A finite element (FE) model is developed for a curved cable-stayed footbridge located in Terni (Umbria Region, Central Italy) which accounts for uncertainties in geometry, material properties, and boundary conditions as well as limited knowledge on the behavior of connections and other components. Ambient vibration tests (AVTs) are carried out to identify the main dynamic parameters which are used for model updating in the Bayesian framework. Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify the main mechanical parameters affecting natural frequencies and mode shapes to be used as updating parameters. Finally, the posterior probability distributions of the selected updating parameters is estimated and used to assess the accuracy of the FE-based model. The importance of using a proper informative reference data set in the updating framework is assessed using different observations together with the importance of reliable surrogate models able to reduce the computational costs related to the whole framework.

Bayesian inference for parameters estimation using experimental data

Pepi C.;Gioffre M.
;
Grigoriu M.
2020

Abstract

A finite element (FE) model is developed for a curved cable-stayed footbridge located in Terni (Umbria Region, Central Italy) which accounts for uncertainties in geometry, material properties, and boundary conditions as well as limited knowledge on the behavior of connections and other components. Ambient vibration tests (AVTs) are carried out to identify the main dynamic parameters which are used for model updating in the Bayesian framework. Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify the main mechanical parameters affecting natural frequencies and mode shapes to be used as updating parameters. Finally, the posterior probability distributions of the selected updating parameters is estimated and used to assess the accuracy of the FE-based model. The importance of using a proper informative reference data set in the updating framework is assessed using different observations together with the importance of reliable surrogate models able to reduce the computational costs related to the whole framework.
2020
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