Identification of Frequencies and Track Irregularities of Railway Bridges Using Vehicle Responses: A Recursive Bayesian Kalman Filter Algorithm
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 148, Issue 9
Abstract
On-board monitoring of track irregularities and bridge dynamic characteristics based on vehicle vibration responses provides basic data for the condition assessment of high speed railway bridges. However, the identification process inevitably introduces estimation uncertainty because of measurement noise and system parameter uncertainty. Here, in a probability framework, we propose a recursive Bayesian Kalman filtering (RBKF) algorithm for quantifying the identification uncertainty of the track irregularities and bridge natural frequencies. A nonlinear state-space model with measurement noise and process noise was first established for vehicle-bridge (VB) systems. Then the RBKF algorithm was formulated using a nonlinear state-space model, and the identification uncertainty was quantified in terms of estimation variances. A numerical study of two high speed railway bridges validated the RBKF algorithm. This study may help develop new approaches for on-board monitoring and condition assessment of high speed railway bridges.
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All data, models, or code generated or used during the study appear in the published article and are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51838006) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. HUST_2018KFYYX JJ007). The findings and opinions expressed here, however, are those of the authors alone, and are not necessarily the views of the sponsors.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 148 • Issue 9 • September 2022
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Received: Oct 7, 2021
Accepted: May 3, 2022
Published online: Jul 7, 2022
Published in print: Sep 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Dec 7, 2022
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Algorithms
- Bridge engineering
- Bridge management
- Bridge tests
- Bridge-vehicle interaction
- Bridges
- Bridges (by type)
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Field tests
- Infrastructure
- Mathematics
- Motion (dynamics)
- Rail transportation
- Railroad bridges
- Railroad tracks
- Railroad trains
- Skew bridges
- Solid mechanics
- Structural engineering
- Tests (by type)
- Transportation engineering
- Uncertainty principles
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