Abstract:Taking an ultra-wide three-pylon steel box girder cable-stayed bridge as the engineering background, based on the field real-time monitoring results, the construction monitoring technology of this bridge is studied. The result shows that the influence of structural geometric nonlinearity is relatively obvious during the construction process of circular mixed pylon columns, which is prone to cause the measured longitudinal deviation value of the main pylon during the tensioning stage of the stayed cables to be greater than the theoretical predicted value. Due to the wide reserved width (up to 10 m), it is extremely difficult to control the height difference of the main girder at both ends of the closure before closure completion, which needs to be implemented in combination with the stayed cable adjustment scheme. The field observations show that after the cable adjustments, the elevation at the closure ends of the main girder is well-controlled. The deviation between theoretical and measured values is within ±1.5 cm. During the stage of bridge completion, the linear condition of the main girder is good. The measured elevation is basically in line with the target elevation for bridge completion, and an error is from -0.6 cm to 5.8 cm. Additionally, during the construction, the stress states of the main girder and main pylon are good, and the measured values are close to the theoretical values. The maximum stress at the concrete pylon root of the main girder is within 3.3 MPa, the maximum stress in the steel pylon is within 100 MPa, and the maximum stress in the bottom plate of the main girder is within 80 MPa. Furthermore, the cable force of all the stayed cables on the entire bridge is in good condition, and the relative difference between the measured cable force and the target cable force is basically within ±5%.