• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1069-1089
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• 2015

Arch bridges consist of some important components for structural behavior such as arches, sidewalls, filling materials and foundations. But, arches are the most important part for this type of bridges. For this reason, investigation of arch is come into prominence. In this paper, it is aimed to investigate the arch thickness effect on the structural behavior of masonry arch bridges. For this purpose, Goderni historical arch bridge which was located in Kulp town, Diyarbakir, Turkey and the bridge restoration process has still continued is selected as an application. The construction year of the bridge is not fully known, but the date is estimated to be the second half of the 19th century. The bridge has two arches with the 0.52 cm and 0.69 cm arch thickness, respectively. Finite element model of the bridge is constructed with ANSYS software to reflect the current situation using relievo drawings. Then the arch thickness is changed by increasing and decreasing respectively and finite element models are reconstructed. The structural responses of the bridge are obtained for all arch thickness under dead load and live load. Maximum displacements, maximum-minimum principal stresses and maximum-minimum elastic strains are given with detail using contours diagrams and compared with each other to determine the arch thickness effect. At the end of the study, it is seen that the maximum displacements, tensile stresses and strains have a decreasing trend, but compressive stress and strain have an increasing trend by the increasing of arch thickness.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.745-765
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• 2014

In this paper, it is aimed to determine the finite element model updating effects on the structural behavior of long span concrete highway bridges. Birecik Highway Bridge located on the 81stkm of Sanliurfa-Gaziantep state highway over Firat River in Turkey is selected as a case study. The bridge consist of fourteen spans, each of span has a nearly 26m. The total bridge length is 380m and width of bridge is 10m. Firstly, the analytical dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies and mode shapes are attained from finite element analyses using SAP2000 program. After, experimental dynamic characteristics are specified from field investigations using Operational Modal Analysis method. Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition method in the frequency domain is used to extract the dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios. Analytically and experimentally identified dynamic characteristics are compared with each other and finite element model of the bridge is updated to reduce the differences by changing of some uncertain parameters such as section properties, damages, boundary conditions and material properties. At the end of the study, structural performance of the highway bridge is determined under dead load, live load, and dynamic loads before and after model updating to specify the updating effect. Displacements, internal forces and stresses are used as comparison parameters. From the study, it is seen that the ambient vibration measurements are enough to identify the most significant modes of long span highway bridges. Maximum differences between the natural frequencies are reduced averagely from %46.7 to %2.39 by model updating. A good harmony is found between mode shapes after finite element model updating. It is demonstrated that finite element model updating has an important effect on the structural performance of the arch type long span highway bridge. Maximum displacements, shear forces, bending moments and compressive stresses are reduced %28.6, %21.0, %19.22, and %33.3-20.0, respectively.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.625-642
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• 2016

The rapid technology developments in smartphones have created a significant opportunity for their use in structural live load measurements. This paper presents extensive experiments conducted in two stages to investigate this opportunity. Shaking table tests were carried out in the first stage using selected popular smartphones to measure the sinusoidal waves of various frequencies, the sinusoidal sweeping, and earthquake waves. Comparison between smartphone measurements and real inputs showed that the smartphones used in this study gave reliable measurements for harmonic waves in both time and frequency domains. For complex waves, smartphone measurements should be used with caution. In the second stage, three-dimensional motion capture technology was employed to explore the capacity of smartphones for measuring the movement of individuals in walking, bouncing and jumping activities. In these tests, reflective markers were attached to the test subject. The markers' trajectories were recorded by the motion capture system and were taken as references. The smartphone measurements agreed well with the references when the phone was properly fixed. Encouraged by these experimental validation results, smartphones were attached to moving participants of this study. The phones measured the acceleration near the center-of-mass of his or her body. The human-induced loads were then reconstructed by the acceleration measurements in conjunction with a biomechanical model. Satisfactory agreement between the reconstructed forces and that measured by a force plate was observed in several instances, clearly demonstrating the capability of smartphones to accurately assist in obtaining human-induced load measurements.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권6A호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2012

본 논문은 완성계 강사장교의 기하학적 특성이 극한 거동에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 사장교는 구조형식의 특성에 따라 매우 효율적인 구조체로 알려져 있지만, 이러한 구조 특성에 따라 구조물의 극한 거동에 영향을 미치는 다양한 비선형성과 함께 복잡한 구조거동을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 거더 및 주탑의 단면 크기, 케이블 배치 형식 및 케이블 단면적 변화에 따른 완성계 강사장교의 극한 거동에 대해 다룬다. 선행연구를 통해 도출된 극한거동에 지배적인 활하중에 대해 각 인자의 변화에 대한 매개변수연구를 수행하였다. 활하중에 대한 완성계 사장교의 합리적인 해석을 위해 초기형상해석-활하중해석을 거치는 2단계 해석법을 통해 극한 해석을 수행하였다. 해석에 고려된 사장교 모델은 총 920.0 m의 지간장을 갖는 강사장교이고 케이블 배치각도에 따른 거동분석을 위해 방사형 사장교와 팬 형 사장교 모델을 이용하였다. 본 해석 연구를 통해 각 기하학적 특성 인자 변화에 따른 완성계 강사장교의 극한거동 변화 특성을 도출하였다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2015

클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경은 다수의 가상서버 처리요청으로 인해 필요 자원을 충분히 제공하지 못한 경우, 특정 서버에 부하가 걸리는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 이주관리자는 물리서버 내에 존재하는 가상서버들의 이주 효율성 향상을 위해 각 물리서버의 자원 정보를 모니터링 시스템으로부터 전달받고, 시뮬레이션 결과 값을 토대로 이주 목적지 물리서버를 결정한다. 하지만 모든 물리서버의 미래 자원 사용량을 예측하여 시뮬레이션 과정을 거쳐 이주 목적지 물리서버를 결정하는 것은 소수의 서버 네트워크 컴퓨팅 환경보다 거대하고 복잡한 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경에서는 오버헤드가 크다. 본 논문에서는 퍼지로직 기반 이주 결정 모델(FPLM)을 제안하고 DEVS 형식론을 적용하여 이주 발생 횟수 및 성능을 비교 측정하였다. FPLM은 이주 발생 횟수 및 이주 목적지 결정 오버헤드를 감소시킴으로써 이주 발생으로 인한 물리서버 자원 사용 효율성을 증가시킨다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.192-200
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• 2016

대심도 지하 네트워크 구축을 위한 대심도 복층터널의 계획 시 세그먼트 라이닝의 거동을 주요 구조물인 중간슬래브와 측압계수(K)에 따라 검토하였다. 연구를 위하여 세그먼트 라이닝 해석법을 검토하였고, 대심도 복층터널에 적합한 해석 모델을 결정하였다. 또한 연직하중에 대해 검토하였고, 중간슬래브 하중은 슬래브 자중인 정하중과 차량에 의한 활하중을 고려하였다. 연구결과 중간슬래브 하중 적용에 따른 단면력은 터널 하부에 주로 발생하였고 휨모멘트의 크기에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 휨모멘트 작용 방향의 변화가 큰 변수로 나타났고, 중간슬래브 하중 적용에 따른 단면력의 크기는 비교적 일정하여, 단면력의 발생이 가장 작은 측압계수 1.00에서 세그먼트 라이닝에 미치는 영향이 제일 크게 나타나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과로 복층터널의 슬라브와 측압계수(K)의 영향에 의한 세그먼트 라이닝의 거동을 파악하여 합리적이고 경제적인 복층터널 구조물 설계의 방향을 제시할 수 있을 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.373-385
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• 2019

This paper presents a useful in-plane structural analysis of low-rise blind-bolted composite frames with semi-rigid joints. Analytical models were used to predict the moment-rotation relationship of the composite beam-to-column flush endplate joints that produced accurate and reliable results. The comparisons of the analytical model with test results in terms of the moment-rotation response verified the robustness and reliability of the model. Abaqus software was adopted to conduct frame analysis considering the material and geometrical non-linearities. The flexural behaviour of the composite frames was studied by applying the lateral loads incorporating wind and earthquake actions according to the Australian standards. A wide variety of frames with a varied number of bays and storeys was analysed to determine the bending moment envelopes under different load combinations. The design models were finalized that met the strength and serviceability limit state criteria. The results from the frame analysis suggest that among lateral loads, wind loads are more critical in Australia as compared to the earthquake loads. However, gravity loads alone govern the design as maximum sagging and hogging moments in the frames are produced as a result of the load combination with dead and live loads alone. This study provides a preliminary analysis and general understanding of the behaviour of low rise, semi-continuous frames subjected to lateral load characteristics of wind and earthquake conditions in Australia that can be applied in engineering practice.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.485-498
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 중앙경간 404m 및 1545m의 현수교에 일련의 차량이 차로하중 형태로 주행하는 상태에 대해 차량-교량 상호작용 해석을 수행하고 주케이블, 행어 및 보강거더의 충격계수를 평가하였다. 활하중 모델은 도로교한계상태설계기준을 참고하였으며, KL-510 트럭은 6-자유도 모델로, 차로하중은 일련의 1축 차량이 연행해서 주행하는 것으로 모사하였다. 주탑부에서 보강거더의 연결 및 지지 형식에 따른 충격계수의 차이를 평가하기 위해 중앙경간 404m 교량에 대해서는 hinge-type과 floating-type 거더 형식을 고려하였다. 해석에서 고려한 매개변수는 활하중 형식-트럭 단독 주행시와 트럭과 차로하중의 주행, 차량의 편심 주행, 노면조도 그리고 주행속도를 고려하였다. 노면조도는 ISO 8608 규정에 근거하여 랜덤 생성하였으며 차량-교량 상호작용해석 시 노면조도는 트럭하중에만 적용하였다. 한편, 케이블 교량의 충격계수 평가를 위해 일반적으로 사용되는 영향선 기법에 의해 충격계수를 산출하고 차량-교량 상호작용해석에 의한 결과와 비교하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2024

To properly extract the strain components under varying operational conditions is very important in bridge health monitoring. The abnormal sensor readings can be correctly identified and the expected operational performance of the bridge can be better understood if each strain components can be accurately quantified. In this study, strain components under varying load conditions, i.e., temperature variation and live-load variation are evaluated based on field strain measurements collected from a real concrete box-girder bridge. Temperature-induced strain is mainly regarded as the trend variation along with the ambient temperature, thus a smoothing technique based on the wavelet packet decomposition method is proposed to estimate the temperature-induced strain. However, how to effectively extract the vehicle-induced strain is always troublesome because conventional threshold setting-based methods cease to function: if the threshold is set too large, the minor response will be ignored, and if too small, noise will be introduced. Therefore, an autoencoder framework is proposed to evaluate the vehicle-induced strain. After the elimination of temperature and vehicle-induced strain, the left of which, defined as the model error, is used to assess the operational performance of the bridge. As empirical techniques fail to detect the degraded state of the structure, a clustering technique based on Gaussian Mixture Model is employed to identify the damage occurrence and the validity is verified in a simulation study.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.355-369
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• 2004

This paper presents a study of four finite element techniques that can be used to model slabon-beam highway bridges. The feasibility and correctness of each modeling technique are examined by applying them to a prestressed concrete I-beam bridge and a prestressed concrete box-beam bridge. Other issues related to bridge modeling such as torsional constant, support conditions, and quality control check are studied in detail and discussed in the paper. It is found that, under truck loading, the bending stress distribution in a beam section depends on the modeling technique being utilized. It is observed that the behavior of the bridge superstructure can be better represented when accounting for composite behavior between the supporting beams and slab.