In this paper, a finite element analysis to design hybrid reinforcing polymer bars was presented. Two different types of hybrid FRP bar were considered in finite element modeling. To offer the necessity and validity of finite element modeling for the hybrid reinforcing polymer bars, shape and material properties were assumed. Input conditions for analyzing the hybrid reinforcing polymer bars using FEM were verified. Using the results of the finite element analysis, the hybrid reinforcing polymer bars were optimally designed and the results are presented in this paper..

The purpose of this study is to assess and analyse the environmental impact of construction stage by apartment houses structure using main materials. For this purpose, according to the structure of the apartment houses, by setting the evaluation model and using 6 kinds of main materials, the environmental assessment about 6 environmental category was performed

In order to reduce the carbon dioxide exhaust quantity and the energy amount and the waste which becomes the global warming primary reason recently, the most efficient method was focused on the long-life building in Structural field. So in order to improve seismic capacity, new shape steel damper may be used in bolted connection, which made reuse of member impossible owing to serious brittle fracture of main member such as beam and column. To solve above problem, new type connection was developed and tested. As result of test, new type connection was shown good seismic capacity and main member such as beam and column were stable behavior.

Adaptability of a smart top-story isolation system for reduction of seismic responses of tall buildings in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity has been investigated in this study. To this end, 20-story example building structure was selected and an MR damper and low damping elastomeric bearings were used to compose a smart base isolation system. Artificial earthquakes generated based on design spectrum of low-to-moderate seismicity regions are used for structural analyses.

In this papery, integrated optimization of structure-smart control device is conducted and possibility of reduction of structural resources of a tall building with additional smart damping device has been investigated. For this purpose, a 60-story diagrid building structure is used as an example structure and artificial wind loads are used for evaluation of wind-induced responses. Because dynamic responses and the amount of structural material and additional smart damping devices are required to be reduced, a multi-objective genetic algorithm is employed in this paper.

When the story lateral forces of multi-story frame were not distributed properly during a seismic design, sufficient seismic performances should not secured. Thus, studies on the distribution of story lateral forces that make the uniform distribution of story damage are positively necessary. In this study, a lot of dynamic analyses of multi-story frames were conducted using various seismic waves to find the optimum distributions of story damage and the distributions of story shear in that circumstance were calculated.

In this paper, the seismic response characteristics of the structures connected through the expansion joint and the possibility of collision and separation between those structures were examined through nonlinear time history analysis. Through this experiment, the usefulness of the interaction vibration control using a steel body and a damper as connection members was verified as the seismic response behavior of the structures was reduced and the collision and separation between those structures were prevented.

In case of spatial structures with different ground condition or time lag occurred by earthquake velocity, multiple support excitation may be subjected to supports of a keel arch structure. In this study, the response of the keel arch structure under multiple support excitation are analyzed by means of the pseudo excitation method. Pseudo excitation method shows that the structural response is divided into two parts, ground displacement and structural dynamic response due to ground motion excitation. It is known that the seismic responses of spatial structure under multiple support excitation are different from those of spatial structure under unique simple excitation.

In order to evaluate earthquake response of structures affected by shallow soft soil deposits, centrifuge tests were performed. The test specimen was composed of a single-degree-of-freedom structure model, a shallow foundation and sub-soil deposits in a centrifuge container. The structure response directly measured from the test showed that a large rocking rotation occurred due to the soil-foundation interaction. Thus, the acceleration of the structure was significantly smaller than the fixed base structure response.

This study presents the application of seismic performance evaluation methods specialized in dam and reservoir structures in Korea. Related criteria and evaluation methods are reviewed, and then, the indicators needed to perform the seismic performance evaluation and how to take advantage of these are suggested in this study.

In this study, experimental research was carried out to evaluate the structural performance of the reinforced concrete beam retrofitted by strengthening methods(embedded FRP rod of hexagon, metal fittings) in existing reinforced concrete buildings. Test results showed that the maximum load carrying capacity of retrofitted specimens(BCR, BCR-AC1, BCR-AC2) were increased by 55%, 47%, and 52% respectively in comparison with the standard specimen BSS.

In this study, experimental research was carried out to study the high strength RC exterior beam-column joints regions, without the shear reinforcement, using high ductile fiber-reinforced mortar. Test results showed that specimen BCJNSP1.0 were increased th maximum load-carrying capacity and showed stable hysteresis behavior and satisfactory crack pattern in comparison with th specimen BCJNS without shear reinforcement in the beam-column joint region.

In this paper, a new direct search method, Near-Up Search method, is proposed for the discrete nonlinear structural optimization. The proposed method is illustrated and tested by the minimum weight structural optimization problem of 3D truss. The results of the trusses design show that the Near-Up Search method is much more efficient than Genetic Algorithm.

This study presents the tracker structural composition system for the effective angle variation of solar module. Also, the structural performance is evaluated through the structural modelling and analysis and the field application is considered.

In this paper, the program finite element analysis We investigated the stress generated by the action of plate loading a load using to model the system exceeds the maximum load design ground anchor to apply 900kN a strength test evaluation it.

This study was performed to develop a reinforcing head method for steel pipe piles using screw type bending reinforcement, which can fix piles using nuts, and experimentally prove structural performances. In order to do so, steel pipe pile reinforcing head method test specimen using screw bending iron was produced and implemented to vertical tensile test, vertical compression test, and horizontal loading test. As a result, the test showed that it secured 1.28-3.62 times safety factors that are demanded from the design criteria for highway bridge.

The objective of this study is about hollow core slab with GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced plastics) Reinforcing bar instead of using deformed bar. This experiment is planed because using GFRP Reinforcing bar instead of tension bar in existing RC hollow core slab will improve not only on the constructability but also on the durability by solving the corrosion of slab. As the result of the experimental study, GFRP Reinforcing bar and additional deformed bar appear to be superior compared to RC hollow core slab in structural ability.

This study investigated characteristics of buckling load and effective buckling length by member rigidity of dome-typed space frame which was sensitive to initial conditions. A critical point and a buckling load were computed by analyzing the eigenvalues and determinants of the tangential stiffness matrix. The hexagonal pyramid model and star dome were selected for the case study in order to examine the nodal buckling and member buckling in accordance with member rigidity.

This study is to understand the flexural behaviors of hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing Bar. The ultimate goal of this study is to apply the hollow core slab using GFRP reinforcing bar in a construction site. To achieve this, five specimens is planned and conducted on experimental study. The shape and size of specimen are rectangular shape of cross section with 210mm x 230mm. As a results of test, to add deformed bar in hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing bar demonstrated superior flexural performance. Therefore hollow core beam using GFRP reinforcing bar is considered appropriate to apply in the field.

Recently, SC(Steel plate concrete) structure has been widely used in the design of the nuclear power plant structure because of its construction efficiency. In this study, the structural design program for SC structure was developed in accordance with KEPIC-SNG to provide optimal design condition. Especially, to reduce unnecessary simple repeat work in the design process, the design automation function was extensively included. The developed program is consist of three different design module: wall, slab, and connection design module.