• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.59-71
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• 2023

Corrosion of the headed studs shear connectors is an important factor in the reduction of the durability and mechanical properties of the steel-concrete composite structure. In order to study the effect of stud corrosion on the mechanical properties in the negative moment region of steel-concrete composite beams, the corrosion of stud was carried out by accelerating corrosion method with constant current. Static monotonic loading was adopted to evaluate the cracking load, interface slip, mid-span deflection, and ultimate bearing capacity of four composite beams with varying corrosion rates of headed studs. The effect of stud corrosion on the stiffness of the composite beam's hogging moment zone during normal service stage was thoroughly examined. The results indicate that the cracking load decreased by 50% as the corrosion rate of headed studs increase to 10%. Meanwhile, due to the increase of interface slip and mid-span deflection, the bending stiffness dropped significantly with the same load. In comparison to uncorroded specimens, the secant stiffness of specimens with 0.5 times ultimate load was reduced by 25.9%. However, corrosion of shear studs had no obvious effect on ultimate bending capacity. Based on the experimental results and the theory of steel-concrete interface slip, a method was developed to calculate the bending stiffness in the negative bending moment region of composite beams during normal service stage while taking corrosion of headed studs into account. The validity of the calculation method was demonstrated by data analysis.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2015

라멘교는 모든 부재의 접합부가 강절점으로 구성되어 있는 잘 알려진 교량으로, 교량받침이 불필요하고, 유지관리가 용이하며, 상부구조의 단면을 감소시킬 수 있고, 기타 구조형식에 비해 상대적으로 건설비가 적다는 점 등 많은 장점을 가지고 있기 때문에 다양한 현장에서 시공되고 있다. 또한 최근 경간을 증가시키기 위해 강합성 부재를 상부구조로 사용한 강합성 라멘교의 적용 사례가 증가하고 있다. 그러나 강합성 라멘교는 교량의 경간이 증가하여 부재력이 증가하고, 그에 따라 하부구조가 비경제적으로 설계, 시공되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 교대벽체와 기초 사이에 힌지구조를 적용하여 기초의 모멘트를 감소시킨 신형식 강합성 라멘교를 제안하고, 구조적 성능 및 힌지구조의 성능을 검증하기 위한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.745-757
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• 2023

In order to study the fatigue performance of the flat steel plate-lightweight aggregate concrete hollow composite bridge slab subjected to fatigue load, both static test on two specimens and fatigue test on six specimens were conducted. The effects of the arrangement of the steel pipes, the amplitude of the fatigue load and the upper limit as well as lower limit of fatigue load on failure performance were investigated. Besides, for specimens in fatigue test, strains of the concrete, residual deflection, bending stiffness, residual bearing capacity and dynamic response were analyzed. Test results showed that the specimens failed in the fracture of the bottom flat steel plate regardless of the arrangement of the steel pipes. Moreover, the fatigue loading cycles of composite slab were mainly controlled by the amplitude of the fatigue load, but the influences of upper limit and lower limit of fatigue load on fatigue life was slight. The fatigue life of the composite bridge slabs can be determined by the fatigue strength of bottom flat steel plate, which can be calculated by the method of allowable stress amplitude in steel structure design code.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.747-764
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• 2022

The design codes and calculation methods related to soil-steel composite bridges and culverts only specify the minimum soil cover depth. This value is connected with the bridge span and shell height. In the case of static and dynamic loads (like passing vehicles), such approach seems to be quite reasonable. However, it is important to know how the soil cover depth affects the behaviour of soil-steel composite bridges under seismic excitation. This paper presents the results of a numerical study of soil-steel bridges with different soil cover depths (1.00, 2.00, 2.40, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 and 7.00 m) under seismic excitation. In addition, the same soil cover depths with different boundary conditions of the soil-steel bridge were analysed. The analysed bridge has two closed pipe-arches in its cross section. The load-carrying structure was constructed as two shells assembled from corrugated steel plate sheets, designed with a depth of 0.05 m, pitch of 0.15 m, and plate thickness of 0.003 m. The shell span is 4.40 m, and the shell height is 2.80 m. Numerical analysis was conducted using the DIANA programme based on the finite element method. A nonlinear model with El Centro records and the time history method was used to analyse the problem.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.343-355
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• 2013

Shear failure and core concrete crushing at plastic hinge region are the two main failure modes of bridge piers, which can make repair impossible and cause the collapse of bridge. To avoid the two types of failure of pier, a composite pier was proposed, which was formed by embedding high strength concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) column in reinforced concrete (RC) pier. Through cyclic loading tests, the seismic performances of the composite pier were studied. The experimental results show that the CFT column embedded in composite pier can increase the flexural strength, displacement ductility and energy dissipation capacity, and decrease the residual displacement after undergoing large deformation. The analytical analysis is performed to simulate the hysteretic behavior of the composite pier subjected to cyclic loading, and the numerical results agree well with the experimental results. Using the analytical model and time-history analysis method, seismic responses of a continuous girder bridge using composite piers is investigated, and the results show that the bridge using composite piers can resist much stronger earthquake than the bridge using RC piers.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권2호
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• pp.193-204
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• 2019

This paper presents results from experimental and numerical studies on the response of steel-concrete composite box bridge girders under certain localized fire exposure conditions. Two composite box bridge girders, a simply supported girder and a continuous girder respectively, were tested under simultaneous loading and fire exposure. The simply supported girder was exposed to fire over 40% of its span length in the middle zone, and the two-span continuous girder was exposed to fire over 38% of its length of the first span and full length of the second span. A measurement method based on comparative rate of deflection was provided to predict the failure time in the hogging moment zone of continuous composite box bridge girders under certain localized fire exposure condition. Parameters including transverse and longitudinal stiffeners and fire scenarios were introduced to investigate fire resistance of the composite box bridge girders. Test results show that failure of the simply supported girder is governed by the deflection limit state, whereas failure of the continuous girder occurs through bending buckling of the web and bottom slab in the hogging moment zone. Deflection based criterion may not be reliable in evaluating failure of continuous composite box bridge girder under certain fire exposure condition. The fire resistance (failure time) of the continuous girder is higher than that of the simply supported girder. Data from fire tests is successfully utilized to validate a finite element based numerical model for further investigating the response of composite box bridge girders exposed to localized fire. Results from numerical analysis show that fire resistance of composite box bridge girders can be highly influenced by the spacing of longitudinal stiffeners and fire severity. The continuous composite box bridge girder with closer longitudinal stiffeners has better fire resistance than the simply composite box bridge girder. It is concluded that the fire resistance of continuous composite box bridge girders can be significantly enhanced by preventing the hogging moment zone from exposure to fire. Longitudinal stiffeners with closer spacing can enhance fire resistance of composite box bridge girders. The increase of transverse stiffeners has no significant effect on fire resistance of composite box bridge girders.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.537-550
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• 2019

Korea and Japan have done a lot of research on composite girders with corrugated steel webs and built many bridges with corrugated steel webs due to the significant advantages of this type of bridges. Considering the demanding on the calculation method of such types of bridges and lack of relevant reinforcement design method, this paper proposes the spatial grid analysis theory and tensile stress region method. First, the accuracy and applicability of spatial grid model in analyzing composite girders with corrugated steel webs was validated by the comparison with models using shell and solid elements. Then, in a real engineering practice, the reinforcement designs from tensile stress region method based on spatial grid model, design empirical method and specification method are compared. The results show that the tensile stress region reinforcement design method can realize the inplane and out-of-plane reinforcement design in the top and bottom slabs in bridges with corrugated steel webs. The economy and precision of reinforcement design using the tensile stress region method is emphasized. Therefore, the tensile stress region reinforcement design method based on the spatial grid model can provide a new direction for the refined design of composite box girder with corrugated steel webs.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.731-740
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• 2008

본 연구는 하부 절곡강판과 T형강을 D16mm 스터드 전단연결재를 이용하여 콘크리트와 일체화시킨 교량용 강합성 바닥판의 피로 거동 및 피로성능을 평가하기 위한 것이다. 제안된 강합성 바닥판의 피로성능 평가를 위하여 총 8본의 시험체가 제작되었으며, 각각의 시험체에 3 종류의 일정진폭을 가진 피로하중이 재하되었다. 피로실험결과, 피로균열은 강합성 바닥판 하부 절곡강판의 절곡점에서 발생하여 상부 T형강으로 진전되는 것으로 나타났으며, 피로하중에 따라 시험체의 변위 및 변형률이 증가하고 피로균열발생 후 변위와 변형률이 급격히 변화하였다. 제안된 강합성 바닥판의 피로강도는 도로교설계기준 및 도로교설계기준 피로상세 범주의 자료가 된 NCHRP 102와 NCHRP 147 보고서의 피로실험결 과와 비교하여 평가한 결과 대상 강합성 바닥판은 피로상세 범주 C에 해당하는 것으로 평가되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1239-1258
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• 2015

This paper presents a master-slave constraint method, which may substitute the conventional transformed-section method, to account for the changes in cross-sectional properties of composite members during construction and to investigate the time-dependent performance of steel-concrete composite bridges. The time-dependent effects caused by creep and shrinkage of concrete are considered by combining the age-adjusted effective modulus method and finite element analysis. An efficient computational tool which runs in AutoCAD environment is developed to simulate the construction process of steel-concrete composite bridges. The major highlight of the developed tool consists in a very convenient and user-friendly interface integrated in AutoCAD environment. The accuracy of the proposed method is verified by comparing its results with those provided by using the transformed-section method. Furthermore, the computational efficiency of the developed tool is demonstrated by applying it to a steel-concrete composite bridge.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.313-325
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• 2001

14TON 밴 형식의 트럭에 대응할 수 있는 튜브형 트라이빔 교량난감을 제안하였다. 이 교량난간은 합성형 지주에 연결된 튜브형 트라이빔과 철재 가드빔으로 구성되어 있는데, 튜브형 트라이빔은 다양한 범퍼 높이를 갖는 차량에 대응할 수 있고 기존의 교량 난간에 비해서 교량난간의 시종점부와 가드레일 사이를 보다 완벽하게연결할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 가드레일 지주로 사용되는 것과 동일한크기의 철재 파이프에 콘크리트를 충전한 합성형지주가 단순히 철재 파이프의 크기를 키운 것보다 강성 및 극한강도를 증대시키는데 효율적임을 확인하였다. 개발된 시스템에 대하여 $14Ton-80km/h-15Y^{\circ}$의 충돌조건으로 실차 충돌실험을 실시하였는데 NCHRP Report 350의 실험레벨 4의 평가항목을 모두 만족하였다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통하여 이 시스템이 국내의 S2 등급으로 분류될 수 있음을 보여주었다.