Railway bridges are continuously loaded by railway trains;therefore, it is important to understand the nonlinear seismic response of the Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) system under strong earthquakes. For this purpo...Railway bridges are continuously loaded by railway trains;therefore, it is important to understand the nonlinear seismic response of the Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) system under strong earthquakes. For this purpose, the nonlinear behavior of the pier was introduced into the in-house VBI solvers. The nonlinear the seismic response of the VBI system was comprehensively evaluated using this model, and the effect of the vehicle dynamics on seismic performance of the bridge was identified. It was found that the seismic responses of most simply-supported bridges were reduced in the presence of railway trains due to the out-of-phase motion of the vehicle-bridge system. Meanwhile, the nonlinear behavior of the pier can reduce the vehicle’s seismic responses. Therefore, ignoring the nonlinear behavior of the pier during strong earthquakes can significantly overestimate the seismic response of the vehicle.展开更多
A novel approach for analyzing coupled vibrations between vehicles and bridges is presented,taking into account spatiotemporal effects and mechanical phenomena resulting fromvehicle braking.Efficient modeling and solu...A novel approach for analyzing coupled vibrations between vehicles and bridges is presented,taking into account spatiotemporal effects and mechanical phenomena resulting fromvehicle braking.Efficient modeling and solution of bridge vibrations induced by vehicle deceleration are realized using this method.The method’s validity and reliability are substantiated through numerical examples.A simply supported beam bridge with a corrugated steel web is taken as an example and the effects of parameters such as the initial vehicle speed,braking acceleration,braking location,and road surface roughness on the mid-span displacement and impact factor of the bridge are analyzed.The results show that vehicle braking significantly amplifies mid-span displacement and impact factor responses in comparison to uniform vehicular motion across the bridge.Notably,the influence of wheelto-bridge friction forces is of particular significance and cannot be overlooked.When the vehicle initiates braking near the middle of the span,both the mid-span displacement and impact factor of the bridge exhibit substantial increases,further escalating with higher braking acceleration.Under favorable road surface conditions,the midspan displacement and the impact factor during vehicle braking may exceed the design values stipulated by codes.It is important to note that road surface roughness exerts a more pronounced effect on the impact factor of the bridge in comparison to the effects of vehicle braking.展开更多
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of earthquakes on road vehicle-bridge coupling vibration systems. A two-axle highway freight vehicle is treated as a 13 degree-of-freedom system composed of se...The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of earthquakes on road vehicle-bridge coupling vibration systems. A two-axle highway freight vehicle is treated as a 13 degree-of-freedom system composed of several rigid bodies, which are connected by a series of springs and dampers. The framework of the earthquake-vehicle-bridge dynamic analysis system is then established using an earthquake as the extemal excitation. The equivalent lateral contact force serves as the judgment criteria for sideslip accidents according to reliability theory. The entire process of the vehicle crossing the bridge is considered for a very high pier continuous rigid frame bridge. The response characteristics of the vehicle and the bridge are discussed in terms of various parameters such as earthquake ground motion, PGA value of the earthquake, incident angle, pier height, vehicle speed and mass. It is found that seismic excitation is the most influential factor in the responses of the vehicle-bridge system and that the safety of vehicles crossing the bridge is seriously impacted by the dual excitations of earthquake and bridge vibration.展开更多
The so called "alterable-element method" (AEM) was introduced to deal with the coupling interac-tion of vehicle and sub-structure considering the actual transient jump of wheel, while the classical "con...The so called "alterable-element method" (AEM) was introduced to deal with the coupling interac-tion of vehicle and sub-structure considering the actual transient jump of wheel, while the classical "contact all along" assumption based on which wheels and lower structure are always contact was abandoned. The alterable element used in this method is a conceptional element, which is used to calculate the coupling interaction of upper and lower structures and has some typical characteristics: firstly it flows along with the moving of contact point; secondly whether it is used for calculation depends on the contact state; thirdly its sizes could change according to specific problems and so on. VISUAL FORTRAN program was coded, and different moving vehicle models were presented taking into consideration the effects of random corrugation in the numerical study. The numerical solutions are favored comparing with the results obtained by alternative methods when there is no jump phenomenon existed. With abrupt irregularity, the transient jump of wheel was studied using the present method.展开更多
The self-excited vibration problems of maglev vehicle-bridge interaction system were addressed, which greatly degrades the stability of the levitation control, decreases the ride comfort, and restricts the cost of the...The self-excited vibration problems of maglev vehicle-bridge interaction system were addressed, which greatly degrades the stability of the levitation control, decreases the ride comfort, and restricts the cost of the whole system. Firstly, the coupled model containing the quintessential parts was built, and the mechanism of self-excited vibration was explained in terms of energy transmission from levitation system to bridge. Then, the influences of the parameters of the widely used integral-type proportion and derivation(PD) controller and the delay of signals on the stability of the interaction system were analyzed. The result shows that the integral-type PD control is a nonoptimal approach to solve the self-excited vibration completely. Furthermore, the differential-type PD controller can guarantee the passivity of levitation system at full band. However, the differentiation of levitation gap should be filtered by a low-pass filter due to noise of gap differentiation. The analysis indicates that a well tuned low-pass filter can still keep the coupled system stable.展开更多
The changes of three components of aerodynamic force were discussed with the attack angle conversion for three kinds of section models. Based on the project of Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge, the wind tunnel test was c...The changes of three components of aerodynamic force were discussed with the attack angle conversion for three kinds of section models. Based on the project of Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge, the wind tunnel test was conducted to obtain its three components of aerodynamic force including 75 conditions of the construction stage, the bridge without vehicles and the bridge with vehicles from - 12 degrees to ＋ 12 degrees. For the bridge with vehicles, the drag force coefficient and the absolute value of both lift coefficient and moment coefficient were decreased by the vehicles. The test resuh shows that the bridge railing and vehicles have much influence on the three components of aerodynamic force of the vehicle-bridge system for Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge.展开更多
To numerically evaluate the reinforcement effect on dynamic characteristics of a concrete-filled steel tube arch bridge with vibration problems,a 12-degree-of-freedom sprung-mass dynamic vehicle model and a 3D finite ...To numerically evaluate the reinforcement effect on dynamic characteristics of a concrete-filled steel tube arch bridge with vibration problems,a 12-degree-of-freedom sprung-mass dynamic vehicle model and a 3D finite element bridge model were established.Then,the coupled equations of vehicle-bridge interaction were derived and a computer program was developed using the FORTRAN language.This program can accurately simulate vehicle-bridge coupled vibration considering the bumping effect and road surface irregularity during motion of the vehicle.The simulated results were compared with those of relevant literatures to verify the correctness of the self-developed program.Then,three reinforcement schemes for the bridge(Addition of longitudinal beams,Reinforcement of bridge decks,and Replacement of suspenders)were proposed and numerically simulated,and the vibration reduction effects of the three schemes were evaluated based on the numerical results to find effective ones.It is confirmed that the reinforcement scheme of Addition of longitudinal beams shows the most significant vibration reduction effect.It is recommended in the engineering practice that the combination of the reinforcement schemes of Addition of longitudinal beams and Replacement of bridge deck can be used to solve the excessive vibration problem.展开更多
To analyze the impact effect induced by vehicle-bridge coupling vibration during traffic congesting, hundreds and thousands of congestion scenarios consisting of various vehicle platoons were collected and used to dev...To analyze the impact effect induced by vehicle-bridge coupling vibration during traffic congesting, hundreds and thousands of congestion scenarios consisting of various vehicle platoons were collected and used to develop vehicle models as well as traffic congestion load models. Furthermore, the idling vehicle-bridge coupling model was established by the finite element method and the congestion models were applied to calculate dynamic impact factors. Compared with the value specified in Chinese codes, the calculated values were 1.15-2.67 times as large as the latter, which indicates the impact factors caused by idling vehicle-bridge coupling under congestion situations were much larger than those in normal traffic conditions. As a result, a calibration factor of 1.7 was recommended for bridge design or evaluation when considering vehicle-bridge coupling vibration under heavy traffic congestion. The proposed analytical model, analysis method, and results could also be beneficial references to further investigation in this field.展开更多
By applying the sinusoidal wave mode to simulate the rugged surface of bridge deck,accounting for vehicle-bridge interaction and using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, a coupling vibration model of vehicle-bridge system w...By applying the sinusoidal wave mode to simulate the rugged surface of bridge deck,accounting for vehicle-bridge interaction and using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, a coupling vibration model of vehicle-bridge system was developed. The model was solved by mode analyzing method and Runge-Kutta method, and the dynamic response and the resonance curve of the bridge were obtained. It is found that there are two resonance regions, one represents the main resonance while the other the minor resonance, in the resonance curve. The influence due to the rugged surface, the vibration mode of bridge, and the interaction between vehicle and bridge on vibration of the system were discussed. Numerical results show that the influence due to these parameters is so significant that the effect of roughness of the bridge deck and the mode shape of the bridge can't be ignored and the vehicle velocity should be kept away from the critical speed of the vehicle.展开更多
To prevent early bridge failures, effective Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is vital. Vibration-based damage assessment is a powerful tool in this regard, as it relies on changes in a structure’s dynamic character...To prevent early bridge failures, effective Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is vital. Vibration-based damage assessment is a powerful tool in this regard, as it relies on changes in a structure’s dynamic characteristics as it degrades. By measuring the vibration response of a bridge due to passing vehicles, this approach can identify potential structural damage. This dissertation introduces a novel technique grounded in Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) to evaluate bridge health. It aims to detect damage by analyzing the response of passing vehicles, taking into account VBI. The theoretical foundation of this method begins with representing the bridge’s superstructure using a Finite Element Model and employing a half-car dynamic model to simulate the vehicle with suspension. Two sets of motion equations, one for the bridge and one for the vehicle are generated using the Finite Element Method, mode superposition, and D’Alembert’s principle. The combined dynamics are solved using the Newmark-beta method, accounting for road surface roughness. A new approach for damage identification based on the response of passing vehicles is proposed. The response is theoretically composed of vehicle frequency, bridge natural frequency, and a pseudo-frequency component related to vehicle speed. The Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method is applied to decompose the signal into its constituent parts, and damage detection relies on the Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) corresponding to the vehicle speed component. This technique effectively identifies various damage scenarios considered in the study.展开更多
Numerical analyses of the coupled vibrations of vehicle-bridge system and the effects of different types of cable stayed bridges on the coupled vibration responses have been presented in this paper using ANSYS. The br...Numerical analyses of the coupled vibrations of vehicle-bridge system and the effects of different types of cable stayed bridges on the coupled vibration responses have been presented in this paper using ANSYS. The bridge model and vehicle model were independently built which have no internal relationship in the ANSYS. The vehicle-bridge coupled vibration relationship was obtained by using the APDL program which subsequently imposed on the vehicle and bridge models during the numerical analysis. The proposed model was validated through a field measurements and literature data. The judging method, possibility, and criterion of the vehicle-bridge resonance （coupled vibrations） of cable stayed bridges （both the floating system and half floating system） under traffic flows were presented. The results indicated that the interval time between vehicles is the main influence factor on the resonance excitation frequency under the condition of equally spaced traffic flows. Compared to other types of cable stayed bridges, the floating bridge system has relatively high possibility to cause vehicle-bridge resonance.展开更多
Damping is known to have a considerable influence on the dynamic behavior of bridges.The fixed damping ratios recommended in design codes do not necessarily represent the complicated damping characteristics of bridge ...Damping is known to have a considerable influence on the dynamic behavior of bridges.The fixed damping ratios recommended in design codes do not necessarily represent the complicated damping characteristics of bridge structures.This study investigated the application of stress-dependent damping associated with vehicle-bridge coupling vibration and based on that investigation proposed the stress-dependent damping ratio.The results of the investigation show that the stress-dependent damping ratio is significantly different from the constant damping ratio(5%)defined in the standard specification.When vehicles travel at speeds of 30,60,and 90,the damping ratios of the bridge model are 3.656%,3.658%,and 3.671%,respectively.The peak accelerations using the regular damping ratio are 18.9%,21.3%,and 14.5%of the stress-dependent damping ratio,respectively.When the vehicle load on the bridge is doubled,the peak acceleration of the mid-span node increases by 5.4 times,and the stress-related damping ratio increases by 2.1%.A corrugated steel-web bridge is being used as a case study,and the vibration response of the bridge is compared with the measured results.The acceleration response of the bridge which was calculated using the stress-dependent damping ratio is significantly closer to the measured acceleration response than that using the regular damping ratio.展开更多
It is necessary to study how vehicles influence the vortex-excited resonance of vehicle-bridge systems,because lock-in wind speed is low and vortex-excited resonance is sensitive to any change in the main girder secti...It is necessary to study how vehicles influence the vortex-excited resonance of vehicle-bridge systems,because lock-in wind speed is low and vortex-excited resonance is sensitive to any change in the main girder sections.Based on the Shanghai Bridge over the Yangtse River,the vortex-excited resonance of a 1∶60 scale sectional model was tested in a TJ-1wind tunnel,with or without vehicles at the attack angle of 0°,+3 and–3°,respectively.The conversion relationships between the resonant amplitudes of the sectional model and that of the prototype bridge were also established by mode shape correction.The result indicates that:1)for the bridge with vehicles,the vertical vortex-excited resonance is accompanied by torsion vibration with the same frequency,and vice versa,2)the amplitude of vortex-excited resonance of the bridge with vehicles is much larger than that of the bridge without vehicles,and 3)the lock-in wind speed of the vortex-excited resonance becomes smaller due to the disturbance of vehicles.It is obvious that vehicles bring about changes in the aerodynamic shape of the main girder.Therefore,the influence of vehicles on vortex-excited resonance performance of vehicle-bridge systems,in terms of both amplitude and mode,should not be ignored.展开更多
Much of the research has focused on identifying bridge frequencies for health monitoring,while the bridge damping ratio also serves as an important factor in damage detection.This study presents an enhanced method for...Much of the research has focused on identifying bridge frequencies for health monitoring,while the bridge damping ratio also serves as an important factor in damage detection.This study presents an enhanced method for identifying bridge damping ratios using a two-axle,three-mass test vehicle,relying on wheel responses captured by only two mounted sensors.Damping ratio estimation formulas are derived using both the Hilbert Transform(HT)and Wavelet Transform(WT),with a consistent formulation that confirms accurate estimation is achievable with minimal instrumentation,particularly when addressing the support effect.A comparative analysis of the two signal processing techniques reveals the superior performance of WT in identifying bridge damping ratios.The effectiveness of the proposed procedure and formulas is validated through a detailed parametric study,demonstrating robustness across bridges with varying modal damping ratios and different spans using minimal sensors.Moreover,the present study shows that responses from only the first two spans of a multi-span bridge are sufficient for reliable damping estimation,underscoring the practicality and scalability of the procedure for structural health monitoring applications.展开更多
Aerodynamic and dynamic interference from trains is a key issue of concern for the safety of road vehicles travelling on single-level rail-cum road bridges.Based on the wind-road vehicle-train-bridge(WRTB)coupled vibr...Aerodynamic and dynamic interference from trains is a key issue of concern for the safety of road vehicles travelling on single-level rail-cum road bridges.Based on the wind-road vehicle-train-bridge(WRTB)coupled vibration system developed herein,this study examines the dynamic characteristics when road vehicles meet trains in this situation.The influence of load combination,vehicle type and vehicle location is analyzed.A method to obtain the aerodynamic load of road vehicles encountering the train at an arbitrary wind speed is proposed.The results show that due to the windproof facilities and the large line distance between the railway and highway,the aerodynamic and dynamic influence of trains on road vehicles is slight,and the vibration of road vehicles depends on the road roughness.Among the road vehicles discussed,the bus is the easiest to rollover,and the truck-trailer is the easiest to sideslip.Compared with the aerodynamic impact of trains,the crosswind has a more significant influence on road vehicles.The first peak/valley value of aerodynamic loads determines the maximum dynamic response,and the quick method is optimized based on this conclusion.Test cases show that the optimized method can produce conservative results and can be used for relevant research or engineering applications.展开更多
Aerodynamic and dynamic interference between the railway and highway are two major issues that influence travel safety on single-level rail-cum-road bridges.Based on a computational fluid dynamics simulation and vehic...Aerodynamic and dynamic interference between the railway and highway are two major issues that influence travel safety on single-level rail-cum-road bridges.Based on a computational fluid dynamics simulation and vehicle-bridge coupled vibration system,this research explores the dynamic response of a moving van encountering travelling trains on a typical single-level rail-cum-road bridge.The relationship between the line distance of the railway and highway and the dynamic response of the van is discussed.The study reveals that the vertical response of the van is primarily governed by the coupled vibration of the vehicle-bridge system and road roughness,with minimal impact from the line distance.The aerodynamic impact of the train-induced wind significantly influences the lateral,yawing and rolling responses,and the line distance also affects the vehicle’s behavior,with decreasing distance leading to increased response.Among them,the yawing vibration is the most influential.The relationship between the maximum dynamic response and line distance is quantitatively analyzed using the proposed fitting formulas,which perform well on the lateral,rolling and yawing response and shows higher accuracy for acceleration compared to velocity and displacement.Relevant results could provide help on optimizing the arrangement of bridge deck.展开更多
In order to investigate the effect of vehicle-bridge coupling on the dynamic characteristics of the bridge,a steel-concrete composite beam suspension bridge is taken as the research object,and a three-dimensional spat...In order to investigate the effect of vehicle-bridge coupling on the dynamic characteristics of the bridge,a steel-concrete composite beam suspension bridge is taken as the research object,and a three-dimensional spatial model of the bridge and a biaxial vehicle model of the vehicle are established,and then a vehicle-bridge coupling vibration system is constructed on the basis of the Nemak-βmethod,and the impact coefficients of each part of the bridge are obtained under different bridge deck unevenness and vehicle speed.The simulation results show that the bridge deck unevenness has the greatest influence on the vibration response of the bridge,and the bridge impact coefficient increases along with the increase in the level of bridge deck unevenness,and the impact coefficient of the main longitudinal girder and the secondary longitudinal girder achieves the maximum value when the level 4 unevenness is 0.328 and 0.314,respectively;when the vehicle speed is increased,the vibration response of the bridge increases and then decreases,and the impact coefficient of the bridge in the middle of the bridge at a speed of 60 km/h achieves the maximum value of 0.192.展开更多
To systematically study the vehicle-bridge coupled dynamic response and its change rule with different parameters, a vehicle model with seven degrees of freedom was built and the total potential energy of vehicle spac...To systematically study the vehicle-bridge coupled dynamic response and its change rule with different parameters, a vehicle model with seven degrees of freedom was built and the total potential energy of vehicle space vibration system was deduced. Considering the stimulation of road roughness, the dynamic response equation of vehicle-bridge coupled system was established in accordance with the elastic system principle of total potential energy with stationary value and the ＂set-in-right-position＂ rule. On the basis of the self-compiled Fortran program and bridge engineering, the dynamic response of long- span continuous girder bridge under vehicle load was studied. This study also included the calculation of vehicle impact coefficient, evaluation of vibration comfort, and analysis of dynamic response parameters. Results show the impact coefficient changes with lane number and is larger than the value calculated by the ＂general code for design of highway bridges and culverts （China）＂. The Dieckmann index of bridge vibration is also related to lane number, and the vibration comfort evaluation is good in normal conditions. The relevant conclusions from parametric analyses have practical significance to dynamic design and daily operation of long-span continuous girder bridges in expressways. Safety and comfort are expected to improve significantly with further control of the vibration of vehicle-bridge system.展开更多
A method for analysing the vehicle-bridge interaction system with enhanced objectivity is proposed in the paper, which considers the time-variant and random characteristics and allows finding the power spectral densit...A method for analysing the vehicle-bridge interaction system with enhanced objectivity is proposed in the paper, which considers the time-variant and random characteristics and allows finding the power spectral densities(PSDs) of the system responses directly from the PSD of track irregularity. The pseudo-excitation method is adopted in the proposed framework, where the vehicle is modelled as a rigid body and the bridge is modelled using the finite element method. The vertical and lateral wheel-rail pseudo-excitations are established assuming the wheel and rail have the same displacement and using the simplified Kalker creep theory, respectively. The power spectrum function of vehicle and bridge responses is calculated by history integral. Based on the dynamic responses from the deterministic and random analyses of the interaction system, and the probability density functions for three safety factors(derailment coefficient, wheel unloading rate, and lateral wheel axle force) are obtained, and the probabilities of the safety factors exceeding the given limits are calculated. The proposed method is validated by Monte Carlo simulations using a case study of a high-speed train running over a bridge with five simply supported spans and four piers.展开更多
In this work,a monorail vehicle-bridge coupling(VBC)model capable of accurately considering curve alignment and superelevation is established based on curvilinear moving coordinate system,to study the VBC vibration of...In this work,a monorail vehicle-bridge coupling(VBC)model capable of accurately considering curve alignment and superelevation is established based on curvilinear moving coordinate system,to study the VBC vibration of straddlemonorail curved girder bridge and the relevant factors influencing VBC.While taking Chongqing Jiao Xin line as an example,the VBC program is compiled using Fortran,where the reliability of algorithm and program is verified by the results of Chongqing monorail test.Moreover,the effects of curve radius,vehicle speed,and track irregularity on the corresponding vehicle and bridge vibrations are compared and analyzed.It is observed that the test results of lateral vibration acceleration(LVA)and vertical vibration acceleration(VVA)of track beam,and LVA of vehicle,are consistent with the simulation results.Owing to the track irregularity,vibration of track beam and vehicle increases significantly.Besides,an increase in vehicle speed gradually increases the vibration of track beam and vehicle.For the curve radius(R)≤200 m,lateral and vertical vibrations of the track beam and vehicle decrease significantly with an increasing curve radius.Alternatively,when 200 m<R<600 m,the lateral vibration of the track beamand vehicle decreases slowly with an increasing curve radius,while the relevant vertical vibration remains stable.Similarly,when R≥600 m,the lateral and vertical vibrations of the track beam and vehicle tend to be stable.Accordingly,the results presented here can provide a strong reference for the design,construction,and safety assessment of existing bridges.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51678490)the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(Grant No.2024NSFSC0161).
文摘Railway bridges are continuously loaded by railway trains;therefore, it is important to understand the nonlinear seismic response of the Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) system under strong earthquakes. For this purpose, the nonlinear behavior of the pier was introduced into the in-house VBI solvers. The nonlinear the seismic response of the VBI system was comprehensively evaluated using this model, and the effect of the vehicle dynamics on seismic performance of the bridge was identified. It was found that the seismic responses of most simply-supported bridges were reduced in the presence of railway trains due to the out-of-phase motion of the vehicle-bridge system. Meanwhile, the nonlinear behavior of the pier can reduce the vehicle’s seismic responses. Therefore, ignoring the nonlinear behavior of the pier during strong earthquakes can significantly overestimate the seismic response of the vehicle.
基金supported by the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project under Grant(152102310295).
文摘A novel approach for analyzing coupled vibrations between vehicles and bridges is presented,taking into account spatiotemporal effects and mechanical phenomena resulting fromvehicle braking.Efficient modeling and solution of bridge vibrations induced by vehicle deceleration are realized using this method.The method’s validity and reliability are substantiated through numerical examples.A simply supported beam bridge with a corrugated steel web is taken as an example and the effects of parameters such as the initial vehicle speed,braking acceleration,braking location,and road surface roughness on the mid-span displacement and impact factor of the bridge are analyzed.The results show that vehicle braking significantly amplifies mid-span displacement and impact factor responses in comparison to uniform vehicular motion across the bridge.Notably,the influence of wheelto-bridge friction forces is of particular significance and cannot be overlooked.When the vehicle initiates braking near the middle of the span,both the mid-span displacement and impact factor of the bridge exhibit substantial increases,further escalating with higher braking acceleration.Under favorable road surface conditions,the midspan displacement and the impact factor during vehicle braking may exceed the design values stipulated by codes.It is important to note that road surface roughness exerts a more pronounced effect on the impact factor of the bridge in comparison to the effects of vehicle braking.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant NNSF-50508036New Century Excellent Talents in University of China Under Grant NCET-06-0802Outstanding Young Academic Leaders Program of Sichuan Province Under Grant 2009-15-406
文摘The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of earthquakes on road vehicle-bridge coupling vibration systems. A two-axle highway freight vehicle is treated as a 13 degree-of-freedom system composed of several rigid bodies, which are connected by a series of springs and dampers. The framework of the earthquake-vehicle-bridge dynamic analysis system is then established using an earthquake as the extemal excitation. The equivalent lateral contact force serves as the judgment criteria for sideslip accidents according to reliability theory. The entire process of the vehicle crossing the bridge is considered for a very high pier continuous rigid frame bridge. The response characteristics of the vehicle and the bridge are discussed in terms of various parameters such as earthquake ground motion, PGA value of the earthquake, incident angle, pier height, vehicle speed and mass. It is found that seismic excitation is the most influential factor in the responses of the vehicle-bridge system and that the safety of vehicles crossing the bridge is seriously impacted by the dual excitations of earthquake and bridge vibration.
基金the Science and Technology Commissionof Shanghai Municipality (No. 03DZ12017)the Shang-hai Municipal Informatization Commission
文摘The so called "alterable-element method" (AEM) was introduced to deal with the coupling interac-tion of vehicle and sub-structure considering the actual transient jump of wheel, while the classical "contact all along" assumption based on which wheels and lower structure are always contact was abandoned. The alterable element used in this method is a conceptional element, which is used to calculate the coupling interaction of upper and lower structures and has some typical characteristics: firstly it flows along with the moving of contact point; secondly whether it is used for calculation depends on the contact state; thirdly its sizes could change according to specific problems and so on. VISUAL FORTRAN program was coded, and different moving vehicle models were presented taking into consideration the effects of random corrugation in the numerical study. The numerical solutions are favored comparing with the results obtained by alternative methods when there is no jump phenomenon existed. With abrupt irregularity, the transient jump of wheel was studied using the present method.
基金Projects(60404003,11202230)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The self-excited vibration problems of maglev vehicle-bridge interaction system were addressed, which greatly degrades the stability of the levitation control, decreases the ride comfort, and restricts the cost of the whole system. Firstly, the coupled model containing the quintessential parts was built, and the mechanism of self-excited vibration was explained in terms of energy transmission from levitation system to bridge. Then, the influences of the parameters of the widely used integral-type proportion and derivation(PD) controller and the delay of signals on the stability of the interaction system were analyzed. The result shows that the integral-type PD control is a nonoptimal approach to solve the self-excited vibration completely. Furthermore, the differential-type PD controller can guarantee the passivity of levitation system at full band. However, the differentiation of levitation gap should be filtered by a low-pass filter due to noise of gap differentiation. The analysis indicates that a well tuned low-pass filter can still keep the coupled system stable.
基金Sponsored by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.90715039)
文摘The changes of three components of aerodynamic force were discussed with the attack angle conversion for three kinds of section models. Based on the project of Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge, the wind tunnel test was conducted to obtain its three components of aerodynamic force including 75 conditions of the construction stage, the bridge without vehicles and the bridge with vehicles from - 12 degrees to ＋ 12 degrees. For the bridge with vehicles, the drag force coefficient and the absolute value of both lift coefficient and moment coefficient were decreased by the vehicles. The test resuh shows that the bridge railing and vehicles have much influence on the three components of aerodynamic force of the vehicle-bridge system for Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge.
基金This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation Projects of Liaoning Province(2019-ZD-0145).
文摘To numerically evaluate the reinforcement effect on dynamic characteristics of a concrete-filled steel tube arch bridge with vibration problems,a 12-degree-of-freedom sprung-mass dynamic vehicle model and a 3D finite element bridge model were established.Then,the coupled equations of vehicle-bridge interaction were derived and a computer program was developed using the FORTRAN language.This program can accurately simulate vehicle-bridge coupled vibration considering the bumping effect and road surface irregularity during motion of the vehicle.The simulated results were compared with those of relevant literatures to verify the correctness of the self-developed program.Then,three reinforcement schemes for the bridge(Addition of longitudinal beams,Reinforcement of bridge decks,and Replacement of suspenders)were proposed and numerically simulated,and the vibration reduction effects of the three schemes were evaluated based on the numerical results to find effective ones.It is confirmed that the reinforcement scheme of Addition of longitudinal beams shows the most significant vibration reduction effect.It is recommended in the engineering practice that the combination of the reinforcement schemes of Addition of longitudinal beams and Replacement of bridge deck can be used to solve the excessive vibration problem.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51708069)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(Grant No.cstcstc2018jcyjA2535)。
文摘To analyze the impact effect induced by vehicle-bridge coupling vibration during traffic congesting, hundreds and thousands of congestion scenarios consisting of various vehicle platoons were collected and used to develop vehicle models as well as traffic congestion load models. Furthermore, the idling vehicle-bridge coupling model was established by the finite element method and the congestion models were applied to calculate dynamic impact factors. Compared with the value specified in Chinese codes, the calculated values were 1.15-2.67 times as large as the latter, which indicates the impact factors caused by idling vehicle-bridge coupling under congestion situations were much larger than those in normal traffic conditions. As a result, a calibration factor of 1.7 was recommended for bridge design or evaluation when considering vehicle-bridge coupling vibration under heavy traffic congestion. The proposed analytical model, analysis method, and results could also be beneficial references to further investigation in this field.
文摘By applying the sinusoidal wave mode to simulate the rugged surface of bridge deck,accounting for vehicle-bridge interaction and using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, a coupling vibration model of vehicle-bridge system was developed. The model was solved by mode analyzing method and Runge-Kutta method, and the dynamic response and the resonance curve of the bridge were obtained. It is found that there are two resonance regions, one represents the main resonance while the other the minor resonance, in the resonance curve. The influence due to the rugged surface, the vibration mode of bridge, and the interaction between vehicle and bridge on vibration of the system were discussed. Numerical results show that the influence due to these parameters is so significant that the effect of roughness of the bridge deck and the mode shape of the bridge can't be ignored and the vehicle velocity should be kept away from the critical speed of the vehicle.
文摘To prevent early bridge failures, effective Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is vital. Vibration-based damage assessment is a powerful tool in this regard, as it relies on changes in a structure’s dynamic characteristics as it degrades. By measuring the vibration response of a bridge due to passing vehicles, this approach can identify potential structural damage. This dissertation introduces a novel technique grounded in Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) to evaluate bridge health. It aims to detect damage by analyzing the response of passing vehicles, taking into account VBI. The theoretical foundation of this method begins with representing the bridge’s superstructure using a Finite Element Model and employing a half-car dynamic model to simulate the vehicle with suspension. Two sets of motion equations, one for the bridge and one for the vehicle are generated using the Finite Element Method, mode superposition, and D’Alembert’s principle. The combined dynamics are solved using the Newmark-beta method, accounting for road surface roughness. A new approach for damage identification based on the response of passing vehicles is proposed. The response is theoretically composed of vehicle frequency, bridge natural frequency, and a pseudo-frequency component related to vehicle speed. The Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method is applied to decompose the signal into its constituent parts, and damage detection relies on the Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) corresponding to the vehicle speed component. This technique effectively identifies various damage scenarios considered in the study.
文摘Numerical analyses of the coupled vibrations of vehicle-bridge system and the effects of different types of cable stayed bridges on the coupled vibration responses have been presented in this paper using ANSYS. The bridge model and vehicle model were independently built which have no internal relationship in the ANSYS. The vehicle-bridge coupled vibration relationship was obtained by using the APDL program which subsequently imposed on the vehicle and bridge models during the numerical analysis. The proposed model was validated through a field measurements and literature data. The judging method, possibility, and criterion of the vehicle-bridge resonance （coupled vibrations） of cable stayed bridges （both the floating system and half floating system） under traffic flows were presented. The results indicated that the interval time between vehicles is the main influence factor on the resonance excitation frequency under the condition of equally spaced traffic flows. Compared to other types of cable stayed bridges, the floating bridge system has relatively high possibility to cause vehicle-bridge resonance.
基金This work was supported by the Open Project of National Engineering Laboratory of Bridge Structure Safety Technology of China(No.2020-GJKFKT-7)the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Research Institutes and Public Service Special Operations of China(No.2021-9083a)+1 种基金the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province of China(No.2019B111106002)the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Research Institutes and Public Service Special Operations of China(No.2021-9015b).
文摘Damping is known to have a considerable influence on the dynamic behavior of bridges.The fixed damping ratios recommended in design codes do not necessarily represent the complicated damping characteristics of bridge structures.This study investigated the application of stress-dependent damping associated with vehicle-bridge coupling vibration and based on that investigation proposed the stress-dependent damping ratio.The results of the investigation show that the stress-dependent damping ratio is significantly different from the constant damping ratio(5%)defined in the standard specification.When vehicles travel at speeds of 30,60,and 90,the damping ratios of the bridge model are 3.656%,3.658%,and 3.671%,respectively.The peak accelerations using the regular damping ratio are 18.9%,21.3%,and 14.5%of the stress-dependent damping ratio,respectively.When the vehicle load on the bridge is doubled,the peak acceleration of the mid-span node increases by 5.4 times,and the stress-related damping ratio increases by 2.1%.A corrugated steel-web bridge is being used as a case study,and the vibration response of the bridge is compared with the measured results.The acceleration response of the bridge which was calculated using the stress-dependent damping ratio is significantly closer to the measured acceleration response than that using the regular damping ratio.
文摘It is necessary to study how vehicles influence the vortex-excited resonance of vehicle-bridge systems,because lock-in wind speed is low and vortex-excited resonance is sensitive to any change in the main girder sections.Based on the Shanghai Bridge over the Yangtse River,the vortex-excited resonance of a 1∶60 scale sectional model was tested in a TJ-1wind tunnel,with or without vehicles at the attack angle of 0°,+3 and–3°,respectively.The conversion relationships between the resonant amplitudes of the sectional model and that of the prototype bridge were also established by mode shape correction.The result indicates that:1)for the bridge with vehicles,the vertical vortex-excited resonance is accompanied by torsion vibration with the same frequency,and vice versa,2)the amplitude of vortex-excited resonance of the bridge with vehicles is much larger than that of the bridge without vehicles,and 3)the lock-in wind speed of the vortex-excited resonance becomes smaller due to the disturbance of vehicles.It is obvious that vehicles bring about changes in the aerodynamic shape of the main girder.Therefore,the influence of vehicles on vortex-excited resonance performance of vehicle-bridge systems,in terms of both amplitude and mode,should not be ignored.
文摘Much of the research has focused on identifying bridge frequencies for health monitoring,while the bridge damping ratio also serves as an important factor in damage detection.This study presents an enhanced method for identifying bridge damping ratios using a two-axle,three-mass test vehicle,relying on wheel responses captured by only two mounted sensors.Damping ratio estimation formulas are derived using both the Hilbert Transform(HT)and Wavelet Transform(WT),with a consistent formulation that confirms accurate estimation is achievable with minimal instrumentation,particularly when addressing the support effect.A comparative analysis of the two signal processing techniques reveals the superior performance of WT in identifying bridge damping ratios.The effectiveness of the proposed procedure and formulas is validated through a detailed parametric study,demonstrating robustness across bridges with varying modal damping ratios and different spans using minimal sensors.Moreover,the present study shows that responses from only the first two spans of a multi-span bridge are sufficient for reliable damping estimation,underscoring the practicality and scalability of the procedure for structural health monitoring applications.
基金The Research Project of Southwest Municipal Design&Research Institute of China under Grant No.2023KY-KT-02-I。
文摘Aerodynamic and dynamic interference from trains is a key issue of concern for the safety of road vehicles travelling on single-level rail-cum road bridges.Based on the wind-road vehicle-train-bridge(WRTB)coupled vibration system developed herein,this study examines the dynamic characteristics when road vehicles meet trains in this situation.The influence of load combination,vehicle type and vehicle location is analyzed.A method to obtain the aerodynamic load of road vehicles encountering the train at an arbitrary wind speed is proposed.The results show that due to the windproof facilities and the large line distance between the railway and highway,the aerodynamic and dynamic influence of trains on road vehicles is slight,and the vibration of road vehicles depends on the road roughness.Among the road vehicles discussed,the bus is the easiest to rollover,and the truck-trailer is the easiest to sideslip.Compared with the aerodynamic impact of trains,the crosswind has a more significant influence on road vehicles.The first peak/valley value of aerodynamic loads determines the maximum dynamic response,and the quick method is optimized based on this conclusion.Test cases show that the optimized method can produce conservative results and can be used for relevant research or engineering applications.
基金Associate Professor Training Project of Nanning University-“Research on the Full-Cycle Rapid Modeling Method of Bridges Based on‘BIM+’Technology”under Grant No.2021JSGC17Guangxi Science and Technology Planning Project:Construction of China ASEAN International Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Transportation under Grant No.GUIKE AD20297125Basic Ability Promotion Project for Young and Middle-Aged Teachers in Guangxi Universities under Grant No.2019KY0929。
文摘Aerodynamic and dynamic interference between the railway and highway are two major issues that influence travel safety on single-level rail-cum-road bridges.Based on a computational fluid dynamics simulation and vehicle-bridge coupled vibration system,this research explores the dynamic response of a moving van encountering travelling trains on a typical single-level rail-cum-road bridge.The relationship between the line distance of the railway and highway and the dynamic response of the van is discussed.The study reveals that the vertical response of the van is primarily governed by the coupled vibration of the vehicle-bridge system and road roughness,with minimal impact from the line distance.The aerodynamic impact of the train-induced wind significantly influences the lateral,yawing and rolling responses,and the line distance also affects the vehicle’s behavior,with decreasing distance leading to increased response.Among them,the yawing vibration is the most influential.The relationship between the maximum dynamic response and line distance is quantitatively analyzed using the proposed fitting formulas,which perform well on the lateral,rolling and yawing response and shows higher accuracy for acceleration compared to velocity and displacement.Relevant results could provide help on optimizing the arrangement of bridge deck.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(11572001,51478004)2021 Undergraduate Course Ideological and Political Demonstration Course-Theoretical Mechanics(108051360022XN569)2022 Great Innovation Project-Frame Bridge Structural Engineering Research(108051360022XN388)。
文摘In order to investigate the effect of vehicle-bridge coupling on the dynamic characteristics of the bridge,a steel-concrete composite beam suspension bridge is taken as the research object,and a three-dimensional spatial model of the bridge and a biaxial vehicle model of the vehicle are established,and then a vehicle-bridge coupling vibration system is constructed on the basis of the Nemak-βmethod,and the impact coefficients of each part of the bridge are obtained under different bridge deck unevenness and vehicle speed.The simulation results show that the bridge deck unevenness has the greatest influence on the vibration response of the bridge,and the bridge impact coefficient increases along with the increase in the level of bridge deck unevenness,and the impact coefficient of the main longitudinal girder and the secondary longitudinal girder achieves the maximum value when the level 4 unevenness is 0.328 and 0.314,respectively;when the vehicle speed is increased,the vibration response of the bridge increases and then decreases,and the impact coefficient of the bridge in the middle of the bridge at a speed of 60 km/h achieves the maximum value of 0.192.
基金provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51378504)Funding Project of Traffic Science and Technology Program of Hunan Province (201022)
文摘To systematically study the vehicle-bridge coupled dynamic response and its change rule with different parameters, a vehicle model with seven degrees of freedom was built and the total potential energy of vehicle space vibration system was deduced. Considering the stimulation of road roughness, the dynamic response equation of vehicle-bridge coupled system was established in accordance with the elastic system principle of total potential energy with stationary value and the ＂set-in-right-position＂ rule. On the basis of the self-compiled Fortran program and bridge engineering, the dynamic response of long- span continuous girder bridge under vehicle load was studied. This study also included the calculation of vehicle impact coefficient, evaluation of vibration comfort, and analysis of dynamic response parameters. Results show the impact coefficient changes with lane number and is larger than the value calculated by the ＂general code for design of highway bridges and culverts （China）＂. The Dieckmann index of bridge vibration is also related to lane number, and the vibration comfort evaluation is good in normal conditions. The relevant conclusions from parametric analyses have practical significance to dynamic design and daily operation of long-span continuous girder bridges in expressways. Safety and comfort are expected to improve significantly with further control of the vibration of vehicle-bridge system.
文摘A method for analysing the vehicle-bridge interaction system with enhanced objectivity is proposed in the paper, which considers the time-variant and random characteristics and allows finding the power spectral densities(PSDs) of the system responses directly from the PSD of track irregularity. The pseudo-excitation method is adopted in the proposed framework, where the vehicle is modelled as a rigid body and the bridge is modelled using the finite element method. The vertical and lateral wheel-rail pseudo-excitations are established assuming the wheel and rail have the same displacement and using the simplified Kalker creep theory, respectively. The power spectrum function of vehicle and bridge responses is calculated by history integral. Based on the dynamic responses from the deterministic and random analyses of the interaction system, and the probability density functions for three safety factors(derailment coefficient, wheel unloading rate, and lateral wheel axle force) are obtained, and the probabilities of the safety factors exceeding the given limits are calculated. The proposed method is validated by Monte Carlo simulations using a case study of a high-speed train running over a bridge with five simply supported spans and four piers.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the partial support of this research by the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(Nos.18JCQNJC08300,18JCYBJC90800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52108333)+4 种基金Tianjin Transportation Science and Technology Development Plan(2021-20)the Key Laboratory of Road Structure and Materials Transportation Industry(No.310821171114)the Innovation Capability Support Plan of Shaanxi Province(No.2019KJXX-036)the Scientific Research Project of Tianjin Education Commission(No.2020KJ038)the Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province Focuses on Research and Development of General Project Industrial Field(No.2020GY318).
文摘In this work,a monorail vehicle-bridge coupling(VBC)model capable of accurately considering curve alignment and superelevation is established based on curvilinear moving coordinate system,to study the VBC vibration of straddlemonorail curved girder bridge and the relevant factors influencing VBC.While taking Chongqing Jiao Xin line as an example,the VBC program is compiled using Fortran,where the reliability of algorithm and program is verified by the results of Chongqing monorail test.Moreover,the effects of curve radius,vehicle speed,and track irregularity on the corresponding vehicle and bridge vibrations are compared and analyzed.It is observed that the test results of lateral vibration acceleration(LVA)and vertical vibration acceleration(VVA)of track beam,and LVA of vehicle,are consistent with the simulation results.Owing to the track irregularity,vibration of track beam and vehicle increases significantly.Besides,an increase in vehicle speed gradually increases the vibration of track beam and vehicle.For the curve radius(R)≤200 m,lateral and vertical vibrations of the track beam and vehicle decrease significantly with an increasing curve radius.Alternatively,when 200 m<R<600 m,the lateral vibration of the track beamand vehicle decreases slowly with an increasing curve radius,while the relevant vertical vibration remains stable.Similarly,when R≥600 m,the lateral and vertical vibrations of the track beam and vehicle tend to be stable.Accordingly,the results presented here can provide a strong reference for the design,construction,and safety assessment of existing bridges.
