EMD-based random decrement technique for modal parameter identification of an existing railway bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1348-1356

  He, X H ^a   Hua, X G ^b   Chen, Z Q ^b   Huang, F L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical mode decomposition (EMD); Health monitoring; Nonstationary; Parameter identification; Random decrement (RD) technique; Steel bridges

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; HEALTH MONITORING; NONSTATIONARY; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION; RANDOM DECREMENT (RD) TECHNIQUE;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOCOMOTIVES; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING; RAILROAD CARS; STEEL BRIDGES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BRIDGE; DAMPING; HEALTH MONITORING; RAILWAY; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79951952917     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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