• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제18권3E호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2006

A total of 32 pullout tests were performed for the multiple headed bars relatively deeply embedded in reinforced concrete column-like members. The objective was to determine the minimum embedment depth that was necessary to safely design exterior beam-column joints using headed bars. The variables for the experiment were embedment depth of headed bar, center-to-center distance between adjacent heads, and amount of supplementary reinforcement. Regular strength concrete and grade SD420 reinforcing steel were used. The results of the test the indicated that a headed bar embedment depth of $10d_b$ was not sufficient to have relatively closely installed headed bars develop the pullout strength corresponding to the yield strength. All the experimental variables, influenced the pullout strength. The pullout strength increased with increasing embedment depth and head-to-head distance. It also increased with increasing amount of supplementary reinforcement. For a group of closely-spaced headed bars installed in a beam-column joint, it is recommended to use column ties at least 0.6% by volume, 1% or greater amount of column main bars, and an embedment depth of $13d_b$ or greater simultaneously, to guarantee the pullout strength of individual headed bars over 125% of $f_y$ and ductile load-displacement behavior.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.327-345
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• 2014

This paper presents the application of multi-gene genetic programming (MGP) technique for modeling the bond strength of ribbed steel bars in concrete. In this regard, the experimental data of 264 splice beam tests from different technical papers were used for training, validating and testing the model. Seven basic parameters affecting on the bond strength of steel bars were selected as input parameters. These parameters are diameter, relative rib area and yield strength of steel bar, minimum concrete cover to bar diameter ratio, splice length to bar diameter ratio, concrete compressive strength and transverse reinforcement index. The results show that the proposed MGP model can be alternative approach for predicting the bond strength of ribbed steel bars in concrete. Moreover, the performance of the developed model was compared with the building codes' empirical equations for a complete comparison. The study concludes that the proposed MGP model predicts the bond strength of ribbed steel bars better than the existing building codes' equations. Using the proposed MGP model and building codes' equations, a parametric study was also conducted to investigate the trend of the input variables on the bond strength of ribbed steel bars in concrete.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.581-598
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• 2020

This paper aims to investigate the seismic behavior and influence parameters of the large-scaled thin-walled reinforced concrete (RC) tubular columns in air-cooled supporting structures of thermal power plants (TPPs). Cyclic loading tests and finite element analysis were performed on 1/8-scaled specimens considering the influence of wall diameter ratio, axial compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, stirrup reinforcement ratio and adding steel diagonal braces (SDBs). The research results showed that the cracks mainly occurred on the lower half part of RC tubular columns during the cyclic loading test; the specimen with the minimum wall diameter ratio presented the earlier cracking and had the most cracks; the failure mode of RC tubular columns was large bias compression failure; increasing the axial compression ratio could increase the lateral bearing capacity and energy dissipation capacity, but also weaken the ductility and aggravate the lateral stiffness deterioration; increasing the longitudinal reinforcement ratio could efficiently enhance the seismic behavior; increasing the stirrup reinforcement ratio was favorable to the ductility; RC tubular columns with SDBs had a much higher bearing capacity and lateral stiffness than those without SDBs, and with the decrease of the angle between columns and SDBs, both bearing capacity and lateral stiffness increased significantly.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.115-130
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• 2004

The flexural ductility of solid rectangular reinforced concrete beams has been studied quite extensively. However, many reinforced concrete beams are neither solid nor rectangular; examples include T-, ${\Gamma}$-, ${\Pi}$- and box-shaped beams. There have been few studies on the flexural ductility of non-rectangular reinforced concrete beams and as a result little is known about the possible effect of sectional shape on flexural ductility. Herein, the effect of sectional shape on the post-peak flexural behaviour of reinforced normal and high-strength concrete beams has been studied using a newly developed analysis method that employs the actual stress-strain curves of the constitutive materials and takes into account the stress-path dependence of the stress-strain curve of the steel reinforcement. It was revealed that the sectional shape could have significant effect on the flexural ductility of a concrete beam and that the flexural ductility of a T-, ${\Gamma}$-, ${\Pi}$- or box-shaped beam is generally lower than that of a solid rectangular beam with the same overall dimensions and the same amount of reinforcement provided. Based on the numerical results obtained, a simple method of ensuring the provision of a certain minimum level of flexural ductility to non-rectangular concrete beams has been developed.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 철근콘크리트 연속보의 이산최적설계를 수행하기 위해서 유전알고리즘을 적용하였다. 콘크리트, 거푸집, 주철근 및 스터럽의 경비를 포함한 경비 최소화를 목적함수로 하였고, 제약조건으로는 휨강도와 전단강도, 처짐, 균열, 철근간격, 피복두께, 철근비 상 하한치 및 단면형상에 대한 기하학적 제약조건과 더불어 주철근의 정착을 고려하였다. 보의 폭과 유효깊이, 철근량을 설계변수로 취하였으며, 설계변수 값은 실무에서 사용되는 단면치수와 철근량을 데이터베이스화한 이산집합으로부터 선택되도록 하였다. GA의 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해서 이산변수로 철근콘크리트보에 대한 최적설계를 수행한 기존 문헌과 그 결과값을 비교 검토하였으며, GA의 적용성 및 효율성을 보이기 위하여 국내 구조설계기준을 만족하는 3경간 및 5경간 철근콘크리트보에 대해 이산최적설계를 수행하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.763-783
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• 2016

A methodology based on Teaching Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm is proposed for optimum design of reinforced concrete retaining walls. The objective function is to minimize total material cost including concrete and steel per unit length of the retaining walls. The requirements of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-05-Building code requirements for structural concrete) are considered for reinforced concrete (RC) design. During the optimization process, totally twenty-nine design constraints composed from stability, flexural moment capacity, shear strength capacity and RC design requirements such as minimum and maximum reinforcement ratio, development length of reinforcement are checked. Comparing to other nature-inspired algorithm, TLBO is a simple algorithm without parameters entered by users and self-adjusting ranges without intervention of users. In numerical examples, a retaining wall taken from the documented researches is optimized and the several effects (backfill slope angle, internal friction angle of retaining soil and surcharge load) on the optimum results are also investigated in the study. As a conclusion, TLBO based methods are feasible.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.657-670
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• 2019

This paper proposes a one-dimensional fiber beam element model taking account of materially non-linear behavior, benefiting the highly efficient elastic-plastic analysis of girders with shear-lag effects. Based on the displacement-based fiber beam-column element, two additional degrees of freedom (DOFs) are added into the proposed model to consider the shear-lag warping deformations of the slabs. The new finite element (FE) formulations of the tangent stiffness matrix and resisting force vector are deduced with the variational principle of the minimum potential energy. Then the proposed element is implemented in the OpenSees computational framework as a newly developed element, and the full Newton iteration method is adopted for an iterative solution. The typical materially non-linear behaviors, including the cracking and crushing of concrete, as well as the plasticity of the reinforcement and steel girder, are all considered in the model. The proposed model is applied to several test cases under elastic or plastic loading states and compared with the solutions of theoretical models, tests, and shell/solid refined FE models. The results of these comparisons indicate the accuracy and applicability of the proposed model for the analysis of both concrete box girders and steel-concrete composite girders, under either elastic or plastic states.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2001

본 연구는 화재에 노출된 철근콘크리트 부재의 휭 강도를 평가하기 위한 해석적 연구로서, 고온을 받는 단면에 대한 모멘트-곡률 관계를 구하는 것이다. 해석적 방법으로는 부재 단면에 대한 열전도 해석을 수행한 후 여러 가지 가열 조건에 대한 콘크리트와 철근의 응력-변형률 관계를 이용하여 모멘트-곡률 관계의 해석을 수행한다. 본 연구의 해석 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 고온에 대한 철근콘크리트 부재의 잔존 휭 강도는 가열시간, 콘크리트 피복두께, 인장철근비의 영향을 받는다. (2) 고온을 받은 후의 잔존 휭 강도는 최소 철근비일 때는 상온시의 강도를 회복하지만, 최대 철근비의 50%일 때와 최대 철근비 일 때는 회복하지 않는 경향을 나타낸다. (3) 최대 철근비를 가진 철근콘크리트 부재는 가열 후 냉각상태에 대하여 철근이 항복하기 전에 콘크리트가 한계상태에 도달하는 경향을 나타낸다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.357-376
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• 2009

In the design of concrete columns, it is important to provide some nominal flexural ductility even for structures not subjected to earthquake attack. Currently, the nominal flexural ductility is provided by imposing empirical deemed-to-satisfy rules, which limit the minimum size and maximum spacing of the confining reinforcement. However, these existing empirical rules have the major shortcoming that the actual level of flexural ductility provided is not consistent, being generally lower at higher concrete strength or higher axial load level. Hence, for high-strength concrete columns subjected to high axial loads, these existing rules are unsafe. Herein, the combined effects of concrete strength, axial load level, confining pressure and longitudinal steel ratio on the flexural ductility are evaluated using nonlinear moment-curvature analysis. Based on the numerical results, a new design method that provides a consistent level of nominal flexural ductility by imposing an upper limit to the axial load level or a lower limit to the confining pressure is developed. Lastly, two formulas and one design chart for direct evaluation of the maximum axial load level and minimum confining pressure are produced.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2004

철근콘크리트 부재가 취성적이며 국부적으로 파괴되지 않도록 하기 위하여 각 기준식에서는 철근콘크리트 부재의 최소전단 보강근비를 요구하고 있다. 우리나라에서 현재 사용되고 있는 철근콘크리트 구조설계기준의 최소전단철근비에 대한 기준식과 캐나다 기준식, 유럽 기준식, 일본건축학회 기준식을 비교하면 각 기준식에 의하여 계산된 최소전단보강근비 값에는 많은 차이가 있어 그 신뢰성에 의문을 갖게 한다. 즉, 동일한 콘크리트의 실린더 압축강도에 대하여 각 기준식의 최소전단보강근비 값은 최대 2배 이상의 차이가 있다. 또한, 최소전단보강근비에 영향을 주는 요소가 각 기준식마다 다르며, 이에 대한 연구도 그 중요성에 비하여 극히 적은 실정이다. 이연구에서는 트러스 모델에 근거한 이론적인 방법에 의하여 철근콘크리트 부재의 최소전단보강근비를 예측하였다. 제안식에는 최소전단철근비에 영향을 주는 콘크리트의 압축강도, 전단보강근의 항복응력, 주근비, 전단경간비의 영향이 고려되었다. 제안식에 의하여 계산된 최소전단철근비는 콘크리트 압축강도에 따라 변화하며, ACI 318-02 및 캐나다 규준과 비슷한 분포를 나타냈다. KCI-99 및 ACI 318-02의 최소전단철근비는 주인장철근비에 관계없이 일정하지만 제안식에 의한 최소전단철근비는 주인장철근비가 증가할수록 줄어드는 양상을 보였다. 또한, 전단경간비에 따른 최소전단철근비에 대하여 KCI-99 및 ACI-318-02에 의한 최소전단철근비는 전단경간비에 관계없이 일정한 값을 보였지만 제안식에 의한 최소전단철근비는 전단경간비가 증가할수록 증가하는 양상을 보였다.변화로 인한 resetup의 번거러움을 줄일 수 있었고 환자에게 인위적으로 치료 자세를 유지해야하는 불편함을 해소할 수 있었다. 궁극적으로는 set-up의 재현성을 유지해 보다 정확한 치료를 가능하게 했고 앞으로 이 고정용구를 보완, 개선시켜서 환자의 치료에 활용한다면 더욱더 질적으로 향상된 치료를 제공 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.하였다. IV. 결론 Forward IMRT는 2차원적인 치료법에 비하여 PTV에는 균일한 선량분포를 이루면서 정상조직에는 tolerance dose 이하로 선량을 전달 할 수 있는 치료기법이었다. 계속적으로 평가할 필요가 있을 것이다.> 최대 $11.65\%$까지 골조직에 의한 선량감소가 나타나는 것을 알 수가 있다. 또한, Diode detector로 측정한 심부선량 값은 두부, 경부, 대퇴부, 슬관절, 족관절에서 각각 $95.23{\pm}1.18,\;98.33{\pm}0.6,\;93.5{\pm}1.5,\;87.3{\pm}1.5,\;86.90{\pm}1.16$으로 나타났으며, TLD로 측정한 대퇴부, 슬관절, 족관절에서의 표면선량과 비교했을 때 부위에 따라 최소 $4.53\%{\sim}$ 최대 $12.6\%$ 까지 차이를 보였다. 그리고 골조직에 의한 선량감쇄의 영향이 적은 복부(배꼽)에서는 열형광선량계 및 다이로드측정기로 측정한 값이 각각 $101.58{\pm}0.95,\;104.77{\pm}1.18$로 큰 차이가 없었다. IV 결론 전신방사선조사시 표면선량을