As important links in the transport infrastructure system, cable-stayed bridges are among most popular candidates for implementing structural health monitoring (SHM) technology. The primary aim of SHM these is to ensure their integrity and satisfactory performance by behaviour over time. Finite element (FE) model updating a well-recognised approach purposes, as an accurate serves baseline refer...

Abstract This paper investigated the nonlinear seismic performance of an existing cable-stayed bridge longitudinally subjected to a set simulated near-fault ground motion pulses. An elaborated non-linear finite element model was established which particularly considered cable sag effect, material nonlinearity tower and deck. Through dynamic response analyses, responses tower, deck cables were e...

In the present study, an experimental investigation was performed to characterize the vortex induced vibration (VIV) of a flexible cable in an oncoming shear flow. The VIV tests were conducted in a wind tunnel with a flexible cable model. It was found that, under different oncoming velocity profiles, the cable model behaved in single-mode and multi-mode VIVs. The displacement amplitudes of the ...

Construction of cable supported bridges has experienced a great impulse in the past decade. Bridges having more than 800 m of span length were built in France and Japan and some bridges with span length of more than 1 km are going to be built, such as the Stonecuters bridge in Hong-Kong, and the Chongming in China (Fig. 1). Because of the increasing length of this class of bridges, they are bec...

Abstract Cable-stayed bridges are important infrastructure facilities serving the world today. Therefore, their safety against earthquake ground motions is crucial. However, due to long spans, affecting seismic excitations might be spatially non-synchronous. This paper presents a study of effect non-synchronous on Aswan cable-stayed bridge located at southern Egypt. Nonlinear time history analy...