• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.193-209
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• 2014

Cyclic test of the columns is of practical relevance to the performance of compression members during an earthquake loading. The strength, ductility and energy absorption capabilities of reinforced concrete (RC) columns subjected to cyclic loading have been estimated by many researchers. These characteristics are not normally inherent in plain concrete but can be achieved by effectively confining columns through transverse reinforcement. An extensive experimental program, in which performance of four RC columns detailed according to provisions of ACI-318-08 was studied in contrast with that of four columns confined by a new proposed technique. This paper presents performance of columns reinforced by standard detailing and cast with 25 and 32 MPa concrete. The experimentally achieved load-displacement hysteresis and backbone curves of two columns are presented. The two approaches which work in conjunction with Response 2000 have been suggested to draw analytical back bone curves of RC columns. The experimental and analytical backbone curves are found in good agreement. This investigation gives a detail insight of the response of RC columns subjected to cyclic loads during their service life. The suggested analytical procedures will be available to the engineers involved in design to appraise the capacity of RC columns.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.365-380
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• 2002

Following a series of experiments on isolated low-rise RC shear walls with openings, a theoretical study on the backbone curve of a perforated shear wall shows that there are some important observations from experimental results that make clear a semi-empirical formula of the backbone curve of a perforated wall. Critical shear zones can be depicted from the configuration of shear walls with openings. Different factors, including the size and location of shear wall openings, the wall's height/width ratio, horizontal and vertical steel bar ratios, and location and amount of diagonal steel bars are involved in the derivation of the backbone curve. Bending and shear effects are also considered in the paper. In addition, a comparison of load and displacement for solid and perforated shear walls is discussed. Generally, the comparison between experimental curves and computed backbone curves is favorable.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 연약 점성토 지반에 근입된 모형말뚝을 대상으로 다양한 입력 가속도 크기 및 진동수 조건에서 1g 진동대 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과를 이용하여, 각각의 동적 p-y 곡선을 산정하였으며, 이 p-y 곡선 상에서 최대지반반력이 나타나는 꼭지점들을 연결하여 연약 점성토의 동적 p-y 중추곡선(Backbone curve)을 쌍곡선 함수로 나타내었다. 이 쌍곡선 함수를 정의하는데 필요한 초기 기울기와 극한 저항력은 Matlock의 p-y 곡선 공식을 이용하여 제안하였다. 새로 제안한 동적 p-y 중추곡선은 실제 내진설계에 사용되고 있는 정적 p-y 곡선과 다른 연구자들의 원심모형실험 결과 및 수치해석 결과와 비교하여 검증하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 조밀한 포화 사질토 지반과 느슨한 포화 사질토 지반에 근입된 모형말뚝을 대상으로 다양한 말뚝휨 강성과 입력 가속도 진폭, 그리고 입력 가속도 진동수 조건에서 1g 진동대 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과로, 조밀한 포화 사질토 지반조건에 대해, 각 실험 p-y 곡선 상 최대 지반 반력이 나타나는 꼭지점들을 연결하여 등가정적해석에 적용할 수 있는 동적 p-y 중추곡선을 쌍곡선 함수로 나타내었으며, 중추곡선을 쌍곡선 함수로 나타내는데 필요한 초기 기울기($k_{ini}$)와 극한 저항력($p_u$)을 결정하기 위한 경험식을 마찰각과 구속압의 함수로 제안하였다. 제안한 동적 p-y 중추곡선의 적용성을 기존 문헌에 발표된 원심모형실험 결과와 비교하여 검증하였으며, 실제 설계에 적용되고 있는 기존의 p-y 곡선들과도 비교, 분석하였다. 또한 느슨한 포화 사질토 지반조건에서, 진동 중 발생하는 과잉간극수압에 따라 지반 저항이 감소하는 정도를 나타내는 동적 지반 저항 감소 계수($S_F$)를 제안하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.309-322
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• 2017

In this paper, a simplified evaluation method of the skeleton curve for reinforced concrete (RC) frame with unreinforced masonry (URM) infill is proposed in a practical form, based on the previous studies. The backbone curve for RC boundary frame was modeled by a tri-linear envelope with cracking and yielding points. On the other hand, that of URM infill was modeled by representative characteristic points of cracking, maximum, and residual strength; also, the interaction effect between RC boundary frame and the infill was taken into account. The overall force-displacement envelopes by the sum of RC boundary frame and URM infill, where the backbone curves of the infill from other studies were also considered, were then compared with the previous experimental results. The simplified estimation results from this study were found to almost approximate the overall experimental results with conservative evaluations, and they showed much better agreement than the cases employing the infill envelopes from other studies.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.877-883
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• 2009

Shaking table tests are performed to evaluate the dynamic group pile effect in fine sand. Single pile tests and $2{\times}4$ group pile tests are performed on 3D pile spacing. Dynamic p-y backbone curves are obtained to evaluate dynamic group pile effect by using dynamic p-y curve of single pile. And dynamic group pile p-multiplier is estimated by dynamic p-y backbone curve. Dynamic p-multiplier can be calculated by using subground reaction ratio of dynamic p-y backbone curve which is the same displacement of p-y curve peak point As the result, dynamic group pile effects are evaluated in terms of a shaking frequency, a shaking acceleration, and a relative density. Dynamic group pile p-multiplier is the largest at lead pile, and the value decrease at middle pile and trail pile. p multiplier increases as increasing input acceleration and decreasing relative density. This results coincide with NCHRP's research which suggest p multiplier increases as increasing pile cap displacement.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권4호
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• pp.469-484
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• 2023

A deep recursive bidirectional Cuda Deep Neural Network Long Short Term Memory (Bi-CuDNNLSTM) layer is recruited in this paper to predict the entire force time histories, and the corresponding hysteresis and backbone curves of reinforced concrete (RC) bridge piers using experimental fast and slow cyclic tests. The proposed stacked Bi-CuDNNLSTM layers involve multiple uncertain input variables, including horizontal actuator displacements, vertical actuators axial loads, the effective height of the bridge pier, the moment of inertia, and mass. The functional application programming interface in the Keras Python library is utilized to develop a deep learning model considering all the above various input attributes. To have a robust and reliable prediction, the dataset for both the fast and slow cyclic tests is split into three mutually exclusive subsets of training, validation, and testing (unseen). The whole datasets include 17 RC bridge piers tested experimentally ten for fast and seven for slow cyclic tests. The results bring to light that the mean absolute error, as a loss function, is monotonically decreased to zero for both the training and validation datasets after 5000 epochs, and a high level of correlation is observed between the predicted and the experimentally measured values of the force time histories for all the datasets, more than 90%. It can be concluded that the maximum mean of the normalized error, obtained through Box-Whisker plot and Gaussian distribution of normalized error, associated with unseen data is about 10% and 3% for the fast and slow cyclic tests, respectively. In recapitulation, it brings to an end that the stacked Bi-CuDNNLSTM layer implemented in this study has a myriad of benefits in reducing the time and experimental costs for conducting new fast and slow cyclic tests in the future and results in a fast and accurate insight into hysteretic behavior of bridge piers.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 말뚝 설치 방법에 따른 동적 p-y 곡선의 차이를 분석하기 위하여, 1g 상태에서 지반 조성 전 설치한 말뚝과 지반 조성이 완료된 후에 1g 상태에서 압입하여 설치한 말뚝, 그리고 40g의 원심 가속도 조건에서 압입시킨 말뚝에 대해 동적 원심모형 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과로부터 얻은 각 모형 말뚝의 동적 p-y 곡선의 최대지반반력을 이용하여 동적 p-y 중추곡선(Backbone curve)을 쌍곡선 함수로 나타내었다. 말뚝 설치 방법에 따른 동적 p-y 중추곡선 분석 결과, 40g 조건에서 압입한 말뚝이 1g 상태에서 압입한 말뚝 및 지반 조성 전 설치 말뚝에 비해 말뚝에 작용하는 지반반력이 크게 평가되었으며, 이러한 지반반력의 차이는 깊이가 깊어질수록 작아지는 것으로 나타났다. 일련의 p-y 곡선 결과를 바탕으로 기존에 제안된 현장타설말뚝에 대한 동적 p-y 중추곡선의 적용성을 평가하고, 이를 수정한 압입 및 항타 말뚝에 대한 동적 p-y 곡선 산정식을 개발하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.188-197
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• 2010

This paper presents experimental results of a series of 1-g shaking table model tests performed on end-bearing single piles and pile groups to investigate the effect of particle size on the dynamic behavior of soil-pile systems. Two soil-pile models consisting of a single-pile and a $4{\times}2$-pile group were tested twice; first using Jumoonjin sand, and second using Australian Fine sand, which has a smaller particle size. In the case of single-pile models, the lateral displacement was almost within 1% of pile diameter which corresponds to the elastic range of the pile. The back-calculated p-y curves show that the subgrade reaction of the Jumoonjin-sand-model ground was larger than that of the Australian Fine-sand-model ground at the same displacement. This phenomenon means that the stress-strain behavior of Jumoonjin sand was initially stiffer than that of Australian Fine sand. This difference was also confirmed by resonant column tests and compression triaxial tests. And the single pile p-y backbone curves of the Australian fine sand were constructed and compared with those of the Jumoonjin sand. As a result, the stiffness of the p-y backbone curves of Jumunjin sand was larger than those of Australian fine sand. Therefore, using the same p-y curves regardless of particle size can lead to inaccurate results when evaluating dynamic behavior of soil-pile system. In the case of the group-pile models, the lateral displacement was much larger than the elastic range of pile movement at the same test conditions in the single-pile models. The back-calculated p-y curves in the case of group pile models were very similar in both sands because the stiffness difference between the Jumoonjin-sand-model ground and the Australian Fine-sand-model ground was not significantly large at a large strain level, where both sands showed non-linear behavior. According to a series of single pile and group pile test results, the evaluation group pile effect using the p-multiplier can lead to inaccurate results on dynamic behavior of soil-pile system.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.185-192
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• 2002

In this study, we choose the sinusoidal shaped arch with pin-ends subjected to sinusoidal distributed excitation to investigate the fundamental mechanism of the dynamic instability. We derive the nonlinear equations of motion to investigate the instability phenomenon of arch structures and Identify the buckling characteristics of sinusoidal shaped arch structures through the nonlinear eigenvalue analysis with discreted equations of motion by Galerkin's method. We examine that phenomenons which direct snapping and indirect snapping with backbone curves to understand occurrence paths of the dynamic buckling.