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An Economic Analysis and Consideration on the Application of Photovoltaic System for Bridge Nightscape Energy Savings at Han River in Seoul (서울시 한강교량의 태양광발전시스템 적용 시 경관조명 에너지 절약에 관한 경제성 분석 및 고찰)

  • Park, Yoon-Min;Hong, Seong-Kwan;Choi, An-Seop
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2011
  • PV(Photovoltaic) system is environmentally friendly power system using solar energy in renewable energy. PV system compared to other renewable energy power generation systems is relatively easy to install, so the dissemination is increasing worldwide. Especially, BIPV(Building Integrated Photovoltaic) is a system that PV modules are installed on the building and use renewable energy. But this system is difficult to apply due to the shadow of adjacent buildings and limited installation. In this study, payback period is calculated by Retscreen 2010, that is an economic assessment software of renewable energy, on applied to the bridge of PV system. As results, this study aims at actively considering the application.

Experimental Performance Verification of Load Carrying Capacity Algorithm of Bridges using Ambient Vibration (상시진동을 이용한 교량 내하력 추정 알고리즘의 실험적 성능 검증)

  • Lee, Woo-Sang;Park, Ki-Tae;Han, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2010
  • In this study, it is conducted that the performance verification of the ambient load carrying capacity algorithm using long-term measurement systems of bridges. For this purpose, a steel-box type model bridge is fabricated and the public load carrying capacity of a steel-box model bridge is estimated by conducting the numerical analysis and load test. In addition, we compare the public load carrying capacity with the estimated result of a steel-box model bridge using the ambient load carrying capacity algorithm. By the assessment result, it is shown that the estimated ambient load carrying capacity is the difference of approximately 6.0 percentages as compared with the public load carrying capacity.

A Study on the Assessment of Traffic Safety of Ship under Bridge (선박의 교량하 통항 안전성에 관한 연구)

  • 윤명오;김현종;금종수;성유창
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.31-37
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    • 2003
  • In these days, several bridges have been built or under construction over navigational channel in Korea. In these cases there must be careful consideration for the marine safety of vessels to be passed by below the bridge. This paper aims to analyze the factors influencing maritime traffic safety and to figure out ample width of main span of these kinds of bridges through the reference study and FMSS.

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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of SCP Composite Girder Bridge for Railroad (철도용 SCP합성거더교의 LCC 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dae-Sung;Cho, Sun-Kyu;Kwon, Chek;Choi, Young-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.9 no.2 s.33
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    • pp.244-249
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    • 2006
  • Recently, the SCP(Steel Confined Prestressed concrete) composite girders are developed to improve the characteristic such as displacement, vibration, and heavy dead load due to influence of self weight, and inefficiency of steel section of exiting girder-type railroad bridges. It is needed to verify the economical effciency of newly developed SCP composite girder bridge compared with the conventional girder-type bridges. In this paper, LCC analysis for alternative railroad bridges Is performed and its technique based on level of risk(probability of failure) is suggested. From the results, it may be stated that SCP composite girder bridge is more economical than a conventional one.

Probabilistic time-dependent sensitivity analysis of HPC bridge deck exposed to chlorides

  • Ghosh, Pratanu;Konecny, Petr;Lehner, Petr;Tikalsky, Paul J.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.305-313
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    • 2017
  • A robust finite element based reinforced concrete bridge deck corrosion initiation model is applied for time-dependent probabilistic sensitivity analysis. The model is focused on uncertainties in the governing parameters that include variation of high performance concrete (HPC) diffusion coefficients, concrete cover depth, surface chloride concentration, holidays in reinforcements, coatings and critical chloride threshold level in several steel reinforcements. The corrosion initiation risk is expressed in the form of probability over intended life span of the bridge deck. Conducted study shows the time-dependent sensitivity analysis to evaluate the significance of governing parameters on chloride ingress rate, various steel reinforcement protection and the corrosion initiation likelihood. Results from this probabilistic analysis provide better insight into the effect of input parameters variation on the estimate of the corrosion initiation risk for the design of concrete structures in harsh chloride environments.

3D Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Using Fiber Element (섬유요소를 이용한 교량의 3차원 지진해석)

  • 조정래;곽임종;조창백;김병석;김영진
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2002
  • In the present design concept, the nonlinear behavior of bridges is allowed under large earthquake. Therefore, demands for nonlinear analyses of bridges are increased more and more especially in the area of seismic assessment. It is, however, difficult to solve the problem how the nonlinearity of columns should be modelled. In this study, the fiber element Is adopted for model ins pier column. The element is a kind of structural elements like frame element, and it can model the distributed plasticity of plastic hinge. A 3 span continuos bridge is taken for seismic analysis. First, the nonlinear static analysis the column at fixed support are performed so that the characteristics of column is investigated. Second, the nonlinear dynamic analyses of the full bridge model is performed, considering 3 directional earthquake excitations.

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A Study on an improvement of Ballast Track turnout in Subway bridge(I) (지하철 고가부 자갈도상 분기기 궤도구조의 생력화 방안(I))

  • Sung, Deok-Yong;Choi, Jung-Youl;Kim, Jun-Hyung;Park, Yong-Gul
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.325-339
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    • 2007
  • This paper presents the analysis results to evaluate the application of separation sleeper boot of turnout in concrete track in subway. An analysis includes the dynamic load on turnout-bridge and the ballast improvement method of upbound and down line independent girder in servicing line. From the results, the aspect and the property of separation sleeper boot of turnout are evaluated. FE analysis explain the relationship between independent bridge and track behaviour of dynamic loads. The assessment of application based on FE analysis results in a good improvement method of servicing subway line is proposed.

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Comparisons of Behavioral Characteristics and Seismic Performance of Seismic Isolation Bearing Systems (면진용 교좌장치의 거동 특성과 내진 성능 비교)

  • 한규승;한경봉;박선규
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, the seismic analysis and the modeling techniques have been introduced for aseismic performances assessment, when seismic isolation bearings are applied on a real bridge. Nonlinear time-history analysis is carried out using finite element analysis program. In this study, EI Centro earthquake(1940, N00W), Mexico earthquake(1985, N90W), and earthquake simulation from modified SIMQKE are used as earthquake ground excitations. The seismic response of seismically isolated bridge is compared with that of a bridge using conventional Pot Bearings, after obtaining the displacements of the deck, the deformations of the piers, shear forces and moments of the bottoms of the piers. The analytical analysis results show that seismic isolation bearing, especially seismic isolation bearings with sliding mechanism, could reduce earthquake forces.

Study on Optimal LCC Considering Asset Management Through Maintenance-Period Analysis about Railway Truss Bridge (철도트러스 교량의 유지보수주기분석을 통한 자산관리 차원의 최적LCC에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Hee;Park, Mi-Yun;Moon, Jae-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1350-1358
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    • 2008
  • Recently the study related to life cycle cost analysis of railway structure consisted of a complex is proceeded covering several range, which is considering the methodology of efficiency and rationalization for maintenance and analysing long-time behavior of the structure of looking at standpoint from asset management and safety. But LCCA(life cycle cost analysis) of railway structure was almost impossible as there were not anything datum for maintenance plan, such as maintenance periods related to each of components(painting and corrosion of steel, and cracking of elements, etc)and maintenance proportion, despite of its 100-year history. According, for collecting data related to railway truss bridge, bridge record cards and testing safety papers, and researching question, etc are surveyed and classified for LCC Analysis. Especially, LCC assessment on the side of assets-maintenance considering about initial cost, maintenance cost, and indirect cost is constructed. Maintenance period and complementary measure rate are very important in maintenance. To decide maintenance period, Baysian updating method is applied.

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Design Strength of Bridges against Ship Collision according to Vessel Traffic (선박통행량에 따른 교량의 선박충돌 설계강도)

  • Lee Seong-Lo;Lee Byung-Hwa;Kang Sung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.663-666
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    • 2004
  • An analysis of the annual frequency of collapse(AF) is performed for each bridge pier exposed to ship collision. AF is computed for each bridge component and vessel classification. The summation of AFs computed over all of the vessel classification intervals for a specific component should equal the annual frequency of collapse of the component. The designer should use judgment in developing a distribution of the vessel frequency data based on discrete groupings or categories of vessel size by DWT. In the present study the effect of vessel classification on the annual frequency of collapse in the ship collision risk assessment is investigated by illustrative numerical examples based on the vessel frequency data of the domestic harbor. The DWT interval for larger vessels has more effect on the ship collision risk. Therefore the expert judgement in determining the larger DWT interval is required because the design impact lateral resistances of bridge components depend on the ship collision risk.

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