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Best Practice on Inspecting the Abnormal State of Bridge (Engineering works) Establishment with Augmented Reality (AR) Mechanism

  • Janghwan Kim;So Young Moon;R. Young Chul Kim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.168-174
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    • 2023
  • In the current world, with the massive scale of SOC construction, it is difficult to diagnose and check all of a bridge's abnormal states with even the experts' eyes for maintenance. It is because we should spend huge costs and time on maintenance. Still, there are not many alternative ways to inspect bridges remotely regarding accuracy or reality. Therefore, we remark on the advantages and disadvantages of previous methods through practices in SOC maintenance. To inspect the abnormal state of the Bridge, we suggest inspecting bridges with an Augmented Reality (AR) mechanism to reduce cost, human resource consumption, and the risk of work. Through the proposed approach, we expect that it provides ways to solve massive construction problems with software-based technologies.

Study on the Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridges of North Korea (북한의 철근콘크리트 슬래브교에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Eui Seok;Lee, In Keun;Park, Sun Kyu
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.455-464
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    • 2013
  • If North Korea continuously remains an isolated nation without social interaction with South Korea, the gaps in the theoretical and technological status in construction technology become greater between North and South Korea. Therefore if interactions between North and South Korea can be made, there will be significant improvement in infrastructure technological performance can be made(i.e., Reinforced Concrete bridges). This study was performed to compare and analyze data related to the design standards of North Korean RC bridges and to execute a structural analysis based on standard design specifications of RC slab bridges. Especially, basic study of analyzing the influences on design truck loads of North and South Korea was conducted for the purpose of predicting the performance of North Korean RC slab bridges and the safety levels of traveling vehicles in advance. It is expected that the results of this study can be used as fundamental data for the set-up of South-North RC bridge specification when South and North Korea enter a stage of cooperation and interaction between South and North Korea are actively pursued to prepare for reunification.

Intelligent Bridge Safety Prediction Edge System (지능형 교량 안전성 예측 엣지 시스템)

  • Jinhyo Park;Taejin Lee;Yong-Geun Hong;Joosang Youn
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.357-362
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    • 2023
  • Bridges are important transportation infrastructure, but they are subject to damage and cracking due to various environmental factors and constant traffic loads, which accelerate their aging. With many bridges now older than their original construction, there is a need for systems to ensure safety and diagnose deterioration. Bridges are already utilizing structural health monitoring (SHM) technology to monitor the condition of bridges in real time or periodically. Along with this technology, the development of intelligent bridge monitoring technology utilizing artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology is underway. In this paper, we study an edge system technique for predicting bridge safety using fast Fourier transform and dimensionality reduction algorithm for maintenance of aging bridges. In particular, unlike previous studies, we investigate whether it is possible to form a dataset using sensor data collected from actual bridges and check the safety of bridges.

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Track-on Steel-Plate-Girder Railway Bridges Considering the Span Variability and System Damage (경간 구성 및 시스템 손상을 고려한 강판형 철도교의 지진 취약도 해석)

  • Park, Joo-Nam;Kim, Lee-Hyeon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2010
  • Seismic risk assessment of railway bridges is an important issue for a transportation network, because loss of functionality of railway bridges could result in severe disruption of the railway line, as no redundant routing systems generally exist. Although many studies have been conducted by numerous researchers regarding fragility analyses of bridge structure, little or no studies have been done for fragility analyses of a class of bridge structures considering their geometric variability. This study performs a fragility analysis for Track-on Steel-Plate-Girder (TOSPG) railway bridges in Korea considering their span variability. Seismic fragility curves are developed for a series of bridges with different spans varying from 2 to 15. At last, the fragility curves for the whole TOSPG bridges in Korea are also developed using the total probability theorem. This study is expected to effectively contribute to the seismic risk assessment of railway lines, where a number of bridges are present.

Analysis of Dynamic Response and Vibration Mitigation for Steel Box Girder Railway Bridges (강박스거더 철도교량의 동적거동 및 진동저감 방안 분석)

  • Hwang, Eui Seung;Kim, Do Young;Jang, Seong Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.487-495
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    • 2017
  • Recently rapid-transit railway systems have been constructed in many developing countries due to its advantages in congestions and environmental problems. Railway bridges show many different aspects compared to road bridges and passenger comfort and traffic safety are one of them. In particular, deflection and acceleration due to repeated vibration characteristics have a structural weakness that can cause undesirable response. Especially steel railway bridges have been known to have weaknesses due to its relatively light weights compared to concrete bridges. The purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamic response of steel box girder bridges due to passing trains then propose the appropriate method to mitigate the level of vibration in terms of accelerations. Three steel railway bridges are tested and the numerical model to analyze the dynamic response of the bridge by passing train are developed. For the verification of the model, the natural frequency extracted using the acceleration data measured in the bridge is compared with the natural frequency of the numerical model. To mitigate the acceleration level of the bridge, parametric studies are performed to find the effectiveness of the method. Based on the analysis, the appropriate method is proposed for decreasing the acceleration of the bridge for passenger comfort and traffic safety.

Assessment of the Impact Factor and the Stress Histogram of Railway Bridges in Korea (국내 강철도 교량의 충격계수 및 응력빈도분포의 평가)

  • Choi, Jun Hyeok;Cho, Sun Kyu;Chang, Dong Il
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.9 no.4 s.33
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    • pp.489-500
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    • 1997
  • The number of railway bridges in Korea reaches to about 3,000. Among them, the ratio of steel bridges is about 47%. Most of the long span railway bridges take the truss type, its number is 15 in Korea. These bridges have more than 30 years service life, it is expected that the damages of cracks and corrosion is going. Therefore, the estimation of fatigue life with random stress is considered as significant subject in maintenance. In this paper, the random stress was measured in bridges and counted the stress cycles using the rainflow counting method So, the stress range frequencies and their equivalent stress are obtained and the amplification factor for the span length, bridge types and traveling speed is assessed by the dynamic testing. From the results, the stress range of the stringer and the lower chord is higher than the other members and the characteristics of the stress histogram is varied to the loading system and the amount of the passing through trains. And the impact effects are depended on the traveling speed as well as the span length.

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