Unmanned aircraft system applications in damage detection and service life prediction for bridges: A review

H Li, Y Chen, J Liu, Z Zhang, H Zhu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing need for inexpensive, safe, highly efficient, and time-saving damage
detection technology, combined with emerging technologies, has made damage detection …

Fatigue reliability assessment of steel bridge details integrating weigh-in-motion data and probabilistic finite element analysis

T Guo, DM Frangopol, Y Chen - Computers & Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
An advanced traffic load model is developed based on weigh-in-motion data. This model
takes into account the uncertainties associated with the number of axles, axle weights, axle …

Monte Carlo simulation of extreme traffic loading on short and medium span bridges

B Enright, EJ O'Brien - Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The accurate estimation of site-specific lifetime extreme traffic load effects is an important
element in the cost-effective assessment of bridges. A common approach is to use statistical …

A truncated generalized singular value decomposition algorithm for moving force identification with ill-posed problems

Z Chen, THT Chan - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new methodology for moving force identification (MFI) from the
responses of bridge deck. Based on the existing time domain method (TDM), the MFI …

[LIBRO][B] Protocols for collecting and using traffic data in bridge design

B Sivakumar, M Ghosn, F Moses - 2011 - books.google.com
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 683: Protocols
for Collecting and Using Traffic Data in Bridge Design explores a set of protocols and …

Fatigue assessment of orthotropic steel bridge decks based on strain monitoring data

J Di, X Ruan, X Zhou, J Wang, X Peng - Engineering structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) are prone to fatigue cracks due to long-term wheel loading
with high cyclic stress and unavoidable manufacturing defects. In this study, the stress …

Reliability-based vehicle weight limit determination for urban bridge network subjected to stochastic traffic flow considering vehicle-bridge coupling

SZ Chen, DC Feng, Z Sun - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the overload issue is becoming more prevalent which inevitably accelerates the
degradation of bridges. Restriction on vehicle weight is a practical option to solve this issue …

Traffic Load Simulation for Long-Span Bridges Using a Transformer Model Incorporating In-Lane Transverse Vehicle Movements

Y Dong, Y Pan, D Wang, A Chen - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traffic load simulation (TLS) is critical for the design and assessment of long-span bridges.
Traditional methods, such as Monte-Carlo sampling and Cellular Automaton, rely on actual …

A novel vision-based framework for identifying dynamic vehicle loads on long-span bridges: A case study of Jiangyin bridge, China

Y Pan, D Wang, Y Dong, B Peng - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the high randomness feature of traffic flows, it is challenging to be aware of the spatial-
temporal characteristics of dynamic vehicle loads on a long-span bridge. Compared with …

Traffic load simulation for long-span suspension bridges

FY Wang, YL Xu - Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This study presents a procedure for simulating traffic loads for long-span suspension bridges
based on the data recorded by the weigh-in-motion (WIM) system and the agent-based …