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Bridge Design of Seoul Expressway (North Area) (도시고속화도로(북부간선)의 교량설계)

  • 변윤주;김우종
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.135-139
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    • 1991
  • The Seoul expressway is designed with prestressed concrete box girders. As a construction method, Precast Free Cantilever Method (P.F.C.M) is used which is introduced to Korea first time. Especially, the end spans in each bridge are designed to be constructed by cantilever method using temporary cantilever tendons. And pier and pierhead are prestressed vertically and horizontally.

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Estimation of Local Scour at Piers Using Artificial Neural Network (인공신경망을 이용한 피어의 국부세굴 평가)

  • Park, Hyun-Il;Shin, Jong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.24 no.11
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2008
  • It is known that scour at bridge piers is one of the leading causes of bridge failure. However, the mechanism of flow around a pier structure is so complicated that it is difficult to establish a general empirical model to provide accurate estimation for scour. Especially, each of the proposed empirical formula yields good results for a particular data set but can't show reliable predictability for various scouring data set. In this study, an alternative approach, that is, artificial neural networks (ANN), is proposed to estimate the local scour depth with numerous field data base. The local scour depth was modeled as a function of seven variables; pier shape, pier width, pier length, skew angle, stream velocity, water depth, $D_{50}$. 426 field data were used for the training and testing of ANN model. The predicted results showed that the neural network could provide a better alternative to the empirical equations.

Response modification factors of concrete bridges with different bearing conditions

  • Zahrai, Seyed Mehdi;Khorraminejad, Amir;Sedaghati, Parshan
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.185-196
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    • 2019
  • One of the shortcomings of seismic bridge design codes is the lack of clarity in defining the role of different seismic isolation systems with linear or nonlinear behavior in terms of R-factor. For example, based on AASHTO guide specifications for seismic isolation design, R-factor for all substructure elements of isolated bridges should be half of those expressed in the AASHTO standard specifications for highway bridges (i.e., R=3 for single columns and R=5 for multiple column bent) but not less than 1.50. However, no distinction is made between two commonly used types of seismic isolation devices, i.e., elastomeric rubber bearing (ERB) with linear behavior, and lead rubber bearing (LRB) with nonlinear behavior. In this paper, five existing bridges located in Iran with two types of deck-pier connection including ERB and LRB isolators, and two bridge models with monolithic deck-pier connection are developed and their R-factor values are assessed based on the Uang's method. The average R-factors for the bridges with ERB isolators are calculated as 3.89 and 4.91 in the longitudinal and transverse directions, respectively, which are not in consonance with the AASHTO guide specifications for seismic isolation design (i.e., R=3/2=1.5 for the longitudinal direction and R=5/2=2.5 for the transverse direction). This is a clear indicator that the code-prescribed R-factors are conservative for typical bridges with ERB isolators. Also for the bridges with LRB isolators, the average computed R-factors equal 1.652 and 2.232 in the longitudinal and transverse directions, respectively, which are in a good agreement with the code-specified R-factor values. Moreover, in the bridges with monolithic deck-pier connection, the average R-factor in the longitudinal direction is obtained as 2.92 which is close to the specified R-factor in the bridge design codes (i.e., 3), and in the transverse direction is obtained as 2.41 which is about half of the corresponding R-factor value in the specifications (i.e., 5).

Seismic Evaluation of concrete-Filled Steel Piers with Secondary Reinforcement (보조보강재가 있는 콘크리트 충전 강교각의 내진성능 평가)

  • 박병기
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.349-356
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    • 2000
  • Strenght and ductility are major factors in the aseismic design of a bridge pier. In spite of good performance in both steel piers have not been used widely due to high cost. But with the filled-in concrete the steel pier have advantages compare to the steel pier only such as improved strength ductility fast construction small section and reasonable cost. In this paper concrete-filled steel piers are tested using quasi-static cyclic lateral load with constant axial load to evaluate the performance. The secondary reinforcement devices such as bolts corner plate and turn buckle are used inside of the piers to improve the ductility with minimum additional cost. Test results shows filled-in concrete and secondary reinforcement devices increase the strength and the ductility of the steel pier.

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Pier Scour Prediction in Pressure Flow

  • Choi, Gye-Woon;Ahn, Sang-Jin;Kim, Jong-Sup
    • Korean Journal of Hydrosciences
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    • v.6
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    • pp.23-37
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    • 1995
  • In this experimental paper, the maximum scour depth at pier was student. The model of the pier of San Gye bridge in the Bocheong stream was set for the experimental studies. Several model verification processes were conducted through the roughness comparisons between model and prototype, pursuing scour depth variations with time depending upon channel bed variation, the comparison of the ratios between falling velocities and shear velocities in the model and prototype, and the comparison of pier scour depths between experimental data and field measuring data. The experiments were conducted in the free flow conditions and pressure flow conditions. The maximum scour depth at piers in the pressure flow conditions is almost twice as much as compared to the free flow conditions. Also, the maximum scour depth variations are indicated in the figures based on the Froude numbers, opening ratios, water depths and approaching angles in the free surface flow conditions.

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Armouring Effect on Local Scour around Bridge Piers (교각의 세굴에 미치는 Armouring 효과)

  • 이종규
    • Water for future
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 1993
  • The results of laboratory experiments on the clear-water local scour of cohesionless bed sediment at three types of the pier shape are presented. Based on the experimental data, the relative equilibrium depth of local scour is related to the pier shape, the geometric standard deviation of the bed material, the velocity ratio and the pier Froude number. The relative local scour depths were smallest ant the round-nosed pier and remarkably reduced at the non-uniform bed sediment, comparing with those at the uniform bed material. The effect of sediment grading on the local scour reduction was discussed and compared with Raudkivi and Ettema's experiments.

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