Research Article

Vibration Analysis for Monitoring of Ancient Tie-Rods

Table 3

Results of computation with three sets of weights for the tie-rod PT4.

Sets of weight coefficientsAxial load [kN]Bed stiffness [107 MN/m2]Natural frequencies [Hz]
IIIIIIIVVVI

39.003.5016.0332.9151.3772.0395.32121.53
38.604.5016.0432.9551.4872.2595.69122.13
optimal values38.703.7516.0032.8551.3171.9795.28121.55
, encastré BCs32.2015.6832.4751.3372.9797.91126.50
Experimentally defined frequencies16.0033.5051.3071.8095.00121.80