In this paper, a reinforced concrete(RC) bridge built in an interchange, in the city of Kerman (a city located in south of Iran) is examined by the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system. During the construction of this bridge such as; the main beams, slab, and retaining walls, some Electrical Strain Gauges were mounted on the main reinforcements at different locations within the body of thi...

past earthquakes have demonstrated that old rc bridges may be seismically vulnerable. bridge responses during the last decades illustrated the necessity of the seismic assessment of bridges especially those which were designed with old codes. in this research an existing concrete bridge representative of the most common bridges in the highway system in iran are studied. push over and nonlinear ...

As part of an effective bridge management system, sensor networks can provide data to support both inspection and assessment. Wireless sensor networks WSNs have the potential to offer significant advantages over traditional wired monitoring systems in terms of sensor, cabling, and installation costs as well as expandability. However, there are drawbacks with WSNs relating to power, data bandwid...

The distribution of the sequence of ranked maximum and minimum values attained during excursions of a standard Brownian bridge Bbr t 0 ≤ t ≤ 1 is described. The height Mbr+ j of the jth highest maximum over a positive excursion of the bridge has the same distribution as Mbr+ 1 /j, where the distribution of Mbr+ 1 = sup0≤t≤1 Bbr t is given by Lévy’s formula P Mbr+ 1 > x = e−2x 2 . The probabilit...

The photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in five donor-bridge-acceptor systems is studied by analysing the field dependence of chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarisation. The exchange interaction, J, in the charge separated state of these complexes is determined as function spacer length. J has positive sign and shows an exponential decrease with increasing bridge length. By compa...

This paper presents a systematic approach for bridge maintenance management that combines a stochastic Markovian performance prediction model with a multi-objective optimization procedure to determine the optimal allocation of funds and prioritization of bridges for maintenance, repair and replacement (MR&R). The prioritization of the bridges is based on the satisfaction of several conflicting ...

Aging highway infrastructure requires effective rating methodologies to prioritize bridges for rehabilitation and repair. To aid engineers in decision making regarding bridge maintenance, a three-dimensional 3D visualization system is developed for rating reinforced concrete deck-girder bridge. Color codings show the most probable mode of failure for girder cross sections under combined moment-...

Bridge vibration control is an important issue whose purpose is to extend the structural service life of bridges. Normally, the bridge is modeled as an elastic beam or plate subject to a moving vehicle. However, the moving truck on a bridge is a complicated problem that must still be researched. In this paper, we propose a new method, to overcome the huge load in the bridge a load cell is used ...

In this paper the Space Vector Control Scheme is implemented for a Wind Energy System using Three Level Impedance Source Inverter (ZSI). The wind energy system uses a Self Excited Induction generator (SEIG) which is the most emerging application in the field of Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS). The proposed system is modelled with a generator-side Diode Bridge Rectifier and a Stand-Alone si...