• Computers and Concrete
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.221-234
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• 2014

A nonlinear finite element analysis using ANSYS is used to evaluate the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete exterior beam-column joints. The behavior of the finite element models under cyclic loading is compared with the experimental results. Two beam-column joint specimens (SH and SHD) with square hoop confinement in joint and throughout the column with detailing as per IS 13920 are studied. The specimen SHD was provided with additional diagonal bars from column to beam to relocate the plastic hinge formation from beam-column interface. The load-displacement relationship, joint shear stress and strain in beam obtained from numerical study showed good agreement with the experimental results. This investigation proves that seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete beam-column joints under reversed cyclic loading can be evaluated successfully using finite element modeling and analysis.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2021

This paper introduced three new strengthening systems for isolated footings: BFRP wrapping system, CFRP wrapping system, and steel jacketing system. The proposed systems are more practical than the current traditional methods, which involves installing many dowel bars and splicing reinforcing steels to join new and old concrete segments. In the proposed three new systems, BFRP wraps, CFRP wraps, or steel jackets are installed on the exterior surface of the enlarged footing, with construction adhesive or a few steel dowels being applied to the contact surfaces. To investigate the effectiveness of three systems, forty-four models were constructed in ABAQUS, with different parameters being considered. All footings investigated failed in punching shear, including original and retrofitted footings. According to FEA results and parametric studies, the three strengthening systems were capable of improving the punching shear resistance of footings. By introducing a new factor η, the punching shear equation in Eurocode 2 was modified to predict the punching shear resistances of the strengthened footings. A linear formula was developed to present the relationship between the new factor η and the investigated parameters.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.169-178
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• 1998

고성능 belite 시멘트 콘크리트에 대한 부착특성에 대하여 코\ulcorner리트의 강도, 슬럼프, 배근위치, 피복두께 등의영향요인을 보단부시험체와 이음길이 보시험체를 통해 연구하였다. 동일한 압축강도의 1종 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트 콘크리트에 비해 부착강도는 약 10%증가하였고 압축강도 600kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$의고강도 belite 콘크리트에서 부착강도가 대체로 {{{{ SQRT { f'c} }} }}에 비례하였다. 유동성에 있어서 높은 슬럼프에 비해 ACI 318-95 규준에서 제시하는 상부근 계수 1.3이하의범위에 있었으며 이것은 고유동 belite 콘크리트가 블리이딩이나 골재분리가 적은 것으로 보여졌다. 또한 고강도 belite시멘트 콘크리트를 사용한 이음길이 보시험체에서 부착강도는 기존 예측식의 값보다다소 높게 나타났으며, 실리커흄, 플라이애쉬를 사용한 고강도 콘크리트 부착강도의 기존연구결과인 낮은 값과 차이를 보였다. 이상의 결과로 고유동, 고강도 belite 시멘트 콘크리트는 철근과의 부착성능이 다른 재료에 비해 양호한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제9권3호통권32호
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• pp.377-390
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• 1997

본 연구는 콘크리트충전 각형강관을 이용한 기둥-보 접합부에 있어서 시공성과 충전성을 고려하여 철근으로 보강한 콘크리트충전 각형강관 기둥-H형강보 접합부를 제시하고, 1차적으로 보의 인장플랜지와 충전 각형강관 기둥 접합부와의 인장거동을 실험적으로 관찰한 후, 내진 설계 개념을 적용하여 수평 하중을 반복적으로 가할 경우의 접합부 실험을 실시하고 제시한 접합부의 내력 및 변형 특성을 파악한다. 실험결과로부터 항복선이론을 적용하여 내력을 평가하고 접합부의 내력식을 제안하며, 향후 국내의 콘크리트충전 강관구조 규준 제정에 필요한 기초 자료를 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2006

It is revealed that these are correlated with the height of chamber deciding the turbulence extent. In the first experiment, It was examined about the effects of different multiple obstacles such as circular, triangular and square things with the rig that the dimension of original experimental rig was $700{\times}700{\times}200mm{\wedge}3$. Then the heights of chamber were increased from 200 to 1000mm. The dimensions of each obstacle were $70{\times}700{\times}{\wedge}2$ and rectangular vent area were $210{\times}700{\times}{\wedge}2$. In the second one, we performed to see the effects of locations of different multiple obstacles in 200, 500 and 800mm height from the bottom. The results are : The multiple triangular obstacles caused the highest overpressure while the lowest one was the multiple circle bars. Then, the triangular bars caused the highest flame acceleration while the circular obstacles was lowest too. The results showed that the critical height was 800mm due to the formation of turbulence. And the lesser $Av/V^{2/3}$ were small, the more pressure and pressure acceleration rate were increased.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2019

This paper presents a computational rational model to predict the ultimate and optimized load capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by a combination of longitudinal and transverse fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite plates/sheets (flexure and shear strengthening system). Several experimental and analytical studies on the confinement effect and failure mechanisms of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) wrapped columns have been conducted over recent years. Although typical axial members are large-scale square/rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) columns in practice, the majority of such studies have concentrated on the behavior of small-scale circular concrete specimens. A high performance concrete, known as polymer concrete, made up of natural aggregates and an orthophthalic polyester binder, reinforced with non-metallic bars (glass reinforced polymer) has been studied. The material is described at micro and macro level, presenting the key physical and mechanical properties using different experimental techniques. Furthermore, a full description of non-metallic bars is presented to evaluate its structural expectancies, embedded in the polymer concrete matrix. In this paper, the mechanism of mechanical interaction of smooth and lugged FRP rods with concrete is presented. A general modeling and application of various elements are demonstrated. The contact parameters are defined and the procedures of calculation and evaluation of contact parameters are introduced. The method of calibration of the calculated parameters is presented. Finally, the numerical results are obtained for different bond parameters which show a good agreement with experimental results reported in literature.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.219-235
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• 2022

Strengthening slender reinforced concrete (RC) columns is a challenge. They are susceptible to overall buckling that induces bending moment and axial compression. This study presents the precise three-dimensional finite element modeling of slender RC columns strengthened with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites sheets with various patterns under concentric or eccentric compression. The slenderness ratio λ (height/width ratio) of the studied columns ranged from 15 to 35. First, to determine the optimal modeling procedure, nine alternative nonlinear finite element models were presented to simulate the experimental behavior of seven FRP-strengthened slender RC columns under eccentric compression. The models simulated concrete behavior under compression and tension, FRP laminate sheets with different fiber orientations, crack propagation, FRP-concrete interface, and eccentric compression. Then, the validated modeling procedure was applied to simulate 58 FRP-strengthened slender RC columns under compression with minor eccentricity to represent the inevitable geometric imperfections. The simulated columns showed two cross sections (square and rectangular), variable λ values (15, 22, and 35), and four strengthening patterns for FRP sheet layers (hoop H, longitudinal L, partial longitudinal L_w, and longitudinal coupled with hoop LH). For λ=15-22, pattern L showed the highest strengthening effectiveness, pattern L_w showed brittle failure, steel reinforcement bars exhibited compressive yielding, ties exhibited tensile yielding, and concrete failed under compression. For λ>22, pattern L_w outperformed pattern L in terms of the strengthening effectiveness relative to equivalent weight of FRP layers, steel reinforcement bars exhibited crossover tensile strain, and concrete failed under tension. Patterns H and LH (compared with pattern L) showed minor strengthening effectiveness.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2001

본 연구는 고축력을 받는 고강도 콘크리트 기둥부재의 연성을 확보하기 위한 띠철근 양 산정시 띠철근 강도가 연성에 미치는 영향이 현저하게 나타나기 시작하는 축력비 및 연성과 주근의 관계를 파악하기 위한 실험적 연구이다 본 연구의 목적을 이루기 위해 띠철근 항복강도, 축력비, 주근 양 및 배치형태 등을 주요 변수로 하여 총 12개의 시험체를 제작하였다. 시험체의 크기는 20$\times$20$\times$80 cm이며 실험구간은 중앙부 40 cm 이다. 실험결과 띠철근의 항복강도가 연성에 영향을 현저히 미치기 시작하는 축력비는 0.4 $f_{ck}$ $A_{g}$이었으며 현 ACI318-99 내진기준에 따라 띠철근 양을 산정할 때 저축력하에서 고강도 띠철근을 사용할 경우 띠철근 간격이 크고 띠철근 강도의 영향이 미비하여 부재는 취성적인 거동을 보일 위험이 있다. 고축력하에서 고강도 띠철근은 주근의 좌굴억제에도 상당히 효율적이었다. 특히 0.4 $f_{ck}$ $A_{g}$이상의 고축력하에서 고강도 띠철근이 응력을 충분히 발휘하기 위해서는 띠철근 체적비 및 배근형태, 주근의 배치형태, 축력비 등을 함께 고려하여야 할 것이라고 사료된다.다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.997-1018
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• 2015

Structural health monitoring along with damage detection and assessment of its severity level in non-accessible reinforced concrete members using piezoelectric materials becomes essential since engineers often face the problem of detecting hidden damage. In this study, the potential of the detection of flexural damage state in the lower part of the mid-span area of a simply supported reinforced concrete beam using piezoelectric sensors is analytically investigated. Two common severity levels of flexural damage are examined: (i) cracking of concrete that extends from the external lower fiber of concrete up to the steel reinforcement and (ii) yielding of reinforcing bars that occurs for higher levels of bending moment and after the flexural cracking. The purpose of this investigation is to apply finite element modeling using admittance based signature data to analyze its accuracy and to check the potential use of this technique to monitor structural damage in real-time. It has been indicated that damage detection capability greatly depends on the frequency selection rather than on the level of the harmonic excitation loading. This way, the excitation loading sequence can have a level low enough that the technique may be considered as applicable and effective for real structures. Further, it is concluded that the closest applied piezoelectric sensor to the flexural damage demonstrates higher overall sensitivity to structural damage in the entire frequency band for both damage states with respect to the other used sensors. However, the observed sensitivity of the other sensors becomes comparatively high in the peak values of the root mean square deviation index.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.281-298
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• 2013

Composite special moment frame is one of the systems that are utilized in areas with low to high seismicity to deal with earthquake forces. Composite moment frames are composed of reinforced concrete columns (RC) and steel beams (S); therefore, the connection region is a combination of steel and concrete materials. In current study, a three dimensional finite element model of composite connections is developed. These connections are used in special composite moment frame, between reinforced concrete columns and steel beams (RCS). Finite element model is discussed as a most reliable and low cost method versus experimental procedures. Based on a tested connection model by Cheng and Chen (2005), the finite element model has been developed under cyclic loading and is verified with experimental results. A good agreement between finite element model and experimental results was observed. The connection configuration contains Face Bearing Plates (FBPs), Steel Band Plates (SBPs) enveloping around the RC column just above and below the steel beam. Longitudinal column bars pass through the connection with square ties around them. The finite element model represented a stable response up to the first cycles equal to 4.0% drift, with moderately pinched hysteresis loops and then showed a significant buckling in upper flange of beam, as the in test model.