• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.545-556
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• 2019

Bridge piers with bending failure mode are seriously damaged only in the area of plastic hinge length in earthquakes. For this situation, a modified method for the layout of longitudinal reinforcement is presented, i.e., the number of longitudinal reinforcement is increased in the area of plastic hinge length at the bottom of piers. The quasi-static test of three scaled model piers is carried out to investigate the local longitudinal reinforcement at the bottom of the pier on the seismic performance of the pier. One of the piers is modified by increased longitudinal reinforcement at the bottom of the pier and the other two are comparative piers. The results show that the pier failure with increased longitudinal bars at the bottom is mainly concentrated at the bottom of the pier, and the vulnerable position does not transfer. The hysteretic loop curve of the pier is fuller. The bearing capacity and energy dissipation capacity is obviously improved. The bond-slip displacement between steel bar and concrete decreases slightly. The finite element simulations have been carried out by using ANSYS, and the results indicate that the seismic performance of piers with only increasing the number of steel bars (less than65%) in the plastic hinge zone can be basically equivalent to that of piers that the number of steel bars in all sections is the same as that in plastic hinge zone.

• Carbon letters
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2014

A microstructure analysis is carried out to optimize the process parameters of a randomly oriented discrete length hybrid carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite. The composite is fabricated by moulding of a slurry into a preform, followed by hot-pressing and carbonization. Heating rates of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1, and $3.3^{\circ}C/min$ and pressures of 5, 10, 15, and 20 MPa are applied during hot-pressing. Matrix precursor to reinforcement weight ratios of 70:30, 50:50, and 30:70 are also considered. A microstructure analysis of the carbon/carbon compacts is performed for each variant. Higher heating rates give bloated compacts whereas low heating rates give bloating-free, fine microstructure compacts. The compacts fabricated at higher pressure have displayed side oozing of molten pitch and discrete length carbon fibers. The microstructure of the compacts fabricated at low pressure shows a lack of densification. The compacts with low matrix precursor to reinforcement weight ratios have insufficient bonding agent to bind the reinforcement whereas the higher matrix precursor to reinforcement weight ratio results in a plaster-like structure. Based on the microstructure analysis, a heating rate of $0.2^{\circ}C/min$, pressure of 15 MPa, and a matrix precursor to reinforcement ratio of 50:50 are found to be optimum w.r.t attaining bloating-free densification and processing time.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.835-840
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to analyze the reinforcement effect of the RC compressive member confined with carbon fiber sheets and to suggest better transverse confinement coefficient(k$_1$) than one's in the existing analysis equations. Showing amounts of CPS in terms of ratio of transverse reinforcement to cross-section, it comes to be possible to calculate the objective and quantitative reinforcement amounts and to estimate the overlapping length of CFS that can influence on all its confinement effect. The previous parameters were compared using the existing experimental test data, then analyzed for the merits and demerits of existing parameters through the coefficient of correlation(R). The proposed parameters were derived in such a way that established parameters and their combination were obtained from the analytical study and then determined by regression analysis using the previous test data.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.369-386
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• 2006

The influence of reinforcement buckling on the flexural response of reinforced concrete members is studied. The stress-strain response of compression reinforcement is determined computationally using a large-strain finite element model for bars of varied diameter, length, and initial eccentricity, and a mathematical expression is fitted to the simulation results. This relationship is used to represent the response of bars in compression in a moment-curvature analysis of a reinforced concrete cross section. The compression bar may carry more or less force than a tension bar at a corresponding strain, depending on the relative influence of Poisson effects and bar slenderness. Several cross-section analyses indicate that, for the distances between stirrups prescribed in modern concrete codes, the influence of inelastic buckling of the longitudinal reinforcement on the monotonic moment capacity is very small and can be neglected in many circumstances.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.5-16
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• 1994

본 논문은 향후 현장에서 유용하게 사용될 수 있는 사질토층에 있어서 정방형 얕은 기초의 지지력 향상을 위한 새로운 Geogrid 보강토 방법을 제시하고자 하였다. 기계 기초, 철로 제방, 그리고 지진 예상 지역의 구조물 기초 등에 대한 지반은 Geogrid로 보강하는 것이 필수적이다. 보강되지 않은 사질토층과 보강된 사질토층에 대한 지지력을 비교하였으며 또한 극한 지지력을 증대시키기 위해 보강재의 길이, 설치 간격 및 폭을 평가하였다. 모형 실험 결과 Geogrid보강재는 중간 정도의 밀도를 가진 사질토층에서 극한 지지력이 상당량 증가됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.352-357
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• 2023

Since robotic assembly in an unstructured environment is very difficult with existing control methods, studies using artificial intelligence such as reinforcement learning have been conducted. However, since long-time operation of a robot for learning in the real environment adversely affects the robot, so a method to shorten the learning time is needed. To this end, a method based on a pre-trained neural network was proposed in this study. This method showed a learning speed about 3 times than the existing methods, and the stability of reward during learning was also increased. Furthermore, it can generate a more optimal policy than not using a pre-trained neural network. Using the proposed reinforcement learning-based assembly trajectory generator, 100 attempts were made to assemble the power connector within a random error of 4.53 mm in width and 3.13 mm in length, resulting in 100 successes.

• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.117-130
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• 2001

Investigations of low-rice unbounded reinforced concrete shear walls with or without openings are performed with comparison of analytical and experimental results. Theoretical analysis is based on nonlinear finite element algorithm, which incorporates concrete failure criterion and nonlinear constitutive relationships. Studios focus on the effects of height-to-length ratio of shear walls, opening ratio, horizontal and vertical reinforcement radios, and diagonal reinforcement. Analytical solutions conform well with experimental results. Equations for cracking, yielding and ultimate loads with corresponding lateral displacements are derived by regression using analytical results and experimental data. Also, failure modes of low-rise unbounded shear walls are theoretically investigated. An explanation of change in failure mode is ascertained by comparing analytical results and ACI code equations. Shear-flexural failure can be obtained with additional flexural reinforcement to increase a wall's capacity. This concept leads to a design method of reducing flexural reinforcement in low-rise bounded solid shear wall's. Avoidance of shear failure as well as less reinforcement congestion leer these walls is expected.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.337-354
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• 2016

To study the influence on fracture properties of reinforced concrete wedge splitting test specimens by the addition of reinforcement, and the restriction of steel bars on crack propagation, 7 groups reinforced concrete specimens of different reinforcement position and 1 group plain concrete specimens with the same size factors were designed and constructed for the tests. Based on the double-K fracture criterion and tests, fracture toughness calculation model which was suitable for reinforced concrete wedge splitting tensile specimens has been obtained. The results show that: the value of initial craking load Pini and unstable fracture load Pun decreases gradually with the distance of reinforcement away from specimens's top. Compared with plain concrete specimens, addition of steel bar can reduce the value of initial fracture toughness KIini, but significantly increase the value of the critical effective crack length ac and unstable fracture toughness KIun. For tensional concrete member, the effect of anti-cracking by reinforcement was mainly acted after cracking, the best function of preventing fracture initiation was when the steel bar was placed in the middle of the crack, and when the reinforcement was across the crack and located away from crack tip, it plays the best role in inhibiting the extension of crack.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.17-20
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• 2005

Moment-curvature relation of RC pier is influenced greatly in occurrence form of crack and difference is happened according to consideration existence and nonexistence of tension stiffening effect. However, studies considering these is very insufficient misgovernment. Also, it is sometimes unavoidable lap splice of axial reinforcement in plastic hinge region of RC piers. However, specific design standard about lap splice of axial reinforcement is unprepared real condition and study about effect that lap splice of axial reinforcement get in occurrence form of crack is insufficient misgovernment. Therefore, in this paper, experiments are performed with hollow RC piers that do lap splice of axial reinforcement by main variable. And this study present analytical method about moment-curvature relation of hollow RC pier that consider tension stiffening effect and analyze effect that lap splice of axial reinforcement gets in occurrence form of crack. Analytic method of moment-curvature relation of RC pier that present in this study shows very similar motion with experiment result and crack interval of RC pier is suffering dominate impact in the augmented reinforcement amount by lap splice and average crack interval decreases as lap splice ratio increases.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2006

프리캐스트 콘크리트 옹벽은 현장타설 콘크리트 옹벽에 비해 공기 단축효과, 품질의 우수성, 교통 및 인접구조물과의 간섭 최소화 등 많은 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만 지반조건이 비교적 양호한 직접기초형태의 경우에는 별도의 보강조치를 고려하지 않으면 자중만으로 저항하게 됨에 따라 옹벽의 단면이 증가하게 되고 그에 따른 운반상의 어려움 및 공사비 증가 등의 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 보완하기 위한 방법으로 마이크로파일공법의 적용성을 평가해 보았다. 마이크로파일공법은 소형장비로 시공이 가능하므로 작업공간의 제약이 없고, 저비용 및 고효율의 장점을 가지고 있으나 보강효과를 높이기 위해 설치한 마이크로파일의 역학적 거동특성이 명확히 규명되지 않은 상태이며, 마이크로파일의 길이, 직경, 설치각도 및 설치위치 등에 대한 설치기준이 없고 경험에 의존하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 프리캐스트 콘크리트 옹벽에 보강된 마이크로파일의 최적보강형태 및 보강효과를 규명 제시하기 위하여 활동 및 전도거동에 대한 실내모형실험을 각각 시행하였다. 또한 실내모형실험 결과를 토대로 제시된 마이크로파일의 최적보강형태를 검증하기 위한 목적으로 유한요소해석 및 한계평형해석 등의 수치해석을 수행하여 마이크로파일의 최적 보강형태를 제시하였다. 실내모형실험과 수치해석으로 프리캐스트 콘크리트 옹벽에 보강되는 마이크로파일의 최적보강형태를 평가한 결과, 마이크로파일은 옹벽높이의 0.4배 저판길이의 0.04배 일 때가, 최적의 보강효율을 보이는 것으로 평가되었다.