Statistical analysis of online strain response and its application in fatigue assessment of a long-span steel bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1731-1741

  Li, Z X ^a   Chan, T H T ^b   Zheng, R ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure probability; Fatigue life; Multiple linear regression; Statistical analysis; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

STEEL BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; FATIGUE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242490396     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(03)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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