Stochastic subspace identification for operational modal analysis of an arch bridge

Chin-Hsiung Loh; Ming-Che Chen; Shu-Hsien Chao

doi:10.1117/12.912514

3 April 2012 Stochastic subspace identification for operational modal analysis of an arch bridge

Chin-Hsiung Loh, Ming-Che Chen, Shu-Hsien Chao

Proceedings Volume 8345, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012; 834504 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912514
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paer the application of output-only system identification technique, known as Stochastic Subspace Identification (SSI) algorithms, for civil infrastructures is carried out. The ability of covariance driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-COV) was proved through the analysis of the ambient data of an arch bridge under operational condition. A newly developed signal processing technique, Singular Spectrum analysis (SSA), capable to smooth noisy signals, is adopted for pre-processing the recorded data before the SSI. The conjunction of SSA and SSICOV provides a useful criterion for the system order determination. With the aim of estimating accurate modal parameters of the structure in off-line analysis, a stabilization diagram is constructed by plotting the identified poles of the system with increasing the size of data Hankel matrix. Identification task of a real structure, Guandu Bridge, is carried out to identify the system natural frequencies and mode shapes. The uncertainty of the identified model parameters from output-only measurement of the bridge under operation condition, such as temperature and traffic loading conditions, is discussed.

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Chin-Hsiung Loh, Ming-Che Chen, and Shu-Hsien Chao "Stochastic subspace identification for operational modal analysis of an arch bridge", Proc. SPIE 8345, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012, 834504 (3 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912514

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