Verification of the serviceability limit state of vibrations due to traffic live loads can be neglected in conventional types of concrete road bridges but becomes critical in the design of slender structures like Under-Deck CableStayed bridges. The novelty of the work presented in this article is that an innovative vehicle-bridge interaction model is employed, in which realistic wheel dimension...

It is essential to construct structural health monitoring systems for large important bridges. Zhijiang Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that was built recently over the Hangzhou Qiantang River (the largest river in Zhejiang Province). The length of Zhijiang Bridge is 478 m, which comprises an arched twin-tower space and a twin-cable plane structure. As an example, the present study describes th...

The universe of damage detection scenarios likely to be encountered in realistic civil infrastructure applications is very broad and encompassing. Among the numerous considerations that influence the choice and effectiveness of a suitable method is studying the damage detection in both time and frequency domains. Nowadays, the use of a real time kinematic-global positioning system (RTK-GPS) and...

To prevent the cable sheaths of Er’qi Yangtze River Bridge from freezing under bad weather in winter, which may lead to ice fall and bring traffic safety accidents, a theoretical model technical scheme hot air melt system for has been proposed. Based on established heat transfer sheaths, characteristics between internal outdoor environment have analyzed. Under condition when temperature end she...