• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.745-757
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• 2018

The inclusion of a ductile steel bracing as means of repairing an earthquake-damaged bridge bent is evaluated and experimentally assessed for the purposes of restoring the damaged bent's strength and stiffness and further improving the energy dissipation capacity. The study is focused on substandard reinforced concrete multi-column bridge bents constructed in the 1950 to mid-1970 in the United States. These types of bents have numerous deficiencies making them susceptible to seismic damage. Large-scale experiments were used on a two-column reinforced concrete bent to impose considerable damage of the bent through increasing amplitude cyclic deformations. The damaged bent was then repaired by installing a ductile fuse steel brace in the form of a buckling-restrained brace in a diagonal configuration between the columns and using post-tensioned rods to strengthen the cap beam. The brace was secured to the bent using steel gusset plate brackets and post-installed adhesive anchors. The repaired bent was then subjected to increasing amplitude cyclic deformations to reassess the bent performance. A subassemblage test of a nominally identical steel brace was also conducted in an effort to quantify and isolate the ductile fuse behavior. The experimental data from these large-scale experiments were analyzed in terms of the hysteretic response, observed damage, internal member loads, as well as the overall stiffness and energy dissipation characteristics. The results of this study demonstrated the effectiveness of utilizing ductile steel bracing for restoring the bent and preventing further damage to the columns and cap beams while also improving the stiffness and energy dissipation characteristics.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2019

기존의 중-장경간 철도교량에는 주로 강박스 거더교가 적용되어 왔다. 하지만 강박스 거더교는 교량 아래의 공간확보가 불리하고, 주거더가 얇은 박판의 박스형상으로 이루어져 진동에 의한 울림소음이 발생하여 소음에 대한 많은 민원이 제기 되고 있다. 이와 같은 이유로 강박스 거더교를 대체할 수 있는 장지간 철도교량의 개발에 대한 필요성이 대두되었다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 이유로 최근에 개발된 강합성 하로 철도교에 대한 특징을 소개하고, 이 철도교의 주요 적용 지간인 40m와 50m 교량을 대상으로 실제 운행열차인 KTX 하중의 운행속도를 반영하여 상용유한요소프로그램인 MIDAS Civil을 이용하여 시간이력해석을 수행하였다. 또한 해석결과를 분석하여 대상교량의 동적거동 특성을 확인하고 철도설계기준에서 제시하고 있는 동적성능 기준을 만족하는지에 대해 검토하였다. 그 결과, 검토 대상 교량 모두 동적안전성 기준을 만족하였으나 지간 40m의 경우 연직가속도 값이 상당히 크게 나와 이에 대한 개선 방안을 제시하고, 단면을 수정하여 연직가속도의 감소를 확인하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2018

To study the effects of corner braces on fatigue performance of the U-rib and roof weld in steel bridge decks, the fatigue experiment was carried out to compare characteristics of the crack shape with and without corner braces. The improvement of fatigue life and stress variation after setting corner braces were also analysed. Different parameters of corner brace sizes, arrangements, and detail types were considered in the FEM models to obtain stress distribution and variation at the weld. Furthermore, enhancement of the fatigue performance by corner braces was evaluated. The results demonstrated that the corner brace could improve the fatigue life of the U-rib and roof weld, which exerted even no influence on the crack shape. Moreover, stress of the roof weld was decreased and the crack position was transferred from the root weld to U-rib and corner brace weld. It was suggested no weld scallop should be drilled on the corner brace. A transverse rib with lower height which was set between U-ribs was favourable for improvement of fatigue performance.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.35-51
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• 2020

Integral abutment bridges (IABs) are those bridges without expansion joints. A single row of steel H-piles (SHPs) is commonly used at the thin and stub abutments of IABs to form a flexible support system at the bridge ends to accommodate thermal-induced displacement of the bridge. Consequently, as the IAB expands and contracts due to temperature variations, the SHPs supporting the abutments are subjected to cyclic lateral (longitudinal) displacements, which may eventually lead to low-cycle fatigue (LCF) failure of the piles. In this paper, the potential of using finite element (FE) modeling techniques to estimate the LCF life of SHPs commonly used in IABs is investigated. For this purpose, first, experimental tests are conducted on several SHP specimens to determine their LCF life under thermal-induced cyclic flexural strains. In the experimental tests, the specimens are subjected to longitudinal displacements (or flexural strain cycles) with various amplitudes in the absence and presence of a typical axial load. Next, nonlinear FE models of the tested SHP specimens are developed using the computer program ANSYS to investigate the possibility of using such numerical models to predict the LCF life of SHPs commonly used in IABs. The comparison of FE analysis results with the experimental test results revealed that the FE analysis results are in close agreement with the experimental test results. Thus, FE modeling techniques similar to that used in this research study may be used to predict the LCF life of SHP commonly used in IABs.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2017

본 연구에는 HSB600 고강도 강재의 변형-경화를 고려한 조밀 강합성 I-거더의 정모멘트부 공칭휨강도를 제안한다. HSB600은 일반강재와는 다르게 명확한 항복 고원을 보이지 않고 항복 직후 변형-경화가 진행된다. 하지만 현 국내외 설계기준에 있는 공칭휨강도 식은 일반강재에 대하여 개발된 설계식이기 때문에 HSB600의 변형-경화 특성을 제대로 반영하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 HSB600의 변형-경화 특성이 휨강도에 미치는 영향을 고려하기 위해, 강합성 거더의 변형-경화를 고려한 소성모멘트를 제안한 후 다수의 해석단면을 대상으로 모멘트-곡률 수치해석을 수행하였다. 해석 결과를 토대로 HSB600 고강도 강재의 변형-경화가 강합성 거더 휨강도에 미치는 영향을 나타내는 매개변수를 제안하였다. 또한 이 매개변수를 이용하여 HSB600 강합성 거더의 변형-경화를 고려한 정모멘트부 공칭휨강도를 제안하였고 현 AASHTO LRFD 교량설계기준의 공칭휨강도와 비교 검토하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호통권35호
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• pp.233-251
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• 1998

이 논문은 바닥판 콘크리트 타설 순서에 따른 합성형 교량의 거동을 예측하는 내용을 다루고 있다. 교량의 시간의존적 거동을 묘사하기 위하여 Dirichlet 급수를 사용한 크리프 함수를 사용하였고 단면해석은 적층단면을 사용하였다. 교량의 거동은 단면의 형태와 타설순서의 변화 효과를 고려하여 바닥판 콘크리트 타설에 따른 교축 방향의 모멘트 변화로써 나타내었으며 이 결과들을 이용하여 현장에서 널리 사용되고 있는 폐단면강 box 거더의 연속 바닥판 타설의 적합성을 보이고 있다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2017

The behavior of building industry metal sheeting under shear forces has been extensively studied and equations have been developed to predict its shear stiffness. Building design engineers can make use of these equations to design a metal deck form bracing system. Bridge metal deck forms differ from building industry forms by both shape and connection detail. These two factors have implications for using these equations to predict the shear stiffness of deck form systems used in the bridge industry. The conventional eccentric connection of bridge metal deck forms reduces their shear stiffness dramatically. However, recent studies have shown that a simple modification to the connection detail can significantly increase the shear stiffness of bridge metal deck form panels. To the best of the author's knowledge currently there is not a design aid that can be used by bridge engineers to estimate the stiffness of bridge metal deck forms. Therefore, bridge engineers rely on previous test results to predict the stiffness of bridge metal deck forms in bracing applications. In an effort to provide a design aid for bridge design engineers to rely on bridge metal deck forms as a bracing source during construction, cantilever shear frame test results of bridge metal deck forms with and without edge stiffened panels have been compared with the SDI Diaphragm Design Manual and ECCS Diaphragm Stressed Skin Design Manual stiffness expressions used for building industry deck forms. The bridge metal deck form systems utilized in the tests consisted of sheets with thicknesses of 0.75 mm to 1.90 mm, heights of 50 mm to 75 mm and lengths of up to 2.7 m; which are representative of bridge metal deck forms frequently employed in steel bridge constructions. The results indicate that expressions provided in these manuals to predict the shear stiffness of building metal deck form panels can be used to estimate the shear stiffness of bridge metal deck form bracing systems with certain limitations. The SDI Diaphragm Design Manual expressions result in reasonable estimates for sheet thicknesses of 0.75 mm, 0.91 mm, and 1.21 mm and underestimate the shear stiffness of 1.52 and 1.90 mm thick bridge metal deck forms. Whereas, the ECCS Diaphragm Stressed Skin Design Manual expressions significantly underestimate the shear stiffness of bridge metal deck form systems for above mentioned deck thicknesses.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.527-544
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• 2018

The paper presents the study on a change in modal parameters and structural stiffness of cable-stayed Fiberline Bridge made entirely of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite used for 20 years in the fjord area of Kolding, Denmark. Due to this specific location the bridge structure was subjected to natural aging in harsh environmental conditions. The flexural properties of the pultruded GFRP profiles acquired from the analyzed footbridge in 1997 and 2012 were determined through three-point bending tests. It was found that the Young's modulus increased by approximately 9%. Moreover, the influence of the temperature on the storage and loss modulus of GFRP material acquired from the Fiberline Bridge was studied by the dynamic mechanical analysis. The good thermal stability in potential real temperatures was found. The natural vibration frequencies and mode shapes of the bridge for its original state were evaluated through the application of the Finite Element (FE) method. The initial FE model was created using the real geometrical and material data obtained from both the design data and flexural test results performed in 1997 for the intact composite GFRP material. Full scale experimental investigations of the free-decay response under human jumping for the experimental state were carried out applying accelerometers. Seven natural frequencies, corresponding mode shapes and damping ratios were identified. The numerical and experimental results were compared. Based on the difference in the fundamental natural frequency it was again confirmed that the structural stiffness of the bridge increased by about 9% after 20 years of service life. Data collected from this study were used to validate the assumed FE model. It can be concluded that the updated FE model accurately reproduces the dynamic behavior of the bridge and can be used as a proper baseline model for the long-term monitoring to evaluate the overall structural response under service loads. The obtained results provided a relevant data for the structural health monitoring of all-GFRP bridge.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 1999년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Fall
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• pp.251-258
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• 1999

The vibration control of bridge is studied considering the vibration characteristics of the Korean-type high-speed railway bridge. Fast nonlinear analysis is adopted as time integration method and the bridge and the train are modeled by FEM and sequentially moving constant forces respectively. Additional damping mechanism is indispensable to the Korean-type high-speed railway bridge because resonance vibration is excited under the maximum design speed. The optimal position and capacity of the damper is studied through the parametric studies, Transient vibration of the bridge is effectively controlled by such additional dampers which means that dampers play a role as structural damping. And also the maximum response of the bridge is reduced. Therefore it is verified that the increase of expected service life and the improvement of serviceability can be obtained through dampers.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2010

본 논문은 I형 강재와 프리캐스트 콘크리트 바닥판으로 구성된 비합성 합성아치 생태교량에 대한 해석 및 실험 연구이다. 범용유한 요소해석 프로그램 ABAQUS(2007)를 사용하여 단위거더, 단위합성거더, 3거더 아치, 3거더 합성아치 등 4종류의 해석모델이 검토되었으며, 해석 결과를 토대로 모델별 거동특성을 분석하고, 3거더 합성아치 모형실험체에 설치될 응력 및 변형률 게이지 위치를 결정하였다. 본 연구의 정적파괴 하중실험에 사용된 실험체는 3개의 I형강 거더와 14개의 PC패널로 구성되어 있다. 모형실험체 정적파괴실험결과로부터 강거더 하부플랜지가 항복응력에 도달하는 시기의 재하하중은 유한요소해석을 통해 얻어진 정적하중과 17%정도의 차이를 나타내고 있으며, 실험체 파괴하중은 1,961kN으로 AASHTO LRFD 교량설계기준 (2007)의 단면 소성모멘트를 이용한 작용가능하중은 1,380kN으로 본 실험체는 충분한 내하력을 나타내고 있다. 해석결과와 실험결과를 토대로 새로운 형식의 비합성 합성아치 교량의 안전성과 강도가 충분히 발휘됨을 확인할 수 있었다.