• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.111-130
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• 2001

This paper presents an effective, reliable and accurate method for prediction of structural behaviour of steel frames at elevated temperature. The refined plastic hinge method, which has been used successfully in the second-order elasto-plastic analysis of steel frames at ambient conditions, is adopted here to allow for time-independent fire effects. In contrast to the existing rigorous finite element programs, the present method uses the advanced analysis technique that provides a simple and reliable means for practical study of the behaviour of steel frames at elevated temperature by a limiting stress model. The present method is validated against other test and numerical results.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.423-442
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• 2001

This paper presents a method of elastic-plastic analysis for planar steel frames that provides the accuracy of distributed plasticity methods with the computational efficiency that is greater than that of distributed plasticity methods but less than that of plastic-hinge based methods. This method accounts for the effect of spread of plasticity accurately without discretization through the cross-section of a beam-column element, which is achieved by the following procedures. First, nonlinear equations describing the relationships between generalized stresses and strains of the cross-section are derived analytically. Next, nonlinear force-deformation relationships for the beam-column element are obtained through lengthwise integration of the generalized strains. Elastic-plastic flexibility coefficients are then calculated by differentiating the above element force-deformation relationships. Finally, an elastic-plastic stiffness matrix is obtained by making use of the flexibility-stiffness transformation. Adding the conventional geometric stiffness matrix to the elastic-plastic stiffness matrix results in the tangent stiffness matrix, which can readily be used to evaluate the load carrying capacity of steel frames following standard nonlinear analysis procedures. The accuracy of the proposed method is verified by several examples that are sensitive to the effect of spread of plasticity.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.315-327
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• 2002

본 연구의 목적은 패널영역을 고려한 2차 탄소성힌지해석을 이용한 평면 강뼈대구조물의 이산화 최적설계알고리즘을 개발하는데 있다. 강뼈대구조물의 일반적인 해석은 구조물의 거동에서 패널영역 변형의 효과를 고려하지 않는다. 최적설계의 목적함수는 강뼈대구조물의 중량을 함수로 취하였으며, 제약조건식은 하중저항계수법(AISC-LRFD1994)시방규정을 근거로 하였다. 강뼈대구조물의 해석에서 현실적인 모델 사용의 중요성을 입증하기 위해 접합부 모델에서 패널영역을 고려하지 않은 수치해석과의 비교로부터 이 모델의 타당성이 판명되어진다. 개발된 알고리즘은 범용 프로그램인 SAP2000의 치적설계결과와 비교하여 본 연구에서 개발된 최적화 알고리즘의 타당성을 입증하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 일반적인 강뼈대구조물의 설계방법보다 패널영역의 거동을 고려한 최적설계 알고리즘이 더 경제적인 설계라는 것을 나타내었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.419-429
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• 2018

The seismic vulnerability analysis of multi-span bridges can be based on the response of the piers, provided that deck, bearings and foundations remain elastic. The lateral response of an RC bridge pier can be affected by different mechanisms (i.e., flexure, shear, lap-splice or buckling of the longitudinal reinforcement bars, second order effects). In the literature, simplified formulations are available for mechanisms different from the flexure. On the other hand, the flexural response is usually calculated with a numerically-based Moment-Curvature diagram of the base section and equivalent plastic hinge length. The goal of this paper is to propose a simplified analytical solution to obtain the Moment-Curvature relationship for hollow circular RC sections. This based on calibrated polynomials, fitted against a database comprising 720 numerical Moment-Curvature analyses. The section capacity curve is defined through the position of 6 characteristic points and they are based on four input parameters: void ratio of the hollow section, axial force ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, transversal reinforcement ratio. A case study RC bridge pier is assessed with the proposed solution and the results are compared to a refined numerical FEM analysis, showing good match.