TY - JOUR A1 - Ke, Chen A1 - Jian Ming, Lu T1 - Study of Analysis System for Bridge Test N2 - Analysis System for Bridge Test (Chinese name abbr.: QLJC) is an application software specially designed for bridge test to analyze the static and dynamic character of bridge structures, calculate efficiency ratio of load test, pick up the results of observation points and so on. In this paper, research content, system design, calculation theory, characteristics and practical application of QLJC is introduced in detail. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Physikalisches Verfahren KW - Brückenbau KW - Straßenbrücke Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-2547 ER - TY - THES A1 - Fröhlich, Jan T1 - On systematic approaches for interpreted information transfer of inspection data from bridge models to structural analysis N2 - In conjunction with the improved methods of monitoring damage and degradation processes, the interest in reliability assessment of reinforced concrete bridges is increasing in recent years. Automated imagebased inspections of the structural surface provide valuable data to extract quantitative information about deteriorations, such as crack patterns. However, the knowledge gain results from processing this information in a structural context, i.e. relating the damage artifacts to building components. This way, transformation to structural analysis is enabled. This approach sets two further requirements: availability of structural bridge information and a standardized storage for interoperability with subsequent analysis tools. Since the involved large datasets are only efficiently processed in an automated manner, the implementation of the complete workflow from damage and building data to structural analysis is targeted in this work. First, domain concepts are derived from the back-end tasks: structural analysis, damage modeling, and life-cycle assessment. The common interoperability format, the Industry Foundation Class (IFC), and processes in these domains are further assessed. The need for usercontrolled interpretation steps is identified and the developed prototype thus allows interaction at subsequent model stages. The latter has the advantage that interpretation steps can be individually separated into either a structural analysis or a damage information model or a combination of both. This approach to damage information processing from the perspective of structural analysis is then validated in different case studies. KW - Brückenbau KW - Strukturanalyse KW - Schadensanalyse KW - BIM KW - IFC KW - bridge inspection KW - damage information model KW - structural analysis KW - IFC KW - BIM Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200416-41310 ER - TY - THES A1 - Nariman, Nazim T1 - Numerical Methods for the Multi-Physical Analysis of Long Span Cable-Stayed Bridges N2 - The main categories of wind effects on long span bridge decks are buffeting, flutter, vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) which are often critical for the safety and serviceability of the structure. With the rapid increase of bridge spans, research on controlling wind-induced vibrations of long span bridges has been a problem of great concern.The developments of vibration control theories have led to the wide use of tuned mass dampers (TMDs) which has been proven to be effective for suppressing these vibrations both analytically and experimentally. Fire incidents are also of special interest in the stability and safety of long span bridges due to significant role of the complex phenomenon through triple interaction between the deck with the incoming wind flow and the thermal boundary of the surrounding air. This work begins with analyzing the buffeting response and flutter instability of three dimensional computational structural dynamics (CSD) models of a cable stayed bridge due to strong wind excitations using ABAQUS finite element commercial software. Optimization and global sensitivity analysis are utilized to target the vertical and torsional vibrations of the segmental deck through considering three aerodynamic parameters (wind attack angle, deck streamlined length and viscous damping of the stay cables). The numerical simulations results in conjunction with the frequency analysis results emphasized the existence of these vibrations and further theoretical studies are possible with a high level of accuracy. Model validation is performed by comparing the results of lift and moment coefficients between the created CSD models and two benchmarks from the literature (flat plate theory) and flat plate by (Xavier and co-authors) which resulted in very good agreements between them. Optimum values of the parameters have been identified. Global sensitivity analysis based on Monte Carlo sampling method was utilized to formulate the surrogate models and calculate the sensitivity indices. The rational effect and the role of each parameter on the aerodynamic stability of the structure were calculated and efficient insight has been constructed for the stability of the long span bridge. 2D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of the decks are created with the support of MATLAB codes to simulate and analyze the vortex shedding and VIV of the deck. Three aerodynamic parameters (wind speed, deck streamlined length and dynamic viscosity of the air) are dedicated to study their effects on the kinetic energy of the system and the vortices shapes and patterns. Two benchmarks from the literature (Von Karman) and (Dyrbye and Hansen) are used to validate the numerical simulations of the vortex shedding for the CFD models. A good consent between the results was detected. Latin hypercube experimental method is dedicated to generate the surrogate models for the kinetic energy of the system and the generated lift forces. Variance based sensitivity analysis is utilized to calculate the main sensitivity indices and the interaction orders for each parameter. The kinetic energy approach performed very well in revealing the rational effect and the role of each parameter in the generation of vortex shedding and predicting the early VIV and the critical wind speed. Both one-way fluid-structure interaction (one-way FSI) simulations and two-way fluid-structure interaction (two-way FSI) co-simulations for the 2D models of the deck are executed to calculate the shedding frequencies for the associated wind speeds in the lock-in region in addition to the lift and drag coefficients. Validation is executed with the results of (Simiu and Scanlan) and the results of flat plate theory compiled by (Munson and co-authors) respectively. High levels of agreements between all the results were detected. A decrease in the critical wind speed and the shedding frequencies considering (two-way FSI) was identified compared to those obtained in the (one-way FSI). The results from the (two-way FSI) approach predicted appreciable decrease in the lift and drag forces as well as prediction of earlier VIV for lower critical wind speeds and lock-in regions which exist at lower natural frequencies of the system. These conclusions help the designers to efficiently plan and consider for the design and safety of the long span bridge before and after construction. Multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMDs) system has been applied in the three dimensional CSD models of the cable stayed bridge to analyze their control efficiency in suppressing both wind -induced vertical and torsional vibrations of the deck by optimizing three design parameters (mass ratio, frequency ratio and damping ratio) for the (TMDs) supporting on actual field data and minimax optimization technique in addition to MATLAB codes and Fast Fourier Transform technique. The optimum values of each parameter were identified and validated with two benchmarks from the literature, first with (Wang and co-authors) and then with (Lin and co-authors). The validation procedure detected a good agreement between the results. Box-Behnken experimental method is dedicated to formulate the surrogate models to represent the control efficiency of the vertical and torsional vibrations. Sobol's sensitivity indices are calculated for the design parameters in addition to their interaction orders. The optimization results revealed better performance of the MTMDs in controlling both the vertical and the torsional vibrations for higher mode shapes. Furthermore, the calculated rational effect of each design parameter facilitates to increase the control efficiency of the MTMDs in conjunction with the support of the surrogate models which simplifies the process of analysis for vibration control to a great extent. A novel structural modification approach has been adopted to eliminate the early coupling between the bending and torsional mode shapes of the cable stayed bridge. Two lateral steel beams are added to the middle span of the structure. Frequency analysis is dedicated to obtain the natural frequencies of the first eight mode shapes of vibrations before and after the structural modification. Numerical simulations of wind excitations are conducted for the 3D model of the cable stayed bridge. Both vertical and torsional displacements are calculated at the mid span of the deck to analyze the bending and the torsional stiffness of the system before and after the structural modification. The results of the frequency analysis after applying lateral steel beams declared that the coupling between the vertical and torsional mode shapes of vibrations has been removed to larger natural frequencies magnitudes and higher rare critical wind speeds with a high factor of safety. Finally, thermal fluid-structure interaction (TFSI) and coupled thermal-stress analysis are utilized to identify the effects of transient and steady state heat-transfer on the VIV and fatigue of the deck due to fire incidents. Numerical simulations of TFSI models of the deck are dedicated to calculate the lift and drag forces in addition to determining the lock-in regions once using FSI models and another using TFSI models. Vorticity and thermal fields of three fire scenarios are simulated and analyzed. The benchmark of (Simiu and Scanlan) is used to validate the TFSI models, where a good agreement was manifested between the two results. Extended finite element method (XFEM) is adopted to create 3D models of the cable stayed bridge to simulate the fatigue of the deck considering three fire scenarios. The benchmark of (Choi and Shin) is used to validate the damaged models of the deck in which a good coincide was seen between them. The results revealed that the TFSI models and the coupled thermal-stress models are significant in detecting earlier vortex induced vibration and lock-in regions in addition to predicting damages and fatigue of the deck and identifying the role of wind-induced vibrations in speeding up the damage generation and the collapse of the structure in critical situations. KW - Stabilität KW - Brückenbau KW - Aerodynamic Stability KW - Vortex Induced Vibration KW - Fluid-Structure Interaction KW - Mass Tuned Damper KW - Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20171122-37105 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Melhem, Hani A1 - Cheng, Yousheng T1 - Numeric Prediction Algorithms for Bridge Corrosion N2 - The research reported in this article was conducted to mainly explore the two common numeric prediction techniques, the model tree and the regression tree, when used in conjunction with bagging as a wrapper method. Bagging is used to improve the prediction accuracy of these two algorithms, and results are compared with the ones obtained earlier by the k-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm. From the conducted experiments, both the bagged regression tree and bagged model tree produce better results than not only their corresponding regression tree and model tree alone, but also the KNN with optimal value of k equal to 7. In addition, the bagged model tree yields the lowest prediction errors and a highest correlation coefficient of 0.81. It is demonstrated that it is feasible to use the bagged model tree for engineering applications in prediction problems such as estimating the remaining service life of bridge decks. KW - Hochschulbildung KW - Entscheidungsunterstützung KW - Brückenbau KW - Korrosion KW - Prognose Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1982 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hörnig, Wolfgang T1 - Moderne Fertigungsmethoden im Brückenbau am Beispiel der Bogenherstellung über die Wilde Gera N2 - Es werden die Erfahrungen der Adam Hörnig Baugesellschaft bei der Bogenherstellung im Freivorbau einer Autobahnbrücke beschrieben. KW - Baustelle KW - Brückenbau KW - Freivorbau Y1 - 2000 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6994 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Galffy, Mozes A1 - Wellmann Jelic, Andres A1 - Hartmann, Dietrich T1 - Lifetime-oriented modelling of vortex-induced across-wind vibrations on bridge tie rods N2 - The influence of vortex-induces vibrations on vertical tie rods has been proved as a determinant load factor in the lifetime-oriented dimensioning of arched steel bridges. Particularly, the welded connection plates between the suspenders and the arches often exhibit cracks induced primarily rods. In this context, the synchronization of the vortex-shedding to the rod motion in a critical wind velocity range, the so-called lock-in effect, is of essential interest. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Physikalisches Verfahren KW - Brückenbau KW - Schwingung Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-2536 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jian Ming, Lu A1 - Ke, Chen T1 - Information technology used in highway and bridge engineering N2 - With the speedy development of transportation of China, especially construction of many high-grade highways, some information technology successes have been achieved in the highway and bridge engineering, such as survey, design, construction and maintenance etc. In this paper, some applications about information technology in the highway engineering were introduced and some bridge professional software developed by RIOH (Research Institute Of Highways) in recent years was also introduced. KW - Mobile Computing KW - Funknetz KW - Straßenbau KW - Brückenbau Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1114 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ullrich, Carmen T1 - Dynamische Analyse der Sprottetalbrücke N2 - Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der dynamischen Analyse der Sprottetalbrücke infolge aufgetretener Asphaltschäden. Sie beinhaltet die Erstellung eines FE-Modells, der Darstellung der theoretischen Grundlagen der Dynamik sowie die Auswertung von berechneten Eigenformen und Asphaltspannungen unter Berücksichtigung der derzeit gültigen Normen. N2 - The diploma thesis contains the dynamic analysis of the roadwaybridge >Sprottetalbrücke< with modelling a FE-structure, presents the principle basics of the dynamic and interprets the results in consider of the presently available regulations in germany. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Dynamik KW - Brückenbau KW - Dynamische Analyse KW - Modale Analyse KW - Straßenbrücken KW - Sprottetal KW - Sprottetalbrücke KW - Tragrostbrücke KW - Überfahrt KW - Slang KW - Asphalt KW - Lastwechselzahl Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-7268 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - THES A1 - Georgi, Sven T1 - Druckstauchungsverhalten bewehrter Elastomerlager N2 - Innerhalb der Arbeit wurden vorliegende Druckversuche an bewehrten Elastomerlagern hinsichtlich des Druckstauchungsverhaltens systematisch ausgewertet. Die Druckversuche wurden an Lagern verschiedener Hersteller durchgeführt. Die Versuchsdurchführung und Auswertung erfolgte nach DIN 4141-140 bzw. nach EN 1337-3. Die ermittelten Druckstauchungswerte in Form des ideellen E-Moduls wurden anschließend den vereinfachten Berechnungsansätzen der Normen DIN 4141-14/A1 und EN 1337-3, sowie den Berechnungsansätzen nach Topaloff gegenüber gestellt. Als Nebenaspekt der Arbeit wurde eine am Lehrstuhl vorliegende Versuchsdatenbank auf ihre Eignung und Funktionalität untersucht. KW - Lager KW - Brückenbau KW - Stauchung KW - Elastomerlager KW - DIN 4141/14 KW - EN 1337/3 Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6616 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sampaio, Alcinia Zita T1 - Definition of a bridge deck geometrical modelling process to automate design graphical representations N2 - The construction of a new building interferes with the existent environment. A careful aesthetic study must be made at an early stage in the design and the visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of the structure is the best way to analyse it. As some structures presents a complex shape is difficult to execute a 3D model as well as the specific drawings. Using traditional graphical systems, the execution of deck specific drawings is extremely time consuming and the 3D deck model gives an approximation only of the exterior shape of the deck. The modelling scheme proposed here allows the automation of the geometric design phases related to the deck bridge element using as a means of integration a geometric database representative of the real deck shape. This concept was implemented in a computer program. This application is an important support in the process design namely at the conceptual and graphical stages. The computer application provides an important tool to the bridge designer particularly at the conceptual stage, as it allows aesthetic and structural evaluation of the bridge at an early stage in the design. The geometric modelling process and graphical results of a case study are presented. KW - Brückenbau KW - CAD KW - Dreidimensionales Modell Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-3575 ER -