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Redundancy of the Composite Twin Steel Plate Girder Bridgeaccording to the Dimension and Spacing of Cross Beams (강합성 플레이트 2-거더교의 가로보 제원 및 설치 간격에 따른 여유도 평가)

  • Park, Yong Myung;Joe, Woom Do Ji;Baek, Sung Yong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.137-146
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a numerical study on the evaluation of the redundancy according to the dimension and spacing of cross beams in the composite twin steel plate girder bridges that are generally recognized as a non-redundant load path structures, has been performed. Specifically, a two-lane three-span continuous (40+50+40m) bridge with I-section cross beams which serve as cross bracing, and without a lateral bracing were considered. The material and geometric nonlinear analyses were conducted to evaluate the ultimate loading capacity of the intact and damaged bridge in which one of the two girders is seriously fractured. Through the numerical analyses, it was recognized that there is little difference in redundancy according to the variation of the dimension and spacing of the cross beams for both intact and damaged bridges.

A Study on FE Modeling Techniques of Steel Plate Girder Bridge with Composite Section for the Dynamic Analysis (동특성 분석을 위한 합성단면을 갖는 교량구조물의 FE 모델링 기법)

  • Heo, Gwang-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 2006
  • The dynamic characteristics of a bridge deduced by using the modeling techniques depend on its stiffness and mass calculated from its geometric model. This research develops the FE modeling techniques for a steel plate girder bridge with composite section. and proves their validity by comparing the results with those from actual measurement. The FE modeling techniques are divided into two categories--a simplified one and two-dimensional model and a detailed three-dimensional model. In the meantime, the dynamic responses of the bridge tested for this research were measured by the ambient vibration some of accelerometers were been attached to its upper slab girder under normal traffic load. The Cross Power Spectrum obtained from the measurement was used to analyze the dynamic characteristics by natural excitation techniques. The analytic results are compared to those of each FE modeling, and thereby the modeling techniques were proved to be valid.

An Experimental Study on the dynamic behavior of 4-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge with ${\pi}$-Type Girder (${\pi}$형 거더를 가진 4경간 사장교의 동적거동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Cho, Jae-Young;Kim, Young-Min;Lee, Hak-Eun;Yoon, Ki-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.4 no.1 s.12
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2004
  • Generally, a ${\pi}$-type girder composed of two I-type girders is known to have a significant disadvantage in wind resistance design because of aerodynamic instability. A representative bridge for this girder was Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Since Tacoma Narrows Bridge had very low stiffness of the bridge structure and its cross-section shape had aerodynamic instability, the bridge collapsed after severe torsion and vibration events in 19m/s wind speed. Aerodynamic vibration can be avoided by enhancing structural stiffness and damping factor and conducting a study of cross-section shapes. This study shows the angle of attack for the four-span cable stayed bridge having ${\pi}$-type cross-section and describes the aerodynamic characteristics of the changed cross-section with aerodynamic vibration damping additions, by carrying out two-dimension vibration tests. As a result of uniform flow and turbulent flow, the study shows that because the basic ${\pi}$-type cross-section alone can have efficient wind resistant stability, there is no need to have additional aerodynamic damping equipment. Since this four 230m-main-span bridge has a large frequency and also has a big stiffness compared to other bridges containing a similar cross-section, it has aerodynamic stability under the design wind speed.

Dynamic Behaviors of Skewed Bridge with PSC Girders Wrapped by Steel Plate

  • Rhee, In-Kyu;Kim, Lee-Hyeon;Kim, Hyun-Min;Lee, Joo-Beom
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2010
  • This paper attempts to extract the fundamental dynamic properties, i.e. natural frequencies, damping ratios of the 48 m-long, $20^{\circ}$ skewed real bridge with PSC girders wrapped by a steel plate. The forced vibration test is achieved by mounting 12 Hz-capacity of artificial oscillator on the top of bridge deck. The acceleration histories at the 9 different locations of deck surface are recorded using accelerometors. From this full-scaled vibration test, the two possible resonance frequencies are detected at 2.38 Hz and 9.86 Hz of the skewed bridge deck by sweeping a beating frequency up to 12 Hz. The absolute acceleration/energy exhibits much higher in case of higher-order twist mode, 9.86 Hz due to the skewness of bridge deck which leads asymmetric situation of vibration. This implies the test bridge is under swinging vertically in fundamental flexure mode while the bridge is also flickered up and down laterally at 9.86 Hz. This is probably by asymmetric geometry of skewed deck. A detailed 3D beam-shell bridge models using finite elements are performed under a series of train loads for modal dynamic analyses. Thereby, the effect of skewness is examined to clarify the lateral flickering caused by asymmetrical geometry of bridge deck.

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Longitudinal anti-cracking analysis for post-tensioned voided slab bridges

  • Zhou, Zhen;Meng, Shao-Ping;Liu, Zhao
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.459-473
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    • 2012
  • Post-tensioned concrete voided slab girders are widely used in highway bridge constructions. To obtain greater section hollow rate and reduce the self-weight, the plate thickness of slab girders are designed to be small with the adoption of flat anchorage system. Since large prestress is applied to the anchor end section, it was found that longitudinal shear cracks are easy to occur along the voided slab girder. The reason is the existence of great shearing effect at the junction area between web and bottom (top) plate in the anchor end section. This paper focuses on the longitudinal anti-cracking problem at the anchor end of post-tensioned concrete voided slab girders. Two possible models for longitudinal anticracking analysis are proposed. Differential element analysis method is adopted to derive the solving formula of the critical cracking state, and then the practical analysis method for longitudinal anti-cracking is established. The influence of some factors on the longitudinal anti-cracking ability is studied. Results show that the section dimensions (thickness of bottom, web and top plate) and prestress eccentricity on web plate are the main factors that influence the anti-cracking ability. Moreover, the proposed method is applied into three engineering examples to make longitudinal anti-cracking verification for the girders. According to the verification results, the design improvements for these girders are determined.

A Study on Creep, Drying Shrinkage, Hydration Heat Produced in Concrete Floor Plate of Steel Box Girdler Bridge (강박스 거더교 콘크리트 바닥판에 발생하는 크리프, 건조수축, 수화열에 관한 연구)

  • 강성후;박선준;김민성
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.457-462
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    • 2003
  • It studies the non-structural crack factors that are produced in Steel Box Girder Bridge concrete floor plate using analytical method. It mainly studies humidity and design standard of concrete strength. It used MIDAS CIVIL Ver 5.4.0, a general structure analysis program that applies drying shrinkage rate of domestic road bridge design standard and standard value of creep coefficient, CEF-FIP standard equation and ACI standard equation from the aspect of creep, drying shrinkage and hydration heat to see the effect of the two factors on concrete crack and found the following result. The analytical results of this study showed that the initial stress, which was obtained by ACI standard, exceeds the allowable tensile stress between 5 to 18 days. This result means that even if a bridge is designed and constructed according to design standard, the bridge can have cracks due to various variables such as drying shrinkage, hydration heat and creep that produce stress in slab.

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The Analysis of Two Span Continuous Composite Plate Girder Bridge by ALFD (ALFD해석방법에 의한 2경간합성교 연구)

  • 한상철
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.115-128
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    • 1992
  • The main purpose of this study was to determine whether the inelastic moment-rotation character-istics defined by the lower-bound curve permit economical ALFD for noncompact plate gilders. The study was also intended to determine the benefits of improving the moment-rotation to illustrate the ar plication of the ALFD to noncompact plate girders and to show the Influence of various parameters on the design process. To accomplish these objectives, 34 preliminary designs were made by ALFD or LFD or WSD. In the study, this method of analysis is described first. Next, the design procedures are described. Finally, the resulting designs are presented and discussed.

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Maintenance and Dynamic Behavior of Advanced Spherical Bearings under Railway Open-Steel-Plate-Girder Bridges (판형교에서 개량된 스페리칼받침의 유지보수 및 동적 거동)

  • Choi, Eun-Soo;Lee, Hee-Up;Lee, Seung-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.165-175
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    • 2008
  • Line type rigid bearings for Open-Steel-Plate-Girder railway bridges have several problems in service, and they are unstable structurally. A series of lateral resistance tests were performed for a retrieved line type bearing. A spherical bearing with advanced maintenance-capability and a device to resist the up-lift was developed and replaced the existing ones. An experiment of maintenance for a new spherical bearing under real Open-Steel-Plate-Girder bridge was conducted and their good maintenance performance was proved. Also, a test against up-lift was performed for the bearing. The dynamic behavior of the bridge was measured and analyzed for the two cases of the existing and replaced bearings. Therefore, the suitability of the new spherical bearings on the railway bridge was improved.

Analytical and Experimental Studies on Partially Composite of Steel-Plate Girder Bridges Using Slab Anchors (바닥판 앵커를 사용한 플레이트거더교의 부분합성에 관한 해석 및 실험 연구)

  • Han, Sang Yun;Park, Nam Hoi;Yoon, Ki Young;Kang, Young Jong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.16 no.3 s.70
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    • pp.325-332
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    • 2004
  • Cross sections of steel-plate girder bridges are divided into three cross sections of non-composite, partially composite, and fully composite sections, according to their composite characteristics. The Korean provision for the partially and fully composite sections specifies general usage of the stud of shear connectors, whereas the one for the non-composite section specifies empirical usage of slab anchors. However, the actual behavior of the cross sections of steel-plate girder bridges using slab anchors is close not to the non-composite action, but to the partially composite action. Therefore analytical and experimental studies on partial composites of steel-plate girder bridges using slab anchors are performed in this study. Intial stiffness of the slab anchor is obtained by the experimental study for the first time, and the composite characteristic of simple-span and two-span continuous steel-plate girder bridges is investigated by the finite element analyses for the second time. Based on the obtained initial stiffness, the reduction effect of tensile stresses in the concrete-slab on the intermediate support of the continuous bridge is also considered herein.

An Experiment on Redundancy in Continuous Span Two-Girder Bridge - Effects of Lateral Bracing (연속 2-거더교의 여유도 평가 실험 - 수평브레이싱의 효과)

  • Park, Yong-Myung;Joe, Woom-Do-Ji;Hwang, Min-Oh;Yoon, Tae-Yang
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.4A
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    • pp.417-429
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents an experimental result to evaluate the redundancy in continuous span two plate-girder bridges which are generally classified as a non-redundant load path structure. The experiments were performed when one of the two girders is seriously cracked. To estimate the effects of bottom lateral bracing on the redundancy, the experiment variable was considered as the bottom lateral bracing, and two 1/5-scaled bridge specimens with and without lateral bracing system were fabricated. The ultimate loading tests were conducted on the damaged specimens with an induced crack at a girder in the side span. The test results showed that the load carrying capacity of damaged specimen with bracing was about 1.2 times higher than that without bracing. To evaluate the redundancy in each specimen, numerical analysis was performed to calibrate the difference of dead load between the actual bridge and the test specimens. When the dead load calibration is considered, the results showed that a continuous span two-girder bridges have a reasonable redundancy even without lateral bracing. Especially, the level of redundancy is increased by about 1.8 times when the lateral bracing is provided.