Simultaneous Identification of Moving Vehicles and Bridge Damages Considering Road Rough Surface

A method for the simultaneous identification of moving vehicles and the damages of the supporting structure from measured responses is presented. A two-axle vehicle model with two degrees of freedom (DOF) is adopted. The extent of the damage and the vehicle parameters were chosen as the optimisation...

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Main Authors: Qingxia Zhang, Łukasz Jankowski, Zhongdong Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/963424