• Computers and Concrete
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.483-499
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• 2014

Most of the methods presented in the literature to define the target service stresses (Objective Service Stage, OSS) of cable-stayed bridges rarely include the time-dependent phenomena effects. Nevertheless, especially in concrete structures, this assumption might be on the unsafe side because time-dependent phenomena usually modify service stresses. To fill this gap, this paper studies the time-dependent phenomena effects into service stresses of concrete cable-stayed bridges. After illustrating the important role of these phenomena in an asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge without backstay, a new method to include their effects into the OSS is presented. An important issue to be considered in this method is the target time in which the OSS is defined to be achieved. The application of this method to two different structures showed the convenience of defining the OSS to be achieved at early times because that way the envelope of service stresses is reduced.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.139-155
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• 2012

Structural health monitoring systems are often installed on bridges to provide assessments of the need for structural maintenance and repair. Damage or deterioration may be detected by observation of changes in bridge characteristics evaluated from measured structural responses. However, construction materials such as concrete and steel cables exhibit certain time-dependent behaviour, which also results in changes in structural characteristics. If these are not accounted for properly, false alarms may arise. This paper proposes a systematic and efficient method to study the time-dependent effects on the dynamic properties of cable-stayed bridges. After establishing the finite element model of a cable-stayed bridge taking into account geometric nonlinearities and time-dependent behaviour, long-term time-dependent analysis is carried out by time integration. Then the dynamic properties of the bridge after a certain period can be obtained. The effects of time-dependent behaviour of construction materials on the dynamic properties of typical cable-stayed bridges are investigated in detail.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2012

본 연구는 케이블 파단이 콘크리트사장교의 동적거동에 미치는 영향을 강합성사장교에 대한 것과 비교하여 검토하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해, 강합성사장교를 대상으로 시간이력함수를 이용한 케이블 파단을 모사하는 적합한 해석기법을 검토하고, 동적확대계수를 평가하였다. 콘크리트사장교에서 계산된 동적확대계수를 설계기준을 기반으로 강합성사장교에 대한 것과 비교 검토하였다. 그 결과, 동적확대계수에 대한 현행 설계기준이 전반적으로 신뢰할 수 있는 것으로 판단되며 콘크리트사장교의 경우 동적확대계수 값이 강합성사장교에 비해 상대적으로 상승되는 경향을 보이나 설계기준을 만족한다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.703-722
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• 2013

In this paper a study about concrete arch bridges built by lattice cantilevers is presented. Lattice cantilevers are partial structures composed of deck, arch, piers and provisional steel diagonals, organized as reticular cantilever girders, in order to build arch bridges without the use of centrings, supports or temporary towers. Characteristics of this construction methodology with its variants are explained together with their implications in the erection sequence. Partial elastic scheme method is implemented in order to find initial forces of temporary cables and a forward analysis is carried out to follow the actual sequence of construction, by extending a procedure already applied to concrete cable-stayed bridges and to arches built by the classical suspended cantilever method. A numerical application on a case-study of a concrete arch bridge is performed together with a comparison between different methodologies followed for its construction sequence. Differences between erection by lattice cantilevers and cable-stayed cantilevers, are discussed. Results can be useful for designers in conceptual design of concrete arch bridges.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.567-577
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• 2017

The traditional design procedure of a prestressed concrete (PC) cable-stayed bridge is complex and time-consuming. The designers have to repeatedly modify the configuration of the large number of design parameters to obtain a feasible design scheme which maybe not an economical design. In order to efficiently achieve an optimum design for PC cable-stayed bridges, a multi-parameter optimization technique is proposed. In this optimization technique, the number of prestressing tendons in girder is firstly set as one of design variables, as well as cable forces, cable areas and cross-section sizes of the girders and the towers. The stress and displacement constraints are simultaneously utilized to ensure the safety and serviceability of the structure. The target is to obtain the minimum cost design for a PC cable-stayed bridge. Finally, this optimization technique is carried out by a developed PC cable-stayed bridge optimization program involving the interaction of the parameterized automatically modeling program, the finite element structural analysis program and the optimization algorithm. A low-pylon PC cable-stayed bridge is selected as the example to test the proposed optimization technique. The optimum result verifies the capability and efficiency of the optimization technique, and the significance to optimize the number of prestressing tendons in the girder. The optimum design scheme obtained by the application can achieve a 24.03% reduction in cost, compared with the initial design.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.673-693
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• 2024

An advanced numerical method is proposed in this paper for the second-order inelastic dynamic analysis of cable-stayed bridges using rectangular concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns under earthquake loadings for the first time. The proposed method can exactly predict the nonlinear response of the bridges by using only one element per member in simulating the structural model. This comes from considering both the geometric and material nonlinearities in a fiber beam-column element and a catenary cable element. In the fiber beam-column element, the geometric nonlinearities are captured by applying the stability functions, whereas the material nonlinearities are evaluated by tracing the uniaxial cyclic stress-strain curves of each fiber on the cross-sections, which are located at the integration points along the member length. A computer program was developed based on Newmark's average acceleration algorithm to solve the nonlinear equations of motion. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed program were verified by comparing the predicted results with the experimental results, and the results obtained from the commercial software SAP2000 and ABAQUS. The proposed program is promising as a useful tool for practical designs for the nonlinear inelastic dynamic analysis of cable-stayed bridges.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2010년도 춘계 학술대회 제22권1호
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• pp.21-22
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• 2010

사장교 형식 중에서 가장 경제적인 콘크리트 사장교가 최근 많이 건설되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 현재 시공 중인 콘크리트 사장교인 제2돌산대교와 세풍대교의 공사비를 비교 분석하여 콘크리트 사장교의 공사비 특성을 조사하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.241-257
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• 1999

This paper presents a procedure to minimize the cost of materials of cable-stayed bridges with composite box girder and concrete tower. Two sets of iterations are included in the proposed procedure. The first set of iteration performs the structural analysis for a cable-stayed bridge. The second set of iteration performs the optimization process. The design is formulated as a general mathematical problem with the cost of the bridge as the objective function and bending forces, shear forces, fatigue stresses, buckling and deflection as constraints. The constraints are developed based on the Canadian National Standard CAN/CSA-S6-88. The finite element method is employed to perform the complicated nonlinear structural analysis of the cable-stayed bridges. The internal penalty function method is used in the optimization process. The limit states design method is used to determine the load capacity of the bridge. A computer program written in FORTRAN 77 is developed and its validity is verified by several practical-sized designs.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2012

최근의 토목분야의 프로젝트에 있어 장대교량의 건설이 주를 이루고 있으며, 장대교량의 여러 형식 가운데서도 사장교가 현재 계획, 설계 중인 프로젝트에서 상당한 비중을 차지하고 있다. 사장교가 대형화 및 장경간화 됨에 따라, 구조물의 경량화를 위하여 강재를 사용한 사장교가 건설되어 왔다. 그러나 많은 사례에서 주탑은 구조적, 경제적인 이유로 콘크리트로 시공되고 있다. 콘크리트는 재료적 특성상 크리프와 건조수축에 의한 장기거동의 영향을 크게 받는데, 이러한 특성으로 인하여 응력의 재분배와 시공 중 구조계의 변화 등 해석상 고려해야 할 부분이 많아진다. 본 연구에서는 철근콘크리트의 비선형성을 고려한 유한요소해석 프로그램 RCAHEST를 사용하여 콘크리트 주탑을 채택한 사장교 중에 국내 최장의 강사장교인 인천대교를 선택하여 해석을 수행하였다. 실제 시공된 교량의 시공단계해석과 완공 후 시간해석을 통하여 콘크리트 주탑만의 시간 의존적 효과가 사장교 전체계에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.85-98
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• 1993

본 논문에서는 재료의 시간의존적 특성에 의한 영향을 고려하며, 재료의 비선형성은 물론 기하학적 비선형성도 고려하여 평면PC사장교의 축방향력과 휨에 의한 극한거동을 해석할 수 있는 비선형 해석방법을 제시했다. 재료의 시간의존적 특성으로는 콘크리트의 크리프, 건조수축과 강도증가, PC 강재와 케이블의 이완을 고려했고 재료의 비선형성으로는 콘크리트의 인장균열과 콘크리트, 철근, PC 강재와 케이블의 비선형 응력-변형도 관계를 고려하고 하중반전에 의한 영향도 고려했다. 기하학적 비선형성으로는 케이블의 색, 구조물의 대변위에 의한 비선형 변위-변형도 관계 및 변형에 따른 구조물의 형상변화를 고려했다. 일반적 형태의 PC 사장교의 해석에 적용하여 PC 사장교의 극한거동 및 재료의 시간의존적 특성이 극한거동에 끼치는 영향을 검토했다.