• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.112-121
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• 2020

최근 재료 및 시공 기술의 지속적인 발전으로 인하여 장대교량의 건설이 증가하고 있다. 특히 케이블을 이용한 장대교량에서는 시공 중, 그리고 공용상태에서 케이블의 장력을 측정하여 교량의 안전성을 지속적으로 감시하는 것이 중요하다. 케이블 장력을 측정하기 위한 다양한 방법이 있으며, 그중에서도 케이블의 형상조건과 고유진동수를 이용하여 장력을 산정하는 진동법은 로드셀 등을 이용하여 케이블의 응력을 측정하는 직접법에 비해 경제적이며 편리하므로 현재 널리 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 영상신호를 이용하여 케이블의 응답을 측정하기 위해 영상처리기법을 적용하였으며 사용의 편의성과 경제성을 고려하여 상업용 디지털 캠코더를 사용하였다. 모드별 고유진동수들을 변수로 하여 원거리에 위치한 행어케이블의 장력을 추정할 수 있는 역해석 방법의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 공용중인 현수교에서 상시진동실험을 수행하였다. 그리고 각 행어케이블의 해석모델을 통해서 계산된 모드별 고유진동수와 계측된 모드별 고유진동수의 차이를 이용하여 역해석하여 추정된 장력을 진동법에 의해 산정된 장력과 비교하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권3호
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• pp.255-272
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• 2023

Spatial cable systems can provide more transverse stiffness and torsional stiffness without sacrificing the vertical bearing capacity compared with conventional vertical cable systems, which is quite lucrative for long-span earth-anchored suspension bridges' development. Higher economy highlights the importance of refined form-finding analysis. Meanwhile, the internal connection between the lateral and vertical sags has not yet been specified. Given this, an analytic algorithm of form-finding for the earth-anchored suspension bridge with spatial cables is proposed in this paper. Through the geometric compatibility condition and mechanical equilibrium condition, the expressions for cable segment, the recurrence relationship between catenary parameters and control equations of spatial cable are established. Additionally, the nonlinear general reduced gradient method is introduced into fast and high-precision numerical analysis. Furthermore, the analytic expression of the lateral and vertical sags is deduced and discussed. This is very significant for the space design above the bridge deck and the optimization of the sag-to-span ratio in the preliminary design stage of the bridge. Finally, the proposed method is verified with the aid of two examples, one being an operational self-anchored suspension bridge (with spatial cables and a 260 m main span), and the other being an earth-anchored suspension bridge under design (with spatial cables and a 500 m main span). The necessity of an iterative calculation for hanger tensions on earth-anchored suspension bridges is confirmed. It is further concluded that the main cable and their connected hangers are in very close inclined planes.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2009

현수교 행어케이블은 일부가 클램프로 구속되어 있어 단일 케이블 모델을 기반으로 한 기존의 장력추정 방법들은 휨감성의 영향이 큰 짧은 케이블 일수록 오차가 커지게 된다. 따라서 최근에 유한요소모델 기반의 역해석 기법 및 시스템인식 기법을 이용한 장력추정 방법이 제안되었다. 본 논문은 광안대교 행어케이블을 대상으로 역해석 기법 및 시스템인식 기법을 이용한 장력추정 방법의 적용성을 비교 검토 하였다. 장력추정결과 유한요소모델을 기반으로 한 역해석 기법 및 시스템인식 기법은 기존의 현이론 및 선형회귀법에 의한 장력추정 방법에 비해 고유진동수 오차를 기준으로 보다 높은 신뢰성을 가지고 장력을 추정하였다. 하지만 모델기반의 장력추정 방법은 유한요소모델의 정확도에 따라 그 오차가 다르게 나타날 수 있다. 특히, 짧은 케이블 일수록 경계조건의 영향을 많이 받기 때문에 가능하다면 실험을 통해 경계조건을 명확히 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 시스템인식 기법을 이용한 장력추정 방법은 다양한 경계조건을 용이하게 고려할 수 있으며, 또한 입력되는 계측 고유진동수의 개수에 민감하지 않기 때문에 그 효용성이 높다고 할 수 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.241-255
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• 2014

The girder of self-anchored suspension bridge is subjected to large compression force applied by main cables. So, serious damage of the girder due to breakage of hangers may cause collapse of the whole bridge. With the time increasing, the hangers may break suddenly for their resistance capacities decrease due to corrosion. Using nonlinear static and dynamic analysis methods and adopting 3D finite element model, the responses of a concrete self-anchored suspension bridge to sudden breakage of hangers are studied in this paper. The results show that the sudden breakage of a hanger has significant effects on tensions of the hangers next to the broken hanger, bending and torsion moments of the girder, moments of the towers and reaction forces of the bearings. The results obtained from dynamic analysis method are very different from those obtained from static analysis method. The maximum tension of hanger produced by breakage of a hanger exceeds 2.2 times of its initial value, the maximum dynamic amplification factor reaches 2.54, which is larger than the value of 2.0 recommended for cable-stayed bridge in PTI codes. If two adjacent hangers on the same side of bridge break one after another, the maximum tension of other hangers exceeds 3.0 times of its initial value. If the safety factor adopted to design hanger is too small, or the hangers have been exposed to corrosion, the bridge may collapse due to breakage of two adjacent hangers.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.369-370
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• 2010

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2014

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the beam is suspended by load-bearing cables. There are two classifications: the self-anchored suspension bridge has the main cable anchored to the bridge girders, and the earth-anchored suspension bridge has the main cable anchored to a large anchorage. Although a suspension bridge is structurally safe, it is prone to be damaged by various actions such as hurricanes, tsunamis and terrorist incidents because its cables are exposed. If damage to a cable eventually leads to the cable rupture, the bridge may collapse. To avoid these accidents, studies on the dynamic behavior of cable bridges due to the cable rupture have been carried out. Design codes specify that the calculated DAF (dynamic amplification factor) should not exceed a certain value. However, it has been difficult to determine DAFs effectively from dynamic analysis, and thus no systematic approach has been suggested. The current study provides a guideline to determine DAFs reliably from the dynamic analysis results and summarizes the results by applying the method to an earth-anchored suspension bridge. In the study, DAFs were calculated at the location of four structural parts, girders, pylons, main cable and hangers, with variations in the rupture time.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.847-866
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• 2014

This paper describes a formulation to predict optimum post-tensioning forces and cable dimensioning for self-anchored cable-stayed suspension bridges. The analysis is developed with respect to both dead and live load configurations, taking into account design constrains concerning serviceability and ultimate limit states. In particular, under dead loads, the analysis is developed with the purpose to calculate the post-tensioning cable forces to achieve minimum deflections for both girder and pylons. Moreover, under live loads, for each cable elements, the lowest required cross-section area is determined, which verifies prescriptions, under ultimate or serviceability limit states, on maximum allowable stresses and bridge deflections. The final configuration is obtained by means of an iterative procedure, which leads to a progressive definition of the stay, hanger and main cable characteristics, concerning both post-tensioning cable stresses and cross-sections. The design procedure is developed in the framework of a FE modeling, by using a refined formulation of the bridge components, taking into account of geometric nonlinearities involved in the bridge components. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can be easily utilized to predict the cable dimensioning also in the framework of long span bridge structures, in which typically more complexities are expected in view of the large number of variables involved in the design analysis.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.39-61
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• 2017

Buffeting induced resonance (BIR) of hangers on long-suspension bridges is briefly reviewed, including mechanism and experimental verification. Taken the Xihoumen suspension bridge as a numerical example, sensitivities of the BIR of hangers to wind properties are investigated, including types of wind spectrum, turbulence intensity, and spacial coherence of wind fluctuations. Numerical simulations indicate that the BIR of hangers occur to both cases of different wind spectra, showing that it is insensitive to types of wind spectrum. On the other hand, it is found that the turbulence intensity affects buffeting of main cables almost in a linear manner, and so it does to the BIR of the hangers; however, the resonance factors, namely the ratio of the response of the hanger to that of the main cable, are little affected by the turbulence intensity. The spacial coherence of the wind fluctuations, although plays an important role on the buffeting responses of the main structure, has no substantial effects on the BIR of the hangers. Finally, replacement of steel strand with CFRP material has been verified as a very effective countermeasure against the BIR of hangers.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권12호
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• pp.2342-2348
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• 2009

Even though underground transmission cable is an essential transmission method to supply stable power for downtown and population center, the interaction of electromagnetic force by fault current is very large comparing to overhead transmission line due to restricted installation space such as tunnel, and close consideration is required for it. This paper presents countermeasures to reduce and release the effect of electromagnetic force with rope binding and installation of spacer and describes its efficacy through three phase short-circuit test, which will be utilized as basic materials for improvement and development of cleat, hanger, etc. to reduce and release effect of electromagnetic force in the future.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.155-169
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• 2006

In this paper, the application of magnetoelasticity in static tension monitoring for large steel cables is discussed. Magnetoelastic (EM) stress sensors make contact-free tension monitoring possible for hanger cables and post-tensioned cables on suspension and cable-stayed bridges. By quantifying the correlation of magnetic relative permeability with tension and temperature, the EM sensors inspect the load levels in the steel cables. Cable tension monitoring on Qiangjiang (QJ) 4th Bridge demonstrates the reliability of the EM sensors.