• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2005

끼움벽에 의한 내진보강은 국외에서는 내진 보강공법 중 가장 널리 사용되어지는 신뢰성 있는 공법이나 국내에서는 아직 비내진 상세를 갖는 골조의 내진보강에 대한 분석이 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 재생세골제를 사용한 끼움벽과 현장타설 철근콘크리트 끼움벽의 반복 횡하중 실험을 통하여 끼움벽의 구조성능을 비교분석하였다. 실험결과 두 실험체 모두 기존골조와 비교하여 크게 향상된 성능을 나타냈으며 특히 현장타설 끼움벽 실험체는 순수골조 실험체에 비하여 강도 및 초기강성이 각각 3.8배, 6.6배 향상하며 파괴 시까지 안정적인 거동을 보여 기존골조의 내진보강공법으로 합리적인 것으로 판단되었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.735-752
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• 2015

The effectiveness of seismic retrofitting of RC-frame buildings by converting selected bays into new walls through infilling with RC walls was studied experimentally using a full-scale four-storey model tested with the pseudo-dynamic (PsD) method. The frames were designed and detailed for gravity loads only using different connection details between the walls and the bounding frame. In order to simulate the experimental response, two numerical models were formulated differing at the level of modelling. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the capabilities of these models to simulate the experimental nonlinear behaviour of the tested RC building strengthened with RC infill walls and comment on their effectiveness. The comparison between the capacity, in terms of peak ground acceleration, of the strengthened frame and the one of the bare frame, which was obtained numerically, has shown a five-fold increase.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.93-114
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• 2011

Flange and web local buckling in beam plastic hinge regions of steel moment frames can prevent beam-column connections from achieving adequate plastic rotations under earthquake-induced forces. This threat is especially valid for existing steel moment frame buildings with beams that lack adequate flange/web slenderness ratios. As the use of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) have increased in strengthening and repair of steel members in recent years, using FRPs in stabilizing local instabilities have also attracted attention. Previous computational studies have shown that longitudinally oriented glass FRP (GFRP) strips may serve to moderately brace beam flanges against the occurrence of local buckling during plastic hinging. An experimental study was conducted at Izmir Institute of Technology investigating the effects of GFRP reinforcement on local buckling behavior of existing steel I-beams with flange slenderness ratios (FSR) exceeding the slenderness limits set forth in current seismic design specifications and modified by a bottom flange triangular welded haunch. Four European HE400AA steel beams with a depth/width ratio of 1.26 and FSR of 11.4 were cyclically loaded up to 4% rotation in a cantilever beam test set-up. Both bare beams and beams with GFRP sheets were tested in order to investigate the contribution of GFRP sheets in mitigating local flange buckling. Different configurations of GFRP sheets were considered. The tests have shown that GFRP reinforcement can moderately mitigate inelastic flange local buckling.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.483-496
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• 2017

Earthquake excitations may induce important amount of seismic energy into structures. Current design philosophy mainly deals with the plastic deformations of replaceable energy dissipating devices rather than damages accumulated on structural members. Since earthquake damage is substantially concentrated on these devices they could be replaced after severe earthquakes. In this study, the efficiency of steel cushion (SC) on seismic improvement of a vulnerable reinforced concrete (RC) frame is determined by means of several numerical simulations. The cyclic shear behaviors of SCs were determined by performing quasi-static tests. The test results were the main basis of the theoretical model of SCs which were used in the numerical analysis. These analyses were performed on three types of RC frames namely bare frame (BF), full-braced frame (F-BF) and semi-braced frame (S-BF). According to analysis results; implementation of SCs has considerable effects in reducing the storey shear forces and storey drifts. Moreover plastic energy demands of structural elements were reduced which indicates a significant improvement in seismic behavior of the RC frame preventing damage accumulation on structural elements. Full-braced frame having SCs with the thickness of 25 mm has better performance than semi-braced frame interms of energy dissipation. However, global energy dissipation demand of S-BF and F-BF having SCs with the thickness of 18 mm are almost similar.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.251-271
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• 2011

To make direct comparisons regarding the cyclic behavior of thin steel plate shear walls (TSPSWs) with different infill-to-boundary frame connections, two TSPSWs were tested under quasi-static conditions, one having the infill plate attached to the boundary frame members on all edges and the other having the infill plate connected only to the beams. Also, the bare frame that was used in the TSPSW specimens was tested to provide data for the calibration of numerical models. The connection of infill plates to surrounding frames was achieved through the use of self-drilling screws to fish plates that were welded to the frame members. The behavior of TSPSW specimens are compared and discussed with emphasis on the characteristics important in seismic response, including the initial stiffness, ultimate strength and deformation modes observed during the tests. It is shown that TSPSW specimens achieve significant ductility and energy dissipation while the ultimate failure mode resulted from infill plate fracture at the net section of the infill plate-to-boundary frame connection after substantial infill plate yielding. Experimental results are compared to monotonic pushover predictions from computer analysis using strip models and the models are found to be capable of approximating the monotonic behavior of the TSPSW specimens.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.271-282
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• 2019

Knowing the response of buildings to earthquakes is very important in order to ensure that a structure is able to withstand a given level of ground shaking. Thus, nonlinear dynamic earthquake engineering analyses are unavoidable and are preferable procedure in the seismic assessment of buildings. In order to estimate seismic performance on the basis of the hazard at the site where the structure is located, the selection of appropriate seismic input is known to be a critical step while performing this kind of analysis. In this paper, seismic analysis is performed for a four-story reinforced concrete ISPRA frame structure which is designed according to Eurocode 8 (EC8). A total of 90 different earthquake scenarios were selected, 30 for each of three target spectrums, EC8 spectrum, Uniform Hazard Spectrum (UHS), and Conditional Mean Spectrum (CMS). The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the average maximum Inter-story Drift Ratio (IDR) for each target spectrum. Time history analysis for every earthquake record was obtained and, as a result, IDR as the main measure of damage were presented in order to compare with defined performance levels of reinforced concrete bare frames.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.385-396
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• 2014

1994년 미국 노스리지 지진 당시 상당 부분의 피해가 보 하부 플랜지에서 발생하였는데, 이의 원인으로 여러 가지가 거론되었지만 바닥슬래브와 합성작용에 의한 중립축 상승이 주요한 역학적 원인으로 인정되고 있다. 국내의 경우 지진에 저항하는 모멘트골조에 속하는 보(moment frame beam)의 경우에 순철골보로서 설계하고도 실제 시공시에는 보 상부 플랜지에 전단스터드를 필요 이상으로 과도하게 배치하는 오랜 관행이 존재하고 있어 내진성능 확보 차원에서 문제를 유발할 소지가 있다. 본 논문에서는 의도하지 않은 또는 과도한 합성작용이 내진성능에 미치는 부작용을 실물대 실험을 통해 재현하고 이의 개선방향을 모색하고자 하였다. 국내 관행에 따른 접합상세와 합성바닥구조를 갖는 실험체(PN700-C)의 경우, 합성도가 23% 정도임에도 불구하고, 상부플랜지 압축응력에 대해 중립축이 현저히 상승하였고 결국 3% 층간변위에서 콘크리트 압괴를 수반하면서 하부플랜지 취성파단이 발생하였다. 반면 합성바닥이 포함되어 있으나 합성작용이 최소화되도록 설계된 RBS접합부실험체(DB700-C)는 순철골(비합성) RBS접합부실험체(DB700-NC)와 유사한 이력거동을 보이면서 어떤 취성파괴도 없이 5% 수준의 뛰어난 층간변형 능력을 발휘하였다. 본 연구결과는 강구조접합부의 내진보강이나 신축에 있어 모멘트골조에 속한 철골보 및 접합부는 바닥구조와의 합성작용이 최소화되도록 설계 및 시공되어야 함을 시사한다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.89-110
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• 2014

Nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out to investigate the influence of the pinching hysteretic response of the exterior RC beam-column joints on the seismic behavior of multistory RC frame structures. The effect of the pinching on the local and global mechanisms of an 8-storey bare frame and an 8-storey pilotis type frame structure is evaluated. Further, an experimental data bank extracted from literature is used to acquire experimental experience of the range of the real levels that have to be considered for the pinching effect on the hysteretic response of the joints. Thus, three different cases for the hysteretic response of the joints are considered: (a) joints with strength and stiffness degradation characteristics but without pinching effect, (b) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and low pinching effect and (c) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and high pinching effect. For the simulation of the beam-column joints a special-purpose rotational spring element that incorporates the examined hysteretic options developed by the authors and implemented in a well-known nonlinear dynamic analysis program is employed for the analysis of the structural systems. The results of this study indicate that the effect of pinching on the local and global responses of the examined cases is not really significant at early stages of the seismic loading and especially in the cases when strength degradation in the core of exterior joint has occurred. Nevertheless in the cases when strength degradation does not occur in the joints the pinching may increase the demands for ductility and become critical for the columns at the base floor of the frame structures. Finally, as it was expected the ability for energy absorption was reduced due to pinching effect.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.141-159
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• 2016

Commonly in steel frames, steel beam and concrete slab are connected together by shear keys to work as a unit member which is called composite beam. When a composite beam is subjected to positive bending, flexural strength and stiffness of the beam can be increased due to "composite action". At the same time despite these advantages, composite action increases the strain at the beam bottom flange and it might affect beam plastic rotation capacity. This paper presents results of study on the rotation capacity of composite beam connected to Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS) column in the steel moment resisting frame buildings. Due to out-of-plane deformation of column flange, moment transfer efficiency of web connection is reduced and this results in reduction of beam plastic rotation capacity. In order to investigate the effects of width-to-thickness ratio (B/t) of RHS column on the rotation capacity of composite beam, cyclic loading tests were conducted on three full scale beam-to-column subassemblies. Detailed study on the different steel beam damages and concrete slab damages are presented. Experimental data showed the importance of this parameter of RHS column on the seismic behavior of composite beams. It is found that occurrence of severe concrete bearing crush at the face of RHS column of specimen with smaller width-to-thickness ratio resulted in considerable reduction on the rate of strain increase in the bottom flange. This behavior resulted in considerable improvement of rotation capacity of this specimen compared with composite and even bare steel beam connected to the RHS column with larger width-to-thickness ratio.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호통권33호
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• pp.557-578
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• 1997

이 연구의 목적은 매우 큰 지진하에 휨 모멘트에 의해서만 항복하는 부재와 휨 모멘트와 축 방향력에 의하여 항복하는 부재를 모델 할 수 있는 보-기둥 요소를 개발하는데 있다. 이 요소는 직렬 힌지 모델 (one-component series hinge model)로 간주 될 수 있으며, 축 방향 강성도 변화와 축 방향 소성 변형을 고려 할 수 있고 또한 단조, 주기, 임의 하중 등을 적절히 모델 할 수 있는 경화 법칙 (hardening rules)을 고려한다. 일반적으로 이 요소는 실험 결과 및 화이버 모델 (fiber model)에 비교하여 볼 때 기존의 이직선 힌지 모델 (bilinear hinge model)보다 우수한 거동을 보였고 모멘트 저항 뼈대 구조물의 강 부재의 보-기둥 거동을 적절하게 모델 할 수 있었다. 개발된 보-기둥 요소는 지진 하중하에서 구조물의 전체적인 거동과 설계에 필요한 국부 변형량을 기존의 이직선 힌지 모델 보다 매우 정확하게 예측 할 수 있다.