• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.395-404
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• 2017

In this paper, the mechanical property of CFRP, BFRP, GFRP and their hybrid FRP was experimentally studied. The elastic modulus and tensile strength of CFRP, BFRP, GFRP and their hybrid FRP were tested. The experimental results showed that the elastic modulus of hybrid FRP agreed well with the theoretical rule of mixture, which means the property of hybrid composites are linear with the volumes of the corresponding components while the tensile strength did not. The bearing capacity, peak strain, stress-strain relationship of circular concrete columns confined by CFRP, BFRP, GFRP and hybrid FRP subjected to axial compression were recorded. And the confinement effect of hybrid FRP on concrete columns was analyzed. The test results showed that the bearing capacity and ductility of concrete columns were efficiently improved through hybrid FRP confinement. A strength model and a stress-strain relationship model of hybrid FRP confined concrete columns were proposed. The proposed stress-strain model was shown to be capable of providing accurate prediction of the axial compressive strength of hybrid FRP confined concrete compared with Teng et al. (2002) model, Karbhari and Gao (1997) model and Miyachi et al. (1999) model. The modified stress-strain model was also suitable for single FRP confinement cases and it was so concise in form and didn't have piecewise fitting, which would be easy for use in structural design.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2020

Deep coupling beams are more prone to suffer brittle shear failure. The addition of steel fibers to seismic members such as coupling beams can improve their shear performance and ductility. Based on the test results of steel fiber reinforced concrete(SFRC) coupling beams with span-to-depth ratio between 1.5 and 2.5 under lateral reverse cyclic load, the shear mechanism were analyzed by using strut-and-tie model theory, and the effects of the span-to-depth ratio, compressive strength and volume fraction of steel fiber on shear strengths were also discussed. A simplified calculation method to predict the shear capacity of SFRC deep coupling beams was proposed. The results show that the shear force is mainly transmitted by a strut-and-tie mechanism composed of three types of inclined concrete struts, vertical reinforcement ties and nodes. The influence of span-to-depth ratio on shear capacity is mainly due to the change of inclination angle of main inclined struts. The increasing of concrete compressive strength or volume fraction of steel fiber can improve the shear capacity of SFRC deep coupling beams mainly by enhancing the bearing capacity of compressive struts or tensile strength of the vertical tie. The proposed calculation method is verified using experimental data, and comparative results show that the prediction values agree well with the test ones.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2008

국내에서 공동주택이 대량으로 공급되었던 1980~1990년대에는 콘크리트의 설계기준강도가 약 18MPa로 낮았으며 또한 대부분의 기둥은 수직하중만을 고려하여 설계되었다. 본 연구에서는 수명이 오래된 콘크리트 기둥의 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 시공이 간편하고 내식성이 우수하며 인장성능이 매우 뛰어난 탄소섬유시트로 보강된 RC 기둥의 압축강도 성능평가 실험을 수행하였다. 기둥을 구속하는 탄소섬유시트의 wrapping 각도는 수직하중과 수평하중에 저항할 수 있도록 기둥의 재축방향에 대하여 ${\pm}60^{\circ}$ 각도로 보강하였다. 실험을 수행한 후 압축강도 및 변형률의 증가양상과 시험체의 파괴양상을 분석하였으며 실험결과의 회귀분석을 수행하여 향상된 압축강도를 예측할 수 있는 회귀식을 작성하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.205-218
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• 2022

Proper calculation of splitting tensile strength (STS) of concrete has been a crucial task, due to the wide use of concrete in the construction sector. Following many recent studies that have proposed various predictive models for this aim, this study suggests and tests the functionality of three hybrid models in predicting the STS from the characteristics of the mixture components including cement compressive strength, cement tensile strength, curing age, the maximum size of the crushed stone, stone powder content, sand fine modulus, water to binder ratio, and the ratio of sand. A multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network incorporates invasive weed optimization (IWO), cuttlefish optimization algorithm (CFOA), and electrostatic discharge algorithm (ESDA) which are among the newest optimization techniques. A dataset from the earlier literature is used for exploring and extrapolating the STS behavior. The results acquired from several accuracy criteria demonstrated a nice learning capability for all three hybrid models viz. IWO-MLP, CFOA-MLP, and ESDA-MLP. Also in the prediction phase, the prediction products were in a promising agreement (above 88%) with experimental results. However, a comparative look revealed the ESDA-MLP as the most accurate predictor. Considering mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) index, the error of ESDA-MLP was 9.05%, while the corresponding value for IWO-MLP and CFOA-MLP was 9.17 and 13.97%, respectively. Since the combination of MLP and ESDA can be an effective tool for optimizing the concrete mixture toward a desirable STS, the last part of this study is dedicated to extracting a predictive formula from this model.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.621-634
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• 2021

For the reliable strut-and-tie model (STM) design of disturbed regions of concrete members, structural designers must accurately determine the strength of concrete struts to check the strength conditions of a selected STM el and the anchorage of reinforcing bars in nodal zones. In this study, the author proposed a consistent numerical method for strut strength, applicable to all two-dimensional STMs. The proposed method includes the effects of a biaxial stress state associated with tensile strains in reinforcing bars crossing a strut, deviation angle between strut orientation and compressive principal stress flow, and degree of confinement provided by reinforcement. The author examined the method's validity through the STM prediction of the ultimate strengths of 517 reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams, 24 RC panels, and 258 RC corbels, all tested to failure.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.551-558
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• 2011

경량 골재 콘크리트의 역학적 특성에 대한 천연모래 치환율과 경량 굵은 골재 최대 크기의 영향을 평가하기위해 15배합의 실험이 진행되었다. 경화된 경량 골재 콘크리트의 공극률 및 기건 단위 질량, 재령에 따른 압축강도 발현, 인장저항성능, 탄성계수, 파괴계수 및 응력-변형률 관계를 측정하였다. 측정된 역학적 특성들은 ACI 318-08, EC2 및 CEB-FIP 기준 또는 Slate 등, Yang 등 및 Wang 등의 제안모델들과 비교하였다. 실험 결과 경량 골재 콘크리트의 압축강도는 굵은 골재 최대 크기가 클수록 그리고 경량 잔골재 양이 증가할수록 감소하였다. 경량 골재 콘크리트의 압축강도 발현에 대한 상수는 굵은 골재의 비중과 천연모래 치환율의 함수로서 제시될 수 있었다. 한편, 측정된 경량 콘크리트의 파괴계수 및 인장강도는 설계기준 및 제안모델들에 비해 일반적으로 낮았는데, 이는 경량 콘크리트의 인장저항성은 압축강도뿐만 아니라 기건 단위 질량에 의해서도 영향을 받기 때문이다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.371-384
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• 2017

Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) has recently been applied as an alternative to conventional concrete in construction due to its extremely high compressive and tensile strength, and enhanced durability. However, up to date, there has been insufficient information regarding the confinement behavior of UHPC columns. Therefore, this study aims to perform an assessment of axial stress-strain model for UHPC confined by circular steel tube stub columns. The equations for calculating the confined peak stress and its corresponding strain of confined concrete in existing models suggested by Johansson (2002), Sakino et al. (2004), Han et al. (2005), Hatzigeorgiou (2008) were modified based on the regression analysis of test results in Schneider (2006) in order to increase the prediction accuracy for the case of confined UHPC. Furthermore, a new axial stress-strain model for confined UHPC was developed. To examine the suitability of the modified models and the proposed model for confined UHPC, axial stress-strain curves derived from the proposed models were compared with those obtained from previous test results. After validating the proposed model, an extensive parametric study was undertaken to investigate the effects of diameter-to-thickness ratio, steel yield strength and concrete compressive strength on the complete axial stress-strain curves, the strength and strain enhancement of UHPC confined by circular steel tube stub columns.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권5A호
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• pp.307-315
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• 2012

최근 국내에서도 압축강도 180 MPa, 인장강도 10 MPa 이상의 초고성능 섬유보강 콘크리트(Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete, UHPFRC)가 개발되었다. 그러나 UHPFRC는 물-결합재비가 낮고 다량의 고분말 혼화재료를 혼입하며, 굵은 골재를 사용하지 않기 때문에 초기 재령에서의 자기수축이 크고, 표면이 급격히 건조하는 등 기존의 일반 콘크리트(Normal Concrete, NC) 및 고성능 콘크리트(High Performance Concrete, HPC)와는 다른 재료적 특성을 보인다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 UHPFRC에 적합한 재료 실험 방법과 규정을 제안하고 극 초기 재령에서의 강도 특성을 평가하기 위하여 응결 및 수축, 인장 실험을 수행하였다. 응결 실험 결과 파라핀 오일을 UHPFRC의 모르타르 표면에 적용할 경우 표면에서의 급격한 건조현상을 효율적으로 억제할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 시멘트와 배합수의 수화반응을 지연 또는 촉진 시키지 않는 것으로 나타나 응결 실험 시 표면건조 방지제로 적합한 것으로 판단되었다. 또한, 링-테스트를 수행하여 내부 강재 링의 온도와 변형률의 경향이 달라지는 시점을 수축 응력 발현 시점으로 정의하였으며, 이를 응결 실험과 비교하여 본 결과 응결침에 걸리는 관입 저항력이 약 1.5 MPa일 때 수축 응력이 발현되는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 초결 및 종결보다 약 0.6시간, 2.1시간 빠른 것이며, 상기 시점을 UHPFRC의 자기수축 측정 시점(time-zero)으로 규정하였다. 마지막으로, 본 연구에서는 극 초기 재령 인장강도 측정 장비를 제작하여 초결시점에서부터 UHPFRC의 인장강도와 탄성계수를 측정하였으며, 이를 고려한 UHPFRC의 인장강도 및 탄성계수 예측식을 제안하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2016

이 논문의 목적은 압축강도 130 MPa급의 고강도 강섬유 보강 콘크리트 보의 휨거동 특성을 파악하는데 있다. 부피비 1.0%의 강섬유와 철근비 0.02 이하의 철근으로 보강된 고강도 강섬유 보강 콘크리트의 휨거동 특성 실험결과를 제시하였다. 일반강도철근과 고강도철근을 실험 부재에 사용하였다. 강섬유 보강 콘크리트의 압축 및 인장거동 재료 실험과 모델링을 수행하였다. 강섬유 보강 콘크리트의 하중-균열개구변위 실험결과를 반영하여 가상균열모델에 근거한 역해석을 통해 인장거동모델링을 제시하였다. 실험결과는 강섬유 보강 콘크리트와 고강도철근의 사용은 균열제어 및 연성 거동에 유리한 것을 나타낸다. 일반강도철근을 사용한 보의 휨강도 실험값에 대한 수치해석에 의한 예측값의 비는 0.81~1.42를 나타내고, 고강도철근을 사용한 보의 휨강도 실험값에 대한 수치해석에 의한 예측값의 비는 0.92~1.07을 나타낸다. 수치해석에 의한 휨강도는 실험결과를 합리적으로 예측하고 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.507-519
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• 2021

In this study, a new procedure was proposed in order to predict the crack pattern and failure mode of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) corbels. Moreover, an experimental study was carried out in order to investigate the effect of several parameters, such as compressive strength, tensile strength, steel fiber ratio, shear span on the mechanical behavior of SFRC corbels in detail. Totally, 24 RC and SFRC corbels were prepared for the experimental study. Experimental results indicate that each investigated parameter has noticeable effect on the load capacity and failure mode of SFRC corbels. Moreover, finite element (FE) model of the tested corbels were prepared and efficiency of FE model was investigated for further studies. Comparison of FE and experimental results show that there is an acceptable fit between them regarding load capacity and crack patterns. Thereafter, parametric study was carried out via FE analyses in order to obtain a methodology for crack pattern and failure mode prediction of SFRC corbels. As a result of parametric studies, a new procedure was proposed as flowcharts in order to predict the failure mode of SFRC corbels for normal and high strength concrete class separately.