Due to a lack of the hoop action of lateral reinforcements the effective confining force in rectangular sections reduces compared to circular ones. Therefore, the stress-strain model obtained from the experimental data with circular sections overestimates the lateral confinement effect in rectangular sections, which evaluates seismic safety margin of overall structural system excessively. In this study experiments with laterally-confined square sections have been performed and the characteristic values composing stress-strain model have been analyzed. With introduction of section coefficients, in addition, the new unified stress-strain model applicable to square sections as well as circular ones has been proposed.

In order to avoid collapse of bridges in earthquakes bridge piers are generally designed to attain sufficient ductility. This full-ductility design method has merits for securing the seismic safety readily against strong earthquakes but, it has weakness of high cost design because of excessive safety margin. Recently, in many countries with high seismic technologies, the seismic design concept tends to shift from the collapse prevention design to the performance-based one which requires different performance (damage) levels according to the structural importance. In order to establish this performance-based design method the displacement ductility of confined concrete members should be evaluated quantitatively. And the stress-strain model of confined concrete is indispensible in evaluating displacement ductility. In this study, 6 test groups with different lateral reinforcement ratios were prepared. 10 same specimens with circular section for each group were tested to obtain more reliable test results. The characteristic values necessary for composing the stress-strain model were obtained from experiments. Based on these characteristic values the new stress-strain model modifying the Hoshikuma's one has been proposed.

In order to investigate the confinement behavior of reinforced concrete columns using high strength materials, we performed loading tests on the columns with different combinations of reinforcement strength. Base on the test results together with previous studies, the confinement capacity of high strength reinforced concrete column was evaluated and the adequacy of the confinement design equation in the KCI code was discussed. As a result, it is found that the energy dissipation capacity increases as the yield strength increases.

본 논문에서는 압축파괴에너지를 이용하여 고강도 구속콘크리트에 대한 응력-변형률 모델을 제안하였다. 참고문헌[5]에서 저자가 실시한 압축실험에는 변형률 게이지를 부착한 아크릴 막대를 실험체의 중앙부에 매립하여 압축부재의 국부 변형률 측정을 시도하였다. 이 아크릴 막대를 이용한 국부 변형률 측정은 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 압축파괴영역길이는 아크릴 막대로부터 측정된 국부 변형률 분포에 기초하여 정의되었다. 구체적으로, 구속콘크리트의 국소파괴영역길이는 압축강도 발현시의 변형률 εcc의 2배 이상 변형률이 증가하는 영역으로 정의하였다. 또한, 동일한 횡구속압을 받는 압축부재에 흡수된 에너지양은 부재의 형상이나 크기에 관계없이 일정하다는 가정에서 압축파괴에너지를 도입한 구속콘크리트의 응력-변형률 관계를 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 모델은 본 연구의 실험결과뿐만 아니라 타 연구자들의 실험결과를 대체적으로 잘 예측하는 것으로 나타났다.

This study presents a technique for measuring the local strain of RC columns using high strength materials. A acrylic rod with strain gauges at intervals of 5 mm were embedded in high-strength RC columns. Under uniaxial compression loading, the local strain of the column was measured with strain gauges attached to the acrylic rod. It was confirmed from experimental results that the technique applied in this study is very effective in measuring the local strain of high-strength RC columns and the compressive failure of the high-strength RC columns is concentrated in some local regions.

이 연구에서는 콘크리트 압축강도에 따른 고강도 나선철근의 횡구속 성능을 평가하고자 하였다. 총 24체의 실린더형 콘크리트 실험체(150×300mm)를 제작하고 단조 압축하중 실험을 수행하였다. 주요 실험변수는 나선철근의 항복강도와 콘크리트 압축강도로 계획하였다. 나선철근의 항복강도에 따른 횡구속 효과를 효과적으로 평가하기 위하여 나선철근의 외경을 실험체 직경과 동일하게 계획하였다. 실험결과, 나선철근의 횡구속 성능은 나선철근의 항복강도가 증가할수록 그리고 콘크리트 압축강도가 낮아질수록 증가하였다. 또한 기존 해석모델을 이용하여 실험체의 응력-축변형률 관계를 예측한 결과, 해석결과는 나선철근의 항복강도와 콘크리트 압축강도가 증가할수록 정확성이 떨어지는 것으로 확인되었다.