The review of the existing facilities inspection guideline reveals that the water supply steel pipeline is evaluated mainly by visual and safety inspection. For the efficient maintenance it is necessary to inspect the pipeline using the performance-based evaluation method throughout quantitative measurement. In this study durability evaluation index and evaluation method for the steel pipeline is presented.
The condition assessment of the road tunnel is based on the judgment of the responsible engineer about the expansion joint. The evaluation result is divided into the span unit or the sheet unit when calculating the evaluation result. Therefore, it was divided into span units and sheet units and the actual difference was compared.
In this paper, the flexural behavior of RC member recycled heavy weight waste glass as fine aggregate was evaluated by finite element analysis. From the results, yield point and maximum load decreased with decreasing concrete strength and elastic modulus. Also, the finite element analysis program does not reflect the ductility loss of RC members using heavy weight waste glass as fine aggregate.
Recently, the velocity of vehicle in highway has been increased due to improved driving environment. Unfortunately, the impact resistance of present concrete median barrier is not enough for increased impact severity due to increased velocity, furthermore, these increased velocity occurs another secondary accidents due to the concrete fragmentation. Therefore, in this study, the evaluation of impact resistance for developed concrete median barrier was performed with shock absorber.
This research, concrete materials used SHCC(Strain harding Cementitious Composite) in RC(Reinforced Concrete) shear walls. We tried to identify the performance of developed shear wall. Specimens were only considered gravity load and designed and detailed in compliance to KCI-2012. Based on the loading experiment results, this study was found that the developed shear walls showed improved strength than RC shear wall in controlling bending and shear crack. The developed shear wall with minimum shear reinforcement increased the more strength than RC wall with nominal shear reinforcement
In this study, the static displacement component of bridges measured in the ambient vibration test were extracted by using mode decomposition technique. The lateral load distribution was estimated using the extracted static displacement component and compared with the lateral load distribution factor measured in the static loading test.
For the evaluation of load carrying capacity of continuous bridges, the testing target span should be selected where peak impact factor can be expected. In this paper, two and three continuous bridges with equal span length are considered and the moving vehicle load analysis is performed. All possible vehicle speeds are applied to the bridges and the peak impact factors obtained for each span are investigated. From the results, the maximum peak impact factors are developed at the middle of the first span to the direction of vehicle moving.
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of aggregate size on the tensile behavior of highly ductile fiber-reinforced cementitious composites. Partial applying 5.6mm coarse aggregate instead of micro silica sand was considered. It was revealed that the fiber-reinforced cementitous composites with 5.6 mm coarse aggregate as well as micro silica sand still showed enough tensile strain capacity more than 5% and limited crack width less than 150 ㎛.
In this study, a drone based structural health monitoring technique is introduced which uses a piezoelectric (PZT) transducer attached to a drone. With the PZT transducer, the electromechanical impedance (EMI) method is modified to be attached and re-attached onto a structure for damage identification. Since one of the possible principle technology is to keep the tube structure safe from damage, the idea introduced in this study opens up new possibilities of monitoring the integrity of the Hyperloop structure.
산악지역의 비탈면에서 발생되는 토석류에 의한 피해를 예측하기 위해 비탈면 평가를 통하여 취약지역을 선정하여 안전성 검토와 토석류 확산 시뮬레이션을 실시하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 일부 지역에서 토석류에 의한 도로 구조물 및 민가 피해가 발생될 것으로 예상됨에 따라 토석류 예방 및차단시설이 계획될 필요가 있는 것으로 판단된다.
Current ASTM specification provide an approach for directly correlating attenuations of the bottom deck or the top rebar from ground penetrating radar (GPR) to deck condition when corrosion is the primary mechanism for concrete deterioration. In this study, GPR tests were conducted on the bridge decks in public service and the characteristics of signal attenuation were investigated with deck condition. As will be discussed, this approach is recommended for further evaluation and incorporation within ASTM D 6087-08.
In this study, In this study, Simulation using COMSOL Multiphysics thermal flow program of A company was carried out for thermal diffusion analysis according to depth of concrete exposed to high temperature. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the thermal diffusivity decreased with the depth and the temperature difference decreased with the heating time.
In this study, hydration heat, autogenous shrinkage and compressive strength of the specimens has been verified with moisture supply on the hardened cement paste depending upon the difference in moisture condition of the fine aggregates. The result showed that, autogenous shrinkage was significantly reduced and also the compressive strength was improved due to the continuous moisture supply regarding on fine aggregates.
The study was designed to examine the development and performance of noise and materials that could effectively reduce the noise generated by the floor of the apartment, and the results of the study were made to identify the materials and properties of the highest grade.
The In the experiment on flow using sand walls, when white clay + sand was mixed with glutinous rice, traditional paper and seaweed as adherents and preventive measures for cracks, the flow was higher than other sand wall mortars. This indicates that it is effective in improving flow. Moreover, in terms of strength, a mix of white clay+ sand, traditional paper and flour had a greater strength than a mix of white clay + sand, straws and flour. In the experiment to test for cracks and shrinking during drying, a composition of white clay + sand + traditional paper showed fewer cracks and less shrinking than the walls where straws were mixed in.
The effect of loading on chloride penetration into concrete is evaluated in this study. It is found that the chloride pene- tration rates for OPC concrete and blast furnace slag BFS concrete under the tensile stress were increased by 29% and 77%, respectively. The diffusion coefficient of FA and BFS concrete was lower than that of conventional concrete without BFS, no loads and stress states. Under tensile stress, the diffusion coefficient for FA and BFS, plain concrete showed higher values with increasing stress. The influence of specific surface area on the diffusion coefficient was investigated. As a result, the larger the specific surface areas of BFS are the lower diffusion coefficients. This tendency was more pronounced under the high stress conditions. The chloride penetration depth was distributed uni- formly when no stress was applied. However, in the case of tensile loading, the diffusion depth was not distributed uni- formly, and showed prominent characteristics. This result indicates that analysis using average values of chloride pene- tration depth is not proper under load conditions.
This paper examines the effect of steel fiber volume fraction on compressive and flexural properties of high-strength concrete with compressive strength of 40 MPa. The fiber volume fractions used in this study consist of 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0%. The prisms with 150x150x550 mm were made and tested in accordance with EN-14651.
This paper analyzed the effects of rotational stiffness of wedge connection between vertical and horizontal members of system supports. By simulating the connection condition both a hinge connection, which is considered in the design stage, and a spring with the rotational stiffness reflecting the actual behavior, the critical buckling load and the maximum combination stress ratio are compared. The results show that hinge condition somewhat underestimate the actual behavior of vertical members of system supports. However, it is also noted that the horizontal member represents the increased stress due to the rotational stiffness of the connection.
This study suggested the improved safety certification marking system on the types of the temporary equipment. By surveying and interviewing the related persons in the construction company, the manufacturing company, and the rental company, the safety certification marking system was analyzed. The results show that the efficient marking was analyzed to utilize a depressed engraving on the target equipment and material. For marked contents, a certification mark, an identification number, and the production year should be displayed and the manufacturer name could be selectively presented. However, the opinions of the certification mark position among the users and manufacturers did not come into the agreement.