Vision-based monitoring system for evaluating cable tensile forces on a cable-stayed bridge

Abstract

Because of the characteristics of cable-supported bridges, the cable tensile force is considered a critical item in their maintenance. In particular, because the evaluation of the cable tensile force in a cable-stayed bridge is essential for understanding the general status of the structural system, identifying the initial values of this force in the construction of a bridge and then accurately predicting and comparing its estimated values during traffic use are very important tasks for the maintenance of a cable-stayed bridge. Therefore, in this study, a vision-based monitoring system that utilizes an image processing technique was developed to estimate the tensile force of stay cables during traffic use. A remotely controllable pan-tilt drive was installed in the developed vision-based monitoring system to estimate the forces on multiple cables using a single system. The use of a 20× electric zoom lens made it possible to achieve sufficient resolution to remotely derive the dynamic characteristics of the stay cables.

Keywords

Cable-stayed bridge cable tensile force vision-based monitoring system image processing technique

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