• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.391-416
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• 2018

The purpose of this article is to strengthen concrete structures using buckling and non-buckling braces. Connection plates are modeled in three shapes including the effect of 1.5t hinge zone length, 2t one and without the zone (1.5t-CP, 2t-CP and WCP). According to the verification performed with ABAQUS software, the connection plates which are superior in ductility and strengthening are found. The results show adding steel braces in concrete moment frames increase the strength and stiffness of the structures up to about 12 and 3 times, respectively. The frame strength increased about 21 and 25 percent with considering the effect of 2t hinge length in connection plates compared to 1.5t-CPs and WCPs. Also the ductility of retrofitted frames with 2t-CP improved 2.06 times more than WCP ones. Thus, 2t-CP sample is the best choice for connecting steel braces to concrete moment frames for retrofitting them. Afterwards, optimum conditions for elemental coating in braces with no buckling are assessed. The length of concrete coatings could be reduced about 30 percent, and buckling did not occur. Therefore, the weight of restraining coating decreased, and its performance improved. It is worth noting that BRBs could be constructed with only steel materials, which have outer steel tubes too. In fact, only the square cross sections of the tube profiles are appropriate for removing the filler concrete, and the rectangular ones are prone to buckle around their weak axis.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.269-280
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 기존 소규모 철골조에서 나타나는 현장상세 노출형 주각부와 이를 보완한 상세를 가진 약축방향 주각부에 대한 반복 가력 실험을 통해 다양한 상세를 가진 약축방향 노출형 주각부의 내진성능을 평가하였다. 실험변수는 베이스 플레이트의 두께, 앵커볼트의 개수와 매립깊이, 그리고 리브 플레이트의 유무이다. 앵커볼트의 부착성능이 주각부 내진성능에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 본 연구에서는 원형강봉과 나사산이 있는 L형 갈고리 앵커볼트를 사용하였다. 실험결과, 앵커볼트의 부착성능과 베이스 플레이트의 항복유무는 주각부의 에너지 소산능력에 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 베이스 플레이트가 현행 기준에서 제시하고 있는 최소 두께를 만족하더라도 강재 기둥이 소성모멘트에 도달하기 전 베이스 플레이트가 항복할 경우, 주각부의 구조성능이 저하될 수 있는 소지가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, 현행 구조기준에 따라 접합부 성능을 조사한 결과, 제안된 약축방향 주각부 상세는 부분 강접합으로 가정할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 기존의 원형강봉에 비해 부착성능이 우수한 나사산이 있는 L형 갈고리 앵커볼트는 반강접 노출형 주각부에 사용가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.71-85
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• 2006

This paper presents the results of a series of tests carried out on cold-formed steel rectangular hollow and concrete infilled beam to column connections and frames. A stub column was chosen such that overall buckling does not influence the connection behaviour. The beam chosen was a short-span cantilever with a concentrated load applied at the free end. The beam was connected to the columns along the strong and weak axes of columns and these connections were tested to failure. Twelve experiments were conducted on cold-formed steel direct welded tubular beam to column connections and twelve experiments on connections with concrete infilled column subjected to monotonic loading. In all the experiments conducted, the stiffness of the connection, the ductility characteristics and the moment rotation behaviour were studied. The dominant mode of failure in hollow section connections was chord face yielding and not weld failure. Provision of concrete infill increases the stiffness and the ultimate moment carrying capacity substantially, irrespective of the axis of loading of the column. Weld failure and bearing failure due to transverse compression occurred in connections with concrete infilled columns. Six single-bay two storied frames both with and without concrete infill, and columns loaded along the major and minor axes were tested to failure. Concentrated load was applied at the midspan of first floor beam. The change in behaviour of the frame due to provision of infill in the column and in the entire frame was compared with hollow frames. Failure of the weld at the junction of the beam occurred for frames with infilled columns. Design expressions are suggested for the yielding of the column face in hollow sections and bearing failure in infilled columns which closely predicted the experimental failure loads.