• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권8호
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• pp.953-974
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• 2010

The performance of variable dampers for seismic protection of the benchmark highway bridge (phase I) under six real earthquake ground motions is presented. A simplified lumped mass finite-element model of the 91/5 highway bridge in Southern California is used for the investigation. A variable damper, developed from magnetorheological (MR) damper is used as a semi-active control device and its effectiveness with friction force schemes is investigated. A velocity-dependent damping model of variable damper is used. The effects of friction damping of the variable damper on the seismic response of the bridge are examined by taking different values of friction force, step-coefficient and transitional velocity of the damper. The seismic responses with variable dampers are compared with the corresponding uncontrolled case, and controlled by alternate sample control strategies. The results of investigation clearly indicate that the base shear, base moment and mid-span displacement are substantially reduced. In particular, the reduction in the bearing displacement is quite significant. The friction and the two-step friction force schemes of variable damper are found to be quite effective in reducing the peak response quantities of the bridge to a level similar to or better than that of the sample passive, semi-active and active controllers.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.173-190
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• 2011

As a practical and effective seismic resisting technology, the base isolation system has seen extensive applications in buildings and bridges. However, a few problems associated with conventional lead-rubber bearings have been identified after historical strong earthquakes, e.g., excessive permanent deformations of bearings and potential unseating of bridge decks. Recently the applications of shape memory alloys (SMA) have received growing interest in the area of seismic response mitigation. As a result, a variety of SMA-based base isolators have been developed. These novel isolators often lead to minimal permanent deformations due to the self-centering feature of SMA materials. However, a rational design approach is still missing because of the fact that conventional design method cannot be directly applied to these novel devices. In light of this limitation, a displacement-based design approach for highway bridges with SMA isolators is proposed in this paper. Nonlinear response spectra, derived from typical hysteretic models for SMA, are employed in the design procedure. SMA isolators and bridge piers are designed according to the prescribed performance objectives. A prototype reinforced concrete (RC) highway bridge is designed using the proposed design approach. Nonlinear dynamic analyses for different seismic intensity levels are carried out using a computer program called "OpenSees". The efficacy of the displacement-based design approach is validated by numerical simulations. Results indicate that a properly designed RC highway bridge with novel SMA isolators may achieve minor damage and minimal residual deformations under frequent and rare earthquakes. Nonlinear static analysis is also carried out to investigate the failure mechanism and the self-centering ability of the designed highway bridge.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2017

Finite element model updating is very effective procedure to determine the uncertainty parameters in structural model and minimize the differences between experimentally and numerically identified dynamic characteristics. This procedure can be practiced with manual and automatic model updating procedures. The manual model updating involves manual changes of geometry and analyses parameters by trial and error, guided by engineering judgement. Besides, the automated updating is performed by constructing a series of loops based on optimization procedures. This paper addresses the ambient vibration based finite element model updating of long span reinforced concrete highway bridges using manual model updating procedure. Birecik Highway Bridge located on the $81^{st}km$ of Şanliurfa-Gaziantep state highway over Firat River in Turkey is selected as a case study. The structural carrier system of the bridge consists of two main parts: Arch and Beam Compartments. In this part of the paper, the arch compartment is investigated. Three dimensional finite element model of the arch compartment of the bridge is constructed using SAP2000 software to determine the dynamic characteristics, numerically. Operational Modal Analysis method is used to extract dynamic characteristics using Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition method. Numerically and experimentally identified dynamic characteristics are compared with each other and finite element model of the arch compartment of the bridge is updated manually by changing some uncertain parameters such as section properties, damages, boundary conditions and material properties to reduce the difference between the results. It is demonstrated that the ambient vibration measurements are enough to identify the most significant modes of long span highway bridges. Maximum differences between the natural frequencies are reduced averagely from %49.1 to %0.6 by model updating. Also, a good harmony is found between mode shapes after finite element model updating.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국ITS학회 2008년도 제7회 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.78-84
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• 2008

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국ITS학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.26-32
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• 2010

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국도로학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.39-42
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• 2009

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국도로학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.463-470
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• 2008

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.85-97
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• 2009

지속적인 교통수요 증가로 인하여 만성적인 교통혼잡, 연료소비 증가, 대기오염과 교통사고 등의 심각한 문제가 야기되고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하고자 2007년 국토해양부 주관으로 스마트하이웨이 사업이 시작되었다. 스마트하이웨이 사업 중 도로-자동차 연계기술 중 하부 기술인 주행로이탈예방지원시스템(Lane Departure Warning System : LDWS)은 운전자가 고속도로에서 고속 주행 중 차로를 이탈할 경우 운전자에게 경고를 제공하는 시스템으로 측면충돌과 도로이탈사고를 예방하는 기술이다. 본 사업을 수행하기에 앞서 본 기술을 도입함으로 인하여 발생되는 경제성을 분석하여 타당성을 검증할 필요성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 LDWS 구축에 따른 사회경제적 효과를 분석하기 위하여 비용-편익분석 (Cost-Benefit Analysis : CBA)을 적용하였다. 발생되는 편익으로는 사고감소효과와 운전자 측면 편익을 산정하였다. 또한 주행로이탈예방지원기술의 경우 보급률에 따라 경제성이 달라지는 것을 고려하여 비관적 시나리오와 낙관적 시나리오로 구분하여 각각의 경제성을 분석하였다. B/C비 분석 결과 비관적 시나리오의 경우 2020년 0.97, 2030년 1.36으로 경제성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 낙관적 시나리오에서는 2020년 1.04, 2030년 1.59로 보급률이 높아질수록 경제성 또한 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 주행로이탈예방지원기술의 도입을 통해 발생되는 경제성이 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2022

고령보행자를 포함한 교통약자는 신체적 능력이 저하되어 보행속도가 상대적으로 낮으며, 인지반응시간이 느린 특성을 가지고 있지만, 현재 교통약자를 위한 보행신호는 0.8m/s로 일률적으로 적용하고 있다. 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 스마트 횡단시스템이 개발되어 운영되고 있지만, 보행자별 적정 보행속도를 반영한 신호운영이 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 교통약자비율이 높은 지역에서 수집된 영상정보를 활용하여, 교통약자의 종류, 보행자의 수, 도로의 기하구조 등을 고려한 신경망모형과 다중회귀모형기반의 횡단속도 추정모델을 개발하였다. 이를 통해 개발된 모델을 스마트횡단시스템에 적용하여 실시간 교통약자에 따른 최적 보행신호 제공을 지원하고자 하였다. 경기도 파주시의 도시 교통 네트워크에서 수집된 실제 교통 상황 데이터 2,400개를 사용하였다. 모델의 성능은 상관계수, 평균 절대오차 등 7개의 선택된 지표를 통해 평가되었다. 다중선형회귀모델은 상관 계수가 0.652이고 MAE가 0.182였으며, 신경망모델은 상관계수가 0.823이고 MAE가 0.105로 나타나. 신경망모델이 더 높은 예측력을 보였다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.139-156
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• 2018

Smart tolling, which improved the drawbacks of the existing high-pass system, was developed and built through the Smart Highway R & D project in 2007. In order to successfully introduce and spread Smart Tolling, it is need to analyze factors that affected by intent to use. This study conducted research based on literature studies and empirical studies, and developed a research model to analyze factors affecting the users' intention of smart tolling system based on technology acceptance model (TAM) and value based acceptance model. The main variables of the research model are service characteristics (convenience, reliability), technical characteristics (flexibility, stability), environmental characteristics (switching cost, effectiveness of policy) and intention to use. To test the hypotheses set in this study, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were performed using the SPSS 22.0 program statistical package and AMOSS 18.0. The convenience and reliability presented by service characteristics did not affect the intention to use of smart tolling service.