Abstract
The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between damage and the change of dynamic characteristics in an existing bridge for vibration-based structural health monitoring. Focused bridge is a demolished pedestrian bridge, which is a composite steel girder with two main girders. The first damages are slits by gas cutting, which are given to a lower flange in the lateral direction. Then, outstanding plate in the lower flange is removed along the span. Vibration measurement was carried out in each damage case. As a result, it was confirmed that natural frequencies decreased depending on the progress of damage. Its reduction rate was greater in the modes without torsion. For reproducible analysis, spectral element and finite element analyses were carried out. Analytical results also showed the similar reduction of natural frequencies to measurement.
