• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.325-348
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• 2009

This paper is concerned with steel-concrete composite plate girders curved in plan. At the design stage these girders are assumed sometimes to act independent of the deck slabs resting on them in order to simplify the analysis. The advantage of composite action between the steel girders and concrete deck is not utilized. Finite element modeling of such composite action in plate girders is considered in this paper. Details of the finite element modeling and the non-linear analysis of the girders are presented along with the results obtained. Tension field action in the web panels similar to those observed in the straight plate girders is also noticed in these girders. Finite element and experimental results in respect of curved steel plate girders and straight composite plate girders tested by other researchers are presented first to assess the accuracy of the modeling. Effects of parameters such as curvature, steel flange width and web panel width that affect the behavior of composite girders are then considered in the analyses. An approximate method to predict the ultimate strength of horizontally curved composite plate girders is also presented.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.1267-1281
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• 2015

Carbon steel plate girders have been used on a large scale in the building industry. Nowadays, Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) plate girders are gaining popularity as they possess greater strength and are more impervious to corrosion than those that are constructed from carbon steel. Regardless of their popularity, there is very limited information with regards to their shear behavior. In this paper, the non-linear finite element analysis was employed to investigate the shear behavior of LDSS plate girders. Parameters considered were the web thickness, the flange width, and the girders aspect ratio. The analysis revealed that although the shear behavior of the LDSS girders was no different from that of carbon steel plate girders, it had obviously been affected by the non-linearity of the material. Furthermore, the selected parameters were found to pronounce effect on the shear capacity of the LDSS girders. That is, the shear capacity increased considerably with web thickness, and increased slightly with flange width. However, it was reduced as the aspect ratio increased. Comparisons between the finite element analysis failure loads and those predicted by the current European Code of Practice revealed that the latter underestimated the shear strength of the LDSS plate girders.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(I)
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• pp.690-695
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• 2002

Two plate girders bridge has an advantage for execution of works and quality control because of its simplicity of super-structure caused by decreasing in amount of members and also is distinguished as aesthetic bridge type. Recently this has been adopted for structure of highway as well railway and introduced into domestic. In order to plan or design two plate girders bridge more rationably, it is necessary to comprehend its structural behavior as well as to consider the critical resign factors. Thus, in this study the formulation of optimum design for two plate girders bridge is proposed and the critical resign variables ani restraints are considered and founded by caring out optimum design. The objective function of optimization is formulated as a minimum cost design problem. And the thickness and length of I-shaped section are decided as resign variables. The design constraints are formulated based on Design Criteria for Railroad(Bridges). By comparing the optimum results with those of the conventional resign, the effectiveness of proposed optimum design formulation is investigated. From the results, the way to do optimum design of two plate girders bridge is suggested.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권2A호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2006

정 부모멘트 사이의 효과적인 휨강성분배를 통한 경제적인 단면을 설계하고 하부플랜지의 교축방향 곡선화를 통한 교량의 미를 도모하기 위해, 강플레이트거더 교각부에서 높이가 변하는 복부판을 설계에 종종 반영하고 있다. 이 같은 높이가 변하는 플레이트거더의 전단거동은 일반적인 플레이트거더에 비해 복잡하다. 그러나 관련연구의 부족으로 현행 하중-저항계 수설계규정은 명확한 전단설계기준을 제시하고 있지 못하다. 본 연구에서는 전단력을 받는 높이가 변하는 복부판의 탄성좌굴 및 극한전단거동을 조사하기 위해 다양한 매개변수가 고려된 3차원 유한요소해석이 수행되었으며, 해석결과로부터 높이가 변하는 복부판의 전단강도를 간단하며 합리적으로 산정할 수 있는 전단설계식을 제안하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.643-653
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 일반 강재로 제작된 수평보강재가 설치된 플레이트 거더에 대한 3차원 비선형 유한요소해석을 수행하여 휨에 대한 극한 거동과 연성에 대해 고찰하였다. AASHTO LRFD (2002)의 규정에 의하면 수평보강재가 설치된 플레이트 거더는 조밀단면 검토에서 제외되어 비조밀단면으로 간주되는데, 소성모멘트 구현과 휨연성 조건 등을 엄밀히 검토하여 조밀단면으로 설계될 수 있는 가능성에 대하여 살펴보았다. 복부판의 세장비, 수평보강재의 강성, 압축플랜지의 세장비 등을 주요 변수로 설정하여 다양한 조합에 대한 해석을 수행하였다. 복부판에 설치된 보강재의 강성이 보장된 상태에서 복부판 압축 패널의 국부좌굴을 방지하기 위한 세장비의 값을 제한함으로써 수평보강재가 설치된 플레이트거더일지라도 조밀단면의 조건이 충분히 만족될 수 있다는 것이 확인되었다. 해석 결과에 근거하여 수평보강재가 설치된 플레이트거더가 조밀단면으로 설계되기 위한 조건식이 제안되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2006

Experiments have been carried out on six composite and two plain steel plate girders under shear loading to understand the elastic and inelastic behaviour of such girders. The failure mechanism assumed and used to develop design equations is normally based on the failure patterns observed in the experiments. Therefore, different types of cracks and failure patterns observed in the experiments are reviewed briefly first. Based on the observed failure patterns, a design method to predict the ultimate shear capacity of composite plate girders is proposed in this paper. The values of ultimate shear capacity obtained using the proposed design method are compared with the corresponding experimental values and it is found that the proposed method is able to predict the shear capacity accurately.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.297-315
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• 2010

This paper is concerned with free vibration characteristics and natural frequency of horizontally curved composite plate girder bridges. Three-dimensional finite element models are developed for the girders using the software package LUSAS and analyses carried out on the models. The validity of the finite element models is first established through comparison with the corresponding results published by other researchers. Studies are then carried out to investigate the effects of total number of girders, number of cross-frames and curvature on the free vibration response of horizontally curved composite plate girder bridges. The results confirm the fact that bending modes are always coupled with torsional modes for horizontally curved bridge girder systems. The results show that the first bending mode is influenced by composite action between the concrete deck and steel beam at low subtended angle but, on the girders with larger subtended angle at the centre of curvature such influence is non-existence. The increase in the number of girders results in higher natural frequency but at a decreasing rate. The in-plane modes viz. longitudinal and arching modes are significantly influenced by composite action and number of girders. If no composite action is taken into account the number of girders has no significant effect for the in-plane modes.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.145-152
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• 1987

This paper suggests a method for the analysis of box girders which are subject to the membrane and the plate bending actions, Moreover, the method is applied to the box girders under distributed loads which have various geometrical types of cross sections and are made out of different materials. The approach is based on the finite element technique in which the structure is considered to be a spatial assemblage of flat plate elements and the deformations of the plates are to be approximated with 9-noded parabolic isoparametric elements. The results are summarized as follows. 1.In all models, the larger the widths of top flange inside of web are, the larger the vertical deflections are. 2.The maximum transverse and longitudinal moments in the composite box girders are judged to be larger than those in the RC box girders. 3.The transverse and the longitudinal moments in top flange of composite box. girders are larger than those in that of the RC box girders. 4.The transverse and longitudinal moments in web and bottom flange of the composite box girders are estimated to be very small in compare to those in web and bottom flange of the RC box girders.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.469-486
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• 2007

The paper is concerned with the behavior of tapered steel plate girders, primarily subjected to shear loading; experimental as well as finite element results obtained from the studies are presented in this paper. In the experimental study, 11 large-scale girders, one of uniform section and 10 tapered, were tested to failure and all girders were analysed by finite element method. The results are compared and the accuracy of the finite element modeling established. A parametric study was carried out with thickness of web, loading direction and taper angle as parameters. An analytical model, based on Cardiff model for girders of uniform cross-section, is also proposed in the paper.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.459-473
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• 2012

Post-tensioned concrete voided slab girders are widely used in highway bridge constructions. To obtain greater section hollow rate and reduce the self-weight, the plate thickness of slab girders are designed to be small with the adoption of flat anchorage system. Since large prestress is applied to the anchor end section, it was found that longitudinal shear cracks are easy to occur along the voided slab girder. The reason is the existence of great shearing effect at the junction area between web and bottom (top) plate in the anchor end section. This paper focuses on the longitudinal anti-cracking problem at the anchor end of post-tensioned concrete voided slab girders. Two possible models for longitudinal anticracking analysis are proposed. Differential element analysis method is adopted to derive the solving formula of the critical cracking state, and then the practical analysis method for longitudinal anti-cracking is established. The influence of some factors on the longitudinal anti-cracking ability is studied. Results show that the section dimensions (thickness of bottom, web and top plate) and prestress eccentricity on web plate are the main factors that influence the anti-cracking ability. Moreover, the proposed method is applied into three engineering examples to make longitudinal anti-cracking verification for the girders. According to the verification results, the design improvements for these girders are determined.