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Experimental Investigation of the Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Beams (경량 콘크리트 보의 휨 거동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Byon, Eun-Hyuk;Cho, Jang-Se;Lee, Young-Hak;Kim, Hee-Cheul
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.441-444
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    • 2010
  • 대공간 구조물과 초고층 빌딩에 있어 건축물의 자중 감소에 대한 요구가 늘어나고 있으며 이에 대한 가장 효과적인 방법 중 하나는 경량 콘크리트를 사용하는 것이다. 본 연구는 최외단 철근의 순인장 변형률에 따른 경량콘크리트 보의 휨 거동 및 휨 성능을 평가하는 것에 그 목적이 있다. 크기와 형상이 동일한 보통중량 콘크리트 보 1개와 경량 콘크리트 보 4개의 총 5개 시험체를 제작하여 최외단 철근의 순인장 변형률을 변수로 실험을 수행하였으며 이를 통해 순인장 변형률에 따른 경량콘크리트 보의 강도와 연성의 변화를 분석하였다. 실험 결과 최외단 철근의 순인장 변형률이 증가할수록 시험체의 연성비는 증가하였으며 최대하중과 강성은 감소하였다. 특히 순인장 변형률 0.005 이상에서 연성지수 2 이상을 확보할 수 있었다.

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Micromechanics-Based FE analysis of Lightweight Concrete Barrier (미세역학을 적용한 경량콘크리트 방호벽에 대한 유한요소 해석)

  • Kim, Bong-Rae;Yang, Beom-Joo;Jeon, Jeong-Hee;Lee, Haeng-Ki;Kwak, Jong-Won;Lee, Jung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.546-549
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    • 2010
  • 현대사회에서 점차 경량콘크리트의 활용도에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있으나 이에 관한 연구실적은 아직까지 미비하다. 경량콘크리트는 그 특성상 가벼운 자중과 높은 에너지 흡수성을 가지고 있다는 점에서 방호벽에 적용 가능한 재료로 볼 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 이러한 점을 고려하여 경량 방호벽에 대한 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통한 경량콘크리트 방호벽의 거동해석을 수행하였으며, 이를 위해 미세역학기반 경량콘크리트 모델을 상용 유한요소 프로그램인 ABAQUS에 적용하여 경량콘크리트 압축공시체에 관한 해석을 선 수행하였다. 이를 통해 도출된 손상변수를 통하여 실제 방호벽에 대한 정적 하중 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

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An Experimental Study on the Strengthening Effect of RC Beam with Carbon Fiber Grid (탄소섬유그리드를 이용한 RC보의 보강효과에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Shim, Nak-Hoon;Kim, Jeong-Jae;Park, Young-Suk
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the strengthening effect of RC beams with carbon fiber grid. Carbon fiber grid that is very lightweight and stronger than steel reinforcement does not rust or corrode and has a very high resistance to salt. In this study, five real size specimens which are strengthened with different types of carbon fiber grid are tested. With the results of this tests, we found the physical and mechanical properties of carbon fiber grid and polymer mortar which are used to strengthen the damaged or cracked reinforcement concrete beams. we also investigate the strengthening effect of carbon fiber grid on the five flexural test specimens that have cracks.

Temporary Arch Bridges Assembled by Snap-fit GFRP Decks and Bolts (첨단복합소재 데크를 볼트결합한 조립식 아치가교의 거동분석)

  • Hong, Kee-Jeung;Lee, Sung-Woo;Choi, Sung-Ho;Khum, Moon-Seoung
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2010
  • Due to lightweight and high durability of glass-fiber reinforced polyester (GFRP) materials, they are promising alternatives to conventional construction materials such as steel, concrete and wood. As good application examples of GFRP materials, several types of temporary arch bridges were suggested and verified by finite element analyses in our previous study where snap-fit GFRP decks were applied. In this paper, we conduct a structural performance test to verify safety and serviceability of the temporary arch bridge, where snap-fit GFRP decks are assembled by bolts. The structural problems occurred in this test are also discussed and improvement of temporary arch bridges is suggested to resolve the occurred structural problems.

The Thermal Conduction Property of Structural Concrete using Insulation Performance Improvement Materials (단열성능향상 재료를 사용한 구조용 콘크리트의 열전도 특성)

  • Park, Young-Shin;Kang, Min-Gi;Kim, Jung-Ho;Ji, Suk-Won;Jeon, Hyun-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2016
  • The part of a building with the biggest energy loss is the exterior and many studies are actively conducted to reduce the energy loss on that part. However, most studies consider the window frames and insulation materials, but many studies do not discuss the concrete that takes more than 70% of the exterior. In order to minimize the energy loss of buildings, it is necessary to enhance the concrete's insulation performance and studies need to be conducted on this. Therefore, this study used a micro foam cell admixture, calcined diatomite powder, and lightweight aggregates as a part of a study to develop a type of concrete with improved insulation performance that has twice higher thermal conductivity compared to concrete. It particularly secured the porosity inside concrete to lower thermal conductivity. As a result of the experiment, the slump and air capacity showed fair results, but all mixtures containing micro foaming agent showed 14.3~35.1% lower mass per unit of volume compared to regular concrete. Compressive strength decreased slightly due to the materials used to improve the insulating performance, but it all satisfied this study's target strength(24MPa). Thermal conductivity was up to twice higher than that of regular concrete.

Load carrying capacity of CFRP retrofitted broken concrete arch

  • Wang, Peng;Jiang, Meirong;Chen, Hailong;Jin, Fengnian;Zhou, Jiannan;Zheng, Qing;Fan, Hualin
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.187-194
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    • 2017
  • To reuse a broken plain concrete (PC) arch, a retrofitting method was proposed to ensure excellent structural performances, in which carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) were applied to repair and strengthen the damaged PC arch through bonding and wrapping techniques. Experiments were carried out to reveal the deformation and the load carrying capacity of the retrofitted composite arch. Based on the experiments, repairing and strengthening effects of the CFRP retrofitted broken arch were revealed. Simplified analysing model was suggested to predict the peak load of the CFRP retrofitted broken arch. According to the research, it is confirmed that absolutely broken PC arch can be completely repaired and reinforced, and even behaves more excellent than the intact PC arch when bonded together and strengthened with CFRP sheets. Using CFRP bonding/wrapping technique a novel efficient composite PC arch structure can be constructed, the comparison between rebar reinforced concrete (RC) arch and composite PC arch reveals that CFRP reinforcements can replace the function of steel bars in concrete arch.

Verification of Parameters Influencing Bond Strength between Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and Concrete (연속섬유(FRP)시트와 콘크리트의 부착강도 영향 요인 검증)

  • Ko, Hune-Bum
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.414-423
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    • 2020
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) laminate sheets, which are lightweight with high strength, are commonly used to reinforce concrete structures. The bonding strength is vital in structural design. Therefore, experiments and analytical studies with differing variables (concrete compressive strength and tensile strength, the elastic modulus of concrete and FRP, thickness of concrete and FRP, width of concrete and FRP, bond length, effective bond length, fracture energy, maximum bond stress, maximum slip) have been conducted to obtain an accurate numerical model of the bond strength between an FRP sheet and concrete. Although many models have been proposed, no validated model has emerged that could be used easily in practice. Therefore, this study analyzed the parameters that influence the bond strength that were used in 23 of the proposed models (Khalifa model, Iso model, Maeda model, Chen model, etc.) and compared them to the test results of 188 specimens via the numerical results of each model. As a result, an easy-to-use practical model with a simple and high degree of expression was proposed based on the Iso model combined with the effective bond length model that was proposed by Holzenkӓmpfer.

Experimental and numerical analysis of new bricks made up of polymer modified-cement using expanded vermiculite

  • Koksal, Fuat;del Coz Diaz, Juan J.;Gencel, Osman;Alvarez Rabanal, Felipe P.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.319-335
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the properties of the cement mortar modified with styrene acrylic ester copolymer were investigated. Expanded vermiculite as lightweight aggregate was used for making the polymer modified mortar test specimens. To study the effect of polymer-cement ratio and vermiculite-cement ratio on various properties, specimens were prepared by varying the polymer-cement and vermiculite-cement ratios. Tests of physical properties such as density, water absorption, thermal conductivity, three-point flexure and compressive tests were made on the specimens. Furthermore, a coupled thermal-structural finite element model of an entire corner wall was modelled in order to study the best material configuration. The wall is composed by a total of 132 bricks of $120{\times}242{\times}54$ size, joined by means of a contact-bonded model. The use of advanced numerical methods allows us to obtain the optimum material properties. Finally, comparisons of polymer-cement and vermiculite-cement ratios on physical properties are given and the most important conclusions are exposed.

An Analysis of Factors Influencing Insulation Performance of Inorganic Autoclaved Lightweight Concrete Sandwich Wall Panels Using Shear Connectors (전단연결재를 적용한 무기계 경량기포콘크리트(ALC) 샌드위치 외벽 패널의 단열성능에 미치는 영향요인 분석)

  • Kang, Dong Howa;Kang, Dong Hwa;Shin, Dong Hyeon;Kim, Hyung Joon
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.79-87
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze factors influencing insulation performance of inorganic Autoclaved Lightweight Concrete(ALC) sandwich wall panels with the application of shear connectors. To analyze the effect of shear connectors on the thermal performance of sandwich wall panels, heat transfer analysis was conducted by using the three-dimensional heat transfer simulation software. Four types of shear connector such as Pin, Clip, Grid, and Truss were selected for insulation performance analysis. Thermal bridge coefficient was calculated by varying typical panel thickness and shear connector thickness and materials such as steel, aluminum, and stainless steel. The results showed that Grid and Truss type widely distributed along the section of sandwich wall panel had a great influence on the thermal bridge coefficient by changing the influence factors. Based on the results of thermal and structural performance analysis, effective heat transmission coefficient of the sandwich wall panel satisfying the passive house insulation criteria was calculated. As a result, it was found that heat transmission coefficient was increased from $0.132W/m^2{\cdot}K$ to $0.141{\sim}0.306W/m^2{\cdot}K$ depending on the shear connector types and materials. In the majority of cases, the passive house insulation criteria was not satisfied after using shear connectors. The results of this study were likely to vary according to how influence factors were set, but it is important to apply the methods that reduce the thermal bridge when there would be a possibility of greatly affecting the insulation performance.

Numerical simulation of hollow steel profiles for lightweight concrete sandwich panels

  • Brunesi, E.;Nascimbene, R.;Deyanova, M.;Pagani, C.;Zambelli, S.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.951-972
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    • 2015
  • The focus of the present study is to investigate both local and global behaviour of a precast concrete sandwich panel. The selected prototype consists of two reinforced concrete layers coupled by a system of cold-drawn steel profiles and one intermediate layer of insulating material. High-definition nonlinear finite element (FE) models, based on 3D brick and 2D interface elements, are used to assess the capacity of this technology under shear, tension and compression. Geometrical nonlinearities are accounted via large displacement-large strain formulation, whilst material nonlinearities are included, in the series of simulations, by means of Von Mises yielding criterion for steel elements and a classical total strain crack model for concrete; a bond-slip constitutive law is additionally adopted to reproduce steel profile-concrete layer interaction. First, constitutive models are calibrated on the basis of preliminary pull and pull-out tests for steel and concrete, respectively. Geometrically and materially nonlinear FE simulations are performed, in compliance with experimental tests, to validate the proposed modeling approach and characterize shear, compressive and tensile response of this system, in terms of global capacity curves and local stress/strain distributions. Based on these experimental and numerical data, the structural performance is then quantified under various loading conditions, aimed to reproduce the behaviour of this solution during production, transport, construction and service conditions.