• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.303-317
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• 2011

A specially designed tendon, which is proposed by embedding an FBG sensor into the center king cable of a 7-wire strand tendon, was applied to monitor the prestress force and load transfer of ground anchor. A series of tensile tests and a model pullout test were performed to verify the feasibility of the proposed smart tendon as a measuring sensor of tension force and load transfer along the tendon. The smart tendon has proven to be very effective for monitoring prestress force and load transfer by measuring the strain change of the tendon at the free part and the fixed part of ground anchor, respectively. Two 11.5 m long proto-type ground anchors were made simply by replacing a tendon with the proposed smart tendon and prestress forces of each anchor were monitored during the loading-unloading step using both FBG sensor embedded in the smart tendon and the conventional load cell. By comparing the prestress forces measured by the smart tendon and load cell, it was found that the prestress force monitored from the FBG sensor located at the free part is comparable to that measured from the conventional load cell. Furthermore, the load transfer of prestressing force at the tendon-grout interface was clearly measured from the FBGs distributed along the fixed part. From these pullout tests, the proposed smart tendon is not only expected to be an alternative monitoring tool for measuring prestress force from the introducing stage to the long-term period for health monitoring of the ground anchor but also can be used to improve design practice through determining the economic fixed length by practically measuring the load transfer depth.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2007년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.33-38
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• 2007

This paper reports an attempt to develop 7-wire steel tendon which is instrumented with optical FBG sensors. The tendon is devised to replace the king cable, which is located in the center of the tendon, by a steel tube in which the FBG sensor are attached along the hole using a high-mobility polyester resin. The circular steel tube has typical of 5 mm outer diameter and 1 mm inner diameter, and can easily be manufactured by means of an pultrusion process. Using the tube, in this study, three different types of one meter-long smart tendons are fabricated depending on mixture ratio of polyester resin and initiator. The performance of the FBG sensors as well as mechanical characteristics of the prototype are tested through the tensile test. Test results shows that the proposed smart tendon is in principle very effective for measuring the working strain of the tendon.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.489-504
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• 2012

For the safety of prestressed structures such as cable-stayed bridges and prestressed concrete bridges, it is very important to ensure the prestress force of cable or tendon. The loss of prestress force could significantly reduce load carrying capacity of the structure and even result in structural collapse. The objective of this study is to present a smart PZT-interface for wireless impedance-based prestress-loss monitoring in tendon-anchorage connection. Firstly, a smart PZT-interface is newly designed for sensitively monitoring of electro-mechanical impedance changes in tendon-anchorage subsystem. To analyze the effect of prestress force, an analytical model of tendon-anchorage is described regarding to the relationship between prestress force and structural parameters of the anchorage contact region. Based on the analytical model, an impedance-based method for monitoring of prestress-loss is conducted using the impedance-sensitive PZT-interface. Secondly, wireless impedance sensor node working on Imote2 platforms, which is interacted with the smart PZT-interface, is outlined. Finally, experiment on a lab-scale tendon-anchorage of a prestressed concrete girder is conducted to evaluate the performance of the smart PZT-interface along with the wireless impedance sensor node on prestress-loss detection. Frequency shift and cross correlation deviation of impedance signature are utilized to estimate impedance variation due to prestress-loss.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.181-195
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• 2017

In this study, the severity of damage in tendon anchorage caused by the loss of tendon forces is quantitatively identified by using the PZT interface-based impedance monitoring technique. Firstly, a 2-DOF impedance model is newly designed to represent coupled dynamic responses of PZT interface-host structure. Secondly, the 2-DOF impedance model is adopted for the tendon anchorage system. A prototype of PZT interface is designed for the impedance monitoring. Then impedance signatures are experimentally measured from a laboratory-scale tendon anchorage structure with various tendon forces. Finally, damage severities of the tendon anchorage induced by the variation of tendon forces are quantitatively identified from the phase-by-phase model updating process, from which the change in impedance signatures is correlated to the change in structural properties.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.375-393
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• 2015

In this study, local dynamic characteristics of mountable PZT interfaces are numerically analyzed to verify their feasibility on impedance monitoring of the prestress-loss in tendon anchorage subsystems. Firstly, a prestressed tendon-anchorage system with mountable PZT interfaces is described. Two types of mountable interfaces which are different in geometric and boundary conditions are designed for impedance monitoring in the tendon-anchorage subsystems. Secondly, laboratory experiments are performed to evaluate the impedance monitoring via the two mountable PZT interfaces placed on the tendon-anchorage under the variation of prestress forces. Impedance features such as frequency-shifts and root-mean-square-deviations are quantified for the two PZT interfaces. Finally, local dynamic characteristics of the two PZT interfaces are numerically analyzed to verify their performances on impedance monitoring at the tendon-anchorage system. For the two PZT interfaces, the relationships between structural parameters and local vibration responses are examined by modal sensitivity analyses.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2009

최근 도심 구조물의 규모가 급격히 대형화됨에 따라 인접구조물이 존재하는 상태에서 대규모의 기초구조물의 설치를 위한 넓고 깊은 범위의 굴착이 빈번히 시행되고 있어 안전관리의 중요성이 크게 부각되고 있다. 시공 및 사용 중에 토류구조물의 안전성을 확보하기 위해서는 쏘일앵커, 쏘일네일 및 락앵커 등의 지반보강재에 작용하는 프리스트레스 하중(prestress force) 및 변형을 지속적이고 효과적으로 관측할 수 있는 방법이 필요하다. 그러나 현재 현장에서 주로 사용되는 전기저항식 로드셀과 스트레인게이지, 바이브레이팅 타입의 변형율계를 이용한 변형 및 장력의 측정은 센서 자체의 자기열화 특성 때문에 장기적인 모니터링에는 효과적이지 않을뿐더러 시험체 내부에서 다수의 측정점을 측정하기 위해서는 많은 스트레인게이지를 설치하기 위해 리드선의 공간이 크게 필요한 단점이 있다. FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating)센서는 스트레인게이지와 비교해서 매우 작은 직경을 가지며 전자기파에 의한 노이즈가 없고 내구성이 커서 장기적인 모니터링이 필요한 구조물에 매우 유용하게 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 7연 강연선의 센터 킹케이블에 FBG 센서를 내장한 스마트 텐던을 이용하여 토류구조물의 보강에 활용되고 있는 앵커와 주변 그라우트면의 하중전이 특성에 대한 일련의 실내실험 결과를 기술하였다. 연구결과 스마트 텐던은 기존의 스트레인 게이지 변형율계로는 마땅히 측정할 수 없던 7연 강연선과 그라우트면의 변형률을 매우 효과적으로 측정할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 하나의 선으로 여러 위치의 변형을 효과적으로 측정할 수 있어 지반보강재의 장력모니터링 뿐만 아니라 그라우트로 부착된 부분의 하중전이 특성을 효과적으로 파악할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.57-70
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• 2018

For the long-term structural health monitoring of civil structures, the effect of ambient temperature variation has been regarded as one of the critical issues. In this study, a principal component analysis (PCA)-based algorithm is proposed to filter out temperature effects on electromechanical impedance (EMI) monitoring of prestressed tendon anchorages. Firstly, the EMI monitoring via a piezoelectric interface device is described for prestress-loss detection in the tendon anchorage system. Secondly, the PCA-based temperature filtering algorithm tailored to the EMI monitoring of the prestressed tendon anchorage is outlined. The proposed algorithm utilizes the damage-sensitive features obtained from sub-ranges of the EMI data to establish the PCA-based filter model. Finally, the feasibility of the PCA-based algorithm is experimentally evaluated by distinguishing temperature changes from prestress-loss events in a prestressed concrete girder. The accuracy of the prestress-loss detection results is discussed with respect to the EMI features before and after the temperature filtering.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1159-1175
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• 2015

In this study, the effect of temperature variation on the wireless impedance monitoring is analyzed for the tendon-anchorage connection of the prestressed concrete girder. Firstly, three impedance features, which are peak frequency, root mean square deviation (RMSD) index, and correlation coefficient (CC) index, are selected to estimate the effects of temperature variation and prestress-loss on impedance signatures. Secondly, wireless impedance tests are performed on the tendon-anchorage connection for which a series of temperature variation and prestress-loss events are simulated. Thirdly, the effect of temperature variation on impedance signatures measured from the tendon-anchorage connection is estimated by the three impedance features. Finally, the effect of prestress-loss on impedance signatures is also estimated by the three impedance features. The relative effects of temperature variation and prestress-loss are comparatively examined.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.269-277
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• 2017

Recently, there has been significant interest in structural health monitoring for civil engineering applications. In this research, a specially designed tendon, proposed by embedding FBG sensors into the center king cable of a 7-wire strand tendon, was applied for long-term health monitoring of tensile forces on a ground anchor. To make temperature independent sensors, the effective temperature compensation of FBG sensors must be considered. The temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$ of the FBG sensors embedded tendon was successfully determined to be $2.0{\times}10^{-5}^{\circ}C^{-1}$ through calibrated tests in both a model rock body and a laboratory heat chamber. Furthermore, the obtained result for ${\beta}^{\prime}$ was formally verified through the ground temperature measurement test, expectedly. As a result, the ground temperature measured by a thermometer showed good agreement compared to that measured by the proposed FBG sensor, which was calibrated considering to the temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$. Finally, four prototype ground anchors including two tension ground anchors and two compression ground anchors made by replacing a tendon with the proposed smart tendon were installed into an actual slope at the Yeosu site. Tensile forces, after temperature compensation was taken into account using the verified temperature sensitivity coefficient ${\beta}^{\prime}$ and ground temperature obtained from the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) have been monitored for over one year, and the results were very consistent to those measured from the load cell, interestingly.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 교량 상부구조물의 보수 보강에 많이 사용되는 7연 강연선의 공용중 긴장력 관리를 위한 새로운 방법은 제안하였다. 제안된 스마트 강연선은 기존 강연선의 중앙 킹와이어를 강제튜브로 대체하고, 강제튜브의 내부에 FBG 광섬유센서를 설치하여 강연선의 변형률을 측정할 수 있도록 하였다. 내장된 센서를 통하여 이 스마트 강연선의 변형률을 쉽게 측정할 수 있으므로, 공용중 강연선의 긴장력을 모니터링할 수 있다. 본 연구에서 제안된 장력 모니터링 방법의 효용성을 증명하기 위하여 FBG센서 2개가 내장된 길이 7.0m인 스마트 강연선을 제작하고, 이를 길이 6.4m, 높이 0.6m인 RC T형 모형거더에 외장형 텐던으로 적용하였다. 그리고 이 시험거더에 대한 재하-제하시험을 실시하고 로드셀에서 계측된 긴장력과 스마트 강연선을 이용하여 예측한 긴장력을 비교하였다. 비교 결과, 제안된 스마트 강연선은 긴장력이 작용된 강연선의 장력을 정확하게 모니터링 하는데 유용함을 확인할 수 있었다.