• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2016

As the lifespan of concrete structures increases, their load carrying capacity decreases owing to cyclic loads and long-term effects such as creep and shrinkage. For these reasons, there is a necessity for stress state monitoring of concrete members. Particularly, it is necessary to evaluate the concrete structures for behavioral changes by using a technique that can overcome the measuring limitations of usual ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation methods. This paper proposes the use of a nonlinear ultrasonic method, namely, nonlinear resonant ultrasonic spectroscopy (NRUS) for the measurement of nonlinearity parameters for stress monitoring. An experiment compared the use of NRUS method and a linear ultrasonic method, namely, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) to study the effects of continuously increasing loads and cyclic loads on the nonlinearity parameter. Both NRUS and UPV methods found a similar direct relationship between load level and that parameter. The NRUS method showed a higher sensitivity to micro-structural changes of concrete than UPV method. Thus, the experiment confirms the possibility of using the nonlinear ultrasonic method for stress state monitoring of concrete members.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2017

프리스트레스트 보의 인장력 변화에 따른 콘크리트 응력 수준을 평가하기 위하여, 초음파를 이용하는 기존의 방법보다 개선된 비선형 초음파 공진 기법의 도입을 제안하였다. 이는 동일하게 초음파를 사용하는 선형의 기법보다 월등히 높은 민감도를 보이므로 초기 상태의 응력 평가에도 유리하다. 비선형 초음파 공진 기법은 초음파 통과시 매질 상태에 따른 공진 주파수의 변화의 정도로부터 계산되는 비선형 인자의 값을 측정하며, 측정 결과는 콘크리트의 응력 상태와도 밀접한 연관을 갖는다. 본 연구에서는 유압 펌프를 통한 인장력 작용에 따른 비선형 인자의 측정을 수행함으로써 두 인자 사이에 밀접한 연관성이 있음을 확인하고, 반복적인 하중 이력의 작용이 비선형 인자의 변화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 추가적으로, 선형 초음파 전파 속도 측정 결과를 비교하여 제안한 방법의 민감도를 검증하였다. 측정 결과를 통해 프리스트레스트 보의 콘크리트 응력 수준 평가를 위한 비선형 초음파 공진 기법의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권4A호
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• pp.701-706
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• 2006

이 논문은 콘크리트 교량의 내하력 평가에서 고정하중이 차지하는 응력을 현장측정 기법으로 평가하는 방법을 제시한 것이다. 이론적인 구조계산에만 의존하고 있는 고정하중에 대한 응력평가는 열화된 교량의 실제응력을 충분하게 반영하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 이러한 문제점을 극복하기위한 방법으로 부분절단법을 제시하였으며 이 방법은 외부의 추가적인 하중재하없이 순수 고정하중에 의해 유발된 부재응력을 현장에서 직접적으로 측정할 수 있도록 고안된 것이다. 부분절단법의 적용은 기존의 이론적인 구조계산방법을 보완하고 보다 실질적인 고정하중 응력을 반영할 수 있게 된다. 제안된 현장 측정 방법의 적용성은 기존평가방법과 비교하여 검증하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.381-386
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• 1999

The member with external unbonded tendon has two remarkable characteristics, i.e., eccentricity variation and slip by friction force at deviators, compared with internal bonded or unbonded member. An efficient numerical procedure for the nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beam with external unbonded tendon considering two remarkable characteristics is formulated and corresponding computer code is developed. On the basis of statistical process of parametric study results, strain compatibility method, eccentricity variation predictor and tendon stress predictor at ultimate state are proposed and verified with test results and existing Codes, which can evaluate flexural behavior at ultimate state. Finally, the proposed procedure and predictors can be efficiently used for the realistic and accurate analysis of prestressed concrete members with external unbonded tendons.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.223-240
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• 2006

Taking into account the geometrical and material nonlinearities, an ultimate behavior of reinforced concrete cooling tower shell in hyperbolic configuration is presented. The design wind pressures suggested in the guidelines of the US (ACI) and Germany (VGB), with or without the effect of internal suction, are employed in the analysis to examine the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of each design wind pressure. The geometrical nonlinearity is incorporated by the Green-Lagrange strain tensor. The nonlinear features of concrete, such as the nonlinear stress-strain relation in compression, the tensile cracking with the smeared crack model, an effect of tension stiffening, are taken into account. The biaxial stress state in concrete is represented by an improved work-hardening plasticity model. From the perspective of quality of wind pressures, the two guidelines are determined as highly correlated each other. Through the extensive analysis on the Niederaussem cooling tower in Germany, not only the ultimate load is determined but also the mechanism of failure, distribution of cracks, damage processes, stress redistributions, and mean crack width are examined.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권3A호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2010

콘크리트 충전형 합성부재와 콘크리트 피복형 합성부재는 압축하중 상태에서 강재에 의한 콘크리트의 구속효과와 콘크리트에 의한 강재의 국부좌굴에 대한 보강효과를 기대할 수 있는 압축부재이다. 기존의 연구결과를 바탕으로 RC, CFT, CET 압축부재에 대한 응력-변형률 관계와 하중-변위 관계를 철근비와 강재비에 따라 해석하였다. 이후 도출된 해석결과를 실험결과와 비교한 후, 구속효과가 하중과 변위에 미치는 영향을 평가하여 기존의 응력-변형률 관계를 수정하였다. 또한 국외 각국의 설계기준의 설계강도와 비교하여 수정된 응력-변형률 관계 제안식을 검토하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.541-555
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• 2012

This paper presents an algorithm for the evaluation of stresses in reinforced concrete sections under service loads. The algorithm is applicable to any section defined by polygonal contours and is based on an analytical integration of the stresses. The nonlinear behaviour of concrete is represented by the parabola-rectangle law used in the Eurocode-2 for the ultimate concrete design. An integrated definition of the strains in concrete and steel is possible by the use of Heaviside functions, similarly to what is done for ultimate section design in Barros et al. (2004). Other constitutive equations for the definition of the stresses in the concrete or steel can be easily incorporated into the code. The examples presented consist in the evaluation of resulting axial load and bending moment in an irregular section and in a section in L shape. The results, for service stresses, can also be plotted in terms of design abacus; a rectangular doubly reinforced section is presented as example.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.203-223
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• 2014

The extensive use of prestressed reinforced concrete (PSC) highway bridges in marine environment drastically increases the sensitivity to both fatigue-and corrosion-induced damage of their critical structural components during their service lives. Within this scenario, an integrated method that is capable of evaluating the fatigue reliability, identifying a condition-based maintenance, and predicting the remaining service life of its critical components is therefore needed. To accomplish this goal, a procedure for fatigue reliability prediction of PSC highway bridges is proposed in the present study. Vehicle-bridge coupling vibration analysis is performed for obtaining the equivalent moment ranges of critical section of bridges under typical fatigue truck models. Three-dimensional nonlinear mathematical models of fatigue trucks are simplified as an eleven-degree-of-freedom system. Road surface roughness is simulated as zero-mean stationary Gaussian random processes using the trigonometric series method. The time-dependent stress-concentration factors of reinforcing bars and prestressing tendons are accounted for more accurate stress ranges determination. The limit state functions are constructed according to the Miner's linear damage rule, the time-dependent S-N curves of prestressing tendons and the site-specific stress cycle prediction. The effectiveness of the methodology framework is demonstrated to a T-type simple supported multi-girder bridge for fatigue reliability evaluation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제78권2호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2021

In the present paper, an analytical model is proposed to determine the flexural and shear strength of normal and high-strength reinforced concrete beams with longitudinal bars, in the presence of transverse stirrups. The model is based on evaluation of the resistance contribution due to beam and arch actions including interaction with stirrups. For the resistance contribution of the main bars in tension the residual bond adherence of steel bars, including the effect of stirrups and the crack spacing of R.C. beams, is considered. The compressive strength of the compressed arch is also verified by taking into account the biaxial state of stresses. The model was verified on the basis of experimental data available in the literature and it is able to include the following variables in the resistance provision: - geometrical percentage of steel bars; - depth-to-shear span ratio; - resistance of materials; - crack spacing; - tensile stress in main bars; - residual bond resistance including the presence of stirrups;- size effects. Finally, some of the more recent analytical expressions able to predict shear and flexural resistance of concrete beams are mentioned and a comparison is made with experimental data.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.943-957
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• 2014

When subjected to fatigue loading, the main failure mode of partially prestressed concrete (PPC) structure is the fatigue fracture of tensile reinforcement. Therefore, monitoring and evaluation of the steel stresses/strains in the structure are essential issues for structural design and healthy assessment. The current study experimentally investigates the possibility of using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors to measure the steel strains in PPC beams in the process of fatigue loading. Six full-scale post-tensioned PPC beams were exposed to fatigue loading. Within the beams, the FBG and resistance strain gauge (RSG) sensors were independently bonded onto the surface of tensile reinforcements. A good agreement was found between the recorded results from the two different sensors. Moreover, FBG sensors show relatively good resistance to fatigue loading compared with RSG sensors, indicating that FBG sensors possess the capability for long-term health monitoring of the tensile reinforcement in PPC structures. Apart from the above findings, it can also be found that during the fatigue loading, there is stress redistribution between prestressed and non-prestressed reinforcements, and the residual strain emerges in the non-prestressed reinforcement. This phenomenon can bring about an increase of the steel stress in the non-prestressed reinforcement.