Abstract: A procedure for assessment of bridge expansion joints making use of long-term monitoring data is presented in this paper. Based on the measurement data of expansion joint displacement and bridge temperature, the normal ...

Abstract: A good understanding of environmental effects on structural modal properties is essential for reliable performance of vibration-based damage diagnosis methods. In this paper, a method of combining principal component ...

Abstract: Aerostatic stability of super long-span bridges is a much concerned issue during the design stage. Typical aerostatic instability is the so-called torsional divergence which may lead to abrupt structural failure. The ...

Abstract: This article describes the research work relating to the assessment and control of human-induced vibration of an unusual curved cable-stayed bridge with separate road and pedestrian decks. Dynamic simulations of human-induced ...

Abstract: Hangers in arch bridges and other long vertical bars in truss bridges are typically slender members and often adopt an aerodynamically unfavorable H-section due to the conveniences in manufacture, construction, and ...

Abstract: An enhanced approach of empirical mode decomposition based random decrement technique (EMD-RDT) is proposed for output-only modal parameter identification of structures using ambient vibration measurements. In the conventional ...

Abstract: A new static-based method for damage detection of cable-stayed bridges using the changes in cable forces is presented in this paper. In recognizing the fact that damage incurring in bridge girders will cause a redistribution ...

Abstract: Finite-element (FE) model updating aims at the parametric identification of a structure by correcting model parameters in an initial FE model of the structure to reconcile FE predictions with experimental counterparts. ...