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Small localized damages are hardly detected by global monitoring methods. The effectiveness of vibration based detection depends on the accuracy of the modal parameter estimates and is limited by the low sensitivity of the modal parameters to a local stiffness reduction. A local reduction of stiffness related to frequency changes less than 1 % was successfully detected on a 10 meter span composite UHPFRC - FRP reinforced timber beam bridge loaded in laboratory conditions up to the serviceability limit state (SLS). Such a small decrease in the stiffness was not detected by the monitoring of the static load-deflection measurements but was confirmed by non-linear local strain measurements. Statistical subspace-based damage detection successfully detected the change of the modal parameters of the investigated structure. Further analysis with a finite element model was conducted for assessing the consistency of the expected location and extent of the damaged elements.
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Siegert, D., Döhler, M., Mekki, O.B., Mevel, L., Goursat, M., Toutlemonde, F. (2011). Vibration Monitoring of a Small Span Composite Bridge. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Structural Dynamics, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9834-7_6
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