• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.317-334
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• 2016

Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) works as an efficient platform for monitoring the health status and performance deterioration of engineering structures during long-term service periods. The objective of its installation is to provide reasonable suggestions for structural maintenance and management, and therefore ensure the structural safety based on the information extracted from the real-time measured data. In this paper, the SHMS implemented on a world-famous kilometer-level cable-stayed bridge, named as Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge (SCB), is introduced in detail. The composition and core functions of the SHMS on SCB are elaborately presented. The system consists of four main subsystems including sensory subsystem, data acquisition and transmission subsystem, data management and control subsystem and structural health evaluation subsystem. All of the four parts are decomposed to separately describe their own constitutions and connected to illustrate the systematic functions. Accordingly, the main techniques and strategies adopted in the SHMS establishment are presented and some extension researches based on structural health monitoring are discussed. The introduction of the SHMS on SCB is expected to provide references for the establishment of SHMSs on long-span bridges with similar features as well as the implementation of potential researches based on structural health monitoring.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.701-718
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• 2015

The joint distribution of wind speed and wind direction at a bridge site is vital to the estimation of the basic wind speed, and hence to the wind-induced vibration analysis of long-span bridges. Instead of the conventional way relying on the weather stations, this study proposed an alternate approach to obtain the original records of wind speed and the corresponding directions based on field measurement supported by the Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS). Specifically, SHMS of Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge (SCB) is utilized to study the basic wind speed with directional information. Four anemometers are installed in the SHMS of SCB: upstream and downstream of the main deck center, top of the north and south tower respectively. Using the recorded wind data from SHMS, the joint distribution of wind speed and direction is investigated based on statistical methods, and then the basic wind speeds in 10-year and 100-year recurrence intervals at these four key positions are calculated. Analytical results verify the reliability of the recorded wind data from SHMS, and indicate that the joint probability model for the extreme wind speed at SCB site fits well with the Weibull model. It is shown that the calculated basic wind speed is reduced by considering the influence of wind direction. Compared to the design basic wind speed in the Specification of China, basic wind speed considering the influence of direction or not is much smaller, indicating a high safety coefficient in the design of SCB. The results obtained in this study can provide not only references for further wind-resistance research of SCB, but also improve the understanding of the safety coefficient for wind-resistance design of other engineering structures in the similar area.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2023

케이블 교량의 거동은 동적 응답에 의해 지배적이며 상대적으로 복잡하므로 교량의 상태를 평가하기 위한 장단기 현장 계측이 요구되는 경우가 빈번하다. 영구적인 SHMS(Structural Health Monitoring System)가 설치되지 않은 경우 성능평가를 위해 이동식 모니터링 시스템이 필요하다. 이 경우 교량의 위치와 형태에 따라 전력, 통신 등의 제한된 여건으로 인해 이동식 모니터링 시스템 운영에 어려움이 발생할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내는 물론 동남아 지역 교량의 장 ‧ 단기 모니터링에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있는 포터블 기반의 스마트 구조응답 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 개발된 시스템은 현장에서 자체 전원 공급 시스템을 이용하여 장시간 운용이 가능한 다채널 휴대용 데이터 수집 및 분석 장비이며, 실시간 데이터를 이용하여 케이블 교량의 동적 특성을 자동으로 분석할 수 있는 알고리즘을 탑재하고 있다. 개발된 시스템의 현장 적용성을 평가하기 위해 한국과 베트남의 케이블 교량에서 현장 실증을 수행하였으며, 이를 통해 개발된 시스템의 현장 운영의 신뢰성과 효율성을 확인하였고, 추가적으로 케이블 교량 모니터링 분야에서의 해외 시장 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2016

최근 건설되는 특수교량에는 상시적인 유지관리 체계로서 계측시스템이 활발히 도입되고 있는 상황이다. 일반적으로 계측시스템을 이용한 교량 유지관리 시에는 관리기준치를 설정하여 교량의 상태를 평가하게 되지만, 관리기준치 설정 기준과 방법이 없어 설계허용값에 근거하여 단순하게 설정되고 있는 실정이다. 기존의 방법으로 설정된 관리기준치를 적용할 경우 관리기준치 범위 내에서 발생된 이벤트, 이상거동 및 점진적으로 발생하는 손상 등과 같은 교량의 상태변화를 파악하기에는 한계가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 기존의 절대치 관리에 있어 관리기준치 설정의 문제점을 고찰하여 실무에 효과적으로 적용가능한 개선된 관리기준치 설정 및 운영방법을 도출하였다. 개선된 관리기준치 설정을 위해 검벨분포를 사용한 확률론적 접근방법을 도입하여 재현빈도 50년, 100년의 기댓값에 대한 교량의 주의, 경고치를 산정하였다. 본 연구에서의 관리기준치는 설계허용치 범위 내에서 발생하는 이상거동을 감지할 수 있도록 계측데이터와 계측데이터의 구간변화량에 대한 관리기준치를 각각 설정되었으며, 제안된 방법으로 산정된 관리기준치는 실측 데이터에 대입하여 비정상적인 데이터의 발생여부를 적절하게 파악할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.593-604
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• 2020

Temperature may have more significant influences on structural responses than operational loads or structural damage. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of temperature distributions has great significance for proper design and maintenance of bridges. In this study, the temperature distribution of the steel box girder is systematically investigated based on the structural health monitoring system (SHMS) of the Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge. Specifically, the characteristics of the temperature and temperature difference between different measurement points are studied based on field temperature measurements. Accordingly, the probability density distributions of the temperature and temperature difference are calculated statistically, which are further described by the general formulas. The results indicate that: (1) the temperature and temperature difference exhibit distinct seasonal characteristics and strong periodicity, and the temperature and temperature difference among different measurement points are strongly correlated, respectively; (2) the probability density of the temperature difference distribution presents strong non-Gaussian characteristics; (3) the probability density function of temperature can be described by the weighted sum of four Normal distributions. Meanwhile, the temperature difference can be described by the weighted sum of Weibull distribution and Normal distribution.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.195-214
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• 2017

Full-scale wind characteristics based on the field measurements is an essential element in structural wind engineering. Statistical analysis of the wind characteristics at Sutong Cable-stayed Bridge (SCB) site is conducted in this study with the recorded long-term wind data from structural health monitoring system (SHMS) between 2008 and 2015. Both the mean and turbulent wind characteristics and power spectra are comprehensively investigated and compared with those in the current codes of practice, such as the measured wind rose diagram, monthly maximum mean wind speed, turbulence intensity, integral length scale. Measurement results based on the monitoring data show that winds surrounding the SCB site are substantially influenced by the southeast monsoon in summer and strong northern wind in winter. The measured turbulence intensity is slightly higher than the recommended values in specifications, while the measured ratio of lateral to longitudinal turbulence intensity is slightly lower. An approximately linear relationship between the measured turbulence intensities and gust factors is obtained. The mean value of the turbulence integral length scale is smaller than that of typical typhoon events. In addition, it is found that the Kaimal spectrum is suitable to be adopted as the power spectrum for longitudinal wind component at the SCB site. This contribution would provide important wind characteristic references for the wind performance evaluation of SCB and other civil infrastructures in adjacent regions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.653-663
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• 2017

The modal parameters of the deck of Runyang Suspension Bridge (RSB) as well as their relationships with wind and temperature are studied based on the data recorded by its Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS). Firstly, frequency analysis on the vertical responses at the two sides of the deck is carried out to distinguish the vertical and torsional vibration modes. Then, the vertical, torsional and lateral modal parameters of the deck of RSB are identified using Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) and validated by the identified results before RSB was opened to traffic. On the basis of this, the modal frequencies and damping ratios of RSB during the whole process of Typhoon Masta are obtained. And the correlation analysis on the modal parameters and wind environmental factors is then conducted. Results show that the HHT can achieve an accurate modal identification of RSB and the damping ratios show an obvious decay trend as the frequencies increase. Besides, compared to frequencies, the damping ratios are more sensitive to the environmental factors, in particular, the wind speed. Further study on configuring the variation law of modal parameters related with environmental factors should be continued.