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Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with polymer composites

  • Pendhari, S.S.;Kant, T.;Desai, Y.M.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2006
  • Strengthening of existing old structures has traditionally been accomplished by using conventional materials and techniques, viz., externally bonded steel plates, steel or concrete jackets, etc. Alternatively, fibre reinforced polymer composite (FRPC) products started being used to overcome problems associated with conventional materials in the mid 1950s because of their favourable engineering properties. Effectiveness of FRPC materials has been demonstrated through extensive experimental research throughout the world in the last two decades. However there is a need to use refined analytical tools to simulate response of strengthened system. In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop a numerical model of strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams with FRPC laminates. Material models for RC beams strengthened with FRPC laminates are described and verified through a nonlinear finite element (FE) commercial code, with the help of available experimental data. Three dimensional (3D) FE analysis has been performed by assuming perfect bonding between concrete and FRPC laminate. A parametric study has also been performed to examine effects of various parameters like fibre type, stirrup's spacing, etc. on the strengthening system. Through numerical simulation, it has been shown that it is possible to predict accurately the flexural response of RC beams strengthened with FRPC laminates by selecting an appropriate material constitutive model. Comparisons are made between the available experimental results in literature and FE analysis results obtained by the present investigators using load-deflection and load-strain plots as well as ultimate load of the strengthened beams. Furthermore, evaluation of crack patterns from FE analysis and experimental failure modes are discussed at the end.

FEA of Beam-Column Connection with Bolted Web (웨브를 볼트로 접합한 보-기둥 접합부의 유한요소해석)

  • Shin, Kyung-Jae;Lim, Bo-Hyuk;Lee, Swoo-Heon;Choi, Sung-Mo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.305-316
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    • 2011
  • As the building structures are higher and bigger, the high-performance steels of high strength, toughness, and low yield ratio had been required and developed. In this paper the behavior of the moment connection with bolted web and high strength steel was studied by using the finite-element analysis computer program of ABAQUS. The analysis model is based on the test results and the same cyclic load history was applied at the FE(Finite Element) model until it failed in the test. Through the FEA, several indicators hardly measured from the test were acquired. These indicators related to stress and strain were selected from three plastic rotation stages: 0.003 rad, 0.03 rad, and final failure rotation. Specifically, at the final failure stage, the strain indicators producing the full plastic behavior were suggested as a mechanical property for steel.

Variations and types of high-tech fashion (하이테크(High-Tech) 패션의 변화 및 유형)

  • Zhang, Hao;Lee, Younhee
    • Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.117-136
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze changes in high-tech fashion along with the types and characteristics of high-tech fashion that have appeared recently providing diverse material for the fashion field. High-tech fashion requires such research to learn how much distance one has in one's life. It is also meaningful to predict what direction high-tech fashion research may be needed. For research methods, previous research and literary studies were considered and photographs in which high-tech techniques were used were collected using the keyword 'high-tech fashion'. High-tech fashion types can be organized into the four types of luminescent types, mutual interaction types, 3D printing fashion, and virtual fashion. The research results were as follows. First, luminescent fashion was an important expression method of high-tech fashion. Materials for luminescent fashion first started with LED electric wire connections and many methods have been attempted with the appearance of electrically conductive clothing material, such as luminescent lasers and beam projectors. Second, interactive high-tech fashion often appears as variable fashion. The work of Hussein Chalayan, which was combined with advanced technology, set up a base for variable type interactive high-tech fashion in the 2000s. As bioengineering technology has developed, fashion that interacts with the environment without an energy source has appeared and the interaction among fashion, people, and the environment can be seen. Third, diverse forms of expressiveness in virtual reality such as 3D CLO shows a great difference with past high-tech fashion. Simple and diverse attempts made through virtual fittings reduce the limitations of time and space, permit interaction, and add a sense of reality through speed and dynamic physical beauty. Fourth, 3D printed fashion expresses complex and detailed clothing material that is different from those before with the development of computer 3D modeling technology. Modeling that can imitate geometric and bio-engineered structures is possible and mysterious feelings are passed on to people through creative expressions.

Membrane Structural Design and Construction by Using Glued Laminated Timber (집성재를 이용한 막구조물의 시공 및 설계)

  • Hwang, Bu-Jin;Ko, Kwang-Woong
    • Proceeding of KASS Symposium
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.49-52
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    • 2008
  • Structural Wood is developed by purpose to make efficient use of wood resources. The biggest advantage of structural wood is stable as strength is high than wood product that is used by structure in existing. Order manufacture according to design details is available. It Is used to main structure elements to large spatial structure. Structure wood kind utilizes Glulam, prefabricated wood I-joists and laminated veneer lumber(LVL) and so on. Structural Design and construction of Open-air Stage Roof Structure is described in the presented paper. Architectural roof materials is used to PVF/PFLT membrane. Column and diagonal members is used to steel members(SS400), and Cantilever beam is used to Glulam assembled with different Grade laminations(10S-28B).

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Prediction of Shear Strength of FRP Concrete Beams without Stirrups by Artificial Neural Networks (인공신경망에 의한 스터럽 없는 FRP 콘크리트 보의 전단강도 예측)

  • Lee, Cha-Don;Kim, Won-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.801-804
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    • 2008
  • Fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) are light in weight, non-corrosive and exhibits high tensile strength. FRPs having superior material properties to corrosive steels have been widely replacing steel bars or tendons used in concrete structures as flexural reinforcements. Although current design guidelines for estimating shear strength of FRP concrete beam follow the format of conventional reinforced concrete design method, there are noticeable differences among the existing formulas in calculating the contributions of concrete to shear resistance. In this paper, the artificial neural network (ANN) technique is employed as an analytical alternative to existing methods for predicting shear capacity of FRP concrete beams. Influential factors on shear strength were identified through literature review and input in ANN and the ANN was trained for the target ultimate shear obtained from database. The results from ANN were compared with existing formulas for its accuracy. It was found that the developed ANN were more closely predicting the test data than those of the currently available predictive equations.

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Design of 4×4 Array Synthesis Horn Antenna and Radiated Power Measurement by Magnetron (4×4 배열 합성 혼 안테나 및 고출력 마그네트론에 의한 방사전력 측정)

  • Ko, Dong-Ok;Shin, Jae-Yoon;Woo, Jong-Myung
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.108-115
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, the array synthesis horn antenna was designed and measured a radiation power after connecting magnetron. The proposed antenna was designed on the basis of the $4{\times}4$ array synthesis horn antenna characteristics. For suppressing a back-lobe, 2 step short-stub structures were attached to synthesis horn aperture upper and lower. The designed antenna has FBR(Front to Back Ratio) of 39.7 dB. HPBW(Half Power Beam Width) of the E-plane and the H-plane are $8.86^{\circ}$ and $7.35^{\circ}$ each in the measurement. For measuring a radiation power of array antenna that use a magnetron, the waveguide adaptor was designed and connected magnetron with horn antenna. Also, microstrip line coupler that replace a dielectric material with an air gap was designed for measuring a high power. As a result, average radiation output power of the $4{\times}4$ array synthesis horn antenna that connect a four magnetrons had a 0.063W.

Behavior and Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened by CFRP (CFRP가 보강된 철근콘크리트 보의 거동과 연성)

  • Kim, Jin-Yul;Kim, Kwang-Soo;Park, Sun-Kyu;Lee, Young-Jae
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.225-231
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    • 2007
  • In the recent construction industry, FRP is highly interesting in strengthening members of structures because it has superior material properties. This paper is an experimental study on the structural behavior of reinforced concrete beam when in using various amount of CFRP and the ductility of beams using various type of CFRP. In the experiment, when it makes an experiment using various amount of CFRP, strengthening width is more efficient than strengthening layer. The failure of CFRP strengthened beams presented brittle modes with having flexural failures. Also, It represented that most of beams classify brittle failure in the side of energy ratio. Energy ratio of CFRP sheet comparing with CFRP plate exceeds overall 50% and it represents about 70% in case of beams without strengthening layer.

Design Characteristics of Tapered Directional Couplers in Optical Communication (광통신용 테이퍼 방향성 결합기의 설계 특성)

  • Son, Seock-Yong;Ho, Kwang-Chun;Kim, Yung-Kwon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.36D no.11
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    • pp.18-26
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    • 1999
  • Recently, various simplified simulation techniques such as firite-difference beam propagation method and non-orthogonal coupled-mode theory have proposed to analyze the optical characteristics of tapered directional couplers supported by the coupling of two propagating modes. Although these approaches are often in sufficiently accurate, they do not provide the detailed solutions encountered in the analysis of tapered guiding structures. For this purpose, we introduce and utilize a newly developed modal transmission-line theory to analyze rigorously power transfer of the directional coupler. The numerical result reveals that the propagation constants of even and odd modes converge to a single value as increasing the spacer thickness between two symmetric tapered guides. Furthermore, 97% of the power incident into a guiding channel is transmitted to the other channel at the tapered angle ${\theta}=0.1^{\circ}$, and the efficiency of power transfer decreases dramatically as increasing the angle.

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Free Torsional Vibration of Linearly Tapered I-Beams (선형(線形) 변단면(變斷面) I-형(型) 보의 비틂진동(振動))

  • Lee, Yong Woo;Min, Kyung Ju
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1013-1021
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    • 1994
  • The stiffness and mass matrices are developed for free torsional vibration analysis in linearly tapered thin-walled I-beams that takes into account the effect of warping torsion. The approximate shape functions are used for formulating stiffness and mass matrices. Significant improvements of accuracy and efficiency of free vibration analysis are achieved by using the stiffness and mass matrices developed in this study. Frequencies of free vibration of tapered members are compared with solutions based upon stepped representation of beam element and also are verified with model tests. The stiffness and mass matrices presented in this study can be used for the free vibration analysis of tapered and prismatic thin walled I-beams and space structures involving warping torsion.

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Optimal Placement of Sensors and Actuators Using Measures of Modal Controllability and Observability in a Balanced Coordinate

  • Park, Un-Sik;Choi, Jae-Weon;Yoo, Wan-Suk;Lee, Man-Hyung;Son, Kwon;Lee, Jang-Myung;Lee, Min-Cheol;Han, Sung-Hyun
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, a method for optimal placement of sensors and actuators is presented by using new measures of modal controllability and observability defined in a balanced coordinate system. The proposed new measures are shown to have a great advantage in practical use when they are used as criteria for selecting the locations of sensors and actuators, since the most controllable and observable locations can be obtained to be identical. In addition, they are more accurate than the measures of Hamdan and Nayfeh in that the effects of the eigenvector norm are considered into the magnitude of measures. In simulations, to verify the effectiveness of the proposed measures and optimal placement method, the closed-loop response of a simply supported flexible beam, in which the number and locations of actuators are determined by using the proposed measures and optimal placement method, has been examined and compared with the case of Hamdan and Nayfeh’s measures.