• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.477-485
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• 2017

The structural designs of RC flat plates that have no flexural stiffness by boundary beams may be governed not by strength conditions but by serviceabilities. Specially, since over-loading and tensile cracking in early-aged slabs significantly increase the short- and long-term deflections of a flat plate system, a construction sequence and its impact on the slab deflections may be decisive factors in designs of flat plate systems. In this study, the procedure of simulating slab deflections with considering construction sequences, concrete cracking, and long-term effects is proposed. The proposed method is practically useful, as it can predict well the slab deflections at construction and service stages only with a few input data. The proposed method is verified by comparisons with measured results in a real-scale test.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2004년도 추계 학술발표회 제16권2호
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• pp.53-56
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• 2004

Recently, post tension flat plate slab system is widely used for a new slab structural system. Slab-column connections may fail in brittle manner by punching shear. Flat plate slabs have been widely used for gravity load resisting system in buildings. Lateral resistance usually provided by shear walls or moment resisting frames. Since plat plates move together with lateral loading system during earthquake or wind, it is important to evaluate the gravity resistance under a drift experienced by lateral force resisting system during either design earthquake or wind. Thus, this study investigated post tension flat plate slab systems whether they have sufficient strength and deformability to resist gravity loads during specified drift levels. Experimental research was carried out.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.897-902
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• 2002

The failure of flat plate connection is successive failure process accompanying with stress redistribution, hence it is necessary to compute the contributions of each resistance components at ultimate state. In the present study, the interactions of resultant forces at each faces of connection, i.e. shear, bending moment and torsional moment are considered in the assessment of strength of slab. As a result the strength prediction model for connection is made up as combination of bending resistance, shear resistance and torsional resistance. The proposed method is verified by the experimental data and numerical data of continuous slabs.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.731-738
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• 2017

Reinforced concrete flat plates consist of slabs supported directly on columns. The absence of beams makes these systems attractive due to advantages such as economical formwork, shorter construction time, less total building height with more clear space and architectural flexibility. Punching shear failure is usually the governing failure mode of flat plate structures. Punching failure is brittle in nature which induces more vulnerability to this type of structure. To analyze the flat plate behavior under punching shear, twelve finite element models of flat plate on a column with different parameters have been developed and verified with experimental results. The maximum range of variation of punching stress, obtained numerically, is within 10% of the experimental results. Additional finite element models have been developed to analyze the influence of integrity reinforcement, clear cover and column reinforcement. Variation of clear cover influences the punching capacity of flat plate. Proposed finite element model can be a substitute to mechanical model to understand the influence of clear cover. Variation of slab thickness along with column reinforcement has noteworthy impact on punching capacity. From the study it has been noted that integrity reinforcement can increase the punching capacity as much as 19 percent in terms of force and 101 percent in terms of deformation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.719-733
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• 2014

The equivalent frame method (EFM) is widely used for the design of two-way reinforced concrete slab structures, and current design codes of practice permit the application of the EFM in analyzing the flat plate slab structures under gravity and lateral loads. The EFM was, however, originally developed for the flat plate structures subjected to gravity load, which is not suitable for lateral loading case. Therefore, this study, the first part of series research paper, proposed the structural analysis method for the flat plate slab structures under the combined gravity and lateral loads, which is named as the unified equivalent frame method (UEFM). In the proposed method, some portion of rotation induced in the torsional member is distributed to the flexibility of the equivalent columns, and the remaining portion is contributed to that of the equivalent slabs. In the consecutive companion paper, the proposed UEFM is verified by comparing with test results of multi-span flat plate structures. Also, a simplified nonlinear push-over analysis method is proposed, and verified by comparing to test results.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.312-316
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• 1995

Flat-plate buildings are commonly modeled as two-dimensional frames to calculate lateral drift, unbalanced moments, and shear at slab-column connections. For gravity loads. the slab-column frames are analyzed using equivalent column approach, while equivalent beam approach is typical for lateral loads. The equivalent beam approach is convenient for computer analysis, but no rational procedure exists for determining the effective width of foor slabs. At present, the determination of the equivalent slab width and its stiffness is a matter of engineering judgement. To account for cracking, overly conservative assumptions are made regarding the stiffness of the slab. A rational approach is therefore needed to realistically estimate the equivalent slab width and its stiffness for unbalanced moment and lateral drift calculations. Based on the test results of 8 interior slab-column connections, an equivalent beam model is proposed in which columns are modeled conventionally as a function of column and slab aspect ratios and the magnitude of the gravity load. the proposed approach is verified with selected experimental results and is founded to be practical and convenient for analyzing flat-plate buildings subjected to gravity and lateral loading.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.451-468
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• 2005

Effective beam width models are commonly used to obtain the lateral stiffness of flat plate structures. In these models, an effective beam width is defined as the width when the flexural stiffness of the beam element equals the slab stiffness. In this present study, a method to obtain effective beam widths that considers the effects of connection geometry and slab cracking is analytically proposed. The rectangularity of the vertical member for the connection geometry and the combined effects of creep and shrinkage for the slab cracking are considered. The results from the proposed method are compared with experimental results from a test structure having nine slab-column connections.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.40-48
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• 2017

RC 무량판 구조는 강도 뿐만 아니라 사용성 조건에 지배받을 수 있으며, 시공 과정 및 이에 따른 동바리로 연결된 슬래브들 간의 중력하중의 분포가 무량판의 장단기 거동에 영향을 주는 중요한 요소로 작용할 수 있다. 조기재령 슬래브에 과하중이 작용하여 균열이 발생하는 경우 시공 과정에서 무량판 구조의 처짐이 크게 증가할 수 있으므로, 동바리 재설치를 통해 다층지지 슬래브에서 하중의 수직 분포를 조절하는 것은 처짐을 감소시키는 데 도움이 될 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 무령판 구조의 장단기 처짐에 대한 동바리 재설치 작업의 영향을 분석한다. 다양한 동바리 재설치 조건과 슬래브 설계 및 시공 조건에 따른 슬래브 시공하중이 간편법에 의하여 정의되고, 시공 과정과 콘크리트의 균열 및 장기 효과를 고려한 슬래브 처짐 실용해석법을 통해 장단기 처짐이 산정된다. 변수연구를 통하여 동바리 재설치 작업의 슬래브 처짐 저감효과를 검증하며, 슬래브 처짐을 위한 동바리 시공과 슬래브 설계 및 시공에 대한 최적 조건을 분석한다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2001

바닥하중과 면내 압축력을 동시에 재하받는 지하층 슬래브에 대해 시간의존적 거동이 고려된 모멘트 증대법을 개발하기 위해서 수치해석연구를 실시하였다. 수치해석을 위해 비선형 유한요소해석 연구가 수행되었다. 수치해석 연구를 통해 균등 바닥하중과 불균등 바닥하중을 각각 재하받는 플랫 플레이트의 장기거동이 연구되었고, 크리프 효과에 의한 강도 및 강성 저하가 규명되었다. 슬래브에 대한 크리프 효과를 나타내기 위하여 크리프에 의한 유효휨강성비가 도입되었으며, 플랫 플레이트의 장기거동을 고려하기 위하여 이 크리프에 의한 유효휨강성비를 사용하는 모멘트증대법이 개발되었다. 또한 제안된 설계식의 검증을 위하여 설계예제가 제시되어 있다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2017

Flat slab systems are vastly used in multi-story buildings because of their savings in story height and construction time, as well as for their flexibility in architectural remodeling. However, they frequently suffer brittle punching-shear failure around columns, especially when subjected to lateral loads. Therefore, seismic codes labeled flat slabs as non-ductile systems. This research goal is investigating some construction alternatives to enhance flat slab ductility and deformability. The alternatives are: adding different types of punching-shear reinforcement, using discreet fibers in concrete mixes, and increasing thickness of slab around columns. The experimental study included preparation and testing of seven half-scale interior slab-column connections up to failure. The first specimen is considered a reference, the second two specimens made of concrete mixes with different volumetric ratios of polymer fibers. Another three specimens reinforced with different types of punching-shear reinforcement, and the last specimen constructed with drop panel of inverted pyramidal shape. It is found that using the inverted pyramid-shape drop panel of specimen, increases the punching-shear capacity, and the initial and the post-cracking stiffnesses. The initial elastic stiffnesses are different for all specimens especially for the slab with closed stirrups where it is experienced the highest initial stiffness compared to the reference slab.