• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.359-371
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• 2022

Bridges are critical to the civil engineering infrastructure network as they facilitate movement of people, the transportation of goods and services. Given the aging of bridge infrastructure, federal officials mandate visual inspections biennially to identify necessary repair actions which are time, cost, and labor-intensive. Additionally, the expansion joints of bridges are rarely monitored due to cost. However, expansion joints are critical as they absorb movement from thermal effects, loadings strains, impact, abutment settlement, and vehicle motion movement. Thus, the need to monitor bridge expansion joints efficiently, at a low cost, and wirelessly is desired. This paper addresses bridge joint monitoring needs to develop a cost-effective, real-time wireless system that can be validated in a full-scale bridge structure. To this end, a wireless expansion joint monitoring was developed using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors. An in-service bridge was selected as a testbed to validate the performance of the developed system compared with traditional displacement sensor, LVDT, temperature and humidity sensors. The short-term monitoring campaign with the wireless sensor system with the internet protocol version 6 over the time slotted channel hopping mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH) network showed reliable results, providing high potential of the developed system for effective joint monitoring at a low cost.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 가설교량의 지간장 증대를 위하여 중앙부 주거더 H형강 상단에 작은 H형강을 보강하고, 지점부 주거더 H형강 하단에 강판을 합성시킨 가설교량을 설계 및 시공하여 현장재하시험으로 실 거동을 분석하고, 해석적 전단좌굴강도와 비선형 거동을 일반 가설교량과 비교 평가하였다. 그 결과, 현장재하시험에 의하여 제안된 가설교량의 실제 거동이 설계 과정에서 고려된 거동과 일치하는 것으로 나타났으며, 본 연구의 설계조건에 있어서 제안한 가설교량의 해석적 전단좌굴강도가 일반 가설교량의 전단좌굴강도보다 약 40% 정도 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 제안된 가설교량의 해석적 극한강도는 일반 가설교량 보다 높은 것으로 평가되어 현장여건의 필요에 의해 제안한 가설교량을 적용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1875-1881
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• 2007

Deformations of bridge deck ends on abutments or on transition between bridge decks can cause extreme deformations on track. Especially, since slab track is fixed onto the bridge deck slab on concrete slab track-installed bridges, deformations of bridge deck ends directly affect the track behavior, and thus these interactions can bring about the premature failure of rail fastenings or other deteriorations to lower the serviceability. In this study, a foreign standard to evaluate forces on track components caused by the track-bridge interactions and the serviceability of bridge deck ends is investigated, and for the real bridges, the serviceability of bridge deck ends according to several parameters of bridge and track is analyzed. It is found that arrangements and spring coefficients of bridge bearings, as well as distance between bridge bearing and last rail support, support spacings, rail support spring coefficient, are very important parameters.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2016

최근 교량의 장수명화와 이용자의 안전을 보장하기 위한 첨단IT기술을 이용한 유지관리 기법이 세계적으로 각광을 받고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 무선계측센서를 이용하여 교량의 정적 동적 데이터를 취득 및 분석하여 교량의 거동상태를 실시간으로 모니터링 할 수 있는 지능형 교량 구조 건전성 모니터링시스템을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서 개발한 모니터링 시스템은 교량의 주요 부재의 거동을 계측하기 위한 센서 및 계측데이터 전송을 위한 무선송수신시스템, 전체 시스템 관리를 위한 운영프로그램 및 데이터베이스로 구성되어 있다. 개발한 무선계측센서 기반의 모니터링 시스템의 성능검증을 위해 올림픽대교에 5종의 무선계측센서를 설치하였으며, 센서의 전원은 태양광 발전장치를 설치하여 자가 전원공급이 가능하도록 하였다. 성능검증을 위한 데이터는 시스템 구축완료 후 일주일간의 데이터를 활용하여, 유선시스템으로부터 취득된 데이터와 비교 분석하였으며, 이를 통행 지능형 구조 건전성 모니터링 시스템의 성능 및 실 교량 적용성을 검증하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2005

The dynamic interaction of vehicle-bridge is studied by using transfer matrix method in this paper. The vehicle model is simplified as a spring-damping-mass system. By adopting the idea of Newmark-${\beta}$ method, the partial differential equation of structure vibration is transformed into a differential equation irrelevant to time. Then, this differential equation is solved by transfer matrix method. The prospective application of this method in real engineering is finally demonstrated by several examples.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1479-1492
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• 2015

This study evaluated the localized stress condition of the real corroded deck surface of an orthotropic steel bridge because severe corrosion damage on the deck surface and fatigue cracking were reported. Thus, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) analysis model was created based on measurements of the corroded orthotropic steel deck surface to examine the stress level dependence on the corrosion condition. Based on the FE analysis results, it could be confirmed that a high stress concentration and irregular stress distribution can develop on the deck surface. The stress level was also increased by approximately 1.3-1.5 times as a result of the irregular corroded surface. It was concluded that this stress concentration could increase the possibility of fatigue cracking in the deck surface because of the surface roughness of the orthotropic steel bridge deck.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.445-457
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• 2019

Cracks are an important distress of concrete bridges, and may reduce the life and safety of bridges. However, the traditional manual crack detection means highly depend on the experience of inspectors. Furthermore, it is time-consuming, expensive, and often unsafe when inaccessible position of bridge is to be assessed, such as viaduct pier. To solve this question, the real-time automatic crack detecting system with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) become a choice. This paper designs a new automatic detection system based on real-time comprehensive image processing for bridge crack. It has small size, light weight, low power consumption and can be carried on a small UAV for real-time data acquisition and processing. The real-time comprehensive image processing algorithm used in this detection system combines the advantage of connected domain area, shape extremum, morphology and support vector data description (SVDD). The performance and validity of the proposed algorithm and system are verified. Compared with other detection method, the proposed system can effectively detect cracks with high detection accuracy and high speed. The designed system in this paper is suitable for practical engineering applications.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2015

In this study we developed an integrated precast concrete decks for a rapid construction. The structural performance in the integrated precast bridge decks is evaluated by real-scale test bed and detailed finite element analyses. The numerical analysis results were compared with the experimental data from a real-scaled single-span precast/prestressed concrete bridge decks under truck loading. Parametric studies are focused on the various effects of external loads on the structural behavior for different locations and measuring points on the precast bridge decks. The assessment in this study indicates that the integrated precast bridge decks show an excellent structural performance as expected.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.602-607
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• 2003

Sensors based bridge monitoring system (SBBMS) is designed to perform real-time monitoring and to store the performance history of in-service bridges. In general, visual inspections play a major role in maintenance of in-service bridges; however, they are not adequate to document the behavior of a bridge. Therefore, visual inspections and sensor based monitoring systems complement each other. Sensor based bridge monitoring systems consist of hardware and software systems. The hardware system contains the sensors and data-loggers to measure the behavior of a structure, the communicational equipment to transmit the measured data from the site to the monitoring center, and the computers to arrange and analyze the data. The software system controls data-loggers, arranges and analyzes the measured data, makes real-time display, stores the performance history.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2020

The hinge joint is the key to the overall cooperative working performance of the assembled beam bridge, and it is also the weakest part during the service period. This paper proposes a method for monitoring and evaluating the lateral cooperative working performance of fabricated beam bridges based on dynamic strain correlation coefficient indicator. This method is suitable for monitoring and evaluation of hinge joints status between prefabricated girders and overall cooperative working performance of bridge, without interruption of traffic and easy implementation. The remote cloud monitoring and diagnosis system was designed and implemented on a real assembled beam bridge. The algorithms of data preprocessing, online indicator extraction and status diagnosis were given, and the corresponding software platform and scientific computing environment for cloud operation were developed. Through the analysis of real bridge monitoring data, the effectiveness and accuracy of the method are proved and it can be used in the health monitoring system of such bridges.