Transport and Telecommunication (Feb 2024)

Design of Automated Bascule Bridge and Collision Avoidance with Water Traffic

  • Komol Md Mostafizur Rahman,
  • Mizanur Rahman A. N. M.,
  • Podder Amit Kumer,
  • Hasan Md Sabid,
  • Islam Sayemul

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2024-0006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 54 – 65

Abstract

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The development of movable bridges is a modern technological advancement that requires the integration of multi-disciplinary concepts such as control, automation, and design. In order to demonstrate how a collision avoidance system works, this research offers the design of an automated double-leaf bascule bridge with a pulley-rope moving mechanism and Pratt truss. The bridge is created where a settled railway or roadway intersection of a navigable stream cannot attain a steep profile. The design took into account the length, height, and width of the bridge as well as automatic ship identification and scaffold leaf movement activity for ship crossing. For the safe passage of cars on the bridge and for stopping vehicles during bridge movement, the system includes a collision avoidance control system and an automated road barrier system. After sensor adjustment, the model bridge’s performance under test produced results that were adequate, with a success rate of 100%.

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