Field Static Load Test on Kao-Ping-Hsi Cable-Stayed Bridge

Field load testing is an effective method for understanding the behavior and fundamental characteristics of a cable-stayed bridge. This paper presents the results of field static load tests on the Kao-Ping-Hsi cable-stayed bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridge in Taiwan, before it was open to traffic. A total of 40 loading cases, including the unit and distributed bending and torsion loading effects, were conducted to investigate the bridge behavior. The atmospheric temperature effect on the variations of the main girder deflections was also monitored. The results of static load testing include the main girder deflections, the flexural strains of the prestressed concrete girder, and the variations of the cable forces. A three-dimensional finite-element model was developed. The results show that the bridge under the planned load test conditions has linear superposition characteristics and the analytical model shows a very good agreement with the bridge responses. Further discussion of deflection and cable forces of the design specifications for a cable-stayed bridge is also presented.     

ㄇ形梁剪力滞效应的解析解

精确分析ㄇ形梁在纵横向荷载共同作用下,其横断面上正应力分布规律对于计算其有效宽度有重要意义,应用力法原理,先将ㄇ形梁和翼板截开成矩形截面梁和平面应力板,在截面上代之以赘余的分布剪力,对于平面应力板,通过利用板变形的对称性来简化其边界条件,然后假设一个满足板的控制方程的Airy应力函数求得板的应力和位移,再利用Timoshenko梁理论求得梁的挠度和转角,根据截面上梁与板的纵向位移相等的变形协调条件便可最终确定截面上的分布剪力,给出的数值算例验证了方法的有效性,并与铜陵长江公路大桥主梁的模型有限元结果和试验结果作了对比,解析解法还可用来检验其他各种数值计算方法的精度,并可推广到其他多跨薄壁结构梁桥的膜应力分析中。     

主跨348m+348m三塔单索面PC梁斜拉桥

宜昌市夷陵长江大桥采用三塔斜拉桥，总体布置为(128．08 348 348 120．35)m。介绍了该桥的合理性及结构特点。     

Challenges in the Application of Stochastic Modal Identification Methods to a Cable-Stayed Bridge

This paper presents an analysis of the data collected in the ambient vibration test of the International Guadiana cable-stayed Bridge, which links Portugal and Spain, based on different output-only identification techniques: peak-picking, frequency domain decomposition, covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification, and data-driven stochastic subspace identification. The purpose of the analysis is to compare the performance of the four techniques and evaluate their efficiency in dealing with specific challenges involved in the modal identification of the tested cable-stayed bridge, namely the existence of closely spaced modes, the perturbation produced by the local vibration of stay-cables, and the variation of modal damping coefficients with wind velocity. The identified natural frequencies and mode shapes are compared with the corresponding modal parameters provided by a previously developed numerical model. Additionally, the variability of some modal damping coefficients is related with the variation of the wind characteristics and associated with a component of aerodynamic damping.     

Modeling of Temperature–Frequency Correlation Using Combined Principal Component Analysis and Support Vector Regression Technique

A good understanding of environmental effects on structural modal properties is essential for reliable performance of vibration-based damage diagnosis methods. In this paper, a method of combining principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector regression (SVR) technique is proposed for modeling temperature-caused variability of modal frequencies for structures instrumented with long-term monitoring systems. PCA is first applied to extract principal components from the measured temperatures for dimensionality reduction. The predominant feature vectors in conjunction with the measured modal frequencies are then fed into a support vector algorithm to formulate regression models that may take into account thermal inertia effect. The research is focused on proper selection of the hyperparameters to obtain SVR models with good generalization performance. A grid search method with cross validation and a heuristic method are utilized for determining the optimal values of SVR hyperparameters. The proposed method is compared with the method directly using measurement data to train SVR models and the multivariate linear regression (MLR) method through the use of long-term measurement data from a cable-stayed bridge. It is shown that PCA-compressed features make the training and validation of SVR models more efficient in both model accuracy and computational costs, and the formulated SVR model performs much better than the MLR model in generalization performance. When continuously measured data is available, the SVR model formulated taking into account thermal inertia effect can achieve more accurate prediction than that without considering thermal inertia effect.     

Probabilistic Strength Estimates and Reliability of Damaged Parallel Wire Cables

Cable reliability analysis involves the combined evaluation of cable capacity and cable load in a probabilistic manner. Assessment of cable capacity is only possible through visual inspections of the wires, field sampling, laboratory analysis of the degraded wire populations, and analytical techniques. In addition to a brief presentation of cable mechanics and deterministic models that approximate cable strength, this paper discusses inspection methodologies and statistical methods of estimation of the sizes of the degraded wire populations, and wire properties, leading to cable capacities. These capacities are described by probability distributions. The paper also discusses fundamentals of reliability analysis as they apply to bridge cables. Load criteria of present standard specifications (such as AASHTO or other international codes) are not applicable to long-span suspension bridges. The paper discusses criteria of bridge loading and reliability indices for bridge cables. More work is needed in the evaluation of loading for long-span bridges.     

斜拉桥动力特性的参数分析

建立了斜拉桥动力分析的三维有限单元模型 ,研究了单元类型和参数变化对斜拉桥动力特性的影响。详细地讨论了斜拉桥非线性来源 ,并运用 6节点薄壁单元和 4节点索单元分别考虑了斜拉桥弯曲构件和索的非线性特性。通过对一斜拉桥的数值分析 ,得到了关于斜拉桥动力参数敏感性的一般结论。     

Inspection and Process of Tension of Cables of General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge

In 1997 and 1999, inspection works were carried out in the 384 cable stays of the six central piers of General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, located in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Inspection indicated the presence of water and significant settlings in the sockets of the cables and corrosion along each cable and socket. The tension of the cables was also measured, and differences of up to 30% in the tension of the cables of some of the 24 groups corresponding to the six central piers (four groups of 16 for each pier) were found. The results suggested the need to retension the cables. This paper shows the outcome of the inspection and indicates the procedure and results of the process of retension, finished in July 2000.     

斜拉桥预应力混凝土索塔锚固结构受力性能分析

为了研究U形与直线预应力束混合布置索塔锚固结构的受力特性,以国内某姊妹塔斜拉桥的菱形桥塔为例,采用通用有限元程序建立索塔锚固结构的节段有限元模型,分析索塔锚固结构在预应力荷载与斜拉索水平力共同作用下的受力情况。结果表明:在索塔锚固结构中采用U形与直线预应力束混合布置能较好的满足设计要求,使锚固区整体处于较为合理的压力状态之下,除局部的应力集中外,基本消除了斜拉索作用下顺桥向塔柱的拉应力;在齿块与塔柱内壁的结合处存在应力集中现象,应当引起足够的重视,施工时应严格控制施工质量。     

新密市溱水路大桥波形钢腹板无背索斜拉桥总体设计

在桥型方案确定后,桥梁总体设计是设计者首先考虑的问题.新密市溱水路大桥波形钢腹板无背索斜拉桥的总体设计研究了桥梁结构受力特点,初拟了桥梁主要结构组成,对主体结构进行了初步的结构计算分析,并得出了初算成果,确认了桥型方案的可行性和结构的合理性.在该桥设计中,首次将波形钢腹板箱梁应用于无背索斜拉桥结构,为波形钢腹板箱梁组合结构在我国的推广应用奠定了基础.