Code-compliant seismic design should be essentially applied to realize the so-called emulative performance of precast concrete (PC) lateral force-resisting systems, and this study developed simple procedures to design precast industrial buildings with intermediate precast bearing wall systems considering both the effect of seismic and blast loads. Seismic design provisions specified in ACI 318 and ASCE 7 can be directly adopted, for which the so-called 1.5S y condition is addressed in PC wall-to-wall and wall-to-base connections. Various coupling options were considered and addressed in the seismic design of wall-to-wall connections for the longitudinal and transverse design directions to secure optimized performance and better economic feasibility. On the other hand, two possible methods were adopted in blast analysis: 1) Equivalent static analysis (ESA) based on the simplified graphic method and 2) Incremental dynamic time-history analysis (IDTHA). The ESA is physically austere to use in practice for a typical industrial PC-bearing wall system. Still, it showed an overestimating trend in terms of the lateral deformation. The coupling action between precast wall segments appears to be inevitably required due to substantially large blast loads compared to seismic loads with increasing blast risk levels. Even with the coupled-precast shear walls, the design outcome obtained from the ESA method might not be entirely satisfactory to the drift criteria presented by the ASCE Blast Design Manual. This drawback can be overcome by addressing the IDTHA method, where all the design criteria were fully satisfied with precast shear walls’ non-coupling and group-coupling strength, where each individual or grouped shear fence was designed to possess 1.5S y for the seismic design.

This study presents code-compliant seismic details by addressing dry mechanical splices for precast concrete (PC) beam-column connections in the ACI 318-19 code. To this end, critical observations of previous test results on precast beam-column connection specimens with the proposed seismic detail are briefly reported in this study, along with a typical reinforced concrete (RC) monolithic connection. On this basis, nonlinear dynamic models were developed to verify seismic responses of the PC emulative moment-resisting frame systems. As the current design code allows only the emulative design approach, this study aims at identifying the seismic performances of PC moment frame systems depending on their emulative levels, for which two extreme cases were intentionally chosen as the non-emulative (unbonded self-centering with marginal energy dissipation) and fully-emulative connection details. Their corresponding hysteresis models were set by using commercial finite element analysis software. According to the current seismic design provisions, a typical five-story building was designed as a target PC building. Subsequently, nonlinear dynamic time history analyses were performed with seven ground motions to investigate the impact of emulation level or hysteresis models (i.e., energy dissipation performance) on system responses between the emulative and non-emulative PC moment frames. The analytical results showed that both the base shear and story drift ratio were substantially reduced in the emulative system compared to that of the non-emulative one, and it indicates the importance of the code-compliant (i.e., emulative) connection details on the seismic performance of the precast building.

For fast-built and safe precast concrete (PC) construction, the dry mechanical splicing method is a critical technique that enables a self-sustaining system (SSS) during construction with no temporary support and minimizes onsite jobs. However, due to limited experimental evidence, traditional wet splicing methods are still dominantly adopted in the domestic precast industry. For PC beam-column connections, the current design code requires achieving emulative connection performances and corresponding structural integrity to be comparable with typical reinforced concrete (RC) systems with monolithic connections. To this end, this study conducted the standard material tests on mechanical splices to check their satisfactory performance as the Type 2 mechanical splice specified in the ACI 318 code. Two PC beam-column connection specimens with dry mechanical splices and an RC control specimen as the special moment frame were subsequently fabricated and tested under lateral reversed cyclic loadings. Test results showed that the seismic performances of all the PC specimens were fully comparable to the RC specimen in terms of strength, stiffness, energy dissipation, drift capacity, and failure mode, and their hysteresis responses showed a mitigated pinching effect compared to the control RC specimen. The seismic performances of the PC and RC specimens were evaluated quantitatively based on the ACI 374 report, and it appeared that all the test specimens fully satisfied the seismic performance criteria as a code-compliant special moment frame system.

This study presents a dry precast concrete (PC) beam-column connection, and its target seismic performance level is set to be emulative to the reinforced concrete (RC) intermediate moment resisting frame system specified in ACI 318 and ASCE 7. The key features include self-sustaining ability during construction with the dry mechanical splicing method, enabling emulative connection performances and better constructability. Test specimens with code-compliant seismic details were fabricated and tested under reversed cyclic loading, which included a PC beam-column connection specimen with dry connections and an RC control specimen. The test results showed that all the specimens failed in a similar failure mode due to plastic deformations in beam members, while the hysteretic response curve of the PC specimen showed comparable and emulative performances compared to the RC specimen. Seismic performance evaluation was quantitatively addressed, and on this basis, it confirmed that the presented system can fully satisfy all the required performance for the intermediate RC moment resisting frame.

The volume expansion of corroded steel reinforcement produces tensile stress on the surrounding concrete, which causes splitting cracking of concrete cover, and deteriorates the service ability and durability of reinforced concrete(RC) members. In addition, since the steel corrosion induces bond strength degradation between steel bar and concrete, the structural performance of RC members can be deteriorated significantly. In this study, the theoretical study was performed to probe the mechanism of the bond strength reduction due to steel corrosion. The bond strength between corroded steel bar and concrete was calculated by mathematically formulating the expansion pressure of corroded steel reinforcement. The proposed model was verified by comparing with the existing test results, and it showed that the proposed model estimate the bond strength reduction of corroded RC elements very closely.

When the prestress is introduced to a typical steel beam with wide flanges, the introduction efficiency of prestress is significantly low due to its large axial stiffness. In this study, the steel beam with discontinuous webs is developed to improve the efficiency of prestress introduced into top and bottom flanges by utilizing the accordion effect. The experiment and FE analysis are performed to verify the introduction efficiency of the prestress on the steel beam with discontinuous webs.

The remaining service life (RSL) of the concrete structures built in the past has become a social issue with the concerns of the sustainable construction. In the previous studies, some simple methods for estimation of the RSL of the concrete structures were proposed. However, most of the existing studies on the RSL evaluation method have focussed on the investigation of the single deteriorating factor. In this study, the combination effect of various factors related with durability performances of the concrete structure, such as concrete carbonation and chloride penetration were considered by utilizing the fuzzy and reliability theory.

In this study, the screw-ribbed reinforcement and grout-type mechanical coupler device were developed to improve the poor constructability and seismic performances of the reinforced concrete columns with splice connections in longitudinal bars reported in existing literatures. The screw-ribbed reinforcements connected by grouted-couplers can maximize the confinement between the sleeve and concrete, and also minimize the inevitable gaps between reinforcements in coupler device. To verify the seismic performances of reinforced concrete columns with proposed mechanical connections, four reinforced concrete columns designed as the intermediate moment resisting frame specified in current code of practice were fabricated and tested, and test results showed that the reinforced concrete column with grouted-sleeve splices can provide the same or more enhanced seismic performances compared to that without splice.

Experimental studies on prestressed steel-concrete composite beams with various types of innovative webs have been conducted to improve prestress efficiency and composite action. These researches observed that the efficiency of prestress introduced into the flanges of composite beams with corrugated webs or discontinuous webs significantly increased due to accordion effect. In this study, nonlinear finite element analysis has been performed to evaluate the local behavior of specimens that are very difficult or sometimes impossible to observe. A suitable modeling method for PS composite beam has been developed, which can consider the loading stages along construction sequences and the interface interaction between different materials such as concrete and steel. The analysis results have been compared to test results for verification.

Existing approaches on flexural analysis of unbonded post-tensioned concrete beams are very difficult to be applied to estimation of service load behavior up to failure. In this study, theorectical flexural behavior model for post-tensioned members with unbonded tendons was, therefore, proposed based on the basic concept of idealization of curvature distribution within maximum moment region in a simple manner, which was previously developed by authors. The proposed model can predict the service load behavior as well as ultimate strength, and it is confirmed that this concept can be extended to estimate the flexural behavior of continuous unbonded post-tensioned members.

In this study, the unique material characteristics of steel fiber-reinforced concrete were introduced to extend the application of the compression field models to evaluations of shear capacity and behavior of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) members. To achieve this purpose, nonlinear finite element program is developed using secant stiffness-based formulations, and the proposed numerical model was verified using basic experimental results of SFRC shear panels.

연결보를 가진 전단벽 시스템은 벽체의 개별 강성을 합산한 것보다 훨씬 큰 강성을 확보할 수 있기 때문에 효율적인 횡력저항시스템으로서 40층 이하의 중 고층 건물에 널리 적용되고 있다. 일반적으로 사용되는 철근콘크리트 연결보는 철근배근이 복잡해 시공성이 저하되고, 철골연결보의 경우에는 과도한 스티프너의 사용으로 인해 경제성이 저하된다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 철근콘크리트와 철골부재를 합성하여 시공성 및 경제성을 개선하고 단면크기를 줄일 수 있는 불연속웨브가 적용된 프리스트레스트 합성연결보를 개발하였다. 개발한 프리스트레스트 합성 연결보의 구조적인 성능을 검증하기 위해서 전단철근비를 주요 변수로 두 개의 실험체를 제작하여 반복하중실험을 수행하였으며, 실험결과는 제안된 연결보의 내진성능을 검증하였다.

선행연구에서는 강도이론을 바탕으로 영향인자들을 반영한 해석단면에 대해 허용압축응력(Kfci)을 해석하였고, 해석결과를 바탕으로 허용압축응력산정식을 제안하였다. 이전 연구에 대한 일련의 연구로서, 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 편심비(e/h)를 갖는 프리텐션 보 부재에 대한 프리스트레스 도입 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과를 토대로 제안식을 검증한 결과 낮은 e/h를 갖는 프리텐션 부재의 경우, ACI318-08 및 EC2-02의 설계기준이 Kfci를 비안전측으로 결정하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 높은 e/h를 갖는 프리텐션 부재의 경우 현행의 설계기준은 Kfci를 과도하게 안전측으로 제안하고 있다. 이에 비해 제안식은 e/h에 따른 Kfci를 합리적으로 평가하는 것으로 나타났다.

The Non-Shrinkage Epoxy using Silanol(Si-OH) was developed for repairing and strengthening, and it has excellent material properties that overcomes many limits of other existing epoxy products. In this study, direct shear strength tests were conducted to investigate the superior bond and shear capacity of the Non-Shrinkage Epoxy. The test results showed that the specimens with Non-Shrinkage Epoxy applied to their shear plane had higher shear strength than those with other existing epoxy.

Various type of composite beams have been developed to utilize advantages of reinforced concrete and steel structural system with making up for their weaknesses. In this study, prestressed composite beams with discontinuous corrugated webs are presented, in which discontinuous web plates improve the introduction efficiency of prestress by accordion effect and enhance composite action between steel beam and concrete compared to typical plane webs. Two prestressed composite beam with discontinuous corrugated webs, four prestressed composite beam with trapezoidal corrugated webs, and one corrugated webbed composite beam without prestress were fabricated and tested to evaluate their serviceability, ductility and flexural strength.

일반적으로 콘크리트는 경제성이 뛰어나지만 낮은 인장강도로 인하여 구조성능상의 한계를 가지고 있기 때문에 콘크리트와 결합된 다양한 합성재료의 특성을 활용한 구조부재의 개발이 진행되고 있다. 강섬유 보강 콘크리트(SFRC)는 높은 인장강도로 인하여 콘크리트의 재료적 단점을 보완할 수 있는 우수한 합성재료로서 알려져 있고, 특히 고강도 콘크리트의 화재시 폭렬현상에 대한 대안으로 여겨지고 있다. 또한, 프리스트레스트콘크리트(PSC) 부재는 장경간 구조에 매우 유리하며 일반철근콘크리트(RC) 부재에 비해 높은 전단강도를 가진다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 SFRC에 프리스트레스를 적용한 강섬유 보강 프리스트레스트 콘크리트(SFR-PSC)부재의 전단거동을 이해하기 위하여 총 22개의 직접전단실험체를 제작하여 실험을 수행하였다. 또한, 실험결과를 바탕으로 SFR-PSC부재의 균열면에서의 균열전달 구성방정식을 제안하였다. SFR-PSC의 거동특성을 반영하여 제안된 재료관계식은 실험결과와 잘 일치하는 것으로 나타났다.

강섬유를 혼입한 콘크리트(Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete, SFRC) 보는 강섬유의 우수한 인장강도로 인하여 일반 철근콘크리트 보에 비하여 높은 전단강도를 가진다. 이 연구에서는 강섬유 혼입율에 따른 SFRC 보의 전단거동을 규명하기 위하여 실험을 수행하였으며, 특히, 압축영역에서의 비균열 콘크리트 단면의 전단저항 분담율을 분석하였다. 또한, 이 연구의 실험결과 및 기존에 보고된 87개의 실험 데이터를 수집하여 SFRC보의 전단예측식들에 대한 정확도를 평가하였다. 강섬유의 혼입율이 증가할수록 전단강도는 증가하는 경향성을 나타내었다. 그러나, 강섬유 혼입율이 0.5%인 실험체는 사인장 균열 이후 갑작스럽게 파괴되었고, 강섬유의 혼입율이 2.0%인 실험체에서는 전단보강효율이 감소하는 것으로 관찰되어 최대 전단보강효율을 가질 수 있는 혼입율은 1~2% 사이에 있을 것으로 추정된다. 또한, 압축영역에서의 비균열 콘크리트 단면의 전단저항 분담율은 약 21% 이상으로 관찰되었으며, 이 연구에서 평가된 SFRC보의 전단강도에 대한 기존 제안식 중에서 오영훈 등이 제안한 식이 비교적 정확하게 전단강도를 예측하였다.

철근콘크리트 구조물의 사용성을 검토할 때 처짐은 가장 중요한 사항 중 하나이며, 철근콘크리트 휨 부재의 처짐은 일반적으로 유효단면2차모멘트의 개념을 적용하여 구해진다. 그러나 이미 사용중인 철근콘크리트 보에서 정확한 사용하중을 알기 어려운 경우에는 기존의 방법으로 처짐을 계산하는 것이 쉽지 않다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 철근콘크리트 보에서 균열과 처짐은 상호 밀접한 관련이 있다는 사실을 바탕으로 작용하는 하중의 크기에 무관하게 철근 콘크리트 보 부재의 균열 상태로부터 처짐을 쉽게 산정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하고자 하였다. 균열폭의 합, 평균변형률 및 곡률 등의 관계를 이용하여 처짐식을 제안하였으며, 수정계수를 적용하여 보다 정확한 처짐식을 제안하고자 하였다. 이 제안식을 사용할 경우, 철근콘크리트 보에 작용하는 하중 크기에 무관하게 균열을 측정함으로써 처짐 추정치를 얻을 수 있으며, 유효 단면 2차 모멘트 값을 산출하여 처짐을 산정하는 기존의 방법에 비해 비교적 간단하게 처짐을 산출 할 수 있다.