Bridge integrity assessment by continuous wavelet transforms

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-43

  Alvandi, A ^a   Bastien, J ^a   Gregoire E ^a   Jolin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridges; Damage assessment; Dynamic test; Structural health monitoring; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMS; DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE INTENSITIES; DYNAMIC TEST; EXISTING BRIDGES; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; INTEGRITY ASSESSMENTS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DAMAGE DETECTION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEALTH; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TESTING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 65249182563     PISSN: 02194554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219455409002874     Document Type: Article

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