System Identification of a Six-Span Steel Railway Bridge Using Ambient Vibration Measurements at Different Temperature Conditions
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 33, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper presents modal parameter estimation work on a steel railway bridge at three different temperature conditions using ambient vibration test data. The bridge was built at the end of the 19th century using the available technology of its time. It is composed of six spans, each 30 m long, with a total length of 180 m. It is slightly curved in the horizontal plane with a radius of 300 m, and has a vertical grade of 2.5%. Modal parameters of the bridge were estimated using two different output-only system identification methods. The identified results obtained under different temperature conditions were compared in assessing the effects of temperature variation in the identification results. A comparative study in assessing method-to-method and test-to-test variability was also conducted. A three-dimensional finite-element model of the bridge was developed. In order to match the experimentally obtained modal parameters with the numerical ones, a trial-and-error–based model updating study was conducted. This way, a benchmark model of the 199+325 steel railway bridge was obtained for future capacity assessment, prediction, and sensitivity-based model updating work.
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Acknowledgments
The authors greatly acknowledge the financial support provided by the Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Grant No. 214M029. The authors also would like to thank undergraduate students Muhammed Emin Demirkiran, Gulser Eryilmaz, Ustun Can Meric, Onur Baskaya, Mustafa Uslu, Dilan Cankal, and Oguzcan Sahin for their invaluable help in test preparations and executions.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 33 • Issue 2 • April 2019
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©2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 20, 2017
Accepted: Aug 14, 2018
Published online: Jan 4, 2019
Published in print: Apr 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jun 4, 2019
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