The invention provides a bridge cable force automatic tracking method based on
frequency domain energy optimization recombination, and the method comprises the steps: firstly employing a normalized
fast Fourier transform algorithm to solve a problem of difficulty in automatic picking of a
peak value caused by a stay cable acceleration
signal spectrum
noise pseudo peak and a
modal energy time-varying distribution difference in a
frequency domain in a bridge operation monitoring period; carrying out segmented
frequency domain conversion on the vibration
time history of the inhaul cable; and carrying out mean value
smoothing preprocessing on the obtained multiple sections of frequency spectrums to obtain a smooth spectrum without false peak
noise. Secondly, according to logarithm
processing of a smooth spectrum, optimization and recombination of
modal energy of all orders in a frequency domain are achieved, so that robustness of automatic
peak value picking is improved; and finally, according to the theoretical
fundamental frequency of the inhaul cable, a reasonable interval for automatic picking of peak values in a frequency domain is set, normalized frequency domain energy is limited, and automatic stable tracking of the cable force of the bridge inhaul cable is achieved in combination with a frequency domain sliding window peak searching
algorithm and a vibration string theoretical formula. The method can solve the technical problem that the calculation of the cable force of the inhaul cable is not accurate enough in a traditional method.