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Ductility Evaluations of Internally Confined Hollow R.C Piers (내부 구속 중공 R.C 교각의 연성도 평가)

  • Han, Taek-Hee;Cho, In-Seuck;Kang, Young-Jong;Lee, Myeong-Sub
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.353-360
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    • 2005
  • When the weight if a concrete member makes problems, or when the cost of the concrete is relatively high, it may be economical to use a hollow concrete member. But a hollow R.C Pier may have poor ductility because of the brittle failure at the inner face of the hollow R.C Pier. This brittle failure results from the absence of the confinement at the inner face of the hollow R.C Pier. To avoid this brittle failure an internally confined hollow R.C Pier was developed. Test results show that the energy ductility ratio of a internally confined hollow R.C Pier have a superior energy ductility ratio to a general hollow R.C Pier.

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Behavior of a Hollow R.C Pier Internally Confined by a Steel Tube (강관으로 내부 구속된 중공 R.C 교각의 거동 특성)

  • Kim, Sung-Nam;Han, Taek-Hee;Kang, Young-Jong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.176-184
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    • 2005
  • When the weight if a concrete member makes problems. or when the cost of the concrete is relatively high, it may be economical to use a hollow concrete member. But a hollow R.C Pier may have poor ductility because of the brittle failure at the inner face of the hollow R.C Pier. This brittle failure results from the absence of the confinement at the inner face of the hollow R.C Pier. To avoid this brittle failure an internally confined hollow R.C Pier was developed. Test results show that the energy ductility ratio of a internally confined hollow R.C Pier have a superior energy ductility ratio to a general hollow R.C Pier.

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Experimental studies of circular composite bridge piers for seismic loading

  • Chen, Sheng-Jin;Yang, Kuo-Chen;Lin, K.M.;Wang, C.C.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.261-273
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    • 2012
  • This study proposes and examines a circular composite bridge pier for seismic resistance. The axial and flexural strengths of the proposed bridge pier are provided by the longitudinal reinforcing bars and the concrete, while the transverse reinforcements used in the conventional reinforced concrete pier are replaced by the steel tube. The shear strength of this composite pier relies on the steel tube and the concrete. This system is similar to the steel jacketing method which strengthens the existing reinforced concrete bridge piers. However, no transverse shear reinforcing bar is used in the proposed composite bridge pier. A series of experimental studies is conducted to investigate the seismic resistant characteristics of the proposed circular composite pier. The effects of the longitudinal reinforcing bars, the shear span-to-diameter ratio, and the thickness of the steel tube on the performance of strength, ductility, and energy dissipation of the proposed pier are discussed. The experimental results show that the strength of the proposed circular composite bridge pier can be predicted accurately by the similar method used in the reinforced concrete piers with minor modification. From these experimental studies, it is found that the proposed circular composite bridge pier not only simplifies the construction work greatly but also provides excellent ductility and energy dissipation capacity under seismic lateral force.

Seismic Evaluation of concrete-Filled Steel Piers with Secondary Reinforcement (보조보강재가 있는 콘크리트 충전 강교각의 내진성능 평가)

  • 박병기
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.349-356
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    • 2000
  • Strenght and ductility are major factors in the aseismic design of a bridge pier. In spite of good performance in both steel piers have not been used widely due to high cost. But with the filled-in concrete the steel pier have advantages compare to the steel pier only such as improved strength ductility fast construction small section and reasonable cost. In this paper concrete-filled steel piers are tested using quasi-static cyclic lateral load with constant axial load to evaluate the performance. The secondary reinforcement devices such as bolts corner plate and turn buckle are used inside of the piers to improve the ductility with minimum additional cost. Test results shows filled-in concrete and secondary reinforcement devices increase the strength and the ductility of the steel pier.

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Ductility Demand-Based Seismic Design and Seismic Performance Evaluation of Urban Railway Bridge Pier (도시철도 고가교 및 교량 교각의 연성도 내진설계와 내진성능 평가)

  • Park, Seung-Hee;Nam, Min-Jun;Yoon, Jong-Ku;Kim, Jin-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.1220-1226
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to assess the seismic performance of a reinforced concrete pier using ductility demand-based seismic design method and nonlinear earthquake analysis. A computer program named MIDAS/Civil(MIDAS IT,2009) for the analysis of the reinforced concrete pier was used. The bridge pier was designed by the ductility demand-based seismic design. In addition, a seismic performance was evaluated through both capacity spectrum method and nonlinear time history method. In order to determine the seismic performance of the bridge pier, the maximum response values from the capacity spectrum method and nonlinear time history analysis were compared each other.

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Cyclic and static behaviors of CFT modular bridge pier with enhanced bracings

  • Kim, Dongwook;Jeon, Chiho;Shim, Changsu
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.1221-1236
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    • 2016
  • Modular structures consist of standardized modules and their connections. A modular bridge pier is proposed to accelerate bridge construction. Multiple concrete-filled steel tubes (CFTs) using commercial steel tubes were chosen as the main members. Buckling restrained bracings and enhanced connection details were designed to prevent premature low-cycle fatigue failure upon cyclic loading. The pier had a height of 7.95 m, widths of 2.5 m and 2.0 m along the strong and weak axis, respectively. Cyclic tests were performed on the modular pier to investigate structural performance. Test results showed that four CFT columns reached yielding without a premature failure of the bracing connections. The ultimate capacity of the modular pier was reasonably estimated based on the plastic-hinge-analysis concept. The modular CFT pier with enhanced bracing showed improved displacement ductility without premature failure at the welding joints.

Seismic Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel Piers Part I : Quasi-Static Cyclic Loading Test (강합성교각의 내진성능평가 Part I : 준정적 반복재하실험)

  • 조창빈;서진환;장승필
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.9-19
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    • 2002
  • Steel piers and concrete-filled steel(CFS) piers, in spite of reasonable strength, high ductility, small section, and fast construction, have not been considered as one of alternatives to RC piers even in the highly populated urban area where aseismic safety, limited space and fast construction are indispensably required. This paper, the first of two companion papers for the seismic performance of steel and CFS piers, tests steel and CFS piers under quasi-static cyclic loading to estimate their ductility and strength. Additional details such as rebars and base ribs are added to increase the ductility of a concrete-filled steel pier with minimum additional cost. Also, simplified numerical analyses using nonlinear spring and shell elements are examined for the estimation of the ductility and strength of concrete-filled steel piers and a steel pier. The result shows that concrete-filled steel peirs have higher energy absorption, i.e., ductility and strength than those of steel pier and increasing bonding between in-filled concrete and lower diaphragm, and the improved details of stress concentrated region would be important for the ductility and strength of a pier. Numerical results show that simplified modeling with nonlinear springs and shells has potential to be effective modeling technique to estimate the seismic performance of a concrete-filled steel pier.

Seismic responses of composite bridge piers with CFT columns embedded inside

  • Qiu, Wenliang;Jiang, Meng;Pan, Shengshan;Zhang, Zhe
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.343-355
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    • 2013
  • Shear failure and core concrete crushing at plastic hinge region are the two main failure modes of bridge piers, which can make repair impossible and cause the collapse of bridge. To avoid the two types of failure of pier, a composite pier was proposed, which was formed by embedding high strength concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) column in reinforced concrete (RC) pier. Through cyclic loading tests, the seismic performances of the composite pier were studied. The experimental results show that the CFT column embedded in composite pier can increase the flexural strength, displacement ductility and energy dissipation capacity, and decrease the residual displacement after undergoing large deformation. The analytical analysis is performed to simulate the hysteretic behavior of the composite pier subjected to cyclic loading, and the numerical results agree well with the experimental results. Using the analytical model and time-history analysis method, seismic responses of a continuous girder bridge using composite piers is investigated, and the results show that the bridge using composite piers can resist much stronger earthquake than the bridge using RC piers.

Behaviors of Internally Confined Hollow Reinforced Concrete Piers by Thickness of Internal Steel Tube (내부 강관 두께에 따른 내부 구속 중공 RC 교각의 거동)

  • Choi, Jun-Ho;Han, Taek-Hee;Yi, Gyu-Sei;Yoon, Ki-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.333-338
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    • 2007
  • An infernally confined hollow reinforced concrete pier (ICH RC pier) is hollow RC pier which has a internal steel tube to enhance its ductility and stiffness by internal confinement. In this study, the internal steel tube were changed to investigate the behavior of ICH RC pier. The behavior of internally confined hollow reinforced concrete piers were evaluated with safety ratio, ductility, total material cost, the total weight of the pier, etc. As a result of analytical study, the usage of a minimum necessary thickness of the internal steel tube the most effective. The ICH RC pier has decrease of weight compare to Solid RC pier.

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Aseismatic Retrofit of Concrete Piers with Restraining Steel Ring and Expansive Concrete (구속강판과 팽창콘크리트를 이용한 기존 RC 교각의 내진 보강)

  • 최익창;박홍용;연준희;김연수
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.953-958
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    • 2001
  • A retrofit method “Steel Ring Confinement Retrofit” was proposed and discussed on the material and member characteristics through experiments. Steel Ring Confinement Retrofit consist of confining steel ring and expansive concrete. The steel ring is set on the footing, surrounding the base of the pier. By placing expansive concrete between the pier and steel ring, chemical prestress is introduced in the members. Chemical prestressed ring concrete enlarge the pier section and enhance both the strength and ductility of the pier. It was confirmed that Various Ring Confinement Retrofit improved the strength of the pier up to 30% ~ 100% with experiments.

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