An Integrated Approach for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection of Bridges: An Experimental Assessment
Journal article, 2022

The issue of monitoring the structural condition of bridges is becoming a top priority worldwide. As is well known, any infrastructure undergoes a progressive deterioration of its structural conditions due to aging by normal service loads and environmental conditions. At the same time, it may suffer serious damages or collapse due to natural phenomena such as earthquakes or strong winds. For this reason, it is essential to rely on efficient and widespread monitoring techniques applied throughout the entire road network. This paper aims to introduce an integrated procedure for structural and material monitoring. With regard to structural monitoring, an innovative approach for monitoring based on Vehicle by Bridge Interaction (VBI) will be proposed. Furthermore, with regard to material monitoring, to evaluate concrete degradation, a non-invasive method based on the continuous monitoring of the pH, as well as chloride and sulfate ions concentration in the concrete, is presented.

operational modal analysis

vehicle-bridge interaction

damage

bridge

corrosion

structural health monitoring

Author

Dario Fiandaca

University of Palermo

Alberto Di Matteo

University of Palermo

Bernardo Patella

University of Palermo

Nadia Moukri

University of Palermo

TemLab s.r.l

Rosalinda Inguanta

University of Palermo

Daniel Llort

Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Antonio Mulone

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

TemLab s.r.l

Angelo Mulone

TemLab s.r.l

Soughah Alsamahi

Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Antonina Pirrotta

University of Palermo

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

20763417 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 24 13018

Subject Categories

Infrastructure Engineering

Vehicle Engineering

Other Civil Engineering

DOI

10.3390/app122413018

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