• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.587-606
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• 2012

Concrete-filled-steel-tubular (CFST) columns have been well proven to improve effectively the strength, stiffness and ductility of concrete members. However, the central part of concrete in CFST columns is not fully utilised under uni-axial compression, bending and torsion. It has small contribution to both flexural and torsion strength, while it can be replaced effectively by steel with smaller area to give similar load-carrying capacity. Also, the confining pressure in CFST columns builds up slowly because the initial elastic dilation of concrete is small before micro-crackings of concrete are developed. From these observations, it is convinced that the central concrete can be effectively replaced by another hollow steel tube with smaller area to form double-skinned concrete-filled-steel-tubular (CFDST) columns. In this study, a series of uni-axial compression tests were carried out on CFDST and CFST columns with and without external steel rings. From the test results, it was observed that on average that the stiffness and elastic strength of CFDST columns are about 25.8% and 33.4% respectively larger than CFST columns with similar equivalent area. The averaged axial load-carrying capacity of CFDST columns is 7.8% higher than CFST columns. Lastly, a theoretical model that takes into account the confining effects of steel tube and external rings for predicting the uni-axial load-carrying capacity of CFDST columns is developed.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호통권37호
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• pp.701-708
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• 1998

최근 2등급(DB18)으로 설계된 국도상의 일부 교량들은 교통량 수송능력 향상을 위해 외부후긴장 방법을 적용하여 보강하는 방법이 사용되고 있으나, 그러한 보강 작업의 대부분은 실험 및 해석적 검증없이 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 DB18로 설계된 단순 합성보에 외부 후긴장을 적용하여 보강효과 및 거동을 실험적으로 연구하였으며 실험 결과로부터 외부 후긴장은 극한 및 항복에 대한 강성을 증가시키며 인장파괴 모드로 설계된 구조물의 인장보강에 특히 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2006

It analyzed the mechanical behaviors of non-ballasted railway bridge (steel plate girder type) with ballast reinforced on the finite element analysis, field test and laboratory test far the static and dynamic responses. The major objective of this study is to investigate the effects and application of reinforcement for steel plate girder railway bridge by the external post-tensioning method. The reinforcement of non-ballast railway bridge had obviously stable dynamic behaviors due to the additional dead force which was ballast. But in case of static behaviors, static displacements and stresses had increased nearly the allowable values. Therefore we analyzed the mechanical behaviors of non-ballasted railway bridge with ballast reinforced and external post-tensioning reinforced on the finite element analysis and laboratory test for the static and dynamic behavior. As a result, the reinforcement of ballasted railway bridge the external post-tensioning method are obviously effective for the additional dead force which is ballast. The analytical and experimental study are carried out to investigate the post-tension force decrease bending behavior and deflection in composite bridge for serviceability. The servicing railway bridge with ballast reinforced has need of the reasonable reinforcement measures which could be reducing the effect of additional dead load that degradation phenomenon of structure by an unusual. stresses and a drop durability.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.453-464
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• 2018

The objective of this study is to devise an alternative strengthening method to the ones available in the literature. So, external steel members were used to enhance both flexural and shear capacities of reinforced concrete (RC) beams having insufficient shear capacity. Two types of RC beams, one without stirrups and one with lacking stirrups, were prepared in the study. These beams were strengthened with external steel clamps devised by the authors and with external longitudinal reinforcements. Although the use of clamps alone didn't have a significant effect on the load carrying capacity of the tested beams, the ductility increased approximately tenfold and the failure behavior changed from brittle to ductile. Although the use of clamps and longitudinal reinforcements together did not significantly increase the ductility of the beams, it approximately doubled their load capacities. The results of the experimental study were compared to the ones obtained from nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA) and it was observed that they were compatible. Finally, it can be concluded that the devised method could be applied to structural members as an alternative to methods in application due to lightness, low-cost, easy applicable and reliable.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2002

외부 후 긴장 공법은 설계에 수반되는 구조해석이 비교적 명확하여 강교량 구조물뿐만 아니라 건축 구조물 등 그 적용범위가 매우 넓다. 본 연구에서는 외부 비부착 강연선 및 강봉을 가진 Steel I-Beam의 휨거동과 보강효과를 연구하기 위하여 우선 합리적인 이론해를 제시하고, 긴장력 도입 후 정적 휨 재하 실험을 수행하여 긴장력 도입 정도에 따른 휨 보강정도를 분석하였다. 또한, 강봉을 사용한 경우와 강연선을 사용한 경우로 시험체를 분류하여, 긴장재 종류에 따른 휨거동 특성과 보강효과를 비교 분석하였다. 아울러 강봉의 개수와 편향부 유.무에 따른 Beam의 휨거동 특성과 부재의 처짐의 증가에 따른 Tendon 위치의 편심량 값이 변화하고, 그에 따른 프리스트레스트 I-Beam의 휨 거동에 미치는 영향을 규명하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.423-436
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• 2012

In this study total of six buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) were manufactured using a square steel rod as a load-resisting core member and a hollow steel tube as restrainer to prevent global buckling of the core. The gap between the core and the tube was filled with steel rods as filler material. The performances of the proposed BRB from uniaxial and subassemblage tests were compared with those of the specimens filled with mortar. The test results showed that the performance of the BRB with discontinuous steel rods as filler material was not satisfactory, whereas the BRBs with continuous steel rods as filler material showed good performance when the external tubes were strong enough against buckling. It was observed that the buckling strength of the external tube of the BRBs filled with steel rods needs to be at least twice as high as that of the BRBs filled with mortar to ensure high cumulative plastic deformation of the BRB.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제13권2호통권54호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 2경간 강합성교량의 내하력을 향상시키기 위해, 외부 긴장재로 보강하는 방법을 제시하였다. 긴장재를 직선 배치하였을 경우, 외부하중으로 인한 증가 프리스트레스력을 가상일의 원리로 구하였고, 증가 프리스트레스를 고려한 내하율 산정식을 제시하였다. 제안된 내하율 산정식으로부터, 긴장재 개수와 초기 긴장력의 계산방법을 제시하였다. 본 방법을 2경간 강합성교량에 적용하여, 산정식의 타당성과 합리성을 검증하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.459-469
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• 2020

An external prestressed steel-bar truss unit was developed as a new strengthening technology to enhance the seismic performance of an in-plane masonry wall structure while taking advantage of the benefits of a prestressed system. The presented method consists of six steel bars: two prestressed vertical bars to introduce a prestressing force on the masonry wall, two diagonal bars to resist shear deformation, and two horizontal bars to maintain the configuration. To evaluate the effects of this new technique, four full-scale specimens, including a control specimen, were tested under combined loadings that included constant-gravity axial loads and cyclic lateral loads. The experimental results were analyzed in terms of the shear strength, initial stiffness, dissipated energy, and strain history. The efficiency of the external prestressed steel-bar truss unit was validated. In particular, a retrofitted specimen with an axial load level of 0.024 exhibited a more stable post behavior and higher energy dissipation than a control specimen with an observed complete sliding failure. The four vertical bars of the adjacent retrofitting units created a virtual column, and their strain values did not change until they reached the peak shear strength. The shear capacity of the masonry wall structure with external prestressed steel-bar truss units could be predicted using the model suggested by Yang et al.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2008

외부 긴장재를 이용한 보강공법은 효과적인 보강기술의 하나로써 연구되고 있으며 그 적용사례가 증가하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 실험적 연구를 수행하여 외부긴장재로 보강된 강합성교량의 항복하중 및 극한하중에 대한 효과를 살펴보았다. 또한 긴장력, 편향부, 편심거리와 긴장재의 배치형상 등의 다양한 실험변수를 설정하여 외부긴장재를 이용한 공법의 보강효과를 정량적으로 분석하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2017

External pre-stressing is often used in strengthening or retrofitting of steel-concrete composite beams. In this way, a proper numerical model should be able to trace the completely nonlinear response of these structures at service and ultimate loads. A three dimensional finite element model based on shell elements for representing the concrete slab and the steel beam are used in this work. Partial interaction at the slab-beam interface can be taken into account by using special beam-column elements as shear connectors. External pre-stressed tendons are modeled by using one-dimensional catenary elements. Contact elements are included in the analysis to represent the slipping at the tendon-deviator locations. Validation of the numerical model is established by simulating seven pre-stressed steel-concrete composite beams with experimental results. The model predictions agree well with the experimental results in terms of collapse loads, path failures and cracking lengths at negative moment regions due to service loads. Finally, the accuracy of some simplified formulas found in the specialized literature to predict cracking lengths at interior supports at service loading and for the evaluation of ultimate bending moments is also examined in this work.