PSC girder bridges, widely applied to bridge and railroad bridge (25 ~ 50 m), are a type of bridge that introduces compressive force in advance to the part where tensile force of concrete is generated. The tension force for introducing the compressive force by inserting the tendon into the concrete is a key element of the structural performance in the PSC. At present, however, measurement and verification of this is indirectly managed through deflection and cracking. However, it has become more necessary to develop practical evaluation methods of prestress force of PSC bridges. In this experiment, a small scale PSC beam with various curvature radii was made. Tension force monitoring with FBG sensor and EM sensor was performed on test members using 3 point flexural loading test. The measured values of the FBG sensors and the EM sensors used in the experiment were analyzed and compared with the measured values of the load cell.

In this study, to examine the application of strut of high strength concrete, an parameter study was performed. High strength concrete has high capacity for the strut member, especially 80MPa concrete strut has equal quality to 40MPa concrete strut with FRP. Also it is insignificant that the difference of member force between variation in boundary condition on the strut of PSC Box Girder.

In this study, the static displacement component of bridges measured in the ambient vibration test were extracted by using mode decomposition technique. The lateral load distribution was estimated using the extracted static displacement component and compared with the lateral load distribution factor measured in the static loading test.

The safety issue of PSC box girder bridge stood out. So, we developed material testing method and procedures and applied them to existing bridge. Consequently, We found that the procedure we developed is very reasonable.

The safety issue of PSC box Girder Bridge is being brought up to the surface. For countermeasures, we developed an extensive material testing procedures and applied it into our existing bridges. We believe that these set of newly constructed procedures are well within the reasonable mark. With that, we now foresee the necessity in systematic improvement and ample supply of its technology in order to secure the future safety of PSC box girder bridges.

PSC girder bridges, widely applied to bridge and railroad bridge (25 ~ 50 m), are a type of bridge that introduces compressive force in advance to the part where tensile force of concrete is generated. The tension force for introducing the compressive force by inserting the tendon into the concrete is a key element of the structural performance in the PSC. At present, however, measurement and verification of this is indirectly managed through deflection and cracking. However, it has become more necessary to develop practical evaluation methods of prestress force of PSC bridges. In this experiment, a small scale PSC beam with various curvature radii was made. Tension force monitoring with FBG sensor and EM sensor was performed on test members using 3 point flexural loading test. The measured values of the FBG sensors and the EM sensors used in the experiment were analyzed and compared with the measured values of the load cell.

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.

In this study, to examine the application of strut of high strength concrete, an experimental study and analysis was performed. High strength concrete has high capacity for the strut member, especially 80MPa concrete strut has equal quality to 40MPa concrete strut with FRP.

본 연구에서는 PSC I거더교에 대한 외부강선을 이용한 보강 방법 중 V자형 보강방식의 효용성을 검증하기 위하여 공용중인 교량 을 대상으로 보강장치를 시공하여 보강효과를 분석하였다. 따라서 PSC I거더교의 보강 전과 후 각각의 경우에 대하여 정적 및 동적 재하실험 을 실시하였다. 그리고 재하실험에서 측정된 결과를 면밀히 분석하고, 구조해석을 통해 얻은 결과와도 비교분석하여 외부 프리스트레스 도입 을 통한 보강효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 외부강선을 이용한 보강방법을 적용하여 보강효과를 검토한 결과, 본 연구에서의 V자형 외부강선 보강방법을 적용할 때 횡방향 하중분배계수 곡선이 완만해져 상부구조의 건전성이 증진됨을 알 수 있었으며, PSC I거더교의 휨 성능 및 전단 성능개선뿐만 아니라 동적구 조거동에도 크게 도움을 줄 수 있는 것으로 판단되고, 본 연구에서의 탄성패드를 적용할 때 동적보강효과가 극대화 된다는 것을 확인하였다.

This paper presents an nonlinear analysis to investigate the high strength concrete through the comparison with the concrete filled steel tubes and concrete filled GFRP. As a result, the high strength concrete has higher strength than the normal strength concrete filled CFGFRP that is widely used for the compressive strut member of the PSC Box Girder bridge. Therefore, it is confirmed that the high strength concrete is appropriate for the compressive struts of the PSC Box Girder Bridge.

The results of considerations on the current state of PSC Box girder safety maintenance with external tendons, it appears the extra suggestion of safety maintenance and popularization of technique is needed.

A PSC girder with I-typed section is one of the most common types applied to road and rail bridges in South Korea. As public service life of PSC bridges is on 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 factor. At the current time, however, indirect measurements are mostly employed to measure the effective prestress force during construction. In this study, performances of FBG and EM sensors, which can directly measure the effective prestress force, are tested and investigated. The test result can be useful to develop block-out PSC girders with FBG and EM sensors monitoring effective prestress force during service life.

철도교량의 경제성 확보를 전제로 PSC I형 거더의 장경간화 추세는 근간에 가장 활발히 진행되고 있는 연구이며, 이에 따른 교량의 강성확보를 위한 거더의 효율적인 기하형상 선정은 우선시 되어야할 과제이다. 본 연구에서는 회전반경과 휨효율을 기반으로 확장된 상부플랜지의 거더 단면을 선정하였으며, 본 거더가 적용된 경간장 25m, 30m, 35m, 40m PSC I형 거더교를 대상으로 수치해석을 수행하여 국내 및 국외의 동적성능 기준과의 부합여부를 검증하였다. 또한 경간장 40m PSC I형 거더의 동적성능을 상대적으로 비교하기 위해서 현재 호남고속철도에서 적용된 40m PSC Box 거더교를 대상으로 동적 해석을 수행하였고 KTX열차와 화물열차 주행 시의 동적안정성을 수치해석적으로 검토하여 국내 및 국외의 동적 안정성 기준과 부합여부를 검토하였다. 추가로 표준열차하중과 충격계수를 고려하여 정적해석을 수행하고 한계치와의 부합여부를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 검토대상 PSC I형 거더 철도교는 모든 항목에서 국내 철도교량 관련 정적, 동적안정성 기준치를 만족하는 것으로 분석되었다.

This paper carried out a study on design for the deviation block of PSC box girder bridges with external tendons. As a result, the actual load distribution on deviation block must be considered for design because of a discordance with the design concept.

PSC continuous girders have been used to improve the stability of simply supported girders. The loss of prestress is one of important factors for rational design and construction of the PSC girders. Measurements of prestress loss were conducted with the several test variables that reflect the conditions of continuous joint. Results show that the prestress loss is closely related to a eccentricity.

PSC거더교는 탁월한 안정성, 사용성 등의 특징으로 전세계적으로 가장 많이 사용되는 교량의 한 형식이다. 그러나, 긴장재 (강연선)의 시공오차나 곡률반경 등에 의하여 절곡되는 상황이 발생하는 경우가 생기며, 이는 국부적인 긴장력의 손실울 유발한다. 그러나, 일반적으로 설계와 시공과정에서는 긴장재의 국부적인 절곡으로 발생하는 긴장력의 손실에 대하여는 간과하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 PSC 거더 연속화 지점부에서 시공오차와 선형반경으로 인하여 발생하는 긴장력 손실량을 실험적으로 규명하였다. 또한, 국부적 긴장력 손실을 감소시킬수 있는 공법을 제안하고 이에 대한 효용을 실험으로 검증하였다. 실험결과에 따르면 국부적 절곡에 의해 최대 10%의 긴장손실이 나타났고, 블록아웃 공법을 통해 손실률을 최대 약 5% 감소시킬 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 블록아웃 공법으로 연속화 교량의 긴장효율을 향상시킬 수 있음을 의미한다.

A comprehensive formulation of the torsional behavior of prestressed concrete (PSC) girder is presented. It accounts for prestressing forces of the PS tendons non-symmetrically placed. The formulation is derived based on Vlasov’s hypothesis of considering warping displacement and geometrical relationship of the deflected and elevated PS tendons.

The needs for consistent maintenance for highway bridge has been increased in nowadays. This study is to investigate fundamental database about in-depth inspection for publishing the repair and strengthening methodology. It is because the maintenance budget should be used effectively for optimal maintenance of infrastructures. In order to investigate the maintenance history of highway bridges, the database of in-depth inspection from 1996 to 2012 was analyzed. For the superstructure type, PSC box girder bridge which was the most common among the concrete bridges in the inspection database was investigated.

To monitor dynamic responses of bridges, the vision-based system using commercial video-related equipment is developed. The research and development has been performed for dynamic characteristics extraction of external tendons in PSC box girder bridges. The vision-based dynamic measurement system consists of an industrial camera and notebook computer that can measure tendon's vibrations with 100 fps. The vision-based system was successfully tested and verified in the testbed bridge.