• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 1988

사장교는 그 설계에 있어서 케이블의 개수와 배치형식, 케이블의 초기인장력, 주탑의 지지형식과 높이 등 거어더와 주탑 단면외에도 설계변수가 많으므로 효율적인 설계를 하는 것이 쉽지 않다. 본 연구에서 케이블의 초기인장력, 거어더와 주탑의 단면, 주탑의 높이를 설계변수로 하여 사장교의 설계를 최적화하는 문제를 다루었다. 서로 상호작용을 하는 여러 설계변수를 동시에 최적화하는 어려움을 피하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 초기인장력, 단면, 주탑의 좌표를 각각 독립된 설계공간에서 최적화하였다. 목적함수로서는 초기인장력 공간에서는 전체구조의 변형에너지를, 단면 및 좌표의 공간에서는 재료의 총중량을 취하였다. 제약조건으로는 초기인장력의 상하한계, 부재의 좌굴을 고려한 응력, 단면적의 하한계를 고려하였다. 대표적인 Fan형 및 Harp형 사장교를 최적설계한 결과, 제시된 방법에 의하여 합리적인 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 보이고, 기존의 최적화에서 고려하지 않았던 좌표의 최적화를 통하여 경제성을 얻을 수 있다는 것을 밝혔다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.699-713
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• 2020

The aerodynamic performance of long-span cable-stayed bridges is much dependent on its geometrical configuration and countermeasure strategies. In present study, the aerodynamic performance of three composite cable-stayed bridges with different tower configurations and passive aerodynamic countermeasure strategies is systematically investigated by conducting a series of wind tunnel tests in conjunction with theoretical analysis. The structural characteristics of three composite bridges were firstly introduced, and then their stationary aerodynamic performance and wind-vibration performance (i.e., flutter performance, VIV performance and buffeting responses) were analyzed, respectively. The results show that the bridge with three symmetric towers (i.e., Bridge I) has the lowest natural frequencies among the three bridges, while the bridge with two symmetric towers (i.e., Bridge II) has the highest natural frequencies. Furthermore, the Bridge II has better stationary aerodynamic performance compared to two other bridges due to its relatively large drag force and lift moment coefficients, and the improvement in stationary aerodynamic performance resulting from the application of different countermeasures is limited. In contrast, it demonstrates that the application of both downward vertical central stabilizers (UDVCS) and horizontal guide plates (HGP) could potentially significantly improve the flutter and vortex-induced vibration (VIV) performance of the bridge with two asymmetric towers (i.e., Bridge III), while the combination of vertical interquartile stabilizers (VIS) and airflow-depressing boards (ADB) has the capacity of improving the VIV performance of Bridge II.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.173-184
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• 2005

For reducing construction cost, two-plate-girder bridges are getting popular in Japan. This type of bridge employs a PC slab, which is often cast-in-place. In such a case, concrete is not usually cast over the whole slab at one time: some portions are constructed earlier than the rest. Therefore, a construction joint is inevitably created. Due to the drying shrinkage of concrete, tension stress may occur in concrete slab. High tensile stress can be expected near the construction joint where concretes with different ages meet. Moreover, prestressing is not applied over the whole length of slab at one time. This may also serve as a source of tensile stress in the slab. Thus there is a chance that cast-in-place PC slab, especially near the construction joint, may be subjected to tensile cracking. In the present study, stress states near the construction joint in the cast-in-place PC slab of a two-plate-girder bridge are investigated numerically. The finite element method is employed and the three-dimensional analysis is conducted to see the influence of dry shrinkage and prestressing. The stress states in the PC slab thus obtained are discussed. The simplified model of a plate girder for this class of analysis is also proposed.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.197-211
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• 2018

The study presents the earthquake performance of the Bosphorus Bridge under multi-point earthquake excitation considering the spatially varying site-specific earthquake motions. The elaborate FE model of the bridge is firstly established depending on the new considerations of the used FEM software specifications, such as cable-sag effect, rigid link and gap elements. The modal analysis showed that singular modes of the deck and the tower were relatively effective in the dynamic behavior of the bridge due to higher total mass participation mass ratio of 80%. The parameters and requirements to be considered in simulation process are determined to generate the spatially varying site-specific ground motions. Total number of twelve simulated ground motions are defined for the multi-support earthquake analysis (Mp-sup). In order to easily implement multi-point earthquake excitation to the bridge, the practice-oriented procedure is summarized. The results demonstrated that the Mp-sup led to high increase in sectional forces of the critical components of the bridge, especially tower base section and tensile force of the main and back stay cables. A close relationship between the dynamic response and the behavior of the bridge under the Mp-sup was also obtained. Consequently, the outcomes from this study underscored the importance of the utilization of the multi-point earthquake analysis and the necessity of considering specifically generated earthquake motions for suspension bridges.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2014

해협횡단 교량으로서 적용사례가 증가될 것으로 예상되는 다경간 현수교에 대한 거동을 간략하면서도 정확히 해석하기 위하여, 현수교에 대한 고유의 해석이론인 처짐이론 해석방법을 사용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 처짐이론 방법을 이용한 4경간 현수교의 구조해석을 수행하였다. 거더를 축인장력을 받는 단순보로 고려하였고, 연직방향 하중 및 지점부 모멘트에 의한 단순보의 수직변위를 산정하여, 이 변위가 케이블의 적합방정식을 만족할 때까지 반복해석을 수행하였다. 유한요소해석의 결과와 비교하여 모든 주탑의 휨강성을 고려하는 처짐이론 해석의 결과를 검증하고, 주케이블과 탑정부 간의 구속조건 변화에 따른 다양한 케이블 적합방정식을 이용하여, 4경간 현수교에서의 주탑 휨강성의 중요성을 확인하였다. 또한 중앙주탑 휨강성의 변화에 따른 간단한 변수해석을 수행하여 그에 따른 거동을 파악하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.37-66
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• 2008

This paper focuses on the nonlinear vibrations of stay cables and evaluates the dynamic characteristics of stay cables by using the nonlinear enhanced MECS approach and the approximate approach. The nonlinear enhanced MECS approach is that both the girder-tower vibrations and the cable vibrations including parametric cable vibrations are simultaneously considered in the numerical analysis of cable-stayed bridges. Cable finite element method is used to simulate the responses including the parametric vibrations of stay cables. The approximate approach is based on the assumption that cable vibrations have a small effect on girder-tower vibrations, and analyzes the local cable vibrations after obtaining the girder-tower responses. Under the periodic excitations or the moderate ground motion, the differences of the responses of stay cables between these two approaches are evaluated in detail. The effect of cable vibrations on the girder and towers are also discussed. As a result, the dynamic characteristics of the parametric vibrations in stay cables can be evaluated by using the approximate approach or the nonlinear enhanced MECS approach. Since the different axial force fluctuant of stay cables in both ends of one girder causes the difference response values between two approach, it had better use the nonlinear enhanced MECS approach to perform the dynamic analyses of cable-stayed bridges.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2022

The 43 story, 178m tall Atlantis The Royal Resort and Residences tower nearing completion on the Palm in Dubai is a unique project in terms of its overall scale, geometry and form. The tower superstructure has a long narrow curved floor plan, measuring 400m in length above the podium with significant long span bridge structures forming voids and cantilevered blocks. This paper describes the innovative structural design solutions adopted and the construction solutions adopted by the Contractor to realize the Architectural vision.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2016

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호통권79호
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• pp.727-736
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 사장교의 적절한 초기평형상태 결정을 위하여 최소자승법을 이용한 케이블 장력 결정 방법을 제시하였다. 본 방법은 거더의 케이블 지지점을 지점으로 한 연속보로부터의 처짐 및 모멘트 등을 목표치로 하고 케이블을 포함한 사장교 전체계 해석으로부터 구해진 응답과의 차이를 오차로 정의하여 거더 및 주탑의 오차를 최소화하는 방법이다. 특히, 주탑 모멘트, 거더 모멘트, 그리고 처짐의 보정 정도를 가중행렬을 도입하여 선택적으로 조절할 수 있으며, 여러 가지 사장교 형식에 대한 수치예제 및 기존 연구와의 비교를 통하여 본 방법의 효율성 및 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권5_6호
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• pp.525-543
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• 2010

Testing and validation processes are critical tasks in developing a new hardware platform based on a new technology. This paper describes a series of experiments to evaluate the performance of a newly developed MEMS-based wireless sensor node as part of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The sensor node consists of a sensor board with four accelerometers, a thermometer and filtering and digitization units, and a MICAz mote for control, local computation and communication. The experiments include calibration and linearity tests for all sensor channels on the sensor boards, dynamic range tests to evaluate their performance when subjected to varying excitation, noise characteristic tests to quantify the noise floor of the sensor board, and temperature tests to study the behavior of the sensors under changing temperature profiles. The paper also describes a large-scale deployment of the WSN on a long-span suspension bridge, which lasted over three months and continuously collected ambient vibration and temperature data on the bridge. Statistical modal properties of a bridge tower are presented and compared with similar estimates from a previous deployment of sensors on the bridge and finite element models.