Carbon fibers (CFs) have high service temperature, strength, and stiffness, and low weight. They are widely used as reinforcing materials in advanced polymer composites. The role of the polymer matrix in the composites is to provide bulk to the composite laminate and transfer load between the fibers. The interface between the CF and the resin matrix plays a critical role in controlling the overall properties of the composites. This paper aims to review the synthesis, properties, and applications of polymer matrices, such as thermosetting and thermoplastic resins.

본 연구에서는 국내 LTPP 구간에서 수행된 FWD 시험의 결과를 바탕으로 섬유보강, 폴리머 개질, 일반 아스팔트 포장의 구조적 성능을 비교 평가하였다. FWD 시험 결과, 표층 하단부의 인장변형량이 섬유보강 아스팔트는 29%, 폴리머 개질 아스팔트는 21% 저감되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 FWD 처짐량을 역산하여 각 층의 탄성계수를 추정한 후 이를 바탕으로 AASHTO 설계방법, 구조적 해석 방법 및 생애주기비용분석을 통해 섬유보강 및 폴리머 개질 아스팔트 포장의 비용 효과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 섬유보강은 약 5cm, 폴리머 개질은 약 3cm의 아스팔트 층 두께 감소 효과를 보여주었다. 그러나 섬유보강 및 폴리머 개질 아스팔트의 고가격으로 인하여 전체 시공재료비는 일반 아스팔트 포장에 비해 상승하는 결과를 보여주었다. 생애주기비용 결과는 초기 공사비는 섬유보강 및 폴리머 개질 아스팔트 포장이 높지만, 유지관리비용 및 사용자비용은 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

본 연구는 도로안전 시설물의 풍하중에 의한 손상발생 사례를 토대로 현행 도로안전 시설물의 구조적 휨 성능을 평가하고 이에 대한 부재별 휨 성능개선을 위한 연구이다. 본 연구의 대상구조물로는 대표적인 도로안전시설물이며 풍하중에 대한 선행 피해사례가 밝혀진 방음벽 지주프레임을 대상으로 고려하였으며 이들 지주프레임의 휨 구조성능 및 형상설계에 대한 평가를 우선적으로 수행하였다. 본 연구평가 결과에서 나타난 현행 보강재의 구조적 성능을 토대로 중량 대비 구조적 강성이 우수한 유리섬유 강화플라스틱 (GFRP)을 활용하여 다양한 보강 형태에 따른 성능개선방법을 해석 및 실험적 연구를 통하여 수행하였다. 그 결과 효율적 성능개선을 위한 GFRP 적용방법의 경우 구조적, 시공적 측면에서 효율적인 것으로 평가되었고 자체적인 형상단면 최적설계를 통한 개선방법도 성능보강에 효과적인 것으로 해석적으로 평가되었다. 본 연구에서 적용된 GFRP 단면보강 및 최적형상설계 연구는 향후 노후 도로안전 시설물의 풍하중 또는 태풍으로 인한 피해예방을 위한 기초자료로서 효율적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

The appearance of many Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) constructions look like ordinary steel construction, because GFRP has been imitated by the same way with the traditional steel's cross section as well as connection system. In terms of detachable connection, there was not enough appropriate option of GFRP connection, such as a traditional bolt connection for steel and wood structures. Most of all, from material characteristic of GFRP related to the deficient ductility, the shearstress principle of GFRP s not proper for the material property, which causes ineffective and not economic application of material. With this research problem, the innovative and detachable onnection system, which is more considered with appropriate material characteristic for FRP, is developed. Not only short time but also long time research with various connection variations is carried out.

The mechanical behavior of concrete-filled glass fiber reinforced polymer columns is affected by various factors including concrete strength, stiffness of tube, end confinement effect, and slenderness ratio of members. In this research the behavior of slender columns was examined both experimentally and analytically. Experimental works include 1) compression test with 30cm long glass fiber composite columns under different end confinement conditions, 2) uni-axial compression test for 7 slender columns, which have various slenderness ratios.Short-length stocky columns gave high strength and ductility revealing high confinement action of FRP tubes.The strength increment and strain change were examined under different end confinement conditions.With slender columns, failure strengths, confinement effects, and stress-strains relations were examined.Through analytical work, effective length was computed and it was compared with the amount of reduction in column strength, which is required to predict design strength with slender specimens.This study shows the feasibility of slender concrete-filled glass fiber reinforced polymer composite columns.

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) is considered as a candidate technology for applications in stationary, transportation as well as electronic power generation purposes. To develop a high performance direct methanol fuel cell(DMFC), a competent electrolyte membrane is needed. The electrolyte membrane should be durable and methanol crossover must be low. One of the approaches to increase the stability of generally used polymer electrolyte membranes such as Nafion against swelling or thermal degradation is to bond it with an inorganic material physically or chemically. In Noritake Company, we have developed a novel method of reinforcing the polymer electrolyte matrix with inorganic fibers. Methanol crossover values measured were significantly lower than the original polymer electrolyte membranes. These fiber reinforced electrolyte membranes (FREM) were used for DMFC study and stable power output values as high 160 mW/cm2 were measured. The details of the characteristics of the membranes as well as I-V data of fuel cell stacks are detailed in the paper.

Steel, concrete and their combination materials are the most 6commonly used materials for civil engineering structural systems such as buildings, bridge structures and other structures. Recently, however, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, a relatively new composite material made of fibers and polymer resins, have been gradually used in structural systems as an alternative structural material. This paper describes a comparison of design strength equations for steel column and FRP composite column based on design philosophies. The safety factors used in allowable stress design (ASD) are relatively higher in FRP structural design than steel structural design. Column critical stress equations of FRP composites column from an experimental study can be represented by Euler elastic buckling equation at the long-range of slenderness, and an exponential form at the short-range of slenderness as defined in Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of steel column. The column strength of steel and FRP composite columns in large slenderness is independent of material strength, this result verified the elastic buckling equation as derived by Eq. (15) and Eq. (5).

탄소섬유보강폴리머(CFRP)는 경량이며, 성형성 및 작업성이 뛰어나 보수보강재료로서 널리 사용되고 있다. 하지만, 연성재료인 철근과는 달리 CFRP는 취성재료이므로, 철근에서 사용되는 전통적인 설계접근 방법을 적용하는 것은 부적합하다. 연성재료인 철근은 항복이후 요소사이의 응력재분배가 이뤄져 복합요소의 거동은 평균화된다. 따라서 복합요소의 응력 평균은 단위요소의 평균과 같고, 표준편차는 더 작아진다. 따라서 연성재료의 설계값은 증가시킬 수 있으나, 안전측, 실무적 접근에서 고정값을 사용한다. 반면 취성재료의 경우, 응력재분배를 기대하기 어려워 복합요소의 거동은 더 약한 요소에 의해 결정된다. 이에 복합요소의 응력의 평균값과 표준편차는 감소한다. 따라서 취성재료의 설계값은 요소수가 증가할수록 감소한다. 이 논문에서는 취성재료에서 정규분포를 가지는 단위요소가 요소 결합에 따라 와이블 분포를 가지게 됨을 증명하고, 이를 반영하여 하중이 작용하는 면적에 따른 물성치의 보정식을 제안하였다.

In this paper, laboratory tensile tests were performed for the basalt, glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Epoxy resin was used as the polymer for this composite material. The procedure of the experiment was based on the criteria specified in ASTM D3039 / 3039M. Moreover, a Universal Testing Machine (UTM) with 100 kN capacity was used in this experiment. Results of the performance of each composite material were analyzed. In case of fiber type, carbon fiber reinforced polymer showed the best performance; followed by basalt fiber and glass fiber reinforced polymer with the elastic modulus of 37.03 MPa and 33.10 MPa, respectively.

Recently, the FRP known to be new material for repair and rehabilitation has several deficiencies even lots of advantages itself, especially underwater construction. By evaluating the material properties of FRP for underwater, thus, this study provides construction technology with basic data related to repair and rehabilitation of structures submerged in the water.

This paper presents the experimental results for reinforcement effect for FRP strengthened steel structures. Bond behavior, flexural, and compression were conducted. First, from bond test, it was able to examine the interfacial behavior and to evaluate the interfacial bond stress between AFRP plate and steel plates. Second, for flexural test, maximum load was increased with increasing FRP layer. Also, debonding failure was observed between steel plates and FRP plates. Third, for compression, for short columns it was observed that two sides would typically buckle outward and the other sides would buckle inward. Also, for long columns, overall buckling observed. The maximum load was increased up to 33% for slender section short columns. From the test, it was able to verify the reinforcement effect for FRP strengthened steel structures.

In this study, freezing and thawing test of secondary product was performed using the Fiber Reinforced polymer Cement composites. From the test result, it was found that fiber reinforced polymer cement composites resistance of freezing and thawing were better than that of conventional products.

In this study, experimental research was carried out to evaluate and improve the seismic performance of reinforced concrete beam-column joint regions using strengthening materials (CFRP sheet, AFRP sheet, embedded CFRP rod) in existing reinforced concrete structure. Therefore it was constructed and tested seven specimens retrofitting the beam-column joint regions using such retrofitting materials. Specimens, designed by retrofitting the beam-column joint regions of existing reinforced concrete structure, were showed the stable failure mode and increase of load-carrying capacity due to the effect of crack control at the times of initial loading and confinement of retrofitting materials during testing. Specimens LBCJ-CRUS, designed by the retrofitting of CFRP Rod and CFRP Sheet in reinforecd beam-column joint regions were increased its maximum load carrying capacity by 1.54 times and its energy dissipation capacity by 2.36 times in comparison with standard specimen LBCJ for a displacement ductility of 4 and 7. And Specimens LBCJ-CS, LBCJ-AF series were increased its energy dissipation capacity each by 2.04~2.34, 1.63~3.02 times in comparison with standard specimen LBCJ for a displacement ductility of 7.

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) has been generally accepted by civil engineers as an alternative for steel reinforcing bars (rebar) due to its advantageous specific tensile strength and non-corrosiveness. Even though some glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars are available on a market, GFRP is still somewhat uncompetitive over steel rebar due to their high cost and relatively low elastic modulus, and brittle failure characteristic. If the price of component materials of GFRP rebar is not reduced, it would be another solution to increase the performance of each material to the highest degree. The tensile strength generally decreases with increasing diameter of FRP rebar. One of the reasons is that only fibers except for fibers in center resist the external force due to the lack of force transfer and the deformation of only outer fibers by gripping system. Eliminating fibers in the center, which do not play an aimed role fully, are helpful to reduce the price and finally FRP rebar would be optimized over the price. In this study, the effect of the hollow section in a cross-section of a GFRP rebar was investigated. A GFRP rebar with 19 mm diameter was selected and an analysis was performed for the tensile test results. Parameter was the ratio of hollow section over solid cross-section. Four kinds of hollow sections were planned. A total of 27 specimens, six specimens for each hollow section and three specimens with a solid cross-section were manufactured and tested. The change by the ratio of hollow section over solid cross-section was analyzed and an optimized cross-section design was proposed.

This paper describes an experimental program to investigate the shear behavior of insulated concrete sandwich panels (CSPs) with different types of GFRP shear connector. The study included testing of 13 insulated CSP specimens with two types of surface conditions for extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation and various shapes of shear connectors. All specimens were loaded in direct shear by means of push-out and were consist of three concrete panels, two insulation layer and four rows of GFRP shear connectors. Load-relative slip between concrete panel and insulation response of CSP specimens has been established through push-out shear test. Test results indicate that the surface condition of insulation has a significant effect on the bond strength between concrete panel and insulation. The specimen used XPS foam with 10mm deep slot shows higher bond strength than those used XPS foam with meshed surface. Corrugated GFRP shear connectors show equivalent strength to grid GFRP shear connectors. Cross-sectional area and embedded length of shear connector have a notable effect on overall response and inplane shear strength of the CSP specimens.

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.

Complete closed-type carbon fiber reinforced polymer stirrups with a rectangular section (CFRPRS) were developed and tested in this research. The CFRPRS was intended to relieve stress concentration and to reduce the number of kinked fibers at the bent portion. A total of 16 B.5 specimens were tested regarding the bend strength of the CFRPRS and CFRP stirrups with circular section. Test results showed that CFRPRS improved the bend strength compared to its counterpart of conventional CFRP stirrups having a circular section, with the larger ratio of width to thickness being more effective for the same sectional area. The best correlation between the test results and predictions on CFRPRS bend strength was observed when the section of CFRPRS was modeled as a collection of transformed individual circular sections.

건축물의 보수․보강 시 섬유보강 폴리머를 이용한 부착공법을 이용한 보수․보강이 행해지고 있으며, 특히 CFRP(carbon fiber reinforced polymer)는 이러한 RC 구조부재의 보강재로 널리 활용되고 있다. 그러나 외부 환경적 요인에 의해 열화되는 즉, 동결융해 환경이 RC 보에서의 CFRP 보강성능에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구는 전무한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 AE 기법을 통해 CFRP와 RC 부재 내부의 손상진전에 따라 발생하는 AE 신호를 계측함으로써 CFRP로 보강 후 동결융해에 의해 열화된 RC 구조물의 파괴기구 규명을 위한 기초자료를 마련하고자 한다.

본 연구의 목적은 CFRP판을 다양한 방법으로 보강한 RC보의 휨거동을 실험적으로 비교․분석하고, 프리스트레싱을 도입하여 보강된 콘크리트 구조물의 성능개선 효과와 구조거동을 예측할 수 있는 해석모델을 개발하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 프리스트레싱이 도입된 CFRP판의 부착 및 휨거동 특성을 분석하고, CFRP 및 Epoxy 수지의 거동특성을 규명하였다. 또한 CFRP판의 보강방법과 프리스트레싱 수준 등을 실험변수로 설정하여 콘크리트 보의 휨실험을 수행하고, 개발된 해석모델의 결과와 비교․검증하였다. 연구결과 본 해석기법은 충분한 신뢰도를 가지고 있으므로 CFRP를 사용한 보강설계에 효과적으로 적용이 가능하다고 판단된다.