Dynamic measurements of two steel truss bridges for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) were performed. The investigated bridges were: a single supported one span truss bridge and a multi-span truss bridge. Two possibilities of measuring setup were considered. A simple arrangement made up of one polygon has been used for data acquisition of the single span truss bridge. A more complex measuring setup made up of two polygons with up to 32 channels has been used for the large bridge with an entire length reaching up to 500 m. A connection of both measuring polygons was achieved by Wi-Fi antennas. The reason why the multi-span truss bridge was chosen for SHM is that the construction is nowadays overloaded. The dynamic measurements were done, ambient and semi-ambient data were analysed. After that, some mode-shapes were identified from the acquired data and then the data were compared with numerical calculations. Finally, experiences and conclusions from the ambient data measurement are summarized.

The paper is devoted to structural health monitoring using a non-destructive method based on the method of direct stiffness determination combined with the model updating method. The primary aim of the paper is to determine the change in bending and torsional stiffnesses. In the first part of the work it was necessary to prepare a simple experimental scale model of the bridge which was made from two materials – wood and plaster boards. The same bridge model was created in the finite element commercial codes RFEM5 - Dlubal (a more detailed 3D analysis) and ANSYS (a 2D analysis). The last numerical model consists of beam elements with lumped mass elements. The modal analysis was made and these results were used as a comparative base for measurements. In either case data for the original and the damaged models were acquired. Analysis of the measurement data led to the identification of vertical and torsional mode shapes. Last part of the paper is devoted to identification of the damage by application of the direct stiffness calculation method.

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The primary aim of the paper is to present a simple method for determining the changes in stiffness of a composite beam. The experimental model was made from wood and plaster boards. It was simply supported beam with a length of 4 m. Accelerations were measured at 24 points along the beam. In either case data for intact and damaged models were acquired. The identification of the damage was done using a code developed by the authors. The vertical modeshapes were analyzed, so changes in the stiffness could be detected.

In this compilation, the contributions published as extended abstracts of the 16th International Probabilistic Workshop 2018 in Vienna are collected. This article is also published in the Wiley Online Library (WOL) at https://doi.org/10.1002/best.201800059. In addition to these Extended Abstracts, all contributions can be found online as a Full Paper on the same doi in the corresponding and so called Supporting Information.