• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호통권30호
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• pp.51-63
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• 1997

Highly curved steel-box bridges are usually constructed as ramp structures for the highway interchange and metropolitan elevated highway junction, but a number of these bridges are deteriorated and damaged to a significant degree due to heavy traffic. The main objective of the study is to develop a practical reliability-based assessment of safety and residual load carrying-capacity of existing curved steel-box ramp bridges. In the paper, for the realistic assessment of safety and residual load carrying-capacity of deteriorated and/or damaged curved steel-box bridges, an interactive non-linear limit state model is formulated based on the von Mises's combined stress yield criterion. It is demonstrated that the proposed model is effective for the assessment of reliability-based safety and the evaluation of residual load carrying-capacity of curved steel-box bridges. In addition, this study comparatively shows the applicability of various reliability analysis methods, and suggests a practical and effective one to be used in practice.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.387-410
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• 2008

The fatigue damage accumulation rates of horizontally curved thin walled box-girder bridge have been estimated from vehicle-induced dynamic stress history using rain flow cycle counting method in the time domain approach. The curved box-girder bridge has been numerically modeled using computationally efficient thin walled box-beam finite elements, which take into account the important structural actions like torsional warping, distortion and distortional warping in addition to the conventional displacement and rotational degrees of freedom. Vehicle model includes heave-pitch-roll degrees of freedom with longitudinal and transverse input to the wheels. The bridge deck unevenness, which is taken as inputs to the vehicle wheels, has been assumed to be a realization of homogeneous random process specified by a power spectral density (PSD) function. The linear damage accumulation theory has been applied to calculate fatigue life. The fatigue life estimated by cycle counting method in time domain has been compared with those found by estimating the PSD of response in frequency domain. The frequency domain method uses an analytical expression involving spectral moment characteristics of stress process. The effects of some of the important parameters on fatigue life of the curved box bridge have been studied.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권1A호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2008

곡선 강박스거더교는 부분적인 일사에 의해 교량단면에 불균등한 온도분포와 함께 기타 불리한 하중조건이 복합되어 작용되므로 교량의 수명이 단축되거나 사용성을 저하시킬 수 있는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 곡선교 설계 시 방위각, 받침배치방식, 형상 등에 따라 온도에 의한 영향을 고려해야 하지만 온도거동의 특성이 명확히 규명되어 있지 않을 뿐만 아니라 현행 설계기준의 규정도 명확하지 못하여 보다 많은 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 연구에서 제안된 일사량 계산식과 열전달 유한요소해석기법을 병용하여 곡선 강박스거더교의 기하학적 형상 및 방위각에 따라 변화하는 온도분포를 보다 쉬운 방법으로 예측하는 기법을 개발하였고 실측된 곡선교의 온도자료를 통해 검증하였다. 또한, 개발된 온도분포예측기법과 3차원 구조해석을 이용하여 일사에 의한 곡선교의 거동을 분석한 결과, 곡선 외측면이 남측을 향하는 경우에서 고정단측 받침의 교축방향과 교축직각방향 반력이 크게 나타났으며 곡선반경이 감소할수록 모든 방향의 반력이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 온도분포예측기법을 바탕으로 향후 관련 연구를 통해 현재의 설계기준을 보완할 수 있는 합리적인 온도하중의 제시가 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.20-27
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• 2005

Solar radiation causes non-uniform temperature distribution in the structure, depending on the shape of the structure and its shadows. Especially in cases of curved steel box girder bridges, non-uniform temperature distribution due to solar radiation can reduce bridge life and serviceability when combined with another load combination. In this study, the method for predicting the temperature distribution of curved bridges developed by Kim et al., was used to predict the non-uniform temperature distribution which served as a basis for structural analysis of 3-D bridge behavior. In order to seek the most unfavorable conditions of solar radiation, observation data from the Korea Meteorological Administration for solar radiation were analyzed. The region of the most high solar radiation condition was selected and its one year variation of the solar radiation data was considered. From this analysis, the most unfavorable solar radiation condition with lower solar altitude and intense solar radiation was selected. Based on the selected solar radiation condition, structural behavior of curved bridges with diverse bridge direction, span length, radius and support conditions are analyzed.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.185-191
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• 2002

In this study a 3-dimensional analytical model is developed, which can analyses dynamic responses of curved bridges subject to moving vehicles. A 5-axle semi-trailer is modeled to simulate the actual tire forces that are redistributed by vehicle rolling effect due to the centrifugal force. The 1-span curved bridge with two steel box girders is modeled using the frame elements. The dynamic response characteristics of curved box girder bridges are examined and compared for two different support conditions. One is the case that two shoes are arranged at the outer sides of box girders with larger space between the two shoes and the other is that two shoes at the center of each box girder. In the curved bridges, the dynamic effect of moving vehicles influences the reaction force much more than other responses, such as displacement or stress, especially the upward reaction of inner-radius shoes. It is more advantageous for the reaction considering dynamic effect when shoes are arranged further at the outer sides of box girders than when shoes at the center of each box. The shoes for curved bridges with two-box girder system should be arranged to have larger distance.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2008

곡선교의 경우 구조적인 기능이나 미관을 고려하여 강상자형교의 사용이 증가하고 있다. 강상자형교는 비틀림에 대한 강성이 뛰어나고 폐합단면을 가지므로 개단면에 비해 부식에 대해서 유리하며 가설 시에도 안정성을 갖는 장점이 있다. 곡선 강상자형교의 설계는 관용적으로 가로보의 강성을 이용하여 윤하중 횡분배를 유도하는 격자해석으로 실시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 곡선강상자형교에 대하여 유한요소 해석을 실시하여 곡률, 가로보 및 다이아프램이 윤하중의 횡분배에 미치는 영향에 분석하였다. 해석결과 곡선교에서 곡률은 횡분배에 큰 영향을 미쳤으며 곡률이 증가할수록 분배계수가 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 지점부 다이아프램 외에 지간 중앙에 설치되는 다이아프램 1개는 윤하중의 횡분배와 구조적 안정성에 크게 기여하였으나 추가적인 다이아프램의 설치는 하중의 횡분배에 크게 영향을 주지 못하였다. 콘크리트 슬래브 강성은 가로보에 의한 횡분배 효과보다 크게 나타난 것으로 곡선 강박스교 설계 시에는 콘크리트 슬래브 강성의 횡분배 효과를 고려하여야 할 것이다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제78권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2021

In this paper, the effects of Tuned Mass dampers (TMDs) on the reduction of the vertical vibrations of a real horizontally curved steel box-girder bridge due to different traffic loads are numerically investigated. The performance of TMDs to reduce the bridge vibrations can be affected by the parameters such as dynamic characteristics of TMDs, the location of TMDs, the speed and weight of vehicles. In the first part of this study, the effects of mass ratio, damping percentage, frequency ratio, and location of TMDs on the performance of TMDs to decrease vertical vibrations of different sections of bridge deck are evaluated. In the second part, the performance of TMD is investigated for different speeds and weights of traffic loads. Results show that the mass ratio of TMDs is the more effective parameter in reducing imposed vertical vibration in comparison with the damping ratio. Furthermore, it is found that TMD is very sensitive to its tuned frequency, i.e., with a little deviation from a suitable frequency, the expected performance of TMD significantly decreased. TMDs have a positive and considerable performance at certain vehicle speeds and this performance declines when the weight of traffic loads is increased. Besides, the results reveal that the highest impact of TMD on the reduction of the vertical vibrations is when free vibrations occur for the bridge deck. In that case, maximum reductions of 24% and 59% are reported in the vertical acceleration of the bridge deck for the forced and free vibration amplitudes, respectively. The maximum reduction of 13% is also obtained for the maximum displacement of the bridge deck. The results are mainly related to the resonance condition.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제10권sup3호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2016

Recently, advanced transit systems are being constructed to reduce traffic congestions in metropolitan areas. For these projects, curved bridges with various curvatures are required. Many curved bridges in the past were constructed using aesthetically unpleasant straight beams with curved slabs or expensive curved steel box girders with curved slabs. Therefore, many recent studies have been performed to develop less expensive and very safe precast prestressed concrete (PSC) curved girder. One method of reducing the construction cost of a PSC curved girder is to use a reusable formwork that can easily be adjusted to change the curvature and length of a girder. A reusable and curvature/dimension adjustable formwork called Multi-tasking formwork is developed for constructing efficient precast PSC curved girders. With the Multi-tasking formwork, two 40 m precast PSC box girders with different curvatures were constructed to build a two-girder curved bridge for a static flexural test to evaluate its safety and serviceability performance. The static flexural test results showed that the initial cracking load was 1400 kN, exceeding the design cracking load of 450 kN. Also, the code allowed deflection of 50 mm occurred at a load of 1800 kN, verifying the safety and serviceability of the precast PSC curved bridge constructed using the multi-tasking formwork.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.163-176
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 뒴비틀림 효과를 고려한 휨비틀림 이론을 기초로 연속곡선보를 해석한다. 먼저 단순곡선보에 대해 미분방정식으로 단면력과 변위를 구한다. 다음 에너지법을 이용하여 n경간 연속곡선보에 대한 탄성방정식으로 연속곡선보의 임의점에서 단면력과 변위의 해를 구한다. 작용하중으로 수직집중하중과 수직등분포하중을 고려하여 해석하였으므로 실제 하중이 작용하는 연속곡선박스거더의 단면력과 변위를 쉽게 구할 수 있다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.711-720
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 곡선교에서 주행차량에 의한 동적 응답을 보다 정밀하게 구현할 수 있는 3차원 해석 모형을 개발하였다. 원심력에 의한 차량의 롤링운동에 따른 차량의 쏠림현상을 구현하여 곡선교의 대표적인 응답특성인 편경사와 곡률반경에 따른 동적응답과 받침의 변화에 따른 동적 응답 특성을 규명하였으며, 2가지 지점조건에 대하여 주행차량에 의한 곡선교의 동적 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 또한 이와 함께 곡선교에서 어떤 파라미터가 하중 분배에 가장 효율적인가를 비교 분석하였다. 동적해석결과 받침이 외측에 배치된 경우가 중앙에 배치된 경우보다 더 유리하게 분석되었으며, 여러 가지 조건에 따라 하중분배 특성이 다르게 나타남을 알 수 있었다.