A Case Study on the Effect of Damaged Expansion Joint for Safety Assessment of Highway Bridges

  • Kim, Kwang-Il (Department of Civil Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Chai, Won-Kyu (Department of Civil Engineering, Shingu University) ;
  • Lee, Myeong-Gu (Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Elji University) ;
  • Son, Young-Hyun (SUHRIM Institute of Construction Technology)
  • Received : 2010.08.02
  • Accepted : 2010.12.12
  • Published : 2010.12.31

Abstract

In this study, the variations of transformed impact factors and load carrying capacity of highway bridges measured from the state of expansion joint are evaluated. the field loading tests were performed on the highway bridge with damaged expansion joint to investigate the variation of the load carrying capacity. From the field loading tests in case that damaged expansion joint exist or do not exist, the static displacements and dynamic displacements were measured, and TIF were calculated, respectively. dynamic test is performed in order to estimate dynamic displacement and TIF according to the level of damage of expansion joint. From the results of TIF, the load carrying capacity of highway bridges with damaged expansion joint were estimated.

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