• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.371-384
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• 2020

The steel-concrete double composite girder in the negative flexural region combines an additional concrete slab to the steel bottom flange to prevent the local steel buckling, however, the additional concrete slab may lower down the neutral axis of the composite section, which is a sensitive factor to the tensile stress restraint on the concrete deck. This is actually of great importance to the structural rationality and durability, but has not been investigated in detail yet. In this case, a series of 5.5 m-long composite girder specimens were tested by negative bending, among which the bottom slab configuration and the longitudinal reinforcement ratio in the concrete deck were the parameters. Furthermore, an analytical study concerning about the influence of bottom concrete slab thickness on the cracking and sectional bending-carrying capacity were carried out. The test results showed that the additional concrete at the bottom improved the composite sectional bending stiffness and bending-carrying capacity, whereas its effect on the concrete crack distribution was not obvious. According to the analytical study, the additional concrete slab at the bottom with an equivalent thickness to the concrete deck slab may provide the best contributions to the improvements of crack initiation bending moment and the sectional bending-carrying capacity. This can be applied for the design practice.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2006

2거더 철도교량의 사용성, 특히 부모멘트 영역의 휨강성을 증대시키기 위해서 이중합성단면이 제안되었다. 이 논문에서는 제안된 이중합성구조를 갖는 5m-5m의 연속 2거더 교량 모델에 대한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 교량 모델에 대한 실험적 연구를 통해서 유효폭,전단연결부, 이중합성단면의 극한강도에 대한 설계 고려사항을 연구하였다. 하부 콘크리트 바다판의 전단열결부는 완전합성 거동을 나타내어 제안된 경험식의 타당성을 검증하였다. 이중합성단면의 휨거동을 통해서 하부 콘크리트 슬래브의 유효폭은 압축을 받는 콘크리트 슬래브의 유효폭으로 계산될 수 있다. 교량모델의 극한 휨 강도 평가에서 이중합성단면의 완전소성해석이 타당함을 밝혔다. 실험결 과에 근거한 설계사항들이 제안되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

Steel-concrete composite walls have been proposed and developed for applications in various types of structures. The double-skin profiled composite walls, as a natural development of composite flooring, provide structural and architectural merits. However, adequate intermediate fasteners between profiled steel plates and concrete core are required to fully mobilize the composite action and to improve the structural behavior of the wall. In this research, two new types of fasteners (i.e., threaded rods and vertical plates) were proposed and three specimens with different fastener types or fastener arrangements were tested under axial compression. The experimental results were evaluated in terms of failure modes, axial load versus axial displacement response, strength index, ductility index, and load-strain relationship. It was found that specimen with symmetrically arranged thread rods sustained more stable axial strain than that with staggered arranged threaded rods. Meanwhile, vertical plates are more suitable for practical use since they provide stronger confinement to profiled steel plate and effectively prevent the steel plate from early local buckling, which eventually enhance the composite action and increase the axial compressive capacity of the wall. The calculation methods were then proposed and good agreement was observed between the test results and the predicted results.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.77-90
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• 2018

This paper presents a combined numerical, experimental, and theoretical study on the behavior of the concrete-filled double circular steel tubular (CFDT) stub columns under axial compressive loading. Four groups of stub column specimens were tested in this study to find out the effects of the concrete strength, steel ratio and diameter ratio on the mechanical behavior of CFDT stub columns. Nonlinear finite element (FE) models were also established to study the stresses of different components in the CFDT stub columns. The change of axial and transverse stresses in the internal and external steel tubes, as well as the change of axial stress in the concrete sandwich and concrete core, respectively, was thoroughly investigated for different CFDT stub columns with the same steel ratio. The influence of inner-to-outer diameter ratio and steel ratio on the ultimate bearing capacity of CFDT stub columns was identified, and a reasonable section configuration with proper inner-to-outer diameter ratio and steel ratio was proposed. Furthermore, a practical formula for predicting the ultimate bearing capacity was proposed based on the ultimate equilibrium principle. The predicted results showed satisfactory agreement with both experimental and numerical results, indicating that the proposed formula is applicable for design purposes.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.547-562
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• 2021

This paper aims to explore the mechanical behavior and moment-rotation model of blind bolted joints between concrete-filled double skin steel tubular columns and steel-concrete composite beams. For this type of joint, the inner tube and sandwiched concrete were additionally identified as basic components compared with CFST blind bolted joint. A modified moment-rotation model for this type of connection was developed, of which the compatibility condition and mechanical equilibrium were employed to determine the internal forces of basic components and neutral axis. Following this, load transfer mechanism among the inner tube, sandwiched concrete and outer tube was discussed to assert the action area of the components. Subsequently, assembly processes of basic coefficients in terms of their stiffness and resistances based on the component method by simplifying them as assemblages of springs in series or in parallel. Finally, an experimental investigation on four substructure joints with CFDST columns for validation purposes was carried out to capture the connection details. The predicted results derived from the mechanical models coincided well with the experimental results. It is demonstrated that the proposed mechanical model is capable of evaluating the complete moment-rotation relationships of blind bolted CFDST column composite connections.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.495-508
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• 2020

Double skin composite walls are alternatives to concrete walls to resist gravity load in structures. The composite action between steel faceplates and concrete core largely depends on the internal mechanical connectors. This paper investigates the structural behavior of novel composite wall system with T section and under combined compressive force and bending moment. The truss connectors are used to bond the steel faceplates to concrete core. Four short specimens were designed and tested under eccentric compression. The influences of the thickness of steel faceplates, the truss spacing, and the thickness of web wall were discussed based on the test results. The N-M interaction curves by AISC 360, Eurocode 4, and CECS 159 were compared with the test data. It was found that AISC 360 provided the most reasonable predictions.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.169-181
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• 2011

The behavior of connections between open sandwich slabs and double steel skin composite walls in steel plate-concrete(SC) structure is investigated by a series of experimental programs to identify the roles of components in the transfer of forces. Such connections are supposed to transfer shear by the action of friction on the interface between the steel surface and the concrete surface, as well as the shear resistance of the bottom steel plate attached to the wall. Experimental observation showed that shear transfer in slabs subjected to shear in short spans is explained by direct force transfer via diagonal struts and indirect force transfer via truss actions. Shear resistance at the interface is enhanced by the shear capacity of the shear plate as well as friction caused by the compressive force along the wall plate. Shear friction resistance along the wall plate was deduced from experimental observation. Finally, the appropriate design strength of the connection is proposed for a practical design purpose.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2006

콘크리트 충전 강관을 갖는 프리스트레스트 합성거더(PSC-CFT girder)는 PSC 합성거더와 콘크리트 충전 강관의 이중합성 작용으로 인하여 구조물의 저항능력을 증대시킨 새로운 개념의 교량형식이다. 부모멘트 구간에서 콘크리트 충전 강관을 갖는 합성거더의 휨 거동은 지간장 3.6m인 2개의 실험체를 제작하여 수행한 실험 결과로부터 분석하였다. 보요소를 사용한 비선형 유한요소해석, 3차원 비선형 유한요소해석 및 단면해석법에 의해 예측된 수치해석 결과와 실험 결과의 비교를 통해 PSC 합성 거더와 콘크리트 충전 강관의 합성작용에 대한 역학적 및 구조적 역할과 파괴메커니즘을 비교하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2006

콘크리트 충전 강관을 갖는 프리스트레스트 합성거더(PSC-CFT girder)는 PSC 합성거더와 콘크리트 충전 강관의 이중합성작용으로 인하여 구조물의 저항능력을 증대시킨 새로운 개념의 교량형식이다. 정모멘트 구간에서 콘크리트 충전 강관을 갖는 합성거더의 휨 거동은 지간장 4.4m인 2개의 실험체를 제작하여 수행한 실험결과로부터 분석하였다. 보요소를 사용한 비선형 유한요소해석, 3차원 비선형 유한요소해석 및 단면해석법에 의해 예측된 수치해석결과와 실험결과의 비교를 통해 PSC 합성거더와 콘크리트 충전 강관의 합성작용에 대한 역학적 및 구조적 역할과 파괴메커니즘을 비교하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2020

Double skin composite wall system owns several structural merits in terms of high load-carrying capacity, large axial stiffness, and favorable ductility. A recently proposed form of truss connector was used to bond the steel plates to the concrete core to achieve good composite action. The structural behavior of rectangular high walls under compression and T-shaped high walls under eccentric compression has been investigated by the authors. Furthermore, the influences of the truss spacings, the wall width, and the faceplate thickness have been previously studied by the authors on short walls under uniform compression. This paper experimentally investigated the effect of width-to-thickness ratio on the compressive behavior of short walls. Compressive tests were conducted on three short specimens with different width-to-thickness ratios. Based on the test results, it is found that the composite wall shows high compressive resistance and good ductility. The walls fail by local buckling of steel plates and crushing of concrete core. It is also observed that width-to-thickness ratio has great influence on the compressive resistance, initial stiffness, and strain distribution across the section. Finally, the test results are compared with the predictions by modern codes.