Journal
STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 1408-1425Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/stc.1751
Keywords
connected pipe system; deflection; vehicle load; suspension bridge; pressure transmitter; extreme value analysis; generalized extreme value distribution
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2015CB057701]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51308073, 51378081]
- Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China [14JJ3087]
- Research Project Department of Education of Hunan Province, China [13C1017]
- Civil Engineering Innovative Projects of Changsha University of Science and Technology, China [13ZDXK03]
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This paper discusses the application of a connected pipe system (CPS) to a suspension bridge in China for the purpose of vertical deflection monitoring and assessment. The CPS mainly consists of three main parts: the pressure transmitters to detect the height change of liquid, the pipes to connect the reference point and measurement points, and the liquid to fill the connected pipes. Multiple pressure transmitters, taken as the measurement point, were mounted inside of the girder. A reference transmitter was mounted inside of a tower, taken as a fixed point. To verify the performance and reliability of the CPS, a controlled load test after the completion of the bridge construction and an uncontrolled load test under the actual traffic loading were carried out. The results showed that the CPS exhibited excellent capability in real-time measurement of vertical deflection of the suspension bridge. With the long-term deflection data monitored by the CPS, the extreme deflections with respect to vehicle loads were predicted by extreme value analysis. The generalized extreme value distribution was adopted to establish the probability models of the daily maximum and minimum deflection sequences, and then the extreme deflections within the design reference period of 100years were determined based on the probability models. Comparison of the extreme deflections and the deflection thresholds was carried out. The deflection monitoring and assessment method proposed in this paper have shown high potential of applicability in the practice of health monitoring for long-span bridges. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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