Tensile load tests were conducted on High-Shear Ring Anchors (HRAs) after shear load had been applied to the HRAs, which had been developed to reduce the number of the anchors. Test variables include the embedment length of the rod and the width of the specimens and a total of 12 specimens were tested. Test results show that the HRAs pulled out due to bond failure or steel failure occurred in case that the HRAs were installed to the members with 300mm or greater width and the embedment length of 160mm (the actual embedment of rod is 140mm) or deeper. Except 4 HRAs showing steel failure of rod, the minimum and average of test-to-prediction by ACI 318-14 ratios are 1.18 and 1.79, respectively. The tensile strength of HRAs, after shear load was applied to the HRAs, can be safely evaluated by the minimum among the concrete breakout strength and bond strength with the actual embedment length of the rod.

This study deals with the microstructure and tensile properties of 700 MPa-grade high-strength and seismic reinforced steel bars. The high-strength reinforced steel bars (600 D13, 600 D16 and 700 D13 specimens) are fabricated by a TempCore process, while the seismic reinforced steel bar (600S D16 specimen) is fabricated by air cooling after hot rolling. For specimens fabricated by the TempCore process, the 600 D13 and 600 D16 specimens have a microstructure of tempered martensite in the surface region and ferrite-pearlite in the center region, while the 700 D13 specimen has a microstructure of tempered martensite in the surface region and bainite in the center region. Therefore, their hardness is the highest in the surface region and shows a tendency to decrease from the surface region to the center region because tempered martensite has a higher hardness than ferrite-pearlite or bainite. However, the hardness of the 600S D16 specimen, which is composed of fully ferritepearlite, increases from the surface region to the center region because the pearlite volume fraction increases from the surface region to the center region. On the other hand, the tensile test results indicate that only the 700 D13 specimen with a higher carbon content exhibits continuous yielding behavior due to the formation of bainite in the center region. The 600S D16 specimen has the highest tensile-to-yield ratio because the presence of ferrite-pearlite and precipitates caused by vanadium addition largely enhances work hardening.

This present study deals with the microstructure and tensile properties of 600 MPa-grade high strength and seismic resistant reinforcing steels. The high strength reinforcing steel (SD 600) was fabricated by Tempcore processing, while the seismic resistant reinforcing steel (SD 600S) was air-cooled after hot-rolling treatment. The microstructure analysis results showed that the SD 600 steel specimen consisted of a tempered martensite and ferrite-pearlite structure after Tempcore processing, while the SD 600S steel specimen had a fully ferrite-pearlite structure. The room-temperature tensile test results indicate that, because of the enhanced solid solution and precipitation strengthening caused by relatively higher contents of C, Mn, Si and V in the SD 600S steel specimen, this specimen, with fully ferrite-pearlite structure, had yield and tensile strengths higher than those of the SD 600 specimen. On the other hand, the hardness of the SD 600 and SD 600S steel specimens changed in different ways according to location, dependent on the microstructure, ferrite grain size, and volume fraction.

Tensile strength was investigated for hybrid bar (HYB), in this study. HYB is made of both steel reinforcement and glass fiber. Cross section of HYB has a shape in which steel reinforcement wrapped with glass fiber. For the production of HYB, rebar of SD400 class and glass fiber of E class are used as main materials. Vinyl ester resin is used to harden a glass fiber. In order to evaluate for tensile strength of HYB, the direct tensile test was performed about total ten specimens. The length of total specimens is 2,200 mm including the grip. Diameter of HYB according to core diameter was considered as a test variable. Direct tensile test for HYB was performed using a UTM with a capacity of maximum 1,000 kN. Tensile strength and strain were measured for each specimen during the test. From the test results, tensile strength and elastic modulus were 317 ~ 341 MPa, 103 ~ 107 GPa, respectively. Especially, elastic modulus of HYB was improved in comparison with usual GFRP bars such as the Aslan 100 or the V-rod.

The composite material has the strong durability and light weight as inhomogeneous material. Nowadays, CFRP composite has been noticed as the light weight, high strength and long fatigue life. This study has been carried actively. In this study, the properties of tensile strengths of CFRP, stainless steel are analyzed, and compared each other. In order to secure the data, the tensile specimens with notches of same size by using CFRP, and stainless steel are manufactured and experimented. When the forced displacement of about 11.5 mm proceeds in case of stainless steel specimen, the maximum load of 31000 N is shown simultaneously with the fracture of specimen. When the forced displacement of about 6 mm proceeds in case of CFRP specimen, the maximum load of 16000 N is shown. So, the structural safety becomes highest at CFRP specimen among these specimens. In this study, the finite element analysis is carried out in order to compare with the experimental results. It is verified that the experimental and analysis results are similarly shown each other. Through the result of this study, it is thought that the simulation analysis data with no experiments are trustworthy at using as the real tensile experimental data.

The effect of CNT diameters on properties of CNT-polyamide composites was investigated such as electrical conductivity, tensile strength and thermal conductivity. To get different diameter distributions of CNTs, several portions of Mo and Fe in Mo-Fe/MgO catalysts were synthesized by a combustion method at 600℃. And all CNTs growed at 900℃ with 3 SLM methane and 1 SLM hydrogen for 40min. Four kinds of CNTs with different diameter distributions, such as 1~3nm, 3~7nm, 7~13nm, and 10~30nm, were selected to make CNT-polyamide composites. Each composite was manufactured by a solution mixing using bar-type ultra-sonicator in the CNT portions from 1phr to 50phr. And electrical conductivity, tensile strength, and thermal conductivity were measured. Three properties of CNT-polyamide composite, manufactured with 10nm diameter, were more excellent compared to other composites, with electrical conductivity  Ω at 7phr, thermal conductivity 2.4.W/mK at 40phr, tensile strength 60MPa at 30phr. CNTs with a diameter of 10nm were superior to other diameters for the multi-functional composite such as CNT-polyamide composites.

More Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is a dry concrete consisted of same materials as conventional concrete with different proportioning which requires compaction effort in order to reach its final form. Thus, both hydration and aggregate interlock play important roles in its strength augmentation. Flexural strength, an important factor in pavement design and fatigue cracking resistance, can be difficult to be obtained at in-situ and may be subjected to high variability. Even though its compressive strength is relatively high compared to conventional concrete with similar binder content, the relationship between compressive strength and flexural or tensile strength were not well defined. The goal of this research is to compare the relationship between compressive strength and flexural strength as well as the relationship between compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of RCC with those of conventional concrete using various equations suggested in other researches and also to determine new regression equations for estimating RCC’s flexural and splitting tensile strength. The positive result of RCC’s flexural strength was found; it was higher than majority of predicted values from conventional concrete for the same compressive strength. In contrast, RCC’s splitting tensile strength was relatively low compared to that of conventional concrete for the same compressive strength. Power equations were learned to be suitable for relationship between compressive and flexural strengths as well as relationship between compressive and splitting tensile strengths.

This study is a part of high strength lightweight aggregate concrete researches using lightweight aggregates and the purpose of this study is to find out the basic physical characteristics and tension cracking fracture characteristics of lightweight concrete. Crack Mouth Opening Displacement is measured through three point flexure experiment about embellish notch beam. Load-CMOD characteristics are examined through rules of countries, characteristics of lightweight concrete and tension cracking fracture experiments. The degree of tensile characteristic alteration according to size changes of specimen and the characteristics about crack surface are analyzed. The changes of softening curve are analyzed and fracture energy is drawn through inverse analysis by the obtained Load-CMOD curve. To decide fracture energy and analysis parametric, inverse analysis is conducted and Ant Colony Method is conducted for optimization and then a way to find out optimal parameterization fracture energy is suggested.

PURPOSES : This study was performed to evaluate the possibility of Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) as a testing method that can predict cracking on pavement. METHODS: Three asphalt binders and one kind of aggregate were used in this study, and all asphalt mixtures were produced using Gyratory Compactor followed asphalt mix design. The ITS test was performed for the mixture which are artificially short-term aged using the oven. The ITS properties were analyzed by air void, compaction temperature, asphalt content, and asphalt binder. RESULTS: The results of this study indicated that (1) the compaction temperature did not show relationship with the ITS test; (2) there was no specific trend between the asphalt content and the ITS test; (3) the ITS could reveal the property of kinds of asphalt binders; (4) the asphalt mixture that were produced at optimum temperature suggested by manufacturer did not exhibit optimum result for all asphalt binder. CONCLUSIONS : The possibility of ITS was confirmed from this study for replacement of the Marshall Stability method. However, it needs to perform in further studies of aggregate and compaction property to suggest a new ITS standard value.

Over the past few decades, high-nitrogen austenitic steels have steadily received greater attention since they provide a unique combination of high strength and ductility, good corrosion resistance, and non-magnetic properties. Recently, highnitrogen 18Mn-18Cr austenitic steels with enhanced strength have been developed and widely used for generator retaining rings in order to prevent the copper wiring from being displaced by the centrifugal forces occurring during high-speed rotation. The high-nitrogen austenitic steels for generator retaining ring should be expanded at room temperature and then stress relief annealed at around 400˚C to achieve the required mechanical properties. In this study, four kinds of high-nitrogen 18Mn-18Cr austenitic steels with different nitrogen content were fabricated by using a pressurized vacuum induction melting furnace, and then the effects of nitrogen content, cold working, and stress relieving on tensile properties were investigated. The yield and tensile strengths increased proportionally with increasing nitrogen content and cold working, and they further increased after stress relieving treatment. Based on these results, a semi-empirical equation was proposed to predict the tensile strength of highnitrogen 18Mn-18Cr austenitic steels for generator retaining rings. It will be a useful for the effective fabrication of high-nitrogen 18Mn-18Cr austenitic steels for generator retaining rings with the required tensile properties.

목 적: 본 연구는 3-VPBA(3-vinylphenylboronic acid)를 기존의 콘택트렌즈 재료에 첨가하여 공중합하였으며, 제조된 콘택트렌즈의 물리적 특성을 비교하여 내구성을 갖는 안의료용 고분자로서의 활용을 알아보았다. 방 법: 실험에 사용한 콘택트렌즈를 제조하기 위해 ca캐스트 몰드법을 사용하였으며, 배합한 재료들을 몰드에 주입시키고, 진공 오븐(vacuum oven)을 사용하여 70℃에서 40분, 80℃에서 40분, 100℃에서 40분간 가열하여 중합 및 제조하였다. 개시제로는 0.10%(wt) AIBN(azobisisobutyronitrile)을 사용하였다. 결 과: 3-VPBA를 첨가한 콘택트렌즈 재료의 경우, 3-VPBA의 첨가량이 증가할수록 인장강도와 굴절률이 각각 1.437~1.461과 0.295~0.789 kgf으로 점차적으로 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 결 론: 본 실험결과를 토대로 했을 때 생성된 공중합체는 높은 내구성과 고 굴절률을 갖는 안 의료용 재료로 사용되기에 적합할 것으로 판단된다.

본 연구는 사면안정해석에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 잣나무, 낙엽송, 소나무, 신갈나무, 오리나무를 대상으로 교목류 뿌리의 인장력 및 인장강도를 측정 분석하였다. 그 결과 인장력은 대부분 뿌리 직경의 거듭제곱의 형태로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 뿌리의 평균 인장강도는 잣나무 165.38kgf/cm2, 낙엽송 172.78kgf/cm2, 소나무 176.25kgf/cm2, 오리나무 214.29kgf/cm2, 신갈나무 224.19kgf/cm2로 나타났으며, 뿌리의 직경이 커질수록 인장강도가 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 측정 분석된 인장강도를 기초자료로 토양의 전단강도 증가값을 산출한 결과 잣나무 0.099kgf/cm2, 낙엽송 0.104kgf/cm2, 소나무 0.106kgf/cm2, 오리나무 0.129kgf/cm2, 신갈나무 0.135kgf/cm2인 것으로 나타났다.

상대적으로 강성이 큰 바인더가 높은 소성변형 저항력과 인장강도를 보이므로 바인더 강성이 아스팔트 혼합물의 러팅과 인장강도에 대해 중요한 인자라 할 수 있다. 혼합물의 인장 특성은 25℃에서 간접인장강도(ITS) 시험으로, 그리고 소성변형 저항성은 가장 보편적으로 60℃에서 반복주행(WT) 시험에 의해 측정된다. 변형강도(SD)는 60℃에서 아스팔트 콘크리트의 소성변형 저항성 추정을 위해 새롭게 개발된 특성이다. ITS와 SD는 정적재하 시험에 의해 측정되어 매우 간단하지만, WT는 상대적으로 긴 시간과 노력을 필요로 하는 반복 하중에 의해 얻어진다. 이 3가지 특성은 모두 바인더 강성에 의존하기 때문에, 한가지로부터 다른 하나의 특성을 추정하는 것이 가능할 것이다. 본 연구는 ITS 또는 SD시험에 의한 WT 소성변형 특성, 그리고 SD에 의한 ITS 추정의 가능성을 조사하였다. ITS에 의한 WT 추정결과 R2≒0.6으로 ITS가 높으면 WT 침하깊이가 낮은 경향을 보이는 것으로 관찰됐다. SD에 의한 ITS 추정은 R2≒0.64를, SD에 의한 WT 추정은 R2≒0.84를 보여 3가지 중에서 가장 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다. 결론적으로 SD에 의한 소성변형 저항성 추정 가능성이 상대적으로 높으며, 비록 R2이 다소 낮기는 하지만 WT와 ITS 결과 간에도 어느 정도의 상관성이 있다.

ETFE 필름 막재는 Ethylen Tetra Fluoro Etylene의 약자로, 무색의 투명한 막재료이다. ETFE 필름 막재는 내화학성이 있고 매우 가벼운 장점이 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. ETFE 필름 막재는 50㎛에서 300㎛의 두께가 주로 사용되며, 인장강도는 40MPa에서 60MPa 300%에서 400%정도이다. 본 연구에서는 최근 해외에서 초대형 박구조물의 박재료로 시용되는 ETFE 필름 막재에 대한 기초적 역학적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 인장시험을 수행하였다. 인장시험으로부터 인장강도, 인장연신율, 영계수(Young's Modulus) 등 건축 설계 시 필요한 기초적 자료를 제공하고자 한다.

In this study, the effect of Sn and Mg on microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu-Fe-P alloy were investigated by using scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, tensile strength, electrical conductivity, thermal softening, size and distribution of the precipitation phases in order to satisfy characteristic for lead frame material. It was observed that Cu-0.14wt%Fe-0.03wt%P-0.05wt%Si-0.1wt%Zn with Sn and Mg indicates increasing tensile strength compare with PMC90 since Sn restrained the growth of the Fe-P precipitation phase on the matrix. However, the electrical conductivity was decreased by adding addition of Sn and Mg because Sn was dispersed on the matrix and restrained the growth of the Fe-P precipitation. The size of 100 nm Mg3P2 precipitation phase was observed having lattice parameter a:12.01Å such that [111] zone axis. According to the results of the study, the tensile strength and the electrical conductivity satisfied the requirements of lead frame; so, there is the possibility of application as a substitution material for lead frame of Cu alloy.

This study looked at high performance copper-based alloys as LED lead frame materials with higher electrical-conductivity and the maintenance of superior tensile strength. This study investigated the effects on the tensile strength, electrical conductivity, thermal softening, size and distribution of the precipitation phases when Cr was added in Cu-Fe alloy in order to satisfy characteristics for LED Lead Frame material. Strips of the alloys were produced by casting and then properly treated to achieve a thickness of 0.25 mm by hot-rolling, scalping, and cold-rolling; mechanical properties such as tensile strength, hardness and electrical-conductivity were determined and compared. To determine precipitates in alloy that affect hardness and electrical-conductivity, electron microscope testing was also performed. Cr showed the effect of precipitation hardened with a Cr3Si precipitation phase. As a result of this experiment, appropriate aging temperature and time have been determined and we have developed a copper-based alloy with high tensile strength and electrical-conductivity. This alloy has the possibility for use as a substitution material for the LED Lead Frame of Cu alloy.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the mechanical behaviors and structural integrity of the weldment of high strength steel by using an acoustic emission (AE) techniques. Monotonic simple tension and AE tests were conducted against the 3 kinds of welded specimen. In order to analysis the effectiveness of weldability, joinability and structural integrity, we used K-means clustering method as a unsupervised learning pattern recognition algorithm for obtained multi-variate AE main data sets, such as AE counts, energy, amplitude, hits, risetime, duration, counts to peak and rms signals. Through the experimental results, the effectiveness of the proposed method is discussed.