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Development of Features for Early Detection of Defects and Assessment of Bridge Decks

Ahmed Silik1,2,7, Xiaodong Wang3, Chenyue Mei3, Xiaolei Jin3, Xudong Zhou4, Wei Zhou4, Congning Chen4, Weixing Hong1,2, Jiawei Li1,2, Mingjie Mao1,2, Yuhan Liu1,2, Mohammad Noori5,6,*, Wael A. Altabey8,*

1 Nanjing Zhixing Information Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
2 Jiangsu Advance Transportation Institute, Nanjing, China
3 Suzhou Highway Development Center, Suzhou, China
4 Guangdong Communications Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
5 Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93405, USA
6 School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
7 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Nyala University, Nyala, 092, Sudan
8 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Mohammad Noori. Email: email; Wael A. Altabey. Email: email

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring 2023, 17(4), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2023.023617

Abstract

Damage detection is an important area with growing interest in mechanical and structural engineering. One of the critical issues in damage detection is how to determine indices sensitive to the structural damage and insensitive to the surrounding environmental variations. Current damage identification indices commonly focus on structural dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies, mode shapes, and frequency responses. This study aimed at developing a technique based on energy Curvature Difference, power spectrum density, correlation-based index, load distribution factor, and neutral axis shift to assess the bridge deck condition. In addition to tracking energy and frequency over time using wavelet packet transform, in order to further demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed technique for bridge condition assessment, experimental strain data measured from two stages of a bridge in the different intervals were used. The comparative analysis results of the bridge in first and second stage show changes in the proposed feature values. It is concluded, these changes in the values of the proposed features can be used to assess the bridge deck performance.

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Development of Features for Early Detection of Defects and Assessment of Bridge Decks

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APA Style
Silik, A., Wang, X., Mei, C., Jin, X., Zhou, X. et al. (2023). Development of features for early detection of defects and assessment of bridge decks. Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, 17(4), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2023.023617
Vancouver Style
Silik A, Wang X, Mei C, Jin X, Zhou X, Zhou W, et al. Development of features for early detection of defects and assessment of bridge decks. Structural Durability Health Monit . 2023;17(4):257-281 https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2023.023617
IEEE Style
A. Silik et al., "Development of Features for Early Detection of Defects and Assessment of Bridge Decks," Structural Durability Health Monit. , vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 257-281. 2023. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2023.023617



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