Study on Vehicle Load Model of Baijianhe Bridge

In order to calculate the vehicle load model of Baijianhe Bridge, based on the vehicle load data of the health monitoring system, the vehicle type, vehicle weight, wheelbase, and other information were counted and the data were processed and diagraphed to obtain the probability density distribution. At the same time, the automobile load model parameters relative to the national current code and finite element method are calculated. The results show that 2-axle and 6-axle vehicles are the main vehicle types, accounting for about 48%. The number of upstream and downstream vehicles is the same, but the number of vehicles in the lane is much higher than in the overtaking lane. The carriageway is dominated by 6-axle vehicles, while the overtaking lane is dominated by 2-axle vehicles. The probability density distribution of vehicle weight in overtaking lane obeys mixed Gaussian distribution and that in the carriageway obeys Weibull distribution. According to the measured vehicle load data, the vehicle load suitable for Baijianhe Bridge is 1.1 times the highway-I vehicle load of the current Chinese standard “General Code for Design of Highway Bridges and Culvers” (JTG D60-2015).

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