Rigid Bridges Health Dynamic Monitoring Using 100 Hz GPS Single-Frequency and Accelerometers
- 1 Faculty of Civil Engineering (UNICAMP), State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- 2 Faculty of Civil Engineering (UNICAMP), State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- 3 Sao Carlos School of Engineering of (EESC-USP), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
- 4 Sao Carlos School of Engineering of (EESC-USP), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
- 5 Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Abstract
This article presents the modal frequency recordings of a rigid bridge, monitored by the GPS receivers (Global Positioning System) with a data recording rate of 100 Hz and accelerometers. The GPS data processing was performed through the double - difference phase, using the adjusted interferometry technique ( i . e . phase residue method — PRM ® ). In the method, the double - difference phase of the carrier L1 is realized by using two satellites only, one was positioned at the zenith of the structure and the other satellite was positioned near the horizon. The results of the parametric adjustment of the PRM observations were finalized through software Interferometry, mathematical algorithm w ere applied and compared with the accelerometer. The comparison served to validate the use of GPS as a fast and reliable instrument for the preliminary monitoring of the dynamic behavior of the bridge, road artworks which are common in several countries, especially in the Brazilian road network . The data time series from the GPS and accelerometers were processed using the Wavelet. The detection of frequencies means that the combination of 100 Hz GPS receivers and the PRM allows detecting vibrations up to 5 mm. It presented significant results which were never obtained by the Fourier Trans form.
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