• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.867-883
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• 2011

Six reinforced concrete beam-column joint specimens were constructed and tested under reverse cyclic loading to failure. The six specimens were divided into three groups, each group representing a different joint design. The main objectives of this study are to investigate the response of joints with three different design, reinforcement detailing and beam strengths, and to evaluate and compare the responses of beam-column joints reinforced with traditional steel rebar and a recently proposed steel reinforcement called prefabricated cage system (PCS). Each of the three test specimen designs included equivalent amount of steel reinforcement and had virtually identical details. The results of the research show that the PCS reinforced joints had a slightly higher strength and significantly larger deformation capacity than the equivalent rebar reinforced joints.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.413-432
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• 1999

A macro-element model is developed to account for shear deformation and bond slip of reinforcement bars in the beam-column joint region of reinforced concrete structures. The joint region is idealized by two springs in series, one representing shear deformation and the other representing bond slip. The softened truss model theory is adopted to establish the shear force-shear deformation relationship and to determine the shear capacity of the joint. A detailed model for the bond slip of the reinforcing bars at the beam-column interface is presented. The proposed macro-element model of the joint is validated using available experimental data on beam-column connections representing exterior joints in ductile and nonductile frames.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.160-169
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• 2015

이 연구에서는 순환굵은골재와 고로슬래그미분말을 치환한 콘크리트를 철근콘크리트 외부 보-기둥 접합부의 위험단면영역에 하이브리드 섬유 (PVA섬유+강섬유)를 적용한 외부 보-기둥 접합부 실험체를 7개 제작하여 실험을 수행하여 내진성능을 평가하였다. 이 연구의 실험결과를 근거로 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부의 접합부 영역에 하이브리드섬유를 보강한 결과 초기 재하시 접합부 영역의 균열억제 효과와 재하 전 과정을 통하여 하이브리드섬유의 가교역할로 인하여 균열억제 효과가 커서 안정적인 파괴형태 및 내력향상 효과를 나타내었다. 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부영역에 하이브리드섬유를 보강한 실험체 BCJGPSR 시리즈는 표준실험체 BCJS와 비교하여 최대내력은 1.01~1.04배 증가하였다. 그리고 에너지 소산능력은 1.06~1.29배 증가하였다. 또한 하이브리드섬유 (강섬유+PVA섬유)를 보강한 실험체 $BSJGPSR_1$은 최대강도를 확보한 변위연성 9에서 실험체 BCJS, BCJP, BCJGPR 시리즈 보다 에너지 소산능력이 1.33~1.65배 증가한 것으로 나타났다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2020

The top-and-seat angles with double web angles are commonly used in the design of beam-to-column joints in Asian and North American countries. The seismic behavior analysis of these joints with large cross-section size of beam and column (often connected by four or more bolts) is a challenge due to the effects from the relatively larger size of stiffened angles and the composite action from the adjacent concrete slab. This paper presents an experimental investigation on the seismic performance of exterior composite beam-to-column joints with stiffened angles under cyclic loading. Four full-scale composite joints with different configuration (only one specimen contain top angle in concrete slab) were designed and tested. The joint specimens were designed by considering the effects of top angles, longitudinal reinforcement bars and arrangement of bolts. The behavior of the joints was carefully investigated, in terms of the failure modes, slippage, backbone curves, strength degradation, and energy dissipation abilities. It was found that the slippage between top-and-seat angles and beam flange, web angle and beam web led to a notable pinching effect, in addition, the ability of the energy dissipation was significantly reduced. The effect of anchored beams on the behavior of the joints was limited due to premature failure in concrete, the concrete slab that closes to the column flange and upper flange of beam plays an significant role when the joint subjected to the sagging moment. It is demonstrated that the ductility of the joints was significantly improved by the staggered bolts and welded longitudinal reinforcement bars.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.533-546
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• 2019

This study presents an experimental investigation on six beam-column joint specimens under the lateral cyclic loading. The aim was to explore the effectiveness of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) in reducing the transverse shear stirrups in beam-column joints of the reinforced concrete (RC) frames with strong-columns and weak-beams. Two RC and four SFRC specimens with different types of reinforcement detailing and steel fibers of volume fraction in the range of 0.75-1.5% were tested under gradually increasing cyclic displacements. The main parameters investigated were lateral load-resisting capacity, hysteresis response, energy dissipation capacity, stiffness degradation, viscous damping variation, and mode of failure. Test results showed that the diagonally bent configuration of beam longitudinal bars in the beam-column joints resulted in the shear failure at the joint region against the flexural failure of beams having straight bar configurations. However, all SFRC specimens exhibited similar lateral strength, energy dissipation potential and mode of failure even in the absence of transverse steel in the beam-column joints. Finally, a methodology has been proposed to compute the shear strength of SFRC beam-column joints under the lateral loading condition.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2019

In this paper three damaged exterior RC beam-column joints made of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) were repaired. The aim of the study was to restore back the lost capacity of the beam-column joint to the original state or more. A relatively cheap material locally available galvanized steel welded wire mesh (GSWWM) of grid size 25 mm was used to confine the damaged region and then jacketed with cement mortar. Repaired specimens were also subjected to similar cyclic displacement as those of unrepaired specimens. Seismic parameters such as load carrying capacity, ductility, energy dissipation, stiffness degradation etc. were analyzed. Results show that repaired specimens exhibited better seismic performance and hence the adopted repairing strategies could be considered as satisfactory. These findings would be helpful to the field engineers to adopt a suitable rapid and cost efficient repairing technique for restoring the damaged frame structural joints for post earthquake usage.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2013

이 연구에서는 고강도 철근콘크리트 외부 보-기둥 접합부의 시공성 및 내진성능을 개선하기 위하여 보-기둥 접합부 영역의 스터럽 및 띠철근 유무에 따라 고인성섬유 복합모르타르를 사용하여 내진성능을 평가하였다. 총 5개의 실험체를 제작하고 실험을 수행하여 내진성능을 평가하였으며, 이 연구의 시험 결과를 근거로 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 기존 고강도 철근콘크리트 내부 보-기둥 접합부의 위험단면 영역을 고인성섬유 복합모르타르로 보강한 결과 재하 전 과정을 통하여 섬유의 가교역할로 인한 균열 분산효과로 인하여 균열 제어 효과가 커서 안정적인 파괴형태 및 내력을 나타내었다. 고강도 철근콘크리트 외부 보-기둥 접합부의 시공성 및 내진성능을 개선하기 위하여 고인성섬유 복합모르타르를 사용하여 보강한 실험체(BCJNSP 시리즈)는 스터럽과 띠철근이 제거 되었음에도 안정적인 이력거동을 나타내었고, 최대내력이 전단보강근이 없는 실험체 BCJNS의 1.09~2.03배로 증가하였다. 그리고 고인성섬유 복합모르타르를 사용하여 보강한 실험체(BCJNSP 시리즈)는 표준실험체 BCJC의 최대내력이 0.92~0.96배로 거의 비슷하였고, 에너지소산능력은 최대 1.62배로 크게 증가하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2014

이 논문은 고강도 콘크리트를 사용한 철근콘크리트 외부 보-기둥 접합부의 실험결과를 보고한 것이다. 실험체의 주요 실험변수는 접합부 파괴모드, 콘크리트 압축강도, 철근의 정착 방법이다. 모든 실험체는 ACI 352R-02 기준에 바탕을 두어 J파괴와 BJ파괴가 되도록 계획하였다. 주철근은 90도 표준갈고리로 하거나 확대머리철근으로 하였다. 실험결과는 콘크리트 압축강도에 제한되는 현행 ACI 설계 기준식이 고강도 콘크리트를 사용한 보-기둥 접합부의 강도를 다소 과소평가하고 있음을 보여준다. 또한 확대머리철근을 가진 J파괴형 보-기둥 접합부의 강도는 표준갈고리를 가진 접합부보다 약 10% 이상 높게 평가되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2017

The widespread damage to steel Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) in past major earthquakes have underscored the need to understand the nonlinear inelastic behaviour of such systems. To assess the seismic performance of steel MRF, it is essential to model the nonlinear force-deformation behaviour of beam to column joints. To determine the extent of inelasticity in a beam to column joint, nonlinear finite element analysis is generally carried out, which is computationally involved and demanding. In order to obviate the need of such elaborate analyses, a simplistic method to predict the force-deformation behaviour is required. In this study, a simple, mechanics driven, hand calculation method is proposed to obtain the forcedeformation behaviour of strong axis beam to column moment joints. The force-deformation behaviour for twenty-five interior and exterior beam to column joints, having column to beam strength ratios ranging from 1.2 to 10.99 and 2.4 to 22, respectively, have been obtained. The force-deformation behaviour predicted using the proposed method is compared with the results of finite element analyses. The results show that the proposed method predicts the force-deformation behaviour fairly accurately, with much lesser computational effort. Further the proposed method has been used to conduct Nonlinear Dynamic Time History Analyses of two benchmark frames; close correspondence of results obtained with published results establishes the usefulness and computational accuracy of the method.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1017-1038
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• 2015

This paper presents a strengthening method that involves the use of ferrocement jackets and chamfers to relocate plastic hinge for non-seismically designed reinforced concrete exterior beam-column joints. An experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the proposed strengthening method. Four half-scale beam-column joints, including one control specimen and three strengthened specimens, were prepared and tested under quasi-static cyclic loading. Strengthening schemes include ferrocement jackets with or without skeleton reinforcements and one or two chamfers. Experimental results have indicated that the proposed strengthening method is effective to move plastic hinge from the joint to the beam and enhance seismic performance of beam-column joints. Shear stress and distortion within the joint region are also reduced significantly in strengthened specimens. Skeleton reinforcements in ferrocement provide limited improvement, except on crack control. Specimen strengthened by ferrocement jackets with one chamfer exhibits slight decrease in peak strength and energy dissipation but with increase in ductility as compared with that of two chamfers. Finally, a method for estimating moment capacity at beam-column interface for strengthened specimen is developed. The proposed method gives reasonable prediction and can ensure formation of plastic hinge at predetermined location in the beam.