• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.431-444
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• 2016

This paper was written in the context of a benchmark study promoted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University using data samples collected in an instrumented cable-stayed bridge. The main goal of the benchmark test was to study the identification of the bridge modes of vibration under different wind conditions. In this contribution, the tools developed at ViBest/FEUP for automated data processing of setups collected by dynamic monitoring systems are presented and applied to the data made available in the context of the benchmark study. The applied tools are based on parametric output only modal identification methods combined with clustering algorithms. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms succeeded to automatically identify the modes with relevant contribution for the bridge response under different wind conditions.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

상시진동을 이용하여 구조계의 동특성을 추출하는 운용모드해석 기법은 케이블교량 구조건전성모니터링의 한 분야로써 다양한 연구와 실험적 검증이 수행되어왔다. 본 연구에서는 두 번에 걸친 상시진동실험과 함께 3년간의 장기 계측을 통해 수집된 가속도 데이터를 이용하여 공용 중인 사장교의 장단기 동특성을 평가하였다. 교량 준공 이후 6년과 19년이 경과한 시기에 실시한 고해상도 상시진동실험으로부터 0.1 ~ 2.5 Hz 대역에서 27개 수직모드(휨, 비틈)와 1개 수평모드를 추출하였다. 운용모드해석에 기반한 동특성 추출은 PP기법, ERADC기법, FDD기법, TDD기법을 적용하였으며, 적용한 기법들 간에 유의미한 차이가 없는 것을 확인하였다. 장기 계측 고유진동수와 환경 요인(온도, 바람)에 대한 상관성 분석으로부터 온도 변화가 고유진동수 변동에 지배적인 영향인자임을 확인하였다. 대상교량의 고유진동수 감소 경향은 구조성능과 일체성이 변한 것이 아니라 두 번의 상시진동실험 간 온도 차이에 의한 환경영향이 컸음을 밝혔다. 또한 TDD기법 적용 시, 지연이 0에서 자기상관이 1이 되도록 시퀀스를 정규화하는 알고리즘을 추가하여 모드형상 추출의 정확도를 개선하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 실험적 모드해석 기법을 이용하여 외부환경에 직접 노출되어 있는 실제 철도판형교의 full-scale 동적 테스트가 수행되었다. 충격해머 모드실험에 의해 얻어진 철도판형교의 모드 매개변수를 유한요소해석으로부터 구한 고유진동수와 모드형상과 비교, 분석하였다. 실험적 모드해석에 의해 측정된 실험 데이터와 해석적 진동분석에서 얻어지는 출력만의 데이터를 교량 부재의 기하학적 특성 및 재료적 특성을 다양하게 고려하여 모델보정 테크닉에 적용하였다. 철도판형교의 실험적 모드해석 결과를 검증하기 위한 유한요소모델이 모드인식 기법을 이용하여 보정되었다. 실험 데이터와 유한요소해석 기준모델의 모델보정과정의 결과와 함께 부재특성의 변화를 통하여 이루질 수 있는 손상평가에 대한 기초적 데이터베이스가 제공된다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.761-771
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• 2008

열차운행주파수가 철도교의 고유진동수와 일치하면, 철도교의 공진은 피할 수 없다. 또한, 열차가 교량을 매우 빠르게 통과하면, 계측 가능한 시간응답의 샘플 수는 매우 적다. 본 논문은 그러한 경우에 대하여 철도 교량의 동특성을 매우 효과적으로 추출할 수 있는 TDD기법과 SI기법을 소개한다. 열차통과 직후에 교량의 자유진동 시간응답구간의 상호상관을 이용하여 모드형상은 TDD기법으로 추출하고, 고유진동수 및 감쇠비 등의 시간변수들은 SI기법으로 추출한다. 경부고속철도 시스템에 위치한 2경간 강합성교량의 동특성 추출실험을 통하여 TDD기법과 SI기법의 현장 적용성이 검토되었다. 동특성 추정결과는 기존의 ERADC기법의 결과와 비교 검토되었다. 추정결과는 기존의 방법을 이용하여 획득된 결과와 매우 잘 일치한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.523-538
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• 2017

A series of field vibration tests are conducted on the Runyang Suspension Bridge during both the construction and operational stages. The purpose of this study is devoted to the analysis of the dynamic characteristics of the suspension tower. After the tower was erected, an array of accelerometers was deployed to study the evolution of its modal parameters during the construction process. Dynamic tests were first performed under the freestanding tower condition and then under the tower-cable condition after the superstructure was installed. Based on the identified modal parameters, the effect of the pile-soil-structure interaction on dynamic characteristics of the suspension tower is investigated. Moreover, the stiffness of the pile foundation is successfully identified using a probabilistic finite model updating method. Furthermore, challenges of identifying the dynamic properties of the tower from the coupled responses of the tower-cable system are discussed in detail. It's found that compared with the identified results from the freestanding tower, the longitudinal and torsional natural frequencies of the tower in the tower-cable system have changed significantly, while the lateral mode frequencies change slightly. The identified modal results from measurements by the structural health monitoring system further confirmed that the vibrations of the bridge subsystems (i.e., the tower, the suspended deck and the main cable) are strongly coupled with one another.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.171-185
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• 2018

Maintenance of deteriorated bridge structures has always been one of the challenging issues in developing countries as it is directly related to daily life of people including trade and economy. An effective maintenance strategy is highly dependent on timely inspections on the bridge health condition. This study is intended to investigate an approach for detecting bridge damage for the long-term health monitoring by use of copula theory. Long-term measured data for the seven-span plate-Gerber bridge is investigated. Autoregressive time series models constructed for the observed accelerations taken from the bridge are utilized for the computation of damage indicator for the bridge. The copula model is used to analyze the statistical changes associated with the modal parameters. The changes in the modal parameters with the time are identified by the copula statistical properties. Applicability of the proposed method is also discussed based on a comparison study among other approaches.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.409-420
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 상시진동계측 결과를 활용하여 교랑의 이동하중해석을 수행하기 위한 구조재해석 기법을 제시하였다. 구조재해석을 위해 필요한 실구조물의 고유진동수와 모우드 형상은 직접퓨리에 분석을 통해 구하고, 감쇠비는 Random Decrement기법을 이용하는 방법을 사용하였다. 또한, 계측 모우드 형상을 구조재해석에 필요한 자유도로 보간하기 위한 보간법을 제시하였다. 더불어, 제시된 구조재해석기법을 이동질량 모형에 기초한 주행하중 해석에 적용하여 이를 직접 해석한 결과와 비교하였다 해석결과는 상시진동 계측의 결과만을 이용하여 수행된 구조재해석 결과도 교량의 실제 응답을 잘 표현할 수 있음을 보여주고 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.83-101
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• 2005

This paper summarizes the application of a rational methodology for the structural assessment of older reinforced concrete Tunisian bridges. This methodology is based on ambient vibration measurement of the bridge, identification of the structure's modal signature and finite element model updating. The selected case study is the Boujnah bridge of the Tunis-Msaken Highway. This bridge is made of a continuous four-span simply supported reinforced concrete slab without girders resting on elastomeric bearings at each support. Ambient vibration tests were conducted on the bridge using a data acquisition system with nine force-balance accelerometers placed at selected locations of the bridge. The Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition technique was applied to extract the dynamic characteristics of the bridge. The finite element model was updated in order to obtain a reasonable correlation between experimental and numerical modal properties. For the model updating part of the study, the parameters selected for the updating process include the concrete modulus of elasticity, the elastic bearing stiffness and the foundation spring stiffnesses. The primary objective of the paper is to demonstrate the use of the Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition technique combined with model updating to provide data that could be used to assess the structural condition of the selected bridge. The application of the proposed methodology led to a relatively faithful linear elastic model of the bridge in its present condition.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.87-94
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• 1995

In highway bridges robust damage detection exercises are mandatory to secure the safety of the structures from hostile environmental conditions such as fatigue earthquake, wind, and corrosion. This paper presents a damage detection practice in a full-scale highway bridge by utilizing modal response parameters of as-built and damaged states of the structure. first the test structure is described and modal testing procedures are outlined. Next, a damage detection model which yields information on the location of damage directly from changes in mode shapes is outlined. Finally, the damage detection model is implemented to predict the location of damage in the ten structure. From the results, it was found that the damage detection model accurately locates damage in the test structures for which modal parameters of only a single mode are available for pre-damage (as-built) and post-damage stages.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.371-382
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• 2023

Box girder bridges are now widely used in bridge construction, and it is necessary to perform load rating regularly to evaluate the load capacity of box girder bridges. Load testing is a common measure for load rating. However, the bridge must be loaded by many trucks under different loading conditions, which is time-consuming and laborious. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a load rating method for box girder bridges based on rapid moving loads testing. The method includes three steps. First, the quasi-influence factors of the bridge are obtained by crossing the bridge with rapidly moving loads, and the structural modal parameters are simultaneously obtained from the dynamic data to supplement. Second, an objective function is constructed, consisting of the quasi-influence factors at several measurement points and structural modal parameters. The finite element model for load rating is then updated based on the Rosenbrock method. Third, on this basis, a load rating method is proposed using the updated model. The load rating method proposed in this paper can considerably reduce the time duration of traditional static load testing and effectively utilize the dynamic and static properties of box girder bridges to obtain an accurate finite element model. The load capacity obtained based on the updated model can avoid the inconsistency of the evaluation results for the different structural members using the adjustment factors specified in codes.