• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2003

Steel, concrete and their combination materials are the most 6commonly used materials for civil engineering structural systems such as buildings, bridge structures and other structures. Recently, however, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, a relatively new composite material made of fibers and polymer resins, have been gradually used in structural systems as an alternative structural material. This paper describes a comparison of design strength equations for steel column and FRP composite column based on design philosophies. The safety factors used in allowable stress design (ASD) are relatively higher in FRP structural design than steel structural design. Column critical stress equations of FRP composites column from an experimental study can be represented by Euler elastic buckling equation at the long-range of slenderness, and an exponential form at the short-range of slenderness as defined in Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of steel column. The column strength of steel and FRP composite columns in large slenderness is independent of material strength, this result verified the elastic buckling equation as derived by Eq. (15) and Eq. (5).

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.187-200
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• 2001

Most of the portal frames are designed these days by the application of plastic analysis, with the normal assumption being made that the column bases are pinned. However, the couple produced by the compression action of the inner column flange and the tension in the holding down bolts will inevitably generate some moment resistance and rotational stiffness. Full-scale portal frame tests conducted during a previous research program had suggested that this moment can be as much as 20% of the moment of resistance of the column. The size of this moment of resistance is particularly important for the design of the tensile capacity of the holding down bolts and also the bearing resistance of the foundation. The present research program is aiming at defining this moment of resistance in simple design terms so that it could be included in the design of the frame. The investigation also included the study of the semi-rigid behaviour of the column base/foundation, which, to a certain extent, affects the overall loading capacity and stiffness of the portal frames. A series of column bases with various details were tested and were used to calibrate a finite element model which is able to simulate the action of the holding down bolts, the effect of the concrete foundation and the deformation of the base plate.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2017

The widespread damage to steel Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) in past major earthquakes have underscored the need to understand the nonlinear inelastic behaviour of such systems. To assess the seismic performance of steel MRF, it is essential to model the nonlinear force-deformation behaviour of beam to column joints. To determine the extent of inelasticity in a beam to column joint, nonlinear finite element analysis is generally carried out, which is computationally involved and demanding. In order to obviate the need of such elaborate analyses, a simplistic method to predict the force-deformation behaviour is required. In this study, a simple, mechanics driven, hand calculation method is proposed to obtain the forcedeformation behaviour of strong axis beam to column moment joints. The force-deformation behaviour for twenty-five interior and exterior beam to column joints, having column to beam strength ratios ranging from 1.2 to 10.99 and 2.4 to 22, respectively, have been obtained. The force-deformation behaviour predicted using the proposed method is compared with the results of finite element analyses. The results show that the proposed method predicts the force-deformation behaviour fairly accurately, with much lesser computational effort. Further the proposed method has been used to conduct Nonlinear Dynamic Time History Analyses of two benchmark frames; close correspondence of results obtained with published results establishes the usefulness and computational accuracy of the method.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.245-255
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• 2017

The performance of an Industrialised Building System (IBS) consists of prefabricated reinforced concrete components, is greatly affected by the behaviour of the connection between beam and columns. The structural characteristics parameters of a beam-to-column connection like rotational stiffness, strength and ductility can be explained by load-rotation relationship of a full scale H-subframe under gravitational load. Furthermore, the connection's degree of rigidity directly influences the behaviour of the whole frame. In this research, rotational behaviour of a patented innovative beam-to-column connection with unique benefits like easy installation, no wet work, no welding work at assembly site, using a hybrid behaviour of steel and concrete, easy replacement ability, and compatibility with architecture was investigated. The proposed IBS beam-to-column connection includes precast concrete components with embedded steel end connectors. Two full-scale H-subframes constructed with a new IBS and conventional cast in-situ reinforced concrete system beam-to-column connections were tested under incremental static loading. In this paper, load-rotation relationship and ratio of the rigidity of IBS beam-to-column connection are studied and compared with conventional monolithic reinforced concrete connection. It is concluded that this new IBS beam-to-column connection benefits from more rotational ductility than the conventional reinforced concrete connection. Furthermore, the semi-rigid IBS connection rigidity ratio is about 44% of a full rigid connection.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.533-546
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• 2019

This study presents an experimental investigation on six beam-column joint specimens under the lateral cyclic loading. The aim was to explore the effectiveness of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) in reducing the transverse shear stirrups in beam-column joints of the reinforced concrete (RC) frames with strong-columns and weak-beams. Two RC and four SFRC specimens with different types of reinforcement detailing and steel fibers of volume fraction in the range of 0.75-1.5% were tested under gradually increasing cyclic displacements. The main parameters investigated were lateral load-resisting capacity, hysteresis response, energy dissipation capacity, stiffness degradation, viscous damping variation, and mode of failure. Test results showed that the diagonally bent configuration of beam longitudinal bars in the beam-column joints resulted in the shear failure at the joint region against the flexural failure of beams having straight bar configurations. However, all SFRC specimens exhibited similar lateral strength, energy dissipation potential and mode of failure even in the absence of transverse steel in the beam-column joints. Finally, a methodology has been proposed to compute the shear strength of SFRC beam-column joints under the lateral loading condition.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.645-655
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• 2022

Granular columns have recently found widespread use in underground construction. The behaviour of granular columns under vertical loads has been extensively studied, specifically in relation to vertical load capacity obtained by bulging of the column body, including the behaviour after encasement of material. Determining the shear strength of loose soils reinforced with granular columns has received less attention. After the observations of lateral deformation near the toe of the embankment, attempts have been made to strengthen the lateral strength of granular columns. The purpose of this research is to look into the effects of different encasement conditions on the lateral load capacity of granular columns. This was accomplished by three-dimensional finite element analysis with FEM software. Various normal pressures and two different encasement configurations, namely single layer encasement and double layer encasement, with differing tensile strengths, were used in this study to determine their effect on lateral resistance. The failure envelope for a single column planted in loose sand was used to analyse the findings for three different granular column diameters, as well as the impact of different encasement conditions. According to the findings, the inclusion of a Granular Column enhanced the shear strength and overall stiffness of the loose sand bed, and the encasement of the Granular Column helped in deriving higher lateral resistance.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2024

Existing reinforced concrete buildings with seismically deficient column details affect the overall behavior depending on the failure type of column. This study aims to develop and validate a machine learning-based prediction model for the column failure modes (shear, flexure-shear, and flexure failure modes). For this purpose, artificial neural network (ANN), K-nearest neighbor (KNN), decision tree (DT), and random forest (RF) models were used, considering previously collected experimental data. Using four machine learning methodologies, we developed a classification learning model that can predict the column failure modes in terms of the input variables using concrete compressive strength, steel yield strength, axial load ratio, height-to-dept aspect ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, and transverse reinforcement ratio. The performance of each machine learning model was compared and verified by calculating accuracy, precision, recall, F1-Score, and ROC. Based on the performance measurements of the classification model, the RF model represents the highest average value of the classification model performance measurements among the considered learning methods, and it can conservatively predict the shear failure mode. Thus, the RF model can rapidly predict the column failure modes with simple column details.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.545-553
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• 2014

이 연구는 PC 보-기둥 접합부의 일반적인 거동의 접합 상세에 따른 통합적 평가 방안을 제안하였다. 이 연구는 접합부의 파괴 패턴과 이에 연관된 접합부 상세의 특징을 정량적으로 표현하기 위해 접합부와 각 요소들이 보유한 변형기여분을 사용할 것을 제안하였다. 이에 따라 PC 접합부는 '일체식 접합부'와 '연결식 접합부'로 크게 분류되었다. 접합부의 분류를 위한 기준 사항의 제안 및 검증을 위해 네 개의 보-기둥 실험체의 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 일반적인 보-기둥 접합부의 실험 방법과 같은 방법으로 진행되었다. 가력은 접합부 상부 기둥의 끝단에서 수행되었으며, 보 양단은 힌지로 고정되었다. 변형기여분의 평가를 위해 총 34개의 LVDT가 주요 변형이 발생할 것으로 예상되는 곳에 설치되었다. 실험 결과 세 개의 실험체에서 나타난 각 요소들의 변형기여분은 수치적으로 다른 특성을 가지고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 실험 결과를 기반으로 접합부의 변형 정도와 다른 요소들의 변형 정도에 의거하여, 접합부의 변형이 적고 보의 휨 변형이 크게 나타나는 강한 접합부와 접합부의 변형이 용인되는 연성 접합부로 일체식 접합부를 분류할 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.533-542
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 차량과 교각의 직접충돌해석을 통하여 기존 설계기준(도로교설계기준, AASHOTO LRFD)에서 아직 고려하고 있지 않은 동적영향을 고려한 실제 교각의 충돌 파괴 거동을 다양한 경계조건별로 검토하였다. 선정된 차량은 10톤, 16톤, 38톤의 Cargo 트럭이며 교각은 경부고속도로 상 일반적인 제원으로 선정하였다. 해석결과 가장 많은 파괴는 상부구조의 고려없이 교각의 상부면을 구속하였을 시에 발생하였으며 상부구조는 2차적인 영향을 교각에 전달하기 보다는 충돌에너지를 일부 흡수하는 역할을 하며 파괴를 감소시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 해석의 효율성을 위해 차량과 강체간 충돌시 발생하는 충돌하중이력곡선을 교각에 외력으로 부여한 간접충돌해석을 수행하고, 이를 직접충돌해석 결과와 비교하였다. 해석 결과 직접충돌해석 결과와 매우 유사하게 교각의 거동을 예측하는 것으로 확인되었으며 해석효율성 또한 높아져 해석시간은 약 92%정도 감소하였다. 이러한 간접충돌해석법은 다양한 기존 모델이나 다른 해석프로그램에도 쉽게 부여될 수 있어 그 활용범위가 증가할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2009

이 논문은 반복-수평력을 받는 프리캐스트 기둥-RC 기초 Anchor 접합부의 반복-수평력에 대한 내력 특성을 규명하기 위함이다. 본 연구는 하부 기초에 프리캐스트 콘크리트 기둥과 기초를 Anchor식으로 접합한 콘크리트 구조체가 정확한 응력전달 경로 및 파괴 메커니즘에 있어서 기존의 콘크리트-강재 연결부와 어떠한 차이가 있는지 제시한다. 반복-수평력 작용하의 철근의 인발력 실험결과는 프리캐스트 기둥-RC 기초 Anchor 시공에 필요한 철근의 최소 필요 삽입 깊이를 제시한다. 또한, 실험을 통해 제시된 응력 전달 경로 및 파괴 메커니즘을 제품별 메뉴얼에 제시되어 있는 메커니즘과 비교, 검토함으로서 접합부의 명확한 응력전달 경로 및 파괴 메커니즘을 시공자의 요구 성능에 맞게 제시한다. 그러므로 본 연구를 통해 프리캐스트 콘크리트 기둥의 정확한 주근의 개수, 공칭직경, 정착 길이 등에 대한 최적의 설계 조건을 제시함으로써, 시공 시 이들에 대한 정확한 데이터를 제공한다.