• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2018

Recently, severe damage to domestic horticultural structures is frequently observed due to extreme climate effects. To minimize the structures' damage, a study on the structural stability of multi-span vinyl greenhouses is needed. This paper presents to measure the rotational stiffness of different connectors to improve the design capacities of the specification. The paper investigated fourteen types of the different connectors, which was commonly used in the multi-span greenhouses, and three different types of the connectors predicted to be under moment-connection were selected: i) T-clamp, ii) U-clamp, iii) C-clamp. Static loading tests for three different connectors were performed to measure the rotational stiffness. Additionally, the boundary condition for the structural design was proposed based on the experimental results of the rotational stiffness. One of three connectors, C-clamp had larger rotational stiffness than other connectors, and the experimental results presented the three connectors had boundary conditions; i) T-clamp was pinned-connection, ii) U-clamp was semi-rigid connection, iii) C-clamp was semi-rigid connection.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2021

The purpose of this paper is to improve the inappropriate analysis results when the end of the brace on braced frame is applied as pinned connection in practice. The stiffness of the gusset plate connection on the braced frame has the amount of between pinned and rigid connection, and the analysis model that applies the stiffness of the connection must be used for accurate performance evaluation. In this study, the stiffness of the gusset plate designed by the balanced design procedure are quantified, and applied to the analysis model to simulate the gusset plate connection. The proposed model was verified through nonlinear static analysis (pushover analysis) of SAP2000. The effect of the connection on the seismic performance of the braced frame was analyzed by comparing the proposed model and pinned model. As a result, it was confirmed that the performance of the braced frame was evaluated conservatively in practice, and the ductility was overestimated. Therefore, it is important to consider the connection for accurate and economical performance evaluation.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.53-69
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• 2023

The rotational stiffness of a semi-rigid beam-to-column connection plays an important role in the reduction of the second-order effects in the precast concrete skeletal frames. The aim of this study is to present a detailed nonlinear finite element study to reproduce the experimental response of a semi-rigid precast beam-to-column connection composed by corbel, dowel bar and continuity tie bars available in the literature. A parametric study was carried using four arrangements of the reinforcing tie bars in the connection, including high ratio of the continuity tie bars passing around the column in the cast-in-place concrete. The results from the parametric study were compared to analytical equations proposed to evaluate the secant rotational stiffness of beam-to-column connections. The good agreement with the experimental results was obtained, demonstrating that the finite element model can accurately predict the structural behaviour of the beam-to-column connection despite its complex geometric configuration. The secant rotational stiffness of the connection was good evaluated by the analytical model available in the literature for ratio of the continuity tie bars of up to 0.69%. Precast beam-to-column connection with a ratio of the continuity tie bars higher than 1.4% had the secant stiffness overestimated. Therefore, an adjustment coefficient for the effective depth of the crack at the end of the beam was proposed for the analytical model, which is a function of the ratio of the continuity tie bars.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2009

가새골조 성능을 개선하기 위해 연결부 (거싯 플레이트) 강도, 강성, 연성이 골조 디자인에 직접적으로 고려되어야 한다. 연결부의 강도는 지진력에 저항하도록 디자인 되어야하고 필요한 골조시스템의 연성을 확보하는데 기여해야한다. 그리고 연결부의 강성은 구조요소와 연결부의 동적 반응과 변위 요구에 영향을 준다. 이 논문에서 지난 실험 결과를 이용하여 거싯 플레이트 연결부에 대한 현 디자인 모델을 검토하고 평가한다. 현 디자인 모델은 연결부 디자인 가이드라인을 주기엔 적절하지 못하고 실제 거싯 플레이트의 응력과 변위 상태는 비선형이고 굉장히 복잡하다. 구조 디자이너들은 시스템과 연결부의 성능을 대략적으로 예측하기 위해 보와 기둥을 포함한 단순한 모델을 원한다. 이를 위해 단순화한 디자인 모델이 개발되고 평가된다. 이 모델은 비교적 정확하고 신뢰성 있는 연결부 강성 평가를 제공한다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2023

When a submerged floating tunnel is connected to the ground, there is a risk of stress concentration at the shore connection owing to the displacement imbalance caused by low confinement pressures in water and high confinement pressures in the ground. Here, the effects of the boundary condition and stiffness of the joints installed at the shore connection on the behaviors of a submerged floating tunnel and its shore connection were analyzed using a numerical method. The analysis results obtained with fixed and ground boundaries were similar due to the high stiffness of the ground boundary. However, the stability of the shore connection was found to be improved with the ground boundary as a small displacement was allowed at the boundary. The effect of the joint stiffness was evaluated by investigating the dynamic behavior of the submerged floating tunnel, the magnitude of the load acting on the bored tunnel, and the stress distribution at the shore connection. A lower joint stiffness was found to correspond to more effective relief of the stress concentration at the shore connection. However, it was confirmed that joints with low stiffness also increase the submerged floating tunnel displacement and decrease the frequency of the dynamic behavior, causing a risk of increased resonance when wave loads with low frequency are applied. Therefore, it is necessary to derive the optimal joint stiffness that can achieve both stress concentration relief and resonance prevention during the design of shore connections to secure their dynamic stability.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.311-320
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• 2006

본 연구는 더블앵글 접합부의 볼트 개수의 변화가 접합부 강성 및 강도에 미치는 영향을 파악하고, 접합부 거동에 큰 영향을 주는 초기강성 및 극한모멘트 산정을 위한 단순해석모델도 제안하고자 수행되었다. 또한, 본 연구에서 수행한 접합부 실 험 결과와 가장 유사한 거동양상을 나타내는 기존의 Wu-Chen 해석모델에 이러한 초기강성과 극한모멘트를 대입하여, 구조설계자가 최적의 접합부 설계를 가능하도록 하는 접합부 모멘트-회전각 관계 곡선도 제공하고자 한다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.419-433
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• 2021

In composite structures, shear connectors are crucial components to resist the relative slip between the steel and concrete, and thereby to achieve the composite actions. In the service stage, composite structures are usually in elastic state, so the elastic stiffness of the shear connection is a quite important parameter in the structural analysis of composite structures. Nevertheless, the existing studies mainly focus on the load-slip relationship rather than the tangent stiffness at the initial elastic stage. Furthermore, when composite beams subjected to torque or local load, shear connections are affected by both tensile force and shear force. However, the stiffness of shear connections under combined effects appears not to have been discussed hitherto. This paper investigates the initial elastic stiffness of stud connections under combined effects of biaxial forces. The initial expression and the relevant parameters are obtained by establishing a simplified analytical model of the stud connection. Afterwards, parametric finite element analysis is performed to investigate the effects of the relevant factors, including the stud length, stud diameter, elastic modulus of concrete, elastic modulus of steel and volume ratio of reinforcement. The feasibility of the proposed modelling has been proved by comparing with sufficient experimental tests. Based on the analytical analysis and the extensive numerical simulations, design equations for predicting the initial elastic stiffness of stud connections are proposed. The comparison between the equations and the data of finite element models demonstrates that the equations are accurate enough to serve for engineering communities.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제88권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2023

This paper handles the results of an extensive parametric study on the rotational stiffness of the flexible base connection using ABAQUS program. The results of the parametric study show the relation between the applied moment and the relative rotation for 96 different base connections. The configurations of the studied connections considered different numbers, diameters, and spacing of the anchor bolts along with different thicknesses of the base plate to investigate the effect of these parameters on the rotational stiffness behavior. The results of the previous parametric research used through the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) to detect different equation formulation of the moment-rotation (M-Ɵ_r) equation to detect optimum equation simulates the general nonlinear rotational behavior of the flexible base connection considering all variables used in the parametric study. WOA is a relatively new promising algorithm, which is used in different types of optimization problems. For more verification, the classical genetic algorithm (GA) is used to make a comparison with WOA results. The results show that WOA is capable of getting an optimum equation of the M-Ɵ_r relation, which can be used to simulate the actual rotational stiffness of the flexible base connections. The rotational stiffness at H/150 can be calculated using WOA (1) method and be used as a design aid for engineering design.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.375-382
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• 2023

The H-shaped steel beam is popular due to its ease of manufacturing and connection to the column. This profile, which is used as a shallow beam, needs the high weak-axis bending stiffness and torsional stiffness to meet the overall stability. Achieving the local beam flange stability, bearing capacity, bending stiffness, and torsional requirements need a great thickness and width of the beam flange, which causes, which will cause more uneconomical structural design. So, the box-section beam is the ideal alternative. However, the current design specifications do not have design rules for the bolt-and-welded connection of the box-section beam and box-section column. The paper proposes a novel bolt-and-welded connection of the box-section beams and box-section columns based on a high-rise structural design scheme. Three connection models, BASE, WBF, and RBS, are analyzed under cyclic loading in ABAQUS software. The failure modes, hysteresis response, bearing capacity, ductility, plastic rotation angle, energy dissipation, and stiffness degradation of all models are determined and compared. Compared with the other two models, the model WBF exhibited excellent seismic performance, ductility, and plastic rotation ability. Finally, model WBF was chosen as the connection scheme used in the project design.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2014

상 하부 T-stub 접합부는 보와 기둥의 강성비, T-stub의 기하학적 형상변화, 긴결재의 개수, 패널존 효과 등의 영향에 따라서 보통모멘트골조 및 특수모멘트골조에 적합한 거동특성을 나타내는 완전강도 부분강접 접합부(full strength partial restrained connection)이다. 이러한 상 하부 T-stub 접합부가 구조적으로 안전하게 거동하기 위해서는 충분한 강도, 강성, 연성능력을 나타내어야 한다. 이 연구는 T-stub의 기하학적 형상변화가 상 하부 T-stub 접합부의 모멘트-회전각 관계에 미치는 영향을 파악하고, 이에 따른 상 하부 T-stub 접합부의 초기회전강성을 평가하기 위해 진행하였다. 이를 위하여 T-stub의 기하학적 형상변수 ${\alpha}^{\prime}$값을 변화시킨 2개의 상 하부 T-stub 접합부 실험체를 제작하여 접합부 실험을 수행하였고, 3차원 비선형 유한요소해석도 수행하였다.