• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1045-1067
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• 2016

Concrete bridges with corrugated steel webs and prestressed by both internal and external tendons have emerged as one of the promising bridge forms. In view of the different behaviour of components and the large shear deformation of webs with negligible flexural stiffness, the assumption that plane sections remain plane may no longer be valid, and therefore the classical Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models may not be applicable. In the design of this type of bridges, both the ultimate load and ductility should be examined, which requires the estimation of full-range behaviour. An analytical sandwich beam model and its corresponding beam finite element model for geometric and material nonlinear analysis are developed for this type of bridges considering the diaphragm effects. Different rotations are assigned to the flanges and corrugated steel webs to describe the displacements. The model accounts for the interaction between the axial and flexural deformations of the beam, and uses the actual stress-strain curves of materials considering their stress path-dependence. With a nonlinear kinematical theory, complete description of the nonlinear interaction between the external tendons and the beam is obtained. The numerical model proposed is verified by experiments.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.337-359
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• 2019

Shape Memory Polymer Composites (SMPC) have gained popularity over the last few decades due to its flexible shape memory behaviour over wide range of strains and temperatures. In this paper, non-linear bending analysis has been carried out for SMPC beam under the application of uniformly distributed transverse load (UDL). Simplified C⁰ continuity Finite Element Method (FEM) based on Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory (HSDT) has been adopted for flexural analysis of SMPC. The numerical solutions are obtained by iterative Newton Raphson method. Material properties of SMPC with Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) as matrix and carbon fibre as reinforcements, have been calculated by theory of volume averaging. Effect of temperature on SMPC has been evaluated for numerous parameters for instance number of layers, aspect ratio, boundary conditions, volume fraction of carbon fiber and laminate stacking orientation. Moreover, deflection profile over unit length and behavior of stresses across thickness are also presented to elaborate the effect of glass transition temperature (T_g). Present study provides detailed explanation on effect of different parameters on the bending of SMPC beam for large strain over a broad span of temperature from 273-373K, which encompasses glass transition region of SMPC.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.1011-1033
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• 2015

In this article, large amplitude bending behaviour of laminated composite flat panel under combined effect of moisture, temperature and mechanical loading is investigated. The laminated composite panel model has been developed mathematically by introducing the geometrical nonlinearity in Green-Lagrange sense in the framework of higher-order shear deformation theory. The present study includes the degraded composite material properties at elevated temperature and moisture concentration. In order to achieve any general case, all the nonlinear higher order terms have been included in the present formulation and the material property variations are introduced through the micromechanical model. The nonlinear governing equation is obtained using the variational principle and discretised using finite element steps. The convergence behaviour of the present numerical model has been checked. The present proposed model has been validated by comparing the responses with those available published results. Some new numerical examples have been solved to show the effect of various parameters on the bending behaviour of laminated composite flat panel under hygro-thermo-mechanical loading.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.527-552
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• 2013

Development of flexural yielding and large rotation ductilities in the plastic hinge zones of frame members is synonymous with the spread of bar reinforcement yielding into the supporting anchorage. Yield penetration where it occurs, destroys interfacial bond between bar and concrete and reduces the strain development capacity of the reinforcement. This affects the plastic rotation capacity of the member by increasing the contribution of bar pullout. A side effect is increased strains in the compression zone within the plastic hinge region, which may be critical in displacement-based detailing procedures that are linked to concrete strains (e.g. in structural walls). To quantify the effects of yield penetration from first principles, closed form solutions of the field equations of bond over the anchorage are derived, considering bond plastification, cover debonding after bar yielding and spread of inelasticity in the anchorage. Strain development capacity is shown to be a totally different entity from stress development capacity and, in the framework of performance based design, bar slip and the length of debonding are calculated as functions of the bar strain at the loaded-end, to be used in calculations of pullout rotation at monolithic member connections. Analytical results are explored parametrically to lead to design charts for practical use of the paper's findings but also to identify the implications of the phenomena studied on the detailing requirements in the plastic hinge regions of flexural members including post-earthquake retrofits.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2003

파형강관을 삽입하여 보강된 중공원형단면의 역학적 거동을 연구하기 위하여 직경 50cm, 길이 340cm의 시험체를 제작하였고, 3점 휨시험을 수행하였다. 하중재하는 파괴 또는 최대한변형이 발생할 때까지 느리게 증가시켰다. 시험하는 동안에 시험체 중앙의 휨방향 변위와 인장측과 압축측의 종방향 변위를 측정하였다. 측정데이타를 분석한 결과를 파형강관이 삽입되지 않은 등가단면에 대한 해석결과와 비교하였다. 비교결과, 중공 철근콘크리트 부재의 휨강성과 연성이 파형강관을 내부에 삽입함으로써 크게 향상시킬 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 반복 횡하중을 받는 콘크리트충전 탄소섬유튜브기둥의 휨성능 평가실험을 수행하였다. 시험체의 단면형상은 각형과 원형이며 탄소삼유튜브의 두께 및 와인딩각도(winding angle)를 실험변수로 채택하였다. 모든 시험체는 건물의 한 층 높이와 유사한 높이를 갖는 full scale 크기로 제작되었으며 3대의 가력기(actuator)를 동시에 가동시켜 축하중과 횡하중을 가력하였다. 실험결과를 분석하여 기둥의 휨강도, 변형능력 및 에너지소산능력을 평가하였으며, 횡하중에 대한 기둥의 연성거동 또한 평가되었다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2018

This paper presents the design, analysis, and experimental evaluations of precast reinforced UHPC (ultra high-performance concrete) beams with a new design concept of non-uniform flexural members. With outstanding mechanical properties of UHPC which can develop the compressive strength up to 200MPa, the tensile strengths up to 8~20MPa and the tensile strain up to 1~5%, a non-uniform structural shape of UHPC flexural beams were optimally designed using three-dimensional finite element analysis. The experiments were carried out and compared with the design strength in order to verify the performance of them. Proposed non-uniform UHPC beams were evaluated by a series of three-point beam loading test as well as estimated by design bending and shear strength of members. The newly designed UHPC beams show excellent performances not only in transverse load capacities but also in deformation capacities.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.369-384
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• 2005

The main objectives of this paper are to demonstrate the feasibility of using newly developed smart GFRP reinforcements to effectively monitor reinforced concrete beams subjected to flexural and creep loads, and to develop non-linear numerical models to predict the behavior of these beams. The smart glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars are fabricated using a modified pultrusion process, which allows the simultaneous embeddement of Fabry-Perot fiber-optic sensors within them. Two beams are subjected to static and repeated loads (until failure), and a third one is under long-term investigation for assessment of its creep behavior. The accuracy and reliability of the strain readings from the embedded sensors are verified by comparison with corresponding readings from surface attached electrical strain gages. Nonlinear finite element modeling of the smart concrete beams is subsequently performed. These models are shown to be effective in predicting various parameters of interest such as crack patterns, failure loads, strains and stresses. The strain values computed by these numerical models agree well with corresponding readings from the embedded fiber-optic sensors.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2011

본 논문은 노후교량바닥판 대체용으로서 하이브리드 GFRP-강재 바닥판의 휨거동을 구조적 거동특성을 기술하고 있다. 하이브리드 GFRP-강재 바닥판의 구조적 특성을 조사하기 위해 정적하중의 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 하이브리드 바닥판의 파괴모드는 초기항복을 지나서 연성거동을 나타내었다. 결과는 유한요소프로그램 ANSYS의 값과 비교하였다. 제안된 하이브리드 바닥판이 교량적용에 유용함을 확인하였다. 하이브리드 바닥판의 두께는 유사한 휨 강성을 갖는 완전복합신소재 바닥판께와 비교하였을 때 감소될 수 있었다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 강도를 향상시키기 위하여 탄소섬유쉬트를 압축하여 제작된 탄소섬유 판재을 이용하여 철근 콘크리트 보의 휨내력 향상과 이력거동에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 실험을 수행하였다. 실험의 주된 변수는 탄소섬유판재의 단면의 크기, 보강전에 철근콘크리트 보의 손상정도이다. 특히 보의 손상정도는 보가 과하중에 의해 손상을 받은 경우를 대상으로 하고 있으며 손상정도는 보의 최대 휨 내력의 30%, 60%, 100%로 하고 있으며 비교를 위하여 손상받지 않은 보도 실험하였다. 얻어진 결론은 탄소섬유판으로 보강한 경우는 보강하지 않은 보에 비해 강도는 상승하나 최대하중점에서의 변형은 감소하고 있으며, 연성에 있어서는 대등한 값을 나타내고 있다.