Experimental and Numerical Study on Damage Detection in I-Type Steel Beam Based on PZT Admittance Signals

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dansheng Wang ◽  
Qichao Li ◽  
Hongping Zhu ◽  
Huaqiang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Steel Beam ◽  
Type Steel

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.

Damage Detection in Rods Using Wave Propagation and Regression Analysis

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. Feroz ◽  
S. O. Oyadiji
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Time History ◽  
Ball Impact ◽  
Spherical Ball ◽  
Time Histories ◽  
Measured Strain ◽  
Force Time

Abstract The phenomena of wave propagation in rods was studied both numerically and experimentally. The finite element (FE) code ABAQUS was used for the numerical study while PZT (lead zirconium titanate) sensors and a 50 MHz transient recorder were used experimentally to monitor and to capture the propagation of stress pulses. For the study of damage detection in the rods the analyses and the experiments were repeated by introducing slots in a fixed axial location of the rod. A longitudinal wave was induced in the rod via collinear impact which was modelled in the FE analyses using the force-time history computed from the classical Hertz contact theory. In the experimental measurements this was achieved by a spherical ball impact at one plane end of the rods. It is shown that the predicted and measured strain-time histories for the defect-free rod and for the rods with defect correlate quite well. These results also show that defects can be located using the wave propagation phenomena. A regression analysis technique of the predicted and measured strain histories of the defect free rod and of the rod with defect was also performed. The results show that this technique is more efficient for smaller defects. In particular, it is shown that the area enclosed by the regression curve increases as the defect size increases.

Study on Seismic Behavior of Joint with Exterior Diaphragms between Concrete-Filled Square Steel Tubular Column and H-Type Steel Beam

2014 ◽  
Vol 578-579 ◽  
pp. 805-809
Author(s):  
Nan Li
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Failure Criteria ◽  
Steel Beam ◽  
Equivalent Viscous Damping ◽  
Type Steel ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Energy Dissipation Capacity ◽  
Current Code

Based on the experiments of joint with exterior diaphragms between concrete-filled square steel tubular column and H-type steel beam under cyclic loading, with appropriate material stress-strain relations and failure criteria, the mechanical properties of this type of joint were researched by using ANSYS,finite element analyses were conducted under cyclic loading, the hysteretic and framework curves of this type joint between test and theoretical were researched. The study results showed that all specimens have good ductility and energy dissipation capacity. The story angle drift ductility ratios areμ=3.07~3.66,the elastic and elastic-plastic story angle drift are Φy=0.0041~0.0047 and Φu=0.0124~0.0172,and the equivalent viscous damping coefficients are he=0.26~0.35,which meet the needs of the current code for seismic design of building.

Technique for Construction of the Cap Beam of the Door-Shape Piers of an Overpass Transversal to the Contact Wire of an Existing Railway

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 1596-1600
Author(s):  
Xin Min Xie
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Construction Method ◽  
The State ◽  
Railway Track ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Steel Beams ◽  
Steel Beam ◽  
Contact Wire ◽  
Type Steel ◽  
Electric Railway

In the construction of an overpass transversal to an existing electric railway, when the overpass pier is door-shaped, and, when the clearance height from the bottom of the door-shaped pier cap beam to the contact wire electrified body is too small to use steel beam or I-beam for holding the formwork and meet the safety need prescribed by the Ministry of Railways, an innovative construction method was employed, in which D-type steel beams, originally used for railway track reinforcement, was lifted to get across the contact wire and the catenary from above with a gap more than 33.8cm, resting on the top surface of temporary buttress, and letting stocky horizontal beams hold the formwork of cap beam, so as not to affect the normal operation of the existing electric railway. This innovative technique has been granted patent for invention by the State Intellectual Property Office.

scholarly journals Strengthening of Composite Steel-Concrete Beams Openings by Adopting Different Reinforcement Methods

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mohamed H. Makhlouf ◽  
Hala M. Refat
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Concrete Slab ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Composite Beams ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Bottom Surface ◽  
Steel Beam ◽  
Web Openings ◽  
Line Load ◽  
Steel Composite

This paper presents an experimental and numerical study carried out to investigate the flexural and shear behavior of concrete-steel composite beams with circular web openings strengthened using two different techniques around openings. The experimental program conducted on nine simply supported beams which were constructed with different variables. One steel beam and eight concrete-steel composite beams were experimentally tested. The tested beams are of 1500 mm length and BFI cross section of steel beam but composite beams were BFI steel section connected with concrete slab had 300 mm width and 70 mm depth, while this connection is done by headed stud shear connector. The tested specimens subjected to positive bending were loaded by one or two line load across the width of the concrete slab. The main parameters were the type of beams, web openings effect, location of web openings, strengthening techniques around openings externally CFRP strips and vertical steel links using steel plates placed on the top and bottom surface of beams anchored with fine threads, and number of CFRP strips layers. The effect of these parameters on the failure of modes, ultimate load, first cracking load and deflection were investigated. Moreover, a finite element models were developed by ANSYS (version 14) to simulate all the tested specimens, experimental test results were compared with FE results obtained. The experimental results showed that both strengthening systems applied in this research were remarkably increased the beam strength, and the capacity retrieve of beams without openings. This study approved that steel links technique gave more prominent simplicity of use and low cost. FEM models were in good agreement with the corresponding experimental ones. However, the calculated ultimate loads were slightly higher than the experimental ultimate loads up to 10%.

scholarly journals Retraction: Numerical study for single and multiple damage detection and localization in beam-like structures using BAT algorithm

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 6519-6519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Khatir ◽  
Idir Belaidi ◽  
Roger Serra ◽  
Magd Abdel Wahab ◽  
Tawfiq Khatir
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Bat Algorithm ◽  
Detection And Localization

Correlation-Based Damage Identification and Quantification Using Modal Kinetic Energy Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2042007
Author(s):  
J. T. Joseph ◽  
T. H. T. Chan ◽  
K.-D. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Mass Change ◽  
Algorithm Optimization ◽  
Damage Scenarios ◽  
Simply Supported ◽  
Modal Properties

Many existing damage identification or quantification methods can be employed only if the internal and external mass changes are negligible when tested at two different states of a structure. This paper presents a new Modal Kinetic Energy (MKE)-based method to detect and quantify damage using modal properties of structures, which can be employed even in situations when mass change is not more than a certain extent. A new damage sensitivity parameter has been developed using measured modal characteristics of baseline structure. The MKE change (MKEC) concept is then employed to locate damage and to estimate relative perturbation at each element. The relative damage extent vector is estimated by searching the best correlation between the analytical and experimental MKEC vectors with the help of genetic algorithm optimization tool. The extent of damage is calculated after computing damage scaling coefficient using measured eigenvalue change vector. A numerical study is carried out on a simply supported single span beam to confirm its performance under various test conditions. The robustness of the proposed MKE method and the significance of mass variation in the damage detection approach are evaluated by comparing the damage quantification results with a traditional approach. Finally, the proposed damage detection method is applied on a two-span simply supported beam for single and multiple damage scenarios by extracting the modal properties experimentally. The results revealed that the proposed approach is capable of detecting and estimating single and multiple damages with reasonable accuracy even in moderate noise contaminated and mass change environments.

Simplified method for modeling reinforced concrete column–steel beam connections with tube plate

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2292-2304
Author(s):  
Rahman Jafari ◽  
Nader KA Attari ◽  
Ali Nikkhoo ◽  
Saeid Alizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Load Cycle ◽  
Cyclic Behavior ◽  
Steel Beam ◽  
Concrete Column ◽  
Tube Plate ◽  
Initial Stiffness ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Column ◽  
Proposed Model

In this article, the cyclic behavior of reinforced concrete column–steel beam connections is investigated. In this research, an experimental and numerical study is conducted on the performance assessment of the through-beam connections with two detailing. The model details consist of the tube plate and steel doubler plate for the joints. The results show that the steel doubler plate increases the yielding capacity and initial stiffness of the connection but has no effect on the maximum capacity of the connection. Results show that using tube plate alone could have a good performance and there is no need for doubler plates. Furthermore, in order to model this type of connection with tube plate, modified model based on the Cordova’s proposed model is presented, and the load-cycle repetition on the connection at both specimens is simulated utilizing the OpenSees software by taking into account the bearing distortions and joint shear, and the obtained results are verified with the experimental ones as well.

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