• Computers and Concrete
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2021

Experimental and discrete element methods were used to investigate the effects of echelon non-persistent joint on the failure behaviour of joint's bridge area under uniaxial compressive test. Concrete samples with dimension of 150 mm×100 mm×50 mm were prepared. Uniaxial compressive strength and tensile strength of concrete were 14 MPa and 1MPa, respectivly. Within the specimen, three echelon non-persistent notches were provided. These joints were distributed on the three diagonal plane. the angle of diagonal plane related to horizontal axis were 15°, 30° and 45°. The angle of joints related to diagonal plane were 30°, 45°, 60°. Totally, 9 different configuration systems were prepared for non-persistent joint. In these configurations, the length of joints were taken as 2 cm. Similar to those for joints configuration systems in the experimental tests, 9 models with different echelon non-persistent joint were prepared in numerical model. The axial load was applied to the model by rate of 0.05 mm/min. the results show that the failure process was mostly governed by both of the non-persistent joint angle and diagonal plane angle. The compressive strengths of the specimens were related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the discontinuities. It was shown that the shear behaviour of discontinuities is related to the number of the induced tensile cracks which are increased by increasing the joint angle. The strength of samples increase by increasing both of the joint angle and diagonal plane angle. The failure pattern and failure strength are similar in both methods i.e. the experimental testing and the numerical simulation methods.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.459-469
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• 2020

An external prestressed steel-bar truss unit was developed as a new strengthening technology to enhance the seismic performance of an in-plane masonry wall structure while taking advantage of the benefits of a prestressed system. The presented method consists of six steel bars: two prestressed vertical bars to introduce a prestressing force on the masonry wall, two diagonal bars to resist shear deformation, and two horizontal bars to maintain the configuration. To evaluate the effects of this new technique, four full-scale specimens, including a control specimen, were tested under combined loadings that included constant-gravity axial loads and cyclic lateral loads. The experimental results were analyzed in terms of the shear strength, initial stiffness, dissipated energy, and strain history. The efficiency of the external prestressed steel-bar truss unit was validated. In particular, a retrofitted specimen with an axial load level of 0.024 exhibited a more stable post behavior and higher energy dissipation than a control specimen with an observed complete sliding failure. The four vertical bars of the adjacent retrofitting units created a virtual column, and their strain values did not change until they reached the peak shear strength. The shear capacity of the masonry wall structure with external prestressed steel-bar truss units could be predicted using the model suggested by Yang et al.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.477-493
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• 2003

Masonry is not a simple material, the influence of mortar joints as a plane of weakness is a significant feature and this makes the numerical modelling of masonry very difficult especially when dynamic (seismic) analysis is involved. In order to develop a simple numerical model for masonry under earthquake load, an analytical model based on Distinct Element Method (DEM) is being developed. At the first stage, the model is applied to simulate the in-plane shear behaviour of an unreinforced masonry wall with and without opening where the testing results are available for comparison. In DEM, a solid is represented as an assembly of discrete blocks. Joints are modelled as interface between distinct bodies. It is a dynamic process and specially designed to model the behaviour of discontinuities. The numerical solutions obtained from the distinct element analysis are validated by comparing the results with those obtained from existing experiments and finite element modelling.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2004

Laboratory experiments were conducted in order to find effects of the intermediate principal stress of ${\sigma}_{2}$ on rock fractures and faults. Polyaxial tests were carried out under the most generalized compressive stress conditions, in which different magnitudes of the least and intermediate principal stresses ${\sigma}_{3}$ and ${\sigma}_{2}$ were maintained constant, and the maximum stress ${\sigma}_{1}$, was increased to failure. Two crystalline rocks (Westerly granite and KTB amphibolite) exhibited similar mechanical behavior, much of which is neglected in conventional triaxial compression tests in which ${\sigma}_{2}$ = ${\sigma}_{3}$. Compressive rock failure took the form of a main shear fracture, or fault, steeply dipping in ${\sigma}_{3}$ direction with its strike aligned with ${\sigma}_{2}$ direction. Rock strength rose significantly with the magnitude of ${\sigma}_{2}$, suggesting that the commonly used Mohr-type failure criteria, which ignore the ${\sigma}_{2}$ effect, predict only the lower limit of rock strength for a given ${\sigma}_{3}$ level. The true triaxial failure criterion for each of the crystalline rocks can be expressed as the octahedral shear stress at failure as a function of the mean normal stress acting on the fault plane. It is found that the onset of dilatancy increases considerably for higher ${\sigma}_{2}$. Thus, ${\sigma}_{2}$ extends the elastic range for a given ${\sigma}_{3}$ and, hence, retards the onset of the failure process. SEM inspection of the micromechanics leading to specimen failure showed a multitude of stress-induced microcracks localized on both sides of the through-going fault. Microcracks gradually align themselves with the ${\sigma}_{1}$-${\sigma}_{2}$ plane as the magnitude of ${\sigma}_{2}$ is raised.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2012

개착면의 방향성과 규모가 점진적으로 변화되는 개착사면의 안정성을 지반의 암석학적, 구조적 및 역학적 특성을 종합적으로 고려한 횡단면 분석기법을 활용하여 분석하였다. 시추작업을 수행하여 획득한 코어시료를 관찰하여 사면지반의 암석학적 취약성을 조사하였으며, 시추공 내 BIPS 영상을 획득하여 사면 내부의 구조적 특성을 규명하였다. 시추코어 및 코어절리시료를 이용한 암석실험을 통해 사면 지반의 공학적 특성을 분석하였다. 평사투영해석을 수행하여 잠재적인 사면거동 양상과 거동유발 절리들을 분석하였으며, 거동유발 절리들의 트레이스 분포를 개착 형상이 고려된 횡단면상에 도시하였다. 횡단면에 분포된 평면파괴 절리들이 기저면을 형성하는 평면블록들을 절리 트레이스 분포를 고려하여 설정하였다. 횡단면 상에서 심도별 평면블록들의 안정성과 적정 안전율을 유지하기 위하여 요구되는 지보량을 산정하여 최적 사면 설계안 수립에 대한 횡단면 기법의 활용성을 고찰하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.519-529
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• 2022

Sandwich structures with the superior mechanical properties such as high stiffness and strength-to-weight ratio, good thermal insulation, and high energy absorption capacity are used today in aerospace, automotive, marine, and civil engineering industries. These structures are composed of moderately stiff, thin face sheets that withstand the majority of transverse and in-plane loads, separated by a thick, lightweight core that resists shear forces. In this research, the finite element technique is used to simulate a sandwich panel with a truss core under axial compressive stress using ABAQUS software. A review of past experimental studies shows that the bondline between the core and face sheets plays a vital role in the critical failure load. Therefore, this modeling analyzes the damage initiation modes and debonding between face sheet and core by cohesive surface contact with traction-separation model. According to the results obtained from the modeling, it can be observed that the adhesive stiffness has a significant influence on the critical failure load of the specimens. To achieve the full strength of the structure as a continuum, a lower limit is obtained for the adhesive stiffness. By providing this limit stiffness between the core and the panel face sheets, sudden failure of the structure can be prevented.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2014

이 연구는 파형 GFRP 전단연결재가 보강된 중단열 벽체의 면내전단거동을 알아보기 위하여 실시되었다. 기존의 중단열 벽체의 단열성능 향상과 내/외측 벽체의 합성거동을 위하여 파형 GFRP 전단연결재를 보강하였다. 실험체는 2개의 단열재로 구분된 3개의 콘크리트 벽체로 구성되어 있으며, 중앙부 벽체에 수직방향의 전단력을 가하였다. 주요변수는 단열재의 종류 (압출법 보온판 및 비드법 보온판) 및 보강된 전단연결재의 너비(300 및 400 mm)과 폭(10 및 15 mm)를 변수로 설정하였으며, 실험체의 파괴양상 및 전단흐름강도-평균상대변위 관계 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 실험 결과 콘크리트와 단열재의 부착응력은 중단열 벽체의 초기거동에 상당한 영향이 있는 것으로 판단되며, 전단연결재가 보강되지 않은 경우 XPSS를 사용한 중단열 벽체의 강성 및 강성이 EPS 단열재의 경우보다 높게 나타났다. 전단연결재의 보강효과는 단열재에 따라 상이하게 나타났으며, 전단연결재의 보강상세에 단열재의 역학적 특성을 고려해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1993년도 Proceedings of International Conference for Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
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• pp.1073-1087
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• 1993

Many investigations have been carried out concerning tillage tool performance, including energy requirement . Since the performance of tillage could also be evaluated through the change of soil , then it is necessary to investigate the soil cutting process and the pattern of soil failure. This study was conducted using indoor soil bin, STILT (Soil Tillage Tool Interaction) system. The result shows that the soil bin experiments could provide the clear understandings about phenomena of soil failure. The movement of sil , the successive failures was clearly visualized. The relations between the horizontal and vertical forces to the linear motion blade, the shear force on the shear plane which devides soil layer into several segments were indicated by the fluctuation/vibration of the recorded resistance and forces. The results show that the horizontal force(Fx) and vertical force (Fz) develope their frequencies as the change of velocity of blade (10, 20, 40 mm/sec) for each cutting angle (35, 45, 60 degrees). Resultant force of Fx and Fz are much influenced by the cutting angle.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.104-113
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• 1995

Shear strength of the discontinuity on which the pre-failure of rock slope was occurred during surface excavation was measured through the direct shear test using core samples obtained in-situ. Internal friction angle was increased as the roughness of discontinuity surface(JRC) was increased. Results of the tilt test using core samples of higher JRC also showed very similar trend as those of the direct shear test. When the samples replicated from natural cores were used int he tilt test, results of friction angles showed almost perfect continuation of the residual friction angles from the direct shear test. However, when the gouge material existed in the discontinuity the internal friction angle strongly depended upon the rate of filling thickness to the height of asperity irrespective of the JRC. Based on the results of both direct shear test and tilt test internal friction angle and cohesion of discontinuity, which reflect the in-situ conditions fo pre-sliding failure and also can be used for the optimum design of support system, were assessed. Two kinds of support measures which were expected to increase the stability of rock slope were considered; lowering of slope face angle and installation of rock cable. But, it was found that the first method might lead to more unstable conditions of rock slope when the cohesion of discontinuity plane was negligibly low and in that case the support systems of any kind which could exert actual resisting force were needed to ensure the permanent stability of rock slope.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.25-36
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• 2008

평면변형률 시험기는 실제 지반의 파괴 거동을 보다 근사하게 모사할 수 있다는 장점 때문에 평면변형률 조건을 구현하려는 목적 외에도 흙의 국부적인 변형을 포함하는 전체적인 파괴거동을 관찰하기 위한 목적으로 활용되고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 평면변형률 시험은 시험기 제작과 시험 수행의 어려움 때문에 바닥판이 고정된 단부 구속하에서 수행되는 경우가 일반적이다. 최대 주응력 면의 단부 구속은 주응력 면에 추가적인 전단응력을 유발시켜 의도된 전단 거동을 저해하므로, 시험 결과가 실제 현장에서 발생하는 전단 거동과 다를 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 바닥판 구속을 제어할 수 있는 평면변형률 시험기를 이용하여 단부 구속 여부에 따른 두 가지 시험을 주문진 표준사에 대하여 수행하였다. 시료의 국부적인 변형을 포함하는 전체적인 거동을 측정하기 위해 외부 LVDT와 함께 디지털 이미지 코릴레이션 기법(DIC)을 적용하였다. 평면변형률 시험기의 투명한 측면판을 통하여 서로 다른 시간에 촬영된 두 개의 디지털 이미지를 본 기법으로 해석하여 응력-변형률 거동과 하중 증가에 따라 나타나는 시료 내부 모든 위치에서의 국부적 변형 거동을 파악하였다. 이로써 단부 구속 여부에 따라 발생하는 평면변형률 조건하에서 사질토의 파괴면 형성과 발달과정 그리고 변형 메커니즘을 규명하였다.