Structural health monitoring of long-span suspension bridges

Long span suspension bridges cost billions. In recent decades, structural health monitoring systems have been developed to measure the loading environment and responses of these bridges in order to assess serviceability and safety while tracking the symptoms of operational incidents and potential da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Xu, You-Lin, 1952-
Other Authors Xia, Yong, 1971-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Spon Press, 2012.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781136886218
1136886214
9781628707847
1628707844
9780203839669
0203839668
9781136886164
1136886168
9781136886201
1136886206
1138075639
9781138075634
9780415597937
0415597935
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. Long-span suspension bridges
  • ch. 3. Structural health monitoring systems
  • ch. 4. Structural health monitoring oriented modelling
  • ch. 5. Monitoring of railway loading effects
  • ch. 6. Monitoring of highway loading effects
  • ch. 7. Monitoring of temperature effects
  • ch. 8. Monitoring of wind effects
  • ch. 9. Monitoring of seismic effects
  • ch. 10. Monitoring of other effects
  • ch. 11. Structural damage detection
  • ch. 12. Bridge rating system
  • ch. 13. Establishment of test-beds
  • ch. 14. Epilogue : challenges and prospects.