Assessment of Highway Bridge Upgrading by Dynamic Testing and Finite-Element Model Updating

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore has a continuing program of highway bridge upgrading for refurbishing and strengthening bridges to allow for increasing vehicle traffic and increasing axle loads. One subject of this program has been a short-span bridge taking a busy main road across a coastal inlet near a major port facility. Experiment-based structural assessments of the bridge were conducted before and after upgrading works including strengthening. Each assessment exercise comprised three separate components: (1) a strain and acceleration monitoring exercise lasting approximately one month; (2) a full-scale dynamic test carried out in a single day without closing the bridge; and (3) a finite-element model updating exercise to identify structural parameters and mechanisms. This paper presents the dynamic testing and the modal analysis used to identify the vibration properties and the quantification of the effectiveness of the upgrading through the subsequent model updating. Before and after upgrade, similar sets of vibration modes were identified, resembling those of an orthotropic plate with relatively weak transverse bending stiffness. Conversion of bearings from nominal simple supports to nominal full fixity was shown via model updating to be the principal cause of natural frequency increases of up to 50%. The utility of the combined experimental and analytical process in direct identification of structural properties has been proven, and the procedure can be applied to other structures and their capacity assessments.     

高速公路建设水土流失防治研究

本文以西南地区的几条高速公路为例,阐述了高速公路建设项目水土流失的特点及防治对策,将工程措施与植物措施相结合并积极地采用新方法、新技术,从而有效地改善公路沿线的生态环境.     

Routine Highway Bridge Inspection Condition Documentation Accuracy and Reliability

Routine inspection is the most common form of highway bridge inspection to satisfy the requirements of the National Bridge Inspection Standards. The accuracy and reliability of documentation generated during these inspections are critical to the allocation of Department of Transportation construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation resources. Routine inspections are typically completed using only the visual inspection technique and rely heavily on subjective assessments made by bridge inspectors. In light of this, and given the fact that visual inspection may have other limitations that influence its reliability, the Federal Highway Administration initiated an investigation to examine the reliability of visual inspection as it is currently applied to bridges in the United States. This paper will summarize results from this study related to the accuracy and reliability of routine inspection documentation. A number of important conclusions were developed from the experimental study. Generally, it was found that all structural condition documentation is collected with significant variability. Specifically, 95% of primary element condition ratings for individual bridge components will vary within two rating points of the average and only 68% will vary within one point. Documentation generally collected to support condition ratings also has significant variability as exemplified by the number and types of field notes and photographs taken by inspectors. With respect to the use of element-level inspections, it was found that element usage was generally consistent with the Commonly Recognized Element Guide. However, there is significant variability in the condition state assignments of those elements and in some cases the condition states are not applied correctly to particular elements.     

山岭重丘区公路工程技术方案的选择

对高填方与高架桥和深路堑与隧道两个典型技术方案，进行了费用分析，寻找方案选择的工程临界值，以提高工程设计的经济性和合理性。重点提出了工程可替代方案间填挖高判断值，对工程可行性研究阶段山岭重丘区的公路工程技术方案的选择有一定参考价值。     

公路桥涵台背设计的理论方法探讨

介绍了近年来国内外研究人员对桥涵台背的设计研究方法，结合桥涵与台背结构组合的设计原则，从搭板的型式、坡度、长度、厚度、配筋等方面提出了搭板设计的方法。     

高等级公路桥头跳车的原因与技术处理

对高等级公路产生桥头跳车的原因作了分析 ,从地基土地质、台背填料、路面渗水等方面进行了论述 ,提出技术处理措施 ,并指出只有公路建设、设计、监理部门的严格把关 ,才能有效地避免桥头跳车。     

高等级公路边坡防护设计

分析了影响边坡稳定的因素 ,对不同环境条件下采用的不同路基边坡防护类型进行了介绍 ,重点阐述了经济有效的三维固土网垫结合植被护坡的类型 ,指出边坡稳定是保障公路畅通的重要基础     

生态公路概念浅析

通过对生态公路概念的分析,深入剖析了生态公路的内涵,总结了生态公路的特征,从宏观上科学地把握了生态公路的思想精髓,从而进行总结,为生态公路的进一步发展奠定了理论基础。     

公路涵洞CAD系统

介绍作者开发的公路涵洞ＣＡＤ系统的设计原理和实现方法．该系统已在工程设计中体现出其先进的系统设计和优越的系统性能．     

信息高速公路与电子信息产业

信息高速公路是信息社会的支柱，电子信息产业是信息社会中国家经济的支柱产业。本文在对信息高速公路具体内容进行了介绍的基础上，对信息高速公路技术结构进行了分析，对信息高速公路与电子信息产业及国民经济发展的重要关系进行了阐述。