• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.713-732
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• 2015

The application of the compressive force path method for the design of earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete structural walls with a shear span-to-depth ratio larger than 2.5 has been shown by experiment to lead to a significant reduction of the code specified transverse reinforcement within the critical lengths without compromising the code requirements for structural performance. The present work complements these findings with experimental results obtained from tests on structural walls with a shear span-to-depth ratio smaller than 2.5. The results show that the compressive force path method is capable of safeguarding the code performance requirements without the need of transverse reinforcement confining concrete within the critical lengths. Moreover, it is shown that ductility can be considerably increased by improving the strength of the two bottom edges of the walls through the use of structural steel elements extending to a small distance of the order of 100 mm from the wall base.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제72권4호
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• pp.503-512
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• 2019

The construction of segmental precast concrete bridge is an increase due to its superior performance and economic advantages. This type of bridge is appropriate for spans within 30 to 150 m (100 to 500 ft), known as mega-projects and the design optimization would lead to considerable economic benefits. A box-girder cross section superstructure of balanced cantilever construction method is assessed here. The depth of cross section, (variable along the span linearly), bottom flange thickness, and the count of strands are considered as design variables. The optimum design is characterized by geometry, serviceability, ductility, and ultimate limit states specified by AASHTO. Genetic algorithm (GA) is applied in two fronts: as to the saving in construction cost 8% and as to concrete volume 6%. The sensitivity analysis is run by considering different parameters like span/depth ratio, relation between superstructure cost, span length and concrete compressive strength.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.283-292
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• 2005

강판으로 부분 보강된 철근콘크리트 보의 조기파괴하중을 추정하기 위하여 변수연구를 수행하였다. 설계변수는 전단철근의 유무, 비보강길이의 비, 인장철근에 대한 보강 강판의 철근비, 전단지간 대 보강된 보의 유효깊이 비로 하였다. 유한요소해석 결과, 강판으로 부분 보강된 철근콘크리트 보의 조기파괴를 지배하는 1차 적인 요인은 비보강길이이지만 보강철근비, 전단지간 대 유효깊이의 비 등도 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 설계변수의 조합작용을 고려한 근사식을 기존의 실험결과와 비교한 결과 거의 일치하였다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2013

Prestressed concrete (PC) is the predominant material in highway bridge construction. The use of high-strength concrete has gained wide acceptance in the PC industry. The main target in the highway industry is to increase the durability and the life-span of bridges. Cracking of elements is one aspect which affects durability. Recently, nine 7.62 meter long PC I-beams made with different concrete strength were designed according to a simple, semi-empirical equation developed at the University of Houston (UH) (Laskar et al., ACI Journal 107(3): 330-339, 2010). The UH Method is a function of shear span-to-depth ratio (a/d), concrete strength $\sqrt{f^{\prime}_c}$, web area $b_wd$, and amount of transverse steel. Based on testing these girders, the shear cracking strength of girders with different concrete strength and different shear span-to-depth ratio was investigated and compared to the available approaches in current codes such as ACI 318-11 (2011) and AASHTO LRFD Specifications (2010).

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.39-59
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• 2011

Results of an experimental investigation on the behavior and ultimate shear capacity of 27 reinforced concrete Transfer (deep) beams are summarized. The main variables were percent longitudinal(tension) steel (0.28 to 0.60%), percent horizontal web steel (0.60 to 2.40%), percent vertical steel (0.50to 2.25%), percent orthogonal web steel, shear span-to-depth ratio (1.10 to 3.20) and cube concrete compressive strength (32 MPa to 48 MPa).The span of the beam has been kept constant at 1000 mm with100 mm overhang on either side of the supports. The result of this study shows that the load transfer capacity of transfer (deep) beam with distributed longitudinal reinforcement is increased significantly. Also, the vertical shear reinforcement is more effective than the horizontal reinforcement in increasing the shear capacity as well as to transform the brittle mode of failure in to the ductile mode of failure. It has been observed that the orthogonal web reinforcement is highly influencing parameter to generate the shear capacity of transfer beams as well as its failure modes. Moreover, the results from the experiments have been processed suitably and presented an analytical model for design of transfer beams in high-rise buildings for estimating the shear capacity of beams.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.697-704
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 장방형 개구부를 갖는 철근콘크리트 깊은 보에서 개구부 폭, 깊이 및 위치변화와 부재의 전단거동의 관계를 파악하고, 최대내력을 예측하기 위한 모델을 제시하는데 있다. 주요 변수로는 콘크리트 강도, 전단경간비, 개구부 폭, 깊이 및 위치 등이다. 시험체는 모두 25개이며 2점 대칭가력하였다. 실험결과로부터 개구부를 갖는 깊은 보의 전단거동은 개구부 크기와 전단경간비에 의해 가장 큰 영향을 받았으며, 이들이 증가할수록 이들이 증가 할 수록 콘크리트 설계기준은 불안전측에 있었다. 따라서 개구부 상$.$하 스트럿 작용과 주철근의 타이작용을 고려하여 개구부 효과를 반영한 깊은 보의 전단내력을 적절히 평가할 수 있는 모델을 제시하였다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.118-128
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• 1994

본 논문은 전단철근을 갖지 않는 강섬유보강콘크리트 보의 전단거동을 규명하고 균열전단강도와 극한전단강도를 예측하기 위한 것으로 섬유로 보강된 11개의 보을 포함한 총 14개의 보에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. 실험의 변수는 섬유혼입율과 전단지간 등이며, 실험과정을 통해 파괴형상, 처짐, 균열전단강도 및 극한전단강도를 측정하였다. 실험결과로부터 섬유의 혼입량이 많아지고 전단지간이 짧아질수록 섬유보강콘크리트 보의 균열 및 극한전단강도가 증가됨을 밝혔다. 그리고 실험결과를 희귀분석하여 균열전단겅도와 극한전단강도 추정식을 제안 하였으며, 제안된 식에 의해 강섬유의 혼입으로 얻어지는 전단강도에 대한 섬유의 기여효과를 추정할 수 있었다. 또한, 제안된 추정식에 의해 계산된 값과 실험결과를 비교 검토하여 그 상관성을 확인하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 FRP 외부 부착공법으로 전단 보강된 철근콘크리트 보의 전단강도 예측 모델을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델은 전단 균열각과 전단 경간비와 같은 주요한 설계인자를 고려할 수 있도록 하였다. 제안된 모델의 주요고려사항은 ]nP로 전단 보강된 보의 일반적 파괴 형태인 부착파괴에 대한 전단력 산정이다. 또한 제안된 모델은 기존의 수정 소성이론에 근거한 crack sliding model을 이용하였으며, 아치작용계수를 도입함으로써, 전단 경간비의 영향을 최소화하였다. 최종적으로 본 전단강도 예측 모델을 적용한 해석결과를 실험결과와 비교$\cdot$검증하였으며, 본 제안된 예측 모델이 실험결과와 상당히 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2007

This paper is on the research of the special character of the dynamic response according to a design of the clamped reinforced concrete slab. In this study, the 20-node solid element has been used to analyze the dynamic characteristics of RC slabs with clamped edges. The elasto-visco plastic model for material non-linearity and the smeared crack model have been adopted in the finite element formulation. The design factor, which affect the dynamic response of the reinforced concrete slab, are the steel layer thickness, steel layer depth, steel layout method, steel layout angle and the slab thickness and span ratio. The main purpose of this study was to find out the dynamic response of the reinforced concrete slab according to above variables. The reduction of deflection/thickness ratio appeared less than 2% when the slab thickness between 20 and 21cm. It is desirable that the slab thickness must be above 20-21cm. The reduction ratio of deflection is appeared greatly when the value of the span/thickness ratio is between 25 and 30. In conclusion, the steel layer depth and thickness had a little effect on deflection of the dynamic response, but had no effect on the steel layout angle.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2020

Basalt fiber is an eco-friendly fiber and comparatively newer to the world of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. A limited number of studies have been reported in the literature on the strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams with basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP). The present experimental work explores the feasibility of using the BFRP strips for shear strengthening of the RC beams. The strengthening schemes include full wrap and U-wrap. A simple mechanical anchorage scheme has been introduced to prevent the debonding of U-wrap as well as to utilize the full capacity of the BFRP composite. The effect of varying shear span-to-effective depth (a/d) ratio on the behavior of shear deficient RC beams strengthened with BFRP strips under different schemes is examined. The RC beams were tested under a four-point loading system. The study finds that the beams strengthened with and without BFRP strips fails in shear for a/d ratio 2.5 and the enhancement of the shear capacity of strengthened beams ranges from 5% to 20%. However, the strengthened beams fail in flexure, and the control beam fails in shear for a higher a/d ratio, i.e., 3.5. The experimental results of the present study have been compared with the analytical study and found that the latter gives conservative results.