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Impacts of epistemic uncertainty in operational modal analysis / Korhan Ciloglu in Journal of engineering mechanics, Vol. 138 N° 9 (Septembre 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of engineering mechanics > Vol. 138 N° 9 (Septembre 2012) . - pp.1059–1070. Titre : Impacts of epistemic uncertainty in operational modal analysis Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Korhan Ciloglu, Auteur ; Yun Zhou, Auteur ; Franklin Moon, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp.1059–1070. Note générale : Mécanique appliquée Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Epistemic  uncertainty  Operational  modal  analysis  Modal  flexibility  Modal  parameter  identification Résumé : Field experimentation on constructed systems demands consideration of many mechanisms of epistemic and aleatory uncertainties as well as human errors and subjectivity. This is especially true in operational modal analysis (OMA) applications that aim to identify the dynamic properties of a structure. Although statistics and probability theory are sufficient for quantifying aleatory uncertainty and bounding the resulting errors in OMA results, there is much debate as to whether the same tools may also be used to quantify epistemic uncertainty. This study explored a framework for better understanding the distinctions and impacts of these two types of uncertainties in OMA and how human errors and subjectivity may be classified. A physical laboratory model was designed to simulate four key sources of epistemic uncertainty that represented the primary test variables: structural complexity (changing boundary conditions, nonlinearity), ambient excitation characteristics (magnitude, directionality, and bandwidth), preprocessing approaches, and modal parameter identification algorithms. The experimental program employed these variables within a full-factorial design and was carried out independently by two experts. To quantify the impacts of epistemic uncertainty, an error function termed the uncertainty evaluation index (UEI) was formulated based on comparing the uniform load surfaces derived from OMA (using pseudomodal flexibility) and the ground truth flexibility obtained from both forced vibration and static testing. The advantage of the UEI is that it provides a physically meaningful approach to distinguish the importance of capturing various modes based on their contribution to the flexibility of the structure. The results demonstrated that proven and accepted data preprocessing techniques and modal parameter identification algorithms can significantly bias OMA results when used in certain combinations under different structural and excitation conditions. Although caution must be used when generalizing the results of this study, they do indicate that epistemic (or bias) uncertainty can be far more significant that aleatory (or random) uncertainty in the case of OMA. ISSN : 0733-9399 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EM.1943-7889.0000413 [article] Impacts of epistemic uncertainty in operational modal analysis [texte imprimé] / Korhan Ciloglu, Auteur ; Yun Zhou, Auteur ; Franklin Moon, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp.1059–1070. Mécanique appliquée Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of engineering mechanics > Vol. 138 N° 9 (Septembre 2012) . - pp.1059–1070. Mots-clés : Epistemic  uncertainty  Operational  modal  analysis  Modal  flexibility  Modal  parameter  identification Résumé : Field experimentation on constructed systems demands consideration of many mechanisms of epistemic and aleatory uncertainties as well as human errors and subjectivity. This is especially true in operational modal analysis (OMA) applications that aim to identify the dynamic properties of a structure. Although statistics and probability theory are sufficient for quantifying aleatory uncertainty and bounding the resulting errors in OMA results, there is much debate as to whether the same tools may also be used to quantify epistemic uncertainty. This study explored a framework for better understanding the distinctions and impacts of these two types of uncertainties in OMA and how human errors and subjectivity may be classified. A physical laboratory model was designed to simulate four key sources of epistemic uncertainty that represented the primary test variables: structural complexity (changing boundary conditions, nonlinearity), ambient excitation characteristics (magnitude, directionality, and bandwidth), preprocessing approaches, and modal parameter identification algorithms. The experimental program employed these variables within a full-factorial design and was carried out independently by two experts. To quantify the impacts of epistemic uncertainty, an error function termed the uncertainty evaluation index (UEI) was formulated based on comparing the uniform load surfaces derived from OMA (using pseudomodal flexibility) and the ground truth flexibility obtained from both forced vibration and static testing. The advantage of the UEI is that it provides a physically meaningful approach to distinguish the importance of capturing various modes based on their contribution to the flexibility of the structure. The results demonstrated that proven and accepted data preprocessing techniques and modal parameter identification algorithms can significantly bias OMA results when used in certain combinations under different structural and excitation conditions. Although caution must be used when generalizing the results of this study, they do indicate that epistemic (or bias) uncertainty can be far more significant that aleatory (or random) uncertainty in the case of OMA. ISSN : 0733-9399 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EM.1943-7889.0000413

Mitigating epistemic uncertainty in structural identification: case study for a long-span steel arch bridge / Qin Pan in Journal of structural engineering, Vol. 137 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 137 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 1-13 Titre : Mitigating epistemic uncertainty in structural identification: case study for a long-span steel arch bridge Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Qin Pan, Auteur ; Kirk Grimmelsman, Auteur ; Franklin Moon, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 1-13 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Bridge  Identification  Field  test  Finite-element  modeling  Uncertainty Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : Characterization of constructed civil-engineering systems through structural identification (St-Id) has gained increasing attention in recent years due to its potential to enable more effective infrastructure asset management and performance-based engineering. Although there have been recent advances that mitigate the challenges posed by aleatory (random) uncertainty, there are many remaining challenges associated with epistemic (bias) uncertainty that often have a more critical impact on the reliability of St-Id (especially with applications to constructed systems). The objective of this paper is to illustrate various sources of epistemic uncertainty and describe mitigation approaches by detailing the St-Id of a long-span steel arch bridge. This application includes a priori modeling, ambient vibration monitoring, data processing, feature extraction, and finite-element (FE) model correlation. Following a description of the St-Id, the impact of various modeling uncertainties on the calibrated FE model is evaluated by comparing different identification scenarios. Finally, a simple and rational approach to “truth testing” the identified model is developed and employed to determine its admissibility. DEWEY : 624.17 ISSN : 0733-9445 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/sto/resource/1/jsendh/v137/i1/p1_s1?isAuthorized=no [article] Mitigating epistemic uncertainty in structural identification: case study for a long-span steel arch bridge [texte imprimé] / Qin Pan, Auteur ; Kirk Grimmelsman, Auteur ; Franklin Moon, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1-13. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 137 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 1-13 Mots-clés : Bridge  Identification  Field  test  Finite-element  modeling  Uncertainty Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : Characterization of constructed civil-engineering systems through structural identification (St-Id) has gained increasing attention in recent years due to its potential to enable more effective infrastructure asset management and performance-based engineering. Although there have been recent advances that mitigate the challenges posed by aleatory (random) uncertainty, there are many remaining challenges associated with epistemic (bias) uncertainty that often have a more critical impact on the reliability of St-Id (especially with applications to constructed systems). The objective of this paper is to illustrate various sources of epistemic uncertainty and describe mitigation approaches by detailing the St-Id of a long-span steel arch bridge. This application includes a priori modeling, ambient vibration monitoring, data processing, feature extraction, and finite-element (FE) model correlation. Following a description of the St-Id, the impact of various modeling uncertainties on the calibrated FE model is evaluated by comparing different identification scenarios. Finally, a simple and rational approach to “truth testing” the identified model is developed and employed to determine its admissibility. DEWEY : 624.17 ISSN : 0733-9445 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/sto/resource/1/jsendh/v137/i1/p1_s1?isAuthorized=no