scholarly journals Experimental evaluation of vibration based damage identification techniques on a pedestrian bridge

DYNA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (209) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Angélica María Panesso Libreros ◽  
Johannio Marulanda ◽  
Peter Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Damage Localization ◽  
Damage State ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Ambient Vibration Tests ◽  
Vibration Tests ◽  
Output Only ◽  
Identification Techniques

Failures of civil structures, such as bridges, due to natural events or anthropic loads can generate significant social and economic impacts. As an alternative for the identification of damage in these structures, dynamic structural health monitoring has been proposed. This paper presents the experimental evaluation of three damage identification techniques on a full-scale footbridge. One of the evaluated techniques is based on damage localization vectors; a second technique is based on changes in the curvature of the modal shapes, while the third technique uses a numerical model and artificial neural networks for locating the damaged section. Five scenarios of controlled damage were induced in the footbridge. Output-only ambient vibration tests were performed at each damage state and the results of the identification techniques were analyzed. The three implemented techniques showed promising results for the numerical simulations, and two of these techniques produced satisfactory results in the experimental evaluation.

Blind Modal Identification of Non-Classically Damped Systems from Free or Ambient Vibration Records

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1137-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariba Abazarsa ◽  
Fariborz Nateghi ◽  
S. Farid Ghahari ◽  
Ertugrul Taciroglu
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Modal Identification ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Audio Signals ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Ambient Vibration Tests ◽  
Vibration Tests ◽  
Damped Systems

A significant segment of system identification literature on civil structures is devoted to response-only identification, simply because lack of measurements of input excitations for civil structures is a fairly common scenario. In recent years, several researchers have successfully adapted a second-order blind identification (SOBI) technique—a method originally developed for “blind source separation” of audio signals—to response-only identification of mechanical and civil structures. However, this development had been confined to fully instrumented classically damped systems. While several approaches have been proposed recently for extending SOBI to non-classically damped systems, they all require additional data such as velocity or analytic signals. Herein, we present a version of SOBI that requires only acceleration signals recorded during free or ambient vibration tests, and yields the system's complex mode shapes, natural frequencies, and damping ratios. Performance of the proposed technique is demonstrated through two synthetic examples: a ten-story structure possessing a passive control system, and a soil-structure system with seven degrees of freedom (seven-DOF).

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIC TOWER USING AMBIENT VIBRATION TESTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Paolo Cimellaro ◽  
Marco Domaneschi ◽  
Ali Zamani Noori ◽  
Valentina Villa
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Modal Identification ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Collapse Mechanism ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Dynamic Features ◽  
Ambient Vibration Tests ◽  
Vibration Tests ◽  
Output Only

This paper focuses on the vulnerability assessment of a civic tower built in 1512, which is now considered a national monument. It is the original bell tower of S. Ambrogio church that was destroyed in 1809. Experimental investigations have been carried out on this historical tower. First, detailed investigations have been carried out to identify the geometry of the tower as well as the mechanical features of the constituting materials. Then, ambient vibration tests have been applied using five Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensors to detect of the main dynamic features, e.g., modal parameters and damping. Two output-only identification methods, including Frequency Domain Decomposition and Random Decrement Techniques, have been used. The outcomes of the modal identification have been employed to inform the FE model. The numerical analysis can be used for vulnerability assessment, providing a valuable picture of possible damage evolution, tower collapse mechanism, and subsequently, useful hints for the execution of structural retrofitting strategies.

scholarly journals Ambient Vibration Tests of an Arch Dam with Different Reservoir Water Levels: Experimental Results and Comparison with Finite Element Modelling

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Vincenzo Calcina ◽  
Laura Eltrudis ◽  
Luca Piroddi ◽  
Gaetano Ranieri
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Arch Dam ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
Ambient Vibration Tests ◽  
Vibration Properties ◽  
Vibration Tests

This paper deals with the ambient vibration tests performed in an arch dam in two different working conditions in order to assess the effect produced by two different reservoir water levels on the structural vibration properties. The study consists of an experimental part and a numerical part. The experimental tests were carried out in two different periods of the year, at the beginning of autumn (October 2012) and at the end of winter (March 2013), respectively. The measurements were performed using a fast technique based on asynchronous records of microtremor time-series. In-contact single-station measurements were done by means of one single high resolution triaxial tromometer and two low-frequency seismometers, placed in different points of the structure. The Standard Spectral Ratio method has been used to evaluate the natural frequencies of vibration of the structure. A 3D finite element model of the arch dam-reservoir-foundation system has been developed to verify analytically determined vibration properties, such as natural frequencies and mode shapes, and their changes linked to water level with the experimental results.

Ambient Vibration Tests of Suspension Bridge

1978 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 983-999
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar ◽  
George W. Housner
Keyword(s):  
Suspension Bridge ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Ambient Vibration Tests ◽  
Vibration Tests
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