• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.649-652
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• 2010

본 연구는 부착식 PSC 텐던의 긴장력를 비파과적인 방법으로 추정하기 위한 방법을 소개한다. 제안기법은 텐던 정착단 양쪽 단부에 가속도계를 부착하고, 가속도신호의 도달 속도를 계측함으로써 텐던의 긴장력을 추정하는 방법이다. 가속도신호의 도달속도를 산성하기 위하여 신호의 상호상관을 이용하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안기법은 도입장력이 다른 6개의 8m 부착식 PSC 시험체를 통하여 검증되었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.2A
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• pp.103-111
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• 2010

A feasibility study for nondestructively estimating prestress force of a grouted tendon using axial vibrations has been investigated. Total eight prestressed concrete beams with different stress levels have been specially designed and constructed for this investigation. The various axial vibration tests have been conducted in order to extract the dynamic characteristics of the prestressed concrete beams. It turns out that the axial frequency, elastic wave velocity and elastic modulus are nonlinearly increased as the prestress force level increases. It seems that the axial vibration characteristics of the existing grouted tendons are a feasible indicator for the identification of their tensile force.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.3A
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• pp.183-188
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• 2012

The bonded tendon was adopted to the reactor containment building of some operating nuclear power plants in Korea and the assessment of the prestress force on the bonded tendon is very important for the evaluation of the structural integrity. The prestress force of the bonded tendon at real reactor containment building, was evaluated using the SI technique and impact signal analysis technique which were developed to improve the existing indirect assessmment technique. For these techniques, the strain of the reactor containment building and the stress wave velocity of the bonded tendon were measured. Both SI technique and impact signal analysis technique give the highly reliable results comparison with the existing theoretical approach. Therefore, it is confirmed that the developed techniques are very useful for the evaluation of the prestress force on the bonded tendon.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.392-395
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• 2011

본 논문은 부착식 PSC 텐던에 도입된 긴장응력이 종진동 메카니즘에 미치는 영향을 소개한다. 텐던의 종방향 변형과 비틀림 변형은 상호 연동하여 거동하고, 텐던에 도입된 긴장응력은 축강성과 비틀림 강성에 영향을 미친다. 따라서 텐던의 탄성파 속도는 도입된 긴장응력의 크기에 따라서 변한다. 실험적 검증을 위하여 도입 긴장응력이 다른 6개의 부착식 PSC 시험체에 대한 종진동 실험이 수행되었다. 실험결과로부터 도입 응력과 탄성파 속도와의 역학적 관계를 확인하였으며, 기존 문헌의 실험결과와 비교하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.2A
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• pp.161-168
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• 2010

The bonded tendon was adopted to the reactor building of some operating nuclear power plants in Korea and the assessment of the effective prestress force on the bonded tendon is being issued as an important pending problem for continuous operation beyond their design life. The sensitivity analysis of various parameters was carried out to evaluate the effective prestress force using the system identification technique and the optimal parameters were determined for SI technique in this study. The 1/5 scaled post-tensioned concrete beams with the bonded tendon type were manufactured and in order to investigate the relationship of the natural frequency and the displacement to the effective prestress force, impact test, SIMO sine sweep test and bending test using the optical fiber sensor and the compact displacement transducer were carried out. As a result of tests, both the natural frequency and the displacement show the good relationship with the effective prestress force and both parameters are available for the SI technique to estimate the effective prestress force.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.641-644
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• 2010

프리스트레싱 시스템이 도입된 구조물의 사용수명이 오래됨에 따라, 이들 구조물의 잔존수명 평가와 보수 및 보강 등의 유지관리 차원에서 프리스트레싱 시스템의 현재 긴장력에 대한 평가는 매우 중요한 현안이 되어왔다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 프리스트레싱 시스템의 현재 긴장력을 평가하기 위한 첫 단계로서 프리스트레싱 시스템의 긴장력이 구조계의 강성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 이를 위하여 부착식 텐던 형식의 프리스트레싱 시스템이 도입된 시험체를 대상으로 SIMO sine sweep test를 수행하고 긴장력과 시험체의 유효 강성에 대한 상관성을 규명하였다. 그 결과, 프리스트레싱 시스템의 긴장력은 시험체의 유효강성을 증가시키며, 저차 고유진동수가 긴장력과 높은 상관성을 지니는 것으로 나타났다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.5A
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• pp.289-297
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• 2012

This study proposes an experimental formula that can estimate the applied tensile stress of a bonded PSC by measuring a longitudinal stress wave velocity of tendon. To develop practical formula, the various bonded PSC specimens are constructed with different levels of prestresses. For all the bonded PSC specimens, the longitudinal impact-echo tests are repeated with various experimental conditions. Considering a few influence factors such as temperature, length and the number of strands, the application of the law of similarity results in a nondemensional experimental formula that could estimate existing tensile stress on tendon by measuring its longitudinal stress wave velocity. Next, a feasibility study of proposed approach has been conducted for a real reactor building containment. The estimated stress levels of two vertical tendons embedded in the nuclear plant are close to their design values.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.3A
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• pp.261-267
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• 2011

This study reveals the longitudinal vibration mechanism of tendon embedded in a prestressed concrete. The extensional and torsional displacements of the strand are coupled, and the applied prestress level of tendon affects not only axial rigidity but also torsional rigidity. Measuring the elastic wave velocity of tendon, the applied prestress level of tendon could be evaluated. This is because the elastic wave velocity is a function of extensional and torsional rigidity. Using the experimental results for the six prsteressed concrete beams with different prestress levels, the longitudinal vibration mechanism and the effect of prestress level have been examined. To estimate the system ridigities of tendon, a system identification algorithm has been newly developed. The estimated system rigidities have been compared with the available results of related previous study.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.645-648
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• 2010

논문에서는 부착식 텐던 격납건물의 유효긴장력 평가를 위해서 제작된 테스트 빔에 대한 고유진동수 해석을 수행하였고, 그 결과를 기술하였다. 제작된 테스트 빔은 원전 격납건물의 1/5 축소모형으로 설계하였고, 긴장력 수준을 5가지로 분류하여 실험에 의한 고유진동수와 SI(System Identification)기법을 위하여 모델링한 3차원 유한요소해석에 의한 고유진동수를 비교 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.235-243
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• 2010

Three-dimensional structural analysis system for nuclear containment building is presented in this paper. This system includes high-performance plate/shell elements as finite element library. It also adopts numerical modeling technique for unbonded tendon as well as bonded tendon in prestressed concrete structures. This system is constructed by connecting several in-house program to a commercial program DIANA, and then is capable of performing nonlinear analysis for ultimate pressure capacity of nuclear containment building. Finally, three-dimensional structural analysis of CANDU-type containment building is carried out in order to test the reliability of this system. These numerical results are compared with reference values, which obtained from axisymmetric structural analysis.