• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.231-250
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• 2007

The influence of masonry infills with eccentric openings on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (r/c) frames that were designed in accordance with current code provisions are investigated. Eight 1/3-scale, single-story, single-bay frame specimens were tested under cyclic horizontal loading up to a drift level of 4%. In all examined cases the shear strength of columns was higher than the cracking shear strength of solid infill. The parameters investigated include the shape and the location of the opening. Assessment of the behavior of the frames is also attempted, based on the observed failure modes, strength, stiffness, ductility, energy dissipation capacity and degradation from cycling loading. Based on these results there can be deduced that masonry infills with eccentrically located openings has been proven to be beneficial to the seismic capacity of the bare r/c frames in terms of strength, stiffness, ductility and energy dissipation. The location of the opening must be as near to the edge of the infill as possible in order to provide an improvement in the performance of the infilled frame.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.103-119
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• 2024

In this paper, the non-linear behavior of masonry-infill and bare steel frames using different beam-column connections under monotonic static loading was investigated through a parametric study. Numerical models were carried out using one- and two-dimensional modelling to validate the experimental results. After validating the experimental results by using these models, a parametric study was carried out to model the behavior of these frames using flushed, extended, and welded connections. The results showed that using the welded or extended connection is more efficient than using the flushed type in masonry-infilled steel frames, since the lateral capacities, initial stiffness, and toughness have been increased by 155%, 601%, and 165%, respectively in the case of using welded connections compared with those used in bare frames. The FE investigation was broadened to study the influence of the variation of the uniaxial column loads on the lateral capacities of the bare/infill steel frames. As the results showed when increasing the amount of uniaxial loading on the columns, whether in tension or compression, causes the lateral load capacity of the columns to decrease by 26% for welded infilled steel frames. Finally, the influence of using different types of beam-to-column connections on the vertical capacities of the bare/infill steel frames under settlement effect was also studied. As a result, it was found that, the vertical load capacity of all types of frames and with using any type of connections is severely reduced, and this decrease may reach 62% for welded infilled frames. Furthermore, the flushed masonry-infilled steel frame has a higher resistance to the vertical loads than the flushed bare steel frame by 133%.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.47-59
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 학교건물에서 나타나는 전형적인 조적조 채움벽 골조의 내진성능을 등가 스트럿 모델을 통해 평가하였다. 순수골조모델, 중심스트럿모델 및 편심스트럿모델의 세 가지 모형화 방법을 채택하였고, 문헌상으로 얻을 수 있는 범위의 스트럿 강성과 강도를 적용하여 거동특성의 차이를 분석하였다. 역량스펙트럼에 의해 산정된 성능점에서의 변위 및 손상정도에 큰 차이가 나타났으며, 채움벽은 순수골조모델과 비교할 때 중심스트럿모델에서는 유리하게, 편심스트럿모델에서는 불리하게 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 최종극한변위에서의 거동 또한 모형화 방법 및 재료 속성에 따라서 최대강도, 층간변위, 파괴된 부재 수 및 위치 등에 큰 차이가 나타났다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2013

This study proposed proposes a retrofitting method using an H-beam frame to improve the seismic performance of non-seismic designed reinforced concrete frames. To evaluate the seismic performance with the H-beam frames, a cyclic lateral load test was performed and the experimental result was compared with the bared frame, and a masonry infilled RC frame. The results was were analyzed regarding aspects of the load-displacement hysteresis behavior, effective stiffness, displacement ductility, and cumulative energy dissipation. AlsoIn addition, it was possible to prove both an increase of in the maximum load capacity, effective stiffness, and energy dissipation capacity using the H-beam frame.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.499-520
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• 2011

The effectiveness of a technique for the repair of reinforced concrete members in combination with a technique for the repair of masonry walls of infilled frames, damaged due to cyclic loading, is experimentally investigated. Three single - story, one - bay, 1/3 - scale frame specimens are tested under cyclic horizontal loading, up to a drift level of 4%. One bare frame and two infilled frames with weak and strong infills, respectively, have been tasted. Specimens have spirals as shear reinforcement. The applied repair technique is mainly based on the use of thin epoxy resin infused under pressure into the crack system of the damaged RC joint bodies, the use of a polymer modified cement mortar with or without a fiberglass reinforcing mesh for the damaged infill masonry walls and the use of CFRP plates to the surfaces of the damaged structural RC members, as external reinforcement. Specimens after repair, were retested in the same way. Conclusions concerning the effectiveness of the applied repair technique, based on maximum cycles load, loading stiffness, and hysteretic energy absorption capabilities of the tested specimens, are drawn and commented upon.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-35
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• 2015

This study compares the seismic performances of two reinforced concrete frame specimens tested by the pseudo-dynamic procedure. The pair of 3-storey, 3-bay frames specimens are constructed with typical characteristics of older construction which is lacking seismic design. One of the specimens is a bare frame while the other is infilled with low-strength autoclave aerated concrete (AAC) block masonry. The focus of this study is to investigate the influence of low strength masonry infill walls on the seismic response of older RC frames designed for gravity loads. It is found that the presence of weak infill walls considerably reduce deformations and damage in the upper stories while their influence at the critical ground story is not all that positive. Infill walls tend to localize damage at the critical story due to a peculiar frame-infill interaction, and impose larger internal force and deformation demands on the columns and beams bounding the infills. Therefore the general belief in earthquake engineering that infills develop a second line of defence against lateral forces in seismically deficient frames is nullified in case of low-strength infill walls in the presented experimental research.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권4호
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• pp.381-395
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• 2020

Study on the inelastic response of bare and masonry infilled Reinforced Concrete (RC) frames repaired using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) subjected to quasi- static loading is presented in the work. The hysteresis behaviour, stiffness retention, energy dissipation and damage index are the parameters employed to analyze the efficacy of FRP strengthening of bare and brick in-filled RC frames. It is observed that there is a significant improvement in load carrying capacity of brick infilled frame over bare RC frame. Also FRP strengthened brick infilled frame performs much better than FRP repaired bare frame under quasi static loading. Repair and retrofitting of brick infilled RC frame shows an improved load carrying and damage tolerance capacity than control frame.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제81권2호
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• pp.131-146
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• 2022

This study highlights the accuracy of several single strut models to predict the global response of infilled reinforced concrete (R/C) frames. To this aim, six experimental tests are selected to calibrate the numerical modeling. The width of the diagonal strut is calculated using several macro models from the literature. The mechanical properties of the diagonal strut are determined by using two methods: (a) by subtracting the bare frame response from that of the infilled frame, and (b) by calculating the axial strength in the diagonal direction. A combination between the different width and the axial force models is carried out to study the effects of each parameter on global response. Non-linear pushover analyses are conducted using SAP2000. The results indicate the accuracy of the macro-modeling approach to predict the behavior of the infilled frames.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권4호
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• pp.423-442
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• 2018

In this paper, masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames are analyzed through a probabilistic approach. A macro-modeling technique, based on an equivalent diagonal pin-jointed strut, has been resorted to for modelling the stiffening contribution of the masonry panels. Since it is quite difficult to decide which mechanical characteristics to assume for the diagonal struts in such simplified model, the strut width is here considered as a random variable, whose stochastic characterization stems from a wide set of empirical expressions proposed in the literature. The stochastic analysis of the masonry infilled RC frame is conducted via the Probabilistic Transformation Method by employing a set of space transformation laws of random vectors to determine the probability density function (PDF) of the system response in a direct manner. The knowledge of the PDF of a set of response indicators, including displacements, bending moments, shear forces, interstory drifts, opens an interesting discussion about the influence of the uncertainty of the masonry infills and the resulting implications in a design process.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.4216-4222
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• 2011

본 연구는 조적 끼움벽을 고려하지 않은 기존 학교건물의 비탄성 거동과 조적 끼움벽을 고려한 기존 학교 건물의 거동특성을 비교 검토하였다. 해석 결과와 실험 결과를 비교했을 때 하중-변위 곡선과 소성힌지 분포상태에서 유사함을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 조적 끼움벽을 고려한 비선형 정적해석의 유효성을 검증하였다. 골조내부가 전부 조적벽으로 채워진 경우 조적벽체의 영향에 의하여 초기 강성과 강도가 증가하고 항복 전까지는 근사한 거동을 보여주며 항복이후에는 변형이 커질수록 오차가 증가하며, 골조높이의 2/3 높이가 조적벽으로 채워진 경우 초기 강성과 항복강도가 단순골조에 비하여 약간 크게 나타나고 있으며, 조적벽체의 균열이 발생한 이후에는 급격히 강도가 저하되고 있다. 골조높이의 1/3 높이가 조적벽으로 채워진 경우 초기 강성과 항복강도가 단순골조와 비슷하며 항복점은 오히려 단순 골조의 항복점보다 저하되나, 최대강도는 단순 골조와 유사하다. Pushover 해석에 의한 하중-변위 관계곡선과 실제 실험에 의한 하중-변위 관계곡선을 비교해 보면 항복 전까지는 근사한 거동을 보여주며 항복이후에는 변형이 커질수록 오차가 증가하나 실제 구조물에서는 변형의 한계가 존재하므로 해석모델로서 유용하게 사용할 수 있다.