• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4504-4517
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• 2023

After a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) in the prestressed concrete containment vessels (PCCVs) of nuclear power plants, the coupling of temperature and pressure can significantly affect the mechanical properties of the PCCVs. However, there is no consensus on how this coupling affects the failure mechanism of PCCVs. In this paper, a simplified finite element modeling method is proposed to study the effect of temperature and pressure coupling on PCCVs. The experiment results of a 1:4 scale PCCV model tested at Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) are compared with the results obtained from the proposed modeling approach. Seven working conditions are set up by varying the internal and external temperatures to investigate the failure mechanism of the PCCV model under the coupling effect of temperature and pressure. The results of this paper demonstrate that the finite element model established by the simplified finite element method proposed in this paper is highly consistent with the experimental results. Furthermore, the stress-displacement curve of the PCCV during loading can be divided into four stages, each of which corresponds to the damage to the concrete, steel liner, steel rebar, and prestressing tendon. Finally, the failure mechanism of the PCCV is significantly affected by temperature.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2020

A two-dimensional particle flow cod (PFC) is used to study the effect of missile impact on the concrete target. For this purpose firstly calibration of numerical model was performed so that tensile strength of numerical models and experimental sample were the same. Secondly, a concrete model was built. The number of concrete layers and the angle of concrete layers related to horizontal axis were changed. Their numbers were 1, 2, 3 and 4. The angles were 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°. A semi-circle missile was simulated at top of the concrete layers. Its velocity in opposite side of Y direction was 100 m/s. three measuring circles were situated at the below the missile in the model to receive the applied force. The load in the missile and measuring circles together with failure pattern were registered at the beginning of the impaction. The results show that concrete layers number and concrete layers angle have important effect on the failure load while the failure pattern was nearly constant in all of the models.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2005

Existing strut-and-tie model cannot be applied to analysis of slender beams without shear reinforcement because shear transfer mechanism is not formed. In the present study, a new strut-and-tie model with rigid joint was developed. Basically, concrete strut is modeled as a frame element which can transfer shear force (or moment) as well as axial force. Employing Rankine failure criterion, failure strength due to shear-tension and shear-compression developed in compressive concrete strut was defined. For verification, various test specimens were analyzed and the results were compared with tests. The proposed strut-and-tie model predicted shear strength and failure displacement with reasonable precision, addressing the design parameters such as shear reinforcement, concrete compressive strength, and shear span ratio.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2010

철근콘크리트 보의 휨 및 전단파괴 예측을 위한 철근콘크리트 부재의 3차원 유한요소모델을 개발하였다. 다축구속응력 하에서의 콘크리트의 연성거동을 보다 정확히 예측하기 위해 변형률 공간에서의 콘크리트 파괴기준을 제시하였다. 3축하에서의 콘크리트 균열거동을 위해 균열발생 후 인장연화거동, 골재맞물림 및 다우얼효과를 고려한 균열면 전단전달특성을 고려토록 하였다. 휨 및 전단 파괴 양상을 갖는 보 시험체와의 비교 연구를 통하여 본 유한요소 모델은 저보강보의 연성 휨 파괴 뿐만 아니라 전단보강되지 않은 철근콘크리트 보의 취성 전단 파괴 양상을 갖는 부재의 거동 예측에도 유효한 것으로 판단되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.645-662
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• 1997

A nonlinear semi-three-dimensional layered finite element procedure is developed for cracking and failure analysis of reinforced concrete beams and the spandrel beam-column-slab connections of flat plates. The layered element approach takes the elasto-plastic failure behaviour and geometric nonlinearity into consideration. A strain-hardening plasticity concrete model and a smeared steel model are incorporated into the layered element formulation. Further, shear failure, transverse reinforcement, spandrel beams and columns are successfully modelled. The proposed method incorporating the nonlinear constitutive models for concrete and steel is implemented in a finite element program. Test specimens including a series of reinforced concrete beams and beam-column-slab connections of flat plates are analysed. Results confirm the effectiveness and accuracy of the layered procedure in predicting both flexural and shear cracking up to failure.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.345-356
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• 2004

다양한 압축 응력 상태에서의 콘크리트의 거동 특성을 나타내기 위한 소성 모델을 개발하였다. 응력 성분은 압축 상태에서 각각의 거동특성을 갖는 세 개의 직교 성분으로 분리하였다. 각 성분의 거동 특성을 독립적으로 나타내기 위하여 각 성분에 대한 독립적인 다중 파괴기.준을 이용하는 소성모델을 적용하였다. 각 파괴면은 실험결과에 근거하여 각 파괴기준에 대한 등가 소성 변형률에 의하여 정의하였다. 또한, 압축손상에 의한 체적팽창을 나타내기 위한 간단한 비상관 소성흐름법칙을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델은 다양한 재료 특성 및 응력 상태를 갖는 기존의 실험 결과들과 비교를 통하여 검증되었다. 이 비교는 기존의 소성모델보다 제안된 모델의 적용성이 우수함을 입증하고 있다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 봄학술 발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.391-394
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• 2005

A theoretical model was developed to predict the shear strength of slender reinforced concrete beams. The shear force applied to a cross-section of the beam was assumed to be resisted primarily by the compressive zone of intact concrete rather than by the tensile zone. The shear capacity of the cross section was defined based on the material failure criteria of concrete: failure controlled by compression and failure controlled by tension. In the evaluation of the shear capacity, interaction with the normal stresses developed by the flexural moment in the cross section was considered. In the proposed strength model, the shear strength of the beam and the location of the critical section were determined at the intersection between the shear capacity and shear demand curves. The proposed strength model was verified by the comparisons to prior experimental results.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.291-301
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• 1998

본 논문은 공용년수가 오래되어 노후화된 철근콘크리트 교량의 파괴가지의 거동에 예측하기 위한 비선형 파괴해석 모델링 기법이 개발에 관한 연구이다. 본 논문에서는 비선형파괴해석을 위해철근부식으로 인하여 철근주변 콘크리트의 열화를 고려한 인장경화모델을 제안하였으며 교량의 노후화된 지점조건을 고려할 수 있는 지점 모델링 기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델을 사용하여 반복하중을 받는 노후화된 철근콘크리트 T형 교량이 파괴될 때까지의 2차원 및 3차원 파괴해석을 수행하였으며 파괴시험으로부터 분석된 교량의 파괴거동과 비교하였다. 해석결과와 실험결과의 비교로부터 본 논문의 모델링기법이 노후화된 교량의 파괴해석에 유용하게 사용될 수 있으며 노후화된 지점조건의 모델링이 교량의 강도평가에 매우 큰 영향을 주는 것을 규명하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2018

In this paper, a modified rigid body spring model (RBSM) is proposed and used to analyze the damage and failure process of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. In the proposed model, the concrete is represented by an assembly of rigid blocks connected with a uniform distribution of normal and tangential springs to simulate the macroscopic mechanical behavior of concrete. Steel bars are evenly dispersed into rigid blocks as a kind of homogeneous axial material, and an additional uniform distribution of axial and dowel springs is defined to consider the axial stiffness and dowel action of steel bars. Perfect bond between the concrete and steel bars is assumed, and tension stiffening effect of steel bars is modeled by adjusting the constitutive relationship for the tensile reinforcement. Adjacent blocks are allowed to separate at the contact interface, which makes it convenient and easy to simulate the cracking process of concrete. The failure of the springs is determined by the Mohr-Coulomb type criterion with the tension and compression caps. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed by elastic analyses of a cantilever beam under different loading conditions and failure analyses of a RC beam under two-point loading.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.499-511
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• 2023

Anchor channels are commonly used for façade, tunnel, and structural connections. These connections encounter various types of loadings during their service life, including high rate or impact loading. For anchor channels that are placed close and parallel to an edge and loaded in shear perpendicular to and towards the edge, the failure is often governed by concrete edge breakout. This study investigates the transverse shear behavior of the anchor channels under quasi-static and high rate loadings using a numerical approach (3D finite element analysis) utilizing a rate-sensitive microplane model for concrete as constitutive law. Following the validation of the numerical model against a test performed under quasi-static loading, the rate-sensitive static, and rate-sensitive dynamic analyses are performed for various displacement loading rates varying from moderately high to impact. The increment in resistance due to the high loading rate is evaluated using the dynamic increase factor (DIF). Furthermore, it is shown that the failure mode of the anchor channel changes from global concrete edge failure to local concrete crushing due to the activation of structural inertia at high displacement loading rates. The research outcomes could be valuable for application in various types of connection systems where a high rate of loading is expected.