• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.347-359
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• 2005

This paper attempts to develop the analytical model of estimating the fatigue damage using a linear elastic fracture mechanics method. The stress history on a welding member, when a truck passed over a bridge, was defined as a block loading and the crack closure theory was used. These theories explain the influence of a load on a structure. This study undertook an analysis of the stress range frequency considering both dead load stress and crack opening stress. A probability method applied to stress range frequency distribution and the probability distribution parameters of it was obtained by Maximum likelihood Method and Determinant. Monte Carlo Simulation which generates a probability variants (stress range) output failure block loadings. The probability distribution of failure block loadings was acquired by Maximum likelihood Method and Determinant. This can calculate the fatigue reliability preventing the fatigue failure of a welding member. The failure block loading divided by the average daily truck traffic is a predictive remaining life by a day. Fatigue reliability analysis was carried out for the welding member of the bottom flange of a cross beam and the vertical stiffener of a steel box bridge by the proposed model. Results showed that the primary factor effecting failure time was crack opening stress. It was important to decide the crack opening stress for using the proposed model. Also according to the 50% reliability and 90%, 99.9% failure times were indicated.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2018

U-flanged truss beam is composed of u-shaped upper steel flange, lower steel plate of 8mm or more thickness, and connecting lattice bars welded on the upper and lower sides. The hybrid beam with U-flanged steel truss is made in the construction site through pouring the concrete, and designated as U-flanged truss hybrid beam. In this study the structural experiments on the 4 hybrid beams with the proposed basic shapes were performed, and the flexural capacities from the tests were compared with those from the theoretical approach. The failure modes of each specimen were quite similar. The peak load was reached with the ductile behavior after yielding, and the failure occurred through the concrete crushing. The considerable increasement of deformation was observed up to the concrete crushing. The composite action of concrete and steel member was considered to be reliable from the behavior of specimens. The flexural strength of hybrid beam has been evaluated exactly using the calculation method applied in the boubly reinforced concrete beam. The placement of additional rebars in the bottom instead of upper side is proposed for the efficient design of U-flanged truss hybrid beam.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2021

In plate forming technology, cylindrical drawing process is widely used in industry due to technological development. In this study, we used stainless steel 3042B and stainless steel 304J1, which are the most commonly used materials in the production of cold and hot water tanks for water purifiers, among cylindrical drawing products. Under the same conditions, the thickness of the sidewall of the product formed by drawn experiment was studied. As a result of the experiment, the bottom thickness of stainless steel 304J1 was considered to be thick. It is judged that the defect rate can be reduced by changing the breaking phenomenon of the floor surface of the cold and hot water bottles to the material of stainless steel 304j1. Stainless steel 304 2B material shows a sharp change in thickness from punch corner R to sidewall position, while stainless steel 304J1 material showed a uniform change from punch corner R to sidewall position. Stainless steel 304J1 material is considered to improve the clamping of the product in the process of extracting the product after hand drawing. The appearance of stainless steel 3042B products is considered to produce more wrinkles in the flange, which exerts greater tensile force on the sidewall during molding, resulting in uneven sidewall thickness.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2022

In this paper, four specimens of CFST column joints with endplates and long bolts are tested in the scenario of progressive collapse. Flush endplate and extended endplate are both adopted in this study. The experimental results show that increasing the thickness of the endplate could improve the behavior of the joint, but delay the mobilization of catenary action. The thickness of the endplate should not be relatively thick in comparison to the diameter of the bolts, otherwise catenary action would not be mobilized or work effectively. Effective bending deformation of the endplate could help the formation and development of catenary action in the joints. The performance of flexural action in the joint would affect the formation of catenary action in the joint. Extra middle-row bolts set at the endplates and structural components set below the bottom beam flange should be used to enhance the robustness of joints. A special weld access hole between beam and endplate should be adopted to mitigate the chain damage potential of welds. It is suggested that the structural components of joints should be independent of each other to enhance the robustness of joints. Based on the component method, a formula calculating the stiffness coefficient of preloaded long bolts was proposed whose results matched well with the experimental results.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2022

To simplify the design and reduce the construction cost of traditional multi-girder structural systems, twin I-girder structures are widely used in many countries in recent years. Due to the concern on post-fracture redundancy, however, twin girder bridges are currently classified as fracture critical structures in AASHTO specifications for highway bridges. To investigate the after-fracture behavior of such structures, a composite steel and concrete twin girder specimen was built and an artificial fracture through the web and the bottom flange was created on one main girder. The static loading test was performed to investigate its mechanical performance after a severe fracture occurred on the main girder. Applied load and vertical displacement curves, and the applied load versus strain relationships at key sections were measured. To investigate the load distribution and transfer capacities between two steel girders, the normal strain development on crossbeams was also measured during the loading test. In addition, both shear and normal strains of studs were also measured in the loading test to explore the behavior of shear connectors in such bridges. The functions and structural performance of structural members and possible load transfer paths after main girder fractures in such bridges were also discussed. The test results indicate in this study that a typical twin I-girder can resist a general fracture on one of its two main girders. The presented results can provide references for post-fracture performance and optimization for the design of twin I-girder bridges and similar structures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.315-337
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• 2023

The steel structure is an assembly of individual structural members joined together by connections. The connections are the focal point to transfer the forces which is susceptible to damage easily. It is challenging to replace the affected connection parts after an earthquake. Hence, steel plates are utilised as a structural fuse that absorbs connection forces and fails first. The objective of the present research is to develop a beam-column end plate connection with single and dual fuse and study the effect of single fuse, dual fuse and combined action of fuse and damper. In this research, seismic resilient beam-column end plate connection is developed in the form of structural fuse. The novel connection consists of one main fuse was placed horizontally and secondary fuse was placed vertically over main fuse. The specimens are fabricated with the variation in number of fuse (single and dual) and position of fuse (beam flange top and bottom). From the fabricated ten specimens five specimens were loaded monotonically and five cyclically. The experimental results are compared with Finite Element Analysis results of Arunkumar and Umamaheswari (2022). The results are critically assessed in the aspect of moment-rotation behaviour, strain in connection components, connection stiffness, energy dissipation characteristics and ductility. While comparing the performance of total five specimens, the connection with fuse exhibited superior performance than the conventional connection. An equation is proposed for the moment of resistance of end-plate connection without and with structural fuse.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.563-573
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• 2024

This research experimentally evaluated the local stress distribution along the cross-section of composite beams under both positive and negative moments. The experiment utilized a large-scale, two-story, two-by-three bay steel gravity frame with a concrete on metal deck floor system. The composite shear connections, which are nominally assumed to be pinned under gravity loading, can develop non-negligible moment-resisting capacity when subjected to lateral loads. This paper discusses the local stress distribution, orshear lag effects, observed near the beam-to-column connections when subjected to combined gravity and lateral loading. Strain gauges were used for measurements along the beam depth at varying distances from the connection. The experimental data showed amplified shear lag effects near the unconnected region of the beam web and bottom flange under the applied loading conditions. These results indicate that strain does not vary linearly across the beam cross-section adjacent to the connection components. This insight has implications for the use of experimental strain gauge data in estimating beam demands near the connections. These findings can be beneficial in informing instrumentation plans for future experimental studies on composite beams.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2011

강구조 설계는 재료의 비탄성 변형능력을 활용하는 정도에 따라 탄성설계법, 소성설계법, 내진설계법으로 대별할 수 있다. 현재 국내외 강구조 설계기준에서는 항복강도 450MPa를 초과하는 고강도강재에 대해서는 비탄성 변형능력에 대한 우려와 국부좌굴 및 횡좌굴 거동에 대한 실험자료의 부족으로 소성설계의 적용을 금하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 일반강재를 대상으로 개발된 현행 강구조설계기준의 플랜지 판폭두께비 제한식을 최근에 개발된 고강도강재인 HSB800에도 그대로 확대 적용할 수 있는지 여부를 확인하고 고강도강 휨부재의 국부좌굴 및 비탄성거동을 파악하기 위한 실물대실험을 수행하였다. HSB800 및 SM490A(비교강종) 강재로 조립된 H형강 휨부재를 각각 5개씩 총 10개의 실험체를 제작하고 실험하여 비교분석하였다. 모든 SM490A 비교실험체는 설계기준 상의 판폭두께비에 따른 요구강도와 연성능력을 충분히 발휘하였다. HSB800 실험체 역시 강도 발현의 측면에서는 매우 만족스런 성능을 발휘하였다. 즉, 비콤팩트 및 세장판 요소 플랜지를 지닌 실험체에서도 소성모멘트를 충분히 상회하거나 이에 육박하는 강도가 발현되었다. 이는 현행 판폭두께비 제한규정을 HSB800 고강도강에 그대로 적용해도 강성과 강도 확보를 목표로 하는 모든 탄성설계에 충분히 보수적으로 적용할 수 있음을 의미한다. 그러나 SM490 실험체와는 달리 HSB800 실험체 5개 가운데 3개가 가력점 스티프너와 접합된 하부플랜지에서 조기 인장파단이 발생하여 소성설계에 요구되는 회전능력 R=3에는 미달하였다. HSB800 실험체에서 관측된 파단원인을 규명하고 고강도강재에 보다 적합한 판폭두께비의 정립을 위한 추가실험과 해석적 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호통권79호
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• pp.681-688
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• 2005

본 연구는 광섬유 브래그 격자 (fiber Bragg grating, FBG) 센서를 이용하여 보강이 실시된 철도판형교의 수직처짐을 산정하고 이를 통해 교량의 정적 및 동적 거동을 모니터링 하는데 목적이 있다. 7개의 센서로 다중화(multiplexing)된 FBG 센서 2쌍을 지간 12.9 m인 철도 판형교의 상부와 하부 플랜지의 표면에 부착하였다. 이렇게 수평 배치된 FBG 센서로부터 직접 곡률을 측정하고 기하학적인 처짐-곡률관계와 회귀분석을 통해 교량의 처짐을 유추하였다. FBG 센서의 정확도를 검증하기 위해 교량의 중앙 지점에 기존의 전기식 변형률 센서와 처짐계를 설치하였다. 교량의 거동을 측정하기 위해 열차 재하실험과 증속실험을 실시하였다. 증속실험은 열차의 속도를 10 km/h 에서 90 km/h까지 10 km/h 씩 증가시키며 교량의 동적 거동을 분석하였다. 측정 변형률을 비교한 결과 FBG 센서와 전기식 센서가 최대오차 7%이내의 우수한 상관관계를 보였으며, 본 연구에서 제안된 실험법으로 유추된 최대처짐을 처짐계를 이용한 결과와 비교하였을 때 5% 이내의 오차를 보였다. 따라서 철도판형교의 안전성 평가를 위한 처짐 모니터링 시 FBG 센서의 적용성이 우수하다고 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.4245-4252
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• 2015

유리섬유강화폴리머(GFRP) 판을 현장타설 고강도콘크리트 구조물의 영구거푸집으로 사용하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 현재 생산되는 GFRP 판의 경우 표면이 매끈하여 콘크리트와 일체 거동에 다소 문제점을 갖고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 GFRP 판 하부의 잔골재 부착여부, GFRP판 웨브의 천공유무 및 간격, 상부 플랜지 폭을 실험 변수로 하여 현장타설 고강도콘크리트와 GFRP를 영구거푸집으로 활용한 전단경간비가 짧은 합성보의 휨/전단파괴거동을 분석하였다. GFRP 판 웨브를 천공하지 않은 경우 잔골재 부착효과 여부를 위한 실험 결과, 잔골재를 부착한 경우 미부착의 경우 보다 약 47% 정도의 높은 극한하중 값을 보여주며, 파괴형태도 휨/전단파괴모드를 보여 주었다. 웨브의 천공유무 및 간격효과는 잔골재를 부착하지 않은 경우 천공간격이 조밀한 경우가 약 24% 정도 높은 극한하중 값을 보여주었으며, 잔골재를 부착한 경우 천공 간격이 조밀하지 않은 경우가 약 25% 정도 낮은 극한하중 값을 보여주었다. 상부플랜지 영향을 살펴보면, 폭 40mm 경우가 20mm에 비해 약 17% 정도 큰 극한하중 값을 보여주었다.