Abstract: The study described here investigates the nonlinear static and ultimate behavior of a long-span cable-stayed bridge up to failure and evaluates the overall safety of the bridge. Both geometric and material nonlinearities ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the elastic-plastic seismic behavior of long span cable-stayed steel bridges through the plane finite-element model. Both geometric and material nonlinearities are involved in the analysis. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents a practical and user-friendly finite element (FE) model updating technique for real structures using ambient vibration test results. The first case study of a simulated simply supported beam demonstrates ...

Abstract: The change of modal characteristics directly provides an indication of structural damage. Based on changes in frequencies and mode shapes of vibration, a damage identification technique is proposed in this paper for ...

Abstract: Most of the mode-based damage identification techniques have been well verified by numerical simulations. However, many of them still face problems when applied to real measurements where noise is present. In this paper, ...

Abstract: Parameter selection is a key step in finite-element-model updating (FEMU) because it determines whether the task of FEMU is successful or not. The as-built engineering structures are inevitably subject to many sources of ...

Abstract: The paper is intended to present a numerical and experimental study on the local-overall interactive buckling behavior and ultimate load of I-section steel columns. The numerical method, named the finite strip plasticity ...

Abstract: The cable dynamic stiffness describes the load–deformation behavior that reflects the cable intrinsic dynamic characteristics. It is defined as a ratio of response to excitation and represents a very similar frequency ...

Abstract: Cable modal parameters (natural frequencies and damping ratios) that represent the cable inherent dynamic characteristics play an important role in the construction, vibration control, condition assessment, and long-term ...