• Computers and Concrete
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.451-465
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• 2020

This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations on mechanical properties of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) with four types of steel fibers; micro steel (MS), crimped (C), round crimped (RC) and hooked-end (H), in two fiber contents of 1% and 2% (by volume) and two lengths of 13 and 30 mm. Compression, direct tension, and four-point bending tests were carried out on four types of specimens (prism, cube, dog-bone and cylinder), to study tensile and flexural strength, fracture energy and modulus of elasticity. Results were compared with UHPC specimens without fibers, as well as with available equations for the modulus of elasticity. Specimens with MS fibers had the best performance for all mechanical properties. Among macro fibers, RC had better overall performance than H and C fibers. Increased fibers improved all mechanical properties of UHPFRC, except for modulus of elasticity, which saw a negligible effect (mostly less than 10%). Moreover, nonlinear finite element simulations successfully captured flexural response of UHPFRC prisms. Finally, nonlinear regression models provided reasonably well predictions of flexural load-deflection behavior of tested specimens (coefficient of correlation, R² over 0.90).

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.1273-1287
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• 2014

Plates are most widely used in the hulls of floating concrete structures, bridge decks, walls of off-shore structures and liquid storage tanks. A method of analysis is presented for the determination of load-deflection response and ultimate strength of high-strength steel fiber reinforced concrete (HSSFRC) plates simply supported on all four edges and subjected to combined action of external compressive in-plane and transverse loads. The behavior of HSSFRC plate specimens subjected to combined uniaxial in-plane and transverse loads was investigated. The proposed analytical method is compared to the physical test results, and shows good agreement. To predict the constitutive behavior of HSSFRC in compression, a non-dimensional characteristic equation was proposed and found to give reasonable accuracy.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.599-610
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• 2023

To avoid debonding failure, a novel type of hybrid anchorage (HA) is proposed in this study that uses a slotted plate to lock the ends of the fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheet in addition to the usual bonding over the substrate of the strengthened member. An experimental investigation was performed on three groups of RC beams, which differed from one another in either concrete strength or steel reinforcement ratio. The test results indicate that the end self-locking of the CFRP sheet can improve the failure ductility, ultimate capacity of the beams and its utilization ratio. Although intermediate debonding occurred in all the strengthened beams, it was not a fatal mode of failure for the three specimens with end anchorage. Among them, FRP rupture occurred in the beam with higher concrete strength and lower steel reinforcement ratio, whereas the other two failed by concrete crushing. The beam strengthened by HA obtained a relatively high percentage of increase in ultimate capacity when the rebar ratio or concrete strength decreased. The expressions in the literature were inspected to calculate the critical loads at intermediate debonding, FRP rupturing and concrete crushing after debonding for the strengthened beam. Then, the necessity of further research is addressed.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.211-227
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• 2020

To explore the feasibility of eliminating the longitudinal rebars and stirrups by using ultra-high-performance fiber reinforcement concrete (UHPFRC) in concrete encased steel composite stub column, compressive behavior of UHPFRC encased steel stub column has been experimentally investigated. Effect of concrete types (normal strength concrete, high strength concrete and UHPFRC), fiber fractions, and transverse reinforcement ratio on failure mode, ductility behavior and axial compressive resistance of composite columns have been quantified through axial compression tests. The experimental results show that concrete encased composite columns with NSC and HSC exhibit concrete crushing and spalling failure, respectively, while composite columns using UHPFRC exhibit concrete spitting and no concrete spalling is observed after failure. The incorporation of steel fiber as micro reinforcement significantly improves the concrete toughness, restrains the crack propagation and thus avoids the concrete spalling. No evidence of local buckling of rebars or yielding of stirrups has been detected in composite columns using UHPFRC. Steel fibers improve the bond strength between the concrete and, rebars and core shaped steel which contribute to the improvement of confining pressure on concrete. Three prediction models in Eurocode 4, AISC 360 and JGJ 138 and a proposed toughness index (T.I.) are employed to evaluate the compressive resistance and post peak ductility of the composite columns. It is found that all these three models predict close the compressive resistance of UHPFRC encased composite columns with/without the transverse reinforcement. UHPFRC encased composite columns can achieve a comparable level of ductility with the reinforced concrete (RC) columns using normal strength concrete. In terms of compressive resistance behavior, the feasibility of UHPFRC encased steel composite stub columns with lesser longitudinal reinforcement and stirrups has been verified in this study.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.162-165
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• 2006

I-section prestressed concrete(I-PC) beam crack due to low tensile strength, may decrease rigidity and structural performance by excessive deflection. In an effort to this problem, in this research, I-section prestressed dual concrete(I-PDC) beam has been proposed, consisting of normal strength concrete in compression zone, and high performance steel fiber reinforced concrete(HPSFRC) with a bottom flange depth in tensile zone. Crack formation and its propagation are controlled by the HPSFRC in I-PDC beam. The initial cracking and service limit loads are increased along with the load carrying capacity and flexural stiffness.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.197-213
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• 2023

To investigate the static properties of large high strength bolt shear connector in hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete (HFRC) and normal concrete (NC), eight push-out test specimens with single/double nut and HFRC/NC slabs were designed and push-out tests were conducted. A fine 3D nonlinear finite element (FE) model including HFRC constitutive model was established by using ANSYS 18.0, and the test results were used to verify FE models of the push-out test specimens. Then a total of 13 FE models were analyzed with various parameters including fiber volume fractions of HFRC, bolt diameter and thickness of steel flange. Finally, the empirical equations considering the contribution of polypropylene fiber (PF) and steel fiber (SF) obtained from the regression of the test results and FE analysis were recommended to evaluate the load-slip curve and ultimate capacity of the large high strength bolt shear connector embedded in HFRC/NC.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권3A호
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• pp.317-328
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 강섬유보강 초고강도 콘크리트 보의 휨강도를 산정하기 위한 실제적인 기법을 제시하였다. 14개의 보 부재에 대해 휨실험을 수행하여 휨거동 특성을 분석하였으며, 실험결과를 기존의 설계기준 및 제안기법에 의한 예측결과와 비교 분석하였다. ACI 544 위원회의 휨강도 제안식에 의한 예측값은 실험값을 과소평가하고 있으며, 이는 인장응력블록을 너무 작게 산정하기 때문이다. 인장응력블록을 정밀하게 모델링하기 위하여 노치를 갖는 프리즘 시편의 3점 휨인장실험자료의 역해석을 수행하였으며, 역해석을 통해 산정한 인장연화곡선을 인장응력블록 모델링에 적용하였다. 휨강도 실험값에 대한 제안기법에 의한 예측값의 비는 0.98~1.14를 나타내고 있다. 따라서, 이 연구에서의 제안기법은 강섬유보강 초고강도 콘크리트 보의 휨강도를 더욱 정확하게 예측할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.159-172
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• 2019

Strengthening of civil infrastructure with advanced composites have recently become one of the most popular methods. The use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) strips plates and fabric for strengthening of reinforced concrete structures has well established design guidelines and standards. Research on the application of FRP composites to steel structures compared to concrete structures is limited, especially for shear strengthening applications. Whereas, there is a need for cost-effective system that could be used to strengthen steel high-way bridge girders to cope with losses due to corrosion in addition to continuous demands for increasing traffic loads. In this study, a parametric finite element study is performed to investigate the effect of applying thick CFRP strips diagonally on webs of plate girders on the shear strength of end-web panels. The study focuses on illustrating the effect of several geometric parameters on nominal shear strength. Hence, a formula is developed to determine the enhancement of shear strength gained upon the application of CFRP strips.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.465-471
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• 2009

화재시 고강도콘크리트의 폭렬현상을 막고 내부철근 온도의 상승을 억제하기 위하여 폴리프로필렌섬유와 강 섬유를 동시에 사용하는 섬유혼입공법을 제안하였다. 섬유혼입공법을 40~100 MPa 고강도콘크리트 배합에 적용하여 가 열재하방법으로 열적특성을 평가한 후 내화성능을 평가하기 위하여 구조부재에 내화시험을 실시하였다. 2기의 기둥시 험체를 제작하여 ISO 834 표준내화곡선에 따라 180분 비재하 내화시험을 실시하였다. 폭렬은 발생하지 않았으며, 표면 부의 색은 분홍색을 띤 회색으로 변했다. 깊이 60 mm부터 내부 콘크리트의 온도가 급감하였으며, 60분 가열 후 온도구 배는 보통콘크리트보다 5배 적은 2.2oC/mm로 측정되었다. 180분 내화시험 후의 최종온도는 모서리철근이 488.0oC, 중앙 철근이 350.9oC이며, 철근의 총 평균온도는 419.5oC이다. 모서리철근과 중앙철근의 평균온도차는 137.1oC였다. 가열 후 100~150oC부근에서 콘크리트와 철근의 온도상승추세가 변하는데 이는 강섬유와 폴리프로필렌섬유를 혼입한 콘크리트의 온도구배가 낮고, 철근으로의 수분이동과 내부 수분의 막힘현상, 그리고 수분의 기화열 때문이다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2011

이 연구에서는 FRP와 강섬유로 보강한 콘크리트 시편의 충격하중과 정적하중에서의 거동을 보기 위해 휨 실험과 펀칭 실험을 수행하였다. 1방향 휨 실험과 2방향 펀칭 실험에서 콘크리트 시편은 각각 $50{\times}100{\times}350$ mm와 $50{\times}350{\times}350$ mm의 크기로 제작하였다. 0.75% 혼입률의 강섬유 보강 콘크리트는 2방향 충격하중 및 정적하중에서 높은 저항 성능을 보였다. 일반 콘크리트와 강섬유 보강 콘크리트에서 FRP 보강은 높은 성능 증가를 보였다. 초고성능 콘크리트는 콘크리트 자체가 가지고 있는 높은 인장강도와 인성으로 인해, CFRP로 보강한 경우 강도와 에너지 소산 능력이 크게 증가하지 않았다.