Disclosed is a control method of an airbag-type intelligent control device for vortex-induced vibration of bridges. The airbag-type intelligent control device for vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of bridges includes a control system, which comprises a monitoring device and a control workstation; the monitoring device is used to detect the wind speed and direction near the bridge and the vibration state of the bridge; the control workstation is connected to the monitoring device. The VIV order of bridges is determined based on the detected wind speed, wind direction, and the vibration state of the bridge. The airbag system is mounted on both sides of the bridge and connected to the control workstation; according to the obtained VIV order, the sectional shape parameters of the airbag system are determined, and the airbag system is regulated to have the appropriate sectional shape.

Disclosed herein is a method for monitoring a health status of one or of a plurality of bridges (10) under normal traffic condition. The method comprises: a) providing at least one sensing device (12) per bridge configured to measure a physical quantity variation related to the integrity of said one or said plurality of bridges; b) providing a fleet of heavy vehicles (14), wherein an estimation of the weight of each heavy vehicle is known with a deviation of no more than 10% of the actual weight of each heavy vehicle; c) acquiring a set of physical data related to the integrity of said one or said plurality of bridges (10) from said at least one sensing device (12) when at least one heavy vehicle of the fleet crosses one bridge (10); d) determining the configuration of other vehicles (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e) on the bridge, if any, when said at least one heavy vehicle (14) crosses said one bridge; e) repeating steps c) and d) in order to acquire multiple sets of physical data related to the integrity of said one or said plurality of bridges (10) so that the number of sets of integrity data associated with one bridge (10) permits to measure or observe a deviation, and c) obtaining a health status of said one or said plurality of bridges based on the deviation between said multiple sets of physical data associated with one bridge.

The present invention provides a semi-active vibration absorption and energy dissipation control system for restraining vortex-induced vibration of bridges. It has the advantages and characteristics that: (1) springs are horizontally placed at the bottom of a beam, and lengths are not limited, so that the frequency requirement of a low-frequency target can be satisfied; (2) different target frequencies can be realized through different combinations of a plurality of springs connected in series and in parallel, so that multi-order vortex-induced vibration control needs are satisfied; (3) the springs made of fiber reinforced nylon materials are adopted, and are notched, so that a frequency implementation range can be greatly widened; (4) the material and the form of a mass body are not limited, and a water bag can be used, which has low cost and is convenient for disassembly, assembly and mass adjustment.

The present invention provides a semi-active vibration absorption and energy dissipation control system for restraining vortex-induced vibration of bridges. It has the advantages and characteristics that: (1) springs are horizontally placed at the bottom of a beam, and lengths are not limited, so that the frequency requirement of a low-frequency target can be satisfied; (2) different target frequencies can be realized through different combinations of a plurality of springs connected in series and in parallel, so that multi-order vortex-induced vibration control needs are satisfied; (3) the springs made of fiber reinforced nylon materials are adopted, and are notched, so that a frequency implementation range can be greatly widened; (4) the material and the form of a mass body are not limited, and a water bag can be used, which has low cost and is convenient for disassembly, assembly and mass adjustment.

An assembled structure system includes a prefabricated member, a fastener and a locking member. The prefabricated member is provided with at least one cavity, and the fastener is assembled in the at least one cavity. At least one fastener is assembled in each cavity. The cavity includes an upper end surface, a lower end surface, a left end surface and a right end surface. The left end surface or the right end surface includes a vertical surface perpendicularly connected to the upper end surface and an inclined surface connected to the vertical surface. A connection angle between the vertical surface and the outer side of the inclined surface forms an obtuse angle. The inclined surface is connected to the lower end surface. The fastener includes a fixed surface, two side surfaces and a bottom surface. The fixed surface, the two side surfaces and the bottom surface are hingedly connected.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of wind-induced vibration control study of bridges, and provides a dangling net cloth device for suppressing flutter of a sea-crossing bridge, i.e., a large-area dangling net cloth equipped with multiple balance weights, which is suspended below a girder by ropes and is immersed in water . When wind-induced vibration occurs on a bridge, the device is driven to move in the water, and gravity of the device as well as a huge additional mass force and an additional damping force produced by the water on the net cloth will do negative work on the girder to consume vibration energy of the bridge and effectively suppress large vibration of the bridge. The device adopts lightweight standardized components which are convenient to install, detach, transport, and store, and has the advantages of safety, reliability, economy, and practicality.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of wind-induced vibration control study of bridges, and provides a dangling net cloth device for suppressing flutter of a sea-crossing bridge, i.e., a large-area dangling net cloth equipped with multiple balance weights, which is suspended below a girder by ropes and is immersed in water . When wind-induced vibration occurs on a bridge, the device is driven to move in the water, and gravity of the device as well as a huge additional mass force and an additional damping force produced by the water on the net cloth will do negative work on the girder to consume vibration energy of the bridge and effectively suppress large vibration of the bridge. The device adopts lightweight standardized components which are convenient to install, detach, transport, and store, and has the advantages of safety, reliability, economy, and practicality.

At least one of a method, apparatus, and system, as discussed herein and depicted in the figures that includes a first dock section, the first dock section including a first proximal end and a first distal end; a second dock section, the second dock section including a second proximal end and a second distal end; and a moveable guide system that connects the first dock section and the second dock section in a deployed position, such that the first proximal end of the first dock section abuts the second distal end of the second dock section, wherein the moveable guide system is configured to allow for the first dock section to be guided into a stowed position, on top of the second dock section.

The present disclosure discloses an electromagnetic multistage adjustable variable inertance and variable damping device. Iron cores are magnetized by winding electromagnetic coil windings outside the iron cores and applying an electric current action to the electromagnetic coil windings, and air gap magnetic fields are generated by the magnetized iron cores and permanent magnets in air gaps to cause the variation of shear damping forces between a driving shear plate and magnet yokes and between driven shear plates and magnet yokes, which avoids that the mechanical properties of an inerter cannot be fully utilized due to the friction caused by mutual contact among parts, thereby realizing multistage real-time adjustability of an instance coefficient and a damping coefficient of the device.

A variable acceleration curved surface spiral gear transmission mechanism for accelerated oscillator damper damping systems is disclosed. Through the orthogonal orbit planetary gear set moving along the parallel circular arc line guide rail, the concave surface spiral gear and the convex surface spiral gear are meshed at different radii, so as to realize the continuous changing of the speed ratio and changing of the acceleration of the additional mass block. The spiral curve limit guide groove is set on the surface of concave surface spiral gear and convex surface spiral gear, and the changing rate of speed changing ratio is adjusted by designing different spiral curves, and then the acceleration changing rate of additional mass block is controlled.