• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.241-255
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• 2014

The girder of self-anchored suspension bridge is subjected to large compression force applied by main cables. So, serious damage of the girder due to breakage of hangers may cause collapse of the whole bridge. With the time increasing, the hangers may break suddenly for their resistance capacities decrease due to corrosion. Using nonlinear static and dynamic analysis methods and adopting 3D finite element model, the responses of a concrete self-anchored suspension bridge to sudden breakage of hangers are studied in this paper. The results show that the sudden breakage of a hanger has significant effects on tensions of the hangers next to the broken hanger, bending and torsion moments of the girder, moments of the towers and reaction forces of the bearings. The results obtained from dynamic analysis method are very different from those obtained from static analysis method. The maximum tension of hanger produced by breakage of a hanger exceeds 2.2 times of its initial value, the maximum dynamic amplification factor reaches 2.54, which is larger than the value of 2.0 recommended for cable-stayed bridge in PTI codes. If two adjacent hangers on the same side of bridge break one after another, the maximum tension of other hangers exceeds 3.0 times of its initial value. If the safety factor adopted to design hanger is too small, or the hangers have been exposed to corrosion, the bridge may collapse due to breakage of two adjacent hangers.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권1A호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2006

선박충돌의 위험이 있는 교량의 교각에 대해 연파괴빈도 계산을 수행하였다. 이러한 해석을 통해 각각의 교각에 대한 선박충돌 수평내하력을 결정할 수 있다. 교각의 수평내하력은 선박충돌 위험도 평가로부터 예측된 연파괴빈도와 허용기준을 비교하는 확률기반 해석과정을 통해 결정된다. 해석과정은 교량 각 부재요소에 대한 초기 충돌저항력을 가정하여 계산된 연파괴빈도가 허용기준을 만족하도록 해석변수를 반복 수정하면서 해를 찾는 과정이다. 일반적으로 선박충돌 위험이 있는 교각들에 대한 연파괴빈도 허용기준의 분배는 설계자의 공학적 판단에 근거한다. 본 연구에서는 선박충돌 위험도 평가로부터 사전 계산되는 연파괴빈도 할당 가중치에 의해 각각의 교각에 허용기준을 분배하였다. 주탑과 교각 등 교량 부재요소의 설계 수평내하력을 결정하기 위해 주탑과 교각의 충격저항력 비를 변수로 수치해석을 수행하였다. 설계 수평내하력은 수로의 기하형상, 수심, 교각의 배치, 선박 통행량의 특성에 의해 동일한 교량에서도 많은 변화가 있다. 따라서 연파괴빈도의 분배 모델과 수평내하력 결정에 대한 많은 연구가 요구된다.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제33A권12호
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• pp.53-58
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• 1996

In this paper, a simple fabrication technique of an air-bridge for interconnection of isolated electrodes of microwave active and passive devices and MMIC's is proposed. The proposed air-bridge proceses are mainly combinations of thermal evaporation, positive photoresist and image reversal processes for easy lift-off of up to 2.0 .mu.m thick metal. According to the resutls of air-birdge processes, it is confirmed that air-gap and thickness of theair-bridge are about 3.5.mu.m, and 2.0.mu.m, respectively. And it is also possible to make the fine air-bridge with widths of 5~60.mu.m and post-intervals of 25~200.mu.m withot collapse. finally, GaAs power MESFET's and rectangular spiral inductors are fabricatd and measured in order to confirm of feasibility of the proposed air-bridge processes. The MAG of the fabricated power MESFET's is 10dB at 10GHz, and the inductance of the (200.mu. * 6 turns) rectangular spiral inductors 4.5 nH inX-band.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2008년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.333-336
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• 2008

U-Channel Bridge is effective bridge type, because its edge beam performs role of barrier and enables to reduce additional dead loads. Nevertheless, there is possibility of bridge collapse under impact load due to car crash. Also, edge beam must have ability to induce safe driving and prevent falling accidents. Therefore, this study carries out analysis of behavior of edge beam and slab and evaluation of structural stability under impact loads, based on Korean Highway Bridge Design Specifications and AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification. According to analysis result, the maximum stress of edge beam and slab satisfies specification of allowable stress.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2008년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.469-472
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• 2008

In general, structures in service gradually lose original performance according to time due to initial defects in design and construction, or exposure to unfavorable external conditions such as repeated loading or deteriorating environment, and in extreme cases, may collapse in large disaster. Therefore, in order to maintain the serviceability of structures at optimal level, advanced structure measuring system which can inform optimal time point and method of maintenance is required in addition to accurate prediction of residual life the structure by periodic inspection. To guarantee the safety level of bridge structure and to prevent from disaster, the integration of safety network for bridge structures are needed. Therefore in this study, to enhance the effectiveness of safety network for bridge, the connection methodologies between safety network and pre-installed bridge monitoring system are investigated.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제78권4호
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• pp.403-411
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• 2021

Ties are mandated by many design guidelines and codes to prevent the progressive collapse of buildings initiated by local failures. This study develops a model to estimate catenary/cable action capacity and the required ties in continuous reinforced concrete beams to bridge above the potential failed interior columns. The developed model is derived based on virtual work method and verified using test results presented in the literature. Also, parametric investigations are conducted to estimate the required ties in continuous reinforced concrete beams supporting one-way slab systems. A comparison is conducted between the estimated tie reinforcement using the developed model and that provided by satisfying the integrity provisions of the ACI 318-14 (2014) code. It is shown that the required tie reinforcements to prevent progressive collapse using the developed model are obviously larger than that provided by the integrity requirements of the ACI 318-14 (2014) code. It has been demonstrated that the increases in the demanded tie reinforcements over that provided by satisfying ACI 318-14 (2014) integrity provisions are varied between 1.01 and 1.46.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.78-83
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• 2008

There are many Korean traditional stone structures that have resisted successfully over more than several hundred years. However, their structural behavior is not investigated in engineering context yet. It is then difficult to predict how they behave against various loadings if they face. This paper is to investigate structural performance of the stone bridge structures based on the limit theorem. Structural performance of stone bridges are explained using possible collapse mechanisms with the corresponding thrusts whose values depend on the loads and the arch geometry.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2005

선박충돌의 위험이 있는 교량의 교각에 대해 연파괴빈도 계산을 수행하였다. 이러한 해석을 통해 각각의 교각에 대한 선박충돌 횡방향내하력을 결정할 수 있다. 교각의 횡방향내하력은 선박충돌 위험도 평가로부터 예측된 연파괴빈도와 허용기준을 비교하는 확률기반 해석과정을 통해 결정된다. 해석과정은 교량 각 부재요소에 대한 초기 충돌저항력을 가정하여 계산된 연파괴빈도가 허용기준을 만족하도록 해석변수를 반복 수정하면서 해를 찾는 과정이다. 일반적으로 선박충돌 위험이 있는 교각들에 대한 연파괴빈도 허용기준의 분배는 설계자의 공학적 판단에 근거한다. 본 연구에서는 선박충돌 위험도 평가로부터 사전 계산되는 연파괴빈도 할당 가중치에 의해 각각의 교각에 허용기준을 분배하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2016

Floods have been known to be one of the main causes of bridge collapse. Contrary to earthquakes, flood events tend to occur repeatedly and more frequently in rainfall areas; flood-induced damage and collapse account for a significant portion of disasters in many countries. Nevertheless, in contrast to extensive research on the seismic fragility analysis for civil infrastructure, relatively little attention has been devoted to the flood-related fragility. The present study proposes a novel methodology for deriving flood fragility curves for bridges. Fragility curves are generally derived by means of structural reliability analysis, and structural failure modes are defined as excessive demands of the displacement ductility of a bridge under increased water pressure resulting from debris accumulation and structural deterioration, which are known to be the primary causes of bridge failures during flood events. Since these bridge failure modes need to be analyzed through sophisticated structural analysis, flood fragility curve derivation that would require repeated finite element analyses may take a long time. To calculate the probability of flood-induced failure of bridges efficiently, in the proposed framework, the first order reliability method (FORM) is employed for reducing the required number of finite element analyses. In addition, two software packages specialized for reliability analysis and finite element analysis, FERUM (Finite Element Reliability Using MATLAB) and ABAQUS, are coupled so that they can exchange their inputs and outputs during structural reliability analysis, and a Python-based interface for FERUM and ABAQUS is newly developed to effectively coordinate the fragility analysis. The proposed framework of flood fragility analysis is applied to an actual reinforced concrete bridge in South Korea to demonstrate the detailed procedure of the approach.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1998년도 봄 학술발표회논문집(II)
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• pp.439-446
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• 1998

Earthquake damage civil engineering structures every year in the world and bridges are no exception. Bridge structures have proven to be vulnerable to earthquake, sustaining damage to substructure and foundation and being totally destroys as superstructures collapse from their supporting elements. The poor seismic performance of bridge structures is surprising in view of the substantial advance made in design and construction for vertical load. Recently, bridge spans have been pushed further than before, alignment has become increasingly complex and aesthetic requirement have been become more demanding. To reduce the seismic force and to improve the safety of the advanced bridges, the bridge bearings which are the substructures and foundations and their connections to the superstructure become more important and critical elements. Therefore, the functions about seismic devices to be using as bridge bearing are discussed.