• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.461-476
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• 2015

Rankine's theory of earth pressure cannot be directly employed to c-${\phi}$ soils backfill with a sloping ground subjected to complex loadings. In this paper, an analytical solution for active earth pressures on retaining structures of cohesive backfill with an inclined surface subjected to surcharge, pore water pressure and seismic loadings, are derived on the basis of the lower-bound theorem of limit analysis combined with Rankine's earth pressure theory and the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion. The generalized active earth pressure coefficients (dimensionless total active thrusts) are presented for use in comprehensive design charts which eliminate the need for tedious and cumbersome graphical diagram process. Charts are developed for rigid earth retaining structures under complex environmental loadings such as the surcharge, pore water pressure and seismic inertia force. An example is presented to illustrate the practical application for the proposed coefficient charts.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.235-255
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• 2016

This paper experimentally investigated the behavior of steel frame structures of traditional-style buildings subjected to combined constant axial load and reversed lateral cyclic loading conditions. The low cyclic reversed loading test was carried out on a 1/2 model of a traditional-style steel frame. The failure process and failure mode of the structure were observed. The mechanical behaviors of the steel frame, including hysteretic behaviors, order of plastic hinges, load-displacement curve, characteristic loads and corresponding displacements, ductility, energy dissipation capacity, and stiffness degradation were analyzed. Test results showed that the Dou-Gong component (a special construct in traditional-style buildings) in steel frame structures acted as the first seismic line under the action of horizontal loads, the plastic hinges at the beam end developed sufficiently and satisfied the Chinese Seismic Design Principle of "strong columns-weak beams, strong joints-weak members". The pinching phenomenon of hysteretic loops occurred and it changed into Z-shape, indicating shear-slip property. The stiffness degradation of the structure was significant at the early stage of the loading. When failure, the ultimate elastic-plastic interlayer displacement angle was 1/20, which indicated high collapse resistance capacity of the steel frame. Furthermore, the finite element analysis was conducted to simulate the behavior of traditional-style frame structure. Test results agreed well with the results of the finite element analysis.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2018

Methods based on nonlinear static analysis as simple tools could be used for the seismic analysis and assessment of structures. In the present study, capability of the N2 method as a well-known nonlinear analysis procedure examines for the estimation of the damage index of multi-storey reinforced concrete frames. In the implemented framework, equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) models are utilized for the global damage estimation of multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems. This method does not require high computational analysis and subsequently decreases the required time of seismic design and assessment process. To develop the methodology, RC frames with period range from 0.4 to 2.0 s under 40 records are studied. The effectiveness of proposed technique is evaluated through numerical study under near- and far-field earthquake ground motions. Finally, the results of developed models are compared with two other simplified schemes along with nonlinear time history analysis results of multi-storey frames. To improve the accuracy of damage estimation, a modified relation is presented based on the N2 method results for near- and far-field earthquakes.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.533-551
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• 2020

A finite element analysis (FEA) model is established to investigate the concrete-encased concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) column to reinforced concrete (RC) beam joints under cyclic loading. The feasibility of the FEA model is verified by a set of test results, consisting of the failure modes, the exposed view of connections, the crack distributions and development, and the hysteretic relationships. The full-range analysis is conducted to investigate the stress and strain development process in the composite joint by using this FEA model. The internal force distributions of different components, as well as the deformation distributions, are analyzed under different failure modes. The proposed connections are investigated under dimensional and material parameters, and the proper constructional details of the connections are recommended. Parameters of the beam-column joints, including material strength, confinement factor, reinforcement ratio, diameter of steel tube to sectional width ratio, beam to column linear bending stiffness ratio and beam shear span ratio are evaluated. Furthermore, the key parameters affecting the failure modes and the corresponding parameters ranges are proposed in this paper.

• 국제강구조저널
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1464-1469
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• 2018

Steel frames with ductile connections have good seismic performance under strong earthquake, they are now popular for high seismic design. In order to simplify the process of numerical analysis of the steel frames with ductile connections, simplified connection models are introduced, two types of springs are placed in the simplified connection model, which can simulate deformation of the panel zone and members. 6-story-3-bay steel frames with ductile connections are simplified and carried out modal analysis, fundamental periods of the frames predicted by finite-element analysis for simplified steel frame models were compared to the results for actual frame models. 2-story steel frame with reduced beam section connections is simplified and carried out pseudo-static analysis, hysteretic curves and skeleton curves of the frame obtained by finite-element analysis for simplified steel frame model are compared to test results. The comparison show that the difference between them is small, it is reliable and effective to predict mechanical properties of the steel frame with ductile connection by finite-element analysis of simplified steel frame model.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.137-146
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• 2020

In this study, an experimental research was performed to find the characteristics of the lateral load resistance of perforated steel plates which could be developed to retrofit existing RC framed buildings. The Specimens are tested with variables such as aspect ratio of plate, the ratio of perforation area, and the ratio of perforated diameter to strip which is more than 0.6. The lateral load was applied with displacement control until to reach 3.5% drift ratio. Through the experimental results, it was shown that the maximum strength of all specimens were reached at around 0.5% drift ratio and maintained until 3.5% drift ratio. From results, the modified strength prediction formula was derived with the variable ratio of the perforated diameter to strip. To evaluate seismic retrofit performance of RC frames using perforated steel plate, a simple design process was presented.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제37권12호
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• pp.7-23
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• 2021

전력, 통신, 상수, 난방, 중수 등의 공급망을 구성하는 지하공동구는 도시기능을 유지하기 위한 핵심 기간망이며, 재난 및 재해로 서비스의 정지 및 일시적 중단이 발생하는 경우 대규모 사회경제적 손실을 가져온다. 본 연구에서는 지중구조물에 대한 개선된 내진설계 및 평가를 위하여 국내 지진환경에 부합하는 지진원 스펙트럼으로부터 대상 지반의 증폭 및 감쇠 효과를 반영한 시나리오 지진에 기반한 지반변위 예측 방법을 제시하였다. 코사인법으로 통용되는 기존의 단순화 가정법 및 지반응답해석과의 비교를 통해서 본 연구가 제시하는 재해도에 상응하는 지반변위 산정방법이 합리적이며 공학 실무에서 충분히 적용 가능한 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2014

대규모 건설공사, 토목공사 시 지반 특성 파악을 위해 주로 수행되는 시추조사는 명확하고 확실한 지반정보를 제공한다는 장점이 있지만 좌표 공간상 지점마다 수행되기 때문에 현장 전체의 지반특성 파악이 어렵다. 이에 반해 탄성파, 중력파 등을 이용하는 물리탐사는 시추조사와는 달리 연속적인 단면의 정보를 제공하고 넓은 지역의 지반특성을 파악할 수 있다는 장점을 가지고 있는 반면 측정값의 지반공학적 상관성이 불확실하기 때문에 지반 특성을 직접적으로 결정하기에는 적합하지 않다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 대상 부지의 정확한 지반정보 파악을 위해서는 두 가지 이종 지반조사 자료, 즉 물리탐사자료와 시추조사 자료를 상호 보완하여 이용하는 것이 바람직하다. 본 연구에서는 이종 지반조사의 통합분석 기법을 제안하였으며, 분석 방법의 정확성과 신뢰성을 높이기 위하여 수치지도를 도입하였다. 수치지도를 사용하여 시험, 조사 단계에서 발생할 수 있는 지반고의 오차를 보정하였으며, 표고와 기울기를 분석하여 대상분석 영역 설정의 지표로 사용하였다. 다음으로 탄성파의 속도분포 단면 등고선을 디지타이징(digitizing)하고 지구통계학적 방법인 크리깅(kriging)을 이용하여 3차원으로 공간보간하였으며, 이를 시추조사와 결합하여 각 토층 경계 별 평균 탄성파 속도를 도출하였다. 자료를 도출하는 과정에서 이상치 분석을 수행하여 결과의 신뢰성을 높였으며, 최적화된 평균 탄성파 속도를 활용하여 3차원 층상 정보를 결정할 수 있는 통합 분석 기법을 수립하였다. 최종적으로 수립된 통합분석 기법을 A댐 비상여수로 건설현장에 적용하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.131-149
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• 2013

Various types of reinforcement splicing methods have been developed and implemented in reinforced concrete construction projects for achieving the continuity of reinforcements. Due to the complicated reinforcement arrangements and the difficulties in securing bar spacing, the traditional lap splicing method, which has been widely used in reinforced concrete constructions, often shows low constructability and difficulties in quality control. Also, lap spliced regions are likely to be over-reinforced, which may not be desirable in seismic design. On the other hand, mechanical splicing methods can offer simple and clear arrangements of reinforcement. In order to utilize the couplers for the ribbed-deformed bars, however, additional screw processing at the ends of reinforcing bars is typically required, which often lead to performance degradations of reinforced concrete members due to the lack of workmanship in screw processing or in adjusting the length of reinforcing bars. On the contrary, the use of screw-ribbed reinforcements can easily solve these issues on the mechanical splicing methods, because it does not require the screw process on the bar. In this study, the mechanical coupler suitable for the screw-ribbed reinforcements has been developed, in which any gap between the reinforcements and sleeve device can be removed by grouting high-flow inorganic mortar. This study presents the uniaxial tension tests on the screw-ribbed reinforcement with the mechanical sleeve devices and the cyclic loading tests on RC columns with the developed coupler. The test results show that the mechanical sleeve connection developed in this study has an excellent splicing performance, and that it is applicable to reinforced concrete columns with a proper confinement by hoop reinforcement.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2003

지진응답 해석 시 불확실한 지진현상을 추정하여 설계지진파를 선정하는 것은 어려운 일 중의 하나이다. 게다가 제한된 숫자의 설계인자에 상응하는 지진파가 결코 유일하지 않다는 문제도 있다. 따라서 동일한 설계진도에 상응하는 여러 지진파들로부터 구한 응답치들이 서로 크게 차이가 날 수 있다. 본 논문은 이 같은 지진하중의 불확실성을 체계적으로 고려하는 실용적인 지진파 생성 기법을 제시한다. 이 기법은 에너지 개념의 RMS 지진가속도에 기반하며 주요 지진파 설계인자의 불확실성을 고려한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해, 이 새로운 RMS 기법이 지진재해에 상응하는 지진파를 대량 생성하는 경우에 적합하며 따라서 소량의 지진파 생성에 적합한 기존의 방법들과 비교할 때 특히 확률론적 지진응답 해석 시 유용하다는 점을 확인하였다.