• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.499-511
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• 2018

This paper aims to investigate the seismic performance of the prestressed steel strips retrofitted RC beam-column joints. Two series of joint specimens were conducted under compression load and reversed cyclic loading through quasi-static tests. Based on the test results, the seismic behavior of the strengthened joints specimens in terms of the failure modes, hysteresis response, bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, energy dissipation performance and damage level were focused. Moreover, the effects of the amount of the prestressed steel strips and the axial compression ratio on seismic performance of retrofitted specimens were analyzed. It was shown that the prestressed steel strips retrofitting method could significantly improve the seismic behavior of the RC joint because of the large confinement provided by prestressed steel strips in beam-column joints. The decrease of the spacing and the increase of the layer number of the prestressed steel strips could result in a better seismic performance of the retrofitted joint specimens. Moreover, increasing the axial compression ration could enhance the peak load, stiffness and the energy performance of the joint specimens. Furthermore, by comparison with the specimens reinforced with CFRP sheets, the specimens reinforced with prestressed steel strips was slightly better in seismic performance and cost-saving in material and labor. Therefore, this prestressed steel strips retrofitting method is quite helpful to enhance the seismic behavior of the RC beam-column joints with reducing the cost and engineering time.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.517-538
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• 2016

This paper presents a probabilistic fragility analysis for two groups of bridges: simply supported and integral bridges. Comparisons are based on the seismic fragility of the bridges subjected to accelerograms of two seismic sources. Three-dimensional finite-element models of the bridges were created for each set of bridge samples, considering the nonlinear behaviour of critical bridge components. When the seismic hazard in the site is controlled by a few seismic sources, it is important to quantify separately the contribution of each fault to the structure vulnerability. In this study, seismic records come from earthquakes that originated in strike-slip and reverse faulting mechanisms. The influence of the earthquake mechanism on the seismic vulnerability of the bridges was analysed by considering the displacement ductility of the piers. An in-depth parametric study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of the bridges' seismic responses to variations of structural parameters. The analysis showed that uncertainties related to the presence of lap splices in columns and superstructure type in terms of integral or simply supported spans should be considered in the fragility analysis of the bridge system. Finally, the fragility curves determine the conditional probabilities that a specific structural demand will reach or exceed the structural capacity by considering peak ground acceleration (PGA) and acceleration spectrum intensity (ASI). The results also show that the simply supported bridges perform consistently better from a seismic perspective than integral bridges and focal mechanism of the earthquakes plays an important role in the seismic fragility analysis of highway bridges.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2017

Recent seismic events occurred in Italy (Emilia-Romagna 2012, Abruzzo 2009) and worldwide (New Zealand 2010 and 2011) highlighted some of the weaknesses of precast concrete industrial buildings, especially those related to the connecting systems traditionally employed to fasten the cladding panels to the internal framing. In fact, one of the most commons fails it is possible to observe in such structural typologies is related to the out-of-plane collapse of the external walls due to the unsatisfactory behaviour of the connectors used to join the panels to the perimeter beams. In this work, the strengthening of a traditional industrial building, assumed as a case study, made by precast reinforced concrete is proposed by the adoption of a dual system allowing the reinforcement of the structure by acting both internally; by pendular columns and, externally, on the walls. In particular, traditional connections at the top of the walls are substituted by devices able to work as a slider with vertical axis while, the bottom of the walls is equipped with two or more hysteretic dampers working on the uplift of the cladding panels occurring under seismic actions. By means of this approach, the structure is stiffened; obtaining a reduction of the lateral drifts under serviceability limit states. In addition, its seismic behaviour is improved due to the additional source of energy dissipation represented by the dampers located at the base of the walls. The effectiveness of the suggested retrofitting approach has been checked by comparing the performance of the retrofitted structure with those of the structure unreinforced by means of both pushover and Incremental Dynamic Analyses (IDA) in terms of behaviour factor, assumed as a measure of the ductility capacity of the structure.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2005

편심이 있는 구조물이 지진하중을 받는 경우 비틀림의 발생으로 특정부재에 응력 및 변위가 집중되고 이는 전혀 예상치 못한 구조물의 파괴를 유발할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 각 횡저항 부재의 한계 변위를 기반으로 하여 구조물 전체의 횡변위와 비틀림각의 관계도(D-R Relationship: Displacement-Rotation Relationship)를 작성하고 변위스펙트럼을 이용하여 내진성능평가를 수행하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 내진성능평가의 방법은 시간이력해석의 결과를 이용해서 검증하였다. 또한 다양한 지진수준에 대해 구조물의 다른 성능수준을 기준으로 하는 다단계 내진성능평가를 수행하였다. 최종적으로 그 결과를 기준으로 D-R 관계도를 이용한 내진보강 전략을 제시하였다. 내진보강은 각 부재의 강도/강성을 증가시키는 방법과 연성도를 증가시키는 두 가지의 방법을 사용하였다. 특히 강도/강성을 증가시키는 내진보강 전략에서는 보강의 최적화를 위하여 보강전략을 최적화 문제로 구성하고 BFGS Quasi-Newton method를 이용하여 최적보강전략을 수립하는 과정을 제시하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2018

각형강관 기둥을 이용한 모멘트 접합부는 주로 관통형 다이어프램 형식으로 사용되고 있으나, 제작 및 시공과정이 복잡하여 적용하는데 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 강구조물 시스템은 단위 유닛 모듈(각형강관 기둥, H형강 보, 원웨이 볼트)을 현장으로 반입하여 볼트조립만으로 완성되는 것이다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 내부보강판의 길이, 내부보강판의 형상을 변수로 설정하여 제안된 기둥-보 접합부의 내력 및 강성, 연성능력, 에너지 소산능력을 비교 분석하여 제시된 강구조물 시스템을 평가하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.97-100
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• 2008

최근 들어 고강도 철근의 사용이 증가하고 있지만, 지진위험이 있는 지역의 내진구조물에 있어서는 고강도 철근의 취성적 성질로 인해 그 사용이 제한되어 왔다. 그러나, 철근의 연성의 변화가 기둥의 부재레벨의 연성도에 미치는 영향에 대해서는 많은 연구가 없는 실정이다. 특히 고강도 철근을 사용하는 경우 철근의 연성의 변화로 인해 부재의 소성힌지 길이가 달라질 것으로 예상되지만, 기준의 소성힌지길이 산정식은 철근 등 재료의 특성을 고려하지 못하고 있다. 지진하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 기둥의 소성힌지길이는 실험을 통해서 측정하기는 어려움이 많다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 해석적인 방법을 통하여 재료레벨의 연성, 특히 철근의 연성이 소성힌지의 생성에 미치는 영향을 평가하고, 그 영향을 고려한 소성힌지길이 산정식을 제안하고자 한다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.301-312
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• 2007

무량판 구조의 슬래브-기둥 접합부는 뚫림전단파괴에 취약하여 구조 성능을 향상시킬 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 새로운 슬래브-기둥 접합부 전단 보강 방법인 래티스 보강의 강도와 변형 능력을 평가하기 위한 실험 연구를 실시하였다. 주기 횡 하중을 받는 4개의 래티스 보강 접합부에 대한 실험을 실시하였으며, 비교를 위하여 전단 무보강 시험체, 스터드 레일, 전단 밴드, 스터럽 등 다양한 기존의 전단 보강 방법으로 보강된 실험체에 대하여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험 결과, 래티스 보강은 강도와 변형 능력면에서 모두 우수한 성능을 나타내었으며, 현행 기준의 예측 강도를 현저히 상회하는 강도를 나타내어 전단 보강에 매우 효율적인 보강 방법으로 평가되었다. 반면에 스터럽, 스터드 레일과 전단 밴드 실험체는 전단 무보강 실험체에 비하여 강도 증진 효과가 크지 않거나, 그 강도에 미치지 못하는 강도를 나타냈다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2007

지진하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 접합부의 거동은 전단과 부착 메커니즘에 의해 결정된다. 하지만 전단과 부착은 반복하중에 매우 취약하기 때문에 접합부는 항상 탄성 영역 내에 있어야 한다. 내진 설계 기준에서는 보에 소성힌지를 발생시켜 기둥과 접합부는 탄성 상태를 유지하면서 보에서 에너지소산이 이루어지도록 하는 것을 원칙으로 한다. 하지만 접합부와 인접한 보에 소성힌지가 발생할 경우, 보에서 발생한 소성힌지에서의 철근 변형률이 접합부 철근의 변형에 영향을 미쳐 결국 접합부의 전단 및 부착강도를 떨어뜨리는 결과를 가져오게 된다. 본 논문에서는 보 인장 철근량을 변수로 한 다섯 개의 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부를 제작하고 보에 소성힌지를 발생시킨 후 그 결과를 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 보 인장철근량이 적을수록 접합부의 연성은 증가하였다. 또한 소성힌지 영역의 철근이 항복함에 따라 접합부의 연성률이 증가하고 접합부의 보 부재축 방향 인장변형률도 증가하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.71-85
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• 2006

This paper presents the results of a series of tests carried out on cold-formed steel rectangular hollow and concrete infilled beam to column connections and frames. A stub column was chosen such that overall buckling does not influence the connection behaviour. The beam chosen was a short-span cantilever with a concentrated load applied at the free end. The beam was connected to the columns along the strong and weak axes of columns and these connections were tested to failure. Twelve experiments were conducted on cold-formed steel direct welded tubular beam to column connections and twelve experiments on connections with concrete infilled column subjected to monotonic loading. In all the experiments conducted, the stiffness of the connection, the ductility characteristics and the moment rotation behaviour were studied. The dominant mode of failure in hollow section connections was chord face yielding and not weld failure. Provision of concrete infill increases the stiffness and the ultimate moment carrying capacity substantially, irrespective of the axis of loading of the column. Weld failure and bearing failure due to transverse compression occurred in connections with concrete infilled columns. Six single-bay two storied frames both with and without concrete infill, and columns loaded along the major and minor axes were tested to failure. Concentrated load was applied at the midspan of first floor beam. The change in behaviour of the frame due to provision of infill in the column and in the entire frame was compared with hollow frames. Failure of the weld at the junction of the beam occurred for frames with infilled columns. Design expressions are suggested for the yielding of the column face in hollow sections and bearing failure in infilled columns which closely predicted the experimental failure loads.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.793-803
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• 2019

Concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) beam-columns are widely used owing to their good performance. They have high strength, ductility, large energy absorption capacity and low costs. Externally stiffened CFST beam-columns are not used widely due to insufficient design equations that consider all parameters affecting their behavior. Therefore, effect of various parameters (global, local slenderness ratio and adding hoop stiffeners) on the behavior of CFST columns is studied. An experimental study that includes twenty seven specimens is conducted to determine the effect of those parameters. Load capacities, vertical deflections, vertical strains and horizontal strains are all recorded for every specimen. Ratio between outer diameter (D) of pipes and thickness (t) is chosen to avoid local buckling according to different limits set by codes for the maximum D/t ratio. The study includes two loading methods on composite sections: steel only and steel with concrete. The case of loading on steel only, occurs in the connection zone, while the other load case occurs in steel beam connecting externally with the steel column wall. Two failure mechanisms of CFST columns are observed: yielding and global buckling. At early loading stages, steel wall in composite specimens dilated more than concrete so no full bond was achieved which weakened strength and stiffness of specimens. Adding stiffeners to the specimens increases the ultimate load by up to 25% due to redistribution of stresses between stiffener and steel column wall. Finally, design equations previously prepared are verified and found to be only applicable for medium and long columns.