Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) has been widely used in long-span buildings because of its light weight and high transparency. This paper studies the short and long term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. A series of short-term creep and recovery tests were performed, in which the residual strain was observed. A long-term creep test of the ETFE foil was also performed over 110 days. A viscoelastic-plastic model was then established to describe the short-term creep and recovery behaviour. The model contains a traditional multi-Kelvin part and an added steady-flow component to represent the viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour, respectively. The model successfully fit the data for three stresses and six temperatures. Additionally, time-temperature equivalency was adopted to predict the long-term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. Horizontal shifting factors were determined from the process of shifting creep-curves at six temperatures. The long-term creep behaviours at three temperatures were predicted. Finally, the long-term creep test showed that the short-term creep test at identical temperatures insufficiently predicted additional creep behaviour, and the long-term test verified the horizontal shifting factors derived from the time-temperature equivalency.

최근들어 구조물공사에 적용되는 콘크리트가 고강도화 되어가는 추세로서 크리프와 같은 콘크리트의 역학적 거동에 대한 기존 설계 예측식에 대한 전면적인 검토가 필요한 시점이다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 현행 국내 철근콘크리트 구조설계기준상의 크리프계수 예측 모델식에 대한 강도대별 적용 타당성을 검토하기 위한 일환으로 기존의 제안 모델식인 ACI 209R, CEB-FIP MC90 및 EC2 모델식을 검토 하였으며, 실험결과와 비교검토를 수행하였다. 모델식 검토결과, CEB-FIP MC90 모델의 개선식인 EC2 모델이 고강도대의 콘크리트에 대한 크리프계수를 보다 현실적으로 예측함을 확인할 수 있었으며, 실험결과와도 상대적으로 좋은 상관성을 보임을 확인하였다.