A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force

In order to mitigate the excessive longitudinal displacement responses of suspension bridge girders induced by vehicle braking force, as one of the possible dynamic loadings, a combined control strategy consisting of viscous dampers and friction pendulum bearings is developed in this paper. Firstly,...

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Main Authors: Meng-Gang Yang, Chun-Sheng Cai, Biao Wei
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Published: Riga Technical University Press 2015-06-01
Series:The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
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Online Access:https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3426
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description In order to mitigate the excessive longitudinal displacement responses of suspension bridge girders induced by vehicle braking force, as one of the possible dynamic loadings, a combined control strategy consisting of viscous dampers and friction pendulum bearings is developed in this paper. Firstly, the vehicle composition and the braking force models of the Pingsheng Bridge are obtained by traffic survey and testing results, respectively. Then, the vibration response analysis for the bridge under the braking force is implemented using the MIDAS finite element model. Furthermore, viscous dampers and friction pendulum bearings are separately employed to reduce the vibration responses. The influence matrix method is first used to determine the optimal parameters of viscous dampers. Finally, the effect of the combined control strategy for the vibration control is investigated. The numerical analysis results indicate that utilizing the influence matrix method for the parameter optimization of viscous dampers is feasible and effective. It is also shown that the longitudinal displacement response of the Pingsheng Bridge subjected to the vehicle braking force can be effectively mitigated by viscous dampers, friction pendulum bearings or the combined control with the optimized parameters, and the combined control outperforms the viscous dampers or the friction pendulum bearings alone.
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spelling doaj-art-b09692e9bd2648d4aad4b210a42bf1432025-01-02T09:52:30ZengRiga Technical University PressThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering1822-427X1822-42882015-06-0110211812510.3846/bjrbe.2015.151871A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking ForceMeng-Gang Yang0Chun-Sheng Cai1Biao Wei2School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, No. 68 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha 410075, PR ChinaDept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USASchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, No. 68 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha 410075, PR ChinaIn order to mitigate the excessive longitudinal displacement responses of suspension bridge girders induced by vehicle braking force, as one of the possible dynamic loadings, a combined control strategy consisting of viscous dampers and friction pendulum bearings is developed in this paper. Firstly, the vehicle composition and the braking force models of the Pingsheng Bridge are obtained by traffic survey and testing results, respectively. Then, the vibration response analysis for the bridge under the braking force is implemented using the MIDAS finite element model. Furthermore, viscous dampers and friction pendulum bearings are separately employed to reduce the vibration responses. The influence matrix method is first used to determine the optimal parameters of viscous dampers. Finally, the effect of the combined control strategy for the vibration control is investigated. The numerical analysis results indicate that utilizing the influence matrix method for the parameter optimization of viscous dampers is feasible and effective. It is also shown that the longitudinal displacement response of the Pingsheng Bridge subjected to the vehicle braking force can be effectively mitigated by viscous dampers, friction pendulum bearings or the combined control with the optimized parameters, and the combined control outperforms the viscous dampers or the friction pendulum bearings alone.https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3426suspension bridgevehicle braking forceviscous damperfriction pendulum bearingcombined controlvibration mitigation
spellingShingle Meng-Gang Yang
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A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
suspension bridge
vehicle braking force
viscous damper
friction pendulum bearing
combined control
vibration mitigation
title A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
title_full A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
title_fullStr A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
title_full_unstemmed A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
title_short A Combined Control Strategy for Vibration Mitigations of a Suspension Bridge Induced by Vehicle Braking Force
title_sort combined control strategy for vibration mitigations of a suspension bridge induced by vehicle braking force
topic suspension bridge
vehicle braking force
viscous damper
friction pendulum bearing
combined control
vibration mitigation
url https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3426
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