Ambient vibration testing and structural evaluation of an historic suspension footbridge

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-366

  Gentile, C ^a   Gallino, N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration testing; Enhanced frequency domain decomposition (EFDD); Finite element model updating; Operational modal analysis; Peak picking (PP); Suspension footbridge

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOORS; FOOTBRIDGES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIMBER; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AMBIENT VIBRATION TESTING; ENHANCED FREQUENCY DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION (EFDD); OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS; PEAK PICKING (PP); SUSPENSION FOOTBRIDGES;

SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

EID: 37349126661     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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