• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.597-603
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• 2011

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare one-hand and two-hands lifting activity in terms of biomechanical stress for the range of lifting heights from 10cm above floor level to knuckle height. Background: Even though two-hands lifting activity of manual materials handling tasks are prevalent at the industrial site, many manual materials handling tasks which require the worker to perform one-hand lifting are also very common at the industrial site and forestry and farming. Method: Eight male subjects were asked to perform lifting tasks using both a one-handed as well as a two-handed lifting technique. Trunk muscle electromyographic activity was recorded while the subjects performed the lifting tasks. This information was used as input to an EMG-assisted free-dynamic biomechanical model that predicted spinal loading in three dimensions. Results: It was shown that for the left-hand lifting tasks, the values of moment, lateral shear force, A-P shear force, and compressive force were increased by the average 43%, as the workload was increased twice from 7.5kg to 15.0kg. For the right-hand lifting task, these were increased by the average 34%. For the two-hands lifting tasks, these were increased by the average 25%. The lateral shear forces at L5/S1 of one-hand lifting tasks, notwithstanding the half of the workload of two-hands lifting tasks, were very high in the 300~317% of the one of two-hands lifting tasks. The moments at L5/S1 of one-hand lifting tasks were 126~166% of the one of two-hands lifting tasks. Conclusion: It is concluded that the effect of workload for one-hand lifting is greater than two-hands lifting. It can also be concluded that asymmetrical effect of one-hand lifting is much greater than workload effect. Application: The results of this study can be used to provide guidelines of recommended safe weights for tasks involved in one-hand lifting activity.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.323-337
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• 2017

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive experimental investigation on the compressive behaviour of steel tube-confined concrete (STCC) stub columns with active and passive confinement. To create active confinement in STCC columns, an innovative technique is used in which steel tube is laterally pre-tensioned while the concrete core is simultaneously pre-compressed by applying pressure on fresh concrete. A total of 135 STCC specimens with active and passive confinement are tested under axial compression load and their compressive strength, ultimate strain capacity, axial and lateral stress-strain curves and failure mode are evaluated. The test variables include concrete compressive strength, outer diameter to wall thickness ratio of steel tube and prestressing level. It is shown that applying active confinement on STCC specimens can considerably improve their mechanical properties. However, applying higher prestressing levels and keeping the applied pressure for a long time do not considerably affect the mechanical properties of actively confined specimens. Based on the results of this study, new empirical equations are proposed to estimate the axial strength and ultimate strain capacity of STCC stub columns with active and passive confinement.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2014

이 연구에서는 철근콘크리트 전단벽의 횡하중 거동과 연성을 합리적으로 평가하기 위해서 모멘트-곡률관계를 정립하고 이로부터 단순화된 횡하중-횡변위관계를 제시하였다. 최초 휨 균열, 인장철근 항복, 최대내력, 최대내력의 80% 및 인장철근파단시점에서 모멘트와 곡률은 힘의 평형조건과 변형적합조건으로부터 정립되었다. 최대내력 이후의 곡률평가를 위한 압축측연단 콘크리트 변형률은 Razvi and Saatcioglu의 구속된 콘크리트의 응력-변형률 관계를 이용하여 최대응력의 감소계수와 횡보강근 체적지수의 함수로 제시하였다. 모멘트 평가모델은 변수연구를 통하여 인장철근지수, 수직철근지수 및 축력지수의 함수로 일반화하였다. 횡변위는 전단벽의 높이에 따라 분포된 이상화된 곡률로부터 모멘트 면적법을 이용하여 환산하였다. 제시된 횡하중-횡변위관계는 기존 실험 결과와 잘 일치하였으며, 특히 최대내력 이후의 거동을 잘 평가하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표논문집(II)
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• pp.481-488
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• 1998

Elastomeric bearing is used as one of the most useful way for isolation structures, because the horizontal stiffness is much lower than the vertical stiffness. In the design criteria of Elastomeric bearing, the stability of the bearings is evaluated by shear strain due to compression, lateral displacement, and rotation. The question how soft rubber can sustain heavy structure is now able to be solved by Ultimate capacity test of Laminated Elastomeric Bearings, which results 1,200kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ of the max. compressive stress and this shows what a sufficient safety factor Elastomeric bearing has !

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제31권5A호
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• pp.379-387
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• 2011

초고성능콘크리트(UHPC)의 개발은 재료 역학적 특성면에서 기존의 일반 및 고성능 콘크리트에 비해 월등한 역학적 성능을 발휘하는 것으로 인식되고 있으나, 이에 관한 시공성 및 구조적 안전성에 대해서는 향후 많은 수정 및 보완 작업을 필요로 함이 예상되어진다. 이 연구에서는 UHPC를 적용한 프리캐스트 접합부의 전단 거동 특성의 분석을 위해 접합부 사이에 전단키를 설치한 경우의 접합 방식 및 횡구속 응력에 따른 전단 거동 특성 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과 에폭시 접합을 이용한 UHPC 접합의 경우가 현장 타설을 모사한 일체 타설의 경우보다 파괴 하중 및 전단 저항 응력면에서 우수함을 보였고, 횡구속 응력의 증가에 의해 전단 응력은 증가되지만, 횡구속 응력과 전단 응력 사이의 상호 효과에 따른 최적 임계 횡구속 응력이 존재하고 있음을 제시할 수 있었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.783-794
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• 2020

Steel-concrete-steel sandwich composite wall is composed of two external steel plates and infilled concrete core. Internal mechanical connectors are used to enhance the composite action between the two materials. In this paper, the compressive behavior of a novel sandwich composite wall was studied. The steel trusses were applied to connect the steel plates to the concrete core. Three short specimens with different truss spacings were tested under compressive loading. The boundary columns were not included. It was found that the failure of walls started from the buckling of steel plates and followed by the crushing of concrete. Global instability was not observed. It was also observed that the truss spacing has great influence on ultimate strength, buckling stress, ductility, strength index, lateral deflection, and strain distribution. Three modern codes were introduced to calculate the capacity of walls. The comparisons between test results and code predictions show that AISC 360 provides significant underestimations while Eurocode 4 and CECS 159 offer overestimated predictions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.167-194
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• 2004

In this paper axial loading tests on low strength concrete members, which were confined with various thickness of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite sheets are described. Totally 46 specimens with circular, square and rectangular cross-sections with unconfined concrete compressive strengths between 6 and 10 MPa were included in the test program. During the tests, a photogrammetrical deformation measurement technique was also used, as well as conventional measurement techniques. The contribution of external confinement with CFRP composite sheets to the compressive behavior of the specimens with low strength concrete is evaluated quantitatively, in terms of strength, longitudinal and lateral deformability and energy dissipation. The effects of width/depth ratios and the corner radius of the specimens with rectangular cross-section on the axial behavior were also examined. It was seen that the effectiveness of the external confinement with CFRP composite sheets is much more pronounced, when the unconfined concrete compressive strength is relatively lower. It was also found that the available analytical expressions proposed for normal or high strength concrete confined by CFRP sheets could not predict the strength and deformability of CFRP confined low strength concrete accurately. New expressions are proposed for the compressive strength and the ultimate axial strain of CFRP confined low strength concrete.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2007

최근에 노후화된 콘크리트 구조물의 보수 보강 방법으로 FRP를 이용한 보강이 효과적인 것으로 알려지고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 FRP로 보강된 콘크리트 실린더의 거동을 실험적으로 조사하고자 하는 것이다. 실험 변수로는 콘크리트의 압축강도, FRP재료의 종류 및 구속비이다. 본 연구에서 아라미드, 탄소 및 유리섬유로 보강된 콘크리트의 성능을 압축강도 실험을 통한 연구 결과를 보이고 있다. 이를 위해 축방향 하중, 축방향 및 횡방향 변형률을 측정하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 콘크리트의 강도와 횡방향 변형률과 횡방향 구속응력의 비로 정의되는 구속비가 구속 콘크리트의 응력-변형률을 결정하는 주요 인자인 것으로 나타났다. FRP로 더 많은 보강을 한 실험체는 우수한 구속력으로 인한 강도의 증가를 야기하였다. 고강도 콘크리트의 경우 FRP에 의한 보강으로 구속력의 증가이 증가되더라도 실험체의 압축변형률이 감소하여 취성파괴의 경향을 보였다. 구속된 콘크리트의 파괴는 FRP 재료의 극한 변형률 보다 낮은 변형률에서 FRP의 파단으로 시작되어 콘크리트의 파괴에 도달하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.159-168
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 기존의 연구방법을 개선한 프리스트레스가 도입된 아라미드 스트랩으로 횡 구속된 RC 원형기둥의 일축압축 거동에 대하여 강도와 변위에 의한 강성 및 구속효과에 대하여 연구하였으며, 그 프리스트레싱 보강방법 및 과정에 대하여 비교적 상세히 소개하였다. 이 방법으로 보강된 기둥의 파괴형태는 초기 능동 구속압의 작용으로 인하여 변위 증가율이 매우 낮으며 이후 최종 파괴시까지도 그 형상이 유지되는 매우 안정적인 파괴형태를 보이게 된다. 파괴하중 비교 결과 일반 RC 기둥과 비교하여 73% 이상 강도증진 효과를 나타내었다. 또한 변형 증가율이 매우 작으며 이로 인한 변위구속효과가 매우 우수함을 확인할 수 있었다. 기존의 보강방법 (CFS, GFS)과의 비교를 통하여, 상대적으로 작은 면적으로 우수한 강도증진을 보이며 강성증가로 인한 구속효과 역시 우수하며 체적 증가율도 팽창하지 않는 결과를 보였다. 특히, 콘크리트 팽창 이후부터 발휘되는 기존 방법의 구속효과와는 달리, 초기부터 도입되는 프리스트레스트 긴장력에 의한 초기변형 구속효과가 매우 탁월하며, 최종 파괴시까지 체적 변형률이 팽창하지 않는 안정적인 결과를 나타낸다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.163-179
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• 2017

The axisymmetric buckling delamination of the Piezoelectric/Metal/Piezoelectric (PZT/Metal/PZT) sandwich circular plate with interface penny-shaped cracks is investigated. The case is considered where open-circuit conditions with respect to the electrical displacement on the upper and lower surfaces, and short-circuit conditions with respect to the electrical potential on the lateral surface of the face layers are satisfied. It is assumed that the edge surfaces of the cracks have an infinitesimal rotationally symmetric initial imperfection and the development of this imperfection with rotationally symmetric compressive forces acting on the lateral surface of the plate is studied by employing the exact geometrically non-linear field equations and relations of electro-elasticity for piezoelectric materials. The sought values are presented in the power series form with respect to the small parameter which characterizes the degree of the initial imperfection. The zeroth and first approximations are used for investigation of stability loss and buckling delamination problems. It is established that the equations and relations related to the first approximation coincide with the corresponding ones of the three-dimensional linearized theory of stability of electro-elasticity for piezoelectric materials. The quantities related to the zeroth approximation are determined analytically, however the quantities related to the first approximation are determined numerically by employing Finite Element Method (FEM). Numerical results on the critical radial stresses acting in the layers of the plate are presented and discussed. In particular, it is established that the piezoelectricity of the face layer material causes an increase (a decrease) in the values of the critical compressive stress acting in the face (core) layer.