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Vibration-based damage monitoring of harbor caisson structure with damaged foundation-structure interface

  • Lee, So-Young;Nguyen, Khac-Duy;Huynh, Thanh-Canh;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Yi, Jin-Hak;Han, Sang-Hun
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.517-546
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, vibration-based methods to monitor damage in foundation-structure interface of harbor caisson structure are presented. The following approaches are implemented to achieve the objective. Firstly, vibration-based damage monitoring methods utilizing a variety of vibration features are selected for harbor caisson structure. Autoregressive (AR) model for time-series analysis and power spectral density (PSD) for frequency-domain analysis are selected to detect the change in the caisson structure. Also, the changes in modal parameters such as natural frequency and mode shape are examined for damage monitoring in the structure. Secondly, the feasibility of damage monitoring methods is experimentally examined on an un-submerged lab-scaled mono-caisson. Finally, numerical analysis of un-submerged mono-caisson, submerged mono-caisson and un-submerged interlocked multiple-caissons are carried out to examine the effect of boundary-dependent parameters on the damage monitoring of harbor caisson structures.

Structural Damage Monitoring of Harbor Caissons with Interlocking Condition

  • Huynh, Thanh-Canh;Lee, So-Young;Nguyen, Khac-Duy;Kim, Jeong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.678-685
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    • 2012
  • The objective of this study is to monitor the health status of harbor caissons which have potential foundation damage. To obtain the objective, the following approaches are performed. Firstly, a structural damage monitoring(SDM) method is designed for interlocked multiple-caisson structures. The SDM method utilizes the change in modal strain energy to monitor the foundation damage in a target caisson unit. Secondly, a finite element model of a caisson system which consists of three caisson units is established to verify the feasibility of the proposed method. In the finite element simulation, the caisson units are constrained each other by shear-key connections. The health status of the caisson system against various levels of foundation damage is monitored by measuring relative modal displacements between the adjacent caissons.

Dynamic Response Analysis of Caisson Structure by Acceleration Measurement (가속도 계측을 통한 항만시설용 케이슨 구조체의 동적응답 분석)

  • Lee, So-Young;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Kim, Heon-Tae;Park, Woo-Sun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.114-121
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    • 2009
  • In this study, acceleration responses of caisson structures under various environmental conditions are experimentally examined as a basic study to develop the health assessment technique for harbor structures. To achieve the objective, three approaches are implemented. Firstly, a target caisson structure is selected and its small-scaled caisson is constructed in the laboratory. Secondly, a finite element model of the caisson is generated to identify dynamic responses of the baseline structure. Thirdly, experimental tests are performed on the caisson model to examine dynamic responses under various boundary conditions and impact locations. Four different boundary conditions, 'standing on concrete floor', 'standing on styrofoam block', 'standing on sand-mat' and 'hanging by crane', are considered and correlation coefficients of frequency response functions between four states are analyzed.

Effects of Long-Term Harbor Shutdown and Temporal Operational Stoppage upon Optimal Design of Vertical Breakwater Caisson (장기간의 항만 폐쇄와 일시적 운영 중단이 직립 방파제 케이슨의 최적 설계에 미치는 영향)

  • Suh, Kyung-Duck;Kim, Deok-Lae;Kim, Kyung-Suk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.113-127
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    • 2007
  • In this study, a model to calculate the expected total construction cost is developed that simultaneously considers the rehabilitation cost related to the sliding of the caisson, the economic damage cost due to harbor shutdown in the event of excessive caisson sliding, and the economic damage cost due to temporal operational stoppage by excessive wave overtopping. A discount rate is used to convert the damage costs occurred at different times to the present value. The optimal cross-section of a caisson is defined as the cross-section that requires a minimum expected total construction cost within the allowable limit for the expected sliding distance of the caisson during the lifetime of the breakwater. Two values are used for the allowable limit: 0.3 and 0.1 m. It was found that the economic damage cost due to harbor shutdown by excessive caisson sliding is more critical than the rehabilitation cost of the caisson or the economic damage cost by excessive wave overtopping in the decision of the optimal cross-section. In addition, the optimal cross-section of the caisson was shown to be determined by the allowable limit for the expected sliding distance rather than the minimum expected total construction cost as a larger value is used for the threshold sliding distance of the caisson for harbor shutdown.

Experimental Study on Hydraulic Performance of Perforated Caisson Breakwater with Turning Wave Blocks (회파블록케이슨 방파제의 수리학적 성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, In-Chul;Park, Ki-Chul
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2019
  • Recently, a perforated caisson breakwater with turning wave blocks was developed to improve the water affinity and public safety of a rubble mound armored by TTP. In this study, hydraulic model tests were performed to examine the hydraulic performance of a non-porous caisson and new caisson breakwater with perforated blocks for attacking waves in a small fishery harbor near Busan. The model test results showed that the new caisson was more effective in dissipating the wave energy under normal wave conditions and in reducing the wave overtopping rates under design wave conditions than the non-porous caisson. It was found that the horizontal wave forces acting on the perforated caisson were slightly larger than those on the non-porous caisson because of the impulsive forces on the caisson with the turning wave blocks.

Vibration Response Analysis of Gravity-type Caisson Breakwater (중력식 케이슨 방파제의 진동응답 분석)

  • Lee, So-Young;Huynh, Thanh-Canh;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Han, Sang-Hun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2013.04a
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, vibration response of gravity-type caisson breakwater is analyzed to suggest the direction for structural health monitoring (SHM) on harbor caisson structure. To achieve the objective, the following approaches are implemented. Firstly, vibration analysis methods are selected to examine the dynamic characteristics of the lab-scale caisson in the frequency and the modal domain. Secondly, vibration tests on the lab-scale caisson breakwater which is installed in 2-D wave tank were performed under several water level conditions. Thirdly, vibration response of the lab-scale caisson were analyzed in the frequency and modal domain. Finally, the direction of SHM for gravity-type caisson breakwater was suggested.

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Concrete Caisson Manufacturing and Transferring Apparatus and Method (II) (초대형 콘크리트 케이슨 다단계 일괄 제작 및 운반공법 개발 (II))

  • Zung, Zi-Man;Lee, Won-Pyo;Park, Jung-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.400-403
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    • 2004
  • In conventional methods, the availability of floating crane has determined the size of a concrete caisson. However, this paper introduces a new method for larger caisson production that make it possible to complete caisson fabrication and launch out without use of floating crane. The new method carries out multi-step fabrication of caisson and horizontal transfer of caisson on a single casting bed which consists of collapsible soffit form, trough, aero go watercaster system or low frictional PTFE added jacking system, half-submergible floating dock. To make the new method successfully launched, the static and dynamic analysis is carried out to obtain the stability of caisson launching and experimental research is conducted in evaluating friction occurred between PTFE pad and steel track. Lastly, the comparison of the new method and the conventional method are detailed. With significant benefits in construction costs reduction and construction time reduction, this new method in this paper would be recommended for extensive application in large port and harbor construction projects.

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Structural Health Monitoring of Harbor Caisson-type Structures using Harmony Search Method (최적화 화음탐색법을 이용한 항만 케이슨 구조물의 구조건전성 평가)

  • Lee, So-Young;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Yi, Jin-Hak;Kang, Yoon-Koo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.122-128
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    • 2009
  • In this study, damage detection method using harmony search method and frequency response is proposed. In order to verify this method, the following approaches are implemented. Firstly, damage detection method using harmony search was developed. To detect damage, objective functions that minimize difference with natural frequency and modal strain energy from undamaged and damaged model are used. Secondly, efficiency of developed damage detection method was verified by damage detection of beam structure. And results of harmony search and micro genetic algorithm are compared and evaluated. Thirdly, numerical model was implemented for harbor caisson structure and damage scenario was determined. Lastly, damage detection was performed by proposed method and utility of proposed method is verified.

Damage Monitoring in Foundation-Structure Interface of Harbor Caisson Using Vibration-based Autoregressive Model (진동기반 자기회귀모델을 통한 항만케이슨 지반-구조 경계부의 손상 모니터링)

  • Lee, So-Ra;Lee, So-Young;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Park, Woo-Sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.18-25
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    • 2011
  • This study presents the damage monitoring method in foundation-structure interface of harbor caisson using vibration-based autoregressive (AR) model. In order to achieve the objective, the following approaches are implemented. Firstly, vibration-based AR model is selected to monitor the damage in foundation-structure interface of caisson structure. Secondly, finite element analysis on a caisson structure model is implemented to evaluate the vibration-based damage monitoring method. Finally, vibration test on a caisson structure model is performed to evaluate applicability of vibration-based AR model method for foundation-structure interface of caisson structure.

The Influence of Slit Shape on the Reflective Characteristic of Caissons in Harbor (항만구조물 반사특성에 미치는 Slit 형상의 영향)

  • Kim, Kyu-Han;Kim, Min-Soo;Lee, Kang-Chul;Ryu, Moo-Eun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.461-464
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    • 2006
  • The caisson of the inner wall type has a weak point that reflecting wave is big. Therefore it has been studied that the research of the decreasing reflecting wave using installation the perforated wall in front of caisson to decrease of that weak point. In this study, we analyzed the characteristic of reflection horizontal and diamond style vertical slit caisson using hydraulic model test. According to the results of experiments, we could confirm that diamond style vertical caisson has a reflection coefficient which has lower than horizontal caisson of the reflection coefficient of 5~10%.

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