• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.109-123
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• 2023

Headed studs welded to steel beams and embedded within the concrete of deck slabs are vital components of modern composite floor systems, where safety and economy depend on the accurate predictions of the stud shear resistance. The multitude of existing deck profiles and the complex behavior of studs in deck slab ribs makes developing accurate and reliable mechanical or empirical design models challenging. The paper addresses this issue by presenting a machine learning (ML) model developed from the natural gradient boosting (NGBoost) algorithm capable of producing probabilistic predictions and a database of 464 push-out tests, which is considerably larger than the databases used for developing existing design models. The proposed model outperforms models based on other ML algorithms and existing descriptive equations, including those in EC4 and AISC 360, while offering probabilistic predictions unavailable from other models and producing higher shear resistances for many cases. The present study also showed that the stud shear resistance is insensitive to the concrete elastic modulus, stud welding type, location of slab reinforcement, and other parameters considered important by existing models. The NGBoost model was interpreted by evaluating the feature importance and dependence determined with the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method. The model was calibrated via reliability analyses in accordance with the Eurocodes to ensure that its predictions meet the required reliability level and facilitate its use in design. An interactive open-source web application was created and deployed to the cloud to allow for convenient and rapid stud shear resistance predictions with the developed model.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.93-107
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• 2024

A π-shaped composite deck in the form of an open section is a type of blunt body that is highly susceptible to wind loads. To investigate its vortex-induced vibration (VIV) performance, a large-scale (1/20) section model of a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 650 m was tested in a wind tunnel. The vibration suppression mechanism of the countermeasures was analyzed using computational fluid dynamic. Experimental results demonstrate that the vertical and torsional VIVs of the original section can be suppressed by combining guide plates with a tilt angle of 35° and bottom central stabilizing plates as aerodynamic countermeasures. Numerical results indicate that the large-scale vortex under the deck separates into smaller vortices, resulting in the disappearance of the von Kármán vortex street in the wake zone because the countermeasures effectively suppress the VIVs. Furthermore, a full-bridge aeroelastic model with a scale of 1/100 was constructed and tested to evaluate the wind resistance performance and validate the effectiveness of the proposed countermeasures.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.280-284
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• 2005

Existing construction materials such as concrete and steel have chronic problems; deterioration and corrosion. Owing to its special features of light weight ‘ high durability, anti-corrosion, composite material used in civil infrastructure can not only solve fundamental problems of deterioration and corrosion, but also reduce both construction and maintenance cost significantly. After the fabrication of deck panel with snap-fit connection by pultrusion through composite design according to stacking sequence of composite laminates and structural analysis, performance of decks will be verified and evaluated by structural tests.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2007년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.539-544
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• 2007

Glass fiber reinforced composite decks have high-strength, light-weight and high durability. The composite decks having vertical snap-fit connections are designed for pedestrian bridges and their structural behaviour are studied. The existing connection method of the composite decks in horizontal direction is replaced by the developed snap-fit connection method in vertical direction. The section shape of the composite decks having the vertical snap-fit connection is designed. The safety of the vertical snap-fit connection is verified by finite element analysis.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5290-5298
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 프리캐스트 방식으로 제작 가능한 격자형 강합성 바닥판의 이음부에 기계식 연결방식을 적용하고자 콘크리트 전단키와 고장력볼트로 구성되는 이음부에 대해 Push-out 시험으로 전단내력을 구하였으며, 이를 전단마찰 이론에 근거한 이론식 및 설계식과 비교함으로써 전단내력을 평가하였다. 분석결과에 따르면, 이음부 접합면을 에폭시로 부착한 경우가 전단키를 강판으로 보강한 경우 보다 약 10% 정도 더 큰 전단내력을 갖는 것으로 나타났으나, 실험체간 전단내력의 편차는 전단키를 강판으로 보강한 경우가 더 작게 나타났다. 실험결과를 계산식 및 설계식과 비교한 결과, 기존 설계식으로 안전하게 설계될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나, ACI-318에 의할 경우 이음부 전단내력이 과소평가되기 때문에 LRFD에서 제시된 설계식의 적용이 더 적당한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권1A호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2010

프리캐스트 패널은 교량바닥판의 합성 구조부재로서 사용된다. 프리캐스트 패널의 횡방향 강재는 교량바닥판의 주철근 역할을 하며, 또한, 패널 상부의 현장타설 콘크리트 시공시 거푸집 대용으로 적용된다. 그러나 프리캐스트 패널의 장점을 살리기 위해서는 필연적으로 갖게 되는 구조적 특징이자 취약점이 될 수 있는 이음부 부분에 대한 이해와 지식이 필요하다. 특히, 교량바닥판은 차량하중과 같은 반복하중을 받는 구조물이므로 피로하중에 대한 이음부의 거동 및 성능 평가가 이루어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 전단철근과 루프이음부를 갖는 프리캐스트 패널 합성바닥판의 피로실험을 수행하였다. 피로실험은 고정점 반복하중과 윤하중을 적용하여 수행되었다. 피로에 대한 현행 설계기준을 고려하고 이음부의 피로파괴 특성과 반복하중하에서의 사용성 평가를 위해 결과 분석을 수행하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1479-1492
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• 2015

This study evaluated the localized stress condition of the real corroded deck surface of an orthotropic steel bridge because severe corrosion damage on the deck surface and fatigue cracking were reported. Thus, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) analysis model was created based on measurements of the corroded orthotropic steel deck surface to examine the stress level dependence on the corrosion condition. Based on the FE analysis results, it could be confirmed that a high stress concentration and irregular stress distribution can develop on the deck surface. The stress level was also increased by approximately 1.3-1.5 times as a result of the irregular corroded surface. It was concluded that this stress concentration could increase the possibility of fatigue cracking in the deck surface because of the surface roughness of the orthotropic steel bridge deck.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.657-665
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• 2011

프리캐스트 콘크리트 페널의 일종인 LB-DECK은 콘크리트 교량 바닥판의 시공시 LB-DECK 위에 현장타설되는 콘크리트와 합성 거동하는 영구 콘크리트 거푸집이다. 현행 LB-DECK은 두께가 60 mm인 콘크리트 슬래브와 슬래브 내부에 높이 125 mm인 lattice-girder들의 일부가 매립되어 있는 구조이다. 이러한 LB-DECK은 시공하중에 의해 종방향 균열이 발생하지 않도록 거더 간격이 충분히 작은 교량 바닥판 시공시 주로 적용되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 최근 강박스 교량과 같이 교량 바닥판의 지간장이 긴 교량에 LB-DECK를 적용할 경우 콘크리트 하부에 발생될 수 있는 종방향 균열을 최소화시키기 위하여, LB-DECK의 균열강도를 평가하기 위한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. LB-DECK 콘크리트 슬래브의 두께, lattice-girder의 높이, 그리고 top-bar의 지름을 변수로 하는 8종류 24개의 비합성 보부재와 4가지 종류의 합성 보부재 4개를 제작한 후 정적하중 재하실험을 수행하였다. 실험체에 대한 정적하중 재하 실험을 통해 각 실험체의 균열하중과 극한하중을 평가하였으며, 또한 최종 파괴시까지 중앙부 처짐, top-bar의 변형률, 콘크리트 슬래브의 균열 진전 양상 그리고 최종 파괴 형태를 살펴보았다. 각 실험체로부터 얻은 균열하중의 크기는 탄성해석을 통해 얻은 해석치와 비교하였다. 또한 콘크리트 건조수축이 균열강도에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 AEMM 방법을 이용한 장기 거동 해석을 수행하였다. 실험 결과를 토대로, 지간장이 긴 교량 바닥판에 LB-DECK 적용시, 균열 발생을 예방할 수 있도록 LB-DECK 콘크리트 슬래브의 균열강도와 설계상세를 검토하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2003

The paper presents a model for analysing the shear-lag effect on the slab of twin-girder composite decks subjected to static actions, support settlements and concrete shrinkage, which are the main actions of interest in composite bridge design. The proposed model includes concrete creep behaviour and shear connection flexibility. The shear-lag in the slab is accounted for by means of a new warping function. The considered actions are then applied to a realistic bridge deck and their effects are discussed. The proposed method is utilised to determine the slab effective widths for three different width-length ratios of the deck. Finally, a comparison between the results obtained with the Eurocode EC4-2 and those obtained with the proposed model is performed.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2020

Precast deck joints have larger crack width than cast-in-place concrete decks. The initial crack typically occurs at the maximum moment but cracks on precast joints are significant and lead to failure of the deck. The present crack equation is applied to cast-in-place decks, and requires correction to calculate the crack width of precast deck joints. This research aims to study the crack width correction equation of precast decks by performing static tests using high strength and normal strength concrete. Based on experimental results, the bending strength of the structural connections of the current precast deck is satisfied. However it is not suitable to calculate and control the crack width of precast loop connections using the current design equation. A crack width calculation equation is proposed for crack control of precast deck loop joints. Also included in this paper are recommendations to improve the crack control of loop connections.