Modal identification of a bridge-abutment system using forced vibration testing
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https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.45.4.161-170Abstract
During the 2010 Mw7.1 Darfield earthquake, the single span Davis Road Bridge located 5 km southeast of Lincoln, New Zealand, sustained significant lateral spreading damage to the western approach. While lateral spreading resulted in up to 450 mm of approach settlement and evidence of damage to the pile foundations, the bridge superstructure sustained no significant damage. Prior to reinstating traffic, the bridge was used for full scale dynamic testing to characterise the influence of different substructure components on the lateral dynamic behaviour of the bridge superstructure.
The bridge was characterised using an eccentric mass shaker and an array of accelerometers to perform lateral forced vibration testing in both the transverse and longitudinal directions. Modal properties were extracted from these tests using multiple system identification algorithms. The experimental testing and system identification methodology are described here. Forced vibration testing was able to detect one mode in each principal direction of the bridge, with the fundamental modes for the transverse and longitudinal direction occurring at a period of 0.118 s and 0.092 s respectively. The torsional response found during the transverse direction shaking was most likely due to the effect of gap opening around the piles on the western abutment, while the longitudinal response was dominated by the approach soil.
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