험체 대비 10~30%가 증가 하였을 뿐만 아니라, 연성은 약 1.15배 향상되어, 본 연구에서 제안한 Sprayed FRP 공법은 충분한 보강효과가 기대되는 신기술 이라고 판단된다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2015

소성응력분포법과 변형률적합법은 콘크리트충전 각형강관(RCFT, rectangular concrete filled tube) 기둥의 P-M조합강도 산정을 위한 대표적인 두 방법으로, 일반적으로 소성응력분포법은 근사적인 강도치를 제공하는 반면 변형률적합법은 단면에 사용되는 각 물성치의 구성방정식이 정확하다는 전제 하에서 정해에 가까운 해를 제공한다. 최근 변형률적합법에 따른 RCFT기둥의 P-M조합강도 산정에 관한 필자의 연구에 따르면, 현재 연구된 외부 강관으로 구속된 콘크리트 구성방정식이 부정확하기 때문에, 변형률적합법을 통해 산정된 다양한 물성치를 가지는 콘크리트와 강재의 조합으로 이루어진 단면의 P-M조합 강도가 부정확하게 산정되는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 기존에 수행된 실험결과를 분석하여 콘크리트충전 각형 강관기둥의 P-M 조합강도 예측을 위한 변형률적합법에 활용될 수 있는 충전콘크리트의 구성방정식을 제시하고 그 타당성을 입증하였다. 본 연구에서 추구하는 모형은 실무적용을 위한 우회적이고 현상학적 모형으로, 외부 강재와 내부 콘크리트 간 상대강도비와 강재의 판폭두께비의 P-M조합강도에 대한 영향을 압괴변형률의 크기에 반영하여 단면내의 힘의 재분배 정도를 조절함으로써 실험결과와 합치하는 결과를 얻어내는 모형이다. 이를 위해 현 규준에서 제시하고 있는 압괴변형률 0.003의 일괄적 제한의 한계를 지적하였으며, 상대강도비와 판폭두께비의 P-M조합강도에 대한 영향을 압괴변형률의 크기에 반영하여 단면내의 힘의 재분배 정도를 조절함으로써 실험결과와 합치하는 결과를 얻어내는 모형을 제시하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.263-273
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• 2017

In this paper, a finite element model (FEM) in ATENA-3D software was constructed to investigate the behavior of circular ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) filled steel tube stub columns (UHPC-FSTCs) under concentric loading on concrete core. The "CC3DNonLinCementitious2User" material type for concrete in ATENA-3D software with some modifications of material laws, was adopted to model for UHPC core with consideration the confinement effect. The experimental results obtained from Schneider (2006) were then employed to verify the accuracy of FEM. Extensive parametric analysis was also conducted to examine the influence of concrete compressive strength, steel tube thickness and steel yield strength on the compressive behavior of short circular UHPC-FSTCs. It can be observed that the columns with thicker steel tube show better strength and ductility, the sudden drop of load after initial peak load can be prevented. Based on the regression analysis of the results from parametric study, simplified formulae for predicting ultimate loads and strains were proposed and verified by comparing with previous analytical models, design codes and experimental results.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3353-3370
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• 2016

The way of combination of Product Perfect Codes (PPCs) is based on the theory of short codes constructing long codes. PPCs have larger embedding rate than Hamming codes by expending embedding columns in a coding block, and they have been proven to enhance the performance of the F₅ steganographic method. In this paper, the proposed modified product codes called MPCs are introduced as an efficient way to embed more data than PPCs by increasing 2^r₂-1-r₂ embedding columns. Unlike PPC, the generation of the check matrix H in MPC is random, and it is different from PPC. In addition a simple solving way of the linear algebraic equations is applied to figure out the problem of expending embedding columns or compensating cases. Furthermore, the MPCs over ℤ₄ have been proposed to further enhance not only the performance but also the computation speed which reaches O(n₁+σ). Finally, the proposed ℤ₄-MPC intends to maximize the embedding rate with maintaining less distortion , and the performance surpasses the existing improved product perfect codes. The performance of large embedding rate should have the significance in the high-capacity of covert communication.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.781-794
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• 2023

In order to directly apply seawater and sea sand in construction without desalination, a type of square concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) encased with prefabricated seawater sea-sand concrete filled Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) tube column was proposed. Twenty short columns were tested under uniaxial loads, and the test parameters included inner tube types, seawater sea-sand concrete replacement ratios, concrete strength, the wrapping area of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strips and the thickness of GFRP tube. The effects of the parameters on failure modes, loading capacity, ductility and strain responses were discussed. All the tested specimens failed with serious buckling of the steel tubes and fracture of the inner tubes. The specimens had good residual bearing capacity corresponding to 64% to 88.9% of the peak capacity. The inner GFRP tubes and PVC tubes wrapped by CFRP strips provided stronger confinement to the core concrete, and were good choices for the proposed columns. Moreover, an analytical model for the composite column with different inner tube types was proposed.