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Numerical model updating of an aging steel bridge based on a multidisciplinary experimental campaign

 Numerical model updating of an aging steel bridge based on a multidisciplinary experimental campaign
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022, published in , pp. 1300-1308
DOI: 10.2749/prague.2022.1300
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A large part of the European bridge stock is reaching the end of its design service life. Currently, several applications for numerical models have been emerged, such as damage detection or structu...
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Author(s): (Universidad de Vigo, CINTECX-Universidade de Vigo-GeoTECH Group, Vigo, Spain.)
(Universidad de Vigo, CINTECX-Universidade de Vigo-GeoTECH Group, Vigo, Spain.)
(Universidad de Vigo, CINTECX-Universidade de Vigo-GeoTECH Group, Vigo, Spain.)
(Universidad de Vigo, CINTECX-Universidade de Vigo-GeoTECH Group, Vigo, Spain.)
(Universidad de Vigo, CINTECX-Universidade de Vigo-GeoTECH Group, Vigo, Spain.)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022
Published in:
Page(s): 1300-1308 Total no. of pages: 9
Page(s): 1300-1308
Total no. of pages: 9
DOI: 10.2749/prague.2022.1300
Abstract:

A large part of the European bridge stock is reaching the end of its design service life. Currently, several applications for numerical models have been emerged, such as damage detection or structural safety assessment, among others. However, accurate numerical modeling is still a challenge. Model input uncertainties can cause large differences between numerical model predictions and actual measured responses from the structure. This fact makes model updating or calibration techniques essential for the aim of reducing such discrepancies. In this study, a model updating methodology is developed and implemented in an aging steel bridge located in a corrosive environment. An extensive and multidisciplinary experimental campaign was first carried out for collecting the necessary geometrical and material properties as well as dynamic data that will be used as a reference for the calibration process. A good agreement was found between the updated numerical model and the experimental modal data obtaining an average frequency error of 2.09% and average MAC (Modal Assurance Criterion) of 0.97.

Keywords:
sensitivity analysis model updating Multidisciplinary experimental campaign Aging steel bridge
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