• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호통권28호
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• pp.13-20
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• 1996

With the adoption of welded joints rather than bolted joints, we investigate the fatigue strength and the fatigue crack initiation of U-type trough rib and welded specimen with misalignment in a steel deck plate. The stress concentration factor of welded specimens with a misalignment is also verified by a finite element method. The main conclusions obtained from this study are as follows Experimental results of full-scaled U-type trough rib models have indicated that fatigue life depends on misalignments of welded joints in steel deck plate ; The more misalignments are, the less the fatigue life is. It has also shown that fatigue crack propagates from the welded root to the bead surface. We have also obtained the same results from both the fatigue test of welded specimens with a misalignment and the stress analysis of a finite element method.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.274-278
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• 2004

This study investigates the fatigue characteristics of SM 490 A material specimens for the railway vehicle due to the welding type. The more stress ratio decreases, the more strength of fillet welded specimen decreases. At speciallly, when the stress ratio of TN(Plate with transverse fillet welded rib) specimens decreases 0.5, 0.1, and -0.1, the fatigue limit decreases unifomly. The strength of TN is higher than it of NCN in the compare of fillet welding type, but the strength of NCN(Non load-carrying cruciform fillet welded joint) is higher than it of CN(Load-carrying cruciform fillet welded joint), which these specimens have the rib in the both side. We analysis the strains on the weld positions of the TN specimens during the fatigue test for the investigation of crack initiation and crack growth. In the theses results, we could find the fatigue crack initiation point and time.

• 국제강구조저널
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1589-1597
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• 2018

Fatigue tests and numerical analysis were carried out to evaluate the fatigue performance at the U-rib to deck welded joint in steel box girder. Twenty specimens were tested corresponding to different penetration rates (80 and 100%) under fatigue bending load, and the fatigue strength was investigated based on hot spot stress (HSS) method. The detailed stress distribution at U-rib to deck welded joint was analyzed by the finite element method, as well as the stress intensity factor of weld root. The test results show that the specimens with fully penetration rate have longer crack propagation life due to the welding geometry, resulting in higher fatigue failure strength. The classification of FAT-90 is reasonable for evaluating fatigue strength by HSS method. The penetration rate has effect on crack propagation angle near the surface, and the 1-mm stress below weld toe and root approves to be more suitable for fatigue stress assessment, because of its high sensitivity to weld geometry than HSS.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.135-148
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• 2015

The cutout hole locating at the place of rib-to-diaphragm welded connection is adopted to minimize the restraint, which is caused by the floor-beam web to rib rotation at the support due to the unsymmetrical loads in orthotropic deck. In practice, an inevitable problem is that there is a large number of welding joint's cracks formed at the edge of cutout hole. In this study, a comparative experiment is carried out with two types of cutout hole, the circular arc transition and the vertical transition. The fatigue life estimation of specimens is investigated with the application of the structural hot spot stress approach by finite element analyses. The results are compared with the ones of the fatigue tests which are carried out on these full-scale specimens. Factors affecting the stress range are also studied.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 피로 손상된 용접이음의 피로수명 향상을 위한 방법으로 햄머피닝 처리법의 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 면외거셋 필렛 용접이음과 하중비전달형 리브 필렛 용접이음의 피로실험을 실시하였다. 본 실험에서는 면외거셋과 리브를 필렛 용접한 후 햄머피닝 처리를 하지 않은 용접그대로의 시험편, 용접후 햄머피닝 처리한 시험편, 그리고 용접그대로 시험편의 피로수명의 50% 시점에 햄머피닝 처리를 한 시험편의 피로실험을 실시하였다. 그리고 햄머피닝 처리에 의한 면외거셋과 리브 용접토우부의 형상 및 표면응력의 변화를 측정하였다. 그 결과, 햄머피닝처리에 의해 30~83MPa의 압축잔류응력이 도입 되었으며, 이로 인하여 강구조물의 제작시 용접후에 햄머피닝 처리를 실시하면 피로수명을 크게 향상 시킬 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 이를 공용기간이 예상 피로수명의 50% 이하인 강구조물의 용접이음에 적용하여도 최소 1.3배 이상의 피로수명과 피로한계 향상효과를 기대할 수 있음을 제시하였다.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.89-92
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• 2012

Effective notch stress, as an approach to evaluate the local stress at a notch (weld toe or root), is defined as the total stress assuming linear-elastic material behavior. This method can be effectively used to evaluate the fatigue performance of welded joints. In this study, finite element analysis results using the effective notch stress method were correlated with fatigue test results of rib-to-deck welded joints in a steel orthotropic bridge deck. Effective notch stress approach provided a good correlation with the crack pattern observed in the full-scale fatigue test. A higher effective notch stress at the critical weld toe than at the weld root was consistent with the dominant crack pattern observed at the weld toe during testing. The effective notch stress at the toe on the deck plate was about 80% higher than that on the rib; no cracks at the weld toe on the rib in the testing were observed. Maximum effective notch stress at the weld root occurred on the upper side of the root notch, which indicates that cracks are more likely to propagate into the deck plate, not into the weld metal. This is also consistent with the observed crack pattern in which the crack from the root propagated upward into the deck plate. No such crack pattern, propagating into the weld metal, was observed in the testing.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.343-350
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• 1999

Orthotropic steel bridge decks are potentially liable to cause fatigue cracks due to weld defects, residual stresses, and in-plane or out-of-plane stresses. In particular, the cracks propagated through deckplate in longitudinal rib to deckplate joints occur at weld toe and weld root due to stress concentrations. Numerical parametric studies are performed to show the Influence of the parameters on the stress concentration at the connection between the longitudinal rib and the deckplate. The parameters include root gap, toe angle $\theta$, toe radius $\rho$, and weld penetration. This study provides a fundamental point for the improvement of fatigue resistance and the estimation of the fatigue crack propagation in wekded joint details.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.799-813
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• 2020

Fatigue cracks of rib-to-deck (RD) joints have been frequently observed in the orthotropic steel decks (OSD) using conventional U-ribs (CU). Thickened edge U-rib (TEU) is proposed to enhance the fatigue strength of RD joints, and its effectiveness has been proved through fatigue tests. In-depth full-scale tests are further carried out to investigate both the fatigue strength and fractography of RD joints. Based on the test result, the mean fatigue strength of TEU specimens is 21% and 17% higher than that of CU specimens in terms of nominal and hot spot stress, respectively. Meanwhile, the development of fatigue cracks has been measured using the strain gauges installed along the welded joint. It is found that such the crack remains almost in semi-elliptical shape during the initiation and propagation. For the further application of TEUs, the design curve under the specific survival rate is required for the RD joints using TEUs. Since the fatigue strength of welded joints is highly scattered, the design curves derived by using the limited test data only are not reliable enough to be used as the reference. On this ground, an experiment-numerical hybrid approach is employed. Basing on the fatigue test, a probabilistic assessment model has been established to predict the fatigue strength of RD joints. In the model, the randomness in material properties, initial flaws and local geometries has been taken into consideration. The multiple-site initiation and coalescence of fatigue cracks are also considered to improve the accuracy. Validation of the model has been rigorously conducted using the test data. By extending the validated model, large-scale databases of fatigue life could be generated in a short period. Through the regression analysis on the generated database, design curves of the RD joint have been derived under the 95% survival rate. As the result, FAT 85 and FAT 110 curves with the power index m of 2.89 are recommended in the fatigue evaluation on the RD joint using TEUs in terms of nominal stress and hot spot stress respectively. Meanwhile, FAT 70 and FAT 90 curves with m of 2.92 are suggested in the evaluation on the RD joint using CUs in terms of nominal stress and hot spot stress, respectively.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제16권3호통권70호
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• pp.387-396
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 강교량의 강상판에서 많이 사용되는 U리브 현장이음부에 대해 시공오차로 인한 단차의 영향을 조사하기 위해 실물 대모형에 대해 응력해석을 실시하였다. 또한 실물대모형 시험체를 제작하여 3점 휨 피로실험을 실시하였으며, 주사형전자현미경(SEM) 및 비치마크를 이용하여 피로균열 발생점 및 피로균열전파방향을 조사하였다. 실물대모형 모델에 대한 응력해석 결과, U리브의 하면 우각부에 응력이 크게 나타났으며, 단차가 커질수록 응력이 현저히 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 실물대모형 시험체에 대한 정하중 및 피로실험에서도 U리브 하면의 우각부에 응력이 크게 나타났으며, 단차가 크면 피로수명은 단축되고 단차가 적으면 피로수명은 길어졌다. 또한 파단면 조사결과, 피로균열은 모재측 루트부에서 발생하여 용접비드 표면측으로 전파되었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.33-44
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• 2013

강바닥판의 구조상세에 대하여 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있으나, 대부분의 연구가 표준형의 U-rib를 대상으로 실시되었을 뿐, 강바닥판 건설초기의 개단면리브형식에 대한 연구는 미진한 것으로 조사되었다. 본 연구에서는 공용연수 31년된 개단면세로리브형식의 강바닥판 교량의 피로균열 발생 원인을 조사하기 위하여 실교통류하에서의 계측 데이터를 통하여 대상구조상세의 거동 특성을 분석하였다. 또한 상세구조해석을 통하여 대상교량을 통과하는 대표트럭하중을 추정하고, 상세영향면해석을 이용하여 대상구조상세의 응력 및 변형특성을 분석하였다. 이들 분석에 기초하여 피로균열이 발생된 대상구조상세의 보강방안을 제시하고, 이에 대한 타당성을 검증하였다. 연구결과, 개단면리브에서의 피로균열의 발생원인은 개단면부에서의 전단변형에 의한 응력증가 및 차량의 이동에 따른 교번응력의 발생에 기인하는 것으로 조사되었으며, 국부구조상세에 대한 피로설계에서는 구조상세의 거동특성이 충분히 반영된 상세해석에 근거한 설계를 실시하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.