• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.475-491
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• 2004

Anchorage devices play an important role in post-tensioned bridge structures since they must sustain heavy loads in order to permit the transfer of the prestressing force to the structure. In external prestressing, the situation is even more critical since the anchorage mechanisms, with the deviators, are the only links between the structure and the tendons throughout the service life of the structure. The behaviour of anchorage devise may be studied by using the finite element method. To do so, each component of the anchorage must be adequately represented in order to approximate the anchor mechanism as accurately as possible. In particular, the modelling of the jaw/tendon device may be carried out using the real geometry of these two components with an appropriate constitutive contact law or by replacing these components by a single equivalent. This paper presents the numerical study of a mono-strand anchorage device. The results of a comparison between two different representations of the jaw/tendon device, either as two distinct components or as a single equivalent, will be examined. In the double-component setup, the influence of the wedge configuration composing the jaw, and the influence of lubrication of the anchor, will be assessed.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.393-398
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• 2000

To use concrete box culverts effectively, precast goods are manufactured at a factory, then linked and anchored with prestressing tendon at a field. However, the corrosion of rebar and prestressing tendon in the box culverts utilizing portland cement concrete is issued when the cracks occur at a underground water level. It has been reported that reported that expansive concrete, compared with portland cement concrete, has many structural advantages such as increasing capacity of watertight, controling initial crack and improving durability due to its property of expansion. During flexure test with RC beam made from expansive concrete, in the case of a constant section of concrete element, the lower steel ratio is, and in the case of a constant steel ratio, the more incremental the section of concrete element, the more incremental the amount of chemical prestress by expansive concrete is. At the segment of the box culverts using expansive concrete, the numbers of crack and its gap is reduced, and ultimate load and initial crack load is much larger than the segment at which expansive concrete is nor used. Also lay-out of tendon with a curvature generate upward force so that deflection is reduced. Through the whole procedure, it could be confirmed that performance precast box culvert by means of using expansive concrete is improved.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.541-557
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• 2016

Prefabricated bridge substructures provide new possibility for designers in terms of efficiency of creativity, fast construction, geometry control and cost. Even though prefabricated bridge columns are widely adopted as a substructure system in the bridge construction project recently, lack of deeper understanding of the seismic behavior of prefabricated bridge substructures cause much concern on their performance in high seismic zones. In this paper, experimental research works are presented to verify enhanced design concepts of prefabricated bridge piers. Integration of precast segments was done with continuity of axial prestressing tendons and mild reinforcing bars throughout the construction joints. Cyclic tests were conducted to investigate the effects of the design parameters on seismic performance. An analytical method for moment-curvature analysis of prefabricated bridge columns is conducted in this study. The method is validated through comparison with experimental results and the fiber model analysis. A parametric study is conducted to observe the seismic behavior of prefabricated bridge columns using the analytical study based on strain compatibility method. The effects of continuity of axial steel and tendon, and initial prestressing level on the load-displacement response characteristics, i.e., the strain of axial mild steels and posttensioned tendon at fracture and concrete crushing strain at the extreme compression fiber are investigated. The analytical study shows the layout of axial mild steels and posttensioned tendons in this experiment is the optimized arrangement for seismic performance.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.585-593
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• 2003

본 연구는 외부 프리스트레싱으로 보강된 철근콘크리트 보에 관한 문헌연구와 프리스트레싱 강재의 극한응력 예측식의 개발, 극한응력에 영향을 미치는 변수들에 대한 실험 등이다. 새로운 통합 예측식 개발을 위하여 비부착 프리스트레싱 강재의 극한응력에 대한 ACI 시방식을 확장하고 분석하였다. 본 논문에서는 외부 프리스트레싱 강재의 극한응력에 대한 새로운 합리적 예측식을 제안하고 있는데, 프리스트레싱 강재와 중립축의 깊이 비의 함수로서 표현하여 내부 철근의 영향을 고려하고 있다. 실험연구에서는 프리스트레싱 강재의 극한응력에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 실험변수를 가지고 외부 프리스트레싱으로 보강된 철근콘크리트 보를 제작하여 실험하였다. 실험연구에서 채택한 영향인자들은 배부철근비, 외부 프리스트레싱 강재비, 지간과 PS강재높이 비 등이다. 실험결과는 분석되어 외부 프리스트레싱 강재의 극한응력에 대한 제안된 예측식의 합리성과 적용성을 확인하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 봄학술 발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.459-462
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• 2005

In finite element analysis of the PSC structures, the prestressing effect can be introduced by two ways, i.e, equivalent loads or initial stress. This study investigates the reason why the two schemes that adopt the different approaches produce the similar results. The discussion is applicable to the general finite elements that correspond to the concrete and tendons. Some of the detailed derivations of each scheme are presented. Numerical examples show the identical results for the two methods.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.609-628
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• 2003

Mechanical anchorage devices are generally tested in the laboratory and may be analyzed using the finite element method. These devices are composed of many components interacting through diverse contact interfaces. Generally, a Coulomb friction law is sufficient to take into account friction between smooth surfaces. However, in the case of mechanical anchorages, a gripping system, named herein the wedge-tendon system, is used to anchor the prestressing tendon. The wedge inner surface is made of a series of triangular notches designed to grip the tendon. In this particular case, the Coulomb law is not adapted to simulate the contact interface. The present paper deals with a new constitutive contact/gripping law to simulate the gripping effect. A parameter identification procedure, based on experimental results as well as on a finite element/neural network approach, is presented. It is demonstrated that all parameters have been selected in a satisfactory way and that the proposed constitutive law is well adapted to simulate the wedge gripping effect taking place in a mechanical anchorage device.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 봄학술 발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.463-466
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop of unbonded tendon model considering time-dependent behavior. In this paper, a numerical model for unbanded tendon is proposed based on the finite element method, which can represent straight or curved unbonded tendon behavior. This model and time-dependent material model are used to investigate the time-dependent behaviors of unbonded prestressed concrete structures. A computer program, named RCAHEST(Reinforced Concrete Analysis in Higher Evaluation System Technology), for the analysis of concrete structures was used. The material nonlinearities are taken into account by comprising the tension, compression, and shear models of cracked concrete and models for reinforcements and tendons in the concrete. The smeared crack approach is incorporated. It accounts for the aging, creep and shrinkage of concrete and the stress relaxation of prestressing steel. The proposed unbonded tendon model and numerical method for time-dependent behavior of unbonded prestressed concrete structures is verified by comparison with reliable experimental results.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.129-155
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• 2022

In this study, parametric analyses on a hoop-type PZT (lead-zirconate-titanate) interface are performed to estimate the effects of the PZT interface's materials and geometries on sensitivities of impedance responses under strand breakage. The paper provides a guideline for installing the PZT interface suitable in tendon anchorages for damage-sensitive impedance signatures. Firstly, the concept of the PZT interface-based impedance monitoring technique in prestressed tendon anchorage is briefly described. A FE (finite element) analysis is conducted on a multi-strands anchorage equipped with a hoop-type PZT interface for analyzing materials and geometric effects. Various material properties, geometric sizes of the interface, and PZT sensor are simulated under two states of prestressing force for acquiring impedance responses. Changes in impedance signals are statistically quantified to analyze the effect of these factors on damage-sensitive impedance monitoring in the tendon anchorage. Finally, experimental analyses are performed to demonstrate the effects of materials and geometrical properties of the PZT interface on damage-sensitive impedance monitoring.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.297-300
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• 2008

PSC 구조물에 사용되는 긴장재의 마찰계수는 긴장작업시 긴장력 관리를 위한 기본적인 정보가 된다. 그러나, 마찰계수는 국내외 설계기준별로 큰 차이가 있어 실무자들에게 혼란을 주어 왔다. 이 연구에서는 먼저 국내외의 관련 설계기준을 비교분석하여 현재 통용되고 있는 마찰계수의 범위를 파악해보았다. 그리고 긴장시의 신장량과 긴장력과 같은 실측값과 마찰계수에 대한 이론식을 조합하여 파상 및 곡률 마찰계수값을 역으로 유추할 수 있는 절차를 제안하였다. 예제로서 국내 PSC 교량을 2개 선정하여 다양한 형상을 가진 텐던들에 제안된 절차를 적용하여 마찰계수값들을 계산하고 국내외 설계기준의 값들과 비교하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 합리적인 마찰계수값의 범위에 대해 논하였다. 파상 마찰계수의 경우 AASHTO 기준을 비롯한 해외의 몇몇 기준에서 국내에서 통용되는 값보다 매우 작은 값을 제시하고 있어 국내 기준이 파상 마찰계수를 과대평가하고 있다는 지적이 있어 왔지만, 분석 대상교량에서 도출한 값들은 국내 기준의 하한치에 가까운 정도였다. 한편, 곡률 마찰계수는 국내 기준의 상한치에 가깝거나 이를 다소 상회하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.759-765
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• 2002

등가하중법은 프리스트레싱 텐던의 영향을 구조물에 작용하는 외력으로서 고려하는 것으로, 프리스트레싱의 효과를 명확히 하고 해석을 단순화시켜주는 유력한 방법론이다. 본 연구에서는 등가하중법의 관점에서 원형탱크 벽체의 원환텐던 및 수직텐던의 배치가 구조물에 미치는 영향을 이론적으로 분석하였으며, 관련된 설계 시방서에서 규정하고 있지는 않지만 실구조물에서 적지 않은 영향을 미칠 수도 있는 사항들에 대해 고찰하였다. 원환텐던의 편심배치시 텐던의 직선이동의 원리가 성립하므로 어떠한 편심배치에 대해서도 구조거동은 크게 달라지지 않을 것으로 사료된다. 또한, 기존의 수직텐던의 설계 및 해석에 있어서 편심배치에 의한 모멘트 효과를 잘못 산정한 예에 대해 올바른 해석법을 제시하였다. 일반적으로 수직텐던의 편심배치는 구조적으로 큰 효과가 있다고 보기는 힘든 것으로 사료된다. 수직텐던과 관련하여 프와송비의 효과나 절곡부위의 영향이 흔히 간과되어 왔으나, 예제의 분석결과 때로는 원형탱크의 구조거동에 적지 않은 영향을 미칠수도 있다고 판단된다.