이 연구의 목적은 중공원형 철근콘크리트 교각의 횡방향철근에 따른 지진거동을 파악하고 합리적이면서 경제적인 내진 설계기준의 개발을 위한 자료를 제공하는데 있다. 3개의 중공원형 교각 실험체에 일정 축하중 하에서 횡방향 반복하중을 가하는 준정적실험을 수행하였다. 정확하고 올바른 성능평가를 위하여 신뢰성 있는 비선형 유한요소해석 프로그램을 사용하였다. 이용된 해석기법은조사된 실험체에 대하여 하중단계에 따라 내진성능을 비교적 정확하게 예측하였다. 실험적, 해석적 결과로부터 중공원형 철근콘크리트교각의 설계와 시공 실무를 향상하기 위한 내진상세를 제시하였다.

이 연구의 목적은 결합원형띠철근을 갖는 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능을 파악하는데 있다. 3개의 인터락킹 교각 실험체에 일정 축하중 하에서 횡방향 반복하중을 가하는 준정적 실험을 수행하였다. 사용된 프로그램은 철근콘크리트 구조물의 해석을 위한 RCAHEST이다. 사용된 해석기법은 조사된 실험체에 대하여 하중단계에 따라 성능을 비교적 정확하게 예측하였다. 실험적, 해석적 결과로부터 결합원형띠철근을 갖는 철근콘크리트 교각의 설계와 시공 실무를 향상하기 위한 상세를 제시하였다.

An expansion joint is one of the most vulnerable element in bridge system. Leaks in expansion joints are the major cause of deterioration of the concrete member. The idea of jointless bridges is adopted to resolve these problems. In this study, construction techniques to convert a conventional bridge to a jointless one are surveyed and a tentative solution will be presented.

This study established key factors causing deck slab deterioration based on GPR database of 747 highway bridges, and predicted deck slab damage rates with respect to bridge service life. To minimize the influence of bridge service life on deck slab deterioration, the deck slab damage rate database was corrected based on a linear regression model of bridge service life vs. deck slab damage rate. The corrected deck slab damage rates were analyzed to determine correlation considering the number of snowy days, the amount of snowfalls, the number of freeze-thaw days, average winter temperature, altitude, the amount of deicing chemicals and equivalent traffic volume, and then both the number of freeze-thaw days and the amount of deicing chemicals were determined to be key factors causing deck slab deterioration. The complex deterioration considering both key factors was represented deck slab damage rate charts, and the average deck slab life was derived. The results of this study will be used as a guideline for highway bridge maintenance to identify the progress of deck slab deterioration for a given bridge and predict the time required deck slab rehabilitation.

This study introduces the role of level of service in the asset management for social infrastructures. An overall process to determine the level of service and performance measures were also described. The developed process was applied for actual road infrastructures, pavements, bridges and tunnels and the results were shown briefly.

The amount of newly-built bridges has been gradually reduced so that the importance of maintenance for existing bridges which has a long services period is issued. Therefore, the maintenance budget for existing bridges is going to be consistently increased. It is needed that a reasonable decision-making methodology for existing bridge maintenance is required to effectively use the limited maintenance budget. In this study, a method of the structural vulnerability evaluation is newly suggested as the one of the evaluation stage for developing a reasonable decision-making methodology.

As the service period of bridges become increased, more effective maintenance strategy is needed. The decision making strategy should be able to prioritize bridges for maintenance. This study, as preliminary study for the development of prioritization decision making tool, reviews bridge maintenance strategies abroad and domestic.

A bridge is composed of many elements as deck, girder, pier and so on. The deterioration characteristic for each element is useful to establish the maintenace strategy and to determine the inspection interval. This study analyzed the derioration rates of bridge elements in Korea Expressway with a lot of precision safety diagnosis reports.

Nowadays, finger joints have been more popular than rail type joints due to their many merits: easiness to maintain, low noise, etc. However, finger joints have some demerits too. This paper investigates the damage of finger joints installed at a curved PSC box girder bridge. The analytical results show that the damage of finger joints of the curved bridge is caused by thermal expansion and imperfect installation of the joints.