Smart Structures and Systems
Volume 15, Number 3, 2015, pages 577-592
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2015.15.3.577
Can we substitute the intuition of an experienced bridge inspector by monitoring?
Helmut Wenzel, Hiroshi Tanaka, Michaela Höllrigl-Binder and Helga Allmer
Abstract
Damage quantification is a major goal of the SHM community. Methodologies to introduce a quantity for actual condition of a structure into the assessment process are desired. The idea that the condition of a structure is represented in the character of its dynamic response is fully accepted by the SHM community. The VCLIFE methodology quantifies condition analyzing input from monitoring.
Key Words
SHM; Monitoring
Address
Helmut Wenzel, Michaela Höllrigl-Binder and Helga Allmer: VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH, Hadikgasse 60, 1140 Vienna, Austria
Hiroshi Tanaka: University of Ottawa, 161, Louis Pasteur St., A115, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada