A reassessment of dynamic characteristics of the Quincy Bayview Bridge using output-only identification techniques

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 787-805

  Pridham, Brad A ^a   Wilson, John C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration; Cable stayed bridges; Damping; Expectation maximization algorithm; Output only identification; Quincy Bayview Bridge; Stochastic subspace methods; System identification

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCIES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AMBIENT VIBRATION; MODAL FREQUENCIES; QUINCY BAYVIEW BRIDGE, ILLINOIS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS (SD);

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 19944411517     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.455     Document Type: Article

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