Identification of moving vehicle parameters using bridge responses and estimated bridge pavement roughness

Abstract Passing vehicles cause bridge deformation and vibration. Overloaded vehicles can result in fatigue damage to, or even failure of, the bridge. The bridge response is related to the properties of the passing vehicles, particularly the vehicle weight. Therefore, a bridge weigh-in-motion system for estimating vehicle parameters is important for evaluating the bridge condition under repeated load. However, traditional weigh-in-motion methods, which involve the installation of strain gauges on bridge members and calibration with known weight truck, are often costly and time-consuming. In this paper, a method for the identification of moving vehicle parameters using bridge acceleration responses is investigated. A time-domain method based on the Bayesian theory application of a particle filter is adopted. The bridge pavement roughness is estimated in advance using vehicle responses from a sensor-equipped car with consideration of vehicle-bridge interaction, and it is utilized in the parameter estimation. The method does not require the calibration. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the vehicle parameters, including the vehicle weight, are estimated with high accuracy and robustness against observation noise and modeling error. Finally, this method is validated through field measurement. The resulting estimate of vehicle mass agrees with the measured value, demonstrating the practicality of the proposed method.

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