• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2010년도 춘계 학술대회 제22권1호
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• pp.137-138
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 기존 건축물의 내진보강을 위한 고성능 제진시스템 개발을 목적으로 이중 토글브레이스를 갖는 제진시스템에 대한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 실물모형 철골프레임에 이중 토글브레이스를 설치하고, 점증반복가력을 도입하여 제진시스템의 변위증폭효과 및 이력특성을 파악하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2017

The objective of this study is to propose a simple and accurate analytical model for HSS braces. For this purpose, a physical theory model is adopted. Rectangular hollow section steel (HSS) braces are considered in this study. To accurately simulate the cyclic behavior of braces using the physical theory model, empirical equations calculating constituent parameters are implemented on the analytical model, which were proposed in the companion paper. The constituent parameters are cyclic brace growth, cyclic buckling load, and the incidence of local buckling and fracture. The analytical model proposed in this study was verified by comparing actual and simulated cyclic curves of brace specimens. It is observed that the proposed model accurately simulates the cyclic behavior of the braces throughout whole response range.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2017

Using X-braced frames in steel structures is a current procedure to achieve good strength against lateral loads. Study on mid-connections of X-braces and their effects on frame behavior is a subject whose importance has been more or less disregarded by researchers. Experimentally inspecting models involves considerable expense and time; however, computer models can be more suitable substitutes. In this research, a numerical model of X-braced frame has been analyzed using finite element software. The results of pushover analysis of this frame are compared with those of the experimental test. With the help of computer model, the effects of different mid-connection details on ductility and lateral strength of the frame are inspected. Also performances of bolted and welded connections are compared. Taking into account ductility and strength, this study suggests details of a decent pattern for the mid-connection.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.667-674
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• 2013

기존 강재 브레이싱 내진보강법은 정착부의 안정성 문제와 브레이싱의 국부좌굴이 발생할 문제가 있으며, 이를 방지하기 위한 추가보강으로 인해 불필요한 자중증가 등으로 경제적인 내진보강성능 확보에 어려움이 있다. 이 연구에서는 지진피해를 받은 건물에 지진피해로 인한 기존 기둥의 연성확보를 위해서 유리섬유시트(glass fiber sheet)로 래핑을 함과 동시에 기존 철골 X-브레이싱 내진보강법에 비교해서 경량의 고강도 재료로 보강 후 추가적인 중량증가가 거의 없으며, 브레이싱 압축 좌굴거동에 자유로운 탄소섬유 앵커 X-브레이싱공법(carbon fiber X-brace)을 조합한 경제적이며 효과적인 새로운 내진보강법(GFS-CFXB)을 제안하였다. 이 연구에서 제안한 GFS-CFXB공법의 유용성을 검증할 목적으로 지진피해를 받은 골조를 대상으로 반복가력에 의한 구조실험을 실시하여 내진성능 및 내진보강 효과를 검증하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2009

다이아그리드 노드의 지진 및 바람에 의한 반복하중에 대한 구조성능을 해석적으로 평가하는 것은 용접특성의 반영이 어려워서 한계가 있다. 이 연구에서는 횡하중을 받는 다이아그리드 노드의 구조거동을 알아보기 위해 다이아그리드의 노드부를 축소한 모형을 이용해 실험을 수행했다. 실험체는 총 5개이며 실험의 변수는 각 부분의 용접방법, 측면스티프너와 가새 웨브의 겹침길이이다. 한쪽 대각가새에는 인장력을, 다른쪽 대각가새에는 압축력을 가하는 반복가력 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과 주요 파괴 원인은 축력과, 방향이 상이한 두 힘의 합력으로 인한 부가적 모멘트에 의한 작용으로 나타났다. 인장력에 의해서 가새 부재의 플랜지가 파단하였고, 압축력에 의해서 가새 플랜지의 국부좌굴이 일어났다. 또한 겹침길이와 용접타입은 초기 강성, 항복 내력 및 에너지 흡수능력에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2022

In most self-center braces, decreasing residual deformation is possible only by increasing pretension force, which results in lower energy dissipation capacity. On the other hand, increasing energy dissipation capacity means higher values of residual deformation. The goal of this research was to find the best design for a self-centering buckling restrained brace (SC-BRB) system by balancing self-centering capability and energy dissipation. Three, six, and nine-story structures were investigated using OpenSees software and the TCL programming language to achieve this goal. For each height, 62 different SC-BRBs were considered using different values for the pretension force of cables, the area of the buckling restrained brace (BRB) core plate, and the yield stress of the core plate. The residual deformation and dissipated energy of all the models were calculated using nonlinear analyses after cyclic loading was applied. The optimum design for each height was determined among all the models and was compared to the structure equipped with the usual BRB. The residual deformation of the framed buildings was significantly reduced, according to the findings. Also the reduction of the energy dissipation was acceptable. The optimum design of SC-BRB in 6-story building has the most reduction percent in residual deformation, it can reduce residual deformation of building 83% while causing only a 57% of reduction in dissipated energy. The greatest reduction in residual deformation versus dissipated energy reduction was for the optimum SC-BRB design of 9-story building, results indicated that it can reduce residual deformation of building 69% while causing only a 42% of reduction in dissipated energy.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.83-100
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• 2022

Timber is one of the few natural, renewable building materials and glulam is a type of engineering wood product. In the present work, timber-based braces are applied for retrofitting midrise Special Moment Resisting Frame (SMRF) using two types of timber base braces (Timber base glulam, and hybrid Timber-Steel-BRB) as alternatives for retrofitting by traditional steel bracings. The improving effects of adding the bracings to the SMRF on seismic characteristics of the frame are evaluated using load-bearing capacity, energy dissipation, and story drifts of the frame. For evaluating the retrofitting effects on the seismic performance of SMRF, a five-story SMRF is considered unretofitted and retrofitted with steel-hollow structural section (HSS) brace, Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam) brace, and hybrid Timber-Steel BRB. Using OpenSees structural analyzer, the performance are investigated under pushover, cyclic, and incremental loading. Results showed that steel-HSS, timber base Glulam, and hybrid timber-steel BRB braces have more significant roles in energy dissipation, increasing stiffness, changing capacity curves, reducing inter-story drifts, and reducing the weight of the frames, compared by steel bracing. Results showed that Hybrid BRB counteract the negative post-yield stiffness, so their use is more beneficial on buildings where P-Delta effects are more critical. It is found that the repair costs of the buildings with hybrid BRB will be less due to lower residual drifts. As a result, timber steel-BRB has the best energy dissipation and seismic performance due to symmetrical and stable hysteresis curves of buckling restrained braces that can experience the same capacities in tension and compression.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.471-488
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• 2016

This study predicts the strength of rotary brace damper by analyzing a new set of probabilistic models using the usual method of multiple linear regressions (MLR) and advanced machine-learning methods of multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), Rotary brace damper can be easily assembled with high energy-dissipation capability. To investigate the behavior of this damper in structures, a steel frame is modeled with this device subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading. Several response parameters are considered, and the performance of damper in reducing each response is evaluated. MLR and MARS methods were used to predict the strength of this damper. Displacement was determined to be the most effective parameter of damper strength, whereas the thickness did not exhibit any effect. Adding thickness parameter as inputs to MARS and MLR models did not increase the accuracies of the models in predicting the strength of this damper. The MARS model with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.127 and mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.090 performed better than the MLR model with an RMSE of 0.221 and MAE of 0.181.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1017-1029
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• 2016

When a welded circular hollow section (CHS) tubular joint is subjected to brace axial loading, failure position is located usually at the weld toe on the chord surface due to the weak flexural stiffness of the thin-walled chord. The failure mode is local yielding or buckling in most cases for a tubular joint subjected to axial load at the brace end. Especially when a cyclic axial load is applied, fracture failure at the weld toe may occur because both high stress concentration and welding residual stress along the brace/chord intersection cause the material in this region to become brittle. To improve the ductility as well as to increase the static strength, a tubular joint can be reinforced by increasing the chord thickness locally near the brace/chord intersection. Both experimental investigation and finite element analysis have been carried out to study the hysteretic behaviour of the reinforced tubular joint. In the experimental study, the hysteretic performance of two full-scale circular tubular T-joints subjected to cyclic load in the axial direction of the brace was investigated. The two specimens include a reinforced specimen by increasing the wall thickness of the chord locally at the brace/chord intersection and a corresponding un-reinforced specimen. The hysteretic loops are obtained from the measured load-displacement curves. Based on the hysteretic curves, it is found that the reinforced specimen is more ductile than the un-reinforced one because no fracture failure is observed after experiencing similar loading cycles. The area enclosed by the hysteretic curves of the reinforced specimen is much bigger, which shows that more energy can be dissipated by the reinforced specimen to indicate the advantage of the reinforcing method in resisting seismic action. Additionally, finite element analysis is carried out to study the effect of the thickness and the length of the reinforced chord segment on the hysteretic behaviour of CHS tubular T-joints. The optimized reinforcing method is recommended for design purposes.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 지진에 대해 보강 효과가 뛰어난 비좌굴 가새를 바탕으로 필로티를 가진 중저층 집합주택에 적합한 비좌굴 knee brace에 대해 총 5개의 실험체를 제작하여 실험을 실시하였다. 이는 공간활용이 우수하고 동선이나 시야를 방해하지 않으며, 시공 방법 또한 간단하여 필로티 층을 가진 중저층 건물에 대해 유리하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 각 실험체의 변수로는 중심코어의 크기, 외부 보강재의 크기, 단부의 크기 및 형태로 정하였으며 실험결과 중심코어의 크기가 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 외부 보강재의 크기는 중심코어의 크기에 비해 효과는 미비하나, 파괴거동이나 연성도 측면에서는 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 실험을 통해 얻어진 힘-변위 그래프는 인장과 압축에서 비교적 안정적인 이력거동을 보였으며 AISC 2005 Seismic Provision 규정에서 제시한 연성도와 에너지 소산능력 측면에서도 충분한 효과를 발휘하였다. 또한 설계 층간 변위비의 2배까지 가력을 실시하였을 때, 가새의 전체 좌굴이나 국부적인 좌굴이 일어나지 않아야 한다는 조항을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.