This study presents a sustainable design method to optimize the embodied energy and CO2 emission complying with the design code for reinforced concrete column. The sustainable design method effectively achieves the minimization of the environmental load and energy consumption whereas the conventional design method has been mostly focused on the cost saving. Failure of reinforced concrete column exhibits compressive or tensile failure mode against an external force such as flexure and compression; thus, optimization analyses are conducted for both failure modes. For the given sections and reinforcement ratios, the optimized sections are determined by optimizing cost, embodied energy, and CO2 emission and various aspects of the sections are thoroughly investigated. The optimization analysis results show that 25% embodied energy and 55% CO2 emission can be approximately reduced by 10% increase in cost. In particular, the embodied energy and CO2 emission were more effectively reduced in the tensile failure mode rather than in the compressive failure mode. Consequently, it was proved that the sustainable design method effectively implements the concept of sustainable development in the design of reinforced concrete structure by optimizing embodied energy consumption and CO2 emission.

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. T he 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.

Many studies are conducted in several fields for fragility analysis of structures or elements which is a probabilistic seismic safety analysis in consideration with uncertainty of seismic loading. It is hard to directly conduct fragility analysis for an infrastructure with social importance due to its size. Therefore, a fragility analysis for an infrastructure mainly conducted in element level or conducted with scaled model built in accordance with similarity law. In this article, fragility analysis for prototype and scaled model of reinforced concrete column was conducted with numerical models which had been updated by the results of shaking table test and pseudo dynamic test. As a result, response stress from the numerical analysis result of prototype model was higher than that from scaled model due to different stiffness ratios between steel and concrete. However, the probability of failure for scaled model was higher than that for prototype model because failure criteria for scaled model was down due to similarity law. Also it was evaluated that probability of failure by using log normal standard deviation of response stresses by spectrum matched accelerograms was more reliable than probability of failure by using existing coefficient of variation normally used.

This study investigates the seismic performance of solid reinforced concrete columns with triangular reinforcement details using nonlinear seismic analysis. The developed reinforcement details are economically feasible and rational, and facilitate shorter construction periods. By using a sophisticated nonlinear finite element analysis program, the accuracy and objectivity of the assessment process can be enhanced. Solution of the equations of motion is obtained by numerical integration using Hilber-Hughes-Taylor (HHT) algorithm. The proposed numerical method gives a realistic prediction of seismic performance throughout the input ground motions for several column specimens. As a result, developed triangular reinforcement details were designed to be superior to the existing reinforcement details in terms of required performance.

Behavior of RC(Reinforced-concrete) beam-column connections has been subjected to the earthquake loading has been determined by shear and attachment mechanism. However, since the shear and attachment are very fragile for cycle loadings. Through occurring plastic hinges at the beam, the column and the connection should remain elastic condition and the beam should dissipate the energy from the earthquake. This study was investigate on the seismic performance of 6 RC beam - column connections built with the high strength reinforcements (700MPa) based on design and detailing requirements in the ACI 318-05 Provision and KCI-07 appendix Ⅱ. This is aimed to evaluate the effect of the high-strength reinforcements as used the beam-column connection members. The main comparisons were the seismic performance of the connections affect the seismic performance in terms of strength, stiffness and ductility, joint shear stress-strain. A total of 6 beam-column specimens were built with a 1/2 scale and subjected to the cyclic loadings. Main design considerations were the area of the longitudinal reinforcements of the beam and details of the beam-column joint designed based on the seismic code. Cyclic test results are given and recommendations for the usage of high strength reinforcements for the seismic design is provided.

This paper has proposed a reinforcing method for damaged RC columns with SRF sheets and Aramid rods. In order to verify the effectiveness and performance, two original columns and two reinforced columns with SRF sheets and Aramid rods were developed and tested under lateral cyclic displacement and a constant axial load. The test showed that the improvement of energy dissipation capacity was increased in terms of strength and ductility. In addition, an analytical modeling of the standard specimens was proposed using Response-2000 and ZeusNL program. The results of analytical and experimental studies for two standard columns were compared in terms of loading-displacement curve and energy dissipation capacity based on the nonlinear static analysis.

Various non-seismic tie details are frequently used for one- and two-story small buildings because the seismic demand on their deformation capacities is not relatively significant. To evaluate the effects of the non-seismic tie details on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete columns, six square columns with a cross section of 400 × 400 mm and six rectangular columns with a cross section of 250 × 640 mm were tested. The anchorage details at both ends and spacing of tie hoops, along with the cross-sectional shape and the magnitude of axial load, were considered as the primary test parameters. Test results showed that square columns had higher stiffness and lower lateral deformation rather than rectangular columns. Both lap spliced tie and U-shaped tie provided comparable or improved seismic performance to 90° hook tie in terms of maximum strength, ductility, and energy dissipation. The predicted curves with modeling parameters in ASCE41-13 were conservative for test results of lap spliced tie and U-shaped tie specimens since plastic behavior after flexural yielding could not be considered. For economical design, ASCE41-13 should be revised with various test results of tie details.

본 논문에서는 CFT 구조의 강관과 내부 충전 콘크리트 간 복합거동을 유한요소해석 시 적절하게 반영하기 위해 강관과 콘크리트 간 부착 슬립관계 묘사를 위한 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 내부 충전 콘크리트에 축방향 하중 발생 시, 강관과 콘크리트 간 마찰로 인해 강관으로 하중이 전달되며, 이에 따른 강관 슬립량과 힘의 평형관계를 통해 등가강성을 통해 부착관계를 파악할 수 있다. 실제 원형 CFT 부재의 부착응력 실험을 통해 측정된 수직 및 수평 방향 응력 분포 결과와 제안된 해석 기법을 통해 산정된 응력 분포의 비교를 통해 제안된 해석 기법의 타당성을 검증하였다. 또한 비선형 유한요소해석 시 강관과 콘크리트의 부착 거동 묘사에 따라 CFT 기둥의 거동 특성에 영향을 미치게 되므로 축방향 하중이 작용하는 CFT 부재 실험결과와 제안된 부착-슬립 모델을 반영한 유한요소해석 결과의 하중-변위 곡선 관계 비교를 통해 제안된 기법의 적합성을 검증하였다.

In the actual research fields, the studies for applications of 180 MPa ultra-high-performance fiber reinforced composite (UHFRCC) to compressive members are limited due to its very high compressive strength. In this study, in order to find basic research data for the design specification of UHPFRCC compressive members, a series of draft experiments, including short columns with square and circular sections, were performed and its failure modes and behaviors were assessed.

This study presents an experimental study of the structural behavior for steel plate-concrete column-to-steel girder connections. Experiments were carried out to investigate the moment-rotation characteristics, failure behavior and ultimate moment capacity of these connections. The results of this experimental study involving three welded moment-resisting connections subjected to cyclic loading are presented. The specimens were fabricated at full scale to evaluate their hysteretic behavior. A description of the test specimens, the details of the joint, the test system and the testing methods are described. The test results showed that the structural behavior of these composite connections was influenced by the connection details.

RC shear wall sections which have irregular shapes such as T, ㄱ, ㄷ sections are typically used in low-rise buildings in Korea. Pushover analysis of building containing such members costs a lot of computation time and needs professional knowledge since it requires complicated modeling and, sometimes, fails to converge. In this study, a method using an equivalent column element for the shear wall is proposed. The equivalent column element consists of an elastic column, an inelastic rotational spring, and rigid beams. The inelastic properties of the rotational spring represent the nonlinear behavior of the shearwall and are obtained from the section analysis results and moment distribution for the member. The use of an axial force to compensate the difference in the axial deformation between the equivalent column element and the actual shear wall is also proposed. The proposed method is applied for the pushover analysis of a 5- story shear wall-frame building and the results are compared with ones using the fiber elements. The comparison shows that the inelastic behavior at the same drift was comparable. However, the performance points estimated using the pushover curves showed some deviations, which seem to be caused by the differences of estimated yield point and damping ratios.

Pile foundations constructed by the fiber reinforced polymer plastic piles have been used in coastal and oceanic regions in many countries. Generally, fiber reinforced polymer plastic piles are consisted of filament winding FRP which is used to wrap the outside of concrete pile to increase the axial load carrying capacity or pultruded FRP which is located in the core concrete to resist the bending moment arising due to eccentric loading. In this paper, the analytical procedures of hybrid concrete filled FRP tube flexural members are suggested based on the CFT design method. Moreover, the analytical results are compared with the experimental results to obtained by the previous researches. The results of comparison analyses are performed to estimate the accuracy of the analytical procedure for hybrid FRP-concrete composite compression test, members under eccentrical loading.

Concrete filled steel tube (CFT) columns have been widely used in moment resisting frame structures both in seismic zones. This paper discusses the design of such members based on the advanced methods introduced in the 2005 AISC Specification and the 2005 Seismic Provisions. This study focuses particularly on design following both linear and nonlinear methods utilizing equivalent static and dynamic loads for low-rise moment frames. The paper begins with an examination of the significance of pseudo-elastic design interaction equations and the plastic ductility demand ratios due to combined axial compressive force and bending moment in CFT members. Based on advanced computational simulations for a series of five-story composite moment frames, this paper then investigates both building performance and new techniques to evaluate building damage during a strong earthquake. It is shown that 2D equivalent static analyses can provide good design approximations to the force distributions in moment frames subjected to large inelastic lateral loads. Dynamic analyses utilizing strong ground motions generally produce higher strength ratios than those from equivalent static analyses, but on more localized basis. In addition, ductility ratios obtained from the nonlinear dynamic analysis are sufficient to detect which CFT columns undergo significant deformations.

기둥은 건물에서 하중을 지지하는 중요한 구성요소이므로 기둥의 손상 또는 파괴는 건물의 연쇄붕괴의 원인이 된다. 특 히 폭발하중에 의한 기둥의 거동평가는 연쇄붕괴 방지에 있어 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 축하중을 받고 있는 기둥이 폭발하중을 받을 때의 거동과 폭발 저항성능을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 동일단면적과 비슷한 철근비를 가지는 기둥에서 주 철근의 개수를 달리하여 각 변수에 따른 폭발하중에 대한 폭발 저항성능을 평가하였다. 또한, 동일한 성능을 지니는 기둥 에서 단면비를 달리하여 기둥의 폭발 저항성능을 비교하였다. 해석결과, 폭발 직후 충격량에 대한 수직 변형률은 철근의 개수 및 단면비에 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 수평변형의 경우 폭발압력을 받는 면의 철근 개수가 증가함 에 따라 기둥의 저항성능이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 기둥 단면의 단면 2차모멘트가 클수록 폭발하중에 대한 저항 성능 및 복원력이 더 큰 것을 확인하였다.

The concrete filled steel tube (CFT) that shows an excellent performance can be more economically used when the steel tube has a large width-to-thickness ratio. However, national codes such as KBC or AISC limits the use of a plate with a large width-to-thickness ratio, resulting in exclusion of possibility of more effective use of CFT. The purpose of this study is to remove the limitations by applying the concept of effective area which can consider local buckling and post-buckling strength. As a starting point, the effective area concept used in pure hollow steel sections in the current codes are applied to composite CFT columns and the results indicates that the limitations can be successfully removed.

프리캐스트 콘크리트 골조에서 실물크기의 보-기둥 접합부 실험체 5개를 대상으로 반복가력 실험을 수행하였다. 지진하중을 받는 골조를 대상으로 1개의 일체식 실험체와 4개의 프리캐스트 실험체를 포함하여 5개의 1/2스케일의 내부 보-기둥 접합부를 대상으로 하였다.주요 변수는 보의 구조적 연속성을 확보하기 위한 접합부의 형태와 접합부의 특별한 보강형태(섬유콘크리트와 횡보강근)로 하였다. 실험체는 강기둥-약보 개념에 따라 설계하였다. 보 철근은 접합부에 큰 비탄성 전단력이 작용할 경우 보에 소성힌지가 발생하도록 계획하였다. 접합부의 성능평가는 접합부의 강도, 강성, 에너지 소산능력과 층간변위비로 평가하였다. 실험결과 실험체의 파괴는 보의 소성힌지부에서 파괴되었다. 보-기둥 접합부의 성능은 대체적으로 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 접합부의 강도는 일체식 RC 구조의 비해 1.15배 정도 향상되었다. 층간변위 3.5%때의 강도에서 실험체는 ECC의 인장변형능력과 철골연결재의 항복에 의해 연성거동 하였다.

본 연구에서는 기존 원형 CFT기둥 실험체와 탄소섬유쉬트로 추가구속된 원형 CFT기둥 실험체의 단조압축거동 및 압축내력평가에 관한 실험을 수행하였다. 실험변수는 탄소섬유쉬트 보강겹수와 직경-두께비이며, 실험변수에 따라 총 10개의 실험체를 제작하여 단조압축실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 통하여 기존 CFT 실험체와 탄소섬유쉬트로 구속된 CFT 실험체의 파괴거동, 하중-축변위 곡선, 최대내력, 변형성능을 비교한다. 끝으로 탄소섬유쉬트의 추가구속을 통해 기둥의 국부좌굴을 지연시켰으며 구속효과로 인해 내력은 상승하는 것으로 나타났다.

본 연구는 철근콘크리트 내부 보-기둥 접합부의 전단거동 예측에 관한 비선형 모델을 제안한 것이다. 보-기둥 접합부 패널존에서의 전단거동 모델을 위하여 면내전단 예측을 위한 연화트러스모델 이론을 수정한 이론을 적용하였다. 이로부터 접합부에서의 평형조건에 의한 등가 모멘트 및 회전 관계를 이용하여 접합부에서의 전단변형 관계를 접합부의 회전스프링의 특성관계로 변환하여 고려토록 하였다. 소개된 해석모델을 축력 및 전단을 받는 내부 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부의 실험과 비교하였으며, 제시된 모델은 접합부에서의 전단력 뿐만 아니라 전단변형의 예측에도 유효한 것으로 판단되었다.

최근, 교량교각과 같은 기둥구조물의 사용성능을 향상시킴과 동시에 복잡한 도심지 내 효율적 공간활용을 위해 콘크리트 충전강관(CFT: concrete-filled steel tube)의 적용이 점차 증가하고 있다. 이러한 기둥구조물의 정확한 설계를 위해서는 재료 및 기하학적 특성에 따른 콘크리트 충전강관 기둥의 거동에 관한 실험적 연구가 요구된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 압축강도실험을 통하여 외경-두께비 (D/t) 및 강재-콘크리트 단면적비 (As/Ac)에 따른 콘크리트 충전강관 기둥의 극한강도 분포특성에 대해 명확히 파악하였다. 또한 콘크리트 배합강도에 따른 콘크리트 충전강관 기둥의 극한강도 분포특성을 실험을 통하여 명확히 파악하였다. 실험결과의 고찰을 통하여 압축하중을 받는 콘크리트 충전강관 기둥의 극한강도는 콘크리트 강도보다 강과의 단면특성에 주로 의존함을 알 수 있었다.