Field monitoring and analysis for cumulative longitudinal movements of girder ends for the medium-span suspension bridges

Qu, Faxian; Deng, Xudong; Dong, Jie; Shan, Dayong; Song, Zegang

doi:10.1007/s13349-022-00656-3

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“…In the actual operation process, the diseases like expansion joints damage, excessive wear of support slides, oil leakage from dampers, etc. have occurred many times, and the average daily cumulative displacement of the girder end is up to 100 m (before installing the longitudinal damper) (Qu et al, 2023). In order to analyze the longitudinal motion characteristics of the large-span suspension bridge's main girder and the influence of the restraint device on the displacement, relying on the aforementioned highway bridge, this paper established and validated the dynamic finite element model of the suspension bridge based on the measured girder end longitudinal displacement data and WIM data.…”

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Research on the longitudinal movement and influence of restraint parameters of the long-span suspension bridge’s main girder

Hongbin,

Jieyi,

Yujing

2023

Front. Mater.

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The long-span suspension bridge has suffered from multiple failures of restraints such as supports, dampers, and expansion joints due to excessive accumulated displacement at the girder end. To investigate the main girders’ characteristics in the longitudinal motion of these bridges and the influence of the restraint device on the longitudinal displacement, the motion characteristics were first analyzed based on the measured displacement data of a certain bridge’s main girder; a dynamic finite element model of the bridge’s random traffic flow was then established based on the measured WIM data; combined with the girder end displacement monitoring data, the Euclidean distance was used to verify the correctness and rationality of the proposed model; finally, the model is used to discuss the influence of restraint devices (i.e., viscous dampers and supports) on the main girder in the longitudinal direction. The results show that dynamic loads (such as vehicles and wind) are the principal reasons for huge accumulated travel at the girder end; The viscous damper can effectively control the longitudinal movement; in a certain range, the larger the damping index, the better the control effect of the damper; meanwhile, the friction coefficient of the support also affects the longitudinal motion, but the effect is limited. When the friction coefficient is ≤ 0.03, the girder end’s cumulative displacement gradually decreases with the increasing friction coefficient, and compared to the damping index, the friction coefficient plays a major controlling role in the girder end displacement; when the friction coefficient is >0.03, the damping index plays a major controlling role in the girder end displacement.

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confidence: 99%