Local damage detection process for aging steel bridge joints

S. Kr Yadav, S. Banerjee, T. Kundu

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Abstract

Continuous health monitoring of aging civil infrastructure systems such as steel truss bridge is needed for proper maintenance and safety viewpoint. Use of piezoelectric sensors such as PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) is rapidly increasing in health monitoring systems of large structures. In active monitoring systems the structure under inspection is excited by PZT actuators. Actuator generated elastic waves are received by surface mounted or internal sensors and analyzed for damage detection. The objective of this study is to detect local damages in a steel bridge joints. So, a simple commonly occurring channel section with rivet holes has been investigated for the presence of cracks around the rivet holes by employing guided lamb waves. This understanding of PZT induced wave propagation in complex structures such as channel section containing cracked rivet holes is crucial for developing efficient damage detection algorithms in a steel bridge structure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2010
Pages1211-1216
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2010
Event5th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2010 - Naples, Italy
Duration: Jun 28 2010Jul 4 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 5th European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2010

Other

Other5th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2010
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityNaples
Period6/28/107/4/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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