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Stretching Method-Based Operational Modal Analysis of An Old Masonry Lighthouse

We present in this paper a structural health monitoring study of the Egyptian lighthouse of Rethymnon in Crete, Greece. Using structural vibration data collected on a limited number of sensors during a 3-month period, we illustrate the potential of the stretching method for monitoring variations in...

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Autores principales: Daskalakis, Emmanouil, Panagiotopoulos, Christos G., Tsogka, Chrysoula, Melis, Nikolaos S., Kalogeras, Ioannis
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31430897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19163599
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author Daskalakis, Emmanouil
Panagiotopoulos, Christos G.
Tsogka, Chrysoula
Melis, Nikolaos S.
Kalogeras, Ioannis
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Panagiotopoulos, Christos G.
Tsogka, Chrysoula
Melis, Nikolaos S.
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description We present in this paper a structural health monitoring study of the Egyptian lighthouse of Rethymnon in Crete, Greece. Using structural vibration data collected on a limited number of sensors during a 3-month period, we illustrate the potential of the stretching method for monitoring variations in the natural frequencies of the structure. The stretching method compares two signals, the current that refers to the actual state of the structure, with the reference one that characterizes the structure at a reference healthy condition. For the structure under study, an 8-day time interval is used for the reference quantity while the current quantity is computed using a time window of 24 h. Our results indicate that frequency shifts of 1% can be detected with high accuracy allowing for early damage assessment. We also provide a simple numerical model that is calibrated to match the natural frequencies estimated using the stretching method. The model is used to produce possible damage scenarios that correspond to 1% shift in the first natural frequencies. Although simple in nature, this model seems to deliver a realistic response of the structure. This is shown by comparing the response at the top of the structure to the actual measurement during a small earthquake. This is a preliminary study indicating the potential of the stretching method for structural health monitoring of historical monuments. The results are very promising. Further analysis is necessary requiring the deployment of the instrumentation (possibly with additional instruments) for a longer period of time.
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spelling pubmed-67202842019-10-30 Stretching Method-Based Operational Modal Analysis of An Old Masonry Lighthouse Daskalakis, Emmanouil Panagiotopoulos, Christos G. Tsogka, Chrysoula Melis, Nikolaos S. Kalogeras, Ioannis Sensors (Basel) Article We present in this paper a structural health monitoring study of the Egyptian lighthouse of Rethymnon in Crete, Greece. Using structural vibration data collected on a limited number of sensors during a 3-month period, we illustrate the potential of the stretching method for monitoring variations in the natural frequencies of the structure. The stretching method compares two signals, the current that refers to the actual state of the structure, with the reference one that characterizes the structure at a reference healthy condition. For the structure under study, an 8-day time interval is used for the reference quantity while the current quantity is computed using a time window of 24 h. Our results indicate that frequency shifts of 1% can be detected with high accuracy allowing for early damage assessment. We also provide a simple numerical model that is calibrated to match the natural frequencies estimated using the stretching method. The model is used to produce possible damage scenarios that correspond to 1% shift in the first natural frequencies. Although simple in nature, this model seems to deliver a realistic response of the structure. This is shown by comparing the response at the top of the structure to the actual measurement during a small earthquake. This is a preliminary study indicating the potential of the stretching method for structural health monitoring of historical monuments. The results are very promising. Further analysis is necessary requiring the deployment of the instrumentation (possibly with additional instruments) for a longer period of time. MDPI 2019-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6720284/ /pubmed/31430897 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19163599 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Stretching Method-Based Operational Modal Analysis of An Old Masonry Lighthouse
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31430897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19163599
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