• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-129
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• 2019

The effectiveness of an innovative method for the earthquake-resistant rehabilitation of existing poorly detailed reinforced concrete (RC) structures is experimentally investigated herein. Eight column subassemblages were subjected to earthquake-type loading and their hysteretic behaviour was evaluated. Four of the specimens were identical and representative of columns found in RC structures designed in the 1950s-70s period for gravity load only. These original specimens were subjected to cyclic lateral deformations and developed brittle failure mechanisms. Three of the damaged specimens were subsequently retrofitted with innovative high-strength steel fiber-reinforced concrete (HSSFC) jackets. The main variables examined were the jacket width and the contribution of mesh steel reinforcement in the seismic performance of the enhanced columns. The influence of steel fiber volume fraction was also examined using test results of a previous work of Tsonos et al. (2017). The fourth earthquake damaged subassemblage was strengthened with a conventional RC jacket and was subjected to the same lateral displacement history as the other three retrofitted columns. The seismic behaviour of the subassemblages strengthened according to the proposed retrofit scheme was evaluated with respect to that of the original specimens and that of the column strengthened with the conventional RC jacket. Test results clearly demonstrated that the HSSFC jackets effectively prevented the development of shear failure mechanisms, while ensuring a ductile seismic response similar to that of the subassemblage retrofitted with the conventional RC jacket. Ultimately, an indisputable superiority in the overall seismic performance of the strengthened columns was achieved with respect to the original specimens.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.275-283
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• 2018

Seismic strengthening is essential for existing bridge piers which are deficient to resist the earthquake. The concrete and CFRP jackets with a bottom-anchoring method are used to strengthen railway bridge piers with low reinforcement ratio. Quasi-static tests of scaled down model piers are performed to evaluate the seismic performance of the original and strengthened bridge pier. The fracture characteristics indicate that the vulnerable position of the railway bridge pier with low reinforcement ratio during earthquake is the pier-footing region and shows flexural failure mode. The force-displacement relationships show that the two strengthening techniques using CFRP and concrete jackets can both provide a significant improvement in load-carrying capacity for railway bridge piers with low reinforcement ratio. It is clear that the bottom-anchoring method by using planted steel bars can guarantee the CFRP and concrete jackets to work jointly with original concrete piers Furthermore, it can be found that the use of CFRP jacket offers advantages over concrete jacket in improving the energy dissipation capacity under lateral cyclic loading. Therefore, the seismic strengthening techniques by the use of CFRP and concrete jackets provide alternative choices for the large numbers of existing railway bridge piers with low reinforcement ratio in China.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권3호
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• pp.233-244
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• 2019

Steel jacketing technique is a retrofitting method often employed for static and seismic strengthening of existing reinforced concrete columns. When no continuity is given to angle chords as they cross the floor, the jacket is considered "indirectly loaded", which means that the load acting on the column is transferred partially to the external jacket through interface shear stresses. The evaluation of load transfer mechanism between core and jacket is not straightforward to be modeled, due to the absence of knowledge of a proper constitutive law of the concrete-to-steel interface and to the difficulties in taking into account the mechanical nonlinearities of materials. This paper presents an incremental analytical/numerical approach for evaluating the compressive response of RC columns strengthened with indirectly loaded jackets. The approach allows calculating shear stresses at the interface between core and jacket and predicting the axial capacity of retrofitted columns. A proper constitutive law is proposed for modelling the interaction between the steel and the concrete. Based on plasticity rules and the non-linear behaviour of materials, the column is divided into portions. After a detailed parametric analysis, comparisons are finally made by theoretical predictions and experimental results available in the literature, showing a good agreement.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 변위-기반성능설계 개념에 의해 기존 철근콘크리트 기둥에 대하여 스틸재킷 보강에 의한 내진 성능개선의 성능설계 방법을 제시하였다. 스틸재킷 보강된 철근콘크리트 기둥에 대한 설계 변위 추정을 위해 스틸재킷 보강된 철근콘크리트 부재의 비선형 층상화 세그먼트 해석 모델을 제시하고, 성능기반설계에 의한 성능개선설계를 위하여 목표성능변위 및 설계지진가속도 조건에 대해 직접 변위-기반 설계 방법 및 변위계수법에 의한 내진성능개선 설계 방법을 제시하였다. 적용 예에서 이 방법은 기존 철근콘크리트 기둥과 비교하여 성능개선설계 결과 보강 전에 비해 변위 연성비 및 변위성능에서 크게 개선된 성능설계 결과를 제공해 주었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.345-370
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• 2010

The paper presents a study on the numerical simulation of the behaviour of conventional reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by thin fibre-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) jackets. The study covers the cases of retrofitting RC beams with or without stirrups with jackets reinforced with longitudinal and transverse steel reinforcement or with light wire mesh. The strengthened RC beams to be modelled were tested under static monotonic and fully reversing cyclic loading. The numerical results show that the numerical model used predicted quite well the experimental results.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.455-468
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• 2011

Although retrofitting and strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) columns by wrapping fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have become a popular technique in civil engineering, the study on reinforced high-strength concrete (HSC) columns is still not sufficient. The objective of these companion papers is to investigate the mechanical properties of reinforced HSC square columns confined by aramid FRP (AFRP) jackets under concentric compressive loading. In the part I of these companion papers, an experiment was conducted on 54 confined RC specimens and nine unconfined plain specimens, the considered parameters were the concrete strength, the thickness of AFRP jackets, and the form of AFRP wrapping. The experimental process and results are presented in detail. Subsequently, some discussions on the confinement effect, failure modes, strength, and ductility of the columns are carried out.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 주철근의 겹침이음으로 인해 효과적인 내진성능을 충분히 확보하지 못한 RC기둥 보강 기법의 개발을 위해 횡방향외부압력을 도입한 강판으로 RC기둥을 보강하는 기법을 제시하였다. 제시된 기법의 성능 검증을 위해 설계강도를 변수로 하여 콘크리트 공시체 45개를 제작하여 외부압력을 도입하여 강자켓으로 보강하였다. 본 연구에서 소개하는 강자켓팅 기법은 기존의 방법과 달리 강판과 콘크리트 사이에 그라우팅이 필요 없는 기법이다. 보강된 시편과 무보강 시편의 압축실험을 수행하여 각각의 결과를 비교, 분석하였 다. 본 연구를 통해 횡방향 외부압력을 도입한 강판보강은 콘크리트 시편의 강도 및 연성도 증가에 매우효과적인 것으로 나타났고 설계강도가 낮은 시편에서 강도증가현상이 두드러지게 나타났다. 두꺼운 강판은 더 큰 강도 증진효과가 있었다. 본 연구에서는 제시한 보강기법은 RC기둥에 적용하여 강도 및 연성도을 증진시키는 효과가 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2018

A new composite reinforced method, namely self-compacting concrete filled circular CFRP-steel jacketing, was proposed in this paper. Experimental tests on eight RC square short columns reinforced with the new composite reinforced method and four RC square short columns reinforced with CFS jackets were conducted to investigate their eccentrically compressive behaviour. Nine reinforced columns were subjected to eccentrically compressive loading, while three reinforced columns were subjected to axial compressive loading as reference. The parameters investigated herein were the eccentricity of the compressive loading and the layer of CFRP. Subsequently, the failure mode, ultimate load, deformation and strain of these reinforced columns were discussed. Their failure modes included the excessive bending deformation, serious buckling of steel jackets, crush of concrete and fracture of CFRP. Moreover, these reinforced columns exhibited a ductile failure globally. Both the eccentricity of the compressive loading and the layer of CFRP had a significant effect on the eccentrically compressive behaviour of reinforced columns. Finally, formulae for the evaluation of the ultimate load of reinforced columns were proposed. The theoretical formulae based on the ultimate equilibrium theory provided an effective, acceptable and safe method for designers to calculate the ultimate load of reinforced columns under eccentrically compressive loading.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2001

연계논문 에서는 해양환경하중을 받는 스틸자켓의 기하학적 비선형을 고려한 정적 동적해석을 위한 유한요소 정식화 과정을 제시하였다. 또한, 스틸자켓의 극한거동을 추적하기 위하여 뼈대구조의 소성힌지 해석법을 적용하였다. 본 연구에서는 스틸자켓의 통합해석 프로그램 OSA2000을 개발한다. 연계논문에서 제시된 주처리 프로그램의 내용을 제외하고, visual basic과 OpenGL 그래픽 라이브러리를 사용하여 데이타 입력을 효과적으로 수행하기 위한 전처리 프로그램과 해석결과 분석을 위한 후처리 프로그램을 개발한 내용을 요약한다. 또한, 다양한 예제해석을 통하여 프로그램의 검증 및 해석결과를 제시한다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2023

This study investigates the eccentric performance of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) stub columns strengthened with steel tube and sandwiched concrete (STSC) jackets. It was revealed that the STSC jacketing method effectively weakened the cracking of concrete in CFST columns on the convex side and the crash on the concave side. Substantial increases in the eccentric bearing capacities were demonstrated after strengthening. A numerical study was further conducted. The decrease in diameter-to-thickness ratio and increase in strength of outer tube contributed to increase in peak load of all components, whereas the increase in sandwiched concrete strength resulted in load increase on itself and had negligible effects on other components. The parametric study showed the effect of inner concrete strength on columns' bearing capacity was magnified after strengthening, whereas that of inner tube thickness was reduced. Within the parameters investigated, high-strength concrete and high-strength steel can be applied without the concern of early abrupt failure of inner low-strength concrete or steel tube.