• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.402-404
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• 2003

In case to look at considering affects of skew angles into the curved bridges, this study mainly focalized to compare and analyze of the influence of skew angles to curved bridges along with analysis of the behavior of entire construction in accordance with changes of skew angles and curvature. With explanation of macroscophic behavior of curved bridges with skew angles through this study, it is mostly to grasp with characteristics and structural weaknesses of skew curved bridges compared with straight skew bridges.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.380-387
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• 2005

Little has been understood about the seismic behavior of curved bridges due to the different structural characteristics compared to straight bridges. In this study, a simple numerical model, widely used for seismic analysis, is modified for a more realistic estimation of the seismic behavior. The seismic response of curved bridges obtained with the modified simple numerical model was compared with the result using a more sophisticated model to verify the feasibility. Seismic analyses were performed on three-span continuous curved bridges, which is a structural system widely used in highway structures. Numerical model of the three-span continuous curved bridges were subjected to seismic loads in diverse directions. From the result of the analysis. it was found that the direction of the seismic load have significant effect of the seismic behavior of curved bridges when the central angle exceeds 90 degrees.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.381-387
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• 2002

Curved bridges are composed of curved members which have certain curvatures, comparing to straight bridges. Therefore, their behavior is quite different from one of the straight bridges, mainly due to the geometric characteristics of the curved bridges. In this paper, the curved bridges consisted of the single box-girder span are investigated to study the effects of negative reaction forces. The parameters considered in this study are span lengths, angles of curvature, and the number of shoes. Midas/civil computer program was used for the analysis of the curved bridges. The analysis results show that negative reaction forces are not created with one shoe installed. When two shoes are provided, on the other hands, the uplift forces are developed at the inside shoe. It is also concluded that the increasing ratio of negative reaction forces becomes larger, as the angles of curvature increase, and the elongation of span lengths turns out to increase the magnitudes of the uplift forces.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.789-810
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• 2016

Reinforced concrete (RC) bridges with both skew and curvature are pretty common in areas with complex terrains. Existing studies have shown skewed and/or curved bridges exhibit more complicated seismic performance than straight bridges, and yet related seismic risk studies are still rare. These bridges deserve more studies in low-to-moderate seismic regions than those in seismic-prone areas. This is because for bridges with irregular and complex geometric designs, comprehensive seismic analysis is not always required and little knowledge about actual seismic risks for these bridges in low-to-moderate regions is available. To provide more insightful understanding of the seismic risks and the impact from the geometric configurations, analytical fragility studies are carried out on four typical bridge designs with different geometric configurations (i.e., straight, curved, skewed, skewed and curved) in the mountain west region of the United States. The results show the curved and skewed geometries can considerably affect the bridge seismic fragility in a complex manner, underscoring the importance of conducting detailed seismic risk assessment of skewed and curved bridges in low-to-moderate seismic regions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제78권3호
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• pp.255-267
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• 2021

The analysis of simply supported single-cell skew-curved reinforced concrete (RC) box-girder bridges is carried out using a finite element based CsiBridge software. The behaviour of skew-curved box-girder bridges can not be anticipated simply by superimposing the individual effects of skewness and curvature, so it becomes important to examine the behaviour of such bridges considering the combined effects of skewness and curvature. A comprehensive parametric study is performed wherein the combined influence of the skew and curve angles is considered to determine the maximum bending moment, maximum shear force, maximum torsional moment and maximum vertical deflection of the bridge girders. The skew angle is varied from 0° to 60° at an interval of 10°, and the curve angle is varied from 0° to 60° at an interval of 12°. The scantly available literature on such bridges focuses mainly on the analysis of skew-curved bridges under dead and point loads. But, the effects of actual loadings may be different, thus, it is considered in the present study. It is found that the performance of these bridges having more curvature can be improved by introducing the skewness. Finally, several equations are deduced in the non-dimensional form for estimating the forces and deflection in the girders of simply supported skew-curved RC box-girder bridges, based upon the results of the straight one. The developed equations may be helpful to the designers in proportioning, analysing, and designing such bridges, as the correlation coefficient is about 0.99.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2005

곡선교량의 복잡한 동적거동을 이해하고, 내진해석시 합리적인 해석방법을 선정할 수 있는 기초적인 연구를 수행하기 위하여 ??자유도를 포함한 절점당 7자유도를 갖는 곡선보요소와 직선보요소를 갖는 동적유한 요소해석 프로그램을 사용하여 곡선교량의 내진해석을 수행하였다. 자유진동해석 결과로부터 곡선교량의 모드특성을 직선교량과 비교하여 분석하였다. 또한, 동일지간장을 갖는 직선교와 곡선교의 지진시 거동특성을 분석하고, AASHTO의 정규교량으로 분류된 곡선교량의 내진해석방법에 대해 비교하였다. 또한, 지진하중작용방향과 곡선교량의 내부중심각을 변화시켜 곡선교량의 동적거동을 파악하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.567-572
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• 2008

This paper's purpose is to improve determining of the critical response of curved bridge to multi-component seismic motion. There are several methods to combine responses by multi-component excitation response, 30%, 40% rules and square-root-of-sum (SRSS). These combination rules determine same value of critical response in straight bridges. However, each method has critical response value of different magnitude in curved bridges. Thus a study about critical response of curved bridges is required. This paper presents comparison critical responses value as each combination rule, 30%, 40% rules and SRSS on curved bridges with the different radiuses of curvature. This study was carried out by response spectrum analysis of OO IC steel box girder bridge using SAP2000. It is concluded as follows: 1) In curved bridges, 30% and 40% rules tend to underestimate the critical response relatively to SRSS. 2) When bridges have smaller radiuses than 100m, difference between SRSS and 30% or 40% rules let run errors up as radiuses of curvature decreased.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6A호
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• pp.955-963
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• 2006

곡선교의 기하학적 특징으로 인하여 곡선교의 지진응답은 직선교와는 다른 응답특성을 나타내게 될 것으로 예상된다. 본 논문에서는 곡선교의 모형화 방법 및 다양한 영향인자들의 적용에 따른 지진응답특성을 분석하고자한다. 곡선교의 지진응답 특성을 분석하기 위하여 일반적으로 사용되는 곡선교의 수치해석모형을 지점부가 보강된 모형으로 개선하였으며, 정밀모형과의 비교를 통하여 개선된 모형의 적합성을 검증하였다. 본 논문에서는 곡선교의 지진응답에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 곡선반경이나 받침배치 조건에 따른 곡선교의 지점부 및 교각에서의 변위와 수평력을 중심으로 분석하였다. 지진하중은 직교되는 2방향으로 작용하는 것으로 가정하여, 지진하중의 작용방향을 변화시키면서 지진응답을 분석하였으며, 대상교량으로는 곡선교의 대표적인 형식인 단경간 곡선교와 3경간 연속 곡선교를 선택하였다. 분석결과, 단경간 곡선교는 고정하중 및 지진하중의 작용으로 인한 지점부의 정반력 및 부반력이 크게 발생할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 연속 곡선교의 경우 대상교량의 곡선 반경에 따라 지진하중의 작용방향에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 곡선반경 변화에 따라 접선방향 받침배치와 현방향 받침배치의 지진응답 특성에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제17권5호통권78호
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• pp.511-518
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• 2005

원곡선교의 거동은 일반적인 직선교보다 복잡하여 교량의 해석 및 설계와 시공에 있어서 많은 주의를 요한다. 곡선교의 설계에는 일반적인 구조해석 프로그램이나 전용 프로그램에 의한 격자 해석이 주로 이용되는데 이들 해석 프로그램의 결과와 실제 곡선 교량의 거동에 대한 정합성을 비교 검토한 연구는 국내에서 아직까지 이뤄지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 두 개의 교량-단경간 교량과 3경간 연속교-을 대상으로 현장 계측 및 범용 구조해석 프로그램과 3차원 정밀 해석 프로그램을 이용한 해석을 실시하여 곡선교의 거동에 대한 연구와 현 설계 방법에 대한 검증을 실시하였다. 공정별 계측과 해석 결과는 서로 정량적인 차이를 보이고 있지만 정성적으로는 유사한 관계를 가지고 있었다. 플랜지의 횡 방향에 대한 응력의 변화가 관찰되었고, 격자 해석 모델이 3차원 정밀 해석 모델보다 보수 측의 해석 결과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.367-392
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• 2020

The specific characteristics of near-field earthquake records can lead to different dynamic responses of bridges compared to far-field records. However, the effect of near-field strong ground motion has often been neglected in the seismic performance assessment of the bridges. Furthermore, damage to horizontally curved multi-frame RC box-girder bridges in the past earthquakes has intensified the potential of seismic vulnerability of these structures due to their distinctive dynamic behavior. Based on the nonlinear time history analyses in OpenSEES, this article, assesses the effects of near-field versus far-field earthquakes on the seismic performance of horizontally curved multi-frame RC box-girder bridges by accounting the vertical component of the earthquake records. Analytical seismic fragility curves have been derived thru considering uncertainties in the earthquake records, material and geometric properties of bridges. The findings indicate that near-field effects reasonably increase the seismic vulnerability in this bridge sub-class. The results pave the way for future regional risk assessments regarding the importance of either including or excluding near-field effects on the seismic performance of horizontally curved bridges.