• Computers and Concrete
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2009

In the current research, a displacement-based seismic design scheme to retrofit reinforced concrete columns using FRP composite materials has been proposed. An accurate prediction for the nonlinear flexural analysis of FRP jacketed concrete members has been presented under multiaxial constitutive laws of concrete and composite materials. Through modification of the displacement coefficient method (DCM) and the direct displacement-based design method (DDM) of reinforced concrete structures, two algorithms for a performance-based seismic retrofit design of reinforced concrete columns with a FRP jacket have been newly introduced. From applications to retrofit design it is known that two methods are easy to apply in retrofit design and the DCM procedure underestimates the target displacement to compare with the DDM procedure.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.273-276
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• 2008

기존의 콘크리트 구조물은 콘크리트만으로는 부족한 인장력 강화를 위해 철근을 보강근으로 사용하여 구조물을 형성하였으며, 이러한 철근콘크리트 구조물 시스템 내에서 철근은 사용연한이 지날수록 염분 및 습기, 염화물 등 외부환경에 의해 부식된다. 이러한 철근의 부식은 최종적으로 콘크리트 구조물의 성능 저하와 수명 단축을 유발시키는 주요 원인이 된다. 이와 같은 이유로 최근 Fiber Reinforced Polymer(FRP)를 이용하여 철근을 대체할 수 있는 보강근을 개발하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. FRP 보강근은 철근에 비해 고강도를 발휘할 수 있을 뿐 아니라, 비부식성이기 때문에 기존 철근의 부식 문제를 해결할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 그러나 FRP 보강근은 철근에 비해 낮은 탄성계수와 부착강도로 인해 동일 하중 수준에서 철근 콘크리트보다 균열폭이 커지고 균열이 크게 진행하는 단점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 FRP 보강근 콘크리트 보와 기존의 철근콘크리트 보에 대한 정적 재하 실험을 통해 보강근의 종류와 보강근의 배치, 보강비 등에 따른 균열 거동과 파괴 모드의 변화를 고찰하였으며, 설계기준식과 측정값과의 비교를 통해 FRP 보강근 콘크리트의 균열평가에 대한 설계기준식의 타당성을 검토하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.573-592
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• 2018

An analytical methodology for the calculation of the flexural and the shear capacity of concrete members with Fibre-Reinforced-Polymer (FRP) bars as tensional reinforcement is proposed. The flexural analysis is initially based on the design provisions of ACI 440.1R-15 which have properly been modified to develop general charts that simplify computations and provide hand calculations. The specially developed charts include non-dimensional variables and can easily be applied in sections with various geometrical properties, concrete grade and FRP properties. The proposed shear model combines three theoretical considerations to facilitate calculations. A unified flexural/shear approach is developed in flow chart which can be used to estimate the ultimate strength and the expected failure mode of a concrete beam reinforced with longitudinal FRP bars, with or without transverse reinforcement. The proposed methodology is verified using existing experimental data of 138 beams from the literature, and it predicts the load-bearing capacity and the failure mode with satisfactory accuracy.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2012

Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) are used to enhance the behavior of structural components in either shear or flexure. The research conducted in this paper was mainly focused on the shear-strengthening of reinforced and prestressed concrete beams using FRP. The main objective of the research was to identify the parameters affecting the shear capacity provided by FRP and evaluate the accuracy of analytical models. A review of prior experimental data showed that the available analytical models used to estimate the added shear capacity of FRP struggle to provide a unified design equation that can predict accurately the shear contribution of externally applied FRP. In this study, the ACI 440.2R-$08^1$ model and the model developed by Triantafillou and Antonopoulos$^2$ were compared with the prior experimental data. Both analytical models failed to provide a satisfactory prediction of the FRP shear capacity. This study provides insights into potential reasons for the unsatisfactory prediction.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.185-188
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• 2008

FRP 보강근은 철근부식의 근본적인 대책으로서 높은 인장강도와 내부식성이 우수한 재료이다. 그러나 낮은 탄성계수로 인해 부재의 처짐 및 균열이 철근콘크리트를 사용한 부재에 비하여 크게 발생하는 문제점이 있으며, 취성적인 성질로 인하여 파괴가 급격히 발생할 우려가 있다. 이러한 FRP 보강근을 구조부재에 사용하기 위해서는 기존의 철근콘크리트 부재설계와는 다른 개념이 필요하며, 이미 구조부재에 FRP 보강근을 사용하고 있는 외국의 경우 기존의 FRP 보강근을 사용한 구조부재의 설계를 위한 제안식들은 실험에 의한 계수의 추가 등으로 철근콘크리트 구조설계식을 수정하는 형태로서 제안되어지고 있다. 그러나 이러한 방법은 설계식을 복잡하게 하며, 철근콘크리트와 다른 FRP 보강근의 특성을 적절히 반영하고 있다고 할 수 없다. 또한, 기존의 설계식의 수정된 형태에서는 하중저감계수와 같은 안전계수(safety factor)를 제안하고 있으나, 정확한 신뢰성레벨은 알지 못하며, 실험에 의한 경험적 값의 성격이 강하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FRP bar를 사용한 보의 불확실성을 조사하고, FRP bar를 사용한 부재의 신뢰성지수를 평가하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1253-1269
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• 2015

The present paper investigates the post heating behavior of concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars, namely carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars. Thirty rectangular concrete beams were prepared and cured for 28 days. Then, beams were either subjected (in duplicates) to elevated temperatures in the range (100 to $500^{\circ}C$) or left at room temperature before tested under four point loading for flexural response. Experimental results showed that beams, reinforced with CFRP and GFRP bars and subjected to temperatures below $300^{\circ}C$, showed better mechanical performance than that of corresponding ones with conventional reinforcing steel bars. The results also revealed that ultimate load capacity and stiffness pertaining to beams with FRP reinforcement decreased, yet their ultimate deflection and toughness increased with higher temperatures. All beams reinforced with FRP materials, except those post-heated to $500^{\circ}C$, failed by concrete crushing followed by tension failure of FRP bars.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.177-188
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• 2005

This paper presents a numerical model developed to evaluate the load-deflection and moment-curvature relationship for concrete beams strengthened externally with four different Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite systems. The developed model considers the inelastic behavior of concrete section subjected to a combined axial force and bending moment. The model accounts for tensile strength of concrete as defined by the modulus of rupture of concrete. Based on the adopted material constitutive relations, the model evaluates the sectional curvature as a function of the applied axial load and bending moment. Deflections along the beam are evaluated using a finite difference technique taking into account support conditions. The developed numerical technique has been tested on a cantilever beam with a transverse load applied at its end. A study of the behavior of the beam with tension reinforcement compared to that with FRP areas giving an equivalent ultimate moment has been carried out. Moreover, cracking of the section in the tensile region at ultimate load has also been considered. The results indicated that beams reinforced with FRP systems possess more ductility than those reinforced with steel. This ductility, however, can be tuned by increasing the area of FRP or by combining different FRP layers.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권6A호
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• pp.809-817
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• 2008

최근 사용되고 있은 구조물의 보강 방법 중 내력 및 사용성 향상효과가 타 공법에 비해 월등한 외부 긴장공법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 외부 긴장재로 보강된 구조물에 대하여 반복하중에 의한 피로 성능에 대한 평가가 부족하고 이에 대한 연구도 매우 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FRP 긴장재로 외부 보강된 철근콘크리트 보의 반복하중에 따른 피로거동 특성을 분석함으로써 외부 긴장공법의 안전성 및 타당성을 평가하고자 하였다. 본 실험연구에서는 비교 변수로 외부 긴장재의 종류(FRP 긴장재, Steel 긴장재)와 하중범위를 채택하여 실험을 실시하였다. 하중은 FRP 보강 시험체의 항복강도를 기준으로 최소하중을 50%로 삼고 최대하중을 70~85%로 변경하여 4점 재하방식으로 sine파를 이용하여 3Hz의 주기로 실험을 실시하였다. FRP 긴장재로 외부 보강된 철근콘크리트 보에 대한 피로 실험연구 결과로부터 FRP 외부 긴장 공법은 FRP 긴장재, deviator에서의 절곡부, 정착장치 등에서 피로에 대한 충분한 안전성이 확인되었다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 1999년도 Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Conference The Korean Society of Agricutural Engineers
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• pp.342-347
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• 1999

This study was initiated to develop a precast polymer concrete panel production method and to describe some engineering properties of FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics) reinforced polymer mortar. Specimens with different panel thickness and FRP reinforcement were prepared and tested and analyzed with respect to structural behaviors. Cracking moment was mostly affected by the thickness and reinforced FRP. Data of the study could be widely applied to the designing and planning of production processes of many polymer concrete products of which all or some of the components are composed with thin panels.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.455-468
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• 2011

Although retrofitting and strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) columns by wrapping fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have become a popular technique in civil engineering, the study on reinforced high-strength concrete (HSC) columns is still not sufficient. The objective of these companion papers is to investigate the mechanical properties of reinforced HSC square columns confined by aramid FRP (AFRP) jackets under concentric compressive loading. In the part I of these companion papers, an experiment was conducted on 54 confined RC specimens and nine unconfined plain specimens, the considered parameters were the concrete strength, the thickness of AFRP jackets, and the form of AFRP wrapping. The experimental process and results are presented in detail. Subsequently, some discussions on the confinement effect, failure modes, strength, and ductility of the columns are carried out.