Temperature Behavior of Bridges

by Yong Xia, Yi Zhou

Overview

Bridges are subject to daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations. The temperature variations can affect bridge materials and structural integrity, often interacting with other loads and masking their effects. Understanding temperature behaviors is crucial for accurate load assessment and bridge performance evaluation.

This book comprehensively studies temperature behaviors of bridges, covering beam, arch, cable‑stayed, and suspension bridges using analytical, numerical, and field monitoring approaches. For each type of bridge, it not only reports field monitoring results but also presents an integrated heat‑transfer and structural analysis framework, significantly enhancing the efficiency of simulating bridge temperature behaviors. Moreover, this book derives simple and general analytical formulas for temperature‑induced deformations of bridges that can be easily adopted by engineers. This standout feature has not been previously studied and reported within academic and engineering societies.

/A unique feature of this book is the presentation of 25‑year field monitoring data of the Tsing Ma Suspension Bridge, the most extensive field data available, showing the long‑term behavior of the bridge. This invaluable data demonstrates the effects of global warming on infrastructure and necessitates the review of current design codes in the context of climate change. Other typical bridges, including the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai‑Macao Bridge and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Footbridge, are also used as examples to enhance understanding.

Temperature Behavior of Bridges is an essential resource for postgraduate students, researchers, and engineers seeking to master the temperature behaviors affecting modern bridge infrastructure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032764702
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	02/11/2025
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yong Xia is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has established health monitoring systems for a wide range of structures, including the the world-longest Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. He is a council member of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure and a fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Yi Zhou is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. He serves as a council member of the Institute of Diagnosis Treatment and Maintenance for Engineering at the Architectural Society of China and a research fellow at the National Observation and Research Station of Material Corrosion and Structural Safety of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.  2. Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges.  3. Numerical Analysis of Bridge Temperature Behaviors.  4. Temperature Behaviors of Suspension Bridges.  5. Temperature Behaviors of Cable-stayed Bridges.  6. Temperature Behaviors of Arch Bridges.  7. Temperature Behaviors of Beam Bridges.  8. Long-term Temperature Behaviors of the Tsing Ma Bridge.  9. Temperature Effects on Vibrational Properties of Bridges.  10. Epilogue: Conclusions and Challenges.