Research Article

Bayesian Probabilistic Framework for Damage Identification of Steel Truss Bridges under Joint Uncertainties

Table 5

Identified damages based on five model classes with two measurement schemes.

Model classDamage parameterUsing data from 4 measure pointsUsing data from 10 measure points
Identified value (actual value)COV Identified value (actual value)COV

M1 0.9168 (0.85)8.226%−2139.60.8115 (0.85)5.040%−4560.6
0.9540 (0.85)8.327%0.8378 (0.85)7.626%
0.9128 (0.85)9.896%0.7924 (0.85)7.669%
0.8972 (1.0)9.042%0.8373 (1.0)10.032%
M2 0.7688 (0.85)8.4173%−1903.80.8266 (0.85)5.707%−1723.3
0.9961 (0.85)10.508%0.8433 (0.85)6.189%
0.8469 (0.85)5.8919%0.9071 (0.85)7.752%
0.9504 (1.0)6.3131%0.9555 (1.0)5.824%
M3 0.8880 (0.85)11.189%−1760.50.8370 (0.85)7.181%−1361.5
0.9202 (0.85)16.211%0.8527 (0.85)6.662%
0.8612 (0.85)11.318%0.8602 (0.85)8.306%
0.9075 (1.0)9.654%0.9507 (1.0)5.887%
M4 0.8959 (0.85)6.7123%−1752.50.8954 (0.85)6.662%−1543.6
0.8313 (0.85)10.538%0.8729 (0.85)9.782%
0.9340 (0.85)8.1471%0.8848 (0.85)5.845%
0.8833 (1.0)6.2183%0.9320 (1.0)8.620%
M5 0.8221 (0.85)9.107%−1760.10.8744 (0.85)8.540%−1375.7
0.8452 (0.85)8.291%0.8779 (0.85)7.072%
0.9061 (0.85)5.788%0.8597 (0.85)7.188%
0.9537 (1.0)6.637%0.9333 (1.0)8.371%

Note: *log evidence here refers to the logarithm of the model evidence as defined in (5).