• Computers and Concrete
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.19-32
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• 2022

This paper presents an investigation into the failure of RC columns under impact loadings. A numerical simulation of 19 identical RC columns subjected to single and repeated impact loadings was performed. A free-falling hammer was dropped at midspan with the same total kinetic energy input but varying mass and momentum. The specimens under the repeated impact test were struck two times at the same location. The colliding index, defined as the impact energy-momentum ratio, was proposed to explain the different impact responses under equal-energy impacts. The increase of colliding index from low to high indicates the transition of the impact response from static to dynamic and failure mode from flexure to shear. This phenomenon was more evident when the column had a greater axial load and was impacted with a high colliding index. The existence of the axial load had an inhibitory effect on the crack development and increased the shear resistance. The second impact changes the failure mode from flexural to brittle shear as found in the specimen with 20% axial load subjected to high a colliding index. Moreover, a deflection prediction equation based on the impact energy and force was limited to the low colliding index impact.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.864-873
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• 2002

현재의 CFT기둥 구조에 대한 연구는 대부분 강재측 측면에서 접근한 연구와 강관 내부에 충전되는 콘크리트의 충전성 등과 같은 시공적 측면에 대한 연구성과가 주류로 되고 있으며, 콘크리트 측면에서의 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이것에 대한 연구를 중심으로 HCFT 기둥이 축력아래에서 단주가 동일한 휨-모멘트를 받을 때의 변형성능(M-ø)에 대하여 해석적으로 수치적인 값을 검토하였다. 그리고, 기본적인 가정을 바탕으로 실험에서 얻은 CFT 단면의 변형성능의 해석에 대하여 모멘트-축력-곡률관계의 해석 프로그램의 개발(C-Language)을 실시하였다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 폭-두께비(D/t), 세장비(λ), 콘크리트의 종류를 주요변수로 하여 편심하중 아래에서의 강도 600kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$를 충전한 HCFT 기둥에 대한 내력 및 곡률과 같은 구조적 특성을 고찰하였으며, AISC-LRFD, AIJ, Tokanori Sato의 식을 이용한 내력설계식의 비교분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 검토한 내력 및 곡률은 향후 HCFT 기둥에 대한 내력설계식의 제안 및 해석에 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2018

Damages to buildings affected by a near-fault strong ground motion are largely attributed to the vertical component of the earthquake resulting in column failures, which could lead to disproportionate building catastrophic collapse in a progressive fashion. Recently, considerable interests are awakening to study effects of earthquake vertical components on structural responses. In this study, detailed modeling and time-history analyses of a 12-story code-conforming reinforced concrete moment frame building carrying the gravity loads, and exposed to once only the horizontal component of, and second time simultaneously the horizontal and vertical components of an ensemble of far-field and near-field earthquakes are conducted. Structural responses inclusive of tension, compression and its fluctuations in columns, the ratio of shear demand to capacity in columns and peak mid-span moment demand in beams are compared with and without the presence of the vertical component of earthquake records. The influences of the existence of earthquake vertical component in both exterior and interior spans are separately studied. Thereafter, the correlation between the increase of demands induced by the vertical component of the earthquake and the ratio of a set of earthquake record characteristic parameters is investigated. It is shown that uplift initiation and the magnitude of tensile forces developed in corner columns are relatively more critical. Presence of vertical component of earthquake leads to a drop in minimum compressive force and initiation of tension in columns. The magnitude of this reduction in the most critical case is recorded on average 84% under near-fault ground motions. Besides, the presence of earthquake vertical components increases the shear capacity required in columns, which is at most 31%. In the best case, a direct correlation of 95% between the increase of the maximum compressive force and the ratio of vertical to horizontal 'effective peak acceleration (EPA)' is observed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권6호
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• pp.675-684
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• 2020

An innovative retrofit method using pre-stressed steel strips and externally-bonded steel plates was presented in this paper. With the aim of exploring the seismic performance of the retrofitted RC interior joints, four 1/2-scale retrofitted joint specimens together with one control specimen were designed and subjected to constant axial compression and cyclic loading, with the main test parameters being the volume of steel strips and the existence of externally-bonded steel plates. The damage mechanism, force-displacement hysteretic response, force-displacement envelop curve, energy dissipation and displacement ductility ratio were analyzed to investigate the cyclic behavior of the retrofitted joints. The test results indicated that all the test specimens suffered a typical shear failure at the joint core, and the application of externally-bonded steel plates and that of pre-stressed steel strips could effectively increase the lateral capacity and deformability of the deficient RC interior joints, respectively. The best cyclic behavior could be found in the deficient RC interior joint retrofitted using both externally-bonded steel plates and pre-stressed steel strips due to the increased lateral capacity, displacement ductility and energy dissipation. Finally, based on the test results and the softened strut and tie model, a theoretical model for determining the shear capacity of the retrofitted specimens was proposed and validated.