Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur

Assessment of existing structures based on identification / Alfred Strauss in Journal of structural engineering, Vol. 136 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 136 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 86-97 Titre : Assessment of existing structures based on identification Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Alfred Strauss, Auteur ; Dan M. Frangopol, Auteur ; Konrad Bergmeister, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 86-97 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Concrete  structures  Damage  location  Damage  identification  Sensitivity  factors  Degradation  assessment Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : A nondestructive damage detection approach based on measured structural responses is presented and verified by controlled laboratory experiments and by tests on real structures. In the experiments, defined magnitudes of damages are assigned to reinforced concrete beams, and the dynamic responses of the undamaged and damaged specimens are measured. The measured frequencies of the specimens and their sensitivity to change in mechanical characteristics, called sensitivity factors, are used to predict the location and the magnitude of the damage. The damage locations associated with the investigated test series are predicted with high accuracy by the proposed identification approach. This approach has been applied to real structures, including an existing bridge in Switzerland. In order to provide successful damage detection in cases where the damage does not affect or only marginal affects dynamic structural characteristics, the approach has been extended to handle simultaneous multiple structural response characteristics, such as frequencies, and modal and static displacements. The identification approach satisfies ease-of-use requirements in existing reliability assessment methods for deteriorating structures. The main purposes of this paper are to (1) present the proposed identification algorithm; (2) discuss the adjustment of the stochastic algorithm inputs, such as cross-sectional stiffness, geometrical, and mechanical properties, by monitored structural responses; and (3) present the interaction between the developed identification algorithm and the stratified Monte Carlo randomization technique, thus allowing the application of the algorithm to large engineering structures. Additionally, it is shown that the developed code is suitable for incorporation into commercial software packages. DEWEY : 624.17 ISSN : 0733-9445 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/sto/resource/1/jsendh/v136/i1/p86_s1?isAuthorized=no [article] Assessment of existing structures based on identification [texte imprimé] / Alfred Strauss, Auteur ; Dan M. Frangopol, Auteur ; Konrad Bergmeister, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 86-97. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 136 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 86-97 Mots-clés : Concrete  structures  Damage  location  Damage  identification  Sensitivity  factors  Degradation  assessment Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : A nondestructive damage detection approach based on measured structural responses is presented and verified by controlled laboratory experiments and by tests on real structures. In the experiments, defined magnitudes of damages are assigned to reinforced concrete beams, and the dynamic responses of the undamaged and damaged specimens are measured. The measured frequencies of the specimens and their sensitivity to change in mechanical characteristics, called sensitivity factors, are used to predict the location and the magnitude of the damage. The damage locations associated with the investigated test series are predicted with high accuracy by the proposed identification approach. This approach has been applied to real structures, including an existing bridge in Switzerland. In order to provide successful damage detection in cases where the damage does not affect or only marginal affects dynamic structural characteristics, the approach has been extended to handle simultaneous multiple structural response characteristics, such as frequencies, and modal and static displacements. The identification approach satisfies ease-of-use requirements in existing reliability assessment methods for deteriorating structures. The main purposes of this paper are to (1) present the proposed identification algorithm; (2) discuss the adjustment of the stochastic algorithm inputs, such as cross-sectional stiffness, geometrical, and mechanical properties, by monitored structural responses; and (3) present the interaction between the developed identification algorithm and the stratified Monte Carlo randomization technique, thus allowing the application of the algorithm to large engineering structures. Additionally, it is shown that the developed code is suitable for incorporation into commercial software packages. DEWEY : 624.17 ISSN : 0733-9445 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/sto/resource/1/jsendh/v136/i1/p86_s1?isAuthorized=no