• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.973-986
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• 2015

Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil is a novel structural material which has being used in shell and spatial structures. This paper studies biaxial creep property of ETFE foil by creep tests and numerical simulation. Biaxial creep tests of cruciform specimens were performed using three stress ratios, 1:1, 2:1 and 1:2, which showed that creep coefficients in biaxial tension were much smaller than those in uniaxial one. Then, a reduction factor was introduced to take account of this biaxial effect, and relation between the reduction factor and stress ratio was established. Circular bubble creep test and triangle cushion creep test of ETFE foil were performed to verify the relation. Interpolation was adopted to consider creep stress and reduction factor was involved to take account of biaxial effect in numerical simulation. Simulation results of the bubble creep test embraced a good agreement with those measuring ones. In triangle cushion creep test, creep displacements from numerical simulation showed a good agreement with those from creep test at the center and lower foil measuring points.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2014

Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) has been widely used in long-span buildings because of its light weight and high transparency. This paper studies the short and long term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. A series of short-term creep and recovery tests were performed, in which the residual strain was observed. A long-term creep test of the ETFE foil was also performed over 110 days. A viscoelastic-plastic model was then established to describe the short-term creep and recovery behaviour. The model contains a traditional multi-Kelvin part and an added steady-flow component to represent the viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour, respectively. The model successfully fit the data for three stresses and six temperatures. Additionally, time-temperature equivalency was adopted to predict the long-term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. Horizontal shifting factors were determined from the process of shifting creep-curves at six temperatures. The long-term creep behaviours at three temperatures were predicted. Finally, the long-term creep test showed that the short-term creep test at identical temperatures insufficiently predicted additional creep behaviour, and the long-term test verified the horizontal shifting factors derived from the time-temperature equivalency.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2011

ETFE막재는 PTFE막재에 비해 상대적으로 두께가 매우 얇고 유연하기 때문에 다양한 온도환경에 따른 막재의 재료특성을 알아볼 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 ETFE 막재에 대해 다양한 온도하에서의 재료특성 실험을 수행하였다. 첫째로, -20$^{\circ}C$, 0$^{\circ}C$, +20$^{\circ}C$, +40$^{\circ}C$ 하에서 각각 5 시험편을 이용하여 인장실험을 수행하였으며, 각 온도하에서의 항복응력, 인장강도, 영계수를 도출하였다. 두 번째는, 25$^{\circ}C$, 40$^{\circ}C$, 60$^{\circ}C$ 하에서 각각 3MP, 6MP, 9MP의 하중을 가하여 각 온도에 따른 크리프 변형도를 알아보았다. 마지막으로, -15$^{\circ}C$, 0$^{\circ}C$, 20$^{\circ}C$ 하에서의 인열강도 시험을 수행하였다. 시험결과분석에 따르면, ETFE막재의 전제적인 거동은 크게 변하지 않았으나, 재료특생은 온도의 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2013

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 세 종류의 ETFE 막재에 대한 단축인장실험을 수행하였다. 이 실험에서 얻은 변형도-변위 곡선을 분석함으로써 항복응력, 두 번째 항복응력, 탄성계수, 두 번째 탄성계수, 그리고 세 번째 탄성계수를 얻게 되었다. 아울러, 탄성 단계와 항복 단계, 소성유동 단계에서 각각 ETFE 막재의 사이클 하중시험을 진행하여, 잔여변형률, 응력 이완, 하중 변화(재하/제하) 중 ETFE 막재의 탄성 변화 등을 알아본다. 재료의 크리프시험에서는 25, 40, 60$^{\circ}C$의 시험온도와 3, 6, 9MPa의 인장 응력 하에서 크리프시험의 시간은 24시간으로 설정하였다.