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The random field model of the spatial distribution of heavy vehicle loads on long-span bridges

  • School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A stochastic model based on Markov random field is proposed to model the spatial distribution of vehicle loads on longspan bridges. The bridge deck is divided into a finite set of discrete grid cells, each cell has two states according to whether the cell is occupied by the heavy vehicle load or not, then a four-neighbor lattice-structured undirected graphical model with each node corresponding to a cell state variable is proposed to model the location distribution of heavy vehicle loads on the bridge deck. The node potential is defined to quantitatively describe the randomness of node state, and the edge potential is defined to quantitatively describe the correlation of the connected node pair. The junction tree algorithm is employed to obtain the systematic solutions of inference problems of the graphical model. A marked random variable is assigned to each node to represent the amplitude of the total weight of vehicle applied on the corresponding cell of the bridge deck. The rationality of the model is validated by a Monte Carlo simulation of a learned model based on monitored data of a cable-stayed bridge.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2016
EditorsTribikram Kundu
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510600461
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 21 Mar 201624 Mar 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9805
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period21/03/1624/03/16

Keywords

  • Markov random field
  • graphical model
  • long-span bridges
  • spatial distribution
  • vehicle loads

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