Existing reinforced concrete building structures have seismic vulnerabilities under successive earthquakes (or mainshock-aftershock sequences) due to their inadequate column detailing, which leads to shear failure in the columns. To improve the shear capacity and ductility of the shear-critical columns, a fiber-reinforced polymer jacketing system has been widely used for seismic retrofit and repair. This study proposed a numerical modeling technique for damaged reinforced concrete columns repaired using the fiber-reinforced polymer jacketing system and validated the numerical responses with past experimental results. The column model well captured the experimental results in terms of lateral forces, stiffness, energy dissipation and failure modes. The proposed column modeling method enables to predict post-repair effects on structures initially damaged by mainshock.

Existing reinforced concrete building structures have seismic vulnerabilities due to their seismically-deficient details resulting in non-ductile behavior. The seismic vulnerabilities can be mitigated by retrofitting the buildings using a fiber-reinforced polymer column jacketing system, which can provide additional confining pressures to existing columns to improve their lateral resisting capacities. This study presents dynamic responses of a full-scale non-ductile reinforced concrete frame retrofitted using a fiber-reinforced polymer column jacketing system. A series of forced-vibration testing was performed to measure the dynamic responses (e.g. natural frequencies, story drifts and column/beam rotations). Additionally, the dynamic responses of the retrofitted frame were compared to those of the non-retrofitted frame to investigate effectiveness of the retrofit system. The experimental results demonstrate that the retrofit system installed on the first story columns contributed to reducing story drifts and column rotations. Additionally, the retrofit scheme helped mitigate damage concentration on the first story columns as compared to the non-retrofitted frame.

To overcome shortcomings of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP), a hybridized FRP rebar was developed by the authors. This hybrid bar herein called “FRP Hybrid Bar” was fabricated by adopting advantages from two different materials, including glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP). Corrosion resistant characteristics of FRP Hybrid Bar were evaluated and the test results were explained in this paper. The use of the alternative reinforcement could allow concrete structures to extend life-span, to save maintenance and repair costs, etc. if the FRP Hybrid Bar was applied to RC structures located in a very corrosive environment, such as marina or harbor areas.

FRP composites bridge deck has advantages of structural characteristics and rapid construction in the replacements of the deteriorated bridge deck. Although FRP composites have many advantages, the application in the bridge design has been retarded so far due to the lack of design guidelines. In this paper, the design example for the FRP decked concrete composite girder bridges is presented to verify the proposed design method. The design of connection in the design example is the flexible hybrid shear connection included steel reinforcements and FRP tubes. Finally, this paper may be design guideline for FRP decked concrete composite girder bridges required the composite action.

Recently, the fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) materials have been recognized as advanced materials for bridge construction. The FRP bridge deck system has advantages to construct rapidly, its durability. The FRP bridge decks have accepted as a method of deteriorated reinforced concrete bridge deck replacement. For application, design method details and connections for FRP bridge decks will be provided. In this paper, the design method, deck design and connections details on FRP decked precast, prestressed concrete girder bridges is presented. In this study, the design method of efficient connection between FRP deck and concrete girder is proposed with composite action. The schematic of proposed modular FRP panel deck-to-concrete girder connection is also presented, which is the flexible hybrid shear connection included steel reinforcements and FRP tubes. The FRP deck-to-concrete girder hybrid connection system should be improved with further refinement and experimental program. Finally, it is hoped that this paper will be guideline for research and development on this subject field for researchers and engineers

This research presents assessmental FRP plate, one of materials used for reinforcing damage of RC structure caused by deterioration. in order to investigate effective bonding length and bonding strength according to material property of epoxy used for bonding between FRP-Concrete, experimental tests for 3 specimens with each bonding length of 50,100,150,200and 250mm respectively are performed. test results indicate frat material property of epoxy can affect effective bonding length of FRP-Concrete.

This study presents an experimental study on compressive and flexural strengths of concrete reinforced by 3D Fiber Reinforced Polymer(FRP). This study is intended to investigate the potential of 3D FRP concrete composites against impact or explosive loadings. For the comparative study, non-reinforced specimen and specimens reinforced by 3D FRP are constructed and tested. 20mm×10mm 3D fiber and 25mm×20mm 3D fiber was set to be variable.

Due to the advantageous mechanical properties of the fiber reinforced polymeric plastics(FRP), their application in the construction industries is ever increasing trend, as a substitute of structural steel which is highly vulnerable under hazardous environmental conditions (i.e., corrosion, humidity, etc.). In this study, hybrid FRP-concrete composite pile (HCFFT) connection is suggested. The HCFFT is consisted of pultruded FRP unit module, filament wound FRP which is in the outside of mandrel composed of circular shaped assembly of pultruded FRP unit modules, and concrete which is casted inside of the circular tube shaped hybrid FRP pile. Therefore, pultruded FRP can increase the flexural load carrying capacity, filament wound FRP and concrete filled inside can increase axial load carrying capacity. In the study, connection capacity of HCFFT(small and mid size) is investigated throughout experiments and finite element method. From the results of experiments, we suggested the connection methods about HCFFT pile connection.

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.

철근 및 FRP Bar를 보강재로 사용한 콘크리트 보의 전단 거동을 실험적으로 평가하였다. 실험 변수는 특성이 다른 보강근을 휨 및 전단 보강한 것과 전단보강근비이다. 콘크리트 보의 전단강도 산정에 일반적으로 널리 이용되는 수정트러스 이론의 타당성을 실험 결과의 분석을 통하여 평가하였다. CFRP 및 GFRP를 휨 및 전단 보강한 콘크리트 보에 그대로 적용하는 것은 적절하지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 실험결과는 FRP Bar를 보강근으로 사용한 콘크리트 보의 전단 문제에 수정트러스 이론을 그대로 적용하는 것은 타당하지 않다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

An FRP(fiber reinforced polymer)-concrete hybrid hollow offshore wind power tower was proposed. To design this new-type wind tower, a design program was developed. It can design optimized sections automatically with the consideration of material nonlinearities. When the outer diameter and requested capacities of the hybrid tower are given, the developed program performs axial force-bending moment interaction analyses for one thousand sections of the tower and suggests ten economically optimized designs. The analysis considers material nonlinearities of concrete and FRP, and the confining effect of concrete. By using the developed program, example design processes were performed for a 5.0MW turbine and a 3.6MW turbine. The designing process was performed for the loads of wind power turbine and wind load. The designed section and analysis results showed the developed program suggested rational and satisfactory section designs.

이 연구는 새로운 형태의 FRP-콘크리트 합성말뚝인 하이브리드 CFFT(HCFFT)를 개발하는 과정의 일부이다. 이 논 문에서는 CFFT와 HCFFT의 압축강도실험을 통하여 구조적 거동을 분석하였다. 압축강도실험에 앞서 PFRP와 FFRP 재료의 역학적 성질을 조사하였다. HCFFT 압축강도실험은 콘크리트 강도와 FFRP의 두께를 변수로 하여 실험을 수 행하였다. 그리고, FFRP 두께를 변수로 PFRP를 제외한 CFFT 실험체를 제작하고 실험을 수행하여 HCFFT와 비교· 분석하였다. 실험 결과, HCFFT의 압축강도는 CFFT에 비하여 11~47% 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 실험구간내의 필 라멘트 와인딩 FRP 보강두께의 증가에 따른 HCFFT의 압축강도는 선형으로 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 실 험체와 동일한 조건의 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 해석결과는 실험결과에 비하여 모든 시편에서 약간 작은 값을 보였으며, 0.14%에서 17.95%까지의 오차범위 내에 있음을 알 수 있었다.

콘크리트 포장의 다웰바는 교통하중을 줄눈 넘어 인접한 슬래브로 전달하는 하중전달장치이다. 현재 국내에서 사용되는 다웰바는 원형봉강으로 교통하중과 환경하중으로 인해 반복적으로 발생하는 전단응력과 휨응력에 대해 높은 내구성을 갖고 있다. 그러나, 강재 다웰바는 장기간 공용시 줄눈틈, 포장 하부 등으로 침투한 수분으로 인해 부식이 발생한다. 특히, 겨울철에 사용되는 제설용 염수와 접촉할 경우 부식은 급격히 진행된다. 다웰바에 부식이 발생하면 부피가 증가하여 줄눈의 거동을 방해하며 유효단면적의 감소로 하중전달효과가 떨어질 수 있다. 이와 함께 지속적인 원자재 가격의 상승으로 강재 다웰바의 가격 경쟁력이 크게 낮아지고 있다. 이러한 강재 다웰바의 문제점은 새로운 재료를 사용한 대체 다웰바의 개발로 이어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 높은 인장강도, 높은 내부식성을 갖춘 FRP(fiber reinforced plastic)를 튜브 형태로 제작하고 그 속을 고강도 무수축 모르타르로 충진한 FRP 튜브 다웰바에 대한 역학적 두께 설계를 실시하였다. 역학적 두께 설계의 기준으로 다웰바와 콘크리트 면 사이에 발생하는 지압응력을 사용하였다. 지압응력의 산정을 위하여 다웰바에 전달되는 교통하중을 이론식과 유한요소해석을 통해 산출하고 실내시험을 통해 FRP 튜브 다웰바의 물성을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 직경 32mm, 40mm FRP 튜브 다웰바 모두 지압응력 기준을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다. 국내 콘크리트 포장은 콘크리트 슬래브 하부에 강성이 큰 린 콘크리트층을 사용하기 때문에 다웰바에 전달되는 교통하중이 적고 이로 인해 지압응력도 낮아져 상대적으로 적은 직경의 FRP 튜브 다웰바의 사용이 가능한 것으로 판단된다.

Six concrete beam specimens reinforced with multiple layers of reinforcement and combinations of different reinforcement types (steel, GFRP, and CFRP bars), and four FRP bar-reinforced concrete beams with fibers were constructed and tested. An investigation was performed on load-carrying capacity, post cracking stiffness, cracking pattern, and ductility for all specimens. Addition of fibers and hybrid reinforcing with steel bars can be possible methods to overcome the low stiffness and ductility of FRP bar-reinforced beams.

Concrete filled FRP tubes (CFFT) and reinforced concrete filled FRP tubes (RCFFT) are known to have the capability to enhance structural performance in terms of structural stability, ductility, as well as chemical resistance when compared with conventional concrete members. In this study, we evaluate the structural performance of the CFFT and the RCFFT through flexural tests for the purpose of applying the members as flexural ones. The degree of improvement on the flexural performance of the RCFFT member strengthened by the FRP was analyzed from the flexural tests.

The fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthening is significantly effective for enhancing the performances of concrete to the high strain rate loadings. However, the FRP retrofitted concrete members show different behaviors comparing to quasi-static cases. This study presents experimental observation on behaviors of meso-scale concrete members retrofitted with FRP sheets under low-velocity drop-weight impact loadings. Concrete specimens with the dimensions of 100×100×400 mm were fabricated and various FRP sheets were attached. The specimens with a reinforced bottom surface and the doubly reinforced specimens showed much higher energy absorptions. Also, reinforced concrete (RC) members were cast and reinforced with CFRP sheets. The FRP flexural and shear strengthening RC beams has weakness in the spalling failure because the impact load concentrated the concrete face which is not strengthened with FRP sheets.

This study is planed to solve the overturning problem and manifestation of tensile cracking of plain concrete piers of railroad bridges. For the overturning problem, earth anchors are used to fix the bottom of a pier to a rock-foundation using prestressing cables. Composite of FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer)and Steel Plates (FSP) are attached longitudinally on the surface of the pier to prevent cracking. Then, FRP band strips are wrapped onto the FSPs to provide lateral confinement. Push-over tests in field show that the earth anchors are effective in preventing the overturning of the pier, and that the FSPs and the FRP strips prevent the cracking of concrete and increase the strength in bending.

In construction industries, new construction materials are needed to overcome some problems associated with the use of conventional construction materials due to the change of environmental and social requirements. Accordingly, the requirements to be satisfied in the design of civil engineering structures are diversified. As a new construction material in the civil engineering industries, fiber reinforced polymeric plastic (FRP) has a superior corrosion resistance, high specific strength/stiffness, etc. Therefore, such properties can be used to mitigate the problems associated with the use of conventional construction materials. Nowadays, new types of bridge piers and marine piles are being studied for new construction. They are usually made of concrete filled fiber reinforced polymeric plastic tubes (CFFT). In this paper, a new type of FRP-concrete composite pile which is composed of reinforced concrete filled FRP tube (RCFFT) is proposed to improve compressive strength as well as flexural strength. The load carrying capacity of proposed RCFFT compression member is discussed based on the result of experimental and analytical investigations.

섬유복합재료(Fiber Reinforced Polymer, FRP)는 경량성, 높은 설계기준강도, 비전기 비자성 및 내부식성의 특징 등으로 인하여 최근 건설분야에서 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그 중 GFRP(Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer)는 가격 경쟁성에서 우수하여 일반적으로 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 GFRP는 상대적으로 낮은 탄성계수를 가지고 있어 처짐이 과대하게 발생함으로 구조부재 단면으로서 활용되기 위해서는 단면이 커야하며, 설계시 사용하중에 의한 처짐 제한에 대한 검토를 실시해야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 언급된 기술적인 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 대형 단면의 적용이 가능하도록 모듈형식의 단면을 제안하였다. 그리고 FRP의 낮은 강성을 확보하군 위하여 콘크리트를 충진하는 새로운 FRP+콘크리트 합성 거더 형상을 개발하였다. 개발된 FRP)콘크리트 합성 거더의 전단지간비와 콘크리트 충진 여부에 따른 전단강도 및 처짐, 중립축 변화를 확인하고자 전단실험을 실시하였다.