Innovative Structural Damage Detection of Bridges by Least Squares Adjustment with Constraints

Brandes, Klaus; Daum, Werner; Hofmann, Detlef; Basedau, Frank; Petra, Kubowitz

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2016.03.025

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“…However, if this information is needed, fibre optic sensors or photogrammetric measuring methods must be used. The successful application of these systems for testing reinforced concrete is reported manifold in literature for fibre optic sensors [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] and photogrammetric measuring methods [21][22][23], respectively.…”

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The load-bearing behaviour of a reinforced concrete beam investigated by optical measuring techniques

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Bending beams and slabs are typical examples for structural elements used for reinforced concrete structures such as bridge girders, T-beams and bridge decks. Their strength related failure modes at maximum loading can be divided into bending and shear failure. The failure of beams loaded in bending can occur with or without indication. Therefore, conventional design concepts aim on failure modes with sufficient indication (e.g. large deflections or cracks), as it occurs in the case of secondary flexural compression failure. These indicating factors can also be used for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructure systems (e.g. bridges) to identify structural changes. In this context, non-destructive testing (NDT) methods offer different techniques for measuring deflections or crack formation and opening. However, profound knowledge on the determining failure modes of bending beams and their detection by NDT methods is required for the reliable application of SHM. Different NDT methods have been used in this study for analysing the load-bearing behaviour of a reinforced concrete beam in bending. The different measuring techniques are briefly described and their applicability is discussed by means of experimental results. For this purpose, the load-bearing behaviour of a reinforced concrete beam having a span of 2.75 m was investigated in a four-point bending flexural test at laboratory scale. The focus is on the characterization of determining failure modes by optical NDT and the comparison with classical measuring techniques (e.g. deformation measurements by displacement transducers). The bending beam was equipped with two single-mode (SM) sensor fibres. One fibre served as Distributed Optical Fibre Sensor (DOFS), whereas the other fibre contained Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. In addition, optical deformation measurements using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) and Stereophotogrammetry (SP) were conducted.

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