Corrosion Monitoring of Steel Bridge Ropes

Alexander Tesar

School of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Repulic

Abstract: Corrosion monitoring of steel bridge cables is treated below. Simulation model adopting the Washizu’s variational principle and backpropagation neural network approach is used for numerical analysis of the problem. The numerical treatment of nonlinear problems appearing is made using the updated Lagrangian formulation of motion. The feasibility of parallel processing combined with backpropagation neural network is established. Adoption of EM-sensors for experimental testing in situ. Numerical and experimental verifications are submitted.