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Time-lag effect of temperature-induced strain for concrete box girder bridges

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Temperature load is one of the most common and vital environmental loads for bridge in-service. However, the significant variability of temperature and the time-lag effect severely affects the damage identification and structure evaluation based on temperature response. The time-lag effect refers to the phenomenon that the temperature-induced response lags behind the temperature itself. Through a large amount of measured data mining, this paper summarizes the typical characteristics and general laws of the time-lag effect. Besides, the numerical simulation of the time-lag effect is realized via the finite element method. Furthermore, the spatial and temporal mechanism of the time-lag effect is explored. The extensive numerical simulation results and measured data verification revealed that the temperature change rate is the root cause of the time-lag effect. And the time delay of temperature-induced strain is just the appearance. Finally, based on the mechanism of the time-lag effect, an elimination method is proposed, which adopts the temperature change rate and temperature amplitude as key indexes. With this method, the stable slope of temperature-induced strain can be gained. This provides a solid basis for further structural evaluation based on the temperature effect. The exploration of the time-lag effect mechanism deepens the understanding of the temperature response and provides a new perspective for the structural early warning and assessment based on temperature load.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants. 52378288, 51978154, 51608258, and 52008099), the Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists of Jiangsu Province (Grant. BK20190013), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant BK20200369), and Key Research and Development Program of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area (Grant. ZDYF20200118).

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    Kang Yang

  2. Key Laboratory of C&PC Structures of the Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Youliang Ding, Huachen Jiang, Wei Sheng & Hanwei Zhao

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Youliang Ding, Huachen Jiang, Wei Sheng & Hanwei Zhao

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Yang, K., Ding, Y., Jiang, H. et al. Time-lag effect of temperature-induced strain for concrete box girder bridges. J Civil Struct Health Monit 14, 303–320 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13349-023-00725-1

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