Effect of Pot Bearing Aging on the Seismic Response of a Three-span Continuous Girder Bridge

Ju Hyeon Jo; Dong Ho Kim; Jun Won Kang; Hyejin Yoon

doi:10.7734/COSEIK.2024.37.4.251

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Effect of Pot Bearing Aging on the Seismic Response of a Three-span Continuous Girder Bridge 3경간 연속 거더교의 지진응답에 대한 포트받침 노후화의 영향

31 August 2024. pp. 251-258

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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of bearing aging on the seismic response of a three-span continuous concrete girder bridge with pot bearings installed. The pot bearings were modeled as elastic springs in the longitudinal, transverse, and vertical directions of the bridge to reflect the stiffness of fixed and movable supports. The effect of bearing aging on the seismic response of the bridge was examined by considering two factors: a decrease in the horizontal stiffness of the fixed bearings and an increase in the horizontal stiffness of the movable bearings. The finite element model of the three-span continuous girder bridge was validated by comparing its numerical natural frequencies with the designed natural frequencies. Using artificial ground motions that conform to the design response spectrum specified by the KDS bridge seismic design code, the seismic responses of the bridge's girders and bearings were calculated, considering the bearing stiffness variation due to aging. The results of a numerical analysis revealed that a decrease in the horizontal stiffness of the fixed bearings led to an increase in the absolute maximum relative displacement of the bearings during an earthquake. This increases the risk of the mortar block that supports the bearing cracking and the anchor bolt breaking. However, an increase in the horizontal stiffness of the movable bearings due to aging decreased the absolute maximum shear on the fixed bearings. Despite the shear reduction in the fixed bearings, the aging of the pot bearings change could cause additional tensile bending stress in the girder section above the free bearings, which could lead to unexpected structural damage to the continuous bridge during an earthquake.

Keywords

bearing aging

three-span continuous concrete girder bridge

Artificial ground motion

absolute maximum relative displacement

absolute maximum shear

이 논문은 포트 받침이 설치된 3경간 연속 콘크리트 거더교를 대상으로 받침의 노후화가 교량의 지진응답에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 포트 받침은 고정단 및 가동단의 강성을 반영해 교축방향, 교축직각방향, 수직방향의 탄성 스프링으로 모델링하였다. 포트 받침의 노후화를 고정단 받침의 수평강성 저하와 가동단 받침의 수평강성 증가로 나누어 받침의 노후화가 교량의 지진 거동에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 수치해석으로부터 구한 고유진동수 값과 이 교량의 설계 고유진동수를 비교하여 해석 대상 3경간 연속 거더교의 유한요소모델이 타당함을 보였으며, 국내 도로교설계기준(한계상태설계법)의 설계응답스펙트럼에 부합하는 인공지진파를 이용해 받침 강성의 변화에 따른 교량 상부 및 받침의 지진응답을 계산하였다. 지진해석 결과, 받침의 노후화로 인해 고정단 받침의 수평강성이 감소할 경우 지진으로 인한 고정단 받침의 절대최대 상대변위가 증가하였다. 이는 받침을 지지하는 모르타르의 균열과 앵커 볼트의 탈락 가능성이 커짐을 의미한다. 받침의 노후화로 인해 가동단 받침의 수평강성이 증가하는 경우에는 지진으로 인한 고정단 받침의 절대최대 전단력이 감소하였다. 그러나 이 경우 가동단 바로 위 거더 단면에 추가의 휨인장응력이 발생할 수 있으며, 이러한 받침 성능의 변화로 인하여 지진 시 연속 콘크리트교에 예기치 못한 구조적 손상이 발생할 수 있다.

키워드

받침의 노후화

3경간 연속 콘크리트 거더교

인공지진파

절대최대 상대변위

절대최대 전단력

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Publisher :Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국전산구조공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
Journal Title(Ko) :한국전산구조공학회 논문집
Volume : 37
No :4
Pages :251-258
Received Date : 2024-06-10
Revised Date : 2024-06-18
Accepted Date : 2024-06-19
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2024.37.4.251

Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea ISSN:1229-3059(Print) 2287-2302(Online) 한국전산구조공학회 논문집

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