• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.445-457
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• 2020

The buffeting response is a vital consideration for long-span bridges in typhoon-prone areas. In the conventional analysis, the turbulence and structural vibrations are assumed as stationary processes, which are, however, inconsistent with the non-stationary features observed in typhoon winds. This poses a question on how the stationary assumption would affect the evaluation of buffeting responses under non-stationary wind actions in nature. To figure out this problem, this paper presents a comparative study on buffeting responses of a long-span cable-stayed bridge based on stationary and non-stationary perspectives. The stationary and non-stationary buffeting analysis frameworks are firstly reviewed. Then, a modal analysis of the example bridge, Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge (SCB), is conducted, and stationary and non-stationary spectral models are derived based on measured typhoon winds. On this condition, the buffeting responses of SCB are finally analyzed by following stationary and non-stationary approaches. Although the stationary results are almost identical with the non-stationary results in the mean sense, the root-mean-square value of buffeting responses are underestimated by the stationary assumption as the time-varying features existing in the spectra of turbulence are neglected. The analytical results highlights a transition from stationarity to non-stationarity in the buffeting analysis of long-span bridges.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 멀티 GPS 센서를 이용하여 장대교량의 형상을 실시간으로 모니터링 하고 관리 할 수 있는 방안에 대하여 연구하는데 있다. 멀티 GPS 센서를 장대교량의 주요 지점에 설치하고 변위를 실시간으로 측정함으로써 장대교량의 3차원적인 형상거동을 관리 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서 개발한 형상관리시스템은 교량의 전체적, 지점별 변위정보를 수치화, 시각화하고 위험발생에 따라 능동적으로 대응이 가능하며 측정데이터의 DB화를 통해서 계측정보를 실시간으로 관리하고 제공 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 GPS센서를 이용한 형상관리시스템은 GPS 센서를 이용한 장대교량의 3차원 절대변위 및 거대변위의 효과적인 측정에 의한 교량의 전체적인 형상관리에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 다수의 GPS 센서를 이용하여 장대교량의 거동을 실시간으로 모니터링 하여 분석 할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하는데 있다. 다수의 GPS 센서를 장대교량의 주요 지점에 설치하고 변위를 실시간으로 측정하여 전체적인 거동을 분석한다. 본 연구에서 개발한 거동분석시스템은 교량의 전체적, 지점별 변위정보를 수치화, 시각화하고 이벤트에 대해 능동적인 대응이 가능하며 측정데이터의 DB화를 통해서 거동분석에 관계된 통계정보를 산출할 수 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.655-670
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• 2004

This paper aims to evaluate the effect of typhoons on fatigue damage accumulation in steel decks of long-span suspension bridges. The strain-time histories at critical locations of deck sections of long-span bridges during different typhoons passing the bridge area are investigated by using on-line strain data acquired from the structural health monitoring system installed on the bridge. The fatigue damage models based on Miner's Law and Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) are applied to calculate the increment of fatigue damage due to the action of a typhoon. Accumulated fatigue damage during the typhoon is also calculated and compared between Miner's Law and the CDM method. It is found that for the Tsing Ma Bridge case, the stress spectrum generated by a typhoon is significantly different than that generated by normal traffic and its histogram shapes can be described approximately as a Rayleigh distribution. The influence of typhoon loading on accumulative fatigue damage is more significant than that due to normal traffic loading. The increment of fatigue damage generated by hourly stress spectrum for the maximum typhoon loading may be much greater than those for normal traffic loading. It is, therefore, concluded that it is necessary to evaluate typhoon induced fatigue damage for the purpose of accurately evaluating accumulative fatigue damage for long-span bridges located within typhoon prone regions.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2009

최근 PSC 교량, 사장교, 현수교 등 중.장지간 교량의 건설이 증가하고 있으며 이러한 장대교량의 안정성 및 사용성 확보를 위하여 장대교량의 계측 및 모니터링을 통한 손상도 및 안전도 평가에 보다 많은 관심과 연구개발이 집중되고 있으나 인류의 경험과 이론의 지속적인 발전에도 불구하고 교량구조물의 실제 거동을 예측하고 안전성을 평가하는 것은 현재까지도 쉽지 않은 일이다. 본 연구에서는 GPS를 이용한 RTK 측정기법에 의하여 장대교량의 거동을 측정하고 기설된 교량의 모니터링 계측치를 비교 분석함으로써 GPS를 이용한 교량의 거동분석의 적용가능성 및 신뢰성 확보가능 여부를 파악하고자 하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.509-520
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• 2021

The streamlined box is a common type of girders for long-span suspension bridges. Spanning deep canyons, long-span bridges are frequently attacked by strong winds with large angles of attack. In this situation, the flow field around the streamlined box changes significantly, leading to reduction of the flutter performance. The wind fairings have different effects on the flutter performance. Therefore, this study examines the flutter performance of box girders with different wind fairings at large angles of attack. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were carried out to extract the flutter derivatives, and the critical flutter state of a long-span bridge was determined. Further comparisons of the wind fairings were investigated by a rapid method which is related to the input energy by the aerodynamic force. The results show that a reasonable type of wind fairings could improve the flutter performance of long-span bridges at large angles of attack. For the torsional flutter instability, the wind fairings weaken the adverse effect of the vortex attaching to the girder, and a sharper one could achieve a better result. According to the input energies on the girder with different wind fairings, the symmetrical wind fairings are more beneficial to the flutter performance

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권6호
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• pp.723-735
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• 2019

Track-bridge interaction (TBI) problem often arises from the adoption of modern continuously welded rails. Rail expansion devices (REDs) are generally required to release the intensive interaction between long-span bridges and tracks. In their necessity evaluations, the key techniques are the numerical models and methods for obtaining TBI responses. This paper thus aims to propose a preferable model and the associated procedure for TBI analysis to facilitate the designs of long-span bridges as well as the track structures. A novel friction-spring model was first developed to represent the longitudinal resistance features of fasteners with or without vertical wheel loadings, based on resistance experiments for three types of rail fasteners. This model was then utilized in the loading-history-based TBI analysis for an urban rail transit dwarf tower cable-stayed bridge installed with a RED at the middle. The finite element model of the long-span bridge for TBI analysis was established and updated by the bridge's measured natural frequencies. The additional rail stresses calculated from the TBI model under train loadings were compared with the measured ones. Overall agreements were observed between the measured and the computed results, showing that the proposed TBI model and analysis procedure can be used in further study.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권3호
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• pp.305-315
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• 2019

Extremely long-span transmission tower-line system is an indispensable portion of an electricity transmission system, and its failures or collapse can impact on the entire electricity grid, affect the modern life, and cause great economic losses. It is therefore imperative to investigate the failure and safety of the transmission tower subjected to ground motions. In the present study, a detailed finite element (FE) model of a representative extremely long-span transmission tower-line system is established. A segmental damage indicator (SDI) is proposed to quantitatively assess the damage level of each segment of the transmission tower under earthquakes. Additionally, parametric studies are conducted to investigate the influence of different ground motions and incident angles on the ultimate capacity and weakest segment of the transmission tower. Finally, the collapse fragility curve in terms of the maximum SDI value and PGA is plotted for the exampled transmission tower. The results show that the proposed SDI can quantitatively assess the damage level of the segments, and thus determine the ultimate capacity and weakest segment of the transmission tower. Moreover, the different ground motions and incident angles have a significant influence on the SDI values of the transmission tower, and the collapse fragility curve is utilized to evaluate the collapse resistant capacity of the transmission tower subjected to ground motions.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.39-56
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• 2023

To ensure the wind stability of a long-span suspension bridge during deck erection under skew wind, based on the aerostatic and self-excited aerodynamic force models under skew wind, a computational approach of refined flutter analysis for long-span bridges under skew wind is firstly established, in which the effects of structural nonlinearity, the static wind action and full-mode coupling etc are fully considered, and the corresponding computational procedure is programmed. By taking the Runyang suspension bridge over the Yangtze River as example, the flutter stability of the bridge in completion under skew wind is then analyzed with the aerodynamic parameters of a similar bridge deck measured from the sectional model wind tunnel test under skew wind. Finally, through simulating the girder segments erected symmetrically from the midspan to towers, from the towers to midspan and simultaneously from the towers and midspan to the quarter points, respectively, the evolutions of flutter stability limits during the deck erection under skew wind are investigated numerically, the favorable aerodynamically deck erection sequence is proposed, and the influences of skew wind and static wind effect on the flutter stability of suspension bridge under construction are ascertained.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2016

현행, 도로교설계기준에서는 교량바닥판에 대해 지간이 짧은 다거더 플레이트 거더교 위주의 규정을 두고 있으며, 강합성 소수 거더교에 적용되는 장지간 바닥판에 대한 설계규정은 명확하게 없는 실정이다. 이는 소수 거더교의 장지간 바닥판에 적용하기에는 한계가 있으므로 합리적인 설계를 위해서는 관련 규정을 보완할 필요가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 내측부 교량바닥판의 지간 6.0~12.0m 범위를 대상으로 도로교설계기준의 KL-510 하중을 적용하여 교축방향(종방향)과 교축직각방향(횡방향)에 대한 설계휨모멘트를 제안하였다. 설계휨모멘트는 바닥판의 직교 이방성, 거더의 강성, 그리고 다차로재하계수의 영향이 반영되었으며, 이를 기존의 DB-24 하중에 대한 설계휨모멘트와 비교하였다.