• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.39-52
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• 2003

A computer program has been developed for the optimum design of prestressed concrete beams under flexure. Optimum values of prestressing force, tendon configuration, and cross-sectional dimensions are determined subject to constraints on the design variables and stresses. 28 constraints have been used including flexural stresses, cover requirement, the aspect ratios for top and bottom flanges and web part of a beam and ultimate moment. The objective function contains cost of concrete, prestressing force and formwork. Using this function, it is possible to obtain minimum cost design, minimum weight or cross-sectional area of concrete design and minimum prestressing force design. Besides the idealized I-shaped cross-section, which is widely used in literature, a general I-shaped cross-section with eight geometrical design variables are used here. Four examples, one of which is available in the literature and the others are modified form of it, have been solved for minimum cost and minimum cross-sectional area designs and the results are compared. The computer program, which employs modified grid search optimization method, can assist a designer in producing efficient designs rapidly and easily. Considerable savings in computational work are thus made possible.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2009년도 춘계 학술대회 제21권1호
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• pp.301-302
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• 2009

콘크리트 구조물의 성능 저하 현상 증의 하나인 탄산화에 의한 내구성능 저하를 평가하는 방법으로 각 설계변수의 불확실성윤 고려하기 위하여 MCS(Monte Carlo Simulation) 기법을 적용하여 탄산화의 영향을 받는 철근콘크리트 구조물의 내구성 해석을 수행하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 일반적인 경우 50년 경과시 부식확률 10%에 이르는 필요피복두께는 탄산화 속도계수가 4mm/$year^{0.5}$일 경우 최소 53mm가 요구되는 것으로 나타났다. 추후 설계변수의 통계적인 성질에 대한 추가적인 연구를 통하여 탄산화 과정의 불확실성윤 합리적으로 고려함 수 있는 내구성 해석방법을 정립할 수 있을 것이다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.435-453
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• 2016

The main purpose of this study is to perform optimum cost design of cut and cover RC shallow tunnels using Artificial bee colony and genetic algorithms. For this purpose, mathematical expressions of objective function, design variables and constraints for the design of cut and cover RC shallow tunnels were determined. By using these expressions, optimum cost design of the Trabzon Kalekapisi junction underpass tunnel was carried out by using the cited algorithms. The results obtained from the algorithms were compared with the results obtained from traditional design and remarkable saving from the cost of the tunnel was achieved.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.573-579
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• 2014

합성보는 콘크리트 바닥판과 강재 거더로 이루어져 왔으나, 바닥판의 자중을 줄이면서 내구성을 향상시키고 나아가 교량의 강도 및 강성을 향상시키기 위하여 초고성능 콘크리트(UHPC)를 교량 바닥판으로 채용한 합성보가 최근에 제안되고 있다. 이 연구는 기존의 스터드 전단연결재가 UHPC 바닥판을 합성함에 있어 유효한지에 관하여 실험적으로 검토해보고자 한다. 12개의 push-out 시험체를 통하여 UHPC 바닥판에 매립된 스터드 전단연결재의 정적 강도를 평가하였으며, 실험 변수로 바닥판 두께, 스터드 높이 및 지름을 채택하여, 기존에 제한되었던 스터드 지름에 대한 높이의 비율인 형상비와 스터드 머리부 상부 콘크리트 피복두께의 제한을 완화하는 것이 가능한지에 대하여 검토하였다. 이 연구의 실험으로부터 기존 AASHTO LRFD에 제시된 정적 강도평가식을 UHPC에 매립된 스터드 전단연결재에 적용하는 것이 유효함을 확인하였으며, 4이상으로 제한된 형상비는 3.1까지 낮추어도 되며, 50 mm로 제한된 최소 피복두께도 25 mm까지 낮출수 있음을 확인하였다. 다만 Eurocode-4에 제시된 연성도 기준인 특성 상대슬립 6 mm 이상의 기준을 만족하지 못하여, UHPC에 매립된 스터드 전단연결재는 별도의 연성 보강 방안이 채택되지 않는다면 강성 전단연결재로 간주하여야 할 것이다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2018

이 연구는 철근콘크리트 부재에서 사용한계상태 검증 및 내구성능 평가의 요소인 균열폭을 계산하는데 중요한 변수가 되는 균열간격 계산식을 제안한 것이다. 철근콘크리트 부재의 균열거동 해석을 위한 지배방정식이 되는 부착특성을 반영하여 평균균열간격 기본식을 유도하고, 피복두께와 콘크리트 강도의 영향을 고려할 수 있도록 여러 연구자들이 수행한 124개의 직접인장실험에서 측정된 균열간격을 분석하여 각각의 계수를 제안하였다. 그리고, 최대 및 평균 균열간격이 동시에 측정된 80개의 실험체 자료로부터 상관관계 분석을 실시하여 평균균열간격으로부터 최대 균열간격을 간편하게 예측할 수 있는 상관계수를 제안하였다. 제안된 평균균열간격 계산식 및 최대균열간격 상관식에 대해서 현행 설계기준의 규정과 비교를 실시하였다. 비교 결과, 평균균열간격 및 최대균열간격에 대한 제안식은 콘크리트구조기준 및 도로교설계기준(한계상태설계법)의 해당 규정과 비교하여 예측의 정확성 및 신뢰도가 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제18권1E호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

The use of the current ACI 318 stress block parameters has been reported to provide unconservative estimations of the moment capacities for high-strength concrete columns. Accordingly, several concrete stress block parameters have been recently proposed. This paper discusses various concrete stress block parameters for high-strength concrete and their influences on the code provisions. In order to adopt the proposed stress block parameters to the design code, it is necessary to understand the impact of the change of the stress block parameters on various aspects of the code provisions. For this purpose, the influence of using of different stress block parameters on the location of the neutral axis and the tensile strain in extreme tension steel as well as the axial and moment capacities are investigated. In addition, the influence on the prestressed concrete members is also elucididated.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.365-376
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• 2011

현행 콘크리트구조설계기준(2007)은 콘크리트 구조물의 설계에 적용하는 콘크리트의 압축응력 분포로 ACI 318의 등가 직사각형 응력 분포를 규정하고 있다. 단면의 휨강도 해석에는 등가 직사각형 응력 분포가 충분하겠지만, 성능 중심 설계의 한계 상태 검증에는 실제와 가까운 압축응력-변형률 관계가 필요하다. 또 등가 직사각형 응력 분포는 고강도 콘크리트 기둥의 휨강도 해석에 비안전측의 결과를 준다는 것이 알려져 있으므로, 이를 대신하는 새로운 응력 분포 모델이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 Eurocode와 일본 토목학회의 설계기준에서 채택하고 있는 포물선-직선 형상의 새로운 모델을 제안하였다. 이 응력 분포 모델은 이 연구에서 수행된 압축응력 분포 실험과 타 연구자들의 실험 결과를 분석하여 도출된 것으로서, 보통 강도뿐만 아니라 고강도 콘크리트를 포함한 것이다. 제안 모델의 특성은 미국 ACI 318, 캐나다 CSA, 유럽의 Eurocode, 일본 토목학회 설계기준의 응력 분포 모델과 함께 실험 결과와 비교하여 정리하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.523-534
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to experimentally investigate the effect of heat curing methods on the temperature history and strength development of slab concrete exposed to $-10^{\circ}C$. The goal was to determine proper heat curing methods for the protection of nuclear power plant structures against early-age frost damage under adverse (cold) conditions. Two types of methods were studied: heat insulation alone and in combination with a heating cable. For heat curing with heat insulation alone, either sawdust or a double layer bubble sheet (2-BS) was applied. For curing with a combination of heat insulation and a heating cable, an embedded heating cable was used with either a sawdust cover, a 2-BS cover, or a quadruple layer bubble sheet (4-BS) cover. Seven different slab specimens with dimensions of $1200{\times}600{\times}200$ mm and a design strength of 27 MPa were fabricated and cured at $-10^{\circ}C$ for 7 d. The application of sawdust and 2-BS allowed the concrete temperature to fall below $0^{\circ}C$ within 40 h after exposure to $-10^{\circ}C$, and then, the temperature dropped to $-10^{\circ}C$ and remained there for 7 d owing to insufficient thermal resistance. However, the combination of a heating cable plus sawdust or 2-BS maintained the concrete temperature around $5^{\circ}C$ for 7 d. Moreover, the combination of the heating cable and 4-BS maintained the concrete temperature around $10^{\circ}C$ for 7 d. This was due to the continuous heat supply from the heating cable and the prevention of heat loss by the 4-BS. For maturity development, which is an index of early-age frost damage, the application of heat insulation materials alone did not allow the concrete to meet the minimum maturity required to protect against early-age frost damage after 7 d, owing to poor thermal resistance. However, the combination of the heating cable and the heat insulating materials allowed the concrete to attain the minimum maturity level after just 3 d. In the case of strength development, the heat insulation materials alone were insufficient to achieve the minimum 7-d strength required to prevent early-age frost damage. However, the combination of a heating cable and heat insulating materials met both the minimum 7-d strength and the 28-d design strength owing to the heat supply and thermal resistance. Therefore, it is believed that by combining a heating cable and 4-BS, concrete exposed to $-10^{\circ}C$ can be effectively protected from early-age frost damage and can attain the required 28-d compressive strength.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.643-671
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• 2015

Chloride induced reinforcement corrosion is widely accepted to be the most frequent mechanism causing premature degradation of reinforced concrete members, whose economic and social consequences are growing up continuously. Prevention of these phenomena has a great importance in structural design, and modern Codes and Standards impose prescriptions concerning design details and concrete mix proportion for structures exposed to different external aggressive conditions, grouped in environmental classes. This paper focuses on reinforced concrete column section load carrying capacity degradation over time due to chloride induced steel pitting corrosion. The structural element is considered to be exposed to marine environment and the effects of corrosion are described by the time degradation of the axial-bending interaction diagram. Because chlorides ingress and consequent pitting corrosion propagation are both time-dependent mechanisms, the study adopts a time-variant predictive approach to evaluate residual strength of corroded reinforced concrete columns at different lifetimes. Corrosion initiation and propagation process is modelled by taking into account all the parameters, such as external environmental conditions, concrete mix proportion, concrete cover and so on, which influence the time evolution of the corrosion phenomenon and its effects on the residual strength of reinforced concrete columns sections.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2023

In this paper, seismic performance evaluation was carried out for eight circular reinforced concrete columns designed seismically by KRTA[1]and KCI[8]. Primary design parameters for such columns included many longitudinal reinforcements, yield strength of reinforcements, the vertical spacing of spirals, aspect ratio, and axial force ratio. The test results showed that all the columns exhibited stable hysteretic and inelastic responses. Based on the test results, drift ratios corresponding to each damage state, such as initial yielding, initial cover spalling, initial core concrete crushing, buckling, and fracture of longitudinal reinforcement and final spalled region, were evaluated. Then, those ratios were compared with widely accepted damage limit states. The comparison revealed that the existing damage states were considerably conservative. This implies that additional research is required for the damage limit states of such columns designed seismically by current Korean design codes.