• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.125-139
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• 2016

For seismic retrofitting of masonry walls, the use of fibre reinforced cement-based mortar for bonding the fibre grids can eliminate some of the shortcomings related to the use of resin as bonding material. The results of an experimental testing program on masonry walls retrofitted with fibre reinforced mortar and fibre grids are presented in this paper. Seven squat masonry walls were tested under unidirectional lateral displacement reversals and constant axial load. Steel anchors were used to increase the effectiveness of the bond between the fibre grids and the masonry walls. Application of fibre grids on both lateral faces of the walls effectively improved the hysteretic behaviour and specimens could be loaded until slip occurred in the horizontal joint between the masonry and the bottom concrete stub. Application of the fibre grids on a single face did not effectively improve the hysteretic behaviour. Retrofitting with fibre reinforced mortar only prevented the early damage but did not effectively increase deformation capacity. When the boundaries of the cross sections were not properly confined, midplane splitting of the masonry walls occurred. Steel anchors embedded in the walls in the corners area effectively prevented this type of failure.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.199-220
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• 2018

In this study, the effects of sulphuric acid on the mechanical performance and the durability of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) specimens were investigated. The carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) fabrics were used to evaluate the performances of the confined and unconfined ECC specimens under static and cyclic loading in the acidic environment. In addition, the use of CFRP and BFRP fabrics as a rehabilitation technique was also studied for the specimens exposed to the sulphuric acid environment. The polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber with a fraction of 2% was used in the research. Two different PVA-ECC concretes were produced using low lime fly ash (LCFA) and high lime fly ash (HCFA) with the fly ash-to-OPC ratio of 1.2. Unwrapped PVA-ECC specimens were also produced as a reference concrete and all concrete specimens were continuously immersed in 5% sulphuric acid solution ($H_2SO_4$). The mechanical performance and the durability of specimens were evaluated by means of the visual inspection, weight change, static and cyclic loading, and failure mode. In addition, microscopic changes of the PVA-ECC specimens due to sulphuric acid attack were also assessed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to understand the macroscale behavior of the specimens. Results indicated that PVA-ECC specimens produced with low lime fly ash (LCFA) showed superior performance than the specimens produced with high lime fly ash (HCFA) in the acidic environment. In addition, confinement of ECC specimens with BFRP and CFRP fabrics significantly improved compressive strength, ductility, and durability of the specimens. PVA-ECC specimens wrapped with carbon FRP fabric showed better mechanical performance and durability properties than the specimens wrapped with basalt FRP fabric. Both FRP materials can be used as a rehabilitation material in the acidic environment.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.941-944
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• 2008

PVA 섬유, 강섬유를 다량으로 혼입한 고인성 시멘트 복합체가 개발되고 이를 구조물에 활용하고자 하는 연구가 전 세계적으로 수행되고 있다. DFRCC는 경제적 효율성을 고려한다면 현재까지 구조물 전체 부분에 적용하기보다는 특별한 요소나 보수재료서 적용하는 것이 경쟁력이 있을 것으로 사료된다. 저자들은 DFRCC를 FRP-콘크리트 합성 바닥판과 습식 스프레이 보수공법에 적용하는 기술을 개발하고 있다. FRP-콘크리트 합성 바닥판에 적용할 경우에는 현장 적용하여 3개월 경과하더라도 구조성능 또는 내구성능이 저하되는 문제가 발생하지 않았고 매우 양호한 상태를 유지하였다. 그리고 국산 PVA 섬유 사용 DFRCC 보수 모르타르를 20년이 경과된 하수박스암거에 적용한 경우에는 한 결과, 일본산 PVA 섬유를 사용한 경우와 차이가 거의 없었다. 관련 규격인 KS F 4042의 압축 및 휨 강도기준을 모두 만족하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상과 같이 DFRCC를 구조물에 적용할 경우에는 구조물 종류에 따라서 경제적으로 성능 향상에 크게 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.132-142
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 Sprayed FRP 공법을 이용하여 보강된 철근 콘크리트 전단 파괴형 기둥의 구조성능을 평가하기 위하여 2/3 크기로 축소된 총 6개의 기둥 실험체를 제작하여, 일정한 축하중 (0.1Agfc')하에서 반복 횡하중을 가력한 구조 실험을 수행하였다. 4개의 실험체는 유리 및 탄소 단섬유와 에폭시 및 비닐에스테르 수지를 조합하여 Sprayed FRP로 보강하였으며, 또한 비교 목적을 위하여 고강도 탄소섬유시트(CFS)로 보강된 실험체 1개와 무 보강 실험체 1개를 포함하였다. 실험결과, Sprayed FRP로 보강된 실험체의 최대내력은 무 보강 실험체 대비 10~30%가 증가 하였을 뿐만 아니라, 연성은 약 1.15배 향상되어, 본 연구에서 제안한 Sprayed FRP 공법은 충분한 보강효과가 기대되는 신기술 이라고 판단된다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.645-658
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• 2018

Despite being one of the most abundantly used construction materials because of its exceptional properties, concrete is susceptible to deterioration and damage due to various factors particularly corrosion, improper loading, poor workmanship and design discrepancies, and as a result concrete structures require retrofitting and strengthening. In recent times, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites have substituted the conventional techniques of retrofitting and strengthening of damaged concrete. Most of the research studies related to concrete strengthening using FRP have been performed on undamaged test specimens. This contribution presents the results of an experimental study in which concrete specimens were damaged by mechanical loading and elevated temperature in laboratory prior to application of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) sheets for strengthening. The test specimens prepared using concrete of target compressive strength of 28 MPa at 28 days were subjected to compressive and splitting tensile testing up to failure and the intact pieces of the failed specimens were collected for the purpose of repair. In order to induce damage as a result of elevated temperature, the concrete cylinders were subjected to $400^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$ temperature for two hours duration. Concrete cylinders damaged under compressive and split tensile loads were re-cast using concrete and rich cement-sand mortar, respectively and then strengthened using CFRP wrap. Concrete cylinders damaged due to elevated temperature were also strengthened using CFRP wrap. Re-cast and strengthened concrete cylinders were tested in compression and splitting tension. The obtained results revealed that re-casting of specimens damaged by mechanical loadings using concrete & mortar, and then strengthened by single layer CFRP wrap exhibited strength even higher than their original values. In case of specimens damaged by elevated temperature, the results indicated that concrete strength is significantly dropped and strengthening using CFRP wrap made it possible to not only recover the lost strength but also resulted in concrete strength greater than the original value.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2013

최근 발생한 대규모 지진으로 구조물의 내진보강에 대한 사회적 관심도가 높아지고 있다. 특히 내진설계가 반영되지 않은 기둥의 경우 지진에 의한 횡하중을 저항하지 못하고, 취성적인 파괴가 유발되어 구조물 전체적 붕괴를 유발할 수 있다. 따라서 빠른 시간내에 보강이 가능하면서 기둥에 손상을 주지 않는 기존의 보강법과 구별되는 응급 보강법이 필요하다. 과거에는 기둥 보강법으로 단면 증설법과 강판보강법 등이 개발되어 현장에 적용되었지만, 최근에는 FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer)의 장점을 활용한 탄소섬유시트공법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 긴급시공이 가능한 체결식 FRP 내진보강재를 사용한 구조물의 내진성능보강효과를 검토하고자 하였다. 검토를 위하여 실제 구조물의 축소모델의 철근콘크리트 시험체를 제작하고 횡방향 변위하중을 가력하였다. FRP 내진보강재를 이용한 내진보강시공 후 실내시험을 통하여 내진성능을 평가하였다. 그 결과 개발된 보강재의 철근콘크리트 구조물에 보강 시, 내진성능이 향상됨을 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2010

최근 토목분야에서 철근콘크리트 압축재에 발생하고 있는 부식, 중성화 등의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 섬유강화복합재로 외부를 보강한 합성부재가 개발되어 적용되고 있다. 이러한 합성부재는 외부를 섬유강화플라스틱으로 보강하고 있어 부재 전체의 구조적 성능을 향상시킬 뿐만 아니라 내화학성이 우수하여 기존 콘크리트 부재와 비교할 때 내구성이 향상된다. 그러나 복합재로 외부를 보강한 콘크리트 합성부재에 대한 기존 연구자료들은 구조적 거동해석에서 큰 차이가 없이 유사한 결과를 보여주었으나 그 결과가 부재의 단면구성과 크게 관계되기 때문에 이 연구에 직접적으로 적용하는데는 어려움이 있고, 또한 설계기준으로 적용하기에는 여전히 미흡한 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 RCFFT 부재의 설계규준 마련을 위한 기초자료를 확보하기 위해 압축 및 준정적 휨실험을 수행하여 구조적 거동을 조사하였고, 압축강도를 추정할 수 있는 근사식을 제안하였으며, 휨강성을 예측할 수 있도록 하였다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.47-66
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• 2019

One method of retrofitting concrete structures is to use fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). In this research, the shear, torsional and flexural strengthening of self-compacting reinforced concrete (RC) girders are fulfilled with glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials. At first, for verification, the experimental results were compared with numerical modeling results obtained from ABAQUS software version 6.10. Then the reinforcing sheets were attached to concrete girders in one and two layers. Studying numerical results obtained from ABAQUS software showed that the girders stiffness decreased with the propagations of cracks in them, and then the extra stresses were tolerated by adhesive layers and GFRP and CFRP sheets, which resulted in increasing the bearing capacity of the studied girders. In fact, shear, torsion and bending strengths of the girders increased by reinforcing girders with adding GFRP and CFRP sheets. The samples including two layers of CFRP had the maximum efficiencies that were 90, 76 and 60 percent of improvement in shear, torsion and bending strengths, respectively. It is worth noting that the bearing capacity of concrete girders with adding one layer of CFRP was slightly higher than the ones having two layers of GFRP in all circumstances; therefore, despite the lower initial cost of GFRP, using CFRP can be more economical in some conditions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.727-745
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• 2005

The present study is an experimental investigation into the behaviour of high strength concrete square short columns subjected to biaxial bending moments and strengthened by GFRP laminates. The main objectives of the study are: to evaluate the improvement in the structural performance of HSC short square columns subjected to small biaxial eccentricity when strengthened by externally applied FRP laminates, and to investigate the optimum arrangement and amount of FRP laminates to achieve potential enhancement in structural performance especially ductility. The parameters considered in this study are: number of FRP layers and arrangement of wraps. The load eccentricity is kept corresponding to e/t = 0.125 in two perpendicular directions to the columns principal axes, and the wraps are applied in single or double layers (partial or full wrapping). In the present work, test results of five full scale concrete columns are presented and discussed. The study has shown that FRP wraps can be used successfully to enhance the ductility of HSC columns subjected to biaxial bending by 300%.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2022

The main objective of this work is presenting a mathematical model for the concrete slab with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) layer under the impact load. Impacts are assumed to occur normally over the top slab and the interaction between the impactor and the structure is simulated using a new equivalent three-degree-of-freedom (TDOF) spring-mass-damper (SMD) model. The structure is assumed viscoelastic based on Kelvin-Voigt model. Based on the sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT), energy method and Hamilton's principle, the motion equations are derived. Applying DQM, the dynamic deflection and contact force of the structure is calculated numerically so that the effects of mass, velocity and height of impactor, boundary conditions, FRP layer, structural damping and geometrical parameters of structure are shown on the dynamic deflection and contact force of system. Results show that considering structural damping leads to lower dynamic deflection and contact force. In addition, increasing the impact velocity of impactor yields to increases in the maximum contact force and deflection while the contact duration is decreased. The result shows that the contact force and the central deflection of the structure decreases and the contact time decreases with assuming FRP layer.