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Dynamic analysis of wind-vehicle-bridge systems using mutually-affected aerodynamic parameters

  • Wang, Bin;Xu, You-Lin;Li, Yongle
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.191-211
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    • 2015
  • Several frameworks for the dynamic analysis of wind-vehicle-bridge systems were presented in the past decade to study the safety or ride comfort of road vehicles as they pass through bridges under crosswinds. The wind loads on the vehicles were generally formed based on the aerodynamic parameters of the stationary vehicles on the ground, and the wind loads for the pure bridge decks without the effects of road vehicles. And very few studies were carried out to explore the dynamic effects of the aerodynamic interference between road vehicles and bridge decks, particularly for the moving road vehicles. In this study, the aerodynamic parameters for both the moving road vehicle and the deck considering the mutually-affected aerodynamic effects are formulized firstly. And the corresponding wind loads on the road vehicle-bridge system are obtained. Then a refined analytical framework of the WVB system incorporating the resultant wind loads, a driver model, and the road roughness in plane to fully consider the lateral motion of the road vehicle under crosswinds is proposed. It is shown that obvious lateral and yaw motions of the road vehicle occur. For the selected single road vehicle passing a long span bridge, slight effects are caused by the aerodynamic interference between the moving vehicle and deck on the dynamic responses of the system.

A Study on the Relation between IRI and PrI (평탄성 지수 IRI와 PrI의 상관관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kook-Han;Lee, Byung-Duck;Choi, Go-Il;Yang, Sung-Cheol
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.5 no.1 s.15
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2003
  • Road roughness, as the key factor influencing not only drivers' ride quality and safety but also pavement deterioration, is one of the most important pavement performance indicator to be evaluated by users' subjective assessment. For this reason, a specific number of the pavement roughness has been adopted to monitor the condition of a road for pavement management systems and to evaluate the quality of newly constructed sections, however, none of the unified methodology was internationally accepted. In Korea highway network, road roughness has been used mainly to evaluate newly placed pavement by using 7.6m CP (California Profile meter) to calculate PrI (Profile Index). But this instrument is manually operated to measure road profiles by traffic closure and their interpretation depends on personal bias. Therefore, problems arisen from the manually operated instrument will be overcome by using the APL (Longitudinal Profile Analyzer) which can be operated in the speed of 80km per hour. A study was conducted to correlate the relation from both concrete and asphalt pavement between IRI (measured by APL) and PrI (measured by 7.6m CP). Test results showed that there was a good correlation between IRI and PrI.

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Representative Evaluation of Topographical Characteristics of Road Surface for Tire Contact Force Analysis (노면 표면거칠기 특성의 대표값 정량화와 타이어 접촉력 해석 기법에 대한 고찰)

  • Seo, Beom Gyo;Sung, In-Ha
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.303-308
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    • 2017
  • Most automobile tire companies have not yet considered the geometric information of a road at the design stage of a tire because the topographical characterization of a road surface is very difficult owing to its vastness and randomness. A road surface shows variable surface roughness values according to magnification, and thus, the contact force between the road and tire significantly fluctuates with respect to the scale. In this study, we make an attempt to define a representative value for surface topographical information at multi-scale levels. To represent surface topography, we use a statistical method called power spectral density (PSD). We use the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and PSD to analyze the height profiles of a random surface. The FFT and PSD of a surface help in obtaining a fractal dimension, which is a representative value of surface topography at all length scales. We develop three surfaces with different fractal dimensions. We use finite element analysis (FEA) to observe the contact forces between a tire and the road surfaces with three different fractal dimensions. The results from FEA reveal that an increase in the fractal dimension decreases the contact length between the tire and road surfaces. On the contrary, the average contact force increases. This result indicates that designing and manufacturing a tire considering the fractal dimension of a road makes safe driving possible, owing to the improvement in service life and braking performance of the tire.

An Estimation on Area Error for Surface Roughness of Rapid Prototype by FDM (주사간격 변화에 의한 응착조형물의 표면예측)

  • Jung, Jin-Seo;Jun, Jae-Uhk;Han, Gu-Sang;Seo, Sang-Ha;Ha, Man-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2003
  • In any rapid prototyping process, the layer by layer building process introduces an area error between the staircase and the surface line specified by the computer-aided design model. This affects the dimensional accuracy as well as the surface finish for different Road Widths. This paper describes a methodology for computing the area error for any Road Width by the fused deposition modelling system. This technique can be applied to determine the best Road Width of the part, based on the minimum area error. This technique is verified by comparing the results with the experimental measurements of the area error with Road Widths.

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Generation of Three Dimensional Road Surface Profiles with Considering Coherence Relation (노면 상관도를 고려한 3차원 노면형상 생성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kwang-Suk
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.917-922
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    • 2009
  • This paper presents a technique to generate road surface profiles in a spatial domain using a power spectral density function. A single track power spectral density function is proposed to describe a road surface profile, which is also applicable for multi-track vehicle response analysis. The roads in lateral direction makes the relation between the coherence of the lateral tracks. The derived road surfaces are compared to ISO(International Organization for Standardization) standards. Generated road profiles are in good agreements with the target road PSD shape and measured coherence relation.

Impact Effects of Multi-Girder Steel Bridges Under Various Traffic Conditions (차량하중에 의한 다주형 강판형교의 충격계수 변화에 관한 연구)

  • 김상효;허진영
    • Computational Structural Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 1997
  • The study presents the linear dynamic analysis of multi-girder steel bridges under vehicular movement to examine the performance characteristics due to the various structural and loading conditions. The road surface roughness and bridge-vehicle interactions are considered. The road surface profiles for the approaching roadway and bridge decks are generated from power spectral density functions for different road roughness conditions. A new filtering method using the wheel trace is proposed to obtain the more rational bridge-vehicle interactions from the randomly generated road surface. The possible settlement condition between the bridge deck and approaching roadway is also included. The dynamic responses of various bridges designed according to current design practice are examined, in which important structural parameters(such as span length, girder spacing, etc.) are considered systematically. In addition to the basic loading conditions due to a single truck passing on the bridge, the traffic conditions of multi-truck traveling either consecutively on the same lane or side-by-side on the adjacent lanes are also evaluated.

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