• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1991년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.41-48
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• 1991

In recent years, conskderable interest has developed in the fatigue strength of reinforced concrete members subjected to cyclic loading for the wide-spread adoption of ultimate strength design poecedures, the higher strength materials and the new recognition of the effect of repeated loading on structures such as bridges, concrete pavementes and offshore structures. In this study, a series of experiments is carried out to investigate the fatigue characteristics of deformed bars and underreinforced simply supported beams. The 69 reinforcing bar specimens with grade SD30 and designation of D16, D22, D25, and 24 beam specimens with D16 bars are prepared for this study. From these series of tests, it is found that I) a decrease of the bar deameter result in increased fatigue life, ii) the fatigue life of the bars embedded as main reinforcement within a concrete is more than that of bars in the air. iii) the fatigue strength at 2$\times$106 cycles of beams with steel ratio of 0.61% and 1.22% is 64.5% and 63.2% of the yielding strength, restectively. It is concluded that the low steel ratio has no significant effect on fatigue strength of underreinforced beams and the fatigue life of underreinforced concrete beams can be predicted conservatively by the fatigue life lf reinforcing bar.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.21-38
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• 2011

This study examines the influence of curved, steel, I-girder bridge configuration on girder end reactions and cross frame member forces during seismic events. Simply-supported bridge finite element models were created and examined under seismic events mimicking what could be experienced in AASHTO Seismic Zone 2. Bridges were analyzed using practical ranges of: radius of curvature; girder and cross frame spacings; and lateral bracing configuration. Results from the study indicated that: (1) radius of curvature had the greatest influence on seismic response; (2) interior (lowest radius) girder reactions were heavily influenced by parameter variations and, in certain instances, uplift at their bearings could be a concern; (3) vertical excitation more heavily influenced bearing and cross frame seismic response; and (4) lateral bracing helped reduce seismic effects but using bracing along the entire span did not provide additional benefit over placing bracing only in bays adjacent to the supports.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.581-599
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• 2014

In this paper the overall dynamic response of simple railway bridges subjected to high-speed trains is investigated numerically based on the mechanical models of simply supported single-span and continuous two-span Bernoulli-Euler beams. Each axle of the train, which is composed of rail cars and passenger cars, is considered as moving concentrated load. Distance, magnitude, and maximum speed of the moving loads are adjusted to real high-speed trains and to load models according to Eurocode 1. Non-dimensional characteristic parameters of the train-bridge interaction system are identified. These parameters permit a spectral representation of the dynamic peak response. Response spectra assist the practicing engineers in evaluating the expected dynamic peak response in the design process of railway bridges without performing time-consuming time history analyses.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권2호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2023

The spherical steel bearings (SSBs) has been gradually replaced traditional rubber bearings and extensively applied to high-speed railway (HSR) bridges in China, due to their durability and serviceability. Nevertheless, SSB is generally simplified to the ordinary constraints in the finite element model, which cannot reflect its detailed mechanical characteristics, especially its seismic performance. To provide a more precisely simulation, an innovative and simplified finite element simulation method is proposed and the combined element group is developed in ANSYS. The primary parameters were determined by means of the performance test of SSB. The finite element model of SSB applied to a single-span HSR simply supported girder bridge was established through the proposed method. The seismic performance of the SSB was further investigated. A shake table test was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed simulation method. It is found that the numerical results could have a good agreement with the experiment, namely, the proposed method is feasible and efficient.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 작용방향이나 크기에 있어서 불규칙한 특성을 보이는 지진하중을 받는 교량구조물의 동적거동을 보다 실제적으로 예측하기 위하여 3경간 단순교를 대상으로 2방향 지진하중을 고려할 수 있는 이상화된 교량해석모형을 개발하였다. 개발된 교량해석모형에는 2축 휨에 따른 상호작용을 고려한 교각의 비선형 거동은 물론 상부구조의 회전으로 인한 인접 진동계간 평면적 충돌이나 단계적인 받침 손상 등이 고려되었다. 2방향 교량해석모형을 이용하여 다양한 최대지반가속도를 갖는 2방향 지진하중에 의한 교량의 지진응답을 평가하였으며, 이를 독립된 두 개의 직교축에 대해 수행된 1방향 지진해석으로부터 구한 결과(직교지진력의 조합에 의한 응답)와 비교, 분석하였다. 분석결과로부터 본 연구에서 개발한 2방향 교량해석모형이 고량구조물의 2차원적 지진응답의 불규칙성을 잘 평가할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 교량구조물의 변위응답은 두 가지 지진해석방법에서 유사한 수준인 것으로 평가되었으나, RC 교각의 복원력은 1방향 지진해석을 수행할 경우 상당히 과소평가 할 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 그러므로 교량구조물의 내진안전성 평가시 교각에 작용되는 수평지진력이 중요한 해석변수가 되는 경우에는 2방향 지진하중에 의한 상세해석을 통한 충분한 검토가 수반되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.199-219
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• 2015

This paper presents the non-destructive evaluation of a high-speed railway bridge using train-induced strain responses. Based on the train-track-bridge interaction analysis, the strain responses of a high-speed railway bridge under moving trains with different operation status could be calculated. The train induced strain responses could be divided into two parts: the force vibration stage and the free vibration stage. The strain-displacement relationship is analysed and used for deriving critical displacements from theoretical stain measurements at a forced vibration stage. The derived displacements would be suitable for the condition assessment of the bridge through design specifications defined indexes and would show certain limits to the practical application. Thus, the damage identification of high-speed railways, such as the stiffness degradation location, needs to be done by comparing the measured strain response under moving trains in different states because the vehicle types of high-speed railway are relatively clear and definite. The monitored strain responses at the free vibration stage, after trains pass through the bridge, would be used for identifying the strain modes. The relationship between and the degradation degree and the strain mode shapes shows certain rules for the widely used simply supported beam bridges. The numerical simulation proves simple and effective for the proposed method to locate and quantify the stiffness degradation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.561-577
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• 2015

The main objective of this paper is to study the dynamic load allowance (DLA) calculation methods for bridges according to the dynamic response curve. A simply-supported concrete bridge with a smooth road surface was taken as an example. A half-vehicle model was employed to calculate the dynamic response of deflection and bending moment in the mid-span section under different vehicle speeds using the vehicle-bridge coupling method. Firstly, DLAs from the conventional methods and code provisions were analyzed and critically evaluated. Then, two improved computing approaches for DLA were proposed. In the first approach, the maximum dynamic response and its corresponding static response or its corresponding minimum response were selected to calculate DLA. The second approach utilized weighted average method to take account of multi-local DLAs. Finally, the DLAs from two approaches were compared with those from other methods. The results show that DLAs obtained from the proposed approaches are greater than those from the conventional methods, which indicate that the current conventional methods underestimate the dynamic response of the structure. The authors recommend that the weighted average method based on experiments be used to compute DLAs because it can reflect the vehicle's whole impact on the bridge.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

To consider the effects of the increasing speed of next-generation high-speed trains, the existing traffic safety code for railway bridges needs to be improved. This study suggests a numerical method of evaluating the new effects of this increasing speed on railway bridges. A prestressed concrete (PSC) box bridge with a 40 m span length on the Gyeongbu track sector is selected as a representative example of high-speed railway bridges in Korea. Numerical models considering the inertial mass forces of a 38-degree-of-freedom train and the interaction forces with the bridge as well as track irregularities are presented in detail. The vertical deflections and accelerations of the deck are calculated and compared to find the new effects on the bridge arising with increasing speed under simply and continuously supported boundary conditions. The ratios between the static and dynamic responses are calculated as the dynamic amplification factors (DAFs) under different running speeds to evaluate the traffic safety. The maximum deflection and acceleration caused by the running speed are indicated, and regression equations for predicting these quantities based on the speed are also proposed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2014

해협횡단 교량으로서 적용사례가 증가될 것으로 예상되는 다경간 현수교에 대한 거동을 간략하면서도 정확히 해석하기 위하여, 현수교에 대한 고유의 해석이론인 처짐이론 해석방법을 사용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 처짐이론 방법을 이용한 4경간 현수교의 구조해석을 수행하였다. 거더를 축인장력을 받는 단순보로 고려하였고, 연직방향 하중 및 지점부 모멘트에 의한 단순보의 수직변위를 산정하여, 이 변위가 케이블의 적합방정식을 만족할 때까지 반복해석을 수행하였다. 유한요소해석의 결과와 비교하여 모든 주탑의 휨강성을 고려하는 처짐이론 해석의 결과를 검증하고, 주케이블과 탑정부 간의 구속조건 변화에 따른 다양한 케이블 적합방정식을 이용하여, 4경간 현수교에서의 주탑 휨강성의 중요성을 확인하였다. 또한 중앙주탑 휨강성의 변화에 따른 간단한 변수해석을 수행하여 그에 따른 거동을 파악하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 교량의 노면조도 및 교량과 차량 사이의 상호작용을 고려한 수치해석방법을 사용하여 도로교설계기준에 규정된 표준트럭 하중인 KL-510에 의한 강판형교의 동적응답을 연구하였다. 대상교량은 건설부에서 제정한 "도로교 상부구조 표준도"에 수록되어 있는 지간이 20m, 30m와 40m인 단순 강판형교를 사용하고. "보통의 도로"에 대하여 생성시킨 10개의 노면조도를 사용하였다. 차량은 5축 트랙터-트레일러인 표준트럭하중 KL-510을 3차원 차량으로 모델링하고, 교량은 주형을 보요소로, 콘크리트 바닥판은 쉘요소로, 주형과 콘크리트 바닥판 사이는 Rigid Link를 사용하여 3차원으로 모델링하였다. 이와 같은 노면조도 및 차량을 사용하여 강판형교의 충격계수와 DLA를 구하고 각국의 설계기준과 비교 검토하였다.