Ambient vibration re-testing and operational modal analysis of the Humber Bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2003-2018

  Brownjohn, J M W ^a   Magalhaes, Filipe ^b   Caetano, Elsa ^b   Cunha, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Operational modal analysis; Structural identification; Suspension bridge

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; AXIAL ACCELERATION; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DATA SETS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN METHODS; HONG-KONG; INHERENT VARIABILITY; LEAST SQUARE; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MODAL MODELS; MODAL PARAMETERS; MODAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL EXCITATIONS; ON-LINE DIAGNOSIS; OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PORTUGAL; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; STAND -ALONE; STOCHASTIC SUBSPACE IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TIME-SCALES; VIBRATION MODES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; SUSPENSION BRIDGES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; BRIDGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEALTH MONITORING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; PORTUGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953611453     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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