使用定制传感器对大跨度桥进行结构监测
Isabelle Ietka1, Carlos Moutinho1, Sérgio Pereira1
1CONSTRUCT-ViBest-Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Porto, R. Dr. Roberto Frias S/N, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 14, 2023
概括
这项研究使用先进的传感器监测了阿拉比达大桥,揭示了温度诱导的位移和膨胀关节的动态交通负载. 这些发现加强了对桥梁的结构健康监测.
科学领域:
- 土木工程 土木工程是指土木工程.
- 结构健康监测 结构健康监测
- 桥梁工程 桥梁工程
背景情况:
- 持续监测民用结构至关重要.
- 测量系统和传感器的进步为结构健康监测 (SHM) 提供了新的可能性.
- 阿拉比达桥 (Arrábida Bridge) 是一座钢筋混凝土桥,可以作为一个案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 实施和评估新的测量系统和传感器,用于桥梁的SHM.
- 为了确定阿拉比达桥甲板的自然频率和振动模式.
- 分析环境因素,交通负载和桥梁行为之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 在Arrábida桥上进行了初步环境振动测试.
- 部署了定制的传感器,包括加速度计,温度传感器和位移传感器.
- 随着时间的推移,进行了测量活动以收集数据.
- 在收集的数据上进行了信号分析.
主要成果:
- 在甲板和门部分之间观察到明显的温度变化和相位变化.
- 温度测量准确地估计了桥梁膨胀关节中的位移.
- 膨胀接头的位移显示了来自交通负载的温度调节和动态元件.
结论:
- 该研究成功地展示了新传感器技术在桥梁SHM的应用.
- 温度显著影响膨胀关节的移位,但交通负载也会有动态的贡献.
- 观察到的移位的动态组成部分为描述桥上的交通负载提供了一种新的方法.
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