• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2015

A shaking table test was conducted at the E-Defense shaking table facility to investigate the damage and collapse behavior of a steel high-rise building under exceedingly large ground motions. The specimen is a one-third scale 18-story steel moment frame designed and constructed according to design specifications and practices used in the 1980s and 1990s. The shaking table tests used a long-duration, long-period ground motion simulated for a sequential Tokai, Nankai, and Nankai earthquake scenario. The building specimen was subjected to a series of progressively increasing scaled motions until it completely collapsed. The damage to the steel frame began through the yielding of beams along lower stories and column bases of the first story. After several excitations by increasing scaled motions, cracks initiated at the welded moment connections and fractures in the beam flanges spread to the lower stories. As the shear strength of each story decreased, the drifts of lower stories increased and the frame finally collapsed and settled on the supporting frame. From the test, a typical progression of collapse for a tall steel moment frame was obtained, and the hysteretic behavior of steel structural members including deterioration due to local buckling and fracture were observed. The results provide important information for further understanding and an accurate numerical simulation of collapse behavior.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2012

모든 구조물의 붕괴 사고로부터 인명과 재산의 손실을 방지하기 위하여 안전 설계 및 안전사용 방법을 찾는 것은 필요하며 피로해석으로부터 피로균열의 초기수명 및 전파수명과 함께 전 피로수명을 평가하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 교량, 선박, 가스 저장 시설을 포함하여 완전 용입이 어렵고 최종 파괴될 때까지 피로 수명 비를 계산하기 어려운 미 용입 십자형 필릿 용접 구조물에서 잘 나타나는 피로균열이 루트 부로부터 발생할 때 초기수명과 전파수명을 파악하는 것이다. 그 결과 피로파괴에 대한 각 피로수명 비는 재료 두께에 따라 5% 범위의 차이가 있으나 전반적으로 초기수명 비는 34~39% 범위이고 전파수명 비는 61~66%범위로 나타났다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2006

강 콘크리트 합성구조에서 강재와 콘크리트 사이의 경계면에 효과적인 응력전달과 합성거동을 유도하기 위하여 스터드, 채널, 유공강판 등이 사용된다. 가장 광범위하게 사용하는 전단연결재는 스터드 형식이고, 최근에 들어서는 강판에 구멍을 뚫은 유공강판전단연결재인 Perfobond가 주목을 받고 있다. 본 연구는 강 콘크리트 합성교량에 적용하기 위한 Perfobond형 전단연결재의 연성능력과 전단성능을 향상시킬 목적으로 횡방향 전단구속철근을 배치하고, Push-out 실험을 수행하여 전단내력을 비교하였다. 실험결과, 유공강판 전단연결재에 전단구속철근, 횡방향 관통철근, 단부 지압판 등을 설치함에 따른 수평 저항성능이나 다웰효과 등에 의해 전단내력이 상승하였으며, 또한 최대내력 이후 변형능력이 유지되면서 연성거동 특성을 보였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2012

In recent years, a demand for precision-welding is increasing in wide industrial fields for getting a high quality welded structures. Although laser welding is commonly used for precision-welding, gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding is also attempted as a precision-welding due to the cost benefit. However, welding heat causes an uneven temperature distribution leading to welding deformation. Since it causes geometric errors and degrades product quality, welding distortion recently rises as an important issue in the field of automobile parts. To control welding deformation, it is needed to design in shapes that can maximize stiffness against deformation during welding; control the welding sequence; minimize heat input; and weld allowing reverse deformation; etc. Thus it is necessary to find the one, among such approaches, that can minimize the deformation range by mathematical analysis and understand how effective it would be when it is actually used in industrial fields. This study performs analyses by numerical calculations and experiments for the De-Tent Lever, one of transmission part that requires precision the most among automobile parts, as the subject of experiment. Decrease in welding deformation is required for this part, since there is currently a trouble in guaranteeing precision due to angular deformation by welding between boss and plate. Finally the ways to minimize welding deformation has been suggested in this study through analyses on it.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2009

AASHTO LRFD 설계 기준에 따른 합성형 교량 전단연결재 설계는 주로 강도보다는 피로에 의해 지배되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이 피로 설계는 1966년 Slutter와 Fisher의 연구에 근거하고 있다. 당시의 시험은 1면으로 수행되었기 때문에 편심이 작용하였고, 이로 인하여 전단연결재에 별도의 인장력이 가해지게 되어 피로 강도가 감소되는 결과를 낳은 것으로 보인다. 또한, 피로 S-N 곡선은 응력변동폭과 하중반복 횟수 각각의 로그 스케일에 대하여 선형 관계를 보이는 것으로 Fisher에 의해 후에 밝혀졌으나, 전단연결재의 경우에 대해서만은 아직도 응력변동폭에 로그를 취하지 않고 있다. 이 연구는 현재 미국, 영국, 유럽, 일본에서 사용 중인 피로 설계 곡선을 비교 검토한 결과 미국 설계 기준이 비교적 보수적인 설계를 하고 있음을 확인하였다. 나아가, 당시의 실험 세팅과 데이터를 재분석하고 최근까지 전 세계에 공개된 피로 실험 데이터를 수집하여 분석 비교하고, 이를 바탕으로 적절한 설계식을 추천하고자 한다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.731-739
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• 2021

이 연구는 산업현장에서 구조물의 용접부 검사를 디지털 방사선을 이용한 비파괴검사를 효과적으로 수행할 수 있도록 디지털 방사선의 밝기 교정과 중첩 영상에 따른 신호 대 잡음 비와 기본 공간 분해능을 비교분석 하였다. 평판형 용접 시험편을 대상으로 ⁷⁵Se 방사선원을 사용하였고 촬영 전 밝기 교정과 영상 중첩을 세분화하여 총 130장의 영상을 획득하였다. 연구 결과, 밝기 교정의 수와 영상 중첩의 수가 증가할수록 신호 대 잡음 비가 향상됨을 확인하였다. 기본 공간 분해능은 촬영된 영상 모두 기준치를 만족하였다. 산란 방사선을 대비한 납 차폐를 설치 후 촬영한 영상을 비교하여 신호 대 잡음 비가 비슷함을 확인하였다. 영상 중첩이 증가할수록 신호 대 잡음 비가 증가하지만, 방사선의 노출시간이 증가하면서 작업자의 피폭 및 작업 효율에 영향을 미치기 때문에 적절한 촬영기법을 강구 한다면 좋은 상질의 디지털 방사선 영상을 획득 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.571-582
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• 2019

This study aimed to assess the feasibility on the wide and long 9%Ni steel plate for use in the LNG storage inner tank shell. First, 5-m-wide and 15-m-long 9%Ni steel plates were test manufactured from a steel mill and specimens taken from the plates were tested for strength, toughness, and flatness to verify their performance based on international standards and design specifications. Second, plates with a thickness of 10 mm and 25 mm, a width of 4.8~5.0 m, and a length of 15 m were test fabricated by subjecting to pretreatment, beveling, and roll bending resulting in a final width of 4.5~4.8 m and a length of 14.8m with fabrication errors identical to conventional plates. Third, welded specimens obtained via shield metal arc welding used for vertical welding of inner tank shell and submerged arc welding used for horizontal welding were also tested for strength, toughness and ductility. Fourth, verification of shell plate material and fabrication was followed by test erection using two 25-mm-thick, 4.5-m-wide and 14.8-m-long 9%Ni steel plates. No undesirable welding failure or deformation was found. Finally, parametric design using wide and long 9%Ni steel plates was carried out, and a simplified design method to determine the plate thickness along the shell height was proposed. The cost analysis based on the parametric design resulted in about 2% increase of steel weight; however, the construction cost was reduced about 6% due to large reduction in welding work.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2022

This paper presents a finite element model for predicting the monotonic behaviour of bolted endplate joints connecting steel-concrete composite walls and steel beams. The demountable Hollo-bolts are utilised to facilitate the quick installation and dismantling for replacement and reuse. In the developed model, material and geometric nonlinearities were included. The accuracy of the developed model was assessed by comparing the numerical results with previous experimental tests on hollow/composite column-to-steel beam joints that incorporated endplates and Hollo-bolts. In particular, the Hollo-bolts were modelled with the expanded sleeves involved, and different material properties of the Hollo-bolt shank and sleeves were considered based on the information provided by the manufacture. The developed models, therefore, can be applied in the present study to simulate the wall-to-beam joints with similar structural components and characteristics. Based on the validated model, the authors herein compared the behaviour of wall-to-beam joints of two commonly utilised composite walling systems (Case 1: flat steel plates with headed studs; Case 2: lipped channel section with partition plates). Considering the ease of manufacturing, onsite erection and the pertinent costs, composite walling system with flat steel plates and conventional headed studs (Case 1) was the focus of present study. Specifically, additional headed studs were pre-welded inside the front wall plates to enhance the joint performance. On this basis, a series of parametric studies were conducted to assess the influences of five design parameters on the behaviour of bolted endplate wall-to-beam joints. The initial stiffness, plastic moment capacity, as well as the rotational capacity of the composite wall-to-beam joints based on the numerical analysis were further compared with the current design provision.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4146-4158
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• 2022

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) has been widely utilized in military and civil protective structures to resist intensive loadings attributed to its excellent properties, e.g., high tensile/compressive strength, high dynamic toughness and impact resistance. At present, aiming to improve the defects of the traditional vertical concrete cask (VCC), i.e., the external storage facility of spent fuel, with normal strength concrete (NSC) shield, e.g., heavy weight and difficult to fabricate/transform, the feasibility of UHPC applied in the shield of VCC is numerically examined considering its high radiation and corrosion resistance. Firstly, the finite element (FE) analyses approach and material model parameters of NSC and UHPC are verified based on the 1/3 scaled VCC tip-over test and drop hammer test on UHPC members, respectively. Then, the refined FE model of prototypical VCC is established and utilized to examine its dynamic behaviors and damage distribution in accidental tip-over and end-drop events, in which the various influential factors, e.g., UHPC shield thickness, concrete ground thickness, and sealing methods of steel container are considered. In conclusion, by quantitatively evaluating the safety of VCC in terms of the shield damage and vibrations, it is found that adopting the 300 mm-thick UHPC shield instead of the conventional 650 mm-thick NSC shield can reduce about 1/3 of the total weight of VCC, i.e., about 50 t, and 37% floor space, as well as guarantee the structural integrity of VCC during the accidental drop simultaneously. Besides, based on the parametric analyses, the thickness of concrete ground in the VCC storage site is recommended as less than 500 mm, and the welded connection is recommended for the sealing method of steel containers.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2023

The maximum drifts are important to the seismic evaluation of steel buildings and connections, but the information can hardly be obtained from the post-earthquake field investigation. This research studies the feasibility of using the loss rate of bolt pretension as an earthquake damage predictor. Full-scale tests were made on four steel connections using bolted-web-welded-flange details. One connection was unreinforced (UN), another was reinforced with double shear plates (DS), and the other two used reduced beam sections (RBS). The preinstalled strain gauges were used to control the pretensions and monitor the losses of the high-strength bolts. The results showed that the loss rate of bolt pretension was highly related to the damage of the connections. The pretensions lost up to 10% in all the connections at the yield drifts of 0.5% to 1%. After yielding of the connections, the pretensions lost significantly until fracture occurred. The UN and DS connections failed with a maximum drift of 4 %, and the two RBS connections showed better ductility and failed with a maximum drift of 6%. Under the far-field-type loading protocol, the loss rate grew to 60%. On the contrary, the rate for the specimen under near-fault-type loading protocol was about 40%. The loss rate of bolt pretension is therefore recommended to use as an earthquake damage predictor. Additionally, the 10% and 40% loss rates are recommended to predict the limit states of connection yielding and maximum strength, respectively, and to define the performance levels of serviceability and life-safety for the buildings.