• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.569-582
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• 2018

Effects of crack separation, bridge area, on the tensile behaviour of concrete are studied experimentally and numerically through the Brazilian tensile test. The physical data obtained from the Brazilian tests are used to calibrate the two-dimensional particle flow code based on discrete element method (DEM). Then some specially designed Brazilian disc specimens containing two parallel cracks are used to perform the physical tests in the laboratory and numerically simulated to make the suitable numerical models to be tested. The experimental and numerical results of the Brazilian disc specimens are compared to conclude the validity and applicability of these models used in this research. Validation of the simulated models can be easily checked with the results of Brazilian tests performed on non-persistent cracked physical models. The Brazilian discs used in this work have a diameter of 54 mm and contain two parallel centred cracks ($90^{\circ}$ to the horizontal) loaded indirectly under the compressive line loading. The lengths of cracks are considered as; 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm and 40 mm, respectively. The visually observed failure process gained through numerical Brazilian tests are found to be very similar to those obtained through the experimental tests. The fracture patterns demonstrated by DEM simulations are mostly affected by the crack separation but the tensile strength of bridge area is related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the testing samples. It has also been shown that when the crack lengths are less than 30 mm, the tensile cracks may initiate from the cracks tips and propagate parallel to loading direction till coalesce with the other cracks tips while when the cracks lengths are more than 30 mm, these tensile cracks may propagate through the intact concrete itself rather than that of the bridge area.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.939-963
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• 2016

According to the new directives about the rational and efficient use of energy, thermal bridges in buildings have to be avoided, and the thermal insulation (TI) layer should run without interruptions all around the building - even under its foundations. The paper deals with the seismic response of multi-storeyed reinforced concrete (RC) frame building structures founded on an extruded polystyrene (XPS) layer placed beneath the foundation slab. The purpose of the paper is to elucidate the problem of buildings founded on a TI layer from the seismic resistance point of view, to assess the seismic behaviour of such buildings, and to search for the critical parameters which can affect the structural and XPS layer response. Nonlinear dynamic and static analyses were performed, and the seismic response of fixed-base (FB) and thermally insulated (TI) variants of nonlinear RC building models were compared. Soil-structure interaction was also taken into account for different types of soil. The results showed that the use of a TI layer beneath the foundation slab of a superstructure generally induces a higher peak response compared to that of a corresponding system without TI beneath the foundation slab. In the case of stiff structures located on firm soil, amplification of the response might be substantial and could result in exceedance of the superstructure's moment-rotation plastic hinge capacities or allowable lateral roof and interstorey drift displacements. In the case of heavier, slenderer, and higher buildings subjected to stronger seismic excitations, the overall response is governed by the rocking mode of oscillation, and as a consequence the compressive strength of the XPS could be insufficient. On the other hand, in the case of low-rise and light-weight buildings, the friction capacity between the layers of the applied TI foundation set might be exceeded so that sliding could occur.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.3-18
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• 1999

터널의 배수재로 이용되는 지오텍스타일 필터는, 터널 내로 유입되는 지하수를 충분히 배수시키어 터널 라이닝에 수압이 작용되지 않도록 해야 한다. 그러나, 지오텍스타일의 막힘현상으로 인하여 필터재의 통수 능력이 우선적으로 감소하게 되고 막힘현상은 이를 더욱 심각하게 만든다. 본 연구에서는 서울시의 신내동 과 포이동에서 채취한 시료에 대하여 터널 필터재의 평면흐름을 모사하여 폐색현상을 고찰하였다. 신내동 시료는 SW-SM으로 분류되는 사질토에 가까운 시료이며, 반면에 포이동 시료는 SC로 분류되고 점성이 강한 흙이다. 필터재의 이론적인 간극분포곡선과 $O_{95}$로부터 본 실험결과를 근거로 폐색방지기준을 설정하였다. 포이동 시료에 비하여 신내동 시료가 더 뚜렷한 폐색경향을 나타냄을 알 수 있었으며, 이는 포이동 시료에 비하여 점성이 없어 잔입자가 쉽게 이탈되고 필터재에 쌓이는 원인으로 판단되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.393-405
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• 2019

This paper evaluates the geotechnical and geo-engineering properties of the South Pars Zone (SPZ) marls in Assalouyeh, Iran. These marly beds mostly belong to the Aghajari and Mishan formations which entail the gray, cream, black, green, dark red and pink types. Marls can be observed as rock (soft rock) or soil. Marlstone outcrops show a relatively rapid change to soils in the presence of weathering. To geotechnically characterise the marls, field and laboratory experiments such as particle-size distribution, hydrometer, Atterberg limits, uniaxial compression, laboratory direct-shear, durability and carbonate content tests have been performed on soil and rock samples to investigate the physico-mechanical properties and behaviour of the SPZ marls in order to establish empirical relations between the geo-engineering features of the marls. Based on the experiments conducted on marly soils, the USCS classes of the marls is CL to CH which has a LL ranging from 32 to 57% and PL ranging from 18 to 27%. Mineralogical analyses of the samples revealed that the major clay minerals of the marls belong to the smectite or illite groups with low to moderate swelling activities. The geomechanical investigations revealed that the SPZ marls are classified as argillaceous lime, calcareous marl and marlstone (based on the carbonate content) which show variations in the geomechanical properties (i.e., with a cohesion ranging from 97 to 320 kPa and a friction angle ranging from 16 to 35 degrees). The results of the durability tests revealed that the degradation potential showed a wide variation from none to fully disintegrated. According to the results of the experiments, the studied marls have been classified as calcareous marl, marlstone and argillaceous lime due to the variations in the carbonate and clay contents. The results have shown that an increase in the carbonate content leads to a decrease in the degradation potential and an increase in the density and strength parameters such as durability and compressive strength. A comparison of the empirical relationships obtained from the regression analyses with similar studies revealed that the results obtained herein are reasonably reliable.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2007

강사장교의 거더와 주탑은 축력과 모멘트를 동시에 받는 보-기둥 부재이기 때문에 단일 힘을 고려하는 일반도로교의 내하율 산정식은 강사장교의 거더와 주탑에 적용할 수 없다. 현재, 사장교의 거더와 주탑에 적용 가능한 이론적인 내하율 산정방법은 아직 정립되지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 축력과 모멘트를 동시에 받는 부재의 상관공식을 적용하여 강사장교 거더와 주탑의 내하율을 산정하기 위한 식을 제안하였다. 영향선해석을 수행하여 각 부재에 압축력 최대, 정 및 부모멘트 최대의 경우에 활하중 재하 형태를 결정하였고 각 부재의 내하율 산정절차를 정리하였다. 제안된 내하율 산정방법의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 실교량 모델인 돌산대교에 대한 적용예를 제시하였다. 일반도로교의 내하율 산정식은 돌산대교 거더와 주탑의 내하율을 과대평가 하였으며, 제안된 내하율 산정식은 축력과 모멘트를 동시에 지지하는 사장교 거더와 주탑의 거동을 적절히 반영하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.17-32
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• 2001

The Rosette-joining system is a completely new press-joining method for cold-formed steel structures. One Rosette-joint has a shear capacity equal to that of approximately four screws or rivets. The Rosette thin-walled steel truss system presents a new fully integrated prefabricated alternative to light-weight roof truss structures. The trusses are built up on special industrial production lines from modified top hat sections used as top and bottom chords and channel sections used as webs which are joined together with the Rosette press-joining technique to form a completed structure easy to transport and install. A single web section is used when sufficient but can be strengthened by double-nesting two separate sections or by using two lateral profiles where greater compressive axial forces are met. An individual joint in the truss can be strengthened by introducing a hollow bolt into the joint hole. The bolt gives the connection capacity a boost of approximately 20%. A series of laboratory tests have been carried out in order to verify the Rosette truss system in practice. In addition to compression tests on individual sections of different lengths, tests have also been done on small structural assemblies and on actual full-scale trusses of a span of 10 metres. Design calculations have been performed on selected roof truss geometries based on the test results, FE-analysis and on the Eurocode 3 and U.S.(AISI) design codes.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.179-183
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• 2005

최근 박판부재인 고장력강이 구조물에 폭넓게 사용됨으로서 좌굴이 발생하기 쉽다. 특히 고장력강을 사용하는 선체구조물에서는 좌굴은 중요한 설계기준이 되고 있다. 따라서 좌굴발생 후 거동을 정확하게 파악하는 것은 선체구조의 안정성에 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 선체의 대표적인 구조물인 판을 대상으로 각 선급 룰에서 좌굴강도식의 기준으로 삼고 있는 단순지지조건에서의 여러 가지 항복강도에 따라 압축하중을 받는 박판구조물의 초기좌굴 후 거동과 2차좌굴 후 거동에 대해서 규명하였다. 해석방법으로는 범용 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ANSYS를 이용하였고 2차좌굴과 같은 복잡한 비선형거동을 해석하기 위하여 호장증분법(Arc-length method)을 사용하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.489-507
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• 2019

In order to obtain high bearing capacity and good ductility simultaneously, a structural column with hybrid normal and high strength steel (HNHSS) welded box section has been developed. Residual stress is an important factor that can influence the behaviour of a structural member in steel structures. Accordingly, the magnitudes and distributions of residual stresses in HNHSS welded box sections were investigated experimentally using the sectioning method. In this study, the following four box sections were tested: one normal strength steel (NSS) section, one high strength steel (HSS) section, and two HNHSS sections. Based on the experimental data from previous studies and the test results of this study, the effects of the width-to-thickness ratio of plate, yield strength of plate, and the plate thickness of the residual stresses of welded box sections were investigated in detail. A unified residual stress model for NSS, HSS and HNHSS welded box sections was proposed, and the corresponding simplified prediction equations for the maximum tensile residual stress ratio (${\sigma}_{rt}/f_y$) and average compressive residual stress ratio (${\sigma}_{rc}/f_y$) in the model were quantitatively established. The predicted magnitudes and distributions of residual stresses for four tested sections in this study by using the proposed residual stress model were compared with the experimental results, and the feasibility of this proposed model was shown to be in good agreement.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2019

강섬유 습식Shotcrete는 굳지 않은 콘크리트를 노즐로부터 소정의 위치에 부착시키는 콘크리트를 시공함으로서 원지반 자체의 전단강도를 증가시켜 품질을 향상시키고 터널의 안정화를 도모한다. 강섬유 습식Shotcrete는 인장 저항능력을 증대시킴으로써 국부적인 균열의 생성 성장을 억제하는 콘크리트의 강도와 역학적 거동 특성을 개선 및 보강한다. 또한, 강섬유 습식Shotcrete는 불연속의 짧은 강섬유를 콘크리트 속에 균등하게 분산시켜 인장강도, 휨강도, 균열에 대한 저항성 등을 개선한 Shotcrete이다. 이 연구에서는 NATM 터널의 숏크리트에 대한 압축강도 시험과 휨강도 시험을 실시하고 숏크리트타설 압력을 900 RPM, 1,000 RPM, 1,100 RPM으로 변화시켜 리바운드 감소율을 측정하였다. 따라서 국내 NATM 터널공사에 적용할 수 있는 자료를 제시하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권5호
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• pp.619-632
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• 2022

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures may be subjected to sudden dynamic impact loads such as explosions occurring for different reasons, the collision of masses driven by rockfall, flood, landslide, and avalanche effect structural members, the crash of vehicles to the highway and seaway structures. Many analytical, numerical, and experimental studies focused on the behavior of RC structural elements such as columns, beams, and slabs under sudden dynamic impact loads. However, there is no comprehensive study on the behavior of the RC column-beam connections under the effect of sudden dynamic impact loads. For this purpose, an experimental study was performed to investigate the behavior of RC column-beam connections under the effect of low-velocity impact loads. Sixteen RC beam-column connections with a scale of 1/3 were manufactured and tested under impact load using the drop-weight test setup. The concrete compressive strength, shear reinforcement spacing in the beam, and input impact energy applied to test specimens were taken as experimental variables. The time histories of impact load acting on test specimens, accelerations, and displacements measured from the test specimens were recorded in experiments. Besides, shear and bending crack widths were measured. The effect of experimental variables on the impact behavior of RC beam-column connections has been determined and interpreted in detail. Besides, a finite element model has been established for verification and comparison of the experimental results by using ABAQUS software. It has been demonstrated that concrete strength, shear reinforcement ratio, and impact energy significantly affect the impact behavior of RC column-beam connections.