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Table 7 Vibration-based structural health monitoring assessment

From: An Overview: The Application of Vibration-Based Techniques in Bridge Structural Health Monitoring

Application

Assessment

Method

Author

Long arch bridge

Continuous online identification of modal parameters

Implements algorithms and FE updated model

Magalhães et al., (2012a)

Prestressed concrete bridge

Detect and quantify the damage

Based on changes in natural frequencies and mode shapes

Huth et al., (2005)

Reinforced concrete bridge

Quantitative condition evaluation of a damaged

Updated FE model

Brownjohn et al., (2001)

Reinforced concrete bridge

Residual stiffness and load-carrying capacity

Relationships of the moment of inertia with the steel ratio and ultimate moment

Xia and Brownjohn, (2004)

Three-bent reinforced concrete bridge

Structural stiffnesses correlated to the structural capacity

Time-domain extended Kalman filtering (EKF), FE updated model

Soyoz and Feng, (2008)

Reinforced concrete structure

Changes in service life estimates

Bayesian techniques

Suo and Stewart, (2009)

Three-span continuous prestressed box girder bridge

Drop in the superstructure stiffness value in 5 years

Structural stiffnesses of the bridge were updated periodically for five years based on vibration measurements

Soyoz and Feng, (2009)

Curved steel box girder bridge

Load rating for the current structure capacity

FE models

Huang (2010)

Three-span prestressed concrete

Structure's performance and data for future designs

FE model's predictions

Kafle et al., (ntification from Ambi2017)