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A recent development in operational modal analysis (OMA) is the possibility of using measured, artificial loads in addition to the unmeasured, ambient excitation, while the ratio between forced and ambient excitation can be low compared to classical experimental modal analysis (EMA). Most of these so-called OMAX algorithms lack the intuitiveness of their EMA and OMA counterparts, since they fit a system model that takes both the measured and the operational excitation into account directly to the measured signals. A more physically intuitive subspace algorithm for OMAX, that starts with an accurate decomposition of the measured joint response in a forced and an ambient part, was recently introduced. In this paper, the performance of this algorithm, which is called CSI-ic/ref, is assessed by means of a case study, where a two-span steel arch footbridge is tested in operational conditions, with and without using additional actuators. From a comparison of the modal parameters with results from a finite elementmodel, an OMA algorithm, and an alternative OMAX algorithm, it can be concluded that CSI-ic/ref yields accurate modal parameter estimates.
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Reynders, E. et al. (2011). OMAX testing of a steel bowstring footbridge. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Civil Engineering Topics, Volume 4. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9316-8_15
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