Extraction and evaluation of cable forces of a cable-stayed bridge based on amplitude and phase estimation method

Abstract

In order to identify the time-varying frequency and amplitude of structural vibration based on the bridge structural health monitoring data and obtain the cable force of cable-stayed bridges in real time, a spectrum analysis method based on amplitude and phase estimation (APES) was proposed in this study. The amplitude spectrum of the acceleration data is first calculated by the APES method, the real-time spectrogram of the cable is obtained by the sliding window method. Then the modal frequency and amplitude are automatically extracted from the real-time spectrum by using a frequency extrusion post-processing technique, which can be regarded as the average value of the instantaneous frequency and amplitude respectively. Next, the fundamental frequency of the cable is extracted by using an automatic identification method, and the performance of the proposed method is verified. Finally, real-time scoring of cable forces and structural condition assessment is achieved with consideration of the moderation index model as well as the material strength. The results show that the APES method can use shorter calculation samples than the traditional Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to obtain higher resolution and more accurate amplitude, which provides a theoretical basis for the real-time identification of fundamental frequency based on short-term monitoring data. The frequency extrusion post-processing-algorithm can reduce the spectrum recognition delay and improve timeliness of the cable force evaluation. The time-varying cable force with an interval of 10 s can be used to reflect the health status of the cable in time. The research results can provide technical support for the real-time extraction of cable force of long-span cable-stayed bridges, and can also provide an effective basis for component condition evaluation and bridge maintenance decision-making.

Keywords

Cable-stayed bridges / Frequency tracking / Structural health monitoring / Cable force evaluation / Frequency-squeezing postprocessing

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China(52378287)

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(BK20201274)

Provincial and Ministerial Key Laboratory Scientific Research Project(2242023K30017)