• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제52권4호
• /
• pp.843-855
• /
• 2014

Concrete infill and reinforcement are one of the most well-known strengthening methods of structural elements. This study investigated flexural performance of concrete infill composite PHC pile (ICP pile) reinforced by infill concrete and longitudinal rebars in hollow PHC pile. A total four series of pile specimens were tested by four points bending method under simply supported conditions and investigated bending moment experimentally and analytically. From the test results, it was found that although reinforcement of infilled concrete on the pure bending moment of PHC pile was negligible, reinforcement of PHC pile using infilled concrete and longitudinal rebars increase the maximum bending moment with range from 1.95 to 2.31 times than that of conventional PHC pile. The error of bending moment between experimental results and predicted results by nonlinear sectional analysis on the basis of the conventional layered sectional approach was in the range of -2.54 % to 2.80 %. The axial compression and moment interaction analysis for ICP piles shows more significant strengthening effects of infilled concrete and longitudinal rebars.

• Computers and Concrete
• /
• 제31권6호
• /
• pp.513-525
• /
• 2023

This research presents the experimental and theoretical evaluations on circular steel-fiber-reinforced-concrete (SFRC) columns reinforced by glass-fiber-reinforced-polymer (GFRP) rebar under the axial compressive loading. Test programs were designed to investigate and compare the effect of different parameters on the structural behavior of columns by performing tests. Theses variables included conventional concrete (CC), fiber concrete (FC), steel/GFRP longitudinal rebars, and transversal rebars configurations. A total of 16 specimens were constructed and categorized into four groups in terms of different rebar-concrete configurations, including GFRP-rebar-reinforced-CC columns (GRCC), GFRP-rebar-reinforced-FC columns (GRFC), steel-rebar-reinforced-CC columns (SRCC) and steel-rebar- reinforced-FC columns (SRFC). Experimental observations displayed that failure modes and cracking patterns of four groups of columns were similar, especially in pre-peak branches of load-deflection curves. Although the average ultimate axial load of columns with longitudinal GFRP rebars was obtained by 17.9% less than the average ultimate axial load of columns with longitudinal steel rebars, the average axial ductility index (DI) of them was gained by 10.2% higher than their counterpart columns. Adding steel fibers (SFs) into concrete led to the increases of 7.7% and 6.7% of the axial peak load and the DI of columns than their counterpart columns with CC. The volumetric ratio had greater efficiency on peak loads and DIs of columns than the type of transversal reinforcement. A simple analytical equation was proposed to predict the axial compressive capacity of columns by considering the axial involvement of longitudinal GFRP rebars, volumetric ratio, and steel spiral/hoop rebar. There was a good correlation between test results and predictions of the proposed equation.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
• /
• 제25권5호
• /
• pp.149-156
• /
• 2021

FRP 보강근은 철근-콘크리트 부재의 부식 문제를 해결하기 위해 제안되어왔으나, FRP는 높은 인장강도, 낮은 연성 및 선형 탄성 거동으로 인해 하중이 전달될 때 콘크리트와 보강재 사이의 부착 메커니즘이 다르다. 그러므로, FRP-Rebar와 콘크리트 사이의 부착 거동은 주의 깊게 검토해야 한다. 이를 위해 직접 인발 실험이 간단하게 부착 거동을 평가할 수 있으므로 사용됐으나, 직접인발의 실험 결과는 실제 FRP를 보강근으로 사용한 콘크리트 부재의 휨-부착 거동과 다르다. 그러므로 실제 휨-부착 거동을 평가할 방안이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 FRP를 보강근으로 사용한 콘크리트 부재의 휨-부착 거동에 대한 평가방법을 검토하고 비교하였다. 그 결과, 겹침이음이 있는 부재의 실험 방법이 실제 휨-부착 특성을 잘 반영할 수 있으나 다른 실험방법보다 시험체의 단면 및 지간이 커야 하고 시험체의 설계 및 해석이 복잡하다. 한편, 아치가 있는 부재 실험은 모멘트 팔길이의 변화를 무시하는 평형 방정식을 기반으로 한 힌지가 있는 부재 실험과 달리 콘크리트의 영향을 반영할 수 있으나, 휨-부착에 의한 파괴 이전에 전단파괴의 우려가 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제24권4호
• /
• pp.491-506
• /
• 2019

Literature regarding concrete walls reinforced by super elastic shape memory alloy (SMA) bars is rather limited. The seismic behavior of a system concurrently including a distinct steel reinforced concrete (RC) wall, as well as another wall reinforced by super elastic SMA at the first story, and steel rebar at upper stories, would be an interesting matter. In this paper, the seismic response of such a COMBINED system is compared to a conventional system with steel RC concrete walls (STEEL-Rein.) and also to a wall system with SMA rebar at the first story and steel rebar at other stories ( SMA-Rein.). Nonlinear time history analysis at maximum considered earthquake (MCE) and design bases earthquake (DBE) levels is conducted and the main responses like maximum inter-story drift ratio and residual inter-story drift ratio are investigated. Furthermore, incremental dynamic analysis is used to accomplish probabilistic seismic studies by creating fragility curves. Results demonstrated that the SMA-Rein. system, subjected to DBE and MCE ground motions, has almost zero and 0.27% residual maximum inter-story drifts, while the values for the COMBINED system are 0.25% and 0.51%. Furthermore, fragility curves show that using SMA rebar at the base of all walls causes a larger probability of exceedance 3% inter-story drift limit state compared to the COMBINED system. Static push over analysis demonstrated that the strength of the COMBINED model is almost 0.35% larger than that of the two other models, and its general post-yielding stiffness is also approximately twice the corresponding stiffness of the two other models.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
• /
• 제26권3호
• /
• pp.299-306
• /
• 2014

콘크리트 구조물의 철근 부식 문제를 해결하기 위하여 코팅철근이 사용된다. 에폭시 코팅 철근에 비해 아연코팅철근의 콘크리트 보의 휨 거동 영향에 대한 자료는 거의 없는 실정이다. 이 연구의 목적은 아연코팅철근이 콘크리트 보의 휨 거동에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 데 있다. 아연코팅철근을 사용한 부재와 일반철근을 사용한 부재의 구조실험을 통하여 휨 거동 특성을 비교하였다. 실험변수로써 철근의 아연코팅 유무, 사용 철근비와 피복 두께를 고려하였다. 아연코팅철근 콘크리트 보의 균열패턴, 균열폭, 처짐 및 변형률 특성을 파악하였다. 아연코팅철근 콘크리트 보의 휨강도는 일반철근 콘크리트 보의 휨강도와 거의 차이가 나지 않는다. 철근표면의 아연코팅은 처짐, 균열폭 비교 결과에도 뚜렷한 영향을 미치지 않는다. 또한, 아연코팅철근 보와 일반철근 보의 하중-변형률 곡선은 비슷한 결과를 나타낸다. 따라서, 전반적으로 아연코팅철근의 사용은 일반철근을 사용할 때에 비해 콘크리트 보의 휨 거동에 악영향을 미치지는 않는 것으로 나타난다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국복합재료학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
• /
• pp.48-52
• /
• 2002

This paper describes the need for a ductile Fiber Reinforced Plastic(FRP) reinforcement for Concrete Structures. Using the material hybrid and geometric hybrid, it is demonstrated that the pseudo-ductility Characteristic can be generated in FRP rebar. Ductile hybrid FRP bars were successfully fabricated at Ø3mm and Ø10mm nominal diameters using the braidtrusion process. Tensile and bending specimens from these bars were tested and compared with behavior of stress-strain of steel bar and GFRP rebar

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제81권5호
• /
• pp.539-550
• /
• 2022

A detailed experimental program was conducted to investigate the flexural behavior of ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) beams reinforced with high strength steel (HSS) rebars with a specified yield strength of 600 MPa via direct tensile test and monotonic four-point bending test. First, two sets of direct tensile test specimens, with the same reinforcement ratio but different yield strength of reinforcement, were fabricated and tested. Subsequently, six simply supported beams, including two plain UHPC beams and four reinforced UHPC beams, were prepared and tested under four-point bending load. The results showed that the balanced-reinforced UHPC beams reinforced with HSS rebars could improve the ultimate load-bearing capacity, deformation capacity, ductility properties, etc. more effectively owing to interaction between high strength of HSS rebar and strain-hardening characteristic of UHPC. In addition, the UHPC with steel rebars kept strain compatibility prior to the yielding of the steel rebar, further satisfied the plane-section assumption. Most importantly, the crack pattern of the UHPC beam reinforced with HSS rebars was prone to transform from single main crack failure corresponding to the normal-strength steel, to multiple main cracks failure under the condition of balanced-reinforced failure, which validated by the conclusion of direct tensile tests cooperated with acoustic emission (AE) source locating technique as well.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제75권4호
• /
• pp.455-464
• /
• 2020

Reinforcement corrosion is one of the major problems in the durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to aggressive environments. Deterioration caused by reinforcement corrosion reduces the durability and the safety margin of concrete structures, causing excessive costs in managing these structures safely. This paper aims to investigate the effects of reinforcement corrosion on the load bearing capacity deterioration of the corroded reinforced concrete structures. A new analytical method is proposed to predict the crack growth of cover concrete and evaluate the residual strength of concrete structures with corroded reinforcement failing in bond. The structural performance indicators, such as concrete crack growth and flexural strength deterioration rate, are assumed to be a stochastic process for lifetime distribution modelling of structural performance deterioration over time during the life cycle. The Weibull life evolution model is employed for analysing lifetime reliability and estimating remaining useful life of the corroded concrete structures. The results for the worked example show that the proposed approach can provide a reliable method for lifetime performance assessment of the corroded reinforced concrete structures.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
• /
• 제10권sup3호
• /
• pp.43-52
• /
• 2016

The degradation of the load-bearing capacity of reinforced concrete beams due to corrosion has a profoundly negative impact on the structural safety and integrity of a structure. The literature is limited with regard to models of bond characteristics that relate to the reinforcement corrosion percentage. In this study, uniaxial tensile tests were conducted on specimens with irregular corrosion of their reinforced concrete. The development of cracks in the corroded area was found to be dependent on the level of corrosion, and transverse cracks developed due to tensile loading. Based on this crack development, the average stress versus deformation in the rebar and concrete could be determined experimentally and numerically. The results, determined via finite element analysis, were calibrated using the experimental results. In addition, bond elements for reinforced concrete with corrosion are proposed in this paper along with a relationship between the shear stiffness and corrosion level of rebar.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
• /
• 제21권4호
• /
• pp.1-12
• /
• 2017

본 연구에서는 휨을 받는 압축강도 80 MPa 수준의 고강도 콘크리트 부재의 구조거동 실험 연구를 수행하였다. 실험변수는 보통(SD 400) 및 고강도(SD 600)철근, 0.98~1.58%의 종방향 철근비, $200{\times}250$, $200{\times}300mm$의 단면크기를 고려하였다. 9개의 보 부재를 제작하여 휨 실험을 수행하였으며 극한휨강도, 하중-처짐 관계, 균열 형태, 파괴형상 및 연성을 파악하였다. 실험결과는 철근비가 증가함에 따라 휨강도는 증가하고 연성은 감소한다. 또한, 철근비가 증가함에 따라 균열의 개수가 증가하며 균열폭은 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 철근의 강도 등급에 따른 하중-균열폭 관계는 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 않는다. 콘크리트 비선형거동 해석을 수행하였으며, 극한하중 예측값과 측정값을 비교하였다. 고강도 콘크리트의 휨거동 예측 결과는 실험부재의 휨강도를 전반적으로 과소평가하고 있다.