Pavement performance usually depends on the pavement’s material property, traffic and environmental conditions. Current pavement design programs such as the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide use these factors in assessing the pavement life and performance in terms of different distresses like rutting and fatigue cracking. Theoretically, the cracking and rutting behaviour of pavements are based on accumulated strains experienced by the pavement which is brought by the weight and loading speed of vehicles. A steady state loading device was used in the field to evaluate pavement deflection’s behaviour in varying loading frequencies. It was observed that the pavement deflection increases as the loading frequency also increases until it approaches a certain frequency wherein the deflection decreases thereafter. In this study, a three-dimensional finite element pavement model was established using ABAQUS wherein the effect of the vehicle’s loading frequencies was analysed. The calculated static deflection and stress from the finite element (FE) model were found to have good correlation with the KENPAVE measured deflection and stress. The deflections of different pavement conditions were further studied and analysed by generating several pavement geometries and strength from the FE model using a frequency sweep response analysis. It was found that the geometric condition and the current modulus of the pavement can amplify the pavement deflection by a factor, β, depending on the loading frequency. The peak deflection was found to be occurring when the loading frequency approaches one of the pavement’s natural frequencies. Based on the finding from this study, the natural frequency is an important factor to be considered in designing pavements. Further study is recommended to understand more on how to minimize the effect of natural frequency to pavement life.

This paper examines the pounding problem between adjacent decks subjected to strong earthquakes. The elastomeric bearings in an isolated bridge reduce the stresses on the superstructure and cushion the impact by transferring smaller seismic forces to the substructure. On the other hand, these bearings also allow large horizontal displacement of the superstructure due to seismic forces. Bridges having various supporting soil conditions and different frequency ratios between adjacent decks are investigated by numerical analysis. In the analysis, decision making is conducted whether the collision took place or not and, the magnitude of pounding force and the duration time of collision are obtained and the results are discussed.

보의 고유진동수는 진동해석 뿐만 아니라 구조물의 동적특성을 파악하는데 중요한 역할을 한다 보의 단면이 불연속적으로 변하는 계단형 보의 고유진동수 해석은 복잡하다. 이런 계단형 보의 진동해석은 Rayleigh-Ritz법, FEM 등과 같은 근사해석법이 흔히 사용되는데 이들 해석의 정확성은 분할요소의 수, 계산의 반복수, 가정처짐곡선의 형상에 따라 좌우된다. 본 연구에서는 계단형 외팔보의 등가보 변환 방법을 이용한 기본고유진동수의 근사해석방법을 제시하고자 하였으며 여러 예제에 대하여 제안방법과 유한요소해석 결과를 비교하여 그 적용성과 신뢰성을 검증하였다.

근래에 이르러 컴퓨터의 발전과 더불어 유한요소법이 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 수치해석수법이 되어 왔다. 그러나 유한요소법은 각각의 구조물을 해석하는 데는 탁월한 능력을 발휘하지만 구조물을 형성하는 파라메타에 대한 영향 또는 경향을 파악하는 것에 대해서는 갤러킨법이 더욱 유효하다. 본 논문은 구조물을 형성하는 파라메타에 대한 영향 경향을 파악하는 것에 유리한 갤러킨법(Galerkin's Method)을 이용하여 고유치 해석을 수행하고 아치를 형성하는 파라메타가 고유진동응답에 미치는 영향을 고찰한다.

In order to analyze the dynamic characteristics and seismic performance of electrical cabinet affected the earthquake, a preliminary study should be carry on to find the natural frequency of that, and it can be known that through shaking table test and finite element analysis. The purpose of this study is to developing regarding the numerical model by using finite element method for the natural frequency of electrical cabinet be influenced by earthquake and to verify its reliability in comparison with experimental data through shaking table test in the future.

In this study, the natural frequencies of long-span truss bridges with LRB were analyzed and compared. As a result of the mode analysis, a similar mode shape was shown irrespective of whether LRB was applied or not. The natural frequency analysis using the measurement data, the natural frequencies of the first to third transverse modes could not be analyzed due to the small dynamic response, and the natural frequency of the fourth vertical mode was analyzed to be similar to the mode analysis results. As a result of comparing the natural frequency of the vertical direction mode of 18 truss bridges in the past, the bridge with LRB was analyzed to have smaller natural frequency than the bridge without LBR.

스트레스 리본 교량(Stress Ribbon Bridge)이란 현수된 케이블에 최소 휨강성을 제공하기 위한 철근 콘크리트 상판 또는 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 상판을 케이블에 현수 형태로 설치하는 교량을 말한다. 스트레스리본 교량은 지간장에 비해 매우 얇은 두께의 상판과 최소 휨강성으로 인해 낮은 대역의 고유 주파수 성분을 가지고 있다. 이러한 낮은 고유주파수 대역으로 인해 보도 하중에 의한 공진의 위험성이 있으며, 또한 진동에 의한 케이블 수평력의 변동 등 구조적 악영향이 발생 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 케이블의 수평력과 새그량을 주요 변수로 하여 고유진동 해석을 수행하였으며 이를 바탕으로 스트레스 리본 교량의 거동 특성을 분석하였다.

This study suggests a method for estimating embedded depth of a scoured bridge foundation using inverse analysis with natural frequency, that is a lot affected by soil stiffness around the structure. And applicability of the inverse analysis is performed by comparison of test results