• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1581-1598
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• 2015

A concentric braced steel frame is a very efficient structural system because it requires relatively smaller amount of materials to resist lateral forces. However, primarily developed as a structural system to resist wind loads based on an assumption that the structure behaves elastically, a concentric braced frame possibly experiences the deterioration in energy dissipation after brace buckling and the brittle failure of braces and connections when earthquake loads cause inelastic behavior. Consequently, plastic deformation is concentrated in the floor where brace buckling occurs first, which can lead to the rupture of the structure. This study suggests reinforcing H-shaped braces with non-welded cold-formed stiffeners to restrain flexure and buckling and resist tensile force and compressive force equally. Weak-axis reinforcing members (2 pieces) developed from those suggested in previous studies (4 pieces) were used to reinforce the H-shaped braces in an inverted V-type braced frame. Monotonic loading tests, finite element analysis and cyclic loading tests were carried out to evaluate the structural performance of the reinforced braces and frames. The reinforced braces satisfied the AISC requirement. The reinforcement suggested in this study is expected to prevent the rupture of beams caused by the unbalanced resistance of the braces.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2003년도 추계 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.263-270
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• 2003

Before the implementation of the 1992 seismic design provisions in Korea, longitudinal steels of RC bridge piers were practically lap-spliced in the plastic hinge region. Experimental investigation was made to evaluate the seismic performance of RC bridge pier specimens in a flexure/shear mode. Six circular test specimens in an aspect ratio of 2.5 (600mm in diameter) were made with test parameters confinement ratio, lap splices, and retrofit FRP materials. They were damaged under a series of artificial earthquakes with 0.22g PGA, being compatible in Korean peninsula, through the pseudo-dynamic test. Probable damages were assessed by the Park and Ang damage index. Approximate 0.1 and 0.3 damage indices were obtained for RC specimens without lap splice and with lap splice, respectively. Directly after the pseudo-dynamic test, damaged test columns were laterally actuated under inelastic reversal cyclic loadings simultaneously under a constant axial load. Through curvature measurements, residual seismic performance was evaluated for test specimens. Test results show that RC pier specimens with lap-spliced appeared to fail at low ductility, but significant improvement was obtained for the ductility of these specimens if externally wrapped with FRP.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.479-486
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• 2002

In this study, the progressive inelastic deformation, so called, thermal ratchet phenomenon which can occur in high temperature structures of liquid metal reactor was simulated with thermal ratchet structural test facility and 316L stainless steel test cylinder. The thermal ratchet deformation at the reactor baffle cylinder of the liquid metal reactor can occur due to the moving temperature distribution along the axial direction as the sodium free surface moves up and down under the cyclic heat-up and cool-down transients. The ratchet deformation was measured with the laser displacement sensor and LVDTs after cooling the structural specimen which is heated up to 55$0^{\circ}C$ with steep temperature gradients along the axial direction. The temperature distribution of the test cylinder along the axial direction was measured with 28 channels of thermocouples and was used for the ratchet analysis. The thermal ratchet deformation was analyzed with the constitutive equation of nonlinear combined hardening model which was implemented as ABAQUS user subroutine and the analysis results were compared with those of the test. Thermal ratchet load was applied 9 times and the residual displacement after 9 cycles of thermal load was measured to be 1.79mm. The ratcheting deformation shapes obtained by the analysis with the combined hardening model were in reasonable agreement with those of the structural tests.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.133-148
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• 2021

The paper presents a simplified force-based seismic design procedure for the preliminary design of steel haunch retrofitting for the seismic upgrade of deficient RC frames. The procedure involved constructing a site-specific seismic design spectrum for the site, which is transformed into seismic base shear coefficient demand, using an applicable response modification factor, that defines base shear force for seismic analysis of the structure. Recent experimental campaign; involving shake table testing of ten (10), and quasi-static cyclic testing of two (02), 1:3 reduced scale RC frame models, carried out for the seismic performance assessment of both deficient and retrofitted structures has provided the basis to calculate retrofit-specific response modification factor Rretrofitted. The haunch retrofitting technique enhanced the structural stiffness, strength, and ductility, hence, increased the structural response modification factor, which is mainly dependent on the applied retrofit scheme. An additional retrofit effectiveness factor (ΩR) is proposed for the deficient structure's response modification factor Rdeficient, representing the retrofit effectiveness (ΩR=Rretrofitted /Rdeficient), to calculate components' moment and shear demands for the retrofitted structure. The experimental campaign revealed that regardless of the deficient structures' characteristics, the ΩR factor remains fairly the unchanged, which is encouraging to generalize the design procedure. Haunch configuration is finalized that avoid brittle hinging of beam-column joints and ensure ductile beam yielding. Example case study for the seismic retrofit designs of RC frames are presented, which were validated through equivalent lateral load analysis using elastic model and response history analysis of finite-element based inelastic model, showing reasonable performance of the proposed design procedure. The proposed design has the advantage to provide a seismic zone-specific design solution, and also, to suggest if any additional measure is required to enhance the strength/deformability of beams and columns.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1997

최근의 철근 콘크리트 구조물의 내진 설계 방식은 비탄성 거대 변형에 의한 에너지 방출에 의존하고 있다. 이러한 구조물의 거동에 대한 비선형 동적 해석은 특히 계산이 여러 번 반복되어 질 때 많은 시간과 비용이 요구된다. 그러므로 효율적이고 한편 정확한 계산 방법의 채택이 중요하게 되었다. 예측 접근 방법(PASM) 이라 불리는 새로운 방법을 제시하는 것이 현 연구의 주목적이다. 일반적인 동적 해석 방법에서는 매 시간 단계 혹은 반복 계산 때마다 수식계산을 위하여 메트릭스 삼각 분해가 요구되어지나, 예측 접근방법에서는 구조물이 정적 반복하중으로 비선형 범위로 변형되어졌을 때의 강성 상태에서 미리 얻어진 한정적 수의 분해된 메트릭스를 동적 해석에서 이용하게 된다. 이곳에서 제시될 접근 방법은 강성치를 매 시각 단계 혹은 반복 계산 단계마다 재산출해야 하는 다른 접근 방법들과 비교할 때 전체적 수치 해석 양을 줄이게 될 것이다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.177-188
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• 2006

전통적인 비선형 유한요소해석은 모델링이 복잡하고 어려운 해석기법이 필요로 한다. 게다가 해석결과가 응력-변형률 관계로 도출되므로 그 결과를 분석하거나 설계에 활용하기 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 설계 지향적인 수치해석방법으로 트러스 모델을 이용한 비선형 해석방법을 개발하였다. 해석하고자 하는 철근콘크리트 부재를 길이방향, 직각방향, 대각방향의 트러스요소로 이상화한다. 기본적으로 각 요소는 철근과 콘크리트의 복합체이며, 주기해석을 위하여 철근과 콘크리트 요소를 위한 간략화된 비선형 주기이력모델을 적용하였다. 제안된 방법의 검증을 위하여 전단경간비, 하중조건, 철근량, 배근형태 등이 다른 다양한 전단지배 보와 벽체에 대하여 비선형해석을 수행하였고, 예측된 비탄성강도, 에너지소산능력, 변형능력, 파괴유형 등을 실험 결과와 비교하였다. 해석결과, 철근콘크리트 부재의 변형능력을 예측하기 위해서는 반복적인 인장-압축을 받는 콘크리트 스트럿에 사용되는 압축연화모델이 부재특성에 따라 수정되어야 함이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

노반 성토체에서 발생하는 소성 변형은 콘크리트 궤도의 안정성과 유지보수에 영향을 미친다. 철도 노반에서의 장기적인 소성 변형은 주로 반복적인 열차 통과로 발생하는 누적된 비탄성적 변형률에 의해 발생한다. 누적 소성 변형의 예측은 궤도의 유지보수와 열차의 안전한 운영을 위해서 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 강화노반 두께를 가진 철도노반에서 발생하는 연직 변위를 계산하였다. 누적 소성 변형률을 계산하기 위한 멱함수의 상수는 삼축 실험과 실대형 재하 실험의 결과로부터 구하였다. 표준 노반 단면에 대한 3차원 유한요소해석 결과로부터 강화노반의 두께를 선정하는 가이드라인을 제시하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.891-907
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• 2020

Many studies reveal that during destructive earthquakes, most of the structures enter the inelastic phase. The amount of hysteretic energy in a structure is considered as an important criterion in structure design and an important indicator for the degree of its damage or vulnerability. The hysteretic energy value wasted after the structure yields is the most important component of the energy equation that affects the structures system damage thereof. Controlling this value of energy leads to controlling the structure behavior. Here, for the first time, the hysteretic behavior and energy dissipation capacity are assessed at presence of elliptical braced resisting frames (ELBRFs), through an experimental study and numerical analysis of FEM. The ELBRFs are of lateral load systems, when located in the middle bay of the frame and connected properly to the beams and columns, in addition to improving the structural behavior, do not have the problem of architectural space in the bracing systems. The energy dissipation capacity is assessed in four frames of small single-story single-bay ELBRFs at ½ scale with different accessories, and compared with SMRF and X-bracing systems. The frames are analyzed through a nonlinear FEM and a quasi-static cyclic loading. The performance features here consist of hysteresis behavior, plasticity factor, energy dissipation, resistance and stiffness variation, shear strength and Von-Mises stress distribution. The test results indicate that the good behavior of the elliptical bracing resisting frame improves strength, stiffness, ductility and dissipated energy capacity in a significant manner.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.79-93
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• 1998

철근콘크리트부재가 갖는 균열의 발생, 항복 및 파괴 등의 단계별 역학적 거동의 특성을 정확히 예측하고 모사할 수 있는 해석기법의 개발을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해서 균열발생후의 철근과 콘크리트의 부착거동, 균열면에서의 골재의 맞물림 거동 및 철근항복후의 모델링 등에 의해서 반복하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 구조부재의 항복후 파괴거동을 예측할 수 있는 해석모델을 개발하였다. 두께가 서로 다릉 부재간의 접합부에서는 단면강성이 급변하기 때문에 기초의 바닥으로부터 철근의 인발, 접합면의 미끄러짐 및 접합면의 관입 등의 국소적인 불연속 변형이 집중하게 된다. 이와 같은 국소적인 불연속 교각구조의 변형능력에 미치는 기여도는 일반적으로 무시할 수 없는 정도이므로, 불연속 변형을 고려하기 위한 접합요소(joint element)를 도입하였다. 또한 축방향철근 및 횡방향 구속철근의 유무 및 그 양 등에 따른 구속효과를 적절히 표현할 수 있는 해석모델을 개발하였다. 각각의 해석모델들을 조합한 유한요소 해석프로그램에 의한 결과를 다른 연구자들의 결과와 비교하여 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권5호
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• pp.529-542
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• 2020

As limited well-documented experimental data are available for assessing the attributes of different deformation components of flanged walls, few appropriate models have been established for predicting the inelastic responses of flanged walls, especially those of asymmetrical flanged walls. This study presents the experimental results for three large-scale T-shaped reinforced concrete walls and examines the variations in the flexural, shear, and sliding components of deformation with the total deformation over the entire loading process. Based on the observed deformation behavior, a simple model based on moment-curvature analysis is established to estimate flexural deformations, in which the changes in plastic hinge length are considered and the deformations due to strain penetration are modeled individually. Based on the similar gross shapes of the curvature and shear strain distributions over the wall height, a proportional relationship is established between shear displacement and flexural rotation. By integrating the deformations due to flexure, shear, and strain penetration, a new load-deformation analytical model is proposed for flexure-dominant flanged walls. The proposed model provides engineers with a simple, accurate modeling tool appropriate for routine design work that can be applied to flexural walls with arbitrary sections and is capable of determining displacements at any position over the wall height. By further simplifying the analytical model, a simple procedure for estimating the ultimate displacement capacity of flanged walls is proposed, which will be valuable for performance-based seismic designs and seismic capacity evaluations.