• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.269-282
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• 2015

In this paper, a compression to tensile load converter device was developed to determine the anisotropic tensile strength of concrete. The samples were made from a mixture of water, fine sand and cement, respectively. Concrete samples with a hole at its center was prepared and subjected to tensile loading using the compression to tensile load converter device. A hydraulic load cell applied compressive loading to converter device with a constant pressure of 0.02 MPa per second. Compressive loading was converted to tensile stress on the sample because of the overall test design. The samples have three different configurations related to loading axis; 0, $45^{\circ}$, $-45^{\circ}$. A series of finite element analysis were done to analyze the effect of hole diameter on stress concentration of the hole side along its horizontal axis to provide a suitable criterion for determining the real tensile strength of concrete. Concurrent with indirect tensile test, Brazilian test and three point loading test were also performed to compare the results from the three methods. Results obtained by this device were quite encouraging and show that the tensile strengths of concrete were similar in different directions because of the homogeneity of bonding between the concrete materials. Also, the indirect tensile strength was clearly lower than the Brazilian test strength and three point loading test.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2007

In the field of composite structures, the use of carbon tube for the confinement of concrete has been arisen since 1990's. However, experimental and analytical studies were limited to those of reinforced concrete and concrete filled steel tube. The carbon tube provides excellent confinement capabilities for concrete cores, enhancing compressive strength and ductility of concrete significantly. The carbon tube has high tensile strength, light weight, corrosion immunity and high fatigue strength properties. Since carbon fiber is an anisotropic material, carbon tube could be optimized by adjusting the fiber orientation, thickness and the number of different layers. In this study, both experimental and analytical studies of axial and lateral behavior of full-scale CFCT (Concrete Filled Carbon Tube) columns subjected to monotonic axial load were carried out using Drucker-Prager theory. And, based on comparison results between experiment results and analytical results, k factor estimation was proposed for effective analysis.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2006년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.914-921
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• 2006

To describe the effect of the numerous and various oriented microcracks on the compressive and tensile concrete behaviors, the directional nonlocality is defined. The plasticity model using multiple failure criteria is developed for RC planar members in tension-compression. The crack damages are defined in the pre-determined reference orientations, and then the total crack damage is calculated by integrating multi-oriented crack damages. To describe the effect of directional nonlocality on the anisotropic tensile damage, based on the existing test results, the nonlocal damage factor is defined in each reference orientation. The reduced compressive strength in the cracked concrete is defined by the multi-oriented crack damages defined as excluding the tensile normal plastic strain from the compressive equivalent plastic strain. The proposed model is implemented to finite element analysis, and it is verified by comparisons with various existing panel test results.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 마이크로 CT 이미지를 활용하여 3D 프린팅 콘크리트의 공극분포 특성에 따른 인장파괴 강도를 확인하였다. 3D 프린팅 기법으로 출력된 콘크리트 구조물은 일반적인 시편과는 다르게 적층방향 및 필라멘트 접촉면의 존재에 따라 공극의 방향성을 갖는다. 이에 따라 3D 프린팅 콘크리트 시편의 공극분포를 확률론적 방법으로 분석하고, 유한요소기법을 통해 방향별 인장강도를 분석하였다. 3D 프린팅된 시편 내부의 공극이 방향성을 갖는 것을 확인하였고, 출력에 의한 미세구조 특성-강도의 영향성을 평가하였다. 본 연구는 마이크로 CT 이미지 기반의 공극 분포 특성을 분석하고 시뮬레이션을 활용한 기계적 물성 평가를 수행하여 보다 향상된 성능의 적층 구조물 설계 및 재료 개발에 활용하고자 한다.