• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.327-335
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• 2023

The most popular building material, concrete, is intrinsically linked to the advancement of humanity. Due to the ever-increasing complexity of cementitious systems, concrete formulation for desired qualities remains a difficult undertaking despite conceptual and methodological advancement in the field of concrete science. Recognising the significant pollution caused by the traditional cement industry, construction of civil engineering structures has been carried out successfully using Geopolymer Concrete (GPC), also known as High Performance Concrete (HPC). These are concretes formed by the reaction of inorganic materials with a high content of Silicon and Aluminium (Pozzolans) with alkalis to achieve cementitious properties. These supplementary cementitious materials include Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), a waste material generated in the steel manufacturing industry; Fly Ash, which is a fine waste product produced by coal-fired power stations and Silica Fume, a by-product of producing silicon metal or ferrosilicon alloys. This result demonstrated that GPC/HPC can be utilised as a substitute for traditional Portland cement-based concrete, resulting in improvements in concrete properties in addition to environmental and economic benefits. This study explores utilising experimental data to train artificial neural networks, which are then used to determine the effect of supplementary cementitious material replacement, namely fly ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and silica fume, on the compressive strength, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity of concrete and to predict these values accordingly.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2017

Two-stage concrete (TSC), also known as pre-placed aggregate concrete, is characterized by its unique placement technique, whereby the coarse aggregate is first placed in the formwork, then injected with a special grout. Despite its superior sustainability and technical features, TSC has remained a basic concrete technology without much use of modern chemical admixtures, new binders, fiber reinforcement or other emerging additions. In the present study, an experimental database for TSC was built. Different types of cementitious binders (single, binary, and ternary) comprising ordinary portland cement, fly ash, silica fume, and metakaolin were used to produce the various TSC mixtures. Different dosages of steel fibres having different lengths were also incorporated to enhance the mechanical properties of TSC. The database thus created was used to develop fuzzy logic models as predictive tools for the grout flowability and mechanical properties of TSC mixtures. The performance of the developed models was evaluated using statistical parameters and error analyses. The results indicate that the fuzzy logic models thus developed can be powerful tools for predicting the TSC grout flowability and mechanical properties and a useful aid for the design of TSC mixtures.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.547-559
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• 2023

We evaluated the applicability of machine learning techniques and the Kuz-Ram model for predicting the mean fragmentation size in open-pit mines. The characteristics of the in-situ rock considered here were uniaxial compressive strength, tensile strength, rock factor, and mean in-situ block size. Seventy field datasets that included these characteristics were collected to predict the mean fragmentation size. Deep neural network, support vector machine, and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) models were trained using the data. The performance was evaluated using the root mean squared error (RMSE) and the coefficient of determination (r²). The XGBoost model had the smallest RMSE and the highest r² value compared with the other models. Additionally, when analyzing the error rate between the measured and predicted values, XGBoost had the lowest error rate. When the Kuz-Ram model was applied, low accuracy was observed owing to the differences in the characteristics of data used for model development. Consequently, the proposed XGBoost model predicted the mean fragmentation size more accurately than other models. If its performance is improved by securing sufficient data in the future, it will be useful for improving the blasting efficiency at the target site.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.489-507
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• 2019

In order to obtain high bearing capacity and good ductility simultaneously, a structural column with hybrid normal and high strength steel (HNHSS) welded box section has been developed. Residual stress is an important factor that can influence the behaviour of a structural member in steel structures. Accordingly, the magnitudes and distributions of residual stresses in HNHSS welded box sections were investigated experimentally using the sectioning method. In this study, the following four box sections were tested: one normal strength steel (NSS) section, one high strength steel (HSS) section, and two HNHSS sections. Based on the experimental data from previous studies and the test results of this study, the effects of the width-to-thickness ratio of plate, yield strength of plate, and the plate thickness of the residual stresses of welded box sections were investigated in detail. A unified residual stress model for NSS, HSS and HNHSS welded box sections was proposed, and the corresponding simplified prediction equations for the maximum tensile residual stress ratio (${\sigma}_{rt}/f_y$) and average compressive residual stress ratio (${\sigma}_{rc}/f_y$) in the model were quantitatively established. The predicted magnitudes and distributions of residual stresses for four tested sections in this study by using the proposed residual stress model were compared with the experimental results, and the feasibility of this proposed model was shown to be in good agreement.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2016

이 논문에서는 강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트(UHPC)의 부재의 휨거동을 특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 하이브리드 강섬유보강 초고성능 콘크리트의 압축강도는 150 MPa이다. 부피비 1.5%의 하이브리드 강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트의 휨거동 특성 실험을 수행하였다. 강섬유보강 콘크리트의 압축 및 인장거동 재료 특성은 구조거동 예측을 위해 매우 중요하다. 강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트의 하중-균열개구변위 측정결과를 이용하여 인장거동 특성을 파악하였다. 실험결과는 하이브리드 강섬유 보강 UHPC는 균열제어에 유리한 것을 나타낸다. 또한, 강섬유 보강 UHPC 보의 연성지수는 1.6~3.0을 나타내어 연성거동에 효과적임을 나타낸다. 모멘트-곡률 관계 측정결과와 해석결과를 비교하였다. 휨철근을 배근하지 않은 UHPC 보에 대한 휨강도 예측결과는 측정 휨강도를 다소 과다평가하고 있다. 전반적으로 본 연구에서 제시한 강섬유 보강 초고성능 콘크리트 재료 및 휨 거동 모델링 제안기법에 의해 압축강도 150 MPa 급의 강섬유 보강 콘크리트 보의 합리적인 휨성능 예측이 가능하다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 1990

초기 균열을 갖는 대부분의 구조 부재의 있어서, 부재의 크기가 중가함에 따라 일반적으로 강도가 감소하는 현상을 보인다. 이를 크기효과라고 하며, 특히 콘크리트는 유리, 철과같은 구조 재료와는 달리 초기균열이 없는 경우에도 이러한 크기효과를 나타낸다는 것이 실험에 의해 나타나고 있다. 기존의 크기효과 법칙을 따르면 크기가 배우 큰 콘크리트 부재는 응력을 거의 받을 수 없는 것으로 나타나나, 실험에 의하면 강도의 감소율이 현저하게 감소되어 기존의 크기효과 법칙과 큰 차이를 보인다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 콘크리트 구조물의 비선형 파괴역학에 근거하여 비유사 균열이 존재하는 경우에 대한 크기효과식을 유도하여 기존의 할열인장강도, 전단강도 및 압축강도 실험치에 대한 회귀분석을 통하여 보다 나은 모델식을 제시하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.577-598
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• 2018

The imperfect steel-concrete interface bonding is an important deficiency of the concrete-filled double skin tubular (CFDST) columns that led to separating concrete and steel surfaces under lateral loads and triggering buckling failure of the columns. To improve this issue, it is proposed in this study to use longitudinal and transverse steel stiffeners in CFDST columns. CFDST columns with different patterns of stiffeners embedded in the interior or exterior surfaces of the inner or outer tubes were analyzed under constant axial force and reversed cyclic loading. In the finite element modeling, the confinement effects of both inner and outer tubes on the compressive strength of concrete as well as the effect of discrete crack for concrete fracture were incorporated which give a realistic prediction of the seismic behavior of CFDST columns. Lateral strength, stiffness, ductility and energy absorption are evaluated based on the hysteresis loops. The results indicated that the stiffeners had determinant role on improving pinching behavior resulting from the outer tube's local buckling and opening/closing of the major tensile crack of concrete. The lateral strength, initial stiffness and energy absorption capacity of longitudinally stiffened columns with fixed-free end condition were increased by as much as 17%, 20% and 70%, respectively. The energy dissipation was accentuated up to 107% for fixed-guided end condition. The use of transverse stiffeners at the base of columns increased energy dissipation up to 35%. Axial load ratio, hollow ratio and concrete strength affecting the initial stiffness and lateral strength, had negligible effect of the energy dissipation of the columns. It was also found that the longitudinal stiffeners and transverse stiffeners have, respectively, negative and positive effects on ductility of CFDST columns. The conclusions, drawn from this study, can in turn, lead to the suggestion of some guidelines for the design of CFDST columns.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2016

강섬유 보강 초고성능콘크리트(SUPER Concrete)는 일반 콘크리트에 비해 높은 압축강도와 인장강도를 지닌다. 이러한 특성으로 SUPER Concrete로 제작된 부재는 단면을 크게 줄일 수 있고, 확대머리철근의 정착강도가 향상될 것으로 기대된다. 이 연구에서는 120 MPa, 180 MPa SUPER Concrete로 제작된 외부 보-기둥 접합부에 $4d_b$, $6d_b$의 정착길이를 갖는 확대머리철근의 정착 성능을 평가하였다. 모든 실험체에서 600 MPa 이상의 실제 항복강도가 발현된 후 일부 실험체에서 측면파열파괴가 발생되었다. 확대머리철근의 정착강도가 매우 높아 철근이 파단되는 경우도 있었다. 설계기준강도 120 MPa 이상 SUPER Concrete에 정착된 확대머리철근은 $4d_b$의 짧은 정착길이로 콘크리트구조기준에서 허용하는 철근의 최대 설계기준강도 600 MPa를 발현할 수 있는 것으로 평가되었다. 기존에 개발된 일반 콘크리트에 정착된 확대머리철근의 측면파열파괴강도 평가식과 현행 콘크리트구조 기준의 확대머리철근 정착길이 설계식은 실험값을 과소평가하였다. 일반콘크리트에서 개발된 평가식은 SUPER Concrete의 높은 인장강도 특성을 반영하지 못하기 때문으로 분석된다. 확대머리철근 정착강도를 $(f_{ck})^{\alpha}$에 비례한다고 가정하고 실험결과를 회귀분석하여, SUPER Concrete 압축강도의 0.14승에 비례하는 정착강도 평가식이 개발되었다. 40개 실험 자료에 대한 [실험값]/[예측 값]의 평균은 1.01, 변동계수는 5%였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.241-266
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• 2011

The Self Compacting Concrete, SCC is the new generation type of concrete which is not needed to be compacted by vibrator and it will be compacted by its own weight. Since SCC is a new innovation and also the high strength self compacting concrete, HSSCC behavior is like a brittle material, therefore, understanding the strength effect on the serviceability performance of reinforced self compacting concretes is critical. For this aim, first the normal and high strength self compacting concrete, NSSCC and HSSCC was designed. Then, the serviceability performance of reinforced connections consisting of NSSCC and HSSCC were investigated. Twelve reinforced concrete connections (L = 3 m, b = 0.15 m, h = 0.3 m) were simulated, by this concretes, the maximum and minimum reinforcement ratios ${\rho}$ and ${\rho}^{\prime}$ (percentage of tensile and compressive steel reinforcement) are in accordance with the provision of the ACI-05 for conventional RC structures. This study was limited to the case of bending without axial load, utilizing simple connections loaded at mid span through a stub (b = 0.15 m, h = 0.3 m, L = 0.3 m) to simulate a beam-column connection. During the test, concrete and steel strains, deflections and crack widths were measured at different locations along each member. Based on the experimental readings and observations, the cracked moment of inertia ($I_{cr}$) of members was determined and the results were compared with some selective theoretical methods. Also, the flexural crack widths of the members were measured and the applicability for conventional vibrated concrete, as for ACI, BS and CSA code, was verified for SCCs members tested. A comparison between two Codes (ACI and CSA) for the theoretical values cracking moment is indicate that, irrespective of the concrete strength, for the specimens reported, the prediction values of two codes are almost equale. The experimental cracked moment of inertia $(I_{cr})_{\exp}$ is lower than its theoretical $(I_{cr})_{th}$ values, and therefore theoretically it is overestimated. Also, a general conclusion is that, by increasing the percentage of ${\rho}$, the value of $I_{cr}$ is increased.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.159-168
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• 2011

이 연구에서는 뚫림 전단을 재하받는 전단 보강/전단 무보강 슬래브-기둥 내부 접합부와 기초판에 대하여 개선된 설계 방법을 개발하였다. 슬래브-기둥 접합부와 기초판의 다양한 파괴 메커니즘(경사 인장 균열 파괴, 전단 보강근의 항복, 콘크리트 압축대/스트럿의 압축 파괴)을 고려하여 뚫림 전단강도를 산정하였다. 콘크리트 위험 단면에 작용하는 뚫림 전단은 대부분 콘크리트 압축대에 의하여 지지된다고 가정하였으며, 콘크리트 압축대의 뚫림 전단강도는 압축 수직 및 전단의 조합 응력을 재하받는 콘크리트 재료 파괴 기준에 근거하여 산정하였다. 제안된 강도 모델은 실험 결과 와의 비교를 통하여 검증하였다. 검증 결과, 제안된 설계 방법은 전단 보강 및 전단 무보강 경우에 대하여 현행 KCI 설계기준 보다 우수한 강도 추정 능력을 가지고 있다는 점이 밝혀졌다.