Development of Static-Response-Based Objective Functions for Finite-Element Modeling of Bridges

The basic mechanism and procedures of finite-element (FE) bridge modeling and calibration are briefly presented. Different physical parameters of FE models are adjusted during the calibration process. Dynamic-response-based objective functions are carefully developed based on two powerful indices: the modal assurance criterion and frequency correlation trend line. The nominal bridge models are calibrated by minimizing the quantified difference between analytical results and experimental measurements. Using an existing calibration strategy, a nominal FE bridge model is optimized by minimizing this global dynamic-response-based objective function. The value of the objective function is reduced from 10.70 to 4.61%. The minimization of the objective function indicates the convergence of calibration and it is shown that the automated calibration becomes practical due to the formulation of the dynamic-response-based objective function.

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