As part of a project intending to develop an energy-producing tuned mass damper using piezoelectric elements, a prototype has been manufactured to validate its efficiency and find the optimal arrangement of the system. This paper presents the preparation of the prototype enabling to perform experimentally parametric studies.

Overloaded vehicles can cause damage to structures like bridges and road pavement, which amy subsequently cause serious accidents due to the breakage. The smart bearings suggested to control overloaded vehicles can be used to obtain various information about the crossing vehicles. This paper intends to check the possibility to measure traffic loads using smart bearings.