Service performance evaluation of long-span cable-stayed bridge based on health monitoring data

Abstract

Service performance evaluation is of great significance to the safety, durability, and reliability of bridge engineering. Over the last decade, structural health monitoring (SHM) systems have been widely used for condition monitoring of cable-stayed bridges, massive monitoring data are measured and stored by the sensing subsystems, which provides the basis for service performance evaluation of bridge engineering. Meanwhile, the load test is a common method to assess the construction and service performance of bridges. Combined the SHM systems and a load test of a thousand-meter level cable-stayed bridge after ten years of service, this paper investigates the operating conditions of main structures, including bridge towers, main girders, and steel cables. 52 trucks were used to conduct a quasi-static load on three key sections of bridges. Meanwhile, the GPS displacement of towers and main girders, stress of the main girders and acceleration responses of cables were measured synchronously by the SHM systems. Based on the health monitoring data, the dynamic responses, structural deformation, and cable tension of the bridge were investigated and evaluated by comparing with the finite element (FE) model load test at construction stage. The results show that the service performance of the bridge is basically within the designed conditions.