• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.599-611
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• 2017

This paper improves seismic fragility of a typical steel-concrete composite bridge with the deck-to-pier connection joint configuration at the concrete crossbeam (CCB). Based on the quasi-static test on a typical steel-concrete composite bridge model under the SEQBRI project, the damage states for both of the critical components, the CCB and the pier, are identified. The finite element model is developed, and calibrated using the experimental data to model the damage states of the CCB and the bridge pier as observed from the experiment of the test specimen. Then the component fragility curves for both of the CCB and the pier are derived and combined to develop the system fragility curves of the bridge. The uncertainty associated with the mean system fragility has been discussed and quantified. The study reveals that the CCB is more vulnerable than the pier for certain damage states and the typical steel-concrete composite bridge with CCB exhibits desirable seismic performance.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.227-239
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• 2018

Integral abutment bridges (IABs) have no joint across the length of bridge and are therefore also known as jointless bridges. IABs have many advantages, such as structural integrity, efficiency, and stability. More importantly, IABs have proven to be have both low maintenance and construction costs. However, due to the restraints at both ends of the girder due to the absence of a gap (joint), special design considerations are required. For example, while replacing the deck slabs to extend the service life of the IAB, the buckling strength of the steel girder without a deck slab could be much smaller than the case with deck slab in place. With no deck slab, the addition of thermal expansion in the steel girders generates passive earth pressure from the abutment and if the applied axial force is greater than the buckling strength of the steel girders, buckling failure can occur. In this study, numerical simulations were performed to estimate the buckling strength of typical steel girders in IABs. The effects of girder length, the width of flange and thickness of flange, imperfection due to fabrication and construction errors on the buckling strengths of multiple and single girders in IABs are studied. The effect of girder spacing, span length ratio (for a three span girder) and self-weight effects on the buckling strength are also studied. For estimation of the reaction force of the abutment generated by the passive earth pressure of the soil, BA 42/96 (2003), PennDOT DM4 (2015) and the LTI proposed equations (2009) were used and the results obtained are compared with the buckling strength of the steel girders. Using the selected design equations and the results obtained from the numerical analysis, equations for preventing the buckling failure of steel girders during deck replacement for maintenance are presented.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호통권37호
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• pp.749-758
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• 1998

현장타설 콘크리트 바닥판 교량의 전단연결부의 강성 평가를 분석하고 프리캐스트 콘크리트 바닥판 교량의 전단연결부의 강성을 평가하기 위한 실험을 통해 전단강성을 구하였다. 전단연결부 채움재료의 강도특성에 대한 변수연구와 국부적인 응력분포를 파악하기 위하여 push-out 실험부재에 대한 3차원 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 해석을 통해 구한 하중-슬립관계를 실험에서 구한 것과 비교하여 타당성을 검증하고 프리캐스트 바닥판 교량 전단연결부의 초기 강성에 대한 평가식을 제안하였다. 선형해석을 수행하여 전단연결재 지름과 모르터의 강도에 따른 손상의 양상과 전단연결재와 무수축모르터에 각각 파괴기준을 적용하여 파괴하중을 예측하고 실험값과 비교하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.359-368
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• 2013

본 논문은 중공튜브 및 샌드위구조 형식을 주로 갖는 GFRP 복합소재 바닥판의 기본설계에서 전체 유한요소 모델링을 이용하지 않고 탄성등가 모델링을 이용한 간편 해석 방법을 제시하였다. 제시된 간편 해석 방법의 타당성 검증을 위해서 ANSYS 프로그램이 사용되었으며, 전체 유한요소 모델링과 탄성등가모델링을 이용한 해석값을 각각 비교하였다. 또한 본 논문에서 제안된 GFRP 복합소재 바닥판 간편 해석법에 의한 해석 결과를 비교하기 위해 각형 튜브를 갖는 샌드위치 구조형식 GFRP 복합소재 바닥판의 4점 휨시험인 실내실험결과를 수행하였다. 해석 결과와 실험 결과 내용을 비교분석하였다. 제시된 간편해석 방법은 GFRP 복합소재 바닥판의 기본설계시 사용하기에 적용성이 있음을 확인되었다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.125-146
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• 2006

Stonecutters Bridge of Hong Kong is a cable-stayed bridge with two single-column pylons each 298 m high and an aerodynamic twin deck. The total length of the bridge is 1596 m with a main span of 1018 m. The top 118 m of the tower will comprise structural steel and concrete composite while the bottom part will be of reinforced concrete. The bridge deck at the central span will be of steel whilst the side spans will be of concrete. Stonecutters Bridge has adopted a twin-girder deck design with a wide clear separation of 14.3 m between the two longitudinal girders. Although a number of studies have been conducted to investigate the aerodynamic performance of twin-girder deck, the actual real life application of this type of deck is extremely limited. This therefore triggered the need for conducting the present studies, the main objective of which is to investigate the performance of Stonecutters Bridge against flutter at its in-service stage as well as during construction. Based on the flutter derivatives obtained from the 1:80 scale rigid section model experiment, flutter analysis was carried out using 3-D finite element based single parameter searching method developed by the second author of this paper. A total of 6 finite element models of the bridge covering the in-service stage as well as 5 construction stages were established. The dynamic characteristics of the bridge associated with these stages were computed and applied in the analyses. Apart from the critical wind speeds for the onset of flutter, the dominant modes of vibration participating in the flutter vibration were also identified. The results indicate that the bridge will be stable against flutter at its in-service stage as well as during construction at wind speeds much higher than the verification wind speed of 95 m/s (1-minute mean).

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.297-315
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• 2010

This paper is concerned with free vibration characteristics and natural frequency of horizontally curved composite plate girder bridges. Three-dimensional finite element models are developed for the girders using the software package LUSAS and analyses carried out on the models. The validity of the finite element models is first established through comparison with the corresponding results published by other researchers. Studies are then carried out to investigate the effects of total number of girders, number of cross-frames and curvature on the free vibration response of horizontally curved composite plate girder bridges. The results confirm the fact that bending modes are always coupled with torsional modes for horizontally curved bridge girder systems. The results show that the first bending mode is influenced by composite action between the concrete deck and steel beam at low subtended angle but, on the girders with larger subtended angle at the centre of curvature such influence is non-existence. The increase in the number of girders results in higher natural frequency but at a decreasing rate. The in-plane modes viz. longitudinal and arching modes are significantly influenced by composite action and number of girders. If no composite action is taken into account the number of girders has no significant effect for the in-plane modes.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2010

An experimental investigation of composite beams composed of wide flange steel and precast concrete is presented. The bottom flange of the steel section is encased in precast concrete. The composite beams tested in this study were designed to reduce the depth of the slab and beam. The slabs are constructed on top of the edges of the Structural Composite Hybrid System, instead of on top of the steel flange, decreasing the depth of the beams. When concrete is cast on the metal deck plate located on the edges of the precast concrete, the weight of the concrete slabs and other construction loads must be supported by the contacts between the steel and the precast concrete. This interface must not exhibit bearing failures, shear failures, and failures caused by torque due to the loading of the precast concrete. When the contact area between the concrete and the bottom flange of the steel beam is small, these failures of the concrete are likely and must be prevented. The premature failure of precast concrete must not also be present when the weight of the concrete slabs and other construction loads is loaded. This paper presents a load carrying capacity of Structural Composite Hybrid System in order to observe the failure mode. The symmetrically distributed loading that caused the failure of the composite beam was found. The paper also provides design recommendations of such type of composite structure.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2017

최근 거푸집 작업과 철근 배근 공정을 생략하여 공정의 단순화를 통한 공기단축 합성 슬래브 시스템의 개발 연구가 진행 중이다. 이 연구에서는 구조용 데크플레이트를 활용하여 거푸집 및 인장철근의 배근을 대체하고 강섬유보강 콘크리트를 사용하여 온도철근의 역할을 대체하는 단순슬래브 시스템의 장기거동을 평가하는 것이 목적이다. 구조용 데크플레이트를 활용하는 기존 합성슬래브 공법은 건조수축에 의한 균열 제어를 위해 용접 철망을 배근하는 것이 일반적이나, 이는 균열을 억제하는 데 효과적이지 못한 것으로 선행연구들에서 지적되었다. 본 연구에서는, 일반적인 건축물의 하중 조건으로 제작 된 연속 두 경간을 갖는 강섬유보강 데크플레이트 슬래브의 장기적인 균열 및 처짐 거동을 평가하도록 하였다. 실험 결과, 실험체의 비 내력부에서는 장기균열의 개수 및 폭이 현저하게 감소하는 것으로 나타나 강섬유보강 콘크리트의 건조수축과 균열 제어 성능이 우수한 것으로 평가되었으며, 처짐량도 강섬유보강 데크플레이트 슬래브가 우수한 것을 확인하였다. 다만, 부모멘트가 작용되는 슬래브 연속단부에서는 사용하중 단계에서 균열폭을 제어하고 하중 제거 시 처짐을 회복하기 위한 디테일의 적용이 필요한 것으로 분석되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.489-500
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• 2012

Cold-formed steel profile sheets acting as decks have been popularly used in composite slab systems in steel structural works, since it acts as a working platform as well as formwork for concreting during construction stage and also as tension reinforcement for the concrete slab during service. In developing countries like India, this system of flooring is being increasingly used due to the innate advantage of these systems. Three modes of failure have been identified in composite slab such as flexural, vertical shear and longitudinal shear failure. Longitudinal shear failure is the one which is difficult to predict theoretically and therefore experimental methods suggested by Eurocode 4 (EC 4) of four point bending test is in practice throughout world. This paper presents such an experimental investigation on embossed profile sheet acting as a composite deck where in the longitudinal shear bond characteristics values are evaluated. Two stages, brittle and ductile phases were observed during the tests. The cyclic load appears to less effect on the ultimate shear strength of the composite slab.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.563-573
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• 2024

This research experimentally evaluated the local stress distribution along the cross-section of composite beams under both positive and negative moments. The experiment utilized a large-scale, two-story, two-by-three bay steel gravity frame with a concrete on metal deck floor system. The composite shear connections, which are nominally assumed to be pinned under gravity loading, can develop non-negligible moment-resisting capacity when subjected to lateral loads. This paper discusses the local stress distribution, orshear lag effects, observed near the beam-to-column connections when subjected to combined gravity and lateral loading. Strain gauges were used for measurements along the beam depth at varying distances from the connection. The experimental data showed amplified shear lag effects near the unconnected region of the beam web and bottom flange under the applied loading conditions. These results indicate that strain does not vary linearly across the beam cross-section adjacent to the connection components. This insight has implications for the use of experimental strain gauge data in estimating beam demands near the connections. These findings can be beneficial in informing instrumentation plans for future experimental studies on composite beams.