Thomas H.‐K. Kang

There is significant concern in the engineering community regarding the safety and effectiveness of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthening of RC structures because of the potential for brittle debonding failures. In this paper, previous research programs conducted by other researchers were reviewed in terms of the debonding failure of FRP laminates externally attached to concrete. This review article also discusses the influences on bond strength and failure modes as well as the existing e

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Analytical and experimental studies were undertaken to assess and improve modeling techniques for capturing the nonlinear behavior of flat-plate systems using results from shake table tests of two, approximately one-third scale, two-story reinforced concrete and posttensioned concrete slab–column frames. The modeling approach selected accounts for slab flexural yielding, slab flexural yielding due to unbalanced moment transfer, and loss of slab-to-column moment transfer capacity due to punching

Abstract The main objectives of this research were to experimentally evaluate the impact of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) amount and strip spacing on the shear behavior of prestressed concrete (PC) beams and to evaluate the applicability of existing analytical models of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) shear capacity to PC beams shear-strengthened with CFRP. The Ushaped CFRP strips with different spacing were applied externally to the test specimens in order to observe the overall behavi

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Most prior experimental research on the composite behavior of concrete-filled tubes (CFTs) in flexure has been performed using minimodels. The conclusions that have been reached based on the prior research stipulate that the interaction between the concrete and the steel is maximized by steel tube walls confining the concrete, rendering the addition of shear connectors unnecessary. The goal of the current study is to examine the composite flexural behavior of full-scale CFTs, which could be used

The seismic performance evaluation of a 49-story residential building under construction in Seoul, Korea is the subject of this paper. The building for this case study has an irregular plan and a deep basement shared with adjacent buildings. A series of nonlinear time history analyses were carried out for the Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE) and Rare Earthquake (RE). Effects of modeling methods of the basement were studied. Modeling of the surrounding underground structure included transfer o

SUMMARY This paper presents a state‐of‐the‐art review of research on thin unstiffened steel plate shear walls including recent research advances, in addition to a case study building that used them as the primary lateral‐force‐resisting system. Thin unstiffened steel plate shear walls are becoming an attractive alternative to traditional lateral‐force‐resistance systems because they exhibit desirable structural properties. A properly designed steel plate shear wall will have considerable energy

Performance-based wind design (PBWD) allowing inelastic behavior under extreme wind load has only been recently considered for design of high-rise buildings. Unlike performance-based seismic design, there are few guidelines and research on inelastic wind design. Time-history wind loads for PBWD rely on wind tunnel tests. However, conducting wind tunnel tests for preliminary structural concepts may not be practical due to changes in design and cost. To address these concerns, the following topics