Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data

Cable-stayed bridge cables experience significant tension over time, making the bridge cables prone to corrosion and fatigue. The direct measurement of cable length is not a standard capability in most current structural health monitoring systems, nor is long-term monitoring of cable changes. Bridge...

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Main Authors: Yan Shi, Yan Wang, Lu-Nan Wang, Wei-Nan Wang, Tao-Yuan Yang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/13/2342
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author Yan Shi
Yan Wang
Lu-Nan Wang
Wei-Nan Wang
Tao-Yuan Yang
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Yan Wang
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Wei-Nan Wang
Tao-Yuan Yang
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description Cable-stayed bridge cables experience significant tension over time, making the bridge cables prone to corrosion and fatigue. The direct measurement of cable length is not a standard capability in most current structural health monitoring systems, nor is long-term monitoring of cable changes. Bridge displacements are caused by both dynamic loads (wind and traffic) and quasi-static factors, primarily temperature. This study filtered out dynamic responses by the three-sigma rule, multiple linear regression, interpolation method, and not-a-number calibration. Monitoring data were used to analyze the bridge’s thermal field distribution and the time-dependent variation of tower displacements. Correlation analysis revealed a strong linear correlation between air temperature and quasi-static tower-girder displacements. This research proposes to use the tower-girder distance (effective cable length) to represent the length of the cable, take the thermal expansion coefficient of the effective length of the cable as the quantitative index for long-term monitoring, and take its error as the performance early warning indicator. This method effectively monitors cable health and provides damage warnings.
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spelling doaj-art-507fa25f7b0943d4800cafbd0556dd8e2025-08-20T03:28:29ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-07-011513234210.3390/buildings15132342Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring DataYan Shi0Yan Wang1Lu-Nan Wang2Wei-Nan Wang3Tao-Yuan Yang4School of Civil Engineering, LiaoNing Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, LiaoNing Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, LiaoNing Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, LiaoNing Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, LiaoNing Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, ChinaCable-stayed bridge cables experience significant tension over time, making the bridge cables prone to corrosion and fatigue. The direct measurement of cable length is not a standard capability in most current structural health monitoring systems, nor is long-term monitoring of cable changes. Bridge displacements are caused by both dynamic loads (wind and traffic) and quasi-static factors, primarily temperature. This study filtered out dynamic responses by the three-sigma rule, multiple linear regression, interpolation method, and not-a-number calibration. Monitoring data were used to analyze the bridge’s thermal field distribution and the time-dependent variation of tower displacements. Correlation analysis revealed a strong linear correlation between air temperature and quasi-static tower-girder displacements. This research proposes to use the tower-girder distance (effective cable length) to represent the length of the cable, take the thermal expansion coefficient of the effective length of the cable as the quantitative index for long-term monitoring, and take its error as the performance early warning indicator. This method effectively monitors cable health and provides damage warnings.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/13/2342structural health monitoringbridge cabledata preprocessingthermal actiondamage warning
spellingShingle Yan Shi
Yan Wang
Lu-Nan Wang
Wei-Nan Wang
Tao-Yuan Yang
Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
Buildings
structural health monitoring
bridge cable
data preprocessing
thermal action
damage warning
title Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
title_full Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
title_fullStr Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
title_full_unstemmed Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
title_short Bridge Cable Performance Warning Method Based on Temperature and Displacement Monitoring Data
title_sort bridge cable performance warning method based on temperature and displacement monitoring data
topic structural health monitoring
bridge cable
data preprocessing
thermal action
damage warning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/13/2342
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