• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.457-464
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• 2022

Optimization in distribution of stay cable forces is one of the most difficult aspects in the design of cable-stayed bridges. This article attempts to examine tension force influence on structural behavior of cable-stayed bridges. For the examination, finite element modeling using nonlinear static and nonlinear modal analyses was completed and compared to structural experimental results. Variables analyzed in this parametric study were: 1) Number of stay cables; 2) Tension of the stay cables, and 3) Stay cable pattern - harp and semi-fan patterns. Though the findings from the analysis are limited to the tested models, the study gives insight on the structural behavior of actual cable stayed bridges.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.567-577
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• 2017

The traditional design procedure of a prestressed concrete (PC) cable-stayed bridge is complex and time-consuming. The designers have to repeatedly modify the configuration of the large number of design parameters to obtain a feasible design scheme which maybe not an economical design. In order to efficiently achieve an optimum design for PC cable-stayed bridges, a multi-parameter optimization technique is proposed. In this optimization technique, the number of prestressing tendons in girder is firstly set as one of design variables, as well as cable forces, cable areas and cross-section sizes of the girders and the towers. The stress and displacement constraints are simultaneously utilized to ensure the safety and serviceability of the structure. The target is to obtain the minimum cost design for a PC cable-stayed bridge. Finally, this optimization technique is carried out by a developed PC cable-stayed bridge optimization program involving the interaction of the parameterized automatically modeling program, the finite element structural analysis program and the optimization algorithm. A low-pylon PC cable-stayed bridge is selected as the example to test the proposed optimization technique. The optimum result verifies the capability and efficiency of the optimization technique, and the significance to optimize the number of prestressing tendons in the girder. The optimum design scheme obtained by the application can achieve a 24.03% reduction in cost, compared with the initial design.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.346-353
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• 2005

In this paper, the tension of assembly stay cable connected with massive anchorage block was calculated through back analysis of in-situ frequencies measured from a stadium structure. Direct approach to back analysis is adopted using the univariate method among the direct search methods as an optimization technique. The univariate method can search the optimal tension without regard to the initial ones and has a rapid convergence rate. To verify the reliability of back analysis, Tension formulas proposed by Zui et al. and Shimada were used. Tensions estimated by three methods are compared with the design tension, and are in a reasonable agreement with an error of more or less than 15%. Therefore, it is shown that back analysis applied in this paper is appropriate for estimation of cable tension force.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.435-440
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• 2004

In this paper, the tension of assembly stay cable connected with massive anchorage block was calculated through back analysis of in-situ frequencies measured from a stadium structure. Direct approach to back analysis is adopted using the univariate method among the direct search methods as an optimization technique. The univariate method can search the optimal tension without regard to the initial ones and has a rapid convergence rate. To verify the reliability of back analysis, Tension formulas proposed by Zui et al. and Shimada were used. Tensions estimated by three methods are compared with the design tension, and are in a reasonable agreement with an error of more or less than 15%. Therefore, it is shown that back analysis applied in this paper is appropriate for estimation of cable tension force.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.894-901
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• 2006

In general, the tension fores of hanger cable in suspension bridges play an important role in evaluating the bridge state. The vibration method, as a conventional one, has been widely applied to estimate the tension fores by using the measured frequencies on hanger cables. However, the vibration method is not applicable to short hanger cables because the frequency of short cables is severely sensitive to the flexural rigidity. Thus, in this study, the tension forces of short hanger cables, of which the length is shorter than 10meters, were estimated through back analysis of the cable frequencies measured from Gwang-An suspension bridge in Korea. Direct approach to rock analysis is adopted using the univariate method among the direct search methods as an optimization technique. The univariate method is able to search the optimal tension forces without regard to the initial ones and has a rapid convergence rate. To verify the feasibility of back analysis, the results from back analysis and vibration method are compared with the design tension forces. From the comparison, it can be inferred that back analysis results are more reasonable agreement with the design tension forces of short hanger cable. Therefore, it is concluded that back analysis applied in this study is an appropriate tool for estimating tension forces of short hanger cables.

• 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.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.120-129
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• 2023

행어케이블의 장력은 현수교의 건전성과 안전성을 확인할 수 있는 주요 응답 중 하나이다. 일반적으로 공용 중인 현수교에서 행어케이블의 장력을 추정하기 위해 진동법이 주로 사용되고 있다. 진동법은 행어케이블에서 고유진동수들을 측정하고 행어케이블의 형상 조건을 이용하여 간접적으로 장력을 추정하는 방법이다. 이 연구에서는 영상계측시스템을 이용하여 팔영대교의 행어케이블에 대하여 장력을 추정하였다. 영상계측시스템은 측정의 편의성과 경제성을 고려하여 디지털 캠코더와 삼각대를 사용하였다. 영상계측시스템을 이용하여 측정된 행어케이블의 응답은 변위 기반이므로 진동법을 적용하기 위한 고차모드의 고유진동수는 측정하기 어려울 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 저차모드의 고유 진동수를 이용하여 장력을 추정할 수 있는 역해석 기법을 적용하였다. 역해석 기법은 현장에서 측정된 행어케이블의 고유진동수들과 유한요소해석을 이용하여 산정된 고유진동수들의 오차를 목적함수로 정의하여 최적화를 수행하였다. 최적화 방법은 목적함수의 편미분이 필요 없는 직접탐색법을 적용하였다. 역해석 기법을 이용하여 산정된 장력과 진동법을 이용하여 추정된 장력을 비교 분석하여 역해석 기법에 대한 신뢰도와 정확도를 확인하였다. 그 결과 역해석 기법을 적용하면 저차모드의 고유진동수를 이용하여도 신뢰성 있는 장력의 추정이 가능하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.753-768
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• 2022

In this study, a graphical automatic system is developed in order to investigate the stress redistribution of structural members in a steel cable-stayed bridge. The generalized Maxwell model is selected for stress relaxation estimation, and it is carefully verified and applied to all the cable members of a steel cable-stayed bridge to investigate its stress relaxation. A set of stress relaxation parameters in all cables is determined using the fmincon optimization function. The stress redistribution of the steel cable-stayed bridge is then analyzed using ABAQUS. To shorten the investigation time, all the aforementioned phases are built up to be an automatic system. The automatic system is then employed to investigate the effect of cable cross-section areas and girder spans on stress redistribution. The findings from these studies show that the initial tension in the cables of a steel cable-stayed bridge should be kept to less than 55% of the cable's ultimate strength to reduce the effect of cable stress relaxation. The cable space in a steel cable-stayed bridge should be limited to 15,000 mm to minimize the effect of cable stress relaxation. In comparison to other structural members of a steel cable-stayed bridge, the girders experience a significant stress redistribution.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

현수교 행어케이블의 장력은 현수교의 상태점검에 있어 중요한 요소이다. 현재 케이블의 장력 추정에는 여러 이론식에 의한 간접적인 방법들이 사용되고 있으며, 케이블의 가속도신호로부터 고유진동수를 측정한 후 고유진동수와 장력과의 관계로부터 케이블의 장력을 추정하는 진동법이 대표적이다. 하지만 운동방정식을 기반으로 하는 진동법은 휨강성의 영향이 큰 짧은 케이블의 장력추정에는 적합하지 않다. 본 논문에서는 10m 미만의 짧은 케이블에 대해서도 전기 가능한 새로운 장력 추정 방법으로 단변분탐색법과, 최적화 기법을 이용한 역해석 기법을 제시하였다. 이론에 대한 검증을 위해 국내에 사용 중인 광안대교 행어케이블을 대상으로, 역해석과 진동법에 의한 추정장력들과 설계장력을 상호 비교하였고, 이를 통해 역해석기법이 길이에 상관없이 장력추정에 유용하다는 결론을 얻었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회논문초록집
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• pp.330.1-330
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• 2002

Elastomer is extensively used to reduce of vibration machine or structure. Over the years an enormous effort has been put into developing procedures to provide properties of rubber material fur design function. However, there are still a lot of difficulties to analyze static characteristic of rubber components with hyper elasticity and nonlinear large deformation. In this paper material property is obtained by strain-stress curve using a tension test. (omitted)