• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.261-279
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• 2010

Generally, a box tube, which is used for an existing square CFT structure, is made by welding four plates. The manufacturing efficiency of this steel tube is poor, and it also needs special welding technology to weld its internal diaphragm and the through diaphragm. Therefore, an interior-anchor-type square steel tube was developed using the method of cold-forming thin plates to prevent welding of the stress concentration position, and to maximize the section efficiency. And, considering of the flow of beam flange load, the efficiency of erection and the weldability of the diaphragm to thin walled steel column, the external diaphragm connection was selected as the suitable type for the welded built-up square CFT column to beam connection. And, an analytical study and tests were conducted to evaluate the structural performance of the suggested connection details and to verify the suggested equations for the connection details. Through this study, the composite effect of the internal anchor to concrete, the resistance and stress distribution of the connections before and after the existing column is welded to the beam, the effective location of welding in connection were analyzed.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 원통형 정착구를 사용하고 외부 긴장재로 보강된 강 I형 보의 극한거동을 실험을 통하여, 초기 긴장력, 편심거리, 강연선의 개수 및 단면적의 변수에 대한 보강 효과를 분석하였다. 실험을 통해 초기 긴장력 보다 강연선의 개수, 단면적, 편심거리를 크게 하는 것이 보강에 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 제안된 원통형 정착 시스템은 이러한 변수를 적용함에 있어 용이하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그 결과로 원통형 정착 시스템이 강주형의 보강에 효율적이고 적용성이 있음을 입증하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.747-759
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• 2021

Built-up Double-I (BD-I) columns have been commonly used for mid-rise steel-frame structures in Iran. These columns consist of two hot rolled IPE sections which are connected by two cover plates and fillet welds. Until 2017, BD-I columns were employed in intermediate moment resisting frames (MRF) using welded flange plate (WFP) connections. To evaluate the seismic behavior of the connections, four samples were made and tested based on cyclic loading according to AISC 341-16. It was concluded that typical samples cannot satisfy the seismic provisions related to intermediate MRFs. In contrast, the proposed connections retrofitted with two-part external diaphragms were able to satisfy not only the seismic requirements related to intermediate MRFs but also those related to special MRFs according to AISC. The numerical modeling of these samples was performed using ABAQUS finite element software. This study compared the hysteresis moment-rotation curves, plastic strains, and behavior modes in both experimental samples and numerical models.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 기존에 사용된 H-Beam 교량을 편향부와 외부 긴장력을 도입하여 보강효과에 의하여 지간을 증가시킬 수 있고 단면을 축소할 수 있다는 근거를 제시하였고, 유연도법을 이용하여 편향부의 효과에 의한 추가 긴장량을 산정하였다. 또한, 실험변수(긴장량, Tendon의 개수, 편향부의 유 무)에 의해서 표준실험체(기존 H-Beam)와 외부 긴장된 H-Beam 등 5개의 실험체를 제작하여 휨 실험을 실시하여 외부 긴장된 H-Beam의 역학적 거동을 연구하였다. 특히, 보강효과 및 편향부의 효과를 실험적으로 검증하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2011

외수압에 의한 강관 라이닝 좌굴 사례를 조사, 평가하여 강관 라이닝의 안전성에 미치는 요소 및 그 중요도를 산정하고자 하였다. 대상터널은 ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$광역상수도 도수시설인 직경 2m의 수로터널로서 터널 라이닝은 내부의 강관 라이닝과 배면의 뒷채움 콘크리트로 구성되어 있다. 두 개의 수로터널에서 발생된 강관 라이닝 좌굴 손상을 대상으로 손상의 형태 및 설계 조건을 상세하게 조사하였다. 좌굴 손상에 적용 가능한 좌굴 안전성 평가방법을 기존의 문헌 자료를 참조하여 선정하였으며, 손상에 대한 조사결과와 비교하였다. 또한 본 지역의 수리지질학적인 특성이 좌굴 손상에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 연구결과 수리지질학적 지층특성뿐만 아니라 터널 라이닝의 적절한 시공이 강관 라이닝의 좌굴에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요소이며, 외수압의 크기 결정은 수리지질 특성에 따라 산정되어야 하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 기존 손상 사례에 대한 연구는 압력 수로터널의 강관 라이닝에 대한 설계, 시공 및 유지관리 기간 중의 문제점 및 개선사항을 도출하는데 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.527-552
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• 2014

The development of modern concrete technology makes it much easier to produce high-strength concrete (HSC) or ultra-high-strength concrete (UHSC) with high workability. However, the application of this concrete is limited in practical construction of traditional reinforced concrete (RC) structures due to low-ductility performance. To further push up the limit of the design concrete strength, concrete-filled-steel-tube (CFST) columns have been recommended considering its superior strength and ductility performance. However, the beneficial composite action cannot be fully developed at early elastic stage as steel dilates more than concrete and thereby reducing the elastic strength and stiffness of the CFST columns. To resolve this problem, external confinement in the form of steel rings is proposed in this study to restrict the lateral dilation of concrete and steel. In this paper, a total of 29 high-strength CFST (HSCFST) columns of various dimensions cast with concrete strength of 75 to 120 MPa concrete and installed with external steel rings were tested under uni-axial compression. From the results, it can be concluded that the proposed ring installation can further improve both strength and ductility of HSCFST columns by restricting the column dilation. Lastly, an analytical model calculating the uni-axial strength of ring-confined HSCFST columns is proposed and verified based on the Von-Mises and Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria for steel tube and in-filled concrete, respectively.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.405-417
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• 2023

In order to strengthen the reinforced concrete T-beams having insufficient shear strength, several strengthening techniques are available in the literature. In this study, three different strengthening strategies were numerically studied. First one is affixing steel plates to the beam surfaces. Second one includes tightening external steel bars vertically similar to beam stirrups. The last one is simultaneous application of these two strengthening procedures which is particularly proposed in this work. Available experimental test series in the literature were handled in the study. Finite element (FE) models of reinforced concrete beam specimens having sufficient (Beam-1) and low shear capacity (Beam-2) were created within ABAQUS environment. Strengthened beams with different techniques were also modelled to reflect improved shear capacity. FE simulations made it possible to investigate parameters that were not examined during the previous experimental studies. The results of the analyses were then compared and found consistent with the experimentally obtained data. Experimental and FEM analysis results are in agreement between 1% (closest) and 6%. (maximum). Beam-2 was stregthened with 5 new porposed methods. The rate of increase in shear strength varies between 33% and 64%. It was found that, the strengthening techniques were fairly useful in improving the shear capacity of the considered girder. The model with the proposed strengthening alternative has accomplished a higher load carrying capacity, ductility and stiffness than all of the other models.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.711-725
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavior and the strength of SRG (Steel Reinforced Grout) externally strengthened Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams by using a nonlinear numerical analysis. The numerical simulation was carried out by using a three-dimensional (3D) finite element model. An interface element with a suitable damage model was used to model the connection between concrete surface and SRG reinforcing layer. The reliability of the finite element 3D-model was checked using experimental data obtained on a set of three RC beams. The parameters taken into consideration were the external configuration, with or without U-end anchorages, the concrete strength, the amount of internal tensile steel reinforcement. Conclusions were made concerning the strength and the ductility of the strengthened beams by varying the parameters and on the effectiveness of the SRG reinforcing system applied with two types of external strengthening configuration.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.541-561
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• 2011

The Finite Element Method (FEM) was employed to demonstrate that accurate simulations of seismically repaired and retrofitted reinforced concrete shear walls can be achieved provided a good analysis program with comprehensive models for material and structural behaviour is used. Furthermore, the analysis tool should have the capability to retain residual damage experienced by the original structure and carry it forward in the repaired and retrofitted structure. The focus herein is to provide quick, simple, but reliable modelling procedures for repair and retrofitting strategies such as concrete replacement, addition of diagonal reinforcing bars, bolting of external steel plates, and bonding of external steel plates and fibre reinforced polymer sheets, thus illustrating versatility in the modelling. Slender, squat, and slender-squat shear walls were investigated. The modelling utilized simple rectangular membrane elements for the concrete, truss bar elements for the steel and FRP retrofitting materials, and bond-link elements for the bonding interface between steel or FRP to concrete. The analyses satisfactorily simulated seismic behaviour, including lateral load capacity, displacement capacity, energy dissipation, hysteretic response, and failure mode.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.315-330
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• 2002

This paper proposes a model for analysing the non-linear behaviour of steel concrete composite beams prestressed by external slipping cables, taking into account the deformability of the interface shear connection. By assuming a suitable admissible displacement field for the composite beam, the balance condition is obtained by the virtual work principle. The solution is numerically achieved by approximating the unknown displacement functions as series of shape functions according to the Ritz method. The model is applied to real cases by showing the consequences of different connection levels between the concrete slab and the steel beam. Particular attention is focused on the limited ductility of the shear connection that may be the cause of premature failure of the composite girder.