Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge
This thesis treats virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of steel bridges. The purpose is to develop avirtual sensing method to use in the fatigue assessment process. The aim for the virtual sensing method is to only depend on strain measurements located on the bridge structure. The service life of...
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ftkthstockholm:oai:DiVA.org:kth-231441 2023-05-15T17:04:19+02:00 Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge Lundman, Sara Parnéus, Patrick 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231441 eng eng KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad TRITA-ABE-MBT 18193 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231441 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Fatigue Assessment Virtual Sensing Steel Bridges Eurocode Field Monitoring Finite Element Model Infrastructure Engineering Infrastrukturteknik Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2018 ftkthstockholm 2022-08-11T12:38:05Z This thesis treats virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of steel bridges. The purpose is to develop avirtual sensing method to use in the fatigue assessment process. The aim for the virtual sensing method is to only depend on strain measurements located on the bridge structure. The service life of bridges is often limited by fatigue and amending bridge design to improve fatigue resistance was developed in the 1970s. There are several bridges in Sweden, Europe and other countries that have exceeded their theoretical service life with regard to fatigue, and the need to replace them isboth a environmental and economical issue. The bridge over Rautasjokk north of Kiruna, Sweden is a specific example where the theoretical service life is limited by fatigue. Uncertainties in the theoretical fatigue assessment of bridges can be reduced by measuring strains atthe fatigue critical details, and therefore lead to a longer theoretical service life. Monitoring is, however,an expensive method and the procedure of installation and administration requires working time, and monitoring can only provide information at the gauge location. Hence, it is of great interest to optimizethe monitoring system. Virtual sensing is a method that could provide an alternative to conventionalmeasuring techniques. Virtual sensing combine measurement data with information from a model. Virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge was evaluated developing two methods. Both methods uses a finite element model of the bridge combined with strain measurements. The measurements were obtained on February 14 2018 and included a time signal and strain variations at six different locations of the structure. The accuracy of the virtual sensing methods were evaluated by comparing the fatigue damage of virtual sensing with the fatigue damage calculated using measured strains. The fatigue calculations were based on methods presented in the Eurocode EN-1993-1-9. The first method was based on the idea to find a relation between groups of ... Bachelor Thesis Kiruna Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm: KTHs Publication Database DiVA Kiruna Rautasjokk ENVELOPE(18.050,18.050,67.900,67.900) |
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This thesis treats virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of steel bridges. The purpose is to develop avirtual sensing method to use in the fatigue assessment process. The aim for the virtual sensing method is to only depend on strain measurements located on the bridge structure. The service life of bridges is often limited by fatigue and amending bridge design to improve fatigue resistance was developed in the 1970s. There are several bridges in Sweden, Europe and other countries that have exceeded their theoretical service life with regard to fatigue, and the need to replace them isboth a environmental and economical issue. The bridge over Rautasjokk north of Kiruna, Sweden is a specific example where the theoretical service life is limited by fatigue. Uncertainties in the theoretical fatigue assessment of bridges can be reduced by measuring strains atthe fatigue critical details, and therefore lead to a longer theoretical service life. Monitoring is, however,an expensive method and the procedure of installation and administration requires working time, and monitoring can only provide information at the gauge location. Hence, it is of great interest to optimizethe monitoring system. Virtual sensing is a method that could provide an alternative to conventionalmeasuring techniques. Virtual sensing combine measurement data with information from a model. Virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge was evaluated developing two methods. Both methods uses a finite element model of the bridge combined with strain measurements. The measurements were obtained on February 14 2018 and included a time signal and strain variations at six different locations of the structure. The accuracy of the virtual sensing methods were evaluated by comparing the fatigue damage of virtual sensing with the fatigue damage calculated using measured strains. The fatigue calculations were based on methods presented in the Eurocode EN-1993-1-9. The first method was based on the idea to find a relation between groups of ... |
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Lundman, Sara Parnéus, Patrick |
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Lundman, Sara Parnéus, Patrick |
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Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge |
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Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge |
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Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge |
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Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge |
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Virtual Sensing for Fatigue Assessment of the Rautasjokk Bridge |
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virtual sensing for fatigue assessment of the rautasjokk bridge |
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KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad |
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