프리스트레스(PS) 긴장재의 긴장력 관리는 거더 성능관리에 있어 매우 중요한 항목이나 현재는 시공시 설계 긴장력의 도입 여부만을 검증한 후 공용시에는 그 관리가 이루어지지 않는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 PSC 거더의 제작단계에서부터 공용시까지 생애주기 동안의 긴장력 관리가 가능한 PSC 거더를 제안하기 위한 기초 연구로서, 현재의 기술수준으로 사용 가능한 센서들을 이용하여 PS 긴장력을 측정하는 실험 연구를 수행하였다. 소규모 거더를 제작하여 4종류의 센서를 설치하였고, 긴장력을 도입하면서 각 센서들의 적용성과 정확성을 평가하였다. 실험결과에 따르면, 중공로드셀은 편심하중이 작용하는 경우 기준값보다 하중을 높게 평가하는 경향이 있었다. EM 센서는 실용이 가능한 정확도를 보여주었으며, 콘크리트 내부의 긴장재를 따라 어느 위치에서도 설치할 수 있다.

The evaluation for the status and levels of tension acting on a cable supported structure has been a issue due to the structural stability. Each of strands comprising that structures is adopted prestress, the tension level of the strand during the operation is a significant factor for structural integrity of the system. However, a suitable alternative for measurement of tension acting on a strand is not proposed, as well as conservative assessment of cable system is bing adopted in industrial application. Thus, in this paper, a new method is proposed for measurement of tensile forces in a strand using guided waves. This method use a dispersion characteristic of guided waves with variation of stiffness between each of wires. Proposed method is experimentally verified by some experiments using a seven-wire strand.

The main objective of this paper is a feasibility Study for measuring tensile forces in the steel wire which are widely used in various types of prestressed structures. A steel wire serves as a load-bearing element, and electromagnetic-acoustic transducers are used to excite and detect resonant vibrational modes. The results show a promising feasibility on measurement of tensile forces in the steel wire.

This paper presents the measurement of earth anchor tension using fiber optic OFDR sensor. Fiber optic OFDR sensor was configurated with tunable laser source, APD with polarization beam splitter and high speed DAQ system. Strains of pressure plate and anchor head were measured and compared using strain gage and fiber optic OFDR sensor. Fiber optic OFDR sensor signal showed linear increase in both tension and compression direction as tensional force increase. This results shows the capability of fiber optic OFDR sensor for monitoring earth anchor tension.

The loss of prestress in cable supported structure is a direct cause of structural deterioration of the structure. Thus, measurement and evaluation of the tensile force acted on a strand consist of the cable system have been a significant technological factor. However, a measurement method of tension for each of strands is not proposed, as well as conservative assessment of cable system is bing adopted in industrial application. This paper proposes a new and effective method for measurement of tensile force in a strand based on ultrasound. Electromagnetic acoustic transducer(EMAT) is used for generation of ultrasound. Tensile force acting on a strand can be measured by characterization of guided waves that propagate along the boundary of geometry. Consequently, proposed method is experimentally verified by some experiments using seven-wire strand.

As public service life of PSC bridges is on the increase, lots of effort has been devoted to verify safety of PSC bridges. On the safety of PSC bridges, effective prestress force is one of the most important factors. At the moment, however, indirect measurements are mostly employed to evaluate the effective prestress force during and after construction. In this study, performances of FBG and EM sensors, which can directly measure the effective prestress force, are tested and investigated.

To evaluate the prestressing loss of tendon caused by deflection angle, test is conducted with the variables of a deflection angle and a diameter of deviator head. Results show that the prestressing loss increases when the delfection angle increases but the diameter of deviator head gives no significant influence on the prestressing loss.