The identification of damage in a bridge from changes in its vibrational behavior is an inverse problem of important practical value. Significant advances have been obtained on this topic in the last two-three decades, both from the theoretical and applied point of view. One of the main problems when dealing with the assessment of vibration based damage identification methods is the lack of experimental data recorded on real damaged structures. Due to this, a large number of damage identification algorithms are tested using data simulated by numerical models. The availability of data recorded on a damaged bridge before its demolition gave the authors the uncommon chance to verify the sensitivity and reliability of the IDDM basing on data recorded on a real structure. Specifically data recorded on a reinforced concrete single-span supported bridge in the Municipality of Dogna (Friuli, Italy) were used to apply the damage localization algorithm. Harmonically forced tests were conducted after imposing artificial, increasing levels of localized damage. In this paper the sensitivity of the method is discussed with respect to the number of instrumented locations and to the severity of the damage scenarios considered

Experimental verification of the interpolation method on a real damaged bridge

MORASSI, Antonino
2015-01-01

Abstract

The identification of damage in a bridge from changes in its vibrational behavior is an inverse problem of important practical value. Significant advances have been obtained on this topic in the last two-three decades, both from the theoretical and applied point of view. One of the main problems when dealing with the assessment of vibration based damage identification methods is the lack of experimental data recorded on real damaged structures. Due to this, a large number of damage identification algorithms are tested using data simulated by numerical models. The availability of data recorded on a damaged bridge before its demolition gave the authors the uncommon chance to verify the sensitivity and reliability of the IDDM basing on data recorded on a real structure. Specifically data recorded on a reinforced concrete single-span supported bridge in the Municipality of Dogna (Friuli, Italy) were used to apply the damage localization algorithm. Harmonically forced tests were conducted after imposing artificial, increasing levels of localized damage. In this paper the sensitivity of the method is discussed with respect to the number of instrumented locations and to the severity of the damage scenarios considered
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