• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2022

To simplify the design and reduce the construction cost of traditional multi-girder structural systems, twin I-girder structures are widely used in many countries in recent years. Due to the concern on post-fracture redundancy, however, twin girder bridges are currently classified as fracture critical structures in AASHTO specifications for highway bridges. To investigate the after-fracture behavior of such structures, a composite steel and concrete twin girder specimen was built and an artificial fracture through the web and the bottom flange was created on one main girder. The static loading test was performed to investigate its mechanical performance after a severe fracture occurred on the main girder. Applied load and vertical displacement curves, and the applied load versus strain relationships at key sections were measured. To investigate the load distribution and transfer capacities between two steel girders, the normal strain development on crossbeams was also measured during the loading test. In addition, both shear and normal strains of studs were also measured in the loading test to explore the behavior of shear connectors in such bridges. The functions and structural performance of structural members and possible load transfer paths after main girder fractures in such bridges were also discussed. The test results indicate in this study that a typical twin I-girder can resist a general fracture on one of its two main girders. The presented results can provide references for post-fracture performance and optimization for the design of twin I-girder bridges and similar structures.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.437-450
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• 2018

A bridge comprising of two girders, such as a twin steel box-girder bridge, is classified as fracture critical (i.e., non-redundant). In this study, the various bridge components of the twin steel box-girder bridge are investigated to determine if these could be utilized to improve bridge redundancy. Detailed finite-element (FE) models, capable of simulating prominent failure modes observed in a full-scale bridge fracture test, are utilized to evaluate the contributions of the bridge components on the ultimate behavior and redundancy of the bridge sustaining a fracture on one of its girders. The FE models incorporate material nonlinearities of the steel and concrete members, and are capable of capturing the effects of the stud connection failure and railing contact. Analysis results show that the increased tensile strength of the stud connection and (or) concrete strength are effective in improving bridge redundancy. By modulating these factors, redundancy could be significantly enhanced to the extent that the bridge may be excluded from its fracture critical designation.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호통권28호
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• pp.107-116
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• 1996

The studies are conducted to investigate the fatigue and fracture, behavior of preflex girder. In this work, the fatigue tests using by constant amplitude fatigue loading and 4-point-loading to maintain pure bending condition in the mid-span of preflex girder will be performed. It is expected from the results of the studies to provide the fatigue strength and the S-N curve of preflex girders. In addition, it will be ensured that fracture initiation occurs in the welded part of horseshoe-type shear connector as well as in other welded joints.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.651-670
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• 2007

An experimental study to evaluate a redundancy capacity in simple span two plate-girder bridges, which are generally classified as a non-redundant load path structure, has been performed under the condition that one of the two girders is seriously damaged. The bottom lateral bracing was selected as an experimental parameter and two 1/5-scale bridge specimens with and without bottom lateral bracing have been prepared. The loading tests were first performed on the intact specimens without cracked girder within elastic range. Thereafter, the ultimate loading tests were conducted on the damaged specimens with an induced crack at the center of a girder. The test results showed that the cross beams and concrete deck redistributed partly the applied load to the uncracked girder, but the lateral bracing system played a significant role of the load redistribution when a girder was damaged. The redundancy was evaluated based on the test results and an appropriate redundancy level was evaluated when the lateral bracing was provided in a seriously damaged simple span two-girder steel bridge.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.401-410
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• 2007

Form the application of long rail system the non-ballast steel plate bridges, fatigue strength increase and rail noise reduction can be expected. This is mainly form the reduction of the rail impact at the rail joint locations which already made to behave together from welds. In the high speed rail, application of long rail system is essential because without long rail system, the required serviceability level can not be achieved. But even with this long rail systems, the thermal expansion from the girder can not be absorbed in the normal bearing systems, and these expansion cause between girder and rail. Also unexpected rail buckling and fracture through rail thermal tension may happen. It was found through numerical analysis and field measurement that these problems can be avoided by semi-fixed bearing system. In this study, the benefits of non-ballast plate bridge through long rail system, especially at the point of girder stability, girder stiffness increase and bearing maintenance will be reviewed.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.516-528
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• 2009

Form the application of long rail system the non-ballast steel plate bridges, fatigue strength increase and rail noise reduction can be expected. This is mainly form the reduction of the rail impact at the rail joint locations which already made to behave together from welds. In the high speed rail, application of long rail system is essential because without long rail system, the required serviceability level can not be achieved. But even with this long rail systems, the thermal expansion from the girder can not be absorbed in the normal bearing systems, and these expansion cause between girder and rail. Also unexpected rail buckling and fracture through rail thermal tension may happen. It was found through numerical analysis and field measurement that these problems can be avoided by semi-fixed bearing system. In this study, the benefits of non-ballast plate bridge through long rail system, especially at the point of girder stability, girder stiffness increase and bearing maintenance will be reviewed.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.81-94
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• 2010

본 연구는 선형 상보법으로 초고강도 섬유보강 콘크리트 I형보의 파괴역학적 해석을 수치해석으로 수행하였다. 기존의 보통강도 콘크리트에 대한 유사 취성 파괴역학적 수치해석을 기반으로 초고강도 섬유보강 콘크리트 재료역학적 구성모델파괴 면에 인장경화 관계를 도입함으로써 초고강도 섬유보강 콘크리트 I형 거더 해석을 개선시켰다. 상수변형률 삼각형 요소에 꼭지점 또는 요소의 중앙점 절점을 배제하고 요소의 변에 절점을 배치한 결합된 삼각형 요소를 사용하였다. 인장영역에서는 경화/연화 파괴역학적 구성모델을, 전단영역에서는 연화 파괴역학적 구성모델을, 경계절점의 압축에 대해서는 연화파괴역학적 구성모델을 사용하여 파괴역학적 해석을 수행하였다. Non-holonomic rate 형태로 경로에 의존적인 경화연화거동을 LCP로 방정식을 구성하였으며, 그 해는 PATH를 사용해서 구하였다. Piece-wise 비탄성 항복-파괴면은 두 개의 압축 caps, 두 개의 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴면, 인장항복면과 인장파괴면 등으로 구성하였다. 초고강도 섬유보강 콘크리트 거더의 변형거동과 파괴 상태와 비교하여 이 수치해석 방법에 대한 유효성을 검증하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권4A호
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• pp.611-620
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• 2006

강합성 플레이트 2-거더교는 피로균열에 의해 한 개의 거더에 심각한 손상이 발생되는 경우 교량의 붕괴가 유발되는 단재 하경로 구조로 인식되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 강합성 2-거더교의 거더 손상시 교량의 여유도를 평가하기 위한 해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 여유도 평가는 단경간 및 3경간 연속교를 대상으로 하였으며, 수직브레이싱은 I-단면 가로보로 적용하고 하부 수평브레이싱이 설치되는 경우와 설치되지 않는 경우를 고려하였다. 정상 상태 및 손상 상태의 교량에 대해 하부 수평브레이싱의 유 무에 따른 내하 성능을 재료 및 기하비선형 해석으로 구하고 각 경우의 여유도를 비교 평가하였다. 해석 결과에 따르면 정상 상태의 2-거더 교량은 단순교와 연속교 모두 수평브레이싱이 없어도 여유도가 충분하며, 손상 상태의 교량에서는 수평브레이싱이 여유도 향상에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2016

Accidental events such as collisions, groundings, and hydrocarbon explosions in marine structures can cause catastrophic damage. Thus, it is extremely important to predict the extent of such damage, which determines the total amount of oil spills and the residual hull girder strength. Punching fracture tests were conducted by Choung (2009b), where various sizes of indenters and circular unstiffened steel plates with different thicknesses were used to quasi-statically realize damage extents. A three-dimensional fracture strain surface was developed based on a reference (Choung et al., 2015b), where the average stress triaxiality and average normalized Lode angle were used as the parameters governing the fracture of ductile steels. In this study, new numerical analyses were performed using very fine axisymmetric elements in combination with an Abaqus user-subroutine to implement the three-dimensional fracture strain surface. Conventional numerical analyses were also conducted for the tests to identify the best fit fracture strain values by changing the fracture strains. Based on the phenomenon of the average normalized Lode angle starting out positive and then becoming slightly negative, it was inferred that the shear stress primarily dominates in determining the fractures locations, with a partial contribution from the compressive stress. It should be stated that the three-dimensional fracture surface effectively predicted at least the shear stress-dominant fracture behavior of a mild steel.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2008

본 연구는 교량구조물의 핵심 부재인 거더에 대한 연구이다. 강재 거더에 비해 가격 경쟁력이 높은 유리섬유 제품을 사용한 거더는 탄성계수가 강재보다 작아서 강재 단면에 비해 과대한 처짐이 발생되는 문제점과 FRP 생산회사의 큰 단면 부재를 생산할 시설적 여력 부족의 기술적 제약 사항이 존재한다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 언급된 기술적 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 대형 단면의 적용이 가능하도록 모듈 형식의 단면을 제안하였으며, FRP의 낮은 강성을 확보하기 위하여 콘크리트를 충진하는 새로운 FRP+콘크리트 합성 거더를 개발하였다. FRP+콘크리트 합성 거더의 구조 거동을 파악하기 위하여 충진된 콘크리트 강도의 차이, 스터드의 유무에 따른 휨강도 실험을 실시하였다. 휨 실험 결과 FRP+콘크리트 합성 거더 개발의 콘크리트 충진에 따른 합성 효과와 콘크리트 강도에 따른 강성 증진 효과를 확인 할 수 있었다.