• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1233-1251
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• 2016

In this paper, it is aimed to determine the stochastic response of a suspension bridge subjected to spatially varying ground motions considering the geometric nonlinearity. Bosphorus Suspension Bridge built in Turkey and connects Europe to Asia in Istanbul is selected as a numerical example. The spatial variability of the ground motion is considered with the incoherence, wave-passage and site-response effects. The importance of site-response effect which arises from the difference in the local soil conditions at different support points of the structure is also investigated. At the end of the study, mean of the maximum and variance response values obtained from the spatially varying ground motions are compared with those of the specialised cases of the ground motion model. It is seen that each component of the spatially varying ground motion model has important effects on the dynamic behaviour of the bridge. The response values obtained from the general excitation case, which also includes the site-response effect causes larger response values than those of the homogeneous soil condition cases. The variance values calculated for the general excitation case are dominated by dynamic component at the deck and Asian side tower. The response values obtained for the site-response effect alone are larger than the response values obtained for the incoherence and wave-passage effects, separately. It can be concluded that suspension bridges are sensitive to the spatial variability of ground motion. Therefore, the incoherence, the wave-passage and especially the site-response effects should be considered in the stochastic analysis of this type of engineering structures.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.693-707
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• 2015

The efficiency of wind turbines (WT) is primarily reflected in their ability to generate electricity at any time. Downtimes of WTs due to "conventional" inspections are cost-intensive and undesirable for investors. For this reason, there is a need for structural health monitoring (SHM) systems, to enable service and maintenance on demand and to increase the inspection intervals. In general, monitoring increases the cost effectiveness of WTs. This publication concentrates on the application of two vibration-based SHM algorithms for stability and structural change monitoring of offshore WTs. Only data driven, output-only algorithms based on stochastic subspace identification (SSI) in time domain are considered. The centerpiece of this paper deals with the rough mathematical description of the dynamic behavior of offshore WTs and with the basic presentation of stochastic subspace-based algorithms and their application to these structures. Due to the early stage of the industrial application of SHM on offshore WT on the one side and the required confidentiality to the plant manufacturer and operator on the other side, up to now it is not possible to analyze different isolated structural damages resp. changes in a systematic manner, directly by means of in-situ measurement and to make these "acknowledgements" publicly available. For this reason, the sensitivity of the methods for monitoring purposes are demonstrated through their application on long time measurements from a 1:10 large scale test rig of an offshore WT under different conditions: undamaged, different levels of loosened bolt connections between tower parts, different levels of fouling, scouring and structure inclination. The limitation and further requirements for the approaches and their applicability on real foundations are discussed along the paper.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

구조물 상시모니터링에서 센서위치 최적화는 모니터링 결과에 중요한 영향을 준다. 따라서 본 논문은 구조계수 또는 손상도를 추정하기 위한 목적으로 동특성 자료를 계측하고자 할 때, 충분한 정보를 획득할 수 있는 최적의 계측점을 선정하는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 유전자 알고리즘을 계측점 선정을 위한 최적화 기법으로 사용하는 것이다. 유전자 알고리즘의 핵심인 적합도함수를 구조계수에 의한 모드벡터의 민감도와 모드벡터의 직교성을 고려할 수 있도록 구성하였다. 간단한 타워 구조물에 대한 예제 해석을 통해 제안된 방법의 타당성을 확인하였다. 적합도함수를 구성하고 있는 모드 민감도와 모드 직교성이 최적 계측점 선정에 어떤 영향을 주는지 예제해석을 통하여 분석하였다. 결론적으로, 제안된 적합도 함수를 사용하면 계측 목적에 타당한 계측점을 선정할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2002

거더와 가로보를 포함하는 많은 교량시스템과 콘크리트 상판은 특별직교이방성 판처럼 거동한다. 그런데 Navier나 Levy의 해로 해결할 수 없는 경계조건을 가졌거나, 불규칙 단면을 가진 경에에 해석해를 얻기 것이 매우 어렵다. 더구나 이러한 경우, 고유치 문제에 대한 수치해법은 너무 복잡하다. 그러나 불규칙 단면을 갖는 보와 탑에 대해, 첫 번째 진동모드에 해당하는 고유진동수를 계산하는 방법이 1974년 '김'에 의해 개발되어 발표되었다. 최근에 이 방법은 2차원 문제로 확장되었고 전단변형이 고려된 복합판에 적용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 이 방법을 다양한 경계조건을 갖는 특별직교이방성 복합적층판에 적용하여 타당성을 검토하고 그 해석결과를 제시한다.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.93-101
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• 1989

본 논문에서는 가이드 타워, 텐션 레그 프랫폼, 무어링 부이, 해저 케이블, 사장교, 현수교, 케이블 루프 등과 같은 해상 및 육상 구조물의 유한요소 모델에 사용하기 위한 기하학적 비선형 케이블 요소를 연구 제시하였으며, 케이블 요소는 평면내에서 임의의 하중과 기하형상을 갖는 케이블에 대한 탄성현수 케이블 이론으로부터의 적합방정식과 연성행렬을 직접 이용하여 유도하였다. 또한, 유도된 케이블 유한요소에 근거하여, 케이블 부재를 사용하는 구조물들의 유한요소 해석을 위해 전산 프로그램을 개발하였으며, 시간영역 동적 해석을 위해 뉴마크-베타의 직접적분법을 사용하였고, 각 시간간격에서의 비선형 평형방정식 및 적합방정식을 풀기 위한 방법으로서 뉴톤-랩슨의 반복법을 사용하였다. 이상과 같이 개발된 전산 프로그램을 이용하여 케이블 부재에 대한 정적 및 동적 해석을 수행한 후 그 결과를 분석ㆍ고찰하여 보았다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.75-92
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• 2016

The design of a semi-active (SA) control system addressed to mitigate wind induced structural demand to high wind turbine towers is discussed herein. Actually, the remarkable growth in height of wind turbines in the last decades, for a higher production of electricity, makes this issue pressing than ever. The main objective is limiting bending moment demand by relaxing the base restraint, without increasing the top displacement, so reducing the incidence of harmful "p-delta" effects. A variable restraint at the base, able to modify in real time its mechanical properties according to the instantaneous response of the tower, is proposed. It is made of a smooth hinge with additional elastic stiffness and variable damping respectively given by springs and SA magnetorheological (MR) dampers installed in parallel. The idea has been physically realized at the Denmark Technical University where a 1/20 scale model of a real, one hundred meters tall wind turbine has been assumed as case study for shaking table tests. A special control algorithm has been purposely designed to drive MR dampers. Starting from the results of preliminary laboratory tests, a finite element model of such structure has been calibrated so as to develop several numerical simulations addressed to calibrate the controller, i.e., to achieve as much as possible different, even conflicting, structural goals. The results are definitely encouraging, since the best configuration of the controller leaded to about 80% of reduction of base stress, as well as to about 30% of reduction of top displacement in respect to the fixed base case.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.505-522
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• 2015

Variation of temperature is a primary environmental factor that affects the behavior of structures. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of normal temperature-induced variations of structural behavior would help in distinguishing them from anomalies. In this study, we used the structural health monitoring data of the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge, a steel girder cable-stayed bridge, to investigate the mechanisms of thermally induced vertical deflection ($D_T$) at mid-span of such bridges. The $D_T$ results from a multisource combination of thermal expansion effects of the cable temperature ($T_{Cab}$), girder temperature ($T_{Gir}$), girder differential temperature ($T_{Dif}$), and tower temperature ($T_{Tow}$). It could be approximated by multiple linear superpositions under operational conditions. The sensitivities of $D_T$ of the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge to the above temperatures were in the following order: $T_{Cab}$ > $T_{Gir}$ > $T_{Tow}$ > $T_{Dif}$. However, the direction of the effect of $T_{Cab}$ was observed to be opposite to that of the other three temperatures, and the magnitudes of the effects of $T_{Cab}$ and $T_{Gir}$ were found to be almost one order greater than those of $T_{Dif}$ and $T_{Tow}$. The mechanisms of the thermally induced vertical deflection variation at mid-span of a cable-stayed bridge as well as the analytical methodology adopted in this study could be applicable for other long-span cable-stayed bridges.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.859-887
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• 2015

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has gained in popularity in recent years since it can assess the performance and condition of instrumented structures in real time and provide valuable information to the asset's manager and owner. Operational modal analysis plays an important role in SHM and it involves the determination of natural frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes of a constructed structure based on measured dynamic data. This paper presents the operational modal analysis and seismic response characterization of the Tsing Ma Suspension Bridge of 2,160 m long subjected to different earthquake events. Three kinds of events, i.e., short-distance, middle-distance and long-distance earthquakes are taken into account. A fast Bayesian modal identification method is used to carry out the operational modal analysis. The modal properties of the bridge are identified and compared by use of the field monitoring data acquired before and after the earthquake for each type of the events. Research emphasis is given on identifying the predominant modes of the seismic responses in the deck during short-distance, middle-distance and long-distance earthquakes, respectively, and characterizing the response pattern of various structural portions (deck, towers, main cables, etc.) under different types of earthquakes. Since the bridge is over 2,000 m long, the seismic wave would arrive at the tower/anchorage basements of the two side spans at different time instants. The behaviors of structural dynamic responses on the Tsing Yi side span and on the Ma Wan side span under each type of the earthquake events are compared. The results obtained from this study would be beneficial to the seismic design of future long-span bridges to be built around Hong Kong (e.g., the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge).

• 지구물리
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2006

실시간 동적 GPS (Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning System) 측량과 관성항법장치인 IMU(InertialMeasurement Unit)는 보다 정확한 지형정보의 획득과 동체의 모니터링에 이르기 까지 그 활용범위가 확대되어가고 있다. 실시간 동적 GPS 안에 신속히 수행할 수 있으며 , IMU는 정확하게 동적자세를 결정할 수 있기 때문에 교량 등 대형구조물의 거동을 모니터링 하는데 유용한 방법으로 대두되고 있다 . 따라서 본 연구에서는 대형구조물의 거동을 모니터링하는 시스템을 구축하기 위해서 GPS 측위방법 중 실시간 동적 GPS 측량 방법을 이용하여 현수교 주탑의 거동을 측량함에 있어, 먼저 GPS에 의한 정확한 위치를 분석하였으며 , 이를 바탕으로 실시간 동적 GPS 측량과 IMU를 이용한 모니터링 경보 시스템을 개발하였다 . 개발된 시스템으로 관측한 결과와 비교하여 , X축은 1mm, Y축은 1mm, Z축은 2.2m 로서 실시간 동적 GPS 측량과 IMU를 이용한 구조물 모니터링 측량이 가능함을 입증할 수 있었다 .

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권3A호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2009

풍하중이 지배적인 구조물의 경우에 정확한 설계풍속의 산정은 구조적 안정성뿐만 아니라 경제성까지도 좌우하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 광양대교 현장에 설치된 관측탑에서 약 1년간 측정한 풍속을 사용하여 풍환경을 분석하였고, MCP(Measure-Correlate-Predict) 방법을 적용하여 관측치로부터 장기 풍속을 추정하였다. 그 결과를 보면, 광양만은 바다이지만 개활지에 가까운 풍속 특성을 나타내고 있으며, 조도지수는 고도에 따라 달라지는 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 풍향에 따라 난류강도와 조도지수가 상당히 차이나는 것으로 나타났다. MCP 방법으로 추정한 200년빈도 설계풍속은 초기설계치보다 20 m/s이상 낮았으며, 실측된 풍속과 거스트계수를 고려한 설계풍하중은 초기설계치의 36%밖에 안되는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 볼 때 국부적인 지형의 영향으로 추정한 교량 현장의 풍환경과 직접 측정한 풍환경은 차이가 나므로, 경제적이고 안전한 설계를 위해서는 단기간이라도 현장 풍환경 관측이 필요하다고 판단된다.