• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.201-211
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• 2017

This paper experimentally investigates the effect of yield strength of reinforcing bars and stirrups on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) circular piers. Reversed cyclic loading tests of nine-large scale specimens with longitudinal and transverse reinforcement of different yield strengths (varying between HRB335, HRB500E and HRB600 rebars) were conducted. The test parameters include the yield strength and amount of longitudinal and transverse reinforcement. The results indicate that the adoption of high-strength steel (HSS) reinforcement HRB500E and HRB600 (to replace HRB335) as longitudinal bars without reducing the steel area (i.e., equal volume replacement) is found to increase the moment resistance (as expected) and the total deformation capacity while reducing the residual displacement, ductility and energy dissipation capacity to some extent. Higher strength stirrups enhance the ductility and energy dissipation capacity of RC bridge piers. While the product of steel yield strength and reinforcement ratio ($f_y{\rho}_s$) is kept constant (i.e., equal strength replacement), the piers with higher yield strength longitudinal bars are found to achieve as good seismic performance as when lower strength bars are used. When higher yield strength transverse reinforcement is to be used to maintain equal strength, reducing bar diameter is found to be a better approach than increasing the tie spacing.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.429-446
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• 2006

Experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the seismic ductility of earthquake-experienced concrete columns with an aspect ratio of 2.5. Eight circular concrete columns with a diameter of 600 mm were constructed with three test parameters: confinement ratio, lap-splice of longitudinal bars, and retrofitting with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials. The objective of this research is to examine the seismic performance of RC bridge piers subjected to a Quasi static test (QST), which were preliminary tested under a series of artificial earthquake motions referred to as a Pseudo dynamic test (PDT). The seismic enhancement effect of FRP wrap was also investigated on these RC bridge piers. Six specimens were loaded to induce probable damage by four series of artificial earthquakes, which were developed to be compatible with earthquakes in the Korean peninsula by the Korea Highway Corporation (KHC). Directly after the PDT, six earthquake-experienced columns were subjected to inelastic cyclic loading under a constant axial load of $0.1{f_c}^{\prime}A_g$. Two other reference specimens without the PDT were also subjected to similar quasi-static loads. Test results showed that specimens pre-damaged by moderate artificial earthquakes generally demonstrated good residual seismic performance, which was similar to the corresponding reference specimen. Moreover, RC bridge specimens retrofitted with wrapping fiber composites in the potential plastic hinge region exhibited enhanced flexural ductility.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.435-445
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• 2019

The collapses of curved bridges are mainly caused by the damaged columns, subjected to the combined loadings of axial load, shear force, flexural moment and torsional moment, under earthquakes. However, these combined loadings have not been fully investigated. This paper firstly investigated the mechanical characteristics of the bending-torsion coupling effects, based on the seismic response spectrum analysis of 24 curved bridge models. And then 9 reinforced concrete (RC) and circular column specimens were tested, by changing the bending-tortion ratio (M/T), axial compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio and spiral reinforcement ratio, respectively. The results show that the bending-torsion coupling effects of piers are more significant, along with the decrease of girder curvature and the increase of pier height. The M/T ratio ranges from 6 to 15 for common cases, and influences the crack distribution, plastic zone and hysteretic curve of piers. And these seismic characteristics are also influenced by the compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio and spiral reinforcement ratios of piers.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.435-455
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• 2012

In the recent years, rehabilitation of structures, strengthening and increasing the ductility of them under seismic loads have become so vital that many studies has been carried out on the retrofit of steel and concrete members so far. Bridge piers are very important members concerning rehabilitation, in which the plastic hinging zone is very vulnerable. Pier is usually confined by special stirrups predicted in the design procedure; moreover, fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) jackets are used after construction to confine the pier. FRP wrapping of the piers is one of the most effective ways of increasing moment and ductility capacity of them, which has a growing application due to its relative advantages. In many earthquake-resistant bridges, reinforced concrete columns have a major defect which could be retrofitted in different ways like using FRP. After rehabilitation, it is important to check the strengthening adequacy by dynamic nonlinear analysis and precise modeling of material properties. If the plastic hinge properties are simplified for the strengthened members, as the simplified properties which FEMA 356 proposes for non-strengthened members, static nonlinear analysis could be performed more easily. Current paper involves this matter and it is intended to determine the plastic hinge properties for static nonlinear analysis of the FRP-strengthened circular columns.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.419-429
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• 2018

The seismic vulnerability analysis of multi-span bridges can be based on the response of the piers, provided that deck, bearings and foundations remain elastic. The lateral response of an RC bridge pier can be affected by different mechanisms (i.e., flexure, shear, lap-splice or buckling of the longitudinal reinforcement bars, second order effects). In the literature, simplified formulations are available for mechanisms different from the flexure. On the other hand, the flexural response is usually calculated with a numerically-based Moment-Curvature diagram of the base section and equivalent plastic hinge length. The goal of this paper is to propose a simplified analytical solution to obtain the Moment-Curvature relationship for hollow circular RC sections. This based on calibrated polynomials, fitted against a database comprising 720 numerical Moment-Curvature analyses. The section capacity curve is defined through the position of 6 characteristic points and they are based on four input parameters: void ratio of the hollow section, axial force ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, transversal reinforcement ratio. A case study RC bridge pier is assessed with the proposed solution and the results are compared to a refined numerical FEM analysis, showing good match.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2007

최근까지 우리나라는 활성단층으로부터 멀리 떨어져 있기 때문에 지진에 대하여 안전지대라 여기었다. 그러나 최근의 강진으로 인간의 생명과 국가 경제에 막대한 손실을 발생시킨다는 것을 인지하게되었다. 따라서 최근에는 사회기간시설물에 대한 내지설계의 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 82개 원형단면과 54개의 사각단면의 철근콘크리트 교각에 대한 국내외의 실험 결과를 이용하여 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진설계와 성능평가에 대한 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 새로운 내진설계법은 중저진지역에 속하는 우리나라의 실정에 맞도록 한정연성설계 개념을 도입하였다. 또한 우리나라의 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능에 있어 중요한 점은 1992년 내지설계규정이 도입되기 이전에 시공된 교각들의 내진성능 확보이다. 따라서 제안된 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능평가식은 기존 교각들의 내진 보수 및 보강 방안을 선정하는데 유익하게 사용될 수 있으리라 판단된다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.41-54
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• 1999

본 연구는 충진교각의 시공시 발생되는 수화열에 따른 문제점을 보완하고 중장지간 교량의 시공성을 위하여 이용되는 중공 철근콘크리트 기둥의 내진성능 평가에 관한 Quasi-static 실험이다 사용된 실험변수는 축하중 내진설계유무에 따른 띠철근 간격, 변위 제어 하중형태 등을 채택하였다 RC기둥시험체는 수원에 위치한 하갈교의 교각을 1/3.4 의 축소모델로 하여 등단면 중공단면형태의 내진설계된 시험체와 내진설계되지 않은 시험체를 각각 4개, 2개 유리섬유로 보강된 시험체 1개, 총 7개를 제작하였으며 소성힌지 구간에서의 띠철근의 간격은 1.8cm 및 2.3cm 이었다 실험변수에 따른 내진 및 비내진 시험체의 내진성ㄴㅇ 검토를 위하여 하중-변위 이력특성 연성능력 강도감소, 강성감소, 에너지흡수능력 등가점성계수등을 실험적으로 분석.조사하였다 중공단면 콘크리트 교각의 내진성능은 같은 단면적의 충진원형단면과 내진성능이 유사한 것으로 평가되었으며 비내진설계로 시공된 교각도 어느 정도의 연성능력을 확보하고 있는 것으로 조사되었다 그러나 추가의 실험변수에 따른 충분한 실험연구가 요구된다

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권2A호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2006

GFRP를 이용하여 종방향 철근의 겹침이음이 존재하는 원형RC 교각의 내진보강 성능을 파악하기 위해 5개의 실물규모 실험체를 제작하여 실험하였다. 대상교각은 1979년에 완공된 후 현재 공용중인 비내진 원형 RC교각으로 겹침이음된 종방향 철근의 부착파괴에 의한 급작스런 파괴가 예상된다. GFRP 래핑(Wrapping)으로 보강된 교각들의 내진성능은 매우 향상되었다. 하지만, 예상한 휨파괴는 발생하지 않았고, 종방향 철근은 항복하지 않았다. 보강된 교각의 파괴양상은 겹침이음된 종방향 철근의 지연된 부착파괴로 판단된다. 제안된 GFRP 보강설계법을 실험적으로 검증하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.197-208
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 콘크리트 원형 교각의 동적거동 특성을 향상시키기 위하여 최적의 탄소섬유강화 플라스틱 설치 방법에 대해서 해석적 기법을 적용하여 평가하였다. 범용구조해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS가 해석연구에 사용되었으며, 소성 및 손상 콘크리트 재료특성을 적용하여 구조물의 비선형해석을 실시하였다. CFRP 적용에 따른 내진성능 향상도를 분석하고자 교각높이와 보강된 높이 비율, 교각 지름 대비 CFRP 보강 두께를 해석변수로 고려하여 거동특성과 연성도를 비교 분석하였다. 해석결과를 토대로 보강에 따른 정량적인 성능향상을 확인할 수 있었으며, 보강 재료 두께 증가보다는 교각높이 대비 보강높이 비율이 보다 성능에 큰 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2017

Bridges are lifeline and integral components of transportation system that are susceptible to seismic actions, their vulnerability assessment is essential for seismic risk assessment and mitigation. The vulnerability assessment of bridges common in Pakistan is very important as it is seismically very active region and the available code for the seismic design of bridges is obsolete. This research presents seismic vulnerability assessment of three real case simply supported multi-span reinforced concrete bridges commonly found in northern Pakistan, having one, two and three bents with circular piers. The vulnerability assessment is carried through the non-linear dynamic time history analyses for the derivation of fragility curves. Finite element based numerical models of the bridges were developed in MIDAS CIVIL (2015) and analyzed through with non-linear dynamic and incremental dynamic analyses, using a suite of bridge-specific natural spectrum compatible ground motion records. Seismic responses of shear key, bearing pad, expansion joint and pier components of each bridges were recorded during analysis and retrieved for performance based analysis. Fragility curves were developed for the bearing pads, shear key, expansion joint and pier of the bridges that first reach ultimate limit state. Dynamic analysis and the derived fragility curves show that ultimate limit state of bearing pads, shear keys and expansion joints of the bridges exceed first, followed by the piers ultimate limit state for all the three bridges. Mean collapse capacities computed for all the components indicated that bearing pads, expansion joints, and shear keys exceed the ultimate limit state at lowest seismic intensities.