Research Article
Vibration Frequencies Extraction of the Forth Road Bridge Using High Sampling GPS Data
Table 2
Vibration frequencies extracted from longitudinal GPS measurements (
direction of BCS).
| Situations | Extracted frequencies (Hz) | Mean wind speed (km/h) | Common frequencies | Distinct frequencies |
| Ambient circulation loading | 0.095 | 0.105 | — | 0.136 | 0.149 | 0.108, 0.117, 0.161 | 31.96 |
| Strong wind (abrupt wind speed change) | 0.091 | — | 0.129 | 0.134 | 0.151 | 0.184, 0.262 | 12.21 | — | — | 0.126 | 0.134 | 0.151 | 0.216 | 16.46 |
| Two 40 t lorries passing | | 0.106 | 0.129 | 0.131 | 0.150 | 0.172, 0.332 | 13.34 |
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