• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제48권3호
• /
• pp.251-262
• /
• 2023

There are many examples of steel structures subjected to severe environmental conditions with bolted connections directly exposed to extreme climatic agents such as freeze-thaw cycles or low temperatures. Some examples are: steel bridges, mining transfer towers, wind towers... These service conditions neither are included in Eurocode 3 or EN1090-2, nor there are references in other international standards. In this experimental research, 46 specimens of non-slip joints with HV M20 bolts and four different types of contact surfaces have been studied. Half of the specimens were subjected to fourteen twelve-hours freeze-thaw cycles, with periodic immersion in water and temperature oscillation. Subsequently, half of the connections were subjected to a slip test under monotonic load at temperature of -20 ± 0.5 ℃ and the other half at room temperature. The results were compared with others equal joints not subjected to freeze-thaw cycles and kept at room temperature for the same time. This finally resulted in 4 sets of joints by combining the freeze-thaw degradation or not with the low-temperature conditions or not in the slip testing. Therefore, a total of 16 different conditions were studied by also considering 4 different contact surfaces between the joined plates in each set. The results obtained show influence of environmental conditions on the slip resistant capacity of these joints.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
• /
• 제25권1호
• /
• pp.71-80
• /
• 2013

구조, 시공 및 내화측면에서 우수한 콘크리트충전강관(CFT)부재에 대해서 구성재료의 강도가 높은 경우 즉, 콘크리트 압축강도가 100MPa 이상이면서 강관의 항복강도가 650MPa 이상인 경우에 대한 내화성능 평가실험 및 해석적 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 부재에 대해서 내화성능 거동을 파악하고자 ${\Box}-400{\times}400{\times}15$, 부재길이 3,000mm인 실물대 중심재하 내화실험을 행하였다. 실험변수는 중심축력을 5,000kN과 2,500kN로 하였다. 실험결과, 고강도 콘크리트의 폭렬 및 콘크리트 내부 균열에 의하여 축하중이 클수록 조기에 내력을 상실하였다. 또한, 유한차분법과 변형률적합조건을 이용한 비정상온도해석 및 응력해석을 수행하였으며, 고강도 재료모델은 Eurocode모델을 이용하였다. 해석모델은 시간-축변위 관계를 합리적으로 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
• /
• 제20권4호
• /
• pp.257-268
• /
• 2016

In the companion papers (I, II), site-specific response analyses were performed at more than 300 domestic sites and a new site classification system and design response spectra (DRS) were proposed using the results of the site-specific response analyses. In this paper, the proposed site classification system and the design response spectra are compared with those in other seismic codes and verified by different methods. Firstly, the design response spectra are compared with the design response spectra in Eurocode 8, KBC 2016 and MOCT 1997 to estimate quantitative differences and general trends. Secondly, site-specific response analyses are carried out using $V_S$-profiles obtained using field seismic tests and the results are compared with the proposed DRS in order to reduce the uncertainty in using the SPT-N value in site-specific response analyses in the companion paper (I). In addition, site coefficients from real earthquake records measured in Korean peninsula are used to compare with the proposed site coefficients. Finally, dynamic centrifuge tests are also performed to simulate the representative Korean site conditions, such as shallow depth to bedrock and short-period amplification characteristics. The overall results showed that the proposed site classification system and design response spectra reasonably represented the site amplification characteristic of shallow bedrock condition in Korea.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제20권4호
• /
• pp.749-776
• /
• 2016

In this paper, a Performance Based Design (PBD) approach is validated for multi-storey concentrically braced frame (CBF) systems. Direct Displacement Based Design (DDBD) procedure is used and validated by designing 4- and 12-storey CBF buildings. Nonlinear time history analysis (NLTHA) is used to check the performance of the design methodology by employing different accelerograms having displacement spectra matching the design displacement spectrum. Displacements and drifts obtained from NLTHA are found to fall within the design displacement limits used in the DDBD procedure. In NLTHA, both tension and compression members are found to be resisting the base shear, $F_b$, not only the tension members as assumed in the design methodology and suggested by Eurocode 8. This is the reason that the total $F_b$ in NLTHA is found to be greater than the design shear forces. Furthermore, it is found that the average of the maximum ductility values recorded from the time history analyses for the 4-and 12-storey buildings are close to the design ductility obtained from the DDBD methodology and ductility expressions established by several researchers. Moreover, the DDBD is compared to the Forced Based Design (FBD) methodology for CBFs. The comparison is carried out by designing 4 and 12-storey CBF buildings using both DDBD and FBD methodologies. The performance for both methodologies is verified using NLTHA. It is found that the $F_b$ from FBD is larger than $F_b$ obtained from DDBD. This leads to the use of larger sections for the structure designed by FBD to resist the lateral forces.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제36권4호
• /
• pp.369-381
• /
• 2020

Nowadays, in prefabricated composite construction, composite action between steel beam and concrete slab is often achieved with positioning of shear connectors in envisaged openings of concrete slabs. Prefabricated concrete slabs are used for composite steel-concrete buildings and bridges, both for the construction of new structures and for renovation of existing ones, significantly reducing construction time. Development of different types of shear connectors represent alternative solution to the traditionally used headed studs, considering their shear resistance, stiffness and ductility. New types of shear connectors tend to reduce the construction time and overall construction cost. Mechanically fastened shear connectors represent a viable alternative to headed studs, considering their fast installation process and shear resistance. X-HVB shear connectors are attached to the steel beam with two cartridge fired pins. The first step towards extensive implementation of X-HVB shear connectors in composite construction is to understand their behaviour through experimental investigation. Results of the push-out tests, in accordance to Eurocode 4, with X-HVB 110 shear connectors positioned in envisaged openings of prefabricated concrete slabs are presented in this paper. The experimental investigation comprised three different specimen's layout. Group arrangement of X-HVB shear connectors in envisaged openings included specimens with minimal recommended distances and specimens with reduced distances between connectors in both directions. Influence of different installation procedures on overall behaviour of the connection is presented, as well as the orientation of shear connectors relative to the shear force direction. Influence of variations is characterized in terms of failure mechanisms, shear resistance and ductility.

• 한국해양공학회지
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.66-72
• /
• 2011

This is the fourth of a series of companion papers dealing with the mechanical property reductions of various marine structural steels. Even though a reduction of the elastic modulus according to temperature increases has not been obtained from experiments, high temperature experiments from room temperature to $900^{\circ}C$ revealed that initial the yield strength and tensile strength are both seriously degraded. The mechanical properties obtained from high temperature experiments are compared with those from EC3 (Eurocode 3). It is found that the high temperature test results generally comply with the prediction values by EC3. Based on the prediction of EC3, time domain nonlinear finite element analyses were carried out for a blast wall installed on a real FPSO. After applying the reduced mechanical properties, corresponding to $600^{\circ}C$ to the FE model of the blast wall, more than three times the deflections were observed and it was observed that most structural parts experience plastic deformations exceeding the reduced yield strength at the high temperature. It is noted that a protection facility such as PFP (passive fire protection) should be required for structures likely to be directly exposed to fire and explosion accident.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
• /
• 제18권4호
• /
• pp.405-416
• /
• 2006

프리플렉스 보와 같이 강재가 콘크리트에 매입된 형태의 합성거더에서 합성 작용을 확보하기 위한 연결재로 말굽형 전단연결재,각강 전단연결재가 주로 사용된다. 얇은 콘크리트 부분이 강재를 둘러싸고 있기 때문에 콘크리트 덮개 확보를 위한 상세를 고려하면 스터드와 같은 전단연결재 사용이 어렵고 상당히 많은 수준의 합성작용이 부착 및 마찰에 의해 확보된다. 프리플렉스 보와 같이 콘크리트 부분에 많은 프리스트레스를 도입하기 위해 하부 케이싱 콘크리트와 강재단면사이의 소요 수 평전단강도가 높게 전단연결재, 각강 전단연결재에 대한 정적 강도 평가를 실험을 통해 수행하였고 부착의 효과를 보기 위한 실험도 함께 실시하였다. 현재의 허용전단력 설계 기준을 실험을 통해 검토하고 좀 더 일반화된 설계기준을 제시하기 위해서 유로코드의 블록 연 결재의 설계 개념을 채용하여 말굽형과 각강 전단연결재를 위한 설계 기준을 제시하였다. 파괴모드를 지압파괴와 전단파괴로 구분하여 각각에 대한 강도 평가 방안을 제시하고 실험결과와 비교하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
• /
• 제29권2호
• /
• pp.123-134
• /
• 2017

풍력발전 타워용 종방향 보강 원형단면 강재 쉘에 대하여 재료 및 기하학적 비선형 유한요소법(GMNIA)으로 극한압축강도 해석을 수행하였다. 보강 쉘의 반경 대 두께비, 초기변형 형상 및 진폭, 종방향보강재의 면적 및 간격 등의 주요 설계 파라미터가 압축력을 받는 보강 쉘의 극한강도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였으며, DNV 설계기준에 의한 설계좌굴강도와 유한요소해석으로 구한 극한압축강도를 비교하였다. 기하학적 초기결함의 형상은 선형 좌굴해석으로부터 구한 좌굴모드 및 제작 과정에서 용접으로 발생하는 딤플 변형을 고려하였다. 해석 대상 보강 쉘의 반경 대 두께비는 50~200이며, 종방향보강재는 횡비틀림좌굴과 국부좌굴이 발생하지 않도록 DNV 설계기준에 따라 두께와 돌출폭을 결정하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제53권5호
• /
• pp.997-1016
• /
• 2015

The contribution of tensioned concrete between cracks (tension-stiffening) cannot be ignored when analysing deformation of reinforced concrete elements. The tension-stiffening effect is crucial when it comes to adequately estimating the load-deformation response of steel reinforced concrete and the more recently appeared fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced concrete. This paper presents a unified methodology for numerical modelling of the tension-stiffening effect in steel as well as FRP reinforced flexural members using the concept of equivalent deformation modulus and the smeared crack approach to obtain a modified stress-strain relation of the reinforcement. A closed-form solution for the equivalent secant modulus of deformation of the tensioned reinforcement is proposed for rectangular sections taking the Eurocode 2 curvature prediction technique as the reference. Using equations based on general principles of structural mechanics, the main influencing parameters are obtained. It is found that the ratio between the equivalent stiffness and the initial stiffness basically depends on the product of the modular ratio and reinforcement ratio ($n{\rho}$), the effective-to-total depth ratio (d/h), and the level of loading. The proposed methodology is adequate for numerical modelling of tension-stiffening for different FRP and steel reinforcement, under both service and ultimate conditions. Comparison of the predicted and experimental data obtained by the authors indicates that the proposed methodology is capable to adequately model the tension-stiffening effect in beams reinforced with FRP or steel bars within wide range of loading.

• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제3권1호
• /
• pp.51-68
• /
• 2007

High-strength concrete (HSC) is becoming increasingly attractive for various construction projects since it offers a multitude of benefits over normal-strength concrete (NSC). Unfortunately, current design provisions for shear capacity of RC slender beams are generally based on data developed for NSC members having a compressive strength of up to 50 MPa, with limited recommendations on the use of HSC. The failure of HSC beams is noticeably different than that of NSC beams since the transition zone between the cement paste and aggregates is much denser in HSC. Thus, unlike NSC beams in which micro-cracks propagate around aggregates, providing significant aggregate interlock, micro-cracks in HSC are trans-granular, resulting in relatively smoother fracture surfaces, thereby inhibiting aggregate interlock as a shear transfer mechanism and reducing the influence of compressive strength on the ultimate shear strength of HSC beams. In this study, a new approach based on genetic algorithms (GAs) was used to predict the shear capacity of both NSC and HSC slender beams without shear reinforcement. Shear capacity predictions of the GA model were compared to calculations of four other commonly used methods: the ACI method, CSA method, Eurocode-2, and Zsutty's equation. A parametric study was conducted to evaluate the ability of the GA model to capture the effect of basic shear design parameters on the behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) beams under shear loading. The parameters investigated include compressivestrength, amount of longitudinal reinforcement, and beam's depth. It was found that the GA model provided more accurate evaluation of shear capacity compared to that of the other common methods and better captured the influence of the significant shear design parameters. Therefore, the GA model offers an attractive user-friendly alternative to conventional shear design methods.