• Computers and Concrete
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.305-317
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• 2021

The bond between the concrete and bar is a main factor affecting the performance of the reinforced concrete (RC) members, and since the steel corrosion reduces the bond strength, studying the bond behavior of concrete and GFRP bars is quite necessary. In this research, a database including 112 concrete beam test specimens reinforced with spliced GFRP bars in the splitting failure mode has been collected and used to estimate the concrete-GFRP bar bond strength. This paper aims to accurately estimate the bond strength of spliced GFRP bars in concrete beams by applying three soft computing models including multivariate adaptive regression spline (MARS), Kriging, and M5 model tree. Since the selection of regularization parameters greatly affects the fitting of MARS, Kriging, and M5 models, the regularization parameters have been so optimized as to maximize the training data convergence coefficient. Three hybrid model coupling soft computing methods and genetic algorithm is proposed to automatically perform the trial and error process for finding appropriate modeling regularization parameters. Results have shown that proposed models have significantly increased the prediction accuracy compared to previous models. The proposed MARS, Kriging, and M5 models have improved the convergence coefficient by about 65, 63 and 49%, respectively, compared to the best previous model.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.290-293
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• 2006

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars gain increasingly more attention in the civil engineering community. GFRP reinforcement for concrete does not have the same shape as steel reinforcement. Therefore, the bond performance of FRP bars, unlike that of steel, is dependent on their design, manufacture and mechanical properties. It was tested in order to examine the bond behavior of GFRP bars under different compressive strength of concrete. Test results showed that the bond strength of GFRP increased with the compressive strength of concrete.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2015

본 연구는 경량콘크리트와 GFRP 보강근을 휨보강근으로 사용하여 제작되는 GFRP 보강근 경량콘크리트 슬래브를 교량 슬래브 등에 활용해보기 위한 사전 연구로서, 기존의 철근 콘크리트 슬래브와 GFRP 보강근 경량콘크리트 슬래브의 휨 거동 차이점 분석에 초점을 두었다. 이를 위하여 일련의 슬래브 실험체들을 제작하고 3점 휨 실험 및 수치해석을 행하였다. 실험 결과, GFRP 보강근 경량콘크리트 슬래브 실험체는 GFRP 보강근의 과다보강으로 인하여 실험체 하부에 발생된 초기균열이 하중 재하면의 콘크리트 압축부까지 연결되면서 전단파괴되는 경향을 보였다. 그리고 철근 콘크리트로 제작된 슬래브 실험체에 비하여 무게는 72%이었으며 휨 실험에서의 파괴하중은 58%인 것으로 나타났다. 한편, midas FEA를 이용하여 행한 수치해석 과정은 실험에서 나타난 전단파괴 하중까지 잘 모사하였다. 그러나 GFRP 보강근의 인장강도 대신 탄성계수가 입력값으로 요구됨에 따라 가력되는 하중과 처짐은 실험에서 나타난 전단파괴 이후에도 계속하여 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 GFRP, BFRP와 CFRP 보강근으로 보강된 콘크리트 시험체의 인장 거동 특성을 실험적으로 분석하였다. FRP 보강근의 인장강도는 설계강도와 유사하게 나타났으나, 탄성계수는 다소 낮게 측정되었다. 또한 인장강화 시험체는 OPC와 SFRC를 사용하여 150(W)×150(B)×1000(H) mm의 크기로 제작하였다. 균열간격은 탄성계수가 낮고 표면이 보다 매끄러운 GFRP 보강근이 가장 크게 나타났으며, 표면이 다소 거친 BFRP와 탄성계수가 높은 CFRP 보강근의 균열간격은 비슷하게 분석되었다. 하중-변형률관계에서도 GFRP보강근은 균열후 다소 급격한 거동을 보인것에 반하여 BFRP와 CFRP 보강근은 균열발생시 다소 안정적인 거동후 일정수준은 인장강화 효과를 유지하였다. 인장강화지수의 경우 직경이 증가할수록 인장강화지수는 다소 작게 분석되었으며, BFRP보다 GFRP의 경우가 인장강화지수는 높게 분석되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.937-949
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• 2016

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) applications in the structural engineering field include concrete-FRP composite systems, where FRP components are either attached to or embedded into concrete structures to improve their structural performance. This paper presents the results of an analytical study conducted using finite element model (FEM) to simulate the behavior of three-points load beam reinforced with GFRP and/or steel bars. To calibrate the FEM, a small-scale experimental program was carried out using six reinforced concrete beams with $200{\times}200mm$ cross section and 1000 mm length cast and tested under three point bending load. The six beams were divided into three groups, each group contained two beams. The first group was a reference beams which was cast without any reinforcement, the second group concrete beams was reinforced using GFRP, and the third group concrete beams was reinforced with steel bars. Nonlinear finite element simulations were executed using ANSYS software package. The difference between the theoretical and experimental results of beams vertical deflection and beams crack shapes were within acceptable degree of accuracy. Parametric study using the calibrated model was carried out to evaluate two parameters (1) effect of number and position of longitudinal main bars on beam behavior; (2) performance of concrete beam with composite longitudinal reinforcement steel and GFRP bars.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.403-409
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 다공성 블록의 내구성 향상을 위해 압축강도 3MPa 및 공극률 30%를 만족하는 배합설계를 확인하였으며, 선정된 배합에서 GFRP 보강 방법에 따른 보의 내력 및 인성 증가를 평가하였다. 다공성 콘크리트의 목표성능 만족을 위해서는 골재입도 15~20mm에서 물-시멘트 비 및 시멘트-골재 비가 각각 25% 및 15%로 추천될 수 있었다. GFRP로 보강된 다공성 콘크리트 보의 거동은 전단파괴에 의해 지배되었다. 이에 따라 GFRP의 휨 저항 발휘는 매우 적었으며, GFRP 보강근의 장부작용에 의한 전단내력상승은 결과적으로 다공성 콘크리트 보의 하중 저항성과 인성을 향상시켰다. GFRP 보강근을 압축과 인장측에 각각 1본(D9)씩 배근한 경우 내력은 무보강 보에 비해 약 2.1배 증가하였으며, 인성지수 $I_{30}$값은 43.4를 보임으로서 인성지수 값을 측정할 수 없었던 무보강 보에 비해 상당히 향상되었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.351-364
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• 2013

This paper presents results from an analytical investigation of the behavior of steel reinforced concrete circular column sections with additional Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) bars. The primary application of this composite section is to relocate the plastic hinge region from the column-footing joint where repair is difficult and expensive. Mainly, the study focuses on the development of the full nominal moment-axial load (M-P) interaction diagrams for hybrid concrete sections, reinforced with steel bars as primary reinforcement, and GFRP as auxiliary control bars. A large parametric study of circular steel reinforced concrete members were undertaken using a purpose-built MATLAB(c) code. The parameters considered were amount, location, dimensions and mechanical properties of steel, GFRP and concrete. The results indicate that the plastic hinge was indeed shifted to a less critical and congested region, thus facilitating cost-effective repair. Moreover, the reinforced concrete steel-GFRP section exhibited high strength and good ductility.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2017년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.177-178
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• 2017

The beam-column connection using high-strength GFRP bars exhibited a comparable flexural strength but brittle failure mode, when compared with those of connection using high-strength steel reinforcement.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 제16권1호
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• pp.124-127
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• 2004

This study is to investigate the bond characteristics of glass fiber reinforced polymer(GFRP) reinforcing bars in concrete by pullout test experimentally. Three different types of GFRP bars with different surface deformations were considered in this study. Also, standard deformed steel reinforcing bar with or without epoxy-coating were included for the comparisons of bond strength. All test procedures including specimens preparation, test apparatus and measuring devices were made according to the recommendation of CSA(Canadian Standards Association) Standard S806-02. From the test results, it was found that small surface indentations contributed to increase the bond strength of GFRP bar significantly. Based on the limited test results till now, the bond strength of GFRP bar with sand-coated deformation commercially available in foreign market is around $80\%$ of that of steel deformed bars.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집(II)
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• pp.561-564
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• 2006

The tensile characteristics of four types GFRP (glass fiber reinforced polymer) reinforcing bars with different resin mix proportions and fiber volume fraction were analyzed experimentally. Four types of GFRP reinforcing bars containing approximately 66 or 70% fiber volume fraction with A or B rein mix proportions were considered in this test. All testing procedures including specimens preparation, set-up of test equipments and measuring devices were made according to the recommendations of CSA Standard S806-02. From the test results, it was found that GFRP reinforcing bars containing approximately 70% fiber volume fraction with A rein mix proportion showed the higher tensile strength than that of the others due to the higher fiber volume fraction and proper resin mix proportion.