Thanks to the cantilever launching technique, arch bridge building has once again become popular throughout world. Today, these structures are one of three main types long-span bridges, along with suspension and cable-stayed bridges. Arch have a complex behavior during powerful earthquakes because rib is an element that primarily susceptible large axial compression force brought on by dead load...

Dynamic deflection measurement is an important component to the bridge loading experiment or health monitoring. Using high-precision inclinometers to test the dynamic deflection is a good method for High-Speed Railway Bridge deflection measurement in this paper, we develop a kind of precision inclinometer which comprehensives the Capacitive sensor technology and the Servo sensor technology and ...

In order to establish the appraisal target system, the principles and methods of the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) were described in aspects of structuring the comparative judgment matrix described by interval numbers, solving both the interval weight vector and the comprehensive weights of the general target determined by various layers, and selecting the strengthening proposal out o...

Infrastructures are a key factor for economy. Among them, transportation infrastructures are vital for human life and economy. And within the transportation networks, bridges are key elements for connecting people anddelivering goods. For this reason, bridges have been built sincemany centuries ago, in some way, and the advances (and sometimes geographical expansions!!) of ancient cultures all ...