• Wind and Structures
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.615-639
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• 2016

Although the underlying mechanism of rain-wind induced vibrations (RWIVs) of stay cables has not been fully understood, some countermeasures have been successfully applied to mitigating this kind of vibration. Among these, installing dampers near the bridge deck was widely adopted, and several field observations have shown its effectiveness. In this study, the effectiveness of dampers to RWIVs of stay cables is numerically investigated comprehensively by means of finite difference method (FDM). Based on the free vibration analysis of a taut string, it is found that the 3-points triangle scheme, which can be easily implemented in FDM, can offer an excellent approximation of the concentrated damping coefficient (expressed as a Dirac delta function) at the location where the damper is installed. Then, free vibration analysis of a 3-D continuous stay cable attached with two dampers is carried out to study the relationship of modal damping ratio and damping coefficient of the dampers. The effects of orientation of the dampers and cable sag on the modal damping ratio are investigated in detail. Finally, the RWIV response of a 3-D continuous stay cable attached with two dampers is examined. The results indicate that 0.5% of damping ratio is sufficient to reduce the RWIV vibration of the Cable A20 on the No.2 Nanjing Bridge over Yangtze River.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2019

This paper aims to study the mechanical performance of three-tower four-span suspension bridges with steel truss girders, including the static and dynamic characteristics of the bridge system, and more importantly, the influence of structural parameters including the side-main span ratio, sag-to-span ratio and the girder stiffness on key mechanical indices. For this purpose, the Oujiang River North Estuary Bridge which is a three-tower four-span suspension bridge with two main spans of 800m under construction in China is taken as an example in this study. This will be the first three-tower suspension bridge with steel truss girders in the world. The mechanical performance study and parametric analysis are conducted based on a validated three-dimensional spatial truss finite element model established for the Oujiang River North Estuary Bridge using MIDAS Civil. It is found that a relatively small side-main span ratio seems to be quite appropriate from the perspective of mechanical performance. And decreasing the sag-to-span ratio is an effective way to reduce the horizontal force subjected to the midtower and improve the antiskid safety of the main cable, while the vertical stiffness of the bridge will be reduced. However, the girder stiffness is shown to be of minimal significance on the mechanical performance. The findings from this paper can be used for design of three-tower suspension bridges with steel truss girders.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권1A호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 사장교의 기하학적 비선형 거동을 기하학적 비선형 유한요소 해석을 통해 분석한다. 사장교의 주탑 및 거더는 휨 모멘트 뿐만 아니라 케이블의 장력에 의해 축력이 작용한다. 즉, 거더와 주탑은 보-기둥 부재와 같이 휨모멘트와 축력의 상호작용에 의한 대변위 거동을 일으킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기하학적 비선형 해석을 통해 완성계 사장교의 대변위 효과, 주탑 및 거더의 보-기둥 효과 그리고 케이블의 새그효과가 모두 고려된 비선형 거동을 검토하였다. 거더 및 주탑은 6자유도 프레임 요소로 모사하고 사장교 케이블은 새그효과를 효율적으로 고려하기 위해 3자유도 등가 트러스 요소를 사용하여 모사하였다. 해석은 먼저 사하중에 대한 초기 형상 해석을 통해 사하중을 고려하고, 이 후 각기 다른 형태의 활하중에 대한 기하학적 비선형 해석을 수행하였다. 해석 후 각 모델의 변형형상, 각 주요 지점의 하중-변위곡선, 케이블 장력의 변화등의 정량적 수치를 분석하여 고려한 활하중 형태 및 사장교 형식에 대한 주요 기하학적 비선형 거동을 규명하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2014

사장교 케이블의 손상은 사장교 전체의 안전에 가장 큰 영향을 주는 요인이 되므로 케이블의 손상에 대한 유지관리를 필수적으로 해야한다. 이러한 유지관리의 대표적인 방법으로 케이블의 고유진동수변화을 추적하는 방법이 있다. 지금까지 케이블의 고유진동수는 진동법에 의해 횡방향 진동으로 추정하여 왔으며 시스템인식기법은 반복법에 의한 민감도방정식으로 축방향강성을 추정하나 새그의 영향으로 종방향운동에 대한 고유진동수의 분포에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 종방향운동에 의한 고유진동수를 이용하여 손상을 추정함으로써, 종방향운동의 신뢰성을 향상시키는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 이 방법의 적용결과를 근사해인 유한요소해석결과와 비교하여 유사한 결과를 얻음으로써 제안된 방법의 신뢰성을 검증하였다. 따라서, 케이블손상과 고유진동수와의 관계를 분석한 결과는 손상률이 증가할수록 고유진동수는 낮게 나타났다. 따라서 케이블의 실측 고유진동수를 알 때 케이블손상과 고유진동수와의 관계식을 통해 케이블의 손상정도를 추정할 수 있으므로 케이블의 효율적인 유지관리가 가능하게 된다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 비선형 해석을 통하여 폐합 전 강사장교의 주요한 좌굴 거동 특성을 고찰한다. 케이블의 새그효과, 주탑과 거더의 P-${\Delta}$ 효과, 구조물의 대변위효과 등의 주요한 기하학적 비선형성을 모두 고려하기 위해 기하학적 비선형 해석으로써 구조물의 좌굴 해석을 수행하였다. 초기형상 해석 및 시공단계 해석을 통해 사하중을 받고 있는 시공 단계에 있는 구조물의 해석을 수행하였고 이 후 데릭 크레인과 키 세그먼트의 자중에 대한 비선형 해석으로 폐합 전 사장교의 좌굴 해석을 수행하였다. 본 해석 연구에서는 케이블의 배치 형태 및 주탑과 거더간 강성비에 따른 좌굴 모드 및 임계 하중계수의 변화를 분석하였다. 연구 결과 주요한 좌굴 모드를 구분하고 케이블 배치 형식이 다른 각 사장교에서 각 좌굴 모드가 나타나는 주탑과 거더간 강성비의 범위를 도출하였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2018

Electric transmission towers are facilities to transport electrical power from a plant to an electrical substation. The towers are connected using power lines that are installed with a proper sag by loosening the cable to lower the tension and to secure the sufficient clearance from the ground or nearby objects. The power line sag may extend over the tolerance due to the weather such as strong winds, temperature changes, and a heavy snowfall. Therefore the periodical mapping of the power lines is required but the poor accessibility to the power lines limit the work because most power lines are placed at the mountain area. In addition, the manual mapping of the power lines is also time-consuming either using the terrestrial surveying or the aerial surveying. Therefore we utilized multiple overlapping images acquired from a low-cost drone to automatically reconstruct the power lines in the object space. Two overlapping images are selected for epipolar image resampling, followed by the line extraction for the resampled images and the redundant images. The extracted lines from the epipolar images are matched together and reconstructed for the power lines primitive that are noisy because of the multiple line matches. They are filtered using the extracted line information from the redundant images for final power lines points. The experiment result showed that the proposed method successfully generated parabolic curves of power lines by interpolating the power lines points though the line extraction and reconstruction were not complete in some part due to the lack of the image contrast.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.449-460
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• 2020

The double-lane arrangement model is frequently used in underground coal mines because it is beneficial to improve the mining efficiency of the working face. When the double-lane arrangement is used, the service time of the reserved roadway increases by twice, which causes several difficulties for the maintenance of the roadway. Given the severe non-uniform deformation of the reserved roadway in the Buertai Coal Mine, the stress distribution law in the mining area, the failure characteristics of roadway and the control effect of support resistance (SR) were systematically studied through on-site monitoring, FLAC 3D numerical simulation, mechanical model analysis. The research shows that the deformation and failure of the reserved roadway mainly manifested as asymmetrical roof sag and floor heave in the region behind the working face, and the roof dripping phenomenon occurred in the severe roof sag area. After the coal is mined out, the stress adjustment around goaf will happen to some extent. For example, the magnitude, direction, and confining pressure ratio of the principal stress at different positions will change. Under the influence of high-stress rotation, the plastic zone of the weak surrounding rock is expanded asymmetrically, which finally leads to the asymmetric failure of roadway. The existing roadway support has a limited effect on the control of the stress field and plastic zone, i.e., the anchor cable reinforcement cannot fully control the roadway deformation under given conditions. Based on obtained results, using roadway grouting and advanced hydraulic support during the secondary mining of the panel 22205 is proposed to ensure roadway safety. This study provides a reference for the stability control of roadway with similar geological conditions.

• 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.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제9권2호통권31호
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• pp.269-275
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 자정식 현수교 주탑의 내풍 안정성을 보기 위하여 주탑 모형 실험과 전교 모형 실험을 수행하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 경사진 병렬 탑주를 가진 주탑의 경우에는 다양한 주파수대의 웨이크가 존재하므로 넓은 풍속대에서 진동이 발생한다는 사실을 확인하였다. 자정식 현수교의 경우에는 주형의 교축방향 지지조건에 따라 주탑 진동 모드가 매우 민감하게 변화하였다. 본 연구 대상 주탑은 면외 휨 모드와 비틈 모드의 고유진동수가 매우 근접해 있어서 넓은 범위의 풍속에서 연성진동이 발생하였다 주탑 진동을 완화하기 위한 공기역학적 수단으로 모서리 자르기를 시도하였는데, 탑주의 폭과 잘린 모서리의 비가 1/10일 때가 가장 효과적이었다.