Damage detection of steel girder railway bridges utilizing operational vibration response

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Riasat Azim ◽  
Mustafa Gül
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Vibration Response ◽  
Steel Girder ◽  
Railway Bridges

scholarly journals Development of a Novel Damage Detection Framework for Truss Railway Bridges Using Operational Acceleration and Strain Response

Vibration ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 422-445
Author(s):  
Md Riasat Azim ◽  
Mustafa Gül
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Damage Index ◽  
Strain Analysis ◽  
Time History ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Railway Bridges ◽  
Truss Bridge

Railway bridges are an integral part of any railway communication network. As more and more railway bridges are showing signs of deterioration due to various natural and artificial causes, it is becoming increasingly imperative to develop effective health monitoring strategies specifically tailored to railway bridges. This paper presents a new damage detection framework for element level damage identification, for railway truss bridges, that combines the analysis of acceleration and strain responses. For this research, operational acceleration and strain time-history responses are obtained in response to the passage of trains. The acceleration response is analyzed through a sensor-clustering-based time-series analysis method and damage features are investigated in terms of structural nodes from the truss bridge. The strain data is analyzed through principal component analysis and provides information on damage from instrumented truss elements. A new damage index is developed by formulating a strategy to combine the damage features obtained individually from both acceleration and strain analysis. The proposed method is validated through a numerical study by utilizing a finite element model of a railway truss bridge. It is shown that while both methods individually can provide information on damage location, and severity, the new framework helps to provide substantially improved damage localization and can overcome the limitations of individual analysis.

A Study on Structural System Identification and Damage Detection for Free Vibration Response Using the Wavelet Transform

2015 ◽  
Vol 752-753 ◽  
pp. 1029-1034
Author(s):  
Asnizah Sahekhaini ◽  
Pauziah Muhamad ◽  
Masayuki Kohiyama ◽  
Aminuddin Abu ◽  
Lee Kee Quen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Vibration Response ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Modal Parameter ◽  
Modal Parameter Identification ◽  
Complex Morlet Wavelet ◽  
Structural System Identification ◽  
Free Vibration Response ◽  
Energy Components

This paper presents a wavelet-based method of identification modal parameter and damage detection in a free vibration response. An algorithm for modal parameter identification and damage detection is purposed and complex Morlet wavelet is chosen as an analysis wavelet function. This paper only focuses on identification of natural frequencies of the structural system. The method utilizes both undamaged and damage experiment data of free vibration response of the truss structure system. Wavelet scalogram is utilizes for damage detection. The change of energy components for undamaged and damage structure is investigated from the plot of wavelet scalogram which corresponded to the detection of damage.

scholarly journals Damage detection in railway bridges using Machine Learning: application to a historic structure

2017 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 1931-1936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Khouri Chalouhi ◽  
Ignacio Gonzalez ◽  
Carmelo Gentile ◽  
Raid Karoumi
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Railway Bridges

How Many Vibration Response Sensors for Damage Detection & Localization on a Structural Topology? An Experimental Exploratory Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 791-798
Author(s):  
Christos S. Sakaris ◽  
John S. Sakellariou ◽  
Spilios D. Fassois
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Vibration Response ◽  
Truss Structure ◽  
Damage Localization ◽  
Structural Topology ◽  
Structural Damage Detection

The number of vibration response sensors required for structural damage detection andprecise localization on a continuous structural topology is investigated. For damage detection thestate–of–the–art of vibration based methods need a required number of sensors q that may be “low”compared to the number of structural modes m, that is q << m. Yet, the opposite is generally suggestedfor precise damage localization, that is q > m. In this study the hypothesis that a “low” numberof vibration response sensors, q << m, may, under certain conditions, suffice for precise damage localization,is postulated. This hypothesis is “proven” experimentally by demonstrating that preciselocalization is indeed possible using a single vibration response sensor and an advanced StructuralHealth Monitoring methodology on a laboratory 3D truss structure.

A Study on Vibration-Based Damage Detection and Location in an Aircraft Wing Scaled Model

2006 ◽  
Vol 3-4 ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Trendafilova
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Vibration Response ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Aircraft Wing ◽  
Scaled Model ◽  
Damage Location ◽  
Wing Model ◽  
Simplified Finite Element Model

This study investigates the possibilities for damage detection and location using the vibration response of an aircraft wing. A simplified finite element model of an aircraft wing is used to model its vibration response. The model is subjected to modal analysis- its natural frequencies are estimated and the mode shapes are determined. Two types of damage are considered - localised and distributed. The wing model is divided into a number of volumes. The goal of the study is to investigate the possibility to use the vibration response of an aircraft wing and especially its modal characteristics for the purposes of damage detection. So we’ll be trying to find suitable features, which can be used to detect damage and restrict it to one of the introduced volumes. The sensitivity of the modal frequencies of the model to damage in different locations is studied. Some general trends in the behaviour of these frequencies with change of the damage location are investigated. The utilization of the modal frequencies for detecting damage in a certain part of the wing is discussed

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