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AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR THE CONDITION RATING OF BRIDGES

  • Jaeho Lee;Kamal Sanmugarasa;Michael Blumenstein
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.533-538
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    • 2005
  • An outline of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for bridge condition rating and the results of a pilot study are presented in this paper. Most BMS implementation systems involve an extensive range of data collection to operate accurately. It takes many years to effectively implement a BMS using existing methodologies. This is due to unmatched data requirements. Such problems can be overcome by adopting the ANN model presented in this paper. The objective of the proposed model is to predict bridge condition ratings using historical bridge inspection data for effective BMS operation.

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HOLISTIC DECISION SUPPORT FOR BRIDGE REMEDIATION

  • Maria Rashidi;Brett Lemass
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.52-57
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    • 2011
  • Bridges are essential and valuable elements in road and rail transportation networks. Bridge remediation is a top priority for asset managers, but identifying the nature of true defect deterioration and associated remediation treatments remains a complex task. Nowadays Decision Support Systems (DSS) are used extensively to assist in decision-making across a wide spectrum of unstructured decision environments. In this paper a requirements-driven framework is used to develop a risk based decision support model which has the ability to quantify the bridge condition and find the best remediation treatments using Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT), with the aim of maintaining a bridge within acceptable limits of safety, serviceability and sustainability.

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A Study on the Characteristics of Dynamic Behaviors for Continuous PSC Girder Bridges with Integral Pier Cap (교각일체형 연속 PSC 거더교의 동적거동 특성 연구)

  • Jeong, Young Do;Koo, Min Se;Yi, Seong Tae;Kim, Hee Sung
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.94-105
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    • 2013
  • Recently, the construction industry has been changed in such a way that the cost for bridge construction should be optimized or reduced. Therefore, bridges are required be cost-effective in terms of initial construction as well as in the maintenance during service stage. In order to reduce the cost for bridge construction, the Rahmen typed structure, in which the bridge components from superstructure to substructure are integral, has many advantages to reduce the size of structural members including girders, since the loadings from superstructure may be transferred to substructure through the connecting rebars such as stud, etc. This paper studied on the continuous Up and Down Prestressed Concrete (UD PSC) girder bridge in which the reinforced concrete pier cap is integral with the part of girders in superstructure. In previous studies, it is known that the structural behavior of continuous UD PSC girder bridge is quite different compared to the one of the bridges with conventional bearings or shoes to support the loading from girders. Nevertheless, it has hardly been studied about the structural behavior of bridge with UD PSC girder. Therefore, in this study, various dynamic behaviors of continuous UD PSC girder bridge with integral pier cap have been analyzed using numerical method. Furthermore, an equation to evaluate the impact factor is suggested for the UD PSC girder bridge which has two to three continuous spans.

A Comparative analysis of the Pre- and Post-Construction Image Analysis of the Nakdong Estuary as Coastal Tourism Resource

  • Yhang Wii-Joo;Cho Yoon-Shik
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.905-910
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is the comparative analysis of Susan citizens' images of Eulsook-do as a coastal tourism destination before and after the construction of a road bridge across the Nakdong estuary in order to analyze local people's changes in leisure patterns. Analysis of the images of a pre-construction Eulsook-do that people aged both 40 and less and 50 and more had on five dimensions showed values higher than zero(0) that suggests neutral image, while their images of a post-construction Eulsook-do showed the shrinking size of pentagon on all five dimensions: ET(Entertainment), CA(Culture & Art), EE(Environment & Ecology), RC(Recreation) and LP(Leports) dimensions. Its pre- and post- construction image analysis conducted 20 years after it came to be built finds that the road bridge construction has led to the ecological, environmental disruption of the coast and the lower Nakdong river, having negative influence on the images of Eulsook-so.

Application and Development of Protect Technique for waterproofing Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks by Latex-Modified Mortar (라텍스 모르타르를 이용한 콘크리트 교면 방수층 보호 공법 개발 및 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Sang-Il;Lee, Won-Young;Kim, Jae-won;Kang, Seung-Hee;Cha, Dong-Hwa;Kim, Jin-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.175-178
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    • 2009
  • This study is thing for construction properties that protect about damage of waterproofing course that is problem in asphalt pavement and latex modification concrete pavement. It is thing about new method of construction and develop protecting material of waterproofing. Did performance test item first at, as a result, drew by suitable thing in all KS items, This is considered to have more effective spot construction work because if means that have stability by material as well as method construction.

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BIM based Design of Steel Box Girder (STEEL BOX 교량 상부구조의 BIM기반 설계)

  • Lee, Jin-Kyoung;Lee, Heon-Min;You, Jae-Myoung;Shin, Hyun-Mock
    • Journal of KIBIM
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2011
  • In domestic construction industry, there is lack of the communication between planning, design, construction and maintenance. This problem makes the omission of information and the loss of cost. Therefore, the introduction of BIM can be a solution about that. BIM manages all information generated during all life-cycle of a structure and consequently maximizes the efficiency of utilizing information. This is done through 3D information model associated with a three-dimensional(3D) parametric CAD. This study proposes the design process of steel box bridge for structural design work of bridge construction project based on BIM. This process has 3D modeling progress done by using the information decided in design phase. When the subject for the proposed process is superstructure of steel box bridge in construction, the structural calculation sheet can be derived with the structural design process based on BIM.

Application of a 3D Graphic Model for Bridge Maintenance (3D 그래픽 모델을 활용한 교량 시설물 유지관리 시스템)

  • Moon, Sung-Woo;Kim, Sang-Do;Park, Mi-Kyoung
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 2011
  • Construction projects are becoming larger in size and higher in complexity. Operation and maintenance, therefore, is an important part in providing the serviceability of the built facility from the perspective of life-cycle. This paper presents a 3D graphic model-integrated data extraction for bridge maintenance. The 3D graphic model environment assigns attributes to the member blocks in CAD, and link the attributes to the data stored in a database. Then, the user can click the member block to extract the data associated with the attributes. A prototype has been developed to test the applicability of the 3D graphic model environment using CAD and web. Application of the system in an actual bridge construction showed that the 3D graphic model environment can help the user find necessary data at a shorter time, thereby increasing the effectiveness of operation and maintenance in bridge structures.

Economic Analysis of Concrete Panel Replacement of PSC Bridge with Embedded Demountable Shear Connector (매립형 분리식 전단연결재를 적용한 PSC교 콘크리트 바닥판 교체공사의 경제성 분석)

  • Soon-Hwan, Lee;Jong-Eon, Kim;Jae-Gyu, Kim;Se-Hyun, Park;Dae-Sung, Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.376-385
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    • 2022
  • The embedded demountable shear connector was developed in preparation for replacement works due to deterioration and damage to the bridge panel of the PSC girder bridge which is a road infrastructure directly related to the safety and convenience of the people. The demountable shear connector minimizes crushing works in the demolition process of the panel, and it is easy to re-construct the shear connector for replacement work. The economic feasibility of the PSC girder bridge using the embedded demountable shear connector compared to the existing construction method was analyzed from the perspective of road users (people) by calculating and comparing the cost of road users caused by traffic blocking during each construction method.

Long-Term Performance Evaluation of a GFRP Slab Bridge (GFRP 슬래브 교량의 장기성능 평가)

  • Ji, Hyo-Seon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.349-360
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    • 2012
  • This paper describes a detailed assessment of the structural safety, serviceability, capacity rating and long-term performance of a glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) slab bridge superstructure. This first all-GFRP slab bridge was installed in Korea on May 2002. The GFRP slab bridge is a simply supported, its length is 10.0 m, and is designed to carry two-lane traffic and has an overall width of 8.0m. The GFRP slab bridge is a sandwich structure with a corrugated core, fabricated by hand lay-up process with E-glass fibers and vinyl ester resins. The assessment of long-term performance for the GFRP slab bridge in 2004, 2011 includes a field load testing identical to that performed in 2002. The assessment indicates that the GFRP slab bridge has no structural problems and is structurally performing well in-service as expected. The assessment may provide a baseline data for the capacity ratings assessment of the GFRP slab bridge and also serve as part of a long-term performance of all-GFRP bridge superstructure.

A Case study on Effect of Compositeness for Temporary Bridge Integrated Lining Board and Girder (복공판과 주형을 일체화한 가설교량에 대한 합성효과 검토 사례연구)

  • Yoon, Woo-Hyun;Chung, Jee-Seung;Lee, Jong-Soon;Yoon, Yong-Seok;Yang, Sung-Don
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 2012
  • In this study, it has been proposed the new type of temporary bridge which is structural performance maximization to integrated cover plate and girder as well as roll of lining board. Of all temporary bridge integrated cover plate and main girder in the form of a new type of structure is advantageous for the judge, but to the field of transport difficulties and challenges due to high altitude operations to take advantage of this challenge and deliver a structured, easy transport, and the synthesis of lining board possible was proposed. Lining board proposed in this study through experimental synthesis and analysis of the factors that influence the effectiveness of the construction and economic development in the construction method was superior, compared to the conventional lining board.