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Structural evaluation of Aspendos (Belkis) Masonry Bridge

  • Turker, Temel
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.419-439
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the structural performance of a seven span masonry arch bridge was evaluated. Investigations were performed on Aspendos (Belkis) Masonry Arch Bridge which was located on road of Aspendos Acropolis City in Antalya, Turkey. The old bridge was constructed in the early of fourth century AD, but it was exposed to the earthquakes in this region and the overloading by the river water. The old bridge was severely damaged and collapsed by probably an earthquake many years ago and a new bridge was then reconstructed on the remains of this old bridge by Seljuk in the 13th century. The bridge has also been affected from overflowing especially in the spring of each year, so some protective measures should be taken for this monumental bridge. Therefore, the structural performance under these loading has to be known. For this purpose, an initial finite element model was developed for the bridge and it was calibrated according to ambient vibration test results. After that, it was analyzed for different load cases such as dead, live, earthquake and overflow. Three load combinations were taken into account by deriving from these load cases. The displacements and the stresses for these combination cases were attained and compared with each other. The structural performance of Aspendos Masonry Arch Bridge was determined by considering the demand-capacity ratio for the tensile stress of the mortar used in Aspendos Masonry Arch Bridge. After these investigations, some concluding remarks and offers were presented at the end of this study.

Hilbert transform based approach to improve extraction of "drive-by" bridge frequency

  • Tan, Chengjun;Uddin, Nasim
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.265-277
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    • 2020
  • Recently, the concept of "drive-by" bridge monitoring system using indirect measurements from a passing vehicle to extract key parameters of a bridge has been rapidly developed. As one of the most key parameters of a bridge, the natural frequency has been successfully extracted theoretically and in practice using indirect measurements. The frequency of bridge is generally calculated applying Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) directly. However, it has been demonstrated that with the increase in vehicle velocity, the estimated frequency resolution of FFT will be very low causing a great extracted error. Moreover, because of the low frequency resolution, it is hard to detect the frequency drop caused by any damages or degradation of the bridge structural integrity. This paper will introduce a new technique of bridge frequency extraction based on Hilbert Transform (HT) that is not restricted to frequency resolution and can, therefore, improve identification accuracy. In this paper, deriving from the vehicle response, the closed-form solution associated with bridge frequency removing the effect of vehicle velocity is discussed in the analytical study. Then a numerical Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) model with a quarter car model is adopted to demonstrate the proposed approach. Finally, factors that affect the proposed approach are studied, including vehicle velocity, signal noise, and road roughness profile.

Load Bearing Capacity Evaluation of Continuous IPC Girder Bridge. (IPC 거더 연속교의 실교량 내하력 평가 연구)

  • Han, Man-Yop;Hwang, Eu-Seung;Jin, Kyung-Seok;Kang, Sang-Hoon;Shin, Jae-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.475-478
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    • 2005
  • This study was performed to evaluate about load bearing capacity of continuos IPC Girder Bridge under and after Construction. This is Ichi-1 Bridge that is 2-40m span continuous bridge on a extension road through the Ichun and the Naesa. The result of static loading test to use a 25ton truck after construction, deflection ratio is 0.64 that is $35\%$ and average of response ratio is 0.48$\~$0.89 that is less than theoretical value. The result of dynamic loading test, the number of proper vibrations is 3.06Hz that is like theoretical value 3.61Hz, the modulus of impact is 0.235 that is bigger than specification 0.19. the load bearing capacity is minimum DB-40 that is so big value. In the result, continuos IPC Girder Bridge is safe in short period. we will evaluate long period behavior of continuos IPC Girder Bridge.

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Application of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for Mobile Bridge Management System (MBMS) (PDA를 이용한 무선교량유지관리(MBMS) Application 개발)

  • 이태식;이동욱;이성현
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.223-231
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    • 2004
  • The accumulated BMS data have made it easy to make reasonable decision-making for bride maintenance and repair work. In the developing period of BMS, the bridge management was not easy due to the lack of understanding of BMS and low credibility of the data. In recent years, it has been possible to enhance the credibility of the data and to expand the application scopes of BMS with the efforts of Local Road Construction Offices. The reasonable decision making for bridge management can improve the performance of bridges under the practical constraints such as limited budget. It can then result in the reduction of bridge maintenance budget. This study provides the methodology for the application of mobile internet-based KOBMS for bridge management. The data flow for BMS is the most important factor for decision-making on budget allocation, and this study establishes the basic scheme of the data flow for BMS. The implementation of PDA for BMS may suggest a new paradigm of 'Mobile' in the field of construction management.

Modal parametric changes in a steel bridge with retrofitting

  • Walia, Suresh Kumar;Vinayak, Hemant Kumar;Kumar, Ashok;Parti, Raman
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.385-403
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the status improvement of an old damaged deck type rural road steel truss bridge through the modal parametric study after partial retrofitting. The dynamic and static tests on bridge were carried out as in damaged state and after partial retrofitting. The dynamic testing on the steel bridge was carried out using accelerometers under similar environmental conditions with same speed of the moving vehicle. The comparison of the modal parameters i.e., frequency, mode shape mode shape curvature, modal strain energy, along with the deflection parameter are studied with respect to structural analytical model parameters. The status up gradation for the upper and downstream truss obtained was different due to differential level of damage in the bridge. Also after retrofitting the structural elemental behavior obtained was not same as desired. The damage level obtained through static tests carried out using total station indicated further retrofitting requirement.

Impact factors of an old bridge under moving vehicular loads

  • Liu, Yang;Yin, Xinfeng;Zhang, Jianren;Cai, C.S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.353-370
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a new method to study the impact factor of an old bridge based on the model updating technique. Using the genetic algorithm (GA) by minimizing an objective function of the residuals between the measured and predicted responses, the bridge and vehicle coupled vibration models were updated. Based on the displacement relationship and the interaction force relationship at the contact patches, the vehicle-bridge coupled system can be established by combining the equations of motion of both the bridge and vehicles. The simulated results show that the present method can simulate precisely the response of the tested bridge; compared with the other bridge codes, the impact factor specified by the bridge code of AASHTO (LRFD) is the most conservative one, and the value of Chinese highway bridge design code (CHBDC) is the lowest; for the large majority of old bridges whose road surface conditions have deteriorated, calculating the impact factor with the bridge codes cannot ensure the reliable results.

Development of a Bridge Disaster Management System Using GIS (GIS를 이용한 교량재해관리시스템 개발)

  • Ahn, Ki-Won;Yoo, Hwan-Hee;Choi, Yun-Soo;Shin, Sok-Hyo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.7 no.2 s.14
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    • pp.69-80
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a Bridge Disaster Management System for bridge safety control using Geographic Information Systems(GIS). The constructed database includes several graphic layers such as basemap, road, bridge location, etc. and has related text attributes for 32 bridges and its facilities in Chinju City. Using the language of Visual Basic 5.0, personal computer based Bridge Disaster Management System which has several functions for bridge safety analysis was developed. The developed GIS based Bridge Disaster Management System has the functions of fast and efficient data searching, file management, searching and management of bridge characteristics, bridge related map viewing, searching and management of traffic survey, bridge inspection and repair work results, and evaluating the bridge safety grades, etc..

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Proposal of Domestic Road Bridge Deck Deterioration Models and Forecast of Replacement Demand (국내 도로교량 바닥판 열화모델 제안 및 교체 수요 예측)

  • Kim, Jin-Kwang;Jang, Il-Young
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2017
  • Bridge decks are members that rapidly deteriorated due to various environmental factors such as heavy vehicle and deicing salt, etc. As the lifespan of bridges built in Korea increases, it is expected that the demand for replacing the deteriorated bridge decks will increase. In other countries, Accelerated Bridge Construction technology using precast decks is already actively being used as a countermeasure for replacement demand of deteriorated bridge decks. In this study, bridge decks deterioration models are proposed by collecting and analysing the condition index data of domestic bridge decks. Also, the future replacement demands of deteriorated bridge decks in terms of replacement time and replacement scale are predicted.