Patrick McGetrick

TL;DR: In this paper, a half-car vehicle-bridge interaction model is used in theoretical simulations to test the effectiveness of the approach in identifying the damping ratio of the bridge, and the method is tested for a range of bridge spans and vehicle velocities using theoretical simulations and the influences of road roughness, initial vibratory condition of the vehicle, signal noise, modelling errors and frequency matching on the accuracy of the results are investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical review of indirect methods for bridge monitoring is presented and recommendations on the challenges to be overcome for successful implementation in practice, and some of the methods seek to directly detect bridge damage based on the interaction between the vehicle and bridge.

TL;DR: In this article, an alternative method for the monitoring of bridge dynamic behaviour is proposed, with accelerometers fitted to the axles of the trailer of a truck-trailer vehicle.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an instrumented vehicle fitted with accelerometers on its axles to monitor the dynamics of bridges in order to provide adequate maintenance and guarantee the required levels of transport service and safety.

TL;DR: In this article, a coupled half-car vehicle-bridge interaction model is used in theoretical simulations to test the effectiveness of the approach in identifying the forces and the potential of the method to identify the global bending stiffness of the bridge and predict the pavement roughness.