Structural identification of Egnatia Odos bridges based on ambient and earthquake induced vibrations
Structural identification of Egnatia Odos bridges based on ambient and earthquake induced vibrations
The dynamic characteristics of two representative R/C bridges on Egnatia Odos motorway in Greece are estimated based on low amplitude ambient and earthquake-induced vibrations. The present work outlines the instrumentation details, algorithms for computing modal characteristics (modal frequencies, damping ratios and modeshapes), modal-based finite element model updating methods for estimating structural parameters, and numerical results for the modal and structural dynamic characteristics of the two bridges based on ambient and earthquake induced vibrations. Transverse, bending and longitudinal modes are reliably identified and stiffness-related properties of the piers, deck and elastomeric bearings of the finite element models of the two bridges are estimated. Results provide qualitative and quantitative information on the dynamic behavior of the bridge systems and their components under low-amplitude vibrations. Modeling assumptions are discussed based on the differences in the characteristics identified from ambient and earthquake vibration measurements. The sources of the differences observed between the identified modal and structural characteristics of the bridges and those predicted by finite element models used for design are investigated and properly justified.
modal identification, model updating, ambient vibrations, earthquake excitations, bridges
485-501
Ntotsios, Evangelos
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Karakostas, Christos
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Lekidis, Vasilios
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May 2009
Ntotsios, Evangelos
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Karakostas, Christos
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Panetsos, Panagiotis
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Nikolaou, Ioannis
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Ntotsios, Evangelos, Karakostas, Christos, Lekidis, Vasilios, Panetsos, Panagiotis, Nikolaou, Ioannis and Papadimitriou, Costas
(2009)
Structural identification of Egnatia Odos bridges based on ambient and earthquake induced vibrations.
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 7 (2), .
(doi:10.1007/s10518-008-9074-5).
Abstract
The dynamic characteristics of two representative R/C bridges on Egnatia Odos motorway in Greece are estimated based on low amplitude ambient and earthquake-induced vibrations. The present work outlines the instrumentation details, algorithms for computing modal characteristics (modal frequencies, damping ratios and modeshapes), modal-based finite element model updating methods for estimating structural parameters, and numerical results for the modal and structural dynamic characteristics of the two bridges based on ambient and earthquake induced vibrations. Transverse, bending and longitudinal modes are reliably identified and stiffness-related properties of the piers, deck and elastomeric bearings of the finite element models of the two bridges are estimated. Results provide qualitative and quantitative information on the dynamic behavior of the bridge systems and their components under low-amplitude vibrations. Modeling assumptions are discussed based on the differences in the characteristics identified from ambient and earthquake vibration measurements. The sources of the differences observed between the identified modal and structural characteristics of the bridges and those predicted by finite element models used for design are investigated and properly justified.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 5 July 2008
Published date: May 2009
Keywords:
modal identification, model updating, ambient vibrations, earthquake excitations, bridges
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372626
ISSN: 1570-761X
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