Figures
Tables
Foreword
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction and Motivation
1.1 Health Monitoring
1.2 Client Requirements and Motivation
2 Bridge Management and Health Monitoring
2.1 Bridge Management Philosophy
2.2 Structural Health Monitoring
2.3 Examples of Bridge Management Systems
2.4 Protection of Bridges against Man-Made and Natural Hazards
3 Bridge Rating and Risk Assessment
3.1 Inspection Rating
3.2 The BRIMOS Rating
3.3 Probabilistic Approach in SHM
3.4 Risks from Natural Hazards
3.5 Vehicle and Ship Impact
3.6 Man-Made Hazards
4 Damage Detection and Assessment
4.1 Weak Point Detection and Fatigue Assessment
4.2 Condition Compensation in Frequency Analyses
4.3 Model Updating and System Identification
4.4 Performance Assessment (Damping, Time-Histories)
4.5 Discussion of the SHM Axioms
4.6 Safety Assessment
5 Decision Support Systems
5.1 Decision Support Systems for SHM
5.2 Architecture
5.3 The Operation Modes
5.4 Monitoring System and Databases
5.5 Current Status of the System
5.6 Data Treatment
5.7 Data Storage
6 Lifetime Assessment of Bridges
6.1 Lifetime Assessment Procedure
6.2 Hot-Spot Detection
6.3 Statistical Pattern Recognition
6.4 Application Example: Steel Bridge
6.5 Ongoing Research and Development Projects
7 Bridge SHM Methodologies
7.1 Ambient Vibration Monitoring
7.2 Deflection and Displacement Monitoring
7.3 Fatigue Assessment by Monitoring
7.4 Corrosion, Carbonization, Chlorite Content
7.5 Load Transfers
7.6 Material Properties
8 The Business Case for SHM of Bridges
8.1 Incentives for SHM of Bridges
8.2 The Costs of SHM of Bridges
8.3 The Future of the SHM Business
8.4 Typical SHM Service Catalogue
9 Applications
9.l Melk Bridge M6 Austria
9.2 Porr Bridge, Vienna, Austria
9.3 Warth Bridge, Austria
9.4 Putlitz Bridge, Berlin, Germany
9.5 Westend Bridge, Berlin, Germany
9.6 Neisse Viaduct, Zittau, Germany
9.7 Commodore John Barry Bridge, Delaware River, USA
9.8 Bridge BE 109/2t, Butzberg, Switzerland
9.9 RAMA IX Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand
9.10 Titulcia Steel Bridge, Madrid, Spain
9.11 Szechenyi Bridge, Gyor, Hungary
9.12 ESK 551 Bridge, Bad Bevensen, Germany
9.13 The New Arsta Railway Bridge, Stockholm Sweden
9.14 The New Svinesund Bridge, Sweden
9.15 Bridge Z24, Koppigen-Utzenstorf, Switzerland
9.16 Roberval Bridge, Senlis, France
9.17 Saint-Jean Bridge, Bordeaux, France
9.18 Oresund Bridge, Denmark - Sweden
9.19 Ting Kau Bridge, Hong Kong, China
9.20 Skovdiget Bridge Columns, Denmark
9.21 Skovdiget Bridge Superstructure, Denmark
9.22 Bolshoj Moskvoretsky Bridge, Moscow, Russia
9.23 Versoix Bridge, Geneva, Switzerland
9.24 Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong, China
9.25 AI4 Huntingdon Railway Viaduct, England
9.26 Highway Bridge BW91, Germany
9.27 Herrenbriicke, Lfibeck, Germany
9.28 Pasir Panjang Semi-Expressway, Singapore
9.29 Pioneer Bridge, Singapore
9.30 Tuas Second Link, Singapore-Malaysia
9.31 Bridge I40, New Mexico, USA
9.32 Kallosund Bridge, Goth Sweden
9.33 Europabriicke, Innsbruck, Austria
9.34 St. Marx Bridge, Vienna, Austria
9.35 Taichung Bridge, Taiwan
10 Feedback from Monitoring to Design
10.1 Realistic Loads
10.2 Environmental Conditions
10.3 Conservative Design
10.4 Designed-in Monitoring
11 Guideline and Recommendations for SHM
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Objectives and Outline of the Guideline
11.3 Analysis of Structural Responses
11.4 Diagnostics of Structures
11.5 Damage Identification
11.6 Qualifications of Test Personnel
11.7 Sensor Classification, Application and Experience
11.8 Traffic Load Identification on Bridges
11.9 Condition Monitoring of Heritage Buildings
11.10 Identification of Local Damage and the Effect on Structures
11.11 Damage Identification of a Steel Bridge by Dynamic Parameters
12 Glossary and Derivation Criteria for SHM of Bridges
12.1 Glossary of Terms Frequently Used
12.2 Mathematical Formulations in Dynamics
12.3 Wind-Induced Vibration of Bridges
Abbreviation Index
Person Index
Index