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Optimizing Steel Railway Truss Bridge HealthMonitoringAhmed RagehUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, a.eissa.rageh@huskers.unl.edu

Daniel LinzellUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, dlinzell@unl.edu

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Rageh, Ahmed and Linzell, Daniel, "Optimizing Steel Railway Truss Bridge Health Monitoring" (2017). Civil Engineering Theses,Dissertations, and Student Research. 104.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/civilengdiss/104

Ahmed Rageh (MS), Daniel Linzell (Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Model Calibration

• Model:ü3D frame model PLUSüRails/tiesüGeometric offsets, connections

Bridge Under Study

• Multi-Span Steel Through-TrussüDouble-TracküRiveted ConstructionüEyebars

• Condition Foci:üStringer-to-floor beam connectionsüStringer and truss bottom lateralsüEyebarsüBearings

Objectives

Problems – Condition Evaluation

• Visual inspection:üPrescribed frequencyüCostlyüSubjected to human interpretation

• Sensors:üFocused on a single bridgeüExtensive arrayüCostly

Analysis Based Health Monitoring Plan

Problems - Steel Railway Trusses

• Aging• Large system – bridge AND railway• Labor intensive condition eval• Reported conditions:üStringer-to-floor beam connections

[Haghani 2012]üStringer flange clip angle cracks

[Haghani 2012]üUnequal eyebars stress

distribution [DelGrego 2008]üDisplaced eyebar pins [DelGrego 2008]

Conclusions, Future Work• Validated model - published test results• Field tests/model calibration – SHM

planning• Proposed SHM plans• Validated SHM plans - field monitoring

• Sensitivity Analyses:üModified models - mimic reported

condition - 20 modelsüE.G. – cracked connection

Stringer-to-floor beamconnection

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Initial steps

Initial field testing instrumentation planning

Initial field testing, model calibration

Final steps

Analysis based health monitoring plans

Verify analysis based health monitoring plans via testing

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• Initial field testing plan:

Initial Field Testing

Truss

Flooring system

Bracing system

Rails

Ties

Bot. lat. -11.25”

Str. 18.75”

FB18.75”

Truss bot.0.00”

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Stringer mid-span bottom stresses

Field Results (B4519) Field Results (B4520)Model Results (B4519) Model Results (B4520)

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• Proposed health monitoring plan:ü~2200 permutations ü3 proposed plans

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Stringer #1 end-span bottom stressesField Results (B4539) Model Results (B4539) Defected

Stress reduced