• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.755-767
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• 2018

This paper uses a finite element based approach to provide a comprehensive understanding to the behaviour and the design performance of buried uPVC pipes with different diameters. It also investigates pipes with good and poor haunch support and proposes minimum safe wall thicknesses for these pipes. The results for pipes with good haunch support showed that the maximum pipe wall stress and deformation increase as the diameter increased. The results for pipes with poor haunch support showed an increase in the dependency of the developed vertical displacement on the haunch support as the diameter or the backfill height increased. Additionally, poor haunch support was found to increase the soil pressure, with the effect increasing as the diameter increased. The design of uPVC pipes for both poor and good haunch support was found to be governed by critical buckling. A key outcome is a new design chart for the minimum wall thickness, which enables the robust and economic design of buried uPVC pipes. Importantly, the methodology adopted in this study can also be applied to the design of flexible pipes manufactured from other materials, buried under different conditions and subjected to different loading arrangements.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회논문집(I)
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• pp.309-314
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• 2000

Stress concentration at haunches of Rahmen bridges was evaluated by means of FEM analysis. The selected haunches were of three different types; straight, skew and curved ones with$55^{\circ}$of angle respectively. The result showed that the effect of stress distribution was the lowest at the curved haunch and the highest at the straight one. Such a result could be used to provide some guidelines for revising related standard specifications.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 봄학술 발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.479-482
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• 2005

The concrete box girder members are extensively used as a superstructure in bridge construction. The load carrying capacity of concrete box girders in lateral direction is generally influenced by the sizes of haunch and web. The internal upper decks are restrained by the webs and exhibit strength enhancement due to the development of aching action. The current codes do not have generally consider the arching action of deck slab in the design because of complexity of the behavior. However, there are significant benefits in utilizing the effects of arching action in the design of concrete members. The main objective of this paper is to propose a rational method to predict the ultimate load of deck slab by considering various haunch sizes and web restraint effect of concrete box girder bridges. To this end, a comprehensive experimental program has been set up and seven large-scale concrete box girders have been tested. A transverse analysis model of concrete box girders with haunches is proposed and compared with test data. The results of present study indicate that the ultimate strength is significantly affected by haunch dimension. The increase of strength due to concrete arcing action is reduced with an increase of prestressing steel ratio in laterally prestressed concrete box girders and increases with a larger haunch dimension. The proposed theory allows more realistic prediction of lateral ultimate strength for rational design of actual concrete box girder bridges.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.183-196
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 헌치부를 갖는 교각구조물 및 지하철 박스구조물을 선형탄성 평면응력 유한요소해석, 설계기준 및 실험식, 그리고 스트럿-타이 모델 방법을 이용하여 설계하였으며, 설계결과의 비교$.$평가를 통하여 헌치부의 영향 및 설계방법간의 차이를 분석하였다. 또한 헌치부를 갖는 철근콘크리트 부재의 스트럿-타이 모델 설계결과의 신뢰성을 입증하기 위해 실제 실험$.$파괴된 헌치부를 갖는 철근콘크리트 보의 극한강도를 스트럿-타이 모델 해석을 통하여 평가하였다. 극한하중 상태의 거동을 고려하는 스트럿-타이 모델 설계방법은 하중직접전달작용 및 아치작용 등의 헌치부 영향을 나타내는 현상을 교각 및 박스구조물의 설계에 잘 반영하였으며, 따라서 기존의 방법에 의한 교각 및 박스구조물의 설계결과는 스트럿-타이 모델 설계를 통하여 보완되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.419-444
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• 2009

Flange and web local buckling in beam plastic hinge regions of steel moment frames can prevent beam-column connections from achieving adequate plastic rotations under earthquake-induced forces. Reducing the flange-web slenderness ratios (FSR/WSR) of beams is the most effective way in mitigating local member buckling as stipulated in the latest seismic design specifications. However, existing steel moment frame buildings with beams that lack the adequate slenderness ratios set forth for new buildings are vulnerable to local member buckling and thereby system-wise instability prior to reaching the required plastic rotation capacities specified for new buildings. This paper presents results from a research study investigating the cyclic behavior of steel I-beams modified by a welded haunch at the bottom flange and reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymers at the plastic hinge region. Cantilever I-sections with a triangular haunch at the bottom flange and flange slenderness ratios higher then those stipulated in current design specifications were analyzed under reversed cyclic loading. Beam sections with different depth/width and flange/web slenderness ratios (FSR/WSR) were considered. The effect of GFRP thickness, width, and length on stabilizing plastic local buckling was investigated. The FEA results revealed that the contribution of GFRP strips to mitigation of local buckling increases with increasing depth/width ratio and decreasing FSR and WSR. Provided that the interfacial shear strength of the steel/GFRP bond surface is at least 15 MPa, GFRP reinforcement can enable deep beams with FSR of 8-9 and WSR below 55 to maintain plastic rotations in the order of 0.02 radians without experiencing any local buckling.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.163-173
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• 2021

In this paper, the parameters of haunch height, reinforcement ratio and site condition were evaluated for the influence on the seismic performance of a composite precast fabricated utility tunnel by shaking table test and numerical simulation. The dynamic response laws of acceleration, interlayer displacement and steel strain under unidirectional horizontal seismic excitation were analyzed through four specimens with a similarity ratio of 1:6 in the test. And a numerical model was established and analyzed by the finite element software ABAQUS based on the structure of utility tunnel. The results indicated that composite precast fabricated utility tunnel with the good anti-seismic performance. In a certain range, increasing the height of haunch or the ratio of reinforcement could reduce the influence of seismic wave on the utility tunnel structure, which was beneficial to the structure earthquake resistance. The clay field containing the interlayer of liquefied sandy soil has a certain damping effect on the structure of the utility tunnel, and the displacement response could be reduced by 14.1%. Under the excitation of strong earthquake, the reinforcement strain at the side wall upper end and haunches of the utility tunnel was the biggest, which is the key part of the structure. The experimental results were in good agreement with the fitting results, and the results could provide a reference value for the anti-seismic design and application of composite precast fabricated utility tunnel.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.25-36
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• 2017

1994년 노스리지 지진 당시 발생한 용접모멘트 접합부의 취성파괴는 주로 보 하부 플랜지에서 발생하였다. 특히 국내 기존 용접철골모멘트 접합부의 경우 과다한 전단스터드 배치에 따른 의도치 않은 합성작용로 인해 지진 내습 시 보 하부 플랜지의 취성파단이 더욱 우려되는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 합성효과로 인한 접합부 성능저하를 개선하기 위한 목적으로 중량전단탭/수평헌치/삼각헌치로 보강된 접합부 및 RBS가 도입된 접합부에 대한 실험을 실시하였다. 통상 기존 접합부 상부 플랜지의 수정이 불가하다는 점을 고려하여, 본 연구에서는 보 하부 플랜지에만 수평/삼각헌치를 보강하거나 RBS를 도입하여 이 때의 내진성능을 평가하였다. 실물대 실험 결과 수평/삼각헌치 혹은 중량전단탭으로 보강한 실험체는 모두 합성작용으로 인한 부작용을 극복하고 특수모멘트접합부가 요구하는 수준 이상의 소성회전각 5%이상을 발현함을 확인하였다. 또한 SRC 기둥에 RBS를 도입할 경우 접합부에 소요되는 변형의 대부분을 RBS측에서 일어나도록 유도함으로써 SRC기둥에 발생하는 손상을 방지하는 효과가 있음을 규명하였다. 이 중 중량전단탭 보강에 따른 접합부의 거동을 분석하기 위하여 추가의 수치해석 연구를 실시하였으며, 제시한 각각의 보강안에 대한 권장상세를 제시하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권2호
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• pp.207-224
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• 2022

The mechanical behavior of prestressed concrete haunched beams (PSHBs) was investigated in depth using a finite element modeling technique in this study. The efficiency of finite element modeling was investigated in the first stage by taking into account a previous study from the literature. The first stage's findings suggested that finite element modeling might be preferable for modeling PSHBs. In the second stage of the research, a comprehensive parametric study was carried out to determine the effect of each parameter on PSHB load capacity, including haunch angle, prestress level, compressive strength, tensile reinforcement ratio, and shear span to depth ratio. PSHBs and prestressed concrete rectangular beams (PSRBs) were also compared in terms of capacity. Stochastic analysis was used in the third stage to define the uncertainty in PSHB capacity by taking into account uncertainty in geometric and material parameters. Standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and the most appropriate probability density function (PDF) were proposed as a result of the analysis to define the randomness of capacity of PSHBs. In the study's final section, a new equation was proposed for using symbolic regression to predict the load capacity of PSHBs and PSRBs. The equation's statistical results show that it can be used to calculate the capacity of PSHBs and PSRBs.