Do-Young Moon

Critical Temperature for Inter-Laminar Shear Strength and Effect of Exposure Time of FRP Rebars

ABSTRACT Short beam tests of GFRP and CFRP specimens exposed to high temperature were conducted to measure the inter-laminar shear strength. For the phase I test, the exposure time and temperature were varied to measure reduction in the s trength due to the applied conditions. As a results, the critical temperature was found to 270℃ for the both FRP reinforcements. The high temperature, which causes 50% loss of inter-laminar shear strength, is defined as the critical temperature in this study. It should be noted that the critical temperature for the inter-laminar shear strength is mainly dependent on resin properties not on fiber t ype. In the phase II test, the effect of exposure time was investigated at intervals of 0.25hour for the critical temperature. All test results demonstrate that the exposure time effect is not significant compared to the maximum exposure temperature, but it is not negligible and, moreover, is significant at the critical temperature. Keywords : critical temperature, exposure time, inter-laminar shear strength, GFRP, CFRP

The Combined Effect of Concrete Environment and High Temperature on Interlaminar Shear Strength of FRP Reinforcement

Most experimental studies on durability of FRP reinforcements subjected to high temperature have focused on the effect of high temperature only on tensile properties. But FRP reinforcement used in newly constructed concrete structure is first degraded by moisture and alkaline environment of concrete. When the structure is subjected to fire, the degraded FRP reinforcement is exposed to high temperature. Therefore, the effects of concrete environment and high temperature should be simultaneously considered for evaluation of FRP reinforcement damaged by fire. In this study, FRP reinforcements submerged in simulated solutions of pH 12.3 and 7 for extended period of time were subjected to temperatures of , , , and to be examined. In order to investigate the effect of the high temperature, interlaminar shear strengths were measured and compared to those of control ones. The experimental results demonstrated that the combined effect of concrete environment and high temperature on properties of FRP reinforcement was more significant than the effect of high temperature or concrete environment solely.

Prediction of the Shear Strength of FRP Strengthened RC Beams (I) - Development and Evaluation of Shear strength model -

This study developed a shear strength prediction model of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete beams in shear. The primary design parameters were shear crack angle and shear span to depth ratio of FRP reinforcement. Of primary concern In the suggested model was the FRP debonding failure, which Is a typical fracture mode of RC beams strengthened with FRP, The proposed model used a crack sliding model based on modified plasticity theory. To address the effect of the shear span to depth ratio, the arch action was considered in the proposed model. The proposed model was applied to RC beams strengthened with FRP. The results showed that the proposed model agree with test results.

Evaluating rating factor for prestressed concrete girder bridges by nonlinear finite element analysis

This study provides a new approach to evaluate the load carrying capacity in rating factor (RF) of prestressed concrete I type girder bridges utilising nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis. RF has been conventionally calculated either by ultimate strength design (USD) or allowable stress design methods in terms of live load effects. This study introduces nonlinear FE analysis as a new approach to estimate the RF. In general, nonlinear FE analysis is considered as one of the most efficient methods to simulate structural behaviour. This method can also simulate a live load effect, which is very important for the load carrying capacity of structures. To apply nonlinear FE analysis, an FE live load constant was conceptually suggested to estimate the RF. On comparing the RF obtained via the conventional method of USD, it was found that the RF estimated by nonlinear FE analysis approach has almost the same value. Hence, the nonlinear finite element method-based RF methodology can be efficiently used to estimate the load carrying capacity of bridges.

Compressive Strength Development Model for Concrete Cured by Microwave Heating Form

Time dependent model for prediction of compressive strength development of concrete cured by microwave heating form was presented in this study. The presented model is similar to the equation which is given in ACI 209R-92 but the constants which is dependent on cement type and curing method in the presented model are modified by the regression analysis of the experimental data. Laboratory scale concrete specimens were cast and cured by the microwave heating form and drilled cores extracted from the specimens were fractured in compression. The measured core strengths are converted to standard core and in-situ strengths. These in-situ strengths are used for the regression.

A Study on the Flexural Minimum Reinforcement for Prevention of Brittle Failure Specified in KCI and EN Codes

In the design of reinforced rectangular concrete beam structure, the minimum amount of flexural reinforcement is required to avoid brittle failure. KCI code is based on concept of ultimate strength and usually used as a model code. But bridge design code enacted by Ministry of land, transportation and maritime affairs in 2012 is based on concept of limit state and similar to Euro code EN 1992-2. This means that the minimum reinforcement presented in both design codes has different origination and safety margin. When rectangular concrete beams with minimum reinforcement are designed according to EN and KCI codes, the amount of minimum reinforcement specified in EN code is only 76% of that in KCI code. This makes the design engineers to be confused. In this study, flexural tests were conducted on nine beams with the two different minimum reinforcement specified in KCI and EN design codes. In results, the measured ratios of nominal strength to crack strength from the test were about 25% greater than those evaluated from the equations presented in KCI and EN codes. The EN beams having only 76% of the minimum reinforcement for the KCI beams were fractured by rupture of steel reinforcement but in ductile manner. It is confirmed that the minimum reinforcement concrete beams designed according to both codes have enough safety margin in flexural capacity and moreover in ductility.

Investigation of Stress Changes in Concrete and Strands according to Cutting Order of the Strands in Pre-tensioned Concrete Slab

Samsung C&T Corporation, Seoul 137-956, KoreaABSTRACT This study focuses on the effect of the cutting order of prestressing strands on the strain change in the strands andon the state of stress of concrete, experimentally and numerically. In the experiment, strain of strands and of transversal rei nforcementwere measured for three different cutting orders during detensioning process by using flame-cutting procedure. The experimentalresults were compared with those obtained from the FE analysis. As a results of the experiment, it is confirmed that the cutting orderof prestressing strands affected on the strain of strands as well as of transversal reinforcement. The FE analysis gave similar resultsto those obtained from the experiment. Therefore, the cutting order should be chosen appropriately to when the strands get deten-sioned.Keywords : pretension, flame cut, cutting order, prestressing strand, detensioning

Parametric Study on Design Variables of Concrete Beam Reinforced with GFRP Rebar using Finite Element Analysis

Parametric study of beams with reinforced with FRP rebar is conducted in this study. Using ABAQUS program, the finite element analysis model is set and calibrated with the experimental results which have been conducted by the authors. The employed design parameters are reinforcement ratio, elastic modulus of rebar, and concrete strength. The obtained results from FE analysis are investigated in terms of normalized beam stiffness. In particular, the effect of reinforcement ratio on the flexural stiffness is investigated with comparing with the model code specified on ACI 440. From the analysis results, the reinforcement ratio in beam is the first parameter affecting on the beam stiffness. In addition, its effect could be increased with higher concrete strength.

Prediction of the Shear Strength of FRP Strengthened RC Beams (II) - Verification and parametric study -

To evaluate the proposed shear strength models developed in a companion paper, the shear strengths of test specimens strengthened with FRP were predicted by ACl specification, and elsewhere. The advantage and disadvantage of the models were investigated by the comparisons with the test results. The characteristics and limitations of the existing model were investigated with respect to FRP types, strengthening methods, shear span to depth ratio and effective strength of FRP. The results of this parametric study showed that the proposed shear strength model is more accurate than other models.

Effects of cement type and sand to cement ratio on the properties of PSC grout

This study examined the effects of the cement type and sand to cement ratio on the properties of grout for offshore PSC structures. Types I and III cement were used and the sand to cement ratio was varied from 0.5 to 1.5. When type I cement was used, considerable bleeding occurred on the all S/C after 3 hours and 20 hours. When type III cement was used, bleeding was reduced but the flowability decreased. A comparison of a superplasticizer containing naphthalene with that containing polycarboxylate showed that the problem of flowability could be solved using polycarboxylate.