본 연구에서는 직관적인 적용 및 응용이 가능한 FRP 구속 콘크리트의 재료모형을 반영하는 단면해석 기법을 적용하여 FRP 보강 RC 교각의 성능 증진효과 분석을 수행하였다. 분석 대상 교각은 국내 시설물 내진성능평가 지침인 ｢기존 시설물 (교량)의 내진성능 평가요령 해설 및 예제집(국토해양부, 2015)｣에서 제시하고 있는 예제 모델을 대상으로 하였으며, Lam and Teng. (2003)의 FRP 구속 콘크리트 재료 모델을 활용하여 단면해석을 수행하였다. 미국 콘크리트 학회(ACI, American Concrete Institute)의 구조물 FRP 보강 매뉴얼인 ACI440.2R-17에서 제시하고 있는 구조물 보강용 FRP 소재 물성 제원을 활용하였으며, 구조물 FRP 보강 설계 세부 조항을 따랐다. 국내 내진성능 평가요령에 제시된 교각의 축방향 철근 겹침이음을 조항을 고려하여 기존 교각의 콘크리트 재료 물성을 가정하여 매개변수 연구를 수행하였으며, FRP 보강재 소재별 보강 겹수를 고려하여 FRP 보강 RC 교각의 휨 성능 증진 효과 분석을 수행하였다.

The plastic hinge region of RC pier ensures its nonlinear behavior during strong earthquake events. It is assumed that the piers secure sufficient strength and ductility in order to prevent the collapse of the bridge during strong earthquake. However, the presence of a lap-splice of longitudinal bars in the plastic hinge region may lead to the occurrence of early bond failure in the lap-splice zone and result in significant loss of the seismic performance. The current regulations for seismic performance evaluation limit the ultimate strain and displacement ductility considering the eventual presence of lap-splice, but do not consider the lap-splice length. In this study, seismic performance test and analysis are performed according to the cross-sectional size and the lap-splice length in the case of longitudinal bars with lap-splice located in the plastic hinge region of existing RC bridge columns with circular cross-section. The seismic behavioral characteristics of the piers are also analyzed. Based upon the results, this paper presents a more reasonable seismic performance evaluation method considering the lap-splice length and the cross-sectional size of the column.

It is known that seismic performance of existing bridges having insufficient lateral confinements and lap-splices of longitudinal reinforcements at the base of column decreases dramatically. In this study, small-scaled model tests have been performed to confirm the seismic behaviors of RC bridge piers with various lap-splice lengths. The 8 test models have circular section with diameters of 0.65 m, 0.8 m, 1.0 m, and lap-splice lengths of B-class or C-class. The test results show that the failure modes of models are not depending on the lap-splice length itself but depend on the ratio of lap-splice length to diameter, and that the displacement ductility is also affected by this ratio.