Papers by Keyword: Model Updating

Abstract: This paper addresses the modal and structural identification of the historical masonry bell tower of Ficarolo, in Italy. After the seismic sequence of May 2012, the tower reported a serious damage pattern. Retrofitting interventions were designed and they mainly consisted in the rebuilding of cracked zones and the strengthening of masonry walls with carbon bars embedded in the masonry with epoxy resin. Afterwards, a continuous dynamic monitoring system has been installed on the tower. From the recorded structural response under ambient excitation, the dynamic characteristics of the tower are identified using Operational Modal Analysis techniques. Results of the first months of continuous monitoring are presented in this paper. Moreover, in order to analyse the evolution of the structural behaviour, the effect of changing temperature on the identified natural frequencies is investigated. The experimental modal parameters are also used to identify the elastic modulus of the reinforced masonry through the calibration of a Finite Element (FE) model of the tower. In addition, the influence of the soil-foundation system on the structural behaviour is evaluated. The calibration procedure is performed adopting an improved surrogate-assisted evolutionary strategy. The calibrated FE model can be adopted to simulate the structural response to far-field earthquakes. Moreover, the monitoring system can give valuable information on the structural behaviour and the structural health in the case of seismic events.

Abstract: This paper presents the model updating technique for satellite structure by using the vibration environment test data. In the paper, several key technique issues related to the model updating of satellite structure, such as selection of updating parameters, model reduction, damping identification, etc, have been discussed. As an example, the model updating for a satellite central cylinder structure using the shaker vibration environment test results is described. It is proved that the techniques presented are effective for engineering applications.

Abstract: This paper investigates the performance of design of experiment (DOE) in response surface methodology (RSM) for vibration-based damage detection. The ability of three major types of DOE, namely central composite design (CCD), Box-Behnken (BBD) and D-optimal (Dopt) for damage detection based on modal frequency are investigated and compared. A procedure comprising three main stages—sampling, response surface (RS) modelling and model updating—are employed for damage localisation and quantification. By considering Young’s modulus and modal frequency as respective input and output, a set of samples is generated from each DOE. Full quadratic functions are considered in RS modelling while model updating is performed for damage detection. The performances of DOE are compared based on damage detectability. A numerical simply supported beam is used as case study by considering several single damage cases. The results show that CCD provides better prediction compared to other DOEs.

Abstract: Setting up a model for the structural finite element, there are inevitably differences between the model and the real bridge .To make the model accurate it is necessary to update the model by using static performance results. In this paper, the optimization function of ANSYS is used to update the real bridge’s model. The final updated finite element model for the real beam is able to produce natural frequencies closer to the real ones .The updated is useful for the reference model to structure damage and condition assessment.

Abstract: With the increasing of variables and orders of polynomial expansion, the undetermined coefficients of the response surface model have increased dramatically. The insignificant expansion terms should be eliminated because not all of the expansion terms have significant effect on the response. The improved and practical updating method based on response surface model by stepwise regression, which can effectively reduce the undetermined coefficients on the premise of guaranteeing the correcting accuracy, is proposed in this paper. The method is also applied to update the finite element model of a bridge with prestressed reinforced concrete rigid frame-continuous girders based on the in-situ dynamic test results. The results show that the updated finite element model can match the mechanical properties of the bridge well.

Abstract: Parametric sensitivity to static behavior and dynamic characteristics of Long-span Arch-truss String Structures (ATSS), which is based on statistical distribution of parameter errors including elastic modulus of the material, effective area and pre-stress of cable, and thickness of steel pipe, etc., was studied by Monte Carlo simulation method of ANSYS. The error of sectional area of cable is found to be the most sensitive parameter and the natural frequencies are greatly sensitive to the errors of modulus of members. The results help to determine suitable updating parameters of ATSS, and provide valuable advices to guide the construction control.

Abstract: An accurate finite element model is a necessity for analyzing the bridge's health status. The uniform design combined with response surface finite element model updating method is proposed in this paper. The error of data obtained from updating model is less than 3% by contrasting static load test data in Shihe Bridge.The result shows that the updating model has a good fit with the actual bridge.

Abstract: The finite element model modified technique based on optimization principle is benefit for the model updating of the large bridge structures. By the ambient vibration test information provided by health monitoring system of huanghe bridge II in baotou , this article adopted corrected parameter based on structural eigenvalue sensitivity analysis to update the bridge dynamic model.The fundamental vibrational frequency of updated finite element model is more closer to the measured result under ambient excitation, which indicates that the optimization algorithm provided by large-scale general software can carry out the model updating effectively.

Abstract: This paper focus on the model updating of civil structural systems. Traditional modal test method can identify the frequency of the civil structure accurate, but it is difficult to identify the mass-normalized mode shape. By adding a series of known masses to the structure, measuring the frequency of this mass-modified system, and only using this set of frequency data, the mass-normalized mode shape of the structure can be identified. And the model updating method was developed, which constructed an objective function through the frequency of the measurement and the FE model, corrected the FE model's parameters to minimize the objective function. The example was included to show the capabilities of the technique. The finite element model of the fixed-free beam was updated by the dynamic characteristics which was identified from the modal test, the results show that updated results coincided with the experience of the analyst.

Abstract: Model updating methodologies are invariably successful when used on noise-free simulated data, but tend to be unpredictable when presented with real experimental data that are unavoidably corrupted with uncorrelated noise content. In this paper, reanalysis using frequency response functions for correlating and updating dynamic systems is presented. A transformation matrix is obtained from the relationship between the complex and the normal frequency response functions of a structure. The transformation matrix is employed to calculate the modified damping matrix of the system. The modified mass and stiffness matrices are identified from the normal frequency response functions by using the least squares method. A numerical example is employed to illustrate the applicability of the proposed method. The result indicates that the present method is effective.