Structural Health Monitoring of I-10 Twin Span Bridge - Part I: Analysis of Lateral Load Test, Tech Summary.

摘要

The objective of this research project was to establish a bridge structural health monitoring system for use in short-term and long-term monitoring purposes. The short-term monitoring: to evaluate the lateral behavior of batter pile group, to validate the analysis method used to design the pile-group foundations (i.e., FB-MultiPier software), and to back-calculate the p-y multipliers for battered pile groups in similar soil conditions by conducting a lateral load test. The long-term monitoring: to evaluate the behavior of pile group structure under dynamic loads caused by selected events (wind, waves, and vessel collision).