Humber bridge full scale measure campaigns 1990-1991

Abstract The Humber Bridge was the subject of an extensive monitoring campaign during 1990 and 1991 during which a large body of experimental data describing the loading and response processes was obtained. Some 70 instruments were used to measure wind speed and direction together with displacement, acceleration, rotation and temperature of the structure. The aim of the exercise was to validate mathematical modelling of the response of long span bridges to wind and to provide a picture of the relationships between the loading and response parameters. A full description of the instrumentation and monitoring arrangements is given together with some example results.

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