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Calculation of Crack Width of the Top Flange of PSC Box Girder Bridge Considering Restraint Drying Shrinkage

구속 건조수축을 고려한 PSC BOX 거더교 상부플랜지 균열폭 산정

  • 구영호 (금오공과대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 한상묵 (금오공과대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2023.03.24
  • Accepted : 2023.04.12
  • Published : 2023.06.30

Abstract

The PSCB girder bridge is a closed cross-section in which the top and bottom flanges and the web are integrated, and the structural characteristics are generally different from the bridges in which the girder and the floor plate are separated, so a maintenance plan that reflects the characteristics of the PSCB girder bridge is required. As a result of analyzing damage types by collecting detailed safety diagnosis reports of highway PSCB girder bridges, most of the deterioration and damage occurring during use is concentrated on the top flange. In particular, cracks in the bridge direction on the underside of the top flange occurred in about 70 % of the PSCB girder bridges to be analyzed, and these cracks were judged to be caused by indirect loads such as heat of hydration and drying shrinkage rather than structural cracks caused by external loads. In order to improve durability and reduce maintenance costs of PSCB girder bridges in use, it is necessary to control restraint drying shrinkage cracks from the design stage. Therefore, in this paper, the cracks caused by drying shrinkage under restraint, which is the main cause of cracks under the flanges of the top part of the PSCB girder bridge, were directly calculated using the Gilbert Model, and the influencing factors such as the amount of reinforcing bars, diameter and spacing of reinforcing bars were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the crack width caused by restraint drying shrinkage exceeded the allowable crack width of 0.2 mm for reinforcing bars with a reinforcing bar ratio of 0.01 or less based on the H16 reinforcing bar and a reinforcing bar with a diameter greater than H19 based on the reinforcing bar ratio of 0.01. Finally, based on the results of the crack width review, a method for controlling the crack width of the top flange of the PSCB girder bridge was proposed.

PSCB 거더교는 상하부 플랜지와 복부가 일체화된 폐합된 단면으로 일반적으로 거더와 바닥판이 분리된 교량과 구조적 특성이 상이하여 PSCB 거더교의 특성을 반영한 유지관리 방안이 필요하다. 고속도로 PSCB 거더교의 정밀안전진단 보고서를 수집하여 손상 유형을 분석한 결과, 공용 중 발생되는 열화·손상은 대부분 상부플랜지에 집중되어 있다. 특히 상부플랜지 하면의 교축방향 균열은 분석대상 PSCB 거더교의 약 70 %에서 발생되었고, 이는 외부하중에 의한 구조적 균열 보다 수화열, 건조수축 등 간접하중에 의한 균열로 판단된다. 공용중인 PSCB 거더교의 내구성 향상 및 유지관리 비용 절감 등을 위해서는 설계단계부터 구속 건조수축 균열의 제어가 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 PSCB 거더교 상부플랜지 하면 균열의 주요 원인인 구속 상태에서의 건조수축으로 인하여 발생되는 균열에 대하여 Gilbert Model을 이용하여 직접 계산하고, 철근량, 철근직경 및 간격 등 영향인자를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 간접하중으로 인하여 발생되는 균열폭은 H16 철근 기준 철근비 0.01 이하, 철근비 0.01 기준 H19보다 직경이 큰 철근의 경우 허용 균열폭 0.2 mm를 초과하는 것으로 나타났으며, 최종적으로 균열폭 검토 결과를 바탕으로 PSCB 거더교 상부플랜지의 균열폭 제어 방안을 제안하였다.

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