• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.459-475
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• 2009

This paper presents analytical methodologies for remaining life prediction of plain concrete structural components considering tension softening and size effects. Non-linear fracture mechanics principles (NLFM) have been used for crack growth analysis and remaining life prediction. Various tension softening models such as linear, bi-linear, tri-linear, exponential and power curve have been presented with appropriate expressions. Size effect has been accounted for by modifying the Paris law, leading to a size adjusted Paris law, which gives crack length increment per cycle as a power function of the amplitude of a size adjusted stress intensity factor (SIF). Details of tension softening effects and size effect in the computation of SIF and remaining life prediction have been presented. Numerical studies have been conducted on three point bending concrete beams under constant amplitude loading. The predicted remaining life values with the combination of tension softening & size effects are in close agreement with the corresponding experimental values available in the literature for all the tension softening models.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.261-277
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• 2008

This paper presents methodologies for remaining life prediction of plain concrete structural components considering tension softening effect. Non-linear fracture mechanics principles (NLFM) have been used for crack growth analysis and remaining life prediction. Various tension softening models such as linear, bi-linear, tri-linear, exponential and power curve have been presented with appropriate expressions. A methodology to account for tension softening effects in the computation of SIF and remaining life prediction of concrete structural components has been presented. The tension softening effects has been represented by using any one of the models mentioned above. Numerical studies have been conducted on three point bending concrete structural component under constant amplitude loading. Remaining life has been predicted for different loading cases and for various tension softening models. The predicted values have been compared with the corresponding experimental observations. It is observed that the predicted life using bi-linear model and power curve model is in close agreement with the experimental values. Parametric studies on remaining life prediction have also been conducted by using modified bilinear model. A suitable value for constant of modified bilinear model is suggested based on parametric studies.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.861-864
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• 2008

This study was performanced to investigate the fractural and fatigue behavior of ultra-strength steel fiber reinforcement concrete. The tension softening diagram can describe the post-cracking behavior of concrete in tension. In this paper, Three points bending tests with a notch have been carried out to investigate tensile properties of the steel fiber reinforced concrete(SFRC) according to variation of the height. Poly-linear approximation method combined with FEM analysis is applied to the steel fiber reinforced concrete to determine the tension softening diagrams and also to certify the validity of the method. The simulated load-CMOD curves using the determined softening diagrams though the poly-linear approximation method completely agree with the measured ones.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.1201-1216
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• 2015

This paper presents the details of size independent fracture energy and bi-linear tension softening relation for nano modified high strength concrete. Nano silica in powder form has been used as partial replacement of cement by 2 wt%. Two popular methods, namely, simplified boundary effect method of Karihaloo et al. (2003) and RILEM (1985) fracture energy with P-${\delta}$ tail correction have been employed for estimation of size independent fracture energy for nano modified high strength concrete (compressive strength ranges from 55 MPa to 72 MPa). It is found that both the methods gave nearly same values, which is an additional evidence that either of them can be employed for determination of size independent fracture energy. Bi-linear tension softening relation corresponding to their size independent fracture energy has been constructed in an inverse manner based on the concept of non-linear hinge from the load-crack mouth opening plots of notched three-point bend beams.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.417-420
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• 2006

For a better understanding of the fracture behavior of concrete structures, knowledge of the post-cracking behavior of concrete material is essential. The tension softening diagram can describe the post-cracking behavior of concrete in tension. In this paper, Four points bending tests with a notch have been carried out to investigate tensile properties of the steel fiber reinforced concrete(SFRC). Poly-linear approximation method combined with FEM analysis is applied to the steel fiber reinforced concrete to determine the tension softening diagrams and also to certify the validity of the method. The simulated load-CMOD curves using the determined softening diagrams though the poly-linear approximation method completely agree with the measured ones.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.237-248
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• 2011

강섬유 보강 콘크리트의 인장연화특성은 구조적 거동에 매우 중요한 역할을 하며, 강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트의 우수한 구조성능을 파악하기 위해서는 인장연화거동의 정밀모델링 및 이를 반영한 수치해석 기법이 필요하다. 따라서, 이 논문에서는 강섬유로 보강된 콘크리트의 부재의 인장연화거동 특성을 고려한 휨 거동을 예측하기 위한 수치해석 기법을 제시하였다. 강섬유 보강 콘크리트의 하중-균열개구변위 실험결과를 반영하여 가상균열모델에 근거한 균열방정식과 역해석 기법에 의해 인장연화모델링을 수행하였다. 또한, 인장연화거동을 반영한 재료모델링을 수행하였다. 제시기법에 의한 초고성능 콘크리트 보의 모멘트-곡률 수치해석 결과를 실험결과와 비교 분석하였으며, 수치해석 결과와 실험결과는 비교적 잘 일치하고 있다. 제안기법에 의해 강섬유 보강 초고강도 콘크리트 보의 휨강도를 정확하게 예측할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.785-801
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• 1997

Reinforced Concrete beams with tension and compression softening material constitutive laws are studied. Energy-based and non-local regularisation techniques are presented and applied to a R.C. element. The element characteristics (sectional tangent stiffness matrix, element tangent stiffness matrix restoring forces) are directly derived from their symbolic expressions through numerical integration. In this way the same spatial grid allows us to obtain a non-local strain estimate and also to sample the contributions to the element stiffness matrix. Three examples show the spurious behaviors due to the strain localization and the stabilization effects given by the regularisation techniques, both in the case of tension and compression softening. The possibility to overestimate the ultimate load level when the non-local strain measure is applied to a non softening material is shown.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2014

팽창재는 콘크리트의 건조/자기수축으로 인한 균열에 매우 효과적인 혼화재료이며 콘크리트 내부 철근에 화학적 프리스트레스를 인가할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 CSA 팽창재에 의해 화학적 프리스트레스가 도입된 모르타르의 인장경화성능을 평가하였다. 철근으로 내부구속이 이루어진 철근 모르타르 시편에 대하여 일축인장시험을 수행하였으며, 균열거동 특성과 인장경화 특성을 분석하였다. CSA 모르타르에서는 압축강도 및 탄성계수는 약간 감소하였으나, 화학적 압축응력이 철근에 도입되었으며, 일반 모르타르 부재에 비해 167.5% 초기균열하중이 증가하였다. 높은 인장경화특성을 평가하였으며, 기존의 인장연화모델과 실험값을 비교하여 기존 제안식의 보완점을 제시하였다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.129-138
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• 1996

콘크리트의 국소화현상은 콘크리트의 연화거동에 수반되어 변형이 국부적으로 집중되는 현상으로 콘크리트 구조물의 극한하중을 지배한다. 본 연구에서는 연화거동에 따른 변형률국소화현상을 일으키는 콘크리트를 국소영역과 비국소영역으로 나누어 모형화하였으며 불균질재료의 평균화개념을 이용하여 콘크리트의 국소화거동을 정식화하였다. 본 연구에서는 정식화된 모형을 사용하여 일축압축 및 일축인장하중을 받는 콘크리트의변형의 국소화 현상을 재현하였으며, 제안된 모형이 일축하중하의 콘크리트의 국소화거동을 잘 재현할 수 있음을 실제 실험결과와의 비교를 통하여 검증하였다. 해석결과로부터 일축압축하중하의 콘크리트의 국소영역의 크기는 콘크리트의 최대골재치수의 3배가 적당하고, 시편의 길이에 따른 콘크리트의 크기효과도 재현할 수 있음을 보였다. 또한 제안된 모형식에 직접인장시험에서 구해진 인장연화곡선의 사용이 일축인장하의 콘크리트의 국소화현상을 잘 표현하는데 적합함을 알 수 있었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.193-204
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• 2020

In the study, a new, simple and alternative formula is proposed to calculate numerically crack widths of concrete on a finite element (FE) model. By considering more general tension softening behavior of concrete, the proposed expression is derived irrespective of any tension softening model given in the literature or design codes. The test results of six reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams having different geometrical and material properties selected from a recent existing experimental study of the authors are used to verify the accuracy and reliability of the proposed formula and the created numerical FE models of the specimens. Moreover, the crack width results obtained from the FE models are compared with the test results to see the performance of the proposed formula. The results of the study demonstrate that the proposed formula gives very accurate results in a comparison with the test results. The ratios of errors on the results stay commonly at an acceptable level as well. Consequently, the proposed formula is quite simple, unique, and robust to determine crack widths of RC deep beams on an FE model.