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Structural Assessment Monitoring Control Issue 18 / April 2006

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g SAMCO Association
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g History of SAMCO SAMCO Strategy 1 person, 200,-- for companies nominating 3

Events
European Association on Structural persons and 250,-- for companies
page 2 - 3 Assessment Monitoring and Control nominating 5 persons as members. Members
(SAMCO) will receive full access to the database and
benefit from reduced admission fees at the
g News from The Steering Committee has decided to found workshops and conferences.
Profession & a European Association on Structural
Practice Assessment Monitoring and Control In terms of internationalisation the new
(SAMCO) after the termination of the Association will join the International Society
page 4 - 6 European funded network. The main for Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent
motivation is to keep the well functioning Infrastructure (ISHMII) which organises bi-
g Company Profile network alive and benefit from our joint annual events (2007 in Vancouver, 2009 in
achievements. This is a call to everyone to Switzerland, 2011 in the U.S.A, 2013 in
Kinemetrics Inc.
become a founding member of this Singapore). You will have the same rights and
page 7 Association. The foundation will happen at the access to the ISHMII database and
SAMCO workshop at EMPA on 31. March information.
g Announcements 2006. The motivation to join could be: More details and a registration form will be
page 8 sent in case this offer is interesting for you.
becoming part of a strong European The Association will start its operation in April
monitoring community (overseas 2006.
partners are welcome)
Please dont hesitate to ask me any details on
Published by VCE. to receive consolidated information on this proposal.
monitoring and assessment
to get access to the lobbying efforts
towards the 7th framework program
With best regards
to receive priority in new research
proposals Helmut Wenzel
to participate and benefit from the
huge possibilities in international
collaboration the network has
worldwide Contact

to benefit from joint activities VCE Holding GmbH

to become a European Centre of Dr. Helmut Wenzel
Competence
Hadikgasse 60
The Association will be organised by the 1140 Wien
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SAMCO coordinator for the 1 working period Austria
of 2 years. After that the organiser will be
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the costs of organisation it will be necessary to f +43 (0)1-8938671
collect membership fees. It has been decided e-mail wenzel@vce.at
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History of SAMCO Events
Within the framework of SAMCO project
1 Kick-Off Meeting, 12 Workshops and 2
Summer Academies were held in order
to bring together top experts in
structural assessment, monitoring and
control from all over the world and to
build connections across the borders.
st
The 1 SAMCO Workshop was held in
Como / Italy in April 2002, half a year after
the SAMCO Kick-Off Meeting in Assisi.
22 persons attended this first workshop of
which the main subjects were the Progress
of the SAMCO activities as well as the 6th
Framework Programme. Further the NEES
Project was touched on and a prototype of
the SAMCO Database was launched.
nd
The 2 SAMCO Workshop, held in
Brussels dealt mainly with the topics
Monitoring and Assessment, Seismic
Assessment and Active Control. The basic
idea was to disseminate information about
the SAMCO network, show recent research
work in the field and stimulate a discussion
on new projects to be submitted within the
6th framework programme.
rd
The 3 SAMCO
Workshop took place in
Vienna / Austria where
the integrated project E-
MOI and its sub-
projects, in particular the
items determination of
the final consortium,
financial allocation
within the project and
definition of detailed
objectives were discussed.
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connections and to inform each other
about the state-of-the-art in bridge
monitoring.
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The 4 SAMCO Workshop was the 1
International Summer Academy on
Structural Assessment, Monitoring and
Control. It was a One-Week-Event in July
2003 at the Robinson College of Cambridge
University. About 90 persons from 22
th
countries participated in the event, 37% of The 7 SAMCO Workshop took place in
them came from industry; the others were June 2004 in Rome / Italy. In the course of
researchers and students. The first Summer the workshop a view on SAMCO covering
Academy was a great success for the the entire positive and negative sides of the
SAMCO network. The way of dealing with network as well as suggestions how to
subjects in longer presentations was unique improve the cooperation were presented. At
and provided unusual quality of information this it was mentioned that SAMCO had a
transfer. The collected contributions were good core group, however the role of
women might be enhanced to become
outstanding and provided a very good
equal. Further a connection to
insight into the current practice in the field.
environmental and social sciences would be
th
The main topics of the 5 desired, items which were briefly discussed
SAMCO Workshop with the will to seize those suggestions.
taking place in Vienna / Some of the requests have already been
Austria were the SAMCO covered by I-SAMCO.
progress, the second call
of NMP under the Sixth
Framework Programme
as well as a range of
proposals for projects
within the framework of
SAMCO, introduced by
SAMCO members and
partners.
th
In April 2004 the 6 SAMCO Workshop
was held in Warsaw / Poland. This was the
first NAS (Newly Associated States)
Workshop in the History of SAMCO. The
aim of the Workshop was at first to bring
together experts in structural assessment,
monitoring and control from Poland and the
former EU member states to build
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The 8 SAMCO Workshop in September
2004 was the Harmonization Workshop in
Ispra / Italy with the aim to enable
international collaboration, harmonise
communication and standardise data and
protocols. The intention was to invite
researchers from Europe, America and Asia
dealing with experimental data to give
presentations on the subject explaining the
current practice of their regions. Each
presentation was followed by an in depth
discussion on a probable global format to
be proposed and standardised. The
workshop ended in a resolution on
international collaboration, comprising a
roadmap for data format standardisation, a
definition of priority areas and programs,
international joint calls (NSF-EU-Japan-
China) and funding mechanisms.
The I-SAMCO (International SAMCO) Kick-
Off Meeting took place in Vienna / Austria in
May 2004. As the specific support action I-
SAMCO is embedded in SAMCO it was
th
concurrently the 9 SAMCO Workshop.
Large networks and projects have been
identified worldwide acting along the same
lines as SAMCO to accommodate the
international demand for standardization
initiatives. I-SAMCO is scheduled to
operate until November 2006.
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The 10 SAMCO Workshop took place on
April 28th and 29th at BAM (Federal
Institute for Materials Research and
Testing) in Berlin / Germany and was well
attended by 28 participants from all over
Europe.
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The first International Workshop, the NEES
and NEESgrid Seminar, was held in Ispra /
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Italy from May 23 to May 24 2005. The
seminar taking place on the premises of
JRC Ispra 2005 was organized by NEESit
(international Partner NSF) and JRC
(project participant.
This international workshop held in the
course of the I-SAMCO project had the
following objectives:
Identification of the current
practice and state of the art
Meeting of the International
forum
Integration of SAMCO partners
Coordination and harmonization
of ongoing RTD activities
31 persons mostly from Slovenia
th
participated in the 13 SAMCO Workshop
dedicated to the newly associated states
(NAS) of the European Union and which
took therefore place in Ljubljana / Slovenia
th th
from October 10 to October 11 2005.
th
The 14 SAMCO (NAS) Workshop was
planned to be held in Hungary, however it
was cancelled.
80 persons from 27 nations from all over the The Final Workshop took place from
world participated in the SAMCO Summer th st
March 30 to 31 at EMPA / Switzerland. It
Academy, which took place from was very well attended with around 50
th th
September 5 to September 9 2005 in the persons. Amongst other items the history
province of Salzburg in Austria, to be more and achievements of the SAMCO project,
precise, in Thumersbach, situated at the the future of SAMCO as well as project
mountain lake Zeller See opposite the small ideas for FP 7 were outlined. Further the
town Zell am See. European Association for SAMCO was
founded in the course of the workshop.
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News from Profession & Practice

Damage Detection after Condition

Compensation in Frequency Analyses
ABSTRACT COMPENSATION OF TEMPERATURE
Recent publications raised doubts that The following analysis is based on
damage in structures can be detected by investigations on the Europabrcke a well
the application of frequency analyses. In known Austrian steel bridge near Innsbruck,
fact temperature changes very often show opened in 1963 which is one of the main
larger reactions in spectra than any smaller alpine north-south routes for urban and
damage. Beside temperature, other freight traffic. A long-term preoccupation of
environmental influences, such as a VCE with BRIMOS (BRIdge MOnitoring
radiation from sunshine, create changes in System) on the Europabrcke (since 1997)
the structural systems which have to be led to the installation of a permanent
considered. measuring system in 2003 [1].
The present paper demonstrates the The bridges reference sensor (3D-forced
capabilities of new compensation methods balance accelerometer) is installed within
in frequency analyses. When the the main span, at a distance of 0,4 times of
environmental conditions are monitored the spans length from pier II. At this base
together with the structural response a point, global stiffness and its dependence to
proper reaction can be predicted. The several environmental influences are
described compensation process in general assessed (sampling rate = 100 Hz, file
deals with the following sources of input: length = 330sec).
Temperature By evaluating results (frequency spectra) of
(daily and annual cycles) several measurements, telescoping them
Compensation of live load together and viewing them from above (so
(moving vehicles etc.) called trend cards), the following visuals are
Influence of wind loads obtained, which exemplarily show the main
Bearing friction spans relevant vertical stiffness-patterns of
Restoring forces a particular day with a distinct progression
Change of boundary conditions of temperature. Fig. 1: Trend of stiffness during one day; 0,30-
Impact energy 10 Hz / 0,30-1,10 Hz / 0,60-0,80 Hz
For the sake of completeness, the
Instrumentation corresponding frequency spectra The permanent monitoring system exhibits
After elimination of all operational and themselves are shown in Figure 2, again the remarkable loading impact, as the
environmental factors, stable frequencies over a period of this day. An individual bridge is currently stressed by more than
are achieved. procedure has been developed in [2], which 30000 motor vehicles per day
contains some measurement (approximately 20% of them are freight
preconditioning (offset elimination & traffic). By applying the previously
f total = f 0 + fi
i = factors
( 1) bandpass-filtering). To enable a more
stabilized automatically performed peak
described method to the reference
sensors measurement data for the whole
picking in different ranges of frequency, the day, a progression of stiffness, which
where response spectra are smoothed in the consist of 281 single peaks is obtained
course of frequency assessment.
f total vector of total (measured-like)
frequencies

f0 vector of structural (own-like)

frequencies

fi vector of influenced (measured)

frequencies
i considered operational and
environmental factors
Any deviation therefrom can be interpreted
as damage or extraordinary event. This
procedure opens new possibilities for
structural management and lifetime
Fig. 2: The trendcards front views for
prediction. The present paper demonstrates one day; 0,30-10 / 0,30-1,10 /
some investigation on two sources, which 0,60-0,80 / 0,68-0,74 Hz
are assumed to be the major ones.

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(Figure 3-left) and represents randomly Due to this relation, temperature sensitive According to the widely known eq. 2,
occurring ambient and forced vibration asphalt layer is implemented into the cross frequency of vibration is proportional to the
conditions ( => scatter ). sections of the global structural analysis square-root of the moment of inertia [4]. For
that reason, a curve in terms of frequency
needs to be generated (Figure 5- middle)
1. Eigenfrequency Temperature for the next step, when a temperature-
00:00:00
00:00:00 based stiffness path is eliminated from the
Time Time
22:00:00 22:00:00 overall trend (from Fig. 5 left to Fig. 5 right).
20:00:00 20:00:00 The obtained trend shows very clearly the
18:00:00 18:00:00
remaining impact of freight traffic itself,
which strongly affects the timeframe
16:00:00 16:00:00 between 5 a.m and 10 p.m, when trucks are
14:00:00 14:00:00 allowed to pass the bridge and cause two
characteristic offsets during the course of
12:00:00 12:00:00
the day.
10:00:00 10:00:00

08:00:00 08:00:00

06:00:00 06:00:00

04:00:00 04:00:00

02:00:00 02:00:00
[Hz] [C]
00:00:00 00:00:00
0,710 0,720 0,730 0,740 0,750 0,760 0,770 0,0 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0

Fig. 3: Pattern of 1st Eigenfrequency and its obvious dependency on temperature

The complementary relation between model, which leads to a distinctive

stiffness and the air temperature itself progression of the mid spans flexural
(registered at the bridges base point rigidity (Figure 4- right).
Fig. 6: Comparison of expected (above) and
directly above the pier II) is obvious and can
1 actual (below) consequences of
be interpreted as a long sinusoidal wave of 2
EI 2 temperature-compensated natural
2
the main span in the vertical direction. In f = i
i ( 2) frequency patterns
the course of the described procedure it 2L m
should be considered, to omit the described
bandpass filtering and replace it by a further
optimized smoothing of the frequency 1. Eigenfrequency
Root-Value of the Mom ent of modified 1. Eigenfrequency
Inertia
spectra for reasons of stabilizing the 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00

accuracy of peak picking. 22:00:00

Time T ime
22:00:00 22:00:00
Time

Stiffness vs. Temperature 20:00:00 20:00:00 20:00:00

18:00:00 18:00:00
18:00:00
To describe the verified phenomenon 16:00:00
16:00:00 16:00:00
mechanically, it has to be focused on
14:00:00 14:00:00
temperature dependence of the roadbeds 14:00:00

asphalt layer, as the change of steel 12:00:00 12:00:00 12:00:00

characteristics under varying climate 10:00:00 10:00:00 10:00:00

conditions is negligible. In the first step, a 08:00:00 08:00:00 08:00:00

characteristic relationship of the dynamic 06:00:00 06:00:00 06:00:00

Youngs modulus in dependence of 04:00:00 04:00:00 04:00:00

temperature is used [3]. 02:00:00 02:00:00

02:00:00
[cm2] [Hz]
[Hz]
00:00:00 00:00:00
00:00:00
29600 29400 29200 29000 0,710 0,720 0,730 0,740 0,750 0,760 0,770
0,710 0,720 0,730 0,740 0,750 0,760 0,770

Fig. 3: Pattern of 1st Eigenfrequency before

and after compensation of temperature COMPENSATION OF ADDITIONAL
(MOVING) MASSES
Flexural rigidity
00:00:00 The modified trend of the main spans
16000 Time 22:00:00 stiffness already includes lots of
14000 14000
20:00:00 characteristics of the prevailing freight traffic
Asphalt Covering - characteristic curve
12000
18:00:00
progression. Unfortunately traffic data from
Edyn [N/mm2]

16:00:00
the competent authorities are available only
10000
9500 14:00:00
per hour. For some introductive exploration
8000 12:00:00
on approximate additional mass
10:00:00
6000
5000
compensation steps need to be undertaken.
08:00:00
4000
2750 06:00:00 Frequency of vibration, based on eq. 2
2000 1000 04:00:00 again, is inversely proportional to the
Tem p [C]
0
350
[N/mm2]
02:00:00 square root of the mass. This means, that
-15 -5 5 15 25 35 45

8000 6000 4000 2000 0

00:00:00 live loads cause increase in effective mass,
which leads to hourly calculated factors to
Fig. 4: Progression of the asphalt layers flexural rigidity in dependence of its temperature modify the fluctuating frequency. Due to

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that relation the scattered trend of CONCLUSIONS

frequency is straightened in dependence of
modal contribution of trucks per hour The discussed approach benefited by
(Figure 8) permanent monitoring allows to reach the
conducted goals, even if already

Heavy Freight traffic Ove rall traffic

modified 1. Eigenfrequency
00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
Time
22:00:00 22:00:00 22:00:00

20:00:00 20:00:00 20:00:00

18:00:00 18:00:00 18:00:00

16:00:00 16:00:00 16:00:00

14:00:00 14:00:00 14:00:00

12:00:00 12:00:00 12:00:00

10:00:00 10:00:00 10:00:00

08:00:00 08:00:00 08:00:00

06:00:00 06:00:00 06:00:00

04:00:00 04:00:00 04:00:00

02:00:00 02:00:00 02:00:00

trucks / h
[Hz]
00:00:00 00:00:00
motor vehicles / h 00:00:00
0,710 0,720 0,730 0,740 0,750 0,760 0,770 3000 2000 1000 0
800 600 400 200 0

Fig. 4: Modified pattern of stiffness being strongly affected by traffic loading (moving additional
masses)

gained experience with the applied methods

add mass korr is still of some approximation in character.
00:00:00
Time
The results are very promising, although
22:00:00
using air-temperature instead of that of
20:00:00 structural elements. The shown approach
18:00:00 represents an innovation in stiffness
16:00:00 assessment appropriate for long-term
14:00:00
application. The goal of generating
frequency progressions over time without
12:00:00
major environmental and operational impact
10:00:00
has come into reach.
08:00:00

06:00:00
The procedure will be optimized in
04:00:00
progressive stages, as soon as the already
introduced cantilever-sensor based
02:00:00
[Hz] approach is implemented.
00:00:00
0,710 0,720 0,730 0,740 0,750 0,760 0,770

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Announcements
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2006 AUGUST g 18 to 19
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JUNE g 23 to 26 I-SAMCO Workshop
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and Control of Flexible Conference on Dynamics, and Modern Structures"
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Contact
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The workshop should bring together
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