• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.587-600
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• 2024

In order to investigate the seismic performance of regionally confined concrete circular column with trapezoid stirrups (TRCCC) under high axial compression ratio, the confinement mechanism of regionally confined concrete was analyzed. Three regionally confined concrete circular columns with trapezoid stirrups were designed, and low cyclic loading tests were conducted at three different axial compression ratios (0.9, 1.1, 1.25) to study the failure mode, hysteresis curve, skeleton curve, deformation capacity, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation capacity of the specimens. The results indicate that the form of regional confinement concrete provides more uniform confinement to the normal confinement, and the confinement efficiency at the edges is 1.4 times that of normal confined concrete. The ductility coefficients of the specimens were all greater than 3 under high axial compression ratios, and the stiffness and horizontal bearing capacity increased with the increase of axial compression ratio. Therefore, it is recommended that the code of design specifications can appropriately relax the axial compression ratio limit for TRCCC. Finally, the spacing between stirrups of TRCCC was analyzed using ABAQUS software. The results showed that as the spacing between the stirrups decreased, the cracking load and peak load of TRCCC increased continuously, but the rate of increase decreases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.477-493
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• 2014

This study examines the behaviour of single micropiles subjected to axial tension or compression load in collapsible loess under in-situ moisture content and saturated condition. Five tension loading tests and five compression loading tests on single micropiles were carried out at a typical loess site of the Loess Plateau in Northwest China. A series of laboratory tests, including grain size distribution, specific gravity, moisture content, Atterberg limits, density, granular components, shear strength, and collapse index, were carried out during the micropile loading tests to determine the values of soil parameters. The loess at the test site poses a severe collapse risk upon wetting. The tension or compression load-displacement curves of the micropiles in loess, under in-situ moisture content or saturated condition, can generally be simplified into three distinct regions: an initial linear, a curvilinear transition, and a final linear region, and the bearing capacity or failure load can be interpreted by the L1-L2 method as done in other studies. Micropiles in loess should be considered as frictional pile foundations though the tip resistances are about 10%-15% of the applied loads. Both the tension and compression capacities increase linearly with the ratio of the pile length to the shaft diameter, L/d. For micropiles in loess under in-situ moisture content, the interpreted failure loads or capacities under tension are 66%-87% of those under compression. However, the prewetting of the loess can lead to the reductions of 50% in the tensile bearing capacity and 70% in the compressive bearing capacity.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.265-285
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• 2009

Off-axis compressive deformation behavior of a unidirectional CFRP laminate at high temperature and its strain-rate dependence in a quasi-static range are examined for various fiber orientations. By comparing the off-axis compressive and tensile behaviors at an equal strain rate, the effect of different loading modes on the flow stress level, rate-dependence and nonlinearity of the off-axis inelastic deformation is elucidated. The experimental results indicate that the compressive flow stress levels for relatively larger off-axis angles of $30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$ are about 50 percent larger than in tension for the same fiber orientations, respectively. The nonlinear deformations under off-axis tensile and compressive loading conditions exhibit significant strain-rate dependence. Similar features are observed in the fiber-orientation dependence of the off-axis flow stress levels under tension and compression and in the off-axis flow stress differential in tension and compression, regardless of the strain rate. A phenomenological theory of viscoplasticity is then developed which can describe the tension-compression asymmetry as well as the rate dependence, nonlinearity and fiber orientation dependence of the off-axis tensile and compressive behaviors of unidirectional composites in a unified manner. It is demonstrated by comparing with experimental results that the proposed viscoplastic constitutive model can be applied with reasonable accuracy to predict the different, nonlinear and rate-dependent behaviors of the unidirectional composite under off-axis tensile and compressive loading conditions.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.269-282
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• 2015

In this paper, a compression to tensile load converter device was developed to determine the anisotropic tensile strength of concrete. The samples were made from a mixture of water, fine sand and cement, respectively. Concrete samples with a hole at its center was prepared and subjected to tensile loading using the compression to tensile load converter device. A hydraulic load cell applied compressive loading to converter device with a constant pressure of 0.02 MPa per second. Compressive loading was converted to tensile stress on the sample because of the overall test design. The samples have three different configurations related to loading axis; 0, $45^{\circ}$, $-45^{\circ}$. A series of finite element analysis were done to analyze the effect of hole diameter on stress concentration of the hole side along its horizontal axis to provide a suitable criterion for determining the real tensile strength of concrete. Concurrent with indirect tensile test, Brazilian test and three point loading test were also performed to compare the results from the three methods. Results obtained by this device were quite encouraging and show that the tensile strengths of concrete were similar in different directions because of the homogeneity of bonding between the concrete materials. Also, the indirect tensile strength was clearly lower than the Brazilian test strength and three point loading test.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.72-72
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• 2018

A dynamic fatigue characteristic of dental implant system has been evaluated with applying single axial compressive shear loading based on the ISO 14801 standard. For the advanced dynamic fatigue test, multi-directional force and motion needed to be accompanied for more information of mechanical properties as based on mastication in oral environment. In this study, we have prepared loading and motion protocol for the multi-directional fatigue test of dental implant system with single (Apical/Occlusal; AO), and additional mastication motion (Lingual/Facial; LF, Mesial/Distal; MD). As following the prepared protocol (with modification of ISO 14801), fatigue test was conducted to verify the worst case results for the development of highly stabilized dental implant system. Mechanical testing was performed using an universal testing machine (MTS Bionix 858, MN, USA) for static compression and single directional loading fatigue, while the multi-directional loading was performed with joint simulator (ADL-Force 5, MA, USA) under load control. Basically, all mechanical test was performed according to the ISO 14801:2016 standard. Static compression test was performed to identify the maximum fracture force with loading speed of 1.0 mm/min. A dynamic fatigue test was performed with 40 % value of maximum fracture force and 5 Hz loading frequency. A single directional fatigue test was performed with only apical/occlusal (AO) force application, while multi directional fatigue tests were applied $2^{\circ}$ of facial/lingual (FL) or mesial/distal (MD) movement. Fatigue failure cycles were entirely different between applying single-directional loading and multi-directional loading. As a comparison of these loading factor, the failure cycle was around 5 times lower than single-directional loading while applied multi-directional loading. Also, the displacement change with accumulated multi-directional fatigue cycles was higher than that of single directional cycles.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.45-58
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• 2000

다양한 하중 조건하의 암석 절리에 대한 수리적 거동을 규명하기 위해서 수리전단 시험이 가능한 주기 전단시험 시스템을 설계, 제작하였다. 실험실에서 인공 절리 시료에 대한 압축,전단 조건하의 수리 시험을 실시하였다. 시험 전의 시료에 대한 3차원 간극 측정을 통해 절리의 간극 분포 특성을 규명하였다. 수직응력에 따른 투수계수 변화는 기존 수리 모델과 잘 일치하였다. 전단 하중하의 수리적 거동은 초기에는 팽창 특성을 따랐으며, 팽창의 증가에 따라 투수계수가 커겼다. 전단이 진행됨에 따라 유동률은 충전물 생성과 간극의 엇갈림으로 인해 다소 일정해졌다. 주기전단 하의 수리 거동 역시 돌출부 손상과 충전물 생성의 영향을 받았다. 또한 압축과 전단 하중하의 수리 간극과 역학 간극의 관계가 조사, 비교되었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.823-840
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• 2016

The plastic hinge lengths of beams and columns are a critical demand parameter in the nonlinear analysis of structures using the finite element method. The numerical model of a plastic hinge plays an important role in evaluating the response and damage of a structure to earthquakes or other loads causing the formation of plastic hinges. Previous research demonstrates that the plastic hinge length of reinforced concrete (RC) columns is closely related to section size, reinforcement ratio, reinforcement strength, concrete strength, axial compression ratio, and so on. However, because of the limitations of testing facilities, there is a lack of experimental data on columns with large section sizes and high axial compression ratios. In this work, we conducted a series of quasi-static tests for columns with large section sizes (up to 700 mm) and high axial compression ratios (up to 0.6) to explore the propagation of plastic hinge length during the whole loading process. The experimental results show that besides these parameters mentioned in previous work, the plastic hinge of RC columns is also affected by loading amplitude and size effect. Therefore, an approach toward considering the effect of these two parameters is discussed in this work.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2012

Recently the world has been suffering from difficulties related to the demand and supply of energy due to the democratic movements sweeping across the Middle East. Consequently, many have turned their attention to never-developed extreme regions such as the polar lands or deep sea, which contain many underground resources. This research investigated the strength and initial elastic modulus values of eternally frozen ground through a uniaxial compression test and indirect tensile test using frozen artificial soil specimens. To ensure accurate test results, a sandymud mixture of standard Jumunjin sand and kaolinite (20% in weight) was used for the specimens in these laboratory tests. Specimen were prepared by varying the water content ratio (7%, 15%, and 20%). Then, the variation in the strength value, depending on the water content, was observed. This research also established three kinds of environments under freezing temperatures of $-5^{\circ}C$, $-10^{\circ}C$, and $-15^{\circ}C$. Then, the variation in the strength value was observed, depending on the freezing environment. In addition, the tests divided the loading rate into 6 phases and observed the variation in the stress-strain ratio, depending on the loading rate. The test data showed that a lower freezing temperature resulted in a larger strength value. An increase in the ice content in the specimen with the increase in the water content ratio influenced the strength value of the specimen. A faster load rate had a greater influence on the uniaxial compression and indirect tensile strengths of a frozen specimen and produced a different strength engineering property through the initial tangential modulus of elasticity. Finally, the long-term strength under a constant water content ratio and freezing temperature was checked by producing stress-strain ratio curves depending on the loading rate.

• 지질공학
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.149-163
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• 2021

특성이 서로 다른 화강암, 대리암 그리고 사암에 대하여 일축압축시험과 반복재하시험을 실시하여 암석의 손상특성을 분석하였다. 일축압축시험으로 암석들의 강도, 탄성상수 그리고 손상기준응력을 결정하였고 이를 반복재하시험의 결과와 비교하였다. 반복재하시험으로 측정된 암석들의 평균 강도는 일축압축시험으로 측정된 값보다 약간 작거나 유사였다. 특히 강도가 높고 공극률이 낮은 암석들이 공극률이 매우 큰 연약한 암석들에 비해 반복하중에 의한 피로현상에 더 민감하였다. 반복 재하-제하 과정에서 발생되는 암석의 영구변형률은 암종에 따라 약간의 차이는 있으나 암석의 손상상태를 파악할 수 있는 유용한 도구로 활용할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 특히 응력-누적영구변형률 곡선은 화강암과 대리암에 대하여 균열손상응력을 추정할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다. 시험과정에 미소파괴음을 측정하여 암석의 손상상태를 판단할 수 있는 펠리시티 비를 계산하였다. 공극이 매우 많고 연약한 사암은 미소파괴음의 방출이 매우 미약하여서 펠리시티 비의 계산에 어려움이 있었다. 반면 공극이 적고 취성의 특성을 보이는 화강암과 대리임의 경우 반복재하단계에서 계산된 펠리시티 비를 통하여 암석의 균열손상응력을 추정할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다. 향후 더 많은 시료와 다양한 종류의 암석을 대상으로 추가적인 시험을 진행하여 공통적인 결과를 도출한다면 유사한 조건을 갖는 암반의 손상과 변형 거동을 파악하는 데 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2008

본 연구는 군산 새만금지역의 점성토를 소성지수 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%가 되도록 벤초나이트를 첨가한 인공의 시료를 이용하여 하중재하기간을 1일, 2일, 4일, 8일 등으로 달리한 표준압밀시험을 실시하였다. 그리고 인천, 광양, 울산지역의 불교란 시료에 대한 압밀시험도 같이 수행하여 소성지수와 압밀하중재하기간이 2차 압밀에 어떤 영향이 있는지를 밝혔다. 그리고 각 소성지수에 따른 하중과 침하특성, 압밀계수특성, 압축지수 및 2차 압축지수특성, 간극수압특성을 밝히고 압축지수, 압밀계수, 2차 압축지수 등을 소성지수, 하중에 관하여 정식화하였다. 또한 정식화한 식을 이용한 1차 및 2차 압밀침하량 예측결과와 탄소성 구성모델인 수정 Cam-Clay모델과 탄 점소성 모델인 Sekiguchi모델을 이용한 예측결과를 모형시험 결과와 같이 비교하였다. 그 결과, 2차 압밀특성을 고려한 Sekiguchi모델이 매우 정도 높게 결과를 예측할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.