A review of indirect bridge monitoring using passing vehicles
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Indirect bridge monitoring methods, using the responses measured from vehicles passing over bridges, are under development for about a decade. A major advantage of these methods is that they use sensors mounted on the vehicle, no sensors or data acquisition system needs to be installed on the bridge. Most of the proposed methods are based on the identification of dynamic characteristics of the bridge from responses measured on the vehicle, such as natural frequency, mode shapes, and damping. In addition, some of the methods seek to directly detect bridge damage based on the interaction between the vehicle and bridge. This paper presents a critical review of indirect methods for bridge monitoring and provides discussion and recommendations on the challenges to be overcome for successful implementation in practice.
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The vehicle speeds for the aforementioned drive-by methods are all lower than the highway speed range, which may require temporary bridge and/or lane closures.
“The vehicle speeds for the aforementioned methods are all lower than the highway speed range, which thus may require temporary bridge and/or lane closures [264].”
From Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as [264]
Talebinejad et al. [264] evaluated four mode shape-based techniques to identify damage to long-span cable-stayed bridges by using simulated acceleration data.
“Talebinejad et al. [264] evaluated four mode shape-based techniques to identify damage to long-span cable-stayed bridges by using simulated acceleration data.”
From Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as [264]
These methods included an enhanced coordinate MAC, a damage index, MSC, and modal flexibility methods.
“These methods included an enhanced coordinate MAC, a damage index, MSC, and modal flexibility methods.”
From Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as [264]
The performance of the damage index and MSC was better than that of the two other methods.
“The performance of the damage index and MSC was better than that of the two other methods.”
From Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as [264]
When measurement noise was considered, only high-intensity damage could be detected using the damage index and MSC, and none of them could identify multiple damage to the deck.
“When measurement noise was considered, only high-intensity damage could be detected using the damage index and MSC, and none of them could identify multiple damage to the deck.”
From Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as [264]
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- Authors
- Malekjafarian, A., McGetrick, P. J., & OBrien, E. J.
- Affiliations
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Corresponding author
- OBrien, Eugene J.
- Venue
- Shock and Vibration
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 2015
- Pages
- 1-16
- ISSN
- 1070-9622 (ISSN-L)
- 1875-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2057691081
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 19.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Shock and Vibration (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Irish Research Council
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Transport Systems and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
- Keywords
- vehicle-mounted sensors, passing vehicles, bridge damage detection, dynamic characteristics identification, natural frequencies, mode shapes, damping, vehicle-bridge interaction, structural health monitoring
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