We have hosted PhD student Dominik Skokandić within COST action TU1402 (Quantifying the value of structural health monitoring). We prepared the paper with title Application of Bridge Weigh-in-motion measurements in assessment of existing road bridges, which was presented in COST conference in Zagreb.
F.01 Acquisition of new practical knowledge, information and skills
COBISS.SI-ID: 2274663During the ARRS project we additional connected with the company CESTEL, which markets the bridge WIM system on a global scale. Based on the results of the project that were presented on their company, they got new knowledge about the influence of road surface unneveness on accuracy of bridge weigh-in-motion results, which he will be able to use for develoment and marketing of the SiWIM® system.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 2299239WIM systems are typically divided into two families of technologies, the pavement and the bridge ones. They both provide equivalent information about heavy duty vehicles crossing the system: exact time stamp, gross weight, axle loads and spacings, vehicle velocity, its category etc. While the pavement syst ems use strip or plate sensors embedded into the pavement, the bridge weigh - in - motion (B - WIM) ones apply sensors attached to the superstructure of existing bridges or culverts. Th is paper describes advancements in accuracy and long - term stability of the B - WIM system that were achieved within a 2 - year research project financed by the European Commission. Features that resulted in two to four accuracy class improvements according to European WIM specifications are novel axle detection method, better calculati on of experimental influence lines, consideration of measurement errors as well as correction of temperature and velocity effects. A new data quality assurance procedure also added value to the results of B - WIM measurements.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 2274151