Abstract
Most of civil engineering structures are subjected to potential damages mainly due to dynamic oscillations induced by wind, rain or traffic. The aim of this paper is to combined Bridge Weigh-In-Motion (B-WIM) technic and Acoustic Emission (AE) monitoring in order to evaluate the health state of bridge structures. AE technique is able to determine location of active damage zones, if sufficient density of sensors is used. Within TRIMM European project, this technique was for the first time combined with Bridge-Weigh-In-Motion (BWIM) technique to correlate real traffic load level with registered cracking activity. Combination of AE and B-WIM techniques enables determining of load level at which nonlinearities start to develop. The technique provides an indication of progressing structural damage under operating traffic loads.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007/2013) under grant agreement n285119. Thanks to Bajko Kulauzovic from Cestel Company.
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Dieng, L., Girardeau, C., Gaillet, L., Falaise, Y., Žnidarič, A., Ralbovsky, M. (2016). Bridge Assessment Using Weigh-in-Motion and Acoustic Emission Methods. In: Pakzad, S., Juan, C. (eds) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29751-4_21
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