• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.473-491
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• 2022

The research investigates experimentally the effect of confinement on structural behavior at the ends of beam-column in reinforced concrete (RC) frames. In the experimental study, five specimens consisting of 1/3-scaled RC frames having single-bay, representing the traditional deficiencies of existing buildings constructed without receiving proper engineering service is investigated. The RC frame specimens were produced to represent most of the existing buildings in Turkey that have damage potential. To decrease the probable damage to the existing buildings exposed to earthquakes, the carbon Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) strengthening technique (fully wrapping) was used on the ends of the RC frame elements to increase the energy dissipation and deformation capacity. The specimens were tested under reversed cyclic lateral loading with constant axial loads. They were constructed satisfying the weak column-strong beam condition and consisting of low-strength concrete, such as compressive strength of 15 MPa. The test results were compared and evaluated considering stiffness, strength, energy dissipation capacity, structural damping, ductility, and damage propagation in detail. Comprehensive investigations of these experimental results reveal that the strengthening of a brittle frame with fully-TRM wrapping with non-anchored was effective in increasing the stiffness, ductility, and energy dissipation capacities of RC bare frames. It was also observed that the frame-only-retrofitting with an infill wall is not enough to increase the ductility capacity. In this case, both the frame and infill wall must be retrofitted with TRM composite to increase the stiffness, lateral load carrying, ductility and energy dissipation capacities of RC frames. The presented strengthening method can be an alternative strengthening technique to enhance the seismic performance of existing or moderately damaged RC buildings.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.399-406
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• 2012

철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부는 구조물 전체의 거동에 가장 크게 영향을 주는 부재 중 하나이다. 보와 기둥의 상대적인 강도 차이가 줄어들면서 지진에 의한 피해가 접합부에도 발생하고 있다. 지진하중과 같은 횡방향 반복하중이 작용하게 되면 접합부는 휨보다는 수직 혹은 수평방향 전단이나 부착에 대한 저항력이 중요하다. 따라서 접합부에 대한 내진설계는 설계자가 의도한 연성에 만족할 때까지 전단이나 부착에 대한 내력이 크게 감소하지 않는 수준의 설계가 요구된다. 하지만 인접보 소성힌지의 변형률 침투와 침투한 변형률의 영향으로 인해서 접합부의 변형이 발생하게 되고 접합부의 내력은 설계자의 요구 수준을 만족하지 못할 수도 있다. 이 논문에서는 부재 각 요소가 내부 접합부에 미치는 변형과 감소하는 전단내력을 파악하고 연성을 계산하는 모델을 제시하였다. 힘의 평형과 변형률 적합조건, 다른 연구자들의 이론을 참고하여 구축하였으며 모델을 실제 실험에 적용하였을 경우 타당한 범위 내에서 평가하였다. 다른 실험 데이터에 대한 추가적인 분석으로 불완전한 부분을 파악하고 개선하여 결과에 대한 오차를 줄이는 연구가 필요하다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.29-44
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• 2020

The effectiveness and the sensitivity of a Wireless impedance/Admittance Monitoring System (WiAMS) for the prompt damage diagnosis of two single-storey single-span Reinforced Concrete (RC) frames under cyclic loading is experimentally investigated. The geometrical and the reinforcement characteristics of the RC structural members of the frames represent typical old RC frame structure without consideration of seismic design criteria. The columns of the frames are vulnerable to shear failure under lateral load due to their low height-to-depth ratio and insufficient transverse reinforcement. The proposed Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system comprises of specially manufactured autonomous portable devices that acquire the in-situ voltage frequency responses of a network of twenty piezoelectric transducers mounted to the RC frames. Measurements of external and internal small-sized piezoelectric patches are utilized for damage localization and assessment at various and increased damage levels as the magnitude of the imposed lateral cycle deformations increases. A bare RC frame and a strengthened one using a pair of steel crossed tension-ties (X-bracing) have been tested in order to check the sensitivity of the developed WiAMS in different structural conditions since crack propagation, damage locations and failure mode of the examined frames vary. Indeed, the imposed loading caused brittle shear failure to the column of the bare frame and the formation of plastic hinges at the beam ends of the X-braced frame. Test results highlighted the ability of the proposed SHM to identify incipient damages due to concrete cracking and steel yielding since promising early indication of the forthcoming critical failures before any visible sign has been obtained.