• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.317-334
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• 2008

Seismic performance of coupling beams not designed for ductility is examined. Eight 1:4 scale coupling beam specimens, with seven reinforced concrete sections and one composite section, were tested under cycles of push-pull action. Characteristics of the specimens include moderate shear span ratio in the range of 2.5-3.5, high main reinforcement ratio at 3-4% and small to large stirrup spacing with 90- degree hooks. All the reinforced concrete specimens failed in a brittle manner. Displacement ductility of specimens with large stirrup spacing (${\geq}$140 mm) is in the range of 3 to 5. Seismic performance of the specimens is also examined using the ultimate drift angle and the amount of energy dissipated. Correlating the test data, an empirical relationship is proposed to estimate the ultimate drift angle of a class of coupling beams considered in the study not designed for ductility.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.473-481
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• 2017

Steel plate shear wall (SPSW) system has been increasingly used for lateral loads resisting system since 1980s when the utilization of post-buckling strength of SPSW was realized. The structural response of SPSWs largely depends on the behavior of the surrounded beams. The beams are normally required to behave in the elastic region when the SPSW fully buckled and formed the tension field action. However, most modern design codes do not specify how this requirement can be achieved. This paper presents theoretical investigation and design procedures of manually calculating the plastic flexural capacity of the beams of SPSWs and can be considered as an extension to the previous work by Qu and Bruneau (2011). The reduction in the plastic flexural capacity of beam was considered to account for the presence of shear stress that was altered towards flanges at the boundary region, which can be explained by Saint-Venant's principle. The reduction in beam web was introduced and modified based on the research by Qu and Bruneau (2011), while the shear stress in the web in this research is excluded due to the boundary effect. The plastic flexural capacity of the beams is given by the superposition of the contributions from the flanges and the web. The developed equations are capable of predicting the plastic moment of the beams subjected to combined shear force, axial force, bending moment, and tension fields induced by yielded infill panels. Good agreement was found between the theoretical results and the data from previous research for flexural capacity of beams.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.503-514
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 콘크리트채움 U형 합성보와 H형강 기둥 십자형 합성접합부의 내진상세를 제시하고, 2개의 실물대 실험체를 설계/제작하여 강구조내진기준의 표준실험절차에 따라 내진성능을 평가하였다. 주요 실험체 구성요소는 춤 450mm(실험체 A) 및 550mm(실험체 B) U형 강재보, 두께 165mm의 골데크플레이트 위에 타설된 콘크리트 바닥슬래브, U형보의 완전합성작용을 하기 위한 전단스터드, 부모멘트 전달을 위한 4개의 주철근 및 H형강 기둥에 정착을 위한 용접커플러 그리고 접합부 보강을 위한 보강판으로 구성된다. 순수 강재 보-기둥 접합부와 상이한 U형 합성접합부의 독특한 특성을 고려하여, 지진하중 하에서 내진성능에 결정적 영향을 미치는 보-기둥 접합부의 용접부 취성파단, 강판의 국부좌굴, 주철근의 휨좌굴, 콘크리트 압괴 등의 한계상태가 적절히 제어되도록 실험체를 설계하였다. 강구조내진기준의 지진하중 가력프로그램에 따른 실험결과, 설계에서 의도한 바와 같이 여러 한계상태가 적절히 제어되어 실험체 A 및 B는 각각 6% 및 6.8% 라디안에 이르는 매우 뛰어난 층간변형능력을 발휘하였다. 이는 특수모멘트골조에 요구되는 4% 라디안 수준을 충분히 상회하는 만족스런 층간변형능력이다. 특히 접합부 강화전략에 의해 제안된 합성접합부 상세는 설계에서 의도한 것과 같이 소성힌지를 보강단부로서 밀어냄으로서 취약할 수 있는 보-기둥 용접접합부를 효과적으로 보호하였다. 실험체 A의 최종 파괴모드는 6.0% 층간변위에서 발생한 보강단부에 인접한 냉간성형 코너부의 점진적 저사이클피로에 의한 하부플랜지의 파단에 의해 발생하였다. 한편, 실험체 B는 8.0%의 높은 수준의 층간변위에서 발생한 볼트이음부 파단에 의해 내력을 상실하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.235-255
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• 2016

This paper experimentally investigated the behavior of steel frame structures of traditional-style buildings subjected to combined constant axial load and reversed lateral cyclic loading conditions. The low cyclic reversed loading test was carried out on a 1/2 model of a traditional-style steel frame. The failure process and failure mode of the structure were observed. The mechanical behaviors of the steel frame, including hysteretic behaviors, order of plastic hinges, load-displacement curve, characteristic loads and corresponding displacements, ductility, energy dissipation capacity, and stiffness degradation were analyzed. Test results showed that the Dou-Gong component (a special construct in traditional-style buildings) in steel frame structures acted as the first seismic line under the action of horizontal loads, the plastic hinges at the beam end developed sufficiently and satisfied the Chinese Seismic Design Principle of "strong columns-weak beams, strong joints-weak members". The pinching phenomenon of hysteretic loops occurred and it changed into Z-shape, indicating shear-slip property. The stiffness degradation of the structure was significant at the early stage of the loading. When failure, the ultimate elastic-plastic interlayer displacement angle was 1/20, which indicated high collapse resistance capacity of the steel frame. Furthermore, the finite element analysis was conducted to simulate the behavior of traditional-style frame structure. Test results agreed well with the results of the finite element analysis.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.1132-1141
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• 2019

Steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich structures have important advantages over conventional concrete structures, however, bond-slip between the steel plate and concrete may lead to a loss of composite action, resulting in a reduction of stiffness and fatigue life of SCS sandwich structures. Due to the inaccessibility and invisibility of the interface, the interfacial performance monitoring and debonding detection using traditional measurement methods, such as relative displacement between the steel plate and core concrete, have proved challenging. In this work, two methods using piezoelectric transducers are proposed to detect the bond-slip between steel plate and core concrete during the test of the beam. The first one is acoustic emission (AE) method, which can detect the dynamic process of bond-slip. AE signals can be detected when initial micro cracks form and indicate the damage severity, types and locations. The second is electromechanical impedance (EMI) method, which can be used to evaluate the damage due to bond-slip through comparing with the reference data in static state, even if the bond-slip is invisible and suspends. In this work, the experiment is implemented to demonstrate the bond-slip monitoring using above methods. Experimental results and further analysis show the validity and unique advantage of the proposed methods.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.647-657
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• 2009

본 연구는 강-프리스트레스 콘크리트(PSC) 혼합구조 보를 분절형 교량에 적용하기 위해 필수적으로 요구되는 이종 부재간의 연결에 대한 기초연구로써, 연결부 거동과 시공성을 향상시키기 위해 연결부 상․하부 플레이트에 perfobond rib 전단연결재를 설치한 강-PSC 연결부를 제안하였다. 제안된 연결부가 설치된 보 실험체들을 제작하여 하중재하실험을 통해 연결부의 성능을 확인한 결과, 모든 실험체에서 연결부의 파괴 없이 연결부 인접 PSC부에서 실험체의 파괴와 극한강도가 나타났다. 합성 작용에 의하여 실험체의 초기 강성은 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, 균열의 진전 형상도 전형적인 휨 균열 형상을 나타내었다. 또한, 기존 스터드를 적용한 실험체 이상의 강도를 얻을 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 제안된 연결부는 혼합구조 연결부에 효과적으로 적용 가능하다고 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2016

고인성섬유보강콘크리트는 기존의 콘크리트에 비해 인성을 크게 개선한 재료로써, 콘크리트 구조물의 여러 분야에 적용 가능한 건설 신재료로 평가되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고인성섬유보강콘크리트와 리브를 갖는 FRP 판을 인장 보강재 및 영구거푸집으로 활용한 합성보의 파괴거동에 관한 실험을 실시하였다. 비교를 위해 일반콘크리트와 PVA계열인 RF4000과 PP계열인 PP-macro의 섬유를 사용하였으며, 각각 RF4000+RSC15, PP-macro+RSC15를 혼입하여 합성보를 제작하여 실험하였다. FRP 판에 잔골재를 미부착한 경우는 보의 중앙에 발생한 휨 균열이 크게 벌어지면서 FRP 판과 콘크리트가 미끄러짐에 의한 파괴형태를 보여주고 있음으로 잔골재 부착은 필수적 사항이라 판단되며, 파괴모드에 대한 섬유보강재의 영향은 크지 않은 것으로 판단된다. FRP 판에 잔골재를 부착한 실험 결과는 1200, 2000mm 모두 콘크리트와 FRP 사이에 충분한 부착이 형성되었다. 일반콘크리트보다 섬유보강재를 혼입한 경우 최대 하중이 높게 나타났고, 그 중 PP계열의 섬유보강재를 혼입한 경우 최대 하중이 가장 높게 나타났다. 균열이 섬유보강재에 의해 지연되면서 FRP 리브와의 합성작용에 의해 발생한 것으로 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.383-398
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• 2020

This paper investigates the progressive collapse behavior of 3D steel-framed gravity buildings under fires with a cooling phase. The effect of fire protections and bracing systems on whether, how, and when a gravity building collapses is studied. It is found that whether a building collapses or not depends on the duration of the heating phase, and it may withstand a "short-hot" fire, but collapses under a mild fire or a "long-cool" fire. The collapse time can be conservatively determined by the time when the temperature of steel columns reaches a critical temperature of 550 ℃. It is also found that the application of a higher level of fire protection may prevent the collapse of a building, but may also lead to its collapse in the cooling phase due to the delayed temperature increment in the heated members. The tensile membrane action in a heated slab can be resisted by a tensile ring around its perimeter or by tensile yielding lines extended to the edge of the frame. It is recommended for practical design that hat bracing systems should be arranged on the whole top floor, and a combination of perimeter and internal vertical bracing systems be used to mitigate the fire-induced collapse of gravity buildings. It is also suggested that beam-to-column connections should be designed to resist high tensile forces (up to yielding force) during the cooling phase of a fire.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2002

Strengthening of existing concrete structures is a major concern in recent years as the number of degraded structures increases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the static and fatigue behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with steel plates. To this end, a comprehensive test program has been set up and many series of strengthened beams have been tested. The major test variables include the plate thickness, adhesive thickness, and the shear-span to depth ratio. The test results indicate that the separation of plates is the dominant failure mechanism even for the full-span-length strengthened beams with steel plate. The theoretical ultimate load capacities for strengthened beams based on the full composite action of concrete beam and steel plate are found to be larger than the actual measured load capacities. The strengthened beams exhibit more dominant shear cracking as the shear-span to depth ratio decreases. The ultimate capacity of strengthened beams increases slightly with the increase of adhesive thickness, which may be caused by the late initiation of plate separation in the beams with thicker adhesive. A realistic concept of ductility for plate-strengthened beams is proposed in this study. It is seen that the strengthened beams show relatively low ductility compared with unstrengthened beams. The present study indicates that the strengthened beams exhibit much higher fatigue resistance than the unstrengthened beams. The increase of deflections of strengthened beams according to the number of load cycles is much smaller than that of unstrengthened beams. The present study provides very useful results for the realistic application of plate-strengthening method in reinforced concrete structures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.273-283
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• 2017

In this paper, it is aimed to present a detail investigation related to structural behavior of laterally unrestrained steel cantilever roof of tribune with slender cross section. The structure is located in Tutak town in $A{\breve{g}}r{{\i}}$ and collapsed on October 25, 2015 at eastern part of Turkey is considered as a case study. This mild sloped roof structure was built from a variable I beam, and supported on steel columns of 5.5 m height covering totally $240m^2$ closed area in plan. The roof of tribune collapsed completely without any indication during first snowfall after construction at midnight a winter day, fortunately before the opening hours. The meteorological records and observations of local persons are combined together to estimate the intensity of snow load in the region and it is compared with the code specified values. Also, the wide/thickness and height/thickness ratios for flange and web are evaluated according to the design codes. Three dimensional finite element model of the existing steel tribune roof is generated considering project drawings and site investigations using commercially available software ANSYS. The displacements, principal stresses and strains along to the cantilever length and column height are given as contour diagrams and graph format. In addition to site investigation, the numerical and analytical works conducted in this study indicate that the unequivocal reasons of the collapse are overloading action of snow load intensity, some mistakes made in the design of steel cantilever beams, insufficient strength and rigidity of the main structural elements, and construction workmanship errors.