Analysis for the optimal location of cable damping systems on stayed bridges

Computational models are increasingly being used for the dynamic analysis of structures with nonlinear or uncertain behavior, such as cables in stayed bridges, which nowadays are progressively more used as an alternative for long span and slim structures. In this work, a 3D nonlinear model is described to evaluate the wind dynamic effects on cables for this type of bridges under different scenarios, but also for health monitoring and structural simulation to guarantee performance, evaluate load capacity and estimate life prediction. Fatigue is one of the most relevant and complex failure causes in highway bridges, particularly on the anchorage elements of the cables in stayed bridges; where dampers may be used to minimize the dynamic behavior of the structure and reduce fatigue damage. With this nonlinear simulation model, different damper locations and configurations are evaluated to find the optimal position. A feasibility function is used as a weighting function to take into account the damper’s size and design. Analysis is particularly focused for a real cable stayed bridge in the state of Veracruz in México. Although the geometry, the forces and the stresses on cable structures are a challenge, even for structural specialists, the results from this work using the proposed 3D nonlinear model showed to be accurate for the simulation of many different wind scenarios, and damper’s location and orientations. Finally, the feasibility weighting function enabled the geometrical limitations to estimate the best location of a damper system to minimize the risk for fatigue failure.     

Study on the role of rivulet in rain–wind-induced cable vibration through wind tunnel testing

Rain–wind-induced vibration (RWIV) of stay cables has become a concern in bridge engineering over the past decades. The excitation mechanism of RWIV remains unclear. Many researchers believe that the upper rivulet is crucial to RWIV. However, experimental study on rivulet is challenging and limited. The current study designs and tests a cable model of 160 mm in diameter in an open jet wind tunnel. The upper rivulet movement and cable vibration are simultaneously measured. The importance of the upper rivulet in RWIV is directly demonstrated by alternately controlling the upper and lower rivulets. The characteristics of the upper rivulet movement and the effects of this movement on RWIV are investigated in detail. The experiment shows that the rivulet–cable system is coupled, which causes the cable and upper rivulet to vibrate at different amplitudes under the same wind speed. The upper rivulet harmonic movement changes the wind loading on the cable, causing the harmonic vibration of the cable, which in turn exerts a harmonic inertia force on the rivulet. A large vibration of the coupled system then develops.     

斜拉桥三维拉索风雨激振准两自由度模型

拉索风雨激振是当前桥梁工程和风工程界非常关注的研究课题。过去用于测量带人工水线的拉索模型都是二维的，所建立的理论模型也是建立在二维拉索气动力的基础上的。本文基于带人工水线三维拉索模型试验得到的气动力，建立了三维拉索风雨激振的准二自由度运动微分方程，讨论了运动方程中各种参数的取值，采用数值求解方法计算了拉索风雨激振振幅。计算结果和三维拉索人工降雨试验结果的对比表明，本文方法能较好地描述三维拉索风雨激振的特征。     

谐波激励下斜拉桥面内非线性振动试验研究

斜拉桥拉索的振动问题一直是桥梁工程领域的研究热点。为揭示拉索大幅振动的力学机理，课题组建立了斜拉桥的全桥精细化模型，本文测试和研究了单频激励下的斜拉桥可能的非线性振动行为。首先，通过自由振动试验测试了模型的模态参数，并与两类有限元模型（OECS模型和MECS模型）进行对比，结果吻合良好。其次，试验研究了在单个竖向简谐激励下斜拉桥模型的非线性响应。研究发现：当激励频率与斜拉桥某阶全局模态频率接近时，主梁产生主共振，并引起多根长索产生大幅的参强振动；当激励频率与某根斜拉索面内一阶频率之比为1：2或者2：1时，可以观测到索中产生超谐波和亚谐波共振现象。     

斜拉桥合理成桥状态确定的一阶分析法

本文建立了斜拉桥索力优化的非线性规划模型，其中以斜拉桥主梁和索塔的弯曲应变能为目标函数，以各斜拉索的索力为设计变量，结构的应力及索力为约束条件，采用一阶分析法进行求解，用以确定成桥合理状态的索力。在计算中，考虑大跨度斜拉桥各种几何非线性因素的影响，并列出了优化模型的具体表达式及优化过程中的关键求解策略。应用该法和空间非线性有限元分析程序分析了某千米级斜拉桥方案的合理成桥状态，计算结果表明：该方法简单、有效。     

Assessment of nonlinear seismic performance of a restored historical arch bridge using ambient vibrations

Historic masonry arch bridges are vital components of transportation systems in many countries worldwide, ensuring the ready access of goods and services to millions of people. The structural failure of these historic structures would severely and adversely impact the economies of these nations due to the massive disruptions of transportation systems accompanying such failures. To successfully maintain these aging masonry structures, performance assessment must incorporate the unique mechanical characteristics of masonry. Therefore, the preferred analysis technique must go beyond a linear approach. This study assesses the earthquake performance of a restored historical masonry arch bridge through nonlinear finite element analysis incorporating the Drucker–Prager damage criterion. The case study structure is the Mikron Arch Bridge, a nineteenth century Ottoman Era structure built over the Firtina River near Rize, Turkey, and restored in 1998. The Mikron Arch Bridge was first subjected to ambient vibration testing, during which accelerometers were placed at several points on the bridge span to record the bridge vibratory response. The investigators then used Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition and Stochastic Subspace Identification techniques to extract the experimental natural frequencies, mode shapes, and damping ratios from these measurements. Experimental results were compared with those obtained by the linear finite element analysis of the bridge. Good agreement between mode shapes was observed during this comparison, though natural frequencies disagree by 8–10%. The boundary conditions of the linear finite element model of Mikron Arch Bridge are adjusted such that the analytical predictions agree with the ambient vibration test results. By introducing the Drucker–Prager damage criterion, the calibrated linear FE model was next extended into a nonlinear model. Nonlinear analysis of seismic behavior of Mikron arch bridge was performed considering the acceleration record of Erzincan earthquake in 1992 that occurred near the Mikron Bridge region. The displacement and stress results were observed to be allowable level of the stone material. Moreover, linear FE model calibrations elicited a significant influence on the nonlinear FE model simulations.     

On the aerostatic divergence of suspension bridges: A cable-length-based criterion for the stiffness degradation

Motions of a suspension bridge immersed in turbulent wind flows, including both mean and stochastic, can under certain conditions lead to the degradation of the structure׳s torsional stiffness and ensuing aerodynamic torsional divergence (ATD). It is the incompressibility of the main cables that determines their effectiveness as supporting members be limited in a tension state, and dropping out of either one cable from a tension state could result in the vanish of the torsional stiffness contributed by the whole cable system. Although the physical conception is quite explicit, evaluation of the critical threshold of ATD of a suspension bridge, when experiencing stochastic aerodynamic responses, can be complicated by the deformations of the towers, the lateral oscillations of the deck and cables, and other high-order modes participating in the vibration. In view of this, a criterion based on the tracking of the length of the main cables is presented in this study. It is shown that, with the numerical example, the advent of ATD, the degradation of the system׳s stiffness, as well as some striking post-ATD behaviors, can be well explained with the proposed model by tracking the cable lengths.     

交通载荷作用下跨海桥梁-电缆组合结构随机振动分析

电缆沿桥跨海铺设是海缆铺设的一种新的形式, 针对由汽车和列车交通载荷诱发的沿跨海桥梁敷设电缆的振动问题, 建立了桥梁-电缆的整体组合结构分析模型, 将汽车和列车的作用载荷简化为移动的随机集中载荷序列, 发展虚拟激励法(pseudo-excitation method, PEM)用于分析移动随机载荷作用下电缆位移和应力响应的标准差及演变功率谱 (power spectral density, PSD), 并研究了汽车和列车运行速度对电缆动力响应标准差的影响. PEM将移动随机载荷问题转化为特定频率简谐移动载荷作用下的动力响应分析, 能够计算得到与Monte Carlo (MC) 方法非常吻合的电缆动力响应标准差, 但所需的时域响应分析次数远少于MC方法. 数值结果表明, 随着汽车和列车运行速度的提升, 电缆位移和应力标准差呈现增大的趋势; 在汽车和列车交通载荷作用下, 铝护套的位移标准差和功率谱的值比缆芯要大, 这可能会使得电缆的疲劳破坏首先发生在铝护套层, 本文工作对电缆沿桥跨海铺设实际工程具有一定的借鉴意义.      

斜拉索横向振动的积分应变反馈控制实验研究

提出采用积分应变反馈控制方法对斜拉索平面内多模态横向振动实施主动控制,采用粘贴在拉索表面的ＰＶＤＦ压电薄膜传感拉索横向振动时的动态应变信号． 文中介绍了实验系统的组成、特点、在斜拉索比例模型上的实验研究工作以及主动控制的实验结果． 理论与实验研究结果表明积分应变反馈控制方法能明显衰减斜拉索横向振动,避免模态截断引起的溢出问题,而且控制系统实现容易、易实用化．     

斜拉桥索力优化的强次可行序列二次规划法

提出了一种斜拉桥索力优化的实用方法-强次可行序列二次规划法. 该方法通过建立斜拉 桥索力优化的非线性规划模型，以主梁和索塔的弯曲应变能为目标函数，斜拉索的索力为设 计变量，结构应力和索力为约束条件，计入大跨度斜拉桥各种几何非线性因素的影响，采用 强次可行序列二次规划算法进行优化求解，确定斜拉桥成桥合理状态的索力. 运用该方法对 某斜拉桥进行索力优化，结果表明该方法简单、有效.     

斜拉桥合理成桥状态确定的序列二次规划法

本文首先介绍斜拉桥合理成桥状态的概念和现有的斜拉桥索力优化方法。然后基于序列二次规划(SQP)算法，提出了一种用于确定斜拉桥成桥合理状态的实用方法，序列二次规划法。该方法通过建立斜拉桥索力优化的非线性规划模型，以斜拉桥主梁和索塔的弯曲应变能为目标函数，以各斜拉索的索力为设计变量，结构的应力和索力为约束条件，并计人大跨度斜拉桥各种几何非线性因素的影响，采用强次可行序列二次规划法进行优化求解，确定斜拉桥成桥合理状态的索力。运用该方法和空间非线性有限元分析程序分析了某斜拉桥的合理成桥状态，计算结果表明该方法简单、有效。     

大跨度斜拉桥非线性振动模型与理论研究进展

斜拉桥的非线性动力学问题一直都是力学、结构和桥梁领域的研究热点.随着新材料(如碳纤维增强聚合物索)和新施工工艺的发展,斜拉桥的跨越能力不断得到提高,从而在桥梁建设中更具有竞争力.然而,斜拉桥跨度的增大和新材料的应用使结构变得更轻和更柔,使结构的非线性振动问题比以往更为突出,可能危及桥梁安全.基于课题组近年来对斜拉桥非线性动力学的研究,围绕大跨度斜拉桥的非线性建模理论及动力学问题,较为详细地评述近十年来国内外的研究进展情况.主要从斜拉索非线性动力学模型、梁的非线性动力学模型、索-梁组合结构的非线性动力学模型、斜拉桥整体非线性动力学模型与理论、以及斜拉桥的非线性振动实验等几个方面对斜拉桥非线性建模方法、力学模型、数学模型、求解方法及相应研究成果进行评述和讨论.研究结果表明,斜拉桥由于多柔性索和大跨度梁的耦合问题,以及环境载荷的复杂性,导致其具有丰富的非线性动力学行为.同时由于高维非线性系统求解方法的欠缺,整体斜拉桥非线性动力学行为又相当复杂,深入研究面临很大困难.最后,基于未来斜拉桥的发展趋势和可能面临的突出问题,对斜拉桥非线性振动问题今后的发展方向进行了探讨和展望.      

Measurement method of complex viscoelastic material properties

A measurement technique of viscoelastic properties of polymers is proposed to investigate complex Poisson’s ratio as a function of frequency. The forced vibration responses for the samples under normal and shear deformation are measured with varying load masses. To obtain modulus of elasticity and shear modulus, the present method requires only knowledge of the load mass, geometrical characteristics of a sample, as well as both the amplitude ratio and phase lag of the forcing and response oscillations. The measured data were used to obtain the viscoelastic properties of the material based on a 2D numerical deformation model of the sample. The 2D model enabled us to exclude data correction by the empirical form factor used in 1D model. Standard composition (90% PDMS polymer + 10% catalyst) of silicone RTV rubber (Silastic^® S2) were used for preparing three samples for axial stress deformation and three samples for shear deformation. Comprehensive measurements of modulus of elasticity, shear modulus, loss factor, and both real and imaginary parts of Poisson’s ratio were determined for frequencies from 50 to 320 Hz in the linear deformation regime (at relative deformations 10^?6 to 10^?4) at temperature 25 °C. In order to improve measurement accuracy, an extrapolation of the obtained results to zero load mass was suggested. For this purpose measurements with several masses need to be done. An empirical requirement for the sample height-to-radius ratio to be more than 4 was found for stress measurements. Different combinations of the samples with different sizes for the shear and stress measurements exhibited similar results. The proposed method allows one to measure imaginary part of the Poisson’s ratio, which appeared to be about 0.04–0.06 for the material of the present study.     

随机车辆冲击作用下简支梁桥疲劳可靠度评估

为了研究考虑随机车辆冲击效应的简支梁桥疲劳安全水平,提出了基于车-桥耦合振动与随机车流的桥梁疲劳应力谱模拟方法,并应用于疲劳可靠度评估。基于某高速公路桥梁动态称重数据建立随机车流模型,采用小样本车辆数据拟合桥梁等效疲劳应力范围的插值响应函数,最后由高斯混合模型拟合大样本随机车流作用于桥梁构件的疲劳应力谱。分析了25 m标准跨径简支T梁桥底部普通钢筋的疲劳应力谱,评估了考虑路面劣化与交通量增长的桥梁疲劳可靠度。数值分析结果表明,基于随机车流模拟的疲劳应力谱具有典型的多峰分布特征,包含了超载车辆产生的疲劳应力;车辆对桥梁的冲击效应致使等效疲劳应力放大系数略大于冲击系数,当路面等级为一般时,采用规范冲击系数将低估车辆冲击效应的疲劳损伤;路面劣化与交通量增长均会导致桥梁运营期内的疲劳可靠指标显著降低,由路面劣化导致车辆对简支梁桥的冲击效应不可忽略。     

Non-linear interactions in the flexible multi-body dynamics of cable-supported bridge cross-sections

An elastic section model is proposed to analyze some characteristic issues of the cable-supported bridge dynamics through an equivalent planar multi-body system. The quadratic non-linearities of the four-degree-of-freedom model essentially describe the geometric coupling which may strongly characterize the dynamic interactions of the bridge deck and a pair of identical suspension cables (hangers or stays). The linear modal solution shows that the flexural and torsional modes of the deck (global modes) typically co-exist with symmetric or anti-symmetric modes of the cables (local modes). The combinations of parameters which realize remarkable 2:1:1 internal resonance conditions among one of the global modes (with higher natural frequency) and two local modes (with lower and close natural frequencies) are obtained by virtue of a multiparameter perturbation method. The non-linear response of the resonant systems shows that the global deck motion – directly forced at primary resonance by an external harmonic load – can parametrically excite the local cable motion, when the deck vibration amplitude overcomes the critical value at which a period-doubling bifurcation occurs. The relevant effects of both viscous damping and internal detuning on the instability boundaries are parametrically investigated. All the internal resonance conditions as well as the critical vibration amplitudes are expressed as an explicit, though asymptotically approximate, function of the structural parameters.     

斜拉桥索梁锚固区边界条件对结构受力的影响

针对苏通(苏州-南通)长江公路大桥斜拉桥锚箱式索梁锚固结构进行了足尺静载试验,采用空间有限元方法分析实际结构和试验模型锚固区的应力与变形,将试验与计算结果进行比较,验证计算方法的正确性。在此基础上,做了大量仿真计算,详细探讨了索梁锚固结构周围边界条件的不同对结构受力的影响,计算了实际结构在不同约束条件下索梁锚固区的各种应力分布情况,进而得到了一些有益的结论,为今后类似结构试验的设计提供参考。     

CFRP索斜拉桥的索-浅拱模型及面内自由振动分析

本文针对斜拉桥的受力特点,基于索和浅拱的经典动力学运动方程,结合拉索与浅拱之间的耦合边界条件,并且考虑两者的几何非线性,建立了斜拉桥的多索-浅拱面内自由振动模型。将浅拱分段处理,结合索、浅拱连接处的动态平衡条件,应用分离变量法,建立多索-浅拱模型的面内自由振动理论。以双索浅拱模型为例,求解其特征值问题。同时,建立了相应的有限元模型,有限元计算结果与本文理论分析吻合良好。最后针对CFRP索斜拉桥的关键参数,基于本文的索-浅拱理论,对面内自由振动进一步研究。研究表明：浅拱的矢高在一定范围内变化,仅对某一阶频率产生影响,而其他各阶频率几乎没影响;CFRP拉索能显著改善索-浅拱组合结构的基本动力学特性。     

Proportional and derivative control for steady-state vibration mitigation in a piecewise linear beam system

A control using Proportional and/or Derivative feedback (PD-control) is applied on a piecewise linear beam system with a flushing one-sided spring element for steady-state vibration amplitude mitigation. Two control objectives are formulated: (1) minimize the transversal vibration amplitude of the midpoint of the beam at the frequency where the first harmonic resonance occurs, (2) achieve this in a larger (low) excitation frequency range, where the lowest nonlinear normal mode dominates the response. Experimentally realizable combinations of PD-control are evaluated for both control objectives. Eventually objective (1) is realized by applying proportional control only, whereas derivative control is selected to realize objective (2). The vibration reduction that is achieved in simulations and validated by experiments is very significant for both objectives. Current results obtained with active PD-control are compared with earlier results obtained using a passive dynamic vibration absorber.     

Fatigue crack growth of cable steel wires in a suspension bridge: Multiscaling and mesoscopic fracture mechanics

Intrinsically, fatigue failure problem is a typical multiscale problem because a fatigue failure process deals with the fatigue crack growth from microscale to macroscale that passes two different scales. Both the microscopic and macroscopic effects in geometry and material property would affect the fatigue behaviors of structural components. Classical continuum mechanics has inability to treat such a multiscale problem since it excludes the scale effect from the beginning by introducing the continuity and homogeneity assumptions which blot out the discontinuity and inhomogeneity of materials at the microscopic scale. The main obstacle here is the link between the microscopic and macroscopic scale. It has to divide a continuous fatigue process into two parts which are analyzed respectively by different approaches. The first is so called as the fatigue crack initiation period and the second as the fatigue crack propagation period. Now the problem can be solved by application of the mesoscopic fracture mechanics theories developed in the recent years which focus on the link between different scales such as nano-, micro- and macro-scale.On the physical background of the problem, a restraining stress zone that can describe the material damaging process from micro to macro is then introduced and a macro/micro dual scale edge crack model is thus established. The expression of the macro/micro dual scale strain energy density factor is obtained which serves as a governing quantity for the fatigue crack growth. A multiscaling formulation for the fatigue crack growth is systematically developed. This is a main contribution to the fundamental theories for fatigue problem in this work. There prevail three basic parameters μ^∗, σ^∗ and d^∗ in the proposed approach. They can take both the microscopic and macroscopic factors in geometry and material property into account. Note that μ^∗, σ^∗ and d^∗ stand respectively for the ratio of microscopic to macroscopic shear modulus, the ratio of restraining stress to applied stress and the ratio of microvoid size ahead of crack tip to the characteristic length of material microstructure.To illustrate the proposed multiscale approach, Hangzhou Jiangdong Bridge is selected to perform the numerical computations. The bridge locates at Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province of China. It is a self-anchored suspension bridge on the Qiantang River. The cables are made of 109 parallel steel wires in the diameter of 7 mm. Cable forces are calculated by finite element method in the service period with and without traffic load. Two parameters α and β are introduced to account for the additional tightening and loosening effects of cables in two different ways. The fatigue crack growth rate coefficient C₀ is determined from the fatigue experimental result. It can be concluded from numerical results that the size of initial microscopic defects is a dominant factor for the fatigue life of steel wires. In general, the tightening effect of cables would decrease the fatigue life while the loosening effect would impede the fatigue crack growth. However, the result can be reversed in some particular conditions. Moreover, the different evolution modes of three basic parameters μ^∗, σ^∗ and d^∗ actually have the different influences on the fatigue crack growth behavior of steel wires. Finally the methodology developed in this work can apply to all cracking-induced failure problems of polycrystal materials, not only fatigue, but also creep rupture and cracking under both static and dynamic load and so on.     

Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Carbon Fiber Cable Vibration Damping

For structures deployed in space using cables where vibration damping is critical for structural stability, cable damping is significant to structural performance. To provide a better understanding of damping mechanism of carbon fiber cables, this paper describes the tests of cable damping under different experimental configurations (different cable length, tension and type), and presents an analytical method for modeling and therefore predicting cable damping. The method is developed using simplified but physically realistic assumptions on material constitutive properties and geometric compatibility conditions, and considered the contact forces and friction between helical wires. The results of the proposed method and several related issues are discussed and compared with those from experiments. These results show that the proposed method is useful and applicable for predicting cable damping value and its variation with cable tension, length and type of the cables.