Abstract
This study investigated how damage changes the modal parameters of a real bridge by means of a field experiment which was conducted on a real steel truss bridge consecutively subjected to four artificial damage scenarios. In the experiment, both the forced and free vibrations of the bridge were recorded, the former for identifying higher modes available exclusively and the latter for lower modes with higher resolution. Results show that modal parameters are little affected by damage causing low stress redistribution. Modal frequencies decrease as damage causing high stress redistribution is applied; such a change can be observed if the damage is at the non-nodal point of the corresponding mode shape. Mode shapes are distorted due to asymmetric damage; they show an amplification in the damaged side as damage is applied at the non-nodal point. Torsion modes become more dominant as damage is applied either asymmetrically or on an element against large design loads.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR 2013 |
| Editors | George Deodatis, Bruce R. Ellingwood, Dan M. Frangopol |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 3725-3732 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138000865 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Feb 2014 |