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A Damage Assessment Technique for Bridges Using Static Displacements  

Choi, Il Yoon (한국철도기술연구원)
Cho, Hyo Nam (한양대학교 토목환경공학과)
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Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction / v.14, no.5, 2002 , pp. 641-646 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new damage detection technique using static displacement data was developed, in order to assess the structural integrity of bridge structures. In conventional damage assessment techniques using dynamic response, the variation of natural frequencies is intrinsically insensitive to the damage of the bridge: thus, it is usually difficult to obtain them from the measured data. The proposed detection method enables the estimation of the stiffness reduction of bridges using the static displacement data that are measured periodically, without requiring a specific loading test. Devices such as a laser displacement sensor can be used to measure static displacement data due to the dead load of the bridge structure. In this study, structural damage was represented by the reduction in the elastic modulus of the element. The damage factor of the element was introduced to estimate the stiffness reduction of the bridge under consideration. Likewise, the proposed algorithm was verified using various numerical simulations and compared with other damage detection methods. The effects of noise and number of damaged elements on damage detection were also investigated. Results showed that the proposed algorithm efficiently detects damage on the bridge.
Keywords
damage assessment; damage identification; static displacement; system identification; mode shape; damage factor;
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