Exploring the use of bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for indirect bridge modal parameter estimation

Rich May; Hwa Kian Chai; Thomas Reynolds; Yong Lu

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-39117-0_26

Exploring the use of bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for indirect bridge modal parameter estimation

Rich May^*, Hwa Kian Chai, Thomas Reynolds, Yong Lu

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Engineering

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Indirect Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM) for bridges typically utilises motorised vehicles. This project explores the feasibility of using bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for identifying bridge modal parameters. Using field-gathered data, the visibility of bridge characteristics in the moving sensor data is demonstrated using data gathered simultaneously from the moving bicycle and the subject bridge. A com- parison is made to bridge dynamic properties estimated from other load- ing types. The possible pollution of recorded signals due to human-bicycle interaction dynamics is considered. The concept of exploiting pedalling harmonics to enhance the response amplitude of specific bridge modes of interest is introduced.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures
Subtitle of host publication	EVACES 2023 - Volume 2
Publisher	Springer
Pages	254–263
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-39117-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-39116-3, 978-3-031-39119-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39117-0_26
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2023

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Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Publisher	Springer
Volume	433
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

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May, R., Chai, H. K., Reynolds, T., & Lu, Y. (2023). Exploring the use of bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for indirect bridge modal parameter estimation. In Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures : EVACES 2023 - Volume 2 (Vol. 2, pp. 254–263). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 433). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39117-0_26

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May, R, Chai, HK , Reynolds, T & Lu, Y 2023, Exploring the use of bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for indirect bridge modal parameter estimation. in Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures : EVACES 2023 - Volume 2. vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 433, Springer, pp. 254–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39117-0_26

Exploring the use of bicycles as exciters and sensor carriers for indirect bridge modal parameter estimation. / May, Rich; Chai, Hwa Kian ; Reynolds, Thomas et al.
Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures : EVACES 2023 - Volume 2. Vol. 2 Springer, 2023. p. 254–263 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 433).

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