Measurement of deflections and of oscillation frequencies of engineering structures using Robotic Theodolites (RTS)

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3312-3324

  Psimoulis, Panos A ^a   Stiros, Stathis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Amplitude; Bridge; Experiment; Natural frequency; Oscillation; Pendulum; Periodogram; Robotic Total Station; RTS; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PENDULUMS; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; PERIODOGRAM; ROBOTIC THEODOLITES (RTS); ROBOTIC TOTAL STATION;

BRIDGES;

BRIDGES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PENDULUMS; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BRIDGE; DEFLECTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36148949782     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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