• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.297-317
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• 2016

Current codes recommend large amounts of shear reinforcement for reinforced concrete beam-column joints that causes significant bar congestion. Increase in congestion of shear reinforcement in joint core (connection zone), leads to increase accomplishment problems. The congestion may also lead to diameter limitations on the beam bars relative to the joint dimensions. Using double headed studs instead of conventional closed hoops in reinforced concrete beam-column joints reduces congestion and ensures easier assembly of the reinforcing cage. The purpose of this research is evaluating the efficiency of the proposed reinforcement. In this way, 10 groups of exterior beam-column joints are modeled. Each group includes 7 specimens by different reinforcing details in their joint core. All specimens are modeled by using of ABAQUS and analyzed subjected to cyclic loading. After verification of analytical modeling with an experimental specimen, 3D nonlinear specimens are modeled and analyzed. Then, the effect of amount and arrangement of headed studs on ductility, performance, ultimate strength and energy absorption has been studied. Based on the results, all joints reinforced with double headed studs represent better performance compared with the joints without shear transverse reinforcement in joints core. The behavior of the former is close to joints reinforced with closed hoops and cross ties according to the seismic design codes. By adjusting the arrangement of double-headed studs, the decrease in ductility, performance, ultimate moment resistant and energy absorption reduce to 2.61%, 0.90%, 0.90% and 1.66% respectively compared with the joints reinforced by closed hoops on the average. Since the use of headed studs reduces accomplishment problems, these amounts are negligible. Therefore, use of double-headed studs has proved to be a viable option for reinforcing exterior beam-column joints.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.555-581
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• 2018

The moment-resistant steel frames are frequently used as a load-bearing structure of buildings. Global response of a moment-resistant frame structure strongly depends on connections behavior, which can significantly influence the response and load-bearing capacity of a steel frame structure. The analysis of a steel frame with included joints behavior is the main focus of this work. In particular, we analyze the behavior of two connection types through experimental tests, and we propose numerical beam model capable of representing connection behavior. The six experimental tests, under monotonic and cyclic loading, are performed for two different types of structural connections: end plate connection with an extended plate and end plate connection. The proposed damage-plasticity model of Reissner beam is able to capture both hardening and softening response under monotonic and cyclic loading. This model has 18 constitutive parameters, whose identification requires an elaborate procedure, which we illustrate in this work. We also present appropriate loading program and arrangement of measuring equipment, which is crucial for successful identification of constitutive parameters. Finally, throughout several practical examples, we illustrate that the steel structure connections are very important for correct prediction of the global steel frame structure response.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.27-48
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• 1984

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 한계상태(限界狀態) 설계(設計) 이론(理論)에 의한 철근(鐵筋)콘크리트 뼈대구조물(構造物)에 관(關)한 것이다. 한계상태이론(限界狀態理論)에 의한 철근(鐵筋)콘크리트 뼈대구조물(構造物)에 대한 최적설계(最適設計)의 문제형성(問題形成)은 철근(鐵筋)의 단면적(斷面積), 단면(斷面)의 폭(幅)과 유효고(有效高) 그리고 모멘트 감소율(減少率)을 설계변수(設計變數)로 취급(取扱)하는 비선형(非線型) 계획(計劃) 문제(問題)로 된다. 목적함수(目的凾數)는 철근(鐵筋)콘크리트 뼈대구조물(構造物)의 철근(鐵筋)과 콘크리트 및 거푸집의 비용(費用)을 고려(考慮)하는 총(總) 건설경비(建設經費)로 형성(形成)되고, 기본(基本) 제약조건식(制約條件式)들은 극한(極限) 한계상태(限界狀態)와 사용성(使用性) 한계상태(限界狀態)의 개념(槪念)을 내포하고 있다. 또한 CP110과 Hognestad et al. 이론(理論)에서 가정(假定)된 응력분포도(應力分布圖)를 극한(極限) 한계상태(限界狀態)를 위해 극한(極限) 저항단면력(抵抗斷面力)을 해석(解析)하는데 적용(適用)되었고, 사용성(使用性) 한계상태(限界狀態)를 위해서는 CP110의 규준(規準)만을 사용(使用)한다. 철근(鐵筋)콘크리트 뼈대구조물(構造物)의 최적화(最適化)를 위한 비선형(非線型) 계획(計劃) 문제(問題)를 풀기 위해서 적용(適用)된 최적화(最適化) 기법(技法)은 수정(修正) Newton-Raphson 법(法)을 이용한 SUMT 알고리즘이다. 본(本) 알고리즘을 2종(種)의 뼈대구조물(構造物)에 시행(試行)해 보았고, 본(本) 알고리즘의 수감성(收歛性), 적용가능성(適用可能性) 및 안정성(安定性)을 검토(檢討)하기 위해 문헌(文獻)(10)의 수치결과(數値結果)와도 비교분석(比較分析)하였다. 결론적(結論的)으로 수치분석(數値分析)을 통(通)하여 CP110과 Hognestad et al.의 경제성(經濟性) 비교(比較)와 본(本) 알고리즘의 적용가능성(適用可能性), 안정성(安定性), 수감성(收歛性) 및 확실성(確實性) 등에 대하여 논의(論議)되었다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.995-1016
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• 2015

The reliability or the safety index is a measure of how far a structure is from the state of collapse. Also it defined as the probability that a structure will not fail in its lifetime. Having any increase in the reliability index is typically interpreted as increasing in the safety of structures. On the other hand most of researchers acknowledged that one of the most effective means of increasing both the reliability and the safety of structures is to increase the structural redundancy. They also acknowledged that increasing the number of vertical seismic framing will make structural system more reliable and safer against stochastic events such as earthquakes. In this paper the reliability index and the behavior factor of a numbers of three dimensional RC moment resisting frames with the same story area, equal lateral resistant as well as different redundancy has been evaluated numerically using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches. Study on the reliability index and the behavior factor in the case study models of this research illustrated that the changes of these two factors do not have always the same manner due to the increasing of the structural redundancy. In some cases, structures with larger reliability index have smaller behavior factor. Also assuming the same ultimate lateral resistance of structures which causes an increase to a certain level of redundancy can enhance behavior factor of structures. However any further increase in the redundancy of that certain level might decrease the behavior factor. Furthermore, the results of this study illustrate that concerning any increase in the structural redundancy will make the reliability index of structure to be larger.