• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.343-354
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• 2008

A new method is suggested herein to measure the virgin earth stresses by means of a borehole. This novel concept is basically a combination of borehole stress relieving and borehole fracturing techniques. The destressing of the borehole is achieved by means of inducing thermal tensile stresses at the borehole periphery by using a cryogenic fluid such as Liquid Nitrogen($LN_2$). The borehole wall eventually develops fractures when the induced thermal stresses exceed the existing compressive stresses at the borehole periphery in addition to the tensile strength of the rock. The above concept is theoretically analyzed for its potential applicability to interpret in situ stress levels from the tensile fracture stresses and the corresponding borehole wall temperatures. Coupled thermo-mechanical numerical simulations are also conducted using FLAC3D, with thermal option, to check the validity of the proposed techniques. From the preliminary theoretical and numerical analysis, the method suggested for the measurement of in situ stresses appears to be capable of accurate estimation of the virgin stresses by monitoring tensile crack formation at a borehole wall and recording the wall temperatures at the time of crack initiation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.175-181
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is evaluating the characteristics of tensile strength of UHPC and examining tensile performance of notched specimens by direct tensile test. For test variables, 120, 150, and 180MPa of target design standard strength were aimed at. With general water curing and $90^{\circ}C$ high temperature steam as curing conditions, the properties were reviewed. Overall, it was represented that the specimens of notch-type direct tensile strength concrete was effective in inducing central cracks compared with existing direct tension specimens. Through this, it was judged that data construction with high reliability was possible. Above all, in a graph of direct tensile strength and strain, in the case of steam curing at high temperature, there was great difference of initial tensile strength compared with water curing. As passing of ages, an aspect that the difference gradually decreased was shown. Maximum tensile strength was found to increase steadily with increasing age for all target design strengths in water curing, in the case of steam curing, the tendency to increase significantly due to the initial strength development effect at 7 days of age. The initial crack strength increases with age in case of underwater curing, in the case of steam curing, it was higher than that of water curing in 7 days, while the strength of 28 days was lowered. In this part, it is considered necessary to examine the arrangement condition of the steel fiber.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.101-110
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• 2014

Expansion agent is a very effective admixture for prevention of cracking due to autogenous/drying shrinkage and this can induce internal chemical prestress to embedded reinforcement. In this paper, tension-softening and hardening in cement mortar with steel and CSA expansion agent are experimentally evaluated. Cement mortar with steel reinforcement is prepared and tensile strength test is performed for evaluation of cracking and tensile behavior. In spite of slightly reduced strength and elasticity in CSA mortar, significantly increased tension-hardening behavior is evaluated in CSA mortar with induced chemical prestress. Furthermore previous tension softening models are compared with the test results and improvement are proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.59-69
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• 2017

The tension load of the ground anchor inserted in the ground gradually changes over time. In this regard the change of the initial tension load is primarily decreased by the fixation condition of the fixing head and the mechanical characteristics of the tensile material. The subsequent additional tension load is a time-dependent loss mostly due to the fixing conditions of the bonded length and the surrounding ground properties of the field. In this paper, therefore, a measurement system using a relative displacement detector that can relatively easily measure the change of tension load is discussed. As a result of the review, it was confirmed that the results using the relative displacement detector are similar to those of the real scale model test, and it was also confirmed that similar results were obtained with the result of the pull-out test conducted on the ground anchors fixed to weathered rocks condition. In addition, a pull-out test was conducted on the test anchors whose initial tension load loss was relatively large and through this test pull-out behavior of the tension type ground anchors was verified.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.47-52
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• 2017

PSC (Prestressed Concrete) structures have been used widely for its engineering advantage with using total concrete area as effective compressive section. However tendon inside is exposed to such a high tensile stress that and more attentions should be paid for corrosion control. This work is for changing corrosion current and ultimate strength in tendon with increasing prestressing force in a constant corrosive condition. With increasing prestressing force, corrosion current, corrosion amount, and ultimate load are changed linearly. When prestressing force increases from 20.0 % to 40.0 %, corrosion current increases to 124.4 % and 168.0 % and ultimate load decreases to 87.8 % and 78.4 %, respectively. With inducing constant electrical potential, increasing corrosion current and reduction of strength are evaluated to be linearly related with increasing prestressing load.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.5A
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• pp.307-315
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• 2012

Recently, ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) having over 180 MPa compressive strength and 10 MPa tensile strength has been developed in Korea. However, UHPFRC represents different material properties with normal concrete (NC) and conventional high performance concrete (HPC) such as a high early age autogenous shrinkage and a rapid dry on the surface, because it has a low water-binder ratio and high fineness admixtures without coarse aggregate. In this study, therefore, to propose suitable experimental methods and regulations, and to evaluate mechanical properties at a very early age for UHPFRC, setting, shrinkage and tensile tests were performed. From the setting test results, paraffin oil was an appropriate material to prevent drying effect on the surface, because if paraffin oil is applied on the surface, it can efficiently prevent the drying effect and does not disturb or catalyze the hydration of cement. From the ring-test results, it was defined that the shrinkage stress is generated at the time when the graph tendency of temperature and strain of inner steel ring is changed. By comparing with setting test result, the shrinkage stress was firstly occurred as the penetration resistance of 1.5 MPa was obtained, and it was about 0.6 and 2.1 hour faster than those of initial and final sets. So, the starting time of autogenous shrinkage measurement (time-zero) of UHPFRC was determined when the penetration resistance of 1.5 MPa was obtained. Finally, the tensile strength and elastic modulus of UHPFRC were measured from near initial setting time by using a very early age tensile test apparatus, and the prediction models for tensile strength and elastic modulus were proposed.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.265-269
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• 2003

Sn(또는 SnAg)/Ni(P)와 Sn/Cu 계의 열사이클동안 형성되는 금속간화합물에 의해 유기되는 응력의 변화를 in-situ로 관찰하였다. Sn(또는 SnAg)/Ni(11.7P) 박막은 계면반응으로 인해 $Ni_3P$와 $Ni_3Sn_4$ 상이 형성되고 이때 인장응력이 발생하였으며, 한편, Sn(또는 SnAg)/Ni(3P) 박막의 계면반응에 의해서는 동일한 $Ni_3P$와 $Ni_3Sn_4$ 상이 형성됨에도 불구하고 압축응력이 발생하였다. SmAg를 사용할 때 형성되는 $Ag_3Sn$이 응력에 미치는 영향은 거의 없었다. Sn/Cu 박막의 경우는 계면반응 초기에는 인장응력이 발생하였고 어느 정도 이상 반응이 진전됨에 따라 압축응력이 발생하였고 최종적으로 $Cu_3Sn$ 상이 형성되었다. 초기의 인장응력은 계면에서 원자들의 intermixing 베 의한 것이고 압축응력은 Sn 방향으로 일방향 성장하는 금속간화합물 형성에 기인한다.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.371-379
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• 2013

This paper investigates the cracking and tension-stiffening behavior of 100 MPa shrinkage-compensated strain-hardening cement composite (SHCC) and conventional concrete tie elements in monotonic and cyclic tension. Strain and surface crack formation of tension ties were monitored with two strain displacement transducers and a photo microscope with a lens of magnification 50 times. Three different cement composites such as conventional concrete, shrinkage-compensated SHCC, and normal SHCC were used in the tie specimens to investigate the influence of the cement composite type on the tension stiffening and cracking behavior. Test results indicated that initial shrinkage of the ultra high-strength cement composites is greatly reduced as the 10% replacement of cement by the shrinkage-compensating admixture based on calcium sulfo-aluminate (CSA). The test results on the SHCC tension ties showed that the first cracking load decreases proportionally to the initial shrinkage strain. Reinforced ultra high-strength SHCC ties with the initial shrinkage compensation exhibited improved tension stiffening and smaller crack spacings, i.e. the reduction in crack width. Cyclic loading did not have a significant effect on tension stiffening and cracking behavior of tension ties with normal concrete and SHCC materials.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.251-254
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• 2003

자동차에 장착되어 폐차시까지 사용되는 안전벨트용 웨빙은 일정 수준이상의 인장강도를 지속적으로 유지하여 착용자를 사고로부터 보호하는 중요한 역할을 하는 섬유 제품이다. 그러나 차량에 처음 장착되었을 때의 초기 인장강도가 사용 기간 증가에 따라 점차 저하된다. 웨빙의 사용 시간 증가에 따른 인장강도 저하의 주요 원인을 구성 PET 필라멘트의 취화로 생각할 수 있다. 따라서 웨빙의 구성 소재인 PET 필라멘트가 환경 요인에 의하여 취화되는 과정을 확인하고자 온도와 UV-B 자외선 조사에 의한 가속실험을 실시하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.63-63
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• 2008

Volmer-Weber 형의 성장을 하는 구리박막은 두께 증가에 따라 초기 압축, 인장, 2차 압축응력의 독특한 3단게 응력거동을 보인다. 인장응력의 경우 일반적으로 박막 두께 증가에 따른 과잉 부피를 줄이기 위해 결정립 성장 및 결정립 병합이 인장응력을 일으킨다고 보고되고 있다. 박막 증착시 결정립 크기는 증착속도, 증착된 원소의 이동도, 섬의 핵생성 속도 등 여러 가지 인자의 상호작용에 의해 결정되므로, 본 연구에서는 각각 다른 표면조도를 갖는 기판을 사용하여 결정립 성장 및 결정립 병합을 다르게 함으로써 고유인장응력 기구를 밝히고자 한다.