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Safety Evaluation through Field Load Test of RC Slab Bridge (RC 슬래브 교량의 현장재하시험을 통한 안전성 평가)

  • Cho, Han-Min
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2022
  • Currently, RC slab bridges in use in Korea account for most of the total bridges, and bridges with a service life of 20 years or more account for about 75%. However, most of these RC slab bridges have a span of less than 20m and are not included in the first and second types of facilities, so maintenance is very neglected. Therefore, in this study, field load test is performed on an aged RC slab bridge, and the performance evaluation is performed based on the structural response results (deflection, impact coefficient, natural frequency, etc.) of the bridge obtained through field load test. In addition, the performance evaluation results obtained through the load test are intended to be used as basic data for the damage evaluation process of the bridge currently under development.

Design and Implementation of Bridge Information System using Smart Phone (스마트폰을 이용한 교량 정보 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Lee, Hwa-Min;Choi, Sung-Jai
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 2013
  • This paper presented an augmented reality based mobile application of maintenance and management for concrete bridges. For the development of augmented reality system, it was necessary to establish the concrete bridges detail information and history of maintenance that build the database of those. Also, the augmented reality based system required that concrete bridge information presented by the mobile smart phone. Therefore, this study developed an augmented reality based concrete bridge information mobile application-All about Bridge based on android smart phone and smart pad. The proposed All about Bridge application supports a various bridge informations simultaneously using smart phone and augmented reality technology.

Long-term health monitoring for deteriorated bridge structures based on Copula theory

  • Zhang, Yi;Kim, Chul-Woo;Tee, Kong Fah;Garg, Akhil;Garg, Ankit
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.171-185
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    • 2018
  • Maintenance of deteriorated bridge structures has always been one of the challenging issues in developing countries as it is directly related to daily life of people including trade and economy. An effective maintenance strategy is highly dependent on timely inspections on the bridge health condition. This study is intended to investigate an approach for detecting bridge damage for the long-term health monitoring by use of copula theory. Long-term measured data for the seven-span plate-Gerber bridge is investigated. Autoregressive time series models constructed for the observed accelerations taken from the bridge are utilized for the computation of damage indicator for the bridge. The copula model is used to analyze the statistical changes associated with the modal parameters. The changes in the modal parameters with the time are identified by the copula statistical properties. Applicability of the proposed method is also discussed based on a comparison study among other approaches.

Maintenance Effect Quantification Mode by Response Surface Method (Response Surface 방법에 의한 보수보강 정량화 모델)

  • Park Seung-Hyuc;Kim Sung-Hoon;Lim Jong-Kwon;Park Kyung-Hoon;Kong Jung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.557-564
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    • 2006
  • Life-cycle performance and maintaining cost predictions are required for the effective management for bridges. In Korea, the importance of management of bridges has been recognized over the past two decades, resulting in the development of databases and various bridge management support tools by both government and private sectors. However, none of these tools has truly included the expected features of the bridge management system (EMS) for the next generation such as the quantification of the effects of maintenance interventions on bridge condition and safety. In this paper, a novel quantification process to simulate the life-cycle performance of steel box bridges has been developed. The process is based on the Response Surface method. Various performance-related variables aloe investigated to identify a set of significant design variables to construct the response surfaces.

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Establishment of Maintance Methods for Express railway Bridges using High Rail Monitoring Systems (상시 계측결과를 이용한 고속철도 교량의 유지관리 기준치 설정)

  • Seo, Hyeong-Lyel;Han, Sang-Chul;Ji, Ki-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.322-327
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    • 2006
  • Banwol bridge with steel plate girder and Pyongtaek bridge with PSC bos girder have been operated maintenance measuring system by the Seoul-Chonan of Kyongbu express railway. By analyzing the theoretical and experimental values of design load for these two bridge, the establishment of reference maintenance for measuring items was deduced from research. Two materials, steel and concrete plates, were considered as the upper structure. Actual measurement data for the behavior under speed, structural analysis results, and the presented references were analyzed and used to set up the reference establishment. The measuring items are stress(strain), displacement, dynamic acceleration, expansion movement, and dynamic frequency. The maintenance reference was established by comparing analytical and measuring values of the five items with respect to structural state class.

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A Study on the Load Carrying Capacity of the RC-T Bridge considering depth of crack (RC-T 교량의 균열을 고려한 내하력평가 연구)

  • Shim, Jae-Soo;Kim, Chun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 1999
  • Recently, many existing bridges has been evaluated for maintenance and protection of collapse. In this study, field measurement according to truck loads tests on the reinforce concrete T beam bridge was carried out. Comparing the results of load test and structural analysis using the moments of inertia of gross section, crack section and effective section, and the moments of inertia of section considering depth of crack, it is conclude that the evaluation of load carrying capacity using the stress modification factor from structural analysis using the moments of inertia of gross section is more rational than using the other moments of inertia of sections.

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Best Practice on Inspecting the Abnormal State of Bridge (Engineering works) Establishment with Augmented Reality (AR) Mechanism

  • Janghwan Kim;So Young Moon;R. Young Chul Kim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.168-174
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    • 2023
  • In the current world, with the massive scale of SOC construction, it is difficult to diagnose and check all of a bridge's abnormal states with even the experts' eyes for maintenance. It is because we should spend huge costs and time on maintenance. Still, there are not many alternative ways to inspect bridges remotely regarding accuracy or reality. Therefore, we remark on the advantages and disadvantages of previous methods through practices in SOC maintenance. To inspect the abnormal state of the Bridge, we suggest inspecting bridges with an Augmented Reality (AR) mechanism to reduce cost, human resource consumption, and the risk of work. Through the proposed approach, we expect that it provides ways to solve massive construction problems with software-based technologies.

IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF BRIDGE DETERIORATION MODEL USING GENERATED MISSING CONDITION RATINGS

  • Jung Baeg Son;Jaeho Lee;Michael Blumenstein;Yew-Chaye Loo;Hong Guan;Kriengsak Panuwatwanich
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.700-706
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    • 2009
  • Bridges are vital components of any road network which demand crucial and timely decision-making for Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation (MR&R) activities. Bridge Management Systems (BMSs) as a decision support system (DSS), have been developed since the early 1990's to assist in the management of a large bridge network. Historical condition ratings obtained from biennial bridge inspections are major resources for predicting future bridge deteriorations via BMSs. Available historical condition ratings in most bridge agencies, however, are very limited, and thus posing a major barrier for obtaining reliable future structural performances. To alleviate this problem, the verified Backward Prediction Model (BPM) technique has been developed to help generate missing historical condition ratings. This is achieved through establishing the correlation between known condition ratings and such non-bridge factors as climate and environmental conditions, traffic volumes and population growth. Such correlations can then be used to obtain the bridge condition ratings of the missing years. With the help of these generated datasets, the currently available bridge deterioration model can be utilized to more reliably forecast future bridge conditions. In this paper, the prediction accuracy based on 4 and 9 BPM-generated historical condition ratings as input data are compared, using deterministic and stochastic bridge deterioration models. The comparison outcomes indicate that the prediction error decreases as more historical condition ratings obtained. This implies that the BPM can be utilised to generate unavailable historical data, which is crucial for bridge deterioration models to achieve more accurate prediction results. Nevertheless, there are considerable limitations in the existing bridge deterioration models. Thus, further research is essential to improve the prediction accuracy of bridge deterioration models.

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Maintenance & Repairs of pier Structure (교각구조물의 유지보수)

  • 김규린
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2001
  • This paper Is described for the maintenance and repair method for the pier structure currently under repair works in the Han river bridges. During the economic growth period from the year 1960 to 1980, our engineer was concentrated only for study of the construction method of bridge. We have neglected the importance for the maintenance & repair method of construction structure. Therefore this paper will give you some ideas of repair and maintenance method.

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