The basis of capacity design has been explicitly or implicitly regulated in most bridge design specifications. It is to guarantee ductile failure of entire bridge system by preventing brittle failure of pier members and any other structural members until the columns provides fully enough plastic rotation capacity. Brittle shear is regarded as a mode of failure that should be avoided in reinforced concrete bridge pier design. To provide ductility behavior of column, the one of important factors is that flexural hinge of column must be detailed to ensure adequate and dependable shear strength and deformation capacity. In particular, this study focused on assessing transverse reinforcement contribution to the column shear strength. Transverse reinforcement contribution measured during test. Each three components of transverse reinforcement contribution, axial force contribution and concrete contribution were investigated and compared. It was assessed that the concrete stresses of all specimen were larger than stress limit of Korea Bridge Design Specifications.

이 연구는 CRC기둥강도곡선의 비탄성영역에 대한 해석적 고찰이다. CRC기둥강도곡선의 비탄성영역은 최대 잔류응력 크기 0.5σy 와 Bleich이론을 기초로 하고 있다. 이는 실제로 알려진 최대 압축 잔류응력의 크기가 0.3σy 인 경우 보다 다소 보수적이다. 본 연구는 열압연강재의 최대 압축 잔류응력의 크기를 0.3σy 으로 고려하여 그에 따른 기둥강도곡선과 접선탄성계수 Et를 제안하고 이를 CRC에서 제안하고 있는 값들과 각각 비교 고찰한다. 축 압축력을 받는 비탄성 기둥의 응력은 기둥에 작용하는 하중이 좌굴을 일으키기 전에 재료의 비례한도를 넘어 항복점에 도달할 것이다. 따라서 점차적인 단면의 항복 상태에 따른 기둥강도곡선을 검토할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 최대 압축 잔류응력 σr = 0.5σy 을 사용하여 재료의 항복에 따른 임계하중 곡선식을 유도하고 이를 CRC기둥강도곡선과 비교 고찰한다.

기둥축소량을 발생시키는 원인과 현재까지 연구되어온 코드에 대하여 고찰하였다. 코드에서 언급하고 있는 내용들은공시체의 건조수축, 크리프, 압축강도 및 탄성계수 그리고 구조해석에서 산출되는 탄성변형을 다루고 있으나, 장기간의 모니터링에 의해 나타나는 온도에 의한 변형은 기존의 연구에 의해 발생되는 요소들에 의한 것보다 축소량이 적게 발생하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 하지만 기존의 연구에서는 온도에 의한 변형에 대해서는 고려하지 않고 건조수축, 크리프 및 탄성변형에 대하여 다루고 있는 것을 확인 할 수 있고, 공시체의 실험에 대해서는 온 도에 대한 항목은 습도에 대한 항으로 대체하여 다루고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이에 대해 제안식에 의한 보정수치는 축소량 산정시 상부방향 4.9 mm 와 하부방향 1.0 mm의 오차를 나타내어 측정에 의한 수치와 거의 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 기존의 기둥축소량 산정에 있어서 누락 될 수 있는 온도에 대하여 추가적으로 더 연구하여 그 영향계수를(수직온도보정계수,) 고려하고, 공시체의 시험뿐만 아니라 구조체의 온도 보정에 관한 기준 보완이 필요한 것으로 파악되었다.

Numerical behavior of reinforced concrete(RC) column with GFRP seismic reinforcement was evaluated through the finite element analysis in this study. For the numerical analysis, a experimental test results was used to develop a nonlinear three dimensional finite element model of RC column with GFRP seismic reinforcement. The developed the nonlinear three dimensional finite element model of RC column with GFRP seismic reinforcement was well predicted the behavior, maximum strength and initial stiffness, of RC column with GFRP seismic reinforcement.

The flexural capacity of beam-column connection using FRP bars as a longitudinal reinforcement was higher than the predictions obtained using the equivalent stress block, whereas its flexural ductility was considerably lower than the companion connections using mild longitudinal bars.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of steel fiber reinforced concrete on structural performance when applied to joints. For this purpose, the development length was designed not to satisfy the concrete structure criterion. Experimental results show that the maximum strength of steel fiber reinforced concrete increases by about 12% in the direction of the settling force. Also, due to the increase of the tensile strength of the concrete, the strength of the cracks increased by 33% in the positive direction.

Experimental investigation of the tuned liquid column damper (TLCD) is a primal factory task prior to its installation at a site and is mainly undertaken by a real-time hybrid simulation. In this study, a noncontact standalone vision sensing system is developed to replace a series of the conventional sensors installed at the TLCD tested. The versatile measurements of the system is theoretically and experimentally evaluated through a wide range of lab scale dynamic tests.

Coal ash from power plants is divided into fly ash and bottom ash, which are produced after burning bituminous anthracite coal at 1,600°C. Coal ash is composed of fly ash (82%) and bottom ash (18%); while most fly ash is recycled as ready-mix concrete admixture and cement additive, bottom ash is left unused in landfill sites located within power plant grounds. This has been studied less comprehensively than fly ash; therefore, our aim was to assess the recyclability of the bottom ash generated by two (A & B) thermal power plants and thus identify the characteristics of hazardous substances in coal ash that are generated in power plants and evaluate the environmental contamination likelihood in the recycling of the produced coal ash. Currently, emitters such as thermal power plants have various requirements for the recycling of coal ash (bottom ash and they are also required by law to consider how the country’s environmental impact may be affected by recycling large amounts of coal ash. The concentrations of hazardous substances contained in coal ash (bottom ash) are generally lower than the criteria for soil contaminants and the standard for hazardous substances contained in designated waste. We found no significant leaching of heavy metal and its concentration; however, the levels of heavy metals in coal ash were generally low. The results of column leaching testing for potential environmental impact assessment indicated that increased leaching time might lead to the reduced ionic concentration of coal ash.

본 연구에서는 기존의 저자 등에 의해 수행된 유연도법에 근거한 보-기둥 섬유요소에 수치해석적 방법으로부터 전단변형 효과를 고려할 수 있도록 수정된 정식화 방안과 단면에 대한 비탄성 전단응답 이력 구성관계식을 새로이 제안함으로써 전단 및 휨 - 전단파괴 양상을 나타내는 철근콘크리트 보에 대한 합리적인 해석적 방안을 마련하는 것을 목표로 한다. 주요 실험변수들이 전단거동 특성에 미치는 영향을 파 악하기 위하여 모두 종방향 철근의 항복전에 전단파괴가 일어나도록 설계된 총 6개의 철근콘크리트 보 실험체를 검증 대상으로 저자 등에 의 해 새로이 수정된 구성관계식을 적용한 비선형 유한요소해석 프로그램(RCAHEST)을 통한 해석을 수행하였다. 모든 실험체에 대한 파괴모드 와 파괴시까지의 전반적인 거동 특성을 비교적 적절히 예측하고 있음을 확인하였으며 이러한 연구결과들은 향후, 대형화‧복잡화 되어가고 있 는 전체 구조물에 대한 신뢰도 높은 해석을 수행하기 3차원 해석에도 충분히 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

This paper studies about the buckling analysis of multi-material structure especially compressed column using topology optimization. The buckling is stated as a constraint in the optimization problem. A clamped-pinned column with applied axial compressive load is analyzed. An active-phase algorithm is used to solve multi-phase topology optimization problem. The distribution of different materials is determined in a isotropic two-dimensional design domain. The material properties is modified based on the Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (SIMP) interpolation approach. The Method of Moving Asymptotes (MMA) is used to update the topology design variables which is relative element densities. The optimal designs of the column structure are presented and discused in the numerical applications.

When reinforcing an existing reinforced concrete beam-column building with a precast concrete panel, special connection between the PC member and the RC member is required to solve the time dependent deformation of the RC member and to receive the large shear forces. The aim of this study is to obtain the shear strength of upper connection between the existing RC beam-column and infilled PC wall panels in experimentally and theoretically. Thus, the static shear loading tests were conducted on the 6 specimens with the plate connection. Shear failure was resulted from the weakest portion of interior PC panel, exterior RC, and the connection, when the PC portion which located at the center of specimen was pulled upward from the bottom. The experimental result was compared with analytical result from ACI 318M-14 Chapter 17 for the shear strength of post-installed anchor and PCI Handbook 7th edition 6.8 Structural Steel Corbel (PCI Design Handbook 7th edition, 2010) for the strength of cast-in H-beam. The analytical and experimental results show final failure at the same location. The failure loading of experiment showed larger than average 6% to that of the analysis.

Seismic performance capacity of CFT seismic retrofit method was studied through cyclic loading test. The added CFT columns share the lateral seismic force of the building with the existing RC columns to prevent building collapse. The experiment shows stable hysteric load-displacement curve.

Current design code provisions suggest calculation method for slab-column joint concrete compressive strength. Because equation for slab-column joint compressive strength only consider the compressive strength of column and slab concrete, they are relatively conservative than the results of experimental researches. In this study, calculation method for slab-column joint strength which consider confinement effect of concrete are suggested. Suggested calculation procedure and results were compared with test results of previous researches.

In this study, the artificial neural network (ANN) based estimation method for rotational stiffness of column-beam connection in steel moment frames is presented. Three story and one bay steel moment frame is used as the example structure. Natural periods and mode-shapes are used as the input data and the rotational stiffness values of connections are used as the output data.

Cyclic loading tests for a total of nine test specimens were performed to evaluate the seismic performance of the exposed steel column-base plate connections. From the tests, flexural strength, deformation capacity, energy dissipation, and initial stiffness were investigated. The primary test parameters were the thickness of base-plate, embedment length of anchor bolt, the presence of hook, and rib plates. Test results showed that flexural behavior of column base-plate connection was substantially affected by the base-plate thickness, embedment length and the number of anchor bolts. On the other hand, the effect of rib plates on the increase of the flexural performance was not observed. The initial stiffness of the test specimens was about 15% of the flexural stiffness obtained by assuming that the support is fixed. As a result, even if the exposed column base-plate is designed in accordance with current design recommendations, in case that bond strength between concrete and the anchor bolts is not sufficient, the base-plate connection showed an unaccceptable load-displacement behavior.

When reinforcing an existing reinforced concrete beam-column building with a precast concrete panel, special connection between the PC member and the RC member is required to solve the time dependent deformation of the RC member and to receive the large shear forces. The aim of this study is to obtain the shear strength of upper connection between the existing RC beam-column and infilled PC wall panels in experimentally and theoretically. Thus, the static shear loading tests were conducted on the 6 specimens with the plate connection. Shear failure was resulted from the weakest portion of interior PC panel, exterior RC, and the connection, when the PC portion which located at the center of specimen was pulled upward from the bottom. The experimental result was compared with analytical result from ACI 318M-14 Chapter 17 for the shear strength of post-installed anchor and PCI Handbook 7th edition 6.8 Structural Steel Corbel (PCI Design Handbook 7th edition, 2010) for the strength of cast-in H-beam. The analytical and experimental results show final failure at the same location. The failure loading of experiment showed larger than average 6% to that of the analysis.

Seismic performance capacity of CFT seismic retrofit method was studied through cyclic loading test. The added CFT columns share the lateral seismic force of the building with the existing RC columns to prevent building collapse. The experiment shows stable hysteric load-displacement curve.

형상비(M/VD, shear span-depth ratio)가 4.5인 축소모형의 원형기둥 실험체 3개를 제작하였다. 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체의 단면 은 원형이고 중공단면으로 제작되었다. 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체의 단면 지름은 400 mm, 중공 지름은 200 mm이다. 일정한 축력 하에서 반복 하중을 가력하는 준정적 실험을 수행하였다. 실험체의 주요변수는 횡방향철근비이다. 모든 실험체의 횡방향 나선철근 체적비는 소성힌지 구 간에서 0.302~0.604%의 값을 갖는다. 이 값은 도로교설계기준에서 요구하는 최소 심부구속철근 요구량의 45.9~91.8%에 해당하며, 이는 내진 설계가 되지 않은 기존 교각이나 내진설계개념으로 설계되는 교각을 나타낸다. 본 연구의 최종목적은 실험적 기초자료의 제공과 함께 성능단 계별 균열거동, 하중-변위 이력곡선, 에너지 소산 능력, 등가점성감쇠비, 잔류변형, 유효강성 등 내진성능의 정량적 수치와 경향을 제공하기 위 한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 실험결과를 통해 분석된 실험변수에 따른 실험결과들을 공칭강도, 비선형 모멘트-곡률 해석 결과, AASHTO LRFD 및 도로교설계기준(한계상태설계법)과 같은 기준들과 비교하였다.

형상비(M/VD, shear span-depth ratio)가 4.5인 축소모형의 원형기둥 실험체 3개를 제작하였다. 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체의 단면 은 원형이고 중공단면으로 제작되었다. 철근콘크리트 기둥 실험체의 단면 지름은 400 mm, 중공 지름은 200 mm이다. 일정한 축력 하에서 반복 하중을 가력하는 준정적 실험을 수행하였다. 실험체의 주요변수는 횡방향철근비이다. 모든 실험체의 횡방향 나선철근 체적비는 소성힌지 구 간에서 0.302~0.604%의 값을 갖는다. 이 값은 도로교설계기준에서 요구하는 최소 심부구속철근 요구량의 45.9~91.8%에 해당하며, 이는 내진 설계가 되지 않은 기존 교각이나 내진설계개념으로 설계되는 교각을 나타낸다. 본 연구의 최종목적은 실험적 기초자료의 제공과 함께 성능단 계별 균열, 철근의 항복, 파단 등 정량적 수치와 경향을 제공하기 위한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 실험결과를 통해 분석된 실험변수에 따른 교각의 파괴거동, 강도저감거동, 변위연성도에 대해 중점적으로 기술하였다.

Elemental mercury has a very high volatility allowing easy dissipation from water or soil into air. To better understand how the kinetics of diffusion of elemental mercury through a medium, which is soil in this study, a mercury diffusion column experiment was done. The correlation between temperature and equilibrium concentrations of mercury in standardized soil samples and a pure mercury standard were determined. Total mercury concentrations were analysed using CVAFS. The effect of time and soil depth to the kinetics of mercury diffusion were determined. Differences in mercury concentrations at different sampling probes were observed during the first few gas phase analyses. Equilibrium was reached through the column after 72 hours.