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Recent Challenges and Innovations in Long-Span Bridges

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 4529

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Bin Sun

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Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: long-span bridges; application of UHPC in bridge engineering
Prof. Dr. Rucheng Xiao

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Guest Editor
Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: bridge engineering; bridge structural systems; bridge design theory and optimization; bridge management systems
Dr. Chaolin Song

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Guest Editor
Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: reliability-assisted bridge design; uncertainty quantification with machine learning; value analysis and decision making

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, many long-span bridges have been constructed to cross rivers, canyons, and other natural or manmade obstacles, forming an important part of modern transportation networks. Bridge engineers are confronted with many challenges in the design, construction, and maintenance of long-span bridges. Technological developments and innovations provide a fundamental approach to tackle these challenges. This Special Issue aims to collect papers regarding recent developments and innovations in long-span bridges. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the design and construction practices of long-span bridges; applications of new materials in bridge engineering; innovative bridge structures and systems; machine-learning-enhanced bridge design and monitoring; and the risk, reliability and resilience analysis of long-span bridges.

Dr. Bin Sun
Prof. Dr. Rucheng Xiao
Dr. Chaolin Song
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • long-span bridges
  • bridge design and optimization
  • bridge construction
  • bridge maintenance
  • structural health monitoring
  • reliability and resilience

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Editorial
Special Issue on Recent Challenges and Innovations in Long-Span Bridges
by Bin Sun, Rucheng Xiao and Chaolin Song
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(17), 9694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179694 - 28 Aug 2023
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Bridges are typical structures that provide connections between destinations and therefore achieve transportation functionality [...] Full article
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Assessment of the Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Performance of Long-Span Twin-Box Bridges Based upon Multidimensional Surrogate Models
by Rameez Badhurshah, Antonio J. Álvarez, Félix Nieto, José Á. Jurado and Santiago Hernández
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(13), 5531; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135531 - 26 Jun 2024
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Twin-box decks are being extensively used in the design of long-span bridges due to their superior flutter performance. Although the significant role played by the gap distance has been previously addressed in the frame of experimental studies, there is still a lack of [...] Read more.
Twin-box decks are being extensively used in the design of long-span bridges due to their superior flutter performance. Although the significant role played by the gap distance has been previously addressed in the frame of experimental studies, there is still a lack of understanding about the complex interplay between box geometry, gap distance and the aerodynamic force coefficients and flutter derivatives. In the present work, firstly, a surrogate model is developed, considering three design inputs for the geometry of the deck along with the angle of attack, providing the force coefficients as output. Afterwards, the work is then extended by developing another surrogate model, considering as inputs the reduced velocity and the same geometric variables of the deck, with the outputs being the flutter derivatives. The methodology, comprising the selection of the design domain, the definition of the samples, the CFD-based evaluation of the samples' response and the construction of the surrogate through the application of the neural network-based radial basis method, is reviewed. The surrogate models enable a quantitative description of the impact caused in the force coefficients and the flutter derivatives by modifications in the geometry of the twin-box deck. It has been found that flutter derivatives H1*, H2* and A2* are strongly dependent on the gap distance. Full article
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Robustness Evaluation of Aerodynamic Flutter Stability and Aerostatic Torsional Stability of Long-Span Suspension Bridges
by Qing Xia and Yaojun Ge
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(24), 13136; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132413136 - 10 Dec 2023
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Structural robustness is defined by the international engineering community as the capabilities of structural systems that enable them to survive unforeseen or unusual circumstances. In order to highlight the unforeseen and unusual characteristics of wind hazards, this study introduces the concept of structural [...] Read more.
Structural robustness is defined by the international engineering community as the capabilities of structural systems that enable them to survive unforeseen or unusual circumstances. In order to highlight the unforeseen and unusual characteristics of wind hazards, this study introduces the concept of structural robustness into the wind-resistant design and evaluation of bridges and proposes the robustness evaluation of aerodynamic flutter and aerostatic torsional stability of long-span bridges. Furthermore, the return period of the design wind speed that a bridge can resist is used to represent wind-resistant robustness. Aiming at the problem of aerodynamic and aerostatic stability, the analysis methods of aerodynamic flutter stability robustness and aerostatic torsional stability robustness of long-span suspension bridges are respectively established. Based on the established methods of aerodynamic flutter stability and aerostatic torsional stability robustness evaluation, robustness analysis is carried out on eight completed long-span suspension bridges and two long-span suspension bridges to be built. The evaluation method proposed in this study makes it possible to measure the ability of bridge structures to resist multiple disasters using the same index. Full article
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