• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.17 no.5 s.78
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• pp.527-536
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• 2005

A method of reinforcement using external tendons has been found to be one of the effective techniques of reinforcement and its application is increasing. In this paper, the method to calculate the initial tendon force is proposed for the improvement of load-carrying capacity in existing steel-concrete composite bridges. An equation for the increment of tendon force was derived for tendon configurations and live load types, and the effect of reinforcement in a composite beam was numerically studied. The method to calculate the number of tendon and initial tendon force was presented by proposing the new method to calculate the rating factor, which considers the increment of tendon force. The method was shown to be effective for an existing steel-concrete bridge.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.2 s.54
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• pp.153-164
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• 2009

In this paper, a method of increasing in load-carrying capacity is shown in two-span steel-concrete composite bridges strengthened by external tendons. An analytic expression for the increment of tendon force under external loads is derived using virtual work method for straight external tendons and a new rating factor equation is proposed. Considering the initial tendon force and its increment under external loads, an analytic procedure has been developed to calculate the number of tendons and the initial tendon force from the proposed rating factor equation. This method is used to verify a validity and rationality for an existing two-span composite steel-concrete bridge.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.123-134
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• 2007

A method to determine the initial force of external tendon is proposed to improve the load carrying capacity in existing steel-concrete composite bridges. This method is applied to tensioning external tendons prior to and after concrete replacement for strengthening composite girders. A procedure to determine the number of tendon and initial tendon force is described with the proposed rating factor, which considers the increment of tendon force due to live loads. The method is applied to the improvement of rating factor in an existing composite bridge and its validity is confirmed.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.691-697
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• 2015

In this paper, an embedded EM sensor was researched to estimate prestressing force of PS tendon in PSC girder. Recent methodologies for managing prestressing force loss were staying on verifying a applying prestressing force under construction, namely the loss management can not be controlled after construction. To estimate the tensile force of PS tendon during lifetime of PSC girder, this research proposed a bobbin-type embedded EM sensor that can be embedded in PSC girder is designed and fabricated considering the shape properties of anchorage zone and sheath. To verify the proposed sensor, a small PSC girder test was performed. The embedded EM sensor was connected to a sheath and anchor block, and the concrete was poured. After curing, the change of the permeability of PS tendon under tensile forces of 200, 710, 1070, 1300kN was measured using embedded EM sensor. The permeability of PS tendon had decreased according to the increment of applied tensile force. Also it is confirmed that the change of permeability due to applied tensile force could resolve the applied tensile force values. As a result, proposed embedded EM sensor could be embed into the PSC girder and it could be used to estimate the tensile force variation during lifetime of PSC girder.